Saturday, August 07, 2004
at 4:41 PM

Hi. Wanna talk about kayaking today. It SUCKS!

Anyway today went to school first to assemble. Nothing much happened, except that all of us got quite a shock when the HO appeared. Then we went up the bus, and it was damn cramp. But nevermind about that lar, it's not the main focus. So we reached there, and changed. And we did some basic stuff and theory. But the thing that made the whole event suck like hell came after all those. We had capsized drill, i think it's self explanatory. Then the instructor demonstrated. It was ji3 scary. But all of us have to try lor, it seems to be going on well for other teams but i and hh became quite a disaster.

Anyway we were basically asked to capsize our own boat and try to get out without sinking the kayak, and to stay calm. But i and hh were not calm eh, we were kinda nervous throughout the whole thing. At first it was still okay for me, until the moment the kayak capsize... Whoa. Closed my eyes then was in a desperate struggle to get out. We were supposed to stay calm and tapped the side of the kayak 3 times before we got out. But all i cared at the moment was to get out! Bumped my head against the deck in the process, and swallowed quite a mouthful. And when i finally got out, i kept coughing and felt like puking.. Anyway we are to hold on to the kayak but not 'lean' on it. But that was what hh and me did and the kayak started sinking. Wah lao! But the instructor came to help us. And we finally reached shore.

So that's the part which suck. Other than that, kayaking was quite okay lar. But i and hh screwed up another when we first launch the kayak into the sea. It was damn hard to steer the thing using paddles at first, being first timers. So we could not really steer it but to go straight. But later things really went out of hand, we decided to stop after going not very far. So we waited until the kayak drift to shore. And the instructor was ji3 gan jiong. He ran to us and said we almost died... Cause the kayak was parallel to shore. Don't understand why eh. Anyway we tried the second time, this time we managed to grasp the skill and we did quite well... So we joined the other groups and went out further from shore to have some lessons on controlling the kayak. Did a few cheers on the way, was kinda bored... Then the coolest thing was when all the 15 kayaks came side by side and we held on to each other, forming a 'raft'.

The thing ended pretty soon, our arms were damn tired. And everyone was sunburnt lor. Then we carried the kayaks back to where they belonged and washed up, before boarding the bus. So that's today lor, which suck. I lost my water bottle... It was a confusing situation should not talk about it. Anyway i was so bu shuang that i blamed it on the sec 3 guy. And i was speaking so loudly on the bus without knowing that he was behind me! I think he heard it, but spoke nothing about it. Felt a bit guilty after that, decided to apologise here through this entry if he ever comes and read this, i'm sorry.

Sigh. Anyway reached school, had lunch, debrief and was dismissed. Went home in hh's father's taxi. Reached home and had a shower, then started typing this entry lor. Sigh. Kinda sian. Don't know if i wanna go play basketball tomorrow, somehow i a bit sick of it liao. Planning to go bowling on tuesday, but have not yet to confirm.

So that's all. Signing off.