hmm i think this might be one of my longest entries into my blog if i can rmb everything in detail
now where shall i start? ok from monday morning before i went sch
throughout these 5 days, i didnt use the specs box to store my specs even though my father had nagged me to ALWAYS store the specs in the box before going to slp. gah eye spoiled ) :
DAY 1
ate breakfast at home, stuffed everything into my 'luggage', and went to sch. i was using my dad's 'luggage' actually. then arrived near clock tower, saw yun heng's car pulling up near me, was thinking: damn why everyone so good one got car. then waited outside of auditorium for the stupid door to open and then sat inside according to bus no. stupid me make silly mistakes, my FIRST mistake (which i corrected and then recorrected) was actually correct, my seat was at the left. blah.
and so the ppl on stage crapped quite alot, and then we were released to go according to buses. along the way, 2 buses overtook our bus T_T
then reached punggol pt jetty. only got bus 82, which goes serangoon. then sat there and waited quite long cos there were only 2 boats to ferry us there. the ride seemed long (compared to the last day's ride home). then everyone felt abit seasick i think. then we arrived, stuck to the left, and walked uphill a little towards the helipad area for campsite 2. i THOUGHT that the 'road' we'r treking was long (until days later, then i noe whats called 'long distance'). damn it.
stupid dogs barking damn loudly outside my house now. meanwhile i go get the photo we took frm the first day. damn cant find the photo, my parents packed everything out of the luggage bag and now everything seems to be missing.
hmm.. then we gathered at the MPH, and some briefing and the instructors were introduced to us. then we went to take the photo, and went for some instructor briefing while other watches played lame games. then after tt we went to open the storeroom for RALEIGH, and then blah blah blah, was assigned the food IC position, then went to collect the food rations from cookhouse. we gathered at the storeroom, then took our bottles and went over to the cookhouse area there to play teamgames. the first teamgame we played was the balancing on the tree log. and then there were reflections on the ppl cheating. then we played the free fall, from 2 person at side and one person at mid to the mass freefall using the stretcher cloth. aha it was quite quite smooth the fall. then serene (instructor) lowered the bell and we played 'flying and touching the bell' . those cheaters helped to touch the bell for those ppl who couldnt. lol. the cheaters were standing holding the stretcher, they just touch the bell lol.
then after that we went to take our helmets and harnesses and tied them, and went for the stimulated structure climbing thing. learnt the belay calls and the climbing calls. it was quite lame lah. then after that, me and xue yu yu (as food ICs) sorted out the foodstuff and we went to prepare lunch and dinner for those ppl. then we set up our tents (after a demo) and got those ppl to eat. (over the 5 days i didnt eat much. i skipped most breakfasts and dinners, and my lunch was usually only a red bean bun).
then later duno do wad liao. after pitching the tents we got the ppl to cook dinner over the stones wif solid fuels and stuff. it was getting dark. the 1st day's dinner i ate the normal amt of what everyone else ate. and ppl didnt noe how to open cans using the ulu can opener, which i also have at home. so i helped them open, and i got bean sauce splashed onto my head or something. gah. then the last few minutes of the dinner, nobody wanted the extra food (unlike the start where everyone literally fought for everything including rice). as food ICs, we distributed the detergent and sponge and dish scrubs to the ppl. those ppl lazy to clear pot, and so we were lagging behind time. then finally someone went to scrub the pot clean.
then later our schedule was rushed and we had no time. everyone showered very quickly and i was the only one who didnt. so serene asked me to shower within 15 min. i could only splash water on myself, so heck care and i did splash water on myself. then went to slp. the ground was 'okay' or so i thought.
DAY 2
rise and shine.. went to brush teeth and stuff, tay han yang went to shit. then some logistics stuff, and dismantled our tent and tried damn hard to stuff into the tent bag. yeah i got strength thanks. then i went to the storeroom to distribute the breakfast to the ppl, and then we slacked awhile. the previous night hor we packed our stuff into the haversack. then later we set off for camp site 1. walk ah walk. stamina wasnt really good yet. along the way we went to the place near the fountain water there and played lame rescue games. wasted my poncho space, the rain very stupid. it rain, then stop, then rain, then stop. the cycle continued at least 5 over times lah. then i drank my first isotonic powder. quite nice.. and i can balance damn well on the tree logs lah, got one time i was almost falling for more than 5 seconds lidat then i put body weight on the other side, then keep on shaking alot and then never fall. lol.
