OBS is finally over!!!

hello people! OBS is finally over. not an easy time there in Pulau Ubin, for the 5 days 4 nights. shall talk about it slowly…My OBS Story!

Day 1

had to reach school by 7am. so went to school early. no need do morning duty. left school at around 7.40am. saw the number of latecomers standing outside school. left for OBS reception centre which was at Punggol, near the Punggol Jetty. arrived there at around 8.20, the sat according to our groups. mine is group 16. then my group was given the name, Tanzing. wth. they say Tanzing is one of the first person who scaled Mount Everest. so ok, shall have it. then sit in a circle around the centre, playing some team building games. My instructor name is Sham, but decided to call him cher cher, cos its so much easier for me. haha. :P then weihao indirectly sabo-ed me in the team building games. but shall not talk about it. later, chose our duties, wei hao and i took the last day IC job, cos the last day would only be of half a day. so we wanted to slack rather. haha. went to take the boat at the jetty, at around 11 plus, the took the OBS boat to Pulau Ubin. the ride there took 10mins, but it was sort of like a very pai sei ride, cos saw kelong, was like, wa, got people live in the middle of the sea 1 huh??? haha. was asking our cher this! ok. arrived at Pulau Ubin soon. then brought out bags to block 5. put our bags down, then our cher give us a short tour of this Camp 2. took our store key, then open our store. took 2 big bottle*, then brought it to the ‘çanteen’, and took our food from there. there, it was like food for our 5 day 4 night, and it is called our happy food, or rather our food ration. well, this is the best part of the camp. haha. cos we were facing Orel’s, Milo and more things. haha.

after lunch, went to the Store to check out equipments, like the tents and bag packs. then we started doing the tents, and brought it to near the jetty, and pitched our tents on the grass patch there. pitched. then did it quickly. first tent which was right in front of the sea. but regretted it later. read on. :) then after pitching the tents, we were asked to get ready to push our food for dinner near our cooking place. then we went on to do some team building activities, which was we were supposed to stand on a platform and fall back, on a sheet, then the other members holding on to you. well, i know i weigh very heavy, so when i went down, it was like so pai seh. haha.then the next activity was we had to use a finger to carry a rod from a height to the ground, without any finger off or dropping it. managed to do it later! then went to cook dinner.

the rice they put so much water, the the water overflowed when cook halfway. then we open canned food, which is peanuts, sardine, curry chicken, ikan billis, and sweet corn. so we heated these food using solid fuels. well, thank you SAF for this as i got mine from them. haha. then we later pour some water from the pot of rice away, before letting it cook again. soon, cook finish already. then i was the first to try the rice, cos they asked me to try the rice, cos they scared not cooked. i tried, and i found it very nice lor. it was soft. then all the food was so nice. after dinner, helped to wash up and went to bathe. wth, the mjr boys is like so pervert 1. they look into people bathing lor. lucky is wei hao kanna. sry wei hao, say this in front of my blog. haha. after bath, went to the tent with some others to hear the big eye china girl ghost story which was freaking scary! wth. wei hao and i got shocked then amanda and yuan xin managed to come in time to save us out! have to thank them! at night, did some packing, cos we would set off for our BIG expedition tmr. we would be going to Camp 1 to stay, and only come back on day 4 evening.

went to sleep at around 11 plus. but cant sleep. cos my tent inside got 2 PIGS, who snored and kicked wei hao and i the whole night. somemore, the sea waves were like disturbing us the whole night. each time when i wanted to close my eyes, the waves come. somemore is very near my tent, and is covering the whole beach, not like in the day time. its very different! so went to toilet wif wei hao, and wasted time. come back, 30 minutes later, went out again to complain to the instructor that we could not sleep becos of those things.wth. so end up, they say, ok, just go back sleep. so went back to sleep. but slept at only 1.30am. sianz.

