Part II
Day 2
Woke up a little late....
But still in time...
Had PT....
the PTI was instructor MUN...
He's loud
very loud....
but he isnt clear..lol...
some problem with enunciation i reckon...
ran 2 rounds around the milo pool...
and others....
fall in in front of the longhouse...
flag-raising ceremony...
the trumpeter wasnt great...
couldnt ask for more....
apreciatted it...
after that was breakfast...
all i can rmb about breakfast is..
Milo,tea and coffee...haha
And so it was the start of the activities...
first up...Pahlawan...which means jungle survival...
Calvin was the activity leader...and Mr teo and nan was there too...
we finally got time to sort out FRAT....
so i was in charge of FRAT 3...
overall...they did ok...
shelter was the worst...
not bcos they are lousy..
its just that the other 2 were better....haha
its just that almost everyone seems to be building their shelter on the ants castle...
I dont know why???
they love ants??lol
water was good...
food was good...found vegetable-looking plants....
vegetables??? honestly i dunno....lol...
realised something...
a stupid one...
without fail everyone would think that the oil palm fruit is edible...
just like what we did last yr...
I was like...isnt those cherries...lol....
mushrooms too....
heres it...never eat wild mushrooms...u never know whether its poisonous..
looks can be deceiving...
And somehow i dunno how....
one guy managed to get a COCONUT..
yes a coconut in a oil palm plantation...lol
how the hell did a coconut end up in there??
coconut disperse by wind...
thats new..lol
fire...was bad...not one of the 3 groups managed to create fire....
as a whole...FRAT 3 did ok...
they need pushing at first...
were not very ON....
but after that its ok....
limited pics...heres it...
Shelter making in process....
still in process....lol
They wanted to get these horses for food...EVIL...lolSo after that was lunch....
MSG soup and flies as usual...
Got to cut queue...lol..
ACE leaders authority...
"Erm do u mind???"
" Yes"
" oh ok..."
I still cut....haha....evil...
but i ensure at least half if not all of my force starts to eat before i cut...
cut the other forces queue...never mind...lol
so next up was Arah tujuan...which means orienterring....
We got to go up to the longhouse...yeah...haha...
there were still flies and insects there...
teacher-in-charge was Ms Teresa lim...
Nabhan and Ajun(dont know how to spell..sorry) were the activity leaders....
and the nicest guy around....gregory...
what was surprising is that he's actually the overall-in-charge..WOW
patient,nice and kind are the words to describe him...
ppl were falling asleep...
in the comfort of the longhouse under shade...
guess they were tired or something...
or maybe it was just boring...
gregory tried to make it as interesting as possible..
but poor guy...
i mean...the theory part of orienteering...how interesting can it get...
Charles rajan was sitting beside...
"greg is so nice...if i would him...I would call this bunch of dying ppl to run up and down the slope.."
Now..this is SCARY....
Was briefed on the task...
so basically we ACEs were supposed to be at diferent checkpoints...
even numbered are leaders...
odd are simply stamps...
when there were leaders...the campers were supposed to accomplish a task...
and we would sign if they passed and succeed...
I was the overall force leader for FRAT...
so i got the closest station..
it was just down the slope..
in the middle of a road???
I found a chair under the tree and used it...
vehicles passed...
ppl waved and i waved back...
what a friendly world...
finally the 1st group arrived...
gave them their task..
they are to form a CREATURE
one with 2 heads and 3 legs..if my memory didnt fail me...
must be mobile too...
must be able to make an unique and unheard sound of...(thats a little difficult)
must be able to dance too...
I was lenient...
it was difficult to dance...lol...especially when u r a CREATURE..
CREATURE making in process...So i gave them my signature(my approval)...
they proceed on...
the heat was unbearable...
luckily i had the chair and the tree...
then mathias came back...lol...
he only had one group...
i had two...
got him to standby for me..while i take a leak...
Finally i was done..,,
went back to the longhouse...
and wait for the arrival of the winner group...
it was done in the amazing race type....
so i was the time keeper...
the 1st group arrived...
they got to place one of their feets on the red mat at the stairs...
in an american/british kinda accent...
"Welcome to the end"
"markers,map compass and ans sheet pls.."
"good.."
" u are team no. 1!"
hahahaha....how fun....
sent them to prepare their water bags behind...
as a punishment to those who didnt win...
also as an incentive to the winning team...
so we had fun...
they got wet...i didnt :)
got them to change...
and did my reflections out in the open with FRAT 3
was more than halfway through when the siren was heard...
Damn...no choice...got to rush up...
fall in...
some campers were in slippers...
oops...
honestly...i wouldnt have realise if the instructors didnt point it out..
They didnt believe us...
fine...
so they were asked to go down to change..
its not entirely their fault...
i mean...they were all sort of like changing just now...
and when the siren is heard...
its natural just to throw everything down and run up the slope...
(they were told to)
instructors were not very happy...
we could tell....
bags of food were given out...
Its field cooking tonight...
was thundering and lightning...
but it didnt rain....
Gaffa gathered the ACEs at the hut...
we were prepared to get a scolding...
slippers incident...we reckon...
in the end...
we didnt...
he TALKED to us nicely...
well that was unexpected...
"I dont like to scold my leaders..."
(Gabriel must be hopping mad...lol...and his response..YA RIGHT!!)
it sort of ended in a light note....
after that i went help out my force...
many wanted to start fire....
but no lighter...
Gaffa called all the ACEs....
" u all no lighter???"
" no...we werent suppose to bring..."
"alamak..."
LOL....
so he lended me his lighter...
Told me not to lose it and MUST return to him..
I was like woah....careful this is Gaffar's lighter...
i made sure the lighter wasnt out of sight when i lend it to the forces...
u know how important lighters are to smo****
in the end...i spent to much time helping out...
I didnt get to eat...
i know it was alright based on experience....
got some baked beans from sam and hinyang and ate it while walking back...
I was right....
there was supper....
dinner-serving supper....
at like 8+...lol....
and than it started to rain...
we were all in our tents...
ACE meeting was cancelled due to the rain...
cant get to sleep...
hot and stuffy and it was TOO EARLY...lol...
started singing songs in the tent...
had a great time...hahahaha...
fell asleep at 1am
when my sentry was at 1.30..lol
woke up at 3...surprised no one called me for sentry...went back to sleep..lol..
was awoken by a dim light...
it was nabhan...
the watch shows 4.30...
followed him up the slope...
grabbed my sleping bag along...
Dickson and Steward was awake...
staring into space..
asked why they didnt call us..
they said dont know...
cant be bothered...
asked them to go down to get some sleep while me and nabhan took over...
got 2 chairs...
sat at the top of the slope...
where the view is clear...
went to the toilet for a leak..
saw one of the campers...
he look energetic...(not that kind of I-just-woke-up look)
was curious...
" U didnt sleep"
"no..."
"why not"
" very squeezy and warm"
kids nowadays....haizz...
LOL
To be continued.......
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