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sounds like a good journey?

Absolutely.

Hey people!
yes im back, alive and kicking.
5D4N OBS course at Ubin, together with my watch AMUNDSEN (:
the journey was v enjoyable, fun, memorable, unforgettable and the memories and experience are gna last a lifetime man.
(i cant remember details well, so sorry for any wrong info. HAHA)

Day 1
Carried my barang-barang and went to school w claire.. wanted to meet up with xian (who was w/o her phone), but we were late and couldnt contact her and made her wait for 10min? sorry my dear):
After that we headed for the hall, alot of others were already there.
put down our bags and went to submit all assignments and stuff, bidded goodbye to schoolmates who wasnt going for OBS and said jiayou to sqdmates/classmates/friends from other watches.
Went to settle down at our watch, got to know Kailun :D
Our watch got split up when we board the bus._.
Sang on the bus w kailun and hc, so fun.
hahaa. then the bus dropped us off at OBS Reception Centre, where we waited and listened to the guppy story by one of the instructors.
hahahaha quite brainless but entertaining. xD
After a long long time, our instructor finally appeared, Murali! :D
So we gathered as a group for icebreakers, getting to know each other and settling some admin work.
So i got to know the other 15 nice ppl from my watch, HueyChyi, Yushan, Kailun, Jingqi, Xiuyun, Sue-ann, Cari, Veron, Paola, Nuda, Kenneth, Kinsun, Vincent, Minghong, Yingbo.
So we've got 10 girls and 6 guys, together 16, one Amundsen (:
Took a photo on the first day, everbody posed as Superman (idea from Murali) as yingbo was wearing a superman tee that day. hahaha
Then after which we waited for our turn to take the boat to our campsite, camp 2!
Our Store ICs were Nuda and Kinsun,
Medical ICs Kailun and Yushan,
Food ICs Paola and Jingqi (if im not wrong:X)
okay, i really cant rmb well the roles LOL
yeah, so we reached and Murali collected our valuables, gave us our rations for the 5Days.
Had a super big bag of Happy food (:
then we packed all the Semi-commitment food and the Commitment food together..
After that i think we checked our Store, and put all our food into the store also,
and our bags also?
We also drew our Amundsen tree..
and tried our belaying.. practiced only.
quite fun, first time trying :D
Then Murali taught us how to pitch tents..
Then we outdoor cooked.. rice for dinner!
together with sardines and er.. corn!
wah, it was so heavenly omg, didnt know cans could taste so nice.
and yay, the rice was v nice and cooked hahahaa
After which we cleaned up the mess..
Then we carried on w packing our bags for out-of-camp purposes?
shared a backpack w hc :D
packing took a long long time..
Then we went to sleep and woke up early to continue..
shared a tent w hc, yushan, cari and veron :D
the first night was pretty bad, wasnt drained out, so couldnt slp well and woke up every hour and asked hc abt time.. (sorry hc!)


Day 2
Woke up at 5plus? to pack bags.
Managed to stuff alot things in.
Unpitched tents also.
Carried all our bags to the MPH and had a morning greeting session!
wah, its damn funny omg.
Got Australia (kangaroo), Japan (geisha), New Zealand (cows), Christmas Island (crabs), and i forgot one country with the fish one.
hahaha v fun omg.
like the Japan way of greeting best v funny. :D
after that we had light PT, did 1 set of Basic Ex.
After which we had breakfast and carried our bags (and tents).
And we walked to camp one!
omg i was like dying, although i was only carrying the tent bag. zz
so basically we had rope obs, belaying was so fun. :D
and  i attempted both the horizontal thing and the wobbly bridge.
i killed kenneth at the horizontal rope thing (he should know why and stares at nuda and kinsun)
hahahhaa.
then the wobbly bridge was GG. sorry minghong. hahaa he totally gave up belaying after he belayed for me. HAHA 
oh yes, and mu check! hahaha

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(edited. 7.23pm)
okay i've decided to just focus on the main things and forget about all the details cos im dying from thinking so hard. xD


