Saturday, June 21, 2008 @1:44 PM
NUS EnginCamp 08
haha.. it has been so long since i last updated my blog.. recently have been quite busy with camps, work and etc.. therefore din have much time to come online to blog.. today i shall update abt the orientation camp tht i have jus attended! ENGINCAMP 2008
DAY 1 (16062008)
We are suppose to be in MPH by 0900 tht day .. therefore we set to meet each other at 0730.. as usual.. somebody was late again (WJ).. he finds an excuse saying tht he needs to top up his farecard.. but... why does he has to set it at 0730 for us to meet while he can slowly top up his card and reach at 0800+ lol.. Ai Yo.. Wd, Khai and Mi was on time at the bus stop waiting for arrival of our lao da (WJ)!
At NUS, we were rather lost lor.. luckily we met up with another JJCIANs who knows the place well.. haha.. this saved us some time which otherwise would be wasted on navigation or losing our way in the huge campus:P
The whole camp started with some icebreakers within OG and HOUSE(=family). as u all know i am rather psychomotor, i soon build up with large no. of 'chou3' and was the first to do forfit with WeiJie.. They make us run around the place shouting "Wo du Zi hen Tong, Shui You Da Bian Zi" (= my stomach very pain, who got toilet paper).. This attracts quite a no. of attention and everyone was like thinking who is this 2 "siao" ppl running around shouting at the start of the camp.. haha..
Their lunch was catered in packets rather than buffet style like JJ..lunch time was the usual chatting sessions with my og mates to know more abt one another.. haha.. after lunch was massive icebreakers for the whole camp... around 120+ ppl attended it... We were playing games like Forest fire(modified) , Forming groups of 2,3,4 and 5 and some other games. Wd was the finalist for 1 of the games. Next up was War games, everyone was so enthu in my OG tht we won all the stations there.. haha... Everyone was like damn high la.. haha.. Painting ppl's butts and dodgebomb were my expertise among all the stations..
Next up was washing up and prepare for Secret Pal (SP). Secret pal is a game whereby everyone will be blindfolded and brought to a place whereby u will be paired up. The the pair will start their conversation for around 30mins.. basically means making friends with eyes closed la.. My day1 SP was a girl from TKD and TJC.. heard quite a no. of stories from abt her TKD and experience etc.. haha.. oopz she was doing most of the talking part.. After SP was mass dance session.. We learnt "LOW" as our mass dance song.. haha.. the difficulty level is "super hard" compared to JJ mass dance.. haha.. take around 1hr 30mins to learn around 30 seconds of dance steps.. LOL..
Dismissal... After dismiss, there is no exact lights out timing and no restriction to movement..(UNI ma! Adults liao, LOL). WeiJie suggested double cheese prata at the nearby prata shop.. Tht was our OG first Supper cum bonding session
Sorry 4 more days to go
DAY 2 (17062008)
Sentosa! haha.. First is something like wargames at the sentosa siloso beach.. after tht was station games around the whole of sentosa.. haha... this is my first experience having camp games outside of sch.. coordination part was amazing.. haha.. having to utlise every resources there to complete our task. the most memorable part at sentosa was when mi and wj keep disturbing a planning comm member "Qi Yin" for HAHA card (a poker card tht can be use to exchange for points).. we keep giving her endless reasons and craps why she should give us the card for like 30mins.. in the end we decide to use our final resort.. kneel down to beg her for it.. as there is alot of foreigner at tht place.. she was too Pai say and had no choice but to give it to ask! haha we WON!
SP day 2.. haha tonight SP abit sian la.. a guy ... all of us kanna guy la.. so dun wan to talk abt it.. hahaa.. after tht was bidding for food for BBQ.. the bbq session was quite interesting.. first each house is given some basic stuff for bbq.. things like bbq setup with charcoal, bee hoon, a few packets of susage, crab sticks and hashbrown.. LOL.. to add more food.. u have to use your house pts tht u have earned during games or HAHA cards to exchange.. my HOUSE Azuel has the most pt.. Furthermore our OGL were oso damn good at bidding man! haha.. we got almost all the good food (Softdrinks, nuggets and etc..) whereby other houses were cheated by planning comm with tissue paper , bread and etc.. we end off the day with another session of prata.. haha..
3 more days
DAY 3 (18062008)
Pool games! haha.. nono.. not the same as the jj pool at the side of the tracks.. it was a real SWIMMING Pool.. haha.. stations were setup everywhere in the pool.. games involve water guns, water bottles, float, mahjong tiles and balls! haha.. after tht was lectures by sponsers etc.. (times magazine, vpost.. craps!) lol.. Next up was SP revelation.. haha.. nth much to talk abt la.. At night we have our night games.. FRIGHT NITE!.. LOL.. first we were brought to an LT to watch a horror movie while waiting for our turn.. When its our turn.. OG by OG will be fetch by mini van to a rundown house within NUS campus.. (hard to imagine.. inside NUS Campus got such a haunted house) We were told tht.. the house used to be a childcare centre for NUS lecturer's and staff's children before 1991.. but at 1991, a group of kidnapper held some of the staffs and children hostage at the house. Special Ops Force was called upon to rescue.. but they failed.. all hostages and kidnapper were killed in tht crisis.. after tht.. the house was left untouch till now..
