Tuesday, May 27, 2008 @ Tuesday, May 27, 2008
H.C. camp
Well, this is gonna be the first of quite a lot of posts for the day. Yep yep! Basically, it's kind of like the start of everything, the start of my busy schedule and the start of a number of posts for the whole week, so here goes nothing.

Duration: 16 May to 18 May
Location: TJ
Mission: Camp facilitator

Well, that's kind of like a rough idea of what's the whole thing about. Hmm, the annual camp was meant to be a test of endurance and stamina of the newly elected H.C. candidates, and to see their true characters in the face of obstacles and hardship. Man, it was certainly the most hiong camp i ever see. Admittedly, i did not attend last year's camp, and secretly, i felt thankful for that. If i had gone through the entire camp, i may have had a different perception of life. If i ever survived the camp in the first place.

Anyway, at 6pm on 16 May, the torture began, well...mainly the juniors were the one receiving the suffering inflicted by the cruel and "evil" seniors, but hey, if no one becomes the bad guys, how can we conduct the boot camp?

First was the warm-up. We got the juniors to unpack everything in their bags and began asking them to do meaningless spot checks, confiscating all their luxuries (mp3s, hand phones, etc). We even got them to run around, and give them ridiculous deadlines to pack their stuff...imagine having only 1 min to pack everything. After like half an hour of shouting (i mean like SHOUTING), we succeeded in instilling that fear and submission within them, or so i supposed so.

Then it was the night walk. Man, the thing about the night walk is, it really is a walking in the dead of the night! In addition to the entire walk in the Tampines Mountain Bike trail, i also got the walk of my life- the walk from Tampines all the way to TJ. Something to note: When walking such a long distance, always remember to drink lots of water and WARM-UP. I have the dubious achievement of not doing both and i ended up being both dehydrated and fatigued, and it was only the first night!

The next day, I got an excuse to escape from the madness of conducting the camp when i went to help out in college day. Together with Chia (happy?), we spent 2 hours carrying boxes of certificates and other prizes to and fro from the stage to the HOD of Arts room. Man, i swear i walked like 10 times in all! When i got back to the H.C. room, the Amazing race had already begun and i ended up sleeping in the H.C. room for like 4 hours!!! That turned out to be a breather, as the night was gonna be long and energy sapping.

Basically, that night was camp fire and all the juniors were involved in sharing their talent in cooking and performing for the seniors. That turned out to be one of the highlights of the entire camp. Besides the ridiculous games like passing seaweed using one's mouth and limbo, there were also songs played with the guitar from Lighthouse (is it "You and Me"? i forgot le) and other lame performances. As for the food, it was satisfactory, albeit a guy ended up with food poisoning (because apparently his house won the "Best food but most unhygienic cooking" award). So yep, that was pretty memorable. And of course, who will forget the P.T.? Dragon pumpings, crunches, hanging by the monkey bar and of course running! Everything was pretty much a blur, but i know that night, or rather that early early morning, i had only like an hour of sleep. Now THAT sets the record!

So, before the sun had even set out, i was given the role of accompanying the fellow juniors on our morning P.T. jog! Great, except the fact that, i was carrying their haversack bag and it was like 7kg? I was practically jogging behind them all the way to East Coast, and by the time i reached there, the sun was already blazing! In the end, there was more P.t., only difference was, the setting was in the waters by the shore of East Coast as well as Bedok Jetty. Well, they say that hard work does pay off, and everyone was rewarded with ice-cream at the end of the P.t., i guess it was scant consolation for all the aches and bruises they had received during the camp.

Well, i didn't manage to attend the elections, but for all the 16th H.C. members, i salute u guys and gals for having withstood all the tests that we the seniors meted out to you! Good job done and j.y. for the year ahead!

Alas, Post No. 1 is done and it's already close to one? Should I continue? I really don't know...

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