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Saturday, March 31, 2007

woohoo how was camp! :) for me it was great. during the camp itself i didn't feel great but the after effects were great. some good memories for us to keep, i guess.

i'm gonna create a poll soon, haha. just for the fun of it. a how-was-class-camp-for-you poll. :)

i'm too lazy to blog again about class camp. maybe i should just rip some parts off my blog:

"...it began with us being dropped off at buona vista. we had to figure our way out to labrador park with maps provided. we were supposed to go in 2 groups per class, but we just ended up walking together with 3D. all the time it was just walking, stoning, walking, talking. quite a peaceful walk. :) then it started to rain halfway, but stopped as we were approaching labrador. stopped somewhere near a beach and the organisers gave us a few hours for class bonding. free and easy. so after having our lunch, we decided to play 'truth or dare' since we couldn't play outdoors because of the rain. since "what is said in the circle remains in the circle", i can only say that this 'truth or dare' session revealed quite a lot of things about our class. not that we didn't know about those previously, but they have been said out blatantly this time. and it remains to be seen how these things will turn out. ;)

"and zhenggang's fortune telling totally sucked! I DON'T BELIEVE LAH PLEASE.

"walked to our camp site. the place was an old school site. quite innovative of MOE to construct an adventure learning centre out of it. our class of 25 (yucong and haoyang were absent and weizhi left halfway) decided to all squeeze into one room! :D which had 20 beds. hmm not bad! 3D split up into one room of girls and another room of guys. not that we weren't given the choice to split, we just wanted to stay together! :) when i walked past 3D's rooms of girls and guys i just felt so happy(?) about our class. haha. trust and openness. i think everyone was comfortable with that. (but perhaps they regretted when night came and some people couldn't sleep cause of the noise, haha)

"most of us didn't wash up because there was still night activity. cooked dinner. wow cooking for a class is difficult man. all i could do was cook maggie mee. applause to people like lorraine and syaz for cooking the sweet potato soup! :D shared a mess tin with janice. watched how the guys fooled around. by the way, ernest and victor said many things to andrewneo which, under normal circumstances, would have gotten them 10 white slips each. but andrew neo was really really sporting and friendly; he just laughed with them and treated them like "godsons". this just proves my earlier point that he actually loves the guys' nonsense. he acts like one of us now, haha. he knows about our class scandals, and he knows our nicknames for one another. "i think your parents must love you very much." -him to ernest. he really loves them lah. i think this camp was more like a bonding session between him and the class, haha.

"samuel kang left with andrew neo halfway because he had a match to play. cleared up and played night activity after slacking in our room for a while. the night activity was really "one of a kind". never played it before. we were divided into 2 groups per class again. weiren could tell i was really tired because i was stoning before the game started and lorraine agreed. so i decided to switch out of my hibernation mode and start going crazy. whoa a lot of adrenaline used up. went high over the possibility of doing a taupok. irritated by the instructor during helium pole. had fun during spider web carrying people. had great fun trying to retrieve the papers. actually the whole game was quite fun! we collaborated between groups too! hee i like that. but the ending of the game was -_____-. we killed so much brain cells trying to think of a way to win the other class (transfer everything to one country and the other country better at arm wrestling would go and invade other countries), in the end the game just ended. like, just ended without saying who won and without us even knowing what was going on. haha. but it was really fun seeing how our class was so cooperative, taking papers for the other group and lending each other poles and ropes. :) stupid game but fun. :D we were debriefed and asked to rate our class bonded-ness. our average is around 7 or 8/10. :) i was surprised at what rainer brought up during the discussion (because i didn't know it could come out of his stall-13-auntie's mouth) and i agree with it. we are generally happy with how the class is now, but i guess there is always room for improvement, and some people can try moving out of their comfort zone. skang came back! he won his match. :) well done man, balakrishnan.

"bathed. pigged out. chatted. i went to sleep for a while. power nap. woke up and some people were already sleeping. formed a chatting group on the mattresses on the floor with janice ernest and skang which lasted till 2+ i think. talked about the "catalyst" and the issue(?). talked a little about another thing emerging too. ernest and janice came up with a solution that skang and i promised to try to help in. actually it's none of our business haha. anyway after that we started turning violent. omg lord of the flies. i don't appreciate being beaten ok. but i appreciate beating people up. so i was being called a ghost lah. and skang and ernest had to be revived so many times? then skang started singing kelly clarkson's songs! HAHA his voice was the worst i've ever heard! "a moment like thisssss..." "since you've been goneeeeee!" (no.1 hit of the day) he woke people up with his loud and super off-tuned singing. or maybe it was our laughter. sincere apologies to people who had been woken up by us. it was just too funny. ernest had to do a remix. hahaha FREESTYLE! after much laughing, we were quite tired already and slept. it was so cold at night! they didn't provide us with blankets. luckily, smart people like me brought along sleeping bags. but stupid people like skang didn't and just kept pulling the sleeping bag over to his side. selfish bala. we want to strip him of his minister title already!

"woke up a few times in the night. then morning came and the kids at the camp site totally woke us up with their cheers and singing omg. urrrgh. before we knew it, it was 7 already. what happened to waking us up at 5.30 to watch sunrise, big bird?!?! didn't feel like waking up at all. washed up. we threw pillows at tanchen to wake him up. he was emo throughout the camp lah. even andrew neo noticed it. had breakfast. started high elements at station 1 the rock wall. it was fun! the rock wall was easier than rgs and obs rock wall. i reached the top yeaaa. quite a lot of people reached it too! weizhong did too! some people even did it at the most challenging lane. yeaa good job! andrew neo became our class photographer. :) the instructors said that he's a very on ct. :D on class must have on ct what. haha. moved on to station 2 absailing. i anyhow walked down the wall haha. my hands felt so hot even with the gloves on. the most enjoyable time was spent in the waiting room crapping with classmates. the barbie girl duet with ernest was the best song of the day, hahaha! but he was barbie and i was ken. his voice can be damn high lah. next station: zipline/flying fox. wooooooo fun! because no strength was required! you just needed to step off and fly down! haha. victor tried to jump down and the instructor was trying to stop him by holding him tightly. then victor was like, "why you keep holding me?!" haha that was quite funny! in the end he still jumped. after my turn i went down to be part of the trolley party. we were all waiting for weizhong's turn because we were anticipating his screams. but he didn't! and we were so proud of him! :D we even helped a few 3D people down. yeaaaa flying fox was a fun station. we watched the other half of the class at the pole challenge. i was quite glad the rain came and our group didn't have to do it. it seemed pretty impossible to reach the pole. only rainer did it and he still did some pull-ups on the pole haha. some people got ropeburnt. for those who had fear of heights, good try! overcoming the fear takes time. there'll surely be a next time and remember, courage!"

alright enough ripping. heh. sorry i'm too lazy to write something else, maybe next time. it's enough blogging for a day.

everyone, please try to post about class camp! even if it's a one or two-liner. :) share your experiences and sentiments!

ok a stupid joke to end this off:
andrew neo: i won't give you a lift (leaf) already.
samuel: nevermind lah, i go and pluck from the trees outside.

not funny right? ok not funny. adios!

kaiqi @ 6:28 pm

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