down memory lane

I always love OBS among all 4 outdoor modules during DPA.

Husband just got back from OBS Lumut supervising the newly elected officers. Listening to him talking about obs reminded me of what I did 5 years ago.

Ibu Kamil, 5 years ago.

OBS was my first outdoor module. Having the best coach and awesome watchmates made it a wonderful 2 week journey of my life.

On the first night there, I remember confessing to my watchmates that I never went camping, kayak, jungle tracking or any other outdoor activities. That night, I thought I was the weakest one and I am pretty sure most of my watchmates thought so too. Abang Fauzi, our coach later told us that he was concerned about me the most but I proved them wrong :D

I survived all the expeditions and activities. I didn't collapse, threw up or got bitten by pacat.

I don't remember the sequence but I think the first expedition was kayak, followed by hiking, then whaling and the last one was solo camping.

Fauzie was my kayak mate. He told me on the last day of OBS, he was actually a bit disappointed when Abang Fauzi chose me to be his kayakmate. haha. He thought I will collapse, sea sick or whatever in the middle of the expedition but I rowed and rowed non-stop. I can't believe the hidden power I had.

Hiking was the hardest of all four. Pergi 4 puncak, balik 1 puncak yang puncak maut punya sampai ada watchmate ni requested for a heli to take him back. (husband told me they only went hiking the 4 puncak and went back jalan rata. Tak aciiiii). Not to forget the 2 periuks abang Fauzi asked us to bring along.

Macam Penoreh getah pun ada

yummylicious, rice with ayam goreng

See the periuks?

Image having an almost 10kg of stuff in the backpack (5 litre of water, tent, food ration, some clothes), I was crying inside.

Whaling was next. Again I rowed and rowed non-stop and kept scolding Ragoo in front of me because he was seasick and didn't follow the deep-pull-up thing. Camping at Pulau Rumbia was fun because we had wild boar with us. That night, Kak Lin and Izanee told us how they met their spouses. Since they are the eldest, we called them mommy and daddy.

Solo camping was the last. Rashid, Ina and Ragoo were nearby. I tried to light a campfire for an hour but failed because everything was so wet due to raining that morning. We were only given 10 matchsticks. In the end, Rashid came to rescue. Ragoo's instant mee got stolen when he came to visit us. I heard him clearly cursing the monkeys in Tamil when he discovered it.

My sad-messy little tent

 

Instant noodle

I am glad that I was given the opportunity to attend OBS. to that p+d batch who lodged report and refused to join the expedition, it's a big loss. Oh well, you guys can tell your kids you played paperplane during obs. hahaha.

Watch Kinabalu. 13 budak hitam. I heart all of you.