The night before the camp, I was bouncing up and down while my mum helped me pack my bag. We had to search almost the entire house to find a bag that was suitable and big enough for the camp. I was actually looking forward to camp for the first time in my life, hoping that it would be a better condition than the P5 camp, which was absolutely crap.
Day 1 - We arrived at the campsite after around half an hour. I was chatting happily with my friend and had to wait in the sun for like an hour. I got really irritated as that had actually sunburned my skin, and it hurt like hell the next day. After a much awaited (literally) briefing, we proceeded to set up tents. At first, I kind of thought that this was an activity, but when I found out we were sleeping in those tents, boy was I pretty shocked. After setting up the tents, we had to build a raft as a team. It took ages to build and it didn't even float! Many of our shoes were wet and some of us were pissed as we had to wear those shoes for two more days, also one of my classmate dropped his spectacles in the water and couldn't find it. After that, we had lunch and did some other stuff which I don't really remember right now... At night, I did not shower (Shhhh...) and disturbed all my tent mates while they were sleeping.
Day 2 - The only thing I really remembered from day 2 was the Nature Rumble or as we like to call it, 'milo pond'. We each had to walk through a trail in the jungle with a crap load of mud, and by that, I mean ALOT. We met some girl school but all of them looked pretty bleh... Anyways back to the story, we had to go through the trail and there were some parts where a fence with barbed wire was extremely close to our face.To make matters worse, some of us were pulling the fence, making the barbed wire almost rip half my face off, and trust me, I wasn't really in need of facial reconstruction at that point. We came back all muddy, like we had been showered in somebody's... you know. We only had around 20 minutes to shower, so many of us were impatiently waiting outside the occupied cubicles. After showering, we changed into a camp t-shirt that they gave us, even though we never did any of the activities in it. We then had to go to the campfire, which really, was a waste of time. Same old same old as the previous night. Supper, Shower then bed.
Day 3 - My favourite day, as we were finally going home. Most of the time spent were cleaning up the campsite. In my head, I was pretty pissed we were paying to go to a camp that would make us clean. I cleaned an area which wasn't very dirty, along with a few others who kept singing annoying songs into my ear. I waited and waited and waited for the time where I could finally go home and sleep like a human, but everything seemed to move slow. Finally, when it was time, I said goodbye to that hell-hole and went up the bus. I absolutely hated the Sec 3 camp, and it wasn't a tiny bit improvement from the P5 camp at ALL.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Reflection of Sec 3 Camp [Wesley Koh 36]
Packing my overstuffed bag that would break apart if I were to place so much as a pair of trousers in it. The day before the Secondary 3 camp was spent with my beloved computer that I would not be able to embrace for the next three days of my life. The stories of the past years Secondary 3 camp was a combination of feelings. Some of my seniors gave the thumbs-up at the camp and started giving a, what seemed to me, never-ending testimony of the camp of how fun and exciting it was whereas other seniors went on to completely contradict the "thumbs-upping" seniors by saying that it was super boring and was not worth going. Well, of course those who gave the camp the thumbs-down were more or less, computer game maniacs. However, the comment that affected me the most was my sister, who went to OBS (Outward Bound School) last year. She explained how team spirit building and fun it was. Well, I found myself looking forward to the camp!
Day 1
The journey to the camp was relatively fun. During most of the excursions, the bus rides were the most interesting part of the whole activity. I mean, who doesn't enjoy chatting with your friends in an air-conditioned area? Anyway, as we entered the Camp Christine campsite, the first thing we did gave me an impression that the camp was not going to be fun after all. We headed for an open field which was placed under the mighty, scorching sun which happily gave us a tan. No pain no gain right? So with the tan came intense heat. But the clouds seemed to pity us and provided minute-long coolness by covering the sun. The camp seemed more like a boot camp to me rather than a fun camp as we sat in the field full of insects that I never knew existed for close to 3-quaters of an hour. After the waiting, the camp chief gave us a briefing that had been already done in school and so, everyone found it to be pointless and started getting restless. After the "pointless" briefing, we broke up into our classes which were given group names, ours was Chil, which was a bird in The Jungle Bird but to us, it was just "relax". After we got to know our trainers a bit better, we pitched our tents which was an experience for me as that was my first time pitching a tent. After the tent-pitching, we started on our first activity which involved building a raft using only long wooden sticks, ropes and 4 rubber tires. The class was split into two groups so two rafts were to be made. The excitement and flurry that the activity brought totally erased the intense heat of the sun. As we set out to test our "masterpieces", the thought of having a dip in the sea was more appealing than staying dry on the raft. Sure, all of us wanted a drink but the salty water of the sea was not what we had in mind. The next three activities were to bond the class through games that required teamwork and pure trust in one another. Another down-side of the camp was the toilets, even the coffee-shops' toilets were way cleaner than these. I couldn't imagine how bathing in these toilets could make me any cleaner and just went about locating my tent which seemed to have disappeared for that few minutes. Sleep had no trouble coming to me....
