Just came back from another camp. Very tired! This time it was my CCA camp. The first day was a mixture of feelings for me. The day was boring but at night time I was freaked out. Even 1p416 was freaked out. That day, we pitched our tents and learned what was morning inspection. That was crazy! We had to unpack our bags in 3 minutes on our ponchos in order and then pack everything back in 3 minutes! We had to do it over and over and over again! So tiring!
Later at 8.00p.m., we ate our dinner before learning how to turn on the gas stove. Then, we walked blindfolded as a group to the JC side. There, we had to take turns to do a SOLO HIKE which freaked me out like hell because the scouts keep telling us ghost stories. In the end, I was the last person to go as I was to scared to move. I even cried silently. In the end, the scouts had to bring me back to the salt center where we were SUPPOSED to stay in. (take note of the word SUPPOSED) Then we had to bathe in 10 minutes. By that time, it was 12.05 a.m. in the morning! After bathing, we assembled with our sleeping bags at the student lounge. We did not know what was going to happen but we did not want to find out. The scouts said that we had to do a SOLO NIGHT! I wanted to scream in my heart and wanted to faint instantly. I was so scared of the dark, even at home a small dark room, I would scream running out of the room. Imagine how freaked out I was! Later, the scouts brought us to different places in the school to sleep. I had to sleep outside the drama center. I thought that I was safe because I had not heard any ghost stories about the drama center before. However, when I was about to enter my sleeping bag, I started hearing high heel sounds for more than 10 minutes. I wanted to cry but I got a grip of myself. I hid in my sleeping bag for the whole night, at the same time wondering why would the scouts ask us to pitch our tents when we we not going to sleep in it?!
I slept at 1.00a.m. because I could not sleep. While I was sleeping, one guy kept waking me up more than 5 times. So my sleep was broken. Don't be alarmed! I did not see a ghost. It was my friend. We were supposed to SOLO NIGHT but we were split apart for some distance such that you still thought you were alone. All the ghost stories that you hear in the morning may not seem scary to you but wait till you hear over 20 ghost stories at night!
The next day, all of us thought we were going to have fun, however we were being tortured! At 7.00a.m., we had to run 1.6 km and sing the school song at the same time. Then the Ventures keep shouting" Where's your sense of urgency!" "45degrees to your right! Pumping position down!" The floor was the track floor and was very rough. All you needed to do was place all you body weight on your hands on the track floor and you would be screaming in pain! After running, we went to eat breakfast before doing our morning inspection again! After morning inspection which was at 9.30a.m., we went to learn geography. This geography is way harder than the school geography. Wait 'till you try this test! After the test, we went to learn first aid. After the powerpoint, we were allowed to prepare for the campfire. However, none of us prepared. Some of us made the air-conditioned room even colder, some of us slept, some of us played with the blinds and one of us which was BoBo, took of his shirt and started swinging it around. We decided to have some fun so one of us took his shirt and hanged it outside the room while one of us pulled down his pants then we could see his underwear. One of us even accidentaly scratched his nipple! Later, we saw one of the scouts playing DotA uptill 1.00p.m. before we went for lunch.
After the lunch, we played a very lame game. I cannot recall what we did after the game. During dinner, we heard ghost stories from our scout leader who experienced before. I took the opportunity to ask the leader if the high heel shoe was true. Actually, it WAS TRUE! How scary! The high heel shoe thing was about a ghost story. It was said that at midnight, a chair will appear in the middle of the drama center. It would walk around thethe drama center at night. Because one of the legs was a woman's leg with a high heel on it, that's why t made those high heel sounds. So FREAKED OUT! Even while writing this I'm very scared! After dinner, we prepared for our campfire. At 8.00p.m., we had out camp fire uptill9.00p.m. I must say that the campfire was quite boring... Then, because it was EARTH HOUR, we could not throw away food so we had to stuff food down our throat even if we were not hungry. Then we had 1 hour to bathe. So relax! At 10.30p.m. we debrief before we went to our tents to sleep. 5 of us volunteered to clean the pots and pans. I was 1 of them. Instead of spending half an hour cleaning the pots and pans using detergent, 1 guy called Mark Themg who wears his pants very high cleared the food in the pots and pans using his hand! He ate all the food and what was supprising was that there was a lot of food left! In the end, we did not clean the pots and pans so we went to bed.
