Tuesday, November 28, 2006
yest's training was quite shiok... Firstly, it's cause mr lee (our teacher-in-charge cum coach) is not here n secondly cuz i can use upper-hand serve.... tt's e achievement tt i have so far..... each training i've been improving a little.... so far, tt's how much i've achieved so far... Yeah!!!!
previous training was quite fun... but yest's training was e best so far w/o seniors.... sorry ppl bout yest..... my balls were all 'sunday' balls... i din expect tt but it juz happened..... when i started to serve, i dun expect it to go over cuz of the way i threw e ball or hit e ball... but miraculously, the ball juz went over.... mayb luck was on my side.... hopefully, i can improve on tt or mayb tt could be my signature move... hee.... then competition, we sure can win.... Gogogo.....
but life w/o the seniors sure sux!!!! i believe those we understand wat i'm saying would agree with me... where's e enthusiasium, initiative and co-operation???? I DUN SEE ANY PRESENT..... tt's a v sad thing.... life dun revolve round u alone... things cant happen with juz u alone.... all of us have to come together to make things happen and also to help!!!! i'm so disappointed n sad.... a HUGE HUGE difference tt i see... wat's e pt when ppl dun put in e effort or even come down 4 training??? if some of us can make e sacrifice, why cant u make e same sacrifice for e same thing??? If this goes on, nothing can b achieved n we wont go far.... tt's a sure thing....
i no longer look forward 2 trainings.... haiz...
it's you that i treasure.. 2:21 pm
Sunday, November 26, 2006
OBS pics....
hey ppl... i finally got e chance to upload the pics my grp took during OBS!!! all our moments together n shared....
i missed the instructors, the course, my watch mates and everything.... i think i'm having post-OBS blues.... e week aft i came back, i still cant get used to civilisation & was always hungry.... (felt like a pig) everything was totally unfamiliar aft coming back.... now, i'm getting better.... but i was not e only one who was feeling like tt..... my fren oso felt the same thing... phew.... i'm going back there again (i hope so) due to work commitments... i'm looking forward to tt n v happy bout it... OBS, here i come again.... hee....
Thanks to those who were there to help me and giving me the support....
COOKS, thanks for encouraging me and giving me the strength to go on during the high elements' challenge.... i'm sorry tt i din managed to complete the whole challenge.... Thanks to those who were there with me when i was sick.... It was a great time we spent together... though time was short but i really enjoyed it n felt e warmth u guys gave....u guys are really a great WATCH n a wonderful bunch of frenz!!!
These moments tt we spent together as a WATCH will be kept close to my heart n brain.... all moments spent together will be cherished greatly too...
Once again... thank you COOKS!!! We rawks n we have the looks too... hee.... 

top:e beautiful night scenery of ubin bottom:COOKS unite (last day le)


top:Our 1st day of OBS... bottom: last dinner together as a WATCH


top: pitching up tents for e night bottom: DINNERTIME!!! yummy....

top: Climbing n belaying in progress bottom: highest pt of pulau ubin
it's you that i treasure.. 12:19 pm
Saturday, November 18, 2006
OBS!!!!
hi ppl.... I"m back!!! Tis will be a super duper long entry... bear with me for a while.... it'll b all details of my 5 days at OBS!!!! I dun at all regret going for OBS!!! It's fun, memorable and superb!!!!I've been to OBS once and it was residential.... Residential = chalet... i'm serious.... e activities are not as tough n challenging as those in mobile... When we knew our grping n tt we will be in mobile..... I'm was like "wat e hell???? I'm going to suffer n go thru hell training...." But now aft going thru, i was like "oh my god!!!! tis is so fun n enjoyable...."My watch grp is COOK!!!! n we rawks!!!! my instructor, serene was oso nice n fun... Yeah man..... They ppl there are nice, wonderful n lovable.... they are always helpful n cracking jokes cheering everyone up n giving each n everyone of us the power n energy to face e days' challenges..... sad thing was Serene wasnt our instuctor... she was standing in for someone only n will be leaving us aft 2 days... 1st of OBS not so tiring.... mayb cuz it was raining thus we cant do much activities.... we juz got 2 koe each other and packed our bag to prepare ourselves for e next 4 days' journey..... i think e backpack tt we carried was close to 20KG!!!!!! we slept in e open with a tent for 4 nights!!!together with ants, mosquitoes, hard grd n all sort of other funny stuff.... tis was e night where e ppl in my tent slept with a frog outside... noisy n irritating... e stupid frog was croaking for a few hrs ....2nd day: this is where all e fun n activities started..... We went off to the Camp 1 (i think tt's camp 1) which is e residential