back from camp (2 days later)!
Broke camp on saturday morning and it's now monday! i spent the past two days in a state of semi-stonedness.. went to see relatives off yesterday, and today i read my NUS registration package! i shall register in awhile, after i finish blogging.
i need to declare that i slept the longest i've ever slept in my LIFE from saturday afternoon at 4 plus, to sunday morning at 11am! a grand total of 18hours! the previous record was 12 hours, and it was surpassed by 6hours omg. lol.. amazing.. and the most hilarious thing is that i fell asleep while cleaning my ears of sand! i was lying on my parent's bed and cleaning my ears when i just conked out, crashed for 18hours, and didnt wake up at all.. apparently my mom came home to find me with a cotton bud in one hand, and tissue paper filled with used cotton buds in the other, asleep in a cleaning ear position on the bed! haha..obviously she removed the stuff and gave me my seal and pillow in return =) but wow. i'm still amazed that i managed to just fall asleep like that! must have been the result of lack of sleep, since throughout camp, only slept 3-4 hours a day, or less! brilliant.
but i must say, Ethelonter V, organised by NUS CSC was a success! i loved the camp, and i kinda miss having camp because it was so BUSY. every second was activity filled, and all the activities were so fun even though i was ultra-seh-ded at times! plus i lost weight! =D please don't let me put it back on by being sedentary at home for just one week.. ok let me break the camp down into days and recount:
Day 1:
Icebreakers-
Self-explanatory. plus we learnt a few cheers! our signature cheer was alamak wassapa, pilipala, aibupa! LOL. and i think the ba gua cheer is really cute (: and fly kite was useful.
Internal Hunt-
We traipsed around NUS, getting a tour of the place, and playing station games! the most memorable game was the first one, because one of my teammates was so chiong about the game, that he hurt a girl! this game involved us linking arms to form a chain, and using a rolled up piece of paper to "hit" people. the aim was to "hit" the person designated as KING (like in chess) to win! there's also a GENERAL. if the GENERAL died, all the people on the general's right die too. but if the commoner gets hit, he gets freed and is able to roam about to intercept hits and protect the king! yup.. so two girls were the king and general for each group, since it's normal that girls are protected.. and this was how one of them got killed.. lol. i think it was good to have teamgames! because team games let us get to know more about people.
Secret Pal (SP) 1-
LOL. what can i say about this.. basically all the freshies were randomly assigned a secret pal, making sure that the guys are taller than the girls. then, each pair is given an SP nickname, i.e. aladdin and jasmine, tarzan and jane, etc. Mine was Zhu Ying Tai, so my SP was Liang Shan Bo.. i was like huh?! but rather amused that i got such a cheena name. let me emphasise that these 5 days, i spoke more chinese than i've probably spoken in the entire 2 years of RJC! because one of my groupmates only liked speaking chinese, plus he was the more talkative one in the group.. not to mention, alot of the other people liked speaking chinese more.. bo pian =P ok back to the event. hmm this was the introductory event so not much happened, just got split into groups, blindfolded then led to spots and talked to the other person blindfolded. CSC can also stand for "create scandal club".. =P the seniors were all very on about trying to matchmake people! i'm glad my SP was nice =) he had a nice voice too! so it was quite cool talking to him blindfolded. didn't really know what the lsb and zyt story was about! but the councillors told us that it was the butterfly lovers story! so we started referring to the random councillors that moved about to disturb people and "facilitate discussions" as butterflies =D quite funny.
Mysterious Journey-
It was mysterious because they blindfolded us and made us walk in a line, hands on the shoulders of the person in front of you. and play games blindfolded at stations! it was quite fun =D despite all the starch they lathered on you. the first station, we had to walk into a starch pool, which was actually a baby inflatable pool, and pick out letters to form ETHELONTER! and as you stood there in the dark, random people will walk by and starch you!! i got tricked so many times k =( the person would go "BOO" into my right ear, and when by reflex i moved to the left, his hand was there! and i got starch on my face =.=" many times. lol. so i'm gullible.
Next was water bombs station. we all lay down on the floor at different parts of the walkway and the councillors banged buckets on the floor to let us know roughly where they were. the objective of the game was to throw some of the 5 waterbombs you have, into the bucket! but the problem is, you don't know where the buckets are coz you can't see, PLUS, your groupmates are scattered all around! so the waterbombs are more likely to hit them, than a bucket LOL. luckily i was at the edge, so i didn't kena alot =D heehee. i think i almost hit a councillor! hurray for me, except that councillors can see and siam.
we had to climb stairs blindfolded! rawr. i can't really remember the other stations in order. i know there was a battleship one where you picked where you stood and if one of your groupmates picked your position (using icecream sticks) then, you'd have to forfeit! but the forfeits were nice, just like answer a question or tell them a lame joke. i told them a lame joke! LOL can't believe they hadn't heard of the joke: why didn't the skeleton cross the road? coz it had no guts! HAHA ok the 9pm vball show is on now =D blog more later.
there was another station where they coated biscuit sticks with different jams and you had to go around and identify who had a biscuit with the same type of jam as you by tasting them! LOL. every station had its own supply of starch to starch you with.. so in the end, everyone had free starch face and body mask! HAHAA. guaranteed to give you smoother skin..
yay then finally bathed and slept at 3am. wow. day 1 was long.. not wonder everyone was tired by day 2!
Day 2:
Breakfast was bread.. i was relatively hungry so i ate it.. despite usually not being a big fan of white bread.
External Hunt-
We went to see 3 places where the CSC hold regular volunteering sessions! visited Hospice Care Association, which helps terminally ill patients, Mindsville, which deals with intellectually disabled, and Chen Su Lan Children's home (self-explanatory)! it was good to actually see the places, and get a feel of the environment.. mindsville reminded me of an army camp though.. =S i didn't like the vibes of the place and honestly, i was quite scared although i'm not sure why! =( sigh.. but it was quite fun! because along the way we had to do a photohunt. like take photos with random people and things! and i had to ask a guy with right ear piercing to take photo with me =X so paiseh-ded please. rawr. we had lunch at amkhub! =D the hokkien mee there is a fake! supposed to be franchise of the famous one but it's lousy. please don't eat it. lol.. but the yogurt saved the day! i love the yogurt from amkhub, the yogurt place! <3
Talentime Preparation 1-
every og had to do a dance item, and choose a pageant couple! so this time was spent choosing a song: we finally decided on pump it, by blackeyed peas and were gonna follow the JJC massdance! but in the end, it was changed (tbc..tv calls!)
i need to declare that i slept the longest i've ever slept in my LIFE from saturday afternoon at 4 plus, to sunday morning at 11am! a grand total of 18hours! the previous record was 12 hours, and it was surpassed by 6hours omg. lol.. amazing.. and the most hilarious thing is that i fell asleep while cleaning my ears of sand! i was lying on my parent's bed and cleaning my ears when i just conked out, crashed for 18hours, and didnt wake up at all.. apparently my mom came home to find me with a cotton bud in one hand, and tissue paper filled with used cotton buds in the other, asleep in a cleaning ear position on the bed! haha..obviously she removed the stuff and gave me my seal and pillow in return =) but wow. i'm still amazed that i managed to just fall asleep like that! must have been the result of lack of sleep, since throughout camp, only slept 3-4 hours a day, or less! brilliant.
but i must say, Ethelonter V, organised by NUS CSC was a success! i loved the camp, and i kinda miss having camp because it was so BUSY. every second was activity filled, and all the activities were so fun even though i was ultra-seh-ded at times! plus i lost weight! =D please don't let me put it back on by being sedentary at home for just one week.. ok let me break the camp down into days and recount:
Day 1:
Icebreakers-
Self-explanatory. plus we learnt a few cheers! our signature cheer was alamak wassapa, pilipala, aibupa! LOL. and i think the ba gua cheer is really cute (: and fly kite was useful.
Internal Hunt-
We traipsed around NUS, getting a tour of the place, and playing station games! the most memorable game was the first one, because one of my teammates was so chiong about the game, that he hurt a girl! this game involved us linking arms to form a chain, and using a rolled up piece of paper to "hit" people. the aim was to "hit" the person designated as KING (like in chess) to win! there's also a GENERAL. if the GENERAL died, all the people on the general's right die too. but if the commoner gets hit, he gets freed and is able to roam about to intercept hits and protect the king! yup.. so two girls were the king and general for each group, since it's normal that girls are protected.. and this was how one of them got killed.. lol. i think it was good to have teamgames! because team games let us get to know more about people.
