Day 08 – We are the kings of the world

Day 08 – We are the kings of the world               Photos later  :)

Today, we became the king of the world by getting to the top* of Mt. Wellington.

In the morning, we woke up much earlier as compared to the past 2 days as we had to go for classes with the Aussie buddies. There wasn't much to say as this is not the fun/exciting part.

After class, we rushed back to the boarding house to change to clothes suitable for climbing a mountain. After that, we collected the packed lunch which we had for every lunch except for the weekends. Soon, we were on our way.

It did not take long for the bus to reach the bottom of the mountain. We got off and started our ascent. At the start, we were very enthusiastic and we went up the mountain with quick steps. Not long later, we all got very tired. We wanted to rest, but the idea of being able to climb the mountain made us continue.

As I was at the front, I didn’t notice much of what was happening at the back. After a while into the climb, we heard Bin Hui shout something. We stopped and waited. Soon, we seen a really tired Ryan followed by an equally tired Ee Rei walking towards us. A while later, Ming Xuan and his camera appeared. He was constantly stopping to snap pictures of the flowers at the side of the pathway. After all the waiting, we were pretty much recharged and we continued with a quick pace. During the climb, we found many sticks which we used as trekking sticks.

After a long time (maybe 50 to 60 minutes?), we reached a resting area. It only had a small bench, but the rest of us made ourselves comfortable on the huge rocks nearby. There, we had a small snack on the fruits and the cookie in our packed lunch while waiting for the others who were still climbing. We were so bored there while waiting that James even tried to make fire using just wood!

Just as we thought we were about to continue, we were notified that we are to go back to the bus at the base of the mountain. Everyone was really sad as we spent almost an hour to climb up and we had to give up. Turns out, it was due to Ee Rei not being able to cope well with the physical stress and Mr. Teo wanted him not to stress himself out and “canceled” the climb.

Just before we enter the bus, we had our lunch. Following that was a long ride up the mountain. Soon, we exited the bus and were faced with the strongest wind we have ever met. We first proceeded to the viewing gallery which did help with the extreme cold. Then, we went outside. There, some of us started singing “满江红”. This gave us an idea. We started singing the ProEd song while Mr. Chen recorded the “performance”.

Once we are done, we dashed back to the bus as we could not stand the extreme cold and we proceeded back to the boarding house. From this experience, we have survived the extreme cold, survived the extreme altitude and the extreme physical stress. We have conquered the mountain and we are the kings of the world.

Written by:

Lee Yat Bun