25.1.06
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HIIII i am back from OBS people. i came back early cause i have a flight to catch tomorrow. anyway, i am going to blog about my 3 days in OBS.
OBS DAY 1
Brought my large backpack and shoebag to school. Had assembly in the hall. Everyone was so excited, haha. we went to the foyer and waited for a very long time before our bus finally came. while making our way to punggol jetty, we sang lots of songs on the way, was so noisy on the bus but yeah, very fun. haha. took a boat to pulau ubin OBS campsite 2. my class made our way to the main hall where we sat according to our respective watches. i am in the MARCO POLO ( MP ) watch and our instructor is Daphne. we all sat in a circle and Daphne started talking about OBS stuffs, what we were supposed to do today and all. something like a prep talk. then came the decision of who will be the watch, store, food & trash, and medi IC for the day. we used the most preferred method to choose- by drawing lots. and i suay suay became the store IC. after all that, we went to our MP store room and was introduced to each things in the store room by Daphne. she taught us how to fold our tents and everything and left us with 2 hours to pack our stuffs for the day and also have lunch. there were many things we have to take out, such as our ponchos, tent stuffs, water bottles, jerricans, mess tins and cooking pots. me, kelly and jana did the bottles and jerricans. we went to the washing area and got everything washed up. i was quite disguested by the condition of the bottles and jerricans though. we got really wet after washing. hahah. packing up was done and we had our lunch. our lunch consists of a bun, a muesli bar and a packet of isotonic drink. i finished the bun with much difficulty as it was quite dry and i was very thirsty too. i wanted to mixed the packet of isotonic drink with water but after hearing someone said that it didnt taste quite good, i changed my mind. as we would be doing climbing activities next, we had to change to our climbing attire which is a shirt and long pants. went to change in the toilet and met Daphne at block 7 for the prep talk before climbing. she taught us how to use the harness and all. after everyone was ready, we went to belay training school. each group consists of 5 people. my group consists of jana, kelly, harshini, katherine and ME! there was 4 roles to be taken; the anchor, assistant belayer, belayer and the climber. the person without a role will just stand at the side and would be the next climber. the first climb was jana, then kelly, then harshini, then katherine and i am the last. sorry if i made a mistake in the order of who climbed first cause i cant really remember. so the funny thing is this:
climber (jana) : Am i on belay?
everyone else : no, youre not. (tighten rope till it's taut.)
climber : that's me
belayer (me) : pull check, squeeze check....
only at this point of time i realised my caribini was not fastened on as it still could be squeezed, i thought i see wrongly or something but when everyone realised that my caribini was not fastened and could be squeezed, it was quite scary and funny cause jana is risking her life. i cant believe that i didnt actually fasten it. oh man, sorry jana. and then when she was going to fall, we didnt do it properly and i almost flew up because kelly, who was then the anchor, thought she need not put too much strength but luckily she managed to pull me down and jana could then land safely. got a little scolding from Daphne for risking this. my mistake. after everyone had a chance to belay, we went back to our store and kept our harnesses and helmet. oh my watch decided to use 3 tents, so that means, 5 in each tent. my tent mates are also my belaying mates from just now. we took our tents and went up this long flight of steps to some place where there were many activities thing such as the flying fox and rock climbing. we were told to pitch our tents at the empty areas. Daphne helped and taught us to pitch the first tent, although the tent was a big seng ek but it was fine. after that, my tent mates decided that we build the tents while the rest cook. oh we were also taught how to cook in the wilderness. the tent me and my mates made was not very satisfactory so we decided to make another better one, but it was getting dark and the food was already cooked. so those people who had already had their shower took over us and they were the ones who built the last tent. my group chose the tent Daphne made. hahaha. the second tent ahhh.... alright so we went to bathe and i felt so clean but then with all the walking up and down from the campsite to the parade square made me sweat and i became sticky again. ass lor. our dinner consists of sausages, peanuts, baked