Back To Basics and Investiture Camp 2013

Just last week I went for the Back to Basics (B2B) camp. It's an annual camp for the Rover H Crew to go back and camp like we used to when we were still junior and senior scouts, hence, "back to basics". We camped at a site in Janda Baik for 3 days 2 nights. I missed the previous three years' B2B because I always had classes and final assignments to attend to when it came around, this time when my schedule is more relaxed, I finally got to go for it.

The mornings and nights were really cold, about 25 degree Celsius. On the first day, we built our tent upon reaching the campsite and continued on to building the kitchen until late at night. When morning came, we continued to build the dining table and made laksa for lunch with the help of Mr. Ekbert and his wife. For backwoods cooking, we made two types of chicken, roasted and baked, we made bread in the shape of cups and had jam in it and we made pizza, all using the traditional backwoods cooking methods, the pizza was quite the success considering it was the first time any of us have done it before. After cleaning up we played some games. First was Holey Sheet, a game that has been played every B2B camp, I think. The objective of the game is to move a ball around numbered holes on a flysheet as a team, the challenge was, everyone is playing in the cold cold river and no one can talk or give orders. We were divided into two groups and my group failed to win the game. After that we played a race where we were split into three groups and each group consisting of five members can only have four pairs of legs at the duration of the race. After the games, we had our bath and relaxed for a bit before we start our barbecue for dinner. The barbecue was really great. So great I already miss the delicious meats we had. After dinner we had a short night game and right after that we had our rover installation ceremony. After three years in the crew, I finally get installed as a full fledged rover. After taking photos, we went to bed, taking turns to sentry.

My sentry shift was the last. The morning was really cold. Together with Joey, Yong Tick and Kuok Wei, we kept the fire alive to keep the mosquitoes away from the campsite. Morning came and after breakfast, we had our closing ceremony and proceeded to clean up the campsite and prepared to leave.

We had lunch together at a restaurant in Bukit Tinggi before heading back to PJ. I really enjoyed the camp. Hopefully I can attend again next year!