The next morning at 3.00a.m. there was a fire drill. So sickening! Break my peacefull sleep! We had to bring our bags and run to the terraces! Crazy! Then, we had to run 1.6 km again in the morning. We got a lot of scolding before we had to go back to bed at 4.30 a.m. The crazy thing was everyone was sweating like mad and so worked up how could we sleep?! I do not know how but we still slept.
At 7.00a.m., we ate our breakfast and then had morning inspection AGAIN! Then we had to unpitch our tents the we had to do different jobs of cleaning different places. At 10.00a.m., we changed out into our scout uniform for the investiture. The whole procedure was very long and took more than 1 hour and we had to stand still for that length of time! Anyway, after the investiture, I was so happy I could go home, far far away from the torture and the ghost stories...:)
Monday, March 30, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Opinion about Tan Wee Sang and definition about black market
In my opinion, I do not agree with Tan Wee Sang about giving money to the poor so that they can start a business by selling and buying organs. However, he gave an example about the victims of the tsunami in 2003. He said that the people were poor but what I cannot understand is that if people start a business to earn money, their effort will be wasted because people cannot afford to but anything. Even so, if they sell things at a cheap price, then the sellers will not gain any profit so there will be no gain or lose but will be back to square one.
Next, I find that the definition of "black market" is illegaly buying and selling stuff which do not necessarily need to be organs. Black markets sell difficult to obtain items and organs are not difficult to obtain. Secondly, there is no black market in Singapore so it is pointless to try to sell things illegaly.
Next, I find that the definition of "black market" is illegaly buying and selling stuff which do not necessarily need to be organs. Black markets sell difficult to obtain items and organs are not difficult to obtain. Secondly, there is no black market in Singapore so it is pointless to try to sell things illegaly.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Bad news again...
Duh! More bad news on the way! I got my 2nd math test results. I only got 27/40! Even worse! How horrible can my marks get?
About my scouts test results, I failed the first time. It was so difficult! You have to memorise practically the whole information which is quite a lot! Just because I made a few minor errors in four parts so I had to re sit the test. So unfair! I took my second test already and am waiting for the results this friday during the scouts camp. I hope this time I pass the test and get over with it.
Last week, we had to do job week, which meant we had to go around houses to do jobs to earn money to try to obtain the badge. I only collected $86, which meant I only got a broze badge. One guy got $145! I don't know how he got it but that is crazy!
So far, I have gone back on my word about scouts is lousy. Actually, now I find it a little fun. Hope I will enjoy myself this friday-sunday! Bye!
About my scouts test results, I failed the first time. It was so difficult! You have to memorise practically the whole information which is quite a lot! Just because I made a few minor errors in four parts so I had to re sit the test. So unfair! I took my second test already and am waiting for the results this friday during the scouts camp. I hope this time I pass the test and get over with it.
Last week, we had to do job week, which meant we had to go around houses to do jobs to earn money to try to obtain the badge. I only collected $86, which meant I only got a broze badge. One guy got $145! I don't know how he got it but that is crazy!
So far, I have gone back on my word about scouts is lousy. Actually, now I find it a little fun. Hope I will enjoy myself this friday-sunday! Bye!
Friday, March 20, 2009
Maintaining school blog
If you have to ask me, I find that maintaining a blog is a very difficult task, much harder than starting a blog. Maintaining a blog requires one to keep getting current events so that he/she can make his/her blog more up-to-date and fresh with current articles even though it may not relate to the world but to the blogger.
What I dislike about blogging is that one has to constantly blog everyday if he wants to be a diligent blogger which I find it hard to become one. Even if you have an article one really wants to add to his/her blog, one needs to have the time to write because writing a blog requires mental power and one needs to think before they start writing or he/she may be mocked at by the way he/she phrases his/her context.
If one ones to improve on blogging, he/she should blog maybe once a week so that the blog is still new and current and in this way the blogger will have more time to do more things and can get better articles to add to his/her context. Oh by the way, I've added a few more books to my collection so please take a look at it. Thanks!
