Now, 2nd part of the trip, haven finish writing last day one yet, shall post it later, maybe tomorrow, along with other stuffs.

Day 9, 17th Nov, Saturday:
Went to school in the morning after breakfast for the opening ceremony of the herbal garden. Took a few photos with the banner.
Went into the classrooms to visit the students after that, oh a bit of cam whoring outside the classrooms before that haha
Went to visit this class of which its students range from 12 to 17 yrs old, they were supposed to be having social studies lesson, but the teacher was setting test paper, so it was like free period, but they still took out their textbooks and revise on their own, damn 乖 lar. Took quite a lot of photos with the students.
Their textbooks are actually quite chim, and noticed that some classrooms are so much better than the others, duno why also.
Mr. Seet also told them some facts about Singapore, funny sia him.
After that was cultural show by the students. They really mobilized the whole school just for us, lol feel so honoured but a bit bad to disrupt their lessons, especially when their exams are coming.
They also prepared some snacks for us, and served us very well, quite paiseh. So the show was basically dances by students from 4 different tribes, Lepcha, Nepali, Bhutia and Subba. All their costumes are very special, but Nepali’s one looks like some Chinese tribes’ costume.
All of us really enjoyed the performance. We were invited to join them after their respective dances, lol and zhan liang and sufiyan went crazy again, this time with darryl the rhino joining them.
Went bak to trekkers’ hut to pack after that, Mr Pema came and briefed us about the trek.
Packed and squeezed in everything after that. After that was free time, went to buy souvenirs wif sufiyan and zhan liang, bought a few souvenirs. Went to Gupta after that, where the rest were eating at. Banana pancake, spicy veg nacho, hot ginger lemon honey and chicken soup
Went back to trekkers hut, sat outside and talked crap with a few ppl lol. Our last night at the hut and everyone was like, high, a lot of cam-whoring, took a lot of spastic photos.
Argh I miss the hut like crazy, especially hut b lar, it’s such a nice place.
Was introduced to this game called ‘Bang!’ by Ms. Teoh, damn fun but had to stop early cos nid to sleep early for the trek…
Brushed teeth with my brush-teeth partnet, kaili, haha I din even brush my teeth that regularly in my normal life lor, haha good influence. It was a super smokey night again, damn fun sia.
Light out was supposed to be at 8.30pm tat day, but nobody in the hut wanted to sleep. So had a hut talk, super nice, haha but a lot of crap lar, talked about a lot of stuff, OLC, ODACers, ODAC, diff school ppl, high-profile ppl, blablabla oh and the random ‘1st prize’ in between LOL
Apparently the girls think that VS guys are more sensitive compared to the rest, and very nice to girls, compared to cat high guys T.T I sad ar..
Talked until abt 10.30pm, everyone like just stopped talking together, sinking into our own thoughts, And wyemin won the 1st prize, lol

Day 10, 18th Nov, Sunday:
1st day of trek, and everyone is super excited. Argh I hate the stupid cough, it’s so irritating.
Cleared the hut, had breakfast, then left, so it was walking and walking and walking on the trail, the pace was quite fast at first. Then Jolene kena altitude sickness, damn scary, she couldn’t even stand properly. Then Mr Seet said that we should jus slow down and take small steps, thr was no nid to rush cos we had a lot of time, can jus relax and enjoy the view. I agree with him totally, haha the sceneries damn nice lar, it will really be a waste if we jus chiong.
Crossed two bridges before lunch, I didn’t know wanping is scared of this kind of bridges, she said she don’t like the feeling of walking on like nothing. But the river was nice, with all the rapids and small waterfalls.
Had early lunch at abt 11am, fried dough+potato+beans+colli flower, damn shiok sia.
They even prepared dessert for us. Whee
The porters are all damn imba, they carry a lot of stuff up the mountain for us, even gas canisters, some of them are climbing with slippers some more, and yet their speed is like twice of ours, damn imba lar.
