at 1st i keep on tellin my mom, "u're juz wasting ur bloody money, it cost a godam RM3000, i can even buy a MacBook wif it" all the while i've been thinking dat motivating camps are useless, i tot motivation comes from our own minds n not from anyone or anywher, well this camp proved me wrg.
my mom has been pushing me to this camp since i was Form2, of course i delayed, delayed............AND delayed.. :D til this year my mom told me,"no more arguing u haf to go, juz giv it a chance, ur brother did too n i know dat u will haf fun as he did." i didn't want to continue arguing wif my mom juz bcuz of 1 camp, so i decided dat i might as well go there n haf some fun (turns out it was like a military camp ><)
on the 27th may 2008, "SEI KEI DOU"..nola jus jk...morning 6am i woke up, get ready n left the house around 7. the AKLTG office was in taman tun, YES near the Lorna Whiston which i hated to go when i was little bcuz it TOOK my precious sunday morning's away...bloody heLL
ANYWAYS we sat on the bus, there were 2 or 3 buses i forgotten all together n off we went to seremban...PORT DICKSON, YES P-O-R-T D-I-C-K-S-O-N<---- why? bcuz its richard's hometown =.="
we stayed in a resort...it may sound nice but trust me...even the route to it was in the mid of jungles...(no wonder no pelancong go there 1 ><) as we arrived there we straight away line up n went into the ball room..which is currently our hall where they giv all the "motivating" speeches.
HELLO?! early in the morning ppl wher got semangat go listen to all this "motivating" thingi's...at least let ppl sleep lahr!! (well dats wat i tot)
Outside the ball room...as we were lining up outside, (logically its a quiet scene right) some ppl drooling, some showing weird faces, u can see the nerd sides n pro sides n those boys that show off side...(nah actualy i'm juz exaggerating teehee^^) wat i'm trying to say is dat the outside is totally diff from the inside of the ball room.
In the ball room... this wat we call "crazy" ppl r jumping clapping putting on techno remix shouting n dancing around as if they've eaten drugs or they're pshyco...(of course they're not if yes they're already in rehab like britney...or maybe these ppl shud even though they din take drugs @@)
ok first of all to NOT confused u guys...i'll make the coaches clear first...there are 3 important ppl...called TRAINERS which are Adam Khoo, Stuart Tan, n Webster Ku..they're the ones hu brought up this AKLTG program...n rest is the 'subordinates'..hehe which are called coaches. there's around like >10 coaches...including students from Taman C n Assunta...yea the runners n athletes...in fact i saw 1 (which is the leader of the small coaches-Josephine a.k.a josie) that might actually came to KDU to participate in our skool sports day b4...but i'm no sure...
the leader josie, was outside telling us all the rules n stuffs n she told us to be more active, "ppl be more active pls. u can hear the crazy coaches inside shouting right, dun be shy lahr, u can jump up n down 2 i dun mind..." in my mind was like, "wat? jump up n down, hu in the hell wud do dat, except for those crazy ppl in the ballroom lahr, u wan me to do it? wait for the next life la...DANG HAR SAI" finally they opened the door....
wat i see is all the coaches wearing AKLTG uniform..lining up beside the door sorta like inviting us to come in...sambil hi5 us...we find places to sit n each sit has a AKLTG file n a BIG sketch book wif magic color pens for us...(OOO free stuffs hehe..well not exactly cuz my mom paid 3000 bugs...) the first trainer to come in was Stuart...he told us bout he's stories n backgrounds n he's relationship wif Adam Khoo...
Stuart was a funny guy... he had this might around he's neck n he keeps on making this Dark fader sound..."vhooommm vhoomm....u do not noe the power of the dark side...VSHOOMM<- which is the blade cutting some participant" he also told us bout he's name... ok so its sth like dat lahr...
"when i introduce myself to other ppl when i was small everytime i say "My name is Stu..." ppl will go like "ahahah ur name is stupid ah! hello stupid" so dis is when my friends started giving me another new nick..which was Andrew...so whenever got paper worksheet i will write down Stuart Andrew Tan. so this is when i had my name tag u happen to write down oni ur initials rite?... n my initial was S.A.Tan...(satan LOL...S-stuart, A-andrew, Tan-his surname) "
we all laughed n laughed...there was much more stories but i'm not gonna write it down...at first i thought this camp was gonna be relaxing...but turned out the first day was only the beginnning...when we started to do team works...we were divided into 13 groups...i was in group 11 n we names ourselves 'No Names' cooL right! n overall there's Team A the Eagles (group 1-6) and Team B the Lion's Den (group 7-13) oh yea we have winning points..but at the end of the day we got ntg ><
the 2nd day..the suffer started...early in the morning...we did warm up exercise..it may sound easy but to mak everyone do it at the same time was a hard job...imagine getting 87 to do one same thing at the same time...hard right! so the first one was head stretch...team B n team A leaders guided us in doing the exercises which was not so organized n everyone did in the wrg direction...some clockwise some anti-clockwise...as dis happened one of the coach(Elvin-the garang one) shouted
~ "wah..some do clockwise some do another direction..."LEADERS DOWN 5!"
~ n of coz u dunno wat down is for the 1st time n everyone was like huh??
~ then he continued "wah so nice say down for u alredy leaders still standing there...ok lah DOWN 10!"
~ then the leaders finally understood n started to go on pumping positions...
~ but they were slow "UP TOO SLOW! n......again..........DOWN 10 on my count! 1...2....3.............."
~ and after 10 push ups the leaders started standing up huffing puff.....
~ "i didn't say recover..DOWN 5 AGAIN!"
