Wednesday, July 25

just came back from social science camp! it was a 2day 1night thingy in sch and the theme was the Mafia. as the name suggests, we were split into 5 different cliques: the japanese yakuza, the italian mob, the ghetto gangstas, the hong kong triads and the columbian drug lords. i must give 100% props to the organisers for really playing up the theme throughout every single activity! there was simulation of movie piracy, drug running, extortion, illegal gambling and so forth. we got points at each station and all this culminated in an uprising against the administration to aid the godfather (read giant water bomb fight in takeshi-castle-style)

today the storyline continued such that it was the godfather himself who sold the gangs out, so the gangs had to prove themselves over a series of tasks to see who the successor would be (read amazing race style) now the stations were pretty cool: the first one was a ghetto-style fight, ie. a dance off. so each team sent 10 dancers and a series of 1v1s would take place to determine the winning team. i had a real blast, but my adrenalin was pumping so hard that i cant remember what song i danced to now haha. the girl i was up against was pretty sporting and not the shy type, as in really trying to outdance me haha. so i really had to dance as aggressively as possible around her to limit her space and movements. actually now that i think abt it, it may have been let's get loud. someone claimed that it looked like i was grinding her haha, but im sure thats gross misrepresentation! i mean i dont remb dancing THAT close lar. haha the last song for the 10th 1v1 was sexyback. and recalling the final 4 of last season's so you think you can dance, i think i wouldve loved to do that one haha. im writing at length abt this one cos i really loved it: the concept, the music and all that.

for the other stations, we passed through kino at taka, tanjong pagar, esplanade and then headed back to school. we came in like dead last haha, but hey we had a lot of fun. the after-camp celebration at frujch was pretty good. there were some songs performed, and also several videos shown.

i think the concept for the camp was brilliant, but the exection was abit lacking in some instances. well i enjoyed it enough to know that i'd prob volunteer to be a faci myself next year :)