Day 2
There were more team building activities that day which seemed to help in the bonding of the class but I would like to mention one particular activity, the Nature Rumble. It was a trail where we had to walk into a forested area and wade through mud. Somehow, the mud and dirt was just appealing to me. It was the most enjoyable activity in the camp, or all the camps I've been to. At night, we had the campfire and it wasn't any ordinary campfire, it had stereo speakers and music that blasted from them. The highlight of the camp simply lived up to its name. The trainers joked around and the classes performed their cheers and ours, which had a dance that my classmate, Augustine, introduced to us, it simply made me have a sense of belonging in my class. After the campfire, we all took a shower and settled down for the night.
Day 3
Almost everybody woke up without any problems, maybe its because of the fact that they finally got to go home. Day 3 was entirely just area cleaning and tidying up the campsite. Before we left, we had a debrief by the trainers and the camp chief. It was announced that our class won the title of the best group! We were elated as we didn't expect to win. As I boarded the bus that brought us back to school, I found myself wishing I could stay longer. The camp really made me discover the personalities of my classmates, and gave me a sense of maturity.
Day 1
The journey to the camp was relatively fun. During most of the excursions, the bus rides were the most interesting part of the whole activity. I mean, who doesn't enjoy chatting with your friends in an air-conditioned area? Anyway, as we entered the Camp Christine campsite, the first thing we did gave me an impression that the camp was not going to be fun after all. We headed for an open field which was placed under the mighty, scorching sun which happily gave us a tan. No pain no gain right? So with the tan came intense heat. But the clouds seemed to pity us and provided minute-long coolness by covering the sun. The camp seemed more like a boot camp to me rather than a fun camp as we sat in the field full of insects that I never knew existed for close to 3-quaters of an hour. After the waiting, the camp chief gave us a briefing that had been already done in school and so, everyone found it to be pointless and started getting restless. After the "pointless" briefing, we broke up into our classes which were given group names, ours was Chil, which was a bird in The Jungle Bird but to us, it was just "relax". After we got to know our trainers a bit better, we pitched our tents which was an experience for me as that was my first time pitching a tent. After the tent-pitching, we started on our first activity which involved building a raft using only long wooden sticks, ropes and 4 rubber tires. The class was split into two groups so two rafts were to be made. The excitement and flurry that the activity brought totally erased the intense heat of the sun. As we set out to test our "masterpieces", the thought of having a dip in the sea was more appealing than staying dry on the raft. Sure, all of us wanted a drink but the salty water of the sea was not what we had in mind. The next three activities were to bond the class through games that required teamwork and pure trust in one another. Another down-side of the camp was the toilets, even the coffee-shops' toilets were way cleaner than these. I couldn't imagine how bathing in these toilets could make me any cleaner and just went about locating my tent which seemed to have disappeared for that few minutes. Sleep had no trouble coming to me....
Day 2
There were more team building activities that day which seemed to help in the bonding of the class but I would like to mention one particular activity, the Nature Rumble. It was a trail where we had to walk into a forested area and wade through mud. Somehow, the mud and dirt was just appealing to me. It was the most enjoyable activity in the camp, or all the camps I've been to. At night, we had the campfire and it wasn't any ordinary campfire, it had stereo speakers and music that blasted from them. The highlight of the camp simply lived up to its name. The trainers joked around and the classes performed their cheers and ours, which had a dance that my classmate, Augustine, introduced to us, it simply made me have a sense of belonging in my class. After the campfire, we all took a shower and settled down for the night.
