Friday, July 06, 2007
OBS OBS OBS!
MAN. I MISS CAMP ALREADY. I have a headache, but i wanna go out tmr! Someone ask me out, quick! I'm too hyperactive to slack at home. And goodness, I am tired. Haha, I came home and went onto the com straight away. Even before bathing. I just missed this com. MSN, and my phone. Basically, I missed civilisation.
Oh, hey, I just created a friendster account. I know, I'm like, 5 years late or something. Haha, anyway, add me if you know me yeah? ADD ME.
Yeah, I know. Terribly small, click to enlarge.
RA-RA-RAFFLES!
That's totally insane.
Ouch!
Slow and steady.
Ah B#%S%drghew34c I have like 4612452 bites now, and it resembles rashes. Like, the really bad kind. Grah. Annoying crap. Oh well. Still fun.
Okay, I did my blogging/diary writing in OBS, so here it is.
3/7/07
The day before, I couldn't evem imagine coming to OBS. It was just so foreign, but now, it's real. Everyone wants to go home. I've learnt that if you just get something over and done with once, you don't have to do it again. I hope that we can stop complaining, stop giving up and move on. Complaining really brings down the whole team. Perseverance is key.
You know, it's really hard to adjust to this. Esp since it's a 5 day thing and this is only the secongd day. Yesterday was supposedly slack, today we're kayaking a long long time. So yeah. I can't imagine what the rest of the days will be like. I know everyone's survived it before, so I guess I believe I'll make it through, I pray we will.
Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified of them because the Lord you God is with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. -Deut. 31:6
5/7/07
Yesterday was basically re-learning all the kayaking. We did rock climbing later on. Rock climbing was an experience to remember. First time ever. I climbed 12m. I couldn't help but get quite frustrated up there because I really didn't know where to go and which rock to climb. It's really addictive and very satisfying once you reach the top. Anyway. was kayaking, the sea expedition. My partner was Tracy! We travelled more than 15km, (about 20km) to our destination. Round island trip. Seems little, but it isn't. We were rowing against current and wind. The seas were choppy, the Sun was glaring. Tiring. We took 6 plus hours to reach the campsite. Ate alot of food along the way. When we reached, I saw a rainbow in the sky. It reminded me of God's promise I thanked God for keeping us safe all this time. He really provides. We're still more or less okay. Everywhere is hurting though. Everywhere. My skin's hurting, but we're still alright. We're going back home tmr. Of course I'm looking forward to it. I want a good bath and a good bed. And company. I miss all these, but yes. We will survive this trekking, the land expedition. We will be able to get to our campsite. Then we get to bathe. Ugh.
Also. Far East told us something.
We may not always be the best, But we can always be at our best.
Encouraging.
We will survive!
6/7/07
Today's the last day. It's sad, but it also comes as a relief. I'm still hurting all over. Sigh. Yesterday was the trekking. It was unbelievably tiring, painful and itchy. We were carrying really really heavy bags all around. Plus 26 x 1kg heavy pochos, 26 x 1kg waterbottles, 4 x 2kg sort-of empty jerry cans and 4 x 5kg tents. Heavy crap. Ah. But we were persevered and we helped each other. It was a good time of
learning and experiencing. I can't even count the number of
bites I have now. Yeah. And we were absolutely relieved when we reached.
Then we pitched the tents and ate and did the
night reflection thing. It was dark and
we walked thorugh the jungle in pairs. Later,
we climbed through a tunnel. Yeah.
The super super small one. It was an experience
for me because it was
1. underground 2. small 3. dark. And I'm
slightly claustrophobic. I couldn't stand up, yo.
But yeah, we came and conquered. Wasn't that scary. We were supposed to think of 3 people we want to thank, 2 people to apologise to and 1 prmise to oursleves. I really have to thank alot of poeple. Sherryn, Tracy, Ily, Sohpua, Yikai, Naikus, Hieu 04, Hieu 05, Hang, Hnah, Estelle, Della. My whole group. And of course my trainer, Faiz. And God, most definitely because He brought us through this. Yeah, and I was impatient with alot of people, so I'm sorry to them all. My promise to myself is to perservere through the hardest times because I know that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. And of course, I promise to be more responsible too. Yeah. I'm glad I had the opportunity to go through this. Can't wait for next year's!
"The closer one gets to the top, the more one realises that there is no "top"."
"The same sun that melts the wax hardens the clay."
7:55 PM;
