Day 1
10-hour long bus ride from school to this cave campsite in Malaysia. Coudln't really sleep because some of my friends were laughing hysterically at the back of the bus. Hahaha... Had lunch somewhere on the way. Then soon, we started driving into the camping area. We reached the cave eventually. It was SO cool! Although, the toilets were pretty far though. They were muddy because everyone wore their shoes in. So yeah... gross...
My tent was SO crammed. 5 people in a 4-men tent. Zenna, Amira, Cherlene, Tin Wei and me. We placed our bags in the 4 corners of the tent and none of us even opened up our sleeping bags. There was also limestone water that kept dripping outside our tent, so our shoes would be covered in tiny drops of water.
Dinner was good... and none of my tent-mates showered that day, so we were pretty smelly. Hahaha... we were waiting till we reached the dorms to shower. We also had the night-walk after dinner. We walked to this Gua Tongkat (some cave) without any lights except for the torches that the guided us there. Then we sat there in dark ness for awhile as groups were leaving the cave one by one with just a candle. They were to walk back to the campsite with just that candle. The wind was pretty strong so when it came to my group's turn, our candle blew out even before were left the cave. Hahaha XD But it was good! because without the candle, we were able to see the road better, and our eyes got used to the darkness. Mine was the clearest, so I led my group the way. We even managed to overtake a group, and they had a candle with them. We were going to overtake another one but we had both reached the campsite already.
We went back to our tents after a short de-brief. It was pretty warm, but at night, the temperature went down alot. My whole tent woke up at 1am in the morning and whispered to each other until it was 2am. Someone in the cave was snoring SOOOOO loud!! O.o It came from one of the teachers' tents... I wonder which... hehehe
Day 2
HAd this small treasure hunt thing before we went caving. We had to find these poker cards that were placed around the WHOLE huge area. Was pretty fun. Haha... Then we went caving. It... was... FANTASTIC!! SO FUN!! We got to climb through tight holes, climg these rocky stones. We had to slide down steep ground in the sticky mud. Nearly fell to death a few times. On the way to the cave, I got 1 leech bite. When I got back to the campsite and pulled up my track pants for a second time, I found 1 on each leg -___- Then I found out I had another bit but the leech had fallen off already. So I had 4 leech bites in total... amazing... Coz I had the most number of bites.
Had outdoor-cooking for lunch. Maggi mee, sausages, eggs, and sardines (omg... stinks). Had abseiling after lunch. It rained HEAVILY just as we were about to leave for the place. And when it stopped, we started making our way to the top of the wall. It was tiring by the time we got up there, coz it was muddy, and I slipped twice and cut myself against the really sharp stones. It was exciting at first but I started getting nervous when it came to my turn. Coz I saw some people go down before me, and some ended up losing their footing, swinging, and banging aginst the wall (hence the huge cuts on their arms and knees). Luckily, I made it all the way down safely :D
Went to the resort after that. First thing I did was to "chop" the top bunk, unpack, and SHOWER!!!!!! WOOOOOO!!! Then had dinner after that :D After dinner, we assembled at this dunno where and were taught how to tie different knots for the rafting activity the next day.
Day 3
Slept so soundly the night before. Went for the agro-tour in the morning. We were told about how the oil palm plantation process works. We also took a look at the rubber plantation, and also the coco tree plantations. The guide let us taste the coco seed (chocolate without fermentation yet). We sucked on the seed, and it tasted so good. The taste was really refreshing. It was a cool tour. Lola even managed to keep a baby plant of the oil palm tree.
