Day 1 (07 December)
i did some last minute packing the day before, and i could not sleep well as i kept worrying about certain issues. in the morning my dad drove my mother and i to changi airport before they both went for work. i waved goodbye to them and after they drove off, i suddenly felt very alone. i started to wonder if i had made the right decision. most of the others seemed to have their parents sending them off at the airport, while my parents were travelling away from me at approximately 80km/h to their respective workplaces.
when we finally boarded the plane, the flight attendant showed me that jiajun was sitting at my seat. MY WINDOW SEAT! :( beside him was matthew, and the seat beside matthew was empty. so i had no choice but to sit there. it was a really short flight, only about 2 hours. listened to my mp3, ate some food and had a short nap.
we reached the brunei airport, collected our luggages and took a short bus ride. staring out of the window, i saw a chinese temple, a mosque, and this building that looked like a dollhouse. we stopped to have lunch, but i didn't to eat as i wasn't feel hungry at all. then we were split into two groups. the group i was in had to take a boat ride which was really long and boring, and then another bus ride into temburong jungle. we reached the logistics centre which was this wooden building thingy. then we were divided into 2 more groups, brought our luggages up and met the bruneians from our group.
my group, Pateh Berbai, consisted of the following members:
Singaporeans: Denise, Peiru, Christopher, Yikiat, Jianyu, Hazmi, & myself
Bruneians: Qibah, Zahirah, Fizah, Sabrina, Intan, Zul, Faizal, Hadi, Azmee
our instructor, Hamdi, had denise to read out some rules and we had to sign it like it was some sort of contract. we had to surrender all our valuables and put them in this container that looks like a giant beyblade thingy. we also had this medical check thing at the medical centre, just to make sure we're all healthy, i guess.
yikiat and intan became our group's store man. they distributed some stuff to us, such as sleeping bags and roll mats, and we had to pack our personal items into a dry bag and then put it in the bagpack which they provided.
as the building was made of wooden planks, there were holes in between the floors and as i moved my belongings from my luggage and into my backpack, my green comb dropped into one of those holes so, tah-dah! i lost my comb on the very first day. how suay.
had a first aid lesson that night, which was like boring revision to me. but it also reminded me of teaching my juniors CPR the other day and also made me wonder about the training session i missed the previous day. but i think it was a little pointless to teach CPR without practicing on a dummy.
and when the instructor was telling us about the creatures we should look out for in the jungle, jack said that his friend told him about this insect called BOMBA and asked the instructor about it. but the instructor had never heard of it before. LOL. then our headprefect went on to ask about HORSEFLIES. ahahah.
we had to wear a life jacket and blow the whistle everytime we had to cross this bridge which was built over the river, and only 5 people could cross at one time. it was already dark when we crossed the bridge for the first time to get to our bunks, and i remembered that an instructor was walking behind me and told me that my backpack was spolit and i had to have it changed the next day.
as you can already tell, the first day was quite uneventful. jaslyn, jamine, peiru, denise and i shared this hard wooden surface which was supposed to be our bed. i slept next to the side door, which only i have access to and only unlocked it to use it when i felt lazy to walk to the main door even though it was only a few steps away. also, sleeping there was a good choice because i could just reach up and switch off any of the fans in the girls' bunk if i felt like it.
Day 2 (08 December)
woke up at 5am as we had flag raising at 6. then we had some warming up exercises before proceeding to our morning run. we also received some good news; that we were supposed to run 7km to challenge ourselves, so this was to train our stamina. oh my gosh. after that, we had breakfast but i wasn't used to eating so much at such an early time, especially after running.
FLYING FOX. it was quite scary to jump off at first, but boss (that's instructor Hamdi. we call him boss due to this story he told as which had something to do with monkeys. haha.) was really nice about it. i jumped, glided past the trees and over the river. the view was great and the feeling of the cool breeze blowing against my cheeks was so refreshing.
then we went back across the river to the logistics centre for TRUST FALL. everybody had a turn to fall and be caught by the rest who had to grab this ground sheet thingy and hold it over this boat thingy, so it was perfectly safe. and i trust my friends! :)
then we climbed up some steps to this rocky place for basic abseiling. i was just sitting there stoning, looking at this black butterfly circling us. so in the end i was the last to abseil down. it was my first time abseiling, (actually my first time was supposed to be during p6 camp, but just when it was my turn to try abseiling, the instructor said it was time for the next activity. bahh.) and it turned out to be quite easy. just walking down the rocks while being suspended by a rope. i thought it was be fun because my sister likes abseiling, but its actually quite boring. i'd rather go on the flying fox again :D
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will finish this post some other time :)
Day 3 (09 December)
short hike, more abseiling
Day 4 (10 December)
jungle trekking, play in river
Day 5 (11 December)
white water kayaking, solo night
Day 6 (12 December)
last night in temburong, packing, souvenir(shirt)
Day 7 (13 December)
MY BIRTHDAY! went to the beach(serasa), sea kayaking at stadium
Day 8 (14 December)
sea expedition to some island, swings:)
Day 9 (15 December)
kayaking(15km), meet with other groups, trial run of 7km route
Day 10 (16 December)
7km run, community service at the beach- litter picking, shopping!
Day 11 (17 December)
netball, visited 3 museums, more shopping, performance & certificate presentation
Day 12 (18 December)
byebye brunei and hello singapore!
