Saturday, February 7, 2009

AWESOME CAMP I HAD..

HELLO GUYS! I'M BACK FROM MY CAMP.
(ACTUALLY IT ENDED YESTERDAY,
BUT I WAS TO TIRED TO POST ANYTHING.)
SO, ANYWAY, I'M POSTING ABOUT MY SCHOOL CAMP NOW..

THURSDAY:
I WOKE UP EARLY IN THE MORNING AT 6 0'CLOCK AS USUAL
BUT I TOOK THE EARLIER BUS AND REACHED SCHOOL EARLY.
AND AS I DIDN'T BRING MY STAR WARS BOOK,
I HAD NOTHING TO DO..
SO I KIND OF SAT THERE
TIL THE TEACHERS AND MY FRIENDS ARRIVED.
THEN WE ALL BOARDED THE BUS..
EVERYONE HAD TO SQUEEZE INTO A SIT WITH THEIR BAGS
BECAUSE THE TEACHER ASKED EVERYONE TO SIT IN PAIRS..
BUT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO GOT TO SIT ALONE!
I HAD TWO SEATS TO MYSELF AND MY BAGS!
DURING THE BUS RIDE,
EVERYONE WAS BUSY TALKING TO THEIR PARTNERS
BUT I WAS LOOKING AT THE SCENERY OUTSIDE THE BUS WINDOW..
I SAW A LOT OF NICE TERRACE HOUSES..
AND AREAS THAT WERE COVERED BY TREES AND PLANTS ONLY..
IT WAS REALLY NICE AND BEAUTIFUL..
I THOUGHT IT WAS BETTER THAN TALKING TO FRIENDS..
BUT I DID TALK TO THOSE IN FRONT AND BEHIND OF ME
WHEN THEY ASKED ME STUFF.
NEAR THE END OF THE BUS RIDE,
THE BUS TURNED INTO A SMALL ROAD
AND PARKED AROUND THERE.
THEN EVERYONE GOT OFF THE BUS.
EVERYONE SAT IN FRONT OF THE CANTEEN
AND THE TEACHERS DORMITORY..
WHILE THE TEACHERS WERE BUSY TALKING..
(I WASN'T LISTENING
AS IT WASN'T ANYTHING THAT IMPORTANT)
I LOOKED AROUND..
BEHIND ME THERE WERE DORMITORIES
AND THOSE DORMITORIES HAD NO WINDOWS..
IT WAS JUST A ROOM ON THE SECOND FLOOR
THAT HAD A LOW FENCE..
SO AIR CAN ENTER AROUND THE WHOLE ROOM!
I HEARD TONS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING
ABOUT NO AIR-CON AND FANS..
BUT TO ME, I PREFER SLEEPING IN OPEN AIR
I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY COOLING!
THEN THE INSTRUCTORS THOUGHT US HOW TO TYPE KNOTS..
(ACTUALLY, I ALREADY LEARNT
MOST OF THE KNOTS DURING CCA.)
AFTER LEARNING HOW TO TYPE KNOTS, WE HAD LUNCH.
THE FOOD WAS DEFINITELY YUMMY!
BUT I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY
MOST PEOPLE SAID THAT THE FOOD TASTED HORRIBLE..
THE INSTRUCTORS SPLIT MY CLASS INTO TWO..
LUCKILY I WAS WITH SHU TING AND LIN YI, TWO OF MY FRIENDS..
SHAWN AND STEVEN WERE IN THE SAME GROUP AS ME TOO.
FROM THERE, THE INSTRUCTORS SPLIT THE CLASS
INTO SMALLER GROUPS AND SURPRISINGLY,
CASSANDRA AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE FROM OTHER CLASSES
ENDED UP IN THE SAME GROUP AS ME.
BUT CASSANDRA TOLD ME THAT
SHE WANTED TO END THE "EARTHLING VS MARTIAN" WAR..
