featuring!!!!

elspeth!

jiayi

janice

xiulin

and karthika! don't know where her pic went!

janice!

karthika

jiayi

elspeth

xiulin

group

group

group

group

3A!!!

3A!!!

instructors!

edwin and cherlene

pinwen

room mates!

chloe, janice, alicia, christabelle, cassandra

cassandra was at the bottom room!

other pics will be next time! or go to facebook!

EFL at pulau ubin. day 1
woke up at 5.45. got ready, ensured everything was packed. then went to school to assemble. it was raining!! what a way to start our trip! went to the hall and we took pics! a lot of pics! went to the bus. sat with jiayi. karthika with elspeth behind, janice and xiulin behind them. jiayi and i watched POT on her phone and heard music before reaching the jetty. it was still raining and we got kind of wet. so we hurried to get our bags and went to the shelter. took boats to the pulau ubin. mr francis came with  us. we were the first to get on board, but not the first to reach. the boat was kind of slow. we weren't on time at all for the whole day.

but we went to the conference room and just sat there whilst we got introduced to our instructors by freddy foo. instructor IC. same as last year! our class has pinwen(he came in the first night, the day, he had some other stuff), cherlene and edwin. took a long time to remember their names. second day i think? longer then mummy and daddy! we went to do our flag.the rain stopped. and we planned for the flag and cheers. then it rained so we went to the shelter with two dogs underneath the table! so cute!! planned and all. did the flag. while some others did the cheers. took a long time where most of us strayed away, nothing to do. the dogs scare people by walking here and there under the table,. but they are so cute! went back to the conference hall to assemble. cheered and sang songs. by shannon!  had lunch. the food is nice! bento set! we gathered in the place after lunch to do more cheers and bumble bee cheer.miss is so much! as well as stomach headache! haha! and pinwen's donald duck! all from last year! then we had to go and pack our bags. for the overnight stay. no clothes or toothbrush. just day pack. file, stationery, torchlight, bottle.

assembled back and we had to plan for the route to take.planned and all. and had to find some stuff for bonus points too! group 8 was to go to 3 checkpoints, group 7 to two. edwin and ms koh followed us. it was 4 plus and we had to be back by 6. the campsite. so we walked and talked and took pics. then we walked and walked and we passed a sign that says no entre except vehicles. so we are clearly on  the wrong route. we just turned back and since we had no time, just walked to the campsite. was so tired. didn't carry the big haversack until almost to the end.

so we found a good spot to build our tent. but the sticks were broken, so we tried to fix them. but cannot! so had to abandone plan! two tents were up. waited for the other group. but their tents had no sticks! so only two tents! we got ready our cooking stuff and the van arrived with some tents, fuel and pinwen! yay! so we got the ready build tent. 6 of us all inside! so happy! we started cooking. noodles, hotdogs and baked beans. ate the baked beans first cos no need to cook. then the fire was so big!!! so elspeth, being the best cook, cooked for us! yay! thanks! and the noodles tasted so good!!!!! yay!! could not turn on the torch as it would attract insects. even without lights, insects came already. so no lights. until later. after eating, we went to the tent to arrange sleeping stuff. 6 bags, 6 of us. just enough space to turn!

then some people came to ask to help to move the stones so that tents can be build. so we moved the stones and some groups build the tents in darkness! got 6 tents finally! then cherlene said that can only have 5 tents and must sleep in room order! but we begged her, saying that room has 9 people, cannot fit!  so we could stick to our own arrangement. chloe came to join us cos only 5 tents! 7 people. very tight! got into our bags, talked a while, then had debrief before sleeping! no space to turn at all!


for chalet arrangements the next two nights, it was like janice and i in 303, elspeth and karthika in 305, jiayi in 307, xiulin in 309. our chalet, alicia, candice, cassandra, chanel, janice, chloe, christabelle. alicia, janice, chloe, christabelle and me on top! the rest at the bottom! happy with my room mates all so nice!!!

EFL at pulau ubin day 2
woke up at 6 something. well, woke up 3 times during the night. turned right and left, but not much space. 7 people in a tent! very squeezy. when woke up, everyone else was awake already. and were talking or sitting up. i think was the last to wake up in the morning! the rest left for the toilet. left chloe and i in the tent. laid down again. then someone can to flash torches into the tents to wake everyone up. first question ' why only two of you in the tent?' then edwin came and said, oh yeah, the rest asked to go toilet. cherlene came and asked the same question! finally the rest came back and we packed up! got our tent folded and all. was a bit slow. helped the rest. and then we had a long trek back to the campsite. talked and laughed. we walked as a big group.

went to the conference hall and waited and waited. then had time to brush teeth and change. no water in the chalet! so went to the sink outside to brush teeth. breakfast was good! played two games in the field. blow wing blow, and then captain something. the captain one... lasted to the end, when we just walked off cos it was a bit too long. then went to the beach to play the water game. caterpillar. we all sat in a straight line in our groups, then had to push together to get to the water. the front people got splashed, the back didn't. and then they complained. got really wet! had time to change and had lunch. water didn't work halfway and alicia got stuck inside with soap! used water bottles to help her. so didn't bath! had amazing race after that! we went round the campsite to do various stuff. group activities. had to throw golf balls into a hole, solve sudoku, pass bukets of water to fill a bigger bucket, did hands entaglement,carry cherlene on a bench, walk on two planks with 5 people, use a rope to lift a bucket with a ball inside to out of the circle and to sing some songs. all in sequence. took quite a while. had campfire prep. then wash up. some could bath first, some ate first. ate first. alicia got stuck in the toilet again! used bottles again! haha! OMG! and we went to the conference room to assemble after that.

did the night walk! had debrief. was the first class to do it. walked with jiayi. first pair. we went out of the campsite and mr francis followed us! he asked how to know where to go. we said to follow the green things. and we left him behind. we walked, jumped, skipped, laughed, talked! then reached some place with a bright white light. shannon was there. he flashed the torch twice at us. then asked if he was shannon. he said hi charmaine. hahahaha! so we continued and slowed down a bit. finally reached a big Y point. went to the left cos of another white light. we asked if they were instructors. and they said yes, come and join us. we were like, must continue on! then they said its the end point. we were like 'so fast!!!!' haha! it was nice and peaceful. and it was a straight road. at night, the forest seems to come alive, but it was a great experience. so sat there and talked for a while. then janice and xiulin came. they just walked pass us when we said hi. and walked faster! thye thought we were strangers so didn't stop. karthika came with elspeth and then chloe and sabrina behind. they ran! after a few more groups came, we walked further! sat there and waited for the rest. every time a group came, we tried to scare them! our class finally finished. and waited for the other classes. don't think3a was affected. but could hear screaming in the distance! the teachers were scaring the girls. according to them, some teachers lay on the floor and scared them, or hid in the bushes to scare them! haha! and we scared them at the end too! some people said' are they humans?' haha! sat there for a long time for everyone to come. talked a bit and then slept. woke up, walked back. then bathed. and in the room, 5 of us talked, played, ate! before sleeping at 12. got water and electricity already! tried to take a video but suddenly janice off the lights. so cannot.

slept on the floor, sleeping bag. wanted to, not forced to. and they wanted to give me the pillow! but didn't want, so put it in the cupboard.