damn ive got the Post Expedition Depression, or PED for short.

OKAY this entry is going to be solely dedicated to my beloved odac22 and JEX'06! im missing it damn badly already. warning it is DAMN DAMN LONG its taking me hours to complete, over a span of few days. not for the faint hearted. only for the odac-lovers ((:


/note:this post was initially completed on 12/6 but due to some technical complications whereby im too lazy to narrate but nonetheless caused this post to disappear to the ends of my blog, i have brought this post to the top/


[day1]
woke up late at james place!! supposed to reach sch at 630 and we woke at 630 haha shit. my fault cos i kept snoozing the alarm. meet the fockers that night was just hilarious haha (asss..hooole!!) xD anyway heng we had james' dad to bring us to school. in the end we werent the latest so oh well haha. assembled at specs gal. photo taking over there. could sense the anticipation and excitement in the air already! everyone damn hyped up cool cool. size of backpack is some bomb luckily din have to stuff group logs in haha. bus came on time at 8 and WE WERE OFF! and so began our estimated 10hour bus ride. stopped at one of the rest points along the highway for lunch. the food there sux sigh. anyway we were supposed to switch bus halfway but THE BUS WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN. we were waiting somewhere for dunno how long we even finished watching the entire ice age2 movie lol. wasted about 2 hours there as a result. then the bus finally came and we were MOVING ON again. the rest of the journey was quite normal. not many pple being high. we were way behind time. reached paka at like dunno when ate dinner damn late. bus ride took a whole 13 hours zomg. eh but dinner was damn good! our caterer is zai. tio some fking splinter which was damn deep in. shit. lights-out.

[day2]
woke up bomb early to finish up packing. breakfast was good again. stole some time to photowhore abit again haha. then we had a little briefing time. then we were all ready to set off for tenggol! boarded the bus with PFDS and paddles and stuff. OH YA WAIT. before we left. we were told that the bus cannot reverse. LOL JOKES. we had to push it back so it can turn out. wad the hell haha. but OF COURSE odac men are always up to the task. so with a mighty heave, we owned the bus. and all the fat girls in it. hahha x) the bus took us to our launch-off point. there we helped load the speedboat with our bags. warm up on the beach. then the long awaited sea-ex started liao! i took a damn chio fibreglass single which was damn chio and powerful! anyhow paddle also can own everyone haha. okay wad happened after this is really nothing much cos we basically just paddled and paddled and paddled and took a break then paddled paddled and paddled again till our next break was due. i have to admit i was still damn shag though i had like the fastest boat we had. which means i sucked. but we all drew strength from each other and rallied everyone on. with gina around of course no one can even begin to think that it was over cos she still damn siao all the time. our ralph ng hyper-ventilated along the way so he was pulled onto the speed boat cos he was unable to continue the journey haha. we paddle until tian1 hei1 i tell you. but weather was nice to us so we had a relatively safe journey with only 2 capsizes of whom i shall not name to protect their "face" hahaha. total time taken was about 10hours again i think. everyone was DAMN happy when we reached. hugs everywhere. oh the water was DAMN CLEAR!. could see all the way down as we approached the shore. will talk more about that later. yup. then we pitched tent and bathed and cooked and washed up. dinner was meesua sausage meesua sardines meesua mushroom and more meesua. meesua bomb. after that had a little reflection-cum-photowhoring session hahaha. then was lights-out. u know i really hate sleeping in the tent somehow. so i ended up sleeping on the beach with the company of yeesian who couldnt stand it halfway haha and the other pple on sentry duty of course.

[day3]
okay this was all along meant to be a slack R&R day for us. woke up pretty early when the sky was still a little orangey and no one was moving around. everything seemed picture perfect at that point of time. more and more pple woke up and some started skipping stones, while some er attempted to. we gave some of them a little crash course haha. breakfast was good with milo and nutella and tuna and bread and more milo! then we had some free time to sort of do wadevr we wanted. many of us grabbed PFDs and snorkelled out a little. corals! hmm a little disappointed leh! tioman had much more variety. but it was still very cool. the experience this time was slightly different i guess cos we had to rely on ourselves to spot stuff unlike in tioman where we had cheryl our guide to spot for us. but nonetheless spotted some cucumbers and clams and many fishies haha (: oh ya some pple refused to get wet so i had a little dunking fun! and again!! hahaha im sorry but i just wanted you to have some fun too! x) lunch was pasta! kind of our favourite camp food haha cos of heavenly sauces and good cooks. one group made green bean soup! which was damn nice haha loved it. afternoon activity was snorkelling! kayaked to some island where there was much more variety of stuff underneath. more fish. schools of tiny fish. the way they embraced us was so cool. like as we swim we dun see them. then we pause a little to point at some corals. then suddenly the tiny fish will appear out of nowhere and i tell you there was hell lot of them. they were all around us la like 360degrees! damn cool! tried to catch them like some stupid idiot knowing that it was impossible but it was just fun haha. oh oh i spotted this damn slim and long fish that looked pretty dangerous. so we siamed back haha. snorkelling gave me some really bad abrasions cos of the PFDs which were damn irritating. oh we had the motherboat to bring us back to tenggol haha everyone loved the ride. wash up and we had dinner which was catered. dinner was some bomb with curry beef and chicken and vege and rice AND HORROR MOVIE THE WIG. hahah i very scared >< then was briefing again then lights out. again i ended up on the beach

