The fun continues...(Inti)

18/Nov/06

Look at the clock!!!It was just 645!!

"Why am i awake??"

I was rather sleepy when I woke up early in the morning.Insufficient sleep should not be a problem for a nocturnal like me,but the tiredness was too great to withstand today.

Our room in Inti was noisy and the noise was buzzing as if it had never stopped for the whole day.(Perhaps it really didn't,XD)

As clock continued to tick,we started to get ready for the activities today.Bath,brush teeth,clean up and rearrange the whole lecturer room so that it is readily to be used for people to listen lectures in Inti.

Leaving the room and we went to have our breakfast.It was the same old routine again,getting food and drink then distribute it.Nevertheless it is delicious9I mean the drink) but what?Soya bean again??=.=

Today was merely just about outdoor activities.Morning we had three then afternoon we had some too.As usual,we were given our own activity based on our group.For mine,we went to an activity that requires us to climb up walls.Not one,but two.One was shorter while the other was taller.Though i forget the name for this activity already but i do have to say this activity really shows the importance of teamwork and faith.

Now,here is the climbing can be done.If you think this can be done with a solo effort,go ahead.What you get in return is just pain and frustration.The wall cant be climbed individually,trust your teammates.The climbing is where teamwork comes in,it is where faith among friends meets.

First,relax and stand straightly.The one who is going to sit on the top of the wall has to do
trust their teammates.Stand straightly and other lads will lift tht person up n up..At the same time,there must be someone standing right behind the person who is about to be lifted.Just to in case if he falls,there is someone standing behind him and hold him.=)Of course,it was not easy but we managed to do it.Not just one,but both walls.

Next ,we continued our activity on the field.It was a challenge that requires all of our teammates to stand on two planks and we have to get that bottle of water which was placed on the field.In between the planks we stood on and the water,there were another two more planks.All together there are four planks.We were asked to move from the the position we stood ans pass through the third planks,reach the last plank and get the water back.The rules are we can not fall from the planks,not even any single part of our body touches the field(neither hands nor legs) and get the bottle of water.How many teammates that we want to get them move over to the other side of planks,it is up to us.Our team was the second team to do it,knowing that the previous team had succeeded in getting that bottle of water-we told ourselves to give our best.It was not as easy as we had expected,one team was given three chances.As in no falling down from the planks more than three times and use the two piece of After three times,you lose the challenge.We got caught just the beginning of the challenge.Two chances were squandered and gone.Then,we started to ensure our concentration and awareness were at the optimum level.It was our last chance and we managed to move to the third planks.We sent a few lads who are lighter in weight and small in size as we thought size and weight may just be the factors affecting the chances to get over to next plank.But,it was not.We failed on our last attempt after alex and our fellow teammates had moved over to the third planks and the planks fell onto the field while he tried to move to the final planks.When the challenge ended,we did not just walk away.In fact,the sir incharged of this challenge told us what we have to do in order to pass and reach the last plank.By using the theory of fulcrum,the one who moves to the other side must use his legs to step on the plank,not by using his hands.People have failed many attempts because they tend to use hands instead of legs.

The lessons I learnt from this are we have to think and look at something from different aspects and not just screw yourself to what you think it is correct.Besides that,a failure is always a learning.if after we fail,we learn nothing then we are just useless.Failure is not end of the world.In fact,it trains us mentally and gives us experience.Do not fear to fail,failling is not the end.

After that,it was about moving tyres from the starting point to the ending point.From the strating point,we get five tyres.For instant,t1,t2,t3,t4 and t5.Move it from starting point to the middle and to the ending point.There are all three places for us to place the tyres.All five tyres must be moved to the ending point.The rules are we can move a tyre each time.No more than 1 tyre is allowed to move across the field at the same time and the number which is bigger can not be placed on top of a tyre which has a smaller number.For instant,t2 can not be placed on top of t1,t3 can not be placed on t2 and so now...it was not easy either because to win this challenge,we had to be the fastest team to finish moving all the tyres to final point.Well,we did it.We discuss off the field and when we were ready,we went for it.Our first attempt was good.As there was still time left after our attempt,we did it for the second time.With the experience we gained during our first try,we did even better for the second one.The time we used to finish the whole challenge was even shorter.

