~It's not over ,until I win!!~

Again this will be a very extra long winded post about my trip to Port Dickson..So bewarned..

The first day was a sleepy day,having to sleep late at night due to excessive online using..(err,it isn't always we got to get good connection)And the trip day was more of..zzzzzzzzzzzz...And we reached there..A splendid place I would say and it was better than I expected(I alredy knew the trip was going to be fun but never knew it would be this fun..)And lo-behold,my first picture there...

Nothing much..just want to show how nice the place is...=p

Instead of rushing us to our rooms,we were soon ushered quickly into the main hall for our activities,where we met our facilitators..We thought it'll be the usual ceramah thing but man how wrong were we..these people are from Kesumat(according to them they conducted activities for our seniors too,last year at Eco Dusun resort in Bentong)and we were up to our feet for the whole session of getting to know each other..Of course we were all very sceptical at first,not knowing what to expect but then we soon warmed up..

They wanted us to hug our friends,and were given "stars" for those who did good deeeds,namely err..we did something extra for each time we obeyed the cue they gave..something like if we did extra actions that are positive and morale boosting,we'll be awarded stars which will later be taken account for to get a cert..though childish it may seem,we enjoyed doing the "extras" and awared the 500 or 1000 stars,like small kindergarden kids being awarded,and were soon laughing aorund with the facilitators..

There are sessions that made us cried,apreciating our parents for doing so much for us etc..And even friendship..(can you belive it,I am so cold hearted that I only had little tears for the friendship part and non for the family part..gosh,while others were sobbing loudly behind)We had Seroja as our theme song,sang by the now very-famous Mawi and anothr song that'll boost your energy each time we sing the song Mulanya Di Sini...We had sessions til late at night and it was really fun,no doubt about it...how we learn that " For things to change,I must change first","Its not over until I win" all kinds of think positive kinda thing..the "Cancel canel cancel go away gone" was pretty childish but what it really emphasised on was not to take it to your heart whenver people give negative statements about you or things you have done etc.Just delete it or better(tis is my perseption of thinking)take it as a challenge to prove to that someone that I'm no "idiot" "ben dan" or " baka"..Isn't this better than to get hurt and lose your morale because of someone who might not have so much of an IQ him or herself to give that kinda sinide remarks...

Then we had time to go to the dataran where we were made running non stop on the spot while singing "lari,lari..."a very catchy tune..A lot of them were heavng and breathing hard after the "run" (guess my jogging paid off)and we were soon made to divide into groups were we had to pass the ballong with water using only our head and body only..And my team won twice..Thanks to Mayani,Aimi,Hana and Min Ley..haha..we had practically hugged each other so close to get the ballon acros and back..then we had another game where we had to find the facilitators to get ballons from them,my group was the first to charged forward and we caught one,but Mayani then was having stomachache..she soon left while the rest of us fought on,baka,that guy tricked us..long story anyway,the guys won this time around..The key the won was beacuse,2 groups merged into one string(we had a big rafia string circle to each group and every group member must be inside) and sent one person chasing after the facilitators instead,smart eh?And at last,we were made to burst our own ballons on top of our head...cold..

At night.we had a part that really made me pour my tears for the second time of the day,which was,the part to get up apologise to your friend and to tell the biggest guilt of you had done..And I did with May Ching and Min Ley,and I cried while talking to May Ching..(no comments about the guilt)but I felt better after spilling everything out..and now,in terms of thinking and friendship wise,things have improved by leaps and bounds between all of us..Seriously speaking,the atmosphere was very differnt that night and even the guys,yes,the guys,were not without flowing tears..I even received and sms from one of the guys apologising for saying things(jeering at me more like it) that he felt hurts me all the time but I've not been taking the words of jokes seriously so....no harm done,but it was suprising to recive the sms from him..The session ended late at 1130pm but the gals decided to continue with our group presentation practise until 1230am,it was pretty tiring but at last we got some ideas how to do the whole thing perfectly..

This is taken from the balcony of my room..Note,we have balcony in front and back!!

The next morning we had our early morning gathering at the hall again after all the Chinese practically fell dead on the makan table waiting til 730am to head in the hall..(malay prayers)we had aerobic sessions in the hall.It was funny watching some of them dance while some looked in good form..