Day 2

woke up at around 5 plus today. 4 hours of sleep. then went to the store there pack our things. then later, had to gather at block 5 at 6am. so went there at 6am, after finishing packing our things.then went to block 5 and wait for the instructor. they brought us go for a morning run before going to go some stretching. then went to unpitch the tents then went for breakfast. then did some final packing and we got ready to set off! we went to unload our backpacks on the speed boat which would transport it to camp 1 for us, while we will kayak to camp 1. so after unloading our backpacks, we went to the boat shed to learn about the basics, then carried the boats to the beach. we then went to try out our life vest and slowly, got onto our boat and set off. when we were in the middle of the water, it was like the instructor left us there alone, not caring about us and he went back to shore. so we were like a raft tub, joining our boats together. we joked that we row all the way back to Singapore! haha.

reached to the near near camp 1 only some 2 to 3 hous later, cos we wasted time in the water. and my boat capsized unnecessarily twice. =.= and the sea water was damm salty!!!!! reached there, washed up , took our bag, everything done is like already 3 plus. then have lunch and had to gather by 3.45. then later went to take our tents to pitch. our pitching area was like freaking high up some hill, then still have to climb a 50 degree slope. so was rather tedious. then i hate pitching the stupid tent. so sian. then finish pitching, went down hill to the place we were just now. went to the some kind of high elements thing, to train on being a be layer, it was like freaking bored. so sat aside till my turn. then later brought us around to introduce us about the camp 1. then went to the dinner area for dinner. lucky, it was cooked food!

has got lots of nice food like chicken wing and sort of. haha. then after dinner, went for bath. all toilets were like occupied by the boys, cos they were like playing inside. then meet at 9.30PM! meet at the MPH for some kind if reflection time. gave us a piece of paper to write our reflections and blah blah. then nights out. sianz. went to sleep wif the PIGS again, and the thermal heater. well, lucky the heater is not so hot tonight. or not i make sure he dun sleep r! the other one, who loves to smack people, did not sleep the whole night. so was kind of good. haha. :)

Day 3

woke up in the morning at around 5 plus. the i think we were supposed to meet at 6.30 so all of us woke up early. went to wake the rest of my group, but this weihao, went to use his torch light to shine on zeng xin’s face. then i was like saying, dun so bad la. haha. then we continued to wake the rest of the watch up, cos the road downwards is seriously spooky! it was like so dark and u muz watch out for things behind you. whole watch got ready by 6.30, but because no one went to look for the instructor, it became that we were late instead. wth. then went for morning jog up and down the slope, and went for 2 rounds! wth. can kill us r. all of us were like dying already. thx to zeng xin, who took the lead in the second round, or not all of us would have probably died even before breakfast! then went for breakfast, but we only had 20 minutes cos they said we wasted time just now. lol. also not our  fault. =.= forget it. so wasted time. supposed to finish at 7.45, but only finish washing up at 8! then went to do some high elements. i did not go as i were very scared of heights. then i was forced to go, but being as the last person, i gave up before i finished the first part. cos it was too hard.

then went for lunch. had some 30 mins lunch of bread. then had to pack all out bagpacks down and put it in straight rows.then went to see the real BIG map for our land expedition, to camp 3 where there is no facilities. well, it is about some 3 to 5 km.so my group and zeng xin group was like we discussed and plan out the route, as we need to pass some checkpoints. my group sabo-ed me to be the leader just because i was seen holding the map! so went to the checkpoints. then we trekked. got to do one road block. then we found out there was a gate that blocked our access. wth. lucky our instructor has got the key to open it. so opened. we continued our journey to the 5 paths. at the 5 paths, we didnt even know that we were there, until some people told us, are we on the right track and with the help of our instructor, we realised we have reached our checkpoint. then we continued trekking till we reached our destination. in all, we took some 1 hour to 2 hours to trek this 3-5km route! well done people! we saw lots of black smokes coming from singapore when we just arrived tht time. bush fir maybe. when we reached the çamp 3’, we were like to here another briefing regarding tmr 16km kayak round Pulau Ubin. so was hearing it. then they said must chose leader. yuan xin, amanda and wei hao sabo me to become leader. end up, i sabo them back. well, sry to the rest of the group. cos we didnt let u have a chance.