area.... and we stayed there for e night..... fun n shiok!!!! At 1st, i tot we were going to juz do rock climbing cuz we learnt how 2 belay on e 1st day.... Ltr to my v surprise, it was HIGH ELEMENTS!!!! really killer for me!!! I was damn afraid of heights n i've to go thru this..... my heart really drop out of my mouth a few times..... out of e 2 grps there, I'M E ONLY ONE WHO SCREAMED E MOST N E LOUDEST!!! abit embarrassing though.... this was a great achievement cuz i managed to complete about half e challenge... at 1st my aim was juz to go thru 1 part of it n juz drop down..... with Serene n watch mates' encouragement, i managed to do it!!! thx ppl..... when i complete e 1st part of it, i was like "yeah!! i did it n it's time 2 get down.." but Serene refused to let me down.... she encouraged me to go on n try e 2nd part of it.... with all their encouragements n lots of time taken to calm myself down n think thru it, i plucked my courage n went on 2 e next part of e challenge.... slowly, i took e 1st step n walked down e log tt was in mid air..... lots of ppl there cheering me on plus all my screaming n shouting..... finally, juz a few more steps b4 i complete tis challenge, i requested 2 go down...cant take it anymore.... no more energy 2 go on.... i pleaded 2 get down..... at 1st, everyone still wanted me 2 perserve on but i seriously no energy le.... b4 i get down, 'rescue team' got ready... all my watch mates position themselves n tried their best to let me down slowly n carefully.... some of them came to support me down safely.... when i reached e grd, tears of joy, happiness n shock.... Serene gave me a pat on my back while some of my watch mates gave me credit.... my 1st achivement..... Thx Fred for belaying me... can only rmb him as i saw him belaying me aft opening my eyes 4 e 2nd part.... Aft lunch, we went off for kayaking lesson n learnt how 2 capsize.... my injuries started frm here... I got blisters frm e stones n pebbles rubing my skin inside my shoes..... pain, pain n more pain.... but it was fun.... looking forward 2 e next day's activities.... 3rd day: Land expedition!!! tiring n back breaking..... we carried a backpack tt was close to 20KG with us n walked in pulau ubin for 1 day... back breaking n shoulders achin.... e weather not so nice today lah... it rained n all of were drenched... we couldnt take out our poncho faster enuf.... e bag too big n heavy le.... e path we took were either slopes, muddy areas or rocky roads... hardly any proper roads... when it rained, things got worse.... all e paths were flooded... in e end, all our feet were wet n smelly.... we made it to all our checkpts n to our campsite.... Good job done, COOKS!!! e ltr part was then e best part!!! we had quarry dip!!!! it was actually a real quarry tt was filled with clean n almost clear water... we all jumped in n 'cleaned ourselves'..... shiok!! aft enjoying ourselves in e quarry, we went off 2 dry ourselves n changed.... we din have any proper toilets.... all we had was a corner away frm e ppl n we juz changed n did eveything in e open!!!! juz like e ppl of past..... really learnt how 2 appreciate wat we have now n treasure all stuff.... food was e most precious 2 us.... All of us were v contented 2 juz have dry rations, canned food n maggi noodles.... these food tasted heavenly to us these 5 days.... i was quite unlucky though.... i was down with flu on tis day.... 1st nose blocked.... ltr it started dripping.... bad thing to happened.... all e ppl in my watch were nice.... 1 of them went with me 2 find an instructor for medication... found 1 instuctor, Steven n he said i was feverish.... so off he went to take 1st aid kit.... ltr, it turned out e thermometer is spoiled... so off he went to take another one n oso 2 inform my instructor..... so we waited.... almost all of e members of COOKS sat with me 2 wait for his return.... so touching n warm.... we chatted, joked n have fun while waiting.... too long wait le so thomas n cui xia went off 2 look 4 insructor Steven again.... aft a while, he came n took my temperature... Heng no fever, if not i cant join them for sea expedition tmr.... so he sent me us off 2 bed.... no medication for me cuz e instuctor say e medicine will make me feel drowsy n all i needed was rest n water.... we chatted n joked with instructor Steven for a while b4 going 2 bed.... fun n splendid.... aft sneezing for i think 6 times, i managed 2 sleep... so no need 4 them to KO me.... but... at 2 plus, e ppl in my tent woke up... guess wat woke us up??? techno indian music!!!!! we dunno where it came frm but e music was quite loud n played on for quite a long time.... pulau ubin not so backdated loh.... heng we managed to get back 2 sleep aft a while.... 