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Stacy: 15/11
Rita: 19/4
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Hannah: 13/8
Chloe: 17/5
Ben: 4/11
Marcus: 13/2
Marvin: 22/9
Timothy: 21/1
Alexandra:): 11/2
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Celina: 20/8
Linus: 24/6

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8:19 PM



I'm really excited,
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5:21 PM



Hey Everyone!

Yep anyway, I just spoke to Liangfu and theres a slight change of plans!We might be going to East Coast for cycling but if it rains, our back up plan is to have a movie marathon in church alright!

More stuff to remember:
1.Consent Forms
2.Thanksgiving homework
3.Cutlery(sp?!) for steamboat and other meals!
4.SLEEPING BAGS!

SPREAD THE WORD AND I CANT WAIT TO SEE YOU GUYS TMRW!

Lots and Lots of LOVE,
Alexthebeautiful!
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10:11 PM





HAHA YAY :D
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9:33 PM



Hello Dear CG :)

I'm sure you all are really excited,
& I guess you all know what to pack!
We've decided we won't really go out,
except when we go to buy dinner,
and we'll take neoprints then,
is everybody agreeable ?

If anyone does want to go out,
do say so & suggest where ! :)

That's all,
Rest well before retreat
& BE PREPARED :)
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3:12 PM



Hey Faithfulnessss (:
Our blog is pretty dead, in terms of posting! AHAH, so alexthebeautiful is here to save it! Kk, I just wanted to post bout the additional stuff we all need to bring for cg sleepoverrr! Besides clothes, toiletries and all those boring stuff!

Please Bring:

1.Board games of any kind!
Hahhah to entertain us during the day, dont think we'll be going out! Cus we cant decide on location! :(

2.Dvds!
Most probably having a day time movie marathon! Bring nice showssss! Anyone has horror shows? HAHAH, snacks too! Then we wont get hungry! (:

3.Money!$$ (Ka-ching!)
For lunch (undecided where yet) and steamboat dinner, we'll be going out to buy food to cook! Lf, are you bringing steamboat machine?! (:

4.Cute stuff toys!
Like my very own tofu! Cuddle to sleep! Unless you think you're too old for stuff toys >: (

5.Art Materials
For some day time activity, the one we discussed on sunday aft cg. (:

AHAHAH, yep thats it! Dont forget your toothbrushes and sleeping bagsssss! Yep, cant wait you guyssssss! SEE YOU (:


Love,
alextheveryverybeautiful!
Founder of Beauty Club. (:
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12:23 PM











I <3 cute jumping stuffs. :D
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10:06 PM



OBS isnt scary LAH

Girls will do lesser stuff... RELAX
ask natalie :D
she found it fun! wahahaha

Good thing i asked her about it before going... YAY :D

I <3 OBS
I miss OBS

HANNAH AND ALEX HELP ME BUY THE OBS SHIRT :D
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9:27 PM



Woowweee.
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10:46 PM





Hmmm, im back from OBS.
i still dont get it, we're supposed to go to OBS in sec 3?
why go in sec 2?
:O
i think next year we need go for overseas OBS :/

Everyone thought OBS is some death camp lah, but actually overall quite okayyy :D
At least we survived?

i think the stupidest thing i didnt do there was buy their shirt....
i dont know leh, i thought the price was a bit dumb, $17/18 for one shirt?! ._.
haha anyway i didnt bring enough money so i didnt buy... maybe its a good thing? 塞翁失马？
who cares. everyone scolding me why i didnt buy the shirt when i go there -.-
cause its one in a life time thingy to go to OBS =.=
heck, can ask my scgs friends buy for me right? -.-
LAMEDUCK.
wahaha, but i think i have to remember to ask them to buy for me ;D

Wa sian, Junda, Aaron, Kenneth and Louis all can pon the OBS.
Junda: Giddy la, dont need go (not sure on this one)
Aaron: fell down 2 days before OBS, deep cuts in knee
Louis: (the night before OBS) "eh ben, tell ah Ms yap, i got toe nail infection" ._.
Kenneth: Got skin problems, so cant go for camps

but then, they need go school for EOYA
i think ill rather go OBS.