Secret Pal (SP) 1-
LOL. what can i say about this.. basically all the freshies were randomly assigned a secret pal, making sure that the guys are taller than the girls. then, each pair is given an SP nickname, i.e. aladdin and jasmine, tarzan and jane, etc. Mine was Zhu Ying Tai, so my SP was Liang Shan Bo.. i was like huh?! but rather amused that i got such a cheena name. let me emphasise that these 5 days, i spoke more chinese than i've probably spoken in the entire 2 years of RJC! because one of my groupmates only liked speaking chinese, plus he was the more talkative one in the group.. not to mention, alot of the other people liked speaking chinese more.. bo pian =P ok back to the event. hmm this was the introductory event so not much happened, just got split into groups, blindfolded then led to spots and talked to the other person blindfolded. CSC can also stand for "create scandal club".. =P the seniors were all very on about trying to matchmake people! i'm glad my SP was nice =) he had a nice voice too! so it was quite cool talking to him blindfolded. didn't really know what the lsb and zyt story was about! but the councillors told us that it was the butterfly lovers story! so we started referring to the random councillors that moved about to disturb people and "facilitate discussions" as butterflies =D quite funny.
Mysterious Journey-
It was mysterious because they blindfolded us and made us walk in a line, hands on the shoulders of the person in front of you. and play games blindfolded at stations! it was quite fun =D despite all the starch they lathered on you. the first station, we had to walk into a starch pool, which was actually a baby inflatable pool, and pick out letters to form ETHELONTER! and as you stood there in the dark, random people will walk by and starch you!! i got tricked so many times k =( the person would go "BOO" into my right ear, and when by reflex i moved to the left, his hand was there! and i got starch on my face =.=" many times. lol. so i'm gullible.
Next was water bombs station. we all lay down on the floor at different parts of the walkway and the councillors banged buckets on the floor to let us know roughly where they were. the objective of the game was to throw some of the 5 waterbombs you have, into the bucket! but the problem is, you don't know where the buckets are coz you can't see, PLUS, your groupmates are scattered all around! so the waterbombs are more likely to hit them, than a bucket LOL. luckily i was at the edge, so i didn't kena alot =D heehee. i think i almost hit a councillor! hurray for me, except that councillors can see and siam.
we had to climb stairs blindfolded! rawr. i can't really remember the other stations in order. i know there was a battleship one where you picked where you stood and if one of your groupmates picked your position (using icecream sticks) then, you'd have to forfeit! but the forfeits were nice, just like answer a question or tell them a lame joke. i told them a lame joke! LOL can't believe they hadn't heard of the joke: why didn't the skeleton cross the road? coz it had no guts! HAHA ok the 9pm vball show is on now =D blog more later.
there was another station where they coated biscuit sticks with different jams and you had to go around and identify who had a biscuit with the same type of jam as you by tasting them! LOL. every station had its own supply of starch to starch you with.. so in the end, everyone had free starch face and body mask! HAHAA. guaranteed to give you smoother skin..
yay then finally bathed and slept at 3am. wow. day 1 was long.. not wonder everyone was tired by day 2!
Day 2:
Breakfast was bread.. i was relatively hungry so i ate it.. despite usually not being a big fan of white bread.
External Hunt-
We went to see 3 places where the CSC hold regular volunteering sessions! visited Hospice Care Association, which helps terminally ill patients, Mindsville, which deals with intellectually disabled, and Chen Su Lan Children's home (self-explanatory)! it was good to actually see the places, and get a feel of the environment.. mindsville reminded me of an army camp though.. =S i didn't like the vibes of the place and honestly, i was quite scared although i'm not sure why! =( sigh.. but it was quite fun! because along the way we had to do a photohunt. like take photos with random people and things! and i had to ask a guy with right ear piercing to take photo with me =X so paiseh-ded please. rawr. we had lunch at amkhub! =D the hokkien mee there is a fake! supposed to be franchise of the famous one but it's lousy. please don't eat it. lol.. but the yogurt saved the day! i love the yogurt from amkhub, the yogurt place! <3
Talentime Preparation 1-
every og had to do a dance item, and choose a pageant couple! so this time was spent choosing a song: we finally decided on pump it, by blackeyed peas and were gonna follow the JJC massdance! but in the end, it was changed (tbc..tv calls!)
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