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Sunday, July 15, 2007

OMG WE GOT SECOND SECOND SECOND OMGOMGOMGOMG AHHHHHHHHH OMG YES WE'RE SECOND SECOND ITS THE BEST NEWS ON EARTH OMGOMGOMGOMG AHHHH WE'RE SECOND WE'RE SECONDDDDD WE DID IT WE DID IT WE DID IT

& yes, the hillary challenge is finally over.

im going to blog all i can about it before this event becomes a memory left behind.

OH DAMN I JUST FOUND OUT BETTER NEWS YES OMG YES WE DESERVED THE SECOND OMG YESSS~

okay lets start.

Friday, 13th July 2007, 0730hrs:

wenxin lugging her bag to school.

calls nelson: hello sexy ah,im the only one waiting at the general office leh!

nelson: eh come upstairs laaa.

wenxin: im like carrying a rocket launcher! -_-''

jasper & shiyi stares as wenxin struggles into the classroom.

everyone's nervous.

at 1120hrs everyone jumps up & runs to the ncc store to get bagchecks done.

messy crap everywhere,

at 1315hrs everyones waving goodbye to everyone,scene looks as though we're wearing the Team Singapore shirt & going off to the SEA games.

Mr See, or Justin as he likes us to call him, brings us over to Changi Coast Adventure Centre.

a million schools are thr alr,& we sign on our particulars.feels as though we might die in the camp.

then we realise everybody's bags are twice our size.

i get frantic,not knowing what we forgot to bring.

Justin keeps telling us to relax,& gives us lots of useful tips.

bagcheck again,& waiwai looks nervously at me.

if sheena sees the birthday cake he's bought for her in his bag,it wont be a surprise anymore.

so i felt like going to the toilet suddenly,& brought her along [:

Anglican High Hillary Team K :DDDDDD

finally time to get on the bus :D

first stop: changi jetty-not surprising, considering hwachong alr publicised it.bumboats to pulau ubin! :D okay i thought we were gna go to ubin to kayak back to singapore,but i was wrong on that.

maybe walk around ubin awhile?not that either.

we were shocked to see vans waiting for us.

chunkit:wah so slack one ah.

yep we took the vans to OMG NPCC Camp Resilience!i was freaking shocked.

the environment was totally different,considering the different ccas there & the more relaxed feeling i got while i was there.last year was terrible.the scenery was great, but the people sucked & the instructors were unreasonable.during the hillary challenge,we could cut the field,sleep on the dining area benches,come out at night,lie on the campfire site & watch stars.it really brought out the beauty in Camp Resilience.

we had tentpitching, & the twine sucked haha.then we had this laksa cooking competition! we did okay i guess, fangying dumped the entire egg with the shell into the boiling water ahahaha it made the photographer stop with his mouth open ahahaha!

mr photographer: do you know how birdflu spread?

team k: eh through their shit!

mr photographer: & where does most shit collect?

team k: .....

mr photographer: yes, on the eggshells.

wenxin: eh we got wash the egg thoroughly, dont worry :D

mr photographer nods in approval & walks away..

wenxin: phew.

like what the hell hahaha who would have washed the egg!

anyway mr banana came over to try our laksa,we broke an egg & it was so pretty sitting there like you know,the unbroken yolk in your normal bowl of noodles :D our towgay not very cooked actually ahaha but nevermind la. haha we were hoping mr banana would give some sign that it was good, but he was expressionless la hahaha.

then we had presentation at 1930hrs!

the topic was Outdoor Adventuring & its Advantages,& explain why Singaporeans should take up outdoor adventuring.

we were practising at the campfire site, & we got so high practising our skit ahahaha the photographer came to take our photo! :D haha he got fangying to be the model for tentpitching & we were wondering who the hell pitches a tent alone ahahaha, & so we ran over as well & he took us in the sunset jumping into the air :DDD i loved that photo [:

yep the presentation proved that every single team deserved to be there at Phase 2 that night.very creative & interesting :D we met the ex prime minister of New Zealand that night, shes a wonderful speaker, & very nice lady :D

okay everyone went to sleep & Team K went behind the campfire site to lie on the grass & watch the stars-chunkit's idea,isnt that romantic haha :D

mmm we enjoyed the night,& everyone was nice enough to leave waiwai & sheena there sleeping while we chatted till 11.55pm where we got the cake out,prepared everything & tried to wake waiwai up.