Day 3
Almost everybody woke up without any problems, maybe its because of the fact that they finally got to go home. Day 3 was entirely just area cleaning and tidying up the campsite. Before we left, we had a debrief by the trainers and the camp chief. It was announced that our class won the title of the best group! We were elated as we didn't expect to win. As I boarded the bus that brought us back to school, I found myself wishing I could stay longer. The camp really made me discover the personalities of my classmates, and gave me a sense of maturity.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Reflections on Sec 3 camp By: Glenn Pang Jian Hao (25)
"To produce men of wisdom and stature". That was what i finally understood after attending the Secondary 3 camp. On the fist day i reached the camp I looked around at the campsite with an uninterested mindset. When we were forced to sit in the sun for at least an hour, I felt really grumpy and angry, because I got sunburnt even before the camp started.
So on the first day, we had this activity: rafting. When I was presented with the tools we were supposed to make the raft with: two wooden poles and four rubber floats, I did not feel like making one due to my uninterested attitude and i was already developing a negative impression of the outcome of the camp. I was looking at everything negatively but I ended up having fun after participating in this activity, and I felt that it was the most fun activity we had on the first day. On the second day, this was the day that really tested my perseverence. When we woke up in the morning on the second day, I felt really hot and sweaty, and I felt that I had been stuffed into a can-sized oven together with six other sardines. When I finally got myself ready, I put on my shoes I wore on the previous day, I discovered that they were soaking wet and smelly. Overall i thought that it was the best day. When we started, we played "Gladiator" where we split into two teams and built catapults and launch water bombs at a pile of cans and determine the winner, who knocks down the cans first. Planning and building the structure of the catapult was very complex and difficult, and it was not stable either. So it was an equal match because in the end there were no winners, but one of our water bombs came CLOSE to knocking down the pile of cans. The Nature Rumble was the worst, and I hope that I would not experience that kind of thing until I reach National Service. During the campfire, I felt that it was the best time I ever had as we get to watch the camp trainers dance, sing and play. In the end, I had changed my mindset, and I enjoyed the camp.
On the third and final day, we had to clean the lodge number three and dismantle our tent. The stench of the toilet was very nauseating and was very overpowering. After an hour of cleaning or so, we gathered in front of the main lodge together with all our belongings. My shoes were utterly destroyed due to the Nature Rumble and I had to throw them away. Dumping them into the dustbin outside the campsite, I boarded the bus back to school and back home after that. I enjoyed the camp very much and made many new friends who joined my class this year. I hope that the memories I spent in the camp will remain with me forever. The End
Glenn Pang Jian Hao (25)
3S2
So on the first day, we had this activity: rafting. When I was presented with the tools we were supposed to make the raft with: two wooden poles and four rubber floats, I did not feel like making one due to my uninterested attitude and i was already developing a negative impression of the outcome of the camp. I was looking at everything negatively but I ended up having fun after participating in this activity, and I felt that it was the most fun activity we had on the first day. On the second day, this was the day that really tested my perseverence. When we woke up in the morning on the second day, I felt really hot and sweaty, and I felt that I had been stuffed into a can-sized oven together with six other sardines. When I finally got myself ready, I put on my shoes I wore on the previous day, I discovered that they were soaking wet and smelly. Overall i thought that it was the best day. When we started, we played "Gladiator" where we split into two teams and built catapults and launch water bombs at a pile of cans and determine the winner, who knocks down the cans first. Planning and building the structure of the catapult was very complex and difficult, and it was not stable either. So it was an equal match because in the end there were no winners, but one of our water bombs came CLOSE to knocking down the pile of cans. The Nature Rumble was the worst, and I hope that I would not experience that kind of thing until I reach National Service. During the campfire, I felt that it was the best time I ever had as we get to watch the camp trainers dance, sing and play. In the end, I had changed my mindset, and I enjoyed the camp.
