Heidi Joyce!

.Friday, March 28, 2008 ' 10:26 PM Y

Charlene!

well, came back from OBS after being there for 5 days..

hmmm.. well, i start to miss the friends in my group haha. waiting for 1 of them to send email with all the contacts inside..

Day 1:

we were splitted into groups and everyone was a stranger to one another except for those frm the same school. yup. there were 16 ppl in each group. 9 guys + 7 girls = Marco Polo! yup. the group was made up of students frm PHS, canberra & Northbrooks. haha! we settled admin stuffs and had bonding activities and photo taking. then, started our camp. went to the store to get our tents and stuffs.. backpacks for hiking.. etc. we then pitched up our tents and had mass cooking. haha. Instructor Nadia cooked for us; thats why we started calling her 'mummy' (who had 16 children) lol! than we packed our stuffs into the hiking backpack and had fire drill had a early night rest at 11.

Day 2:
woke up at 5am.. unpitched our tent halfway and went for PT. after PT went back to continue with our unpitching of tents when we realised that the stray dog actally pee-ed on it! so we had to clean it. ): we then exceeded our given time and instructor wasnt that happy. we then had rock climbing than proceeded to our kayaking session. Learnt how to capsize and rescue ppl. (= we then kayak to our next campsite, on the way we practised on capsizing and rescuing haha. yup. the guys then helped us to pitch up our tent as the pegs cant go through the ground, so we had to use rocks to support it. while the guys pitched the girls did mass cooking. haha. frm this day, i knew how to open the can with a jacknife (dk how to spell) lol. then had briefing for th nxt day's sea expedition and had an early night rest at 1030.

Day 3:
woke up at 5, unpitched our tents, had breakfast and started on our sea expedition. My kayaking partner was Jervis. haha. we learnt some new strokes while kayaking. haha. although the kayak keep turning to the left/right, it was fun. we then managed to kayak into the swamp wheere there is lots of mud. haha. and we got stucked in the trees many times lah.. haha. when reflecting back, its kind of funny & fun but when you are underneath the branches and flies, its disgusting! haha! yup. we took quite a long time to reach the swamp and we thought we had to mud walk but nope. we managed to do it on time! kayaked for 6 hours+. but it was fun! yup. we then went to a freshwater pond and jumped in to rinse and relax for awhile. we then continued our journey and started walking 2++ km, on the uneven rocks with our booties, and our feet really hurts! that was one of my lowest moment. we then reached another campsite but this time, it is much newer and cleaner! haha! yup. had to pitch our tents again.. had some "amazing race""activity, had wonderful catered dinner and supper! :D did our reflection and hear "bedtime story" and had an early night rest at 1130.

Day 4:
the whole watch woke up at 530! and yes, we are very late. we are supposed to meet instructor at 555am with eveything done! we rushed, but disappointed Nadia. did our morning PT, had breakfast and started preparing to go for hiking. after we start on with our journey, we had an activity to do, the dark tunnel. haha. it was fun! i like that activity, it was my second time playing it. we had to go through the tunnel in darkness and find the exit. hah. well, it is not easy for those who are afraid of darkness. yup. and started our hike. the backpack was really heavy.. arund a load of 15kg and we had to carry our 2litres of water bottle and an empty jerry can. It was really tiring. we had to look for 4 checkpoints before reaching our 1st campsite again. As a group, we went through ups and downs together. we went through downs during the hike as it is tiring and frustrating and ups when we reached our destination and felt a sense of achievement! We then packed our things back into the store and went for dinner! It was our last dinner together, but we had a memorable one. we laughed and joked arund! Instructor made for us a pot of apple crumble. we were v happy and went to thank her and let her know that we appreciated it. we then wash up, pitched our tent and did our daily reflection and hear "bedtime story" andd had an early night rest at 11.

Last day:

woke up at 515 and started unpitching our tents, washed up and went to meet instructor. we then had our morning PT, but this time, it is playing captain ball against Nila Utama. we then did area cleaning.. debrief and when everything was done, we went to do jetty jump. haha. jetty jump was real scary after standing on the extended platform. my feet were trembling when i stood at the edge. moved slightly forward and my toes were trembling. i shot my left leg out twice but my right leg refused to go down. instuctor told me that i had left 10 seconds to decide whether to jump or to backout. i told myself that i must pick up courage and remove this fear, and i decided to jump. i closed my eyes and just waited for myself to land into the water. but it took quite long.. and i was even wondering why is it so long when i heard a loud splash and my butt hurts.. i float up and was delighted to know that i had made it! haha! we then went to rinse ourselves and went to the souvenir shop to get our stuffs. i bought 2 collar tee and 1 round neck. waited for our boat to arrive and said bye bye to OBS.

the 5 days was fun although tiring.. i think its worth the 5 days. (=
reached home, rest, bathed twice! haha! 1 word, shiok! haha! but i dont mind going for another time of OBS. haha!

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