then they soon released us for dinner at around 7.45. then we went to along the beach there to cook noodles to eat. haha. did it quickly. then it was quite nice! haha. :) then we only rinsed our plates with sea water, cos we had to conserve water there. so when all of us finished our dinner, it was around 9 already, then the instructors gave tthe others some things to do finish, while the leaders had to plan for the 16km kayak tmr. it was like wa to me, cos i nvr ever once did like tht before! so zeng xin and i were the navigator, amanda and ryan, sweeper. weihao, shawn, right. then the guy, and yuan xin, left. sry dun know your name. psps. then we were like planning to wake them up and get them to have their tents unpitched by 6.15am. then we would have breakfast, final packing and moving of kayaks and loading of bags. we planned everything to be done by 8am. but hopefully it could be met! cos we know everything is gonna be quite rushed. we were hoping to reach camp 2 by 1700hours. so hopefully can!

then after our meeting, we told them about our plans. but not in detailed. so i think they know about it le. then we also told them that there will be night duties for them, as we are sleeping in the open. asked them to put the backpacks properly and cover so at night wont get wet, they didnt even cover it!  end up, we have to help them do it. we found out tht the cover is not big enough, so we use poncho and life vest to cover it. then we went back to our tents to sleep cos my group duty starts at 4am. wei hao and i went back to the HEATER to sleep. bad enough, they 2 was like the first night. dun wish to say already…

Day 4

woke up at 2.30am, then couldnt sleep already. so sit in the tent till about 3. then went outside talk. we were like talking talking talking. then after tht, wei hao and shawn slept outside. on the cold sand. cos it rained a few hours ago. then we were chatting till about 4 plus. then they all went asleep. only me awake sitting over there. so i was like waking the people on duty to come do. then managed to chat only when have people doing duty. but dun even like need to do lor. no one 1. then at around 5.45, we started getting ready to wake all of them up. seriously, it was my first time waking people up. then we got them to do the necessaries, then we were on schedule until 6.45, when they haven even got ready to load the backpacks. so we were like keep on rushing them. but they dun 1 to listen sia. wth. can they not be so rebellious??? but later, we were back on track to get ready to leave at 8, as the kayaks were all on the beach by 7.50. then we had final briefing, before the navigators set off into the water, leading a fleet of 11 boats.

at first, they were like not listening, and keep on going out of the boundaries. but later, after we told them to keep in, they listened for a while, before we reach near the Pulau Ubin public jetty there, then they were like not really listening to us le. but i dun blamed them, cos it was like they would be overcoming high waves soon, so somehow allowed them to overtake and let them go out of formation.  then we passed Chek Jawa, and we went on to the Straits of Johor. it was like damm fun there. i went to bluff yuan xin tht their boat was in johor although it was just next to mine! so were like saying, u have entered the straits of johor!!! hahaha!!! ate lunch at about 1.30, off our target. but nvm. we were hoping to reach back to camp 2 by 1700 hours will do. then we had some snacks. for lunch. wasted 1 orange due to poor catching. now wondering where it gone to. haha. then soon, we carried on. we rowed non stop. the saw a police coast guard. was wondering how to get past it. need passport? or just go across. went across, but was wondering from front or back. haha!!! then we went on. went on… then before i knew, we were already approaching camp 1! we continued to row, and qiong. then halfway through from camp 1 to camp 2. we saw mr wong and ms nisa going towards camp 2. then mr wong was taking photos of us. (i am going to take the obs pix from him.) then we waved while we qiong. then went we were reaching the shore of camp 2, we had to gather to wait for our turn to get onshore. saw the time, it was around 1735hours. so i saw my stopwatch, only to see tht we took some 9 hours 33 minutes to complete 16km, round the entire of Pulau Ubin! we were all like very proud of ourselves! then we carried the kayaks on shore, ready to wash it up and put it back on the racks and off th shower! cos we were like already 1 night didnt bathe already. so was like =.= haha! but before tht, we had to carry the backpacks out of the speedboat first. then wei hao and i saw people taking the position of the tents where we slept on the first night, so we were like, laughing at them, cos they whole night sure cant sleep 1. then this zeng xin, dun know what happen to her, she kept on laughing. laughing so crazily that wei hao and i called her the laughing girl. haha. somehow others laughter may make someone feel happy. :) then i took oranges, so gave zeng xin extra. haha. :) then we went uphill for our shower.