On the third and final day, we had to clean the lodge number three and dismantle our tent. The stench of the toilet was very nauseating and was very overpowering. After an hour of cleaning or so, we gathered in front of the main lodge together with all our belongings. My shoes were utterly destroyed due to the Nature Rumble and I had to throw them away. Dumping them into the dustbin outside the campsite, I boarded the bus back to school and back home after that. I enjoyed the camp very much and made many new friends who joined my class this year. I hope that the memories I spent in the camp will remain with me forever. The End
Glenn Pang Jian Hao (25)
3S2
Camp reflection (ver. toshiki)
Sleepy night the day before the camp, running to buy utensils as I totally missed out the utensils from the list, can't find till I gave up and went to the Hougang to search for it. I did not look forward on going to the camp but it was compulsory. Heard the entire story from my sister who went to OBS (Outward Bound Singapore) her bad memories pushed to me.
Having a different environment around make me feel weird, unusual as things that I always have is not with me, especially hand phone. Hand phone was not allowed to be brought to the camp. All I brought was water, things listed on the piece of paper, wallet and a fan. I made a right choice that I brought the fan as it was hot and now still hot there as there was no shelter. As I love to be in coldness, without air-con was the toughest thing ever.
Sun was blistering. I was sweating. Every second my skin becoming darker. I was drying up, water decreasing but temperature does not change. Finally the supervisor came, but was briefing to us slowly, teaching us what to respond like 'SAINTS Oiiiii' we must respond "oiiii....~~" I did not know that I would experience again that 1 second is a very long period of time.
Next, our class set up the tents, wondering why they never set for us. As we fix the tent, I realised that tent is not so easy to fix alone but easier if we fix it together. Fixing tents were not the way I thought it would be. I realised that even this small matter of fixing the tent also requires teamwork. When I went in the tent, it was as hot as standing in a crowded place with fire surrounding around me.
As I see the watch second hand ticking one by one, reached the time where the entire student currently in our school, dismissed and walking back home, but we were listening to our trainers. I did not feel relaxed as we must follow what the trainers said. We were like robots that listen to the teachers and just doing it.
Our first activity was rafting. My imagination was rafting a stable, prepared raft but my imagination cracked as I heard that we must make with four sticks and four tires. We grouped ourselves into two and finally made one. We took turn and I finally got cooled with sea water. Comparing this with other activities was boring. Other activities for the first day were something that we can play in our normal lives.
Lunch was my only time that I enjoyed most. I was tired after the physical activities that we done after rafting. To my surprise, it was given with the container and a plastic spoon. I wondered what my effort was, searching around for utensils. The proportion was small. The food was nice as we were hungry. We did activities after the lunch but were boring as we did these kinds of activities before in primary school.
When it was time for bed, luckily we were able to shower as there was toilet but the toilet was flooding and muddy. The mud is caused by the normal academy peoples after their mud activities. I am not so satisfied with these inconsiderate peoples. They should wash themselves by the hose first rather than making us feeling uncomfortable while showering.
We slept in the tent but it was not comfortable to sleep in as there was 8 peoples sleeping in one tent and also, the guy sleeping next to me keep on insisting that he want to sleep head the other way round as it was hot but I kept on shouting and complaining as if I sleep with his head on the other side, it also mean that his feet will be facing me. I felt so unhygienic and I forced him to turn back to the original sleeping position.
I thought this procedure will continue for the next day also, but a miracle happened. I would call it a god’s blessing. It rained. I was jubilant as the number of after lunch activity was reduced, but the blessing did not last long. We replaced the outdoor activities with indoor activities. It was another ‘waste of time’ game. I felt the school was cheated 80 dollar each person as it was not worth the money, doing these activities that we already done and know. These activities on the second day was just using of muscles and brain of a primary 5 kid’s knowledge.
We should have gone to some rock climbing place and experience new things which is the goal of this camp. Kayaking was another imagination. I finally realised that being at home is the best thing ever as I could do the things I want to do, move when I want to, not being controls around like this camp.
Campfire, to describe it in one word is boring. The fire was dim. The activities that we did during the campfire were dull. It was dark. I just could not see a thing. When we were watching the dancing competition, some of the people shined the light at our player, letting them not see the trainers dancing, so that he cannot mimic the trainers. Teachers did not stop them too.
Our final day was just cleaning up, trainers saying to make this place cleaner then before but I thought that is impossible as we did not have sweet wrappers or some biscuit as they were not allowed.
We headed back to school, dismissed and the next day we have school. I wanted one day of holiday for us to relax ourselves at home, air con to the max and sleep for like 24 hours, enough for us to release this 3 days of stress and tiredness.
