Saturday, June 21, 2008
OBS was a BLAST!!
its was really really fun.. enjoyable..memorable.. and i really learnt alot alot alot frm it..
we did lots of activities that are physically and mentally challenging.. like high elements,belaying practise, kayaking,hiking,pitiching up tents and outdoor cooking..
high elements
i paired up with benjamin and we did thge log thing.. which was the most difficult one out of the other 3.. we the distance frm one log frm another gets higher and higher.. i had to step on his leg to get up.. lols.. then we went higher and higher.. but when we reach the top.. the view was BEAUTIFUL!! seriously.. it was really nice.. we could see another island opposite.. i think its called corny(however u spell it)island.. it was really nice..
belaying practise
wasn't that difficult for me.. i've done it quite alot of times alr.. so its quite easy.. i belayed shermaine while she was doing her high element.. she didn't dared to go up(she paired with arshak) and she keep wanting to come down.. we had to keep encouraging her.. and its really tiring when u have to hold on to the ropes and look up and keep shouting at her everything at the same time.. sher was almost crying when she's on top... - -''
kayaking
STATISFIED was the one word that came to me.. we kayaked 7 hrs round the island(12km) frm camp 2 to camp 1.. and we BROKE THE RECORD.. 10 capsizes in the calm seas.. lols! some capsized purposely because it was too hot.. while some capsized while they we trying to get as much food as they can when we were resting on the seas and the instructors was throwing down food ration frm their speed boat.. LOL.. apples/oranges floating.. haha.. we managed to reach camp 1 on time after 7 hrs of kayaking.. haha.. thats why i felt a sense of statisfaction.. =)
hiking
wasn't too bad.. not as bad as i tot it would be.. around 3-4 hrs of hiking.. we hiked frm camp 2 to the german girls shine.. it was a place where 2 german girls died there.. we were suppose to find a A5 size plate pinned onto a tree(there were hundred of trees around) so we combed the whole place looking for a yellow OBS plate and spent a very long time looking for it.. so in the end.. we had to forfeit cause we took too long to look for it but still cannot find and we were short of time.. so in the end after we do the forfeit we begged ah boo(our instructor) to tell us where is it.. so she went around a tree that we looked at many times and say that " i think it dropped off alr''
everyone was like WTF??!! we spent so many time there and did the forfeit then u come tell us drop off alr.. resulting in not enough time to go to our next check point and we had to hike all the way without stopping to our new camp site.. which is a public camp site.. and the ground was really hard.. we could not pac our tents in so we had to fine super big and heavy rocks to hold onto our tents and took lots of time until it was alr dark,there were no lights no lamp post, all we had was the moonlight and some torch light.. there wasn't even any toilets.. is u need to shit or pee u have to dig a shit whole using a shovel..
pitiching up tents
it was fun and tiring.. like they as u can't clap with only 1 hand.. in this case u can't pitch up a tent all by urself.. u have to work with ur partners in order to pitch up the tents.. it was really fun.. IT TOT ME HOW TO CHERISH MY BED..that i woke up 4pm today XD
outdoor cooking
actually we didn't do much we only cook at night for dinner.. the 1st day we had rice and can food.. as it was the 1st day.. most of us were not used.. i didn't eat much actually.. 2nd day.. we had myojo mee.. 4th night we had rice again with camp bell soup.. we slowly got used to everything alr.. and as long as we have food we were hungry enough for it..\\
so this was wat we did for obs.. it may seem little to u.. but.. when u are doing it u won't think the same way alr.. lots of skills were learnt.. and things like resiliance,responsibility.. and i dare to say that i'm a better person frm before... =)
Peace Out Home Dawg!
10:02 PM