The few days there was really fun and relaxed and yet demanding. Unlike other camps where your facis control lots of what you're doing most of the time, we've got lots of freedom in this camp. Like what time we have to go to sleep, what time we're waking up at as long as you're in time for breakfast and even you could sleep outside your tent if you want to. Yeah, so for both morning, me and my tentmates woke up super early to shower before trudging down to the tentage. I seriously couldn't fanthom how did we wake up before 530 on the first day and showered in the cold water when we slept close to 3, but I guess the heat was a major factor.
And throughout the camp, something Mitch Albom wrote kept on passing through my mind.
Strangers are family you have yet to come to know.
Well, I wouldn't say we are so close that I can call them family, but there's certainly trust among all of us(i think) with all the games we had to do on the first day. Yep, so the moral of the story is have faith in strangers! I think my camp mate LOL-ed when he heard me say that. And I seriously hope that we wouldn't become Hi-Bye friends like some of the seniors.
One thing I love most about this camp is the amount of showers I get. Aren't I relieved when I realized my tent-mates love showering in the morning and will wake me up dutifully everyday to ensure all of us get to shower. Hahahs, even though I ignored her for abit on the 2nd day when she tried to wake me up since I'm so tired, but honestly I'm so thankful to her. And I told her I'll tell her about the things I didn't manage to write in the book but I haven't up till now/: (Btw, I think I shocked someone when I told her that I'll tell her about what I didn't manage to write down) i shall, when we meet up next time! Anyway, the flooding in the toilet is kinda irritating since you've got to wash your legs again in the open showers but its better than nothing! (:
This is one of the photo I loved most that we took! (: Hahahs, it started with 2 of the guys pretending to ride a broom, then we girls joined in and in the end, it turned out to the a group picture :D
And yeahh, I really like the Rafting experience even though me and Rosanne hit my head so many times when I was passing the paddle to her. Seriously, it was damn heavy and having to hold to your group flag and passing stuff at the same time ain't that easy. Speaking of hitting heads, I still feel apologetic to Matthew for hitting his head with our group flag so many times just because I'm trying to use it to avoid the sun. Yeah, I've been told by some of my groupmates that I only want it for the weirdest reason. Example: shielding myself from the wind, avoid the sun.
This is our group flag. Yeah, we are the Wooguay! Idk why but our group has an affinity with animals. We wanted to call ourselves peacock at first, hahas. Btw, we have a real cute team cheer in the end. It involves breaking out into the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song(we did consider doing a remake of Powerpuff Girls) and adding the five elements(Earth, Wind, Water, Fire & Heart) from Professor Idk what. Apparently its a super old cartoon that all the guys watched before.
In conclusion, I had great camp mates and facis. The guys were always brushing away the worms/insects with a thing or another when I start freaking out(meaning squating and moving away) & our super nice faci Vanessa will always ask me to sit next to her even though I didn't accept the offer for quite a few times on the last day. Idek why.Just wanted to stay where I was. But in the end, Huige and Rosanne moved over with me and it all turned out fine! (: Kekekeke.
Anyway, if there's anyone going for FTB reading this, make sure you go for it. Its a real good experience even though it had been dubbed as the most gruelling camp of SMU. I guess it made sense since we had to run 2KM on the last day(I really don't appreciate it), but then the run somehow made the bond even stronger since you have to hold hands and run. I'm real thankful to the people who held my hand and pulled me along when I was getting tired and putting way too much weight on their hands. And how they think of innovative ways to link all of us together since the girls hands will somehow slip apart.
Lastly, I'm going for a dragon boating charity event with them. And I think I lost my mind when I signed up that day. I mean partying at Zouk is fine, but dragon boating? I don't fancy getting myself wet at all, but oh well, it'll be a good experiece if I didn't faint from rowing 3.5KM. Ahh, the crazy things you do after you have way too much fun and bonded way too much with your group mates.
P.s. I suddenly remember tunneling. All I can say is that I don't have a good temper when safety locks refuse to open when I think I've the correct answer.
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