~ n so they did...haihs...this time smarter....they stayed in their pumping positions after they done it...n then Elvin said recover...
we did the same thing for jumping jacks...the HARD 1 as u need everyone to jump n clap at the same time...believe me only for the morning exercises we SWEAT...A LOT! cuz of the push ups....actually this is juz to teach us how to haf good teamwork...n a good leadership wihtin the leaders...this morning exercises continued for every morning of our 4-day camp. yeah...the suffer....
ok now outdoor activities...wait its activity...cuz there's only 1 activity n i did it till i had flu n sore throat.. its the Swinging Log!! its dis log...tied to this station thingi...then u haf to balance urself to cross the log..it may sound easy but the main thing still isn't there...the main thing is each station has 2-3 coaches which will kick the log n u haf to balance urself without falling down...dun worry, they will giv u this sign board wif a small red dot..all u haf to do is FOCUSSSSS on the red target n cross the log...easy? easy? (NO! ><) i got sore throat is bcuz of the continuous support i was giving to the others even though at the 2nd, 3rd n 4th day i had sore throat, i was shouting n screaming...while some others juz stand there....clap got support but juz babbling the lips..after that they juz look the person hu is crossing the log...if i'm the one on the log i'll be like "dun look at me...wat my body very sexy meh? n i will start to lose balance bcuz of dat n start from beginning again to cross the log" (there's some dat even smile along the way crossing the log ><)
dat was the only outdoor activity we had for 4 days..yes n all the 87 paticipants cant even pass the log until the last day...all of us had hard times..good times...funny timess...AND dun think that Stuart n Webster r very nice ppl..yes they are lahr but not when they start shouting n solding u...there was this 1 time which scared us all...when webster was giving his talk...he was like
~ "are u guys giving ur 100%
~ then we were like YEAH!
~ webster continued again saying: "If u guys r giving ur 100% say I!!
~ we all "I"-ed...n he continued again...n we "I"-ed...
~ SUDDENLY "BULLSHITT!!!!!!!" (banging on the whiteboard)
~ this time no1 "I"-ed XS...
~ webster started scolding us n telling us all the mistakes we done.......
yea this things happen n believe me it was hard times...Stuart did dat too...n dat was when he gave this talk bout to love urself..."I love myself!" hehe^^
In some talk it really made me cry...not just me...a lot of other ppl...even the coaches dat had attended the camp b4..they cried louder than me ><
the last day of the camp we sat among our groups...shared things dat had happened in our family or life dat makes us regret. i wanted to share mine but there was no time...one of my coach shared his..(Chee Mun i'm really sry for ur grandmother...but dun worry she's in somewher safe now n i also noe dat u will change from ur mistakes C= ) l8r at night was our graduation night n my parents came...b4 dat she sms-ed me saying they will come a bit l8r cuz they wanna go eat beef noodle somewher around seremban ><
during graduation we participants get to giv speeches of wat we've learned...wat do we feel b4 coming to the camp n lastly Adam Khoo said he challenge us all to come up n tell ur parents "I love you" at first there were only few ppl tat went n line up to giv speech..as time pass more ppl went up including me! i even had some funny speeches on my mind to giv but unfortunately Adam Khoo said too many ppl wants to giv the speech so he gave us around 5 minits to walk to our parents n tell them wtv i wanna say..n i said "I love you mummy!!"
the last activity during the graduation was tae-kwon-do....actally its breaking this wooden plank...neh the one where u watch in the movies n the all put one hand up n the other in the waist...legs wide open n HIAH!! the wooden plank break to half liao...i did a couple...well a lot of times until i finally focused n HIAH! (thx Rosana for holding the wood n drawing a red mrk in the mid for me to focus...n thx for all the other ppl dat supported me all the time C: ) teeheeee i break the wooden plank..i was so happy! but it ended up dat it wasn't so hard at all...all u need is to focus..n the strength comes from ur swinging shoulder...so swing hard!
FINALLY...go home!!GOD i miss my bed so much..hehe^^ i missed my parents n my dog 2 T.T but my hand hurts after hitting the wooden plank so many times!! Lastly i wud like to say dat...the food also ROX buffet is the best man!! but 2 bad we dun haf enuf time to enjoy the food wif the coaches T.T bcuz late a bit also needa do push ups ... bluek~
the last day..graduation day =) neh i'm the one wif red strap across me ><
i did my goal's plan!! wat i wanna be in the future...
i did poster's to motivate myself 2!!
i also did my daily n weekly planner! teehee^^
*actually all these are under the 36-hour action plan...so these are proves that show dat i done it!! woohoo!!*
p.s./ i will nvr forget all the ppl in AKLTG camp..the coaches n THANK YOU trainers which is Adam Khoom, Stuart Tan n Webster Ku...this camp really changed me n taught me to believe in myself, and that i will change for my better! plus i miss my camp friends T.T
*AND yes ying i read everyones blog..no actually..well erm u can say i read everyones blog..AIYAH juz admit i do ok! ekeke^^ in case u guys dunno hu ying is...(*she's a girl...isn't dat fascinating?!!*) she's mah bestest culinary buddy!!! her first time joining culinary n she got 1st liao...ain't she talented?! **YEAN is also bak!! LOL i realized it when i brought my dog for walk n i noticed one of her car wasn't there...i'm really pissed bout me forgotten to giv yean the Ms. Marple's card...URGH so rugi...dat place has the BEST scones...not only scone...the mushroom soup, beaf chop..OMG -Q- i'm drooling d...i still remember we were all so full but we still ordered the Sundae cuz it was so tempting n beautiful! but yean u really dunno how to order lar..go Max Breners order hot choc..LOL hot choc here also got la...hehe oh yea YEAN! when u gonna go pik up the dog?! i cant wait to ply wif it!! *
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