SO I KIND OF AGREED
AND BECAME NORMAL FRIENDS WITH HER..
I SHOULDN'T GET TO CLOSE TO HER YET..
SO MY GROUP HAD TO CLIMB UP A LONG WOODEN POLE
AND CROSS OVER TO ANOTHER POLE
BY STEPPING ON A LONG, THICK ROPE
AND GRAB ON TO A SHORT ROPE DANGLING FROM ABOVE..
WHEN IT WAS CASSANDRA'S TURN..
I FOUND OUT THAT SHE WAS AFRAID OF HEIGHTS..
BUT I STILL ENCOURAGED HER TO CROSS..
THEN AFTER HER WAS MY TURN.
I CLIMBED UP EASILY AND WHEN I REACHED THE TOP,
I GRABBED ON TO THE FIRST DANGLING ROPE AND CROSSED..
ACTUALLY I WAS FRIGHTEN
BUT THEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT INDIANA JONES STUFF
SO I CROSSED ANYHOW..
WHEN I HAD TO GRAB ON TO THE SECOND ROPE,
I STRETCH OUT TO REACH THE ROPE
BUT IT WAS STILL I BIT FAR AWAY..
THEN SUDDENLY, THE WIND BLEW QUITE HARD
AND THE ROPE FLEW INTO MY HAND..
IT WAS LIKE AS THOUGH I USED THE FORCE!
SO I CROSSED QUITE NICELY FOR THE FIRST THREE ROPES
BECAUSE OF THE WIND!
BUT WHEN I WAS TRYING TO REACH FOR THE FOURTH ROPE..
AN AEROPLANE FLEW PASS QUITE CLOSE TO THE GROUND
SO THE ROPE I WAS STANDING ON WAS VIBRATING LIKE CRAZY..
SO TERRIFYING!
PLUS, I WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE CENTRE OF THE LONG ROPE..
SO IT SHOOK EVEN MORE! I WAITED TIL THE VIBRATION STOPPED.
THEN I FINISHED CROSSING THE ROPE
AND CLIMBED DOWN THE OTHER WOODEN POLE..
ALTOGETHER, IT WAS REALLY FUN BUT SCARY!
I ENJOYED IT!
THEN, WE PLAYED A GAME WHERE EVERYONE
(ABOUT 15 PEOPLE IN MY GROUP HAD TO SQUEEZE
ON TO A SMALL, ROUND TREE STUMP.
ONLY ABOUT 10 PEOPLE COULD SQUEEZE IN..
SO A FEW OTHERS AND I WERE LEFT OUT.
(GOOD THING I WAS LEFT OUT.. I HATE SQUEEZING.)
THEN WE GATHERED SOMEWHERE BEHIND THE CANTEEN NEAR THE BEACH.
EVERYONE HAD TO BUILD A RAFT.
IT WAS FUN.
MOST PEOPLE IN MY GROUP TIED THE POLES TOGETHER
BUT A FEW PEOPLE AND I LIFTED THE RAFT UP
FOR THOSE WHO WERE TYING THE RAFT TO GET THE ROPE UNDER IT.
EVERYONE KIND OF FINISHED BUILDING THE RAFT LATE,
SO WE DIDN'T LAUNCH IT IN THE WATER..
IT WAS A BIT WASTED..
SO INSTEAD OF LAUNCHING THE RAFT,
THE INSTRUCTORS DECIDED TO DO
SOME WATER ACTIVITY IN THE SEA..
EVERYONE HELD HANDS AND FLOATED IN THE WATER!
IT WAS REALLY NICE.. THE WATER WAS NOT TO COLD TOO...
AFTER THAT, WE TOOK A SHORT SHOWER
BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO BATH LATER..
AFTER MY SHORT SHOWER,
NIKKI AND I WENT DOWN TO THE CANTEEN FOR DINNER.
YET AGAIN, THE FOOD WAS DELICIOUS
BUT OTHERS WERE GROANING ABOUT IT.
THEN MY CLASS GOT BACK TOGETHER
