Chapter 260: Famine Camp, hungry for a better world
How do you get more than 1 vote in the General Elections?
Friday marks the start of the famine camp. Woke up early and my dad drove me, bh and sam to Ngee Ann Poly. Went in to the Convention Centre and waited for the registration to open. Registration opens shortly after and we went to queue separately due to separate countries. Got my log book, bag tag, etc etc and set off to collect the shirts. Went to change and deposited the bags. Went to the Makan Place.
Yian came and we discovered that his shirt size is oversized for him LOL. We also noticed that we had a role assigned in our "Identity Card". Yian got adult while bh got child, ironies in life. We wanted to wait till the eleventh hour (literally) before buying food, as camp kickstarts at 12 noon and from then on, no food for 30 WHOOPING hours!!! So we queued, and I bought some rice with chicken and egg (which isn't chicken rice but some Jap food.) Bought drinks, went to toilet before heading for the camp.
Went into Convention Centre for the Opening Ceremony. We then sorted into our groups. My group is Laos - Worra. The first activity is called "Welcome to the REAL world". This is where we simulate the real life in third world countries. Some of us went to seek education level 1, but the crowd was overwhelming... we waited and waited and waited... till the cows come home. We were almost there before the school "collapsed", phase 1 ended and our efforts have gone down the drain as we did nothing practically... 1 of my group mate, Bryson was smart enough to get a tailoring job to get $2.
Phase 2 then begun and we decided to forgo the rubbish education system where cutting queues is needed to gain an education... So we went to work instead. We went for fishing for money!! We get a rod with a hook and we are to hook plastic bags... and my hook just cannot connect to the plastic bag damn... I'm not born a fisherman, neither do I have the talent for it at alll.... so I went off empty-handed, efforts to vain, 3 less energy.. Moyra was good at this and got 2 plastic bags.. but she didnt know how to impart her fishing skills... so we went off with $10.
We then crossed the overhead bridge to a field where we got 3 energy for $2. We tried gambling and we won initially before losing and going back to square one. We queued for farming, only to realise that my group members are unable to take part due to injuries gotten at (fishing?) We then went to work at the Work Site instead... but by the time we reached our turn.. the game was over.. got paid anyways....
Ok, let me explain more about this game, there is education, working (gambling, prostitution,fishing, etc), hospital, AIDS, injuries, drug trafficking, etc ... and there are random people throwing (and giving) free money around ...
If random people giving free money are around in 3rd world countries, there wouldnt be so much problems there... so that part is failed simulation...
So, phase 2 ended and we proceed on to the next item, Group reflection and sharing.. went to the hall and they placed pictures of tombstones (or graves?) around.. simulating people (few group members) dying from hunger... We are then supposed to share our thoughts with one another... but luckily for me, I got chosen for the Dialogue in the Dark event along with 4 other group mates.
So we went for it, and ended up going there too early. We ended up playing games like ..( I dont know how to spell the name.. so just forget it.) For Dialogue in the Dark event, I belonged to India, and I went into the dark room.
Walking in with cane (for blind people, but I dont know how to use..) It was pure darkness, u cant see your hands infront of u... I was holding on to bh's shoulder then ( he somehow managed to sneak into here...) We are supposed to pick up materials from the ground and build a shelter.. but it was pitch darkness... how do we build... For this part, bh and I just sat there rooted... not searching for anything.. no one knows anyways as its PURE DARKNESS HAHA! In the end, we got a cardboard from someone and we just held it above our heads... no way to build without vision seriously... and that marks the end of that event.
Went back to the group for "A Day in a Child's Life". Due to the Dialogue in the Dark Event, we missed out on the part where we are simulating shoe polishing. So safe from the awkwardness lol. We are then "human trafficked." We are blindfolded, and asked to hold each other's shoulder. We are then ordered to squat down and we are taped around to secure more than 1 person tgt... it was very straining on the ankle...
We then played games like 老鹰抓小鸡, Chapteh. We then did penmanship and origami.
For chapteh, one of my group mate, Stephane, tends to kick with excessive force and it was fly into someone's face LOL. For penmanship, we are asked to write with our non-dominant hand... at this moment I was wondering what Yi An's one will look like... (true enough..later someone [forgot who] told me that his handwriting for left and right hand has no distinction. For origami, we folded a paper boat using an A4 paper... they keep repeating the steps of square and triangle.. it was easier to use a square paper instead!
We then went back to the Convention Centre for "Reality Bites" It was a talk by Nicole Gan, 15-year-old Singaporean child sponsor. Some more events occured before we went for the day debrief.
Went to collect our bags and went to the sleeping area. It was rumoured to be haunted, so join me in this journey of the haunted! The lift was said to display that first. Whenever it reaches its destination floor, it will have a sound of the lift going off, before the door opens.. Went to the 5th floor. Went around exploring the rooms... for unlocked rooms to sleep in.. and then! Bryson went to the last classroom and he pushed a door. The lights went off immediately.. it was spooky. We thought it was better not to go into that room... Settled for another room.. we then went to seek out a toilet ( the closest toilet was near the last classroom, so we didnt dare to go in). We went down to the 4th floor, darkness reigns... So we gave up and went all the way down to the first floor in seek of a toilet LOL. Found one and did whatever we're supposed to do before heading back to sleep.
