PRS Camp Log 20 April 2012
"Oh my God," I thought to myself, " I'm so looking forward to this!"
School was just dismissed for the weekend, and the day ended well. With Chinese on "Relief" because teacher had to attend some debate competition thing. And we were gathering below the old UBK room, it took ages for registration though since people were quite uncooperative. By the time we got it done, it was way past the originally allocated time for leaving. The Form5s at the back of the bus were really energetic but the juniors were sort of quiet and kept to their groups of two or three, mostly.
We arrived there and settled in, then we went for the Obstacle Course. There I found out that I apparently have more physical prowess than I thought I had, I could climb over a wall almost the same height as me, I think. And could climb a rope grid pretty quickly faltering, despite my slight fear of height, I didn't waiver. And then I had a heart attack when I was scaling the hanging tyre station and I fell off. All of a sudden, I was almost upside down, so I just gave up on climbing back onto the tyre and just jumped down. Yan Hui fell on her ass in one of the stations and everybody huddled to see if she was okay.
Tiring yes, but still great fun. That night, we broke into our groups (actually set by yours truly and Bao Ni) and began out PRS Modules 1 and 2. Like I said, I'll cover the modules in another post. And then at the end before we ended for the night, En Bakri asked us to arrange the chairs on both sides of a small path, and guess what? We had to do weird, funny, awkward poses to get past, and then only we were dismissed. At first, I was a little shy to do it, but seeing as nobody else (especially the juniors) wanted to try it, I just thought 'Oh screw this' And just did some Egyptian dance across the "catwalk", I wanted to do the bimbo paparazzi thing but Pn Nayagi already took it. Oh well, we got to see the wild creative side of many camp-goers then.
En Bakri also came up with this concept of "Homeguard!" (or whatever it was to him, I only heard homeguard) And we're supposed to bend forward with our arm stretched to the front. Homeguard Atas, hand up, Homeguard Bawah, hand down, Homeguard Pusing-pusing, hand forward while rotating in a circle and Homeguard X (X being the name of a teacher), and we're supposed to mimic the teacher.
Tiring day, but the four GMs (me, ZL, YH and FY) had to do some discussion about our games the next day until 2am, my brain had almost stopped working already, super tired by then. Went back and fell asleep instantly while Lun and the guys went out and played with what, I don't know. They slept really late though and then next day when we woke up it was really cold. In contrast with the warmness of the dorm during the night. It was really cold and raining the night before. So that's the first day.
PRS Camp Log 22 April 2012
When I woke up, I was shivering because it was so cold. And when I went to the dining hall for breakfast, my arms were wrapped around my body and my teeth were chattering. Also, because of my overstraining my body during the previous day, all the muscles in my body were aching. The teachers thought I got sick already, and asked me to quickly go get my hot drink. In the end, I drank 4 cups of steaming hot Milo, and felt much better. Even though my muscles were stiff and I was still shaking a little.
We went rafting after breakfast. Actually, I didn't want to join them rafting because me arms weren't even responding properly to me. But teacher asked me to go and watch them. We had to tie our own rafts, which took ages, and then we had a race with rival groups. At first, my arms were too stiff so I just stood there and watched. Yee Tang got really pissed that I wasn't helping them tie, I guess. It's not my fault that my arms are in pain right? (Okay, I guess that was a lousy excuse actually) In the end, I helped them because standing there made me feel like I was missing out on something, and I wanted to enjoy the camp to the max. Pn Nayagi was like "I thought your arms were painful?" And I replied her, "They are, but I didn't want to miss on out anything." So, we did and our group's raft was the most hardy among all. Our rival group's raft, sort of dismantled itself halfway through the race.
That was the only activity we had that day, other than the closing ceremony. So after rafting the guys and some girls and Ms Shirlena went up to the "Kolam" to swim, while I went to take a shower. Oh yeah, I forgot to talk about the bathroom, there were 6 showerheads (okay, just pipes) that were in the open, as in without walls and you could see each other, but obviously the people that showered there kept their underwear on, to avoid embarrassment? Haha! I didn't want to go and play with the rest of them for two reasons. One, I didn't want to fight over them for the private shower rooms. Two, I had to treat my cuts because they were hurting and a few were bleeding again, from the previous day's trekking. Oh, by the way, the shower water was freezing cold. Fresh mountain water. Every time I showered, I was shivering when I came out.
So, our group didn't win best group in the end. But we didn't intend on it, camp wasn't about being a competition. It's mostly about learning new stuff, skills and just having fun! The ride down the mountain (standing) was, let's say, bumpy and shaky. My ass hurts because it kept hitting onto the railing, but the ride down was exciting too. And then when we got down. Glorious mobile signal and internet. Went back to school and stayed in the beautiful air-conditioned UBK room. GLORIOUS AIR-CONDITIONING.
Overall
The camp venue (Dusun Eco Resort, Pahang) was considerably okay, but last year I heard, the dorms had air conditioning. Damn! And they expect a room of 14 people to use only one electric point. Nice, thankfully I had both my mobiles with me so I didn't have to charge my phones.
The mobile signal there was really weak, and only some spots you could get it. Strange, it's like 2 metres away from a spot that does, there isn't any line. So I had to go all LionKing-mode on my phone to get my beloved internet service (RY taught me how to get cheap mobile internet, thank you Maxis!)
Icy-cold water for showers was exciting and refreshing after a hot day's activities. Sadly, I didn't get any tanner. What? I don't want to look pale, like a freaking computer freak that stays indoors all the time. I don't get why the people I know want fair skin, especially guys. Geez.
I found myself being more outspoken and confident and daring after the camp. Beneficial indeed, especially the modules, they were really good and enlightening. Totally going for next year's camp. Yan Hui too, she'll be driving me. Taking the bus with the rest of them seems kind of awkward and taxing and we can't stop whenever we like to get a bite/toilet break. Oh well, looking forward to next year's camp!
And in these three days, the activities got my mind off things. I was having genuine happiness throughout the three days. Something which I haven't tasted for over half a year, not since the Pangkor Class Trip last September. I completely forgot all of my troubles, all of my worries, all of my problems there. It was nice, really nice.
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