Fun Camp Day 1

Fun Camp Day 1
09  Nov 2010
By Scribe Marcus Choo

Fun Camp, here I come! Though sad that I would not see my family for three and half days, I was looking forward to the activities on the first day! I was especially looking forward to the Geo-caching activity, a chance to try out a new device!

Firstly was a briefing, we were briefed on some camp rules and introduced to the trainees. I was amazed at the number of trainers, and they come from all over the world, from Indonesia, UK, US and more!

To my surprise, our first activity was Roller Coaster making. At first, I thought ti was using LEGO bricks to make a mini roller coaster, never did I know that we had to use straws, newspaper and balloon sticks to let a tennis ball coll down safely. This really was testing our creativity!

After planning for 10 minutes, we were all set and ready to build the roller-coaster. Taping the newspaper to the balloon was a little messy, but could stable the ball, and the tape wasn't that sticky (we used quite a lot) and some of the team members didn't co-operate, but in the end we did it. Alas! The drop was too high, and the hill too low. 10 minutes left to the end! We pushed the hill up and drop down. Double disaster! Now the ball did not get to the end.

Although at the end no one's ball got to the end 3 times, we learnt that we must take pride in our work, and do a good piece of work in every activity.

Geo caching! Finally the most awaited activity. I was chosen to hold the GPS, and after a short brief for the people with GPS and compass, we set off to Sembawang Park, singing enthusiastically. We started running around, scurrying all over the place searching for the answers.

Challenge 1: 3D Tic- Tae- Toe.  How to play that? Well, its about throwing balls into a 3X3 grid of cups in a line. Easier said that done. We had to try many times just to get 1 ball in. Either the ball fell out or the ball and cup fell out. In the end, we managed to complete it. A new set of challenge to complete (with the GPS)! This time was a bit more chaotic. We were running all around sometimes getting further from the target, and sometimes not seeing the target.

Challenge 2: Moonball. We had to pat a ball 20 times and everybody must touch the ball at least once. The ball kept dropping. In the end, we still made it with 22 pats. Since it was raining, we had to wear our ponchos and I decided to wrap the GPS in poncho bags before setting off on the next set of questions. Miraculously, we made it with the time left!

Challenge 3: Decibel Challenge. We were supposed to scream until 130dB. In the end, Jun Le screamed alone into the microphone and reached 130.3dB. AMAZING!

10 more minutes for the last 5 questions! Luckily, with running here and there, we made it!

Going to see our bunks! To my surprise it was very nice! It even had air-conditioning. There was a mattress, blanket and pillow as well.

After dinner, we watched The Jungle Book movie. It was very nice! At the end, we picked a part to act out for campfire.

Supper! Biscuits were served. I took many of the delicious raisin biscuits. After the final debrief, it was time for sleep.

I'm really looking forward to tomorrow's activities!

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