then after shower, we were packing our stuffs to return back to Singapore tmr already. so was like damm happy! then went for celebrations dinner, while our instructor made us desert. we cooked a lot of food, and mostly, in the end threw it away. we opened canned food, cooked noodles, and rice. we also got 10 eggs, and some vegetables to cook with. so we use eggs, and veggies, and fry them together. it was lorrie, who cooked it and we found it quite nice, or rather nice. then later, i took some maggie noodles and fried it. tried, and many said nice. haha. then we also ate rice and the rest, then when we about to eat finish, we realised tht our peanuts were still cooking. then we found out tht it was a bit burnt. but we didnt really care. so we ended up having so much food tht we had to throw away most of it, or give it to another group. as for kerin’s group, she cooked everything, and there was none left for her! haha. poor thing for her…

then after we had our dessert, which was apple and biscuit crumbs, which looked like muah chee,- very nice!-some of us washed up while some others went to pitch the tents. of which, i was 1 of those who pitched the tents. so we went up and there were like so many stairs to climb! wth. end up leg pain when reach the top. then when finished pitching the tents, i was like damm tired! i was already awake for some 21 hours plus already. then later still have to go down. wei hao went to the toilet while i dashed up to sleep. cos i was dam tired already. first 1 to sleep! haha. then at about in the middle of the night, woke up and found it so hot. so went out of the tent with the thermal heater to sleep outside. then we didnt close the mosquito net. so for the entire night, wei hao got a lot of bite, while bing long dun have. i foud it too cold later, and went back in to sleep. haha!

Day5

well, the day many of us has been looking forward for! back to singapore!!! supposed to gather by 0630, but all of us was called up by the instructor at 0630. so all of us ended up late. but we later had to meet at 0700. but my tent people just slack inside, then only start unpitching at 0645. we took about 15 mins. so we qiong. then we went down. then we gathered and we had to finish packing and clearing and breakfast by 0930. so we all went to have breakfast first. then we slowly do. wei hao, amanda, yuan xin and i were like taking our own time to do things. haha. then we had to wash the mat. but we didnt did it clean. so ended up redo. then we were like singing the national anthem non-stop to mark our soon return to Singapore. so we were like very happy. at about 10 plus, all of uswent to blk 2, then we gathered there to get ready for our last activity. it was to jump from a platform and touched the bell. i failed. normal. so didnt really care. then later went back, to do our OBS story on paper, and some of us shared our stories- which i didnt, normal- and later got a free pen. will appreciate it. then did a survey. i luv doing survey on camps, especially about their toilets. i forever rate the toilet damm low 1. haha. then took my instructor fb email, then go back add him. went to the boat shed to wait for the boat. the took it to go back to the OBS reception centre.

we soon reached singapore! yeah! got bag check by the police. i self declare i only got pocket knife. so they didnt check. haha. i still laughed wif them! then those behind me dun need check. lol. why lyk tht. lol. nvm. so we slowly walked to the reception centre in a group. then we arrived there like guest of honour like tthat lor. then didnt want to buy the t shirt, cos was damm ex. so didnt. took the best bus back to school. quite fast the journey. then first thing went back was to buy pink dolphin to drink! was the best drink i had in 5 days! haha. then waited for my parents and HOME SWEET HOME~!!!!

first thing went home was have a good bath, and SLEEP TIME!!!! ~.~