then we 'completed' the activity and returned the stretcher stuff to the fountain reservoir storeroom. then continue and treked to camp site 1 outside there, near the tall structure there wif rockwalls around and pitched our tents there. then later went into the camp site 1 compound, woot. serene brought us around the campsite for us to familiarise ourselves wif the place, then after that we distributed the lunchpacks for everyone. went to toilet to pee, and also refilled my 2L bottle. havent touched my 2nd bottle at all (not until thurs).
then later we were scheduled for kayaking. i thought it was fun (until later when i thought i was gonna die).
i took my own bottle out and left on the table. after i kayaked finish, someone threw my 500ml bottle away T_T but on the 5th day i saw shou kee wif 3 bottles of 500ml ice mountain bottles and i took one. lol.
and so we were taught to choose the right kayak and etc, and taught to pedal. my pedaling sucks totally. then we went down to water, and practised the 'deep sea rescue' and stuff. then we pushed our kayaks into the sea, and tay han yang was infront of me in the same kayak and xue yu yu (all my tentmates, 3 in one tent cos 5 tents and 15 ppl and we prefer comfort) was in the solo kayak. then we blah blah and went out to sea to do the deep sea rescue AND deep sea capsize. my kayak almost capsize for real lah. dirty water =X
then dark clouds floated over, storm was coming, and it rained. i pedaled very hard in the rain cos the huge waves kept pushing water (extra weight) into the kayak as well as pushing us further out into the sea. i was thinking that we were abt to die. but i finally made it back to shore and we didnt do a reverse onto land.
then we put back the kayaks and pedals and washed our life jackets and whistles and kayaks etc. then went to bathe. i bathed proper this time at the swimming pool's (camp 1 got swimming pool 2nd storey) toilet, there got one soap i just scrub it wif water and use. this time i bathed proper. later went to eat dinner then after dinner was freetime, so i went to shit just in case. (no use also cos at camp 3 i still shitted cos diarrhoea from dirty hands, my bro said cos hygiene prob. but camp 3 there i didnt dig hole, heck care)
i think those ppl really went to eat supper lah. dinner was like at 6 and then supper was at 8.30 lor. crazy hungry ghosts.
oh yah when i went to get my own toilet roll, i walked back alone in the dark xD im brave. the repellent melted my torchlight abit and i breathed in one breath of the repellent. hope i dont become stupid or anything bad happen.
after supper i went to refill my bottle and went back to slp. i didnt eat the supper anw.
and we got those black trash bags to waterproof our haversack and the next day we got black trash bags to waterproof our tent bag ._. i thought we were gonna swim into mud to the campsite or stuff.
then went to slp. tiring day but ok.. ppl were cursing residential ppl and they were playing 'stone wars' at the exterior rock wall attached to the camp 1 hall. 'tower defense' or so-called. gah. went to slp early.
(let me rest awhile before i continue blogging. i publish this first to desperate ppl who wan to noe abt my OBS exp)
DAY 3
ahh day 3. unpitched the tent, and easily stuffed it into the tent bag. went to the toilet and checked my teeth T_T lol. then i went to get my life jacket that was still hanging out there at camp 1. then later i went to get the key and saw nobody else but jon loong at the canteen upstairs. waited damn long for ppl to come la. wanted so badly to refill my 2L bottle 1. yeah dont touch bottle 2 until thurs noon. aha then someone went to get the helmet and harnesses and we put them on, then we went to the tripod structure for some briefing, then i went to get my wet long pants and heck care. i was no. 12, waited damn long at the final section there as belayer cos alot ppl gave up at 2nd part of the tripod structure. aha. then when it was my turn, i completed the tripod obstacle quite easily. the first part was the wire wif 2 supporting wires. simple lah. then i stone at the platform waiting for teck yoke to finish section 2 before i go over. then section 2 hor, very hard, no supporting rope except for one big fat heavy orange rope. i used that and the belay rope to support myself over, then later found that the orange rope was too damn heavy to be slung over my left shoulders so i threw it onto the ground and used the belay rope to cheat over. sort of, but i risk my life doing that also but i could put a hold thru my hands holding the belay rope so theres pressure there and i wont die if i fall. then i asked them to loosen the belay rope so i could land on the platform. yay. now final obstacle. u find that the word OBS can be used for obstacle, obstruction and also obscene. im an obscene cheater anw, the tree log is the final obstacle. at first i wanted to move sideways but found that the weight would be too concentrated so i moved frontwards, both legs on equal sides of the log wif same weight. then i didnt hold pressure as much on the belay rope, and the tree log swung slowly from side to side (then later tay han yang told me others right, the tree log will shake like hell but mine is swing slowly side to side). lol and wif determination, i slowly crossed the tree log. (all the obstacles were at least 3 to 4m above ground level). then i climbed down safely too. oh yah, mrs mok and mrs janey sim and mr edmund teo came !! haha and janey sim was taking photos of us lol. i wanted to go talk to them but that time they came we were still in the briefing D: so sad.
