.Friday, June 01, 2007 ' 2:10 AM Y
helo all!i have not posted in ages as i was im New Zealand with 24 others!missed my frens and family members!We went to the Outdoor Pursuits Centre(OPC) at Great Barrier Island(GBI) for five days after which we went to back to auckland for a day and a half where we went to see all the sights and sounds and shopped till we dropped!hahas! ok so let me tell you what we did int the five days at OPC.
DAY 1: we arrived at OPC and were assigned our groups of eight by an instructor Ian. later we went to our bunks!i bunked with Fel(Cocoa).hahas. we were super lucky please!we had the panoramic view of the sunset and the sea!we also had the cool breezes that carrassed our faces!wheeeeeeee!oh but there was a rathe strong wind one night!but hey on the other had the next day the sea was so calm!it was a perfect day for kayaking!hahas!the next day we were to be met by our instructors!
DAY 2:Breakfast was to be at 730 daily(nz is 4 hrs ahead of Singapore)!so after we ate we were introduced to our instructors!OH yea bte we're gropu one and we dall ourselves western mooncakes because they give us these enegisers that are called dog buscuits(they tatse really good) but look and taste like mooncakes, and since we were in New Zeakland we gave ourselves the name western mooncake!haha!anyways,group 2's instrutor was Ian and group 3's instructor was Dan!(they call him Dan the Man!)hahas.Our instructor was scott and helping him and us out was this superrrrrrrr HOT guy called Paul!hahahas!man are we darn lucky!!hehe!on that day we played icebreakers and planned our activities for the today! we rented gears from Gear Hire as we needed neccassary equipment to do water acttivites and outdoor activities,especially in winter!hahas!so after that we changed and went kayaking!whheeeeeeeeee!it was soooooooo fun!the view was just breath-taking!hahas!
Day 3: we went sailing that day.It was fun lah though we kept capsizing hahas! oh oh.we also went tramping,abseiling and rockclimbing!and let me proudly say i finally climbed a rock!yes!this is a real rock btw!hahas!pathetic eh!last time i climbed 2 steps on man made rocks and i never made it past two steps!this time i made it all the way up!so im so proud of myself!hahas!
Day 4:we went for our overnight camp!wheeeee!we kayaked some distance and then walked all the way up!hahas!we kayaked better this time though!maybe it's because there wasnt much wind!hahas!anyways, we were all drenched and cold but we perservered!haha we were singing on they way up and we made scott sing along!paul was still out at sea fishing!haha!kewl huh!omg he actually sang for us!hahas funny! we later then changed behind our tents!man i will never ever forget that luhh!hahas! theb we had maggi and Tortillas for dinner!it was soooo good!oh oh we also had snapper!(that was the fish paul caught for us!awww)hahas. it tasted sooo good i could still remember it's taste!hahaa!then we were laughing and chatting merrily about gibberish!it was cold but we felt warm as the eight of us oh wait nine!includind Liss Leong chatted like family!
DAY 5: we kayaked back all the way and tidied our tents and returned out gear!i got a shock of my life!i thought i had to pay for 2 gears as they were missing!but HENG MAN! they were still there!Nicole founf it for me!thanks Nicole!you're a lifesaver!everyone was all taking pictures to remember each other and the insructors！So sad that day!we were super reluctant to leave!they teachers had to pluck us up from the ground onto the bus!hahas!
Day 6 abd 7 we went to a museum to watch a Maori show and went shopping!ooohh!man we shopped till we dropped!hahas!all the activities at OPC helped us get into tip top condition for our entire day of shopping!whee!elaine and i produced pictures to send back to our instructors!gwen did the same!OVERALL it was so fun and i had a great time!I miss NZ already and GBI and OPC and everyone there. i will never regret going!you have no idea how reluctant i was before!but i want to thank my parents and the school for thism greatr opportunity!i can proudly say i really learnt alot and i have definitely emerged stronger both physically and pyschologically!(my english has improved vastly yoo you noticed!hahahahas)I LOVE NEW ZEALAND!!