Let's just say that guides camp was so completely amazing, and nothing I type here can ever do it justice, but I need to post about it. 

Campfire was undoubtely the best part of it all. The performances, the cheers, yeah those are just as usual, but the singing... it was what brought us together. And when we started lighting the candles, the first and only thought that came to my mind was this little guiding light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine. It's hard to describe that incredible feeling of anticipation as the flame passed on from the guiders to the YAs to the sec4s and on and on, it only takes a spark to get the fire going. And the feeling when the flame finally reaches you, the satisfaction and the sense of belonging and- I really don't know what it is, it just feels so incredible. And protecting that little flame carefully, like it's all I had in the whole world. Our batch, with our candles in a heart even before they were lighted, we're all in this together. And then laura starting to sing Send It On and everyone joining in and being high and the crazy chorus of songs that followed just reminded me of One Voice, isn't it very appropriate. It takes that One Voice/and everyone will sing~ I don't know why we started singing Home, the verse was very awkward since it kinda didn't fit in the situation, but at the chorus batch'13 started singing VERY loudly this is home, truely, where i know i must be. And can you feel the love tonight, not a guide song but for me I think it was the most appropriate song for what i was feeling. It's just amazing to be in a circle with all the guides, all holding our candles, our guiding lights. And when the campfire was ending, when it was just the last few embers burning, Linger just popped into my head and refused to get out. Mhmm it's such a perfect night, mhmm it doesn't seem quite right, mhmm that it's my last night here with you. And the sec4s performance was really very touching ailica and i almost cried during the song (i have no idea why maybe i'm just too emotional x) but still, it was the best thing ever. It was more than anything I've ever experienced in my life, really.

And outdoor cooking was so fun! We were so much better than last year cos last year was kinda fail haha. FOOD. our dessert was so successful and yes i'm admitting it, liyin is cool (: her chicken and her dessert idea! To anyone reading this, take 2 pieces of choc chip cookies, put in a small block of chocolate and 1 marshmallow, wrap it in aluminium foil and heat it up till the marshmallow and chocolate melt. It tastes so incredibly heavenly <3 love Mynah!

Batch'13 ftww. I'm so proud of us I think we bonded a lot in camp and I think we did quite a good job though we definitely still can be better than this. Still I think we're really very very awesome, all the random funny things we do together, all the cleaning toilets and getting scolded in footdril together, and that HTHT we had till 1am+ in the hall- my point is, we're in this together no matter what, we'll go through thick and thin together, all for one and one for all. We're still more comfortable in our own cliques, but we're trying, we're really trying to include the whole batch, and I think we're doing quite well so far (: good job my dear batchies. It's awesome to be with you guys, to just talk about everything under the sun (we are such gossip mongers) and be weird together, it feels so incredible :D

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle- keep the guiding light shining!


/edit: reading all of batch'13s' and seniors' and juniors' posts on March camp'11 and marvelling at how 2 and a half days of camp can bring people so much closer together and ignite or re-ignite the passion for guides (: i admit a while ago guides was like a burden and just merely a cca to me, cos i was busy with OM and stuff and i didn't really want to go, but now guides is really a family, a commitment that i love (: i want more march camp! and i was going from blog to blog from all the links and read a few sec4s blogs and realised that i really really don't want this year's batch to leave ): ): ):