after everyone finished the 3 obstacles, (letters of OBS: if O stands for the first obstacle and B for the 2nd one and S for the last one, i think B= hardest cos got zigzag lines and need to write alot of ink. then S = shaky cos the tree log was damn shaky and S looks like it shakes side to side), someone put back all the helms and harnesses and we went back to toilet then back to the place outside and carried our haversacks into camp 1 near medical centre there and everyone had lunch (including me, i ate one red bean bread). then later we set off for the ulu camp 3 (the place where u have to dig a hole 6 inches deep to shit, which nobody cared lah).
on the way, we passed by our camp 2, and didnt rest long. the camp 2 looked deserted, and we were not allowed to unpack our dirty clothes there into our luggage (cos we needed them later anw) and it would consume too much time. so we treked on to the other exit of camp 2, and walked a hell of a distance, passed by the uphill intersection, then passed by the 5-way split road, then walked another hell of a distance. walked until a place wif a quarry and gates, then put down our haversacks and we gathered there for briefing and then constructed a lame raft. wasted quite alot of time there (abt 100 minutes) then we were advised to use the raft only tomorrow morning as it was getting dark (they say all OBS activities must end by 1830hrs, 6.30pm.) and so they locked the quarry gate. damn it lah, we reach there then ask us to change into wet clothes (mind u, its wet) and then we didnt even touch the water?! and those stupid residential ppl went into the water, about 3 groups of them, and polluted our water T_T. and some teammates were wearing the life jacket unzipped whilst constructing the raft. it seemed suffocating enough. the next day morning we were supposed to raft, and the idea was almost cancelled cos alot ppl didnt want to raft then they kept saying what break promise not good one so anyway the next day we 'rafted' lor
then we took our haversack (nobody changed clothes) and went on the not-so-good route to camp 3 and pitched out tents there, lots of ants mosquitoes and etc. too many stones around so we used the huge stones to press our tent down against the floor. one tent couldnt pitch so my classmate came to our tent (tents max 4, so my classmate came to our tent.) but his haversack was left outside the tent cos no space. then actually ppl didnt wanted to have dinner but serene forced us to have, so we gathered at the area near the sea wif gates (not the same place as the quarry).
the ppl took out their mess tins, and we cooked instant noodles and stuff ( i didnt bring my mess tin along so i heck care eat like mamme noodles then cos hands dirty then next morning tio diarrhoea). after they eat finish they washed the mess tins and their spoons and forks wif the sea water. imagine the pollution and chemical wastes. imagine what will happen to ur DNA if u drink these chemicals in. gah. even the pot was washed wif the seawater so heck care. then after that went back to our tents to settle some stones and logistics problems and after that we slept. ppl were talking abt dota and maplestory and relating it to sex and porn and all that.. then only managed to slp near 11.30pm.
then at 1.45am i was awaken as usual (the few nights i would wake up near 2am or 4am for no reason) then i heard loud malay songs blasting thru the forest. i thought there was a kampung or malay house somewhere. then i rmbed that they mentioned that the gate there wif the sea where they washed their mess tins and pots, we were facing malaysia. wtf. loud malay songs in the middle of the night at 2am? who cares. after like 10+ minutes i fell asleep again.
