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Friday, December 10
singapore rocks!
I'M BAAAAAAAAACCCK!!!
and i love singapore!!!!!!
hahaha. well you can imagine how the trip was. everyone was cheering on the coach (which, btw, had a faulty air-conditioning system which acted like a rice-cooker) as we reached the singapore checkpoint. although some ppl (and i shalnt mention names) were kinda preoccupied with stowing chewing gum in their luggage.
basically, on the first day we went to climb a mountain. 510m. dunno whats the name also. lembak or sth. anyway, i thought it was pretty fun la. although quite tiring, and going down is actually harder than going up, contrary to popular belief. since the climb was so steep, we had to keep looking at where we were stepping (or, like shufang, just sliding all the way down), and thus resulting in huishan's aching neck which did not allow her to turn her head to the left, top or down for a good part of the trip. hahaha.
kayaking was disgusting, when i saw the kayaks i felt like crying/screaming/going home all at the same time. oh yea, and kicking myself for signing up for the trip. basically the kayak was covered in cobwebs - and their occupants, ants, leaves, and so on. ugh. we spent more time killing insects and watching out for spiders then kayaking, i think.
not to mention the muddy-ambiguous-suction lake which was really gross cos the mud like... sucks your feet in. and is really slimy. -shudder- we had to get across the lake in our self-built rafts. which really, in the end, acted as floats more than anything.
so, i mean, its all okay if u can have good shower after that yea? but guess what? while shufang, tini and renjun were bathing, the water supply ran out! haha. so they had to use bottles to bathe. and poor me didnt even have the chance to bathe! so i hosed myself down outside (wonder why there was water there) and when i went the toilets to change, shan discovered that the supply was back, so i bathed! yippee! God is good. even though at that time, the electricity also happened to run out. kinda reminiscent of CJ, so we thought.
okok, so lets get on to the good parts! like.. campfire! and stargazing! yea, that was really really nice. we saw orion's belt, as well as his shoulders, knees, head and bow. and sirus, the brightest star there is. and perlades, the seven sisters, a whole cluster of stars in the shape of a qn mark. haha. ok pardon me if there are spelling errors. oh yea, one instructor called ramli is like damn funny! haha. except when he was telling ghost stories la. damn! i hate ghost stories la.. but everyone wanted to listen.. and i was trying to cover my ears but felt abit stupid.. so. aaaargh. never again. anyway, yes, i know u all are thinking of ramli burgers, that was what i thought of too. in fact, i asked him if he eats them and he said yea! they're good. haha. but he thought i was trying to change the subject from the ghosts.. so. that ended it.
if this trip sounds horrible to you, well, it was, kinda!! haha. but i think in the end everyone enjoyed it, although we were glad when we reached back and got away from the flies. or "poochies". or however u spell it. apparently its 'insect' in tamil.
okay, anyways, thanks don for helping us up the mountain/lending us the torchlight/participating in "xun zhao tang tang ta ji hua"/lotsa others stuff. and shan, sf, tini and renjun for being great tent buddies. hahaha. our secret hideout! yea (: you all rock.