Just completed my FTB camp yesterday, woke up at 1130 this morning but still very tired and suffering from bodyaches. Overall the past 6 days of camp were very enjoyable for me and made quite a number of friends there as well and hopefully we can all keep in contact and have more outings together after the camp.
Starting off with the sports camp, it's a camp which I never regret going despite the fact that I need to pay $45 bucks for it. Achieved my objective of trying out the many sports which I never tried before and my group is really funky and enthusiastic people which made this camp so memorable for me. Had Amazing Race on the first day where we went all around the island to try out new sports and find clues. Went Sentosa (again) to play touch rugby and tried out the Luge ride for the first time though it was not as fast as I expected. Proceeded to Kallang to try out dragon boating and softball and later some martial arts back in school then archery in Potong Pasir and finallly watch an S-league match at Yishun Stadium between Tampines Rovers and Korean Super Reds. The S-league match was particularly happening during the second half after we were asked to predict the first team to score, total goals, number of yellow cards and number of red cards during half time. It's the first time I've seen such a big group cheering when the referee issued a yellow card to a player. Went back to campus and had supper till 2plus before the day ended. Next day was sports clinics where we were introduced to handball, ultimate frisby and floorball. Floorball was one of the sports which I wanted to try out during the sports camp but as it was the last activity I tried during the 2nd day I was too shag to play properly and my legs are turning jelly during the game. In the night it was games followed by drinking night. Drank beer and wine while playing games at Ice Cold Beer within the campus and many people got high. Left when it closed at 1am but our group went back to our room to continue drinking the dry gin which Eugene brought in. Played more games and had a little confession of pain game called 'I had never...' and continued drinking till around 2plus again before some of us went to sleep. Who would have thought of drinking during a sports camp. Last day was a telematch before the prize presentation and the end of the sports camp. Later on some of us in the group went for dinner at the buffet steamboat at Thompson Road to have a good meal and we chatted till around 11pm before dispersing.
Woke up early next day and went for the Freshman Team Building Camp. Found that it will actually be held at East Coast OBS campus so no aircon room to sleep in and no warm water for shower but it wasn't important as after all it's a camp. Started off with one or two ice-breaker games and started off with the camp proper. Surprisingly started with goal settings and expectations of the camp. That part really bores me off with all the politically correct answers and due to the fatigue I'm suffering from I wasn't really able to think properly then but guess it sorts of simulates the lecture style in SMU. Carried on with some team building activities and all the activities had to start with a planning stage and end off with debrief. The activity which I enjoyed during the day was the tunneling activity where we had to crawl in the dark to find stuff and I enjoyed the part where we frantically looked for the exit when we realised that we are running out of time and only then I finally woke up. Carried with some less tiring night activities and that was the end of day 1. Day 2 was a continuation of the team building game but with higher difficulties and the highlight of the day was the rafting activity where we built a raft with barrels and pipes. Was glad that I still remembered the lashings which I learnt during the NPCC days and the dragon boat basics I learnt during the sports camp proves useful as well. Went back to the shore shag and sandy but it was a fun activity. After which my energy level went almost flat and was dozing off for parts of the camp. Ended the day with the campfire where all of us put up a skit and cheers and ended with a mini disco session. Last day was a telematch similar to that in the sports camp. Ended the camp with a mini closing and through the peer feedback many people found me quite and not let loose enough. Guess that was true as I felt I was giving the sian (shag) face throughout the camp and trying hard to fight the z-monster so therefore did not talk much but I believe we will still have more chance to know each other better through the outings and interaction in school.
