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taiwan expedition trainings

Saturday, May 12, 2007 @ 12:28:00 AM

APEX! this entry post is about the long brief; yet not very, recap of ALL our expedition trainings, ever since from the first which is on 27 April 2007. people, sit back and relax while you read this entry. prepare some food as it will be a full coverage of the EXCITING memories and moments we cursed and sweared in our hearts (if any), of course, from my perspective. the trainings are mainly to inculcate TEAM SPIRIT, TOLERANCE and ENDURANCE among us.

Group Altitude: Mr Nirav Mrs Puah kongjiak zhuangyi fazlin rachel ameerah priscilla gerard chonmun jeremy gabriel samuel

Group Persevering: Mr Low Ms Kong szejin june michelle jiahui lengchee kaixiong kelvin thava boonjie walter xianglong

Group EXpedition: Mr Soh Ms Juny ryan nishaa masdiyanah yvonne cheryl wenjie billy zahiruddin raymond jia hui chenghui roland

27.04.07: staircase training with 10kg load
i did not go as i have to go to npcc home team academy. but it was not easy (of course)!

30.04.07: running outside school, distance=mystery
we were supposed to run for 10km, but due to factors, we ran for a mysterious distance. we set off with group X in front, followed by group P then group A (my group!). the distance between our group, the distance between 35 of us (excluding the teachers) and the distance between the best and the others was undesirable. what i can say is, the behind ones tried to catch up, but the front did not wait.
the ugly stuff behind. all of us scolded each other (isn't that part of the ugly side?), we pushed and supported (beautiful-er side now right?) each other. we have to do push-ups and sit-ups in the beginning when our distance gets wider. after that, no more. we finally finished the run. phew! although the gap between us during the run was big, but the psychological distance between us, in a way or another, bridged.
after the run, people were switched to different groups. some switches were unexplained. lol. i was talking to rachel when i heard mr nirav said my name. i was like, "huh? anything the matter?" after half a minute, i realised i am the oic. i am slow. roland was appointed 2ic. well, i might be his 2ic for ndp, so we are quits? mr low joked that i actually asked him i could be the oic during the run. but how can i ask him when he is so far in front and i was so tired?
*best runner appointed by us*

04.05.07: briefing then bench-lifting with pair
we went to the ava room 1 for the briefing. we were given the tentative pack list and were shown photos mr nirav and mr soh took during the trip to taiwan. all the wahwahwah photos and all the things to take note. we have no pen, so i think no one remembered?
my pair was masdiyanah (she has so many names, lazy to list all out; this is the original). it is not fun. lol. we did 20 counts of 8 of lifting upwards and half-squats, for a total of 5 sets. it totaled up to 100 counts of lifting upwards and 100 half-squats.
after that, some or all of the boys tried solo lifting. i do not know how much, but i know me and masdiyanah were the last pair. we slacked too much or the people cheated too much? ~question mark~

11.05.07: exciting moments with 3-5kg medicine ball
we were slow AND late thus all others waited in pumping positions while roland and i sort out the attendance. we were given 5 minutes to set up the tables and get the medicine balls. gerard took the 5kg medicine ball. woolala. we have to step up to the table and step down (cannot jump up or down). we have to squat and walk under the table (try not to roll or crawl). these two actions must be done without the ball leaving our hands, touching the floor and our hands cannot touch the floor.
after all the table moments, it is the raising. ball in our hands, 45deg, 90deg, 135ged then 180deg. argh. i was glad when we kept the balls and tables.

14.05.07: hockey
A and P started first with X playing human snake (walking in a snake-like manner at the staircase in front of integrity block). the loser team will have to swap with the team playing snake. my group kept cursing at the lagging team to lose and the leading team to score, so we can stop the snake game. we had a lot of water breaks and rest times until the teachers came out of the room. q= i was whacked hard at my shin and my finger (skin was ripped off and bled).

