Thursday, 31 May 2007
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Technical setbacks
sorry there were some technical difficulties so no video despite the deadline. Many many apologies. I shall persevere, though. I too shall be resilient.
Friday, 25 May 2007
Back to Life
We're coming back to life, back to the world as we knew it, certainly the world as everyone else knows it.
Do you feel it? The feeling of disjointedness? It feels different. It's the same home, same streets, same island, same bed, but something is not the same. It's yourself. The world may not have changed in the meantime, but we have. The feeling of strangeness is the knowledge that you've seen and done so much, and now you're tougher, and the world doesn't know it yet.
But they will. They are going to know, when you wake up tomorrow and the act of eating breakfast is like a whole new world after everything you've been through.
The fact is, you've lived life at it's barest, some of you even more bare than others. There was fun, but also pain. And the tougher it was, the tougher you have become now. This wasn't camping in East Coast park, this wasn't Ubin resort - this was the jungle, where rocks are sharp and the ground is a living thing. The more you put yourself through, the more you went for it, the more you bounced back stronger. Trouble is, the world doesn't realise it.
But they will. When you pause in the middle of breaking that egg or pouring your coffee tomorrow, thinking Man, I'm not the same anymore, know this: You won't be able to hide it, it's going to show up in everything you do. It'll be in the way you walk, talk, eat and read the newspaper. It'll be in the way you sleep, drink and make decisions. After all you've seen and done - and the more you saw and did, the more true this is - none of the small stuff can get you down: no obstacle can make you give up; no problem can make you worried.
When you pause then, taking it all it in, don't forget: This is your new life. YOU are resilience.
Do you feel it? The feeling of disjointedness? It feels different. It's the same home, same streets, same island, same bed, but something is not the same. It's yourself. The world may not have changed in the meantime, but we have. The feeling of strangeness is the knowledge that you've seen and done so much, and now you're tougher, and the world doesn't know it yet.
But they will. They are going to know, when you wake up tomorrow and the act of eating breakfast is like a whole new world after everything you've been through.
The fact is, you've lived life at it's barest, some of you even more bare than others. There was fun, but also pain. And the tougher it was, the tougher you have become now. This wasn't camping in East Coast park, this wasn't Ubin resort - this was the jungle, where rocks are sharp and the ground is a living thing. The more you put yourself through, the more you went for it, the more you bounced back stronger. Trouble is, the world doesn't realise it.
But they will. When you pause in the middle of breaking that egg or pouring your coffee tomorrow, thinking Man, I'm not the same anymore, know this: You won't be able to hide it, it's going to show up in everything you do. It'll be in the way you walk, talk, eat and read the newspaper. It'll be in the way you sleep, drink and make decisions. After all you've seen and done - and the more you saw and did, the more true this is - none of the small stuff can get you down: no obstacle can make you give up; no problem can make you worried.
When you pause then, taking it all it in, don't forget: This is your new life. YOU are resilience.
Thursday, 24 May 2007
Explorer's Logbook, 24th May 2007
Hello, I'm Victoria from Cave group C. For the past 2 days, I've done caving and abseiling. On the first day (Tuesday), my group visited 4 different caves. The first 2 caves were challenging because we had to hike through the jungle for an hour or so to get to the caves. The last 2 caves were interesting because we got to see the bats. On the second day (Wednesday), we did abseiling. There were 3 different caves to abseil from. My group started with the most difficult one. It was rather slippery and some of us received cuts and bruises. I think that it was fun and it gave me a sense of pleasure for I had conquered it. Some of my friends were elated too because they had overcome their fear of heights. Also, yesterday, we had a solo drop. We were all blindfolded and led into the jungle where we had to stay at our own spots for 1/2 an hour. It was funny because the guides were trying their best to scare us but to no avail. Some of my friends even fell asleep! Overall, I've learnt a lot from these activities. My group members helped each other as we went along and it was great to see the whole group bonding so well with each other. The guides were also very friendly which rounds up a great experience.
Victoria
3 Resilience
Explorers C
A Hunter's Journal.
Hey, Fazlynn here. I'm from the Hunter Group A. I went through challenges such as trekking for 8-9 hrs. From the starting point to the cave was 8.5 km long (distance). It was the tiring moment for all the students but we eventually made it to the end. I got bitten by the leeches more than 4 times! I didn't expect this to happen so I cried the whole night. The 2nd day that we started trekking was very bad. It started raining at the last 1 1/2 hours. So, the ground was VERY SLIPPERY! and that was where my friends and I got bitten by leeches. It was a tough experience for me as I cried almost the whole journey. But overall, it was fun and exciting :)
Fazlynnisya
3S
Hunter A
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