Day 1:
Hahaha, I thought I was the last one to come to school but I wasn't! YAY! There were other people who were later than me! Anyway, 3 Hope was the biggest group between the other 2 NA classes. HAHAHAHA!!! Funny right? The other 2 class had like about less than 20 people in their class luh!
So anyway, we took pictures for awhile. After doing some head counts, we went to board the bus which will send us to Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal. We were on our way and Daniel told us a Korean ghost story-which we laughed because of the way he explained it! HAHAHAHA!!! We took some pictures and I didn't know that we were actually stuck in a traffic jam. HAHAHA!!!
The 2nd last row people: Me, Nicole, Clara, Glenda, Daniel, Jia Le, David, Mahoney and Ruben, were making noises and Joshua was quite annoyed because he's trying to sleep. HAHAHAHA!!!! We were just trying to motivate the class to be enthu! Actually only me, Nicole. Glenda and Clara. LOL! At one point, we were all trying to sleep but failed. LOL.
We reached the ferry terminal and we were in a rush 'cause we only had 15 minutes to board the ferry due to the traffic jam. Luckily all of got to board the ferry except for about one or two. I sat with Nicole and Gwen and I slept during the ride because I felt a little sea sice but I didn't vomit.
AND WE FINALLY REACHED BINTAN! YEAAA!! We passed through the immigration and we boarded the bus which will send us to our chalets at the Nirwana Resort. I was super hungry and luckily Shaquille brought potato chips. So I indulged myself with his potato chips. I have not eaten potato chips for such a long time.
When we got to the chalet, Mr Raymond, the camp captain introduced us to our camp trainers when we were at the Functions room. When he said the names of 3 Hope's trainers, Me, Nicole, Clara and Glenda stood up and applaused them! HAHAHA!! Our trainers are Sheikh (I think. or it's Shake?) and Azzi!
We were allocated to our bunks. All of the girls shared one room 'cause there wasn't much girls but I think the boys shared 4 rooms. We had to share a double decker bed, so I shared mine with Nicole since she's my partner. I took the top bunk while she took the bottom bunk. We changed into our water games attire. The girls wasn't allowed to wear white or else..you know. LOL! I lent Gwen the 2Praise class shirt.
We went back to the Functions and did our class flag and our objectives of the camp. We called ourselves, Strivers of Hope. SoH, for short. Our class motto is "There's no need to fear, SoH, IS HERE!" WEEEE WEEEEEEET!!!!!~ HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Thanks Mahoney for the name! It's super nice. :D
After we did the flag, we ate our lunch and went to the beach to do Kayakking and Rafting!!!
Our class did Kayakking first. Trainer Maya briefed us on how to kayak and all those stuff at the beach. THE BEACH IS AMAZING! You can never find a beach like that in Singapore. Well, like duh. Anyway, we had to partner the opposite sex because males are the stronger sex than female (whatever lah). I partnered David and all of us went to our Kayaks. Clara partnered Jia Le (hehe..). Nicole partnered Ervin. Glenda partnered Rooban/Bogana (LMAO! I think his name is spelt like that) We all carried our kayaks and Clara and I couldn't stop laughing because the boys were carrying very fast! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
But before we did our Kayakking, we had our water confidence test. The guys and the girls were seperated. Sheikh took the girls and we went to the water. When the water got up to our chest there, we are suppose to float and I couldn't stop laughing because the water was tickling my neck. HAHAHAHA!!! When I stopped laughing, there was a very big wave and it splashed to us! WHAT THE HECK? Clara, Nicole and Pei Yi lost their specs but only Nicole and Pei Yi managed to find it back. Clara specs was GONE! AND SHE COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING!!!! The stupid boys were calling us losers. ASS. Half of the girls went to shore while the rest of us continued with our water confidence test.
After we did our water confidence test, we were ready for kayakking!!! Clara and Jia Le were the first one to go and followed my David and me.
1st round of Kayakking.
OHMYDOG! David and I were paddling smoothly until we started to paddle to the left in the middle of the sea. We were trying to paddle to the right, BUT WE CAN'T!!!! Azzi, Jia Le and Clara were telling us to paddle to the right.
Azzi: David, Amirah! Paddle to the right!!
Me: David, paddle on the left if you want to turn to the right.
David: Okay, okay.
Jia Le and Clara: PADDLE ON YOUR LEFT!!!
We were paddling like mad dogs la, what the heck?! Suddenly, we capsized because there was a huge wave! IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEA!!
(FROM SEAH JIA LE)
Jia Le and Clara: Oh shit, oh shit!!!!
