Friday, July 11, 2008 @ 9:44:00 PM
I am back from the Summer Camp! It was simply great! Everyone had smiles, laughs and tears. I cried a lot today.. I really miss all the foregin friends. I am in
GROUP 5, and the group members are:
1)
Valerie! (NH) She was great!
2)
Bee Leng! (NH) She was great too! Auntie!
3)
Li Kai! (NH) He was a great pal!
4)
Chong Han! (NH) He was also great! Lots of fun and laughter! =)
5)
Ming Yao! (NH) Funny guy! =)
6)
Wei Yuan! (NH) She brought great laughter!
7)
Vanessa! (NH) Good friend to chit-chat with!
8)Ding Yi! (NH) She is very nice!! =)
9)Siew Kiang! (NH) Always very high!
10)Syn! (Thailand) He is GREAT! OH YAH!
11)
Got! (Thailand) He is SUPER CUTE!!! Hahas!
12)
Jacqueline! (Hong Kong) She was shy in the beganing, but was superb as the camp progresses!
13)
Gavin! (Malaysia) Great Pal!!
14)William! (Taiwan) Hahas! He is super talented guy!
15)Yan Zhen! (China) She was also very great!
16)Last but not least, our coach, COACH LYDIA!!! SHE IS COOL!!
Day 0 (6 July 2008)
I reached the hostel - Sheares Hall! with Lynn at 2pm. Lynn's mum drove us there. We went to our own rooms to put our laguage and take a short break. The first group of students that arrived was the students from Penang, Malaysia. Following which, the students from Hong Kong arrived. We had some ice-breaker games first. Since it was only the starting of the camp, everyone is still reluctant to leave friends from their own school. However, we still had quite a lot of fun. Coach Lydia was super cool! =) After dinner was free and easy. Eddy and Li Kai came to my room. Eddy made some funny faces.
And that was the end of Day 0. The students from Taiwan and China arrived at Shears Hall around 11+pm, while the Thailand students arrived around 4+am the next day. They took a bus ride from Thailand all the way down. it must be super tiring!
Day 1 (7 July 2008)We went to school for opening ceremony. There was a band performance. It was very nice. Erm, actually nothing much to talk about the opening ceremony, cos like the normal stuff like GOH and Dr Foo talking. We went back to Sheares Hall to change. After which, we went to Sentosa to watch
Song Of The Sea!! It was super super nice! We also went for a short night tour aroudn Sentosa.
Ding Yi was bonded with Got, and Siew Kiang was bonded with Sin. We were all learning Thai. I only managed to learn 1 to 5 in Thai. Very hard to teach you guys here. But if you are interested, feel free to come and fine me!! The night ended with everyone being quite tired!
Day 2 (8 July 2008)It was a very tiring day. The day began with a amazing race. There are several checkpoints at the different stations to be completed. Groups are also required to find some special places in the area and take a group photo. We are allowed to travel to the places with the HIPPOtour!! =) Our group's starting point was at Chinatown. One of the challange was to go into a shop to try some traditional chinese costumes and take photo with it. Hahas. Everyone looked very funny. After one whole morning at Chinatown, we took the HIPPOtour to Little India for our lunch. It was my first time on borard HIPPOtour. We took the upstairs. It was super fun!! =)) The interesting part is that our lunch was at the carpark?! Anyway, it was a fun experience. We got a bit lost at Little India. There were 3 temples to fill in for the checkpoints, yet we only managed to find 1? So after spending a long long time at Little India, we decided to proceed on without completing all the tasks. We were rushing for time as we proceed on to Kampong Glam. We found the Sultan Mosque, and some singing and folding of the Malay rice cakes at the Malay Heritage Centre. The last stop for the Amazing race was the Botanic Gardens. We were rushing and rushing and rushing for time. But it was great!!! Group bonding! =) At night, we proceed to Orchard Road for shopping and dinner. And we got a bit lost there? Hahas. It was also Gavin's birthday. We bought a cake and celebrated with him together!! =)
Day 3 (9 July 2008)We went to Toa Pahyoh for the Hearland Tour and to visit the showrooms for the HDB houses. Valerie and mine first reaction was: "Jie Jun!!!" Hahas. The hearland tour really enlightened both the forigen friends and us. We went to Kopitiam for soem fruits. LoL. Then we went to HDB Hub for the showrooms. The showrooms a bit fake, cos they "decorate"till very nice.. We took MRT back to Nan Hua. It was a great experience for the forigen friends as they learnt to buy tickets and feel how is it like on board public transport in Singapore. After lunch at Nan Hua, we went for DRAGON BBOATING!!!!! WHOOTS! Despite thelight drizzle, we continue the dragon boating activity at Kallay River. It was super fun! Everybody was splashing water. And phewing also. LoL. But it was great! =)) We all had lots and lots of fun! We all learnt how to dragon-boat! YaY! The night activity was Food Trail at Lao Pat Sat. We all tried different local food such as Satay and Chicken Rice. There was even a match-making session. LoL.
Day 4 (10 July 2008)We went to school to attend assembly programme. The forigen students preformed! It was suepr cool! All the countries did their best!!! =) After lunch was Batik Painting. It refers to using wax to cover areas that you do not want and painting the areas that are not covered by wax. Well, my painting has got wax all over the place.... Hahas. After that we went to the auditorium to learn the Mass Dance!!! Hahas. The mass dance was quite fun! And after dinner was CAMPFIRE!! I was super high!!! Scream, shout, and the mass dance!!!! Wohoots! Since it was the last night, we took lots of photos and night. Lights out was at 2am!! Hahas. We played soem very interesting Thai and Hong Kong games. Since it was after Campfire and the last night, everyone was very HIGH! Photos!
From left : Got, Ding Yi,and Me!
Me and Gavin!!Day 5 (11 July 2008)
Yesterday night too high, in the end this morning overslpet and lock myself out of the room. =.= Due to the bad whether, we cancelled the Kent Ridge Walk. We reached Nan Hua at around 11am. Since we have some time, lets take more photos!!
Coach Lydia and Me!
Coach Lydia, Bee Ling and Me!
After which, we all stood in a circle around the auditorium, and began shaking or hugging each other. Almost everyone in the auditorium cried. I did. After lunch was the official closing ceremony. It was the saddest moment as the students form Thailand and Malaysia left half-way through the ceremony. And at 4pm sharp, the Hong Kong students left. The China and Taiwan students would be leaving tomorrow morning and afternoon respectively. During the closing ceremony, the Nan Hua students presented a song, singing and using sign language. It goes like this:
Friends you made me happy, bring sunshine to my life. A light of hope you always are, standing by me near and far. Lending me your shoulder, when i need to cry. You're always part of my life friends, forever in my heart. You're always part of my life friends, forever in my heart.
I think this song is really very meaningful. This camp really allowed me to know the importance of friendship. Although it is only 5 days, the friendship built would be forever. Good bye guys!! See you again soon!! I WOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER AS A CAMPER OF THE 3RD NAN HUA INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CAMP 2008...
