Tuesday, April 15, 2008 | 12:28 AM
AVLC 2D1N Camp - Day 2
the first activity was SRIT (self-reliance independence test), which comprises of 4 stations.
1st station for my ExCo was the "milo" pond. (the name is derived from the colour of the pond) this was something that my ExCo had been discussing about since Day 1. there were 2 versions of the "milo" pond description. 1st was that it smelt like chlorine. 2nd version is the worse 1 - smelt like sh!t (odour can reach quite a distance away). initially i didn't want to slide in at all, but after some time, i just thought that it would be better to get it over and done with quickly. so there i went. *SPLASH!* turned out that the pond was odourless (or at least to me it was). the only horrible part was that my sand got into my shoe. how uncomfortable.
2nd station was about crossing a distance through swinging tyres. it was not as easy as it seemed. (lesson: in life, there are situations where no one else can be there to help you. you need to be prepared and learn how to go through tough times alone)
3rd station also about tyres, but this time it was about going through a tunnel made from the holes of many tyres line together.
4th station was climbing up a rope. the ones that u find at those physical fitness/training corners, just slightly shorter.
overall it was pretty much an activity on physical fitness, which kinda links back to self-reliance. (being physically fit is the basis of self-reliance, though there are also many other areas to self-reliance)
there were some screw-ups for the next segment. it was planned to have backwoodsman(BWM) cooking for lunch, but somehow the food caterer lost his way and was unable to reach Sarimbun. so in the end, BWM was scraped off and first aid(FA) simulation became a mass activity. and well, ExCo4 and my ExCo were i/c of FA simulation. lol. don't really wanna go into details about this, so i'll go over it briefly. most of the participants were tired and disengaged from the activity. even the hands-on was done without putting in much effort. i kinda expected that, considering that it was the last activity on the 2nd day, and it carried a more serious tone. owells.
area cleaning was
SLACK easy for my ExCo. we were in charge of the field and multi-purpose hall(MPH). for some weird reason, another ExCo came cleaning up the MPH for us, so all we had to settle was the field. sweeping across the field and picking up litter that we found, simple as that. ok mainly it's because the field is not really heavily littered.
closing ceremony
DISMISSAL
photo-taking (why on earth is dismissal before photo-taking? 'cause that's a fake dismissal. XD)
REAL DISMISSAL
AVLC 2D1N Camp - The End. =D
very unfortunately, it started to rain when we were dismissed. so the 5 of us AHS ventures had to walk all the way out to the main road in the rain. T.T
took a bus to Choa Chu Kang MRT Station, then took the MRT to Woodlands, after which another bus to Tampines, and lastly transferred to a last bus back home.
ExCo16:Justin (Montfort)Ming Hui (Montfort)Brian (Montfort)Thomas (St. Gabriel's)Jason (St. Gabriel's)Benjamin (Dunman High)Ranger (Dunman High)Jun Le (Anglican High)Kun Wei (Anglican High)i really love the members in my ExCo now.
(sounds gay, i know) =DD
a bunch of fun and cool people yo! ;D