beans and rice. although the rice wasnt really very rice, we still have to eat it cause we were all so hungry and tired already. then when me and jana and harshini was going back up the campsite, suddenly, the fire alarm went off. and guess what happened? well miss jana here pulled me up instead of going down to the beach. i was like ?????? and was also laughing away. but we managed to reach the beach just in time. but it was really funny. so we had another prep talk about being quick when there is a case of a real fire and then another prep talk by Daphne about the plans of tomorrow. we were going to meet at block 7 again in our wet attire for our kayaking lesson and journey. i was quite excited. haha. afterwhich we went back to our campsite to get ready to sleep, all lights would be out at 11pm sharp. then at night, to prevent from mosquitoes and other insects, everyone in my tent wore long pants to sleep and although the weather was not very good, kelly used her NEW windbreaker and covered her whole body PLUS her face. so all you can see of her is just a white blob with legs. hahahaha. so the sleeping arrangement from the opening of the tent to the end of the tent is; katherine, kelly, jana, me and harshini. luckily jana remembered to bring the inflatable neck pillows or i dont think i would be able to sleep. well, i think it is because of this new environment, i cannot really sleep well. i took a long time to fall asleep then suddenly i woke up because i heard someone outside saying quite loudly, "WAH I AM HAVING MUSCLE ACHE AH" i immediately recognised that the voice belonged to jinli and yixiu was like saying "it is about 2 plus now" i was moaning inside cause i only slept for like 3 hours. so after both of them cleared off, i tried to fall back into my sleep but i couldnt until for a very long time. but all i know is that, before i slept, i could hear music coming from somewhere. haha. i wasnt really sleeping after jinli woke me up, i was half asleep.
OBS DAY 2
we woke up at around 5.30am. when we woke up, jana told me i was tossing and turning the whole night. and i think it was because of the heat and also the ground i was sleeping on was quite uncomfortable. and harshini told me that i kept flinging my arms onto her face in the middle of the night, and THIS i really did not know because i think i was in a deep sleep or something. or maybe my arms are just moving as it likes but i am quite sure i was tossing and turning. i knew i was tossing and turning. sorry if i disturbed any of my tent mates. ok so we got ourselves changed downstairs at the toilets at the parade square and had our breakfast. then we went back up to our campsite to pack our tent up. and apparently, we found out that 2 tent pegs were missing and at that point of time, there was not light, nothing. we had to borrow a torch and walk around looking for the missing pegs. we found one after acting with DETERMINATION, although one more is missing. we continued searching around the grass area but we will couldnt find it. so we just gave up and went back to our MP store room. we wore our wet attire which consists of wearing swim wear inside, then a shirt and a short shorts. so we took our lifejackets and whistle and headed towards block 7. i was very tired from the lack of sleep i had the previous night and i was stoning. after that, we went to carry our kayaks onto the beach. and there, we learnt how to kayak with 5 different movements. and before that, we had a floating exercise where everyone will whole each other's hand and form a circle of life. we slowly moved into the water and all of us were floating and eveything. then suddenly, Daphne and Is ( who is Daphne's colleague. ) went off after getting a message from their walkie talkies. when they came back, we were told to empty all the contents of our backpack in search of a missing camera. after that, we went to the beach and continued with our kayaking lesson. we learnt how to capsize and also rescue people who capsized. the capsizing was quite fun cause we had to rock our kayak quite vigorously and i had to wait for jana to drop first or else i dont know which side she's dropping.and i will drop wrongly. then we had a capsize exercise, where we rescued jessica and katherine. then it was our turn to capsize and while emptying our kayak, i suddenly felt that my shoes were coming off and when i lifted my foot up, i realised my shoelaces came off. so since i have that life vest thing, i was floating quite well, and so i placed my foot against katherine's kayak and started tying both my shoelaces while bobbing up and down in the middle of the sea. well, i am the only one doing such things in the middle of the sea. then after that, reika's kayak was capsized and we were supposed to rescue them. now comes