Then,it was lunch time.At that time,many were tired but i reckon that everyone's enjoying.Enjoying every single second we had together in Inti..

At last,we went for the final part of outdoor activities.The first one,each team is seperated into two groups.One will have to manage the kettle,and the other one will be controlling the tray which has six cups on it.People who managed the kettle were not allowed to use their hands to hold the kettle.Each person was tied to the kettle using a rod(tied to our body).We were required to control the kettle without using our hands,carry water using the kettle and move all the way to the tray.Then,pour the water into the cups on it.After that,teammates who were controlling the tray will have to pour the water into the pail given.Team who had collected the biggest amount of water will win this challenge.This was a fun challenge.Though my team did not get anythng out of this challenge,but I really enjoyed it.Especially the satisfaction we got from it when we saw everyone was trying to do the best for the team's sake.

The last outdoor activity we had was rather a long one.Long and tough one.Each team made a circle on the field.Eveyone was supposed to hold our friends' hands on our left and right side except two girls.Both of them were supposed to stand in the middle and play their roles.if a team's circle breaks or anyone in it lets go of their friends' hands,that team will be considered as out of the challenge.Our first task was just to move around the field and take the gold,silver and bronze medals on it.It was the task of the two girls to collect the medals as we moved around the field in circle.These so-called "medals" will be used to swap for waterbombs.

1 Gold=1 big waterbomb,1 Silver=1 medium waterbomb and 1 Bronze=2 small waterbombs.

It was so difficult to move when we first started.However,we did get quite a big sum of silver medals compared to others but group 1 got the most bronze medals.Somehow,group 1's acquisition of waterbombs were rather balanced among three kinds of it.We knew we had the less waterbombs compared to the other two groups and we had to make up our minds how to play.Tactically,we had to be absolutely spot on if we were to win this thrilling encounter.

Now,it was about throwing waterbombs.Everyone covered the two girls in the middle while they did the catapult of waterbombs.That means,no one is not allowed to throw waterbombs except that two girls standing in the middle.But could help to carry waterbombs if we wantThree groups all on the field and each group had our own station-as in where we placed our waterbombs.Playing defensive tactics-we moved all the way out of the range of the other two groups,trying to make them to face other first before we could just enter the "war" when they almost finish their waterbombs.This game is about protecting the two girls in the circle from being hit by the waterbombs thrown by others.It was not a fiery challenge as all of us knew it was our last play in Inti for this camp.No one would like to let them group down by making silly mistakes.Everyone was cautious and tried to ensure the girls in the circle not to get hit by waterbombs.There was not much throwing until the lecturer took part in it,He knew our group was trying to move away from group3 to avoid getting hit by them,Delibrately,he took some waterbombs and wanted to throw to the middle of our circle.As he was doing this,he wanted to force us move all the way back to the battle with the other groups.He did it,though not totally succeeded in it,But there were more and more and waterbombs thrown out after his doing....Everyone was wet and enjoyed.As Edmund declared times out,everyone on the field stunned a few seconds.Then,it was just bonkers!!Water was splashed to the field,friends were chasing among themselves,seizing their buddy and gave them a pail of water from the top of their head.....It went on and on until we heard the chim again.Finally,its coming to an end.We were told to clean ourselves up and proceed to lecturer room after that.

In the room,we were given the chance to see all the photos of ourselves which were taken by others.The photos were merely potraying how well we did in Inti,how much we had enjoyed and what we had done in Inti.The winner of this camp was anoounced and it was group 1.Celebrations began and everyone congratulated group1.Deep in our heart,we knew we could easily be the champions today due to our performance on Friday.But,this is how a team works.Glory or gloom-we share together,no one should be blamed and no one should be proud huat because he had done something individually for the team.A team with great teamwork and no segregation is the winner.We did that,so we were the champions too.I am sure everyone understands this.Deep in our heart,we are the best.Not just because we did our best,but we blended ourselves into the team,as a unit...

We went home after that.Me,Pee Terh,Soon Aun and Zhi Huang went home with the car of Soon Aun's mum.It was raining.But nothing could extinguish the flare of joys of ours.In fact,the rain just liven up everything and somehow ignited the passion of us in everything.Making us to be prepared for our journey in life.It is time to continue our path....after the enjoyment we had..