Saving Tim's Blog With this post :)

To all faithful blog-readers....you will be rewarded.......soz for the not posting, having Camp Temasek followed by a holiday in malaysia followed by LDCII is not the schedule i would have wanted if i had a choice...oh bummer, but now that i'm back, locked in the computer room, eyes half-closed....i think back on the past weeks, and no doubt...it's been eventful and memorable...a flashback to Camp Temasek in classic Ian style :)

LESSONS LEARNT FROM CAMP TEMASEK

1) Travelling up and down in BB full uniform is not the latest fashion: Yes you get stares from the public, comments about your shiny shirt sleeve (those are badges by the way), a crappy hairstyle after wearing the BB cap for hours and with a full pack on your back walking from YewTee MRT station all the way to Kranji Army Logistics Camp - it's pretty much a killer in itself, still somehow the Sec3s made it together (Fab, Wes, XL, Bong and Me) while the Sec2s hitched a ride from Caleb on the cab...boooooo!!!

2) They rig everything: I'm referring to the group choices, all sec3s had put same order of preferences for group choices....but very apperently they just rigged it randomly and we all ended up apart, at least i got in the same guild (hahaha a Mr Sim rip-off) as Shaun. And if you hadn't read the previouis post i was in the Knights guild!! Pretty sad though, we were in the saddest guild, our guild master didn't come till very late and stuff and we were pretty much alone and unmotivated...but we did get our act together eventually.

3) I cannot rockclimb for nuts: Actually i almost did....stupid rock was just tilted at some weird angle that possibly nobody in the world could climb. So i tried once and failed, and i tried again, made it a bit further, hit the dumb rock and failed. And as i watch almost every other person scale the wall like a squirrel up a tree, i realise that perhaps i haven't done enough pull-ups...or my thighs are just weak and lousy....fat....(that was NOT self deprication) Anyway i will try another day...rockclimbing is not just about strength, but strategy...aha!

4) One girl, many guys...hmmm: One girl guide in the midst of like 100 guys....must be tough on her...Wesley thinks that she's probably super despo because - girl guides don't get anything out of Camp Temasek (unlike the NE badge for BB boys) and it costs much more for ppl not in Boys' Brigade to go for the camp. Anyway, spare ya the details....i thought she was pretty lonely so i tried to like talk to her a bit and be more accomadating...though she probably got the wrong idea and daoed me for the rest of the camp :) Tim is such a loser with girls :)

5) Golf actually takes skill, and there are like over 10 different types of clubs: So yea we went golfing, tried the grip, did the sticking out butt thing for position, and tried to hit the ball, failing more than half of the time :). My best shot probably went 2 metres out.

6) Paintballs really are PAINtballs: We go to the Amoy Quee NCC campus...(familiar sean?), try game of paintball, and then i was probably too gungho, went forward too much and kena hit on my hand....well i wasn't that pain, but there was a 10cent coin red mark and 2 vampire-teeth -like marks...looks more painful than it actually is. Picture F&N flavoured balls, 'shoot me in the mouth!!!!' Anyway in my opinion it lasted too short but at least we got to wear the armor that made us look like Halo 2 characters (in the same way i stink at Halo i was crap at paintball). And on a lighter note i survived wearing shorts and playing paintball by kneeling more than half the time.

7) I don't know about SonicFest...but is the focus on God?: Sometimes we get carried away by music...third night, concert, Dream Factory played a couple of Christian Songs like 'Here I Am to Worship' and 'Tell the World'. Sure we sang and danced, and i tried to whisper a few prayers to keep on focus on God....but seriously, it's tough to keep the focus on God when music is being blasted into your ears! Nothing beats a silent QT with God at night...which we didn't get much of since there was little time anyway...well Christianity and a walk with God was never easy.

to be continued (4 days time...church camp sorry)...i promise...or this blog will die!!