At first I thought camp will be horrendous and all but it turned out to be a helluva fun and an unforgetable experience. I swear.
I miss it so much right now.
I'm typing all these according to memory.
This really IS my diary entry for camp so I'm typing it according to heart.
On Wednesday when we got to school, we were introduced to Ahmad, also known as Camp Chief. He was shouting and being really fierce so I was like, 'OH NO!' So we briefed us on what he expects and made us shout a lot.
He introduced us to our instructors, FJ, Serene and Nit.
We were brought outside the hall where we did a headcount and split us into 2 groups. Odd and even register numbers. We wanted to go to the indoor sports hall basketball area but it was already occupied so we went to porch instead.
There, we formed circles and sat down and thought of a group name. Supercalifrangasexy was too long, of which FJ said the girls were sexy and the boys were handsome sexy. We went for Inferno at last and FJ was like,' Why are you called Inferno? Because I'm hot.' From then on, FJ was know as HOT, SEXY and VERY CUTE.
He was telling us about his own suggestion of calling ourselves Abalone. And why? Because we're roung, fat and VERY expensive. HAHAHA
We then introduced ourselves to the others and there was lots of interesting nicknames and we were given our camp booklets which we read.
We ate lunch and got our stuff and had a briefing and did some cheers like the Makan cheer and off we went to Changi Coast.
The first impression I had of the campground was that the sea looked super nice and I want to swim in it. Seriously, the water was so blue! And that we're just next to Changi Airport's runway tracks so the planes are SO SO SO near to us, above our heads.
Since we were by the sea, there's lots of sand everywhere.
We put our stuff down below the dorm and had a briefing where FJ did the aeroplane cheer for us a few times.
Our first thing to do was area cleaning so we had to clean one of the dorms. FJ started telling us about the CCAs he used to have, including Chinese Dance and Rugby. And he asked us all for ours.
Then all talked to FJ and we asked him where he lived but he refused to tell us but told us his girlfriend lives in Sembawang and that we were like, HEY WE LIVE IN SEMBAWANG. And he said he won't see us again unless we see him sending his girlfriend home. hahahahaha
Then, it was the activities.
First stop was Giant Finger. We had to take two tired out of this super tall pole. The girls carried me while the guys carried Holy. We were almost there and Abdul came up. And we succeeded after a very long time because FJ kept telling us that the tire will drop on someone's head down there and his heart's falling out. For the second tire, before we started, FJ told me and the girls carrying me for me to fake fall so that the others will be more alert. When I was up there again with Abdul, FJ kept doing signals for me to drop but I couldn't at all because the hands below me won't really stable. He started giving me disappointed looks. Too bad.
They then carried Shing Yi who put the tires back in. With one hand. Omg luh. And FJ was saying,' He look like he's going to explode. Look at his arm and neck. All the vein popping out. Somebody help him leh.' But Shing Yi still did it.
Next was Zig Zag which we chose against debrief. It wasn't that hard. Just walking on this super thin plank.
After the activities, it was knots and lashing. We were challenged to tie the knots with our eyes closed. It wasn't that hard.
We then assembled at rockwall for a safety briefing by Camp Chief. About the harnesses and helmets. Wen Jie and Hidir were the models. Super funny because Wen Jie was joking around with the Camp Chief.
After that, we assembled for dinner. Our class had duty so we ate first. Some other girls and I guarded the teachers/instructors toilet. Then, Instructor Wayne asked me to take the soap out from the toilet so I went in and he started shouting,' SOMEONE WENT IN THE TOILET!' One instructor actually took it seriously. Seriously. We cleaned the canteen and tables.
Instructor Chek and Camp Chief started talking to us all and they were joking around and stuff. Super funny! Shake even did these Indian accent/ singing/ dancing stuff. SUPER FUNNY. Like the aeroplane cheer, INDIAN STYLE. HA.
