On the first day, we gathered into our groups and we had 'ice breaking' games. Like getting to know each others names. Our instructor, Miss Carmen, was very friendly. She thought us how to play 'wacko', a tennis ball game and many more. Through those games, I found out all my group member's name. They are Jason, Justin, Abreham, Chun Man, Mudzukhe (we call him Mud), Karmun, Grace, Nadya, Zephanie and Jerrilyn. After those games, we had a wonderful lunch and continued playing a few games and one height element. The few games include Traffic Jam and Toilet Tag. The height element is boulding. Where we use the rock-climbing wall but instead of going up, we went to the right. We didn't have safety precautions like belts or something like that. Only two of my teammates were standing behind me, ready to push me up again when I lost grip. We had to trust our teammates fully. It was scary but memorable. After that, we went out of the adventure camp and went trekking uphill to the Bukit Chandu Reflections. We did some activities there and went on trekking towards HortPark to have dinner there. We had dinner in a circle and we chatted happily. The dinner was delicious. After dinner, we trekked back to the campsite and had our shower. We then did our reflections on our journal and went to sleep at ten. In my dorm (it was really cooling as the fan was right above my bunk bed), there weren't any HPPS students. Pei Ying, Jing Ying and Devika were together in another dorm.
The next morning, some inconsiderate dormmates woke everybody at 5am when we were suppose to wake up at six thirty. I went with my new friends to the washroom wand washed up. We chatted while waiting for the time to report. We had our breakfast and headed for the jetty. When we reached the jetty, we waited for the bumpboat to arrived. The boat trip only took a few minues. When we reached the jetty at Pulau Ubin, we started to trek for hours until we reached the campsite at lunch time. We were all famished! I finished the whole packet of rice! Here comes the exciting part. After lunch, we headed for the canoeing area. As it was high tide and the path to the canoeing area was just beside the river, we had to walk through a flood of muddy water. It was my first time. It was disgusting but very memorable. When we finally reached the canoeing area, we had to pump up our group's own boat and then start canoeing. Many of my teammates didn't put in effort to row the boat and so Miss Carmen had to row very quickly. Our boat kept turning round in circles. Miss Carmen was utterly disapointed with us. After we changed into our clean clothes, we headed back to the campsite. We had to cross back the same route but it wasn't high tide anymore. So, the ground was very wet and muddy. How Eeky! When we reached the campsite, we worked together to put up tents that we were gonig to sleep in that night. After pitching the tents, we washed the ingredients we needed to do outdoor cooking, then started to cook. We cooked egg noodles with soup and it was delicious! We had roasted marshmallow and fruits for supper. The marshmallow was crispy on the outside and very creamy on the inside. It was delicious! After that we did our reflections and went to bed. In my tent, there were 12 people so it was very squeezy. 3 of my friends and I had to sit sleep. So, the 4 of us couldn't sleep. We came out of the tent and walked around as the tent was very stuffy. We soon returned back to the tent and finally fell asleep a few hours later.
The next morning, I was very tired. We had breakfast and set off for the jetty. After hours of walking and exploring, we finally reached the jetty. We got on the boat and headed for the Labrador Adventure Camp. When we got there, we had lunch, played games and discussed the item we were going to present during the campfire. Soon, we composed a song based on the tune of the song, ' Home Truly'. During the campfire, we played games and sang songs before each group presented our presentation. It was very memorable. After the campfire, we bid farewell to our friends and headed back to school. This camp will always take a place in my memory! I enjoyed the camp very well.
The Leadership Camp was great fun. Although me, Pei Ying, Jing Ying and 5 more pupils from GEP couldn't join all the other P5s in the P5 camp, I believe all eight of us enjoyed being with the other pupils from other schools. We all made many friends within our own group of 11 pupils from different schools. We did many fun and interesting activities together.