Camperama

So we pitched tents, and unpicthed them, played cards and watched M18 movies. Camperama was fun til the rains came. Our A-frame tent collapsed, the kitchen tent collpased and all the dome tents were flooded. it kinda dampened our mood (hahaha), but the campfire warmed the atmosphere (hahaha).

the afternoon it rained, one of the organisers volunteered to drive us out to get lunch. her name escapes me, though i remember her high boots that made her seem even shortter than she was. so shide, kelvin and I go to get lunch, and we came back with 19 packets of chicken rice for 10 people. i was on a diet so i ate only one pack. which was quite alrite considering i had a little something when we went to get lunch. well some other ppl also had a little something but he still had his two packets. i am in awe of tt.

oh the best part was the campfire and movies. they caterers had gotten some huge roasted lamb which was just so yummy... mm... there wasn't much left for us for dinner though, but then there was extra satay n someone had to finish it.... =)

then during the campfire, kelvin set his sights on some RP girl... hahas. and guess what? ram was toking abt the same girl too. well we can guess how it ended. heartbreak kid. n there was the friendship dance, chu yong kept dancing with me for some reason. i was about to move on to do the dance with some RP girl, yes kelvin's target. but chu yong kept pullin me back. some bonds just can't be broken. so i danced with some kid who was reali cute - adorable.

they screened enchanted which is seriously sooooo sooooo romantic... wow. n who else would be near kelvin during tt movie, the RP girl. what a coincidence! thn i went down to the beach to snooze with lsd. he found it cold so we came back to watch Ah Long Pte Ltd. NO SUBTITLES!!! =( i pulled up three chairs n slept only to wake up jus when 300 was starting..

the movie was in its full uncensored uncut glory. n 5yr old kids were watching it!!! wth. only abt 13yrs underaged. somebomb!! so heads were rolling, blood spraying and clothes being torn off. luckily we had mervin to shield us from those horrid scenes. the heads rolling part was too much for me n i wonder hw the 5yr old kids could watch it...

the next day, we were on our way back in the truck and someone whipped out his phone and takes pics:

so kelvin tries to look cute. what a hottie!
come to think of it he looks more pathetic than hot or cute in the 2nd one. kinda lyk a fugitive on a truck desperately asking u to keep silent or else he'd be dead. - hehes.

then i try, unfortunately, some ppl dun reali have to look cute to be liked. sadly i am one of them.
and then dehong tries. hehe shide your finger is a little too high up man. he kinda looks lyk the troll frm enchanted. but u can't deny that he is P.H.A.T - pretty hot and tough...

Venture CIP

We sprayed, wiped, dusted, pasted, lifted, ate, slept and played. Venture CIP. whee...

the first day was slack. re-labelling of tables n chairs, n thn slacking in the canteen, before pouncing on the bee hoon tt De hong bought.

well then someone found a secret corner in the Hideout. and it became the place to be. until... the big shiddy fell asleep there....

We disinfected and wiped somemore on the second day. the best part is tt now i noe tt young kids will not get hand foot and mouth disease beacuse of the wiping n cleaning that we have done. you never noe how an act so small and seemingly meaningless, can mean so much to the person sitting at that chair n touhcing everything that he can reach.

He can now touch in confidence. Knowing that every wall, chair, table leg, shelf and door knob he touches is a clean one. Making it rather touching to do CIP.

So then hao qin, kelvin, de hong, shide, ram and i went to play squash. and well kelvin was trying to steal a glance at shide. how naughty! well in the 8 matches i played against koala i won 5. hehes. well i guess squash just is my thing.

And then the third day. i think im the only one other than hao qin to go on all three days) well i had nth to do, n shide said tt i could go to his house only if i went for CIP. so we counted tables on the rooftop, and toked abt koala's affairs. thn we felt guilty of slacking n proceeded down to the Hideout to slack.

so thn someone had a bright idea in the little secret corner. he wanted to see what would happen if he were to paste tape on my leg and rip it off - how much hair would come off?

yea so tt's wat happened - no i am not hairless now, though i have to admit that the experience was rather pleasing.

well tt's wat happened over the last three days... whee...

Venture Camp

Hey, 01-2005 let's look forward to Venture Camp.



Please make sure you have everything ready, rations, inventory, water, attire, survival kit etc etc.

Venture Camp Preparation

Hi ventures, please be reminded that there would be venture camp preparation from one thirty to six thirty tomorrow at gym hall atrium or scout den. (just call any other venture if you cannot find them.)



For those who wishes to buy things from army market, please pass the list of items to be bought and $$$$ to Hao Qin.

Revival

Thought that I would revive the to-do list in this blog.

Survival Course

Found this picture off Google.

Survival Course

Stolen from Yanwei's blog since he is too busy (lazy) to do a post for this.

Survival course went pretty much OK, just that I still doubt that I can survive after getting booted out of a plane with a parachute at 20000 ft into the great jungles of amazon. (Provided that operating the parachute is as easy as just pulling that one and only strap)

Reached Woodlands Ring Pri Sch at 10.25am, 35 minutes early. If you would like to phrase it in a nice way, I am being punctual, but if you like to phrase it in a nastier way I am an idiot who doesn't know how to gauge how long I take to walk 1km. (20 minutes off target since I wanted to reach there 15 min early)

Survival lecture was in the scouts den which was air-conditioned. I sat right in the face of the air-con so I was freezing, while the rest of the scouts at the back were complaining of the heat.Went for lunch, had to eat at a hawker centre precisely on the MRN/MGR given to us by Kumaran. Navigated there using a topo map. Quite lame but thats a little bit of training.

Went to some jungle near Republic Polytechnic to get started on the practical part. We had to walk past some clearing near the lodges of the foreign workers working at a construction site, and guess what we saw.

Condom packets.
Condom packets.
And more condom packets.
Refer to Yanwei's blog for picture as he is too busy (lazy) to upload it again.

Then we took a 10 minute hike into the depths of the jungle. Walking over stuff like garbage, vines, mud (yes, a lot) and rotten tree roots which look ok but crumble into termites + rotten stuff when you step on them.

Anyway we started on our shelter building. We were split into 5 teams of 6. We had to build the shelters with whatever natural resources we could find. And at the end, there would be a test on the waterproofity/waterproofness of the shelters.

Came the "inspection" of the shelters, so we had to get the largest member (Shide) of the team to hide inside the shelter and Kumaran would pour water on the shelter to see if it is waterproof. Ours was the least waterproof because its not really our fault: All other groups had some form of plants with large leaves near them, ours had small and narrow leaves. So during the inspection:

**Kumaran pours a little water here**

Shide: "Oh Crap."

**Kumaran pours a little water there**

Shide: "Oh Crap."

**Kumaran pours a little water at yet another spot**

Shide: "Ohhh Crap."

Quite failure arh. But not really our fault anyway. Shide, you should have just endured the water for the sake of our pride xD

Other shelters were ok I think, most comfy-looking was Chuyong's shelter.

Then we cleared up and went home =)