Then we had blindman's trail. Wasn't fun because we couldn't see anything and there was no challenge. But then hahaha, they tried to trick us there was ghosts and FJ, Chek (for sure) and some others went round hitting and talking to us. I knew there was Chek coz I heard an Indian song next to my ear.
And then, FJ made us form a circle still being blindfolded, lay down and look at the sky of stars. Was not bad. But the ones in Khoa Yai were better. So I just looked at the moon most of the time and observed how the stars twinkle.
Then we had to have our shower. IN PAIRS. Because of the time limit.
Next was supper. Didn't really wanna eat and FJ said I didn't need to finish it, phew. We wrote in the camp booklet and Jerome and FJ did this 'I'm HOT, SEXY and VERY CUTE' actions. SUPER FUNNY. Yeah, it deffo was.
Then, Camp Chief made us drink SO MUCH water to hydrate ourselves for the next day.
Finally, at 12 plus, we were allowed to sleep. It was kinda cold, in fact since the wind was so strong.
But then, the aeroplanes are SO LOUD and the instructors were riding bikes around, ringing the bell, shouting,' WAKE UP WAKE UP.'
I couldn't sleep till 1 plus? Sara shouted at the guys below to shut up, cool. And I woke up at 2 thinking it was already 5! Went to the toilet and slept again till 4.20am because the instuctors were riding bikes again, shouting WAKE UP WAKE UP and ringing the bells. Waited till 5 and went down to get ready.
At 6, we assembled at the flag pole area and had a morning stretches and A LOT of buddha claps and it was breakfast and area cleaning, keeping tents that the guys slept in and picking up rubbish. And we did a little bit of campfire prep.
Serene and Nit asked us if we slept well and we were like, er okay okay okay.
After eating, we did improvise rafting. We made a raft using 6 poles, 3 barrels and a basket of ropes. FJ made us all sing, if not he'll take away our ropes which he did to a lot of them. We had this singing competition with Spongebob. Shouting like mad. We sang songs like, ABC (spammed it), Doe a deer, twinkle twinkle little star, I like the flowers, the school song, Apologise, Spongbob theme song, Powerpuff team song, Bob the builder, Bingo, 10 Little Indian boys, This love, and on and on, can't remember.
We then had to present our rafts to our 'potential buyers' the instructors and yeah, I got super tan and my face is sun burnt.
Next was Dragon Boating.
We had to put on the vest thing and go down the sea. We locked arms and floated about with out shoes full of sand. Then, we grabbed our oars and off we went. The boat was super rocky and FJ stood there like nobody's business with his amazing balancing skills. He briefed us for really long and we paddled around. Then there was one part, everyone was at 'ready' position but I was thinking of something so I didn't change and omg, so embarrasing, he laughed like bananas. Then we did powershots and almost flew him off the boat! XD
We were called back. Surprisingly, one hour passed and we couldn't do the capsize drill and FJ felt guilty. Oh well.
We went to rinse ourselves and took 25 minutes off the time we were given and FJ got really mad and the instuctors scolded us.
Next was CRC. FJ made us all from Inferno go up Challenge Pole. I was super scared! Like really. Almost crying but not crying.
Finally, I decided to go after encouragement from a lot of people. FJ was like,' Janice, do this for me! I'll cheer for you!' and I was like 'Okay!' Somehow, that touched his heart.
So I went. Climb up the pole. My heart dropped, stopped and tried to stand on the pole, my heart dropped more, people below were cheering a lot with 3 cheers. I stood up there for don't know how long because I was scared mindless and JUMPED. Okay, I was really gonna back out but I don't wanna let him down so I did it. I don't hang on the pole but yeah i grabbed it. My heart fell out. Yeah.
I finally came down alive. omg.
While waiting for the others, Dimeng, Siew Mun and I asked Holy to teach us Viet. It was cool! Ha. FJ started telling us how scared he was of mice and rats. It involves screaming and running onto beds and chairs. Ha!
I watched the people from Spongebob doing the other station. Don't know how to spell it. Wild woozey? Tim and Vicom almost made it!
