Sorry this took so long.
Firstly, if anyone was obfuscated as to why I wasn't able to blog during the previous weekend, it was because of my ASSTC (Annual Sea Scout Training Camp) that was held at my school. Honestly, it was the most fun I've had in a while. I think I'll let the pictures do the talking this time.
Day One.
So, introducing the Patrols involved...

The Venture Patrol (that's mine)

Dolphin Patrol

Beaver Patrol

and Otter Patrol (to the far left)
So, we had to
check in and everything. Like a hotel, except no air-conditioning, no comfy beds, no pillows, no hot water, no television and no room service.Pfft.
Siew Chai had his say, wished people good luck
yadayadayada
I
want this guy to be the next Troop Leader people.
So during the "check in", I took a picture. (
WOW)

Why are we ventures?
First competition up was
Drilling. (marching)

Otter.

Dolphin.

Venture's formation. I know it looks like nothing great in this picture, but you should have seen how we formed it. =D
Oh. and then Beaver drilled. But you see.. the thing about Beaver Patrol...

We
love toying with it's Patrol Leader...

Even if it means making him jump like
soopahman =)
During intervals, I took pictures. (
WOW)



Poser.
Checking out of the drilling competition...
SOME of the patrols made stuff that impressed me. LOOK MORE PICTURES! (
WOW)

It's EYE (yes, it has one eye glows(
oooooh))

Made out of chopsticks.

Very cool flag which
SHOULD HAVE WON BEST FLAG.
Well that was day one. Very fun indeed. During the night, we ventures built our gateway and table out of bamboo (
oooooooh) and talked and laughed and I really think that was THE
closest I've ever been with them. So so cool.
ANYWAYS,
WE slept off soon after, while the juniors kept building (
heeheeeheeeeee) (
I'm lame sue me)
Day Two.
IRON CHEF COMPETITION. Where I
ze chef and
ze assistant of mine
ze Chuan
Zeik Min is making
z ze food
z for
ze peopl
ez of
ze patro
lz of mine. Well, not really. We all pitched in. Teik (
not Zeik,
Zeik is how a French would say Teik) Min brought a gas stove so that made our cooking
a lot easier.
You want to see a picture right? (
WOW)
WOW.
Not WOW.
Campsite inspection next.

Poor Beaver Patrol.
As for Venture Patrol...

OUR TABLE
ROCKED =D (until Benjamin
pfft) (inside joke)

Introducing
the Y.M.C.A (the name of our gateway). It
rocked out. It was made of
steel for all I care. It was
awesome. Btw, we named it Y.M.C.A. because we were singing that song when we built it. That gateway also served as a very good look out point during sunset and when we were bored, we would just sit atop that thing and talk and eat biscuits
OMG I MISS THAT GATEWAY.
Ther Hoei. He's AWESOME. He knows stuff that nobody else in the troop knew. He was the troop leader in my troop for the year 1998. Having him come and visit during the camp was beneficial to say the least. Thanks, Ther.
CABARAN(torture) SESSION.
This is where we test the abilities of junior scouts. And well the only thing we ventures look forward to is the mud-crawl. Pictures again! (only of the aftermath because some of the pictures are
really embarrassing for the juniors) (
WOW)

Otter.

Beaver.(sorry Malcolm)(not)

Dolphin.
Campnight.It was alright I guess. I learned this uber cool and simple game. We sang songs, and I acted as Black Santa (insider's knowledge only). I don't have a picture of me as BS yet, hopefully soon.

Group Picture. Sorry for the lack of light.
After campnight, most of the juniors slept off. Paul and I
sneaked off to McD =D . I fell asleep within 10 minutes after arrival. So did Paul. This was at 11.30 PM. We got up at 1.30 AM. And walked back to school. And fell asleep instantly again!
Day Three, 6.30 AM.
Got up and freshened up and everything. Nothing really eventful happened in the morning. it
RAINED after we cleared up all our stuff. Really good timing, God.
Trophies were handed out after the rain subsided. I'm not going to tell you which patrol won what. (
hee hee heeeee) (
I'm lame sue me again b*tch)

The trophies.
And that was that. Camp was dismissed and most left. Some went to McD for lunch and left after that.
The End.Now, I'm SURE you're all wondering what happened to the Y.M.C.A. It stood for so long, it managed to withstand the weight of
7 people.

Seven People, from left seated(clockwise): Zeik Min, Siew Chai, Chong, I, Cheang Huat, Edwin and Paul.
Alas, we had to clear the place up, and the Y.M.C.A. was brought down.
Too bad we didn't tell Cheang Huat about that first ;)
R.I.P. Y.M.C.A"A building is a symbol, as is the act of destroying it. Symbols are given power by people. A symbol, in and of itself is powerless, but with enough people behind it, blowing up a building can change the world as we know it."Labels: random happenings
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