Friday, November 25, 2005

i just came back from chiangmai.landing at changi airport didnt make me feel happy.in fact there was a tinge of sadness.yupp.everything went by soooo quickly.and there goes our nice wonderful fun days in chiangmai.i wont mind staying there for maybe one or two more days but i'll miss my family too.
20th nov (1st day)
met at 1 at changi airport.checked in.said goodbyes at 1+.went to krystal jade cos june called mabel,jiahui & i to go. we all didnt want to eat though but ended up munching a bit.june'sfamily orders LOADS of food.kk.so we rushed after that to gather and meet the rest.there was a guide following us from spore.he's SUDIP!took photos then we went in to wait to board the plane.was a abt 3 hours flight.after 8 years or so i finally took the plane again.haa.when we reached we went for dinner.got introduced to our tour guides from thailand on the bus there.there's NOK and JACK and...two more.hehe.i dont remember their names.yuppthen we checkde into the hotel and went to shop at the mall co-joined to our hotel(lotus hotel/pang suan keow) for about an hour.
21st nov (2nd day)
woke up early in the morning.washed up then went to eat breakfast.i think i ate quite a bit.yeahh.then we set of to the mountains.had elephant ride.i sat with jiahui.we bought a bunch of bananas and sugar cane to feed the elephant.so once we started the elephant couldnt stop raising it's trunk asking for more.and when we didnt give more, it sprayed mucus at us.how naughty ya.
after the elephant ride we went for lunch then TREKKING!!trekking as in really trekking through the mountains with back packs.not like trekking up bukit timah hill ya.so it was really fun.wasnt too tiring.it was a really memorable & rare experience and walking under all the foilage was just.. whoohoo... so nice!it was very cooling.there were minor injuries here and there but i think everyone had a great time still.we stopped at a waterfall during the trek.the water was really cold.and quite many of us stepped in and ended up getting soaked through through.yup.you will be able to guess how it happened.splashing and all until we didnt care if more water was splashed at us.yeah.
that night, we stayed over at a village on the mountain.we slept in little wooden huts.similar to those of sparkc.the village did not have any light at night so we relied heavily on torches and candles.dinner there was alright.then we had a little campfire.but cos it was on a mountain and ground wasnt too flat so it wasnt that nice to sit of stand.but the things we did were fun.like sing-a-long and all.i agree with the teachers it was a bit messy though.but i guess we all still did have a rather good time.sleeping was a bit of a problem.i couldnt sleep cos i could hear people talking and singing and all.yeah.so when peiqi and sophia came back in from debrief 1plus hours later i was still awake.the three of us and ms yeo and june who werent asleep either sat up to talk.then karmen had leg cramps so we had to help her.after that we just went to sleep.thankfully i managed to sleep.phew!
22nd nov (3rd day)
trekked down by the roads on this day.though we were going down we still climbed up a lot of steep steep slopes.we trekked to the "kanjana garden home".had lunch and prepared for our item to put up at night.there was supposed to be a 'chief' who had to choose a bride from the four,one from each grp.lorna aka taitai was the bride of my group(grp4/pad thai)so we all put up our items at night.it was quite fun.yupp.the 'chief' was mr yeo.and he 'spoke some weird language' yupp.he 'performed magic tricks' too.or rather he was supposed to have 'magically or supernatural powers' it was really funny.HAHAa.so the 'chief chose all 4 in the end.quite expected actually.then we had sing-a-long and mass dance session again.which was much more organised this time.yupp.then we lit up KONG MING DENGs.as in those paper laterns that will float up into the air when lit and inflated by the smoke or hot air.it's something like you touch that thing before letting it go and all your bad luck will fly away with it.so cute right.hahaa.it was a very very super duper rare experience i would say.yupp.we sang more songs and it made some ppl cry.esp those who were leaving.we had super later.talked with the teachers till quite late.
