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Saturday, June 6, 2009

SConquer Camp 2009 was sucha fun you know that you wont wanna miss it.

My group is made up of Siyin, Felicia, Charlotte, Cheryl (Chau), Clement, Fabian and Peter. We got inspired by Peter's waterbottle which has a coconut tree print so Siyin suggested to name our group Coconut. Here's our coolio cheer: (in the tune of the coconut song, for those who know)

C-O-C-O-N-U-T,
We are stronger than you think.
Coconut (high),
Coconut (low),
Coconut (high),
Coconut (low),
Dadadadada,
COCONUT!

Yea I know we've got a cool cheer.

First day was all about games in the school. Pretty fun, especially the station where we had to pass the worm from a spoon to another. However, thanks to my wonderful toe + slippers, I couldnt run with my group and couldnt participate in a couple of games. Oh well.

Lunched with Bridget, Desirae, Janell, Lovell and Peter. Desirae probably thought that she was with only her girlfriends and started blabbering about girls stuffs. Then I remembered Peter was there. He was so awkward he just kept quiet. I stopped Desirae and there came Bridget, nonchalently talking about Janell's American-coloured and holy (hole-y)___. But Bridget's a different case- I can totally forget about trying to dissuade her from talking. Haha Peter left as soon as he finished his food.

Campaigning was next after lunch. It made me realise how fast time is flying. It seems like only yesterday when I joined the Council family and now the Year Fours are stepping down. I know Im gonna miss so many of them! :(

Dinner with the same people + Yurong and then NIGHT GAMES. Shit that was the WORST part of the camp. I swear. They started everything by switching off the LT lights and making us sit with one space empty next to us. To make things worse, I sat at the very last row. Fortunately, there werent enough space so I was allowed to sit next to dearest Xintian. Very soon, it was our group's turn to go on the nightwalk. As I read our route and saw the dark school, I totally wanted to back out, although I had XT, Sophin and Jinyu in my group. I eventually went for it but totally regretted.
First station was the LT and that's where I started to tear. Throughout the whole time I was closing my eyes/looking down and grabbing on to Xintian meanwhile. As everyone comforted me and asked me not to cry, I started crying. Next station was the classroom where Sumei and Junjie were. They were really comforting so thank you people! Third station was the female toilet and all I can say is that SIYIN IS SUPER BRAVE! Last station was the 6th storey. Nothing much to say because I was closing my eyes throughout. Only that I screamed when Jiateck dropped the doll down.

Honestly, I think the nightwalk didnt help me, despite the fact that it was meant for people like me to conquer our fears (of darkness). I was closing my eyes throughout and crying. Im not embarrassed to say that since the whole of SC already know that Im afraid of the dark. Anyway, THANK YOU TO ALL THE SCS WHO CAME TO COMFORT ME. ESPECIALLY MY GROUP + SUMEI AND JUNJIE WHO TEXTED ME AFTER THE NIGHTWALK!

Next day was the Amazing Race. It was really fun despite my disability- my toe. We were the last group to complete the first task so we ended up having to wait for 5o mins before we could leave. A few minutes before the 50 minutes, nice Kiatshing let us off because of my toe. Haha a blessing in disguise, indeed. First station was Fort Canning Hill. Reminded me of Much Ado About Nothing and Swee. Anyway, that station was all about running up and down flights of stairs, pumping and sit ups.

Next station was Cathedral of Good Shepherd, followed by Vivo City and then Lavender. Thanks to Sara who offered us the Mr Bean vouchers, we got tempted to eat the Soya ice cream so we dropped by Mr Bean @ Lavender MRT station although we were the last group. We were pretty cool about being the last and happily strolled with our ice cream. The Mr Bean addiction didnt stop there. Charlotte and I went to buy Mr Bean pancakes for lunch, haha!

(Sorry Yiren. This paragraph isnt meant to spite you or anything.) Yiren has been laughing at my plight (my toe and slippers) so what happened during lunch was that we met them and Bridget told me Yiren had his retribution. I dont know what happened to his neck but apparently he just couldnt move it. Hahaa. Ops.

After lunch was when we finally started to really play the game. We were trying to move as fast as possible but was pulled down by me. :( Suntec City was our next destination. We had a list of food to buy, which we managed to complete within a short period of time. After that was Botanic Gardens, then Queenstown Ikea and finally, back to school.

Our COCONUT group made it into the third position from the last (6th position) so WELL DONE, COCONUTS. Now, that's something I've learnt from the camp. Never give up till the very end, because you never know what's ahead of you!

Dinner with the whole SC @ KFC afterwards. I realised how much Lovell and Florence can click, haha. Then Cassandra came and changed her name in my phone contacts to THE GREAT CASSANDRA. -cough-

Headed to Sasha's house afterwards. I stepped in, only to hear Spongebob's song playing. For a moment I was really happy because it's been a long time since I watched Spongebob. But it turned out that the show ended as soon as I stepped in. Oh well. And Annabella irritated me a lot by constantly biting my bag.

We went to SAS together this morning because I had to attend the Hope for Vision symposium together with Floppy, Melanie, Lovell, Jiaxin, Daniel and Fabian who forgot to turn up in the end. Met Dr Jane Goodall and I feel really fortunate to have met her. The SPCA workshop left the greatest impact on me though.

Yea I know this is a long post so congratulate whoever who managed to read till here. I gotta do my Math now or someone -cough- will start scolding Her Highness. Hahaha.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
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