STORY ABOUT THE CAMP AGAIN

i really like the amazing race especially checkpoint 6.hi,hi. during the amazing race, one of the groups had a little bit fight or they argue with themselves. they blamed each other. i had to calm them down. it was between malay girl and guy. i was very worried that they might fight until the end of the camp. then a few of the groups forgot to do checkpoint 9 because it a little bit far away from the others. it was including my group. they forgot to go to checkpoint 9!
aaa...i forgot to thanks again to sham. if not you was not sick, i will never have an opportunity to try to conduct the group by myself. also to ila, thank you for coming and play charade with us.

hi!

look like everybody satisfed with all the camps that we have...congratulations to everybody..especially o our beloved lecturers; mr.g, miss fatimah, en. faruk and dr. norazman..thank you very much

for my faci mate-zati i really impressed by the way u conduct all the twinkle members...the way you treat azwan especially.. i really impressed by the way u conduct the thing that went on smoothly as we knew that our group is very quiet.. i mean, personally if in my case, i won't pay extra attention to those particular partcipants..the true fact about me..

ok, i have to stop now.. i really sad becoz i wrote in this gameplan yesterday but today when i chec it, it didn't appear in our gameplan..maybe because of the server..see ya guys..

TWO THUMBS UP CAMP B!

Sekakap!! Amazing, that's all I can said about ELC in Mersing. The participants were tremendously great and credits should be given to all dedicated lecturers and 'energetic' facilitators. I personally think that Camp B team has given me a whole new experience and memories that I will surely treasure my whole life. Everything went fine for the last camp although the weather on the last day was bad.I would like to take this opportunity to thank Adila, our director who has been very dedicated and supportive throughout the three days there and thanks a lot coz helping me with the material. The last camp has teach me on how to be a good facilitator and teacher since I was handling my group alone with the help of Kak Linda as the floating faci. I was also very delighted because my GET group has won the first place for Amazing Race. Seeing them changing from the first day till last was a very memorable experience for me. Although on the first day they were quite passive, they kept making progress and until last, gain their confidence and build positive attitude towards English language. I would also like to thank TEAM B mates Kenneth, Diyah, Dihah, Zati, Megat, Pinah, Sham, Carol, Gina, Suhaila, Farrah, Mien, Elle, Affa, Eddy for the team work that all of us have shown. Not forgetting Abg Shah and Kak Linda who have helped me a lot. I'm really sorry coz I've been crying on the second nite. It was because out of a sudden, Sekakap made me miss my mum and dad and Port Dickson beach too. So don't blame me for I have joined the 'swimming-in-the-sea' activity on the last day. I just missed Port Dickson beach a lot and can't resist the temptation to swim in the sea there. Anyway, Sekakap is really beautiful and I hope that one day, all of us can go camping and enjoy ourselves there together. To Sham, regarding the loud sound effect made by Affa, what I can say is 'only God knows why' and you don't la kecoh-kecoh...

POST MORTEM AND FUTURE CAMP

the post mortem went fine. we discussed a lot of good and bad things during class last week. I managed to contribute my effort in the post mortem and i think all of the fasilitators done a very nice job. I beleived post mortem really opened my eyes and see things through the glass of other perspectives. The things discussed were centred around the effectiveness and efficiency of the camp itself and our motivation as guidance. I believed right after the p-mortem we could organize better camp and always strive for the best since there will be and still are participants who enjoy and want to go again. P-mortem also makes me realize what are the postitive effects and drawbacks. No negativity i guess. Some of the classmates only argued alot but i feel all of the argument are useless and not worth to tell. Maybe only to heat things up but i disagree with some of the arguments. Well,i think the camp for my own reflection of practicing myself in fabricating my skill in socialization and intelligence. I thank you for the participants and thier feedbacks -they really keep me moving on these days, these feedbacks are my second breath. P-mortem also let me know whether someone can argue or not and i hope i well argued that time although i did not want to protrudingly projecting myself popularly by arguing matters. Well done to everyone and i hope i had the best.