wenxin:eh waiwai wake up, *shakes him*

waiwai snores even louder.

nelson: aiya cannot ah times up le!!!!

sheena wakes up first, & we shove the cake on his stomach.

both are blur & staring at us.

edmund: eh singsingsing!haha eh 1,2,3,

everyone sings the birthday song to sheena.

nelson: okay sheena happy birthday happy birthday now you & waiwai enjoy hor okay EVERYBODY GO SLEEP GOODNIGHT GOODNIGHT

xD we stayed up for you sheena,remember this birthday of yours [:

we arranged to wake at 5 to unpitch & assemble by 6.30am,& early in the morning on

Saturday, 14 July 2007:

waiwai: ey wake up wake up~

fangying,sheena & i: okayokay up..

*sheena looks at her watch*

sheena:ey you guys unpitching at 4am ah.

waiwai: huh its 5 lo.

sheena: no its 4.

waiwai: oh shit.

THE GUYS FREAKING UNPITCHED THEIR TENT AT 4AM IN THE MORNING HAHAHA & you know what was the funniest thing about it?

HWACHONG SAW THEM UNPITCHING & GOT KANCHIONG & STARTED UNPITCHING TOO AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

laugh until my jaw drop man.

we sat at th dining area & dozed for awhile,then we went for flag raising :D

quite cool, all the cca flags thr ^^

then we rotated through 6 activities from 7am to 1pm, one hour each.

Activity 1: Forming the Square

we were given this rope,4 bricks & 4 long pieces of wood.

we were supposed to prop the 4 pieces of wood on the bricks at the corners, form a square with the wood,& form another square outside using the rope, then when we were done we were supposed to jump in & sing the national anthem.

HAHAHA WE FORGOT THE LYRICS

Activity 2: Navigation

45minutes to run around Ubin searching for tags, we tried going uphill, but we couldnt bash thanks to stupid Safety Officer aka SO aka asshole Cheeman who was following us the three days.highest point there :x owell we made it back, & my shoe soles came off :/// was damn worried.

Activity 3: Dragonboating

haha Instructor Jason scared the hell outta me when he said we had to do a capsize drill, & i hated dragonboating straightaway & wanted to run away but then when i heard that dragonboat capsize drill= jumping outta the boat & climbing back up again, i loved dragonboating :D it was damn fun, & we were timed for one lap. 2.54mins! we tried again & we got 2.45mins :DDD

we were so wet & i suggested bathing outside the toilet using the hose hahaha & edmund started singing "I feel good tadadadaaaaa" ahahahaha

Activity 4: Low elements

okay quite silly haha we had to hold this cup of water & balance through everything lol sexy's pants got pulled off because he couldnt squeeze through the tight rope net xD but we all wore our trackpants over our fbts & shorts, so nth much la :D

Activity 5: Gunshooting/Maze

damn cool i didnt notice the giant gun before! we had to load tennis balls into this giant bigbig cannon, & we were supposed to aim at the holes in the net.edmund is so pro he can hold ten tennis balls in his arms at one time ahahaha xD

the maze was cool, 25 minutes & we were supposed to feel alphabets in the dark & figure out what they were.we couldnt tell la it was so difficult! haha omg & chunkit has night vision.damn scary hahaha we couldnt see anything & chunkit was like,

eh,i can see you all leh.

HAHA we freaked out & asked him to look at the alphabet blocks & he was like,

eh cannot see leh.

BOOO~~~ haha.

