Thursday, August 14, 2008
8:28 PM
Just came back from National Camp, about 2 hours ago, but a day early. Didn’t want to stay back cos most of my friends were also going back and there is nothing for us to do tomorrow. Anyhow, camp was like one of those rare camps that allow you to forget everything else except what’s going on at camp. I kinda needed that, to have a few days of “delusional” until “reality” sets in. And it really does feel like another world away from what I know.And it some weird ways, it got me reminded of dreams, like the rice I ate for today’s lunch, the moment I put it inside my mouth, my immediate though was Fred’s rice(long story).HAHAHA. Also the hours spent at the games station with the same people day in day out, like the amount of hours spent at the badminton court. Oh! And the boat that we rode to the NP camp resilience campsite, but it wasn’t the bumboat kind even though it’s pretty close.
We also joined forces with GB, St.John and 1 NP (Banu, our juice CI!) cos we slept in the same dorm and it was damn fun man! During the breaks, we would either be playing card games or catching up on our sleep. So far, we’ve played Saboteur (the BB next door taught us how to play), cheat, Taiti and UNO. At nights, the card games continue or we would just talk. But I have to admit, the cedar entertainment center (Eugenia, Adeline and Banu) are pretty entertaining. Most of the time, because of them, we would be laughing like mad. Playing cheat with Eugenia is very easy, cos during 1 break, Angela, Pamela, Eugenia and I were playing and when Angela suspected that she cheated, she looked Eugenia in the eye and Eugenia jz admitted it herself.LOL.but we didn’t get to finish the game…[edit at 7pm,Thursday]I got pretty lucky I worked with people I’m comfortable with at my stations. I did Trust Walk with Adeline and Angela on the 1st day and Fosball with Angela (Topshop) and Kathy ( Laoda) on the 2nd and 3rd day. Oh, and Banu also. The random talks in between the groups showed me how deep these people can get. It’s a matter of time I guess, I’m not hoping any big things to come out of it, to stay in contact would be good enough for me already. The downside of these type of things is that you will never know when you will see the person again, maybe soon, maybe never, no one will know. As always, the people make the difference. And this time,they really did. the closest thing to come to my dreamers so far, yet, you can't judge a person in 5 days.4 days is short, but enough time to make inside jokes and to live in the moment. To me, those 4 days is about them, save for a few sms-ses, I totally ignored the rest. Even though the dorm was pretty high tech( we had blankets, pillows, bunks and thick mattress with power plugs and cupboards), no one brought along anything high tech, unless u count hps and water heater.
And that’s the way I like it.Dinner and Lunch was a standard fare of rice and chicken. But the GG + GB highlights were the JUICE! Be it apple or orange, it was like treasure for us. We got pretty famous for asking for extra juice from Banu.HAHA. Lucky she gave us a whole carton of juice last night. And we ate our meals outside and since our dorm was facing the beach, it was pretty awesome. [edit again on monday,8th sept] I just remembered, when Charlie came down to my station on the 2nd day(haha.cos the cute acs(i) ncc air guy was in the group that found the bird), we found an injuried bird. If I remember correctly, it was when we were picking up the ball, banu found the bird and she and her friends, who were regulars at my station tried to lift the bird up, to see where the bird was injuried and to get the bird to the canteen to receive medical help. but in the end, Banu's head say to let the bird die, so she put the bird under the canteen, with orange and apple juice,water,snacks beside it. but in the end, the bird lived. :D And the group who saw the whole thing, i think we paused the game for a full 5 mins or so.
Campfire ended the whole thing perfectly, we all got high. FOXTROT RULES!GG + GB + SJAB Instructors is the <3To end this…
Chikka O zaggo,
Ziggi ziggi zaggo
What is the mammal of the sea called?
WHALE!WHALE!people..send me pictures please! i forgot who else besides kathy,eugenia,hawa and pamela took the pictures.anw...if you have them, send them to me.