Wednesday, March 12, 2008
march camp was very fun. (:
met dong at 4 at NTUC to buy rations.
$130 in total.
i think people thought we were helping mas selamat stock up.
we needed to wheel the trolley to RI to transport the rations.
and it rained.
dong and i stoned at the bus stop for 10 mins before the rain finally lightened.
after reaching RI, everyone was ready to set off to S11 for dinner. ken climbed into the trolley, and proceeded to get owned by everyone. in the trolley. (:
the S11 drinks auntie is racist!
she dao-ed kieran for a total of 4 times, before finally hearing him and noting his kopi-bing.
when she returned, kieran paid her 2 bucks. she refused to return him the change, insisting that she had already returned him the change.
after a few minutes of argument, and much laughter from the table, kieran finally got his change.
and he went into PJ mode, therefore making ken and i unable to finish our food.
bagcheck by lamzy before the actual camp started.
there we learnt something important: do not set expectations for the company that even we ourselves cannot reach.
when the company finally fell in, the ss-es showed some of the most imba drill ever.
bagcheck. woo.
the sec 2s asked for 4 mins to unpack their bags. seah gave them 1 min 30 seconds. which they obviously did not meet.
standardization.
i think we took pretty much of an hour.
chinese chess, rubik's cube, even apples were found in the bags.
dong and i just slacked at the side. seah is really capable of talking cock for 5 mins straight.
and yukun. he was super attitude. refused help from his batchmates, quarrelled with them, etc.
brilliant.
firedrill was cancelled.
day 2.
much-awaited hike!
our squad did not really run, because of certain people in the squad who had difficulties running.
even when chester was carrying his bag.
at the second station i screwed them.
splitting up.
letting chester do everything for them.
the squad owed a total of 75 pushups in the end for making me repeat, "close the gap."
the squad also lagged behind by alot as they did not run. thankfully darius staggered the timings at bedok MRT station, in an attempt to bridge the gap between us and the other squads.
thankfully, it worked. our squad caught up with squad 1, and overtook them at the checkpoint at ECP.
at ECP, i saw chester giving his all for the squad, encouraging them, helping them, doing the necessary stuff that i would have done if no one had done it. there and then, i saw the potential in him as a motivational leader. motivating a squad in last place is not an easy thing, and chester did it brilliantly.
on the way to CCAC, chester was able to back down abit more, aided by the 4 sec 4s that were walking with squad 4, and nobody complained.
at CCAC, squad 4 held hands, and cheered as they entered the campsite. although everyone seemed disappointed at achieving a mere 5th place for the hike, i was actually quite satisfied to see everyone surpassing my objectives.
the McChicken that ms tang bought for us was a real good reward, i must say.
during squad debrief, i couldn't find the words to express the satisfaction i got from the hike. the whole squad was united, with chester leading them to stunning success. i must say i believe chester is a person who can rise up to the occasion if need be, who can turn a squad around to make them believe in themselves, who can push the squad to the limit, and encourage the squad without losing faith or trust. chester, i'm really happy that you blossomed during this hike. may you grow into a much finer leader and man.
again, firedrill was cancelled. with the cancellation of this drill, the people were getting less vigilant and alert for the fire drill on the third night.
3rd day.
rope courses. imba hate. dong, kieran, darius, linus, a few others and i paid the full camp fees, only to be the belayers for the other people.
don't want to comment on this.
afternoon games. it was to be the highlight of the march camp, but sadly, it rained. everyone had fun playing in the rain though.
night games. town games. my station was the mealworm station. firstly, we would ask people who were uncomfortable working with mealworms to fall out (and we asked vegeterians to fall out too! hor froggy. =D ). these people would then be chosen to complete the task of retrieving a marble buried in mealworm-infested oats. however, the score we gave was not according to how fast they got the marble, but, how much encouragement the squad gave the people who were tasked. all squads passed except for squad 2. special mention goes to squad 4, who were the only squad willing to forfeit the task even after paying the entry fee because their squad member did not want to do it. the squad member cried soon after leaving the station.
froggy's and ken's station was beside mine, and theirs was "cosmic counting", counting to as high a number as possible without any form of communication. if patterns could be discerned, the squad would be disqualified. some squads devised a plan to clap before saying the number, but the fun part was disrupting them by joining in the clapping. xD
squad 4, again, devised a very good method. they did a pattern, but to prevent ivan from noting the pattern, they randomly clapped and stamped to confuse him. ivan randomly clapped and stamped too. for nothing. they only stopped because time was up.
firedrill. finally.
the company was horrible. i woke up luke, asking him to tell the whole company that there was a fire. he went back to sleep.
i woke him up again, making sure he could hear me, before repeating the instructions to him 3 times. didn't work.
woke up yao yang, did the same. he sat up, keeled over and fell asleep.
woke him up again, after stoning for 5 mins, the message finally got passed.
15 mins later, the whole company fell in in front of the canteen.
the sec 3s did not account for strength, which should have been their first priority.
needless to say, the whole company got screwed. real bad.
last day, no events of note, other than BREAK CAMP.
personally, i'm quite disappointed that it ended so quickly.
however, i am very proud of squad 4, to have bloomed into flower during this camp. squad 4 surpassed my expectations in ALL activities, other than fire drill, and for that i'll have a surprise for them. (:
watched water horse after lunch with dong and cheekeen.
lame copied storyline, predictable plot, bland ending.
don't recommend it.
moonlight shone on Wednesday, March 12, 2008.