the funny part, while reika was busy spitting out the saltwater, i saw a black blob of thing floating behind her and i knew it was not a jellyfish but i screamed, " AHHH REIKA THERE'S A JELLYFISH" and she went EEKS but then stopped when she saw that it was just her pocket containing air and floating up. but then she looked down in the water and EEEEEEEEKS even louder and then laughed. why? cause she saw the drawstring of her shorts floating up and she thought it was a jellyfish tentacle. HAHAHAHAHAHAH. omg, it was so comical. after all these, we went to the beach shed to have our lunch which consists of fruits, muesli bars and buns, and then a small talk on our journey to the next place where we would be going after lunch. then everyone was told to get into our respective kayak and start embarking on our journey. so slowly, i became better at kayaking although i didnt really have a good sense of direction on where's left or right. during the journey, we only stopped a few times for less than 5 minutes. the kayaking was great, i could get a tan and although it was tiring, it was very fun too. and jana was a great kayak partner and navigator. THANK YOU WOMAN! after 4hours and 30 minutes, we reaced our destination. this place has no lights, no toilets, no water. it was lucky we reached early and we got a little bonus from our instructors. oh by the way, Nila Utama also kayaked with us to the unknown destination. after placing our kayaks and paddles properly, we went to our campsite for the night and had a little talk about the kayaking journey, how it feels and everything. then we were all brought to this quarry and that was the only thing closest to a bath. well, i simply love that place, it is so nice ok. so fun. after that, we went back to where we placed our kayaks, which is the main gate, to get our backpacks. when we finally went back to our supposed campsite, we found out that another watch has taken it and we had to use another SMALLER campsite. it was a very small space and was very squeezy. aiya whatever lah. so we set our tent up using stones this time and so the tent was even more lose than ever. one by one, we went into the tent to clean ourselves up and changed into our sleeping attire. then today's dinner consists of maggi mee, sardines and cream of mushroom soup. i only ate the maggi mee cause i had no appetite although i was also very hungry. well, maybe i am not used to it. then after that, we went back to the main gate to meet Daphne, it was already very dark but other watches were still having their dinner. so we had a little prep talk again, about what's going to happen tomorrow and we will have to meet at the main gate at 7.45am in the morning. so quite alright, better than day 1 which was so early. then we went back to the campsite and was given a choice whether to clear the trash or clean the cooking utensils or carry the jerricans to the campsite. me and kelly chose the jerricans and there were no objection at first but when we were carrying it, we realised that it was a HUGE mistake to choose the jerricans cause it was so heavy, even heavier than my tuba. so jana and harshini carried one while me and kelly, another. kelly got her hands all dirty cause i asked her to carry the bottom part, well, kelly's a very compromising person. haha. then jacklyn came along and helped jana and harshini and me and kelly were left all alone in the dark. i got very irritated cause no one helped us as we looked alright carrying it by ourselves. but yes, although i am irritated, it is just a process and soon, VERY soon, i got over it but i was also quite guilty if i made others irritated because of myself. so i APOLOGISE now, i am sorry. and then, me and kelly decided to wash our hands and legs using the water in the jerrican, well, at least that lightened up our load. hahaha. we actually used up half the water in the jerrican which is approximately 10 litres. hahahahahaha. ok what a waste of water. then when we went back, we started washing our wet shoes cause there were so much sand and small stones in our shoes after the kayak ing journey, plus our stinky socks. i helped to pour the water out while jana carried the torch and kelly washed everyone's socks. although it was not very clean but at least it was alright, better than its previous state. we hung it up on our seng ek tent and went to sleep. tonight we had to sleep at 9pm cause the lights were all going to be shut off at 9pm exactly. i was so dizzy i dont know why, probably because of lack of sleep. well, tonight even though the ground was harder than last night, i could sleep quite soundly, i only woke up halfway for god knows what. but i immediately went back to sleep again. maybe it's just the thought that i am outdoors makes me extra sensitive to my surroundings.
