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Friday, January 20

I'm back from obs! whee what can i say, it was super duper fun! :D haha ok yeah true being in odac and stuff ive done some of it before but its the people that makes the whole journey so special and unique.

My Watch: Marshall (: aka Dudettes
Instructor: Boon Wee aka Uncle Dude
Residential&LandEx.

Dude was from RI! like OMGAWD! hahah most of us thought he was from HCI cos he got that cheena look but no he was frm RI! and he's 30 this yr and has a gf! hahah see we're such good kaypohs and we still know more about him (: hahaha he doesnt look 30 lor. i shall scan the pic in one day and put it here (: haha and i invited him to ORA this yr :D

Day 1
We were quite disappointed to have residential and land ex but as boon wee said, it's up to us how we wanted to take it as. and i think we took it quite well. yeah we were down at first but soon started to warm up lah. Haha omg i only have 1 thing to say- Arina you have a big big bag! After clearing admin stuff we started with a game of trust fall which being the 2nd lightest, i went second. It was kinda scary but after that it seemed to pass so fast. haha and i was the first aid ic for that day which is total O.o cos i'll prob kill them ;) the rest of the day was quite boring, learning how to belay and stuff. ohya cos we told dude [aka our instructor] to address us as dudettes, so for the belay coomands instead of instructor check we had DUDE check! which was cool. heh and btw our bunks are really nice except for hopping green lizards! The only other thing that happened after that was serena got 'lost' after dinner and we were freaking out looking all over for her and shouting her name. and she turned out to be talking to her friend at the cookhse -.-

Day 2
WE did the activity we were looking forward to the most- kayaking! woots! it was damn fun. flying silver fish, flying dead fish & mudskippers. i got paired with triyono who was hilarious. heh (x im glad we at least had a chance to kayak. (: after lunch was high ropes elements which was the inverse tower. im so proud of myself for making it to the top man! and i did better than my target of $40 by climbing all the way to the top and getting $50 instead! and my watch who originally targeted getting $450 did so much better and got $660 instead! whoo and im so proud of everyone who never gave up even though it was so scary! esp triyono and suvitha! suvitha was like wow. she spent an hr on the activity and made it up in the end. i helped gabby belay and we were like so hyper below cheering for her "hug the log hug the log! nono hug your mother hug your bolster!" heh damn fun (X and dude was laughing :P

Day 3
We set off for our land expedition amazing race around ubin. i was the land ex ic and naviator tgt with suvi and im proud to say we didnt get lost unlike our buddy watch Munshi! (: yayness phew we started out with alpine rescue which was hahah a test of our patience. it started raining halfway but wasnt too bad and we continued. we hiked at least 7.8km that day to get to our campsite which was near ubin village! the campsite was quite nice lah and i cooked while the rest got fire. and guess wht- eileen, maria, jiayue, charlene, amy and i ended up doing all the cleaning up, washing the utensils, burying the food, and shoveling the ants away. and cos when we finished at 12 there was not enough space for us in the bashas so we ended up laying ponchos on the grnd and sleeping on them. but it was VERY NICE because we watched the moonrise and stargazed. the moon was super nice. it was like those werewolve scenes that type of moon. and there were so many stars! i saw orion! damn cool. and then a challenge came...

Day 4
When everyone woke up...ohmy wht a shock we got cos our camp was infested by ants. because some people left dirty mess tins and food wrappers near the bashas so the3 ant came and also moved on the attack the food in our bags. almost everyone's bags [except maybe mine and gabby's] had ants crawling around inside and eating the food. so we had to throw away a lot of foodstuff. it was horrible really. they were crawling up my legs, really redefines the phrase ants in your pants. i have some ant bites on my arm and leg >< but our campsite that night was at alpine resce so were were all so happy cos it was less than 800m away frm obs and so near the resevoir! heh that night was prob the highlight of the while camp. this time everyone contributed and pitched in to help. so the pitching of the bashas and cooking went very smoothly. :D but then...some people washed their mess tins with noodles strand at the washing point and choo ling wanted us to open the rain covers to clear all the noodles. clean the drain. guess who did it again? charlene, eileen, maria, arina and i. wow now i really appreciate spore drain cleaners. i know how it feels using 2 entrenching tools to pick up noodles from inside the drain. but we had a night walk after that which was super fun bur super scary at the same time. i was clutching on to gabby's hand like siao lah. thanks dear for holding my hand (: hahah i really owe her one cos she comforted me. then choo ling and dude said we were going to have a solo walk back. ohmygawd i went 5th. damn scary man, even though it was a paved path but my mind started to wander until i forced myself to look up and imagine happy stuff. but im really glad i got over my fear and made it through. yingjie is so cute "if we dont have peanut butter the bread can go to hell now for all i care" and serena "i go first i tell the bear bear [which refers to the wild boars] not to attack you. HAHAHAH a boar is a pig not a bear but she still doesnt listen! heh x)

Day 5
After trekking back, packing, and bathing we had sharing sessions and buying souvenirs. btw the people whom i helped buy the shirts, be happy (:

im quite sad obs has ended so soon, it's back to rality. i had a really fun time of my life there and got to know my classmates a lot better. most of them arent what they seem to be like. i have so many damn funny quotes and inside jokes. invisible owls, britney, pulau and ubin! (:

Thanks to the people in my watch suv arina chunyue shihui triyono weifen xiaotong nike gabby zijun wenda serene serena suchin jiayue for being so encouraging so supportive so active so participative so cooperative so fun so spontaneous and everything that i could ask for in a watch, in a class, and in a friend. and also some people in my buddy watch like eileen amy charlene yingjie. <33 u guys!

it feels good to be able to not use my hp, wallet and mac for 5 days. am considering being an obs instructor in future. i wouldnt mind that type of lifestyle and environment and being able to inspire others.

it was super fun crapping and fooling around with my watch and dude :D ive learnt a lot about myself, about my class, and about each individual in 301. dude has been a friend and been so inspiring to me. thanks for the great time, the great experience and the great memories! (: i feel like a 15 yr old at the starting line ready to take on the world of pain hurt hope and challenges with determination and courage.

i missed people though. i leave you with a poem...

LIFE IS....
by Mother Teresa

Life is an opportunity, benefit from it.
Life is beauty, admire it.
Life is a dream, realize it.
Life is a challenge, meet it.
Life is a duty, complete it.
Life is a game, play it.
Life is a promise, fulfill it.
Life is sorrow, overcome it.
Life is a song, sing it.
Life is a struggle, accept it.
Life is a tragedy, confront it.
Life is an adventure, dare it.
Life is luck, make it.
Life is too precious, do not destroy it.
Life is life, fight for it.

`wordsofthecynical
6:23 pm

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