SC Interview

The SC interview was supposed to start at 1500... but i had to wait until 1730 for the interview. The interview room was quite scary... imagine 3 SC exco members and one teacher to one student. It was like in American Idol... the judges sitting in a row to bombard you with questions... They asked questions like, "do you know how to sing the 2nd stanza of the school hymn?", leaving me stunned.. but in the end, i sang the 1st stanza to them as i did not know the 2nd stanza of the school hymn. There were also simple questions which i could not answer, "Who are the teachers in charge of SC?"... i like "err.. i don't know". Haiz... i don tink i am going to pass my interview anyway. So, wish all my friends who are having their SC interview all the best!!!

OEC CAMP

DAY 1 - SAJC Compound

After the SC interview, i rushed to the coffeeshop with maurice to have my dinner. At that time, it was raining heavily and we did not have our umbrellas with us. So, we were all drenched when we reached school. Since it was raining heavily, we were unable to pitch our tents. We had our fun during the obstacle course that the seniors organized for us. It was fun but tiring; a lot of teamwork was needed to complete them. The obstacle course lasted until about 2230.. then we had to pitch our tents on the grass patch juz beside the basketball court. It was quite wet and we had to sleep on the somewhat wet ground. Bathing was an essential thing as we knew it was the last day we could bathe throughout the camp. We had our de-brief and journal writing at 2330 and lights-out at 0015.

DAY 2 - SAJC Compound => Palau Ubin

Woke up at 0515 to get ready for morning PT which was supposed to start at 0600. We rushed to the toilets to clean ourselves up and changed into our PT kit. At 0600 sharp, we had our morning PT which consist of running, push-ups, crunches, horse-stand etc... It was quite tiring and we had to do multiple times of these exercises. After the latter, we ate our breakfast and hurried to the foyer to catch the bus to Ubin. When we reached Ubin, we had our trek to the campsite which was a half an hour walk with all our backpacks and equiments on. Throughout the walk, there were running and brisk-walking involved. Believe me, brisk-walking is about the same as running. So, when we arrived at the campsite, we were all tired out. After putting down our stuffs and pitching our tents, we had our orienteering around Ubin. We spent half the day walking around Ubin and had various different scenarios during the course. For example, there were people missing during the walks, hornet attacks etc. which we had to adapt quickily to the situation, applying the skills we learnt. We came back to the campsite at around 1730 to prepare for our field-cooking. Unfortunately, the weather was not good as it was about to rain. So we hurriedly cook the instant noodles and ate them. I was realli hungry as i gobbled down 4 packets of noodles and hotdogs. Oh ya...forgot to say that we onli had energy bars for our meals. After the latter was the campfire night which we sang songs and had our performances which was totally pathetic which i muz say... hahah... it was realli a fun experience. When we thought that all had ended and that we were going to have a good night rest, a surprise was installed for us. The seniors told us that we were going to have our solo night in Ubin. So, we gathered our journals, ponchos and torches to set off for the solo night. We had to walk to our dispatch point which was a 20 mins walk from our campsite. I was the last person to be dispatched from the hut and thus, i had to walk the nearest to my destinated point. The place i had to sleep on was pitch-dark and full of insects.. yucks!! so, i lay down my poncho and slept... although the ground was not levelled and there were full of insects and weird noises, i managed to sleep. Oh ya... and i forgot to write about the reflections.. hahah. At about 0300, we were led back to our campsite where we had a good "nite" sleep.

DAY 3 - Palau Ubin => SAJC Compound

We had to wake up at about 0700 where we unpitched our tents and had our breakfast. We had area cleaning and left for the jetty at around 0900. On the way back, we had 2 scenarios on hornet attacks and had to cover ourselves with the ponchos. We had to run up and down to carry the "causalites" to a safe point etc. It was realli tiring as we had to carry our bags and at the same time, attend to them. By the time we reached the jetty, we were all sweating profusely. We then returned to school via boat and bus; loved the Singapore toilet as we had to dig our own toilet in Ubin. Upon arrival in school, we had to put down our bags and clean up the tents and ground sheets... onli managed to finish the stuffs at around 1500. Had a nice bath and took a cab to Marina Square to eat Carl's Junior... it was realli a great meal!!! That's all for the camp!!