(NO LONGER SPLIT INTO TWO)
TO THINK OF SOMETHING TO DO DURING THE CAMPFIRE..
IT WAS QUITE BORING..
I WAS QUITE TIRED SO I DIDN'T HELP MUCH..
THE TIME FLEW REALLY SLOWLY
AS SHU TING, LIN YI AND I FELT THAT
WE CHATTED FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
THEN EVERYONE GATHER FOR THE CAMPFIRE
SOMEWHERE AT THE SIDE OF THE CANTEEN.
ONE OF THE TEACHERS LIT THE FIRE WITH A BRANCH
THAT WAS ALREADY ON FIRE
WHILE THE LIGHTS WERE TURNED OFF..
WE WATCHED THE PERFORMANCES OF THE OTHER CLASSES..
MOST OF THEM WERE CHEERS AND SPEECHES
WHICH WERE QUITE BORING
AND I COULD HARDY HEAR WHAT THEY WERE SHOUTING..
BUT ONE OF THE CLASSES PERFORMANCES WERE THE BEST!
THEY DID SOME SORT OF DANCE..
AFTER THAT THE TEACHERS PLAYED A GAME.
ALTHOUGH I WANTED MY LAST YEARS GEOGRAPHY TEACHER TO WIN,
NIKKI'S NETBALL TEACHER WON.
AFTER THE GAME FOR THE TEACHERS, MY CLASS PERFORMED
I WAS STANDING WAY TO THE BACK
SO ALL I SAW WAS NIKKI AND YI ER'S HEAD..
AND THE CAMPFIRE! I WAS GLOWING REALLY BRIGHTLY IN THE DARK..
THE CAMP FIRE ENDED QUITE LATE..
AND EVERYONE WALKED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE DORMITORIES
TO GET OUR NIGHTWEAR AND BATHE STUFF..
FINALLY.. MY SHOWER..
I WAS THE FIRST FEW TO REACH THE TOILET
SO I WAS ABOUT THE SECOND OR THE THIRD TO BATHE.
AS THE INSTRUCTORS KIND OF GAVE ONLY 30 MINUTES TO BATHE,
A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT TAKE A BATH..
GOOD THING I DID.. NIKKI AND MOST OF MY CLASSMATES DID NOT.
THEN WE WENT DOWNSTAIRS UNDER THE DORMITORIES
TO WRITE SOME THINGS INTO A BOOKLET THEY GAVE..
AND THAT WAS ALSO WHEN I REALISE THAT I LOST MY PEN..
SO I HAD TO WAIT FOR NIKKI OR SHU TING TO FINISH WRITING..
AFTER WRITING, THE INSTRUCTORS LET US CHOOSE
IF WE WANTED TO EAT SUPPER OR GO TO BED..
I DECIDED TO GO TO BED.
IN THE DORMITORIES, LIN YIO AND I WERE GIGGLING IN THE DARK
BECAUSE SHU TING WAS TRYING TO BLOW UP HER PILLOW.
I TOOK OUT MY BLANKET FROM MY BAG AND COVERED MYSELF WITH IT..
ALTHOUGH I COVERED MY LEGS WITH THE BLANKET ONLY,
IT FELT REALLY COOLING
AS THE WIND WAS BLOWING IN OUR DIRECTION!
IT WAS LIKE SLEEPING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
AND I HAD ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THAT!
BUT YET AGAIN..
MORE PEOPLE IN MY DORMITORY WAS COMPLAINING
ABOUT NOT HAVING THE AIR-CON..
I WAS WONDERING WHAT WAS SO GOOD ABOUT THE AIR-CON..
I DON'T EVEN HAVE A AIR-CON IN MY BEDROOM!
SOME TIME AFTER THAT (MAY BE A FEW MINUTES)
I FELL ASLEEP..