Had lunch and a really really long break. Played Truth-or-Dare with Lola, VK, Pearline, Haishma, Yi Jun, and Tin Wei. I was dared to do the most disgusting one, coz I'm a pretty daring person. So yeah... I was dared to stick my finger into my nose (they didn't say to dig) and dip it into a cup of grape punch, and drink up the whole thing. I did it... and man, they were all "eeeewww"-ing. Hahahaha... VK was dared to do a catwalk in the canteen. Lola was dared to hold the piece of chicken in her bare hands and walk around the canteen waving them around. Hahahaha XD
Went rafting after that. We had to build our own raft, and I was tying most of the knots in my group (rope burns... ouch). I also went on the raft. Lola nearly caused the whole thing to tip over. However, with teamwork, we managed to keep it balanced and afloat. At one point, we were spinning around in the river. Hahahaha... Had our shower and dinner after that :)
Then we went to the auditorium to learn some weaving using leaves. It was fun because I managed to do mine pretty well, and taught some of my friends on how to do it right... I wonder how I can find those kind of leaves... hmm...
Day 4
Woke up pretty early coz we had to get ready for the trekking at Taman Negara. It was a 2-hour drive there. The trekking was physically demanding coz it felt like as if I was climbing stairs... Lots and lots of stairs... But it was in the form of earth, mud, wood and roots. We managed to climb all the way to the top of the hill and look at the breath-taking view of the area. It was so beautiful! You could see the clouds, the blue sky, mountains, and so many trees. In the process of leaving the rainforest, we had to go through the canopywalk which was a long plank of wood suspended about 30m-35m from the ground, and supposrted by rope nettings. It was FUN!!! I managed to take a picture of Tin Wei on it. Hahaha...
Then we had our lunch at this sandy area. Lunch was some fish nuggets, a piece of chicken, and a hot dog! So yummy!! Hahaha... Then we were divided into groups of 13, and were told to board the boats for the rapids shooting. The ride was so AWESOME! The boaters would purposely get us wet from head to toe. They were successful of course. We managed to spot some Orand Asli's though. The little kids waved to us from the banks :) They are such adorable children!
Then we went back to Tekam Plantation Resort, had a shower and dinner. Then we had a briefing of what to do next. So we went ahead and prepared for our departure from the resort. Took alot of class photos before we went up in our buses. Left in the buses at about 11pm.
Day 5
Reached the train station a little after 12am. We were told that teh train would reach at 2.30am. So I played with poker cards with Cherlene, Clarrissa and YX. Then we were told that the train has been delayed till 3.20am. And when it was 3.20am, the train hasn't even arrived yet. It would only reach at 3.45am. So eventually, the train arrived, I was pretty high already... Coz I kept laughing... The train moved off a little after 4am. We all nearly dozed off immediately. Haha... I woke up sometime after 7am... and then I didn't sleep during the rest of the train ride until we reached Singapore.
Then I went home after we returned to school. I went home, scrubbed myself clean, ate lunch, and slept at 4pm... all the way till 8.30pm coz my parents pulled me out of bed to go eat dinner. Haha... I even skipped church... so sleepy *gives a sleepy smile*
Well, I guess this wraps up what my camp was like... I'll post up some pics tomorrow I guess... right now, I wanna edit some of them :)
This is a chinese painting my teacher did. Well, it's bamboo... you know, traditional chinese painting. BUT, the rock that he intended to draw turned out to look like a woman. Hahahaha XD See if you can notice "her"
This was during Chemistry the other day... We were doing some experiment to test for ions I think... I forgot O.O
At Pearline's house... we were rehearsing for the Funfair Day gig. Joyce there in the uniform, and Pearline there with the electric guitar. All the intruments belong to her... rich kid man... haha
I feel like gagging everytime I see this picture. Anyhow, taken on Funfair day. That's my stall you see back there. And that's Zenna on the left. Vice Class Chairperson :)
And I kinda sprayed my hair purple... No one could really see the colour anyway... sigh...
Take a GOOD look at my class' stall :D And we all painted that! Hahaha... Try to shoot the ping pong ball in. It looks easy, but it ISN'T.
This is the stretch of stalls on the track... there are more on the hockey pitch and the netball court... But I didn't take any picture of them... Was so lazy to walk around. Hahaha...
