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"Reflections In The Puddles"
Journal
Sunday, March 05, 2006
>(Note : This post would be long. If you cant stand it, pls do not read it)
I guess this would be one of the most optimistic post so far. Well, i still hope i would not fall into that dark area.
After wasting 15+ years of my life, I would allow myself to reaserve a place in my mind for yesterday. It was a hell load of fun that none could deny.
Woke up at 6. Reached school at 6.40, and xj, pls wake up earlier in future!! but I doubt we would haf this chance anymore, sigh.
Well, we took the pump boat,as usual, from Changi Jetty to Pulau Ubin. Walked or trekked, which ever you like, we reached the noordin campsite. After some briefing, our area had the chance to do the high elements first- adventure course training(ACT), tunnel, flying fox(FF), dangle duo, Leap of Faith(LOF) and a "workshop"(debrief).
Everyone was excited and theres only smiles in all faces. Or maybe, shoutings. I did that ACT first, of course, not in the sense of first to do, its of all the activities, our group was the first to do that activity. 8 other friends and I went up to the.. erm, tower i guess. its at least.. 5 storeys high? i was the 3rd one whom try it. Fear was running through my body like CRAZY! Too much adrenaline. Btw, was it my unluckyness that when it was my turn, there was such strong wind! and furthermore, i totally understood the feelings of those people in fear factor! In the ACT, there were 3 parts to it. Firstly, you are supposed to walk on 2 cables where you can hold on the the rope tied to a cable hanging above you. But the most infuriating part was the carribeana(pls tell me the correct spelling). You would have to pull it as you walk, if not, how are you gonna move on as the carribeana was on another cable above you. But well, thats a safety measure. As for how far the distance it is, Im truly not sure. Who would care about the distance when you are filled with fear and anxiety! After that, you are supposed sit on something and pull yourself over. When it was halfway through, the wind grew so big that i was shaking back and forth! comon, im not tired and do not need you to rock me to sleep ok?! towards the end of pulling myself over, it was kinda stuck.. and i would have to climb on a ladder hanging on a cable above me and make myself over to the other platform. After this, i would have to walk on 2 cables again, but now, its with a negligible tension rope for support. And now, it wasnt that scary after the first 2 parts.
Next, 8 other friends and I went to try the tunnel as told by the instructor. We were told that there were 3 routes and only one was right. If we were to go to the wrong one, we are screwed. (of course, this is the term I used myself) All 9 of us entered the tunnel and after the opening was closed, it was pitch black! truly, pitch black. and i finally understood the feeling of a blind. After moving in a while, we had 2 routes. one to continue in front, and the other to turn left. As there was a slide down the left, we tried to move front. All of us were like snake and held each other as we moved on. Kudos to our unity! Back to the topic, we reached a dead end and had to move back and we turned left. We than changed our formation and all of us lied down holding each others legs of the person above us. Moved forward and well, We reached the end point! AT the end, there were even some balls and quite a steep slope up. So we need ed the person infront of us to pull us up. But as for the first person, i forgot to ask him how did he go up in the first place. =/
After doing that, we proceeded to the firefox as intructed. We would have to wait for our turn and each time, only 2 person are allowed to go. When it was our turn( me and TJ), we proceeded to the 10 storeys high pyramid. It was really high. When i took off, it was just the starting 2 seconds that was scary as the force is the greatest i guess. Than, i was enjoying the ride at the back. Than we headed to the training shed for our "workshop". And it was lunch now!
We went to took our boxes of lunch and well, i guess it was kind of mistake that xj and i was mistaken for being a vegetarian. XJ wrote no sotong and i wrote no beef under the food duno what section. So well, we have to accept things in life. And as we started eating, Mr chng was there with us too. I shall not talk about the details of what we said. hehs=P. And as we started eating, Mr Chng gave xj and I and chicken to share from his lunch. Thanks! :) and now, there came CI Jason with his 2 1.5 litres 100plus. Another big thank you! I appreciate this 2 gratitude lots! hehs.
So after finishing, we thought that we could still continue with our high elements but well, we couldn't and proceeded to the team building games. But well, I did complete 4 out of 6 activities which is what you get for volunteering yourself at the start. As some only did 2 or 3 I guess. The only thing that is sad was that I couldnt do the LOF and dangle duo. But anyway, the team building which has 6 stations as well, we did 4 only. Though the team building game wasnt as exciting, it was fun as we bonded together very well! Gambatteh Sec 4s!
