MIDNIGHT!/ Saturday, April 15, 2006
I'm experiencing fatigue but feeling satisfied. :)Odacians went trekking today at MacRitchie. At 0645h, 10 of us (may. weilin. yu yan. joyce. chin ping. siti.me. javier. kenneth. marcus.) met up at bishan mrt station. We left bishan at 0715h and reached the mobil station on the dot! I happened to see remel on the bus 410 on the way to the mobil station..she actually joined canoeing in hcjc.Anyway, 28 J1s went for this activity. Kailing, Anthony and Marianne couldn't make it. So we started our trekking from the singapore island country club. Jin Ken, Marcus, Nellyn, Wynee, Vanessa, Clement and me were in a group together!After some initial briefing, we walked and walked and walked. Wynee and I did pacing for a short distance of 600m to try and determine the scale of the map. And in every stop which we had, we had picnics! We just started to take out our food and shared it around. There were prawn crackers, potato chips, sweets, cuttlefish, biscuits...a fabulous spread of food! haha.Although I've been in np for 4 years, I realise that I haven't had the opportunity to do trekking at all. Trekking in np is walking in designated tar roads. Trekking in odac is walking inside the forest, stepping over the logs, pushing away swinging branches, watching out for thorns, observing the nature...Unfortunately, due to time constraint, we weren't able to reach our destination-the japanese shrine located near macritchie. So around midway of the route, we turned back to where we came from. And although we didn't reach the shrine, I really enjoyed myself. Wynee and I just got into the singing mood and started singing on our way out! At the same time, all of us just took loads of pics! :)Today's trekking activity actually made me realise that perhaps, I'm not such an outdoor person as I've made myself out to be. I was actually not very comfortable to brushing past the plants and stuff. Oh well, I can always adapt to it.After the activity, most of us went thomson plaza to have lunch. One group of us went to kfc while the group went burger king. It was funny watching nellyn chasing after jia chang,,Then after that, most of us went off. I went to have my guitar lessons. Was too tired to really concentrate so I didnt really play very well. Sigh.And how come so many people said that trekking is a guy activity?! The people whom I told about the trekking were all commenting about it. Girls can trek also! And a advise to the gers: wear trackpants the next time there is another trekking activity!
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4/15/2006 08:42:00 PM <3
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