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Thursday, May 24, 2007, 4:52 PM
IM BACK IM BACK IM BACK!missed me? :D i miss camp so badly. i want to be with group1 (laughing loony leeches) again. i want to be with those trainers. i want to do those stupid claps. i want to shower in those dirty toilets with no flushes listening to gillian sing 'you are my sunshine'. i want to sleep in those hard jail cell like beds. i want leeches on my shoes again. i want to climb up a mountain again. i want to waddle in that muddy stream again. i want to go back to 'kem kaizen'.
and im not being sarcastic
at all.
of course, its good to be back home with nice toilets and comfortable beds but i miss Pulai, Johor a lot.
those 3 days were so joyous and i really really mean it.
DAY 1reached school as usual and had assembly as usual as well. at 8.30 or something we boarded the bus to Edventure village. i was sitting with geetika and in front, there was tong li!
the bus ride was so fun. we were singing campfire song from spongebob and Barbie Girl. we spent like so so so so long at the Malaysian checkpoint but thats okay because we reached Pulai really soon. the minute we got out of the bus, we could notice the stark change. firstly, it was SO hot. hotter than singapore. and there were so many insects and weird things. but we had a bigger surprise-the dorms.
the bedding was basically just these rectangular 'beds' with no mattresses. the toilets..i shant go into details because its not worth it. they were awful. fullstop. no flushes, squatting toilets, no showerheads, water that was brownish.
okay anyway, after checking in we had ice breaking and objective setting. it was a very uhh..boring activity. but after that we had lunch!
there were 6 of us who opted for vegetarian -all of us from 2m. me, geetika, faye, tong li, charlotte and sonal.
so it was like a mini 2m gathering and meal times were always always lots of fun. the food was not bad. many non-vegetarians said that our food was nicer than their food :) all six of us took turns to bring cutlery for each other so it made us closer. mother lolaaaaaaa! haha. thats charlotte by the way.
and sam and jia visited us at times so we really had lots of fun eating.
after lunch, we had nature program. antlions, mahang plant and pitcher plant). this was another boring activity and it dragged on all the way from 2pm to 5pm!
at 6, we had dinner. followed by that, we had blind man's trail.
IT WAS SO FUN
in that pitch darkness, we climed up this hill-like thing and when we reached the finishing point, the sky was awesome. there werre so many stars and it was peaceful and quiet. it was a real forest! how cool is that. i was in a REAL forest!
it was my first time seeing so many stars. in singapore, seeing stars is such a rare thing because its such a brightly lit country.
blind man's trail was 2 hours long and i was very exhausted.
we had supper, debrief and then lights off at close to 11.
DAY 2it was a wonderful day. really really wonderful. after breakfast, we left for waterfall expedition.
we were given a compass and we had to navigate our way to the waterfall. it was really hot and the journey to the waterfall was like 2 hours long or something. or even more. we walked a lot! but once we entered the jungle, it became cooler. however, the slopes were extremely slippery and i slipped and fell so many times. mgs has very nice people and i always always
always had help. then we reached the waterfall. we all went in. it was so freezing cold inside but it was so refreshing. and we all splashed water at each other and oh my, it was just awesome. lots and lots of fun! we spent only around 20 minutes at the waterfall though and we had to leave the place. but this time, we had to go through the jungle to get out.
i fell more times but the worst part was leeches. there were these 2 gigantic, humongous, slimy, icky, wicky leeches on my shoe. ray wern flicked them off for me. thank god i didnt get a leech bite. but actually they arnt that bad. there is no pain or anything
but the trek back was VERY tiring and i almost died. but i did it. we all did it. yay!
when we got back to the campsite, we had lunch. after that we had to build a raft and had back woods man cooking. back woods man cooking was so funny. i was making a jungle doughnut and it never cooked. we all ended up eating just dough! haha. after that, we had a proper nice dinner.
then was group discussion. in my learning task group was eva, ray wern, sandra, eunice and michelle.
its a very very very nice group. sandra is so cute and funny!:)
after that we showered and had supper and then slept.
it was a very long day but it was a lot of fun.
DAY 3it wa the bestest day of all the days. we did the best things and i enjoyed myself so much. first, we had water trekking. it was something like the waterfall expedition just that we trekked all the way to the top of gunung pulai. its a mountain so that means its above 600m!
we climed all the way up and most of it, we had to waddle in that dirty muddy water. i fell a lot more times and i got loads of bruises. even 2 splinters that are still on my finger.
but the accomplishment you feel at the top is really great. after water trek we had outdoor cooking for lunch. Sherwood and No Man's land was followed by that. those were 2 best things of the camp. The obstacles were SO fun. i fell into the water a lot of times especially during monkey bar and that log crossing. but it was really a lot of fun and group 1 is very supportive. everybody cheers for everybody even if we dont know each other very well.
it ended all too soon and at 5, we prepared for campfire and then went for dinner. we had bbq dinner and the food was just great. the real camp fire was at 8. our group and our buddy group planned a very nice cheer but sadly, it wasnt a success. haha! but the campfire was still very nice with lots of songs and cheers and the usual campfire things.
the stars were so bright once again and i enjoyed myself so much.
we slept at close to 12.15. that campfire marked the end of all the activities in camp :(
DAY 4which is today by the way. the very last day of camp.
GROUP 1 GOT 'MOST ENTHUSIASTIC GROUP'! see, i told you we we're an awesome group.
we left Kem Kaizen at around 10.30. it was just so saddening to leave that place. it left me with so many wonderful memories and new friends.
but then again, I got to be with 2m again. i missed 2m a lot.
we boarded the bus to Kelong for lunch. it was supposedly a seafood lunch but the six of us didnt eat the seafood of course. we got special food. really really nice food. i ate a lotttt! and we also got coke. coke after so long was so nice. and the view from there was so pretty. and we took a really nice 'vegetarian' photo. haha! meaning, all of us from the vegetarian table (excluding tong li and sonal)
then the bus ride back to school. it was so depressing to be back in singapore. singapore is too nice. i want to live in that dirty place because its where you can have real fun. its not everyday we get to climb mountains and walk in jungles and have leeches on our shoes right?
all good things must come to an end and camp is over.
here i am, back in singapore now with all the comfort but i miss that place a lot. i miss everything. i just want to go back there. i wouldnt mind at all!
i've gotten used to living there.
tomorrow we still have school. the last day of semester 1.
gee, time flies. one entire semester is over. soon, i'll be in sec 3. ah well. next year we have OBS.
hopefully, its as fun as Edventure camp.
Edventure camp. its nice even to say it.
goodbye now. i need to go to the doctor to get my splinters out.