I accidentally swallowed salt water. Eeeeeee!!!! David was quite far and I could tell that he was panicking. LMAO! But Azzi came to our rescue and I called out David to swim and hold on to Azzi's kayak. Azzi send us nearer to the shore but not so near 'cause I still couldn't feel the floor of the ocean which means that we had to swim by ourselves. David was too tired to swim so I asked him to hold on to the paddle that I was holding while I swam. We were around the shore there when I was very tired but I still swam. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE COULD HAVE JUST WALKED at the part when I was tired. AYE.
2nd round of Kayakking.
We went smoothly but when we were getting the hang of paddling, a strong waved pushed us right back to shore. Again, WHAT THE HECK???!!! It was quite funny and I couldn't stop laughing! HAHAHA!!
3rd round of Kayakking.
David was too tired to kayak, so Daniel asked me if I wanted to go with him so I said yes! It went so smooth and it was quite funny!! HAHAHA!!! We were enjoying it until Sheikh told us to come back to the shore. We reached the shore and the Kayak capsized and it hit my head eventhough i covered my head with my hands. AYE.
Nicole lost her specs again while she was kayakking with Mrs Chin. Kayakking is fun! I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN! We cheered and moved the Kayaks back to their original place so that the other 2 classes could do. We did our final water confidence test and we jumped through the waves as a class!! IT WAS SO AWESOME!!!!!
We motivated the classes who were building their rafts but they couldn't be bothered. Aye, nevermind. It started to rain, so all of us were in the shelter and there was so much sand in my shoe. aye.
The rain stopped and the other classes did their kayakking while our class did some team games to retrieve our things to build the kayak. We played Tangled Circle and Human Traffic Jam. After we finished playing the games, we could finally build our raft. It started to rain again but this time around, it was much heavier. So all of the classes didn't get to do rafting.
All of us went back to our chalets and quickly rush to get our things to bathe!! YAY! There were people banging on the door while we were bathing. It was damn annoying la.
After all of us freshened up, we went back to Functions room to eat our dinner and we had to do our class mascot for the trek the next day. It has to be something important. I gave my rubber band (which I still can't find it). Some people gave tissue papers? What the heck. Some people gave their jacket, caps, pens, ring, handphone strap (LMAO!!!!), tissue paper and many more. Those who gave tissue papers and stuff had to go back and gave something else. We finished our mascot and it doesn't look like a mascot because of the jacket, plastic bag and cap. HAHAHAHA!!!
We were suppose to do our Night Solo Walk but it was raining. We went to the boy's dorm for our debrief because the Function room was too noisy. We went to bed after that. I was scared to sleep on the top bunk because it was shaky, so I slept next to clara who slept on the bottom bunk next to my bed. HAHAHAH!!!! Nicole, Clara, Glenda, Renel and I didn't sleep. We were talking until about 12 plus? yeah. And it was Goood Night!
Day 2:
It was raining in the morning. So I thought we won't have our mountain trek but we still had. We all pack our bags that we were going to bring during the hike. We ate our breakfast and went to board the bus which will bring us to the mountain 'cause it's quite far.
Damn, the mountain was physically and mentally challenging!! It was so steep!! I keep on losing my footing while I was climbing up to the summit there because it was very slippery. But I would like to thank the trainers and the locals, Clara, Glenda and Charlotte (Sorry, if I forgot to put your name here. But thanks for helping me!) while helping me up to climb the Gunung Bintan.
I was quite happy when I reached the summit! It's like finally!!! Going up the mountain was like hell please! Even New Zealand wasn't as bad! I was also quite happy that I accomplished the going up part because if not for the people who climbed up with me, I would have just given up. Thank you again!
"If you guys think that Bukit Timah Hill was hell. Gunung Bintan is worse than that!" - Azzi
I agreee.
It was time to go down the mountain. Which is equally hard as going up because it was steep. David quided me and Charlotte down the mountain and told us where to step. Thank you to the Trainers and the locals, Clara, Glenda, Josephine, Linkesh, Jia Le and of course David. Thank you so much! Oh yeah, I had a personal escort! HAHAHAHAHAH!!!
We finally reached the foot of the mountain which also meant we have reached the waterfall! Aaaah! I washed my muddy shoe and went to the hut to wait for the other classes. We went to the entrance of the mountain and sat to have our lunch.
We rode the bus back to our chalet. On the bus, Nicole, Glenda, Clara and I sang on our way back. AND I FINALLY WON DAVID! YES! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Watch out, David! LOL.
When we got to our chalet, we changed to our slippers and went to the beach for some R&R. At the beach, we were seperated into 2 groups (since our class is the biggest). We can either choose to play Volleyball, Captain's Frisbee or Soccer. Clara, Gwen, Linkesh, Josephine and I were in the volleyball group. Which we realised we have no guys, so David joined us! HAHAHAHA!!!
