Oh my, this trip was 100% fun fun fun! I didn't expect that it would turn out so great. I truly enjoyed every moment of it. So where do I start...
Well on Friday, I went to KYCC to meet up with everyone. Jeff and I were on the phone most of the time since I promised him I'd call before I left. After that, I had some dinner from this Mexican Grill called Rodeo's, which was pretty darn good. I had beef, rice, nachos, and whatever was available. Then the bus finally came, so everyone got their belongings and went on board.
The trip to Lake Perris took two hours due to some traffic. Lake Perris is located in Riverside btw. I slept for half an hour and woke up with people talking incredibly loud. It was like Heavy Metal going through my ears. HAH! But the trip was alright. We got there around 9 p.m. and unpacked. Most of the girls slept in the big tent which had a space for about 12 girls and 4 from my YDAPP group took the small tent for their own privacy. Two of the staff members slept with us [who are obviously female], while the guys had the other huge tent. It was so uncomfortable sleeping during that night because the ground was ridiculously hard and I had back pains. I woke up about 5 times and kept changing positions. It was that horrible and I didn't bring a sleeping bag. Stupid me, right? Same thing for the next day, which was worse because up to this point, everything is sore -_-
As soon as morning came, everyone washed up, had breakfast and waited for the activities for the day. All of us walked to the lake and had team building activities which included the one with hugs. Basically, someone in charge would call out a number, for example 6. So everyone had to be in a group of 6 and if anyone were singled out, they were automatically out. It was a fun game, though my group and I were the first to be out. Lame! Then, we were split into our programs: YDAPP and KYCC. For YDAPP, we had to do the memory game and that magic carpet game. I think the magic carpet game took forever than the memory game because we had such a difficult time trying to turn our carpet around without messing up. My group consisted of 11 people, so imagine yourself with 11 people trying to turn the carpet around with small space. We eventually got it done though. The other group [KYCC] took a bit longer than us because one of the staff members decided to give up a bigger space knowing how we were suffering. LOL!
I'm going to go fast forward to the YDAPP vs. KYCC game. We had a relay race and a game trivia. YDAPP dominated in both! Oh yeah, we're that good but we would have lost the relay race though. Luckily, we managed to make it to the end. Oh yeah, we even played the 'Amoeba Tag' game were two people would be the ones catching everyone and make them part of their team, but they had to hold hands the entire time which was funny. After that, we were given alot of free time and some of the girls and I went to the lake for some fresh air. The water temperature was perfect. I should've brought something to swim though. The weather was incredible actually. I can't get over it. Some of the staff took pictures of all of us as we were working on our activities. Most of them were hilarious.
We headed back to the camp site and chilled for dinner. We had spaghetti, sandwiches, and whatever was available. Oh yeah! During lunch, Ernie, Reuben and I headed to the store to buy more ice and ice cream, which took nearly an hour. We stopped by Mcdonald's for a snack because we were already craving for food. No one knows about that one, so SHH. AHAHAHA! So most of us took pictures while socializing and did an activity on trusting one another while using blindfolds. We were in a single file line and trusted the person who was in front of you. So we walked for a while and had to communicate with each other on what's in our surroundings. People were yelling and were not following along. Some of us broke the chain and others had to come back to get those who who isolated. Reuben was behind me and damn it...he had sweaty palms. My shoulders were covered with his sweaty palms and it gross me out -__- One of our YDAPP team members lost his glasses and I think he eventually found it. It was scary as we were going with the activity because someone touched my leg as I was walking AND I knew who it was. HAHAH! After all the fun and what not, we called it a night. The girls from my tent were gossiping and talked about what went on during the day. I love these girls. They are so adorable and we have alot in common :] I'm happy that I'll be working with them in YDAPP for the next 10 months. They also watch asian dramas like ME! :D
The next morning, everyone woke up feeling sore. I have both back and side pains ]: I'M BRINGING A SLEEPING BAG FOR NOW ON! Everyone had to hurry up with their packing, eating, cleaned, and did one last activity before we headed back to LA. We had a self evaluation and a team building exercise. It turned out fun, though we didn't finish one of the activities because the bus came. THANK GAWD. It took more than an hour to come back and I texted Florisse and Chris. I had 5 text messages from Jeff which totally made my day <3
Well on Friday, I went to KYCC to meet up with everyone. Jeff and I were on the phone most of the time since I promised him I'd call before I left. After that, I had some dinner from this Mexican Grill called Rodeo's, which was pretty darn good. I had beef, rice, nachos, and whatever was available. Then the bus finally came, so everyone got their belongings and went on board.
