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I Survived, We Survived!

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Thursday, January 22, 2015
January 22, 2015

Salam and hai!

nak update sikit lah pasal camp yg aku p.

this is the 2nd time petronas sent this email to me.

last was before starts 2nd year 1 sem.

I didn't go because of miscom.

they thought I'm already in 2nd year.

so, I got this email again.

a little bit cuak sbb takda geng sndiri p.

so, mula2 xtau sapa yg p.

Day 1

depart from MH at 11.00 a.m.

there I met ara, nadiah, khaleeda, syahira, yuanita, izzati samad

lgpun prmpuan tak rmai pon.

ada 20 org je.

tido satu dorm la kiranya.

smpai kt Outward Bound (OB) pkul 12.15pm

gather kt Gym Hall.

mula2 krikk krikk...

smua mcm mngantok je.

then, we were divided to 5 groups (watches) which is Gading, Chamah, Trusmadi, Beremban & Rabong

actually tu nama2 gunung kt Malaysia.

so, I'm in watch Gading with 12 others.

ptutnya ada 15 org tp, 2 org lg tu tak dtg.

kteorg antara group yg sikit.

then, gerak p Dining Hall.

hah, kat sini...

kna la serahkan smua harta bnda...

termasuklah phone, wallet, kunci kreta, ipad, makanan, buku cerita, majalah..

anyway, I survived 7 days without phone.

mula2 tu parah jgk lah sbb slalunya, all you do is looking at the phone.

waktu makan ke, waktu jalan ke, even sblum nk tido pon, last thing yg buat is tgk phone, at least utk nak set jam kan?

then, kna makan sama2.

amik tray besi, fork & spoon, cawan masing2.

kna tggu yg lain dlm watch sndiri smpai smua dh sedia nk makan.

before makan, ada moment of silence.

time tu baca doa before makan.

lps dh abes makan, kna basuh smua brg2 yg guna & simpan balik dlm locker.

Back to basics!

lps makan, masuk dorm masing2.

girls dpt dorm Irau.

which have 106 staircase!

tu pun yg paling rendah.

ksian kt lelaki sbb dpt yg tggi lg dr kteorg.

ada yg kna duduk kt dorm Kinabalu. tu paling tggi la tu.

almost 200 staircase.

bayangkan, kna turun naik 3X sehari. 106 X 3 = +/- 320 staircase everyday!

Ya Allah, penatnyaaa stiap kali nk mnaiki tgga2 tu.

nak tak nak, kna juga panjat.

ptg tu relax2 je, pusing2 kt base camp.

malam ada ice breaking session.

our instructor : Kak Nadia. kteorg pnggil kak nad.

and.. my watchmates are...

kai wen, hui chin, izzati, kean seng, chun siang, syazwan, hazim, fong, raj, hong, dylan & hoi him.

then balik dorm tido coz esok pagi tu kena gather 6.30am kt depan Gym Hall!

Day 2

pkul 5.00am dah bngun dahh.

fuhh awal gilaaaaa...

ngantok.

xdak alarm clock, pndai2 la bngun sndri.

actually, xleh nk tido sbb tmpat baru kot.

stiap sejam trjaga.

Kumpul kt depan Gym Hall & nyanyi lagu Negaraku

then, ada morning PT.

mcm warm up session la.

tp, bkn ordinary warm up.

penat jgk lah haaa..

srious, kna increase stamina la lps ni.

lpstu, main game.

game ni sebiji mcm game msa kt STE.

cross the sea.

kt STE guna batu bata. tp, kt OB, guna kerusi.

tp, rules dia tak boleh share dgn watch lain.

masa STE dlu, smua brgabung bata utk nk cross the rope kan.

yg ni, on our own.

we managed to get 3rd place.

boleh laaahhhhh. :D

breakfast & after that, ada whaller lesson.

whaller ni mcm sailing la.

kapal layar.

well, first time kot berlayar!

excited excited!

bljar ikatan, cara2 nk psg tiang sail, psg sail, etc..

sronok sgt sbb dpt this once in a lifetime experience.

slalu duk tgk dlm movies je org duk berlayar ni.

nk ada kapal layar sendiri mmg tak lahhh. mahal kotttt..

nak sewa pon mahal!

so, tgh hari tu stop for lunch.

pkul 2.30pm smbung balik whaller lesson.

ni mmg dh pasang smua bnda & nak try p berlayar dekat2 je dr base camp.

