Tuesday, October 30, 2007

ACE Camp

omg, ace camp was so fun!! it rocked. seriously.ok so anyway, it was held in Kluang, Johor. so this is supposed to be an adventure camp right? damn right it was! so many cool activities. first, we had rafting. totally screwed. haha. at least our raft didn't disintegrate the moment it touched the water, and we managed to get 2 ppl on, but then someone overbalanced it, the whole thing tipped over, and then disintegrated. but it doesnt matter, no one else from our group managed it. but then we had water crossing. not river crossing, cos technically the water was still cos it was a small man-made pool. but it was so fun. though my arms ached like hell after that. that was the only activity for Day 1, since we arrived in the afternoon.

Day 2- morning: trekking! yeah! we trekked up Gunung Lambak (glory, glory Gunung Lambak). i swear to god, even though it was so tiring, it was so FUN. i cant believe that i, totally unfit slob of the 21st century that i am, managed to get to the top of that 510m hill! omg, i was so proud of myself. sad sia, wat an achievement in life, haha. who cares? in ur face, Bukit Timah. haha. but the descent of gunung lambak, now that was just pure fun. ok picture this; im in fingerless gloves (male version of lara croft), sliding down the hill. i felt so adventurous. i didn't care at all; all i wanted was to have fun recklessly. i didn't care abt my safety; i jumped, slid, ziplined down ropes. everything. i loved it. but then, on my way down, the sole of my right shoe came off. i was laughing my head off. oh btw, i was holding in a stomach full of faeces, trying my very best not to launch any projectiles onto the gunung. so imagine sliding down a gunung, with ur ass full of shit, a sole coming off, trying not to open your butt too much. haha. anyway, once we were done, i rushed to the toilet facility, which was like, loads cleaner than the one at my campsite, and answered nature's um, incessant calls. ok then, i actually fell asleep in the bus on the way back to the campsite. (cool gloves huh?)

afternoon: abseiling/prusiking
then in the afternoon, had abseiling/prusiking. dunno what that is? ok, abseiling- going down, prusiking - going up. it was so totally fun. but we only abseiled one floor down.pathetic. it was so fun. i abseiled like, 3 times. haha.

Day 3- morning: kayaking
omg, do u noe when was the last time i kayaked? like, last year, for kayaking contact time. it was the furthest ive kayaked so far. my arms were burning. my palms were sore. god. and my stupid kayak kept veering to one side! so energy consuming. not to mention time-wasting. i just thank god we didn't have to capsize.
- afternoon: jungle survival
god, don't even bother putting me in a jungle. seriously. i'd just die. we could barely construct a shelter, made some tent looking thing, which my teacher said was a 'basha' or something like that. what the heck is a basha? don't ask me. he said it was the most common form of shelter used in the army. right. ok. whatever. never mind getting a fire started. barely got sparks. as for water? huh, drink ur own urea ppl. haha. as for field cooking? i just thank god i didn't get diarrhoea after what i ate.

Day 4- morning: orienteering
it was so slack. it was the last day, also, so we had a totally slack activity. haha. i pitied those souls climbing gunung lambak on their last day.anyway, it was totally fun. i mean, we won! and cos we won, we got to water-bomb the rest, as well as teachers. it was so fun. haha. we got a packet of M&M's, a sewak, something like a natural toothbrush, go and wikipedia it. then, it was time to go home. finally!!! i'm going home, to a place where i belong. anyway, i was so happy to be going home. ok, so i cant survive out of home a long time. ah heck. so what.

anyway, all that mattered was that i had loads of un at the camp. esp with my friends, my S2 class, with whom I'll be parting ways at the end of this year, cos of our streaming. sad. i totally had fun with them, which was the main objective of the camp. so, for my part, i can say that the camp was a resounding success. but i swear, if i can help it, im not going to be sleeping in anymore flooded, half-collapsed tents. hahaha. over and out!

p.s. check out the ace booklet.

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