A successful camp!

volunteers frm the boys home and hostel organised games for the boys' camp held in sembawang park frm 12th to 14th dec. camp turned out to be really fun! the boys' competitiveness and volunteers' enthusiasm really made the camp a success. jianwen was overall incharge. i would love to list the names of the other dedicated volunteers but it would be a really long list! so nvm lah k you guys know who you are can alr (:

day 1:
we met at sembawang mrt station and made our way to the campsite (old brigade next to sembawang park). after some logistics and lunch, we played "double whacko". there were simply too many boys and volunteers and it was difficult to rmb everyone's names. plenty of friendly jeers for the ppl running around with the newsppr!

after this was "blanket game". each team had to squeeze themselves onto a small blanket, which was folded into half after every round. it was crazy and the boys began climbing on top of each other and forming really tall pyramids. looked dangerous but no major injuries (:

next was "move the water". teams had to transport water from a pail to a 1.5litre bottle using their body parts. aim of the game was to fill the bottle with water. most teams drank water from the pail and spitted it into the bottle. it turned out quite disgusting with water in the bottle turning whitish! erm.. haha no idea why..

then we had "finding the correct shoes". a person from the team was blindfolded. listening to instructions shouted by his team mates, he had to find his shoe from a large area. with 2teams playing at the same time and non-playing teams distracting the playing teams, things turned really noisy! it was difficult for the blindfolded person to hear the right instructions, and funny to see the blindfolded person wandering so helplessly.

next was "hula hoop game". each team held hands, formed a circle and passed hula hoops and strings through the circle. i wasnt around for this game so cant really describe it. but OBVIOUSLY it shd have been fun!

last game for the day was "modified captains ball". supposedly, the game was to be played like normal captains ball, except that legs of pairs of ppl were tied tgt and water bombs were used rather than balls. but with water bombs breaking so frequently and the boys complaining how painful their legs were, we reverted to normal game of captain ball. non playing teams were also given water guns to shoot at the playing teams (:

dinner time. after that, chinhan taught the boys some camp cheers. main cheer was "hey momma". a catchy beat with even catchier dance moves! we also have "hungry hungry cheer" to be chanted prior every meal, "macho/sexy frog cheer", and "peeping-through-the-window cheer". all really cute. and all sung cooperatively and enthusiastically by the boys!

last event for the day was night walk. oh my. really scary. we were walking along a steep cliff on really wet and slippery stones. some fell. me included. erm.. i meant fell a little bit down a few stones, not down the cliff. obviously.

bath time then lights out for the boys. volunteers gathered at the girls dorm. nth much just relaxing and talking. and getting to know each other. oh, alot of teasing of *ahem* and *ahem* too. shant name names!

day 2:
morning jog followed by breakfast. then it was time for "obstacle course". pairs were tied tgt at the legs and made to dribble balls, jump ropes, duck walk and burst water ballons using their butts. a game of coordination and stamina. could see the team quite breathless toward the end of the obstacle course.

"lend me your eyes and ears". also played in pairs. one of the pair is blindfolded and made to piggyback the other, who was to guide the blindfolded through an obstacle course. plenty of sweat, flour and peanut butter involved (:

now teams were given time and props to prepare for a 5min performance tt they had to stage later on that night. theme: a crazy story. boys were somewhat unwilling to participate initially, but after warming up to the idea it got better.

time for "soapy tug of war". teams stood on a soapy sheet of canvas while playing tug of war. alot of pulling and falling. some crazy boys tied the rope around their waists! and when the rope was pulled -- ouch! haha quite funny actually.

last game for the camp: water bomb! it was boys vs. volunteers and instructors. like every other water bomb game, it was wet and fun (:

free time then bbq dinner. as instructed by the instructors, the boys attended to the bbq pits and served food to the volunteers. a little embarrassing.. after this it was time for the teams to stage their performance. the teams did a really gd job. could see that the boys and volunteers really put their hearts into it. we had performances of crazy people frm the asylum, powerpuff girls, gangsters turned ah guas, and tigers in shopping malls. all acted enthusiastically and all deserve much credit.

lights out for the boys. volunteers gathered tgt to play polarbear and a pen snatching game late into the night.

day 3:
wake up. breakfast. go home -- exhuasted but happy.

the camp was a success. much credit really goes to the dedicated volunteers (: hope the next camp will be just as successful, if not better!