Wa… sec 3 level camp.. not say fun.. but v exciting. Ok ill do it day by day
Day1- took the coach from school to sarimbun scouts camp.. quite far away near limchukang road.. 45 mins bus ride? Abt there. Camp started.. my group name was Alpha.. groups are the classes la.. alpha bravo Charlie delta ecko foxtrot hotel
Intro blabla.. then pitch tent!! Really quite cool to pitch a tent.. I mean.. how many of you actually pitched a tent before? Ahaha.. my first time doing.. then the ropes I tie the knots all very nice one :) after that lunch I think.. then activities!
<all activies played in our groups><different groups start with different activities><my group was my class>
Activity 1-Teambuilding
Basically consists of 3 games, spider web, trolley, and giant finger. Spider web.. most of us play b4 ba.. the one got a lot of ropes tied to 2 poles, then in the middle have like a lot of holes.. then muz bring ur group members thru the holes to the other side.. got some holes smaller than the others to harder.. etc
Trolley.. 4 of us in one team, then have these 2 long planks with ropes, one plank for each leg. Then the four of us muz get on both planks, and using the ropes, use them as mechanical legs lidat and walk from one end to the other. My team thrash the others! :P
Giant finger was this 3-3.5m high pole, with a tyre around it at the base. Basically, we muz push the tyre thru the top and put it back in again. So muz form this 4 man-base and then a human pyramid.. alwyn and som1 stand ontop of the base ppl to reach and push it over la. We were one of the only groups who did it I think :) cos super high and not easy.
Activity 2- River Challenge
Hmm.. 2 tyres and 2 diameter abt 8cm logs, and ropes. Given this, we muz construct a raft that will carry us, 4 at a time, across a super murky river (nicknamed the Milo Pond) (cos tat was the colour of it) abt 20 metres la. Got guideline to pull once we all in the raft. Got a little wet
Activity 3- Nature Rumble
No doubt.. the dirtiest and most pointless but super fun activity!! We walk a long way to this like 20 metre by 3 metre mud pit. Absolute black mud. Im not talking about your ordinary field brownish mud. Im talking abt pure black mud, in thick slimy lumps. All we had to do was get in to the mud pit and get dirty :)
Haha.. those scared dirty ppl stand one side.. the rest of us jump inside roll about.. cover ourselves with black mud from head to toe.. but the thing is the mud at the bottom like quicksand lidat.. you step in rite, it will pull your shoe down, then if you pull up too fast without wriggling ur foot you’ll lose your shoe.. then got some ppl from other classes lose shoe.. but the mud was super cool lor! Just thick grimy chunks of black mud! Haha then some of us totally covered with black mud. Then we gel our hair with the mud also.. the mud was like the best hair-holder you can ever find.. beats wax or clay or anything.. it’s super firm and solid lor. :) I make some fin hairstyle.. hahaa
Then after this was over.. we went to get hosed down by the instructors la.. took some time .. cos we super covered with mud.. then hose for super long.. haha.. then our white shirts all become totally brown after washing off the mud.
Hmm. Then dinner. Blabla. Ok I talk abt all the activities k.
Night Games-
This was pretty lame.. we were blindfolded, then walk walk walk walk walk ard the camp then muz watch out for obstacles la which one unblindfolded person will tell the first guy who muz pass it down the line. Then at the end part we were brought to a big field, all separated, mixed with other class ppl, then while blindfolded, muz locate our class ppl and get together to form a group la. So like muz shout ‘alpha!! Alpha!!’ etc..
Activity 4- nature discovery hunt
Ok, the most boring activity of the entire camp. Basically, we’re given 3 lists, one list of creatures to find (e.g. toad, grasshopper, worm) one list of trees to locate and one list of leaves to find (like angsana sagaseeds etc)
Boringness.
