Sunday, September 7, 2008
OKAY. I will update. LOL . Holidays is quite packed arh . no time to do hmwk. thursday and friday, some of us went to ngee ann poly to attend a course ermx solar power thingy i think. yah so we went there played around , we also told to solder our own circuit boards. wah the soldering iron very hot. we had a fun time playing around with the solder making balls , coins blah all sort of things la . LOL . Then also went to ngee ann poly the library , wah not bad the atmosphere like got aura one. LOL then also KCB along the way . XD . then the competition for the solar racer suks la . damn not fair one la . see lucky or unlucky de. enough for the solar thingy la.
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KAYAKING 2 star Rocks man. Its more fun than one star la . got alot of things. then we also got a funny instructor . hah. 8 of us also joke along the way. funny la this bunch of peeps . haha. then reach there revise abit of one star thingy ( only this part boring) . then kayak to the condo there .see the dragon boating like very hiong like that . quite fast LOL . haha most fun thing is capsize la . wah diff frm one star liao need put one more 'skirt' out . quite hard . haha then got the waht rescue . one to one de . then after that intro to eskimo rescue . wah that one NICE man . so called you rescue urself but with the help of another person 's bow only. nid some confidence too. hah in the end we did MASS capsize .
DAy 2 : weee . damn i forget what i learn liao. ohh got the recovery low and high . both are good to use. when u gg to capsize then recover urself lo. after that learn edging .ya edging. tilting ur kayak . sounds easy . HARD la . wah lao . trying to balance and not capsize. then edging and paddling, draw J .etc . then after that i think we went to practise our capsize drills again . yah. then after that one interesting events, imagine a storm occured everybody capsize then how to rescue each other . haha quite challenging . but actually nids some thinking and teamwork. then the coach stanley SIAO one nothing to do go capsize himself . wah then no nid exit kayak no nid ppl rescue , flip back by himself. crazy . 360 turn one . Gay la . after the storm thing then we back paddle to shore. Then HOMED . Thats all folks . BYE
Sunday, July 20, 2008
I'm back from OBS !! YAY ! It was so fun. XD. At first i doubt it will be fun , but in the end it turned out great ! My group name is Battuta named after one great guy if i am not wrong ,haha. We were separated into different watches.my watch consists of zi jie, marcus, kok yong, emily, hui min, keith, cai yun, xiao qian, isabel, wai ying, tan yan, sri, hui tian, weilin, hayati and me. WE were one great team, with our instructor Hairi. 16people one WATCH . 5boys 11 girls . Strong bonding . i will just start a day by day brief idea of what we did ( lazy to type long) LOL .
Day 1 : i think hua yi reached the jetty first . too early . slowly school by school came. westspring, bowen, broadrick etc. Ohh and btw . our watch only consists of hua yi and west spring. It was nice bonding with the westspring peeps. We began with ice breaking and etc admin stuff. it was quite a boring day thats why at first i thought it was boring. We had to pack our stuff for the 3d2n expedition. we had the trust game and belaying. and this is the day where is learn how to pitch a tent. seriously i ididn know how to pitch one in my 15 years. hah. quite troublesome though but at least i learn something.
