heyys.

back from OBS since yesterday.
outward bound Singapore.
it was great fun to go there
and explore more about yourself and others.
so tday's post will be abt the 5 days with OBS.
with the help of the journal to refresh my memory.

we set off from school, the pier.
the boat took us to pulau ubin.
most if not all of 3A was in camp 2.
loads of ppl remarked that camp 1 was much btr.
admin was done there, then we had diff duties each.
wenxuan and I were the store keepers throughtout the camp.
the store keepers are in charge of the store,
which stores all equiptment like tents, harnesses,
whistles, lifevest, bottles, and all that stuff.
we put the bags there too.
we started on a 'learning tree'.
had to put all the learnings of the day on the tree
and at end of 5 days the tree would flourish.

oh, we were put into a group too.
I was in team 'Shackleton'.
Sir Ernest Shackleton was a explorer which went to the south pole to explore,
i think.
all the rest of the team names were also names of explorers.
the first few days we were working in individual teams.
but from day 3 on we worked with 3 other teams to form 'BRAVO'.
Shackleton, Marco polo, Magellan and Livingstone.
cool names, haha.
Shackleton comprises of Kendrick, Alan, Jia De, Wen Xuan, Yi Fan, Ruo Lan, Abigal, Yan Ran,
Yee Sing, Sharlene, Sandra, Shu Wei, Karin, Tie Ning and me.
mix of 3A and 3D. :D
oh ya, our instructor was Nadia.
cool person.

day 1,
we learnt to belay.
A-B-C-D.
haha, forgot what it stands for but safety was most impt in this activity.
ms lee belayed me so I knew I was in safe hands.
after that,
we were taught to cook and pitch tents.
we must do these in the late afternoon where there was light,
or we cannot see.
haha, the first day was the best because we got to shower properly,
eat nice food, sleep in nice tents.
we packed the backpacks they lent us with necessities for living out for next few days.

day 2,
we rocked climbed.
haha, I was very scared to go down after going up.
zzz, not because it was high.
it was because I was scared there was nothing to hold on to when I came down.
the top descend was scariest.
fortuantely Jia De was steady with belaying.
He let me down slowly and I trusted him too.
haha, I was shaking when I reach the ground.
ms lee saw that I was shaking and she helped me untie the rope
because I couldn't move my hands properly then.
we learnt to kayak.
haha, everyone had to do capsize drill in the sea.
the sea looked so clean at far.
but really, once you get down in the water and taste it,
you will know so much more.
salty and dirty, haha.
I loved the kayaking part out of the camp the best.
at the feedback form they asked what you liked best.
I wrote kayaking, because it was memorable and enjoyable to be in the kayak.
anyway, we learnt that if we use left to pedal we went right.
basic physics.
so we kayaked to another an ulu place.
camp MACHOR.
the beach was full of algae and sand flies.
but in the campsite it was much btr.
it was full of rocks.
so we used it to hold the twine to hold our tents.
successful for this day with rocks.
haha, here at the forest there was much mosquitoes.
which looked upon me as food.
without much defense, I became their food.
I loved what we cooked on the second day.
noodles, campbell soup.
simple yet very satisfactory when it's warm and when everyone ate from the same pot.
because we did not want to go through trouble of using too many mess tins,
we ate from 2 pots of noodles of diff flavours and 2 other mess tins for campbell soup.
we had compassion for friends too.
we left food for teammates which havent ate yet instead of finishing everything while they were away.
we did sentry duty, much because we were in forest lands and it was not particularly safe.
haha, that day I had stomachache and used the toilet there.
toilet as in in the wild.
okay larr, not too bad sanitation in the wild.
that was what i thought until after OBS.
instructor Jonathan briefed us on what we were going to do tmr.
his accent rocks.
monotone and broken english.
that's why it rocks and everyone was amused at his jokes.
haha.
he told us we were going to kayak around more than half of pulau ubin.
haha, it sounded tough for a beginner kayaker like me.

