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That is OBS in one word.



FOR ONCE I shall admit that part of my second latest post was WRONG; but I still hate Singaporeans and people so kindly stfu about my patriotism :D. Singaporeans are morons.
Now OBS is epic. Like really epic. Lots of mosquitoes and sandflies and weird stuff no one has ever studied before but those things aside, the experience is extremely awesome.


Now, it is time to impersonate John.

Day 1:
Today we assembled at school at 0730 hrs. Ms Chua organized us into our watch groups and mine consisted of Yong Qin, Chen Yang, Ronald, Cleo, JING MAN, Monica, Rion, Desmond, Dylan, Xin Yuan, Jonathan, Hanisah, and Tian Lu. We were called group 28 at first but when we reached Pulau Ubin from across the jetty, we became Nehru, who was an Indian prime minister I think. My first impression of that place was probably screw this third world place because having all the technology and civilization forcefully ripped out of your life agonizes the inner being. Anyway our first activity was learning how to kayak which was not fun and then jetty jumping which was more fun. Being an acrophobic, jumping was extremely thrilling. After that we showered and went for dinner, which we cooked. Our watch group being all pro and stuff, our instructor decided that our lives deserved to be screwed up a bit more, so he tied us all in one line and made us cook dinner for 14 people in that manner. We succeeded after like 2 hours and managed to make awesome food. We made orange juice which was extremely concentrated and I liked it because I am a sweettooth. After that we went to do stuff (which included a campwide hunt for Rion and our storeroom key) and then we slept in our tents which were like ten thousand miles into the forest in the middle of a wet patch of land. Sleeping inside sucked.

Day 2:
Today, we woke up at night because it was 0500 hrs when we woke up. We packed up our tents and went for physical training which was essentially PE with a slightly nicer name. Fine. We ran around and ran out of breath. Then we ate breakfast which was rice noodles with milo and horrible chili. After that I forgot what we did and then we did belay school and some tunneling activity which involved crawling through a completely pointless construction of tunnels which led to nowhere in the dark. Frankly, that was a nice activity, though it ruined my long pants. After more stuffs we went to shower and then we carried our gargantuan backpacks which nearly deformed my entire spinal column and went for a 10 minute hike. Yayz. Generally I'd complain like there was no tomorrow if I somehow had to get involved in an activity which made me sweat right after a bath but since the concept of inhabiting a third world region has sunked sufficiently into my brain, I just gave up complaining and suffered in silence. We reached campsite 2 at dusk and started our tent pitching and cooking. Today's dinner consisted of curry chicken and anchovies and beans which were all awesome. However the compromise was the orange juice which wasn't sweet at all. After that we discussed some stuff and designed our raft for the next day and then we slept in our tents. Sleep sucked.

Day 3:
Today we woke up early just in time for another session of physical training. Today's physical training consisted of less running and more pointless socializing games. MINGLE MINGLE MINGLE MINGLE MINGLE. Yea. I think it went something like that. You also needed that weird tone that went perfect with that strange chant and you needed to walk around with your index finger on your forehead which all seemed extremely stupid and weird. But then that was the whole point of the physical training which was supposed to be a slap in the face telling you that you are behaving like a moron and that you should wake up. Next our instructor took us to a jetty and made us sit there and look at Singapore, which was torture. We had breakfast while being tortured by the skyline of the mainland. Then we went to wear our harnesses and went to climb rock walls. Tian Lu the Jew prayed yesterday night and got what he asked for and he owned the advanced rock wall on his first attempt. I got owned by my beginner's wall in like 3 minutes. After trying the advanced wall and then getting owned and then helping others belay and stuff we went back for lunch which was just bread and more bread and biscuits and a game of überwolf. Then we took our shitload backpacks and left for a third campsite which proved to be the worst place to sleep in the whole world later in the night. We trekked for ten thousand infinite miles (and suffered accordingly) before reaching this swamp place which the instructors told us was a campsite. Awesome. After that we got our things for the raft and took 1 hour and 15 minutes to build the raft. Ronald did most of the work because he was like a scout and the rest of us were simply complaining about the horridness of life in Pulau Ubin. After finally getting the whole thing done we took the raft into a quarry, sat on it, and it floated. Then our instructor brought us into the middle of the quarry (Rion's spectacles sunk 40 meters), made us cheer, attempted to destroy our raft, and failed. We fell off though. So we were all trashing about like retards and swimming and everything and then it started to drizzle and we packed up. The quarry was a good thing actually because it was the closest thing we had to a bath after that hell of a trek. We changed into our dry clothes and assumed we were bathed and went out to be briefed about tomorrow's return to campsite 1 and then we made dinner. Dinner was instant noodles but due to the shortage of almost every resource we required it had to be diluted instant noodles. After that we slept and then it rained again in the middle of the night, which made me really fed up because the entire tent flooded itself. That was the most shit moment this week. I spent half the night staying half awake in mud.

