Saturday, April 27, 2013

Personal Recount - Growth Camp (Draft 1 Re-do)

This year’s growth camp was a whole new experience for me. I tried different high and low element at the campsite and I had learnt to become stronger through the activities planned. At the same time, I also gained lots of experiences during this three days two night camp.

My favorite activity was the high elements. I took part in all of them. It was really fun as most of the activities were my first time trying it. Example the flying fox and abseiling, I have never tried it before in my life, it was a whole new experience for me.

When I was preparing for the flying fox, I was really excited and I had been looking forward to this activity ever since we were told during the briefing. On the other hand, when I was standing at the four level high building, waiting for my turn, I looked down at the ground; my leg turned as soft as jelly. At the same time, my hands and legs were shivering as if I am standing on the snow bare footed during winter.  Finally, it was my turn for flying fox. I was quite afraid, at the same time excited. The moment I pushed myself forward, I was being pushed through the wind and I felt really cooling. As I slows down and I came to a stop, I felt really relax and stress less.

Before we went for the high elements, all the while I doubted myself, Will I be able to complete high elements? Aren’t I looking forward to this? Why everything seemed to be so scary and different from what I had seen during the camp briefing? Will I be able to overcome it? Or shall I just back out? The angel and devil within me were having a debate in my head. In the end, I decided to give it a try.

Till now, I still could not believe that I actually overcome and faced the difficulties myself. Often, the memories came back to me and were flashing in my mind over and over again. I had learnt that we should never say no before we even try. If you never try, you will never know what the results will be. This is something I will not be able to learn in school. I believe, I will have more courage to take up challenges in future.

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