I'M BACK!!!
I had a great time with you guys in AUSTRALIA, PERTH!
Went to Changi Airport, Terminal 3 on 23nov.
I reached there at around 9:50pm going 10pm.
Quite a lot of people reached already.
Wait for a while, saw Linghui and her parents :D
Then we wait till about 10plus, we went to check in.
After checking in, we went for a walk around the airport.
All the St.John's members went around together.
When we board the plane, I changed seat with someone to sit together with Linghui ^^
Window seat! :D
Halfway through, of course we slept on the plane...
Linghui damn smart lah!
She opened the table in front of my seat, place her pillow provided then she lie her head on it assuming that she lying on her bed. ^_^
We had breakfast on plane. We watch the sunrise! Damn beautiful!!!
Reached Australia, Perth! ^^
Changed into shorts and slippers! :D
Got on the coach and set off for sand boarding to somewhere...(forgotten at where already)
The place was real nice...
Got off the coach, walk quite a short distance to get to a river.
Half of the group went for sand boarding, the other group went for tree planting.
I went for tree planting first. ^^
Quite easy :D
Then we changed with the other group that went for sand boarding first.
Woah! Climbing up the sand isn't easy AT ALL!
Just by climbing up the sand will tired me out...When i reached up there, i was like "Whew! Finally reached!" It was like finally....
The sand was hot so i tried many times to run up but failed cause of the sand.
Though the sand was hot, the wind was quite cold.
The weather at that time was like about 10 to 11 degrees!
The wind was so cold! Plus with all the IRRITATING FLIES all around us!Grrr...
It's damn super IRRITATING!!!
I slide down the sand till halfway then i walk up again to try again.
But i went up to the top with Hui Tene and Ruey Feng.
There, was super windy! ^^
After that, when we were about to go down, Huiling, Linghui and Siying came to join us.
Took some photos up there but hair was like WTH! Damn messy lah!
After a while, we went for lunch near a river.
Then food was quite alright...
After lunch, got on the coach and set off to the campsite on a mountain.
The ride is about 1h45mins.
After around 15mins, everyone was taking a nap. :D *quite comfortable to sleep ^^
After we reached the campsite, we take our luggage down then leave it at one side, assemble.
Our trainers, Tony,Rosana & Matthew.
They very nice to us! Treat us ice pops, ice creams and biscuits.
After a short chit-chat with them, the girls bring our luggage into our cabin and the guys pitch their tents.
When we go in to the bunk, we was like OMG!
Yes quite neat, quite clean, got mattress.
They even supplied us with sleeping bags.
At first, everyone chose their bunk beds. *what will happen at night?^^
Girls, all settled down. Guys, still pitching their tents.
Some girls went to help the guys pitch the tents but almost all the Sec 1s stand there doesn't even want to help.
They just stand there watching and talking about them, what they cannot do this cannot do that.
They damn what lah! Don't want to help then still stand there chit-chatting.
They are so too much!
Especially one of them. She was like WTH! Brainwashing the other sec1?
We spent quite a lot of time trying to figure out how everything should be place. We did it! ^-^
I think the tents they provided is quite different from what we have in school.
After that, we prepare ourselves for dinner.
After dinner, we sit together and chit-chat together talking about the activities next day.
Then prepare to sleep.
The water there cannot waste! Waste too much other people no more water to bathe.
At night, the wind was cold and was quite strong.
After Ching Ling and EnLing finished bathing and went back to the cabin, they saw a big spider!.
The spider is really very big!
Of course, we went to find help.
Found Mr Tan! ^-^
Mr Tan and another sec5 guy helped us to catch the spider.
1st try, they failed but the 2nd try, they succeed. ^^
When Mr tan used his shoe to slam the spider, you know what?! The 'juice' came out!
OMG! Nobody dare to sleep on the bunk.
Almost everyone slept on the floor with sleeping bags, of course, some even bring the mattress from the bunk down.
Then some of us went out, so as not to disturb the rest of them sleeping, to chit-chat.
After some chit-chatting, we slept around at 1plus.
The night was cold! At night, it was much much much colder than in the day.
