ATC review
Posted on: Saturday, September 08, 2007
Posted at: 5:48 PM
Posted at: 5:48 PM
Ok. So I am gonna blog about ATC after all. Hah.
Day 1
Reached school at around 6.30am since we are supposed to fall in at 7. Yawn... Certainly a too-early-morning for a holiday. First thing that went wrong even before the camp started was that the bus company apparently sent the wrong bus to us. In the end, the 22 of us who turned up (a lot pon-ed) was packed into the 28-seater bus, along with all our backpacks. The sec 2s were lucky. They got the 42-seater bus. Zzz.
After sleeping through most of the journey, we finally arrived at Changi Jetty. After stoning for quite some time, we finally got onto the boat and sped off to Ubin. First thing that we have to do after we got there was to trek to the NPCC Campsite inside Ubin. Maybe you would call it poor luck but Shuo Yan was following our group. And, he made us cheer every 100m. And no prize for guessing who was leading all the cheers...
After reaching the campsite, it was more stoning before we were split into our various groups and went off for ice breakers. At the start, we were like very quiet and only our CI kept talking. Anyway, our CIs were Yong Wei and Jonathan from another school. However, we started to open up more after that and soon, we started to talk to one another. For those who didn't know, ATC is a camp for a few schools and each group consisted of people from the various schools.
Once lunch (once again, it was canned food and instant noodles) was over, we had tent pitching. Just got a lot of scoldings for the lamest reasons you can think of. For example. Hao Jie, Hongliang and Cyril got scolded just cos they spoke Chinese. A bit zzz, right?
Anyway, next up was orienteering lessons. Nothing much happened. Next, it was team building games. The skipping rope challenge was quite fun but the mines challenge was a bit lame, I guess. Soon, it was time for dinner and preparation for our campfire item and cheer. Then, it was practising of campfire cheers, where the hci people were just stoning around cos we didn't really know most of the cheers. After debrief and washing up, it was time for bed, or in this case, tent.
Day 2
Woke up at around 1.50am for Sentry Duty. Most of the time, I was staring into the sky and thinking of a lot of stuff. It seems like a wonder how I had made it through the first day. After all, I didn't attend last year's ATC cos of some stupid disease and I was quite new to this campsite. Ai yah, whatever lah.
Went back to sleep at around 2.15am and woke up again at 5.30am. PT started at 6 and no prize again for guessing who led the PT session. I was sabo-ed. -.-
And yeah, we did 2 sets of 5BX and ran a few laps around the driveway. Not really heavy if you want my honest opinion. But apparently, I felt a bit sick after that and had to rest for a while before regaining my strength.
After breakfast, we had High Ropes Challenge. To admit, I was a bit scared at first but after I got up there, all it takes was the "Just-Do-It" attitude. Quite fun, I will say. This lasted all the way to lunch and after that, we set off for land expedition. Well... After OBS, all this land expedition is like nothing compared to OBS. It was just the weather that made it slightly unbearable. When we reached back, we had a short rest and then went off for rafting. Quite useless, I shall say. We spent about an hour tying the lashings but only rafted for about 15 min.
After wash-up, our group got scolded for being late by 10min. Ok, it was our fault. I admit that too. Dinner was quiet and once again, a group of CIs came and scold us again for some crappy reasons. Things were just not going well. But in any case, we started to get serious and discussed our campfire item and cheer. The performance was based on the theme of "Movies" and most of it was impromptu. The cheer was an edit of the school cheer Countdown.
Who's gonna win gonna win gonna win?
We're gonna win gonna win gonna win!
Who's gonna win gonna win gonna win?
We're gonna win gonna win gonna win!
Who's gonna win?
We're gonna win!
Who's gonna win?
We're gonna win!
Say yo!
Yo!
Say yo baby yo baby yo!
Yo baby yo baby yo!
It's ATC, Let's do our best
B, R, A, V, O
BRAVO!
Campfire rocked! Although the fire wasn't really well-sustained, I enjoyed the songs and cheers a lot. =D
Day 3
PT started at 6.30am. This time, I only led the warm up and the CIs took over. We had some relay matches, which consisted of skipping, pumping and sit-ups. As some groups had more people, me and Hao Jie had 2 rounds. After breakfast, it was area cleaning and my group was in charge of most of the sweeping jobs. What perfect job for me! -.-
The rest of the day we were in quite high spirits and the atmosphere was like, high! No words could describe it. It was a totally cool experience!
After photo-taking and exchanging contact details, school by school, we departed and left with the joyous memories.
