Saturday, May 23, 2009

Secondary 2 OBS camp - Day one - Part two

We had our lunch at a canteen called 'The Good Earth'. They had made fried rice for our lunch. After sastifying our stomaches, we took a group photo at a place called the 'galaxy'. Then, Jill brought us to a hut and taught us how to do 'belaying' and I volunteered to be demonstrated. By that time, I had known most of my watch mates and had made friends with them. Jill said that we will be doing the belaying on the high elements the next day.
After learning those belaying skills, we went to a high elements which does not require the belaying skills. Hafiz, a chinese muslim boy who has been appointed as leader of the Scorpius watch went up the high element first and completed it succesfully. When it is my turn up there, i was shaking a lot until the whole wire where I am standing start to shake furiously. It was very embarassing as other watches were also looking at me.(and laughing!)
Then, Jill asked us to rest for a few minutes before going to collect stuffs to be brought to Pulau Ubin the next day. I had to repack all my clothings into OBS backpack!(Not exactly all. I left some of it back in my baggage to reduce space.) Then, we meet back our instructor at the planeterium.(Did I say that the whole campsite is named after 'things' in the universe?According to Jill, East Coast campsite is actually used for observing space using telescope.) Jill then brought us to a place to continue with the activities scheduled.
Jill then told us that we are doing 'tunnel' whereby we were divided into groups of 3 to go through the tunnel. When we were inside the tunnel, I lead my group using a light source given. At first, we can't find our way through but with perseverance, we managed to proceed to the next stage. the place was dark and gloomy but with courage in our hearts, we ventured through the tunnel. That is when I tripped over lots of small inflatable balls. My 2 friends behind me were shouting at me to not to lose the light source fortunately, we managed to proceed to the next stage. After 15 mins of hot air, we managed to reach the exit. But we have to solve the code there. But the problem is, we got the wrong code and we will be stuck in the tunnel!!! Just when all hope seems lost, the exit opened.
It was Jill who opened the door thankfully. . After waitting for the other groups, we went back to the compass where we start to pitch our tents. It took us quite a long time to pitch and by the time we are done, it was already dinner time. After the dinner, we went back to the tent to start to sleep when the fire alarm sound. It was just a fire drill but it took 7mins for all of us to gather at the Galaxy. Then we we went back to our tents. The next day, we will be visitting Pulau Ubin!!!!