Kayaking expedition, terrible, incredible and vegetable but quite fun actually, without so much of kayaking.....

OH my! It is finally the end of kayaking! As you kayak in the middle of the sea for 3 hours, you feel that you want to give up. I persevered you know, I indeed reached the shore of Changi . I rejoiced!

It all begins when I happily signed the form for kayaking. I thought how it would like be kayaking in the sea admiring the view and after a while I had reached the destination. No!!! Just that pathetic form, I became darker and my hand muscles hurt so terribly that I could not lift up my arms till the next day.

On that faithful morning, the sky was looming with ominous clouds, it was raining heavily and I was sad that I would not b e able to kayak as it was raining. The students in 6.2, including me, were carrying huge backpacks to school. I was rather scared as I was not sure that that day was the kayaking expedition! How it would be like carrying a backpack to school when everyone was just carrying their normal bag? Mr Ser was in charge for our class in this kayaking expedition as Mrs Julu was busy. He grouped us into groups of three for the sleeping group and I was with Qian Yan and Iylia. I was wondering why they missed out Evangeline as It was mostly according to the register no. We board the bus in no time and Mr Ser wanted us to create a cheer in the bus. Our cheer was so funny that we laughed and laughed it consist of three different songs. It is like this

Oh 6.2,Oh 6.2,
We really rule, we really rule This song is 881 song
Oh Mrs Julu,
Where the hell are you!
Oh Mrs Julu,
We really miss you.

Nirusha will say so noisy to Jing Yi who is leading the group.

We will we will rock you
6.2 will rock you, 6.2 will rock you.

Qian yan will then say:" Why can't you spare some time for us?"

lalalala hey
lalalala hey
6.2(6.2)
Lalalala hey This is from elmo's world song
lalalala hey
6.2(6.2)
We love Mrs Julu and we just rule
That's 6.2!

Ah!

We reached the Pasir Ris water venture and hear the instructors explanation of the kayaks. I gained lot sof knowledge from him but he is very strict. We changed into our long sleeved shirt and headed for the sea after having our lunch.

It was fun at first but I " died " after travelling in the sea for so long. It was very texing and tiring. I felt like a deflated balloon as we have to travel a total of 5.5 km to Changi and back again. For your information, there was a last minute exchange of partners and i partnered Evangeline after that. we had fun kayaking together but we were glad that we reached Changi shore! We passed by ships and admired the beautiful scenary while kayaking. We also learned about tides flow and strong currents. There were times where we nearly overturned because of the strong currents. It was rather rocky in the kayaking and we hold each other cockpits when we rested. It was indeed fun. At Changi, we washed up and pitched our tents later as we got all wet after kayaking. My muscles ached and the thought of kayaking the next day made me worry all day. The tent was huge and stuffy. It had the size of three people to sleep in! Our view at our backdoor was superb as no plants were blocking our view. We settled in and took our relevant bags. We prepared our cheer as there was a camp fire cheer competition that night and finally we had to cook our own maggie noodles for dinner. I ate it heartily but Qian Yan and SuQi had not much noodles left for them so they ate probably the soup only.

You thought that there were no more activities for us? We have the camp fire at last. Mr Chia lit up the fire and just in a second the fire was so big and fierce in the dark. We cheered on for the fire to continue burning but it got smaller. Then. a boy somehow put some flammable liquids in the fire and phew! The fire grew high again. Then, It was time for how cheer! 6.8 started there cheer first and followed by us! We danced and did some actions in the cheer and we won! We got a bottle of cola and two bottles of Pringles! Yay! After that, we played blind mice. It was exactly the one we did in the P5 camp! We walked around in a train with the blind fold on and we got fooled by the teachers around us. Some put the cool blue ink on our arms but I escaped it., some placed grass on my neck and i screamed! It was so amusing and fun!

We did the bench game where our class have to stand on two benches and then slowly arranged ourselves into register order. It was terrible. We squeezed there an dsome falled as the bench was way too small! Mine was easy as I am small precisely. haha! The next game that we played was the human knots game. We have to hold the boys hand! We crossed over here and there and cracked our brains. There was a time limit for the games above too!The last game which was the most fun was the crocodile game. We have to pass three lines to get to the other side of the place but so many people have to block us from passing through them. Once touched, we have to go back to the starting line again. I sweat a lot in that game! After that it was time for wash up again but the shower rooms were only 5 so I waited very long for my turn.

Lights out!
it was time to sleep again! Qian Yan was meddling with her hand phone before she slept. I was totally exhausted and wanted to sleep as much as I can so that I had enough energy for the next day.As I lay down onto the grass and can still feel myslef rocking as though I was still the the kayak. Kayaking tomorrow! I slept for 6 h but got waken up at 4.30 as someone looked into our tents and flashed the torchlight right onto my face. I woke up instantly and i was rather flustered. Qian Yan's hair got stepped by someone while she was lying down. There was some mosquitoes in our tents and attacked us. I got three bites but had lots of rashes on my arm. I suppose that it was just dirty and my skin was just sensitive. We could not lseep after that. It was as though the whole place was in a total chaos. There were lots of chatterings all around the place, aeroplanes came flying high and it was so loud as the airport was nearby. The boys came into our "territory" too! It was the girls place! They told us that it rained yesterday and maybe we need not kayak that day! I was so happy! He also told us to pack up and go to the hall before it rains. We delayed and packed up when most of them are at the hall. Many people did not sleep well and some only slept for 1 hr! I was lucky that I slept for 6 h . HaHa=)

Things did not go well for the kayaking trip back to pasir ris. The sky cleared eventually and I was dissaapointed. Oh no! Back to the oringinal plan again! We Picked up our paddles and wore our life jackets and put sun block lotion all over my skin. I was afraid that I may had some sun burn because the sun rays were so hot! We kayak all the while but we were lucky that the waves are helping us to go back to Pasir ris. I was really tired and beginning to give up but how? you can't be drifting in the middle of the sea? We tried our best and when the moment we reached the shore My legs were numb and my hands could not move. m.. too exaggerating. We still had to wash up our selves and bathe! I was lucky to have get the available shower roon first! We rinsed ourselves and then went back to school. Finally! end of kayaking!

Now, I really missed the kayaking expedition. Although I think that the kayaking was to tough for us, I had indeed great fun with my friends ! I learned how to experience hardships and understand more about kayaking. Oh my kayaking, I will not forget this meaningful expedition!