Arrived at school at around 1.30pm.
BRAVO '07, we rocked! =)
Day 1
Reached school at around 6.30am since we are supposed to fall in at 7. Yawn... Certainly a too-early-morning for a holiday. First thing that went wrong even before the camp started was that the bus company apparently sent the wrong bus to us. In the end, the 22 of us who turned up (a lot pon-ed) was packed into the 28-seater bus, along with all our backpacks. The sec 2s were lucky. They got the 42-seater bus. Zzz.
After sleeping through most of the journey, we finally arrived at Changi Jetty. After stoning for quite some time, we finally got onto the boat and sped off to Ubin. First thing that we have to do after we got there was to trek to the NPCC Campsite inside Ubin. Maybe you would call it poor luck but Shuo Yan was following our group. And, he made us cheer every 100m. And no prize for guessing who was leading all the cheers...
After reaching the campsite, it was more stoning before we were split into our various groups and went off for ice breakers. At the start, we were like very quiet and only our CI kept talking. Anyway, our CIs were Yong Wei and Jonathan from another school. However, we started to open up more after that and soon, we started to talk to one another. For those who didn't know, ATC is a camp for a few schools and each group consisted of people from the various schools.
Once lunch (once again, it was canned food and instant noodles) was over, we had tent pitching. Just got a lot of scoldings for the lamest reasons you can think of. For example. Hao Jie, Hongliang and Cyril got scolded just cos they spoke Chinese. A bit zzz, right?
Anyway, next up was orienteering lessons. Nothing much happened. Next, it was team building games. The skipping rope challenge was quite fun but the mines challenge was a bit lame, I guess. Soon, it was time for dinner and preparation for our campfire item and cheer. Then, it was practising of campfire cheers, where the hci people were just stoning around cos we didn't really know most of the cheers. After debrief and washing up, it was time for bed, or in this case, tent.
Day 2
Woke up at around 1.50am for Sentry Duty. Most of the time, I was staring into the sky and thinking of a lot of stuff. It seems like a wonder how I had made it through the first day. After all, I didn't attend last year's ATC cos of some stupid disease and I was quite new to this campsite. Ai yah, whatever lah.
Went back to sleep at around 2.15am and woke up again at 5.30am. PT started at 6 and no prize again for guessing who led the PT session. I was sabo-ed. -.-
And yeah, we did 2 sets of 5BX and ran a few laps around the driveway. Not really heavy if you want my honest opinion. But apparently, I felt a bit sick after that and had to rest for a while before regaining my strength.
After breakfast, we had High Ropes Challenge. To admit, I was a bit scared at first but after I got up there, all it takes was the "Just-Do-It" attitude. Quite fun, I will say. This lasted all the way to lunch and after that, we set off for land expedition. Well... After OBS, all this land expedition is like nothing compared to OBS. It was just the weather that made it slightly unbearable. When we reached back, we had a short rest and then went off for rafting. Quite useless, I shall say. We spent about an hour tying the lashings but only rafted for about 15 min.
After wash-up, our group got scolded for being late by 10min. Ok, it was our fault. I admit that too. Dinner was quiet and once again, a group of CIs came and scold us again for some crappy reasons. Things were just not going well. But in any case, we started to get serious and discussed our campfire item and cheer. The performance was based on the theme of "Movies" and most of it was impromptu. The cheer was an edit of the school cheer Countdown.
Who's gonna win gonna win gonna win?
We're gonna win gonna win gonna win!
Who's gonna win gonna win gonna win?
We're gonna win gonna win gonna win!
Who's gonna win?
We're gonna win!
Who's gonna win?
We're gonna win!
Say yo!
Yo!
Say yo baby yo baby yo!
Yo baby yo baby yo!
It's ATC, Let's do our best
B, R, A, V, O
BRAVO!
Campfire rocked! Although the fire wasn't really well-sustained, I enjoyed the songs and cheers a lot. =D
Day 3
PT started at 6.30am. This time, I only led the warm up and the CIs took over. We had some relay matches, which consisted of skipping, pumping and sit-ups. As some groups had more people, me and Hao Jie had 2 rounds. After breakfast, it was area cleaning and my group was in charge of most of the sweeping jobs. What perfect job for me! -.-
The rest of the day we were in quite high spirits and the atmosphere was like, high! No words could describe it. It was a totally cool experience!
After photo-taking and exchanging contact details, school by school, we departed and left with the joyous memories.
Arrived at school at around 1.30pm.
BRAVO '07, we rocked! =)