day 3,
our team was already quite bonded.
not very but quite.
we roughly knew each other, 3A, 3D and NCC.
linked affliations.
anyway, we went on sea expedition as promised yesterday.
but it was raining in the morning.
cat 1 storm.
cat 1 means high lightning risk.
so the sea was a definite no-no.
we used our pnchos and covered ourselves with it.
huddled tight to keep warm, and some sang songs. :D
then we pushed our kayaks out to the sea.
Jon wanted us to paddle fast to fight against the incoming currents.
we needed to help one another to push each other's kayaks off the shore.
and we did what Jon asked us what to do.
it was so cold Jia De said his teeth was chattering.
yeah it was that cold.
we carried kayaking with all our might.
then after a while, the storm died down.
then there was the sun.
zzz, I knew I was going to get sick, haha.
the formation of the kayaks had to be diamond.
or else big ships might think that we were bananas and they would run over us.
Hence BRAVO set out tgt.
Kendrick was navigator.
Ting Xiang and Wei Cheng was starboard or ppl at the sides.
and Chi Kan was sweeper at the back.
fun though exhausting.
we could use the sea as the toilet here haha.
we just had to get down our kayaks and do it within breaks.
we ate our lunch at sea.
the instructors threw food towards us.
Jing Yen loved oreos the msot, haha.
then we continued in the basking sun.
then at last we were at our next campsite.
KK campsite.
it was btr ground there, but more mosquitoes.
how i hate mosquitoes.
there we pitch tents and cooked dinner.
rice with sardines and curry chicken in one pot.
wonder why never use the toilet after that.
haha, joking.
the food was very nicee as we were all hungry.

day 4,
we were late in meeting instructors and were told to unpack then pack our backpacks.
we were mostly late for most meetings with instructors.
hard to get everyone tgt ready to meet instructors.
okay, we carried our backpacks and trekked.
we went to freshwater quarry to bathe ourselves after 2 days of no bathing.
haha, not literally just jump in water and get on rafts we built.
water was nice, btr than seawater.
then we changed out of clothes we wore for 3 days.
cause we needed to wear long sleeve long pants.
most of us had one set.
then we didn't know it took so long before going back to base camp.
so we rewore it over and over again.
then at last after bathing we changed to dry clothes.
we went trekking later with heavy backpacks and water bottles which we shared to carry.
Kendrick navigated us towards base camp and we needed to find checkpoint too.
haha we went there as 3rd group to arrive and we set tents.
then we had cooking competition.
haha, with our bread with chicken luncheon and tuna garnished with peanuts,
we won.
but we could not finish the food at the end because everyone had no appetite.

day 5,
go home day.
did store keeping and lost loads of stuff.
had to pay for it, zzz.
then we did reflections on the tree.
we did souvenir shopping.
shirts etc.
I think shirt quite small for me haha, so must wear it more often before it cannot fit me anymore.
oh ya, my sis can wear horr. :D
so we went back skool and then went to harbourfront KFC to eat.
haha, ate so much because it was first time in 5 days we got to eat fast food.
yeah, I can see now why Alan says he's getting mroe spoilt.
haha, weird how we ppl think.
in school everything seems too boring.
then at obs everything is too harsh because we're not used to it.
then back again we say we miss obs.
wow, weird us.
well, at least some of us.

hence, obs can be concluded to be interesting and fun.
I learnt that teamwork, time management and orderliness is very impt when living in a group,
even as a team we should put others before ourselves.
then that way, everyone would be happy.
'very good'. said in Jon's style. ;D

okay, been here too long.
gtg, bye.

heyys.

sunday with pockets of sunshine
bursting everywhere outside
but nvr inside here.

one more day to OBS.
going to miss my PC.
for 5 days.
zzz.
but OBS shld be more fun than the com actually.
there's so much more in OBS then in PC games.

argh, my stomach hurts at times.
feeling bad.
the pain makes me feel so tired.
hope it doesn't hurt during OBS.

going to do some homework before obs I hope.
then when come back dont have to do so much.
oh but still must go back on saturday for project.
zzz.

haha, music cheers the stomach up. ;D
especially MCR.
rocks you stomach upside down.

went out by things for obs tday.
saw junwei when eating breakfast at clementi.
haha, he was with his mum and dad.
I didn't say 'hi' since I was so far away.
bought shirts, plain colour shirts.
then wanted to buy shoebag.
but still didn't managed to buy one at the end.
zzz, sad.

been using the com for a long time le.
gotta go already.
have fun at obs.
dare to take challenges and just enjoy lorr.
haha, get to know classmates btr?
have fun, cya.

heyys.