After that the highlight of the day was to make an aeroplane to fly the furthest..We were happy that the group comprising of minley,may ching ,xin ning, jenny and I was the 2nd fastest group to finish and after some attempts,we managed to fly our plane the furthest and highest among all...We were shouting with joy and took lots of pictures with it but I felt we were being a little over confident and was a bit show off by saying too much times that we might win this thing etc..While the other groups were still fixing their airplane..And when the time came,we won the first round but Irfan's group won in the end,and it earned him the RM 100..It was pretty unfair cuz they took account only for the daratan flight not the laut flight..blah,blabbing nonsence..Still we were damn proud of our airplane.Cuz its was an accomplishment from all of us and we managed to beat lotsa guys..haha..

Then we bid farewell to our main facilitator,Pak Anjang,because he had to attend some important meeting..And we were left with Pak Long and Bob??I forgot,we were nagged awhile but then we continued with our programme by completing a 1000 piece puzzle..we wanted to break the previous record some other group had made and we made it..Withing 50minutes,1000pieces of puzzled were put together..We all assembled all the puzzles by the alphabets shown behind the puzzle..Though it was easier but still its not an easy task..I'm really impressed with our work for all of us really helped each other out to complete the puzzle..We helped each others group after we completed our respctive puzzles..Letters like I and O were very difficult..but hey,we succeded!!!!We really took pride in accomplishing it..But alas,we were screwed by Cik Min after that...

Well,it didn't occur to me that we have to wear the same shirt for the whole day you see,so actually after lunch where I went for a swim in the pool,my shirt was partially wet and I saw the rest (Min ley and may ching they all)not wearing the T-shirt so i assume its alright to change too..And I think its our shorts that really ticked Cik Min off more..But hell,she scolded us gals only,not Clement too..not fair..But in the end,when its time for punishment everyone,including those who skipped prayers got it..

We had our session of WAR DANCE and everyone did a splendid job..however some was more of hilarous then power-packed..And another game of teamwork..blahblah..Note the short trousers?=p

That night ended with a highnote of presentation by us..Most of them did the comedy-sketch and ours was one of the best..actually we won..haha..With a splendid idea from May Ching (the leader)of doing a musical drama..Sounds nice right?we were great,and here's the prize..And here are the pictures of some of the other group..It was boring for some,but both gals team won..HAHAHA.I felt very uneasy that whole night wondering what will happen to us the next day..The punishment..And went to watchs ome group practise instead..Can you believe it some of them only started practise one hour before the presentation..No wonder we won..And oh,can't forget this..Hasparina Sensei and Cik Min were the judges but i kept noticing they tend to,how to put this,agree with each other a lot and love the Malaysian Idol stlye..

Cik Min:Saya setuju dengan Hasparina sensei...Kumpulan ini..blah blah blah.

Hasparina Sensei: Seperti apa yang Cik Min cakap tadi...blah blah blah

The words were repeated at every comment of each group..without fail..Serious!

With a full filled but tiring mood,we head back to sleep late at 12?Can't remember and prepare ourselves to wake up early tomorrow..

We had kayaking early in the morning adn after briefing,as I expected,we were not allowed to kayak as punishment..Great huh?the whole 18 of us were later called by a commander and asked us to repent and forced us to go into the sea..As I stepped in I knew what was wrong..Port Dickson sea is filled with mud..yes,MUD!!It was hard for us to walk into the sea with mud as the bed,and we practically have to drag ourselves up,carefully for fearing of cutting ourselves..After that we were made promise to clean up the life jackets and paddles after the ride and we were soon let go..I was not angry,instead i was glad to have a different set of experience..haha

We learnt about how to exchange partners between kayaks and how to get up to the kayak should we fall into the sea..A very interesting time..THough not so for Xin NingI think..She was asked to set example and she couldn't get up the kayak even after a few attempts..Poor Xin Ning,she looked so pale after that..Oh,she can't swim thats why..After an hour or so of kayaking we had Obstacles course..It was pretty easy but we had to finish it in a rush..It was simpler enought and we didn't even had the chance to get dirty!!!THen we had to rush back for the closing ceremony by Prof.Hashim.tsk tsk..I really enjoyed the obstacle course..The monkey climbing type bar was even completed by every gal here..Superb!AS usual,prof was bragging again,and I almost slept..siao siao siao..Lunch was quick..And we had to bathe and soon..leave..FAST!!baka betul..this is the last pic we took before leaving..sigh..so fast finish..