At the haunted house, we were paired up to enter the house to complete some tasks.. Wende and Mi was a team.. haha.. Wende super garang la.. Volunteer himself to be the first pair to enter.. haha.. i was like.. THX lor.. Hai wo ah!.. haha.. it was pitch dark inside.. barely can see our hands lo. We were only guided by light sticks placed on the floor. Some of our dearest! councillor were there dressed and face painted like ghost to scare us.. haha.. but it was 3 am at tht time.. both mi and wd were too tired to response to those ghost.. haha.. completed the task with the help of some friendly ghost.. haha..
No prata for today.. reach our halls at 4am
2 more day to go..
DAY 4 (19062008)
the last official day for ENGINCAMP. CITY HUNT! haha.. we were despatch in og to places around singapore to get clues and take photo to complete our task.. Our first destination was orchard road.. haha.. we were told to listen to a song in heeren for the last word before music fade off.. ANS: Denied.. haha.. nx was to go to some place to look for 5 COMBI of food tht adds up to $15 dollar exactly .. hehe.. there are more task la.. cannot remember everyone of it le.. We travel from orchard road to singapore river to find some stranger to dance the mass dance with us.. hehe.. Although we din finish all the task in the allocated time frame... we have much fun fooling around town.. haha...
Back in campus.. we were given ample time to wash up and prepare for our finale night.. we have to change into our semi formal wear and travel to the other hall (Kent Ridge Hall) for tht event. That night's food was the best for the entire camp.. haha.. buffet style with ample of selections.. haha.. we were busy camwhoring with one another and of course our Da Jie.. the only girl in our OG.. she was damn cute tht night la.. nx time i upload photos show u all.. haha..
FINALE Night.. started with some competition.. Peagant King and Queen and Dance King.. shall not elaborate on those competition.. haha.. then there was a performance by Kent Ridge Hall's Band.. the spirit and enthuness was brought to the max.. we feel as thou we were back at JJ nite .. haha.. we do the same thing.. dance to the music... forming train running around.. group in circle to play.. haha.. og's around us were oso affected by us and started to go mad! then it was the mass dance.. haha.. the planning comm end of the engin camp with an emo speech and prize giving.. WJ was our Best CAMPER for ENGINCamp 2008.. haha.. Overall house champion is OSO Azuel.. lol..
Engine camp has a unique tradition to end off the camp.. (not by e-web :P ) but by forming 2 big circles.. inner ring is the councillors, ogls and planning committee.. outer ring is the campers.. we walk in opposite direction to thank one another.. showing our gratitude for one another during the camp.. haha.. can see the planning committee were rather touch .. Some eyes were red.. haha.. i was quite serious at it MOST of the time.. ok la.. at times i crack jokes to make some of them laugh la.. hehe..
Everyone started camwhoring again with one another.. even with ppl from diff OGs.. i took photos with almost everyone including my dearest OGL and Councillors.. Even took some photos with the planning comm.. My OG was the last to leave tht place.. haha.. too engross in taking photos le.. haha..
1 last day
DAY 5 (20062008)
The unofficial day... after the finale night... we went back to our hall and all of us gathered in 1 big hostel room to play cards and chat for the whole nite.. Some of them left earlier as they have something on the nx day.. Slept for an hour or 2 before we leave the hall for brunch..lol.. Greg, Chee Hong, Jia hui, Shu Hui, Wende and me went to LOT1 to eat Sakae Sushi! we have a nice chat while eating... get to know them even more thru tht makaning session. :) Home Sweet Home..
-End of camp!
Firstly, i would like to thx the planning committee for planning such a wonderful experience for us..Next would be our Dearest Seniors who take time off to come back as councillors and OGL. And Finally my OG mates for being so enthu and bonded thru out the camp!.. woot! GO GO MUSSELS!!! AZEUL ROXZ! haha
Seniors:
Greg - OGL cum House Head (BIG BOSS).
Chee Hong - OGL with almost the same name as mi.
Jia Hui - OGL who showered us with lots of care.
Li Ning - Councillor who is very quiet but has an unique way of covering her mouth while laughing
Shu Hui - Councillor with 9.26mins 2.4km timing.. hard to jio la. run so fast :P
Yi Min - Councillor cum Day 1 SP. Sweet TKD girl
Campers:
WeiJie - No comments
Wende - No comments
Lawrence - Officer with dark skin tone
Victor - Tallest Mr. Nice Guys
Peng Siang - Genius from HCJC
Elson - Friendly regular from air force
Sharon - The Angel cum Da Jie in Our OG