OBS DAY 3
woke up at around 6.30am like that. you know, i am not even sure how i managed to wake up properly. i mean i normally need a lot of noise to wake me up but i am getting more and more sensitive. it's all the psychological stuffs as jana said. well, today harshini did not complained about me flinging my arms onto her face anymore but jana had something to say. i remembered i placed my arm somewhere but i didnt realise it was jana's arm, so i just slept, so according to her, when she wanted to turn the other way, she couldnt cause my hand was stopping her and she also didnt have the energy to move my hand away too. gosh, i feel so guilty if her hands become all numb as it's all cause of me. ok so since we were in this unknown place, we didnt brush our teeth nor change our clothings but some of the people in our watch managed to apparently. so we just packed the tent up and had a breakfast of peanut butter biscuits. then while jana and harshini was keeping the tent, i needed to do a BIG business suddenly and i was screaming at kelly to go find a spot for me and help dig a hole since i can neither bend or stand properly. but she was taking too long and i just rushed past her, dig a hole and did it. well, it was a relieve cause having it stuck there would make me feel even worse. so then i washed my hands with the water from the jerrican and had some peanut butter biscuits. i told kelly to pass to me, then she shook the packet so hard, one biscuit flew to the ground, she picked it up and placed it back into the box and threw it into the rubbish bag. and after packing the tent, jana wanted to eat too, but since all plastic bags looked the same, she took that same box of peanut butter biscuits from the rubbish bag and ate it. i saw her chomping and i went all OMG. i was not sure whether my inference that she was eating the biscuit that dropped on the ground was correct or not so all i could do was stare at her and said, " jana........jana......." but i finally said it out and she spitted the biscuit back in. oh man, next time i have to have a much faster reaction than this lor. after that, we went to the main gate to meet Daphne. there, we hiked for a while and we reached this thai temple in the middle of the jungle. we stopped there and made a morning circle where we shared our experiences. then at the temple, there was this puppy running around. me and kelly were both afraid of dogs so when the dog ran towards us, both of us held each other's hands and backed off very quickly. it was quite comical la. but yeh, as usual. from there, we started hiking back to the parade square by ourselves, no help from the instructors whatsoever. and guess what, our watch was the first to reach the parade square, YAY!!! we had time to pack our stores before the big clean up tomorrow. but we emptied our backpacks first and placed all our stuffs back into our private backpacks. afterwhich, we had lunch. then after lunch, we were told to get our climbing attire and our tents start climbing that same flight of stairs again. tonight was going to be much different since our campsite would be much more inner into the forest. it is quite unsafe and while pitching our tents, we found out that we had not enough cotton twine and no one else had any extra. but we managed to find a few on the trees and got it off the trees with the help of Daphne. finally when we have gotten our tent pitched up, we went to back to the campsite on our first day where there were many activity stuffs such as the flying fox and the rock climbing. as i would be leaving early and MP is also the first watch to start the flying fox, i had to be the first one flying. i wanted to give up at the middle of the ladder cause my hands were all tired and flabby. and when i reached to the top and looked down, my legs sort of like gave away. goodness me, i took a really long time to finally convince myself and flew. i was supposed to flex my legs up in a L-shaped pattern but due to the excitement and nervousness, i was like cycling in mid-air. so dumb of me. and when i reached my specs sort of like smashed into my hands or something and i was hanging there like a mad monkey. reika and wahida was trying to get me down by pulling my legs, but instead of pulling my legs, they almost pulled out my shoes, was so funny lor. i was screaming my head off at reika for her to save me. hahah. and my legs gave away, i couldnt move when i was in the sand pit, i was like rooted to the ground or something, my hand was moving forward but the lower part of my body wasnt. gosh. but i finally could walk but i almost collaped on nadia. haha. so after a while, i had to leave already. i felt sad, really sad. oh before i feel sad, i must say that i owe my tent mates a lot. they did so much and it's like they compromised to my occasional stoning. i am very sorry for stoning, i dont know why but i kept stoning. maybe the lack of sleep. so i took my bag and went off on a speed boat to campsite 1 which was the residential one. it was so big you know, like sentosa like that. the director gave me time to bathe and all before taking a boat back to punggol jetty. i saw the souvenir shop there, like the shirts and all but my money was with jana and the shop was closed anyway. then at around 5.45pm, i took the boat with many other obs staffs back to punggol jetty where my parents came and fetch me.
