NYAA ATC

17 August 2007 - 19 August 2007
Hours completed : 3 days
Participants : Tarang, Yi Wei, Yongwei, Jervin, Yi An, Chun Yong, Azhri, Johnathan Song, Andy, Nico

Day 1:
We arrived at pulau ubin and took a long walk to the campsite. There, we were splitted up into our groups from 1 to 6. Then, we started our tent pitching. Using our campcraft skills, we managed to pitch up out tents. After that, we were told which tent we were supposed to sleep in.

Next, was dinner. we had to cook our own instant noodles and eat them with can food.

Then, we played ice breaking games to allow us to be more familiar with our group ates.

Then, we were split in to groups to discuss our campfire item for the following night. After that, was the mock campfire. During this session, we were led by the song leaders to say various cheers that were going to be used for the actual campfire. We said cheers like flea fly, gako the frog, Titanic, etc.

After about one hour of cheering, we returned to out groups and were debriefed by our group CI, before going to sleep.

Day 2:
In the morning at about 6am, we had our flag raising ceremony. Following that was morning PT. We did push-ups, sit-ups, back raises and a few other types of exercises.
Then, we ate our breakfast.

Next the various groups went to carry out various activities. (The following part is only for group 5 and 6)
My group started with orienteering. We were given a map and a compass and we were told the 6 figure grid reference for the next check point. Using the map, we went from one check point to another. At each check point, we were taught different survival skills, such as building of shelters, obtaining drinkable water, testing if something is edible, and creating a compass.
However, at the last check point, it started raining and we were brought back to the campsite via a van.

Then, we had lunch.

Next, my group went for rafting. We changed into our wet attire and proceded to the next location. First, we had to build our raft. we did so by tying wooden branches together using square lashes. Then, we tied the barrels to our wooden structure.
After that, we carried our raft into the water and started paddling.
After about 15 mins of fun paddling the raft about, we carried it ashore and untied the knots.

Following that, we had out high ropes challenge. We were first told of the safety precaution we had to take, such as what to do when we fall off the course.
Then we took turns to try out the various rope challenge. This challenges required us to overcome our fears of height, and required a certain amount of stamina.

Next we had dinner.

Following that was the campfire whrere we cheered throughout the night.

After that we went to sleep.

Day 3:

In the morning, we attended flag raising ceremony AGAIN, and had our morning PT AGAIN. After that we ate our breakfast AGAIN.

Then, we unpitched our tents, cleaned the area and went for the debriefing session.

During the debriefing session, they debriefed us and annouced the best campers.....
Then, we took the boat back to SINGAPORE.