As for future camp, i hope Mr. G can have better success and effective outcome. The products are what matters. Experience and experimental procedure would comes next. Future camp should be done at same place at destination of friendly environment and naturally fresh. Camp A and B were examples. I like the Camp A since I worked there and the future camp should be as better as this but perhaps more. Future camp also should have more days at least 4 to 5 just to ensure everyone have the feeling and sufficient amount of time to play and get to know oneself. I had matured by my camp and i know alot of the products to =Proud products. I thank them for leting me in their lives and letting me touched thier motivation and spirit. Future camp should be done with a good manual as this year camps and with the best preparation too. I beleived i dont have much commad at the camp but it was nothing to argue-very worthless because thinking about the future camp i believed i can think of something promising. More confidence within the products-yes. The future camp would be great with more games to play to and more exciting adventure such as orienteerring, flying fox and enduring the obstacles course more-sounds stupid huh? well maybe but i dont wanna argue more. The future camp would be great too with more popular songs as to heat up the atmosphere. Well thats all. bye.

Special dedicate for all 4th year teslian 2003!

FOREVER IN MY HEART...


In this world things come and go,
And we can't know what the future may hold.
Nothing really stays the same,
And when we least expect it our lives are changed.


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Forever In My Heart

In this world things come and go,
And we can't know what the future may hold.
Nothing really stays the same,
And when we least expect it our lives are changed.

If something ever changes
And we happen to lose touch
Please know that I'll always think of you
And miss you very much.

special dedicate to all of you..fourth year teslian.....2003....

FOREVER IN MY HEART.....

In this world things come and go,
And we can't know what the future may hold.
Nothing really stays the same,
And when we least expect it our lives are changed.


If something ever changes
And we happen to lose touch
Please know that I'll always think of you
And miss you very much.


So before the world changes
I just wanted to say
I'm thankful that we're friends
Yesterday and today.


With time and fortune on our side
I hope we never part
But if we do, remember you
Are forever in my heart!

-FARRAH-

we're back!!

hi guys! look like all of us have successfully finish our mission for this subject-language game. i believe that this is the most enjoyable subjecy among all our TESL subjects, agree? but, at pne point, i'm kind of sad because this has bring to most of us as the "final language camp", unless, we have the invitation for certain occasions-ESURCA is one of the example..what do you guys feel? throughout the camp, yeah, we knew our friends better, right? like what je played during the class..the important criteria for a faci for this language camp is being MOTIVATING...seems like all of us have the criteria of being a motivating faci during the camps...congratulations to all of us! (didn't it sound like masuk bakul angkat sendiri?) he..he..he...:)

ok, i really have to stop now..ok luckly the server for the internet now has ok...and f.y.i.i'm now using pc at psz...
ok guys...chau chin chau...
bye


keep up the spirit of LC alive!!!

Are you a Carrot, an Egg or Coffee Bean?

By Author Unknown (Our thanks to Claire for submitting)

A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life, and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it, and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water. In the first pot, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil without saying a word. In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.

Turning to her daughter, she asked, "Tell me what do you see?" "Carrots, eggs, and coffee," she replied. She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they got soft. She then asked her to take the egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to smell and sip the coffee. The daughter smiled, as she smelled and tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, "What's the point, mother?"

Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity- boiling water-but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water they had changed the water.

"Which are you?" she asked her daughter. "When trials and adversity knock on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?"

Think of this: Which am I?

Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity, do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?

Am I the egg that starts with a passive heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside, am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?

Or, am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you become better and change the situation around you.

When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate to another level?

How do you handle adversity?
Like the CARROT, the EGG, OR the COFFEE BEAN

Like This Article so I hope you will enjoy it too!

