it's the 1st post of my new blog!
as promised in the prev one that i would update on camps and christmas bash!
it will be a long long one!


Mawai Eco Camp @ Malaysia: 17-20 Dec 2006
-it's a different experience from the camp i had been to-

Day 1
i am in 'KingFisher', nice name nice grp!!
we have to take care of an egg throughout the whole camp,
[guys, familiar right?!]

reached the campsite on 17 dec by bus and boat,
gathered at our dining area and waited for the rest to arrive.
had lunch and we started our FIRST activity of the camp: Fresh Water Swamp Walk!
did not expect it to be what it was...

MUD UP TO KNEE LEVEL LEECHES MOSQUITOES

it was still fun!
knowing all the different traps done by orangaslis (didnt knw if i spelt correctly)
knowing many edible leaves
knowing different plants

i got leech on my leg!!!! *scream*
BUT
it did not suck my blood *phew*
i thought that was lucky..
a friend of mine, alvin got a leech sucking his blood till it was super FAT!

night-time: firefiles..
my first time seeing firefiles, although there were not alot due to the high tide,
i really love looking at them
i think we saw some of them mating! =D

Day 2
it's time to be WET WET WET!
water obstacles: lots of obstacles built on water surfaces
all i can say is 'FUN!'

next was the 'top gun' activity,
we are suppose to make a spaceship for an astronaut
and throw the spaceship and see how far can it go.
guess what's our astronaut? an EGG
and sad to say, our EGG broke..
and we are disqualified. =)

we had to take a trip across the river for our next activity,
we went to the WWII bunkers where the soldiers were at that time.
we went in to a particular one and saw messages[last words] on the wall of the bunker.
it was quite sad to see those messages, as some started with words like 'approval for departure'
on the way we also saw many different plants/tree,
there were bananas lime dragonfruit sarsi
back to campsite and bath, had an early night for our trekking the next day!

Day 3
Off to our trekking location!
i forgot the name of the place and name of the hill?mountain?
it's about 90 mins travelling time, and of course!
i slept in the bus! =D
it was raining when we reach there and we had our ponchos on,
begin our trekking...
it was all flat ground until the steps got higher and they got faster..
my legs were already wobbly when it just started,
but i didn't want to give up so i push myself to up the steps.
on the way up the summit, the rain was superb.
i just love tt weather, although it was cold =D
the air there is really good, super fresh!
i didn't know how long did we took to the summit, i think it was around lunchtime!
we had our packed lunch out and start to munch.
we had rain adding into out delicious fried rice [haha]
we took a grp photo and start to head down the hill/mountain

on the way down, the rain is still as heavy
the ground is super slippery!
somemore it's all the mud and rocks and water..
thanks to alvin ewe and chin wei for helping me on the way down...
anyway, i fell on my butt la
not pain but more of pai seh-ness!
reached the bottom and we had to travel more..
across beach and river!
lucky it wasn't high tide yet so the water level on beach is not that high,
i'm feeling super cold after the rain and wind during trekking
everything was alright until we reach a river,
i can say the currents are strong and i almost fell down again.
thanks to zhan yang for helping!
we climbed slippery rocks and walk somemore until we reach our bus!
lucky the air-con is off, or else i think i will be froze to death.
we went to change n had some snacks provided by the kind ladies over there..
it was super delicious, especially the goreng pisang!
off we go back to our campsite, n again i slept during the ride back
but it was super cold!

wash up and done everything, it's dinner time!
due to the downpour we have no campfire but a skit presentation instead.
it was fun, although there's no fire!
after that we had a crossword puzzel, looking for the words of the nature, birds, plants that can be found during the days we had there...
since it's the last day, we sat down and chit chat before we headed for bed.

Day 4
the last morning we had there was cold, super cold!
everyone didn't want to wake up on time i guess!
i was still cuddling in my sleeping bag... [haha]
did the area cleaning and the instructors annouce the winner of the camp..
our EGG is still safe n sound and tt added lots of points, and we had the most points..
we were given a cap as a souvenior.

at the time we thought we could relax
we got news about the flood at the village across the river
even in the campsite, the tide were super high
the logs that lead us from jetty to the campsite all went haywire
to avoid the flood that is until our waist
we walked the long way: the high land area
the benefit of this route: nice/beautiful scenery
we carried our heavy bags and begin our 2nd trekking [haha]
a total of 4km walk

we reach the bus and we to a place for our lunch,
we skip the mesuem and shopping as our 2nd trekking took up the time
we saw the flood in the village and johor river [i think]
reached singapore and went home lo!

a BIG thank you to all instructors there,
azhert, jason, zhebin, mingjuan, lisa
and MOST imptly!
Uncle Sut!
=D