[day4]
my day began with sentry duty. which consisted of playing bridge and bloody knuckles. the we woke everyone up and the campsite was again alive. more or less. hell lot of things to settle in the morning. strike tent, pack bag, check kayak, eat breakfast (bomb food again!) then a little briefing then we set off liao. this time i was on the double with leecui. i think we really not bad haha. iskandar taught us some dumb cheer but aiya wad the hell haah. we paddled out a little then the speedboats started to tow us! yay three cheers for speed boat haha. oh oh suddenly the sun appeared behind tenggol and dammit it was DAMN SHIT NICE i wanted to kill myself for not brining cam. the sun was like directly between two peaks of the island, and the whole sky was orange. shit man damn chio. boat towed us for like forever haha. fell asleep alot of times. did many stuff like paddle waves and synchronise paddling too hahah. oh later they stopped towing us and we had to paddle ourselves. but the wind just got damn strong and waves were so high some were even higher than us. but it was damn cool!! anyway current was totally screwing our direction up so they had to tow us again. but the waves proved too much for us and many tow lines broke so no choice later we split up and kayaked again, braving the dua monster waves that would have flipped us if i did not do brace supports and turn the boat to cut waves HAHA im good :x i think leecui and i did a really good job haha! though i might have pushed her a little too hard. nvm i know she'll understand! (: oh forgot to mention. i was so sleepy from the night before i fell asleep even while paddling in the damn choppy sea. which is quite freaky. cos every dua wave came will jolt me awake haha. but we survived and later we just let the waves bring us in. everyone was damn damn DAMN happy that we survived. WE FINALLY MADE IT. we completed the entire kayaking journey. then it was back to paka again. COMMUNAL BATHING! hahahah damn super amusing hahah. thats something worth remembering xD dinner then CAMPFIRE NITE without campfire haha jokes. but everyone was damn high. i love singing songs with all the odacians cos we all cant sing but we dun care and we just love it ((: few of us couldnt sleep so we just dug in to gg's army rations. i think it was briyani whoa damn bomb nice. then had to pack again for we were leaving paka for good. which was a good/bad thing depending on how u looked at it. quote gerald tay: im sure we leave a bombsite for them, this.. shitsite lol. but im sure that place held many memories for all of us still. even i brought home a souvenir from there. a little splinter that was deeply embedded in my left bigtoe. sleep.

