never extinguish - always aflame: June 2009

just came back from a 5 day course
at Outward Bound teritory
at Pulau Ubin

1st Day
gathered at around 0730 at OBRC
met with the other cath highs
before proceeding in
was assigned to our groups
ronald, bryan, lennard n me was in grp 7
after that
waiting for the other sch to come
n some joined our grp
then was the opening by faizola
an instructor
n did some briefing
n introduce each n every grp's name
plus instructor
our grp was called
MARCO POLO
the first traveller around the continents
and our instructor was Ann
a previous staff of MOE
after that we took our grp photoes
and boarded the bumbboat
n started our OBS journey
with our grp mates
when we reached
Ann brought us for a tour
n introduce some of the places in camp2
gathered in our circle formation in blk5
n have our introduction
the starting of MARCO POLO
the forming stage
played some games
n noe more faces
then we discuss our roles during the course
n i was the day4 ic
went to MPH
then had our lunch
biscuits, apples, n a lot more
then went to the store and gotten the first look of it
quite nice
lots of stuffs
we tried to unpack the things
n we went in n have a briefing too
then we went for belay sch
but before that we had a trust fall
but in a smaller scale
fun
played with faizal n amos
after that did belay sch
quite okay
another style of belaying
after that had some discussion n we were taught how to pitch a tent
by Faizal instructor
which is the instructor from our buddy grp
after that taught about field cooking
then the girls ccok n the boys pitch
ppitch until the sun fall then finish
16 of us ate
n we started talking
chatting
get to noe more
than we have to pack up
half way had fire drill
took a bit too long
had our debrief
wash up
n went to sleep
was in a tent with tthe cath highs
quite hot
as usual
kept waking up
n there was tons of mosquitoes
woke up at around 5 plus
unpitch
n get ready for morning pt

day2
after breakfast
get ready for our high ropes
but had our morning meeting
with Ann
took our reflection card
n she taught us about some of the window thingy
made our reflection
like get to noe most of my members
5 girls- Amelia, Amira, joy, Cindy, Zainab
11 Boys - Me, Lennard, Bryan, Ronald, Faizal, Amos, Zhi Guang, Eugene, Nathan, Woon Kiat, QiKai
than climbed 101 steps to the high elements
we did the DDD
double dangle duo
tried belaying again
went up with bryan
managed to drag him up to the top
i was like free climbing by myself
than belayed joy n people
funny
than went off for lunch
a bit xianzz
nvr do rock climbing
which is what i always wanted
the 20m tall wall
hope to do something that tall
lunched
n prepare for our kayaking
i was paired up with joy
which was decided during lunch
quite okay
went for some boring lessons
than finally enter water
to test the buoyancy of the life vest
fun n cooling
than we tried capsizing
first time
i was like having a hard time doing the capsize drill
cus someone like reluctent to fall into the sea
than joy was like pop out a stupid question
which i just ignored
capsized n back to shore
learnt the TX rescue
fun
than we started our journey to camp1
paddled half way
than we did TX rescue
me joy with amelia n zainab if i not wrong
capsize n unload within 4+mins
the water like a bit shallow
completed n we went off to camp1
when we reach quite late liao
rushed to change to fresh set of clothes
cannot bath
than went to the canteen to eat
the food super nice
than we later proceeded on with our sea expedition briefing
i wanted to be that but nvm
zhiguang was the sea ex leader from MP
than we were leaded back to an ulu place
pitch our tents in dark
n slept
i joined another tent
with zhiguang, qikai, n woonkiat
they were like spamming the snake powder
i almost got choke

day 3
day for sea ex
we woke up
unpitched
set back to camp
eat our breakfast
than changed back to our wet clothes again
life vests
get ready to set off
was with joy again
our grp damn united
the boys break up n let the girls to join in
so that it will be so called speed boat
i was with joy
so we paddled off
she was like energetic at the start
kept asking questions
but she started to get tired
than stopped the talking
than she was like damn xianzz
but i love it
i love kayaking
paddle all the way
my fingers were like half tanned
nvr get to see a jelly fish
got past mammam beach
npcc campsite along the way
memories inside them
than joy like nvr eat nor tok for damn long
we like a bit worried
dunnoe whats wrong
i kept going
we were like to top few
always at the front
for around 0430
we reached the campsite
a beach outside OBS compound
cannot bath again
pitch tent
n got ready
for birefing
i was the land expedition leader from MP
n joy also
than we had our own briefing
mark out the pts for the next day
n went off to our dinner
after that we watch the lunar eclipse
than went to sleep
slept with the same gang
this time more shiok
a lot of sea breeze
the tent was like shaking

day4
woke up a bit late
xianzz
i thought we late by a lot
but still manage to pack up
i was the day 4 ic
as well as the land ex leader
make sure everything is ready
called for Ann
she thought us some new things
the formation of a group
forming, storming, norming, performing n adjorning
than we were taught how to use our backpacks
than we played a game
although we were the last to leave the campsite
we caught up with the rest quickly
some took a longer route
but we managed to take the short cut
off we went to chek jawa
which is the direct right end of pulau ubin
over check points are at the right
so nothing for us to go
went there
was like the second team there
had a long discussion n briefing
than check one of the MGR
a bit off
was at the sea
so lol
went there directly
with breaks n lunch along the way
the girls were quite exhausted by then
but all of us managed to push on
we reached our first checkpoint
which is one of the temple of a german girl
barbie doll as the god they praying
than we went off to second
which was half way of a route
found that
and we went to our third
went far to in
some of the routes of the maps were not there
so we back treked
n we saw the signposts
than we headed back
like a lot of groups were there
but we were more confident
one team was confused by their instructor
but we followed what Ann told us
follow the route that we are confident
than we pushed on abit mnore
n we reached our base camp
first
great acheivements
last to leave, first to arrive
we helped each other massage
n had our debrief
we went to pitch our tents
n get the best place
went to bath finally
after two days of sea water
changed to my npcc shirt
saw my another npcc friend from malaysia trip
n he was wearing the black colour shirt while mine was white
bath and started to packed some of the stuffs
gathered the bags
bottles
help to ease the tension of the next day packing up
then we prepared for our camp2 bravo celebration dinner
faizolla briefed us
that we have to cook 5 dishes for one of our brother team
we like mixing everything up
played with the can opening games with the girls
funny n fun
crap here crap there
we were like all in a team
than we were ready
with the names
which was
forming, storming, norming, performing n adjorning
ann was like so touched
we presented
then faizolla told another story
obs instructors love stories
from the no"feeling" story to ali
a carpenter was given a week time to use anything from his boss company
n build something out of it
he made a mess out of it
n the boss told him that it was his retirement gift
than he relate it that
we had to eat what we had cooked
MP like relieved
cus ours still edible
quite nice
eat like 3 servings
went to the other grps n tok cock
than helped to clean up
helped to clear the store
while the others went to wash the pots n messtins
then ann came down n was like rushing us down to sleep
slept with faizal n amos
three of us only
shiok
the girls was like 4 nights crampped up together
5 in 1 tent
then tok for awhile
n slept

day5
when we woke up
we r late
then found out that it has rained during the night
quickly unpitch
than move down
than Ann was like waiting
she told us off
but we continued with some games
blow who
than we started packing up
we were like no need assign
also noe what to do
i was like clearing the rack stuffs plus the ponchos
while others were like doing the washing n stuffs
all basically have stuffs to do
fun
after that
tok to some of the girls at the back of the store
we were like from day1 not toking with each other
than changed to become friends that were chatting away
around 1 plus later we were done
we exited the Marco Polo store
and we went to blk 5 n have our final debrief
we went to play with the free fall thingy
fun
managed to hit the bell
than back to debriefing
we draw one nice collage of the activities we had done
memories
than the paper were separated to 16 pieces
one for one of us
than we were like having our final debrief
n ann tok about adjorning
which is the ending of the group
some of them shared
joy cried
eugene tok
faizal also
then we had our certs and our grp photo on day1
5 days past n we are a different person
from 16 individuals
to 1 marco polo
we then split back to our schools
than boarded the boat
n back to OBRC
when we reached we queued up to buy our shirts
i bought 2
one white n one black
waved goodbye
to amelia n joy

since
obs ended
i was like still part of it
MARCO POLO
hope the 16 of us will meet often
perhaps coming out for a movie
or bowling n stuffs
hope to see Ann
but she will be busy with OBS training other youths
hope we can see again
stay in contact
leave your blog website on my tag if u have
nvr forget me

MARCO POLO all the way!!!!!!!

alwayys aflame
nvr extinguish

never extinguish - always aflame

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