Lets see, the OBS thing was 5 days long, we didnt get to bring in any tech inside as they wanted us to go "back to basics"
also dont let us bring in any tidbits wahaha.
Wa lao, i went to pass them my handphone and a small packet of oreo biscuits
Then Jared and Issac own lorh, go hide their handphone.
Jared champion, bring in erm, lets see.. 1 big pack of seaweed, erm, 2 big packets of potato chips?
think JacknJill cant remember le. :/ then still got prawn crackers and 1 big packet of cuttlefish :O

Maybe ill write my whole trip in OBS camp luh. now nothing better to do... :/
Anyway Nicolette said if you post more, more people will tag HAHAHA

Day1:
Left school, slept in the bus... :D
reached the OBS reception area (still on the mainland)
Waited there for like 1+ hour... -.-
Then we were grouped, my group was with Liang Kun, Libo and Daniel (GROUP 7 YAY)
then regrouped with other classes so other classes the group 7s joined us.
Therefore my group all aphelion *whew*
Group 7: Me, Liang Kun, Libo, Daniel, Jared, Issac, Benjamin Goh, Kevin, John, Justin etc etc

Reached Pulau Ubin in some boat... full of spiders :D
finally reached there and then we followed our group instructor, Teressa
Do some really crappy stuff like asking what were our goals and stuff
We also did some ice breakers....
But kinda useless, whats the point? we knew almost everyone -.-
One of the questions i kind of remembered was: "whats one thing you want to achieve down here"
Everyones answer: "TO SURVIVE 5 DAYS HERE" (hehe maybe some havent said byebye to their gfs :] )

Then we spent the other half of the day doing admin work like packing of food, unloading of bags, Appointment of ICs and other leaders
I ended up as Quarter master -.- With Benjamin Goh.... :X

Then the only thing we did on Day 1 which was exciting was um, the teachin of us to rock climb?
BUT IT WAS JUST BELAYING!!! wth!
we climbed less than 2m off the ground
and had to belay down...
Needed to learn how to belay and stuff -.-
Why? Reason was cause we were gonna Rock climb this really really big wall on Day 3...
Group 7 ended up the last group ... :/

Therefore, we got the instructor kinda pissed...
The instructors at OBS seem to have high expectations of HCI people...
Everything we do, they'll say, YOURE HCI! YOURE BETTER THAN OTHERS. WHY ARE YOU DOING IT SO SLOW?
i mean like, wth!
Then group 7 had to pitch tents late in the forest.
Yes, i really mean forest -.-
We were in camp 1... AND HAD TO WALK INTO THE FOREST JUST TO PITCH TENT =.=
a bit dumb. only a bit lahhh :D
we went lateeee... :/
when we were walking to our camping spot, Hoe Kang's group were just coming downnn
Dots!
When we reached there, it was about 6.45pm
We still havent learnt how to pitch the tent at that point of time so... :/
yep, took 15 mins to learn... Kinda easy cause it was a Dome Shaped Tent. supposedly easier to pitch.
WHO CARES, we pitched A-Shaped Tents in Sec 1 camp xD
Sian, by the time we finished learning, the place was turning dark.
finished pitching around 730.
Kinda dark then, especially in the middle of the forest.

How to pitch a tent:
1) Find a good spot (DUHHH) xD
2) Look out for any half broken branches which are going to fall
3) Look out for any hornets/bees nest
4) Look out for any Ants nest.
5) Look out for where the wind's blowing (or else REALLY HOT)
6) Look out for which way your door would be opening. (you dont want to wake up in the middle of the night and open the tent door to bang into a tree -.- )

Yep, and then youre ready to pitch your 4 man TENT YAYYYY :D

Slept at 11pm... YAWN.
omg, i think i died in that tent.
we pitched our tent on a slope.
Tent mates were 2A people :D Me,Daniel,Liang Kun,Libo

Sian, Liang kun slept at the top of the slop, Daniel at the middle, me a bit below daniel, and Libo at the bottom.
WTH DANIEL ROLLED ON TO ME WAHAHAHA
and i got squished between Daniel and Libo...
AND IT WAS DAM HOT
NO WIND AND WAS REALLY HUMID.

