Saturday, December 6, 2008
Just came back from OBS.
It was simply too fun! Of course, it was not as torturing and evil as what my cousins and my elder sis said. But I believe I am still as drained and tired as everyone else. Slept for about 11 hours ytesterday,and had a morning nap today to regain my energy.
Unlike the earlier batch, my batch was a mixture of 13 schools, and my watch was formed by 2 schools; CCK and Anderson. A bit lonely in the begining though, as I only knew CM in my watch. The others from my school were Benji, Azri,Farha,Jasmine,and Amira. Instructor was Naf.and the watch's name was called Raffles.
But the 5 days made us very close and it was simply unforgettable. The land expedition and the kayaking made me realise how weak am I physically. But the others were cheering each other on, and I believe we were the most enthusatic watch in this batch of people!
We also did the usual high elements.But there is alo a twist in this; that we are doing everything ourselves. I mean, in other camps , they do the tying ,and maybe the belading for you, but here, they let you do it yourselves.I guess it's good;I learnt how to tie my harnas (At last.) and belay people properly.
Of course,this does not stop here,You do EVERYTHING yourself. That means cooking, settingup the fire, packing up for expedition,among others. Teaches us to be very independent. Learnt a number of skills of cooking,like putting toothpaste on the bottom of the pot. Pitching tents too!
Learnt skills ot just physically, but also emotonally. Naf was very focused in terms of this segment. I learnt a lot of leadership skills that i will use in the choir... So watch out! Haha. This skills will sure have a lot of good use , especially next year. Unfortunately, Miss Sim was thinking of stopping this OBS thingy.. I hope she dosen't. Regarding photos, I have to wait for Hema to upload the photos. (Apparently,she bought her camera to OBS.)
So now back to enjoy and appreciate life back at home and continuing to do revision. Another 20 days to Christmas...Heard that class is organising a party... Can't wait.
it got me home
1:16 PM
