LiFe
Sunday, July 31, 2005
[ last edited by *celly on 11:57 AM ]
11:57 AM



The OCIP camp was really quite an experience. Altho it was a camp only slightly more than 24hrs, it felt longer than it seemed. It seemed like the longest 24 hr day i've ever experienced in life. Not because the camp was boring or torturous, but because the day was so packed with activites, leaving not much time to slack at all. It wasnt like any normal camp which were much relaxed. I felt very challenged by this camp. Every activity was a way to prove one's abilities, to test one's character. After ice breakers, (if i remember) we had to find green beans frm the grass patch outside the E block. At 1st i thought, how sadistic can they get! But after giving it some thoughts, i realised that it was an activity to see if we were willing to get dirty. Some just dug superficially, while others got on all 4s to look for the beans. It was so hard to find them in the dark, each group wif only 4 small torches! The ground was moist, and my grp found more bugs than beans! milipedes, bugs, spiders, u name it we found it. The camp was 1 filled with a lot of discipline. The seniors were all very hash and fierce to us, but i guess they had to, so that they can find people who are truly disciplined.

After that, we were given timeto bathe, and soon off to bed(like real). At bout 2plus in the morning, we were woken up and had to count strength. Im so blur i counted the wrong strength. Forgot that there was another person in the group. Must have left a bad impression man. Was scolded by shih jie for counting wrong strength, because valenie went to the toilet. Everyone was scolded for awhile b4 we went back to slp again. Then we were woken up at 3plus again by a "fire alarm", which was actually a hoax, and we went for a night trek to mt faber. treked till bout 7am. Mt faber was such a nice place! It was my 1st time up there, and the view up there was great! A pity that we only stayed up there for such a short while...

After breakfast, we had station games. The games were quite fun, and they required a lot of team work. Then there was the interview. yikes i tink i screwed it up because they asked "If there is only 1 spot left and we were to choose btwn u and rox, what is the thing that u haf that will make us choose u?" and i replied i will give my position to rox, because she's more cares about others more than me and includes everyone in.

Then we had lunch. Field cooking. haha again it was the 1st time i cooked with mess tins because my ccas never had to cook in camps. It was really fun! Thoroughly enjoyed cooking the food. After that we had to clean the entire lower caf. It was such a tiring task! we cleaned the caf in an hour and 15 mins. I scrubbed really hard, but the seniors were not happy enuf and many times they hollered " U call that scrubbing? scrub harder!!" The end product of a clean caf was truly rewarding. Esp so when you noe u've put in effort, and was part of the team who made the caf clean.

Endurance run was right after the cleaning. We ran for an hour 2 mins, and again, it was the longest i've ever ran in my life! i thought i wouldnt survive it but i did! I realised the inportance of encouragement. Each time someone encouraged me, i felt a surge of energy enabling me to run more. After the run i felt great having survived the run. Ran till my inner ankles hurt a lot, but the effort was worth it. Perserverance is truly impt n im glad i perserved cuz in the course of running, somehow there were a few times that my mind told me to stop running, but i did not succumb to it. ok shall end here... lazy to type ald.. super long entry.