07 June, 2008
Due to popular demand and constantly being question bout OBS, i shall blog about it. HAHA
Day 1: off from technology. We arrrived at Pulau Ubin OBS base camp. Knew our groupings. Boo. Separated from the guys. Was in Raja grp wif Michelle Bernice Shumin Yiying. Found out that OBS gt 3 sku nia. Pj VJ and Bpss. LOL. Did some self intro those usual stuff luh. My grp 6 guys 10 gals. 5 VS 1 cat high. HAHA. Den they asked who scared of heights. 4 guys 0 gals. Funi sia. Ok i am one of the 4.
Then assigned duties to everyone. I was time keeper. Fun sia. Then we packed our backpacks for the expeditions. 3 shirts for 3 days. LOL. Got our rations. Looked so little. But its so much actually. Guys eat less den gals! LOL new thing.
Learn how to belay ppl. Lol stress ar later they fall i fly up how sia. HAHA. Oh den we pitched our tents. Took 30 minutes wif 3 other guys. Slow sia. HAHA. improving later. Dinner we cooked ourselves at the beach using solid fuels all those. I din noe can foods were so damm nice HAHA. Then go pack finish everything den sleep.
Day 2: Woke at 5. Assembly 555. No brush teeth no bathe. Sian. Morning
pt. Why so many VJ kia in front ar? HAHA Went to camp 2 wif all our stuff. Did a high element there. Ok my p oso scard of heights. haha. But den we go 1st. See so enthu. Den learn kayaking basics. Capsize drill. Saving drill. Shack lo. Then pack pack pack to prepare tmr expedition.
Day 3: Sea expedition! 16km kayak around pulau Ubin! gt pass by South China Sea wif big waves sia. Cool right? Bryan was navigator. Nice zig zagging ar. HAHA. Then halfway can eat so i keep eating ovaltine powder and oreo. NICE SIA~. Suppose to reach camp 3 at 5. We reached at 12. LOL.
Then we had to build raft using poles and ropes. Nostalgic sia. Pahang. HAHA. wlao Michelle and Bernice whacked sia. scary seh lol. Den i carry this carry that lol quite tiring sia. Yessar our raft can float ar. Bryan grp de half in water HAHA.
Den we did quarry jump and paddle raft and swim in quarry. Wlao more den 10m deep seh. Eee gt all those mangrove shit. Den we swim in quarry to bathe no use lo. Set tent. sleeping on gravel lol. OUCH. Mass attack of de maggi mee. DELICIOUS when plus sardine hotdogs all those.
Day 4: Woke at 5. Land expedition! walked 8 km wif 10-15 kg bag. No joke. Lol rations were still in huge amount. Maybe we cannot finish lol. Walk walk walk. Passed Ubin Village. Pass a plantation. Help de aunty pluck weeds. Annabell plucked everything HAHA. Oh den me and yan tell sakif to say this to bernice: ni jing tian heng xing gan which means u today very sexy. So he really told while we stood there laughing our ass out.
Then muz stretcher 2 bags like casualty simulator. Bobby! stung by hornet hor lol. Washed ponchos. Dying ponchos are fun lol. Then dinner we whacked. See who build highest mountain.
Shumin: the street kerb why eat so little sia
Michelle: Himalayas
Me: Kinabalu (which is higher ar?)
Wlao kimberly and Victoria eat everest ar!
see gals eat so much. No wonder this grp guys all quite thin de. HAH
Reflection time was fun haha. Easy to think of positive de. Quite standard wad. Negative sometimes hard to think. Anyhow lor. Haha den shumin violently protesting that she dun stone. Well u day dream.HAHA. Set tent in 10 minutes wif 2 gals. see so much improvement sia
Day 5: woke at 430. scrubs bags. Clean up loose ends. Counted all de stuff. Haiz so mafan lor. zz. den gt walking journey around OBS to remember wad lessons we learn. Quite emoatic one. HAHA. Wah sian. No wonder dey say we cannot finish our food. Cos we received another 8 loafes our bread and 4 bag of biscuits.! Wth. Spam biscuit. Brough home ovaltine powder. HAHA.
Talking session bout 3 ppl u wanna thank and 1 sorry. I think my sorry was ridiculous. It was cos I took too much space in de tent. 3 ppl slp nia. Gals 5 per tent haha. Debrief den the end.
When to kfc wif them. THX THX MICHELLE FOE LENDING ME CASH FOR ZINGER AND POP CHICK AND SHARING OF ICE CREAM. DEN SPLIT. THX THX BERNICE FOR TONG PANG ME HOME. Haha!
Comments on individuals in grp Raja.
Instructor: Jackie: without ur constant check of us and teaching us those values and goals in life, our 5 days will be wasted in OBS. U were indeed a great help while letting us go thru de hard way so that we can learn from our mistakes and improve. Thx
Victoria: as ur name suggest, u were a natural leader and had much inative. Thx for being part of my memories.
Michelle: U always did de hard work while others slack. Very cheerful although sometimes ur jokes come out as: he dwbfjb de kwjdbfbnknkd! Slow down haha. Thx for being part of my memories.
Bernice: very hands on oso. Interact more can? Thx for being part of my memories.
Kimberly: always take charge. But dun so easy frustrated can..chill Thx for being part of my memories.
Wincent : My gd buddy. A little silent though Thx for being part of my memories.
Nicholas: very hands on. Need to relax sometimes though Thx for being part of my memories.
Tricia: works hard. Speak more can? Thx for being part of my memories.
Jingying: speask her mind. Thx for being part of my memories.
Shumin. Helps when she can. Dun stone la. Haha. Thx for being part of my memories.
Jiqian: silent worker. Tok more can? Thx for being part of my memories.
Yu sin: gd leader. Thx for being part of my memories.
Syamil: Natural leader. From VS wad..wad u expect,..ahas. Thx for being part of my memories.
Clarence: works hard. Tok more pls. Thx for being part of my memories.
Yiying: small but strong. But adapt faster can? Thx for being part of my memories.
Joanne: works hards. Tok more can? Thx for being part of my memories.
Skay: constantly reminding team of time so we wun be late. Helps when he cans too. But can interact wif de non IPs can? Thx for being part of my memories. Hahas
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