first off,here are some pictures taken during the famine camp!=)
hehe
now... OBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DA COUSTEAU!
this is our instructor!=) heheh!
kinda annoying at times
yisheng! ahah so funny we bumped to each other at the same camp.
well... all in all... this camp was a enriching one.
the following are only the essence from the obs camp:
wth? so many ppl dun believe tt i'm from track.
they thought that i was from some kind of dance society or something.
haha good good!=)i got the dancer face.
well it happens for the famine camp as well..
i shall try taking up dance some day.=)
AND
freak sia! the bag damn heavy like 20kg? probably half my weight.
i couldn't lift myself up at all, i only did so with the help of 2 person pulling me up!
den we did high elements stuff hehe!
den we trek to a forested place and laid our night there. WILD Bore and monkeys
and we trek from dawn to the sunsets!
day 2:
we had to trek from dawn to the evenings
well but in between there was an extremely heavy downpour so we had to stop.
gosh! we were drenched, cold, hungry and our feets were sore and tired by that time we started trekking again. to add on, and dun forget that we're all carrying a bag that weights about 20kg!luckily a kind soul offered to help. thank u marcus!=)
gosh he really reminds me of my cousin. big eyes and tan. and the way he talk is also very logical.
haha really resembles my cousin.
okay.. we started distracting ourselves from reality by singing and cheering all sorts of crappy stuff.. but it was fun! and throughout this journey i realized tt i whine a lot sia! not the usual me i would say.
a weak point spotted.! i gotta do something about it.the whole journey seem like eternity. god i pray that the mozzies would just all die.
soon enough, we were kinda immune to the bites. and at some places, the mosquitoes were so hungry that when they feast on u, u could actually feel them on u. and like duh! u smash them when u see them.
wonder how the locals at ubin handle this?
like insect repellent also not much use.
by that time we reached the different campsite, we were practically half dead. well for me that it. i was kept trying to be positive by saying" keep goin guys.. all the way! we're reaching" and that goes on for more than an hour or so lols.
pretty hilarious though. coz i really dunno how long more.
den at night about 12 plus i was assigned to do the night watch with my tent mates
but 2 were already sound asleep.
den i met this guy called shuan.
and we chat about supernatural stuff.
god! he can see spirits. but only after 2345 every day.
super scary his story. summore at our campsite was at the seaside. and he saw one coming out of the waters. den he started seeing more and more around.
den out of curiosity, i asked " what are they doing now?"
he ans" he replied "just walking around"
O.O
i was w/o my lens den.
thank god i dun see any of those then.
i dun wish to see as well.
that guy is like so used to seeing it.
scary sia, if i were him i sleep before 2345 everyday.
ask me and i'll share his ghostly stories with u. i'm way too lazy to type out here.=X
the following day,
we kayak from dawn to 5.30.
we had to push our triyaks through mud and i spotted a floating shit on the surface of the water of the mangrove swamp.x.x
yes... all the geog knowledge of prop roots and all were in 3D hehe.
spiders falling off from trees and landed on me like twice.
gotta do the matrix way when we were under the trees. it was so low! kinda fun at first but annoying after many times especially when other boats bang onto ur causing u to do such stuffs.
we could hardly rest as the current was going strong against us.
yes again.. i whine and whine because i was at a very uncomfortable position.
mud all over,guy behind me irritates me at times because he swears and swears. tell u wad, i swear i'll tear his mouth at the point of time.
so vulgar for wad sia... not like we can help it.
den i start to whine when he swears and all like waalao! or haiz...
den he started to act encouraging like "gals, u can do it, go faster"
i was like *wth* like din u just swear about the weather and all a second ago?
and other triyaks that hit us like bumper triyak and made us go wrong direction or get stuck in the mud, hit a tree and get scratch. etc...
pissed me off like mad den. but cant blame them though.
like u make the direction and all until so nice den their collision waste all ur effort.haha shiny's triyak espcially! keep going zic-zac den bang everyone.
and i got frustrated whenever xinyee or that guy hits me by accident with their paddles. yea sorry about tt though, i was just not in the mood.
when the current was calmer,
i started singing all sorts of songs to numb myself from all the scorching heat and itchiness from the mud. and the sore arms i had.
finally, out of the current and into the sea!
we were like all whoohoo!!!!!!
singing the song "still" while triyaking in that kind of beautiful surrondings.
super nice sia. everything fits the song.
When the oceans rise and thunders roar
I will soar with You above the storm
Father you are King over the flood
I will be still and know You are God
summore got eagles flying above and hills tt look so moutainiee and the sky so blue and the waves moving up and down causing the roller coaster effect, still got the wave crashing sounds!
jollybean man! super holy.=)
then, one thing spoilt all tt holiness!
haha! the instructor says." who needs to go and use the toilet pls jump down of ur triyak and do wadever u need to"
lols! and a few guys did so lol.. and for that stretch of water i did not dare to touch the water or having any contact with it.
along the journey as we triyak.
some sort of fish, somewhat about my middle finger long, they have needle-like mouth like mini sword fishes. a school of them were jumping out of the blue waters and some poke my friends! ahaaa their reaction were so hilarious to watch. and i manage to touch one of them while helping her to remove it from her triyak.so cute...
like half the journey my back was in great itchiness and pain.
hehe! same feeling as sunburn as described by my friend. my exposed area such as my leg nvr get sia... how could my back get?
den later i discovered that it was sunrash!
gosh! the record of getting sunburn in my life has nvr been broken.
so happy! hehe
because i was wearing total 'blackness' that day. my shirt was cotton black, the track windbreaker, coz they insisted on long sleeves and pants, and an ugly track pants.
HEATTTTT..........................
den tt malay guy wanted to race with another boat i was really like "WTH?! so tired already sia... and still a long way to go" nuts sia... so showoff for wad...
pissed. i stopped my paddle den i said dunwan la... so tired already...
den he kept insisting on the race...
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the feeling when we reached our destination was simply marvelous!
well... looking back i felt a great sense of accomplishment!
den we trek back and tt night we only had our"mat" thingy and the flysheet.
super cold... just at the shore there. summore i nvr open up my sleeping bag... and at my position, no flysheet was at my feet area, so all wind could get in and freeze me.
the instructor told us 1 thing before we slept that struck my conscious.
i realised that i was just like the egg he mentioned.
egg: soft and kind and loving on the outside.
but when its boiled in the water, (water resembles challenges and problems)
it gets hard in the inside, so it becomes means and harsh to others.
he said coffebean and carrot as well.. but i'm lazy to type out.=) maybe u can ask me if ure interested.
yea i guess i did that during the journey.
gosh.... i feel so bad...kept getting angry with ppl that are slow and clumsy.
all in all i must thank poor xinyee haha=) i think i very bad to her during this camp. but she very persistent when paddling the triyak.coz at many times unknowingly, she was the only one triyaking! =X
last day and all was pretty much on reflection, cleaning up and goodbyes.
my group lost about $24 worth of camping items. heheh... pay up dudes.
sad case.=) i lost my right lens, my ribbon clip and somethin else, i cant remember now.
and... i survive mainly on energy bar most of the time.
haha=) sadly no weight lost. =/
anyway, its getting late...
god bless all!