kat tgh2 laut, kak nad sruh kteorg board kt atas mother boat.

boat yg kteorg kna transport smua brg2 yg nk bwk p another campsite.

dia saja nk bg experience kt smua org...

so, in case klau ada org nk buat 'business' & dh tak tahan nk tggu smpai campsite, kna lah trjun dlm laut & slesaikanlah apa yg patut.

kteorg ingtkn, mula2 tu demo je. kiranya, sorang je la yg kena buat.

last2, smua kna trjun dlm laut.

hahahahahah, part trjun dlm laut was okay.

tp, part naik oh my........

penat gilaaaaa sbb nk kna enjutkan badan naik dr laut.

badan berat sbb air.

malam tu tak buat apa pun just, dgr briefing pasal whaller expedition.

apa yg kna bwk utk esok, apa yg kna pack.

pkul brpa nk brtolak.

brpa lama p whalling.

so, esok tu kna get ready by 8am.

kiranya kna siap psg all those sail apa smua by 8am.

8.30 am nk brtolak dh.

and p sail for +/- 22km!

Ya Allah, mmg tak boleh bygkan mcm mna nk p sail for 22km!

Day 3

pkul 7.00am kumpul kt depan Gym Hall.

nyanyi lagu Negaraku.

lpstu, trus p breakfast & siap2 utk nk p sail.

8.45am kteorg kluar to open sea!

and whale whale whale whale for quite some time.

first destination was jambatan which is 4-5 hours from OB.

kat situ kami brhenti lunch.

penat jgk row ni sbb nk pgg oars tu pun dh berat.

yg plg ksian are the boys.

sbb diorg row plg bnyk.

lps lunch, row lg to Pantai Selamat.

pkul 6.00pm smpai kt campsite.

so, we had row for 9 hours!

kt situ kteorg set camp.

dikelilingi lelaki yg tlg guard.

actually, girls pon ada yg kna jaga sentri mlm2.

first impression kt pantai selamat..

hmmmmm...

tak gaya campsite pon!

ni serious!

slalu p camp masa skolah dlu, at least ada toilet, ada surau, ada lah jgk kmudahan awam.

campsite ni takda apa2 pon.

this was my first time p camp yg tak gaya camp pon.

knpa ckp mcm tu?

sbb bnyk sgt semak, tak ada toilet, tak ada apa2 pon.

yg ada pon satu telaga yg kna share utk 68 org.

rasa mcm nk p mndi kt pntai lg best.

Once in a lifetime experience - solat atas pasir pantai

Ya Allah, rasa sronok sgt.

lpstu, klau sesiapa yg nk buat 'big business', kna bwk cangkul skali.

okay, tu tak lalu nk buat.

snggup tggu balik smpai OB.

kena masak sendiri, kena nyalakan api sendiri.

try & error.

mlm masa sentri tu, ada yg jmpa ular kt tepi khemah.

ada yg jmpa monyet.

hmmm, nyamuk xyah ckp lah.

bnyk btul nyamuknya.

Day 4

pagi2 dah balik OB.

pkul 7.30am dah balik OB.

ni tak lama sgt lah whale sbb dh dekat.

dlm 2 jam jgk lah tapinya.

bila dh smpai OB, kna la basuh2 smua brg.

basuh bekas makanan, sail, oars, life jacket.

balik dorm, rehat jap.

lpstu, pkul 12.30pm turun makan & get ready for rafting activity plak.

so, masa ni, each watches kna buat raft sendiri guna 8 PVC pipe, 5 floating tong, 20 rope.

kna design sndiri raft, bljr nk ikat smua pipe together.

lpstu, race guna raft.

manage to get 3rd place.

and Alhamdulillah, kteorg pnya raft tak pecah.

ada 2 group raft diorg pecah kt tgh laut.

after rafting activity, stiap watch kna bg comment about rafting experience from start to end.

ingt lg firman ckp, "it is true that all of us build the raft were almost the same because we think alike. we're engineers! our raft pecah di tengah laut, because we're lack of mechanical engineers. "

ada yg ckp, "our raft broke because once there's someone fall out into the sea, everyone will be like dominos. everyone will fall out into the sea"

malam tu bljr lagu school song, outward bound spirit, berjumpa dan perpisah & Auld lang syne

our fav was Outward Bound Spirit Song.

mwehhehehe.

we kept singing wherever we are.

