Tuesday, June 14, 2005
- 3:33 PM
Wells, back from CIATC! Two more days till I graduate from the course! ATC was not as fun as the RC, in my opinion. I also have no idea why. It started off with me going to HQ. As usual, a lot of people from Squad Five was already there! Squad 5 rocks, always the earliest! Then Rejig proceeded to take attendance. It was very badly done, messy and disorganised. There were people who were supposed to be at HQ who were NOT at HQ, and there were people who dropped out of course.Then, we left for the jetty. It was also VERY messy at the jetty. All you can see were clumps of people asking other people to move faster and a lot of blur faces. Not a very good start.
Groups 1,2 and 3's first activity was sea ex. Actually it was quite fun. I changed partners twice! First I was with Huiping, then with Jessica and finally with Calista. And you know what! We were onyl given 9 pathetic minutes to wash up! I dint even get to rinse myself and some people, went in and took a shower with SHAMPOO and SOAP!
I think that that was Calista's most unlucky day! First she cut her foot, then she cut her eye and THEN she sprained her leg! So the both of us were eating dinner during the mock campfire. Wenjie and Jiajunn actually came over to help us cook and wash up. Woah, they are nice man.
After that was debrief then bedtime. I dint exactly have a good night's sleep. Firstly, our basha was about to collasp any moment, and the ground was so hard. Groups 4,5 and 6 pitched the bashas. They were like, basha 2 cannot be slept in! Then, they asked us to sleep in that very same basha. Wonderful. I woke up like about 20 times that night, each time thinking that it was already 6am. Then once, i woke up and found the pressure lamp burning.
The next day was land ex. Mostly orienteering stuff. I dint really enjoy the orienteering stuff, because I cant really catch the concept. Rejig was split into 2 groups, one group carrying a lot of logistics and the other group with Calista. Rejig is REALLY VERY HELPFUL! Seriously! Everyone will be offering a helping hand to anyone who seems to be having difficulty carrying stuff. We went to quite a lot of places, bermuda triangle, chicken feet and the orchid garden, where we saw the wild boar and other birds and were food for the mosquitos. We also went to the knoll of Sam Heng Estate and saw the lion head on the stone. I think the trip back to campsite was much more fun. We were singing National day(??) songs! Yeap, morale was rather high. And guess what! We got to shower!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After lunch we had an introduction to the power boat, single rope pull, double rope pull, warden's walk, suicide window and campsite familiarisation. Nothing much actually. Dinner that night was catered. So we sat in a circle with our food in our hands and with our utensils, fanned the mosquitos away.
Then came the campfire. Everyone was very high, especially the CIIs. Everyone was screaming and shouting the cheers out loud. The CIIs sang 'the power of the dream' for their performance. Its a rather meaningful song by Celine Dion. I guess it was supposed to inspire us. They really coordinated well, all the lightsticks waving in the same direction and all. After that we had our individual group debriefs then it was supposed to be mass debrief. BUT, we were given 1 hour to wash up, actually it was meant for the sea ex people to take a bath. Quite unfair uhh, we werent given time to take a bath the day before and now they are given 1 hour! After that was lights out and sentry. Rejig was late for sentry!!
On the third and final day of the CIATC, we had PT. Actually it wasnt so bad. The run was very slow and so it wasnt that tiring. After that was area cleaning. THANK GOD we got the canteen to clean up and NOT the toilets! But it was still tedious. The final activity was the competition. Actually it was also rather fun. After that was photo taking time and giving out the encouragement badges and announcing of the best camper. Jiajunn and Jiaying were the best campers!
The trip back to the jetty was not very tiring. Perhaps because we were going home, and morale was super high. I think all the people at Pulau Ubin must have been wondering who the hell we were.
Then, Winnie, Subash, Joeyee, Xinhui and me went to eat at Mac. Unwise decision on my part. Cuz I went home and fell sick. Bleh.