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day 36

leadership activity day!

today we went to the e.c.e ppl side to engage in a 1day leadership development programme. it was some sort lyk a one day camp whr we have been told there will be high elements activities.

so we boarded the bus and it took 1 hr plus to bring us all to the WUST zhong nan branch where all the e.c.e ppl are staying. their sch is really very big and new. however i must say it is quite deserted.

so we went to the "camp site" beside the sch and our day started off as the main instructor divided all(m.d.e+l.s.c.t+e.c.e) into 4 different groups. within our own grp, we thought of a grp name, a grp song/cheer, and designed our own flag. my group name was "zhong xin" which simply means china+singapore.

after presenting to the rest about your own group, our nxt task was to construct a tank wheel chain using newspapers. and everybody must be standing inside the chain to act as the wheels and the team that can move forward the furthest and fastest will win the competition. sad to say, my team wasn't very creative and our chain broke before we started the competition. however we just continued on and had great fun out of it. our team thus became more bonded aft that.

we went to have our lunch nxt. according the the e.c.e ppl the restaurants opp of their sch are famous for their fishballs, hence we went to try them. ordered some other dishes and everybody paid 18yuan each for the meal.

returned 1 and 1/2 hour later and everbody seems to be excited about the high elements activities coming up. we had another team bonding session first. aft that 2 groups went to do the "plank jump" and the other 2 went to do the "trust fall". my grp did the latter.

it was the first time i am free falling frm 1.5m above ground. with my hands and legs tied, i have to fall backwards and trusting my team mates below to catch me. i believe it was a great activity to build up trust among team mates and the courage inside one self.

we then swap with the 2 other groups and did the jumping from one plank to another about 8m from ground. this task oso trains our courage and i think its not that difficult so everybody from the 2 groups tried and succeeded if i am not wrong.

the final activity was rock climbing! which most of the students are looking forward to. after that had a mini debrief then it was touring round the "camp site" and taking pictures.