I'm Baaacckkk !!! from the NUSrovers camp ! Came back on thurs actually .. but the moment i reached home i immediately plonked onto my lovely lovely bed n slept like a log for a straight 16 hours !!! OMG .. Was i really tt sleep deprived ? wanted to write bout the camp earlier but went out wif the athena guys to sentosa on fri then got salsa after tt ... then sat morning got wushu training ... juz reached home nt too long ago ... tink im gonna die of exhaustion ...
ANyway ! the NUSrovers camp was totally GREAT ! thanks laiyee for chio-ing me to go ... n to dan n nick who accompanied me .. cos i don wanna go alone also ... especially since im not from NUS ... hehe ... sincerely tink this camp would be the best camp i'll go to b4 school starts ... the other camps are mainly orientation camps ... for hall n my Fac .. juz mainly get to noe ple n get orientated to the sch ... but the rovers camp focuses on outdoor activities .. i like ! haha ... been a long time since i did sth like this ... hmmm ... dear scouts, still rem the PLTC in mandai ?
Viva Viccotious !
DAY 1 :
well ... my dad gave me a ride to sch again ... thks daddy ! this time at the NUS SRC ... reach there n the first person i saw was laiyee ! haha .. dan n nick were late as usual ... haven seen her for like ... YEARS ?! never changed much ... still as chatty as ever ... heh ... got to my grp n we started playing ice breakers ... found out im the only person im my grp from NTU ... sianz ... ( found out later tt every grp got at least one or two ...wahha! )
played station games ard the school after tt ... only 3 stations then its off to bukit timah hill for trekking ! hurray ! well ... including lunch n all we were the last grp to reach ...everyone were waiting for us to start the briefing ... oops ... then during the hike we took a wrong route n came back last again !! haha .. tink the planners were sorta pissed wif us ... however, felt the trek was rather fun ! n i rather we took the wrong route actually ... im a wierd person who finds fun in climbing stones n vegetation ... oh well ...
After scurrying for the chartered bus to East coast beach ( we had to scurry since everone else were already on board ... ), we took a well earned rest all the way to East coast ... with the tents pitched n dinner taken at East coast, we took to our bikes ... its off to the Esplanade !!! woohooo ! reaching the esplanade, we bummed ard for a while n tried desperately to do the SMU style pics ... haha ... with limited success ... then .. w/o gg for supper or ath .. we head straight back to East Coast !!! haha ... shld have seen the look on JJ's face when he found out that all of us would rather juz go back to eat Mac then go someplace else like simpang .. viva viccotious! the slacker grp ... first time showering in the east coast toilet .. how come soooooo see-thru one !?
Viva Viccotious !
DAY 2:
first thing on the list for day 2 ? the amazing race .. which seems to be a staple in every camp ... liked the photo taking ideas actually ... haha ... quite stupid ... we spent ALOT of time juz strolling ard city area ... prob the only team wif no sense of urgency ... n our last pit stop was at bedok stadium n we were the last grp to be there ... yet again .. haha ... (insert mono-tone hurray here ..) then wif the station done n 15 mins left on the clock, we rushed to pasir ris beach in 3 taxis ... n were the 2nd grp to reach back !!!
Beach games was next ... initially expected to get really wet but nope .. the most only to knee's deep while doing the water bomb game ... played a total of 4 stations in which the items obtained will be used for a finale ! quite a cool idea i must say ... somehow on the 2nd day, we started coming out with sooo many cheers n we really began to act as a team ... as one us mentioned ... we're the late bloomers ...
at the prize presentation later in the evening , we got a suprising 3rd for our amazing race ! wah ... not bad ... from last to 3rd ... n we got 2nd for our beach games !!! woo hoo ! but ... the best is yet to be ...
Viva Viccotious !
DAY 3 :
we packed up early in the morn n left to the changi ferry terminal ... its onward to Pulau Ubin ! haven been there since sec school i tink ... but from wat i see ... other than the terminal, the place hasnt really changed much ...
We made camp at nordin beach n had our lunch there ... unlike most camps where u'll actually have to ration food, we even had to bring home the extras ... haha ... water had to be rationed though ... im sure no one would dare to drink from the yellow water being blurged out from the taps ..
first event .. a clue finding game cum trek ... bascially for our team ... the game wasnt tt impt ... only managed to complete 3 or 4 out of 6 stations ? the journey is more impt than the destination rite? haah ... n basically tts our our grp did .. enjoy the walk ...despite the rain, morale was sky high !
next up was DIY dinner ... n the campfire was next ! as the rovers were once attached to scouts, the campfire seemed more familiar ... wif songs i have nt sung ... or dared to sing since sec sch being echoed thru the nite ... n cheers of each OG trying to outlast the next .. had lots of fun during the campfire ... haha ... n after the campfire ended we jus sat ard in a circle n sang songs after songs after songs ... from emil chau to daniel powter ... haha .. really cool ... songs juz kept coming in non stop led by one after another ... yo guys ! must go sing Kbox one day !
our next stop was a walk into the fauna of ubin ...on the way to our start pt, we juz continued our singing feista ... all the way ! even when we juz queueing up for the toilet ... haha .. until we got scolding for making too much noise that is ... i got paired up wif chuiling for the night walk ... muz commend her for being a rather brave gal ... anyway, our route took us to the famed old abandoned car of ubin .. rite in the middle of the woods ... really cool man ...
SP nite was next ... finally gotta meet my SP after talking blindfolded for 2 days ... really suprised to learn she's from NTU also ! wahhaa ... hey Gim Yean ! cya in school !
after tt, we sorta juz sat ard n cooked the leftover food ... prob the grp to sleep the last ... haha ...
Viva Vicotious !
Day 4 :
its homeward bound ! we were given sometime to break our tents n have breakfast ... n with tradition ... we were the last to break ... haha .. but gotta wait for the exco to settle some stuff anyway so no diff ... back at changi, the exco announced tt we had the best item in campfire n the best OG of the camp !!! wahhahaa ... our heads got really big then .. haha ... in spite of the fact that our grp were slackers ( in terms of competing ), we really knew how to self-high ( as my SP puts it ..) n this came across as comandarie to the rest ... been really great !
Viccotious! im really glad to have known u guys ... even though im not from nus, im sure we'll still meet up in times to come ... To the sister audreys, "im not a buddhist !" chuiling, bimbo steph, "mao mao" weihuang , "stealth" daming n my old time buddy nick ... i've really enjoyed the days with u guys ... To " ever-working" teng yong, "freshie" huifen, " 16 year old" JJ n "strong silent" weimin" ... thanks for making the past few days so fun ... even help us cook n wash up the utensils in ubin ... haha ... respect man ! To "moo moo" jorin n " um .. i forgot ur role in the play .. heh .. " lian guo ... its been tough organising the camp ... though time did nt allow for much interaction, know tt your efforts are much appreciated !