The 2nd day at the campsite, the activities starts at 8am.
We were allow to sleep till anytime.
But the first morning, almost everyone woke up at around 6.30am.
Everyone thought if wake up too late, many of us will be waiting for the toilet, waiting for the basin to wash up.
That's why everyone got up early.^^
The breakfast was cereal, toast and eggs. See which one we like to eat.
After we finished, some of them offered helped in washing the dishes.
After finishing washing the dishes, we start all our activities at around 8am plus.* i can't really remember what are the activities.Need to refer to our notebook.
Activities then reflection time.
Very irritating! All the FLIES!!!
All the flies keep flying around us when we are having our activities lah!
Spray insect repellent? NO USE!
The flies just won't leave us alone. Grr....
What i don't like is the reflection after EVERY activities!
It's so boring!
Boring till i can feel like sleeping lah!
Then lunchtime.
'Handmade' sandwiches.
They provide us with ingredients...
We can have as many as we want ^-^
Not bad, quite nice. ^^
After lunch, reflection time again...
SIAN!!!
After reflection, go out and continue with another activites...
The day just pass on like this...
Dinner time!
ALL BURNT FOOD! OMG!!!
You know?! The fish fillet they have, the chicken they have, the beef they have are all burnt!
I can't taste the fish and the chicken! WTH! All i can taste is the burnt taste...
After dinner, some of us helped to wash the dishes.
After finished washing the dishes, got together and and reflection again!
Then they treat us ice-cream ^^ but i didn't eat cause the night is already cold enough.
The wind was strong and cold, if i still eat food or drink cold drinks, i will be sitting there trembling.^-^
After reflections, we have one more activity to go.
After the activity, reflections again...
After reflection, got some biscuits given out. I like the chocolate biscuits with chocolate chips on top ^-^ ( I always take that biscuits >.<)
Free time! :D
This time, for the girls, the upper sec let us bathe first. They damn nice to us! ^.^
I still can remember VERY CLEARLY about SOMETHING...
This concern about the GUYS.
I don't really know what happen at first.
But i can remember very clearly that the guys very scare of insects...
When Linghui got into the boys toilet, she saw 2 DEAD grasshoppers.
Linghui is very zhai!
She take two tissue papers then go take the dead grasshopper and she take it out of the toilet.
A lot of guys standing at the door there trying to see whats happening.
When they saw Linghui walking out with the 2 DEAD grasshoppers, they start get away from her and cause one guy to fall.
If i am not wrong, Linghui only want to show them what she's holding and there's no more insects in the toilet, they can go in and bathe but didn't expect that their reaction would be so big :D
Linghui then wrap it up and throw it away.
We then go back to the cabin and prepare to bathe :D
After we bathe, went outside chit-chat again then slept at around 1am plus.. :D
The 3rd day, same kind of breakfast...
After breakfast, activities again...
After one activity, reflection again...
The day passed just like this...
Lunchtime, Sandwich again.
After lunch, we have some free time, then follow by activities again...
This time, the activity is going down the mountain to have a walk around.
They said only takes about 10mins, but it took 1h plus!!!
One bottle of water isn't enough at all!
The weather was warm!!!
Can you imagine all the water was finished and everyone was craving for something like ice pops, ice creams or ice water?!
When we go back, they gave us ice pops! This is GREAT!
The feeling is just great.
After that, we get some rest before proceeding to another activity.
I can remember this activity very clearly. :D
We got to stand on a thick rope & walk from 1 end to another.
The height of the rope being tied on the trees is around my height tall.
We were also asked to hold on to a rope hanging only on 1 side in order to balance ourselves.
Of course, everyone stand on both sides of the rope in case that person dropped & we are able to catch the person.
What we don't like is that got 1 sec1, is too much.
Like i said, both sides were crowded with people in case that person dropped down.
There's one similar guy stands at the back.
He is the one always be the most enthu.
He is willing to help in every way he could then the sec1 say he's trying to 'molest'.
My thought was like 'since you think is so easy, why not you try catching the person on the rope yourself?'~not only i think this way....