We also had to look out for dzos and horses that were going down. The trek wasn’t hard, like nothing compared to Batu Putih, but it’s the weather that is challenging. It’s like warm when thr is sun and super cold when thr isn’t.
Thr was this part when me and wp walked behind Kim Dzung, and he told us quite a lot about the vegetation and the animals thr, quite cool huh. So there are actually flying squirrels and red pandas in sikkim, but we nv saw any.. =(
Lol thr was also this place behind a huge rock where me, arkar and Jason peed haha damn funny, cos it’s like very exposed, if someone were coming up from the other side, hmm, then we will be giving him/her free show. Luckily nobody came up from tat side.
Crossed another bridge before we reached our base camp, they had already set up the tents for us, and the tents are damn nice, the toilet oso, HAHA cool
It was only 1.30pm when we reached, so we had a lot of free time, played Bang outside. First round had a lot of players cos everyone was curious about tat game, it was a very tight game, and sufiyan won in the end, rarr
It got dark at 5, so we jus stopped playing and lied on the mats and talked crap, and looked at the stars at the same time…
Dinner was in this super cool dining tent, everyone jus squeeze inside and eat. Dinner was really good, tomato chicken soup and curry chicken, shiok
Went bak to the campsite and were chased bak to the tent cos it was cold outside. Couldn’t enjoy the night view anymore, haiz. Such a waste but it will really be stupid if we stayed outside and catch a chill, lol
Shared tent with sufiyan, calvin and wyemin. Everyone wrote reflection and knocked out at the same time, at abt 8.30pm

Day 11, 19th Nov, Monday:
Din really hav a good sleep, had a lot of weird dreams, and the stupid cough, made my throat damn pain also.
Couldn’t sleep after 4 cos kept wanting to pee, but it was damn cold outside and I couldn’t find my beanie, so endured until 6, then chionged to the toilet, whee ultimate shiokness.
Went back to the tent and chilled with the rest. Then went to wash up and eat breakfast at 6.30
Thr was cornflakes for dinner, super nice! But..it sparked off the corn jokes again.. and we had to suffer Ms Ng’s lameness T.T
Continued trekking after that, thr was a lot of ups and downs and it was quite draining but the weather was nice.
Crossed a super long bridge, and it’s damn imba, the trek was much harder after that cos it became steeper. Siew Hwee wasn’t feeling well but she endured till our destination, imbaness, super strong in mind sia.
Trekked for pretty long, had lunch at this forest lodge, lunch was a surprise, they served macaroni! It was good.
An hour walk to our destination- Tshoka after lunch point, the vegetation rly changed a lot along the way, became temperate edi. And the trees were smaller and thinner.
There was this turn about 10 mins before our destination that caught everyone’s attention. There was a snow capped mountain like right in front of us, it looked so near, like throw stone can reach, and it’s so beautiful…
Moved into the lodge, all the guys in one room, damn nice. Played Bang inside the room aft tat, until dinner time.
Dinner was good, FRIED CHICKEN! Damn nice ar~
Opened a Tshoka-Gupta restaurant with calvin in the tent that sold only 奶茶 or 茶奶. Lol damn funny lar
Wanted to sit outside and enjoy the night one, but was chased back by the teachers, T.T
Sufiyan, zhan liang and darryl slept while the rest wrote reflections.
Slept beside Josiah tat night, and he forced me to write this down, LOL

Day 12, 20th Nov, Tuesday:
Tshoka is damn cold in the night, had to wake up at 3am to pee cos of the stupid 奶茶，茶奶thing. It was freaking cold, like the smoke produced per breathe can cover my face one, lol
But the sky was damn nice, it’s like dark blue and purple, with a thousand stars and a big, bright moon. When we went to India, it was only new moon, and it has became almost full moon, coolios. No light pollution or any cloud, everything was so natural and nice, and the range of mountains around that place made it even more stunning…
Couldn’t stand the cold so went in aft a short while, slept until 6 then went to toilet again. The sun has already risen, and the sky was like, duno how to describe it in any other way, but yeah, damn beautiful lar, and the mist and clouds added more effect on it. Freaking nice.
