Hey, so its week 3 for me, which means we get a new batch of campers, I've been put with the 3rd youngest cabin, in a section of cabins called "the hotel". Its infamous for getting really gross around week two, and is pretty hot, basically its 4 cabins combined into one building with the bathroom areas bein in the middle. The bonus is that the counselors get a room to theirselve with electricty, so I don't have to charge my Ipod and phone in the Division Leaders' Bunk (DLB).
Over the weekend we had a change over weekend, which basically means that the kids all went home (aside from the internationals) and most of the staff was off for Sat/Sun. Alec, the guy I do Archery with had his Birthday on Thursday, so he invited us to his house for a bit of a party. It was great, he has a pretty massive house with a psuedo guest lodge next to the lake. Myself and one of the British Counselors Harri took a 30 min swim in the lake at about 12, and it was devine, there was phophoresence in the water, so every second stroke we did had phosphoresence which was very cool!
As far as camp goes, every Sunday night we have this thing called a council fire. Basically the "council" is a group of people who uphold the spirit and traditions of Camp Fuller. At first they seemed a bit wierd, but now I realise that its just that they have certain traditions which are different from what I am used to.
To get on the council you have to do various task, in the categories mind, body and spirit, so something like swimming would be body, archery would be mind, and leading a devotion would be spirit. At first this also seemed a bit strange to me, but after chatting to Alec who is also on the council, it seems to be OK, its kinda like proving you really want to be on it. In this light, I have decided to try and get on the council. I attempted the swim, but was a minute too slow, but I have completed the Archery task. There are about 20 task you have to fulfill, andswimming is probably the hardest, although I am also going to have to practice pull ups, as part of the body requirements is to do 10 pull ups, and at the moment I can only manage 3! What really sold me on this was that as a final task you have to spend a night in the woods by yourself, which is super cool!!!
I don't know if I'll be able to do all of the tasks, but I'm going to try, at the very least, I can get into camp spirit in a big way, and make the most of my time here...
I have also sang the song "Froggie" at two council fires, and am planning to sing Shosholoza at the next one. Froggie is a great hit on camp, and I even sang it as a chant during dinner!
I am trying to think up more songs to sing, as council fire is generally more a talent show than anything else, with people singing on stage, rather than everyone participating.
Anyhow, I gotta get off the computer now, since the other South African (Kaylee) wants to have some time on...
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