What a blast!

Alright I was wrong,track chalet was a balst! It was so so fun,and the trackers quickly assimiliated us crossers into their large family with all the ice-breaking and bonding games we played on Monday. It was a great day,the only stupid thing was that I was too over-dressed for the occasion. Ugh,I turned up in jeans,and we had to play beach captain ball and Whacko on the sand! can you imagine sweating and running in jeans? Man...*grimaces* the Whacko was with increasing difficulty due to the drilling sounds generated from the construction site near us which made it tough for us to discern whether it was our names being yelled,and the number of people whacking kept increasing-from one to eventually,four! Four people walking around in the circle ready to whack any unsuspecting,unalert bloke...it made the whole game so scary and pretty soon we were all screaming and scrambling and yelling! *laughs* In the end,I was one of the three whackers left in the circle and we had to do forfeits suggested by the group(yes,it was supposed to be four whackers,but for some reason,poor Shannon ended up with two sticks...*big laugh*) So the other guy(sorry,I forgot his name!) had to roll on the sand until he enters the sea *winces*,Shannon had to do a gay dance around the circle with sick pelvic thrusts at every girl(ewww...hahax) and poor me had to do the most conventional...pole dance. And because Shannon had two sticks,he had to do a double forfeit,which ended up in him being my pole! What a scene! :D

Then it was wash-up(the guys took sooo much longer than the girls,surprisingly) and while waiting,we played those group games like Killer Move and another having to do with milk...sounds weird and really confusing initially but after you get the hang of it...man it was soooo funny! Especially seeing the people losing the momentum and they start blabbering any weird sound that comes across their already confused minds...HAHA!

Dinner was at Changi Village with the reputedly best Nasi Lemak stall,but of course the queue was so long none of us wanted to wait,and ended up eating Hokkien Mee(with a layer of lard underneath),Hor Fun,Claypot noodles etc...Other than eating,we also kept a close lookout for the infamous people who regularly throng the Changi village area-the transsexuals. Although it was a little early,we were lucky...we saw one in red,but it was her(his?) back-view,argh! This is probably the closest I have been to one,not that I'm disgusted nor am I discriminating against them,but I kinda find it an eye-opener.

Back to the chalet after dinner,and the mood was all set for the night walk to (you guessed it) Changi Hospital,which was (as usual) said to be haunted. Ghost stories were told, the guys went around "boo-ing" the girls, people thought up many "What-if"s situations,like "What if you heard your name being called behind you and you are the last?" Now when you read this you may go,"Aiyah,scared of what?" but believe me,when you are there and soaking in the darkness of the gloomy surroundings (our chalet was just right beside the hospital,mind you),hearing such stuff can really make you feel the goosebumps! There was also a general panic when there weren't enough torches for the 6 groups,but in the end we ,managed to share and the guys got to show their macho sides by volunteering to lend the girls their torches(thanks guys!).

6 groups,each with 6 people,except Clarence's group,which had only 5. Then there was again a general panic where people heard many warnings before and that it was better to stick to them just in case something really happened...
1)Don't walk in odd numbers,or someone may go missing...or you may end up with an extra *shudders*
2)Don't turn just your head aornd,make sure you turn fully,body and all.
3)Don't call one another by their names just in case those "things" decide to follow
4)Don't look between your legs (who would do that?!)
5)Stay close and don't wander off even if you heard your name being called
6)Don't wear red
Poor Clarence didn't know about the last warning,and we only realised that when we were about the start up the route in our individual groups. In the end he took off his shirt and went for the walk half-naked!

The start was really freaky,as in it was dark and there was silence like,EVERYWHERE. Even worse,my group was the last to walk the route,the so-called "sweeping group", and by then the atmosphere was already very solemn. Shaun,Cheryl,Megan,Nic Teng,Desmond and me,one girl to one guy,slowly making the last march up the route... Thank goodness Shaun and Desmond had the coolness to tell us stories of themselves in VS and how fun it was...it really lightened the mood. When we finally reached the meeting place,it wasn't that bad anymore *sighs*. Then it was a group briefing(in the dark,within the compounds of the hospital!) which was really motivating...thanks James and Shaun!

By the time we reached the chalet it was like 12.30,but there were still some of us who wanted to go explore more,as in ALL the different wings of the hospital,and also to find the mortuary,which was somewhere near the hospital. I was game,and the second time was a group of 8: Kenji,Louis,Jo,Amelia,Chao Yang,two other guys and me. This walk was much much longer and of course,much more creepy than the first. Thanks to Amelia for holding my hand throughout(hey,I know sound very "hum-chi",but I was really freaked lah...) and to Chao Yang and the other guy for always walking behind us to ensure we won't end up being at the back! Kenji and Louis both saw something at this building,at the same time at the same place,and thank goodness curiosity didn't get the better of us that night!

We got to the mortuary after much searching,but unfortunately(or fortunately?) it was completely sealed,as in,the doorways and everything were not just locked,they were sealed with cement! There must be a reason why...*shudders* We tried to peep in through the broken windows,but there was nothing much inside,just white-washed walls that looked pretty new,hmmm...We also went into this operating theatre(judging from the designs of the ceiling lights) and right in this last adjoining room,there was this lone chair in the middle,smashed and broken. Yeah,just a damaged chair by itself in the middle of this large empty room. That was when we decided to turn back,all wondering what could have happened before...

Jo was really brave,as in she was so solid! There was this idiot group of other thrill-seeking youths who were behind us in the walk,and then they just screamed and ran away,hoping to scare us. I mean,they were all guys and in their early 20s! It was so stupid to see them doing something sooo pathetic,and Jo was like,"CMI lah please!" HAHA,you rock girl!

We went back at 2.15 and Megan,Siew Min and I then shared a cab(ignoring the extra surcharge and the hole it burnt in our pockets)-we were that exhuasted. We went back on the second night for the main event-the barbecue-which was also really fun,and there was more mingling with the almost-always absent throwers,finally. More games played,more bonding,more eating...and finally it was time to go home!

Exhausting but one of the best chalets I have ever attended! *smiles* Big thanks to James the organiser,Hua Jia,Yao Peng,Shaun and the entire Track and Field team. You guys rock!