back from OBS!!! yeah back to civilisation!!
haha 5 days at pulau ubin is really a meaningful experience for me
this is sth that you will nvr find in the classroom!!! (:
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Day 1
first, let me introduce to you our *handsome* instructor, Ah Xiang....ops srysry is Clay~~
he is really lame and humorous..and he got like countless stories to tell us...
WE ARE TEAM MARSHALL!!~~ marshall rox my world man!
we plan to set off at 10+?
but the whole programme was delayed due to the unpredictable weather >.<
it started raining when we were waiting at the jetty.
and guess what? WHAT!?(haha) we are grp no.25 which is the last grp....
we stood in the rain with that nasty ugly yellow poncho for 1 hour+ and waited for our turn to board the boat. >.<
upon reaching pulau ubin, everybody just rushed out of the boat and went to the hall
we went to the dinning hall for our lunch after the briefing by liping.
the food is...erms..edible haha jk jk it taste gd! (maybe because we were too hungry)
everyone wolf the food down in like...less than 2o min!
after tat we went to our dormitory and sort out our stuff there.
tried belaying with yuejun, julio and choon pin...
we went for dinner after some activities...couldn't really rmb all of them>.<
and pitched our own tents <3 and sleep beside the beach lol i <3 my moon pillow (:
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Day 2
woke up at 5.30 and went for morning PT
played some funny games with other watches ( example, evolution, *say hi* game and blah blah blah)
and we learnt the MOST IN exercise .......THHHHHHE~~~ DODO!!!
i simply love DODO.. it is so cool and....and...and comical
for those who want to learn DODO plz look for me! haha
we finished our breakfast around...8 and went for rock climbing
btw, i got my new nickname .tgt with choon pin, we are the batman and robin.. >.<
yeah congraz to me that i reached the top! (though i am still scare of height)
haha congraz to all teammates who tried their best and exceed their limits (:
"only as high as i climb, can i reach" this is the reward for us..... <3
after that we packed our bags and embarked on a long journey to!!!!! !!!!! !!! camp 2 (:
lee yin sprained her ankle so she couldn't go with us ):
halfway through, we went inside a tunnel and play some games.
it was totally dark inside and we can barely see each others with the light stick.
"A team is the strongest at its weakest link" haha so i think this is the reward for us
finished the game and continued our journey ):
everybody was complaining coz the bags were really heavy
finally we reached our destination!! ..it is a quite desolate place....with a few shelters and faulty lights
we settled down and cook our own dinner and guys went to pitch the tents
ate our dinner at sunset ....how romantic~~~ (vomitting)
after bathing we went for the briefing of the sea expedition
and guess what?! WHAT?! i am the one of Sea Ex leaders....tgt with brian, junkang, dixun and cynthiaS
we discussed about the time schedule for the next day and slept at around 1 1 (:
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Day 3
woke up at 5.40 and went for morning PT
after that we gathered tgt to form the " Morning Circle" and wrote our journal~.~ haha
unfortunately, we encoutered a storm in the morning so the activities were delayed...
it really dampened my mood
we waited for 1 hours + before we can try kayaking in the sea
i was anticipating for this moment! omg haha i love kayaking!
after some capsize drills, we gathered as grps and set off!!!!!
i was at the portside with starlight and moeka haha
i really enjoy the feeling when i see water gleaming in the sunshine, feeling of relaxation ha
it wasn't smooth in the beginning...we have to feel the momentum so that we can catch up with other grps >.<
but my hard work finally paid off!! 3 years in the gym is not wasted (:haha
thx to xuejun and moeka for paddling so hard (:
at the start, we counldn't really control the direction well so we juz paddled slowly with the current.
along the way we stopped and had some quick breaks, ate some snacks to energise myself (:
we kayak for another 3 hours and that is about the half of the trip
by then we slowed down as we were kayaking against the current.
starlight was exhausted after another2 hours haha and the whole grp started to slow down.
as we kayak into the channel, everybody was bubbling over with excitements coz we thought that the campsite was near!
however, we were struck with dismay when the navigator told us there was another 2km to go....>.<
and Starlight flared up at me when i feigned ignorance about the *ACCIDENTs* starlight you should know rit!? haha
( i am not accident prone (:)
towards the end everyone was grumbling as 12km is a bit too long for us....
haha but the hopes still flickered within us when we saw the campsite from far!!
omg haha i started paddling with all the might i could muster towards the shore!
haha I AM THE FIRST TO REACH!!!! YEAH! can you believe that we actually kayak for 12km ! wow!
upon reaching the shore every1 really felt relieved haha
camp 3...is like a deserted forlorn place..lol
ar!! i cant believe we have to pitch the tents at this bleak moor with no washrooms or other facilities..
nvm this is the purpose of the whole OBS course...ha
after we finished all the work and cleaned up, ............DINNER TIME!!
we couldn't wait to stuff the instant noodle into our mouths...haha
by the time we finished, it was already 10+ so we had a quick sharing session within our grp
entered dreamland at around...11? lol
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Day 4
we woke up at 5.40 and i was in anguish to force myself to stay awake..
surprisingly, my arm wasn't aching after the Sea EX on the previous day
ate our happy meal for breakfast and played some interesting games as usual
Julio was really funny haha he was tricked by Clay and he kept cursing him..lol
after the briefing by liping, we plotted the coordinates on the map and get ready for trekking.
the first checkpoint was the German Girl Shrine, lol
"the best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas...." lol this is the first quotation
we went on to the highest point of Pulau Ubin! haha the quarry is sososososo beautiful!! omg
everyone was amazed by the echo!!(:
we walked for another 2 hours and reached the last checkpoint!
we have to complete one mission before we can proceed....
so we took around 30 minutes to complete the obstacle course
...just before we reach our final destination..(sounds wrong..nvm) we have to finish the *stone-throwing* task
sometimes things just dun go in your way .... we failed to complete the task
but tat was not a failure coz we get to experience more valuable things in our lives
Marshall didn't fail, we grow! haha and sry to other watches, we learnt much more than you all (:
by the time we reached our dormitory, i had this mixed feeling that is beyond words could describe...
the images of teammates encouraging each other just keep flickering in my mind
i guess this is what we called a friendship forged by adversity!
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Day 5
time for us to face reality....
these 5 days at pulau ubin really keep my mind free of all those thoughts
i could still rmb that i was so emo on the 1st day as i didn't grp with you..
i could still rmb that i was emoing before OBS for grping with strangers from other class
however, these 5 days really changed my mindset,
15 ppl from different class with different personalities and background end up in the same grp
through these days, strangers become friends
invisible bonds and links were forged between us (:
maybe it is just like what the instructors said, life is not a destination but a journey
and the journey doesn't end here!
thx to all the ppl in Marshall, thx for giving me such a wonderful experience.
and also thx to Clay who always tell us about the stories of Ah-Xiang and Ah-Ku
the experience at Pulau ubin will always be there, etched in my memory
special thx to: anise, yin shan, min ping, natalie, choon pin, yuejun, julio, lee yin, dixun, weilin, charis, junjie, huiying, chenxi
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hope that you are happy for these 5 days!! (: