Hello all,

ok as a promised, but very delayed,
the OBS post, ok ok missing out certain details
but yeah, it was a great experience. :)
Pictures can be found from Tess's facebook album :)

Day 1
really didnt want to go to obs at first.
like totally dreaded it. yeah cause of Cal.
but yeah until the moment i stepped onto Palau Ubin,
i knew i didn't have a choice.
i already made the choice. made the choice to be there.
so might as well try and get the best out of it.
so well, got to know my watch mates.
and Andy kept my wallet... ><
that = no photos for the next 5 days.
but i didn't have a choice,
he described as if, if i left it in my bag,
it would be all wet and the pictures torn
or got eaten up by rats or stolen by monkeys,
so well didn't want any of those to happen to my photos,
but i didn't surrender my phone...
although i only had the time to read the sms,
and no chance to reply them but yeah i brought my phone.
and well got the rations for the 5 days.
went to pack up the store and plan for the meals,
Then went up the the high elements area,
to pitch our tents, and yeah it rained,
like super heavily and we had to walk together as a watch,
under the mat thingy like a caterpillar. (0.o ok weird description)
but yeah learnt a lot about teamwork.
& oh about pitching the tents, haha first try was OMG.
the tent was totally falling and the sides of 1 tent even split.
but anyway it was quite interesting,
then we stayed outside the store and learnt about mapreading,
then had belaying training.
belaying was quite fun haha, learnt to trust each other.
and finally DINNER. haha omg but we had to cook it ourselves.
used solid fuel 0.o it was a total new experience.
oh and the tents were freaking hot.
but we still managed to catch some sleep although,
i felt super weird with nothing to hug.
haha i usually sleep with a whole zoo of animals!!!

Day 2
woke up quite early, backache... ><
then we did PT, oh gosh didn't know we had to do that at OBS...
then we packed everything we needed for Land Ex.
divided out the food portions and utensils to everyone.
Did a high element and a trust fall.
although me and sam did not finish the double log thingy,
although it was damn hot & tiring,
it was still a great experience trying to get up there.
then we went to kayak, quite fun,
although it was quite scary to capsize... actually more of difficult.
also did the jetty jump, originally thought it was going to be scary,
nut it turned out that it was quite fun and not high at all.
everyone just jumped, haha ok except for chef,
haha she thought she was going to die from it,
haha it was hilarious, btu we all had fun.
actually i was like still kinda emo-ing there,
cause from the beach, we could see singapore,
so i was like thinking of all the fun meeting calvin etc.
haix, nvm lets not talk about that anymore.
anyway then went to shower up and everyone tried,
to be as punctual as possible but we had to wait,
and take turns to shower... so well late again.
we packed everything fot land ex and
carried that super duper ultra heavy bag,
together with 4L of water to the campsite.
walked for about an hour, tripped and fell,
had some bruises but not really that pain...
saw wild boar tracks along the way & at the campsite,
pitched the tents and went to sleep earlier.
everyone was like dead tired...
tried out load of new stuff, interesting day. :)

Day 3
woke up early to unpitch the tents and had games with tenzing.
had breakfast and then packed and cleared up the campsite
&&&&& LAND EX. (OMGGG)
was lost even before we found the first checkpoint...
but we didn't give up and finally found it,
2nd checkpoint was awesome!!!!
the view from the quarry was OMGGG!!~
it was just fabulous. !!!!
and when we trekked back down,
Cecilia told us the story of this little boy & his daddy.

The little boy went up to the quarry & shouted out HELLO!
he heard someone else shouting back to him, HELLO!
so he continued. (which is actually his echo)
but yeah he shouted you're very naughty!!
the voice shouted back you're very naughty!!
he got upset and asked his daddy why the voice scolded him
his daddy said, if you say bad things about others,
it would also reflect on what others think about you.
he then shouted out you're very smart!!!!
the voice shouted back you're very smart!!!
His daddy told him that what you dont want others
to say to you, dont say it to others.