What I dislike about blogging is that one has to constantly blog everyday if he wants to be a diligent blogger which I find it hard to become one. Even if you have an article one really wants to add to his/her blog, one needs to have the time to write because writing a blog requires mental power and one needs to think before they start writing or he/she may be mocked at by the way he/she phrases his/her context.
If one ones to improve on blogging, he/she should blog maybe once a week so that the blog is still new and current and in this way the blogger will have more time to do more things and can get better articles to add to his/her context. Oh by the way, I've added a few more books to my collection so please take a look at it. Thanks!
Holiday Season! Coming to an end...
This March holiday has been quite enjoyable I must say. Although it was not a very long holiday, at least it is still enough to free my mind from school.
The week before the holidays started, we went for a camp at Sarimbun camp site. Overall, I found the camp OK, in the sense that it was not as good as the rest I went to before. The first day was horrible, our lunch was supposed to be at 1.00p.m. but the trainers delayed it all the way up 'till 2.00p.m.! All of us had to starve for an hour more! Have you ever eaten food with only your spoon? I did because my fork landed somewhere in my luggage so I had to eat without it... After lunch, we had a Sarimbun race challenge. We had to go to 4 different stations and complete all of it in the shortest time spent.
My group had to do the challenge"Walk to civilisation" first. We had to walk to through a forest! At first my group and I could not find the entrance gate to the forest. We walk around the perimeter and finally found the entrance, luckily. Inside the forest, you could not find your way out of it but luckily the trainers made a pathway through it. Even so, we met a detour, where we had to chose between two paths. On the outside, both paths looked all right but if you look closer into the forest, you could tell that was not the right way because it was so pitch black.
After making our way out, following behind another group which was way in front of us, we spent an hour trying to find the next location of the challenge. We were so blur as we walked into the area more than 3 times and we still could not find the place. Could things get any worst? Finally on the 4th time, our trainer found the small pot to boil water. We then realised we were supposed to use natural resources to make a fire! First we found 3 big rocks then we put many dried leaves into the hole in the rocks. We then placed the pot of water over the fire. We left a hole open to put in the fire. So we got started. We were given a whole box of match sticks to light a fire but the whole box went to vain even though we sprayed alcohol which was inside the insect repellent. After half an hour, the other group which was leading just now came by and saw us and started boiling water. It was only later onwards that we realised that there was not enough oxygen flowing into the hole for the fire to burn and found out that we should had used tissue paper or toilet paper because it was highly flammable! So we took out all the rocks and placed many pieces of toilet paper and tissue paper on the dried leaves to make a big pile, then we lighted it up. We created a huge fire then we placed two rocks this time to allow air to enter and to balance the pot of water. Finally we got the water to boil and we got past the challenge. What was funny about the other group was that they created a huge fire but when they placed the pot onto the fire, the fire was immediately snuffed out.
At the next challenge we had to stand on two heavy planks of wood with five people on it and we had to coordinate well with each other to tell when we lift up our right or left leg together. During the challenge with two other groups, one group cheated by going up close to the center of the place. The main aim of this game was to catch as many balls as possible with a basket. So the other team went up close so their team mates could just take as many balls as possible and just dunk them into the basket.
After that unfair challenge, we went to the last challenge which was to make a catapult with a few pieces of rope and 5 pieces of wood. We were supposed to try to shoot the water bomb as far as possible from the the catapult. In this challenge, we won the challenge again and shot the furthest bomb.
After the dinner we went to sleep.
The next morning we got up early and ate breakfast. We first went to do some cooking then we went to the "Milo pool". I cannot understand the trainers. Why do they call the pool Milo pool when it is not the same colour as Milo and the water was only polluted. Ewww!!! All of us had to do this dive but those who had open wound did not have to do this. Luckily I had an open wound and so did not have to dive. My friend said my wound was so small and was just scared. However when I asked him to let me see his open wound, his open wound was only one tiny prick! I could not believe my eyes. This is what I call a scared chicken!
After the Milo pool we played some team building games before we went for lunch. I must say that I have a few objections about the camp. Firstly, I'm in group 24 which meant we were last in doing everything. Getting food, getting our tent etc. Secondly, we Pro Ed and Ortus have to sleep in tents while I spark and Aphellion get to sleep on beds?! There must be a misconception here!