Day 5

last morning PT

and we play some game.

call computers vs viruses.

whoever becomes the virus after the music stops, the instructors will draw on their face.

hahahaha, kena 2 kali jgk.

it was fun.

lari2 pon x penat sbb sronok pnya pasal.

anyway, lps breakfast, start kayak lesson.

because, at 2.45pm, we will be kayaking to another campsite.

not Pantai Selamat anymore.

1st, angkat kayak dlu la p kt tepi pantai.

MasyaAllah, beratnyaaaaa!!!!

kt utp pon kayak lg ringan.

mgkn kayak utk p laut kot.

ok first time kayak kt open sea.

never imagine nk p kayak tgh2 laut.

smua pkai kayak double kcuali watch yg gnjil tu, trpaksa la berkayak sorg2.

mula lesson kayak, cara nak naik & turun kayak, signal2 masa kayak, nak paddle kayak.

and we even buat water confident.

nasib okay, x tertelan air laut tu.

nk parking kayak, kna reverse.

then, buat rafting guna kayak.

org yg kt blkg kna bngun berdiri & kteorg kna nyanyi lagu UTP.

lpstu, try tukar partner masa rafting.

belajar rescue bila kt tgh2 laut.

kna angkut kayak atas raft, buang air dlm kayak & brulah org boleh naik balik.

sapa yg nk buat 'business', sama jgk mcm p whale.

kna trjun laut & naik balik dlm kayak which is more tough than naik balik on a whaller.

before brtolak, ada 4 kayak dilantik sbg captain, sweeper, right flank & left flank.

bergerak 2 group dlm diamond formation.

so, at least klau kapal2 yg besar kt laut tu lalu, diorg nmpk kteorg like a bunch of bananas floating on the sea sbb kayak tu wrna kuning.

pkul 2.45pm bergerak ke Teluk Sekadeh.

4km which is 2 hours straight paddling without stopping.

penat plus arus kuat & angin pun kuat.

tapi, bila fikir expedisi esok hari, lagilah tak boleh nak bygkan betapa jauhnyaaa expedisi esok tu.

so, yeahhh, keep calm & rest because a new adventure awaits tomorrow.

dh smpai campsite, mcm biasa lah.

unload barang dr mother boat & start memasak.

campsite kali ni looks like a campsite la.

ada toilet, ada surau, tmpat camp pon bersih, xde semak samun.

siap ada tmpat cuci pinggan lg.

psg khemah, masak.

pkul 8.00pm start makan & start discuss about performance yg nk kna buat masa malam bbq.

lps dah settle smua, tiba2 la ada yg brtanya psal wedding.

mcm mna Chinese wedding, Malay wedding.

brpa bnyk blnja, itulah, ininlah..

hahahhahaha, lawak.

watch lain smua dh msuk tido, kteorg duk lepak & brsembang lg.

esok pg tu, 4.30am dh bngun sbb pg tu mmg kna masak utk makan tgh hari.

fuhhh, awalnya.

bolehlah jd surirumah brjaya.

Day 6

pkul 7.00am dh start expedisi kayak.

guess what?

we need to kayak for 32km today around Pangkor Island!

haaaa, tak pernah p Pangkor. last2, kna kayak pusing Pangkor Island.

masa tgh kayak, Allah ja tau prasaan duk tgh laut.

nk tercabut tgn, luka kt tgn, blkg pon sakit, nak mnangis pon ada.

rasa mcm xmau kayak dahhhh.

tak larat sgt & hari tu panas sgt.

dehydrated pon ada..

pkul 1.00pm stop by kt tepi2 pntai utk nk mkn.

nk mkn pon x lalu dh sbb penat sgt.

just need air je wktu tu & buah.

x lalu sgt nk mkn nasi tp, kna makan jgk sbb nk top-up balik energy yg hilang.

kayak pnya kayak, pkul 2.00pm tu, instructor ada bgtau kata pkul 2.30pm arus akan start kuat & kna paddle kuat gila sbb kna lawan arus.

and masa tu mmg x boleh nk brhenti lngsung sbb kna cross laut tu cepat2. kt situ mmg laluan kapal2 besar lalu.

so, for 30 minutes kteorg kayuh sehabis laju before arus kuat.

and another 1 hour kteorg trpksa meredah lautan yg berarus kuat tu utk smpai kt OB.

masa tu rasa mcm dh tak larat sgt.

battery drained dah.

tp, sbb nk jgk smpai, kna jgk kuatkan smgt.