The environment was better than OBS but wanted activities that OBS gives like 8 hours continuously of kayaking or some rock climbing.
sec 3 camp reflection VARUN
Sec 3 camp started off badly for me. I woke up early at 6 nervously thinking if i had forgotten to pack anything for the camp.My morning shower shook me off from my dreamworld. I ate my breakfast and left for school with the heavy bags. I had no idea how it will turned up to be when i saw the dull faces of my friends in the courtyard. After morning assembly we received our groups from one of the trainers. We were known as Chil. Name after a animal from the jungle book. After our teachers did some admin work we left for camp Christine.In the bus i wondered how it will be at the camp.The only thought that went through my mind was if the camp was haunted.
As soon as we arrived at the camp we gathered at a open field in the hot sun where the camp head gave a briefing.We had two trainers one was asked to be called Tarzan and the other Jane.Obviously that was not their real name but i did not matter. After the briefing, our first task was to pitch the tents.We divided our self into groups and started getting work done. I was frightened when i sat on a log which a frog was sharing with me. Our trainers whom we thought was fierce and scary turned out to be kind and friendly.They never became angry with our nuisance or with our mischief.Our pitching of tents went smoothly.After a long time under the scorching sun we went for rafting. Then again we divided our self into two groups.We were given few logs some ropes and some tires and had to make a raft float with our weight on it.However the only thing i enjoyed was dipping myself into the cool water. The cool water in our shirts dried up within minutes.
After the rafting the activities turned out boring until lunch came.I was desperately waiting for the food to arrive to our lodge.Even after the food came we had to say a food cheer before we can start eating.It made us even hungrier after looking at the boxes.Next came the food. It was a camp but the food tasted great.Everyone raced through their lunched and hoped to get extra .The lunch was one of the most happening activity that day.All the activities were boring.Taking a shower was a troublesome one.The toilets was flooded and it was cramped with people from all classes.However after walking around i found a toilet that was cleaner than the rest and was less crowded. I immediately took the chance and i took my time to shower.I felt fresh and went to sleep. The next day was more full of excitement as the activites were more exciting than the day before.
I woke up after a good sleep.We had breakfast and moved on our activities.Some fun activities on the second day was the rope swinging, outdoor cooking,making a catapult and some activities which i could not remember.The rope swinging,we had to be everybody to the opposite side without dropping and including a pail of water. We failed a few times but subsequently we succeeded.I remembered Faiz bringing the pail across that made it easy. Next came the outdoor cooking we had to cook hotdogs and apple cinnamon on a twig.We learnt how to start a fire and make it not extinguished. Lunch was again great we had to sing the cheer but this time we had to make a cheer for the campfire. One of our class mate stood up and volunteered.That made our class cheer. Nature rumble was the most fun for me as it made us roll in the mud.we walked through some walkways and reached a puddle of mud. After reaching the camp our friends from other class was afraid to touch us.
Next came the grand finale.The campfire turned out entertaining and our trainers made some nice moves.After camfire i was uber tired and went to sleep immediately.Next day, was the day where we returned to school.However we had to cleaned the area first.Fortunately we were not assigned to clean the toilets.We had to just clean our lodge.Our class received the best group award for doing the activities on time.That was the end of it.A wonderful session three days with a beautiful class.
Done by:VARUN 3S2 (2)
As soon as we arrived at the camp we gathered at a open field in the hot sun where the camp head gave a briefing.We had two trainers one was asked to be called Tarzan and the other Jane.Obviously that was not their real name but i did not matter. After the briefing, our first task was to pitch the tents.We divided our self into groups and started getting work done. I was frightened when i sat on a log which a frog was sharing with me. Our trainers whom we thought was fierce and scary turned out to be kind and friendly.They never became angry with our nuisance or with our mischief.Our pitching of tents went smoothly.After a long time under the scorching sun we went for rafting. Then again we divided our self into two groups.We were given few logs some ropes and some tires and had to make a raft float with our weight on it.However the only thing i enjoyed was dipping myself into the cool water. The cool water in our shirts dried up within minutes.