2 mroe days to OBS.
zzz. 5 days of wilderness.

argh, i'm going to flunk the tests i did on friday.
my stomach pain sia, during the test.
then cannot finish last question. zzz.
la, ppl say simple.
but i think i thinktoo much.
make things complicated.
going to fail that too.

oh but the good news is
fullmarks for maths.
yayye. ;D

haha, just had my supper.
i don't eat suppers very often.
this is like the first time in how many months.
very full now. x)
supper's are not very good for health i read somewhere before.
at night, the stomach needs to sleep, just like the body.
so it cannot digest too much food.
so ppl, supper is not very advisable too often.

oh friday's pe was super fun.
tchr let us play soccer.
street soccer superfun luhh haha.

tday's training was okay.
got to play doubles matches with diff partners.
after training, yongzhi, clement, junwei and me
went to JE to eat. (junwei went home first)
yongzhi and me go eat tomyam.
haha, so nicee.
sour and spicy.
made yongzhi happy and feeling high.
we were perspiring in the air con food court. ;D
then we shared mango ice-kachang.
haha, sensational man.
the sweetness of it.
we all agreed the brown sugar part is not nice.
the yellow part is best.
you know the colours on the icekachang rite.
got 4 mah, green, pink, yellow, brown.
yeah thats what i'm talking about.
it's nice eating something cold after eating smt hot.
puts your stomach to the test.

haha, went home slack whole day.
don't know if i deserve to slack.
but what's done is done.

obs is on monday.
did i say that before just now?
haha, nvm.
without my favourite pillow cannot sleep le larr.
haha. 5 days of insomnia.
joking joking.
first time sleep in tent.
last time camp all got somewhr nice to sleep one.
challenge task.

finally, i'm yawning.
which means i can go to sleep.
yay.
nights.

heyys.

wednesday, mark of half-week.
2 more days left.
4 tests to do.
zzz.

this time tests I nvr really study
as hard as I used to last times for tests.
there's this weird feeling in me
when i don't study hard for tests.
this cold, empty feeling.
like when your heart is hollowed into a vacuum.
why am I feeling this way?
afraid to do tests,
afraid to make mistakes now.
there's just no space to make mistakes anywhere in the year.
every test is graded.
although small percentage but every small percent adds up to the grand total at the end.
only the best make it at the end of this 6 years of IP programme in RV.
or maybe it's the kiasuness I'm getting into.
must always be the best of everything done.

or maybe it's just me being weird.

just finished EOM.
haha, don't even know if correct because I never hand up to tchr before yet.
tmrw have geog and math test, back-to-back.
later i'll go revise.
then the day after tmrw we have LA and bio.
all scary subjects especially LA.
argh, the feeling's coming back.
too long nvr do test luhh larr.
zzz.

tday we learn about paradox in LA, at least for a while
saw a ppt on paradox and was wondering how true everything was.
it was true.
the more we learn, but the less common sense we have. (wj's pm)
the better we become, the more we fear. (wj's pm)
all was very true.
I came up with one to describe my feeling now.
the more you worry for the test, the less marks you get.
haha, the less you worry, the more marks you get.
of course that's not true. ;D

wah tday thighs and legs damn pain.
yongzhi, yongyu also.
i think all the badminton sec 3 ppl also leg pain.
do stretches to walk around 3 courts for 10 rounds.
the knee bend thing.
zzz.
my pants almost ripped luhh.
haha. ;D

watched brainiac yesterday.
yesterday episode was last episode.
so it was sports day brainiac.
haha, so nice luhh brainiac!
they tried to fire penalties with rockets attached to soccer balls.
haha, the post blast broken.
oh and the jon tickle experiment.
he tried to test to see which emotion was most ideal to extend his athletical ability.
he tried fear, pride, confident, sad.
but only angry worked.
he did his maximum ability to lift 40kg weights when he was angry.
haha, angry when he saw his girlfriend kiss another man.