Haha went bak to pack, changed, had breakfast, warmed up then left.
That day’s trek was the most difficult one, cos we were gaining a lot of heights, 1000+ metres, and it was very steep.
The thin air and my stupid cough made it even harder. Luckily the trail is pretty well built, either covered and flattened with rocks or logs, so it was actually a very nice trek. Of course, the sceneries along the trek, really awesome.
It’s always either both sides with the temperate forest, or a trek on a big, flat plane where you can see the surrounding mountains. There’s this snow capped mountain that seemed jus so close, it’s reallyl super super nice, especially when it’s covered mostly by clouds, leaving a gap in between, 朦朦胧胧的，雄伟壮观中又带着一丝神秘. Haha dunno wat’s the name of tat mountain, but heard that it’s 6600+ metres high,
The trees along the trek are mostly botak, and a lot of them have peeling red or pink barks, while some of the evergreen species are very tall and large.
Lunch was at one super big and flat plane, with a toilet and a hut. Some of the ppl were not feeling well, and quite a number of us had slight headache.
So the pace was a bit slower later and it got steeper also. Today’s trek is pretty mentally challenging cos the trek never seems to end. Every ascending tail seems to be leading to the destination, but with a small turn, it continued up to duno whr.
Walked for another two and a half hours after lunch point. As se stepped above 3600+ metres the condition of the trail and the vegetation started to change. We could see ice in between the bushes and there was also ice on the trek. Think it’s due to the pressure, most of the streams have a top layer of ice.
It became cloudy and we couldn’t really see far. But it’s quite cool lar, seeing the people in front disappearing. Reached this point when someone said that the destination is just 10 minutes away. Got a bit excited and started to walk faster. Fifteen to twenty minutes passed but we din see any building that looks like a common lodge. Got disappointed and thought it was just a false hope, then suddenly out of nowhere, the lodge and a few other buildings came into sight. LOL damn happy lar.
The hut is like surrounded by mountains, and it’s freaking cold, everyone ‘smokes’ like free, even when the sun is still high up thr. Had a room for girls and another for guys, while the teachers and guides slept at the common room.
When we reached there, the cooks have already prepared popcorns for us, damn imba nice lar, I wonder how they made it up thr, IMBA. It got cold soon after it got dark and everyone jus went back to their respective room, and chilled inside the cocoon sleeping bag.
The temperature dropped so much that even in the room with all the windows and doors closed, we still breathe out smoke. Stoned, talked crap then accidentally fell asleep, then someone came to wake us up for dinner. It got even colder outside, cant even step out without our down jackets, if catch a chill, then really good game.
So everyone squeezed inside the common room and eat. Dinner was special, got beef! Super nice lar especially the gravy, but din really eat much cos didn’t have the mood, was very stoned then. A lot more people were not feeling well, most of them got headaches and some couldn’t even walk properly. Then apparently jolene’s condition went worse and all of us were pretty affected and scared.
The teachers talked to us after dinner. Unfortunately, some of us might not be able to go up to the Dzongri Top the next morning, it all has to depend on our physical condition in the morning. All of us were like, down and some really went emotional. Could feel that everyone has the same feeling, but the position and situation of certain individuals added pressure on their shoulder, so some couldn’t take it and broke down. Was really very sad.. our dream was to get everyone up thr together…
Overheard sufiyan’s convo with zhan liang, and I agree with both of their viewpoints.
It’s just different way of expressing our feelings lar, yeah.
Was supposed to sleep at 8.30, everyone tried to sleep but could hear that most of us couldn’t sleep, just falling into our own thoughts. I tried to sleep but couldn’t, dunno why, just had this very weird feeling. Cant even lie down still, was very uncomfortable. Tried adjusting the lying position but to no avail. Was awaked until 11+ and still couldn’t sleep. Tried other methods and there was one that kind of worked, which was forcing myself to imagine ‘dreams’ then fall into it. But then, will still wake up like every half an hour, was damn sien and started counting down to the time that we were supposed to wake up- 4am, it seemed so long then..