After the rafting the activities turned out boring until lunch came.I was desperately waiting for the food to arrive to our lodge.Even after the food came we had to say a food cheer before we can start eating.It made us even hungrier after looking at the boxes.Next came the food. It was a camp but the food tasted great.Everyone raced through their lunched and hoped to get extra .The lunch was one of the most happening activity that day.All the activities were boring.Taking a shower was a troublesome one.The toilets was flooded and it was cramped with people from all classes.However after walking around i found a toilet that was cleaner than the rest and was less crowded. I immediately took the chance and i took my time to shower.I felt fresh and went to sleep. The next day was more full of excitement as the activites were more exciting than the day before.
I woke up after a good sleep.We had breakfast and moved on our activities.Some fun activities on the second day was the rope swinging, outdoor cooking,making a catapult and some activities which i could not remember.The rope swinging,we had to be everybody to the opposite side without dropping and including a pail of water. We failed a few times but subsequently we succeeded.I remembered Faiz bringing the pail across that made it easy. Next came the outdoor cooking we had to cook hotdogs and apple cinnamon on a twig.We learnt how to start a fire and make it not extinguished. Lunch was again great we had to sing the cheer but this time we had to make a cheer for the campfire. One of our class mate stood up and volunteered.That made our class cheer. Nature rumble was the most fun for me as it made us roll in the mud.we walked through some walkways and reached a puddle of mud. After reaching the camp our friends from other class was afraid to touch us.
Next came the grand finale.The campfire turned out entertaining and our trainers made some nice moves.After camfire i was uber tired and went to sleep immediately.Next day, was the day where we returned to school.However we had to cleaned the area first.Fortunately we were not assigned to clean the toilets.We had to just clean our lodge.Our class received the best group award for doing the activities on time.That was the end of it.A wonderful session three days with a beautiful class.
Done by:VARUN 3S2 (2)
Sec 3 Camp Reflections (Randall Teo)
At the very beginning, I thought that i had wasted that fifty over dollars for nothing. The primary five and secondary one camps were so bad to the extent I did not feel like even going for this year's camp. Not wanting to go, I even tried to pray to fall sick or even get injured so that I could skip the camp. Everything I thought about was....WRONG!
In the morning, everybody assembled in the courtyard, finding out what our class' camp name was. Obviously, we loved ours. If I am not wrong, it was Chil. We soon found out it was a name of a bird, but to all of us, it was just "lepak"!!
After all the boring briefings given by the camp head, we finally could get into the bus, heading down to Camp Christine. On the journey, everybody were singing songs and as usual, fooling around. For my case, it was off to dreamland, of which was cut short. We finally entered the camp, sitting down in the radiant rays of the sun, waiting for everybody else to arrive and settle down.
As usual, another boring brief followed up, and after what it seemed as an eternity, it was over. it was finally time for the fun to begin. First off, we were split up into various groups to pitch the tents. Sadly, Lady Luck was not on our side, giving us a tent that had a smelly, dead, rotten, and everything disgusting carcass on it. After getting help from Tarzan and Jane, we finally got them up, heading to our activities for the day.
Lucky for my class, we started off with the most fun activity of the day. Rafting. We were given many gigantic tires, a couple of planks and some rope. Our group finally thought of an idea, and it was down for everybody to help set it up. Being in the hot sun, we just could not wait for the raft to be made and head down to the sea. Finally, we finished. Everybody had a try of getting on the raft, and obviously, getting wet. Though it kind of made the rest of the day uncomfortable, we had a joyous time; espeacially when all the other activies were boring. Following up the rafting, the rest of the activities were boring, what we did in the previous camp.
Soon, it was time for lunch. We made up a cheer before eating, which was kind of fun. All the activities already made us hungry and tired, just looking at the packets of food could make us drool. Enjoying the food, it was just all gone in a blink of an eye. After lunch, it was just boring activities for the rest of the day. Other than the scavenger hunt, it was funny to see that most of my teammates were afraid of things that were 100 times smaller than them: frogs and grasshoppers.
Finally, the night covered the camp in a cloak of darkness. We had our dinner and proceeded with the night activities. In my mind, I wasn't really thinking of the activities, but what was after that. After most of the campers were sleeping, the real fun came. Playing around at night, relaxing and doing what we do best, nothing! Sleeping in the tent was just too hot and stuffy, so some of the campers, like me, just took out our sleeping bags and slept under the stars. Finally, I could get back at what I started, dreamland.
