We began the climb at 1.30pm. There were many instances when I really felt that I was wasting my time, but you gotta do what you gotta do, and I had to turn to unglam language for my solace.
Reached the campsite, like 2 mins behind Kek and 5 mins ahead of Shue Ling, and 10 mins ahead of the rest of group 3. Once again, I was bombarded by Shermaine and Peixin for ditching the rest of the group. But we came to a consensus that Kek was the schemer/mastermind and I got of scot-free. (ha!)
Together with Colin, Yanwen, Wen Jian, Arthur, Bao Xue and Jia Ying (the onl girl), we started building makeshift toilets for both genders, ie digging holes using shovels. The toilets for the guys were just plain holes, and its theme was natural scenery. For the girls' toilets, we decorated each site with delicately laid stones, with designs like the universal female sign and the heart shape. And due to the nature of this task, toilet jokes were abound. (Geez, I did not have such a good laugh in days!)
So I joined my team in preparation for the Creative Cooking Competition. Everything seemed botched up, coz the spaghetti did not taste the way it was supposed to be, and some guys were arguing with Peixin over the method for cooking the veggies. Sensing the need to save them, I brought out my stash of food for the trip and whipped out the 50% cocoa (which also contains rum!) chocolate bar and the marshmallows. With Shue Ling's contribution to the marshmallows, a few of us (Shermaine, Peixin, Shueling and Gao Miao or Jiahui, one of them) started on the dessert. We melted the chocolate and marshmallows and pour the diced apples into the mess tin containing the melted chocolate.
Final product: OMG! Heavenly!!!!
The other team members have also finished their respective dishes.
Potato salad with canned tuna: Woots!
Fried potato: Oh gosh, love
Spaghetti and sausages: I thought we were so screwed. Great comeback!!
Soup: Nice~~
Kankong: Eh, didn't dare touch it.
And unsurprisingly, we won the competition, and were awarded with 2 crappy cans of cocktail syrup.
Next up, performance time. I was forced to sing, and everyone wanted something by Wilber Pan. Never the crowd pleaser, I chose to sing Other Side of the World by KT Tunstall (the most played song on my playlist). If you're interested, here's the link.
The performance soon evovled into a singing PK competition. Feeling threatened by other talented participants, Peixin stepped up her game by singing a second time to silence her competition and critics. Indeed, her beauty and abilities are unmatched. HAHAHA.校花 indeed.
Lights out at 11pm, but sentry duty at 3am. Did for an hour while listening to the Year 5s gossiping about the Year 6s. Shan't reveal the content here. Rained at 4am, so everyone went back to their tents and slept.
Breakfast time, and the group had to finish the remaining food supplies to avoid bringing them down. Peixin did not express much interest in filling her golden stomach, so Shermaine, Nigel and Kek had to shove a slice of bread into her golden mouth.HAHAHAHAHA at the brawl. The sad Peixin consumed that piece of bread as if she were a mother cat which had lost her appetite after one of her kittens died. She declared that she wanted to fight for her human rights - the right to choose what to eat. Maybe I could have been lawyer.
Just before we began the trek down, it started raining ever so GOD DAMN heavily. I was feeling so BLEAH. It would totally apt to have Xue Ling or Txy or Berlinda there to shout, "This is so screwed!". That would have made my day.
On the way down, one of the instructors told me I had a leech on my leg. Surprisingly, I didn't lose my composure, and he sprayed repellant on that leg to rid the damn bug. More was to ensue, as Shermaine later found out that there was a leech on HER NECK. This inadvertedly led to her and Peixin (next to her) to scream at the top of their voices. Geez, I dunno whether I should be sympathizing with or laughing at them. They were saved with Kek's oil, which he he trouble applying on Shermaine's neck coz she just couldn't cooperate.
Arrived safely back down, nice lunch, play at the waterfall and slide. Great stuff, especially the well-designed slide. Unfortunately Ms Lee lost her glasses and everyone had to spend time finding it, but to no avail.
Right before boarding the bus, the instructors showed up with a birthday cake to celebrate the birthdays of 2 guys; the other being Shun Jie. I have never quite acquired to art of cutting cake, and it's been 7 years since I got any birthday cake, so I had to serve some disproportionate slices to everyone. But whatever, nice cake.
Best was not to be. At the Woodlands Checkpoint, our dear friend Kek was detained because he
Arrived in school, packed up, waited for my father to bring me home. Not so over yet, coz I had to go to the doctor to deal with that irritating growth on my eye. He told me that it was a sty (a circumscribed abscess caused by bacterial infection of the glands on the edge of the eyelid; hordeolum.) that needed to be treated with ointment. If my situation did not improve, then I may have to go under the knife. OUCH!
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