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jowie's review of the bintan camp
Monday, December 18, 2006
12:46 PM

extracted by gary from jowie's blog

hooray!! here i am back safe but mayb a little not as sound. some injuries here and there but not as serious as gary or gavin or geraldine or wenrui. the 3 days 2 nights spent at Bintan Loola Resort was simply fantastic.. Team Bonding Camp as it was named, sure it does help to team bond especially with the last game we had that is to collect back all our eggs. there was a conflict there but it was a lesson worth learning and experiencing. i love the entire camp except for only one thing. the MOSQUITOES!! they love attacking me for don't know what reasons la..i think i killed at least 20 mosquitoes in two days. for the whole camp, i think my only regret and wasted chance is to do flying fox into water..well, an unspeakable reason which matured ones will understand. take it as i have water phobia ba. haha..n the one i felt most satisfied is i guess coconut tree climbing. 3 coconuts i plucked. but with bruises n scratches on hands especially. =P overall, i shall give a summary on the official activities we had for this camp per day..

Day 1
meet at TMFT, my first ferry ferry ride ever, reach resort, short briefing, choose room, settle down in room, lunch.
flying fox, obstacles [walk across a log with nothing to hold, then walk horizontally lying position across two rope for hands and legs, swing across via sitting on log, walk across a rope holding a rope, walk frm log to log with increasing then decreasing height, hang across a rope. climb over wall. spider web.], rock climbing.
petanque
dinner
indoor games [form the longest line, charaid (dont know how to spell), someone with...(which means like they say need someone with the longest. then you send sme1 n they will announce the thing like longest yam seng, step, etc etc.)]

Day 2
breakfast
kayaking, broom-netting
lunch
get the bucket out, trail to find poles with words to form a sentence
coconut tree climbing
dinner
night walk
campfire, team games [form the tallest tower with what u can find in 3 mins, charaid, someone with... (but cuz it ended with a tie, the last thing was to find as many eggs. but sad to say, both gavin n gary got injured cuz of miscommunications on the rules of play.]
debrief

Day 3
breakfast
petanque
lunch
shopping
ferry
reach singapore at 6++

for most games we play in our 2 teams. Team 1: zhiqin, gavin, geraldine, ruoning, wenrui, shijie, qingle, ms heo. Team 2: gary, weeteck, jeffrey, yuansong, zhiming, uncle eddie, jyening n myself.

during the debrief, mr ho chose some ppl mainly newcomers to like use a word/ words to describe everyone. i was the third being asked n was shocked tt i need to also. so i find an excuse n didnt. but here i am, i would like to give my words.

geraldine-tough on the outlook but soft on the inner
wenrui-intelligent boy who is trustworthy and easy going
qingle-quiet and shy
shijie-very entertaining and fantastic in heightening a person's mood
ruoning-outgoing and acceptive to challenges
gavin-straightforward and logical in his child-like thinking
zhiqin-a gentleman who is mature even in having fun
ms heo-very caring and gentle lady
zhiming-funny person who do not fail to make one laugh at his actions
gary-a sweet guy on the covered inner but on the outside is a tough young man who is a quick thinker especially in shooting people
weeteck-understanding and matured thinking person who is enjoyable to talk to
yuansong-sporty and able to push himself on the inside but tends to give up easily according to his words
jeffrey-like giving a piece of his mind although sometimes not relevant
jyening-a girl who has not been exposed to tough times very much so tends to be softer in her ways
uncle eddie-logical person who is easy to reason with

had so much fun for those little break times we had in between..especially love the second night which i stayed awake at an open area with some others who slept halfway, leaving only me, gary n wenrui who lasted thru. saw 14 shooting stars at least. so nice!! probably wont forget that scene. simply lovely. but mayb cuz of the extreme strong wind, i felt abit sick for the rest of the day, like going to have fever liktt..so not nice sia. felt so weak inside. but was much btr aft sme rest on bus n ferry. went dinner with a few of them, uncle eddie, ms heo, zhiqin, zhiming, gary, geraldine, gavin, wenrui, shijie at bedok interchange there. n left by mrt thereafter.

overall, i muz say the team did bond in some ways. surely get closer but there's still a long way to go. n on the mrt, cuz me n uncle eddie go same way, we talked about ny petanque team which may b dismissed by nxt year. i am so fearful of that, but looking at the conditions now, its really hard to measure. i hope miracles may happen. i really do not want to see petanque lose another source to get people to continue playing.

shall end here. got some things to follow up with now. hope all who went enjoyed the camp.yet another love story is coming up. what will the ending be?
god bless all.

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