sooo...
obs was okay/good.
i lost about 250-300 bucks there.
i lost a pair of sneakers ( $98 ) and broke my specs ( $160 ). ( one of the lenses broke into half )
losing both of them was quite bad because...
i wore the sneakers about 20 times ( 1 month ) only?
it was quite new..
but at least i still have 2 more pairs at home.
unlike the specs.
had to make a new one today, $198 exactly.
there's a nice interesting story behind it too!
i.e. i broke it from sleeping and being nice.
cause i have this indian friend as my tentmate
named chinna, pronounced cheena ( rather cute and hot name for an indian, to me o.o )
and he's quite particular about me turning to him or/and making any kind of noise when i sleep.
and when i do so.. he will elbow and hit me.
so during the last night ( thursday ) before the day we are off..
i put my specs in the pocket ( mistake )
and in the middle of the night the pokes and elbows got really irritating and pain.
like:
sleep > face him > get elbowed > turn away > sleep > somehow will turn to him > get elbowed > turn away.
and repeat.
in the morning i found it broken.
>:|
don't really blame him..
as in not totally blame him, but of course i still blame him.
for fun mostly. ><
since i snapped out of mourning 10mins after waking up and finding it broke.
*after i psyched myself to accept the trouble which i ( and him ) caused myself .
can't do much to change what happened.
he's a cute and nice guy anyway.
the chatty, small, singaporean type of indian.
there was another indian in my watch.
this is a different kind.
he is the heavily accented, serious and very indiany-indian kind.
i like that type as much too (:
many stories related to him also but i want to keep this part short and move on to others.
so my watch was "dhanabalan", camp 1.
camp 1 is the better camp, i am told.
anyway my instructor is iskandar, asked to be called charlie.
best instructor out there?
firstly, he's a rafflesian. coincidentally, he has the same batch song as my batch too.
lastly, he's humorous, has bad spelling, guides us proper yet lenient, teach us games that aren't lame and overtaught, tells us stories ( ubin-related and own life ) and cooked a nice apple crumble for us.
seriously, he's really good. better wish you get him.
as for my watch, its really good too.
i don't want to say "best" since that's what everyone will say but outrageously, is always a lie.
we have a nice name ( this reason is good and long enough to beat others but i will list.. )
we bicker almost too much ( very close )
we have everybody ( indonesian, vietnam, indian, chinese, malay, assholes, racists, genius, leukemia survivor )
we win too easily ( 15mins before finale, we came out with a cheer and coloured our flag which is actually really good and won, by an obvious margin to eveyone there in camp 1 )
our instructor.
and we for ourselves.
as for what obs is.
my watch did this,
day 1: ice-breakers, learnt camping stuff
day 2: learnt to kayak, statrted land expedition ( hiked ) to random campsite (1)
day 3: from random campsite (1), kayaked half of ubin to random ccmapsite (2), night walk around ubin village
day 4: hiked ubin back to campsite 1, climing activities
day 5: pack and finale
watches differ in activities.
for example, my firends told me some kayak to pasir ris park.
and bought chicken wings to eat.
how? i don't know. what that is? it is unfair and illegal ]:<
at the end of most days, you will have a sharing session.
what you learnt, overcame etc..
for me, honestly i didn't learnt much.
most stuff i did before.
the activities weren't that tiring and scary to me.
done much worse.
was racing with my navigator friend during the kayak seesion and timing who's faster with the better ones across the ropes in the climbing activity.
mostly provided comic relief during reflection periods...
only stuff i conceded i gained were more friends and stories about others.
for example, the current rgs principal was the vice prinicpal to temasek jc and was made to stand on her lexus suv and sing the school song on her first day.
learnt from: the rjc prinicipal who is ri's prinicipal now who was the principal to temasek jc when whom the above was vice principal to then. ( long sentence )
i also got a cut on the corner of my left eye ( from the corner of the oar swung by my kayak partner ) and insect bites ( which means your blood is desirable ). i lost what was mentioned in the first paragraph and my purple toenail i got at mid-november.
( another story(/ies) but basically the "purple" is dried blood between the toe and the nail )
my tips for obs is to be useful, not act clever, work together,
get as much sleep and food as possible everyday,
bring money for equipment you will lose and have to pay,
and hope it doesnt rain for five days.
i wish future schools a very good obs.
good night.
jumping jives stay alive,
cause Dhanabalan's here to stay.
ah-woo! woo! woo! woo!
ah-woo! woo! woo! woo!