Anyway after the lunch, we went to play some Frisbee and catching before we discussed about our camp fire song. A few other people and I were tired so we went to sleep on the grass but the trainers did not seem to mind. In the end I slept for 40 minutes. Quite refreshing I must say!
Just when we wanted to go rafting, it started to rain so we did not get a chance to raft. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! So we had our dinner, went to bath, pack our things and come back for the campfire. Unfortunately, being in group 24 did not make become last to be called out to sing our campfire song... All I could say was we made a fool of ourselves in front of everyone... I'm too embarrassed to say what happened.
After the campfire, we went to sleep.
The next morning, we packed all our things and left it in camp Kristine on the ground and went to have our breakfast. Then we went around the whole camp finding lost and found items. After walking around aimlessly for more then an hour, we decided to stop finding so our job was done. But our trainer wanted us to help the rest who were cleaning the tents. This was extra so we did not want to go because we were too tired but we gave in.
Me and a few others wanted to scold the student leaders because they were so naggy. First of all, they keep telling us to use our hands to clean the tent when our trainer told us not to use our hands. The thing I felt very angry about was all they knew was to nag at us to use our hands, but THEY themselves DID NOT use THEIR HANDS!!!!!!! Just thinking about all this stuff makes me go angry again!!! Then another student leader came up to us and told us that we are doing a lousy job. Luckily, Kevin Yong had the courage to speak up and tell them that this was voluntary and that we could not have done this but instead we could have just sat on the benches and drink cold Milo.
Finally at 12.00p.m. we left the campsite. When I got home, no rest for me! I had to study for my music test the next day and I studied all the way up to 11.00p.m. By that time I was dead tired but I hoped I did well for it.
This whole week of holiday had been very tiring because I'm a scout and this is job week so I have to go around doing jobs to earn money. So far I have collected $78 by doing work and just need $2 more to get a bronze badge. Other than doing jobs, I had to memorise 35 Chinese idioms! That was one tough nut but I'm still managing to do it. After doing homework, a good rest is deserved ain't it? So I spend the rest of the day doing work and watching Simpsons with my brother. Well, I think I should go now because I have been writing for more than an hour on this article! By the way, this clock which tells me when I publish this article is wrong. I publish my article at 11.55a.m. which is now and they say it is published at 8.52p.m. There is something wrong with this clock...
The week before the holidays started, we went for a camp at Sarimbun camp site. Overall, I found the camp OK, in the sense that it was not as good as the rest I went to before. The first day was horrible, our lunch was supposed to be at 1.00p.m. but the trainers delayed it all the way up 'till 2.00p.m.! All of us had to starve for an hour more! Have you ever eaten food with only your spoon? I did because my fork landed somewhere in my luggage so I had to eat without it... After lunch, we had a Sarimbun race challenge. We had to go to 4 different stations and complete all of it in the shortest time spent.
My group had to do the challenge"Walk to civilisation" first. We had to walk to through a forest! At first my group and I could not find the entrance gate to the forest. We walk around the perimeter and finally found the entrance, luckily. Inside the forest, you could not find your way out of it but luckily the trainers made a pathway through it. Even so, we met a detour, where we had to chose between two paths. On the outside, both paths looked all right but if you look closer into the forest, you could tell that was not the right way because it was so pitch black.
After making our way out, following behind another group which was way in front of us, we spent an hour trying to find the next location of the challenge. We were so blur as we walked into the area more than 3 times and we still could not find the place. Could things get any worst? Finally on the 4th time, our trainer found the small pot to boil water. We then realised we were supposed to use natural resources to make a fire! First we found 3 big rocks then we put many dried leaves into the hole in the rocks. We then placed the pot of water over the fire. We left a hole open to put in the fire. So we got started. We were given a whole box of match sticks to light a fire but the whole box went to vain even though we sprayed alcohol which was inside the insect repellent. After half an hour, the other group which was leading just now came by and saw us and started boiling water. It was only later onwards that we realised that there was not enough oxygen flowing into the hole for the fire to burn and found out that we should had used tissue paper or toilet paper because it was highly flammable! So we took out all the rocks and placed many pieces of toilet paper and tissue paper on the dried leaves to make a big pile, then we lighted it up. We created a huge fire then we placed two rocks this time to allow air to enter and to balance the pot of water. Finally we got the water to boil and we got past the challenge. What was funny about the other group was that they created a huge fire but when they placed the pot onto the fire, the fire was immediately snuffed out.