RAWR.
sigh, all in 1 day at OBS. no pillow, no bolster, no mummy. HAHAHA

Day2:
Woke up the next morning at 5+ am
just to unpitch tents.
HOW TO UNPITCH IN PITCH DARKNESS...
Good thing we went through sec 1 camp at serimboon (or however you spell it)
and learnt you need powerful torches in ourdoor camps -.-

Sigh, last group to unpitch and leave campsite. :/
Ate biscuits for breakfast.
Actually, We ate biscuits almost everyday for every meal except for dinner where we cooked our own rice, which would get burnt.
LAMEDUCK. :/

After breakfast, we learnt how to kayak
Learn capsizing near land,
and far from land in deep sea. =.=
TX RESCUE YAOW :D
My kayak was shared by Daniel :D
NPCC powerrr! :D

nothing much happened on Tuesday cause um, nothing much happened? xD
maybe during the journey back to camp 1, (from the capsizing training area) Libo tried to overtake our Kayak and then um, Flipped his own ;D
Extra TX rescue to do... :/
Last group again.
Instructor pissed off le. say we not good enough, about how she cant believe HC so noob.
Said about how she would feel unsafe after trusting her future in us as future leaders -.- LAMEDUCK.
HAHAHA :D
who cares.

At 9pm we packed our stuff into OBS backpacks to go for some 3km Nighttrek to our next campsite. wth.
20kg Backpack for those without bottles, 25kg for those with bottles. (2L bottes which OBS issues out)
sigh, i carried My stuff+Liang Kun+Daniel's stuff all in one backpack ;D + 4 2L bottles=8Kg extra
Instructor said if any of our backpacks didnt feel like at least 20kg, they wanted us to carry the bottles.
Good thing i already had 4 bottles ;D
LOL before we even left, our shoulder suan le...
Hopefully we get use to it, which we eventually did
3km trek into the darkness began....
Started off as the last one, Ended up first. FInally Instructor happy with us...
:D
the 3km trek took about um, 1+ hours.
but seemed like 5 hours... so tired... zzz
Imagine carrying at least 20kg on your back while walking through some forest with many mozzies :D
Who knows, might have dengue there :O

At least we finally reached there as the 2nd group :D
Got a good camping spot.
Had kind of good wind (for then only)
As soon as we pitched tent, THE WIND STOPPED WTH
NO WIND T.T
hotness.
Jared had a splinterrr in his pinkie awww... :/
Can tell super pain sia! ==

Instructors told us where the peeing spots were, where the Big business spots were and to use a shovel to dig a hole before doing it...
BUT HAHAHAHAHA WHO CARES, everyone did it without holes...
Hmmm next morning quite nice smell ;D

Wahaha i remember on tuesday night, i woke up to find my socks drenched with dew, i walked out of my tent to get my bag to get new socks, when this Anonymous guy came up to me (iSpark) and begged me for a shovelling tool.
Obviously i didnt have it cause erm, my group was too lazy to bring? so i said no...
Then he nodded and zao...
5mins later he came back and begged me almost with tears in his eyes :"Do you have toilet paper?"
I shook my head...
And then he tried to keep his cool, although it was kinda obvious he was crying...
like omg, outfield without toilet paper and needing it really badly... OUCH.
but i seriously had no toilet paper cause my group didnt bring any either x]
yep, after he walked away, i dont know what happened of him... :/
He seriously looked dam dam pitiful :O

Sian, Tuesday nothing nice also la, just learn how to kayak, which was fun... Kind of. xD

Day3:
Woke up next morning, New socks redrenched with dew. WTH.
Good thing i brought loads of socks ;D

Continued trekking with our 25kg backpacks...
For the next 9 hours, from about 9am till about um, 4pm... :X
My team of um, Me, Liang Kun and Timothy and Alcander had to be the navigators and stuffs for some part of the journey... :X
sian...
We climbed some hill to the peak of Ubin and after seeing the clear blue quarry we needed to shout what we thought we had strength in...
AND THEN CAN HEAR CLEAR ECHOS COOLLLL

Anyway from up there you can clearly differenciate Singapore and Malaysia
Singapore got Concrete Jungle. um Malaysia normal jungle. ;D

Whew, walked like um,
In pitstops: 3km+4km+2km+1.5km+4.3km+3km=17.8km
:/
not fair.
Group 6-9 needed to walk 17.8km for 8 hours while 1-5 only walk like less than half of that -.-
Sean told me their group walked from 11am-2pm? huh.... They walk straight to camp 2 after going to the highest peak of Pulau Ubin...
Nevermind, at least walk until shuang shuang ;D