We went to Wild woozey after everyone was done and I helped the rope managing people. Abdul and Deepak actually finished the thing! Pro!
Then we watched Timothy do Multiple Vines. He was shaking A LOT. FJ was like,'I've never seen anyone vibrate so much before.' and started video-ing it down. HA! Timothy actually finished it!
After that, we helped FJ sabo Serene and Nit at abseiling and rockwall. When FJ walked away, Serene kept asking us what we were going to do to her so that we can sabo FJ back but hahahaha, we didn't give him away!
Anyway, FJ chose all the reluctant people to do Zip Line and some to do rockwall. Yeah, he made me do abseiling. Camp Chief was the safety dude guy. He briefed us and started joking on how Serene will be his 28th wife. HAHAHA.
So up there, I started crying. Please I'm super scared luh. But yeah, I still did it. Didn't wanna let them down.
Camp Chief was like,'Janice, do you trust me.' And I was like nodding and all and I walked to the edge of the building and he was like,'Now, lean back.' Omg please. So scary. Then I heard FJ shouting,' CHEER FOR JANICE!' And blah blah blah but my attention was on Camp Chief. He was like,' Smile. Before I get angry.' And I gave him a smile and he said,'You have a very nice smile.' And he was like,'Now, realise your rope slowly' and down I went.
It wasn't that scary on the way down but I was going too far or near the wall and towards the end I dropped to the wall, oops. But FJ helped me down and he started apologising. Totally gave him the 'look' for making me go up there. And he said,'Eh, stop giving me that look leh. My heart already break into two liao.' And I was like,'I'll make sure it breaks into many many pieces.' Evil me, hahahaha.
Then we all saboed Serene and she went to do abseiling hahahahah! But Nit didn't do rockwall. Oh well. Watched people climb the wall and do abseiling.
When Serene came down, her carabina (sp??) got stuck. Lol! Then Camp Chief was joking a lot. Funny.
After that it was our debrief. FJ said sorry for talking too much on the Dragon Boat so we couldn't play and feeling guilty for making me cry and told everyone how touched he is because I said I'll do Challenge Pole for him. Z.
Jassy got really sick so she went home. Let's hope she's alright now.
Then, we ate our dinner and showered and the instructors talked to us about what they thought of us which really was great to hear that they really think we're fun and enjoyable and all.
We did a impromptu campfire item rehearsel and cheer. It's like this family (Darryl, Wing Sang and Jia Qin) watching TV and they decided to watch Spongebob. So the programme starts and we did our cheer led by Cheryl and Nanthini.
(According to Spongebob theme song tune):
Who's most united at sec 3 camp?
3/1, 3/1!
The best of the best that no one can beat!
3/1, 3/1!
Who's super hot, sexy and very cute?
3/1, 3/1!
Biology, Physics and Chemistry too!
3/1, 3/!
3/1 `09, 3/1 `09, 3/1 `09 STUDY LIKE CRAZY!
Then it was the Spongebob show. Wai Siong was Spongebob, Leon was Patrick and Tian Ning was Sandy. So one day, Spongebob and Patrick decided to go to Sandy's house. Since it was Spongebob's birtday, Sandy decided to pour petrol on him. And Wai Siong was like,'I'm so SEXY!' and did the whole wiggly to the floor thingo. Then, they decided to burn him and Wai Sion went,'Oh! I'm so HOT!' HAHAHA
Then, the show ended and they decided to watch 'So you think you can't dance' But it was the commercial break and the Ba Wang Jackie Chan commercial was on.
So Deepak was acting as Jackie Chan and he did a direct English translation of the commercial. SUPER FUNNY. It starts with all the Jackie Chan supporters running out shouting 'BA WANG BA WANG!' and then Jackie Chan steps out and does his lines and touching his hair. After that, all the supporters ran out and crowded around him asking him for autograph. HA!