At the next challenge we had to stand on two heavy planks of wood with five people on it and we had to coordinate well with each other to tell when we lift up our right or left leg together. During the challenge with two other groups, one group cheated by going up close to the center of the place. The main aim of this game was to catch as many balls as possible with a basket. So the other team went up close so their team mates could just take as many balls as possible and just dunk them into the basket.
After that unfair challenge, we went to the last challenge which was to make a catapult with a few pieces of rope and 5 pieces of wood. We were supposed to try to shoot the water bomb as far as possible from the the catapult. In this challenge, we won the challenge again and shot the furthest bomb.
After the dinner we went to sleep.
The next morning we got up early and ate breakfast. We first went to do some cooking then we went to the "Milo pool". I cannot understand the trainers. Why do they call the pool Milo pool when it is not the same colour as Milo and the water was only polluted. Ewww!!! All of us had to do this dive but those who had open wound did not have to do this. Luckily I had an open wound and so did not have to dive. My friend said my wound was so small and was just scared. However when I asked him to let me see his open wound, his open wound was only one tiny prick! I could not believe my eyes. This is what I call a scared chicken!
After the Milo pool we played some team building games before we went for lunch. I must say that I have a few objections about the camp. Firstly, I'm in group 24 which meant we were last in doing everything. Getting food, getting our tent etc. Secondly, we Pro Ed and Ortus have to sleep in tents while I spark and Aphellion get to sleep on beds?! There must be a misconception here!
Anyway after the lunch, we went to play some Frisbee and catching before we discussed about our camp fire song. A few other people and I were tired so we went to sleep on the grass but the trainers did not seem to mind. In the end I slept for 40 minutes. Quite refreshing I must say!
Just when we wanted to go rafting, it started to rain so we did not get a chance to raft. NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! So we had our dinner, went to bath, pack our things and come back for the campfire. Unfortunately, being in group 24 did not make become last to be called out to sing our campfire song... All I could say was we made a fool of ourselves in front of everyone... I'm too embarrassed to say what happened.
After the campfire, we went to sleep.
The next morning, we packed all our things and left it in camp Kristine on the ground and went to have our breakfast. Then we went around the whole camp finding lost and found items. After walking around aimlessly for more then an hour, we decided to stop finding so our job was done. But our trainer wanted us to help the rest who were cleaning the tents. This was extra so we did not want to go because we were too tired but we gave in.
Me and a few others wanted to scold the student leaders because they were so naggy. First of all, they keep telling us to use our hands to clean the tent when our trainer told us not to use our hands. The thing I felt very angry about was all they knew was to nag at us to use our hands, but THEY themselves DID NOT use THEIR HANDS!!!!!!! Just thinking about all this stuff makes me go angry again!!! Then another student leader came up to us and told us that we are doing a lousy job. Luckily, Kevin Yong had the courage to speak up and tell them that this was voluntary and that we could not have done this but instead we could have just sat on the benches and drink cold Milo.
Finally at 12.00p.m. we left the campsite. When I got home, no rest for me! I had to study for my music test the next day and I studied all the way up to 11.00p.m. By that time I was dead tired but I hoped I did well for it.
This whole week of holiday had been very tiring because I'm a scout and this is job week so I have to go around doing jobs to earn money. So far I have collected $78 by doing work and just need $2 more to get a bronze badge. Other than doing jobs, I had to memorise 35 Chinese idioms! That was one tough nut but I'm still managing to do it. After doing homework, a good rest is deserved ain't it? So I spend the rest of the day doing work and watching Simpsons with my brother. Well, I think I should go now because I have been writing for more than an hour on this article! By the way, this clock which tells me when I publish this article is wrong. I publish my article at 11.55a.m. which is now and they say it is published at 8.52p.m. There is something wrong with this clock...
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