4th Posting - Splendid Camp!!!

Dear readers,

Hello everyone! Hopefully you're good 'ya. For this time, I would like to talk about the last camp that I went to. Last camp for this semester, I guess... English Language Camp in Sekakap, Mersing. To all facilitators and participants who were there from 22 August 2003 till 24 August 2003, thank you very much for the unforgettable memories and to all my fellow faciliators, I believe we have done a good job, guys. To the director, Miss Nor Adila thanks a lot for the patience of putting up with us. I believe you did a wonderful job as the director. You were a good one too and it has been my pleasure working with you.

To start with, we arrived at Sekakap in the afternoon and the registration in the evening went on smoothly. However, we had only about 70 participants all together. During the night, we had a briefing session by Damien who was doing a very good job for as a first-time facilitator. After that, we had the ice-breaking session whereby we played a simple but enjoyable game called Merry Go Round or some of us called it Merry Go Brown. During that first night, 8 more participants arrived at the camp. After that, participants were asked to come out with their own group cheer and they also presented the cheer. After going through the night, I have come to one conclusion about the participants, they were quite good with the language.

On the next day, I was incharged of conducting the activity for the morning where we played three games, Add One More, Snap and Alphabet Game. As for my group, Elle and I managed to play all games with the participants. After that, we did the action plan and in the afternoon, we played another three games, Charade, Win, Lose or Draw and Bingo. The participants in my group, HAVOC gave good responds and comments about all the games that we had played. During the evening, it was raining heavily. However, we managed to play Spot and Bomb and Simon Says and later, when the rain has stopped, they had the Sand Castle building competition which the group TWINKLE, had won. At night, we had played Build A Tower and after the barbeque, we had the Talent Night. In overall, I would say that all activities on second day went on smoothly without any big problems.

On the last day, we had the Treasure Hunt, which I had to be at the 9th check point. The participants had to go through 10 obstacle courses with the last check point located by the beach. There was no serious injury during the treasure hunt and participants seemed to enjoy themselves. I also noticed all groups' cooperation during the treasure hunt and how they were being so supportive to each other. It was something wonderful to be able to see that. Later on, they had the drama presentation and the last event was the closing and prize giving ceremony.

As a conclusion, I believe that the previous camp in Sekakap was very splendid, wonderful and exciting. Maybe it's beause of the location itself, which is by the beach and provides a very good environment for the participants to learn and practice using the language. Several participants did say that they could also release their tension going to the camp because of the nice, peaceful and serene environment there. Before I end this, I would like to express my gratitude to all the lecturers who have always been there to guide and support us. To Mr. G, Miss Fatimah, Dr. Norazaman and Mr. Faruk, THANK YOU VERY MUCH for everything. We really appreciate everything that you have done for us. To my fellow TESLIANS, we could work really well with each other when we have that toleration and cooperation which undoubtedly, are the most important ingredient to make every organization works effectively. Till then, thanks again everyone and it's me Madihah, signing off. Bye!!!