Day 4:
Today I woke up as early as possible because I could not stand sleeping in wet clothes any longer. We took extremely long to pack up our things which were all wet and they all looked the same muddy or not in the night. We took everything and put them onto a yellow boat which reminded me of a yellow submarine but it was a nonsinkable thing anyway. Then we took our kayaks down into the water which took even more time. Surprisingly it was still dark even though we took lots of time organizing stuff after a horrible night in the rain. Then we set off. I kayaked with Dylan and Mariel and we kayaked through the mangrove swamps of Pulau Ubin and crashed into a hell lot of roots. After that we eventually learned some skill of tree dodging and avoided lots of trees while the other got owned by them. We kayaked through loads of shit, capsized once, kayaked even more and then we emerged from the south of the island. Then we kayaked westward which was like torture because the current and wind were against us. Took like forever just to kayak across a wide expanse of saline water compared to the muddy shit saturated waters of the mangrove swamps. I had backache; Htoo and my other counterpart by the surname of Chiang had seasickness. But anyway we kayaked on. It was fortunate that the sun was obscured by the rain clouds from yesterday night so we didn't really require any application of sunblock lotion. People raced each other and at the stern of our formation Yan Ling was like being constantly gged by Htoo and Andre. In front JING MAN and Ronald were like leading like pros. Starboard and portside people were trying to maintain our distance from each other. Eventually we reached campsite 1 which was like bliss. Everything owned. Being an extremely awesome watch group we were left with absolutely nothing to do so we took our time to shower and dry our stuff which caused a bit of controversy with the Elizabeth Choy group but I don't really care that much because I was showering. Desmond and I then used that block of free time we had to bitch and rant about a lot of people while we watched the Elizabeth Choy group do their rock climbing. Then we had SERVED DINNER which was awesome after days of cooking our own pathetic shit. We played games in the big hall area and then we did our reflection thing which was the most profound part of the camp. We drew pigs and had a makeshift campfire but with our instructor's charismatic abilities, we were all captivated and everything. Finally we ate our supper which was red bean soup which I hated but after enduring tonnes of shit nature has to offer for four days I eventually saw past the disgusting fluid suspension that was the dessert and dug in. Then we slept in the forest, which was by far my best night ever, because it was drier there and the environment was just cooler.

Day 5:
Today, we woke up and packed our stuffs pretty quickly because everyone loved that campsite. But due to the awesomeness of the campsite we accidentally overslept and became late for physical training, which didn't seem like anything but a mass interschool shoe snatching session. We had breakfast which was like breakfast on day 2. Rice noodles and milo. Except that the milo was more diluted. I avoided the chili due to the previous experience. Subsequently we proceeded to finish up our tent washing and everything. Took the whole morning to clean up. Then we did our final activity as a watch group which was that everyone hold the mat thing while someone else jumps onto it to touch a bell. Finishing that we took our bags to some place by the pool and did our journal and signature session and our instructor cooked us this really nice food for us to eat. Then he gave us back our stuffs which he confiscated on day 1 and we were all extremely happy. We bought our souvenirs which resulted in my bankruptcy (3 shirts 1 shorts) and then we all proceeded to the big hall place again and played our stupid games until everyone assembled. Finally we went to the jetty and boarded the boat thing which brought us back to were we started in day 1. Some of the watch group stayed behind to take bus 82 to Hougang Mall so that we could have one last meal together. Eventually our lunch exploded into a conversation about how those people in Survivor were morons and that they couldn't withstand the hardships we endured in Pulau Ubin. Then we parted and went home. I went home and now I am blogging.


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