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Hokay, I've revamped the site for the nth time, this time changing the title as well as removing the tacky banner =).

Anyway. Before I go on about OB, first let me introduce to you the people that made it great.

Karl - Also known as Koala/Karl Kong/Pavarotti. The instructor guy. Knowledgeable, helpful, and surprisingly well-read. Majored in Lit and minored in PoliSci (because he happened to be chasing a chick *rolls eyes*). Great guy to talk to.

Mim - The only person without a nick, I think. Hails from Ireland, doing her gap year here. Barely 6 months older than me. Fun person, amusing grasp of BM ('Mampuslah!') and Manglish ('also can').

Kim - Kimchi - Chicken hater, OB lover, often mistaken for Malay (actually Punjabi). Got extra pieces of chicken because she doesn't eat it on principle. More fooood =). Her second time at OB. We think she's nuts. She wants to come back a third time to be a course assistant. Definitely bonkers. Outgoing and active.

Farhana - come to think of it, no nick either - Kim's friend since std 1. Dragged along or something. Not quite as fit/active as Kim, has a little anarchist streak (she was telling us about her cons and stuff o_O ).

Sue - Su-su - Quiet, doesn't say much. Urm. Enough said.

Nina - Whiner - 'I'm dying!!... But it's truee!!' Source of much amusement, especially to Vernon. Whined a lot (I mean, seriously a lot), but somehow always completed the task at hand. With our friendly goading, of course. A bit vain. Lives in TTDI, went to the school here. Small world indeed.

Liyana - Hamtaro - Short in stature but strong in spirit. Cheerful person, laughs a lot. Sometimes for no reason. She was with me on the bus back.

Too - Tutu - Simple guy from Ipoh with a penchant for unneccesary utterances. All-round nice guy. Karate and taekwondo dude. Very helpful, never complained, very hardworking. I suppose easy to take advantage of. He celebrated his b'day at the camp. Traumatised us with a belly dance (the girls had to ask...).

Bakar - Prince - I mean, really a prince. Pahang state. Studied in Aus for a long time, though, so he speaks fluent English with a slight accent. Soccer/sports/gym freak. Friendly guy, in tune with club culture.

Razali - Liaq - We just call him by his nick, which is what all his friends call him anyway. Quiet chap with a penchant for irritating Sue (for the heck of it, by calling out her name in a falsetto).

Vernon (not in the photo)- Potato (couch variety)/Porky (on account of a pink sweater of his) - Slacker =). Laid back. Cheerful and likes to laugh when Nina whines, though he's not above complaining himself. City boy in every sense of the word. Leans slightly toward jang-ness. Tickled by naughty jokes (the way he laughs every time Karl tells one... like he's high or something).

And there's me! of course. But you know me, yeah. All of the guys and girls were fantastic companions in the course, terrific folk. We got along like salt and pepper. Peanut butter and jelly. Money and Chinese New Year =). It's hard to say whether we're compatible enough for friendships, in terms of shared interests and stuff, but regardless, we worked well together. That's the important part.

Till next time!

PS, OBS is Outward Bound School and YCC 7 is Youth Challenge Course #7.