Back from ACE camp

yoz people...
just(two days)back from ACE camp...
a four day camp in the wild outdoors in malaysia...
though not so wild....
or at least not as wild as last year's ACE camp...
differences:
-Proper toilets
-A sheltered mess hall(which is not all that messy)
-Big spacious tents to sleep in
-Beds/bunks to sleep on...

so we were lucky...
still that didn't make the camp a walk in the park(or the jungle for that matter)
first day after a long bus ride when marcus was annoying yong han...
canoeing...
i was like okay i've done this before i can do it again...
this time the canoe was different...my foot was squeezed at the sides by two metal things in the middle...
my ankle was frkin sore after the whole thing...
yong han complained i wasn't using strength....
oh well...

next day jungle survival...
my group only managed to get the shelter...
the fire and water we just crapped...

then orienteering...
my mini-group(5 ppl) came in first...
were also first in points...
got to water bomb the others....
cool...though to be honest i was more glad that i wasn't the target...

third day(halfway through)
river crossing...my group was first...thanks to a "technical difficulty" on one team...
and thanks to jun xuan overtaking the other group mid-river...
rafting...hmm...
since my group had ocy AND me...we were expected to take the lead...
ocy came up with some design that was quite different from what the standard design would be...
we were given four barrels and four thinner pipes...plus ropes...
perhaps ocy was too ambitious...should have stuck with usual design....
(no points for creativity)
i discovered mud is really...um...squishy...
totaly sucks...
as in literally...
sucks your leg down and like holds on to it...
after canoeing it decided it would keep hold of my shoe...
which is what it did...
seriously you can't imagine how squishy it is unless you feel it...

afternoon was mt. climbing...
walked halfway then we were told we had reached halfway mark...
then continued...(marcus stayed behind...not climbing up at all)
man it was tiring...
super steep...
then there were some cliffs that were like waist high or chest high...
i didn't make it to the top in time(1 hour)
was feeling dizzy so i was sitting down resting...
then everyone started coming down...
apparently i was quite close to the summit...
oh well...
shawn did his best i think...
he made it halfway past the halfway mark
(whereas marcus didn't go past it at all)
so...the two unfittest guys in class didn't make it...
plus two other guys...
one is me...
oh well.

monday, LAST day...
wooh....was happy it was last day...
morning activity abseiling...
plus some pusiking climbing or smth...
my group did the climbing first...
i banged my head on the ceiling just before doing it...
i blame yong han...
if he had banged his head first...
i wouldn't have...
he so tall he shld have hit...
argh it hurt...
and i was "volunteered" to be the first to demonstrate...
was quite okay....maybe even easy
next station abseiling...it was one by one so we had free time...
watched shawn attempt the climbing thing...he apparently succeeded...
with help from others...
last station
leopard crawl plus lifting thing....
the lifting thing was like some trust thing...
one person gets lifted up by the rest...high in the air
everyone sings a song THEN puts him down...
luckily for our group...we had no heavy people like marcus and shawn...
i was the heaviest in the group...
haiz...
the ACE leader...was the head prefect
he also was a PSF(peer support facilitator)
he also happened to attend PSLTC '08
he ALSO happened to see my performance during psltc...
so he asked me to rap low while carrying a guy...
i was like huh???
i only did the chorus...yong han was in the same group he sang along...
oh yeah the ACE leader,Vrij,recognised me the first day
(i had to give him a small reminder..."PSLTC")
and tried to get me to rap...
lawlz...told you i had a reputation...

after that...CAMP OVER!!!
oh yea,201 was the best force...
HAH!! TABA TABA!!
mostly thanks to ocy cos he came up with both cheers...
he's like what, a cheer making machine...

came back via taxi...
grandma house...
argh no guitar hero world tour??? T_T
oh well...
bathed(first time in four days)(weren't allowed to shower first two days...didn't bother/no time last day)
brushed teeth(also first time in four days)

then brother came back and mom told me we were going to get the game later...
WHOOO!!!!!!
hehe...
yay!
GHWT here i come...
the package was BIG...and kinda heavy...

next day couldn't wait to bring to grandma's house to play on the ps3...
set it up...
got cut doing so...
had sms conversation with karthik meanwhile...
oh which reminds me lol
during campfire mr gregory taught us a song...
it went
di sini senang
di sana senang
di mana mana hatiku senang...
i was really intrigued by the fact the last line was almost exactly the same as karthik's name...
manoharan karthik
lol...almost made for his name...
so i sang that version...
taught yong han and on the way back on the bus sang it over and over again a few times...

so bakc to GHWT...
started with guitar...
went through tutorial blah blah blah...
so now...
i play on medium difficulty...
after two days of practice...
i CAN play hard...but i'd rather stick to medium to train for now...
the diff is med uses only 4 notes...
hard uses 5....
i only have 4 fingers free on the frets(to press the notes)
so...
yea obviously med is easier...
drums...quite okay...
might be easier than guitar...
the mike is kinda screwed up...
no idea how it works...but i kinda manage it...
tried it once only though...

so far GHWT is quite fun...
i ain't gonna give it a review or anything but i find it quite fun...
some nice songs too...

kayes that's all...
di manoharan karthiku senang.........

Payce out,
BBoy Jay-Z-D