23rd nov (4th day)
this is a really eat a lot a lot a lot day but no exercise!hahhaa.almost there.yup.after breakfast we went to "Royal Project Station".some place where they grow crops and all.they even rear fish and prawns, some only though.
after that we went for bamboo rafting.shihui,sophia,mabel and i shared a raft.three of us sat in the middle while one stood at the end to help row the raft?hahha.the uncle in front was having a hard time.he used the long bamboo sticks and pushed the river bed/rocks around to propel foward.it was very nice and cool again.the people who started off later splashed water at each other.and at the end of it all of us were wet.most of those who went off first were dry!haha.yupp.we had great fun in the river.shihui,sophia,mabel and i even lied down on the raft together.and the water just rushed pass us.it felt really good.
after that we went to a golf course kind of club to eat or do i call it agolf club.hahaa.something like that.it was buffet and everyone was snatching the fried bananas.then we went for cotton weaving/cloth dying/basket making.yeahh.just that kind of handicraft and work you know.all of us dyed our own cloth.some were really successful while others like me did not really succeed.lol.later was dinner.then we went shopping at the hotel mall again.i didnt buy anything though
24th nov (5th day)
we headed to the military training camp after breakfast.did obstacles.first was run up a ramp and jump.2nd was go across the mudpool by holding onto the rope and swinging across.i sort of succeeded cos nok helped me.i swung across my foot landed on the other side but my body was leabing a little back and he supported me up.so i escaped getting dirty by that.but i still got dirty later.had to crawl on our stomachs and use our arms and legs to push us foward under the bulb wires.my hair got caught maybe 2 of 3 times.hahhaa.that one got us really dirty anyway.we climbed this vertical ladder too.it was made up of two trees and just horizontal wood pieces across.we had those rope thingy too.like have to walk sideways and hold the other rope on top and move along.then we climbed over the tall vertical walls too.then there was some abseiling-like thing.it wasnt 90 degrees to the ground by it was quite steep.then we had to climb up.and we also had to put our hands into some hole and they faked us there were animals or something inside.in the end when u put ur hand in u get beaten.it was super lame.and we also had to crawl a lot like in little 'tunnels' and all.had to cross a lake by holding onto a rubber pipe.there was high logs like hurles and we had to climb over.then there was monkey bar which i failed to complete.total utter sadness.and we had to jump shorter 'hurdles' too.i went one leg by one leg and some two legs.next was crossing a really shaking bridge.and last was flying fox.
then we bathed and had lunch at a orchid farm.all the orchids were the same.yeahh.but they were still beautiful.
following that we went to a school.chatted with them, gave them stuff and played vball and soccer(the boys) with them.we got thrashed in both sportrs.no surprise.haha.then we went to another mall which was extremely big.jiahui,mabel and i walked together and we didnt really get to shop much cos we spent loads of time looking for notebooks for nok and sudip.yep.part of that place reminds me sooooo much of far east.we ate icecream.extremely cheap and nice.hahhaa.i felt so bu gan xin that i didnt buy anything la.next was dinner.then we went night market!i bought some stuff there.necklaces and shorts.
that night my group(padthai) wrote the notes for nok and sudip.then we went jerrold's room to chat.dickson, yuntong,june,mabel,cheryl and i were there.talked till 5plus closing 6 the next morning.and slept till abt 6.50.so abt one hour's of sleep.it's amazing im still surviving now.
25th nov (6th day)
home sweet home


actually i really shop little on this trip.i regret not buying the cap at the night market.it's soooooo freaking cheap.hahaaa.yupyupp.the chiangmai trip was really good.learned a lot and got to know people more.yeah.it was good bonding session for us all.and it tested our endurance.endurance really seems to be the key word of this trip.yepp.and we did a lot of rhyming on the trip.like cherie eat the berry/cherry.sophia so fierce.peiqi sheng the qi.mabel wipe the table.blar blar blar.i think peiqi's one is the funniest.lol.and im sure i put on loads of weight.ive got to go to the gym to shake it off!
anyway,exactly one month from now i'll be in thailand again.with family this time.so exciting.we haven't gone for a holiday together like that for some time now.hahaa.so cool.my brother will be going too!yeah.hahaa
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