Bivouac
Bivouac.
Now that it’s all said and done, we demand a PART 2!
February 7, 2008
Okay… Our ride towards Munting Buhangin was a red bus… UNairconditioned bus. We were like sardines inside that bus because of our bags and the bus didn’t exactly look like a type of bus that you would like… But otherwise, it was fun.
When we got there, the first thing we did was to go inside the Bamboo Hall, for some briefings… Stuff to do… Something like that… And then we were ORDERED to go get some firewoods and a pole for our flag… We also arranged our tents and placed a fence around our tents.
We ate lunch. Washed our dishes.
We changed into our jogging pants - for safety purposes cause we’d get a lot of scrathes.
We were then grouped into 7 animals. I was in the GOAT Team.
We had a NASA activity. We rated stuff to be brought in the moon but we failed to survive in the moon. There was no way to survive in the moon.
Next, we created a cheer. And it came out the worst way… Oh well, maybe not the worst. Just the third to the worst. LOL, it was fun anyways.
Next was a lot of activities. First, we were at KALAS BUTO. We were supposed to untie the rope but we were not supposed to move our hands from the rope. We were great at unting it and also great at tieing it for the next group. The next activity… We were supposed to cross blindfolded, and avoid the balls… Next was the KAMBAL TUKO. You and your partner must cross without ringing the bell and getting an object from the middle. Next was the easiest… Because our first 3 members got the 3 balls. Next, we were at MOONWALK. Our feet were tied up and together and we were supposed to cross some hoops with MUD in it. Next was the ultimate MUD. OVER and UNDER. My legs and one arms was covered with MUD! It was fun, anyways…
Next was dinner time… But who cares about their food… It didn’t have the perfect taste in it. We’d rather throw it away, seriously…
Oh, and did I mention that our flag was stolen? Yes, it was stolen and we were supposed to steal it back. We succeded though. Celine and I wrote some stuff for the officers. Some kind of Mass, I think. And when we were about to finish, all the officers went out of the Bamboo Hall and then BAM! I stole the flag and the Josa ran back to the tent with it. Celine and I also ran, LOL.
Then we had the OST. We were tested using our 5 senses. And Holy crap I totally held on to our flag the whole freaking time. The officers were forcibly grabbing it from me but I would be honored to kick them away - especially when we were on their back - I would kick them. Anyway, the stupid sense of sight was tested first and we were so dumb to not to notice a LOT of things. Next was the sense of hearing. It was so freaking fast and we were supposed to list it in freaking order. And when we placed our blindfolds back, the instructor TRIED to steal the flag away from me, LOL, he didn’t. Next was the sense of taste. We almost threw up. But we were good at it, LOL. Also on the sense of smell, and I had colds at that time. I was totally sniffing and inhaling. We were also good at it. Next they TRIED to drag us away from our team and well, they didn’t. The sense of touch was horrible. I think it was only 8 items.
February 8, 2008
Happy Birthday Celine!
Yes, it was already midnight and we were still wearing the same clothes that we were wearing when we got there - except for the jogging pants. We took a bath during midnight and then soundly slept at 1:30 Am in our PJs. Chindee woke us up at 3:00 AM but we didn’t get up until 4:00 AM. We then changed into black t-shirts and jeans. We were SUPPOSED to get up at 4 but the instructors, I think, weren’t up until 6:00 AM and then we were ORDERED to change into out shorts in 5 minutes. Yeah, we panicked.
We had an exercise. MORNING EXERCISE. First, it was fun. But I think my lungs would fall of my ribs by the time we were jogging. I have asthma for God’s sake! And they were telling us to fight our asthma! Oh My GOD! What if we collapse there?! Are they still going to tell us to fight our asthma? Holy crap. Anyway, besides the jogging, the rest was fun.
We then had breakfast. I’d rather not talk about the food.
Next, we arranged our tents. And then completed some unfinished activities. Namely INVISIBLE MAZE. Then, the big surprise.
Ana lost her phone. Chindee reported it to Sir Leomar. Sir Leomar and some other officers searched our bags for the cellphone. They found it in Celine’s bag. They took Celine with them. And the BAM! It was a set-up. It was for Celine’s birthday. We had a cake and then went to her where she was crying and yelling, "EH KUNG KAYO KAYA KASUHAN!", "AANHIN KO NAMAN YAN EH KAYANG-KAYA KO BUMILI NYAN!". She was sill cyring when she saw the cake. And we were sure that she will NEVER forget that one.
We had lunch and - MYEH. I’d rather not talk about the food again.
That afternoon was the start of the so called extreme part of the bivouac… Well maybe not really extreme. First, they taught us how to use a compass and then killed a chicken in front of us. The best part was when the head of the chicken was took off, Sir Alex threw it towards us. LMAO.
Oh, did I mention we were ordered to be on our back and then belly under the feaking sun? Yeah.
Then, we went through a rough obstacle course. The best part was when we crawl under barb wires with mud and ants - big ants. The easiest part was the Tarzan thing.
We then had a land navigation. At first, we were scared to get lost because we don’t know how to read a compass. At course 3, we were lucky that our route is not that far. But we did manage to go through barb wire fence and lots of plants with lots of thorns. The result? We came in first place. Yey!
Next was the river crossing. It burns so much in the ’singit’. It fraaking hurts. But the one with two ropes and three ropes were easy.
Rapelling! Yay! Thanks to this, I have lots of scrathes but it was worth it. It was getting dark by the time we were rapelling and it was so hard to go back to the top of the cliff. Even harder than actually rapelling. I even had a wound. I just didn’t realize that it was blood until I touched it with my gloved hand. It was definitely blood.
Next, we killed a chicken. Thumbs up to Celine for doing all the hard work. She’s really brutal, LOL. We then cooked it with special help from our teachers, Sir Jess, T. Ann and T. Elvie. For the fire, LOL.
Then, the squad leaders were told that there would be a harboring. I didn’t join cause we’d just be very tired anyways and I have ASTHMA. So we slept in the tents, making sure that NO ONE would enter the tents and steal our stuff.
February 9, 2008
The boys came back wearing only their undies, the girls, not wearing shoes and in their shorts.
Next, we had a boodle fight. Yes, that was breakfast. The longanisa was so hard and the rice, I think, was from last night. Oops, I think I said too much.
Next was the ever fun swimming! I don’t care if we got darker, its the best! We also had a tug-of-war per team. We won, LOL. Also, there was a game called the patriot. It was cool, we were throwing ice bags filled with salt water at each other.
After that, we took a bath and then there was an awarding ceremony. GOAT TEAM WON!
We ate lunch and I’d rather not talk about it again.
We went home after that, damn it.
But on our way, we brought pasalubongs and fruits for T. Ann, in exchange for our flag. Our bus even overheated, LOL.
To sum it all up, MAMATAY NA SA INGGIT LAHAT NG HINDI MAG-BIBIVOUAC!
