Hi, this is what happened. We arrived at Bukit Chearakah and the first task assigned by the instructors is to bring all the equipments to the campsite a.s.a.p. Sound easy but its not. Before that, we had to hand in our toiletries except for toothbrush and toothpaste. Hahaha. We are also prohibited from bring along any form of foods. After that, the first activities started. Camp crafting, blind trailing, orienteering and also navigating. haha. We learned a lot during these activities. Especially blind trailing. We learned to be thankful in what have given to us by ALLAH. Before the activities started, we need to set every kind of tent first. It requires togetherness in order to make the job much more easier. Even though i have knee injury, i still do my best to help my friends.
That night, we recited surah Yaasin together before Isya'. After Isya' we have dinner and continue with our programs. Ice breaking. Haha. I'm certainly not looking forward to this. I may looking forward in knowing the instructor but not in introducing myself. I'm afraid my words stumble. Heh. After that, we play some games and surprisingly its fun! :) Heh. We given times to take a nap for awhile before we started our night activities. Sound creepy huh?
Night walking, solo drop and find-your-own-way-back-home. Haha. I made up the last one of course. We did night walking together for warm up, before we left alone in the dark. Haha. Many things walked through my sleepy mind. I'm sleepy. I slept few times before they picked me up. Haha. The most challenging part is to walk alone to the campsite with a candle. Haha. Creepy + challenging. After everyone has arrived, we were given times to prepare for solat subuh.
New day begun. After breakfast, its time for activities again. Blind trailing. Haha. Its like a roller coaster ride. First, we need to hold our group member's hand and walk. Haha. After that, we have to walk alone. Haha. We have to follow the given route, which is set using a rope. It's very challenging. Instructor recklessly splashed water containing mud to us and all. Still, it is worth doing that activity. It made us think how lucky we are to have the sense of sight.
After zohor, my team will be doing orienteering. Haha. The route is very challenging, not as easy as i thought. What we have learned in class is being practiced in this activity. Fun but painful. Haha. I can only run to the 1st control point. Heh.
Knotting and 1st Aid. We did revision on knotting and learned the part that we haven't learn in 1st Aid. Before we continue in CPR, we given times for a quick nap as we all look very tired and sleepy. After few minutes i guess, i was awakened and afiq(Boat), Yazid(Cikgu), Fatin from INSTEDT and myself will be sent to the clinic to check on our respective health problems. I was disappointed as i thought i can do x-ray, but i was unable to examine my knee. Back to the campsite, we were punished for not inviting MR Bus' Driver to eat with us. The punishment is? Haha. Get into the pond everyone. Heh. After that, we have to do sentry in rotation, and sleep. Finally.
Two hours of sleep and off we go. New day started with solat subuh and aerobic soon after that. Rotation activities resume. We did navigation activity. Really useful, if we lost in the forest or if our friends is lost, navigating is the way to find our way in jungle. After setting up our route, we need to find the other group route. We found it all, but for the other team, they didn't manage to find the last marker.
After that, we went back to the campsite, have our breakfast and unpack all stuff. Untied every tent and keep them all. Some of four-men-tent and six-men-tent has been kept by the group who did camp crafting activities. Then, we need to bring all the equipment to the place where the lorry have waited. Again, in a given time. We also have been punished for missing out important stuff. Haha. After given a briefing and closing ceremony, speeches and appreciation, we all going back to UiTM.
Our dreams of resting shattered i must say. I didn't mean to exaggerates, but we are tired. Haha. We need to move all the equipments and stores them. INSTEDT's students also helped. Work done in a shorter period of time. :) Thanks to lecturers, instructors from PERLU, alumni from PERLU, first aider, drivers, my classmates and INSTEDT's participants for making this happened. Adios amigos.