Before the sun could awaken us, we were already woken up by the camp head. After having our breakfast, everything got cut short. I had to leave for an important basketball match, missing the fun in the mud and sadly, the campfire.
This was definitely the best camp I had ever gone too, comparing the rest. It would definitely be the memory of my secondary school days, looking back at all the mischief we were up to as 3S2, in the future!
In the morning, everybody assembled in the courtyard, finding out what our class' camp name was. Obviously, we loved ours. If I am not wrong, it was Chil. We soon found out it was a name of a bird, but to all of us, it was just "lepak"!!
After all the boring briefings given by the camp head, we finally could get into the bus, heading down to Camp Christine. On the journey, everybody were singing songs and as usual, fooling around. For my case, it was off to dreamland, of which was cut short. We finally entered the camp, sitting down in the radiant rays of the sun, waiting for everybody else to arrive and settle down.
As usual, another boring brief followed up, and after what it seemed as an eternity, it was over. it was finally time for the fun to begin. First off, we were split up into various groups to pitch the tents. Sadly, Lady Luck was not on our side, giving us a tent that had a smelly, dead, rotten, and everything disgusting carcass on it. After getting help from Tarzan and Jane, we finally got them up, heading to our activities for the day.
Lucky for my class, we started off with the most fun activity of the day. Rafting. We were given many gigantic tires, a couple of planks and some rope. Our group finally thought of an idea, and it was down for everybody to help set it up. Being in the hot sun, we just could not wait for the raft to be made and head down to the sea. Finally, we finished. Everybody had a try of getting on the raft, and obviously, getting wet. Though it kind of made the rest of the day uncomfortable, we had a joyous time; espeacially when all the other activies were boring. Following up the rafting, the rest of the activities were boring, what we did in the previous camp.
Soon, it was time for lunch. We made up a cheer before eating, which was kind of fun. All the activities already made us hungry and tired, just looking at the packets of food could make us drool. Enjoying the food, it was just all gone in a blink of an eye. After lunch, it was just boring activities for the rest of the day. Other than the scavenger hunt, it was funny to see that most of my teammates were afraid of things that were 100 times smaller than them: frogs and grasshoppers.
Finally, the night covered the camp in a cloak of darkness. We had our dinner and proceeded with the night activities. In my mind, I wasn't really thinking of the activities, but what was after that. After most of the campers were sleeping, the real fun came. Playing around at night, relaxing and doing what we do best, nothing! Sleeping in the tent was just too hot and stuffy, so some of the campers, like me, just took out our sleeping bags and slept under the stars. Finally, I could get back at what I started, dreamland.
Before the sun could awaken us, we were already woken up by the camp head. After having our breakfast, everything got cut short. I had to leave for an important basketball match, missing the fun in the mud and sadly, the campfire.
This was definitely the best camp I had ever gone too, comparing the rest. It would definitely be the memory of my secondary school days, looking back at all the mischief we were up to as 3S2, in the future!
Sec 3 camp reflections Andrew Woon (5)
The day before the camp was a dreadful day as i was going to camp for 3 days and i felt it was going to be a very boring camp to go to especially when i found out that it was a girl guides camp when i searched Camp Christine on my Iphone's GPS system where its showed girl guides camp. When i found out that the girl guides camp was just beside a few cemetery's i was creeped out .
On the day when we were about to leave the school for the camp our form teacher decided to check a few bags for any unauthorized materials, i was one of the lucky few that looked suspicious enough to be asked to open my bag and empty the materials out.Unfortunately for her she could not find any unauthorized materials in my bag and decided to let me go back to my place.
We took about 45 minutes to reach the camp we pasted by many cemetery's in the Lim Chu Kang area before actually reaching the camp. when the bus stopped we saw many high element activities and games, but when we entered the camp i was upset the the high element activities were not in the camp but rather in the opposite campsite while we had 4 lodges that were by my estimations build around the 1980's because of how they connected their electricity and by the looks of how decayed many things were around the camp,of which the lights looked as if they were painted grey.
We set our tents and were assigned tents that we were going to stay in we threw our bags in the tent before preparing for our first wet activity and if i would to say the only fun activity we then had to do some other activities that were boring and childish in my opinion and for me personally i have done this many times in primary school on the various camps i have been to.After the boring activities we had our night walk where basically everyone in our class was cheating as they did not wear their blindfolds correctly and they could know where they were going.We then had supper before going to sleep.