Ok, 12am liao, it’s 21st Nov, next page.

Day 13, 21st Nov, Wednesday:
Ya so lied in the sleeping bag, flip here flip there still couldn’t sleep. Then darryl woke up at abt 1.30 to go to the toilet. Went with him cos he needed help to walk and I also needed to pee.
Stepped out of the room and it’s terribly cold. Can still the feel the cold even if I was wearing, beanie, scarf, thermals, long sleeve shirt, fleece jacket, down jacket, gloves, pants, thermal socks and another pair of socks. Damn gay lar the temperature, cold like freak.
The wind was super strong, but luckily the clothes were impermeable, so only the face suffered. But still, it’s freezing cold, like every part of the body is like freezing and our motions became really slow and clumsy.
Had to stay inside the other cubicle while waiting for darryl to finish his big B. stayed inside for a while, felt quite stupid so went outside and wait, and enjoyed the night sky cos it was really nice. Couldn’t see the moon, but the stars lit up the whole sky.
The wind was irritating, keep blowing from different directions, so had to keep adjusting my head to different direction.
Went back to the hut, felt better and finally could sleep for a while, about 1.5 hours before being waken up by the wind that blew into the room, think someone nv close the door properly, shivered like crazy cos I slept near the door.
It was already 3.45am then so decided to just sit there and wait. Then someone came and gave wake up call at 4, hot tea was served, with biscuits, haha damn nice to the max.
Gathered outside the hut before moving to the summit, luckily all the guys felt better and everyone could go for the trek to the summit. However, for the girls side, Jolene and kai li couldn’t join us cos they were not feeling well, damn sad lar.. to be honest, I nv expected kai li to not be able to go with us, cos she always look so strong and fit, but then somehow she got sick and vomited a few times, so had to make sacrifices to avoid any accident. From 26 to 25 to 23, it was really very sad..
Anyway, it was freaking cold and dark outside. Was shivering like crazy and couldn’t even breath properly cos the air is like freezing my nose and mouth.
Started moving and me and wanping were at the back, it was dark and we had to rely on torches, the trail is damn steep and pretty slippery at the same time. Due to the low temperature, everyone was like slipping here and there, the air was so thin and cold that everyone was panting like mad, felt very breathless also, could finally feel how low oxygen level is like, it’s like suffocating, damn scary.
Everyone wore like at least 4 layers and we all looked damn fat, like ba zhang, quite funny lar.
The trek was not long but very hard to move cos of all the reasons, so we took pretty long to reach to the top of the 1st mountain, and from there we were to walk to Dzongri Top, another mountain that is connected to it.
The trek was nice, especially cos we were at the back, so when we looked up, all we could see is people’s torch, forming a nice zig-zag line up, damn nice and it was pitch dark, so we could only see the torches moving but nt the ppl up thr.
Everyone was tired and we were like competing with time cos the sun was rising, the sky was super nice, especially the north star, damn bright.
Then the east side of the sky was also slowly becoming yellow then orange then red, SUPER NICE! As it became brighter, the surrounding became clearer and it is until then we realize what kind of view we were having. On the left side, a whole stretch of mountains that are snow-capped, below them is a joint large slope, full of ice and soil, while on the right, is the rising sun behind another range of lower mountains, imba nice.
When we reach the top of the mountain and steeped onto the trail connecting Dzongri Top, the real thing happened. Lol the wind was freaking strong and super cold, like stabbing every inch of our body that is exposed. Everyone’s face was like frozen and we couldn’t even speak properly.
But seriously, it’s worth all the challenges and coldness. The view from Dzongri Top is really the best that I have ever obtained in my life. Everyone was super happy and excited, cheering and jumping in joy. We were lucky and reached before sunrise, so we were able to witness it, damn nice.
Of course, in the mean time, it was havoc cam-whoring. Everyone saved their camera batteries just for that, so it was mass spamming of photos, random combinations, OLC groups, B2B groups, classes, S3- facts, S4- facts, solo class, huts, jeeps, different i/c blab la bla, it was crazy.