okay, that's about it.
gotta go try contain this weird feeling
by studying.
there's no cure for this except studying.
byes, good luck for tests.

heyys.

late monday night.
haha, apex of all monday blues.
because it's going to be tuesday in 0.5 hrs time.

oh, last saturday and sunday has been quite fulfilling.
weekend brilliance.
if the homework part is cancelled of,
then the weekend was brilliant.

saturday went to mediacorp to support ppl for their comp.
got to see how quiz shows like this one is 'producted.'
they NG a lot of times, but that's inevitable i guess.
haha, i saw the lights on the ceiling.
one set was 110kg.
what if it landed on your head.
zzz.
yay, our team first out of the four schools.
haha, from students point of view is a excellent job done le.
well done, good job.

after that went to eat at je.
netball had their finals in the afternoon.
like duhh, of course they win luhh.
well done, good job.

on sunday woke up at 8am.
that was quite early because saturday i slept late to do homework.
wake up early again to do homework.
do homework until 4pm.
then i went out with my family.
so on saturday and sunday, i didn't play com games at all.
well done, good job.

youxiang told me how they won the bball comp on sunday.
the PRC in their team shot 3 pointer at the last seconds of the game,
and then they win by one point.
wow.
haha, congrats to everyone.
after hearing from yx, all the bballers seemed to have won smt home.
well done, good job.

then at night, my family and me(refusing to use 'i', bad grammar dont follow pls)
went to eat dinner after looking for the things i need in OBS.
haha, after dinner, we saw lots of durians so we bought some to enjoy.
my father says there are a lot of durians for sale now
because the weather in m'sia is good so
durians are falling faster than raindrops.(exaggeration/ metaphor?)
haha, durians are the best thing i've eaten for a long time.
memorable nights with the durians.

well, that's my weekends.
tday was long with lessons.
but i survived it.
well done, good job.

okay, gtg already.
nites.

heyys.

it's friday night.
yayyayyay, the weekends are finally here.
but it's no time to relax.
there's tonnes of homework to finish.
and tests to study.
haha, long time nvr do test already,
feeling very anxious.
mr tan say math test percentage so high somemore,
makes me even more scared.
zzz.

tday's training was slack.
because we were more interested in the ongoing basketball game
in the background.
got boys bball and girls bball.
looks like C div one.
the coaches reactions very big when players make a minor mistake,
like shooting a 3-pointer and missing it,
or when the ball is lost needlessly.
maybe this is one of the reasons why i didn't choose bball as cca.
when you make a mistake on the court you have very little time
to think about what to do next.
but basketball is still a nice sport. ;D
because we went bball crazy after watching them play and we couldn't concentrate on training.

tday we watched videos on touch rugby.
looks very cool how professionals do it,
but i'm no professional so that looks very tough to do.
but it looks fun.
running and avoiding people.
and teamwork seems to be the crucial factor in the game.

tmrw is speech day.
haha, i go support alvin and zhiliang.
jyjy. ;D

okay, it's getting late le.
cya & nights.

heyys.

wah so late le,
so much work to think about and not do
because i'm lazy.

