OSL CAMP 19/10 - 21/10 [very,very long post]
day 1
yeah it was fun, memorable and had some unforgettable incident.my group's name is called SOLID BALLZ consisting of me, Brendan, Quenton, Harris, Praval, Faith, Ji Yun, Jia Qi, Nabilah, Tristan and Zi Kang.It's pretty explosive word if you think about it. a small amount of food will be given to each group of 8 hungry people. 2 cans of baked beans, 2 cans of sardines, 2 cans of hotdogs, 6 potatoes and 7 eggs were the food for the entire camp. how you plan your meal it's up to you so it's pretty cool except you will not be full. lunch, we managed to cook the nicest rice without a rice cooker, by accident! then, after lunch, we had to pack the stuffs we bringing to Cambodia and had plan out our lessons plans that we'll be giving to the kids in Cambodia. My group will be doing interaction so I kinda like it. dinner, we had to prepare our dinner with charcoal. luckily, NCC taught me how to do it. then we have to wash up everything including ourselves. during showering, Amos ask "Anyone needs shampoo?" then Hassan reply no. Amos replied back, "eh Hassan, i wasn't talking to you lars". i couldn't stop laughing as Hassan is botak so do he still need to shampoo? hahas. around 11, we all gather at the amphitheater to do reflection as a whole team. it was the most suckiest part of the camp as the teachers kept on blabbering about the 3 barriers; emotional, mental, physical and taught us the REAL definition of 'Reflection'. so if you thought you know what's reflection is, you just don't know nuts about it.
day 2
the session went on until 2.30. i was so tired that i dozed off and wake up almost more than a dozen times. then, we were dismissed and i knocked out around 3.30. woke up at 5.30 and had some PT. after that, , we had breakfast. breakfast was damn simple as each group had to share a loaf of bread and i only ate 2 slices of bread with jam. then, we had our VWO visit to Toa Payoh to help out elderly people at their 1 room flats. I gotten a visually handicapped man who only speaks Hokkien. So throughout the whole time, Amos, who's the only one who could speak that language, kept talking to him. then around 1, arrived back at school and had catered lunch. ah...real food finally. then, we had to practice our performance. that was fun times. all the way until 6 where our group supposed to set up the pits for our cooking without electricity which means no light. it was a disaster as people instead of helping, they destroy the fire. i nearly wanted to shout at them to stop doing it. if all fails, we cheat lors. we get some solid fuels and quickly cook the food. dinner was the best meal as everyone ate until they're full. at 9, while people was watching the movie, Pay It Foward, me, Ashraf and Jeremy clean up the pits. quite nice as we use firehose to clean up and bath! then went for the movie at 10 and just couldn't know how many times I dozed off. Mr Ho stopped the movie half-way as a lot of people are sleeping. then, we had our reflection session. even though, we had our reflection done properly, still with the teacher's blabbering, it stretch all the way until 3.
day 3
this time, as soon as i rest on my sleeping bag, i immediately knocked out. woke up at 7.10 and wash up for a while. then, breakfast the usual. after breakfast, we have to practice out our performance again. at around1030, the Cambodian guy came and we had a lesson on Cambodia language. at 12, we had reflection and plans for the Cambodia trip all the way until 1.30. area cleaning until 2 then break camp
on a Sunday. went riot at KFC with the whole gang. as i soon as i drink pepsi, my sore throat immediately cured. joked around until 4. then went home.
well, congrats if you read the whole thing. what I learnt from this camp is that community service can be involved regardless of different languages and manage my emotional, mental and physical barriers. got school tomorrow and yet, posting this in the middle of the night. the new song I put up really reflect how I feel right now.
love you.miss you.need you.
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