Activity 5 – command and conquer
The game is not as cool as the name suggests ok :) basically.. group divided into 3 sections.. then start from this point.. one at a time, race to this point, then leopard crawl like fifteen metres which was like quite hard, then when 3 finish, group huddle, spin 15 rounds. Then they limbo dance thru this rope that wasn’t tat low. Keep doing until everyone in the section is through. Then form this caterpillar chain.. sit down in a row, facing front, legs around each other’s waist, then use hands to move forward a distance..
Then we build this catapult..with 3 logs (like before) and ropes and a mess tin. and launch water bombs.. my section launch best one actually hit the other group. Oh yeah each group got one leader whom we muz ‘kill’ (get wet) and the group members muz keep dry and protect. Then our water bomb so zun then they keep blocking quite irritating. Other group’s catapult break, fail or launching cannot reach. Then when all the waterbombs finish every1 take one waterbomb and chiong and try to get the leader wet. Ah!! I still cant throw water bomb! Throw both at close range both miss terribly!! Hahaha
Acitivty 6 – SOC (standard obstacle course)
Yup SOC.. those in NS should know this. But it rained earlier on so we couldn’t do a lot of things cos wet then they scared we slip and fall. First obstacle.. Low Wall.. this wall about lower than 2 metres.. then muz vault over la..run, grab the top, pull up then climb over. I did it pretty easily but those heavier ppl need help la :)
Ok I cant remember all the obstacles, so ill just say those which I did.. then got Suicide Window.. basically this bar at about our waist, and another nearer to our ankle. Then we muz lean over the top bar, flip over and grab the bottom bar with the other hand, then flip completely over. Not really flip juz swing over lidat. Quite easy.. just muz conquer the fear of it.. muz really swing over and grab the bottom bar.
Low Beam.. this low beam which we muz juz vault over.. at higher than waist level.
Then the most fun one.. Jacobs Ladder! This huge stair case made up of big logs as steps.. goes up to abt 3 metres I think. Then the log is round rite, so muz balance also. Then go up quite challenging, go down even harder.. heh. Fun fun.
Activity 7 – Initiative Games
Dunno how it got its name.. basically 3 games also. First game, this two benches abt 1.5 metres apart.. we’re given 4 logs(like before) and ropes to make a bridge.. then muz walk over the bridge. After that.. these 9 bricks… then given 2 planks, then muz get from point a to point b.. our tactic not bad finished quite fast. Last game, everyone grab part of this large rope, blindfolded. Then one leader stands in the middle. He’s then given a shape, like a triangle, then he muz try to form the shape by asking the ppl to move forward, pull back the rope a bit.. etc.
Activity 8- Rock climbing!!!
Ah!! We didn’t do this activity cos it was raining!! So sad. :( the rock wall super high like ten stories high. Ok la not so high.. 8 stories. But really very high. Looked so fun lor… :(
Yups tats it for the activities. Oh yeah something really interesting happened on the 2nd day.. like after lunch, there was this break.. so we went back to our campsites.. then got 2 campsites, one campsite all Express classes the other got 2 express and 3 Normal classes. Then my campsite rite, every tent got thing stolen and bags ransacked!!! It was like the entire campsite!! Bags that were closed were wide open.. some bags ransacked.. money, discman, handphones missing.. widespread panic. Then we report to teacher.. luckily I didn’t lose anything cos I didn’t bring anything! :) dunno whether got money.. but if got also not a lot. It was a mass theft.. so cool.
I heard they recovered part of the missing items and have a few suspects.. then at the end of the camp got a bag check.. then go back to school I think confirmed a few suspects.. everyone had to gather in the canteen.. then the discipline committee teachers all come out then police also came.. then after a while those who had items stolen had to stay back.. I dunno wat happen cos I left already.
Hee ok I think tats all I have to say abt camp. Oh yeah I lost my phone on Sunday.. some idiot stole it.. well.. I think I getting another phone.. im hoping to get 6100 but my aunty say too expensive..I dunno why I think she’s buying the phone by itself, then it costs over $200!! I dunno.. most likely getting back 2100. oh well.Thank god if I can even get a phone.. and im really lucky I didn’t lose anything at camp.. yup. Hope the culprits get apprehended asap.-- alan. out