Sleeping was a difficult ordeal for me... the floor was hard.. different sleeping positions didnt work as diff parts of the body have to endure tha pain... plus the coldness from the aircon was unbearable.. So I just lay down there from 12 to 3.45am before sleeping (i think, as i had a dream, which i cant rmb what it is.) Woke at around 7 when someone's alarm went off... and the best thing is that majority of the people still managed to continue sleeping away when the alarm is screaming at the top of its voice till it almost lost its voice...
First event was "Fish to Infinity" . It was an event where we must do planning. We have to plan on at least $2000 worth of things to give to third world countries (that ranges from building wells to providing education kits to giving them cows.) We also had to plan an event to raise funds.. (like concerts or etc etc.)
Next event was "ROMAS" (Reach Out and Make A Stand!) In this event, we are going to town! (Orchard) to take photos with members of the public, to raise awareness for our cause. There are prizes for the most creative shot, most number of shots with the public, best jump shot, etc.) We did our jump shot and hoped to win as we thought it was quite creative.. but the judges think otherwise apparently.. We did our creative shot in the DRAIN! But were defeated by a photo that showed the word "30!" using people... like what...
Went back to Ngee Ann Poly, waited for the closing Ceremony. Went to find other classmates. We played some random games and the last game was to pass a coin around ( we're sitting in a circle) and the person in the centre was supposed to guess where the coin was... the last one was damn hilarious as random and numerous guesses are all wrong... The mystery? THERE WASNT EVEN A COIN PASSED AROUND TO BEGIN WITH LOL~!~!~~ APPARENTLY yian didnt pick up the coin from the floor when game starts..
Went back to the group, sat in Convention Centre and awaited the closing ceremony. Some random games by DJs, singings from some people that I dont know before the BREAK FAST! Had Nasi Lemak (ingredients: Rice, chicken wing, egg). It was marvellous! Everything there is something that I actually eat.. so it was jackpot for me and I finished it, first meal since famine camp started LOL. Somehow, I didnt really feel hungry throughout the camp.. and all of us survived on only liquid... (plain water, soya bean drink, etc) It does work well anyways...
And that marks the end of the 30 hour Famine Camp! We are hungry for a better world!
Chapter 260: Famine Camp, hungry for a better world
How do you get more than 1 vote in the General Elections?
Friday marks the start of the famine camp. Woke up early and my dad drove me, bh and sam to Ngee Ann Poly. Went in to the Convention Centre and waited for the registration to open. Registration opens shortly after and we went to queue separately due to separate countries. Got my log book, bag tag, etc etc and set off to collect the shirts. Went to change and deposited the bags. Went to the Makan Place.
Yian came and we discovered that his shirt size is oversized for him LOL. We also noticed that we had a role assigned in our "Identity Card". Yian got adult while bh got child, ironies in life. We wanted to wait till the eleventh hour (literally) before buying food, as camp kickstarts at 12 noon and from then on, no food for 30 WHOOPING hours!!! So we queued, and I bought some rice with chicken and egg (which isn't chicken rice but some Jap food.) Bought drinks, went to toilet before heading for the camp.
Went into Convention Centre for the Opening Ceremony. We then sorted into our groups. My group is Laos - Worra. The first activity is called "Welcome to the REAL world". This is where we simulate the real life in third world countries. Some of us went to seek education level 1, but the crowd was overwhelming... we waited and waited and waited... till the cows come home. We were almost there before the school "collapsed", phase 1 ended and our efforts have gone down the drain as we did nothing practically... 1 of my group mate, Bryson was smart enough to get a tailoring job to get $2.
Phase 2 then begun and we decided to forgo the rubbish education system where cutting queues is needed to gain an education... So we went to work instead. We went for fishing for money!! We get a rod with a hook and we are to hook plastic bags... and my hook just cannot connect to the plastic bag damn... I'm not born a fisherman, neither do I have the talent for it at alll.... so I went off empty-handed, efforts to vain, 3 less energy.. Moyra was good at this and got 2 plastic bags.. but she didnt know how to impart her fishing skills... so we went off with $10.
We then crossed the overhead bridge to a field where we got 3 energy for $2. We tried gambling and we won initially before losing and going back to square one. We queued for farming, only to realise that my group members are unable to take part due to injuries gotten at (fishing?) We then went to work at the Work Site instead... but by the time we reached our turn.. the game was over.. got paid anyways....
Ok, let me explain more about this game, there is education, working (gambling, prostitution,fishing, etc), hospital, AIDS, injuries, drug trafficking, etc ... and there are random people throwing (and giving) free money around ...
If random people giving free money are around in 3rd world countries, there wouldnt be so much problems there... so that part is failed simulation...