Activity 6: Rockclimbing

i didnt know rockclimbing was so tiring! i almost made it to the top, but i really didnt know which one to use & i was so exhausted i gave up :/// the guys all did it quite easily, haha xiquan was like whoosh, & nelson took one second ahaha.

yep & we headed back to the field & we realised we reached first & that the instructions for the next activity was to be handed out in a few more seconds ahahaha we grabbed the paper & ran off like in the Amazing Race,only without Yield & Detour & stuff like that.

we were supposed to head to the Spice Garden near the jetty & i was like, FINALLY CAN GO BACK TO SINGAPORE :DDDD

we ran to the spice garden & we were supposed to identify plants all over the place, & hwachong caught up! i was panicking can tsktsk.the stupid plants all looked the same lol.then we finished & i thought we could like go back, but we ran back to the jetty & we saw an army of bikes.

WTH no more singapore.

we biked to OBS & fangying fell down! :x haha she was still talking nonstop.edmund went offtrack lots of times but he insisted that he was better at cycling than me & he was wearing cycling gloves & he looked like some pro can,except when he ran into the grass a few times ahahaha.

we reached OBS first & darren,the New Zealand guy was like "WOOHOO~" & we were like

-_-" ............"WOOHOO!"

haha mm my shoes were giving way again,now that the sole was gone,the base of my shoes were falling off.i used duct tape hahaha.& we waited for 4 more teams before they threw us a big box.

we opened it & OMG new PDFs, new paddles! dragonboating WOOTS :D

we could see singapore across,very near actually but wth we went ROUND singapore instead.no resting,no break,just nonstop paddling.i was really about to give up,it was nonstop dragonboating for 2 hours straight,we were quite demoralised actually,but we managed to finish at Yishun in the end [: can you believe it? Ubin to Yishun!

mm we got off & we were given maps again & we had to navigate to Lower Seletar Reservoir. we were all so thankful walking didnt make use of arms.ours were hurting so badly & we had to carry our big heavy bags with stupid rations & pineapple & curry chicken & satay chicken.mm so again, from Yishun to Lower Seletar.we got back as the 3rd team,& we fell asleep damn early, by 9.30pm Team K was asleep [: actually the view was really very good,the sky was nice,except for that stupid golf course beside which kept its lights on 24/7,blocking the starlight.mm & maybe the stupid flies.millions of them.insect repellent didnt work on them.& crazy chunkit slept outside the tent.

a sleepy edmund is a crazy edmund.

a tired edmund is a funny edmund.

a dozing edmund is a non-existent edmund.

mm we woke at 5+ this time,to prepare for meeting at 6.45am.

Sunday, 15 July 2007

i cant believe it was the last day alr, first activity.darren explained tht we had to tie two rafts tgthr & raft over to uh,i think it was near the satelite dishes thr,i have no idea where that is anyway.okay i think we rafted over to Yio Chu Kang.anyway it wasnt as far as dragonboating,but this time we really enjoyed it.we were given two spars to tie the kayaks together, & we barely managed to squeeze in.while we were tying the kayaks together,red ants kept on attacking us! :x i hate them alright,edmund was going crazy,waiwai & sexy & xiquan were slapping everywhere, & sheena kept screaming ah damn.

we launched, & it was damn muddy,& we pushed off,4 paddles only,so the rest of us used our hands.we went so fast we overtook around 3 rafts ahhhh :D & we were very motivated,maybe because AHS is known for being God On Water :DD i rolled my eyes at that at first,but wait & see :D

yes we were singing Kiss Goodbye ahaha & Edelweiss all the way.