CAMP

hi people...
sekakap is really a nice place espacially the beach. i'm also like the bedroom especially the pillow. aa..it really tired after came back from the camp.
i want to apologize about the talent nite.actually i'm not angry on that time.most of the participants do not focus me and they just ignore me so i try to raise my voice. i'm not angry at all.but i admit the voice sound like i'm angry with my serious face.also on the same time my kidney is pain.i just raise my voice so all the participants can notice my insistent in front of them.but i'm really sorry if i screw up your excitement that nite.
i also gain a lot of experienced from you guys as a fasi especially from sham. sham u had taught me a lot.THANKS.i don't feel anything with the word 'me'.don't worry.and i know i didn't do really a good job as a fasi on that time.
ah..also to DIHAH.dihah thank you coz u grab me on time (fuhh..lega..) during d amazing race(yg gayut-gayut 2).i was so nervous n i thought i'm going to fall onto that dirty water.thank you dihah..!only God knews what i felt that time.i could not imagine what will happen if i fall into that thing.eee..of course no one will stand near me.
but, the camp was really fun!if my mom know that i laughed like lupa dunia she going to kill me.she always wants her daughter behave like a fine lady but sometime i can't.hi,hi.
ok guys..thanks.

First time a faci: AWESOME!!!!!

sekakap was and is great. i can't believe myself being a faci for the first time. first and foremost, my deepest thanx goes to all the gila-giler facis: the director Ila, dihah, mien,ken,dini, diyah (twinkle faci), megat,shah,sue, kak linda,pinah,sham,uppu, farah,gina,eddy,affa and not forgetting my amazing race partner, elle. did i miss anyone? i really enjoyed my job as a faci although i got the passive ones, it somehow thought me that challenges are everywhere and they are to be tackled wisely. so i did my best to persuade them to be active and of course don't be shy if they want to learn something new. at first,i thought the boys in my group might be thinking that i'm this "gedik-gedik" type of girl because i was trying really hard to convince them, dancing, singing, making slumber jokes to make them feel confortable. but i guess after that things were not so bad after all.....they participate although in a very quiet mode compared to the other group, not havoc lah, they were extremely shy people until the last day. as to other things i like the food very nice, the bedroom was fine (woke up at 5a.m feeling like a freezed chicken wing since i'm so skinny hahaha) but most of all i love the sea breeze, refreshing at all times....i wish we could take some more time to take a long walk along the sea shore, eh... why suddenly sounds romantic? apart from that, being an emcee for the first time was scary, but i enjoyed the spotlight anyway, thanx to mr.g and specially to miss fatimah for helping me during those critical moments by convincing me that i can do it and supporting me all the way. in short my first experience is really rewarding to me and yes, this is going to be good to be remembered by all of us.

Virus alertss!!

Hello to all TESLians!!!! anywhere its been a very long time since i've written anything on this blog BECAUSE of very damned virus attack from d net!!! blaster32 i think its called so had 2 reformat my comp... been off line every since i came back from d camp last week.... 2 all those who have Windows XP/2000/NT bware because it would most likely attack your PC's system shutdown menu.... from what i've read it will crash your system if u dont deal with it soon. symtoms occurs when ever you are online... it automatically shuts down ur PC... after dat some programs cannot work like your norton, find and ets... so the best way is to install a FIREWALL into your comp fast, at least prevention is better than cure... (FIREWALL is a security system designed for blocking unwanted internet uploading or downloading into your comp from any invisible programs like Blaster32) SO get 1 fast ASAP!! this is a warning brought to you by Evette hehe... hey its really true ok... so with all the PSM n assignments coming its better to be safe. this virus would be continuing its attack until the end of this year... so if ur comp hasnt been infected better do it quick because it will just randomly select any TPF address that means any comp that is online!

Anywhere to a more enlightening news..... heard dat d previous camp was Great! plus from all the comments that were posted... well i see we have lots of ducks swimming around d 2 camps already... 3 cheers 2 nuri 4 being or very own mother of all ducks in d Camp A!!! hip, Hip Hurrah!! :) Nah just kidding nuri... anywhere the students really loved d duck song... it really motivates people n letting them have great fun laughing at themselves and also others antics hehehe..... well 1 big happy laughing family right! Hey i really enjoyed a great time at d Camp... well hope we'll be able to do it again next semester... Can we Mr. G?? hehehe.... anywhere all da best to all the people who are handing in their PSMs this week hope you will do it well....all the BEST and God Bless you all!!!!

