14.08.04, Saturday

lol. cant give a rating for my hypeness cos the 4 days of NatCamp would have
break the meter le. really. best camp i ever had. maybe the involvement and the
emotional attachment i had. having camp hangover now... missed chem and bio test today.
well start wif first day?

10.08.04, Tuesday
i woke up at 3+ when i slept at 12+. cos i was so scared i overslept. then i took
a cab to HQ and its 16 bucks cos 50% surcharge. damn. no first train haf to reach
by 6am. excited abt going for camp but deep down stressed cos i always not tt gd in
ra-ra the crowd. and so many UGs, if dun perform :( first time handling 80+ cadets
together with 5 instructors unlike Unit leader programme so many instructors.

reached SAF terminal the moment i hear other instructors shouting, i got stressed.
got tt feeling wont be able to enjoy the camp feeling. more of competing to see
which division fare better. dunno how to bring across the stress level to u guys.
maybe juz me la. i very competitive one.

as the charlies from other UG come settling in, they came in wif sian sian look, i got
more worried. thinking of what cheer to do, wat game to play. but even though we played
games like 'squirrel and tree', at least we are the first division to proceed on more
than juz intro the members. saw a few charlies giving the sian look, wah i immediately
stressed. wanted to go back do admin n attendance taking...

oh then came first activity. i went to archery. no chance to practice... kinda sian.
then went to first aid and cpr. and discover they taught wrong stuff... lol. then
dinner came. quite nice. division time freaked me out cos nothing to do doesnt
reflect well... so keep brainstorming...

mountain biking. i break into cold sweat. long time nvr cycle. now somemore so
challenging... all the slopes. i braked still moving down. then charlie got highest
casualty rate. haiz. got a few sent home.

then we had games... i thot of the sock game. starting was scared that they didnt like
it. but seems like they loved the socks! lol no la, the game. when i see the other
division like bravo(by NPCC) and alpha(by SJAB) looking at us (wif envy?), i feel so
shiok. haha. alpha was lying down cos no prog... lol. heard frm one of the alpha cadet.
then had like dog and bone thingy. loser chase winner in a scissors-paper-stone game
dunno why they kept doing winner chases loser. lol. then had a inter-sector cheering
competition. which we came up wif out division cheer:

Go like a champion, go go
Fight like a champion, fight fight
Go like a champion, fight like a champion
All the rest can go fly kite
fly kite, fly kite, all the rest can go fly kite
fly kite, fly kite, all the rest can go fly kite

this cheer is really dynamic when u do it jumping... lol. thanks to ek.
oh ya we haf the charlie power thingy. hee...

2 hrs passed so fast... we also taught them the titanic song, not celine dion one.

11.08.04, Wednesday
PT was yawnz... not challenging...
charlie got to go first cos we are cheering powerhouse.
breakfast ok la. SFI food cant expect much.
had outdoor cooking. learnt a few new stuff tt can be cooked. then had the ATF and
jumar. all the climbing i wanna do but no 1 accompany me. so nvr do. sianz...
but could see charlies enjoy themselves, cheering each other... but something was
missing... not very bonded yet. so had to think wat to do.

then was all the wet activities. told myself, die die also muz do... then kayaking
also nvr do cos no partner. lol. then suddenly the NPCC commandant DSP Geraldine Tan
asked me to go kayaking wif her. lol. so honoured. and stressed. then when we kayak
beyond the boundaries, the NPCC coast guard shouted at us. then when we approached
nearer, they suddenly shouted 'sorry ma'am', so hilarious... seeing charlies shouting
and singing while doing jetty jump... felt so happy for them.

then it was boat rowing... was fun la, but not the most fun. cos poor charlie had to
shift the boats cos we are the last division for the activity that day. trap making
didnt sit in. cos was zzz... lol.

then division time was fun fun fun! they learnt mass dance, we had a hard time
'chop' that place, the foyer. then the first aiders came to join us learn mass dance.
was actually performing for charlies to see cos they dance so well. in the end, so
many audience, all want encore. i was dehydrating le... i think we ended the nite quite
well, some felt high... haha. i think the emotions like roller coaster, going to peak.

12.08.04, Thursday
oh yeah, campfire nite. but sad. end of activity. i only went for campfire organisation.
the rest i nvr attend cos i was bz wif first aid duty. lol. part time.
wah then campfire havoc sia. throw pple up in the air, keep cheering. we rocked the
stage for our performance. we danced the whole nite. almost. partying. cheering.
dancing. very wild until u cant imagine. last min i use the flag to play limbo rock.
lol. i missed those times... played wif water... being thrown up in the air was cool.

then there was 2 casualties during campfire. both also sent to hospital. one suspected
ankle facture. one bee sting. haiz. then i felt kinda guilty cos it was ez to link
up as division leaders not able to control the crowd. but hey the injuries occurred
even before they started going wild. i cut back on controlling them cos its really a
mood-killer but i did ensure their safety. U think i wan my charlies to get injured meh?
after topping the casualty list?

lots of memories... every1 in msn now 'charlie' sure appear. i so glad i have
'breakthrough' juz like my sec sch motto. did things tt i nvr imagine i could. wld
like to thank the charlies. they made it possible. they surprised me...

still remember a few incidents:

when hotel division did the same cheer as us, i juz anyhow say 81, then they all
started chanting '81...81...81...', i almost freaked out. then during campfire,
everytime they hear hotel, they go '81...81...' if not, 'go geylang go... go geylang go'.
lol. then taught them the cheer:

do we look as if we care, dont care, heck care
do we look as if we care, we dont give a damn
we dont give a damn, we dont give a damn
do we look as if we care, we dont give a damn

then they practically sang to whenever they feel like. so when we didnt win the best
division, they auto sing that cheer. glad that they like my mass dance...
accidentally in love.

so much emotions. cant pen them down. sum up. its the BEST camp with the BEST pple.
so hyper u cant imagine. so many leaders u cant imagine. new friendships made. unmistakable.