FRIDAY:
I WAS AROUND THE LAST ONE TO WAKE UP..
IT WAS REALLY EARLY.. (WE WOKE UP AT ABOUT 7PM)
WE ATE BREAKFAST AT THE CANTEEN...
THIS TIME, NO ONE COMPLAINED AS IT WAS BEEHOON..
BUT I WAS THE ONLY ONE COMPLAINING.
YUMI TOLD ME BEEHOON WAS POISONESS..
BUT SHE ALSO SAID IT YOU EAT IT IN SMALL AMOUNT
IT ISN'T HARMFUL.
AFTER BREAKFAST, WE HAD OUR LAST ACTIVITY.
WE COULD EITHER DO FLYING FOX OR ROCK CLIMBING..
I SO BADLY WANTED FLYING FOX..
BUT I HAD TO DO ROCK CLIMBING BECUSE OF THE INSTRUCTOR..
WHEN THOSE WHO WERE DOING ROCK CLIMBING AND I
WERE WALKING TO THE ROCK CLIMBING WALL,
I WAS MUMBLING TO MYSELF THAT
THE INSTRUCTOR WAS A NERD AND SOMETHING..
UNTIL NOW.. I STILL FEEL THAT THE INSTRUCTOR IS A NERD..
WHEN IT WAS MY TURN AT THE ROCK CLIMBING WALL,
I ONLY CLIMBED HALF OF IT AS I KEPT ON SLIPPING!
THE ROCKS WERE WAY TOO SMALL!
AND EVERY SINGLE TIME I SLIPPED,
I WAS THINKING, "MY COMICS!! THEY'RE NOT PUBLISHED YET!!!"
SO IN THE END THE INSTRUCTOR PULLED ME DOWN.
WHEN I WAS ON THE GROUND,
I MADE FRIENDS WITH AN INDONESIAN GIRL..
SHE WAS VERY FRIENDLY
AND SHE TOLD ME A LOT ABOUT HER HOME IN INDONESIA.
IT WAS INTERESTING!
SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HER ENGLISH WAS QUITE LOUSY..
SO I KIND OF TOLD HER HOW LOUSY MY CHINESE WAS.
AS WE TALKED TO EACH OTHER,
I SAW PEOPLE DOING THE FLYING FOX.
HOW I WANTED TO DO IT!!
SO FUN! SADLY.. I DID ROCK CLIMBING..
THEN, WE ALL GATHERED UNDER THE DORMITORIES..
AND THE INSTRUCTOR ASKED US TO HELP CLEAN THE DORMITORIES.
WE ENTERED A DORMITORY
AND I KIND OF ASKED FOR A BROOM..
I LEFT THE CLEANING FOR
THOSE WHO WANTED TO CLEAN, TO CLEAN..
I DID SWEEP MOST OF THE DIRT OUT OF THE ROOM
BUT I SPENT THE REST OF MY TIME USING THE BROOM
TO PRACTICE LIGHTSABER MOVES!!
THEN SHAWN DID SOMETHING VERY FUNNY..
HE SHUT A GAY GUY OUT OF THE DORMITORY AND BORROWED MY BROOM.
WHEN HE OPENED THE DOOR,
HE PRETENDED TO ATTACK HIM
AND THE GAY GUY SCREAMED LIKE A GIRL!
EVERYONE WAS LAUGHING LIKE CRAZY!!
IT WAS REALLY THAT FUNNY..
AFTER THE CLEANING WE WAITED UNDER THE DORMITORIES AGAIN..
AND WHILE THE TEACEHR AND INSTRUCTOR WERE TALKING
(I WASN'T LISTENING.. PROBABLY DAYDREAMING)..
I WAITED FOR THE SCHOOL BUS TO BRING US BACK TO SCHOOL.
SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE BUS CAME!
AND AS USUAL, I SAT ALONE..
AND LOOKED OUT OF THE WINDOW TO SEE MORE SCENERY
WHILE COLLECTION THE TIBBITS THAT SHAMEEM WAS GIVING OUT.

IS IS ABOUT ALL..
BECAUSE AFTER THAT I WENT HOME AND WATCHED AVATAR
(YUMI TAPED IT ON THE RECORDER FOR ME).

GOODNITE

~ULRICH~

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