Most of the time it was David who hit the ball! HAHAHAHAHA!!! He is strong what. LOL All of us forgot how to play volleyball! But we didn't win. But it's okay because it was an R&R for us. The students played against the teachers. We were winning at first but the teachers won in the end. AYE.
It started to get dark, so we went back to our chalet to bathe. Again, it was damn annoying because of all the bangings. But what the heck, we just ignored the bangings. HAHAHA!! After we bathed and cooled oursleves, we went to the resort to have our barbecue.
The food was alright. The honeydew sucks balls, it's damn tasteless. The pineapple that Gwen took was SUPER SWEET, i like!! But the pineapple that Pei Yen took was damn sour. EEE. HAHAHAHAHA!!! The water melon was gone. :(
After we had our barbeque, we went back to our chalets and had our last debrief. It was so fun! HAHAHA! After the debrief, we went to take pictures with Mrs Chin and talked to her. Had a heart to heart talk with her. I definitely bonded with Mrs Chin. HAHAHA!!
After we chatted with Mrs Chin, we went to our dorm and ton-ed. HAHAHA!! Nicole pushed the bed next to Clara's. Which means that Nicole, Clara, Glenda, Renel, Jia Hui and I slept together and it was quite fun. HAHAHA!
Day 3:
It's the last day and I had sore throat till now. I SOUND LIKE A GRACIA WHEN SHE WAS HAVING HER SORE THORAT! Frog. I started to pack my bag and changed to my sport shoes 'cause we were going to do our final activity. We went to the beach and started to do the activities. Our class was divided into two, one group was the guys and the other group was the girls.
Activity 1:
It was the caterpillar walk! The girls group was first group to finish planning but we were the last one to finish. But it was okay because we didn't give up and it's all for fun! So we weren't really competitive. We were supposed to make one row with everyone sitting on each other's lap and we have to cross over the other line to finish the game.
After we finished the caterpillar walk, we did our second activity.
Activity 2:
I forgot the name of the activity but we have to fill half of the bottle with water. But you know what? There are holes in the bottle. So some the girls covered the holes and some of us fecthed water. The boys took their shirt off and some of them lent us. We used the shirt and our shoes to fill the bottle. We were still the last group to finish but we didnt really mind.
Activity 3:
We have to build a Mermaid and a Merman. Clara was the mermaid and Glenda was the merman! HAHAHAHA!!! I did a six packs for Glenda and the *toot* part. HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! IT WAS SUPER FUN! I can totally feel the bond! Our group finished second this time! We ended our activity with our class cheer!
Mr Raymond told us that the boys were having a hard time saying the cheer. SEE LA. Aye, but we just helped them! Clara and I couldn't stop laughing 'cause Daniel was the mermaid and Jia Le was the merman. Daniel had super big boobs because David and Rooban added coconuts!! HAHAHAHAHA!! David went to rubber Daniel's boobs and Jia Le's *tooot*! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!
We all ended our last activity by bathing in the sea. SO SHIOK LA! The waves wasn't as nice as the one on Day 1 but still, it's super shiok. :D
After we played a little while in the sea, we went on land for a debrief and went off to our chalets to bathe and finish packing up our things. We packed up our things and went to the Functions room for some lunch and Prize Presentation.
3 Hope/SoH won the MOST COMMITTED CLASS. YEAH! I think it's because we will always cheer and clap eventhough there's not a need to. Well, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ENTHUSIASM PEOPLE! :D
Seah Jia Le/SJL won the BEST MALE CAMPER!! I thought Clara was going to win the Best Female Camper but she didn't. Ah, well.
After the prize presentation, we went outside to take our class pictures and off we went to Bintan Ferry Terminal to go home. We reached the ferry terminal and this time, we weren't late! YAY! So, after we passed through the immigration at Bintan, we took pictures. Ho Tung the professional photographer didn't take nice pictures and the last picture. AHH!!
We got on to the ferry and we were on our way back to Singapore! Haha! I slept half of the time in the ferry and I was woken up by Jason when he accidentally pushed my head! LOL! But we already reached Singapore. Anthony and his clan were beatboxing-IT WAS SO COOL. Anthony said they can't teach us, girls, because it's already in them, they were born with it and it's a 3 Praise thing. Oooookay, WHATEVER!
So again, we passed through the immigration and boarded the bus to get back to sleep. I slept all the way back! HAHAHA!
And it was Home Sweeeet Home!
Aye, I miss Bintan and I could feel the bond between the class and the other classes. HAHAHAHA!!!
I wanna go back, back, back to Bintan with everyone!
This Sec 3N(A) Bintan camp was the most enjoyable all-level camp I have ever had maybe because it's the people who went along. Yeah, that's probably why it rocks and also the place! Especially the pretty pretty beach.
AAH! SORRY JORDAN, I forgot to bring back the Bintan sand. LMAO! HAHAHA!
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