[day5]
was another bomb day. everyone woke up around 6+ again to do final packing and getting ready to set off for cemerung waterfall and THE villa (stay tuned for details) breakfast was damn nice again i cant stand it our caterer is damn good. there was even milo wah huat. ate and we were off to the mountain with american history X showing on tv wtf. many of us dozed though. arrived soon enough. did some light warm ups and started the climb. the beginning of the climb was quite leisurely, not very steep. there were even two small streams to cross which was kinda fun cos we kept slipping on the huge rocks underwater haha :x but as we continued the climb started becoming very steep. in my opinion this mountain had far less handholds and roots to help us. fortunately there was far less "bomb-thorns" as well. oh ya yida kena leech bite haha damn suay. he only discovered it after it fell off. well at least it din hurt one bit according to him. maybe he too manly. anyway lnch at the waterfall was good! with good view and good company and good chicken rice WITH SOUP AND APPLE and good photowhores hahaha (: but we were running late alr so we din have the luck to sian there for long. had to hurry to climb back down cos we wanted our "watertime" at the base of the waterfall whre we planned to take a dip. BUT it started to rain. like siao. the floor got damn wet and muddy and slippery and i fell a few times, once with my hands pressing against some loose wood which almost put more splinters into my hand. but everything and everyone turned out fine! some put on ponchos and we all looked damn silly in it hha. oh ya i could see a pile of leaves accompanying me down the climb cos it was being pushed by a steady flow of water haha so cute :x anyway we were all contented cos we still got our "watertime" in the end haha (: at the base of the mountain we had communal clothes changing at the toilets which was VERY OPEN with a doorless entrance facing the ladies which was doorless too. haha they were a little traumatized by the sounds coming from us but oh well who cares :P after everything we went off for dinner! and guess what we went to the restaurant that had been catering us our food all this while haha. i think i forgot to mention that our food at paka arrives in a merc E200 HAHAHA. driven by the boss of the restaurant. cool or not! the food is seriously damn good and damn bomb. such a wide spread. i think we had almost 20 dishes that nite. with all kinds of noodles and beehoon and rice and drinks and fruits which INCLUDED A SERVING OF BOMB DURIAN it was damn funny when the woman appeared with a dua durian. OH YA THERE WAS SATAY!! some pple ordered more satay cos it was damn cheap. dirt cheap. like 1RM for 3 sticks. wad the hell! singapore is like 40cents a stick. damn. anyway took like hell lot of photos during/after dinner. everyone was just getting damn hyper and i loved it everyone loved it we loved each other more and more. gerard serves well as a durian promoter with his funky hairdo HAHA :P ok dun suan alr. i make animation first then suan (u know what im talking about) WAHAHHA xD anw the villa which was where we would put up for the night was only about 15mins walk away so ya we walked there. wah the villa is SOME BOMB. u know its the kind that looks like bungalow just that it had only 1 storey, of which comprised of 1 HALL 1 KITCHEN 2/3 BEDROOMS 2 TOILETS AND AIRCON! hahahh yay. ok everyone had to shit. like badly haha. some of us had been holding our shit for even days. so yea the villa toilets were like god-sent. we love villa! oh yes. who says girls are more capable than guys around the house. wonder who set the electric kettle on fire by putting it on the stove WAHAHHA xD anw that nite was world cup nite. i think every villa was awake and watching germany own costa rica. soccer was accompanied by mushroom soup courtesy of james, oreo+melted marshmellows by group1, honeydew+sago by some other group (sorry ><), and my curry twisties and instant cup corn! damn shiok. and who could forget alan's FHM playing cards zomg! but after all the food was gone i fell asleep after the scoreline read 3-2. fell asleep in james' unit la when i woke up the tv was off alr so i went back to my villa and spread sleeping bag and slept on the sofa. slept through that nite :)

[day6]
oh no we're leaving so soon already!! tmd haven pack. but thats not the point. jex is about over already and we all cant bear for it to. well breakfast was cereal with milk my all time favourite so convenient and refreshing and crunchy and nice. packed. gathered. took photos with ALL THE PAKA AND TENGGOL AND SPEEDBOAT AND WADEVR UNCLES AND TEACHERS AND ISKANDAR WHEEEE. we were quite fei with our cameras' timer function haha everyone was damn impatient but thnx for waiting! my photo turn out really nice haha (: soon enough much as we hated it, it was byebye villa already. waved final goodbyes to all the locals that helped us. WAIT A MINUTE WE FORGOT TO ZHAM THAT FKING MARVYN. somemore got our jex shirt FOC. nvm u watch out. haha :x byebye villa >< then began our long and arduous bus ride back again. this bus ride compared to the one we had on day1 was much much different. everyone was quite high. especially after stopping at kuantan for lunch and a little shopping. supposed to have at least. but the few of us that went kenny rogers had too much food so in the end we took too long then no time to shop >< gerald leong bough some music cd which turned out to be karaoke vcd with boyband songs haahah! but everyone sang along it was damn fun! oh ya i and gerald tay bought HELLBOY vcd to watch on the bus! quite nice hha actually watch before but aiya haha. supposed to give the bus uncle to 1) thank him and 2) dunneed to scared customs but in the end i think gerald tay took it home -.- went back to school final debrief with mr leong shouting "england 1-nil 1-nil!" hahah he damn fei damn funny damn cool i like him alot my fav :)

oh charlene came up with this really cool poem which basically sums up the 6days we spent as one huge family.