4th day: Sea expedition!!!! where e fun begins again!!!! we were e last grp 2 set off but it was okie.... in e end we were still quite fast n some of us were quite up ahead.... it was oso tiring as we still haven recover frm e aches n pain frm e other days.... the sun was sorching so we have to constantly apply sun block n hydrate ourselves.... my partner was sweet... he did quite a lot i muz say.... he would splash water on me at times 2 hydrate my skin n oso help those tt needed help... a few hrs out in e sea with e sorching hot sun.... but everyone din complain much n were trying our best 2 kayak fast so tt we will b on schedule.... at i think 11 plus, we reached an island where we were supposed to take a break n have lunch.... so we gathered n took our lunch.... coffee biscuits tasted heavenly at tt time... we share our food n had 2 drink lots of water.... as for me.... i had 2 cover up all my injuries n blisters... pain, pain, pain... i limb 2 take a seat n pasted plasters on my blisters... i think i'm e only one in my grp with e most blisters n injuries.... b4 we set off, instructor Steven came n ask me if i was feeling better.... i was feeling okie tt day, i supposed.... tiredness came over everything.... so off we went 2 complete e 2nd half of e journey.... this was when i had a bad cut on my hand.... a nice clean cut wherby aft my hand went past e kayak, e whole skin came off nicely n blood was oozing out... ouch.... blood din stop oozing out.... aft my partner came 2 koe tt i injured my hand, he asked me 2 stop kayaking.... feel bad 2 let him kayak all e way... so juz bear n kayak on.... 1 stroke n there was blood.... aft a while, nat n kong came n ask wat happened.... aft they knew tt i was injured, they kayak off 2 find plaster 4 me.... with e plaster on it, at least i dun see blood ozzing out anymore... but e pain is still there.. off we go on our journey... but tis time, with caution... muz beware of oncoming kayak tt was coming in our way.... if not my hand will suffer more.... finally, at bout 2 plus, we reached our destination n yahoo.... we all made it.... we were on schedule.... another big achievement..... we went on shore and had 2 wash e kayaks n keep them.... everyone helped n we were done in no time..... then e scary thing came.... JETTY JUMP!!!!! my heart drop out again.... aft e high elements challenge, i tot no more scary stuff le... but i was wrong... so off we went 2 e jetty, my watch mates were quite enthu n excited bout it.... i was freaking out totally n finding ppl 2 wait in e sea 2 rescue me aft i jumped.... i was e last 2 jump n b4 i jumped, legs went wobbly..... really dare not jump so i ask my instructor 2 push me off... but he say cannot.... muz jump on ur own... no choice... waited 4 bout 2 secs n i jumped.... no strength 2 swim 2 ladder... so my fren dragged me on.... finally reached 2 ladder n climbed up....once on land, my legs turned wobbly n i fell 2 e grd... sat on e grd for a while b4 i could stand up.... another achievement.... my watch ppl all v brave n daring... they wanted another jump so off we went.... but this time, i din jump.... no strength le... so they jumped while i looked on.... took pics with them ltr in e sea... fun.... tmr will b e last day of OBS le... Going 2 miss everyone le.... so we wanted to stay up e whole night n chit chat.... unfortunately not allowed... sad... 5th day: e last day of OBS le!!! time pass fast n we were going to part soon... everyone really cant bear to.... we spent so many memorable days n happy moments together.... we packed up our stuff n cleaned e stuff n store.... had breakfast together 4 e lst time.... soon, we gathered together n waited 2 be sent back to main land n part off.......e 5-day journey ended there and we came back to main land... a few of e COOKS gathered 4 lunch b4 going back home.... for me... i really felt tt i learnt alot n grew stronger... i oso grew mentally... thou things were tough at 1st, but with determination n encouragement frm ppl, things can b overcomed.... i managed to complete half e high elements challenge, sucessfully completed my land and sea expeditions and oso went for my jetty jump.... w/o e other menbers of COOKS, i dun think i can make it... e quotes tt we had were oso inspirational.... when we are faced with obstacles, do not be afraid, plucked up ur courage, and overcome it.... all of us can do it!!! wat happens behind us n before us r tiny matters ... wat happen within us are those tt really matters.... it's v true.... there are still more quotes tt we were presented.... i dun regret going 4 OBS tis time nor i was disppointed tt i wasnt in residential... it was a good training... it makes us treasure things n dun take things for granted.... tis course made me learn more things tt i cant find in textbooks or anywhere else.... those mosquito bites n injures dun really matter... thou it may b itchy n painful but e experiences i've gained really made all those bites n injures worth it.... TO SERVE TO STRIVE AND NOT TO YIELD(pics of e course arent ready yet.... shall post them up when it's ready....)
it's you that i treasure.. 12:11 pm