Hello, everyone... I'm sorry I've been missing these past week, I've been busy with classes and whatnots... Let me try my best to put down in words my "adventures" during the past week.
After the last post on 4th May, I had a camp organised by PBSMM [Red Cresent Society, in case you're not a Malaysian reader ;P] UKM, and it was on 5th.
Pagi-pagi when the 6 of us were preparing to set out for the camp at 9am, we gathered in front of the office, and we gatal-gatal and confirmed with the office when we need to check out and check in again for the third semester stay. Actually the day before I've already asked the office people and they said we were supposed to check out and check in on the same day, 7th May, Monday. But now they are telling us something else...
We gathered at around 8.45am, and the office opened at 8.50am [I think, I'm blur about the exact time] and we were supposed to get on the bus at DECTAR [a hall lah] at 9am. The office people asked us to wait since they need to confirm something else. The woman who was in charge of the hostel accommodations was the one who told me the check out date is 7th and now she's telling us we gotta check out that day itself. Like, WTF, man! Telling us one thing now and another next. Jiak sai, man!
Lucky for me, I just have to put down my John Hancock and that's it, because out of 3 girls' blocks, the block opened for the third semester is my block, so I can have my own room back. Meaning, I don't have to move anything at all. But shit luck for the 2 guys out of 3 going for the camp, they are staying for third sem, and the boys' block open for stay is the OTHER one, so they not only have to check out and check in, they have to move. And we're already late, with the organiser calling to hurry us. The boys, with their "super speed", rushed to move all things to the other block, and when those people in the bus couldn't wait anymore, they told us girls to go DECTAR. We had a feeling that if the boys didn't make it quick they were to either catch a cab there or give up on the camp altogether. Luckily, the seniors allowed us a little bit more time and the boys made it.
After I got on the bus I finally realised why they were willing to wait for us even though we were 1 hour late.
Total participants: 24.
Number of participants from my college [detachment]: 6
We make up 1/4 of their total participants, they HAVE to wait for us. If they left us there, there would be only 18. Pathetic number.
Let me put this in perspective. Total colleges: 10. Each college or detachment was supposed to send 10 representatives [I think] to take part in this camp. And if you count, that means in the end for this camp, those from other detachments average a total of only 2 representatives per college. Tsk tsk tsk...
Anyways, the camp was quite nice, albeit the pathetic number of participants. OK, fine, the food was pathetic for only a 2 days, 1 night stay, with RM35 paid. It was like, out of RM35, RM20 was burnt, cos each meal was only enough to fill half me tummy.
I forgot about what happened in the day lar, but in the night we had some games, and we had quite some fun la... Then we went to sleep, and sleeping in the tent outdoors, it's a hard and cold affair... The ground was hard, and so I didn't have much choice or maneuvering, and if I get in the wrong position, it'd spell major backache for me. And it was freaking cold, and even though I brought a jacket to keep me warm out of the camping experiences I've had, it still wasn't enough to keep the chill out. I was shivering... Kanasai...
Pagi-pagi of course we were woken up, because where got any camp that would let you sleep for more than 5hours one? No brushing teeth, no going to toilet, everyone lined-up and out we went for the "morning" walk, that was supposed to be a "ghost" walk [it could be the other way around, I couldn't tell.]
Everyone was supposed to walk in single file, with faci [short for facilitator] in front and behind us. The one taking the lead of the line was the camp commandant, aka the OCVAD, aka the most "tua liap" student jawatan in PBSM UKM. She is also the coursemate of my roomie, fyi.
We were told not to look up, down, left, right, or behind. We were only allowed to look in front during the whole walk. Obviously, if we were to look anywhere else, we would see "something", but I was assured that those "somethings" were artificial. Means that they were planted there la.
So we walked and walked, and it was kinda boring la. Because we weren't allowed to look anywhere but in front, so it was just plain walking in the dark [did I mention it was 4am+?]
Suddenly this dude came out of nowhere and started going, "OC [camp commandant]! We have 2 missing!" [in malay, and the following conversation all happened in malay]
OC went, "What?!?!"
