Sunday, December 09, 2007
Apaches Oei!
Recently, I signed up as a student leader for this red camp. Though in the beginning I knew nothing much about the whole event, getting more involved helps as it allows me in getting the edge of being able to build stronger ties with the campers and most importantly making sure campers had a better understanding of the schools and thus benefit from this little campaign. Moving on, here are some of the highlights of the camp.
Day1 started off where sl’s and campers gathered at the convention center for the official opening of the camp. You could see 5 different tribes of different colours segregated among the entire hall and well it was a wonderful sight. Starting on the left, we had the mighty apaches in red, the seductive centurions in yellow, fierce Spartans in the middle in white, followed by the horny Vikings in green and lastly the funny ninjas in blue.
First item of the day was put up by our very own barracudas, their music really heated us up, and thus drew all of our attention as we carried on with the skid! It was just a show on how each individual tribe came about. Quite entertaining I should say, especially with those adorable ninja moves! And maybe that was how it broke the tensed atmosphere within the convention hall.
Headed off to the health science block, saw pretty much on the medical side which I doesn’t very regularly, There was the baby care station, icu and operation theatre station, not forgetting the video viewing, so on and so forth… One of the most unforgettable events that happened was the short demonstration on how experiments in labs were done. It was such because, so far as I can recall, a particular demo went wrong and causes a small explosion in the lecture room. All of us got a shock, the doc too, surely he never expect that to happen on such a day. We were all relieved that no one was hurt in the process, but was rather petrified after a misjudgment by the specialist.
A heavy meal and right after we were on our way to the school of film and media studies together with school of humanities as campers can have a feel of what it’s like to be in the filming industries, such as getting involved in broadcasting, news reporting, photo shoot, etc…
And that pretty much sums up the day as we went back to the convention center for CCA fiesta. And I can tell you, the range of CCAs Ngee Ann offers is just so wide, over a hundred of them in total for students to choose from. Well, I’m one example that is pretty much involved in them, six on my list though.
Before ending the first day, we taught the campers some cheers, one of them sounded as if we’re a bunch of red Indians, well that was our mascot. First day was already so fun, more to come on the second I suppose.
What really struck my mind when I thought of day 2 was of course the mass dance. SL’s took some time before mastering all the moves. Well, now it was our turn to teach them that. Initially, none of them seems really enthusiastic about it obviously but after a demonstration on stage from all the sl’s. All of them started to gain interest! and that was a very good sign, in terms of having people really participating in it.
After all, it was fun! Laughing at each other’s silly mistakes, having to try it out themselves! Those emcees and dancers on stage appeared really confident! And yes! Sl’s pretty much enjoyed themselves and I’m sure the campers feels the same way too.
Back tracking, visited the school of business in the morning before moving to the school of infocomm technology in the late afternoon. The day stayed that way till the end.
Furthermore, two allies were formed. One of them was the Achukings, the other was the Spanjas. Well of cos, I will say the Achukings is the better of the two right!!! But this seems like a marriage of convenience…(thinking politically)
THE BIG DAY, MOST IMPORTANT DAY! DAY 3!! Mass dance+hop nite =) FLAWLESS combination.
Visited the engineering side on the last day of the camp, and ya, planes!!!!
Highlight of the day was the cheer competition. Spend lots of effort getting the whole apache to practice on them but I should say everyone did a great job, and I’m glad to see campers also heavily involved in it. Maybe because those cheer gave them a sense of identity and a sense of belonging… and even for the mass dance, each tribe had their own unique beginning move….
The cheers competition was certainly fun and hmm…a little dangerous I should say. The funny part comes when a PHYSICAL war actually broke out between Spartans and Apaches!! For some reason, the Spartans always attack and marched towards us. It has been like that since the start of the camp and the rivalry became bigger as each day progress. So, ya we had our self defense!! The SLs lined themselves up on the frontline and apaches campers were just behind us as we prepare ourselves for a serious battle. The war finally broke out, and our allies(reinforcement) came to the rescue!!!! It’s really cool! Looks so dramatic…
Though lots of us fell but, it was fun being a part of it… eventually, we the mighty apaches won!!!!! Wow. That very moment when results were announced, many of us seated down just went crazy as we continued with all our cheer yet again! It’s hard to control our joy=)
A finale followed by the mass dance almost rounds all the whole camp.
AND YES!! Hop nite is finally came. We waited. And waited. Everyone just seemed so on about it. Hop Nite!
DJ Andrew Chow definitely lives up to his name! The moment he was in the spotlight, practically the whole hall was filled with enthusiasm. People got super high and I mean SUPER HIGH. Many were jumping around as we groove it to the music. Looks pretty much like clubbing, though I didn’t really been to one but certainly I can feel it right here. As I could see, many enjoyed themselves.
Time really flies. The camp comes to and end. Enjoyed myself in this camp, besides benefiting all in a way or another and it’s something that doesn’t come by all the time. R
RED CAMP JUST ROCKS!! Probably the best camp one can ever attend=)
it got me home
8:00 PM