ok that concludes my OBS trip, there are some things i might now have mentioned but feel free to ask me when you see me. yes, and according to the instructors, the journey actually showed us the true colours of all of us. i feel that obs is very meaningful in letting me get to know my classmates better in such a short period of time. last but not least, i want to thank my tent mates for being patient and compromising with my laziness, and my watch as i wont be helping you people clean up the mess. but i owe you people eh? gosh, i am missing OBS already, missing everything no matter how much i didnt like it at first. when the director of OBS talked to me, i almost cried. boohoo. i am so sensitive. miss OBS, miss my watch, miss everyone, miss all the activities too. anyway, thanks everyone for this experience. oh by the way, i am like a human lobster now, so sunburnt, the instructors in camp 1 kept asking me why i'm sunburnt. oh wells, i just wanted a tan and now i am burnt instead, how wonderful. i cant bathe with hot water cause my skin will sizzle like i am a piece of salami being grilled. MARCO POLO IS THE BEST!!! we are always the first to finish our expedition. haha. yups. and now for my little personal message to my tent mates. kelly- thanks for helping me with the jerrican even though it dirtied your arms and everything. being supportive and funny at times when i am all tired and moody. and lending me your insect repellent which really works. you are the best MAM ever. hahah. sorry if i was acting like an ass during some parts of the trip, guess that's my weakness. jana- thanks for sharing the toothpaste with me and everything else, you were great. in the morning when everyone was so lethargic, including yourself, you still took the initiative to keep the tent without any complaining whatsoever. i am sorry for stoning and looking like a miserable old grouch during the night at the unknown destination and on the third day. and also being a great kayak partner just as well. AND compromising with my laziness, although sometimes you need to shout at me to wake me up. harshini- thanks for compromising of the sleeping positions in the tent. i am sorry for flinging my arms onto your face during the first night. i really didnt felt my arms moving. but yes, thanks for compromising. katherine- i am sure you will still be able to give birth despite the 'accident' that happened on the first night. haha. thanks for helping out with everything without complaining. thanksand to my watch: MARCO POLO- you guys rock! without you guys, i wouldnt have such a wonderful experience. and our great teamwork is simply the best since we always finish our expeditions first. THANKS AGAIN! i feel gratified now. bye people, i will be back on the 1st of february. and..HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!
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9:03 PM
17.1.06
170106
hello, i am finally back. i have been to lazy to update these few days. well, although it is just the second week of school, i am already feeling extremely tired and all. goodness. i am getting lazier and lazier as time goes by. ok so i shall continue about my class. er my class is not really a nerd class la, but a class that's more to the academic and studious side and not a very fun class. but it is only some of them in class, the rest is quite ok la, or else i will not be able to survive lor. haha. no la.
OBS is next week, i am just so excited. cant wait for it. oh man. i am going to hyperventilate soon. blah. why am i putting full stops everywhere? hahahahaha. so dumb. lalala. so much homework lor. grrrrrrrrr, time is precious, i need to like cherish each minute.
life passes so fast, now i am beginning to cherish every minute, every little thing that happens and all. ooh, i know what some of you might me thinking why do i put jukebox when i am already playing a song. ok, so i am not going to remove the jukebox and the song is temporary only, i just want to listen to this song more. i like it, quite meaningful.
alright then i want to go and finish my work. bye
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5:39 PM
9.1.06
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whoa, long time never blog le, aiya school work is really NOT good. i mean, well, it is not bad but not good. i am in 3e6 by the way. and yeah, new year, new class. too bad not new school ah. blah. actually, honestly speaking, i quite like my class. seriously. i mean, although all of them like so guai leh, teacher not in, unlike 2e2, they will AUTOMATICALLY take out their own work to do. and the class so quiet. hahahahaha, not like my previous class.
aiya jam is distracting me on the phone and i cant type properly, i shall continue another day about my wonderful class.
