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So from 27 to 29 November, I was at Sarimbun together with the TK Team and 12 other schools which were part of the Youth Congress. I guess it's fate or something that brought me together with PLMGSS girls again (1st being their school's Prefect Instalation Day, 2nd being TK's Investiture), and TK Team and PL were together as a group. We named ourselves BOBBY AND FRIENDS because our name had to start with a 'B' and Bobby was our instructor's name... haha
Day 1: We had 2 workshops and 1 team-building activity in between.
The 1st workshop was kind of an energizer, to inspire us and let us understand more about peer mentoring, mainly with the story of Derek Redmond.
We did Trust Fall for team-building, which was kind of fun yet scary and I accidentally scratched Bobby and Mr Pang of PL. Unfortunately when it was Mr Pang's turn to fall, we didn't really got hold of him and his back hit the ground (sorry...)
Our 2nd workshop was nurturing peer mentoring skills which I find very useful and inpiring not only as a leader, but also as a person; it's more than just a mentoring skill, but a life skill which can help make this world a better place to live in if everyone was to understand. If you are able to build up positive relationships, listen empathetically, encourage positive action and advise on avenues for help, you're really the rare mankind on earth, and you shall be treasured.
Basically, we just did a lot of preparation for our 3rd day's presentation at night, mainly on our powerpoint slides.
Day 2: We had 1 workshop and a lot of FUN!!!
This workshop was on Project Management Skills. Our task was to please this "Princess Abu Dhabi". She had 4 precious golden pearls and would like to have a float to display them. We had to submit a proposal and after seeking her approval, construct this float. After going through all the thick and thin, the results were out and the TK Team managed to win the "Princess's" heart, and so, was rewarded with Holy Water (aka Coca-Cola)!
After lunch, we proceeded with PL for our High- and Low-elements. This was the time when TK and PL really got bonded, cheering for each other when they were frightened or facing difficulty.
Immediately after our quick dinner, TK and PL quickly met up to prepare for our cheer and performance for the campfire. This got us even closer as we shared our own knowledge and merge everything together, which turned out wonderful!
Night time was the CRAZIEST of all, probably the craziest night I've ever enjoyed in my entire life. We were all cheering and laughing and dancing? Yes, dancing! I was sabotaged to represent BOBBY AND FRIENDS to join the Blind-fold-and-anyhow-Dance game. Guess what, I've never shaked that madly in front of a big crowd before and that was definitely a great experience never to be forgotten. Crystal mentor was with me as well. She was the last 4th remaining and I was 3rd! Even after the official closing of the campfire, we wanted more! Everyone was haunting," WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE!" So the camp chief asked," Wah, not tired arh? Want more isit? We really have nothing left. What do you want?" The super enthu Ants group shouted," DISCO! DISCO!" And that's what we got, DISCO! Our mentors didn't allow us to join at first, saying that we'd go uncontrollable and it'd be difficult to explain to Mdm Halilah. But in the end not only we were running wild, even the mentors joined in! Now I understand why people enjoy that kind of night life, it's beyond words of description.
Though we were all exhausted and sleepy and almost fainting, we braved till about 1am to complete our presentation. Crystal even skipped her dinner for us, how touching! talking about that, I suddenly recalled that Mdm Halilah brought Munchy's Donut from the "main city area" that evening, and Uncle Lawrence brought Roti Prata!!! TK's really fortunate! Oh, and the instructor tried to tease us so as to win a donut. He was like," Wah, so many donuts, very fattening you know?" Somehow, in the end, our mentors let 2 instructors have 1 each. Count them lucky, I guess.
Day 3: Shit! I mean really, my stomach wasn't on my side, kind of like going against me. So I didn't join everybody else who were having morning exercise and team-building games.
After breakfast and the final touches for our presentation and it was time for showcase! Our team did relatively well, with the starting that I'll never forget which goes : bullying! NO! ; Bullying! No! ; BULLYING! no! and the powerful ending : the bullies actually tapped on the victims' shoulder, extended their helping hands, helped them up and gave them a GREAT BIG HUG!!! When the results were announced, the TK Team won the Best Presentation title!
After Break Camp, PL and TK insisted that we had to stay and do our cheer 1 last time. And so we did, with our mentors. We also sang the "We love you..." song to Bobby (who's having his last camp as a camp instructor) and our mentors (or rather, mentos THE FRESH-MAKER)...lol. We even came up with a clap for everyone! Bobby had 3 claps, all the bimbo ones...hehe
This camp was really enriching and memorable. It's not as if you'll have a chance to attend a camp with all the enthusiastic leaders hiong-ing and chiong-ing throughout, so the spirit was there, the fun was there, the memory naturally came along.
Youth Congress ThinkTank Camp is a complete success!! -To view the pictures taken during the camp, simply click >>THIS! -For more information on our adventurous activities and interesting instructors, check out Trekkers at http://trekkers.com.sg/ -For more information on our inspirational talks and motivating workshops, check out Trybe at http://www.trybe.org/ And Trybe's video clip>>
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