Monday, June 12, 2006
the stories that happened yesterday
Second Day...
Reached school early with an extra large bag filled to the brim with camping stuff and a bulky sleeping bag.We were to stay over night that day.We were told of where our bunks were and were supposed to unpack and clear all the tables and chairs off to the sides of the dorms.The boys were to be squashed in 1 dorm while the girls were seperated in to different dorms(there were more girls,muahahaha!)I unpacked at record time and brought down all the stuff that we were required to bring along as we were having the Amazing Race.We had to bring along our utensils(as we had to cook our own lunch on the way),umbrella,ez-link card,matches,solid fuel and mascots.I was in charge of carrying the two water bombs throughout the Amazing Race as I had an extra plastic bag and Agassi was to carry the flag mascot.Before the start of the race,each group was given a first-aid kit,$5 for buying raw food(maggie mee and bread were not allowed),2 mast tins and 2 stoves.There was a slight drizzle when the race began.Our first clue to our first destination was 'Go to a park and watch a parade'.It led us to Parkway Parade.At first our group was hesitating whether our decision was right or not,but we tried out despite our doubts.We waited for bus 31 as Lynn and Agassi went with Wei Yin to top-up their card.As we were waiting,2 groups passed us,group 2 the ChiHuaHuas and group 6 which is our allie.When Wei Yin,Lynn and Agassi came back,the bus arrived at exactly the same time.How lucky can we be,KP said.At the next stop,group 7 the Crazy 7 joined us in the bus ride.Everybody got a seat except for Min Hui so she asked KP to help her carry her stuff.Their first stop was to East Coast,so they dropped of before us.But alas!Min Hui forgot to take her stuff when she alight.The stuff was still in KP's hand.At first KP wanted to bring it back to them,but after that Anna,1 of Crazy 7's leader,said it was ok as they could share within the group.We reached PP soon after and completed the task with a flick of the finger.The next clue was 'School Event:10th March'.It fooled us abit but Agassi knew the answer.It was East Coast Park.We did not set of straight away since we were way ahead of time as we completed the tasks so quickly.We went to ColdStorage and did a little shopping(sort of).We were looking and admiring the scrumptious food as our saliva dripped to the floor(hey,only kidding).Since we could not have our lunch till 12pm,we decided not to buy the raw food first as we were lazy to carry the stuff all the way to ECP.Eyes looking at the food stuff in the supermarket longingly,we had to part with them...But before we left,Wei Yin and KP decided to use their own money to buy a huge packet of grapes for us to munch on through the journey which they werent supposed to be doing so.How great our leaders were!So we left ColdStorage happily munching on sweet,seedless grapes.As we were about to cross the road,we met Crazy 7 again.They were heading towards PP but they waved us goodbye before we left for the bus-stop.We were walking towards the stairs of the overhead-bridge with the leaders behind us when suddenly KP asked us why we did not take the escalator up instead.We just shrugged and went to the NOT MOVING escalator.Talk about bad luck!Everybody glared at KP who just simply pretended to look away.Good luck seems to follow us when we want to board buses.As we were climbing down the stairs of the overhead-bridge,bus 31 came.We ran like the wind and boarded the bus.Since we were not very sure of where to alight,I asked the bus driver to tell us when to alight.On the bus,the two mascots 'peed' on me again,making my pants wet.Why is it always me.On reaching the nearest ECP bus-stop,all of us alighted except for Wei Yin who went to the front of the bus and tapped her card on the reader,then tapped her card the second time at the back.Wee Ting told Wei Yin that it's ok if she just alighted from the bus,but she just smiled.Talk about integrity,Wei Yin sure has integrity.
Ok,I'm quite lazy to relate the whole story now...saved this draft since a long time ago.Want to know more,ask me or maybe you can continue guessing what will happen next,ha!
11:32 AM
Friday, June 09, 2006
the stories that happened yesterday
Ok!I admit it that I've not updated since a few light-years ago,but what can I do,I'm not even at home with the comfort of my bed till about 11 something on the 7th of June...From the 5th to the 7th I was in school for the SC camp(also known as 'Torture Camp').
First Day...