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8:53 PM
1.1.06
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hello.
today was fun, yeah, was supposed to meet jam at 12pm at somerset but then there was this traffic jam so i was going to be late. and ms jam wants to go and toilet first so when i reached somerset, i had to go to heeran to meet her in the toilet lor. so dumb.but i didnt see her around the toilet so i went in to pee cause my bladder was also about to burst. then it was so damn dumb cause after peeing, i went to wash my hands, then i saw jam coming out from a cubicle. so i looked at her, she looked at me once, then she continued doing her hair, then she looked at me again and she realised that i am ME. ugh, that's very slow, but funny lah. hahaha. then she told me that at the first look, she thought that i am ME but then only on the second look then she realised it was ME. ok la, so dumb lah. hahahah.
we walked around heeran, oh she gave me something, hahahaha, christmas gift. then we headed to paragon. was just walking around, nothing much to do. hahahahah. then we just went to taka, for lunch. ate at pepper lunch, jam treated. i had beef pepper and rice and she, on the other hand, had salmon pepper rice. before the food came, she wanted to take pictures using her phone, but then suddenly, from behind us, the waiter came and asked if the salmon pepper rice was ours and jam just waved, aiya, this sounds shallow of course but it was really funny in real life. then after eating, she wanted to take pictures again but guess what, the new people sitting beside us started staring at us as if we were doing something very alien to the world. so jam got fed up and didnt want to take le.
next, we went to wisma to look around at surfbabe and all. no money so never buy anything. haha then jam got hungry and wanted to have something from haagen dazs' so we walked to CK tang. by the time we reached there, i think half of my appetite was gone just looking at the amount of people inside. we had to wait for 10 minutes or so to get a decent seat. and there werent any starbucks around except for coffee bean and gelare. so we headed to far east to have gelare cause i dont like coffee bean. well, she treated for lunch so i am suppose to treat her for desserts. hahahahaa. had cheesecake which tasted not very good and waffle. i was so bloated after eating and part of my waffle was finished by namely, jam herself and the cheesecake was also finished by her. hahahahahaha. so funny lah, cant help it. then walked around far east and all. nothing to buy. all the things not really nice lah. went opposite to pacific plaza and looked around at roxy and all. nothing much also, not that it is not nice, but no money, my wallet the hole very big le, and it's still growing. by then, it was time for us to head to expo there for jam's new year party. i reached there but i cannot make it cause i have dinner. then i just went in with her for a while before leaving. got this goodie bag she gave me from her church. but too bad i couldnt accompany her. sorrry ah. hahahaha. oh yah, at the mrt, i wanted to go home suddenly cause i saw many people and was so embarrassed. hahahaha, so i wanted to chiong out of our train and take the one opposite and me and jam had like a rugby fight in the mrt train. too bad the door closed before i could make a dash for it. hahahaha. alright then, one more thing, AM I DAO???
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9:59 PM
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i feel weird, time pass by very quickly, i mean, it is like 2006 already but my mind is still in 2005. well, a new year, a new goal. wait, i have no goals. hahahaha.
just want to wish everyone a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!
havent bought my school books yet, i am so freaking dead.
i bought gifts for people, aiya, took a lot of effort to get gifts, stupid people better appreciate it.
right then, i want to sleep le. by the way, i have some pictures of my trip posted below, although i know it is like oversized, i am to lazy to actually do anything about it.
good night or er, good morning
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