CACFOC! (((: Thanks to Phyre the best OG, they made all the activities ten times as much fun. The camp was really well organised. ((:Im still rather amused that we got the Best Overall OG award. XD
The first day was quite boring. It was just a RPG game in NTU for the whole day, the ice wasn't really broken and the enthusiasm in us wasn't very much rekindled yet. We just ran around the school half-heartedly trying to complete the quests. So, imagine our surprise when we actually finished first place. I guess we did hyped ourselves up nearing the end of the race all thanks to Yongsiang with all his amusing cheers and antics. Oh, we went to this chalet in Bukit Batok for the night. It was fun sucking up to the programmers so that they can give us more cards eh. I lost count of the number of mei nvs and shuai ges already. XD I think we established a reputation for being the most kiasu group then. Our whole group reached the chalet first and we ran to bath. XD In the end, we were already sitting in our allocated room smelling nice and all when the other groups just arrived. And efficient Phyre managed to finish our flag in 20 minutes. It wasn't exactly the best but it's nice enough eh.
Second day started off with a mass dance. It was so much easier than VJ's. Then it was the Amazing Race through Bukit Batok, Botanical Garden, King Albert Park, Orchard and a food trail from Clarke Quay to Jurong East. We sort of walked leisurely throughout. XD We went to the place where they filmed The Eight Immortals (the cliff place)and I was like, oh, this is in Singapore, and someone gave me a -.-''' face. And we got really high at some point, asking all the how-many-meh-mehs-jumped-over-the-wall kind of questions and smirking at those who couldn't get the answers. Eventually, we couldn't bother to actually rush through the race and we just stuck our butts in one of the hawker centres assigned for the food trail and got high by singing random songs. We were so engrossed with all the riddles that we didn't notice where Wanting was bringing us. We just alighted somewhere and followed her. I was sooooooooooo shocked when I saw the road sign indicating that we were heading to the Chinese Cemetry okay! I was like OMG where are we going and stopped right there on the path. I was the first in line and the only one who actually realised what was going on. Wanting went like, oh we are walking in to another bus stop. I just stood there and went huh, inside got bus stop meh?? She had to drag me along to continue on the path. I was a bundle of nerves when we finally reached the cemetry. Jiayi commented that it was a good thing we didn't eat dinner or we will just puke. We got paired up, boy and girl, and sat at the entrance waiting to be scared to death. Jianxun, Aloysius and Victoria tried to distract me and it worked until it was our group's turn to go. It was so damn scary okay! There were no lights inside, and we had to pass through all the programmers stationed at every junction to complete tasks so that we won't lose our way. I was clenching Jianxun's hand so tightly, it was embarrassing. I didn't realise I was squeezing his hand until he wanted to change hands coz my palm was so sweaty. At the first station, the programmer made me open this wooden box and dig up the clue. It was warm when I stuck my finger in. Then the programmer shone the flashlight into the box and I saw mealworms crawling around inside. I almost screamed. Almost. I just stared at the box for quite long and the programmer went, "Hurry! Dig!" in that eerie voice. I panicked and just yanked up the paper beneath everything. Luckily, Jianxun saw the clue peeking out and rescued me. There were stations along the way asking us to find the baby's arms, legs, head, burn joss paper. They asked the girl to do almost everything can. There was another station where there are 3 ghosts, and the first girl had long straight hair hanging in front of her face. She just walked towards me, handed me a wooden comb and said, "Comb my hair." I don't know why I wasn't freaked out by that, I just spun her around and combed her hair. I think in my haste, I accidentally pulled too hard and she flinched. I was so worried that she will do something scary! But she just said thanks. As we were leaving the station, the third ghost followed me. I could feel his cape fluttering at my legs, the warnings are all running around in my head, telling us not to talk loudly, not to scream, not to turn back no matter what. I just tried to ignore the ghost behind me and kept walking. There was another station where the programmers separated us. They made me find the baby's leg and hand it to the "woman" sitting in front of a fake tombstone. The "woman" doesn't even look like someone okay. It was just this white cloth draped over a person; on first impression I thought it just a chair or something. So I picked up the leg and put it in front of the girl. She just pushed one umbrella at me. It was so sudden, I fell back and my pulse went thumping damn fast. I think I looked like Im about to cry or something, the programmers were like oh no, are you okay, nvm, move on move on. At the last station, there was a fake corpse covered on a gurney. The programmer wanted us to move damn close to the corpse, I just squat there, rooted to the spot and keep shaking my head. Now that I think back, I guess Im a scaredy cat but at that time, I was still trying to recover from the find-the-baby's-leg station. In the end, the programmer decided not to push it and let us go. I spotted our OG mates waiting at the bus stop and it was as if dawn had broken. I was so relieved fright night was over. To describe it, I guess fright night was already quite mild compared to what I heard from the other camps, there are a lot of restictions on cemetry grounds. We went to a camp site in Changi for that night. Everybody slept fitfully, coz there were so many aeroplanes flying around, the engine sounds were like cannons blasting.
