- 11:18:00
Thursday, 4 June 2009
HILLARY CHALLENGE PRELIMS'09 IS FINALLY OVER!
both the HCNY team & NYHC team got into finals! (: yay! something to be happy about but we definitely know that there are MUCH MORE to come! X:
no point getting complacent now~ the finals is just another 无底洞 that we are to explore & endure through together without knowing what awaits for us!
hmm ytd morning i woke up in horror as there were lightning & thunder & RAIN! D: seriously i dont want them to postpone the prelims eh! if not we will have to go through another night of 紧张 hmph. yay but LUCKILY the event wasnt postponed! moohaha. it was only delayed~ & we must really be grateful of the delay haha. if not we wouldnt have so much time to plan & allocate the groupings & practice our knots! =D [lol okae this is meichun's timo's 招牌 smiley HAHA. ohh & maybe timo's! meichun's! xD]
sooooooooooo~ at 10pm........ THE PRELIMS FINALLY STARTED! X:
FIRST STATION!
is the swimming in open waters station! there was a slight change of plan from having two groups to swim diff distance [150m & 50m] to everyone swimming the same distance of 50m [or isit 100m? dont rmb..]! hmmm & i really must thank meichun, matthew & yongle! (: thank you so much for pulling me along for swimming cos my swimming really suck. i dont feel myself moving forward at all lah... T-T & as quoted from meichun's blog, i really liked it that our team is so bonded, as to not just swim individually on your own & leaving your other teammates behind! THANK YOU MEICHUN, MATTHEW & YONGLE! (:LOL & yes matt i will go & train up on my swimming! YESYES. -.-
SECOND STATION!
is the cycling cum casualty evacuation part! [rofl i kept saying casualty evaluation!] gordon, shyhhorng & matt went for the cycling & the rest of us went for the casualty evacuation! eh yesyes i was kinda angry cos sharon said our elevated armsling was correct but the instructor simply rejected us with "i can't accept that" -.- hello that was like the nicest elevated armsling that we [meichun & me] have ever done okae! CDC we also never do so nice before! -.-
haha it was really funny to see poor yongle being bandaged up cos he "is a skateboarder who fell on his elbow" & "a man who is bleeding profusely as a flower pot fell on his head". yepp & the makeshift stretcher is kinda easy~ :D
the guys who went cycling were great too! super fast! (:
is the cycling cum casualty evacuation part! [rofl i kept saying casualty evaluation!] gordon, shyhhorng & matt went for the cycling & the rest of us went for the casualty evacuation! eh yesyes i was kinda angry cos sharon said our elevated armsling was correct but the instructor simply rejected us with "i can't accept that" -.- hello that was like the nicest elevated armsling that we [meichun & me] have ever done okae! CDC we also never do so nice before! -.-
haha it was really funny to see poor yongle being bandaged up cos he "is a skateboarder who fell on his elbow" & "a man who is bleeding profusely as a flower pot fell on his head". yepp & the makeshift stretcher is kinda easy~ :D
the guys who went cycling were great too! super fast! (:
THIRD STATION!
next up is outdoor cooking + tent pitching! hahaha i guess it was kinda hard for our teammates who went outdoor cooking cos the wind is very strongggg~ their match sticks kept getting extinguished! ohh yep meichun, yongle, timo & me went for the tent pitching! the knots part is easy! [waha i just feel proud to be a NYNP cadet! to have a vast knowledge of knots & lashings! :D] arghhhhh i simply dont like the wiggly flimpsy small tiny pegs that they gave us for tent pitching! rawrrr & they gave us raffia instead of twine! D: tsktsktsktsk! hahaha meichun & i simply tied random knots on the peg lah! cant even be bothered to tie tent guy loops~ -.-
& they only gave us two poky poles & an inner sheet! rawrrrrr. D: YAYY but in the end the tent was up! xD & the outdoor cooking people had fun eating their maggie mee with egg! =D
FOURTH STATION!
is the ultimate kayakingggggggggggg! :D funfunfunfun! i can kayak but i cant swim. kinda strange. but who cares haha~ KAYAKING IS FUN! =D LOL & everyone in our team kayaked before except for the tall-mapling-atm-fish-stall-who-likes-to-slack-&-is-very-vulgar TIMO! who slack-ishly ponned OBS. -.- pooooor matt! hahaha.
btw i paired with yongle! & it was fun haha. xD lol but he whacked my head twice. -.- too hiong already lah. ohoh we went to help meichun & shyhhorng cos they capsized. X: but they were pro man! can get back into the kayak without much fuss! i think if it was me, i would probably freaked out & become 手忙脚乱! good job guys! yall kept your coool~ :D & haha thanks yongle for the great job too! (:
FIFTH STATION!
is orienteering! i think we kinda screw this one up cos we werent sure of our pacings! but the guys were really good at common-sense-ing! & crapping! LOL haha. cos the question sheet was too crap already! haha matt is good at orienteering! LOL btw yongle's throwing away leaves method was super lame! -.-
OH YES! rawrrr some stupid girl pushed me into the bush when we were chionging back from orienteering to go for rock climbing! RAWRR. luckily i dont have any open wound ah! if not i will go & ______ you! [insert own word]
LAST STATION!
is the rock climbing cum abseiling station! i went for abseiling haha! LOL i think this station is cheat de lor. just one person abseil one person rock climb then finish le. -.- lame si le thankyou~ abseiling was fun as always! hahaha but i think i should have just ZOOOOOOOM down all the way! then i will be so FAST! :D & yongle the _________ went rock climbing! good job good job everyone! :D
& YAY WE GOT 4TH! could have gotten better though! if we werent delayed at the swimming station! & if we had chiong more~ yepp but it's over & there is nothing we can do about it anymore! let's just look ahead & really prepare ourselves for the FINALS! =D
ohh yep & three cheers to NYHC team too for getting 8th! (: let's work hard together for finals! xD
加油啊~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
okae okae random photos! :D
meichun & sharon~ (:
T20-1: gordon!T20-2: meichun!
T20-3: matthew!
T20-4: timothy!
T20-5: yongle!
T20-6: shyhhorng!
T20-7: sharon!
T20-8: yijung!
& ofcos, T20-9: shiya! :D
rawrrr okae i dont have any team photos with me! X:
SADDDDD. T-T
& yess. i know it's dumb, lame shit or whatever. & sorry meichun for making you exasperated! ): i caught more than 100 planes & ate them all! & i definitely had fun catching! (: haha at first my wish was to let both teams get into finals! but i only finished my 100th plane after we completed all our stations & both teams got into finals already~so yepp. i made another wish! & i hope it will come true. =D
may 霹雳 MIT bless us! :D
:D a BIG thank you to all my teammates for making all these possible! :D
& a BIG thank you to SQMS for all your 谅解s towards me & meichun! for being MIA for so many meetings & preps! THANK YOU SQMS!! T-T
& special thanks to hong & cong for your good luck sms! =D
& special thanks to YOUU for all your 默默的支持和安慰! (:
haha then after everything we went for team dinner at KFC!
had fun sharing experiences of camps! xD
& after i reached home, i totally plonked down & slept like a pig [NOT OTTER]! -.-
haha wheeeee i am utterly surprised that i survived prelims with only sunburn & back muscleache! (:
surprised, surprised~ =D