Leadership Training Camp

woohoo!! i am back from a 3 day 2 night leadership training camp! overall feeling from the camp: tired, tired and more tiredness. overall lessons for the camp: take initiative! speak up, don't keep quiet! teamwork, cohesiveness and also the bonding! of coz, you have to self-high(zi-high) as well !! xD

there were 8 groups of us!

1st day of the camp, hmm this camp was supposed to be tough. and so the harsh treatments were bought onto us on the 1st day! let's see, we did alot of push-ups! that's besides the main point of activity tho........ so what did we do?........Assigning of quarters to sleep in, males and females were separated into bulks by gender and the facilitators had 1 bulk to themself. at first, they said that 2 lectuerers would be sleeping in the male bulks but in the end, non came.....and that we had to learn the rope tieing onto the bamboo sticks so as to create a structure to have our outdoor cooking. i watch the way they tie the rope until i go dizzy =.= well, i was in group 7 and the teammates were great haha...they did everything! since John(not sbm club zonghuan) was like the super enthu guy and he was like enjoying the leadershi, we just went along ^^v I wasn't really enthu enough and so i merely watched.....without taking any initative for that day and the day after. well, we did a lot of pushups between these interval changes as we were either too noisy or late to assemble. after which, we made another structure out of 2 bamboo sticks for the night's game candle war! was quick enough. only the outdoor cooking structure was longer and requires more cooperation and strategy. and so we did the outdoor cooking after a short while.gosh, it was raining too! but not to fear, the organisers already knew it would rain and so they prepared the cover for our structure. on the first day, everyone did badly on cooking! the tins for cooking were badly burnt and had burnt marks all coz we didn't apply colgate onto the base before cooking it over solid fuels! well, as the saying goes.....once bitten, twice shy.....we were going to do outdoor cooking again the day after. then, we had our station games! can't remember much of the games....but i know 1 of them made us do 30 push ups in 43 secs.......oh pls.....i am weak la! how to do???!?!?! but our group managed to made it though! the other 4 station games were not so bad, it improves on our teamwork and helps us to know each other better. and of coz, next was the candle war! 4 teams had to pick a location within a rectangle to plant their candle structure so as to tie a ballon with a string onto the structure. before that, it was raining! so the strings on the candle structure were all wet.....and guess what? we had to use candles to burn the strings on the opponent teams! and there were only 1 defender for each structure. gosh, it was wet la duh, how to make it go up on fire....and plus, the defender can blow out our flames.....-.- after struggling for like 20 mins?? instructions was given to just focus on burning opponents structure and defenders are not allowed to blow out any more flames haha... after which, we ended the 1st day and off to bed we went at 11.30pm

2nd day of the camp, woke up at 5.30 to shower and stuff to get ready for physical training (PT) which is also known as morning excercise... hmm and like i said, this camp was supposed to be tough, but it so happens that with all the push-ups done the day before. we ended up with alot of casualties! some hurt their legs, some their arms...o.o..... and therefore, we weren't given any form of push-up punishment anymore. well, PT was diffcult on the last part.... stretching your arms on your shoulder level. and rasing it above your head to make a clap....doing it over 200 times is no joke, my dear friends...especially after you have aching arms from the day before's push-ups. well, it was tough and all of us managed to make it through! then it was water sport and games time! kayaking was tough but dam fun! haha, we did alot of stunts on the sea and learnt to work as a team even tho we may not know each other that well! that day marked my first time in kayaking! woohooo, let the experience stack!!! then for water games, we were to use water bombs to wack opponent teams while preventing them from retrieving cans on the field back to their own side. everyone had to do both stunts! it was fun overall, but like i said, John was overly enthu and so we just went along with him. i can't be enthu at all, it takes a long while for me to settle in to new surroundings. our group won twice in a row and that concluded that water game station. there were other stations like spiderweb...etc..., i kinda forgotten the rest....oh wells. then to end off the 2nd day, we had our indoor campfire as it was raining on the outside. nevertheless, it was still fun! all 8 groups performed the skits on the theme "survivor" most of the groups used the training and games as part of their skit, while our group used the story "adam & eve" as our skit! wow, overall i thought it was truely fun! i acted as the wild animal (bear) to attack the main actors. haha, dam funny...didn't know how to act.....then the facilitators had a skit to put up as well! overall, everyone did a great job! then there were jam and hop from 11.30pm till 1am.. well, obviously i sense something is wrong to actually allow us to sleep at 1 am =.= and so i went off to bed first...around 12am......

3rd day of the camp,..........haahahaahhaha, i was right and we were all awoken by the sounds of the alarm drill and facilitators at 4 am! hmm, that's becoz we had to do PT!!! woohoo, this time it was rush and rush and rush! ah, but i wasn't feeling well on this day.....felt onto the floor while trying to get down from the top of the double decker bed....u think that's funny?? why don't u try working out for 2 days and having both arms and legs ache and then falling off only to have it land on ur legs! and i even felt like puking! gosh, wasn't feeling alright so i decided to opt out for PT. as Sahara said, "we don't want any more casulties, so if you are feeling unwell, pls step out and rest!" well, was a short day....after PT, we had to collect badges from 10 game stations....5am to 8am was the duration! woohoo!! the badges in the end was given to us as a reward and symbol of having completed LTC! after which, we went home !

well, i supposed the LTC really is an experience to be behold. you will need to have experience it urself to know how it feels like. even looking at the above entry will not tell you how tough or fun it was! seriously, if there were any chances of another LTC. i would take it up! and i suggest my friends and readers out there to go ahead! it might be tough, but knowing where you stand on ur limitations is great too.

alrights, that's all for today. and this concludes yet another chapter of my life! take care!