Christine's Reflection

christine's training camp reflection!

outwit, outshine, outlast
this year camp's nice! because i don't have to add to the sunburn i got from sentosa due to the rain.

day one!
first was the gadget and tent making. as my patrol wasn't too sure on the steps in pitching a tent, so we were slower than the rest. but we managed to catch up and pitch it up! then did gadgets, we didn't have enough 72" poles, so we had to modify our designs and use 36" poles instead. adlyn and i were doing the baggage rack and being severly being munched on by the hungry ants.

then we had lunch! which triggered back memories of international camp, in short icamp, which we survived 5D4N eating styrofoam packed meals except for elevenses, tea and supper. after that i think we did our health duty. after that, we played games, the rubberband + cup game and the flour + gummy game. i felt super doughy after that, due to the rainwater + flour effect. and we had the pingpong soccer game. and yayyyyyyyyyyyy, i scored a goal! -hysterical- and our patrol won overall. then we played the sandwich game, i think our patrol was lacking in teamwork somehow as we were the last. nevertheless, we still managed to complete the sandwich and ate it. luckily no one had any stomach problems after that, as our ingredients fell onto the floor X times before we managed to pass it to styfany.

then we had dinner and coh. coh was actually quite fun, not as boring as i thought that it would be. night game was actually not so scary as last year's. i remembered that i was really traumatized after the first station, as it was the dormitory. i admit that i have a phobia of camp christine's dormitory. especially with the room being so big with the long stretch of double decker beds, the suspense is enough to scare us alr. shihui and siti cried, but they still managed to carry on through the whole game despite their fears. everyone was very scared, but we managed to strive till the end! :D after night game we laid our tents and went for a shower before going to sleep. and i couldn't sleep because every average of half an hour, a ant would climb up the newspaper and bite me D:

day two!
woke up at 5 plus during the second day as we had cook's duty. we prepared loads of sandwiches, milo and scrambled eggs. then went for pt, which was running. then after running, had breakfast after that. then played a game, which requires us to explore the whole of camp christine. and, we were happy because there were no signs of rain and we proceeded on with outdoor cooking, which rained suddenly. i hate the convectional rain! so we had 'indoor cooking' instead, and time passed. slowly. but, our pizza very was nice! and, million thanks to huixin ma'am for doing the fire! as it was really hot and she still could stand the heat for such a long time.

then we had fa game, which i realised that i seriously need to revise my fa stuffs. because i really couldn't remember all the carrying methods although i could remember the bandages/certain treatments. we had to entertain the seniors, our patrol did it! by butt writing. styfany's sexaye o.o we had our water bomb game! we were not VERY wet, boo. we should have more water bombs next time! after that changed into camp tee and went for dinner. we played the cabbage game during dinner, and i think i ate too much veggies.

campfire was next, our patrol did the kuso-titanic performance, which made me laugh until i almost cried. the campfire was generally okay, despite having an indoor campfire. after campfire, we played the err/rahhh game which was super funny, and the tingtingting ahgu~ game. left us laughing and laughing. after that, laid tents and went to sleep. then we were awakened at 3am to do sentry (?) duty, we had to talk about the things that we felt about each patrol member.

day three!
then we overslept in the morning because we're too tired. and the ants did not bite me so much this time! but still, we overslept. then we had punishment, which was 40 jumping jacks, 40 invalid squats and 40 valid squats, which was little compared to last year. then breakfast was really filling, after that we went to remove our gadgets. our clothes line was super ant-y when we tried to remove it. then we removed our baggage rack, which was super hard to as the knots were really very tight and we spotted a toad in our tent. and due to the rain, we didn't have to strike our tents, which saved us alot of time.cleaned our gadget poles next. revealed manitoes, and sharon was my manito! my manito was ziying, and i managed to make her think that her manito was not me until we revealed it! :D then had prize giving, our patrol won the most energetic patrol! because we're energizer! hahhah. huiyee was best camper! congratualations! then packed up before going back to anderson. going back to civilisation was fun.

i can say that this camp really had a really big impact on us. even though more than a week after a camp has passed, we saw a stall with the name ahgu and we started playing that game in the middle of a coffee shop. we still have an urge to say yes ma'am to the teachers when they are talking sometimes. and, the 3/2 guides never fail to play the err/rahhh game almost everyday, making our classmates think that we're crazy or something. besides that, i still have a phobia of dormitories and ants, and i learnt the lesson of bringing a super strong insect repellant to camp christine next time, when the weird thing that we did not have alot of ant problem during training camp this year. i guess it must be us being too sweet.

anyway, many thanks to my patrol members! i survived 3D2N with you guys, which was a big accomplishement and really, it made us bond even more as sister guides. namely: qijin, my beloved pl, for doing so much work despite your heavy workload in school. styfany, my beloved ps, i knew that there were times that you were unhappy with me and vice versa i'm sure that the camp surely brought us closer. adlyn, my beloved qm for bringing so much joy and laughter to the patrol. shihui, for being so enthusiastic. huiyee, best camper! for being enthusiastic and helping out so much. and lastly, siti. thanks for taking part in the activities even though you didn't like it! and thanks you guys (and others) for tolerating me, all because of my 7-day theory. shan't explain it further (: love you guys and finally, thanks to the leaders for planning this camp!

Christine