SinMal

To me, camps are a usual thing to me now....So, I joined the Sinmal camp 2011 at Port Dickson during the past four days even though I was a bit hesitant about participating in it at first.
               Since the bus to Sinmal was to set off at 4.00am, me and my friends decided to sleep in HQ during the previous night. We arrived at SJK(C), Chung Hua at 8.30am before registering. We were all excited as this was a chance to meet up with people from other states as well as members from Singapore.
               However, as soon as it started, I realized I was in deep trouble...>.<
               Firstly, the medium language of the camp was mandarin.....THE HECK??!?!?! At first, I thought it was gonna be English. So, it kinda sucked as I could barely understand what the facilitators were talking about...Luckily, my team mates were kind enough to translate for me when I was totally clueless.....
               Wait, it gets even better.....meals on the first day were kinda lame.....For dinner on the first day, I was given a plate of white rice with a bit of spinach and one ( yes, don't be shocked by that) wanton....DO YOU KNOW HOW FREAKIN SMALL THAT PATHETIC WANTON IS?!?!?!??!?!? Heck, it was even smaller than my eyeball..=.=' Its as though food was in short supply...BUT NO!!!!, when I left, there was still a huge amount of wanton left..... However, meals got better each and every day...So, no complaining there....
                Besides that, the first day didn't leave a good impression for me.....After the opening ceremony, we were given a lecture regarding finance management... =.=''' Wow, didn't know that could happen in a fun camp....Next, it was in ( you guessed it), mandarin...So, I was kinda fishing the whole way.....
                Then, we were introduced to a kinda fun ( but it was a bit lame) session, in which we mimicked a group of dancers on stage who were dancing to a few songs...At first, it was ok....until they repeated the session for another three times. This reeally got on my nerves as it was both physically and mentally torturing. During campfire, they played the same set of songs for the whole two hours of campfire.....=.='''...It was fun at first, but it get boring and mind wreaking very quickly...Imagine listening to Gee by SNSD for 10 FREAKIN times during ONE DAY ONLY!!!!!
               There were also a bit of issues with the management....However, lets not look at the negative aspect of the camp.....It WAS FUN in many other ways...
               First of all, I manage to meet new friends during this camp....Some of them are from Singapore....So, I managed to learn a bit more about Singapore through them..Station games were fun and educational. ( managed to learn how to make 'roti lilin'). Beach games were the same as well..... I also managed to gain experience and information on turtles....I also had the chance of digging a hole and burying the eggs just like how a turtle does it...Besides that, I managed to hold a real turtle...XD
              However, nothing beats the fact that I managed to play paintball for the first time..XDXDXD Even though we lost ( due to our team being disqualified), I was still happy that I managed to hit somebody with the marker ( Headshot..XDD) However, it was kinda sad that a few of my friends couldn't enjoy it due to malfunctioned markers.
             Overall, this year's Sinmal camp was a bittersweet experience...For Rm130, I'm not quite sure whether it's worth it but it was indeed an enjoyable experience...=)