okailer! ok lor...
OKAILER! ARE YOU READY?
Ok lor...
OKAILER! ARE YOU READY?
Ok lor...
OKAILER! ARE YOU READY?
EVER-READY!
Oh yea...Just back from Ohana 2006! Our Rovers FOC...finally, it's done. New learning experiences, new friends found, and new freshies! And whilst you might think that Ohana is a very passe word to be used for the camp, think again.
OHANA = Outdoor Habitants.Absolute Nature Addicts Well, how's that for a camp name? And to fittingly describe e process of outdoor life. Not to mention, Rover-ism. Haha! Kudos to
Shuang Hui for thinking of this wonderful name!
I guess, when you are a councillor, and when you are a committee member, the entire view of the running of the show is different. I might not have realised it, but I guess
LG was right that I kept going back to my OG to talk and ra-ra them. *sighs* Perhaps, I'm not suited for a organising committee role in camps. Hehs.
This is the first truly outdoor
trip camp I've been to, since I missed the Rovers FOC last year round with the clashing of the trip with Chemical Engineering's (CHEss) one (which is the same this year round. ARGH!) But to say it was a different experience would be an understatement. OHANA 2006 sure rocked!
The satisfaction derived from games and events which flowed smoothly and steadily, the games which freshies played with aplomb, as well as the bonding for the OG sure brightened our day!
My OG is
Okailer and we're represented by the
Octopus, the cute ones as shown below!
Headed by our OGL
Yihui (who's really full of crap and full of imagination by linking things here and there despite having no links...) and having councilors like
Celina (quiet girl? But packs a punch when 'attacked!'),
Jianlong (crappy guy with 'secret' to hide, revealed automatically after 4 days! Our own CLUEDO!),
Geok (who is serious and really really the outdoor trekking type of person) and
Yings (our ra-ra 1/2-freshie, 1/2-councilor! haha! But someone decided to end the acting early to allow her to talk to
Lai. Haha!) To top it off,
Candice and I are the attached committee members for the group! The 'King' and 'Queen' of Ohana! Woohoo! I sure had my fun!
Added to the mix was the fact that the OG was small! 5 councilors, 6 freshies (3 guys, 3 girls!) and 2 attached committee members! So it allowed us to know each other much better, esp. the late night digging of valuable information from the fresihes! Haha! Gossip, gossip!
Day 1The first day went off with lotsa problems, well, teeny weeny ones to be exact. Had to arrive later than planned, at around 10am when we had thought the time reaching NUS is 9am! So we managed to pull it off by having the councilors play the various games with them!
Stations in school were cut short due to the change in timings, and the fact that the trekking in Bt Timah was to start at around the same time which was stated in the schedule of events. My station for Orientation Games was rock climbing, which meant that I had to belay the freshies through the routes, of which there are 3! Being with
Ivy (25th!) and
Alex sure helped! Being one of the first events in the entire schedule of events for the camp, the orientation games served as a warm-up session for the groups!
After that, it was to go for lunch already, and I had to rush from my game station, meet my freshie group (who I've not even talked to yet), have lunch and go straight down to Bukit Timah for the trek! And the games there were interesting! Too bad, no cheering allowed >_< Had fun talking to the freshies and strolling about! Woohoo! After that it was to ECP, set up tents, have dinner, SP night and night-cycling (conducted by LG & I!). Fun fun fun. Food food food!
Then we reached back at the campsite around 2am plus, washed up at Big Splash (toilets still open o.O) and I played with the councilors some stupid games,
zi-hai! Then, committee de-brief and briefing for the next day. Totally late night!
Day 2Another day as Game IC. This time round, went over with
Patrick to Kreta Ayer CC at Hong Lim for our station for the Amazing Race (Rovers Edition). And we sure brought a lot of stuff along! Not to mention, the need to fill up 40 waterbags per group -_-" Left super early from ECP with less than an eighth of the stomach filled, and took the morning rush hour bus to town. Gee. People were looking at us bringing a box and 3 pails around. *lol*
It was also kinda disappointing that I did not take part in the actual playing of the game itself, and that only
TWO out of SIX OGs visited my station! I want to play! >.< And the 2 OGs just happened to be mine's and Patrick's. Apparently, Chinatown is quite "off" from the entire route, but in the end my OG still managed to clinch the overall prize for the Amazing Race! U guys ROX!