For me, i think it was scary...
For the first few steps,it was still quite easy & alright to balance but when its nearing the middle of the rope,it was damn shaky!
Even though i am NOT trembling, but it looks like i was on the rope!
After everyone tried including the teachers and trainers, we were given some free time.
Linghui, ChingLing, EnLing and I went chit-chat together & because the weather was getting colder, we went back to the bunk to get our jackets.
After sometime, dinner was ready!
We got chicken,beef, salad and more...
What mistake all the Buddhists made was, we ate BEEF!
Nobody actually noticed at first, but when I took a bite, the taste was strange... asked them what meat is that, they don't know.
1 of them went to asked tony what meat it was,he said it was BEEF!
Some of us quickly give those who can eat beef. * which is most of them, only 8 of us can't eat.*
I change with Mr Tan. * don't worry, we were provided with knife,fork and spoon. I took the knife and cut it before using the fork and put it in my mouth.*
He even gave me a stick of chicken to exchange for the beef! ^-^
Linghui said said she was having a sore throat so she didn't eat much during the dinner but she drank a lot of water.
Too much of water till she feel bloated so we accompany her back to the bunk to rest for a while till the next activity.
The last day, it was St.John's turn to wash the dishes.* actually we need to do the whole three meals, but since GG haven't wash the dishes yet, they did it for the breakfast and lunch because they got quite a lot of people, at least more than the St.John's.*
After dinner, we have our very last activity.
This activity is boy VS girls. It also involves a hoola-hoop in each group.
We have 15girls(2 fell ill & just recovered) and 9boys.
We have one goal. The girls, each of us have to go through the hoola-hoop in 15secs. All the girls.
The guys, have to go through the hoola-hoop in 9secs.
So that means to say, 1 girl go through the hoola-hoop in 1sec *fast*,1 guy go through the hoola-hoop in 1sec too.
We were given 1hour to try it out :D
At first, our timing for girls(guys i not sure, because we were separated to work towards the goal Tony want us to achieve) is 56secs,45secs, 50secs, 35secs, 40secs, 25secs,20secs.
We keep on trying & trying to improve our timing.
We got the method but not the speed. So we improve on our speed.
All thanks to Tony who gave us the hint and always there to guide us.
We were out trying there, trying to increase our speed with the very very cold and strong wind....
Then reflection time agian...(but its okay because its the last activity and last reflection^-^)
After relfection, we got the debrief from teachers.
They also collected our passports as we are going to city the next day.
It will be very troublesome if we lose our passport.
After debrief, we then head back to the bunk and prepare to bathe.
Still the same, the sec1 always be the one rushing to the toilet as if the toilet will run away...
After i finished bathing, Linghui tell me she's running a temperature.
Luckily, Mr Tan bought thermometer and some panodol to Australia in case someone fall sick.
Linghui took 1 or 2 pills then after a while she went to sleep.
Next morning, we wake about at about the same time.
We washed up and get ready for breakfast & start cleaning up of the cabin & bunk.
After all the cleaning up & the very last debrief, we got up the coach & headed to the city.
We first headed to Nougat Factory. There, i bought 3packets of 250g Nougat(assorted flavours).
Next, we head to a park(forgotten what is the name of the park).
When we reached there, we were given free time to walk around.
Till noon, we had our lunch at a restaurant at the park.
We had a fish burger (: It was big! Also had a lot of fries. (:
I didn't managed to finished the whole portion. I only managed finish the whole burger & some of the fries and that's it, full.
After that, we go to watch the sheep shearing.
After that, we went to walk around the whole wildlife park.
The weather was so warm! One bottle of water isn't enough at all!
When we saw 1 shop, there got sell drinks, we ask permission to buy drinks from there & of course, teachers allow.
After that, we went to the hotel for check in.
We were given some free time to rest in the room, then went to a restaurant for dinner.
Our dinner is at a CHINESE restaurant! (:
COOL! (:
We hadn't a proper meal for the past few days.Finally, we have a proper meal that night, we were happy like mad uh.