Third day was beach games at Sentosa. By this time we are all already super hyper and enthusiastic even though we were so damn tired. Lingyan's group Reia made us do muachee, in English meaning to dunk ourselves in the sea and rolled around in the sand. Our whole group happily did it. Ive never seen a whole bunch of people as sporting as this, though I think Yaoyong's cheer offended the other groups. The games were tiring but fun! We didn't get to do the last station coz it was high tide already. We had lunch and it was telematch. This race beat all the rest in terms of level of fatigue. It was basically a relay race, starting off with a wheelbarrow race with the girls holding onto the guys' legs (which were damn heavy) through the hot sand, followed by the caterpillar, where every OG form a line with girl guy alternating with interlocked legs and moving with only our hands. The caterpillar race was so exasperating, the people behind us keep breaking off and the coordination was so bad and our muscles were straining with everybody's body weight. Next was the conveyor belt race, in which we lie on the sand with our OGL lying on our backs. We were supposed to transport her by rolling on the sand in sync with the group. It was dizzying, and it doesn't help that the group in front of us keeps kicking sand into our faces. We then went on to NSRCC, this super nice resort chalet that looks like a high class hotel to deposit our bags. And then, SP night. We were blindfolded and brought to somewhere with a lot of grass. My secret name was Victoria Spice, and our group's girls just sat on the grass for I think hours?, waiting for our Beckhams. We entertained ourselves with cheng yu jie long, hand games in darkness. And then one by one the girls left, Xiao Long Nv went to meet Yang Guo, Luna Bunny went to meet Bugs Bunny, Louis Lane to meet Superman, Princess Fiona to meet Shrek, Barbie to meet Ken, Wilma to meet Fred. I was one of the last few to go. I was led around to meet Beckham and were made to hold hands throughout the whole event. We sat on some concrete floor, talking for aeons before they led us to the stations. We were like trying to give each other clues about ourselves without revealing too much. Blinded by the blidfold and talking to some mystery guy seems romantic, he sounded nice, really worried when my legs went numb from sitting too long. The first station we went to involved sharing a bread with our mouths after dipping it in love potion. XD The bread was big and my SP had to eat the whole bread. Somewhere along those stations, there were programmers asking the guy to sing love songs, for us to dance, while blindfolded. There was this one where we had to feel some random objects and guess them. Luckily I didn't get the one with the live frog! And there was this confidence fall thing where we were made to fall back from on top of the desk - blindfolded. Basically, we had to do everything like a couple, close contact and all. It wasn't as uncomfortable as I thought it would be coz at the very least, my SP respects girls. He kept apologising. When we finished everything, we were made to sit next to each other and talk - again. My SP got loads of flour, soy sauce and everything else on him as he couldn't answer the questions about me. XD By the time we could take off our blindfolds after getting back to our OG, it was hours later and all of us couldn't walk straight. It was already 6 am in the morning and we all just conked out until around 11 in the morning.
The next day was nothing much. The guys are supposed to go to the different OG rooms to find their SP. The girls well, we just dressed up and sat there waiting. After this day I think Im lucky Im a girl. XD The guys were made to do so many embarrassing things, undressing, running around shouting "Im going to save the world", pushups with guys sitting on top of them, sent on wild goose chases. Our OGLs commented that they seemed like parents sending off their daughters for marriage. XD I was the last to be married off, coz we SP was sent on wild goose chases. It's a wonder why things appear so different when Im not blindfolded. Gone were the mystery and intrigue. It was a disappointment in short, not in the looks department coz I don't really care about that, but more of his behaviour and insincerity. At least he was nice enough at the dinner, helping me get drinks and food and stuff. Next was clubbing at Zouk! Our group got really high and we hogged the dance floor for almost two hours. This clubbing experience is so much better than my previous one, probably coz there were more guys this time round. And they really took their mission to protect the girls seriously. XD But the time 1 am rolled around, we could sleep while standing already. COT(circle of trust) was surprising too. We had htht (heart to heart talk) in our chalet. It was nice, even though many of us were struggling to keep our eyes open. When 6 am rolled around, we all went to bed to catch about 2 hours of sleep.
The last day was water games at NTU. It was okay, might be better if it wasn't so competitive. CAC also prepared some performances for us showcasing some of the member clubs. THe guys are all drooling at the scantily clad cha cha dancer. XD The dancers are so pro, maybe I shouldn't try dance at all. It was basically zoning around when the committee prepared for the campfire. Im glad the committee decided to put me in Phyre, the best OG group ever. It was heartwarming to see Phyre and our sister group Ceyron cheering our hearts out for the cheer war, screaming with all our might when most of us are already having sore throats. The seniors actually complied a slide show of all the pictures they took during the camp (no unglam shots thankfully), showed us the video they made for the camp, and of course, loads of piture taking. We all bade our farewells quite hastily as everybody was rushing to catch the last train home. But there will definitely be OG outings to come. (((:
Cephoria 09 has ended, I have made some friends and established bonds. I don't know if these ties will last, but Im glad that I went. Im grateful for Mummy Wanting, for being so giving and caring, feeding us pi pa gao everyday, refilling our bottles every single time. And there's Xianhui, the fake freshie, who made things seem so happy-go-lucky. And of course Weiliang, Chee Wee, the other GLs, SA Jac and Ziyang, who helped us keep our valuables like nannies whereever we went. And there are friends I have stuck to these 5 days, Sharon, Jiayi, Victoria, Adeline. I can't wait to see the pictures!