Day 2 : This is when it gets more fun and interesting . We had to bring heavy bags and go trekking early in the morning !! I swear it is damn heavy probably the heaviest bag i have ever packed . LOL . We navigated our way through and Finally ! CAMP ONE !! Yipee. the facilities there was way better than camp two . the toilets, facilities. etc. We then when for kayaking , capsize drill they called it the wet exit. haha cause u have to get WET . LMAO. AT night we played the ecosystem . weee it was a test of strategy , teamwork and STAMINA . XD it was fun running about finding the whales, eagles blah blah . i think this is where our team became more bonded. after that it was a good night sleep . i dun no why i sleep better at camp than at home. i guessed i was too tired . ZZZ
Day 3 : We had the high element course thingy. this is where our belaying skills come in. i did belaying for quite some time before trying the real fun . I climbed the individual one not the double duet thingy haha . it was fun though. i managed to reach the top and managed to get a glimpse at the sea . I admit it was fun and challenging . after that we had the KAYAKING EXPEDITION . Its was the most appealing one to me . haha . we assigned roles pf the expedition markers , navigators .sweepers . etc. Then we kayaked to an island called jelutong dun no how to spell . It was fun in the inhabitated island . We started to unpack pitch tents , etc . and did the outdoor cooking . damn this outdoor cooking is the best . we can sloowly cook eat cook eat . somehow got CAMPFIRE too XD. had maggie , tuna , curry , baked beans , wah a lot ccant rmb. we also had to do sentry duty from 2-3 am . it was nice too watching the night view. hearing dog barks etc. there were some dogs i think they are patrol ones .
Day4: Woke up very early . YAY the real expedition starts !! We had to kayak almost one round of pulau Ubin !. It was damn nice
i think we took about 5 hrs ++ around there bah . It was quite dangerous too . the waves are sometime choppy and sometime i feel like i am gg to capsize. i also bought some milk powders hah consuming it wif no water also quite nice actually . some noobs bought tunas . damn it should have bring some too. LOL there was once when i think a storm near us . and we kayaked quickly to get over to the other side . it is lke we can see dark clouds here and nice skies there. like here rain there dun hab . then after reaching the camp one the feeling of satisfication was soooo damn SHUANG . i can't believe we kayaked so fast . i think the current was with us ? LOl not sure. then we trekked back tocamp two . it was much faster seems to be . then same thing pitching up tents for the night. then it was outdoor cooking at a enclosed shelter. Noob right . then why outdoor cooking . LOl jkin nia. haha . something bad happen. zi jie and keith leg was somehow injured by a stone slab. very sian lo like that zi jie had go treatment left us a while. then aft that we cheer very loud somehow leading by kokyong . i think this is the time we bonded very well. i still remember that bilibanja cheer. it was nice HAHA. when we do that tgt. then after that zi jie was okay liao. we invited him back . then went to sleep . YAY . One more day and we are through. !!!
Day 5: We woked up from what i remember we did store checking , etc and we paid each 40 cents for the damaged items . then we did the trust dive . Damn it it was wonderful. it was about ur determination to reach for the bell and STRIKE it . this reason same goes to achieving ur goals . then we had the sovernier shopping . bought one shirt nia sian lo no time no money too LOl. then slowly school by school went back. it was time we nid to part battuta. But i think the bond is still in us . then homed with hua yi peeps . It was really fun this five days . i wonder how are the fellow battutas doing right now . Starting to MISS BAttuta and OBS. Very memorable. Thanks to west spring peeps. Its was like five days in the OBS now gg to part liao like not use to it . and the back to basics thingy . now not used to technology LOl. FIVE DAYS with trees all around . went back jp to eat . all building around us . haha go there and u will know .
there are a few things i learn though , some phrases. 'one cannot discover new oceans unless one have the courage to lose sight of the shore ' if u think abt it , it will have some deep meaning behind it . its like a baby is unable to walk unless he have the courage to try even stand up first . there's more . 'coming tgt is the beggining , keeping tgt is the progress ' haha i think it describbes teamwork. This one i like it the most . i guess u guys never notice ? the camptwo the place where a lot of high elements one there got one board write ' challenges requires physical resources indirectly , the real battleground is in the realm of spirits' . It is ur mindset. it is not whther you can or cannot do . it is whether u wan or dun wan to do . HAHA Tahts all peeps . Cheers Battuta !
The grass is always greener on the other side XD haha i think only some will know what i mean. XD . hehe
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Today, woke up at around 8 then went balling until 10+. After a short nap, then went to queensway with siong wei& jack to buy camping stuffs. In the End, got myself a new shoes. WOOTS. No more crocodiles shoes anymore.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Woo.. finally created my blog. took me quite some time though.
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