summer camppppp

I was supposed to post about the summer camp on friday, but i was so consumed by procrastination and the pilling up of maths homework given by our beloved Ms Kong. So today i woke up and decided to get it over with.

Summer camp was indeed amazing. Not only does it inculcate teamwork, it also allows students from different classes to be closer to one another. And most importantly, all participants had fun.

First there was the blind night, in which groups are lead to walk around the resort compound blind-folded. This shows how well teams are able to communicate among their team members as coordination plays a vital role in this activity.

Then where was the jungle trekking. One important concept i noticed here is the concept of bottlenecks. All 103 students must walk in only one line, thus if one person is slow, all the others behind can only pace at the slowest person's speed because they are not allowed to overtake, and those in front of this person will go right ahead, forming a gap. The analogy to a bottleneck is that the slowest person resembles the neck of the bottle, and all the other people behind resembles whats in the bottle, only being allowed to exit the bottle at the speed which the neck of the bottle allows. This concept is very important in the world of business especially in plants or factories, but if you want to know more, feel free to read the book "The Goal", by Eli Goldratt - the book that revolutionalized American business.

Also, during the jungle trekking, we were only allowed to call people by their assigned numbers, and we are forbidden to shout out names of animal, due to some "reasons". On the way up to the peak, yes everyone followed from 1 to 103. But on the way down, because it was so chaotic, most of us didnt bother and just went back down without following the assigned order. Some of the students were bitten by liches (lol); gugan's blood splattered onto his shirt when he removed the lich, and sarah only found out about the lich on her leg after we finished the jungle trekking (sry sarah haha).

There were also the performances, in which all groups were only given 40 minutes to prepare. To be honest, all the performances were spectacular, but i have to say, Zhaf's instrumental solo was the limelight of the night. His guitar tapping skills were amazing and it even impressed Mr Al the man himself haha.

Finally there was the explorace, the main event of the camp. It was certainly entertaining to all its participants, the way they communicate, the way the teams multi-task, and to what extent are they willing to perform those tasks, like to get their hair soaked with shampoo, or to jump into to pool and look for the correct balloons. In my opinion, the teamwork and determination of all the groups in finishing the explorace is really respectable. Even though some groups knew they couldnt win already, they still persisted and fought till the last minute. That is really admirable.

These are just some of the amazing events in which Mr Al and the committee put together in this year's wonderful summer camp. Not to mention the flying fox, hanging bridge, and the talk given by Mr Zafry. I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to all the committee members and those who participated, and also to Mr Al, because without him, this summer camp would literally be nothing.

This summer camp has definitely left a wonderful memory for me.