Service Learning Camp Rawks!!

Finally back from camp...

1st day:
Arrived at school at 7 plus and was practising the dance steps with Karissa at the basement. Went to the hall to assemble and were given sausage bread as breakfast.. I force myself to swallow it down and almost vomitted cause the bread was so wet and I ate sausage bread earlier in my house! Took our camp t-shirt, handed our wallets plus handphones and had some briefing before leaving the school at 8.45 a.m.! Left our bags in 3C bus and headed to somewhere far away from Sengkang to have our first activity of the camp.. It was the HSBC Tree-Top Walk!! We did some stretching exercises and warm-up before we started our journey.. 3D was the first class to go and we ended up running even though we were right in front.. It was so damn tiring!! Got to run up the slope and down, and up and down many times before reaching the suspension bridge.. It was pouring heavily and I just can't stand him.. Was walking along the suspension bridge and it was about 7 levels high and it was damn firm at first but started shaking at the middle.. We were like screaming 'oooh!!' It was so clod and we just couldn't bother about the scenery but just continue walking until we reached the end.. Took a pic on the bridge and headed on to meet the others!! We were all drenched and tired yet was glad we actually finished it.. I got to thank Karissa, Natalie and the others for encouraging me to continue.. Guess the whole cohort can pass the 2.4km run with great results!! It finally ended around 12.45pm and we headed to our chalets to put our bags!

We stay with 3H at Fairy Point Chalet 6 and changed before heading to Fairy Point Chalet 7 which was our campsite to have our lunch..
They catered food for us and we got to eat on a table with 10 chairs each.. It looks like having dinner and we got to finished everything that they gave us but thanks to Hui Sei for helping me finishing half of it =) !! We enjoyed the sea view while having our dinner!! Next up, it was Mass Dance by Coach Luke!! He was like a clown joking with us and he won something like Mr Singapore in the past! We shift the tables and chairs and started dancing.. We had this pagent thingy to choose the Princess and the Queen of the day!! Had tea-break later on and a bonding session with our 3D1 or so called Grp 7 with our coach.. We got to memorise everyone's name including our coach and I actually the only one who don't know what's my coach name.. Hahah.. He called me 'Emily lah' cause of Karissa!! By the way, his name was Kenneth!! Had a lecturer lesson with Coach Jay about the topic of 'Leadership'!! It was interesting and I learnt that 'Attitude reflects leadership'!! Every group were given some materials and a piece of paper to built a model of something which represents leadership and write about what 'Leadership' means to us.. We built a campfire and started explaining why isit related to the topic 'Leadership'!! It was dinner time and had some briefing before heading back to our chalets.. Wrote in my journal and group reflection than went to bathe before watching television.. So nice.. 'The Peak' Went back to sleep and it was so damn cold '~'!!

2nd Day:
It was so damn cold that I was sneezing non-stop and realised that they actually on the air-conditioner at the temperature of 17 Degrees Celsius!! Wash up and ate medicine before heading to our campsite for breakfast.. Coach Jay asked some pupils to share their thought about the three things that they learnt the day before and he started explaing what does B.L.E.S.S stands for!!