Day 3
Main event sea expedition with buddy watch ARMSTRONG!
yay, our watches woke up hell early to load the bags and prepared ourselves.
i liked the blessing part.
wished for teamwork and we had teamwork!
so yeah.
rowboat's so fun omg.
8 people in a boat, went w hc, yushan, cari, veron, nuda, kenneth and kinsun.
Captain: hueychyi!
damn funny when she kept saying 'eat and pull' instead of 'dip and pull' and everybody started staring at her. xD
and sorry to yushan, kenneth, cari, kinsun and veron cos i kept hitting your hands when we rowed.
but the whole journey was v fun.
heng we didnt get grounded or anything.
and i still cant believe we actually rowed all round ubin, for at least 15km in 6 hours!?!?
hahaha
yeah, was super glad when we were reaching yay.
so we ended up at ketam campsite.
Split up to pitch our tents, change and stuff.
the tents were all dying in the v strong wind.
but yay they didnt collapse onto us at night HAHA
dinner was nice! maggie meeeeeeeeee
was the first few to eat, thanks alot to yingbo for the fire. (:
and it was till then i realised the amundsen girls can really eat man!
:D
yay then pris,om and feli were at ketam also, so went to talk to them for awhile..
(thanks to nuda, kinsun and kenneth for helping out w the trash management of the cans)
Murali also praised us, told us abt how 6hours was impressive. hahaa
v touched by the words he said (:
well done guys :D
Night duty (Sth like sentry) was from 10pm - 10.30pm for girls and 10.30pm - 11pm for guys.
all girls did sentry together :D
then after that went to wake the guys up.
kinsun went into coma HAA and didnt wake up.
v sweet friends (nuda and kenneth) covered up for him. so sweet gosh, v touched. HAHA

Day 4
Main event LAND EXPEDITION
omg thanks alot to hc, she carried our backpack for the whole expedition..
i carried the pole (strung with all the water bottles)
super heavy omg, both shoulders swollen from the carrying.
along the way visited the German Girl's Shrine, the Guanyin Structure (Natural Formantion), etc.
Was resting and chatting w Murali.
Alot jokes and funny things we talked abt.
-Points at Vincent- 'Sounds like a good plan?'
HAHAA omg super funny.
alot catchphrases.
then along the way saw claire and alicia they all.
alicia looks drained totally.
claire's ears badly burnt._.
then we trekked all the way to ubin village.
(so familiar, thats where we went through, when going for ATC and STC)
had sensory trail, when we made wishes.
hope they'll come true yeah.
then we navigated back to camp 2
woohooo.
along the whole land exp yingbo and hc they all sang jay's songs. very entertaining! :D
singing club for the win hahhaa
abt like a turn away from camp 2 gate we got scared by Murali.
Started suspecting ourseleves if we went a wrong way.
so we buy clue from him, sang our school song.
xD
then after we sing finish he say, thats the right way lets go!
Then we huh. then he led the way then we reached in less than 5 min-.-
zzzz feel so cheated HAHA
realised that we should really trust ourselves like not to be easily shaken by others.
yay 3 cheers for Amundsen, for hanging through the whole journey :D
WELL DONE ppl!
 was super glad to be back at camp 2 seriously.
best campsite yay!
so we unpacked and bathed (YES BATHE) and packed the store.
also pitched our tents upstairs at the C and C park.
then we had the best dinner ever omg
we've got EGGS, LUNCHEON MEAT, VEGE, OMG like so many things yay
Yushan is super zai, she totally solo-ed for the fried eggs with onions and luncheon meat
DAMN NICE.
and we had zhabalang soup.
all the veges and stuff inside. wah damn nice also omg.
theres also longbeans cooked by Murali (YAY omg he rocks!)
and rice for dinner!!
wah super nice dinner.
its like what Murali said, first time seeing the guys so enthusiastic throughout the 4 days. HAHA
see them arguing abt how much oil to put. xD
funny omg
then dinner was eaten together, and also had a gossip session HAHA (winks at minghong)
then we washed up.
and packed everything into the store.
had a chit chat session w murali.
(:


Day 5
Main event Jetty Jump
yay v fun, jj.
i think im dumb, totally let go of the life jacket before i even reach the water hahhaa
but quite cool
the water v salty. xD
yay both amundsen and armstrong completed JJ yay
and thats this nice feeling hearing mu say sth like
"My commitment for this OBS course are Amundsen and Armstrong, so im gonna say that you guys rock!"
it echoed lor omg.
(:
After that we went to pack/check our store.. After quite long managed to get everything back and stuff..
Thanks mu (:
then we proceeded to settle our area cleaning..
the girls managed to clean v fast, cos basically it wasnt dirty.
The guys quite poor thing, had to clean the toilets.. they nearly died in there haha.
oxygen masks/tanks on high demand.
After which we went to makan together.. Tuna with bread was heaven (:
Then we completed our Amundsen tree, v pretty end-product.. It was a sort of collage..
Wonder where is it now, will post up photo once we get it back.. :D
Then we proceeded on with giving out of certs and photos and stuff.
The photo's really pretty :D
Mu made us give out the certs to our fellow watch-mates, very nice of him..
gave each other a pat on the back and said well done..
And that pretty much marks the end of the 5 days.
a very meaningful and wonderful 5 days (:

Adding on, many thanks to Armstrong, our buddy watch for everything too :D

Favourite quotes:
"The same sun which melts the wax hardens the clay." -- We're the clay now, as Vincent said.
"Do it once, do it good."  -- Sir Eric and Raymond often told us this too (:
"Expect the unexpected." -- HAHA guppy story.
"What you pack is what you carry. If you do not have enough of something, you suffer. "  -- Very well-said by Mu :D

