Sunday, October 22, 2006
~ 10/22/2006 06:06:00 PM ~
;Overboard Boating Spur
Erm, well, I think there is no need to describe what we did during the OBS session, but I want to share some of my feelings with you guys.
Well, firstly, I have to say this course gave me a chance to learn more about the history of Singapore. I am glad to learn more about the history and culture of Singapore, as I am going to live in Singapore for a long time and I try not to be an outsider.
I learnt about Singapore’s history from the watches, as in they are named after the people who made sacrifices for Singapore. For example, well, I was really perplexed when I heard about Bo Seng for the first time. I did not know who is he until one of my friends told me he was a Singapore national hero during World War Two.
Also, I made more friends during this course because some of the activities needed inter-watch communication, especially the 6-hour-kayaking. Although the tide rose and we did not need to carry the kayak in the muddy swamp, I have to say that it was still a tough time because we had to overcome some other difficulties like sunburns, waves, tree roots, tiredness and of course the leaking kayak. So, yeah, for the whole session, the emotions of my buddy and I went up and down, both figuratively and literally. After kayaking hours in the swamp we still could not see the sea, and we really went bobbing up and down, all thanks to the leaking kayak.
At last the water level in the kayak was the same as the sea level, but we capsized twice. Once was because we intended to avoid the branches of the trees and the kayak lost its balance, the other time was that we capsized purposely due to the reason that we got too much water inside the kayak and we could not handle the boat. So we kept talking about submarine and the Titanic for the whole session. Our kayak was going to sink when we were near the shore, but we decided not to capsize again. So we maintain the poor leaking Titanic and landed on the shore. End of the story was what I could say for kayaking then, and end of the post is what I can say now.