DAY 4
as usual a logistics nightmare. stomachache first thing in the morning, heard some other ppl noisily shitting while talking to other ppl then say what he nv dig hole. then i went to shit also, never dig hole, heck care. i used my toilet roll lol. then went back and unpitched my tent quite easily. but found it a chore to put into the tent bag (duno why) and the tent was filled wif quite some ants. jon loong put the tent into the tent bag finally. all these few days i have been the only one who's carrying the tent one lah. those slackers =X. one carry pot and say heavy the other say sprained hand then dunwan to carry. gah its me carrying the tent plus the ants. then we walked to the quarry gate, and pushed our raft into the water. woot. it 'floats' alright but the barrels were quite loose. after 10 ppl sat on the raft, serene decided we shld abandon raft and play waterpolo on water wif the floatable small tennis-ball-sized ball she brought along. then we decided captains ball would be easier on water. so odd number lifevest ppl one side, even number ppl one side. the score was 10-9 wif us the odd no. ppl losing by 1 point, cos someone couldnt defend =X.
then we pushed the raft near the shore and i was first to get onshore to help the rest wif the ropes and stuff, cos they were dismantling the raft in the water and the ropes could sink. blah blah, raft dismantled, then brought the barrels and stuff outside the gate and returned the sutff back to the quarry storeroom quite some distance away. then went back to our haversack place near the gate outside the quarry area and changed clothes there. i changed everything; shirt, shorts and underwear, so that means i was naked for awhile xD but there we were, out in the wild so heck care. shoes were wet but no choice, had to walk until they're dried then can put in socks. oh yah, during the past 1 day and today, we had to chase away dogs that could chew at ppl's plastic bags for food. so we kept niaoing cheng2 gou3 (orange dog) and the 'cheng2 gou3' we have in our sch (aka. joseph tan yaoxing the pe tr). lol. and also xue yuyu kept trying to hao lian his da2 gou3 bang4 fa3 (dog-beating stance) with the sticks that we were carrying for those weak ppl to hike easily without falling.
then we had 90 minutes to get to our next destination, the summit of tha tallest point in ubin. so we treked damn far all the way to near a place called ubin resort.. and then continued treking past signs that niao-ed us.. like the one that says 'take a break, have a drink' and also another that said 'y u so like that, buy a drink lah' . damn niao. we continued walking for a damn long distance and we caught up with group raffles at the base of the slope hill. they were resting at the base while we just chiong-ed into the hill without stopping. it was a hard and harsh slope upwards all the way, left, right, etc. the trees were entangling ppl, the hard branches whacked my face when the person in the front walked away from the branches. after lots and lots of hard work and effort, we managed to get to the summit and the ppl had lunch there whilst i drank my bottle until it was almost empty (2nd bottle still full). i didnt eat anything. we were late by 10 minutes but it was abit ok, no penalties except we have to go past some checkpoints. then after resting for 25 minutes, we treked downhill. it was harder this time, especially for me cos im not wearing socks and my shoes were wet, thus i lose friction from my foot to my shoes and also the friction from shoes to ground. the tree branches were again another face obstacle. we had to bend our bodies down to avoid lots of trees, and then risk spraining our backs and shoulders and backbone. after some time, we reached the bottom of the hill. the hill was not easy; there were just too many plants around a thin narrow and steep slope that we had to walk through. we stopped and rested at the bottom of the hill where we last saw raffles group, and the ppl ate something there, while xue yu yu went to kill about a dozen mosquitoes there. where theres shade, theres lots of mosquito activity.
(let me go take a rest on my sofa while i publish this entry again)
ok after we rested enough, we set off for one checkpoint. serene said there were 3 but due to lack of time we could just go to one and go back to base camp 2. so we treked back to the area past ubin resort, then went to the path road with the sign ' german girls shrine' and treked into what seemed like a desert, except theres tall grass everywhere and a burning hot sun. we walked into a big roundabout road. then we reached somewhere near the sea, and then walked into the forest again and reached an intersection. we searched for a sign with the OBS logo and found it within 1 minute. after xue yu yu read out the sign for us, (no.24) (the sign had some preseverence quote or something), we continued to trek back to camp 2. then we reached back to the 5-way intersection and instantly knew where to go, and continued walking. then we sort of chiong-ed back to camp 2.
finally we were back at base camp 2 ! rested on the grounds of the MPH for quite long, then brought back our haversacks to the storeroom and unpacked the stuff. then those ppl had teabreak while i drank the isotonic powder and added water into my mouth.
