"Men of wisdom and stature" These few words familiar to every saint, i used to think that title was easily achievable, but the Secondary Adventure Camp had changed that mentality entirely. The camp was compulsory for every secondary 3 student in St Andrews school. It was a time of bonding, and learning with together with classmates. Let me tell you more about the camp in this essay that i have written.
At first, i was very, very reluctant to go camp as i felt that it was a waste of time, and many of my classmates felt that way too. Too bad it was written "COMPULSORY" on the form. When i first stepped into camp Christine, i thought my 3-days-2-nights stay was going to be a living hell. Firstly, the sun was scorching hot. We have to sit on a dirty grass patch while being yelled at the trainers who were in the cool shade. Living hell was my first impression of camp Christine, but that impression change after we had done the neccesities.
We played some games that required great amount of teamwork and trust, such as catching wild creatures like frogs, crickets, grasshoppers and collect a few leaves. All this was done in the wide and vast field of the campsite. Our team managed to do pretty well although all of us where scared of frogs and other creepy-crawlies. We all so pulled through many games that involved alot of brainstorming, teamwork and trust, such as "The Magic Carpet" where we were required to stand on one side of a mat and try to flip it over without any of us touching the ground! It sounds hard but with a bit of brains, and a bit of teamwork, our team finally got it.
On the second day, we had our "Nature Ramble" there are endless debates about this activity, either you love it, or you hate it. For me, i enjoyed myself. We walked through the dense jungle in a single file with our trainer Omar leading us. Together as a class, we walked through thick mud, tall grass, and even a waist-deep swamp! We all came back with mosquito bites and smelt like the sewers for the rest of the day, but hey, how many times in your life do you get to experience something like that ?
The highlight of the camp was the campfire. It was my first campfire, and i sure did enjoyed it. At the campfire, we had two host that where also trainers. They where good with their jokes and they where humourous. We had a great time listening to them singing songs and telling jokes. Part of the campfire required us to showcase our group cheer. Many of the other groups had wonderful cheers, but our "not-so-hardwork" in 5 minutes managed to do the trick and won us the "Best Cheer Award". There was also a game of dance, i participated in it, but i lost despite my efforts.
All in all, camp Christine is a wonderfull place, and i learnt many things from her. I also learnt that keeping an open mind and heart to everything is important, if i had insisted on being ignorant, i would not have the time of my life there.After this camp, we can really call ourselves " men of wisdom and stature".
xavier ong
3st
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