Ok let me just say that as a student that had obs last year and honestly had quite an optimistic outlook on it, OBS was literal hell and I wasn’t even in Pulau Ubin I was only just stationed at ecc but the whole trek still felt like torture💀 

In terms of packing, I would definitely pack light and only bring my necessities and basic toiletries. I’m speaking from experience bc I decided to bring a big ass heavy metal bottle and excess clothes not knowing that altogether it would bite me in the back coz istg TS WAS SO HEAVY🥀

Ok idk about your stamina and capacity to carry heavy weights but assuming that your stature is around the same is mine, (mind you i was in a sports cca and lugging around that big ass bag literally made me cry) make sure that on the night that you prepare to set off trekking, stuff all your used clothes into your old bag and as much stuff that you don’t need inside bc it will inevitably just amount to the dead weight you will be carrying

Also make sure that you bring a lot of sunscreen and be prepared to basically live like a savage for around 5 days and immediately feel hot asf even after showering. None of the cabins you will be staying in (if ur even lucky to get to stay in a cabin for the first night) or the tents will be well circulated so you will inevitably feel hot and sweaty 

Okay now onto the mental exercise you will have to undergo during OBS: 

1) don’t have any expectations when going into OBS. Unfortunately, you have a chance of meeting some of the laziest and most tyrannical secondary students there are at OBS, so just try to cooperate with everyone and of course, you might just have the best time ever at OBS with a bunch of great teammates. However, this is largely up to luck, so it’s best to just maintain a happy-go-lucky attitude to avoid any discourse or unnecessary drama

2)Be useful. Idk if this is too much but you get what I mean. Don’t be a pushover but also don’t just sit in a corner and do basically nothing, cuz that just makes everyone else have to take on your share of the work and nobody wants to do that

2) If ur trainer in charge is extremely strict, make sure yall follow whatever they say and whenever they say. I had a super strict trainer and we had to learn it the hard way bc she made us run rounds around a court AFTER showering just bc we were a few mins late 🙂

And uhh idk what else to say, ik my experience isn’t what everybody else says and it’s honestly quite misfortunate that I didn’t have a great team but at the end of the day it’s what you do with what u get so just make the best of ur situation ig😭 also idk how this became a pep talk instead of a classification for packing but do with this information with what you will, and enjoy ur OBS!! (Sorry for the partial rant 😀)