SEKAKAP (read it the way the Thai greet people)

Hi everyone!! At last, we're back. What an experience, what a camp and what a view... I enjoyed this camp sooo much that I couldn't resist the temptation of the beach. And for that I have become the ducks of the camp (joined by Damien (who started out the idea), Dinie, Affa and Abang Syah. Not to forget, the oldest duck of all, Mr. G) Quack..quack..quack.. Before I forget, I would like to say sorry to everyone for my absence on the second day games. I had a terrible headache. Anyway, it's great to see some of the best facis in this camp. Like I mentioned to some of you, if there's such thing as All Star Language Camp Facis, I won't hesitate to vote for this one. Apart from that, it's good to work with some of the new faces. At least, by this camp I know good they are. My salute goes to Illa, who handled this camp so well. Without your leadership I don't think we could have such a 'smooth going' language camp. Then, Kenneth, our respected Camp Comander. I almost pissed in my pants (can I write that over here?) when I saw that look on his face that morning when he scolded the participants. (Too bad, he jumped around and sang something just a second later) Hehe.. Then to Abang Syah, Kak Linda, Megat, Dinie, Damien, Farrah, Diyah, Gina, Caroline, and Dihah, without you, this camp wouldn't be this great. I told you one, I told you a million times I really enjoy working with all of you. Eddy, Elle, Affa, Sue, Zati and my partner Pinah (thank God she chose me and not Megat); it's an honour to team up with you and learn something new together. Last but not least, thanks to averyone who helped me for the Amazing Race. IOU. What else...emm..perhaps that's all for now. Sekakap is truly something not to be forgotten. Thanks for the memories...

P/S: We shouldn't forget to thank Affa for that loud 'sound effect' during the Build the Tower Game. Haha...

5 Post (3. Preparation)

The preparation for both camp was very fun and exciting. We made all the materials by ourselves and aside from that we had joy we had fun we had Mr. Ghazali with us too. He's really supportive and that includes Mr. Faruk, Cik Fatimah, Dr. Norazman. They rock the TESL people out of the crib. You know what i mean? Anyway we prepared everything (not everything though) for the camp. We were prepared with mental, physical and spiritual before the camp. Everything went smoothly as i mentioned before.

Hmmm...!...a sign od satisfaction!

Hi! We are back...Sekakap was really nice...the sand, the sea, the sun...who could believe we were having a camp...it was like a weekend getaway for me...and it was free too! It was nice working with everyone...really enjoying...everyone did a fantastic job! This camp was more relaxing and stress-free and we could really pace things better! Participants were ok, not too many 'shone' like in Kaizen though. Food was really nice, like the chicken rice alot and the BBQ...hmmm...really good! This time I was the Camp Commander (like could you believe it!), and i had to run around just a little more but i had to be really punctual! No lying aroung in bed a little longer...or "loathing" around doing nothing...! Hehehe! I got to know many participants were scared with the 'look' I had on their arrival in my "love envalope"...hehehehe! That was great to know! I heart felt thanks to everyone at ESL Camp 2003, Lecturers...this was really a memorable experience! Go go ELC go! And the best part of all, we really had "Big ducks and Bigger ducks" dipping in the sea! Muahahahahaha!

Some suggestions for language camp

a) Language camp is really a good time for the participants to have fun and at the same time learn the language. There would be a great number of things learned by the participants, via the games and the activities. I personally think that the camp would be more "sustainable" if the participants can learn something more useful and practical for their daily communication, particularly something on basic survivor language use. For example, greetings, introducing oneself, asking for directions, asking for help and so on. This is to help them learn something basic in the language as the first step to express themselves in English. (Remember the things we learn in French? Those are something for basic communication)
b) I noticed that some of the participants really showed great enthusiasm in learning English. They took initiatives to speak in the language, putting aside their "issues of losing of face" when they spoke broken English. I was particularly moved when one of the group members kept "bothering" me with the lines he had in mind for the drama (I manage to attend him patiently). Even though it took him a long time to say out what he intended to express (through English), he did not give up using the language. My suggestion is that, if possible, facilitators are given chances (or I can say, ficilitators should grasp every single chance) to share with the participants about their own journey of learning English. I am sure that some of us have also gone through hard time developing the ability in English. Perhaps our sharings would motivate and inspire the participants to move on in learning the language.