YAY reached camp 2 at around um, 4+pm...
Did debrief and then went to cook our dinner and prepare the tents.
HOW GOOD FOR US, WE FOUND OUT AT 730pm THAT CAMP 2 HAD TOTALLY NO ELECTRICITY
After pitching tents and eating, the toilet was pitch black.
WTH!!!
EH ITS DAM SCARY TO BATHE IN PITCH DARKNESS... especially in a toilet with cockroaches and lizards all around you...
ZzZ halfway bathing, Heard Issac shout: " #&^%!!! who the &^%# do his big business in the *&^%ing drain!"
Cause it was those toilets which had a connecting drain at the bottom... i mean like to drain away the water or something...
EH LIKE WTC, a piece of that smelly stuff was floating lah... altough pitch black can still use torchlight see :O

whew bathe finished liao, heard someone shout.
WHERES MY UNDERWEARRRR :O

YAY DAY 3 FINISHED....
Slept with extra people in my tent, Jared and Benjamin Goh
A 4 man tent housing 6 people...
A bit squishy... Only a bit... xD (sacarsmmm)

Day4:
Woke at 4am to prepare our kayaks.
OUCH...
prepared to kayak the whole of pulau ubin in 5 hours... :/
xiao!!! especially when it was raining... :/
Natalie told me they kayaked from Camp 2 to 1 onlyy...so good :X
wahaha nevermind lah, kayak whole ubin more fun... :D
Threwed into the kayak 1 orange, 1 pack of ovaltine, 1 bun in wrapper.
Survive on that till noon :/

I had to partner Liang Kun cause Daniel too pro, must help other people... :/
Yawn, kayak for like 3 hours liao, around um, 9+am finish only half of ubin zzz :/
Then somemore at around 10+ the tide will become high, which means it will be hightide -.- (stating obviousnesses) :D
Plus the half journey of Ubin we had the current helping us along... But now the Current was against us since we were circling Ubin... !!!
DIE.
SOMEMORE THAT PART GOT LOTS OF JELLYFISH
rahhh, thats scaryyy...

Anyway kayaking rules are that we should not go near kelong, wait the dogs there jump onto our boats.
Thats kinda true cause whenever we passed by, the dogs will bark at us and then sometimes they jump into the water... :/
wahaha not as bad as jellyfish lahhh :D

While paddling got to catch some fish by scooping them into our boats.
Nicholas caught a swordfish look-a-like baby thingy...
:O
but swordfish? TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE.
i caught a kind of squishy fish in my boat.
i think the whole of ubin was about 20km? i not sure... i hope im not exaggerating but the instructor showed us the map and the boxes and stuff each box=1km so 20 boxes=20km?
i dont know...
AIYA WHO CARES we kayaked finish can le :D

Dloy and Lai Sheng played in the kayak...
Always trying to capsize my boat.
WTH
wahaha, while doing that they accidentally capsized xD
then Yingzhi jumped into the seawater to pee. :D
mhmm...

I like those big ships passing us and giving us big waves ;D
Can ride the waves and see people capsize WAHAHA SADDISTIC :D

Went back to camp 1 with blistered fingers... :/
Went reached camp 1 was about 3+
lol, after that we sang the school song and conduct songs to action that we kayaked the whole of Ubin.
thats for group 6-9
Group 1-5 slack again, kayak to Ubin village the instructor said they took too long so they kayaked back :/
NOT FAIR...
wahaha, Heard from group 2 that Yi Ren slept while Kayaking with Liming wahaha... :D
Kayak Kayak... SLEEP... KAYAK KAYAK... Snore...

HongSeng got headache halfway through, couldnt continue, got towed by the speedboat. :/

Day5:
Prepared to go home and receive results D:
sian....
RIGHT AFTER OBS SOMEMORE.
as if we're not depressed enough ;D
After saying byebye to the instructors we left Ubin and got home to see Junda, Aaron, Kenneth and Louis looking so clean so we went to hug them :D

Got results already then go home zzz
Got my father to fetch me :D
Yep, went home to sleep.

One thing i successfully got back was a cut on my finger.. :D i dont need to go cca :D

OBS- Others Before Self
OBS- Others Beneath Self
OBS- Oh Boy this Sucks
OBS- Changing Boys into Men (NAHHHH)
OBS- All for One, One For All
OBS- To Lead, To serve, To strive and Not to yield.

YAYYY :D

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