Friday, January 7, 2011
What it feels like..
It's was so tiring. It was so fun. It was so memorable, too bad it had to end. Yes, and I'm talking about the Secondary 2 camp to Singapore Vision Farm, organised by Adam Khoo. Hell yeah, I've loads of things to talk about it, be it good or bad. Some things really pissed me off, some things really allowed me to enjoy myself. But overall, I really enjoyed myself. I wouldn't mind going back and doing all the activities again, to be honest.
Day 1
We gathered in school. Heck no, nobody was looking forward to the camp at all. Well, for as far as I know of. I, myself, was hoping and praying that the miserable 3 days 2 nights camp would pass super quickly. The Platoon Mentors introduced themselves, well and trust me, I've forgotten almost all of their names. Hmm, I'm sorry! They did some weird kind of falling in. Briefings, introductions, and then we set off to Yio Chu Kang. We went that far. Reached there in 30 minutes or so. The walk up made me feel like going home more. Stepped in, and saw the bunks. It was so luxurious! Air-conditioned, queen-sized mattresses, everyone gets one each. You wish! We slept in bunks under a roof which I honestly believe that you can move it away. They had no mattresses, just wooden planks. That seriously made me go begging for mercy. We fell in, and the instructors really gave me a bad impression. I thought, "Why so serious? Isn't camp for us to enjoy?" Yeah, wait for it. We walked down to the second level. Once again, briefings. Wasn't really bothered to listen to them. Was just wanting to have fun yo! Then we proceeded to a game called Water Tank. It was a long, thick pole (please don't thing wrongly.) with holes, both big and small, and there were 2 balls inside, which we had to get it out by pouring water in it. (Is it me, or does this sound really damn wrong..?) Anyway, we didn't succeed :x The holes were too big. And because I was the one whom poured the water, and due to my lousy aiming, everybody got a little wet/drenched other than me. "ALL FOR ONE, ONE FOR ALL." Yeah, that's what they taught in camp. They took the pails, filled it with water, and BOOM, I got wet. If that happened outside whatsoever, I guess I would have gotten pissed. But hey, I mean, where's the spirit? So I just laughed along with everybody else. From then, I started to believe that this camp meant more than tortures. Second game we played was called the Mind Field. There were 'wires' above us so we had to crawl. Worse thing was, we were crawling over wet mud. We got down and dirty, but trust me, it was worth it. We had so much fun! I honestly wouldn't mind doing it again, I suppose, haha. Then we headed to Slippery Slope. Best (y). However, due to time constrain, the other half of our class went to another game called Post-man walk which was more challenging and difficult. They only had two ropes and they had to cross from one point to another. And below them, wasn't the floor, was a pond. Anyway, Slippery slope is a game that we have to climb up a mat filled with water and detergent, I know, sounds difficult. It isn't though! Probably was because we had a rope to guide us. I was wet from head to toe, literally! Who cares, we had fun. Then we had lunch. Nothing much happened after that, just falling in, exercises etc.
Day 2
It didn't start well, AT ALL. And I'm serious. The morning exercise pissed me off, the instructors pissed me off. Honestly, he was just being an asshole, thank you. Enough about that. Thinking about it seriously makes me pissed off, and now my face is black -_-. Anyway, it all started with breakfast, then a game which is like Amazing Race. Somehow different, but almost the same :D I hope you get it. First stop, we had to piggy back people from one point to another. But, in order to be able to step on the ground between the two points, you have to be wearing the 'necklace'. The main people that piggy backed was Mindez and myself. It was super tiring okay. Our goal to meet was 10 minutes, and pwned. First try was 7 minutes. Second try, which was way more difficult to do, was succeeded in 8 minutes+. We were so happy that we were able to complete it in time. :D Then we had to solve a mystery, but we left it for last. Then we saw Faith2-3 doing some skipping rope thingy. So I asked Nelson where they found the clue. He told me, surprisingly, LOL. K then we had a road block, so we had to do jumping jacks. Georgina, didn't know how to do it. Then so on and so forth, we went to discuss the puzzles, did other games (which I'm lazy to say) and finally, Performance night. It was super last minute,we had only a rough idea of what to do. I thought that it'd be a failed performance. Then I thought I could stand up and prolly give some ideas and what to do with the skit. In the end, I ended up directing the whole time which was really not easy. I lost my voice because I kept on shouting. During dinner, I still had to give briefings because most of them weren't paying attention during rehearsals. Kirti and co were looking at me and yes, I started to get a little stress. THANK YOU YOU. So the skit when super well. Everybody laughed because the skit was meant to be a comedy. I was seriously super happy :D
Day 3
