LSC'08
okay, so i just spent like a huge amount of time waiting for all these photos to finish uploading.
that was random.
ANYWAY.
all sec 2s probably have mixed feelings about the recent LSC. wasnt as fun as last year's, but i cant say its not fun either. basically, its cos the inexperienced us organised this whole camp, and there were only two routes for all organised activites - success or screwed.
but i guess for amateurs like us, it turned out pretty fine(: leadership games was.. messy, but a huge blast. let me explain in details later; here's 2/3 of 100 over photos i took.
sometimes, people have nothing to do, so they make human sandwiches out of themselves. a great example would be lihan van jess and whos the person below?!
yes, me, evie, jolene and shannon<3
jolene and me!:D
me, jolene, shannon!:D
the sara sumei xingying tricia julie corner.
shannon and jolene trying to LES around..
more evidence needed?
(fyi, head to
audrey's blog for one crazy picture of em KISSING.
the professional photographers at labrador park!
the emo people - saiying and van.
random photo!
audrey shan and jianing preparing to camwhore!
and the camwhoring began~
another 4 person-photo<3
i think its the best shot! really nice, agree?<3
jolene after she blew powder(:
this girl's definitely not those kind of people you see on the streets wiping their whole body with white or gold things trying to do obscene stuff. its shannon!
see how tragic it can get?
jolene ong in the process of blowing powder.
LEADERSHIP GAMES!:D
ms goh(:
xiaowen... and sorry i dont know whats your name.
group photo! many legged race game masters plus team marshalls. and guest star - ms goh!
OH AND THIS IS REALLY CUTE. the highlight of the leadership games - LORD OF WARS!
evil plan of spraying powder on people. jianing looks so hilarious(:
um, close up view of jolene?
sheryin, and sorry i dont know whats your name!!!
so the LOW began. looks exactly like a battlefield, isnt it? except that on battlefields the soldiers dont wear such colourful clothes. whats more, clothes with NUMBERS. hoho.
evie and saiying, team marshalls!:D
joling, yixuan and jieying. still team marshalls!
look at the wonder baby powder can make. looks like a galaxy(:
group photo!(:
group photo number 2
(i look like im gonna fall off the stairs)
sumei's poor foot in a plastic bag. amazing to how she managed to be mobile.
the last group photo, after the several splashings to one another. notice how severely wanglaoshi guards the pail ^^
for bits and bites. evie<3
okay for the detailed LSC going-ons!
first day:
didnt accomplish much. just felt that excitement wearing off due to fatigue. firstly we gave out the class tees, and apparently we got short of one. so evie's mum came and we gave a big excuse to go to the toilet when we went to collect the shirt, and pretended to come out of the toilet.. haha.
so first stop was labrador park for the amazing race. it was quite a blast, although most of the time i wasnt quite aware of what was going on, and we ran a lot. a pity we missed the last game called queen bee i think.
went back to school for lunch, then for drama prep and showering time.
dinner was fine, except that we were starving many people got annoyed with the dinner cheering session, haha. then it was the viewing of the movie drumline! the drummer was really really good he amazed everyone of us. and evie was already WOW-ing til her eyeballs almost pop out (literally!) so imagine how good this movie is. go catch it! (oh and by the way, two siao ppl took me for a pillow and SOMEONE actually slept for half an hour okay. hmph! HAHA.)
the first night was one of the highlights of the whole camp. had BONDING SESSION with jolene and shannon and evie! but sadly evie drifted off to sleep quite fast, after FEASTING on chocolates with van and esther. so, heard jolene sing for the first time. was quite hilarious, come to think of it. its like, her voice was REALLY quavering, but it was and IS nice. :D so spent most of the night singing. till like 1am. oh and i seriously think holding jolene's hand gives me security in a way. just dont think sick! but very unfortunately, the holding of hands only lasted for half an hour):
second day:
had telematch and the biggest worry of all = the leadership games. so there were quite a number of rushings. telematch hyped up everyone, i hope. cos theres this one game when we had to sing our lungs out, scream more likely.
after lunch, it was 205's and 210's time!
for the first session of games, we were running quite late, but everything went on quite smoothly after that. especially the lord of wars. in the process yuka and i were running around the stations, ensuring that everything was fine. the team marshalls and game masters did a very great job, so amanda claps and cheers for you guys(:
the second session was better, naturally. didnt receive as many phone calls. it was QUITE on time, and the lord of wars ended with a standing ovation! felt quite, actually VERY accomplished. its so, unbelievable, from when xiaowen jiayun yuka and i first planned out the groupings and then going on to this stage when whatever we planned would be carried out and acted upon. its just really cool. like the sun rising, giving heat to a cold and barren place, with flowers start blooming? yeah, it felt like that. (:
so after the whole thing, we wanted our special turn. we didnt exactly play the lord of wars, but we played with water. haha, i managed to pour a WHOLE BUCKET of water on xiaowen and jiayun(: they were previously screaming like chicks. haha! and that jolene, she poured water on me when i was pouring on both of them. oh and there was this other time when shannon and jolene played catching with ME. in the end i got like half of my body wet. pfft! but i wasnt that easily defeated, cos i tricked jolene many times. like pouring water over her when she was squishing water out of the plastic bags, and she was sooo unaware of the surroundings. another time was when shannon poured water into 2 pails and jolene held one of them. i offered to help and in the end i splashed the water into jolene's face. yeah, after many years of experience with playing water, i've become a pro at doing stuff like this. haha. splashed many others too, like wanglaoshi and chuan. really really funny, the way wanglaoshi screamed but barked at the same time. she went to the extent of stepping on the tap to prevent us from doing any more evil. :D but clever shannon collected water from the other tap. haha, so she got really drenched. oh and evie was really dry, so we (as in shannon jolene and me!) ganged up on her and she ended up like a plant after its watering(:
it was REALLY really fun. hope that 205 has a gathering in future, and then we can play LORD OF WARS! yes, thanks to lihan's julie's xingying's sara's sumei's tricia's big brains(: you guys rock!
