camping adventures

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i went ubin for camping over the xmas hols...and i tell you. it was damn eventful.

sis and sunder went there first tuesday morning to chope a spot while i waited for jeevan to book out of camp. sis called me later on to tell me that the water supply at the Nordin Beach campsite was cut!!so the plan was me and jeevan wld bring loads of bottled water.

i waited and waited and finally jeevan booked out only at 8PM!? mum and dad were so kancheong spider and mum gave me a whole bunch of holy stuff, including a nail which she stuffed in my hair bun! to ward off you know who.with my huge ass backpack i took a cab to his place to help him pack quickly and as soon as we did we headed out towards the MRT station cause he wanted to draw money and buy ciggies. and on the way there wld you believe it the plastic strap holder thing on the backpack BROKE. im never trusting anything from Paddy's market again.

so jeevan did some fancy knot to keep the bag together and THEN i realized we had forgotten out bloody ass TENT!

so jeevan ran all the way back to his place to get it and we took a cab to changi village. by then it was already ten pm or so. upon reaching there, we bought water and waited for the ferry. so the deal about ubin ferries is its 24hrs but it only departs with 12 passengers or you'll have to pay 30 bucks to charter the boat. me and jeevan were seriously considering just camping out at the ferry terminal. by then i swear it felt like Amazing Race.

and all this while my sister and sunder kept on messaging or calling i wanted to throw my phone away man. it was so annoying to have to rush around and still report my every movement.

sunder was worried cause apparently there wld be no taxis in ubin by the time i was arriving.

and me and jeevan smartly thought there might still be bike shops open. jeez.

so my sis negotiated with one taxi driver to pick me and jeevan up at the jetty at 11pm for 20 bucks.

FINALLY we got on the bumboat, just two of us and the driver of course.

it was kinda romantic and exciting, heading out in total darkness.

we arrived to one pitch black ubin. i tot there might be like streetlights!?

the taxi van was waiting there and we got in and off we went to Nordin beach.

and just when i tot that was it....

along the pitch black road..suddenly ahead of us were a couple of bright spotlights flashing signalling the van to stop. as we drew nearer we saw this two guys with bicycles...

AND A HUGE ASS PYTHON stretched across the road!!

the night could not get anymore exciting.

and i mean HUGE!! even the taxi driver was shocked. one of the guys was taking pictures of the snake while the other was saying something to the taxi driver.

the snake would not budge even with a van threatening to run over it!

the taxi driver started to slowly nudge the body of the snake with the front tyres again and again while i stuck my head out the window and came face to face with its huge head.

of course i was promptly dragged back in by Jeevan...lol.

the two guys were from NUS doing some research..god knows what research requires you to cycle around ubin in the pitch blackness but i guess they got some story to tell!

finally the snake moved..and we arrived safely at the beach.

we set up our tent with only a few torchlights to guide us...and after a while it begun to rain.

and it rained...

and rained...

the whole.freaking.night.

and i woke up to puddles IN THE TENT.

thanks carrefour for such amazing quality tents.

it rained pretty much the whole day so we could not do much.

plus the beach was very clayey..so swimming in it wasnt too comfortable. but me and jeevan did anyways!

me and jeevan woke up in the middle of the night with a stomach ache and ghost or no ghost we went to the toilet. i went to the guys toilet of course, there was no way i was gonna go alone to the girls toilet.

and i had seriously bad diarrhea.

hahah...

and i could not shit under pressure so i chased jeevan out of the toilet after he was done, and asked him to wait at the entrance. LOL... I seriously cant shit with someone around nearby!

we went back to camp and i started vomitting and stuffs...

and i was super ass cranky.

so jeevan spent the rest of the night rubbing oil on my tummy until i fell asleep till like 9am.

i have to give it to him...he was damn patient with me. im not the easiest of persons especially when my stomach is acting up...

we eventually left camp at around 5 and brought back loads of kerang..

mum and dad cleaned and boiled it..cooked it in sambal. it was so fresh and yummy...

all in all it was a good outing..think i might go back there again someday..

till then...

4 MORE DAYS TO SYDNEY! siiigh...