0730hrs: Cheeman was there to greet us & we set off again,now to orienteering.110 checkpoints all over Singapore,we were supposed to pick our own checkpoints,as long as we reached the Botanic Gardens by 4pm.

we took all the landed property areas, Lentor View, Mediacorp, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, Kheam Hock Gardens,Malcolm Park, Lornie Road, & we went to the water catchment area where we got mud all in our shoes, & we couldnt bash again, thanks to SO Cheeman, & we wasted half an hour thr :/ okay i roughly know where we went alr, ^^ okay we went from Yio Chu Kang to Ang Mo Kio, then Serangoon, then Toa Payoh, & then to the Botanic Gardens.

from Yishun to Bukit Timah.just look at the distance we covered within like,9 hours of walking nonstop.

lol i got more energetic as i walked,probably because i was numb anyway.

so we reached the Botanic Gardens, & we found out we had MORE navigation to do.45 minutes,find around 40 checkpoints.we were like super tired & our feet were bloated with water eeeeee.we kept on going,then the guy led us back to CCAB,where everyone was waiting for us,

& we had our last race together.

run 400m round the track,go to 5 checkpoints,take a pipe(with lots of holes) a small pail,a smiley face sponge ball, and a cap for the pipe.

i couldnt believe it i was leading for the first 200m but we needed to keep within the 50m range so i couldnt chiong.i heard the guys behind saying,

"eh zabor leh!!!!"

HAHAHA chunkit was demoralising everybody else by running backwards xD

yep & we were first,so we ran to take the stuff & basically we were supposed to cap the pipe,throw the ball in & fill the pipe with water to let the ball float up & then use chopsticks to put the ball smiley face up into the cup.

i stuck my toe in one of the holes,two fingers in two others.sexy had 6 fingers used up,edmund had 3,chunkit i couldnt see because i was all the way down below,& waiwai was kissing the pipe.

there was lots of screaming,lots of mini fountains when we didnt press on the holes properly, & when nelson had a loose finger everyone screamed at him,

"your finger! your finger!"

then he went

"which one! which one!"

then edmund went

"RING FINGER RING FINGER!"

then nelson went

"WHICH HAND WHICH HAND!"

we won.

& we won ahead by 20minutes to the second & the rest of the teams.

god on water.

we screamed & laughed & cheered & continued all the way to the changing rooms,where we cleaned up & wore the Hillary shirt,& proceeded to the hall for prize presentation.

Hwachong Team B got 3rd place, & we freaking screamed nonstop when we heard "Team K!" announced next.

WE GOT SECOND TO RAFFLES BY 200 POINTS

which wasnt alot,but THANK GOODNESS because none of us wanted to go to NZ anyway HAHAHA OMG WE REALLY DIDNT EXPECT IT WE THOUGHT WE'D AT LEAST BE IN TOP 5 BUT OMG AHHHHHHHHHHH

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everyone's busy with their own cca,& after this Hillary Challenge everythings going to return to normal,to our own lives.as we mentioned in our presentation on the first night,we believe that Outdoor Adventure is just

a break from life.

life has to go on,& Hillary will remain a part of mine forever.

thank you Nelson, for being the funniest,most gay, & most responsible team leader ive ever had,

thank you Xiquan, for laughing so loudly, carrying my water & the SCDF bag, & chatting with me during orienteering [:

thank you Fangying, for bringing life into the team by telling all your life stories & crazy racist jokes :D

thank you, Chunkit, for enlightening me with your influencing speeches,for your great voice,& for your sporting roles in our skits for both Phase 1 & 2.

thank you Sheena, for massaging my shoulders, being there all the time, & for trying so hard for the team.

thank you Waiwai, for the motivational pushes whenever i lag behind the group, & the can opening you did for me [:

thank you Edmund, for making me laugh everytime you do something,anything [:

thanks everyone,you guys made a difference in my life [:

A MILLION CHEERS TO TEAM EAGLES, TEAM K, TEAM ANGLICAN :DDDDDDD

its playing on repeat/ 7/15/2007 11:33:00 PM

Saturday, July 07, 2007

feels like today;

6 MORE DAYS :D

its playing on repeat/ 7/07/2007 11:23:00 AM

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

i died in my dreams
what's that supposed to mean?

here's to the hamster i kept cursing since i was sec1 "he's dying!so old alr!", the one i fed till he was too fat to walk around, the one my friends tortured, & the only pet i ever had.

be good & go to Soul Society quick, dont bite anyone there.
i love you,hammy.

its playing on repeat/ 7/03/2007 08:23:00 PM