Only 2 words. Unconvincing acting.
It was at that moment that, I bet, everyone started giggling under their breath, and think to themselves, "How stupid do they think we are??!!" Already along the path they left very unconvincing and very un-scary objects that were supposed to have us shivering in our panties, and now THIS. Ha. ha. Or should it be, "Oh. My. God. I'm so-o-o-o-o scared, I'm peeing in my pants, with my urine flowing all the way from my thigh to my socks, so when you see yellow socks instead of white ones or green socks instead of blue ones, don't be surprised, coz you scared me to DEATH."
Geez.
But anyways, we pretended that we were "worried" [another unsuccessful attempt at acting. It seems to me that whoever attended this camp would never have the chance of getting an Oscar], and the seniors got us to scream and yell for the "missing ones". So we yelled "UKM satu!" [our code] here and there during the wee hours of the morning when other campers were probably still groggy due to the unworldly hours that they were supposed to wake up at when they join camps like ours. They probably thought we were ghosts from UKM trying to get some revenge on campers because we hate camping so damn much because we have to wake up so early.
It turned out that, these "missing" people "fell" and broke their body parts. It seems stupid because, 1) unconvincing acting trying to look like they were in pain. I would've bawled my eyes out if I was one of the pretenders, 2) there were no dirt on their clothes, no blood whatsoever. Remember, they were found in the bushes, ON THE SOIL. If they fell so horribly that they broke their legs or whatever body parts they broke, there would be dirt or mud on them.
Blardy bad acting in conclusion, but this was a KB Bom [don't ask me what it means, I just know it's kinda like a drill that was supposed to make you put on your alert cap] and we were supposed to use our first aid knowledge to help our fellow victims. Blablabla... and I'm lazy to elaborate further on this boring yet the "most exciting" part of our camp.
Anyways, fast-forward to the late morning. We had water games, two groups challenged each other.
In
The
River.
After a great deal of O Beh Som, water splashing, taunting, winning, losing, screaming, yelling, everyone was wet wet wet, but I enjoyed it. It's been a long time since I've gone swimming or playing in the river, and the water was very cool and refreshing, albeit there's a big chance that people already polluted the water upstream and the dirty water flowed downstream to us.
After the games, I stayed a little longer in the water, enjoying the nature. But I got too cold and started shivering. And it was time for lunch anyway, so I got out of the river and had a change of clothes...
After lunch we got a bad news that the UKM bus will only come pick us up at 5pm, instead of the arranged time of 3pm. [Fuck the driver, he was late and still had mood to go sembahyang]
And so we loitered around. I failed to mention that we camped at Sungai Chongkak, Hulu Langat, which is a recreational forest. It's quite a big place la, and one good thing is they sell ice-cream EVERYWHERE. I'm not exaggerating. Everywhere you turn, you see an ah pek with his ice-cream motor, coined the SnoMobile by me. We got ourselves a cone each. The cone looked funny though. You know the type of cone where there's 2 extra round "seats" for the scoops protruding from the sides? I don't know how to describe la, and you might say I'm hamsap to think of this even when eating ice-cream but, I think the one who invented this cone shape must be a hamsap man, because the cone itself looks like a dick with balls, and with licking going on at the scoops of ice-cream... Need I say more?
Loitering is boring la, luckily we had the six of us to chat with, otherwise can die of boredom. Then the bus came and we all shouted, "Hallelujah!!"
OK, maybe not.
Got on the bus exhausted, and slept all the way on the bus... Got to college, wanted to die, but before I did, I had dinner with my roomie... Hehehe...
After the last post on 4th May, I had a camp organised by PBSMM [Red Cresent Society, in case you're not a Malaysian reader ;P] UKM, and it was on 5th.
Pagi-pagi when the 6 of us were preparing to set out for the camp at 9am, we gathered in front of the office, and we gatal-gatal and confirmed with the office when we need to check out and check in again for the third semester stay. Actually the day before I've already asked the office people and they said we were supposed to check out and check in on the same day, 7th May, Monday. But now they are telling us something else...
