So I'm back after this long hiatus... Really long hiatus...
Too many things that's forcing my body to really painful proportions...
First, the LTC from Monday to Thursday (4th - 7th June) followed by Dance on Friday and Saturday.
Add 'tired and sleepy' to that list of complaints which has 'body aches' inside.
I'm not making much sense here, am I?
Anyway, LTC was really fun, and I kinda miss it. KINDA, cos I'm not some masochistic psycho who desires his body partaking in pain-inducing activities. Actually, I do, but not to such a large extent. Um. I don't think I'm making sense again.
Anyway:
LTCDue to the total slack-ness of the Pre-U Seminar ("I'm not feeling well." "Okay, never mind, stay in today."), I sorta thought that LTC would've been like that, just more or less some camp where we'd have just activities and talk and stuff like that.
BOY, WAS I WRONG!!! (Ok, this point is quite obvious now, but then, like I said, because of the delusions I had from the Pre-U Sem, I just
assumed it'd be something like that, ok??? Blame me for that then!) And thus I learnt my first lesson - Don't Expect anything. (Of course, I went on expecting a whole deal, but that's beside the point. Or not. But whatever.)
So we were shouted at and given eggs, then we had to *SOB!* surrender our handphones and valuables, basically. So we did. And then the boot camp-esque things came along. The boys and girls were divided. "YOU HAVE A LOT OF TIME, IS IT??? WHERE'S YOUR SENSE OF URGENCY???" - this we would soon hear in bulky proportions for the next few days. (I seem to use the word 'proportions' a lot. Oh well.)
So I slipped my egg into my pocket and ran out with my heavy bag and proceeded to empty my bag, pack it, empty it again, according to the word of the guy shouting in front (It was so early in the morning I more or less forgot who it was), and fell into pumping position.
"Down!"
"1!" we all shouted.
"Crack!" went my forgotten-egg in my pocket.
"GROSS!" my mind screamed.
And then I forgot most everything that happened except taking out the crushed egg shell out of my pocket and tossing it into the toilet, and missing. And that was just the first half-hour of the day.
The second day we had the Seeds of Perseverance game. Which was really tiring. But I can at least boast that "12 bottles of green beans were poured all over the LT and we cleaned up every single bean up into the bottles!" Well - not
every bean, there was still quite a sizable amount left over, but it was still quite a not-bad thing. Then we walked out of the LT, and due to our working conditions (it was dark with no communication or air-con, with sweat everywhere), when we walked out of that blasted LT, the normal air blew on our bodies like air-con, and I'm not exaggerating. So we had a 5/10-minute break, and went back into the LT for our 'debrief' which consisted of talking, shouting, and the bean-filled bottles poured all over the LT right in front of us. When I saw Minyi pouring everything all over, I just sat there and laughed a very dry, wry laugh, which prompted Yijie to shout, "Matheus! Very funny is it?"
The second time, all I could think of was how I would be doing that next year.
I had a souveneir from that game - a green bean got stuck in my shoe and just refuses to budge. Next year, if I do get into the LTC Committee, during that game, I think I'll just look at that bean and get reminded of this year's LTC.
Of course, a lot was learnt, about teamwork and stuff, but I've overwritten all those lessons in the reflections we had, I don't think I want to put them up here. It'll be regurgitation, anyway.
Then after that, we were asked if we thought we could do it in an even shorter amount of time (the first time we took 1 h 5 min, the second time 50 min), and NO ONE answered, I think because we didn't want to see the beans being poured out all over again.
So that was more or less the highlight of the day, not saying that the other games weren't impactful - they were, just that they weren't
as impactful.
So on the third day, we were woken up at 2 a.m. and shouted at, then we trekked down to Sentosa at 3 a.m. all the way until 7 a.m. This was really pushing my limits - and I'm glad I managed to. *smiles really widely*
Then I had a short nap after we arrived and had breakfast - I was SO tired, I fell asleep and started dreaming almost immediately, and then we had to do even more activities.
Then we were told we had to trek back to school, and our whole group was "Oh, okay." (Nothing could've been worse than Seeds, and so now we just take everything in our stride. *another smile*) We were being lied to, whatever, but I think that showed that at that point of time, we just knew we could if our minds wanted us to (the theme of the day was 'Perseverance' and I think we did do ourselves proud *another smile - if I smile another time, my face will break*) and so we went back to school, and I can't really remember anything after that.
The last day came and went quite quickly, and we were sorta counting down to when the whole camp would end. The fun part was doing the game we had planned (it was really, really hilarious to see everyone scream when we blew the whistle 3 times and panic really, really badly), and the finale, where we did our item (which - if I do say so myself - quite successful). Then the seniors did their item, we did some cheers, some punishment, and then it was over. (Not really - we ran to the
field and had a
field-day [Haha! Get it? Field - field-day? Okay, the word 'field' is starting to look wrong] stomping our eggs since camp was over. Then when we were walking over to the school gate, Wan Yi and I decided to smash even more eggs into the bin - she got so engrossed she smashed it on the rim, and egg fell out. And we had to clean it. *rolls eyes*
And that was it.
The next day I had to wake up early for Dance.
In which I learnt 3 combinations and presented it to Zaki. In a horrible fashion reminding me of my pre-SYF days, in which I had no idea which move was next, and I was just following the person in front of me (in this case, it was Dawn) and thus looked really lagged.
But I still got blocked! And since the theme of the whole thing is "High Fashion", we got to do lots of poses. Which is quite fun. But by the end of both days of blocking, my body was aching more than ever.
But still, this past week was really, really fun.
I dread school to start.
I dread having to start studying.
But I'm in the pre-tap dance! I got picked! Yay me!
Um.
When I start typing like that, it usually means I'm ending this post.
And so it shall.
End.
Now?
Yes.
I have to start on my Lit homework.
Which, I might add, I didn't really know about since I was away at Pre-U Sem and I wasn't informed about it, then I had to go for the LTC, and then Dance, and I haven't done it yet and it was due the day before yesterday.
I hope Mrs Ho accepts it.
And I really should end.
NOW.
Okay, stop pushing!
Flashback to The Nanny: "Ma, don't be so pushy!" *pushes two girls aside*The Nanny. I love that show.
I'm going to watch it tomorrow!
Okay, I really have to go now.
NOW.
NOW!