yay, dled wc on com,
thanks to leslie and jiajun.
but i don't think can play these few weeks.
so much homework this week,
got tests next week also.
math, bio, geog tests all next week.
i want to have the ability to not sleep
and yet stay up all night to do stuff.
haha, the '7-eleven' man. (24-hr)

just thinking about all these tests and homework makes me dizzy.
plus projects.
poor us, we just have to do all the work.
tday was a cloudy day.
most of the day was clouds,
dark ones,
just like the one over me.
and everyone else who's troubled over nothing.
sometimes, getting troubled over nothing can be stressful.
it may sound silly, but when your mind is suddenly empty,
you'll panic because other ppl are doing smt,
while you are just sitting there, stoning away.
maybe stoning away is a form of rest.
thinking about nothing is like sleeping.
'cause you nvr get to realize how you fall asleep ystday night.

haha, headache le.
gotta go,
nites.

heyys.

haha, thought of blogging since i'm online
to do some research for bio.

yay, watched movie tday in the end.
with brian, muxin and yong zhi.
watched hancock.
the show's nicee,
although we agree that it has no storyline.
but the special effects rocks.
will smith's very funny.

takeaways from the movie:
you got to respect others if you want them to respect you,
even though you might be btr, stronger than them.
and also,
nvr call another person an 'asshole'.

haha, shan't spoil the movie for ppl who haven't seen it.
go watch it, it's totally worth the money. ($6, since it's youth day! ;D)

after watching movie went around jec but couldn't find anything to do.
so we went junwei's house play xbox. ;D
haha gozilla and halo.
i'm bad at playing games on controller platform.
haha, lack of practice.

okay, gotta go already.
HAPPY YOUTH's DAY! ;D
enjoy being a youth now.
haha, nites.

heyys.

youth day morning.
wanted to go movie tday with teammates but they nt free.
haha, then i shall stay at home and finish my work.

thought bout global warming yesterday.
(cause the weather was very hot yesterday)
everyone is trying to go green in whatever they do.
but there's no real cure for global warming anyway.
is it the selfish acts of ppl who don't care about the world anyway, since it's the next generation that's going to suffer.
or is it just a natural process where global warming is inevitable.
maybe in a few years time it's going to be hotter.

life is so down-to-the earth.
there's no space to stop and ponder about the past,
or dream about the future.
everything is passing so rapidly,
like a river passing rough rocks and flowing down a steep mountain.
there's not enough time to rest.
there's always so much to learn,
so much to do,
so much to play,
so much to love.
one lifetime's not enough.

haha, feel the randomness. -.-
i'm bored.
i go game first before doing homework.
cya.

heyys.

yay, got back my com tday.
after about 2 weeks,
i finally can lay my fingers on the keyboard.

my com kena virus, then cannot use.
now reformatted and repaired,
with pop-up blocker and some anti-virus program.
last time nvr use haha that's why kena virus.

let me pen the experience without a PC here.
obviously it was boring.
no games, nobody to chat to at night (although i don't chat a lot), no getting away from homework.
all the boredom replaced by a TV.
if the TV breakdown then i really am at lost.
amazing how technology affects our lifestyles.
i simply forgot how to live without a com.

tday was an enjoyable day.
went to fmps/fmss carnival.
haha, spent all the coupons there in time.
sebas, tunren, rebecca, gloria and me went there.
lots of stuff to eat.
there's pasta, satay, donuts, cotton candy, ice-cream, nachos, otah, hotdogs and so much more.
sebas, tunren and me all had our sister tending the stall there.
haha and tunren's sis stall was next to my sis one, haha.
met lots of frends along the way.
so many ppl came for the carnival.
everywhr we went i could recognise a face or two from fmps.
saw coach there. zzz, the company he works in coaches for fmps.

fmss campus so cool.
got skybridge. haha.
i think the most memorable event there must be the 'dunking tchr' thing.
there's the teacher sitting on a platform,
which drops down when a button is activated.
and of course the tchr falls in the pool of water below the platform.
applause.
the game whr the most 'wanted' tchr gets wet.
so ppl bid to throw balls to hit the button that activates the platform.
does it mean we are all sadists because when the tchr drops in the water,
everyone claps and laughs?
maybe it's jsut human nature to laugh.
just like whenever a clown does smt stupid everyone laughs.
hmm, interesting.

yeah, that's all for tday.
got to go to sleep soon.
nites.