B = Body Language

L = Listen Attentively

E = Eye Contact

S = Smile

S = Sensitive

I almost feel asleep when he was explaining about the circle of concern and the circle of influence cause I had medicine earlier on!! I learnt that the circle of concern could not be control but the circle of influence could do so. In order to make the circle of influence larger, the circle of concern should be smaller!! Later on, we had lunch around 11am and break into smaller groups and had the so called 'Amazing Race' at 11.45am!! It was organise to test on our communication skills so that we will not embarrass oursleves when representing our class to organisation to introduce our plans. We were told by Coach Jay not to jay-walk and we started laughing when he was walking cause it his jay-walking.. We, Grp 11 started from Little India and was the first group to start after solving a puzzle about Mustafa!! Took many pics with tourists and was only given 10 dollars to buy all the things we need and it also includes bus rides plus train rides.. We were like bargaining and some of the uncles charge us free for some items.. I am still calculating and wondering how are we suppose to get to Fort Canning Park by 3.30pm from Kampong Glam.. If we take a train, the ten of us need at least 20 dollars to buy the tickets since we do not have Ez-link card!! It started raining while we were on our way to Kampong Glam which was near Beach Road. Took shelter at a bus-stop and had our tea-break before running together with some ponchos covering us.. Everyone's staring at us and must be wondering what are we doing.. When we arrived at Kampong Glam, we were asked to stop the race cause the coaches decided to cancel it as it was raining heavily!! Four coaches found us while we were asking about the ingredients about certain dishes.. Coach Kenneth led us to the waiting area where we were waiting for the bus to fetch us back to the campsite.. we were playing some lame games and I just couldn't solve them while Coach Luke solve it quickly!! We joke about him and played other games too.. Doro, Deborah, Grace Goh and the other board the bus while we waited for another one under the rain.. Continue with our games and finally the last bus came and when we entered the bus, it was so damn cold so we asked the uncle to off the air-conditioner.. Teachers were sitting right in front of us and it was quite empty and Mei Yan started sleeping while we were talking at the back!! Rowena called her friend to ask about the way to solve the game and she finally got it while I still did not solve it.. We ran in the rain to get back to our chalet and I was so damn tired and could not see clearly cause of the rain..Thanks to Miss Goh for helping me and we were so damn wet standing outside waiting to dry.. Had a quick bath and headed to chalet 7 for dinner.. We squeeze in the living room and me and Karissa shared our meal together since we were not that hungry.. Mrs Chan actually came to join us for the campfire and our class were asked to perform when we were not ready yet.. Had the SJC next to model before the campfire and the contestants and the teachers were all great!! They off the lights and the 'Synergy Club' was officially declared opened right after the campfire where we actually danced with the music and jump around as if we were on drugs.. We were making lots of noise and Miss Goh actually joined us.. It was like clubbing but without slippers and shoes, we danced on the mud and dirty ourselves.. We sing, dance and had lots of fun before it ended!! Almost sprained my leg but thank goodness I did not or else I can't dance for next week! I am so high that actually jumped around and was not like the usual me who was not that crazy but when everything stops, I calmed myself down and had my supper.. It was raining while we still had lots of fun and it was so damn fun dancing without any stress and the teachers only looked at a bunch of monleys dancing from the chalet.. We actually had the chicken dance too before we start to dance!!! Back to chalet and it was like 11.45pm and lights off at 12.30am!! We got to bathe quickly before lights off and in the end, I slept around 1 plus when receiving a punch from Rowena!! Hahah, she and Melissa were counting sheeps while I was so tired that I fall asleep immediately!!

3rd Day:
All of us overslept and Miss Goh wake us up around 7.15am!! We wash up, packed our things, clear up and went to have a walk to view the sea.. Wrote on our journals about what we had learnt and went back to chalet 7 to have our breakfast at 9.30am. We served the food to our schoolmates and later on shifted our bags to chalet 7.. Wrote about what we had learnt on a piece of paper and sticked on a board.. Our class will be going to Man Fut Tong Nursing Home and we had our discussion about what we gonna do.. Later on, we shake with everyone's hand and said hello to one another. I was smiling and feeling alright at the beginning but tears slowly roll down from my eyes and I cried.. I thought I am strong and will not cry but in the end, I started crying.. It was like everything coming to an end and it was like a farewell party.. Coach Jay was so nice and the others who I don't really know them well comfort me and asked me not to cry.. On the bus back to school, had our food for tea-break and were asked to fill up an evaluation form.. Coach Kenneth was saying that the coach on the form not the coach no. while it was him!! Eithr write his name or can write 'handsome'!! He was so damn funny!! By the way, thanks to Mrs Lim for giving us lollipop!! Was so damn tired after reaching home and had a nap in the afternoon before having dinner... Even though miss the episode of 'The Peak' on thursday, but I am glad that we had fun on that day and Sec 3s rawks!!!

Thanks to everyone including teachers, coaches, classmates, schoolmates and friends.. I will always remember these three days that we survive together and overcome the bad weather and had lots of fun throughout the whole camp.. I will always remember what CLASS means and what BLESS means!! Compassionate Leaders Always Serving Society!! Thanks to Coach Kenneth who always laughed and joke with me and my friends and I really got to know more about my friends in my class after this camp! Not forgetting our Grp 11 members who laugh throughout the whole race and co-operate well as a group!! Grp 11 Rawks 4 eva = Grace Goh, Genevieve, Melissa Lim, Rowena Loh, Jacintha, Dorothea, Karissa, Deborah, Olivia and me!! Got to start preparing for the performances and I am under Research and Logistics so will be so damn busy for the next few months.. I really learnt lots of things throughout the camp and I actually thought it will be so damn boring cause the name of 'Service Learning Camp' but it actually turns out not and it was much better than Sec 2 Camp!! I will miss those days and got to study hard from now on..

Signing Off, Emily