damn cool. learnt loads of stuff from the instructors.
anyway we skipped the next 2 checkpoints
and went back to the checkpoint near the new campsite.
we had to do this challenge which was to find this tree,
as a watch, - blindfolded.
we were so close to it on the second try, but when
we were planning for the 3rd & last try,
there was this whole swarm of bees like
totally buzzing all around the trees.
we ran like crazy and headed to the campsite.
before reaching, cecilia & andy made us throw stones.
yeah THROW STONES.
we had to form a circle, and hold a stone in yr masterhand,
then toss it into the hands of the person on your right,
and AT THE SAME TIME catch a stone from the person on your left
with the same hand, for THREE continous times...
it started out fine, but we kept failing.
we changed positions, the way we stood
and tried loads of alternatives but it was damn difficult.
we sat there for 1 & a half hours. yeah you didn't read wrongly.
we threw stones for 1.5 hours!!!!
we were actually half an hour ahead of tenzing,
but they caught up while we were throwing the stones.
the feeling was like super horrible.
everyone was trying so hard but luck wasn't on our side.
we had talks and discussed to find out our weaknesses
we were so tired and frustrated that when we finally acomplished it,
i almost cried for joy. the feeling was indescribable.
it was a great sense of achievement.
although it seemed impossible & very tough at first,
we perservered on & finally did it.
reached the campsite super late, and everything was so rush.
we were assigned to sleep at this area which smelled like pee,
in the middle of some bushes and with wet tissue al over the place.
it was totally like a toileting area, & that place was known for wild boars.
half of raleigh went to cook while the rest pitched the tents.
Siti heard the wile boar and finally we were given space.
it was so dark already and +, we still had to do night duties.
patrolling the place and yeah, packed for sea ex.
it was totally messy there and i've got the gigantic cooking pot!!!
other ppl's load got lighter cause they brought food,
but mine was as heavy cause the pot dont get lighter!!! ><

Day 4
woke up damn early to pack up everything and got ready for sea ex.
after we got ready, the weather went against us, and it rained.
did a few activities then had under a poncho with the rest.
Then we went to the QUARRY!!!!!!!
that was the best part of OBS. i actually dreaded it cause,
we had to build our own rafts, but with everyone's help,
WALTER was super strong. we had 8 pipes, 20 ropes,
& 4 barrels to build walter - in 1 & a half hours. &&&
YEAH it floats!! haha & did a mini jetty jump into the quarry
the moment i jumped inside, i felt totally refreshed!
the water was clean water and cause we haven't bathed
for 2 days already, that was the best feeling!
not only that, we had so much fun playing around
and splashing water onto each other.
& then we headed out to sea for the official sea ex.
that was like totally PAINFUL.i almost felt like giving up.
i'm sorry hsuying, for being such a crappy partner.
i totally felt like just capsizing and falling into the water.
especially during the last part, where we could see singapore..
but we survived it in the end.
then had to wash up all the kayaks
and they were freaking heavy cause we had to carry them,
and as always my arm power sucks, so oh well. you know.
then we had only half an hour to quick shower
which i didn't even get a chance to do so..
and we had celebration dinner which was OMG.
we had to cook for tenzing and seriously,
I'm so sorry for my sins. so much food went to waste
and i couldn't help finish everything... ><
but nonetheless, everyone enjoyed,
(the deserts most! LOL)
lights out at 11 +++

Day 5
LAST DAYYYYYYY
didn't really do much, just did mass packing.
like so many things were missing.
we also did the commitment jump thingy.
talking about commitment, we also signed the bk on the 1st day
and wrote our Dora commitments on the 2nd/3rd day
yeah oh and the instructors are like super sweet,
they divided the commitment sheet and put it behind our photo ^^
oh and only until the last moment did andy tell us it was:
1. Cecilia's first every course as an OBS instructor
(I totally couldn't tell !!!! she seems so experience... )
2. Andy's last OBS course
(Sam was like we should have treated him better then!!)
haha but yeah woah right? first and last.
by the end of this 5 days, so much have happened
meet new people, formed new bonds,
tried new things, experience new stuff.
the list of what we've actually learnt is endless.
i feel that although it was tough,
it's a camp worth going to. :)

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Anyways Chord updated his blog again
and Its super hilarious, Wretch is totally WHAT?!?!
haha go read it ^^
oh and talking about Chord,
Cheryl's like super WOAH, immediately
after i read her tag about updating my wretch,
in case chord or whoever comes by there'll be more posts,
and like the moment i went to my wretch,
Chord visited!!!~ haha super funny.
but yeah dunno why he keeps visiting these few days. :)
http://www.wretch.cc/blog/chord76415/16891363
his wretch was closed because he infringed copyright
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copyright of his own music. haha LOL.

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