16.05.07: situational run
we started out in the field, taking attendance. after which, we set off for our run, which was said to be long, slow run. uh. the sequence was, Group X, P then A. Mr Low asked me to run in front with him. he was leading the run. we were punished to do push-ups coz the people behind cannot catch up. we were to respect the floor, so we did upland push-ups. meaning we were on a slope, our heads at the lower end, legs higher ends. get it? Mr Low asked me how many i want to give, so i said 10 (5 seems little, 20 seems MUCH). OIC does double of what the others do. i did 20.
every now and then, he asked me questions like, how many wear spectacles, how many wear braces and lastly how many pass maths, IN EACH GROUP. i physically counted how many wear spectacles. i was told Group ICs are not for show. i asked ICs to assist me for how many wear braces. i was told my reply was slow. for the last question, my group told me all passed, adding "anyhow say la, he won't know" at the back. "tell me what exactly is the number" after that, i saw the teachers catching up at the back. woolala. my group was caught.
Mr Nirav said, since all 30 of our maths passed, we shall do 30 sit-ups. you might think 30 sit-ups are easy, yeah. but the thing is, we were to respect the floor (remember?), so we did upland sit-ups. OIC does double of what the others do (remember). i did 60. woolala. it was testing my limits. all my life i have been doing normal flat land sit-ups. i suffered from stomach muscle ache for at least 3 days after that.

after that, two volunteers were needed and the thing is, they have to be injured in a way or another. the teachers' intention was to make us get used to any injury during the mountain climb. my group had headache by rachel and backbone injury by priscilla. my group has 2 medics, putting us at advantage over other groups, but now, it is the same. we also had crazy, unconscious and dead people. it is basically, sickening. at the last part of the journey, we had to piggyback our partner back to school. argh. i was glad it was all over.

19.05.07: memorable 16 hours =D
i did not go for the bukit timah trek as i have to go for SPF badge presentation. but it was not easy (of course)! i went to mr soh's mother-in-law's house for lunch (popiah and green tea) while waiting for the rest of the expedition group to arrive. we had a bag check (i regretted having already packed my bag at mr soh's mother-in-law's house). we then walked to mt faber. woah sian. the incline was breath-taking, although i started the hike with about 90% of energy? bag heavy, high gradient, weather hot. almost half were dead for the bus journey to changi.

we dined at changi village. most of us ate at cheers. initially we were happy to know there is a lightning report, so the walk might be cancelled. in the end, it was not. a lot of us thought the teachers extended our dinner break by half a hour because they wanted to drag the time to check the report. we walked along the route surrounding changi airport. although it was a walk, the front person was fast, causing the people at the back to run to catch up. we were scared by a -ya- when he was standing at the side of the path, even if he was wearing white. we walked back to the area near the coffeeshop. i had adrenaline rush, so i was rather hyper. we went home in fazlin's dad bus (not excursion type, but tour agency's luxurious type). woo~

23.05.07: sembawang park run
we jogged to sembawang park then come back. sports day was already torturous for me, let alone school to sembawang park then sembawang park to school. aiyo. i had migraines attacking my left side of my head. i had stitches at the right side. i had cramps both at my right and left middle-of-thighs-and-calves. my right knee acted up again.

just imagine the pain.

25.05.07: expedition briefing by agency
parents came with their child. my parents did not. why must ytss buy so much food when there is a briefing or ptr session? only when parents are in school, of course. must leave a good impression that their child/children are not tortured in ytss. ya. they did not show a repetition of the photos. but those by the tour agency were much more presentable. they did not show the parents the toilets and the place we are sleeping. well, who will? parents will withdraw their child from the expedition immediately for the generation after us, i guess. too spoilt.

30.05.07: soccer
i did not go as i have to go to Singapore Poly for a visit.

01.06.07: checking of backpacks
we were dragged because people turned up late. come on man. hurry up. it is ROD night ok. we throw everything out of our backpacks, had a short briefing and we can go home after putting them in the pe store. some idiot left the backpack outside unattended. wonderful. it is a boy's as i have not seen any girl carrying it before. good luck to that person.

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