NYAA Adventurous Journey - Qualifying Venture Entries

Day 1: We arrived at Pulau Ubin in the morning and after attendance taking, trekked to the campsite. After an opening speech by the camp cheif. We were split up into the groups that we were sleeping with, and in that same group we went to set up our tents . We went to set up the tents without any assistance from the camp instructors and had to learn from and help each another.

In the afternoon, we were split into our STC groups which we would be in throughout the camp. After Ice Breaking games, we proceeded to have our lunch. Which were rations we had to decide when to eat and prepare on our own(Sardines, Biscuits, Instant Noodles and Milo) After lunch We had time to prepare for our campfire item . We had an early dinner and then learnt some campfire songs together. We said cheers like ‘flea fly’, ‘gako the frog’ and ‘Titanic’. Then we had night games before going to sleep.

Day 2: We began the morning with physical training, which was push ups sit ups and jumping jack. We then began our various activities according to our groups schedule.

1) Trekking Expedition to one of the highest points in pulau ubin then to Chek Jawa to develop an awareness of the environment and the importance of protecting it.

2)Afternoon, participated in Jetty Jump, participants jumped a height of 3 metres to the sea from the jetty, the jump is to give the participants confidence from the jump .

After all the activities, we were given time to rest and wash up. After that, we had a fire building course before proceeding for dinner. From the fire building course, we learnt two things that are required for a fire besides oxygen. They are namely tinder, easily combustible material, and kindling, material needed to sustain a fire. Thus, a good campfire requires a good mix of tinder and kindling. We ended the Night with a Campfire before going to sleep.

Day 3: We began the ,morning yet again with physical training. After un-pitching of tents and cleaning of campsite, we were given a debriefing by our Group CI’s and then our camp chief. We ended off the camp with the cheer and trekked back to the jetty.