Stayed there and cam-whored for pretty long. Then we were able to see the first beam of sunlight shining on the snow-capped mountain opposite, it became orange, very beautiful. And because there was not much cloud, we were able to see Mt. Khanchendzonga! 3rd highest in the world, and it was jus opposite us.
It was really a pity that Jolene, kai li and ben couldn’t join us, but nvm, we are always together..
During the trek up, Faizah felt uncomfortable and went down with Sunom, but somehow in the end, she managed to reach the top again and was jus in time for group photos.
Sang school song, ODAC cheers, school cheers bla bla bla before going down, it was like damn hard to walk cos it’s damn steep, so some of us jus slid down.
Went back to the hut and had breakfast. The stream in front of the hut was frozen, but was melting. A few of the ‘suakus’ went to play with it, lol damn spas.
Mr Seet talked to us after breakfast and I cant agree more with him. Our batch really got a lot of strong and imba ppl with good personalities. Even though some of us were physically down during the trek, they pushed on and persevered, I really salute them for being so mentally strong, imbaness, Jolene faizah siew hwee and others. And of course, the ppl who took good care of the sick ones voluntarily, fanny, jia qian, Jaclyn and some others. Kaili, the one who made a hard decision of not goin to the top cos she was sick, nv force herself to go up to prevent getting worse and affect our journey, and being capable of taking good care of herself. Really, I respect all these ppl, from the bottom of the heart. Hehe
It’s really good that we made it to Dzongri Top, the highest and maybe the coldest in ODAC history. The teachers also said that this trip set a lot of records, the best views, the first OCIP cum OT etc etc.
And Josiah said that Ms Ng said our batch is the best, for wat we’ve done so far, To think of it, we really did a lot of things and they are all impressive, June OT, reunion, December OT, and many more, we have really excelled and set a benchmark for others. Really super happy to hear that lar, indeed, our batch is probably the most united, most bonded, most efficient one.
Haha, anywayz, after breakfast, we started to descend to Tshoka. The views about the same as yesterday, just that it’s more cloudy and colder. The first 45 minutes was quite slow cos the trek was frozen, covered with ice, and there was water flowing underneath, very beautiful but extremely dangerous.
Reached this flat plane where the view was supposed to be damn nice, but it was too cloudy, so we couldn’t see anything except cloud. RARR
Continued moving, and it was quite fast, couldn’t believe we ascended so much the day before, pretty amazing, it’s really very steep.
Walked and talked along the way. Listened to josiah’s sad childhood, Wan Ping’s (sort of), S37 stories etc. lol
Reached Tshoka at around 12.30 which is pretty fast. Had lunch, macaroni but it was super salty, think they wan to finish all their salt. After lunch played 1 round of bride then moved into the room. Me, wyemin, arkar, yong sheng and zhan liang in 1 room, this time got mattress and pillow some more, damn shiok.
Played ‘Bang!’, 1st round was good, then 2nd round was like.. unpleasant..cos Denise and Siew Hwee joined and they were like first time playing, so they din noe a lot of things and didn’t observe other ppl’s actions. The game was spoilt cos a lot of ppl anyhow whack, and it became draggy cos the sheriff didn’t noe wat’s happening.. so the rest of us who died earlier became impatient and gave a lot of comments,I said a lot of mean stuff too, and that pissed denise and siew hwee off, so they left aft that. Was super guilty, for being so insentive and impatient, girls and boys are different when playing games and I neglected that, sorry arhs denise and siew hwee =P
Played another round then everyone got sien edi, so I went bak to the room to do reflection, the rest gathered in 1 of the room and chatted.
Dinner, my cough was really bad and I sounded different. The boys wanted to have a feast so we went to the bigger room and spammed food, talked a lot and ate a lot, ultimate shiokness, boiz rooz ar HAHA

Day 14, 22nd Nov, Thursday:
Woke up in the morning, Listerine-d and Mr Seet was trying to finish his video-cam’s memory space, so I got interviewed lol damn random.
