Gone with the sea
Thursday, September 27, 2012 2:22 AM
Yep, so SIKE 2012 returned and passed by like the ocean breeze. Some of us stayed over the night before on Friday at Poly Marina, because the meeting time next morning spelt insanity. Yeah, I was one of them, because I wanted to save some time, even though I didn't stay as far as the east-siders! Plus, we had to launch the power boats on Friday, so I just brought my bags along and slept for the night. Returned home to bathe after boat launching and met the old NHHS people for a short while at Clementi. Back to PM at about 10PM, and wow I couldn't sleep the whole night! It was a half-conscious sort of thing because I keep feeling people walk in and out of the room. Almost slept, but nah still woke up. Then set off to Macs to get breakfast at 6 in the morning! I still prefer the normal meals... And I had to drink black coffee because there wasn't any creamer! Sobs. Gathered at 6.45 and I sort of lazed around without specific duty/role. The fatigue was kind of setting in as well, since I didn't sleep. AND THERE, it had to rain, so it kinda delayed us a little before we set off.
Then we took off! Me and partner are tail end for the day. The paddle was rather smooth since he's really good at maneuvering and we could coordinate rather well!
Breaks in between, in the middle of the sea~
The loveliest part about this trip is when you're about to reach Pulau Hantu and you paddle past with all the corals beneath you! But this year, these corals have been depleting by so much, I was so upset!
Reached Hantu before the expected timing, within like 2hours and had them to set their tents and wash up a little before there was dinner! Was really sleepy and so I watched the people fish. Many brought their rods lololol, it was kinda fun watching them hurl the fishing lines into the sea and wait for fishies to get caught. But no, they were smart fishes which nibbled the sides of the bait and left the hook alone! So I was covered with dry salt all over, and decided to shower.
Yep, my ultimate shag face.
Then dinner! It was rice with awesome marinated black pepper chicken and a mixture of soup. Lol, that's me trying to feed Carin while she fish. And my hair looked terrible at that moment in it's wet-dry state.
Uh then I settled down to use my phone and everything, didn't have the social networking mood while I was there tbh! I just continued to watch them fish and blah till the night fell. Night was pretty much calm, we waited for the juniors while they had their mini walk to the breakwaters and the rest of us were just playing the guitars, singing and chillax. When they returned, there was the marshmallow session, but I stayed out of it and sat with some alumnus while they shared their legendary stories while in SPA lol. Military training and such, it was great to hear but never good to experience! Kids, don't try this at home! LOL. Yeah, soon it was wash up and lights out, I was assigned the first for sentry duty at the jetty. So few of us stayed at the jetty and chatted. Oh yes, and it was the first night I slept on a hammock! Borrowed from cherie lol, turned out that it was a netted hammock omg and I got so scared cause it was so small what if I fall off. Well, after duty, seemed like I was exhausted and I managed to balance myself and fall asleep with occasional waking up. It was all cool though sleeping at the jetty with the breeze and stuff.
Morning arrived, it was breakfast and jetty jump. Didn't try it this year again D: I chickened out this time round lol. Photo time before leaving! The current SPA and the SIKE comm.
It was all awesome, until my eye started to hurt like there was dirt stuck in between my eyes and the lens. I tried blinking it away but to no avail, then I got too pissed off with it. Removed it when I reached PM around 3-4 in the afternoon, but still, really frustrated. Helped with the wash up and stuff, debrief, and by the time it was 6plus we showered and went for dinner at 7plus after cleaning up the areas! By the time I finished my shower, my legs were itching like mad from all the mosquito bites I got from Poly Marina on Friday and Saturday morning! Ugh, I get so mad every single time these mosquitoes kiss my skin. Little did I know, that Sunday night when I got home, I realised what's turning more itchy and overtaking these mosquito bites were the sandfly bites! Oh god, they were thousands and thousands of times more itchy! I swear these few days, I've been itching a whole lot, much worse than when I had my chicken pox. Yes, that bad. Never get these sandfly bites, they kill you physically and mentally. Mental destruction, especially when I had to wear jeans for work on Tuesday. That was bad enough and the shoes were killing me cause they had so much friction with the lumps on my feet! Yes, that's the story of these little fucktards.
It was a fantabulous expedition even though there were minor cock-ups but I enjoyed it, from the bottom of my heart. Why? It's the company that counts! Well, aside from those sandflies.
All photos above are credited to people of SPA, taken from FB/Insta
Labels: date to remember, kayaking, SPA
Fifty shades of brown,
Monday, September 24, 2012 4:14 PM
I'm back from SIKE 2012, being a lot darker, with lots of mosquitoes and sandflies' bites. Fuck it.This is the holidays I'm talking about,
Friday, June 15, 2012 1:19 PM
Long time no see slippers. This is the simple comfort that I've been missing since forever. Slippers and shorts.
Ssekkik for lunch buffet!!!! It was pretty nice, just that we ended up smelling like BBQ pork when we stepped out. It was worse than Seoul Garden hahahaha. But I miss Seoul Garden's fish!
Missed drinking banana milk!!! It was bonus shiokness because the weather was killing that day. Literally felt like I was being baked in an oven.
Got my 2 star certification reprinted! Wootwoots. Costed me $5 sighs.
Xiao long baos for dinner because we were still full from the Korean BBQ!!! These are awesome aites... Those xmm and xdd swimming in my tummy.
Lollllll ended up painting my toenails while doing school work because I can! SK has lotsa glitter polishes. Wasn't able to paint my fingernails cause they'll end up dropping at work, and EAT GLITTERZ! SPARKLE SPARKLES.
Work was fun, until the very last moment. The night was really bad, some moronic customers.
Labels: kayaking, Korean food, nails, work