arus kuat, tarik kteorg smua ke kanan & kna start paddle sblh kiri lebih sikit utk nk bg straight balik kayak tu.

klau ikut arus, boleh terbalik kayak tu.

bila dh nmpk OB, kteorg start nyanyi lagu Outward Bound Spirit.

sbb lagu tu mmg bg smgt pon.

smpai je OB, sronok sgt smpai terjun trus dlm laut.

penat sgt tp, berbaloi.

again, it was once in a lifetime experience.

pkul 5.30pm start briefing utk bbq night.

mcm mna flow, watch pon diberi tugas.

so, pkul 8.00pm mula bbq night.

nyanyi lagu yg try practice haritu & persembahan from every watch.

kebanyakan nyanyi lagu yg ditukar lagunya sbb yg tu yg paling sng nk buat.

so, this is what we composed...

it is a song from Westlife (Season In The Sun)

which we changed to....

Seasons In OB.

Goodbye to you my OB camp

We've close to each other since last Monday

Together we've faced stairs and sea

Learn to live without our phones

Burned our face but not our sole

Without Kak Nad is hard to sail

When we are rowing in the windy sea

You came and show us the way out

Now Kak Nad is on our side

We can sail all seven seas

We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun

But the sea that we sailed were just seasons out of time

Thank you faci, please pray for me

We've been through fantastic memories

You tried to teach me right from wrong

Every pain and every fall

Learn to serve and learn to strive

Kami dari watch Gading

Banyak daging sekarang sudah kering

Monyet ganggu nyamuk gigit

Buat business bawa cangkul

Panggil member tolong suluh

Day 7

pkul 7.00am kena kumpul kt Gym Hall.

mcm biasa, pagi2 nyanyi lagu Negaraku.

for the last time before balik.

makan pon mcm biasa pagi tu.

then, ada activity dgn instructor masing2.

so, we were given a piece of paper & have to draw what were the experience that we've been through this 6 days at OB

the drawing maybe different from others, but the explanation is almost the same

and Kak Nad gave us OB batch.

and we got back our phones.

it's weird to hold back your phones.

hahahahahha.

baru 6 hari tak pegang fon.

lpstu, tgkp2 gmbr sama2 before closing ceremony.

prgi pntai, prgi kt whaller, prgi kt boat house.

habis smua tmpat lah kteorg p utk nk tgkp gmbr.

with our whaler.
-Louis Rothman II-

with kak nad

with hui chin

with kean seng

with hazim

with hong

with chun chun

with raj

with hoi him

with dylan

with fong.
tggi btul dia ni...
tp, dia suka buat lawak.

with wan

with kai wen

at the boat house

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with arif

PGians survived Outward Bound

with le girls.. :)

with firman & khalifah.

pkul 10.30am closing ceremony.

dpt lah sijil OB & gmbr masa first day smpai kt OB.

ok, wktu tu cerah lg.

11.45am balik.

12.45pm smpai UTP.

what I've learnt at OB camp?

I learn about teamwork.

everything that we do at OB, we need teamwork & Alhamdulillah, all were so cooperative & help each other.

without teamwork, you can't sail the whaller alone.

I learn about trust.

The need to trust your groupmates that they would always be there for you when you need them.

I learn not to give up easily.

If we want to achieve a goal, we need to work hard for it.

Don't simply give up & don't give excuses during hard & tough times.

To be successful, there's always an obstacle on your way to make your life stronger.

as example, kayak expedition, we need to push to our limit & kayak all day in order to arrive safely at OB camp.

Safety of course.

safety first in everything that we do.

need to wear life jackets everytime we went to the sea.

I learn to cook using firewood.

need to light up the fire first & start to cook after that.

probably, the first time, just don't go with what you want it.

but, for the 2nd time, it work!

even the rice that we cook, licin habis!

lastly, it's about happiness, enjoy!

I enjoy very much during 7 days I spent here.

after all expedition that I've been through, it has been one great memories that I've experienced in my whole life.

because non all of this I've faced before.

thank you to watch-mates for every time that we spent together.

thank you to others for always helping me & all the memories of course.

thank you to our instructor, Kak Nad because believe in us that we can do it!

thank you PETRONAS for giving me this opportunity to attend this camp.

Alhamdulillah it went well!

burned our face but not our soul.

memories remain in our hearts!

I Survived, We Survived Outward Bound!

smile.smile.smile.

Once In A Lifetime Experience!