After that we went to Pasir Ris Park for the Beach Games and Finale. Saw
Yings who had a uber-cool tan-line due to the many hours under the sun digging holes o_O" Team managed to perform pretty good throughout all the games. While waiting for the start of the Finale, we played Pepsi-Cola-1-2-3 between 2 OGs, as well as dumping 'birthday boy'
Yihui into the sea, despite him struggling desperately (even
Tianqi helped in *lol*).
Dumping of logistics stuff for transport over to Ubin was held whilst the freshies set up their tents, and SP Night ensued. Screams, shouts and roars came from the bushes of the maze, but that was due to School of Medicine doing their fright night in there. (And not to mention I keep hearing the same things repeated I think I would know how many pairs went in. *lol*) After that the OG washed up, and the OG (less the guys who KO-ed) sat down to play indian poker, with a forfeit:
Truth and Truth. Geez. Digging season began and all the different questions started flying around, mainly around the same *ahem* theme. Bonding session!
Day 3Early morning rise was started with a stinging sensation on my right arm, due to an ant biting on my skin. Ugh. Realised
Lai took up almost 3/4 of the groundsheet space! (Diagonal sleeping -_-") And the rest of the comm went into the hut, only to find it infested with ants! The reason? The presence of the cakes which were only placed in plastic boxes, which meant that ants were attracted to them. Emergency evacuation of all boxes and equipment were done, and we were kept busy ensuring that they were all ant-free! OMG. Then all the equipment were moved to the carpark to be uploaded into the bus. And off we went...to Ubin!
Trekking in Ubin with our large bags, we reached Noordin Beach and set up our Cluedo equipment. I roamed around the area in my bicycle, passing by many groups and giving them tasks to be done! After the rushing around from hut to hut, Campfire was the next BIG event! Wished I could cheer more and had taught them more cheers, but it never really happened. Sheesh! The skit performance by Vicco was hilarious and funny! Personal favourite, but too bad I cant have time to enjoy the show. Then we comm members did our final revealation of the entire Cluedo answer. Simply stunning! (And I guess that the freshies were as stunned as well 'cos I heard...SILENCE...)
After Campfire was our Nightwalk (
Shuang Hui & I!) held at Murai Hut. Rhapsody came with a stunt...they lost their way en-route to the start point of the Nightwalk! Luckily,
Lian Guo and
Khenghui found them and brought them to the start point, which incidentally also led to the all-girls-comm group holland-ing themselves in Ubin en-route back to the campsite from Jelutong Beach.
Then, when all the Nightwalk peeps reached back to the campsite, we did our SP Revelation. Whilst the freshies had the time to talk it out romantically
alone along the beach, the rest of the councilors
zi-hai and played games...like my councilors, playing action heart attack! Then the girls started returning and we laid out the groundsheet in front of the beach (while listening to lound blasting of karaoke from the sea o_O") and talked...till everyone cannot tahan and they just went to sleep.
Day 4End of camp! Well, it just seemed like yesterday that the camp had started! So it was a lil' sad that everything had to end...seems so quick too. Early morning sunrise at Ubin was wonderful! Too bad Okailer peeps are all soundly asleep. (Even got one sitting up and staring into outer space, then go back to zzz) Lazy me took out the groundsheet, laid on the ground, and
Weiguang,
Ivy and I just slept on it looking at the sky and feeling the early morning breeze! Not to forget, the log was strategically placed for our feet! Woohoo!
Morning was all about taking photos and deciding the prizes, then we set off for the jetty. All the OGs were super super high, keep cheering/singing/shouting/talking throughout the walk. So it was a little sad to leave the island...
And over at Changi, they gave out the prizes for Best Camper (
Kellie from Ezuka), Best Councilor (
Lionel) and Best OG (Vico!) It's a little sad that my OG never won the Best OG, but I fully agree that Vico deserved to win, so kudos to them! They're really high + bonded + super enthu! (Though lacking on the part to listen to instructions a.k.a.
bo-chup...*thinks*)
After that, it was lunch with the OG at Changi Village, then off to school (bus 2 + MRT east-west + bus 95) for tent washing...
Jianlong,
Yings,
Chin Khiong and
Zhanwei followed along to help, and when we reached, we saw
Huifen,
Ivy,
JJ,
Teng Yong,
Weimin and the rest of the comm over there washing tents. A totally WET affair! haha!
The fun's over...or is it? *smiles*
Matriculation Fair, AGM, Meetings, School...geez -_-" How I wish the camp didn't end so fast.
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