On the second day of camp we had other boring activities that i felt were a waste of the schools funds because of how it could be held in school for a much cheaper rate as they required only 6 hoops and a few rubber bands to do the activity even the other activities required only a bucket filled with water and 2 ropes.
It was by far the worst part of camp i would say a waste of my time. The only thing that was good was the nature rumble where out shirts would become muddy and it was very irritating to clean up after ourselves.
After bathing we had our campfire where we did our cheers and sang. After the campfire we had our supper before we were suppose to sleep. I was quite lucky to have not slept in a stuffy tent this night as my tent was spoiled and was collapsing and was leaking from all side of the tent other than the floor. we slept in the hall where it was very cold and there was many mosquito's that around the so called "well maintained camp where
there was not much insects".
Day 3 i was very happy that i could go home from the camp as i did not really enjoyed the camp as i mention the activities done could have been easily done in school for a much cheaper price and would also save the time of the school as well as the students.We kept our tents before going back to school and thereafter home.
Overall i feel that the camp was a very bad choice as there was no real teamwork building that many students are writing about as only a few people did the work while others would be sitting down doing nothing i find that the people who praise the camp are the ones that did not do much or are just writing what they can think of to make the essay long enough for the teacher's to read without giving proper feedback as this camp was quite bad compared to the camps i have been to in Singapore as there were not many activities that could not be done in school,i would rather that the sec 2 students not go to the same camp that we went to as many people in my class said that the camp was very boring during the camp itself !
On the day when we were about to leave the school for the camp our form teacher decided to check a few bags for any unauthorized materials, i was one of the lucky few that looked suspicious enough to be asked to open my bag and empty the materials out.Unfortunately for her she could not find any unauthorized materials in my bag and decided to let me go back to my place.
We took about 45 minutes to reach the camp we pasted by many cemetery's in the Lim Chu Kang area before actually reaching the camp. when the bus stopped we saw many high element activities and games, but when we entered the camp i was upset the the high element activities were not in the camp but rather in the opposite campsite while we had 4 lodges that were by my estimations build around the 1980's because of how they connected their electricity and by the looks of how decayed many things were around the camp,of which the lights looked as if they were painted grey.
We set our tents and were assigned tents that we were going to stay in we threw our bags in the tent before preparing for our first wet activity and if i would to say the only fun activity we then had to do some other activities that were boring and childish in my opinion and for me personally i have done this many times in primary school on the various camps i have been to.After the boring activities we had our night walk where basically everyone in our class was cheating as they did not wear their blindfolds correctly and they could know where they were going.We then had supper before going to sleep.
On the second day of camp we had other boring activities that i felt were a waste of the schools funds because of how it could be held in school for a much cheaper rate as they required only 6 hoops and a few rubber bands to do the activity even the other activities required only a bucket filled with water and 2 ropes.
It was by far the worst part of camp i would say a waste of my time. The only thing that was good was the nature rumble where out shirts would become muddy and it was very irritating to clean up after ourselves.
After bathing we had our campfire where we did our cheers and sang. After the campfire we had our supper before we were suppose to sleep. I was quite lucky to have not slept in a stuffy tent this night as my tent was spoiled and was collapsing and was leaking from all side of the tent other than the floor. we slept in the hall where it was very cold and there was many mosquito's that around the so called "well maintained camp where
there was not much insects".
Day 3 i was very happy that i could go home from the camp as i did not really enjoyed the camp as i mention the activities done could have been easily done in school for a much cheaper price and would also save the time of the school as well as the students.We kept our tents before going back to school and thereafter home.
Overall i feel that the camp was a very bad choice as there was no real teamwork building that many students are writing about as only a few people did the work while others would be sitting down doing nothing i find that the people who praise the camp are the ones that did not do much or are just writing what they can think of to make the essay long enough for the teacher's to read without giving proper feedback as this camp was quite bad compared to the camps i have been to in Singapore as there were not many activities that could not be done in school,i would rather that the sec 2 students not go to the same camp that we went to as many people in my class said that the camp was very boring during the camp itself !
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