Sec 3 Camp Reflections

On the day before the camp,I was kind of not looking forward to it. 'Would it be fun? Would I be in danger? Oh,I don't wanna leave my bed.' I slept with a troubled mind,but decided to give it a chance.

Monday came really quickly,and in no time at all,we were in camp christine. We were the first class to come here,so they made us assemble in the grass. Ohboy,it was really hot. We were all fanning ourselves and complaining,as the hot sun kept shining on us as if its life depended on it. Finally,the last class came in,and we were briefed by our camp chief,Dawn. We were assigned to Jane and 'Tarzan'. Both of them looked really friendly,and we had a really fun time with them throughout the camp. Then,they brought us to pitch our tents. At first,I was like 'Huh? Tents? Aiya I don't know how to pitch!' Then when I tried it,it was really very fun.

Then,we went rafting. It was really fun,until Shintaro lost his glasses,then I,Andrew and some other people went and search,but to no avail. He was really sad about it,so I tried to comfort him. There were people laughing at him,which I felt was kind of annoying. Hope he's feeling alright!

Second day of our camp was really fun,all of the camps made us feel like we belonged in SA,and that 'We are not here by chance',as quoted from Mrs Belinda Charles,our ex-principal. We did many thing together. We made silly cheers,we did fun things,and we had fun together. We went for our 'Nature Rumble',which to me,felt really weird,I guess? Up till now,I can still remember what the mud smelt like. We had lots of fun in the mud. Shintaro drew his 'artwork' on my shirt,which was like,just mud everywhere. Tsk. Jonathan drew a moustache on himself and went 'Happy Easter',imitating a teacher,making us laugh. Nature's ramble was really fun. I enjoyed myself.

Then,it was campfire. The instructors were all dancing to 'Dirty Bit',and that made us all amazed. Then we were all so hyped up. Then,Mrs Lucy Toh came up to give a speech. Her words struck a chord in me,because they made me feel,that 3S2'11,will be really great. Then,we were all cheering 'Long pants,long pants'. When Mrs Toh finally agreed in us wearing long pants,we were really happy,and were cheering. But she also said 'With long pants,comes maturity.'

The next day,we had to leave the campsite. We were all really sad to leave,as we had so much fun(besides sleeping in the tent. I bet none of us enjoyed that). I've found new friends,got closer with friends,but also,I've found some people that I don't like. But that'll change,hopefully. I hope we'll get a chance like this to go to camp again. And,to hope that we,sec 3,really deserve to wear long pants. Up and On!

-Sean Foo(15)