Tuesday, December 5, 2006
hello!! im back!! miss me?? heh heh!!=)
*SAINTS NETBALL CAMP 2 December - 5 December 2006*
It has been an astounding 4 days, 3 nights. Every single thing that has happened has left deep impressions and footsteps in my life. This camp allowed me to see how each and everyone of us, SA Netball, come together from all walks of life. In the beginning, all of us had different personalities and differences and I seriously never thought we could ever get along. However, I saw and went through the process of witnessing the team getting more bonded and striving for a common goal, NATIONALS TOP 4!! Through this camp, each and every one of our personalities slowly weaving into our very own culture of SA Netball, we all play a part in this journey.
WHO DO WE PLAY FOR?! SA!!
2 December 2006
Start of camp. assembled in sch cafe at 8.30. settled down in our bunk, G101. made our way to east coast park for kayaking.haha! celine can't swim, so i gotta pair with her, in case she drown or something.haha!and the other pair was amanda and kiki.competed with kiki and huiping to see who faster and celine and me won!! haha!! yay!! den we came together and played a game. we got to switch places from one end to the other without swimming over.so all of us had to climb on each other's kayak. yea.joanna didn't make it!haha! she fell in and we all were laughing till we almost capsized!!haha!yea.=D super fun.everyone got lots of bruises because of this. haha! fun!! den we played this game. all of us had to capsize together at the same time and get back up to our kayak in 10 mins. aha! at that time because of all the switching of places, i was paired with kiki.haha!kayaking enemy.lol! and amanda was with celine. yea. so me and kiki capsized. i got onto the kayak first den help kiki. then the others were having difficulty. and celine's paddle was drifting away..so kiki went to the other boats to help them den I kayaked over to retrive the paddle.haha! den I came back to fetch kiki.lol! yea! good job! we managed to all recover by 10 mins.lol!! yay!!=D yea.. den we kayaked out further den went back and wonderful me and kiki paddled to the wrong direction cos we thought it was at the other side. yea.. so we went a whole big round. yea..how stupid. and by that time we were so tired we started laughing uncontrollably for no reason and that makes it worst cos we got no strength to paddle while we were laughing and thehaha!!so we came past celine and amanda. and celine was getting seasick.her face was super pale. yea..so kiki and me joked about how celine will puke into the sea and we will capsize her den she will drink back all her vomit and stuff.haha! damn disgusting!!but was super funny. so yea..celine and amanda were tired and not feeling well, so me and kiki gave them a push to help them go faster back to shore. hahah! and by doing that, me and kiki went backwards.. alamak!! haha!! but its okae cos they need to get back to shore more urgently. yup.=D den we met them again and gave them another push. yup. finally we are back on shore.kept the kayaks den we went to swim!! haha!=) had our own lunch.haha! menu prepared by huijie and me!!lol!! FOOD COM!! lol!heh heh!! watching them eat is super scary cos they all look like scavengers!!lol!like dunno how many days nv eat la!!haha! =D yea.. washed up all together.haha! den had team building workshop. learnt many valuable things about friendship and our team stuff from ms chua. yup. den blah blah..do our barang barang, eat..yup. den mr ben soh came to talk to us on team building and showed us a movie, MIRICLE. yup nice nice!! ice hockey is so so cool. and super violent. haha! BEEP!!AGAIN!! gosh. haha! wonderful memories. yea..that's first day.
3 December 2006
started off with light breakfast with just biscuits. den we went for our run. all the way to Bishan Park and arnd Bishan Park.a nice 4.3 km. haha! it doesn't feel as tiring as our usual 10 rounds which is only 4 km. and the thing is that we went at a faster pace.haha! yup rest awhile went toilet den ran back to sch.ran all the way until the last 1km we walked cos too tired already. yup. so total we ran 7.6km. wow!!haha! All i know is that i wouldn't be able to do that on my own..it was because of these teammates that im willing to push myself in order not to let them down. haa!! I finally feel this bond to the team like my other teams in the past.this is the bond im looking for. now i feel that all my actions are accountable to all my other teammates, and that is good cos i finally have a purpose and meaning in training. yea. i could feel the spirit of never giving up in us. it feels real good to be able to feel like this again.had workshop when we were back in sch on personal care and effectiveness. yup learnt to watch our diet, tape sprained ankles and fingers.haha! after that, all of us walked out of the inno fm with ankles taped up for lunch.haha! super cute cos we cannot really walk properly.haha!after lunch had games which made us totally unglam!!haha!! the pictures of us will do the talking next time.haha!=D den ata came to talk to us.gave us lots of advice.i really look up to her.haha!=) den we had game with the Alumni.haha!! super fun and learnt alot toooo. ahah!!=) went out to the coffee shop for dinner with bok, the alumni, teachers on one table and us another. had zhu chao.haha! ordered foods, like kangkong, kailan, hotplate toufu, oyster with egg, sichuan chicken.haha! swept everything clean!!lol! den washed up had team talk and lights off.
4 December 2006
was supposed to swim in the morning but h2opolo had training so we played floorball and soccer.haha!we were supposed to have active rest cos we had a game with damai in the afternoon. yup. so after the games, had lunch, changed and napped.haha! yea, nap.ask instructed by bok.the game was good. we won.but that's not the point the point we are missing is(haha! sounds familiar??heh!!)that there is this togetherness during warmups and drills.its different from normal games and training sessions.we feel for each other. we rally together. we support each other, we encounter problems together, we fight for our common goal and we get into trouble together.haha! yea..all these helped us to grow closer.=) im starting to love this team more and more like all my other teams before. we had picnic dinner on the bball court in the dark.haha!!the teachers cooked for us.they made mashed potatoes which tasted so good and salad.and they bought chicken from cold storage.haha! nice dinner!! plus additional garlic bread!lol!!nice nice nice!! den had quite a heart to heart team talk with the teachers and without the teachers. thrashed things out. den we packed up and went back to bunk to slack. haha! played cards and lazed arnd till arnd 2 plus am..den the few of us went for our very own night walke. actually not really night walk la..haha! it turned out to be a phototaking session!!lol!!walked round the track once. den went to the GO and the fountain and the nball court.haha! posing for the cam all the way!! will post pics when i get them.haha!den went back to bunk, chatted for a while and slept. our bunk was like infested with milipedes and mosquitoes!!gosh!!a milipede took away esther's first kiss and went under jo's clothes.haha!!super disgusting! we were like killing so many milipedes byb shooting them under the mat den stamping on them like mad pple.haha! that's how we kill milipedes.lol! quite fun. heh! =D
5 December 2006
All of us overslept. lol! we were supposed to wake up at 7.30am and be ready for breakfast by 8am..but ms su had to come by the window to call us up at 7.50am.haha! yea.. so bathed, washed up, had breakfast, packed up our bunk. den debrief and break camp. and we said bye like so long.haha! it has nv happened.=)Im starting to love my teammates more and more and im missing them already.
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