Camp Leo 08

Hello~ Miss me? Im back from the Npcc annual camp~ (Camp Leo)
On the Friday morning, when all of you peeps are sleeing, I went to school with a bulky bag, getting ready for the camp.
We (the instructors) have to gather earlier at about 7am to get everything set up and running. It was kind of disaster. Im the Logistic IC, so im like, expected to prepare all the items needed. But I dont think I did my job well... I forget to bring newspapers and garlic. Also, I did not prepare the hula hoops and stopwatch from the PE department. Hence, everything is squeeze on the first day of the camp, and im like running all around to get those items prepared.

The campers arrived at about 9am and we gathered them at the classroom as the canteen and hall are out of bound due to O level examination. After those briefing, taking attendance, bla bla bla, the campers will be playing games that we prepared for the day. There isnt really much I have to do on the 1st day because im not the group instructor or game IC, so i just have to prepare all logistic before the game and just have to slack around =P Many games are being played on the first day. Games such as poncho fold, kidnapped, water bomb, water transportation and many more which im lazy to type out =X The lunch and dinner are... umm... so-so. Just meat + veggies + rice. Not very delicious, but how much more can you expect from a camp?
After the Camp Comm did a debrief for the campers, lights were out at 11 pm. However, the night is still young for the instructors. We have a wash up and then we gathered around in the canteen and had a longggggg debrief from the CIs. In the end, we only have a few hours of sleep... Haishhh!!!!

On the 2nd day, we woke up at around 6am and had morning PT. Luckily, as a instructor, I do not need to do the execise, but just to faciitate by making sure that the campers did the execise correctly. The 2nd day is a horrendous day for me... The other instructors will be going off to city area for the Leo Hunt, but I stayed in school with 4 other instructors to do the campfire preparation.
Sound easy? YOU ARE DARN WRONG!
The mere 4 of us have to do soaked 2 huge pack of firewoods in the kerosine. Think its easy? We had to soak soooooo much firewoods, not once, but TWICE!
After soaking the firewoods for the first time, the 4 of us and 2 CIs went to IMM to get some stuffs and eat mac ^^ When we go back to school, we had to soak the firewood for the second time!!!!
Then, after soaking, we do not get to rest, but to set up many things such as dome tent and kerosine lamps and many other things to decorate the campfire site.
When everything was set up nicely, we then build the structure of the campfire. Of course, im very lazy to type out the exact things and stuff that I had done, but these pretty much summarise up the things~

Campfire night~ The much anticipated event throughout the camp! Me and Nazree are in charge of feeding the campfire. It sucks, i tell you, really. But first, whats a campfire without the lighting of the campfire? Yay, im the one to light up the campfire =x Mr You declared the campfire open, and I light my torch and then light up the "fireball" at the 2nd storey. The fireball is supposed to slide down from 2nd storey and hit the campfire at the site. But, we did not thought of the weight of the fire during the testing, hence the fireball smacked againest the metal when sliding down. Awwww, its really... disappointing...
When the campfire lighted up, I went down and began feeding the fire with firewoods.
ITS HOT. really damn hot. When the fire gets smaller, me and Nazree will go towards the campfire and feed it with firewoods. Its very difficult, despite the extreme heat of the fire, we had to go forward and put the firewood. Furthermore, there is a certain pattern to feed the campfire so that the fire will be big and nice. However we did not do it well cos the fire gets very small at the back.... Also, kerosine bomb were prepared to give a outburst of fire when needed.

After campfire, I break the camp early due to having vocal exam tomorrow~ Phew~ can escape the debrief marathon from the CIs at night.
Thats about it ^^

Signing off,
Ray.

♥ 7:06 PM