20.5.05
yo ppl! came back from OBS. it's so fun. and i am glad that i am in the leadership course cos the non-l seems very xin ku. pity them. so poor thing. but they get to experience more stuff than us. hmm...i 'd prefer mine cos there is more freedom, it's like free and easy turs but there is still time limit to the thingd that we have to do, ie.our tasks.
Day 1
set off from sch at 8+am and reach there 9+.
briefing followed by grouping and arranging things,getting things in order and settle down in our dorms, changing bedsheets and everything...
lunch (food was not bad, but dunno why some ppl still complain)
kayaking practice
abseil basics
rope tying
first aid
leave no trace
Day 2
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Day 3
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Day 4
yoohuuuu! kayaking!!! from9am to 4.30pm. shuang man, although it is very tiring. at first we thought that we could not make it because of the strong winds and waves. the water was very choppy too, esp after frog island. we were supposed to be in a diamond shape formation but ... we weren't. we were just as a cluster of kayaks and it was not bad cos at least we were together and not separated. our instructors said we were great cos at first they think that we could not make it cos of the strong winds. we had a stopover at a shore b4 frog island where we snack on our food. yum yum, when you are hungry, anything tastes nice. (oreo!) amy & i, debbie & fayanne, krystal & ? were ahead of the rest and we were stop at the shore in front of theirs. amy & i were among the last to set off cos my paddle dropped and we had to wait for the person who picked it up to bring the paddle to me. we managed to catch up and we were among the first half after some time. during the journey, one and only one kayak capsized(elieen & shang yi). this is a very good record. i'm proud that i didn't capsized! but it was a hard time for myself cos i had to constantly steer and change the direction and cos of that we were moving in a zig-zag manner. we kept meeting our old friends too! damn funny!-- "hey we meet again!" at times we were quite irritated with our partner as well as the others cos we had difficulty coordinating with one another. and sometimes the ppl in front travelled too fast and when the ppl in hte front took a rest, the ppl behind continued paddling to catch up but soon after the ppl in front set off again leaving no time for the ppl behind to take a break. so a lot of them were complaining and they were shouting across to one aonther to ask the front ppl to slow down.
when we were back on land after hours in the sea all of us were dead tired. the floating feeling was still lingering ...... some of us felt really sick and lethargic.
Day 5
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ok i;m far toolazy to write any more.
**twistableturnableman** @ 22:35.
