.Tuesday, October 17, 2006.
went 2 a star 1 kayaking course over te weekend... its a girl guides n npcc combine outing thingy...
yea... gt 3 intructors... stanley, tommy n aaron(nt our class 1 la... duh...)
quite fun la.. learnt a few new skills... yea... den during gg camp if gt kayaking den no nid scared capsize ler... cuz we learn hw 2 prevent capsizing... though i didn't perfect it... but still.. at least gt learn la...
den hor... u noe... we go dere.. te 1st thing we did was 2 swim lyke at least 20m lo...
den even b4 we learn hw 2 kayak... we haf 2 do capsize drill...6 steps in total...
1st step: put ur paddle in 2 check te water depth...
2nd step: put ur paddle onn 1 choosen side... left or right side la...
3rd step: shake ur kayak.. den create a momentum.. den put ur body weight on2 te side whr ur paddle is.. den go down te water...
4th step: in te water.. tap te kayak 3 times before coming up...
5th step: come out on te side of ur paddle...
6th step: stick ur paddle on2 te air n shout 4 help 3 times...
hehe... easy right???? wait til u really go do.. nt tat easy lo.. water will lyke go in2 any possible holes la.. is lyke ears, eyes, nose all oso gt water go in lo..
den on 1st day learn hw 2 kayak... te sweep(to turn left or right).. J-drop( to move vertically left or right)... n 2 form a raft... very easy la.. is jus 2 connect te kayaks 2gether lo...
got lyke damn sunburn on te 1st day ler lo..
den on te 2nd day... we went out... as in lyke instead of staying near te shore.. we went out into te sea lyke tt lo..
nt exactly out in2 sea la.. jus went out further lo...
yea.. den down dere.. we learn hw 2 do rescue..
is quite diff la.. te victim slack de.. den te rescuers had 2 drag te kayak up 2 te deck of their own kayak lo...
yea... quite fun la actually...
den stanley sway sway kena stung by jelly fish...
haha.. so had 2 stop immediately... yea.. den we kayak bak 2 shore...
den aft tt we learnt te low recovery(how 2 prevent ourself from capsizing la)... n stern runner(oso sth bout changing te direction of te kayak).. b4 tat we oso leanr hw 2 do te classic draw(same usage as te J-draw la...)
yea... o ya.. den b4 we set out in2 sea... we saw lyke schools of fishes...
gt some fishes lagging behind ma.. so 1 of te fish.. jump jump jump.. n jump in2 mr tay's kayak...
haha.. n den i touched te fish la... cuz is lyke i was holding his kayak tat time ma cuz we tat time doing raft.. haha...
yea..
very fun!!!!! bt kena sunburn until very bad..
if cn i try take a foto n put it up=PPP
hehe!!!!