2009 marks the last year of my 'Double C' life, so I decide to continue my annual practice of staying at school for the nights during consecutive days of co-curricular activities. Not even the recent rule that forbids us students to sleep at school without permission could deny me. So, I found a couple of friends with the same interests, and we spent a total of 3 nights out at school. Here's a day-by-day recap of the three things happened during our jaunt:
Day 1:
The Good - "No pain, no gain". I learned what its like to sleep just two hours in the night. We spent the rest of it playing basketball in semi-darkness, walking for miles until our slipper-clad feet had blisters, and listened to music from MP3 players and handphones until I doze off at 5 and woke up 7 in the morning .
The Bad - Even after I fell asleep, I still woke up every 15 minutes or so by the sting of mosquitoes. Those buggers won't leave my bare shins alone!
The Ugly - We were spotted by an assistant headmaster on our way out of school at 10pm - he made the guards note down our names when we came back. What effect this may have, I do not know until school reopens.
Day 2:
The Good - Caught up on some sleep. Man, I really went off to dreamland the milisecond lights are off and my head touches my makeshift pillow. We also had the best meal amongst the nights, which is counted a feast when you considered the limited choices we have in camp mealfare.
The Bad - Half of my friends I counted on to bunker at school went home instead. They're too tired to survive another "wild night out", and I was too tired to argue.
Day 3:
The Good - Participated in the School Youth Camp campfire. Our unit added the Best Performance Award as the first outside trophy in many years to our cabinet, thanks to our live band performers (who'd only practice for about 5 hours).
The Bad - Really lousy weather. It rained so hard we didn't get to recieve the award in a formal prize-giving ceremony. The campfire had been called off at about 10.30 pm due to the torrent.
The Cute - Found a real live bat hanging on a section of the ceilling as I walked under that section of a corridor. Apparently the little thing got stranded in the rain and seeked shelter under a nook to wait until the storm went away.
There you have it. Call me an uneccessary risk-taker if you will, but I'm enjoying every illegal moment of my night jaunt at school.