Amundsen started off as 16 Individuals, from different classes, different CCAs.
Through the journey of OBS, we grew, we learnt, we experienced, we bonded, we made things happen.
After the 5 Days, a long long time later, many things may be forgotten, but the memories we created as a group will not be.
We'll stay strong, as one Amundsen, and stay bonded together for as long as its possible.
Thanks for all the support, all the trust, all the laughters, all the fun and happiness yall brought over the days, it really made OBS a totally wonderful experience that i never wanna forget.
May the 16 of us stay bonded, have lots of outings in the future.
Never forget all the catchphrases that really made us laugh so hard. (:D)

OBS, sounds like a good journey? With Amundsen, absolutely. (:

That's pretty all the updates.
Many details have been left out though..
Hope everybody who went for OBS have enjoyed themselves and brought back something valuable.
OBS FTW (:

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YAY TODAY WAS DAMN FUN OMG (:

THANKS A MILLION TO SQUADMATES :D

today no lessons due to school anniversary (tmr!) and learning symposium!
so yeah, y3,4,5 and 6 reported to school at 12nn for LS.

so yeah, the day started off w waking up at 7am,
leaving hse at 7.35am and reaching JE MRT at 8am (arnd there) :D
met w jx, om, ky and hc.
(LOL ky was 6min late and hc was THIRTY MINS late)
so yeah, waited until hc came, then went off for our run to BL MRT.
was supposed to be a sqd run but only a few came -.-
anw, yeah so we ran. my stamina is really bad, was slowing the whole grp down ):
but thanks sqdmates for the encouragements and jiayous along the way (:
and thanks to hc and ky, who ran at my speed (tolerating haha)
oh and yes, ky's '1,2,3,4. (slow) 1,2,3,4,1 (fast) clap clap' rhythm haha
and it was really nice, to have survived the whole journey.
ran past all the MRTs along the way and past BLG (:
v nice feeling. but really have to train my timing .________.


after that we walked to safra jurong (wanting to bathe)
but realised their toilets dont have the shower LOL
went to their swimming pool but couldnt buy the tix cos we dont have NETS ._.
then went to gym but couldnt use the toilet cos only for members -.-
so we took a photo outside Jack's Place before heading off to JP.
washed up at JP's toilet, changed into school uniform before meeting the rest of squadmates at kopitiam :D
lunched at kopitiam, jx they all went for 4E class lunch?
then yeah, couldnt finish my rice cos was too full from the bubbletea we drank.
(anw, cool fact: OM ate lesser than me, unbelievable!)
then after that we left for the bus interchange at 11.40 sth?
waited for 198, but in the end only boarded the bus at 11.56.
alot of rvians on the bus though, so not that bad :D

was late when we alighted then the whole grp of rvians rushed into school.
met up with 4C ppl, then went into the hall.
watched a video on RV Big Walk, nice (:
after that went off for LS.
walked around w suza and shirley (chin).
went to listen to the NWSP projects.
the project we're working on seems so noob compared to theirs LOL
along the way suza and shirley totally influenced me to spam sms for the sms contest.
HAHA voted for shaotan's group like mad.
damn fun, got addicted to spamming msgs HAHA
after the LS we went back to hall for keynote speech and prize presentation.
lucky xinyi and tiankai won sth from the sms contest HAHA
(suza sad liao, nvr win ): )
and shaotan's group won most popular grp, tgt w two other grps.
hahaha. result of having friends who have unlimited sms. :D

after LS was sqd badminton time!
damn fun omg
million thanks to hc for lending his racket to me :D
played 3 against 3 at first.
me salty and hc VS ky tianli and oon
omg ky was a JOKE.
hc was getting pekcek over how everybody seems to be missing the shuttlecock HAHA
and tianli was damn funny also :D
oon was like dancing!
then ky was smacking the shuttlecock and twice it hit wying (who was at one side)
then hc went to take the shuttlecock and like rubbed his racket over wying's head and all her hair were coming out in all directions HAHAHHA
laughed like MAD.
seriously didnt know that badminton can be that fun :D
after that also exchanged partners w ky their team.
and after that played tgt w van against pris and haokuan.
damn joke. haokuan totally made me laugh like mad.
then after that also played w bong against pris and xh.
then after that played w xh against xingjie and bong
HAHA fun omg.

after that we cleared our stuff and went off.
seriously damn fun omg :D
3 cheers to ky,om for organising?

yay shall have more badminton/sports session w sqdmates :D
shall like have one every fornightly ;D
to bond sqdmates (:


anw theres dance in sch tmr.
hope i can cope. haha


oh yes, shall start running in the morning next wk, train up (:


anw, lots of things to complete this wkend ):
jiayou ppl.


i love sqdmates :D
bangbang is the love.


xoxo, wt