Camp experiences

There is a slight...technical issue for the post. I have little to no pictures, since literally all the time was used for activities, cooking, eating, and socializing. Oh, and Brave Frontier. It's saying something when all the male organizers are Brave Frontier players, and two of the participants are also Brave Frontier players: me and KirinMax. Yep, finally met him in real life.

At first, I was really excited because I seriously wanted to meet KirinMax and everyone in the Brave Frontier group in real life. Stupid reason, I know. Also, I at least wanted to see some of my friends before I start going to school in SMN, since Kayla, Jessica, Jeanette, Kaylin, and Audrey were joining.

We arrived at the gathering area at approximately 9.00 am, 'we' being my cousins and myself. We were immediately ushered on to the bus. I sat down at the front with a quiet girl called Tesa, and my cousins sat behind me. To the right of them were two boys: one tall and the other one who seemed to be in primary school.

Later on, during the journey to the hotel, I found out that the tall boy was KirinMax. His name was Joshua, which was pretty awkward for me because I have a friend who was named Joshua as well, and he's in Sec 1. Once my cousins found out, they teased me endlessly.

Can't believe that on the way to the hotel, we played a game. I was punished by my younger cousin, and was pretty much forced to sing a song IN THE BUS. I was going to do 'This Game' by Konomi Suzuki, 'Rennai Yuusha' by Gumi (kradness cover), or 'The Snow White Princess is...' by Miku (Piko cover), but ended up being forced to do 'Choir Jail' by Konomi Suzuki. The only way I survived was because I had earphones on to play the song while I was singing, and that I did NOT look at the video camera that seemed to be taking a video of me. GAAAAHHH. I have yet to exact my revenge on her.

Getting to the hotel, we started off by chilling out for a while and eating lunch. Then there was a lot of talking and group dividing for the games, and a small 'Angel's Note', where we are supposed to write something for a person, something positive like advice or compliments. Yeah... We had to send to a random person, and the rest, we can send to whoever we want.

We cooked baso tahu: a dish of minced fish meat on tofu, in soup, fried, or steamed. It went okay, until the meat pretty much detached themselves from the tofu. My cousins' team, along with Kayla, Audrey, and Jessica, had the worst experience with detaching meat: pretty much all of their tofu were bare.

More games and talking. The game I remember the most on day one was the game where we had to spin around for 5 or 10 turns before trying to get a rubber band, held by our team leaders, and having to get back to the start as soon as possible. My head was spinning for a good remainder of the day.

We cooked dinner after that, fried rice. Paaahhh...my team did something wrong with the second batch of fried rice. We placed the green vegetables early so they didn't look nice when the food was served. The smaller kids: Kevin, Victor, and Natasha, were in charge of putting all the things in the wok. I had to cut everything, and Tesa pretty much cooked the rice.

We went to our rooms to put our stuff after that. Apparently, my cousins and I, along with Kaylin and Audrey, were in the same villa, along with an organizer, Ci Mega. Beside our villa was the other girls' villa. Across ours was the rooms of a few primary school kids, and, a room filled with three other members of the Brave Frontier group I was in. That was a sour spot. 

Another game, another punishment. I was cursed that day, end of story.

Then there was a talk about how we should be happy and thankful for what we have now, for our parents, and the like. All the girls pretty much cried, me included. Not so sure about the boys, though. Really can't say anything about it, because GOD, it was an extremely emotionally charged session words cannot do it justice.

Then the barbeque came up. A large majority of us stood near the grills to warm up. Some took walks around the area, others gave up and went to the villa first to get some shut-eye. Kayla and her friends wanted to sleep in the main room, but ended up going 'screw this I'm outta here' and pretty much went up to the villa again. At that moment, there was only Tesa, my cousins, myself, and Joshua, apart from the organizers and Kayla's group.

That night I evolved Commander Mega to Sea King Mega before sleeping, lol.

Morning call was SUPPOSED to be at 6.00 am, but ended up being at 6.30 am, the time I fully woke up, along with a large majority of others. We all walked around for a while and ate breakfast a few hours later, at 8.00 am, I think.

More games and sessions, along with a first-aid guide, and a big game in the end. We had to finish sending out Angel's Notes, and had to do a presentation about a word we got at the end of the big game, along with sharing what we feel about the camp. Again, my cousins teased me when I said, "I don't think I knew anyone else except for my cousins, and my friends from school. I mean, I know Joshua, but this was pretty much the first time we met in person.'

Of course we ate lunch! Right before the Angel's Notes were to be read, too!

As for the Angel's Notes...I'm pretty sure I got a double from one of my cousins. Great. Like I said, I have yet to exact my revenge on them. Especially when my elder cousin said I found my 'other half'. I know there's two from the organizers (one of them, I'm pretty sure it was from my tutor), one from Kayla's group of friends (I'm thinking Jessica), THREE from my cousins (elder cousin sent double, from what I can see in handwriting), and one that I have a slight idea, but I don't want to jump to conclusions. Looks like a boy's handwriting, and it seems to be the stipulated one, as the name and the message has different handwriting. It's in English too. Joshua, I think?

I had to send to Jeanette, and I also sent to Joshua and my younger cousin, along with a large joint message for Jessica, Kayla, Kaylin, and Audrey. So...yeah. There was free time, and we went home after. Free time was spent with kids (and a few elder ones) playing in the pools, some girls taking selfies, and a few just loitering around.

On the way back, my cousins and I were talking about watching the new Black Butler movie. We invited Joshua, but he declined. Bummer...I was actually hoping to get to know him more, he seems like an interesting guy, just a bit on the silent side.

Photos will hopefully come in a few days time, but this is all I can say for now. It was a really fun experience, and I would love to join again next year. And on that note, bye guys!