The first was something like getting everyone across to another place with a limited amount of cardboard pieces. If there was a board that is without physical contact, it would be taken away, but if we did cheers that the instructor felt happy with it, he would give us an extra one. There was even once or twice where 5 of us squeezed into a cardboard itself! i seriously wondered how we did it when i think of it! And we finally completed the thing in 23min which is kinda long. After that, we did the 2nd activity called minefield where we would have to choose the correct boxes to walk. if not, we would be "dead" if we stepped on the wrong box. We were quite fast where we finished the activity in like, 10mins? where each activity is supposed to last 30mins. Than, Keith now has another nickname called "Ubin boy"! haha. it was also kind of weird or fun that we even sang the school song there! Mdm Lim you should have hear it! The instructor than asked 1 of us to say a joke which could make him and all of us laughed. I couldn't remember who was the 1st one to say the joke, but JX was the 2nd one i remembered. He told a kind of riddle-joke but the instructor just couldnt get it! LOL!
Well, the next activity was that we have to from a caterpillar with a ballon between you and the person. and you would have to take the bottles arranged there. It was kind of easy too. And TJ, trust the instructors man! haha. Than, the next activity was the passing of marbles through the short pipes provided by instrutors. It was easy too.
After each activity, our individual instructors of each activity gave us a debrief of the activity we done. And the most meaningful one would be the one given by the 3rd instructor. hehs. And it was also reaching 4 o'clock that our 4th activity finished. We were to head back to jetty now. And as we reached the jetty at around 4+ 5? we saw 2 wedding couples going to ubin and take wedding photos! it was quite a nice scene where love rang through the air. I guess we reached school at around 6 and we headed back home! Lets get together next Friday-Saturday again!
Cheers!
Voices
Quotes
"if someone loves you,
love them back not only because they love you,
but also because they are teaching you to love and opening your heart and eyes
to things you have never seen or felt without them."
(ripped from solasura-honz)
As you envelope my mind,
thoughts are all about you.
I hope that you could walk into the ghost of me.
My heart have been delievered to your doorstep, do you accept this mail?
Could you pull out some time for me
and give both of us a chance to be together.
Waiting isn't a problem,
losing you would be the biggest trauma I would get.
May this day where our hearts bond together come soon.
Love is patient and kind; it is not jealous or conceited or proud; love is not ill-mannered or selfish or irritable; love does not keep a record of wrongs; love is not happy with evil, but is happy with the truth. Love never gives up; and its faith, hope and patience never fail. Love is eternal.
A recollection of poetry
"Twilight funeral"
Blackened and cold is the dusk
A veil where the shadows watch
Behind the dim requiems of light
When blindness envelopes our eyes
Silent and unholy is the dusk
A hole where the demons smirk
Beyond the clutters of human life
When deafness embraces our ears
Sable nothingness is the dusk
A shroud where the ravens flock
Tainting the purity of white clouds
When darkness devours our hearts
Inevitable death is the dusk
A cloak where the daggers hide
Under the facade of tranquility
When mortality is but a quip
- Solasura
"Muted Joy"
Words appearing before aquamarine eyes,
Inner warmth awakened.
Coldened heart was melted,
returning to its liquidfied state.
Hopes of rain fallen,
sheltered by feelings.
Flooded everywhere,
but not a single drop here.
Tune rings by the ears,
Emotions being mixed up.
Weak and deplorable,
Just takes the shape of you.
Ensnared by you,
Unintentionally or intentionally,
unable to be freed,
till Reaper's Scythe appears.
Which will appear first, rain or scythe?
"Solitude"
Time flies when words strung out,
numbing the bitter nerve.
Defrostation took place,
Everything seem to be in summer,
From the frosted white fingers,
darkness in the heart,
you brought warmth and light.
Turning upon an unretaliatable liquid.
Just as words strung out once again,
froze all happiness in me.
Bitterness awakened,
Negligible autumn, forver winterness.
Eclipse seems to take place forever.
Light and warmth never took place,
Darkness and chill,
mutated the mind into an unfeeling solid.
When solitude occurs, does anyone bothers?
- Takizawa
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