From wed to fri, i was away for NPCC sec 3 Adventure Training Camp at Pulau Ubin... 3D2N....
Day 1: At first it was a bit sian on the first day... only ice breakers and pitching tents at the campsite.... of course and the CIs also start scolding... The hike from the jetty to the campsite was about 30mins... with my 5kg camping bag.... I had a few biscuits for lunch... and 3 of us shared a packet of magee mee..... used mass tin, stove and solid fuel to cook... we did that for all meals for 3 days....
The whole day like nothing happened... only mock campfire preparation.... At night my group got sentry duty at 1.30am and we were late by i think 10 mins.....
Day 2: The second day was extremely tough! Probably the toughest day of all my camps ever!! I couldn't really sleep the night before bcos of all the mosquitos and ants in the tent... So we woke up at 5am the next morning to do PT.... warm up... 40 pushups... 40 krunches..... 40 jumping jacks..... and a run a few rounds round the campsite.....
After that we had breakfast followed by a series of activities which started at 9am.... For my group we had high rope elements first..... From down there i was like nO kIcK No KiCk!!!! But from up there i.... changed my mind.......... Got to balance on ropes with only a pole in your hand.... had to cross the shaky ladder.... and a huge fly tried to distract me while i doing high elements!! Got a lot of stuff to do up there and the worst one was the commando crawl!!!
After lunch, we went for land expedition..... This was the worst part of the day!!! I think we hiked for almost 5 hours!
At first we climed some mountain in Pulau Ubin..... then we walked the whole island!! At one part of the island, the ground cracked up like drought.... at the other part, the ground filled with mud and puddles of....mud.... I probably never walked so much in my life before!! yah, and i saw a wild boar..... as big as a lion...
When we returned to the campsite, we went for rafting.... we built a raft with long poles and barrels and went to sea......
After that it was campfire preparation...... then campfire!!!!
I like campfire.... dunno why..... probably because of the songs and cheers..... can make fun.....
After that everyone went to sleep...... and that night got no mosquitos....
Day 3: The last day was basically area cleaning.... in the morning got some PT first...... The whole day just search the grass for rubbish and clean the tents..... and some ppl must clean toilet... not me...... then there was photo taking
...... then GO HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When we hiked down towards the jetty.... i think everyone was so happy, cos going home! When we arrived at mainland singapore, i went to changi village with my squadmates to eat some real food!! Wah!! never eaten such good food for a long time!!
After that i went home and........... SLEPT................. never slept so well before!! I slept at about 3pm.... When i woke up ....... at about 8.35pm..... i went out with my family to watch ratatouille.... dunno how to spell la..... but the show was quite nice....
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Gabriel
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