ODAC TWENTYTWO
I LOVE YOU.
JEX WAS GREAT
MEE SUA WE ATE

ACROSS THE SEA
WE HAD TO PEE
WE ROWED AND ROWED
BIG MUSCLES WE SOWED

THIRTY TWO KILOMETRES
WE ALSO HAD OUR TEACHERS
TENGGOL ISLAND FINALLY
WE PITCHED OUR TENTS AND GOT READY

SNORKELLING AND FISH-SEEING
MOTHER BOAT WAS AMAZING
KIWI ANDREW MARVIN GOH
MADE OUR TRIP ALL THE MORE WHOLE

ROLLER COASTER WAVES WE RODE
BACK TO PAKA WE GOT TOWED
BAGS AND PADDLES ON THE SHORE
WE ALL FELT ACHIEVED AND MORE.

ONE HOUR TO CEMERUNG
MANY SONGS THAT WE HAD SUNG
CLIMBING UP THE WATERFALL
WASN'T THAT EASY AT ALL

ONCE WE REACHED THE TOP AND LUNCHED
RAIN DROPS IN OUR FACES PUNCHED
DOWNCLIMBING IN WET CONDITIONS
WE DID MANY FUNNY ACTIONS

TO THE VILLA WE SET OFF FOR
IN OUR DRY CLOTHES, HAPPY LOR
YUMMY DINNER FRUITS AND SATAY
THE BEST DINNER I CAN SAY

18 19 22 23
VILLA NUMBERS SO HEAVENLY
GERMANY AND COSTA RICA
4-2 SCORE THE FORMER WINS LAH

SETTING OFF FOR SINGAPORE
WE HAD PICTURE TAKING GALORE
REACHING RJ 9+ PM
GOING HOME IN CARS AND VANS

ALL THE MEMORIES
WE WILL MISS
ODAC TWENTWO
I LOVE YOU.

damn she's good.

first time odac kayak in the open sea
first time odac watch movie during camp
first time odac snorkel
first time odac watch world cup
first time i climb waterfall. raining somemore

oh ya actually we are the first ever people to kayak such a distance. from paka to tenggol. 32km and maybe even more. odac we own big ass. canoeists bring it on

okay so jex is over. I AM DAMN SAD JEX IS OVER. thinking back to all that siao pt and preparation we did for this damn-man expedition i really miss it alot i really wish time would go back to 5th june 06 where everything would happen all over again im sure hell lot of pple think so too. yes gerald tay u are speaking the truth i believe too that everyone would love to relive the entire experience. i just want to live in those moments forever. NEED TO THANK ALL THE PAKA AND TENGGOL UNCLES! for preparing our breakfast early in the morning at tenggol, for rescueing pple out of the south china sea, for towing our fat asses, for loading and unloading backpacks. OH YA still got bus uncle for bringing us up and down malaysia. and iskandar! for teaching us really lame cheers (LETS BREAK IT DOWN NOW! (: ) and being his irritating and retarded self. and making sure that everyboat had towline. THANK YOU TEACHERS! for being the manliest of the lot. you guys braved the storms in BATHTUBS lol you all are the best. mr shah mr leong mr low mr siva ms phang ms lim mr tan. THANKYOU ODAC EXCO AND JEXCO! thank you food comm FOR THE GOOD FOOD for feeding us so well we were so happy haha. thank you campfire ics alan zhixuan (both my group! :D) for preparing ur lame jokes in between our items haha. thank you gerard meiting yishan for being such great leaders. thank you all finance and admin pple! thank you first aid ics! THANK YOU GROUP 3! group leader-angie, leecui KAYAKING PARTNER, ely, nicole, sau, MEITING BOSS, alan, weepin, yida, zhixuan and me! you guys are best thnx angie for bearing with us haha thnx leecui for bearing with me too haha thnx everyone for taking care of everyone! i think we did a really good job. sigh as im typing this im missing everyone all over again la! THANK YOU ODAC22 FOR MAKING THIS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE I REALLY CANT IMAGINE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO ALL OF US NEXT YEAR WHEN WE LEAVE ODAC. wait actually i can. we'll still remain the same. just as bonded. rite? fk. I REALLY WANT JEX AGAIN.

season of ______. i think i'll never be able to fill in the blank. cos there was simply too many emotions experienced during the trip. pain, love, tiredness, love, encouragement, love, strength, love, love and more love. i love odac for all the rubbish we're about. one cool fact about odac is that no matter how horrible our singing we just sing. and we love that feeling.


some pics.


group pic before setting off


group3 men!




group3!


sunset from tenggol


crystal clear waters of tenggol


i love our caterer



JEX IS OVER. CANT WAIT FOR SEX!



what? september ex what. think until where huh lol dirty thoughts.






i love odac22

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