Sunday, December 31, 2006
hihi... juz came back from my kayaking camp and expedition... really a fulfilling 5D4N camp... and i got 1-star and 2-star cert... hahax... really satisfied :)
actually the most fulfilling part is the expedition round palau ubin... initially we were supposed to set off at 8.30am... but due to some delays and watever u think it is, we were two hours late and far behind schedule... and oso we were supposed to use the single plastic kayak (which is the dancer kayak), but in the end we used the double salom kayak made of fibreglass, which is faster and has better forward traction... actually while kayaking, i really used all my energy to pedal forward... but i juz cannot understand why it is so slow... i'm really sorry for my inefficiency... but later when i kayaked with jack, he thought a technique that allowed me to pedal faster... and it worked... hahax... really felt quite nice pedalling with him
however we pedalled so fast that we almost overtook our expedition leader, dickson... then we started chatting with him... hahax... it seems that his favourite question is: "What do u think my age is?"... and we got a shock when he said he is at our age... omg... he got 3-star and planning to take 4-star next year... hahax... maybe i can meet him at NUS cos he's taking NUS H3 module, which is Basic Physical Chemistry... hahax... then after that we kept pedalling non-stop towards Corny Island for our lunch, which is sandwich... and it happened that the mobile server down there is Maxis, which is a Malaysia mobile phone server... hahax... i kind of understand that cos we are really near Johor... after that i pedalled with Shu Heng and although we were quite slow, we managed to reach our destination, which is Pasir Ris Park... then we camped there for the night
the next day (which was ystd) Jack and i woke up at 5am to perform our sentry duty cos have to look after our double salom kayaks, spray deck, buoyancy vest and our pedals... then Jack played his hp music and it somehow acted as an alarm clock... hahax... Yan Hao was rather pissed off with that "alarm clock"... then at 8.30am, we set off back to Changi Beach, and i'm with Jack again... hahax... so the total distance from Changi Beach round Palau Ubin and towards Pasir Ris Park is 18.3km... and the total distance from Pasir Ris Park back to Changi Beach is around 3km... hahax... the journey back is really short
in the end the aftermath of the expedition is sunburn and more sunburn... hahax... i'm oso affected too... Aaron is the funniest... hair oso got sunburn... wat a joke
actually this 5D4N kayaking camp made me noe many people, especially Dickson, Darren, Eileen and Chris... and hahax... hope i can go back and kayak again to practise my skill... and i didn't noe that my cousin is oso a kayaking instructor in Changi Sea Sports Club... hahax... heard he got 3-star... so maybe i can learn form him... hahax :)
actually the most fulfilling part is the expedition round palau ubin... initially we were supposed to set off at 8.30am... but due to some delays and watever u think it is, we were two hours late and far behind schedule... and oso we were supposed to use the single plastic kayak (which is the dancer kayak), but in the end we used the double salom kayak made of fibreglass, which is faster and has better forward traction... actually while kayaking, i really used all my energy to pedal forward... but i juz cannot understand why it is so slow... i'm really sorry for my inefficiency... but later when i kayaked with jack, he thought a technique that allowed me to pedal faster... and it worked... hahax... really felt quite nice pedalling with him
however we pedalled so fast that we almost overtook our expedition leader, dickson... then we started chatting with him... hahax... it seems that his favourite question is: "What do u think my age is?"... and we got a shock when he said he is at our age... omg... he got 3-star and planning to take 4-star next year... hahax... maybe i can meet him at NUS cos he's taking NUS H3 module, which is Basic Physical Chemistry... hahax... then after that we kept pedalling non-stop towards Corny Island for our lunch, which is sandwich... and it happened that the mobile server down there is Maxis, which is a Malaysia mobile phone server... hahax... i kind of understand that cos we are really near Johor... after that i pedalled with Shu Heng and although we were quite slow, we managed to reach our destination, which is Pasir Ris Park... then we camped there for the night
the next day (which was ystd) Jack and i woke up at 5am to perform our sentry duty cos have to look after our double salom kayaks, spray deck, buoyancy vest and our pedals... then Jack played his hp music and it somehow acted as an alarm clock... hahax... Yan Hao was rather pissed off with that "alarm clock"... then at 8.30am, we set off back to Changi Beach, and i'm with Jack again... hahax... so the total distance from Changi Beach round Palau Ubin and towards Pasir Ris Park is 18.3km... and the total distance from Pasir Ris Park back to Changi Beach is around 3km... hahax... the journey back is really short
in the end the aftermath of the expedition is sunburn and more sunburn... hahax... i'm oso affected too... Aaron is the funniest... hair oso got sunburn... wat a joke
actually this 5D4N kayaking camp made me noe many people, especially Dickson, Darren, Eileen and Chris... and hahax... hope i can go back and kayak again to practise my skill... and i didn't noe that my cousin is oso a kayaking instructor in Changi Sea Sports Club... hahax... heard he got 3-star... so maybe i can learn form him... hahax :)