monologues.

note : cameron highlands is still freaking cold.

last weekend, i was at a leadership camp held in cameron highlands, organised by my school. li shan and myself were VERY last minute additions to this camp, only confirming our attendance less than 24 hours before the camp (not our fault).

at first i had cold feet and many doubts about going, especially on the morning of the camp. nevertheless, i forced myself out of bed that day and started packing at 6 in the morning. another ~~unavoidable~~ situation caused by my own laziness. :P some time during the first day, i discovered that the camp was actually 4 days long instead of 3 days. epic FAILURE. li shan was also on the same boat as i was so we're both equally blur and stupid in that sense.

the second day was theory all the way. nothing much to talk about that day really, besides how tired and grumpy we all were because long boring days just makes everyone grumpy like that.

the following day (that's day 3 for you idiots) was by far the best out of all the days. we trekked for about 5 hours in the morning at one of the hills in cameron highlands. the hike wasn't too bad, but my precious new shoes got pretty dirty and that broke my heart more times than once. that picture at the beginning of this post was taken about midway through the hike, with a valley as the backdrop. it looks much better in real life. (:

in the evening, we went to the field to play ice &fire and dodge ball. imagine running on a muddy field, with puddles of water littered all over the field and athletes chasing after you. imagine trying to make a 90 degree turn and ending up sliding like a baseball player does when he reaches his last base. that was me. (:

to add to that, it started pouring right when we were going to start our dodge ball match. being reckless teenagers, we decided to play on in the rain, in the middle of the field. epic shizz i tell you. but then, the walk home was torture, since cameron highlands temperature + rain + wind = DEATH. the walk home was also more than 1km long, so you can sorta guess how freaking cold we were during the trip home.

it was still the best under-the-rain experience i've ever had though. (:

i made a lot of new friends during this camp, most of them being lower 6ers. they're a really friendly batch, considering that the form 6 students are usually a separate entity from the entire school. i've also realised that as a person, i still have loads to learn and experience.

i have to say, this was an awesome experience. (:

TOODLES.