After our dinner, we went to the supermarket there to buy something like what we want to eat when we are in the hotel room blah blah blah.Most of the upper sec girls have their own party and the guys have their own party.
Next morning, wake up at around 6.30am.
Brush up, done with everything, we went down for our breakfast at the hotel cafe.
After breakfast, we went back up to our room and pack our luggage prepare to check out.
After checking out, we went to the chocolate factory.
There, i bought quite a lot of stuffs back (:
The day goes on like this and we bought a lot of stuffs back.
In the evening, after our dinner, we went to see the night scenery.
It was damn beautiful!
Hang around there for quite some time, then we got on the coach and headed to the airport.
At around 6plus, we reached Singapore then for the final debrief and that's it (:
cabbed back home with linghui, linghui's mum and josaline. (:
JNCO CAMP!
We reached school at around 8plus.
The camp starts at 9am.
We reached there to get ready everything.
We fall in at 8.55am.
After we fall in, we got to change into our full uniform, so that's for sure, we have changing parade.
We changed quite a few times lah, only change one time is quite difficult.
After that, we go to the classroom for a short lecture.
Changed back to pt kit after the lecture, as we have PT.
After the PT, we have a some 'games'.
After the games, we have something like a small 'maze'.
Some of us have to be blindfolded & the rest be the one that will lead the ones that are blindfolded out to the other end.
That was fun!!! Especially when its my turn, its like everyone was shouting at my ears! ONLY ME! The rest of them don't have. Sad uh. ):
After the games, we have to fall in to pitch & un-pitch a tent.
We fall in outside the canteen to report before we enter the canteen.
After our lunch, we have our first aid study like how to do full body check up things like that.
After that, we report back to the canteen to play another 'maze'.
This 'maze' have to gather as many first aid equipments as possible.
Got scolded and shouted at lots and lots of times...
Repeated the WHOLE procedure over and over again..
After the bunk inspection, we have the lowering flag ceremony.
Luckily, Ashurah and Linghui didn't drop the flag on the ground and luckily i can still remember the command as when lowering of the flag, Linghui lower the flag bit by bit, very slowly...
Hold for too long, your hands will be like 'stuck' there.
This time is even worse lah.
Need to take out the things in the ziplock bags! Measure the distance on the table by fingers...
Hiax...
After the bunk inspection, we went to bathe. We only have around 20mins for 5 of us to bathe with only 4pails.
We didn't washed our hair as we have 2359 (some sort of punishment) in our full uniform.
So we went to sleep early.
But we suddenly have coldfire at around 5.30am.
When we fall in at the parade square, they say just a false alarm...
We went back to sleep and not even half an hour, they wake us up for 2359...
do footdrills...
Then we have triage..
our mind was like blank...
Don't know what was going on and don't know what to do...
Got scolded...
blah blah blah...
evening like that, we have PT.
Now i can't be in a upright position or bending position for too long, if not the pain will come back...
We have games!!! ( please go to facebook to see all the photos! Credits to Wainee! (: Thanks for all the photos throughout the camp!)
After our bath, we have supper but we were still full to eat anything.
So we went to the parade square and fall in for the routine next day.
When we are in our bunk, packing our stuffs, yali and yuhan came in...
They didn't wake us up because last day, we have flag day.
Very tiring...
Last day, we have 'spring cleaning' meaning that we have to put back all the chairs and tables within one hour with only 5 people and 4 classroom... TIRING!
First station, hold on to the rod and turn 10 rounds.
Second station, count the number of safety pins.( can you imagine, after turning 10 rounds around the rod then you go and count the number of safety pins?!)
Third station, tie a bandage they want within 30secs.
Fourth station, open and close stretcher within 1min.
Fifth station, play scissors paper stone.
At any station, if cannot finish within the time limit then thank you very much, go back and wait for the next turn! (:
Then we have our early lunch as we have our flag day in the afternoon.
After the flag day, we changed into our full uniform for the final debrief.
Though in this training camp, we have all the punishment and all kind of scoldings, we know that all these are for our own good. Like what yeyen, yali, yuhan and lots of the seniors says, we have been improving lots through this camp. Hope our standard will remain throughout. (: