Monday, 17 August 2009

Area 4 Survival Training Camp

Finally, the survival training camp was over.
Overall, this camp was quite a success to me
and I certainly enjoyed it.
This camp is useful and also taught me many things.

Dayone
After the add math paper and biology,
I waited for the recess bell to go off
and i am officially dismissed
to go for the survival training camp.
I gathered in the store after lunch break and gotten ready to go over.
I went up the bus with the sec 2 to accompony them with jacky sir.
Long time never see him already.
Took a short nap and reach the jetty very shortly.
Went to assemble and soon took the bumbboat over and gathered at the basketball court there
I was later assigned to group three
and was briefed by the camp cord, ziyi maam and mick sir.
Our group was called Nike
and we started planning our cheer and stuffs.
More and more schools join in gradually and more familiar faces were seen.
My group have Wen hao, Chuan Kai, Daneesh, Weimin, Jia Wei, Jasper, bryan, gavin and mroe and mroe.
After that, we started the camp with a treasure hunt.
walk around ubin and reach back to the campsite the last.
Dun have bag check so proceeded on with tthe admin and stuffs.
After that pitch tent,
was in the same tent with shaun, weimin, jasper, felix and jiawei
was the first group to pitch up,
competing with the full cath high grp.
This year the meal is much nicer,
no need to cook as all are combat rations.
then was campfire discussion
manage to get some ideas and formed up a skit
then was mass debrief and sentry and slept
first time able to sleep soundly due to the tiredness of the exams.

day 2
woke up in the morning
and gotten ready for physical training
lead by joseph sir
was quite okay and quite fun during the sing a long during the run
then breakfast and gotten ready for the land expedition and jetty jump.
Went around ubin during the land expedition
with Desmond sir, vincent sir, jiahui and wenqi maam.
Quite fun but it started raining
so delayed and did not manage to finish the whole journey
went by the dirt track/shortcut
back to the campsite
came back with a pair of muddy shoes.
gotten back and known that the IRC did not manage to do anything due to the rain
got ready for the jetty jump
everyone was excited about that
i jumped the second
when step on the board, the feeling was so intense
the few seconds seemed like hours when dropping down
then whoosh it went into the sea
shiok is the only feeling i felt
after that clean up and prepared for lunch
everyone was waiting for us
after lunch was IRC
i was looking forward to this
have a short briefing and i found out thtat the challenge was much safer
with theCBD
help out with the ladder for a while
and went up to challenge
i went for the harder one cus the easier one tried before
it really test my physical powers
first time so tired after doing high elements
it was a triangle shaped station
3 station
first one quite easy when got the hang on it
second one was commando hang
super tired after that my hand no strength and neck very pain
got an abrasion in the ankle area becus of that
last one was balancing
started by holding the rope
but instructor told me to go back and try without holding
in the end with much effort still manage to cross over
delighted
AFTER irc WAS dinner and wash up
bath quickly and got ready for the campfire
it was so high at that moment
the sec2 came shortly from bahru campsite
and joined us in the songs
then we proceeded into the ring
campfire, i was sitting with nadeesh
was so high throughout
talking and cheering out loud
camp closed and all went back to foyer
had the survival games which was quite boring for me as not enough time
debriefed and slept

third day - last day
suddenly woken up by fire drill
rushed down and started the tekan session
but still managed to pull through
i think the clearest memory i had was the fire drill
and i still managed to learn the most thing in that.
The punishments and style given by the instructors
their orders impressed me
going to pick up that skill soon
useful for unit camp
then pt by yan hao sir
was quite fine
but not the abs part
very suan
after that we had unpitching of tents
then followed by the finalle activity
our group won that and earn 60 points
the ifrst win in the camp
then we continued with area cleaning
was quite xianzzz as our group was pumped becus we help the tents
after helping to clean the foyer, then the canteen, then the mess tins, then stove
so was quite unhappy for that
but that will be just a pass and parcel
so nvm
continued with the other activities
and was debriefed by SMS
and was waiting for the final briefing
eat watermelon by the instructors and waited for the sec2 to come
prize presentation
sec2 nvr win anything
i dun blame them cus we were like that before
this year our squad finally got one booster
jeffrey was the best camper
unit spirit all come back liao
kale again was the female best camper

after that, all were dismissed back into the unit
and was lead by YH sir out to the jetty
we were like chionging all the way, overtaking schools
but we managed to push on
returned to mainland and waited to debrief
crap with the sec 2
and was dismissed
eat lunch with jeff and guys and went back early cus my parent came to fetch me

this camp had layed the foundation for me to come back
as a CI after pop
i loved the family of area 4 instructor and hope to come back
wait for me CIBTC D10
learnt a lot of things from the inrtuctors
mostly on how they punish, encourage and scold
all useful to push up the unit standards
more hard core work to be done

gotten back some results
quite happy with it

Math - 30/30
Add Math - 21/30
Bio 74/100
so hapyy with bio
first time getting A2 and also topped

gonna balance my time
more work to be done
more responsibility made
the change have came

always aflame
nvr extinguish

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