Lol. It's been 2 days since i came back from OBS and am still having the post i-miss-obs feelings. haha. Anyway, here's an overview of OBS 12-16 May 08 with JUNKO (Jas, MX, Chih-Yih, SuiKee, Xinlu, Germaine, Yiwen, Michelle, Jessie, Jollin, Guoju, Sarah P, Sarah Lyn, Nandini, Me!) and instrutor Haizul:D
12 May 08
- waited at punggol jetty very long before boarding Symphony and off to OBS campsite
- mass gathering and listen to story about two wolves told by instructor clayton (clay)
- into to instructors. Junko got Haizul:D
- buddy watch: Hillary
- admin stuff
- distribution of rations "Happy Meal:)
- lunch (oranges. haha)
- belaying/climbing:D
- trustfall:DD
- learn clove hitch, reef knot, 'magic' thumbknot
- pitch tent
- transfering stuff into backpacks provided. Shared with Jas.
- sleep
* Shift manager with Jas. Haha. Ty Junko for being so cooperative!
13 May 08
- PT
- RT (I made Junko proud by winning scissors paper stone!! haha. Hillary, don't be too jealous!)
- Breakfast
- High element: Flying fox:D (sat on grass and waited for buddy watch Hillary for 45 mins:/)
- lunch
- kayaking (trail) with Jas and MX
- capsized twice. once on purpose. once when jas getting up triyak and mx and i did not help balance. Sorry!
- smoot journey to other part of Pulau Ubin
- Jetty jump:D
- pitch tent on gravels
- dinner by sea in the dark
- listen to Ah Siang story. Haizul had to scare us 3 times....haha.
- jas and i search for jerricans (still shift managers)
- searched for instructors camp and inform haizul of new shift managers - germaine and guoju:)
14 May 08
- packed up
- peed outdoor! (with jas, mx, jessie, sarah p, jollin, mich)
- trek!:/ (with heavy backpacks containing 2 persons' food/clothe/poncho)
- quarry!!!:D
- change to wet/smelly attire outdoor!:/
- constructed raft in rain
- hid in cage for shelter for almost an hour, i think
- sleep, stone, listen to clay and hillary tell lame/lam/hot/cold jokes. hurhur.
- launch raft in rain
- jumped into quarry
- took oar and rafted
- return rafting materials to cage (damn long, cold and tiring. felt like dying.)
- continue trekking (felt even more like dying)
- stop for lunch of cake/apple. Jas choked. Thank God she was okay:D
- continue trekking
- countdown distance to camp 1 (the camp with best facilities and electricity 24/7)
- finally reached!!:D (we did it, junko!!!)
- shower
- grand dinner catered (chicken wing, rice, cabbage, soup, syrup)
- supper (red bean soup)
- fun time laughing at mama pig and papa pig:) tks for helping us not waste food! haha
15 May 08
- unpitch tent, as usual
- back to orignial campsite
- kayaked!!!!:D with jas and mx
- lunch/ snack on shore and on kayak:) Thankfully, none of us got really bad sea sickness:)
- 12 km kayak in 6 hours. we ROCK. (not in the clayton way)
- "free shower"!:D washing of kayaks. haha!
- pitch tents
- bathe
- fresh food for celebration dinner:D (soup w veg, curry chicken w peanuts/ikanbilis, raisin rice, long bean w egg, fried mee):D
- long talk w Junko:)
- pack bags ready to leave tmr:///
16 May 08
- unpitch tents
- wash tents
- long talk on floating platform (jetty) lying down:DDDDDD
- watch sunrise; listen to haizul talk
- breakfast (last meal in OBS:/)
- commitment acitivity!!:D
- crawl throught dark underground tunnel
- come out through other hole as a 'new person' and receive cert!!!:D (got other stuff like photo, pen... )
- evaluation/thank-you/sorry speech
- shopping for OBS souvenirs
- write note/ cheer for Haizul:D
- boarded Harmony back to punggol jetty
~End of OBS~
Quotes from OBS
"... on thursday night, when you open the dustbin, maggots will jump out and call you MOMMA!" - Marco Polo's instrutor. hahahahahahaha
"bow-wow" ; "thats what the dog said too" - MP's instrutor
"walau eh" - Haizul
"wo de mai ya" - Haizul
"where are my daughters?" - Haizul
Junko. You ROCK!
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