Coming straight on the heels of Oikos: The Escapade, I was physically not at my best as I checked in for SMUX Camp. But there was a palpable sense of relief. Finally! On to the last camp out of 4 (SMUCF Camp, FTB, and Oikos: The Escapade being the others).

SMUX Camp was different from the other camps in that the camp was structured around a certain fixed set of activities, instead of the generic bonding, station games, and performance nite layout of previous camps. And it was refreshing, to be able to get to know my group mates better through activities instead of being baby-sitted through specific bonding games.

My group, Chubby Bunnies, was great! Lotsa nice, fun people. They made the camp fun and enjoyable despite my tiredness, having come straight from Oikos. Thanks guys!

And the activities were fun! These included:

• LaserTag

Outdoor version of the popular LaserQuest. Use your laser guns to kill your opponents! Quite fun, but I think I prefer Paintball and LaserQuest.

• Roller-Blading

Me being a total roller-blading noob, I spent the 90min learning to blade! But that’s ok. Good experience.

• Outdoor Cooking

Great time cooking and eating with my group! Nirali insists we can open a restaurant (haha!)

• Ice-Skating

More familiar with this (having ice-skated before). Took a while to get the hang of things but enjoyed the cool environment and the feeling of gliding over the ice effortlessly!

• Camping

An integral element of any SMUX Freshmen Camp. Unlike other camps, we get to sleep in less comfortable surroundings (not in SMU seminar rooms or classrooms). We camped along Changi Beach. But didn’t get much snooze time as we spent the night playing Indian Poker and Heart Attack, among other card games…

• Cycling

Was looking forward to this the most. We actually ended at a mountain-biking adventure park at Tampines, which was previously unknown to me (thanks SMUX!).

• Underwater Hockey

After the toil and sweat of cycling, what a refreshment to get into the pool at SAFRA Mount Faber! Whoosh! Totally enjoyed my time there. Underwater hockey is kinda fun, but mighty tough as well. Those who can take long breaths are well-suited for this game. Not me though.

• Intro to Diving

Nice intro to diving, which further stimulated my interest in diving. I now definitely want to learn diving!

• Trekking

The highlight of the 3rd day. We trekked from MacRitchie Reservoir to Bukit Timah.

Not to forget, on the 2nd night, after the staple performance nite (even SMUX camp cannot evade that!), we tried to crash Bondue Run 2, which was running concurrently with SMUX Camp. Thankfully, we were refused entry. The freshies there were totally wasted. A seminar room was converted into a club, with wild dancing, free-flow of alcohol, and crazed revellers (haha!). People were drunk and high along the corridors and in the various rooms. Hmm, de-stressing before the start of school!

Overall, SMUX camp was highly enjoyable, and a great end to the orientation camps!

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