Tryin' to catch up this space of mine as much as I can with all the late entries
I've draft-saved waiting for me to edit & publish
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So durin' the term break on Sept , I involved myself with a 5D4N OBS leadership training course I told myself "confirm go" the moment I saw the email 'cause since forever I've been waiting for a chance to !
So both me & Kim signed up ! We were seperated from our groups though but I'm thankful I'm in a group with 16 awesome people !
We got bonded and started ice-breakers the moment we settled down in our groups @ Punggol Jetty . So much yay for them alr . Oh did I mention we have to report to school @ 7am in the morn' ?! so much of monday blues . Intense horror to find the blue door bein' locked when our bagpack's inside thankfully we found the security guard & the bus didn't left w/o us .
The sequence of events may not be in order but it's somewhere there .
Day 1
Arrived at OBS spore campsite located @ Ubin in ferry with my team(GANDHI) already bonded , bein' all hyped and enthu to start the camp
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All the intro , paper work and stuff .
Then the day is proceed with high elements - god , talk 'bout height
The before and after feel is pretty diff .
The moment we saw what we had to climb me bein' adventurous me was totally excited since it's my virgin time tryin' sth so high in outdoor ! Then when I get my ass up there with my partner (BEIN HANDCUFFED TGT) , pretty much brings everything lvl up quite abit . Imagine the restrict movements while having to climb the wood .
The gap in btwn them wasn't small toooooo
& obviously everyone passed within the given time ^^v
Day 2
Gosh , while in the midst of viewing never-fails-to-be-pretty-nature ,
guess what's the price we have to pay for enjoyin' this luxury ?
HIKING WITH >5KG BAGPACKS ON OUR SHOULDERS
+ point for us bein' the lucky batch that get to use brand new bagpacks though .
FYI , the bagpack alone weighs 1+kg itself alr
Practically hiking the entire day with quests needed to be solved within the time we set for ourselves beforehand as well chances cards
(the whole hiking trip is like a Monopoly game) which requires us to randomly switch our bagpacks around the group which suay suay ends up some girls have to carry the guys bagpack .
& usually the guys carry more heavy stuffs so .... the remaining hours after the change was TORTUROUS la please
Original plan was agreed hiking to all the way to Chek Jawa but limitations
along the way made us agreed to quit that idea
BUT STILL , we didn't quit the idea of seein' beautiful scenery !!
it's like a must when you're in Pulau c'mon
So instead of hikin' further , we hike higher ! Faster but not as easy
& I guess I don't need to exaggerate how perrrfect the view is
The amount of joy we shared when we're the first group to reach was beyond words , nobody gave up though everybody thought of quittin' but NO WAY 'cause #YOLO we're gandhi !
Day 3
After land expedition was sea expedition the next day .
As tough or as much or much more tougher than the land expenditure .
Kayak for straight 6hours sure is another achievement unlock
Bein' in the leader boat with 2 of my mates def was a challenge
so glad nobody really blame it on us though we make mega mistakes like leading the wrong route which looks like a maze and the map is superrr confusing thus ending up we had to race against time in order not having to carry our overweight kayaks on our back ; kayak against the thunder-storm-ultra-mega-windy-rain which blow us in the opp direction easily ; having teammates with spoilt kayak and the sea won't stop invading in and the kayak's sinking but we're in the middle of nowhere there's nth we can do but to switch ppl around to kayak the spoilt one ; fightin' against the currents that push us further & further & we can't stop to take a breath 'cause once we do so we're 10 strokes further ; havin' the fear to pee cause I'm afraid I'll drown anytime .
Day 4
We have to built our own rafts cum kayak .
One mega one & two mini ones .
Once again , the weather was against our will which have everybody drained to the point - fill in the words - . & cause our rafts are man-made , def it's not perfect so somehow we were all towed back drained & wet .
* on the last night *
groups crashin' dorms time !
♡♡ GANDHI !! ❤❤
Good quality time spent on the last night with htht .
It's amazing how we were bond enough to leak out our secrets to one another , trusting each other . First impression they had on me was actually " Dao a.k.a hard to get along " HAHAHA
The girls
(Front : Cindy , Gaya , lil' dragon , Gladys , Faith , Naz
Back : Vivian , Stephane , me , Liz )
The Boys idk why it's so blur T^T
( From Top : KahYong , Nathan , Haikal , Raymond , Shahreal , Joey )
Day 5
Morn' was spent on another set of high element > debrief > lunch >
shop-for-our-obs-shirts > byebye
Finally the last day & mixed feelings were def there .
Meet Jeff , our trainer .
I have to say he's the strictest trainer among the 4 & we had lesser play time than the rest . He just won't stop emphasizing that we're here for leadership course so it's 50% hands on 50% "lecture" . So 3 of the 4 nights were basically cracking/squeezing of our brain juice .
Many things learnt from him though , thankful for those tips in such a short time .
Oh did I mention we get to attend this OBS course cause we have to lead in this annual Poly forum . & most/everyone of us don't know 'bout that till we arrived on the first day .
These 5 days have been really awesome . Passin' quicker than we thought as usual .
I've met 64 more NYP-ians & made 16 new friends .
Most prob the best camp I've attend yet .
Though I bet we won't really talked much even if there's a wapp group ,
glad that we shared these 5 days of beautiful memories :')
To attend an OBS camp off my must-do-list yo ;')
( Sorry for the lack of photos , the rest are with Faith & she haven't pass me yet )
