OBS

One of my most memorable moments in OCT was the 21-day OBS course. Sure it is not as exotic as the C-course Himalayan Trekking Expedition or OCS's Mt Biang Brunei tour, but it sure changed some people. Some for the good or for the better, but then who are we to judge.

Anyway, we were split into 3 tribes of around 12 persons each (less 4 persons due to medical reasons). I'll tell the story from my tribe's point of view, the Nila Utama.

I must say I never expected our tribe to get on so well together. In fact, from what I hear, our tribe was the most cooperative and least drama tribe amongst the rest, which is a surprise cos we had Nunis and Fan, Vincent and Terence in our midst. Nunis can be more irritating than a mosquito buzzing in your ear. (Sorry Nunis...you my friend! Hehehe. I can already think of your come back line. Lol.). Fan is a hard headed fella and mostly viewed as tempremental at least by myself. Vincent is a drama mama, more on that later, which I'm sure the rest can add on to. Terence is also a tempremental character. Myself, I am surly and lazy. So it was a miracle we turned out to be the most peaceful tribe ever, except maybe that time when we nearly cut Fan up for dinner cos he served up crispy under-moisturised rice. And we did relieve lots of tension courtesy of Nunis near the end of the course.

Actually there is just too many stories to tell about OBS . Just to list it out, so that we can elaborate more on them later, here are some at the top of my mind:

- Mark's Mcgyver-esque handphone booster antenna
- Mark's multi-purpose stick for toasting bread and ......
- The "solo" night smuggling and secret rendezvous operation
- Nunis cliffhanger act, during solo night
- The monitor lizard, during solo night
- The "kids" playing past midnight, also during solo night
- Mark's warm "foot bath" for me during the kayaking expedition, which I have yet to "thank" him for
- The bangla virgin
- The styrofoam muscleman
- The Fish Fan kayaking style
- The solo kayaker who got capsized for the umpteenth time
- The orange peel myth
- The Choos fight
- The butt pinch
- The morning peck
- The casevac where we nearly killed the victim
- etc...

Guys, please carry on to add and elaborate on whichever one you want to. :)