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Monday, July 16, 2007/ 9:25 AM Hillary Challenge Finals Wee.. it is finally over, a long, tough 3 days. Team B got third. nice one. Team A, results dun really matters, as long as we really did our best throughout the whole race, and we shld really congradulate all of us, cos we r all winners, for completing this challenge. ALL OF US, TEAM A tohjiajun, gaomin, khangwen, charlton, hojiajun, jianler, zhuoxuan, sheila 1st day - Friday hehs. lots of preparation in the morning, and shennan fell sick, feverish. and he managed to pull through (: and we set off for changi coast. After settling everything, we were brought to pulau ubin through bumboats. and we went to NPCC resilence campsite through some ubin buses. xD 1st task- Pitching of campsite (2). relied a lot on the NPCCs and Guides. T.T and i was like dun noe wad to do. those knots... so COMPLICATED! grr nvmm (: 2nd task - Cooking We were judged on cooking laksa. At least to me it tasted quite good. but the judge quite kelian, have to taste each grp laksa, den some are uncooked =X. 3rd task - Presentation lol.. we got third. most probably our entertainment is not there. lots of information, but lack of entertainment =X. but we split into 3 short skit, which are all retarded. -.-!! bum-sliding! Friday is a short day... 2nd day - Saturday The real competition starts off today.. It was really a race of time, fitness, and perserverance. 7am-1pm rotate 6 tasks, each 1 hour. 1st - rock-climbing, lol i nvr did rock-climbing ever in my life, and during my first try, i was like trembling when i was somewhere at the top. and altogether i did 3 times! and i could even do within 1 min xD.. and charlton was sick! totally like a spider! 2nd - Forming a square, given 4 bricks, 4 damn bloody heavy wooden log, rope, we were told to form a square with it, and the rope being the outer covering of the square, do it within 45 mins.. O.O so easy? not until at the last part that he said we were all blindfolded... .... in the end still ok, when done must sing national anthem inside the square, xD 3rd - Navigation, we totally screwed this, we got 45 mins to go out and get as many checkpoints as possible, and we came back at least 10+ mins late, in the end get 0 marks, argh, we spent like 10 mins searching for the tag as we thought the checkpoint is there, and in the end it was just further upfront... and we got 10 mins stuck up there at the quary, as we thought that was the highest point. all went WRONG!... 4th - dragonboating ok.. this is sth like a practice trial, after some capsize drill and switching place, we were told to row from 1 place to another before turning back to the start point. XD nth much.just that our clothes got all wet. and my shoes.... GAGA 5th - Low elements so ridiculous xD. must hold onto a cup and must walk through all the obstacles, before pouring it into a pail. But the trail is so hard to walk man! keeping losing balance, in the end resort to putting the cup at the mouth area. lol.. 6th - Maze/Gun shooting the maze is dung. all 8 of us going into a black hole, where is totally cannot see anything de. PITCH-BLACK. and we have to feel our way round, and even got tunnels. worse, we have to find for blocks on the wall, and feel what letters are written on it. gun shooting is the best. or rather it seems to be like a cannon, must shoot the tennis ball through all holes, and we got all.! 1pm. no time to waste, first to get instruction, get to set off first. we were 2nd. and off we chiong. we keep up our pace, and it was so fast, we have to walk all the way from the campsite back to the jetty, with our BIG backpack, and it was so damn HEAVY!.. Upon reaching, we have to search for 10 plants name in the spice garden. after that we got our bikes and off we go. ok lar.. i HATE this, we were fine all the way only until cycling... i was like so laggin behind, and the rule is that the 1st person and the last person can only be 50m apart. i cannot even balance myself while walking, whatmore balancing on a bike. xD. and i still have the SCDF first aid carrier! T.T and halfway through, a tragedy happened. gaomin fell badly while cycling through the mud. the bicycle handle injured her. and there were abrasions, muds covered her clothes... everyone was freaked out. yet, she still put on a smile throughout. she was really brave. and she was sent back to singapore hospital to have treatment, and got 3 stitches... we carried on the race. despite having 7 members only. and our postition dropped to 4th now. we arrived at OBS campsite 2. and must wait for the 6th team to arrive before can cont the race. Everyone was so sad, including me. I was so demoralised, that i dun even feel like moving anymore. It was silence throughout, nobody talked. Dragonboating next, and this was for real. 6 teams now set off together. we started off last, and was lagging behind the 5th team so much. We tried, and tried, we kept rowing, non-stop. and it paid off during this journey, the distance is so far, and we make full use of it, and we slowly and steadily, minimise the distance between the groups. and by the end we reached the checkpoints, we were 2nd. Right after this, back to tracking. have to track all the way to lower seletar park which is the final station. and charlton's handy street directory was put to good use. xD!! we reached at round 6pm, and we were 2nd in place. but raffles reached ahead of us by 20 mins.... it was a long day.. and finally it is over.. we threw all our rations away.. as it was so heavy, and moreover we cannot start a fire in a park, so cannot eat canned foods, all throw away. XD. I dun even feel like eating nor talking, as i was still concerned about the accident before that. Back in my tent, i cant sleep. I am confused. i dun noe whether i shld cont on or not. all these were gone once my tent heard of the raffles debrief. we were so angry. during the debrief, they were constantly niaoing hwachong. and they said everything so loud, not knowing our tents are just beside theirs... We were so motivated to do well the next day. 3rd day - Sunday I put all my emotions aside, and was determined to do well for the team. 1st task- rafting. the water keeping coming into our raft, making us wet and bags wet also. lol. next is the whole day of tracking. we from 8am track till 4pm. Mission- to cover as many checkpoints as possible, but must be back at botanic garden at 4pm, we chionged like mad, non-stop! we walked past, lentor road, yio chu kang, ang mo kio, SNGS, bishan park, thompson road, mac park, SJI, HCI college, and before reaching botanic garden at 3pm. LOL. points ranging from 10-100. but obviously those 80 and 100 are impossible to get, cos they were all deep inside somwhere in the nature reserves, craszy, no groups will go in de. u go in, cannot come out lliao. there were 110 checkpoints in total, and we cleared 34 checkpoints, which can totally pawned the other teams, and during bonus at botanic garden, in 45 mins, we cleared 11 checkpoints, which is totally PAWNED also. we run like mad, from place to place, of cos with our backpacks. and the final station back at the CCAB track ther, which was really dumb, some team game of filling up the water to the brim in the log, but filled with many holes, so need to use fingers to cover and even mouth xD.. it was finally over by then, and we were hoping that with our achievements today, we can get at least top 3, though 1/8 of our marks were deducted cos losing 1 member. but nvm, we are a team, and though we nvr managed it, we shld be proud of ourselves, cos we r all WINNERs already based on the performance at the last day. The experience was fantastic. and i think i can forget about walking le for about 3-5 days. xD. my feet was filled with blisters, abrasions. hahas. Millions thanks to: Teammates from team A: For always being there motivating everyone, and having experience these 3 days together. (: Schoolmates from team B: For always cheering us whenever both our grp was invovled. (: Teacher-in-charge: Mr Tan and Mr Loh, for providing us with all the necessities needed. Supporters coming down at CCAB: For coming down to support us, thought we din expect such a high attendance. xD. Supervisor from team A: (: for buying us a drink, and for being so cold xD!! Everyone who have helped us in one way or another. (: |
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