Then, it was So You Think You Can't Dance. Nandhini and I were the hosts, 3 judges- Yew Rong as Maggot, Sheryl as French Flies and Xian Long and Burger Ham, the dancers- HaHa and Ha from HaHaHa, Chery and Kuan Ting, and Jerome, and the Chior memers sang. So Cheryl and Kuan Ting does this dance to Dancing Queen but they started quarreling and left stage and it was very real!. Then Jerome showed off his amazing dance moves to this Indian song. The song ended but he was still dancing and Abdul starts shouting Security! and runs out to catch him. Then I say that the results will be out in the next episode and Jerome runs out shouting,'I'M THE WINNER!' LOL!
So yeah, campfire was fun. The instructors joke around and stuff. Camp Chief did this fire disply! Super cool. I think Joyce, Wai Siong and me screamed till FJ went deaf XD
We did a lot of aeroplane cheers because a lot of aeroplane flew by. Oh well.
So Chek, Wayne and Camp Chief hosted the thing. Teachers came up to dance and stuff. Mr Yu got some wacky moves! Lol and Mr Fadzly was omg amazing.
Chek joked around in his Indian accent again.
Then, the classes started to perform and all. I can't remember the sequence of classes but 3/6 did a DAMN good impersonation of Camp Chief! FUNNY!
A lot of groups did Indian dances, like almost every class.
3/3 was funny! Wen Jie. Omg. Dacning around the tree (Jarren). HAHA.
Then there was LIMBO! We sent Jerome and Vania up since it was all couples. Cindy won.
Then we did this cheer thingy in different styles and Camp Chief asked Miss Wang out for the romantic style one and said,' She's my 28th wife.' LOL
3/5's was too draggy. Boring. And they had the same idea as us.
3/4's was racist.
So it was our turn, the last and at the end, Abdul and Jerome saboed the 3 instructors, pretending that they were news agents interviewing them. Serene told us we were fun and Nit too. And they love us. FJ gave this speech. 'You are the best class I've thought in...' (starts laughing). Anyway, he started talking about my Challenge Pole incident AGAIN. And the whole class pushed me next to him and Camp Chief gave me a Hi Five. I felt so paiseh sia.
'I made my whole team do Challenge Pole. So there is this girl in my class and she's very afraid of heights and so reluctant to do the challenge. But she told me one thing that touched my heart. She told me she'll do it for me.' And the whole place went OH. 'And she really went up and jumped off the pole and not walked down it.' And I stepped backwards and he was like, '3/1! WHAT AM I?' 'HOT' 'AND?' 'SEXY' 'AND?' 'VERY CUTE!' 'I only have 3 words for you, I LOVE Y'ALL!' And we screamed like bananas.
Then, we cheered and stuff and they had this trainee instructors induction or something. So Chek was like speaking on how he's buying furnitures and different instructors did different things like FJ being the sofa (and Chek sat on him and we all went EHHHHHH) and stuff. All the trainees were fire logs and then Camp Chief ran out of no where and poured water on them. The water we used to wash our plates!
Camp Chief spoke to us all. He told us that Anderson was the first school he was Camp Chief of last year and Anderson is going to be his last school he's Camp Chief for because he's leaving. Then all the instructors sang a song and all. Camp Chief looked so sad!
After the teachers left, we had supper but I didn't take any and we watched this slideshows of pictures Mr Singh took during our stay. Camp Chief was nice to us and let us wake up at 7!
Then it was shower. I didn't realise I was tired until FJ told me I looked very tired. Yeah! I planned to count the planes that fly by while the lights were off but I laid down, counted 3 planes and fell asleep. And felt cold in the middle of the night and just went deeper into the sleeping bag and just fell asleep and woke up at 7 because the guys below the dorm were talking really loudly.
Got ready and had breakfast. FJ took pictures and PURPOSELY took pictures of us when we're putting the food into our mouths. Then, we all asked him if he's got facebook/friendster/blog so that we can see the picutres of the camp but he refused to tell us. So we probably won't get the pictures.
