Camp sucks to the core. It totally wasted my 3D2N.
Some of the activities were great. The drinks at each meal taste good and is a refreshing change. We get to bond as a class. Some of the trainers rocks.
Then why does the camp sucks? Because OUR group's trainers sucks. The meal taste really awful. The meal is too little to satisfy our hunger pangs. Too little time is given to us for eating. Too little time is given to us for showering. We are treated as their workers when we paid $100 for the camp.
The first thing that I have noticed is that the trainers pale in comparison compared to our Peer Support Leader(PSL). I find it a disgrace that 18-20years old trainers from prestigious school such as Raffles Junior College cant even be compared to our very own PSL. And I believe these trainers get their pay. Do take note that it is some of the black sheeps not all. Unfortunately, we got one of the worst trainers. Nam cried during outdoor cooking. She is hysterical. She cried because we put chicken stock into the macaroni soup. Dont she get it? Chicken stock is necessary. Just because we have 1 vegetarian? I meant that if we dont put chicken stock, the whole group wont have meat. Are we gonna accommodate him and become vegetarian? It shows how ill-prepared the trainers are. They should have a separate meal for vegetarians. Look, this is not an insult to vegetarians. Yes, they should have their meal. But we should have our meal too. We need not go all the way to accommodate them and neither will they. The fault lies with the trainers and yet she lost her temper and made a big fuss?
The smoke goes into her eyes and she blamed it on us as we did not managed the fire properly and it died out. Hello, this is our virgin attempt on outdoor cooking and the trainer, having received proper training did not lend us a helping hand and yet have the cheek to blame us? Nam was very tired, she was sitting under the tree and taking her own self-proclamied break. When something goes wrong, she pushed all the blame on us instead of checking her own behaviour?
The activities were fun and engaging, we learnt many values too. Considering the fact that this is my first few tries in wearing a harness and yes I am a little ''stupid'' in all this technical stuffs. I had some problems wearing the harness. It was loose. I seek help. She lost her temper again. She used a very ''hush'' and mean voice on me. It was something devious and she acted like a devil. As she helped me out on my harness, she used her utmost force to force the harness onto me so that it will hurt. I can feel that she did it on purpose. But I still did enjoy the activities, her actions left me thinking.
Then, rock-climbing. Need to put harness again? Oh no, I rather not do then be her punching bag. But Mr Suhaimi handed me the harness. What could I do other than accept it? I took the harness and tried my best in wearing it. Fortunately, this harness is rather new and I have quickly learnt how to waer harness. Practice makes perfect. I was glad that I would not need to seek her help. Thanks WeiRong for his help! I climbed and failed. At least I persisted and gave it a try.
They made us carry kayaks. They made us carry floor boards. They made us picked up the litter. They made us pitch down the tent. They made us fold the tents.
It wasted a lot of our time. I thought the time could be put to better use. A lack of planning. They treated us like labourer workers after we gave them $100. We sweat for them and yet how they repaid us for helping them carry stuffs? A word of ''thank you''? A smile? Nothing, they gave us the ''ok'' look. And what made matters worst is, considering the fact that it is my virginal attempt in pitching down the tent, I dont know how to remove the tent's stick. The trainer gave me the ''are u stupid'' look. She childed me as if I was obligied to take out the stick and used her meanancing tone again. Disgusted.
Do u know why WeiRong didnt wanted to try out 2 of the high-elements? Because the trainer didnt bother to help him put on the harness, the trainer did that grugingly. And that would have spoilt our mood to continue with the high-elements. Cant the trainer just helped us politely after we have paid them a fee of $100? What kind of service. And our assistant trainer isnt any better. WeiChin was similing at him and he reprimanded and insulted him. Whats wrong with smiling? A smile brightens my day. Why are u insulting him because he is smiling? What right have u got? Is smiling a crime? He has the freedom, who are u to stop him? Who are u to threatented him that u will force grass into his mouth? Ha, but his smile is annonying at times. And our very DEAR assistant trainer wanted to help us buy Macdonalds. So sweet of him meh? He is playing a BIG joke on us. Who gave him the rights to toy with us? Who gave him the rights to trick us? Even if it is a joke, he should have told us immediately why wait till a day later? We have been holding on to false hopes and u have thoroughly crushed our hopes and destroyed our trust. Oh well, I knew it was a prank right from the start. But those poor girls trusted him and wrote their orders on a piece of paper. Still write on a piece of paper? That was really mean and ungentlemanly of him.
And after kayaking, I alighted the wrong way. I nearly fell. Not only did he not offer any concern for me, he scolded me punctuating his sentences with vulgarities. Nearly. He called me ''stupid''. He then muttered something in his mouth. Again, what right have u got to scold another person stupid? Do u even know the definition of stupid? I dont see u in any way cleverer than me. I really wonder how he is chosen as a trainer. Is being barbarian and uncivilised a quality considered for during the selection? I was utterly disappointed. I look in envy at other group's trainer. I wonder why we are so unlucky.
I wrote very BAD comments to them. Consider this a farewell ''present''. I would never want to see them again. It was a nighmare. And I am glad I woke up from it.
4:45 PM
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Johnathan. Ng. Wei. Zhao
Funky 14
15 on 20thNovember2010 .
H.1.H.S/Montfort Junior .
1.72m, 59-60kg and healthy .
Cherishes old classmates .
Appreciates friends .
