day 3 - sea expedition

On that day, we woke up at 0630 in the morning and got prepared for the expedition. By 0730 we stood by at the beach. Carrying around 30 kayaks to the beach line. There were around 60 ppl. One ready we took on the waters. All of us in a diamond formation. But actually, it didn't look like a diamond at all lah. We were closely packed. i had to ride with another guys whom I don't rilli know and he sits in front while i sit at the back. He has to spam strokes while I control the direction of our travel by kayak. Its a hard job for me. We were always at the front or the middle of the diamond and I think I was the one putting most of the effort. We actually are supposed to kayak one round around Ubin. At the northern oceanic stretch of ubin the waves were harsh and it was quite scary. The current and wind were against us. Luckily none capsized. Many gigantic boats and ships passed by us, the tiny little tin cans floating in the sea. The noob kayakers at the back were rilli pitiful in my eyes. They stayed at the back troughout the journey.
By the time we completed 80% of the journey my hands were as tired and numb as stone. Exhausted but determined, I carried on. It took us around 8hrs to reach shore at camp 2. From 8am to 4 pm++. it was fun.

day 4- LAND expedition

The worst of them all was the Land ex. The tent was loaded onto my back and the jerricans and water bottles loaded onto my fingers. Our entire group was loaded with weight, our camping bags. Our journey was.. from the centre of Ubin, to the east, back the the central east and to the eastern most. Sounds easy? IT WASNT. It was hell tiring and I has to adjust my tent 'sling bag' around my shoulder which you obviously THOUGHT that it was light but it wasn't! Half of the water bottled in my group were lined up together using a bamboo pole and me and faruoq carried it. The journey was harsher than the day before. the sun was scorching. the land was muddy. the weight was heavy. the journey was long. and we were suffering. To ease all the pain. Me , farouq and Teck chiand and some others sang some songs which were a bit more for girls.
We sang Fabulous by Ashley tisdale, 7 things by Miley Cyrus, some Britney spears songs, some japanese songs and some korean songs. The best one was Fabulous.=) farouq also entertained us with his 'bitch' talk and his gayness. I heard no one moaning at all. In the beginning. Towards the end ther were some. We started off at 8++ and reached camp near 5pm. OUCH. My shoulders hurt damn bad.

At night we were supposed to meet Vanessa at 930pm for dinner but we arrived at 10pm. She was so angry with us because we were late. We showered at the dorms when we weren't supposed to. I was one of the guilty ones and I felt really bad about it. the way she scolded was like how my mother scolds. She ended off by grabbing her cooking stuff and walking off real fast to her office. We later apologised to her ... actually it was Tim which represented all of us. farouq could still joke after that matter happened. He was like ' I'm never serious......seriously' LOL shuddup la.

Later we cooked and it was nice. We had maggi cooked by vanessa and Farouq had Carbonara-Maggi cooked in Campbell Mushroom soup. lol should try it at home someday.


day 5 - lastly

We started off with morning PT which was more of a UG 'torture.' The instructors became NCOs and we became cadets. And we did pumping. it wasn't that bad. But then we had to keep all the camping stuff in the store in the dorm and we did it quite efficiently at the end. nothing much to describe. its just work. Later we brought our heavy bags and assembled it somewhere...near the jetty. Of course we rode the ferry to punggol jetty in the end lah. and it was raining.





I rode the bus to kovan and had KFC with dion, farouq and teck chiang.