i miss obs too ):

so we made it back alive and in one piece. OBS is..undescribable in a sense. so this is just a numerical summary of what it's like! :DD

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10 words most commonly associated with OBS:
fun
tiring
tent
gross
mosquito
sandfly
sunburn
expedition
undescribable
unforgettable


9 memorable things we did:
rowed a boat for 7km
trekked for another 7km, carrying haversacks worth our weights [or at least it felt so]
travelled to 3 different campsites within 3 days
climbed to the mast of a ship and came back down [the indianana!]
read "belayer" as "bilayer" [we miss bio lesson too much le mah]
cracked a great deal of lame crapo jokes with our instructor xD
跳海
whipped ponchos and haversacks to get rid of ants [and stepped on them also!!]
cried on the last day during debrief [)':]

[ok now it's quite obvious that i'm a magellener :DD]

8 negative after-effects:
mosquito bites
sandfly bites
ant bites
severe sleep deprivation
lack of blood [from mosquito bites mah. btw xuyue has a record of 44 mosquito bites! anyone ready to surpass her? xDD]
muscle aches
slight dehydration [we "rained" so much during land ex!]
short term memory [i donno why leh, i tend to forget things more easily le o.o]

7 most-commonly used words during OBS:
omg
huh [as in the type used to express shock]
eeeew
die/dead/dying
wl word
the word with the same pronunciation as "sheet"
woooooo [as in cheering :DD]

6 things you'll use during OBS and never think of using in daily life:
twine
mess-tin
A-frame tent
climber's rope [the "lifeline"]
solid fuel
MOSQUITO REPELLENT. [lots and lots of it]

5 ways to relax during OBS:
stone
crack lame jokes with your instructor
sleeeeeep [even when you have an oar in your hands XDD]
count the number of mosquito+sandfly bites you have
stomp on ants

4 hidden talents revealed:
that taitais are good in pitching tents after all
that taitais can cook after all
that taitais can trek with heavy haversacks after all
that taitais can survive without showering for 1 or 2 days after all (:

3 types of expeditions we completed:
land expedition
sea expedition
ANT EXPEDITION =.=

2 morales that we upheld during OBS:
just do it or die xDD [for magellan]
to survive, persevere, and be nila utama-ish xDD [for nila utama]

1 general feeling towards OBS:
before OBS you'll dread it, during OBS you'll just want to chiong thru it, but after OBS you'll miss it. (:

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