today, the Squash Academy of Penang had the annual camp.. i had to participate although i'm a senior.. i was told to be at the squash court by 7am to help set up the place.. i went at 7.30am because i couldnt wake up..

so when i arrived, Wee Nee, Nic, Yassin, Max and a few others were already getting busy.. so i helped out.. the camp started at 8am.. its not much of a camp.. i would actually call it Fun Day.. the kids signed up and waited at court 9.. i was the team captain for the Red Team.. Andria was the Green Team captain, Max was the White Team captain, Yi Lian was the Yellow Team captain, and Brian was the Orange Team Captain..

so after meeting the kids, the ice breaking session started.. it was fun seeing the kids laughing and getting to know each other.. after that, we played some games.. the first was to transfer as much water from the bucket to the water bottle as possible by using a sponge.. the team captains had to do the first round so we did.. it was so freakin hard to get the water in..

the next game wasthe ping pong thingy.. you know, the usual spoon in your mouth and ball on the spoon game.. the captains had to do the first round as well.. after that, it was passing rubber band by only using the straw in your mouth.. this time, the captains only watched..

the kids had their break after that.. then, we had to design our team poster or whatever you wanna call it.. our little Joleen, who keeps calling me uncle =.=, said our team name should be Speed Way Team.. errr... well, its the only name that doesnt sound stupid so we used it..

we werent the best team.. Andria's Green Team drew a huge spider web and it had their names on the webs and ah what the heck.. bottomline, her team did well.. Max's White Team did pretty well designing their poster too.. something to do with pirates.. Yi Lian's and Brian's teams...... lets just say i didnt think the posters were so hot..

after that was lunch.. since it was a pot-luck, there were tons of food.. Yassin's parents ordered Nasi Briyani and Ayan Masak Merah enough to feed 20 people!! after lunch, it was the costume designing thing.. Max's, Brian's, and my team decided to go with the Christmas theme.. Andria's team did a pretty impressive costume.. and Yi Lian's team went for a sort of princes meets bunny kinda costume.. Max's team had the best costume in my opinion, and i'd say Andria's team had the most elegant.. my team? we decided to dress our model up as an elf.. things went well when all the ideas came to me but in the end, we were a little bit untidy..

Team captains with their models : (not in costume from left) Max, Me, Yi Lian, Brian, Andria (in costume from left) Yoko, Mritickah, Rachel, Jit Liang, Zetty

after that, we went back out to the car park and it was time to get messy.. first up was passing water balloons.. we had to form a line and throw the water balloon to the person behind and lastly the captain will catch from the last person and put it in the bucket.. we were doing fine but our last boy decided to freakin throw the balloons at me.. a few broke and obviously, i got wet.. and i wore my new Asics! @!#$%&*!%#^!@ after all that, it got worse.. this time the game was find the sweet in the flour.. a bucket of water is put in the middle of every lane and you have to dip your face in the water to grab the not inflated balloon with your mouth.. then to the flour.. everyone had their fair share of flour on their face but the captains got it worst.. Max went in and Jesmond put flour all over his hair.. then Brian had flour all on his face (skin whitening treatment) HAHA.. i didnt see what happened to Yi Lian.. Andria got flour all over her face and hair thanks to Wee Nee.. and lastly...... ME..when i went to the flour, 3 PEOPLE WERE WAITING FOR ME!! Wee Nee, Jesmond, and my si fu Ee Wei..

(Jesmond) *in hokkien* you wanna do it yourself, or you want us to help you get messy?

(me) *in hokkien* forget it, i'll do it myself

*goes down*

SPLAT!

my whole face went down on the flour..

*sticks hand into flour and throws flour upwards*

and Wee Nee, Jesmond and Ee Wei got FLOUR-ed by me!

YEAHH!!

so everyone washed their face and cleaned up at the carpark.. my mistake was asking Allan to help me wash my hair.. instead of pouring water on my head, he poured water all over me.. then there were water balloons flying everywhere.. Nicol David came during the fracas and held to water balloons to be safe.. so it was the end.. Nicol was asked to give out the prizes.. my team got last place but i didnt care.. we had a blast.. 4th was Max's team.. 3rd was Yi Lian's.. 2nd was Brian's.. and the champion was Andria's team..

after splitting the goodies, the senior players went out to the carpark again.. WATER BALLOON FIGHT!! Brian was practically chased all around the carpark by all of us.. then Jee Nee kena one from me.. and i kena one back from her..

when it was time to clean, Max, Nic, Yassin, Allan and I cleaned up the guys bathroom and..... another wet fest.. Brian walked in halfway through our cleaning and we all signalled each other.. Allan took the honours and poured a whole bucket of water on Brian.. then Brian threw water balloons at Allan.. we poured water on Max.. i poured water on Nic and Yassin.. AND I WAS DRY!!!

all the pictures i have of the camp are in my new Multiply account and in my Facebook.. the links are on the right side of this page if you havent noticed.. went home after that.. i guess that's all..

Ivan