the past week has been quite an interesting one!

i just got back from medicamp today, and the big news is that i'm sunburnt. i am in quite a bit of pain but this is okay because we all know vanity comes with a price. my shoulders are like bright red and on fire along the line where my tank top ended, which i discovered when i tried to carry my camp bag this morning and felt my arm almost falling off from my body. this is definitely a new experience for me. never before have i been sun burnt like this, especially since most of the time i emerge from unsuccessful tanning trips like 500 times redder, only to return to my natural ghostly complexion within 24 hours. this could also possibly be because i always come up with excuses to get out of the sun, like how it's too hot outside and i don't want to die of heat exhaustion, or worse, kill off what remaining braincells i have. i am actually quite curious to see what becomes of this sun burn, but preliminary comments indicate that i am indeed darker than i was to begin with, which means there must be a noticeable difference. then again, these came from biased sources like my parents and mark, so i still can't be sure that i'm not just imagining that i'm tanned. as you can see, years of pastyness has created a little paranoia in me.

apart from the painful burn, the rest of camp was as retarded as the name 'medicamp'. there were a lot of games that involved rolling about in shit like detergent and muddy water and watermelon pulp, but the good thing is that thanks to crawling about in shokubutsu concentrate, i now have extremely smooth legs. ha ha ha. then there were water games like captain's ball where the guys had to carry the girls on their shoulders, which meant that effectively only the girls were doing the scoring and defending. games like that emphasised how girls really lack the competitive spirit that guys have, and i have to say it really irritates me sometimes how weak most girls act when it comes to playing with guys. i think that when you play, you should always play hard, and if you're playing against guys who are stronger than you, then you should play harder still. i hate it when people don't pull their own weight and expect others to do all the work, or they don't want to get dirty or tackle guys. then again i suppose it's unladylike, but i learnt to play rough from primary school when mandy used to scream vulgarities if anybody didn't play like mad during captain's ball or whatever it was we were involved with.

it was quite a coincidence that mandy happened to be in my OG this time then, together with another jc classmate ying liang, so it wasn't an entirely unfamiliar group for me. even my OGLs were gym seniors from rj, which i was initially less than thrilled about but they turned out much nicer than i thought i remembered them to be, so that was cool. this goes to show that you should never jump to make judgements about people, but of course being the horrible person that i am i tend to immediately classify people into 'bitch/non bitch' groups from first impressions, and end up feeling guilty about having had such mental prejudices once i get to know the nice ones better. as for the less nice ones, i feel no guilt having classified them as such, and subsequently dont regret not wasting my time investing in such superficial relationships. yes i am judgemental, but at least i am not insincere. i believe it's better to have a few quality friends than a large quantity of acquaintances. this might have something to do with why i am such a social retard at times, but then again i think it's better awkward than fake.

anyway last night we barely slept after spending the night walking around the beach and the resort and playing stupid camp games. also, i almost singlehandedly finished an entire party box of chips ahoy, and as a result spent most of the morning croaking away and feeling extremely sick and bloated. i never thought it was possible to have too much chocolate chip cookies, but i guess it is! at least this helped me humour ying liang while he was delivering his speeches about why officers aren't the only people on the planet who are fit to be boyfriends, although i must say it was quite interesting watching ying liang let loose his inner bitch. to be fair i think he is definitely a nice, sincere guy plus a great cook, but i guess it would have been better if he hadn't nearly drowned me a few times during captain's ball. the rest of my og appear to be rather civil people on the whole too, and i think i might be on the start of making meaningful friendships with a few of them, so it's all good.

other than camp news now: we had class outing last saturday at clarke quay! it was good to see the girls and darryl and paul and josie again, especially after the realisation that i'll soon be in a new class in a new school was beginning to sink in. after dinner we took a walk along the river and mark and i sat down and chatted with josie and yakky, and it was kinda cool thinking about how we never thought we'd be there together a year ago.

oh and i discovered quite a few people failed driving on their first tries too, including one of my OGLs who got 44 demerit points on his test. so don't worry nic, you're not alone! in fact so far i think the only person in our class to pass is mj, who took his test the same day as me, but unlike me i bet he got a nice tester and test route. oh well, better luck next time!