So, phase 2 ended and we proceed on to the next item, Group reflection and sharing.. went to the hall and they placed pictures of tombstones (or graves?) around.. simulating people (few group members) dying from hunger... We are then supposed to share our thoughts with one another... but luckily for me, I got chosen for the Dialogue in the Dark event along with 4 other group mates.
So we went for it, and ended up going there too early. We ended up playing games like ..( I dont know how to spell the name.. so just forget it.) For Dialogue in the Dark event, I belonged to India, and I went into the dark room.
Walking in with cane (for blind people, but I dont know how to use..) It was pure darkness, u cant see your hands infront of u... I was holding on to bh's shoulder then ( he somehow managed to sneak into here...) We are supposed to pick up materials from the ground and build a shelter.. but it was pitch darkness... how do we build... For this part, bh and I just sat there rooted... not searching for anything.. no one knows anyways as its PURE DARKNESS HAHA! In the end, we got a cardboard from someone and we just held it above our heads... no way to build without vision seriously... and that marks the end of that event.
Went back to the group for "A Day in a Child's Life". Due to the Dialogue in the Dark Event, we missed out on the part where we are simulating shoe polishing. So safe from the awkwardness lol. We are then "human trafficked." We are blindfolded, and asked to hold each other's shoulder. We are then ordered to squat down and we are taped around to secure more than 1 person tgt... it was very straining on the ankle...
We then played games like 老鹰抓小鸡, Chapteh. We then did penmanship and origami.
For chapteh, one of my group mate, Stephane, tends to kick with excessive force and it was fly into someone's face LOL. For penmanship, we are asked to write with our non-dominant hand... at this moment I was wondering what Yi An's one will look like... (true enough..later someone [forgot who] told me that his handwriting for left and right hand has no distinction. For origami, we folded a paper boat using an A4 paper... they keep repeating the steps of square and triangle.. it was easier to use a square paper instead!
We then went back to the Convention Centre for "Reality Bites" It was a talk by Nicole Gan, 15-year-old Singaporean child sponsor. Some more events occured before we went for the day debrief.
Went to collect our bags and went to the sleeping area. It was rumoured to be haunted, so join me in this journey of the haunted! The lift was said to display that first. Whenever it reaches its destination floor, it will have a sound of the lift going off, before the door opens.. Went to the 5th floor. Went around exploring the rooms... for unlocked rooms to sleep in.. and then! Bryson went to the last classroom and he pushed a door. The lights went off immediately.. it was spooky. We thought it was better not to go into that room... Settled for another room.. we then went to seek out a toilet ( the closest toilet was near the last classroom, so we didnt dare to go in). We went down to the 4th floor, darkness reigns... So we gave up and went all the way down to the first floor in seek of a toilet LOL. Found one and did whatever we're supposed to do before heading back to sleep.
Sleeping was a difficult ordeal for me... the floor was hard.. different sleeping positions didnt work as diff parts of the body have to endure tha pain... plus the coldness from the aircon was unbearable.. So I just lay down there from 12 to 3.45am before sleeping (i think, as i had a dream, which i cant rmb what it is.) Woke at around 7 when someone's alarm went off... and the best thing is that majority of the people still managed to continue sleeping away when the alarm is screaming at the top of its voice till it almost lost its voice...
First event was "Fish to Infinity" . It was an event where we must do planning. We have to plan on at least $2000 worth of things to give to third world countries (that ranges from building wells to providing education kits to giving them cows.) We also had to plan an event to raise funds.. (like concerts or etc etc.)
Next event was "ROMAS" (Reach Out and Make A Stand!) In this event, we are going to town! (Orchard) to take photos with members of the public, to raise awareness for our cause. There are prizes for the most creative shot, most number of shots with the public, best jump shot, etc.) We did our jump shot and hoped to win as we thought it was quite creative.. but the judges think otherwise apparently.. We did our creative shot in the DRAIN! But were defeated by a photo that showed the word "30!" using people... like what...
Went back to Ngee Ann Poly, waited for the closing Ceremony. Went to find other classmates. We played some random games and the last game was to pass a coin around ( we're sitting in a circle) and the person in the centre was supposed to guess where the coin was... the last one was damn hilarious as random and numerous guesses are all wrong... The mystery? THERE WASNT EVEN A COIN PASSED AROUND TO BEGIN WITH LOL~!~!~~ APPARENTLY yian didnt pick up the coin from the floor when game starts..
Went back to the group, sat in Convention Centre and awaited the closing ceremony. Some random games by DJs, singings from some people that I dont know before the BREAK FAST! Had Nasi Lemak (ingredients: Rice, chicken wing, egg). It was marvellous! Everything there is something that I actually eat.. so it was jackpot for me and I finished it, first meal since famine camp started LOL. Somehow, I didnt really feel hungry throughout the camp.. and all of us survived on only liquid... (plain water, soya bean drink, etc) It does work well anyways...
And that marks the end of the 30 hour Famine Camp! We are hungry for a better world!
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