It was quite boring on the first day of camp as you know camps usually have those kind of 'ice-breaking' activities to break the ice.You know what I mean,get to know your group members,think of group name,group cheers and stuff like that.The leaders gave us two water bombs per group as 1 of the mascot.We weren't suppose to burst the bombs.If any group burst 1 of their bombs,the group together with the other innocent groups would have to do pumping or pumping position.They said we have to have the spirit of 1 for all,all for 1.For your information,I'm in group 5 and our group name is EveryThink(weird right,but very unique.at first we wanted our group name to be AnyThink but we don't want others to think that we are those kind of group which is don't care don't care type...).Our group leaders are Wei Yin and Kok Peng(also known as KP,not Kim Possible).The group members are Lynn(2E4),Wee Ting(2E4),Agassi(2E5),Dilon(1E7),Shaza(1A2),Lakshimi(1E7),Jasmine(1E5) and me.The next thing we did was to make our own mascot(in other words our flag).We drew a huge lightbulb on the piece of cloth which we later attached onto the bamboo pole.Then we wrote our group name in the lightbulb and signed our names around it.We wrote on with our group cheer which I would not elaborate on to you(I don't want to bore you to death).After doing pumping,as 1 group burst their bombs,we proceeded on to another game(I forgot what the name of the game is).Every member was to be blindfolded except for 1 member whom the group chose.Everybody was scattered around in different parts of the volleyball court and then the chosen(not blindfolded)members would all be stationed in 1 line and shout out the names of their members,telling them which direction they should head to,gathering all members together and arranging them from shortest to tallest.I was 1 of the "suiest(if there's such a word)[unluckiest]" person.KP led me right to the corner of the volleyball court which wasn't the best place to be when you would be struggling to hear the chosen member shout out your name.When everybody was positioned at different places,the game started.The environment was chaotic!There were noise pollutions of the 7 chosen members shouting for their members names and telling them directions!I couldn't hear clearly whether I was called or not.I was still standing stupidly at my position,trying to listen for my name.It was so embarassing!I could see shadows of the people around me moving already but I was still standing like a statue,not even moving an inch.I was finally saved when Wei Yin came for me and instructed me to walk forwards toward my group.The other group members in my group were already gathered together when I reached them.They also complained that it was difficult to hear Lakshimi as she was too soft.The last group to complete this game was group 1,the Crappy Crap.Their forfeit was to spell out their group name using their butts.It was cute!(only joking,I think it's abit obscene).The next activity was to listen to a song called Everlasting Love and change the lyrics to a Survival theme.From this activity,I learnt that I cannot be a lyrics writer.After somemore pumpings and stuff we had lunch.The good news was we could finally feel our hunger and the food was quite a spread(with fried rice,a drumlet,2 nuggets and a sotong ball)[it's considered as good already since this is a camp].The bad news was we had to tie our hands with 'rafia' string with the members sitting beside you.Once again,I was very sui as I sat in the middle so both of my hands were tied up.The members sitting at the side were very lucky.I had a hard time eating as Shaza and Jasmine kept pulling my hands.We were like having a competition on who was the faster eater(lame right?).I turned out 3rd in my group.I don't know how,but after eating,another group lost their bombs and we had to have the usual pumpings again but since we just had our fill,we can't do that.Worst thing is,we had to lie down in the sun on the parade ground.God,was it hot!My butt nearly turned to burnt toast!Soon after,Agassi had to leave for Media Club meeting so we were left with 7 members.Next was a game of water bomb.I coudn't be bothered to explain the rules to you,it's too complicated!By the way,it isn't very fun as I didn't get wet at all.We continued on to a game called Quick Fear which can only be played 1 group at a time.Between the waiting time,the remaining groups played some small games in the canteen(musical chairs,cheers etc etc...).I don't think the Quick Fear activity was any fear as it isn't scary at all.We just had to dip our hands into 2 pails,1 filled we floor and the other in water and sponge and find as many coins as possible.Our group found a total of 27 ten cent coins and 1 twenty cent coin.After all the groups had their go at the activity,we had a rough game of ice and water.In the game,many people pretended to be frozen as they were lazy to run(I was also 1 of them,sort of...).We had 1 more tired hour left to spend which was spent by playing past the message and cherades.Pass the message was very funny.At first the message was extremely long,them some people purposely changed it to just 'ABC'.It was later on changed again to 'go to Hotel 81','ABCDEFG" and last of all 'I don't know'.I ran straight home after the dismissal at 6 plus.You won't know how tired I was...
10:07 PM