And then he told us we were washing the toilets. Yes, TOILETS.
So we all assembled in the car park area and 3/2 got to wash the guy's toilet and we wash the girl's one. And FJ told us he's making sure we get SO wet, we can't board the bus and we have to stay for one more day XD And he was rejoicing about it, maybe he misses us already. HAHAHA
Then we went to wash the toilets. Picked up clothes, rubbish and someone's undies (ew), socks (the guys freaked, they thought it was someone's undies. HAHAHA and when I took it off the tap -yes tap- they were like OMG OMG OMG) and blah blah blah. We flooded the toilet with water running non stop from all the taps and we cleared all the sand out the floor and sink.
We found soap, shampoo and toothpaste that people left behind and we used them to wash the floor, sink and toilet bowls. And we also used a toothbrush we found to scrub the sink.
Then, Abdul splashed water at FJ and then it all started. Then FJ wanted to pour water on me but I grabbed the bucket and we were struggling and it landed on someone else and we Hi Fived. Hahahaha.
Then they attacked Shing Yi. FJ walked out so we had our master plan. Deepak with the toothpaste in hand and Abdul with the showergel in hand and they smear it on FJ's face and I pour the water but I didn't do the water part in the end since he was holding a camera. Hahaha.
Wai Siong poured water on Sheryl. Lol! Then some guys went over to the other toilet and attack the people there. Some people were drenched from head to toe!
Then we went to the rockwall to do our camp evaluation and debrief. FJ, Serene and Nit were all so great. The stuff they said. We're the first class Serene and Nit took and FJ said that we're the best class he's ever taken in 2 years and he was too nervous to say that last night. They told us on how this must stay unforgetable which I think is VERY unforgetable. We shifted to in front of the canteen and FJ continued talking to us and stuff then behind us, 3/2 grabbed Waybe, poured water and tau poked him and Wayne went up the dorm, took the hose and started spraying water down on them all. LOL!
Then, Wayne came over with a bucket of water and then... Abdul and Deepak walked up and grabbed FJ and some other guys came a lot and carried him up and he was in this weird crouching position and down went the bucket of water! Then they put him on the floor and all the guys taupoked him. Hahahahaha.
We got his last set of clothes wet, oh well XD
We took pictures after that and quickly took our stuff and assembled.
And back to school we went.
FJ told us his secret that he's scared of rats and mice and his age.
Lol, but he refused to say it at first and ask us to tell him something to please him so he'll say it and Jerome shouted,'You're SEXIER than me!' HAHAHA.
He finally told us that he's 20. I thought he was older like mid 20s. And he was like, I'm going home to sleep sleep sleep after the Sec 1 campfire because tomorrow I have hot date. lol.
He asked us who was going to the sec 1 campire and congratulated them because he would be there and made all of us nap.
At school, we assembled at the porch and he told us to scream/cheer like mad until the whole school can hear us. For the first time, we all heard him shout so loud. We did 3 cheers and saying thank yous. Then, he asked us if we missed him and we all went,' MAYBE.' XD We did Anderson Cheers too.
After all of it, he told us not to forget the camp and love camping and we said our goodbyes. It's sad. He kept asking me why I looked so sad and I give him dorky smiles. LOL.
Then yeah, waited with Aleithia in school till my mum came and talked to FJ a little asking we why I was still there and if I've called my mum blah blah blah and talked to Aleithia a whole lot and it was funny. A lot of waving goodbyes here and there, on the coach and walking around.
So yeah.
This is the first proper camp I've been to and the one I'll NEVER forget because I jumped off a pole, came down a building and I used a whole lot of courage.
He's honourable, because if he didn't make me do it, I think I'll never experience such experiences again because I always back out when I'm scared but this time, I never backed out of any activity.
I feel proud of myself.
I miss camp a lot.
It felt like it was still December holidays!
I loved it there a lot. A helluva lot.