then tay han yang carried the tent bag (for once) up to the flying fox area and we went up to set up our tents there. our tent was nearest to the stairs leading to camp 2. we took along our harnesses from the storeroom and also some helmets, and we went there to watch people on flying fox while we went onto the tree log climbing. nevermind that we didnt enjoy flying fox, i've had flying fox over a swimming pool last time at sentosa's fantasy island before it closed down. the log was pretty easy to climb for me but it was difficult to stand up on the log. as usual i cheated and ppl down there were like shouting very loudly "en hao, dont pull the belay rope !!"
my partner was da yan, he helped me quite alot and i helped him quite alot so it was quite an easy climb. thanks jon loong for belaying me but no thanks also, cos when i came down, i was flying for a short distance (dont know what happened) but the 3 anklemen managed to grab hold of jon loong and i got down safely. haha. teamwork.
and damn u zin wye for whacking my back and saying crap ):
after that, we had dinner, the guys cooked near our campsite for the night and i ate only 2 spoonfuls of rice, one mushroom, and a few spoonfuls of instant noodles (they taste nice when ur hungry, the noodles are smooth, the rice is excellent compared to the 1st day's dinner).
i saw shou kee while i was at the storeroom slacking around cos i didnt use the mess tin, i shared with jun xing. he had 3 bottles, he wanted me to play 'minimainimore' but i just said 'sui2 bian4 lah' then he gave me one bottle. hahahha.
then they went down to wash the mess tins and pots and then i faked a bath by splashing water onto my hair but serene asked me to change shirt. then we went to our tents to sleep.
DAY 5
lots of logistics stuff to do. we had to unpitch tents (and raffles grp unpitched at around 5am. they were crazy) and wash them. we anyhow wash one but heck care.then we hanged the tents, flysheet and groundsheet up in the storeroom. then we ate breakfast, and there seemed to be too much leftover food. then later serene asked us to take our bags down to the kayak house further down and put them in one straight line (i now know why. cos when they released us from there, they went according to the order of who came first. so our group may not have been the fastest or so but we cut the queue by putting our bags there.)
then those ppl played soccer at the kayak house for awhile, then the souvenir shop opened. then serene gathered us at the back of the kayak house and we did some reflections. our morale level was mostly 10/10 liao la lol, compared to day 2's 0 for me. then she collected the photo money (S$3 each) plus the whistle money (S$1.40, then i the 15th person so i pay nothing), cos we lost one whistle or something. i still rmb when we went kayaking on 2nd day, i took out the whistle from the life vest then it went missing and nobody saw any whistle but heck care. lol. now then i rmb this.
we got back our valuables which were given to serene for safekeeping, and also our photos and certificate of completion of this 5-day OBS course. then we were asked to fill in an OBS reflection form for the OBS admin ppl, and i wrote the most. then jon loong niao me say "u think u writing IHE ah" cos' in class i always say i write alot of good points for IHE and thus i score very high. ahaha.
then we had a mass debrief followed by a short quote from the main OBS course instructor, and we were the group onboard the 2nd boat (the bigger and better one with proper seats and radio). xue yu yu and me took the bus 82 all the way to serangoon, then zu jian was like so stupid he could have taken bus 82 all the way to kovan, his house there, instead of alighting at punggol mrt there.
xue yu yu and me went to serangoon there the mcdonalds to eat lunch, then we took 105 to jurong east (cos we lazy to get off at clementi to take 106, which would have been faster) and then at jurong east we took 66 back home. we didnt even wait for the 66 lah, we walk there then the bus driver there open the door. lol.
i thought 106 went to serangoon. then my bro told me it used to go serangoon but now it goes to marina centre. damn it. but nvm.
well thats all for everything from monday to friday. OBS is nice. and i bought the M size shirt (i should have bought XL lor can wear for lifetime then free kaychain also) for S$16 and then the keychain for S$4. dots.
i dont think i have any more stuff to add on here. (: and i dont need to do any reflections here abt my strengths and weaknesses for the past few days cos only i know them well enough, and only i can make good use of the experience at OBS to further improve my life from now till im 60 or 70 something. i hope to eradicate all my weaknesses too.
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