Left for the trek down after that, expected a long day but Uden said it’s only 5 hours, whoo
Before we left, Calvin represented us to thank the guides and cooks, they are really the imba ones. All of us really salute them and appreciate what they have done, taking care of us, serving us, helped us when some of us were down. Then we took group photos with them.
Ok, back to the trek. At first, everyone was quite excited because we could finally go down and countdown to the day of getting bak to Singapore. Morale was high and the pace was quite fast.
But, as we walked down and the trek never seems to end, after a while, got quite sienz..
So me and wan ping decided to slack and walk slowly, haha XD. So it was jus walking and walking, dodging shits along the way. It became quite warm and I regretted wearing thermals, damn hot and sweaty lar.
Walked until 11 then Uden said lunch point was just 40 minutes away. Everyone got ‘higher’ and chionged down for lunch. Haha but me and wp still relax behind, walked for more than 50 mins still haven reachm started to wonder where the lunch point is, then my left knee started to hurt, was a bit sien, couldn’t wait for the trek to end.
Crossed a few bridges, and lunch was beside the last bridge, and I really like that place, the waterfall is damn nice. Had lunch in a small hut, pretty special, got sandwiches and coleslaw, shiok. And we had to split into 3 groups to facilitate bathing later. As usual, me and wan ping chose to be in the last group haha damn slack lar.
Stayed inside the hut while the 1st 2 groups moved, talked with the teachers, they damn funny lar, very different from how they behave in school lol
So it took only 20 minutes from the bridge to the village. Bought 1 packed of buttermilk from a grocery shop and it tasted like shit. Haha managed to fool a few ppl and made them drink, lol damn funny to see their reactions.
Went to shop around on the way back cos we had a lot of time, then there was this family which was doing something illegal, apparently they went up the mountain and chop down some pine trees and brought the leaves down to sell. Uden asked us to take some pictures as proof and she said that the head of the family will be jailed if found guilty, scary sia.
Chose a path that can see the trekkers’ hut, argh how I missed that place..
Went to Gupta to eat after that, chicken delight and banana pancake, couldn’t bother about my throat oredi haha
After that went to the hotel, it’s damn new and nice. Heard Ms Ng said that we ahd to stay there that night and leave in the morning cos there was a strike/riot going on.
The water supply stopped when zhan liang was bathing, LOL. But super sien cos couldn’t anything, couldn’t shit or bath cos thr was no water…grrr
Waited for about half an hour before the supply was resumed. Chionged inside to do big B then bathed. At first the water was freaking cold, shivered like crazy. Luckily after a while it became hot and it was damn shiok, bathed for super long, damn happy.
Then Denise came to use our toilet to bath cos hers had no hot water, lol then the power supply was cut off when she was bathing, haha damn funny, then siew hwee came and rescue her, so in the end she bathed with siew hwee’s torchlight.
Walked to KCC for dinner after that. Everyone looked so refresh and nice after bathing, with the OT shirt and jeans or long pants, haha. The dinner was like, a farewell dinner, so did a few stuff during dinner. Calvin, Uden and Kim Dzung signed on the banner and they also prepared a cake. I was the lucky one who got chosen to cut the cake along with uden and the most senior member, Mr Chow cos I was the youngest one haha
The cake was pretty nice. Darryl then discovered that they got sell a few t-shirts that are quite nice. So everyone went to the counter and flooded that place, bought 1 for myself, 1 for ben and 1 for dad.
Bid farewell to the ppl and went back to the hotel. Shifted to a new room and it’s reallyh nice. Everything is so new.
Most of the guys shifted to another block and we gathered in calvin and sufiyan’s room to talk. Damn funny, talked about a lot of stuff, the trek, the girls, how mentally strong they are, and the future, more adventure races, backpack trekking and stuff. Really enjoyed it.
Chat until abt 10.30 then decided to go bak to sleep, to prepare for the whole day of traveling the following day