We gathered at around 8.45am, and the office opened at 8.50am [I think, I'm blur about the exact time] and we were supposed to get on the bus at DECTAR [a hall lah] at 9am. The office people asked us to wait since they need to confirm something else. The woman who was in charge of the hostel accommodations was the one who told me the check out date is 7th and now she's telling us we gotta check out that day itself. Like, WTF, man! Telling us one thing now and another next. Jiak sai, man!
Lucky for me, I just have to put down my John Hancock and that's it, because out of 3 girls' blocks, the block opened for the third semester is my block, so I can have my own room back. Meaning, I don't have to move anything at all. But shit luck for the 2 guys out of 3 going for the camp, they are staying for third sem, and the boys' block open for stay is the OTHER one, so they not only have to check out and check in, they have to move. And we're already late, with the organiser calling to hurry us. The boys, with their "super speed", rushed to move all things to the other block, and when those people in the bus couldn't wait anymore, they told us girls to go DECTAR. We had a feeling that if the boys didn't make it quick they were to either catch a cab there or give up on the camp altogether. Luckily, the seniors allowed us a little bit more time and the boys made it.
After I got on the bus I finally realised why they were willing to wait for us even though we were 1 hour late.
Total participants: 24.
Number of participants from my college [detachment]: 6
We make up 1/4 of their total participants, they HAVE to wait for us. If they left us there, there would be only 18. Pathetic number.
Let me put this in perspective. Total colleges: 10. Each college or detachment was supposed to send 10 representatives [I think] to take part in this camp. And if you count, that means in the end for this camp, those from other detachments average a total of only 2 representatives per college. Tsk tsk tsk...
Anyways, the camp was quite nice, albeit the pathetic number of participants. OK, fine, the food was pathetic for only a 2 days, 1 night stay, with RM35 paid. It was like, out of RM35, RM20 was burnt, cos each meal was only enough to fill half me tummy.
I forgot about what happened in the day lar, but in the night we had some games, and we had quite some fun la... Then we went to sleep, and sleeping in the tent outdoors, it's a hard and cold affair... The ground was hard, and so I didn't have much choice or maneuvering, and if I get in the wrong position, it'd spell major backache for me. And it was freaking cold, and even though I brought a jacket to keep me warm out of the camping experiences I've had, it still wasn't enough to keep the chill out. I was shivering... Kanasai...
Pagi-pagi of course we were woken up, because where got any camp that would let you sleep for more than 5hours one? No brushing teeth, no going to toilet, everyone lined-up and out we went for the "morning" walk, that was supposed to be a "ghost" walk [it could be the other way around, I couldn't tell.]
Everyone was supposed to walk in single file, with faci [short for facilitator] in front and behind us. The one taking the lead of the line was the camp commandant, aka the OCVAD, aka the most "tua liap" student jawatan in PBSM UKM. She is also the coursemate of my roomie, fyi.
We were told not to look up, down, left, right, or behind. We were only allowed to look in front during the whole walk. Obviously, if we were to look anywhere else, we would see "something", but I was assured that those "somethings" were artificial. Means that they were planted there la.
So we walked and walked, and it was kinda boring la. Because we weren't allowed to look anywhere but in front, so it was just plain walking in the dark [did I mention it was 4am+?]
Suddenly this dude came out of nowhere and started going, "OC [camp commandant]! We have 2 missing!" [in malay, and the following conversation all happened in malay]
OC went, "What?!?!"
Only 2 words. Unconvincing acting.
It was at that moment that, I bet, everyone started giggling under their breath, and think to themselves, "How stupid do they think we are??!!" Already along the path they left very unconvincing and very un-scary objects that were supposed to have us shivering in our panties, and now THIS. Ha. ha. Or should it be, "Oh. My. God. I'm so-o-o-o-o scared, I'm peeing in my pants, with my urine flowing all the way from my thigh to my socks, so when you see yellow socks instead of white ones or green socks instead of blue ones, don't be surprised, coz you scared me to DEATH."
