what a bizzare week has it been for me,aw,and lui…we got selected for the brats altenative workshop!!!!!!!!!!! it was excellent!!
we woke up at 4.30am on saturday(22/07/06) just to make sure that we wont be late to arrive at the pick up point in UTAR PJ campus…aw’s dad came to fetch us(me and lui).we drove a slow drive and the journey was nerve wreking…but alas…to our half horror and surprise,we were the first to arrive there at 6.30am…the scary part was that it was sooooo early in the morning and the bus was only going to come at 7.30am to pick us up..
but n e way,we signed up and made frens with Warren Tan.(aw likes to call him warren gee) no idea y. n e way..we waited and waited and waited…than finally more perticipants started arriving.
after a while we started introducing ouselves to otherparticipants..
then came the momont of truth whr we had to board the bus and leave for our destination,The Farm in Lenggong Negri Sembilan… it was a really bumpy ride!!!things only got better wen we saw Xandria Ooi come with us to the camp!!! we have a celeb !!! not bad at all…
wen we arrived thr..wat a long walk we had to walk just to get to the challets..it was fun though coz we got to see all the diversity of things dat the farm has to offer us.
the first day was damn nice!! we had a lot of activities in store for us-all of which involves us to think outside of the box and find new alternate ways to tackle with tasks which reflect onto our personal life as teenagers..the first game was where we were seperated to different groups and what luck!!! aw and i were in the same group!!! that was realli fun as we had’nt expect that…well then we were on to our first game which a blind-folded game..we had to go through many obstacles and many callenges that were unussual and rare.we had to deal with them in many different ways…(one required one of our members to literally use his butt to complete the task..)thigs were looking up when poor aw had to go on warren’s shoulders..but that only brought us closer…ok well i hafto go now scince my mom’s got something to do on the pc..
but dun fear as i harninder,will continue updatin this post soon!!
buaizz!!
yoZ!!! haaa… im finally in the mood of typing a long winded story again…(torture at times) but wat the hell?!!…
ok well continuing the alternative camp thingy…(kat,stop bugging me to update my blog no more!!! ahakz)well…from wer i left of..i was sayin somethin bout aw being lifted…hehe..that still cracks me up!!..ok well back on trackk..we had all those bazaar activities..and well everythin ended up being quite oddly nice!!( especially the one wer we had to cross land,pretending that it was actually a river,by a row of chairs..) boy!! was that a complicated game..but it was damn fun.
later on in the day..we were told to put on something that we can ‘afford getting wet’ in..it was a water balloon game!! but beleive me, it was no where close to the normal ordinary water balloon game that we’civilised’ ussually play..the game went something like this…each group has to pick a runner(take turns)to run at top speed and hit a big fat bin filled with water..the rule of the game was..the fastest runner from whichever group that touches(in our case literally bash into)the bin the first..will get a chance to transfer the bin by calling a member of ur group to help u lift the elephant weight bin full of water(freezing cold!!!)but the catch was…other group members…can throw as many water balloons toward them at any cost…once they’re hit by one,they have to start the game all over!!! as to my horror.. i was picked to be the runner for my group..in the process..i had to run at top speed..approximately for bout 6 times..and all those 6 times dat i ran..wen i came close to the bin…naturally i bashed into every single runner that was too running at top speed to touch the bin first..they were comin in all directions!!! so it was kinda hard to interprate which direction would be best to run for..but n e way,after all those bruises..i was still excted to c how the game would turn up…it was really fun as all of us were throwing balloons in every direction just for the sake of getting wet…
then….arrived the moment of truth…the part wer we had to assign our group members to cath dinner!! dats rite u heard me rite..we had to literally ‘catch’ our own dinner. and this case, we had to catch FISH!!! and i mean gigantic fish!!! two of my members had to use the rod and the best part was me and my fren warren gettin to go into the damn pond!!! the most mushiest pond in the world is rite here in malaysia..in the farm,lenggong perak….i was MOLLESTED by those freakin fish!! beleive it or not..these fresh water(which is not fresh at all and stinks to max limit of stinking)fish are damn powerful!!
dey actually jump over ur head and escape the net!!
after one hour of wadding in every direction(deep or shallow)(filthy and disguisting),we were given a chance to take a bath..things were only bound to get worst wen the water in the washrooms started to stop flowing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! argh!!!!!!!!!!!! wat the hell!!!!!!!!! half the gals had to actually squat on the floor(damn clean toilet) and take a shower..pathetic!!but all in all it was a new experience(in a way)..while the rest were settling down and cleaning up(also cleaning up the fish dat we cought)me and my frens(lui and aw)took the liberty to just laze arround..
finally came time for dinner!!!!!!!! to ors astonishment,it was a BBQ dinner out at the back patio of the hall!!! it was amazing!! under the moonlight,in the dark with a few candles lit arround(dun worry no mosquitoes).we had a wonderful veriety of western dishes…the fires were superb!! the chicken was sensational!!! the salad was marvelous!! the lamb chop was damn tough!! but ne way…we all had a great time by getting to more about each other over dinner..especially warren who loves to drink orange juice!! haha..dat guy gulped bout 15 cups all in one go!!hahaha
than we had a lil’ activity lined up for us(me,aw and lui totally made a fool of ourselves..not tellin why) than we all got to our chambers and went to sleep..(some out of tune tak sedar ’singers’ were yelling their lungs out singing the high school musical songs…thank god dat debbie came and gave them a piece of her mind)the nite went ok..minus the cold,hard floor,flat pillow,and all the eeirie noises of the still nite..
the next day was almost the same as the first but most activities done were baisically indoors..(the straw building was damn fun)then we dillie dallied and then came the time for us to depart..so we walked out of the farm compound and boarded the bus..we talked jokes and talked jokes and talked jokes in the bus..the rip was rather ok..everything was perfect..
we reached the UTAR campus and started waiting for lui’s dad to come get us..we were the first ones to come and we were among the lasts to go back..haha…ironic..but n e way..slowly ppl started to fade away as they started leaving..we all said our last goodbyes..and left for home sweet home..
from dat moment,we were all different ppl(mentally and physically)..we were now blod,brave, and even more open minded ppl..there’s no doubt that i’ll be writting again and try my luck to get BRATS WORKSHOP next year…but the experience and knowledge that we have accomplished so far is enough to make all the participants of this BRATS ALTERNATIVE camp to walk with their head held up high and enjoy the feelin of proudness!!!
so n e one out there who have just finished reading this part of my life(interesting part of course),pls do have the curtessy to drop a coment and tell me wat do u think bout BRATS and a whole lot of ohter stuff too…
ok well i’ve done my part in typing..so now i gotta chow as my back really hurts!!!
see ya!!