practically the whole level was deadbeat, most likely because of LOW, haha. so the initally low-spirited people came back to life during the nighttrail. something got really screwed up in the middle with my class, when we were supposed to go espirit de corps and we went to the spider web one instead. but on the overall, it was quite okay. i think evie and i have great teamwork and teamspirit, although we're only a pair(: i collected more than 10 icecream sticks i think. with evie's great guidance and giving of directions, and my good sensing ROFL. oh and leting screamed some really horrible thing into my ear. sounded like
'momo, momo, MOMO!!!"
from low to a high pitched sound. it sounded cool, but didnt freak me out. cos in the end i just said, oh hi leting! :D
so after that we went to the quadrangle to sleep. had another round of bonding session. i wonder how much three of us could talk, cos we went from LSC all the way to parents upbringing of us and to condoms. like omg, ANYTHING can happen when s&j're here. thats quite cool, isnt it? :D and the amazing thing is, the bonding session ended with that sick topic. it suddenly went all quiet and all of us went to sleep. pretty weird.
third day:
didnt want to get up from the quadrangle because i knew if i got up, i had to pack up, which sent loads of sad reminders that that day was the last day of LSC. :( no more bonding sessions, holding of hands and sleeping on each other's butts, stomachs and legs.
had drama on that day. everybody.. was quite. unenthu isnt the word, but they werent what 105 used to be. probably cos of the overwhelming fatigue and hunger and information overload plus nervousness. but im proud to say, 205's one class which can successfully carry out a plan even if the process got seriously screwed up.
all of us were really really scared when we were backstage. there were loads of last minute rehearsals and hushed whispers, mainly "how ah!" "im so scared!"
yeah, typical 205(:
the soldiers part was quite cool. but chuanling had a force like a muscular and experienced boxer's that she REALLY almost made me fly off by her unintentional flying punch. i cant imagine me fighting there at that time. was it really that hilarious, to whoever who reads this? haha, so well like i said, everything turned out pretty fine. and it was prize giving. frankly speaking, i got really upset over 205 not winning any prize. be it for leadership games, drama and other stuff. it doesnt seem that we are bonded and united, but deep down i know we really are. its just other circumstances that make the whole class seem so... seperated. but that isnt the case, and i'll prove it! i believe in 205, and that faith will never die(: so yes, jiayou 205!<3
okay back to topic.
the whole survey thing made it worse. felt like there was a stone tugging onto my heart when we did the survey. with those complaints and the ticking of seconds. yuka and i felt really helpless there, trying so hard to satisfy the teacher and the rest. but really, it doesnt feel good at all to hold the whole class back. i have no idea why the survey was conducted at that time.. the whole thing made the class spirit downgrade even more. really sad. and the hunger pangs didnt help, so at least lunch at KAP with shanping audrey and yuka helped lighten the atmosphere up a little.
so i guess that marks an end to LSC.
not all good, but not all that bad either.
anyhow, i wanna express my gratitude to those who made this LSC a very memorable one for me(:
like
how i felt so comfortable lying on jolene's tummy;
how i felt so secured clutching jolene's hand;
how i felt so warm on shannon's legs;
how i felt so 'homely' during the bus ride to labrador park sitting next to evie;
how i felt that i was so fortunate to be in 205 during the various games and even just being in class, sleeping with all 35 other classmates;
how i felt so proud of leting when she screamed her lungs out, giving specific instructions to us during the night trail;
how i felt so accomplished when leadership games finally came to an end
how i felt so wet and wild during the water game after LOW;
how i felt so cared for by chuanling and wanglaoshi;
how i felt so helpless during the survey thing;
how i felt so upset in the auditorium;
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the list definitely goes on.
but LSC doesnt end just like that, the smallest and littlest things on earth that happened meant a lot. through this camp, im happy to say i took a step further in understanding people, like jolene, shannon, evie, chuanling, wanglaoshi, yuka, chenxi, yunge, van, sumei, sara, xingying, julie, tania, jieying, and so many more. and even leting, although we only stopped for a talk for like 3 minutes outside 205's territory, and that one big bear hug.
thank you for making LSC an unforgettable event in my sec 2 life.
even though it isnt perfect, it feels very perfect with you guys around. especially with the crazy talks with you know who(:
and after all, like they say, its all imperfections that make everything seem so perfect.