Geez.
But anyways, we pretended that we were "worried" [another unsuccessful attempt at acting. It seems to me that whoever attended this camp would never have the chance of getting an Oscar], and the seniors got us to scream and yell for the "missing ones". So we yelled "UKM satu!" [our code] here and there during the wee hours of the morning when other campers were probably still groggy due to the unworldly hours that they were supposed to wake up at when they join camps like ours. They probably thought we were ghosts from UKM trying to get some revenge on campers because we hate camping so damn much because we have to wake up so early.
It turned out that, these "missing" people "fell" and broke their body parts. It seems stupid because, 1) unconvincing acting trying to look like they were in pain. I would've bawled my eyes out if I was one of the pretenders, 2) there were no dirt on their clothes, no blood whatsoever. Remember, they were found in the bushes, ON THE SOIL. If they fell so horribly that they broke their legs or whatever body parts they broke, there would be dirt or mud on them.
Blardy bad acting in conclusion, but this was a KB Bom [don't ask me what it means, I just know it's kinda like a drill that was supposed to make you put on your alert cap] and we were supposed to use our first aid knowledge to help our fellow victims. Blablabla... and I'm lazy to elaborate further on this boring yet the "most exciting" part of our camp.
Anyways, fast-forward to the late morning. We had water games, two groups challenged each other.
In
The
River.
After a great deal of O Beh Som, water splashing, taunting, winning, losing, screaming, yelling, everyone was wet wet wet, but I enjoyed it. It's been a long time since I've gone swimming or playing in the river, and the water was very cool and refreshing, albeit there's a big chance that people already polluted the water upstream and the dirty water flowed downstream to us.
After the games, I stayed a little longer in the water, enjoying the nature. But I got too cold and started shivering. And it was time for lunch anyway, so I got out of the river and had a change of clothes...
After lunch we got a bad news that the UKM bus will only come pick us up at 5pm, instead of the arranged time of 3pm. [Fuck the driver, he was late and still had mood to go sembahyang]
And so we loitered around. I failed to mention that we camped at Sungai Chongkak, Hulu Langat, which is a recreational forest. It's quite a big place la, and one good thing is they sell ice-cream EVERYWHERE. I'm not exaggerating. Everywhere you turn, you see an ah pek with his ice-cream motor, coined the SnoMobile by me. We got ourselves a cone each. The cone looked funny though. You know the type of cone where there's 2 extra round "seats" for the scoops protruding from the sides? I don't know how to describe la, and you might say I'm hamsap to think of this even when eating ice-cream but, I think the one who invented this cone shape must be a hamsap man, because the cone itself looks like a dick with balls, and with licking going on at the scoops of ice-cream... Need I say more?
Loitering is boring la, luckily we had the six of us to chat with, otherwise can die of boredom. Then the bus came and we all shouted, "Hallelujah!!"
OK, maybe not.
Got on the bus exhausted, and slept all the way on the bus... Got to college, wanted to die, but before I did, I had dinner with my roomie... Hehehe...
~~~
I need to apologise for the lack of updates, it seems that old age has caught up with me, I've been feeling as though my soul has left my body after 11pm these past few days... And I've been waking at weird hours, around 7-8am. I can't fall back to sleep after I wake, and that's very queer. I used to be able to "lai chuang" even though I've woken up. Guess my clock is working properly again, but TOO properly, I tell you...
OK la, I promise I'll update on time, sorry to make you guys worry!!!
And to Ming Eng, thanks for putting up that "Wanted" poster/Missing Person on the milk carton thingy to look for me, sorry to have abandoned you these past week... I'm sorry I can't watch the vid you posted, because UKM's firewall boycotts YouTube. Sien ah...
OK la, I promise I'll update on time, sorry to make you guys worry!!!
And to Ming Eng, thanks for putting up that "Wanted" poster/Missing Person on the milk carton thingy to look for me, sorry to have abandoned you these past week... I'm sorry I can't watch the vid you posted, because UKM's firewall boycotts YouTube. Sien ah...
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