5 Post (2. Games)

The games for the language camp is perfect. It is designed for lower intermidiate and intermidiate level which best suites the first year UTM students. We prepared enough materials for each games. The easiest game was win lose or draw. The participants liked it and so did the faci's. The name of the game that we used is Flip a card; Add one more; Snap; Othello; Sentence Scrabble; Home Sweet Home; Build a tower; Bingo; Charade. We also add some new games. Overall the game was very challenging and we had a great time playing it with the participants.

5 Post (1. Responsibility)

The language camp A just finished last week. I had to be the PRO for the camp. It was an unusual experience for me and i had a great time. Other than that i helped others to prepare the materials. It was fun working with all the faci's and the best part is that i got to hold one walkie talkie during the camp. Everyone did a good job and everything went smoothly eventhough we still have the problem with time management. We covered it pretty well like professionals. The hardest part was taking care of Mr. Bahar and The Spirit / The Spirits. It was scary cause when I followed him to his dorm, in the dorm i can feel presence of spirits. Scary but nice. That was the toughest job for me during the camp. Other than that, i have to say "I'm speechless!"

I WANT TO GO TO THE LANGUAGE CAMP!!!!!!

Hi, guys, nice to hear some great things from you about the language camp. Well, even though i have to handle one group alone, by my self but actually i have enjoyed the freedom. Thanks to Mr G and Nater for thrusting me to do my job. By the way, i have really enjoyed myself working under you Nater, i don't mind if we are having you as our director again if Mr G want to have another language camp. For all the facilitators that went to camp A, congratulation guys, you guys ROCK big time. We have our own superstar back at Sekakap, lets give a tremendous applause to Kak jija (nuri). She is the best thing that ever could happen to camp A. All the facis this time around is so capable of doing their work independently. I am so proud to be at the same language camp with you guys. I would not think twice to go to another langauge camp if the one who organize it is you guys. I don't have anything negative to say this time, everything is totally awesome, all the positive wave in Sekakap is in the air. For the rest of the facilitators you guys are totally out of this world, come hell or high water, i believe that we can handle anything if we stand together. I am so really proud of you guys. The conclusion is we ROCK BABEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. We rock BIG TIME.

It's Here

Hello how are you? Friday is here and this will be the last camp for me hehehe! Must say i am really looking forward to it! I never really like camps but laguage camp, that is a different thing...guess this will be one of those last time we will actually be working togather huh??? :) so lets do the best and enjoy!!!!!!! To all who are doing their PSM best of luck! I am really doing my best but im still a little stuck and actually im running out of time...but i am hoping to make use of this weekend to actually rediscover myself and to connect with people and around me to rejuvinate and recharge!!!! Sound like a Malaysia Airlines Gateaway Holidays Advertisment huh?? Anyway have fun and good luck and also God Bless!

Camp A: Pleasurable cooperation among the facilitators

One of my unforgettable experiences about organizing this language camp would be the pleasurable cooperation among the facilitators. All the facilitators worked hand-in-hand to ensure the smooth running of each and every segment of the camp. We have had a very enjoyable time working together towards the same goal, haven’t we? Throughout the whole process of working together, I noticed that our relationships were actually being built up. Everything was going fine and smooth.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank those who helped me in preparing and conducting the game “Build a Tower”:
(a) Mr G who gave us the idea of refining the game from “Build a Bridge” to enhance the applicability and suitability for language learning. Thanks for his ideas of how the tower should be built, as well as in solving the problems occurring during the game (solution to the lacking of blindfolds and also simplification of the complicated structure of the tower while the participants were having problems in building the tower). Besides, thanks also for his comments and suggestions on how to make the game better.
(b) Nate and Evette who have assisted in the building of the model tower.
(c) Adam who responsibly prepared the materials for the game.
(and not forgetting the help from three of you in the demonstration)