well my long weekend of relaxing and going out was dashed by the prospect of having the LEGENDARY soccer camp on saturday till monday..
i just finished my history paper on friday, but was spared from going out and relaxing, and i had to go back to school on saturday for the camp.. staying on till monday.. and tuesday was a school day again.. so basically i live in the school ^^
saturday morning didnt start off well.. brazil lost the day before.. and when we were asked to fall in and check our packing list.. many teammates including myself didnt bring loads of stuff they wanted us too...
therefore, we were asked to throw everything in the middle of the circle which we stood to form, and asked to pack up everything in 30 seconds.. therefore we just chugged everything inside our bags, taking random stuff from teammates and not knowing where our stuff went ( turn out at at i lost a couple of tshirts and underwaer :( )
after that we were asked to change into our pe attire as we did some played some ice breaker games.. all seemed well until at night, where we had the "amazing race".. turns out to be the worst thing of the day, as my group's first station was the eating station, and we had to consume cili padis, wasabi-tabasco-chill sause and some preserved shitty stuff.. i immediately went to the toilet to vomit out the stuff after finished the touch, and chili padi went through my nose ( ouchh!! )
the night went from bad to worse.. we were woken up twice in the middle of the night for an apparent "firedrill".. both times we were punished badly by the seniors, doing pushups and the now infamous "buddha clap"..
slept like only 6 hours for 2 nights..
the next day turned out fine.. had Physical training early in the morning followed by strategy games.. had to plan a dinner and performance for the teachers and seniors, and we were grouped to carry out tasked.. i was in the performace group.. and we planned a funny drama play which everyone laughed their ass of later during the camp..
we played a friendly with the seniors too.. we were doing well when we took the lead 1-0 and 2-1, but in the end lost 4-2.. but it was good experience.. i played an actual "match" for the first time, and as a right back too, which is not my usual position...
we prepared steamboat for the seniors after that.. and was blasted badly for doing so, as the said we didnt put in effort.. i had to admit that the food kinda sucked, and i regret not doing better for the seniors, as they put in alot of effort in making this camp a success..
watched Remember The Titans later, and that show really resemble us in a way.. haha.. just hope that we win the title like them later..
we went to bed with a full stomach of Mc D's cheeseburgers thanks to the seniors, but was woken up 330 in the morning for "THE FINAL JOURNEY"..
my Ong said that this was it.. a swimming/raft building/teamwork activity followed by a 20km run to see whether we were committed to the squad..
the raft pushing/ swimming part was a real struggle for me, as i was not a good swimmer, but in the end i prevailed, thanks to my teammates..
the run was long and tiring, but thanks to H-Two-Os and 100plus and kitkat along the way, together with singing our soccer version of "it's my life", tiktok, baby and nothing on you, the whole team managed to pull through, without anyone dropping out...
i was so impressed by the whole team..
when we came back, mr ong said he was very proud of us, and welcome us to the ACJC soccer team officially..
his words of welcome was well worth it for going through the entire camp.. it made me stronger in the inside, with a burning desire to go all out to make it to the team..
we played water polo after that, which was a first for me, and i enjoyed it.. and then, it was time to say goodbye ><
I would like to thank the whole squad for the experience we shared in the camp, which i would surely keep for the rest of my entire life, and also the J2s, especially Lionel and Trevor ( the "Devil" which made Buddha Claps famous ) for making us go through shit which actually made us come closer together as one team..
ACJC Soccer class of 2011... This time, we go ALL THE WAY!!!