The trip to Lake Perris took two hours due to some traffic. Lake Perris is located in Riverside btw. I slept for half an hour and woke up with people talking incredibly loud. It was like Heavy Metal going through my ears. HAH! But the trip was alright. We got there around 9 p.m. and unpacked. Most of the girls slept in the big tent which had a space for about 12 girls and 4 from my YDAPP group took the small tent for their own privacy. Two of the staff members slept with us [who are obviously female], while the guys had the other huge tent. It was so uncomfortable sleeping during that night because the ground was ridiculously hard and I had back pains. I woke up about 5 times and kept changing positions. It was that horrible and I didn't bring a sleeping bag. Stupid me, right? Same thing for the next day, which was worse because up to this point, everything is sore -_-
As soon as morning came, everyone washed up, had breakfast and waited for the activities for the day. All of us walked to the lake and had team building activities which included the one with hugs. Basically, someone in charge would call out a number, for example 6. So everyone had to be in a group of 6 and if anyone were singled out, they were automatically out. It was a fun game, though my group and I were the first to be out. Lame! Then, we were split into our programs: YDAPP and KYCC. For YDAPP, we had to do the memory game and that magic carpet game. I think the magic carpet game took forever than the memory game because we had such a difficult time trying to turn our carpet around without messing up. My group consisted of 11 people, so imagine yourself with 11 people trying to turn the carpet around with small space. We eventually got it done though. The other group [KYCC] took a bit longer than us because one of the staff members decided to give up a bigger space knowing how we were suffering. LOL!
I'm going to go fast forward to the YDAPP vs. KYCC game. We had a relay race and a game trivia. YDAPP dominated in both! Oh yeah, we're that good but we would have lost the relay race though. Luckily, we managed to make it to the end. Oh yeah, we even played the 'Amoeba Tag' game were two people would be the ones catching everyone and make them part of their team, but they had to hold hands the entire time which was funny. After that, we were given alot of free time and some of the girls and I went to the lake for some fresh air. The water temperature was perfect. I should've brought something to swim though. The weather was incredible actually. I can't get over it. Some of the staff took pictures of all of us as we were working on our activities. Most of them were hilarious.
We headed back to the camp site and chilled for dinner. We had spaghetti, sandwiches, and whatever was available. Oh yeah! During lunch, Ernie, Reuben and I headed to the store to buy more ice and ice cream, which took nearly an hour. We stopped by Mcdonald's for a snack because we were already craving for food. No one knows about that one, so SHH. AHAHAHA! So most of us took pictures while socializing and did an activity on trusting one another while using blindfolds. We were in a single file line and trusted the person who was in front of you. So we walked for a while and had to communicate with each other on what's in our surroundings. People were yelling and were not following along. Some of us broke the chain and others had to come back to get those who who isolated. Reuben was behind me and damn it...he had sweaty palms. My shoulders were covered with his sweaty palms and it gross me out -__- One of our YDAPP team members lost his glasses and I think he eventually found it. It was scary as we were going with the activity because someone touched my leg as I was walking AND I knew who it was. HAHAH! After all the fun and what not, we called it a night. The girls from my tent were gossiping and talked about what went on during the day. I love these girls. They are so adorable and we have alot in common :] I'm happy that I'll be working with them in YDAPP for the next 10 months. They also watch asian dramas like ME! :D
The next morning, everyone woke up feeling sore. I have both back and side pains ]: I'M BRINGING A SLEEPING BAG FOR NOW ON! Everyone had to hurry up with their packing, eating, cleaned, and did one last activity before we headed back to LA. We had a self evaluation and a team building exercise. It turned out fun, though we didn't finish one of the activities because the bus came. THANK GAWD. It took more than an hour to come back and I texted Florisse and Chris. I had 5 text messages from Jeff which totally made my day <3
glad that you had fun. and awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww haha
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ReplyDeletesounds like you had a great time :]
ReplyDeleteI really need to go camping again, but like hardcore style where we have to hunt for our own dinner, yeaaah!! Manly camping!! lol