Saturday, March 20, 2010
Kayaking Star 1 Course.
Went for the 1 star kayaking course
on Thursday and Friday.
Basically the course was about:
1.Kayaking strokes.
( J-draw & etc.)
2.Capsize drill
3. Rescue Capsize.
Hong Ze, Wei Kang, Kwan Wee & Zi Jie
were already there when i reached at 0655.
De Yang was "sick" and thus couldn't come.
While Terry was assumed to be overseas as he didn't respond to Zi Jie's messages.
Pastor arrived on time at 0700 and brought us to Kallang Water Venture with his van.
Found out that Boys from other companies were joining us after we reached.
Our coach taught us about the name of the parts of a kayak
and asked us to get our paddles and kayaks to the shore,
Which we took 1 hour to do.
Den the coach very angry
and said wad Bb no discipline and crap.
Started paddling and found out that it was very hard to paddle straight.
Because no one understands what the coach was saying,
Everyone was either paddling off direction or in circles.
After we were able to paddle straight,
we had to take a swimming test.
The coach asked us to swim away from the shore
and swim back after hearing a whistle.
I swam and swam and swam.
and heard Hong Ze calling for me
as i had continued to swim away from shore
even after the coach blew the whistle which signals us to swim back.
Thks Hong Ze =)
After that,the coach started teaching us the capsize drill.
We had to
1.capsize ourselves, by hugging the kayak and flipping it over,
2.knock on the kayak three times while we are underwater,
3.get out of the kayak,
4.swim up and grab the paddle and shout for help.
Our coach tested us one by one.
Those who could not complete the drill correctly in three tries
would be failed and sent home.
While everyone was staring at the person being tested,
we were decorating Hong Ze's back with sand, clams and seashells.
Hong Ze was like o_o??
when we were admiring our masterpiece.
Hong Ze & Zi Jie completed the drill in two tries
while Kwan Wee & Wei Kang did it in one try.
I took three tries.
First try:
Forgot to knock on the boat three times
as i was struggling to get out of the capsized kayak.
Second try:
Came out the wrong side of the boat;
the paddle was on the other side...
Third try:
Kept calm and finished the drill in a slow but steady way.
Learnt J-draw (a stroke for moving sideways)
and den rained.
Went into the shelter nearby
and played za.
Played like 20 rounds
and Kwan wee won 0
Hahas childish right?
Raced back to shore.
The person in last place was required to treat the winer to a drink.
I was actually losing.
Den Kwan Wee dunn why go help some other person to take paddle.
So Kwan Wee lost instead.
Hong Ze earned $2 just like this...
After all that,
Went back to school in pastor's van
while the people from other schools were still putting the kayaks back.
on Thursday and Friday.
Basically the course was about:
1.Kayaking strokes.
( J-draw & etc.)
2.Capsize drill
3. Rescue Capsize.
First day
were already there when i reached at 0655.
De Yang was "sick" and thus couldn't come.
While Terry was assumed to be overseas as he didn't respond to Zi Jie's messages.
Pastor arrived on time at 0700 and brought us to Kallang Water Venture with his van.
Found out that Boys from other companies were joining us after we reached.
Our coach taught us about the name of the parts of a kayak
and asked us to get our paddles and kayaks to the shore,
Which we took 1 hour to do.
Den the coach very angry
and said wad Bb no discipline and crap.
Started paddling and found out that it was very hard to paddle straight.
Because no one understands what the coach was saying,
Everyone was either paddling off direction or in circles.
After we were able to paddle straight,
we had to take a swimming test.
The coach asked us to swim away from the shore
and swim back after hearing a whistle.
I swam and swam and swam.
and heard Hong Ze calling for me
as i had continued to swim away from shore
even after the coach blew the whistle which signals us to swim back.
Thks Hong Ze =)
After that,the coach started teaching us the capsize drill.
We had to
1.capsize ourselves, by hugging the kayak and flipping it over,
2.knock on the kayak three times while we are underwater,
3.get out of the kayak,
4.swim up and grab the paddle and shout for help.
Our coach tested us one by one.
Those who could not complete the drill correctly in three tries
would be failed and sent home.
While everyone was staring at the person being tested,
we were decorating Hong Ze's back with sand, clams and seashells.
Hong Ze was like o_o??
when we were admiring our masterpiece.
Hong Ze & Zi Jie completed the drill in two tries
while Kwan Wee & Wei Kang did it in one try.
I took three tries.
First try:
Forgot to knock on the boat three times
as i was struggling to get out of the capsized kayak.
Second try:
Came out the wrong side of the boat;
the paddle was on the other side...
Third try:
Kept calm and finished the drill in a slow but steady way.
Learnt J-draw (a stroke for moving sideways)
and den rained.
Went into the shelter nearby
and played za.
Played like 20 rounds
and Kwan wee won 0
Hahas childish right?
Raced back to shore.
The person in last place was required to treat the winer to a drink.
I was actually losing.
Den Kwan Wee dunn why go help some other person to take paddle.
So Kwan Wee lost instead.
Hong Ze earned $2 just like this...
After all that,
Went back to school in pastor's van
while the people from other schools were still putting the kayaks back.