What a time!

Day 1
Recalling the very first morning when we assembled at Punggol MRT stat... total strangers. Then we began to self-intro. Didn't get long to start up a good rapport before we board the boat at the jetty... got divided into 10 and 11. We're 'Sui Sen'!.. Mark aka Ahmad the joker, Feng, Kim, Qi, Sally, Joy, Sheila aka ChioBu, Yvonne, and Esther and I, who became learning buddies. Dean was our instructor.

We sat around.. set our group's goals.. played the helium loop.. and competed against the Barkers in a trivial little activity. Well of course we won.. haha. Grabbed our stuff and left for trek soon after a catered lunch. Wao wao wao.. 4 checkpoints in 2 hours seems like a piece of cake, but trust me, it's quite the opposite. Wondering around in the forest with a compass and map and straining our eyes to look for the camouflaged metal plates is no kidding okie. We only managed to find 3 even with a merged 10 man hunt. Like..-_-

Then we played this game where we're supposed to orientate ourselves from a base tree to a home tree, blind folded! 1 hour of preparation didn't seem enough, but we succeeded anyway.. =D

Somewhere along the way to the first campsite after dinner, we stopped to do some tunneling. Cool, the tunnel is pitch dark! Imagine crawling your way out in total darkness and a shut exit with no knobs. Yea we reached the end point without even knowing and went back in again.. haha. Confident Esther didn't freak out, quite surprisingly, but she sounded just as childish in there.

Arrived at campsite 1 around midnight. Pitched our Barshas.. did some mass peeing and went to sleep.

Day2
Amazingly, no sandfly bites. Cleared the 'Alpine Tower' and set off to campsite 2 for breakfast. Got changed into wet activity attire.. did some briefing.. and off we went on a memorable kayaking expedition. We had many raft-ups aka mass resting sessions, where we socialise and sun bathe.

Our destination was half way round the island, near the fresh water quarry where we had a raft building competition. Well we won of course! The 'Barkers' came over to help us out in the last minutes. What a great sportsmanship!

Our way back was via the rivers cutting across the island. The tide was already rising and we had to race to get through the magrove swamp (maze) before water starts pulling out to sea again. Thanks to the instructors for their confidence in us. The last lap back to the jetty was a romantic row under the evening sun.. LoL. Seriously, we almost couldn't live up our arms to paddle any further, esp Esther. But we did it anyways.. well done, lady! =D

Guys pitched the barsha while the girls cooked dinner. Steamy rice with curry chicken was on the menu..! Hmm.. the Barkers had raisin rice though(,")...

Had a little group chat with Dean.. then some further 'stuff' back in the tent before the hyper ones finally gave in to sleep. It was a leisurely night.

Day3
Trekked back to the main campsite, where we tasted the "damn good" water from the water cooler. Then it was the obstacle course, the course of which was kinda blurry in my memory cos we were running about trying to help out.. be it belaying or cheering the peeps on.. super tiring! Wee Leng is this one super girl I partnered with for 'the pole'. Kim and I overcome the 'zig zag' thingy in lightning speed.. can? Haha.

Then it's time for lunch. We said our 'last words' at the table. And it's time to pack up, finally, sadly. Did some reflection.. wrote testimonial sort of thing... spoke another round of 'last words'.. and we were off on a speed boat back to the mainland.

~evluation next entry~