my first experience as staff for IW

left hand 52
right hand 30
left leg 21
right leg 24
body 9
these are the mosquito bites i kena from IW Sept 2006.
there might be some other bites which is too small for my eyes to notice.

despite all these bites, i also gain a great experience & knowledge throught this IW. Had a fun weekend...

this time round, i went though Raleigh International KL IW Sept 2006 with a different experience; as a staff.

15 sept 2006
berkumpul jam 6sore(pm) @ RMC.
some ice breakers.
staff introduction each other too. a few new ones ga kenal sm yg lama.
makan dinner.
bertolak naek bus ke tempat camp.
in the bus, experience some first-timer. bus driver kena stop by JPJ. some prob with his lesen *we think*
bus all still looking forward for the camp.
arrived campsite pitch dark. but we do have lamps & torches.
staffs - set up tents; participants - still thinking how to set up their site.

15 sept 2006
Morning called by William. the air was chilled... Mafuz was already wide awake starting to boil water.
They broke a few lighters, just to get everyone hot/warm Milo.
By day break, almost all staff are wide awake; getting theirself ready & have their breakfast at the table.

Games starts. I wasn't facilitating any games. So i went hopping around game stations to check them out. Where i just stand & see. No need to think. lol...

Camp staffs *campsite staff* were supposed to prepare lunch for facilitators & coordinators. We cooked, bihun goreng. I called it the, "Raleigh Muhibah Fried Bihun". Why? coz there are Chinese, Malay & Indian cooking it. We were actually argueing which ingrediants to add in first. Coz C,M & I have different style of cooking. Chinese would like to have oil-heated baru garlic, but some others disagree. So the whole cooking was a mess.
Ended up, each of us did a thing. There were 8 of us. Seorang pegang oil, satu lagi pegang garam, satu lagi gorent, satu masuk telur, bihun, chili & etc. lol... although it was a big mess, but we had a BIG fun too.
Hope those who makan enjoyed as much as we were cooking it. lol...

The trackking begins. Staffs & participants get themselves prepared for the track. They were tracking up a hill which was once during WW2, the Japs stationed. I, did not followed the hike. hehehe... The rest of the staffs which did not followed just hang-out around the site. Me, Nona, Jolene & Alison went for a dip in the river. And also to wash up our dirty body. (the last time i bath was 24 hrs ago). We also did some *private talking* while washing up.... hehehe...

It was drizzling abit after we came out from the river. We lepak more around the site & soon started cooking snacks*. "We had mushroom soup, maggi, milo, scramble egg, goreng pisang, & etc".

Dinner . This time round, we were more organised. We cut loads of garlics, as there were lots of garlics. lol... we also ended up preparing garlic bread. we chopped loads of garlics. Pasta was served as dinner for the staff.

Bonfire. It was myfirst time making a big bonfire. Aida started it & there i was blowing into those twigs to huge logs for about 2 hours. The bonfire supposed to be for the sketch tonite. but too bad, by the time those hikers came back to site & to begin sketch, the bonfire was almost dead. Only ambers left.

Those who went for the hike reached campsite later than expected. Everyone was tired but feel the hike was worthed it. They enjoyed. Participants rushed back to their site & started cooking their dinner. Wherelse for staff, they juz chuck those delicious pasta into their mess tin.Although the pasta had soaked most of the watery paste. Dinner will always be delicious when u're damn tired. All you're looking for is just simply FOOD.

Sketch. Its Li MCed the nite and represented the staff. By the time sketch starts, the bon fire left only ambers. All groups performed well. There were KARAOKE, challenged the staff to sing-&-dance-along-some-Hakka song; sketch about their hike trip.

The staff enjoyed the participants performance. All went well.

Group de-brief. Staff meeting for Sunday activities.

16 Sept 2006
Midnite games. Staff were supposed to woke up earlier to 'wake-up' the participants. but ended up i woke-up the same time the pots got banged.
I was jaga-ing the Shepard's Walk. The first 2 groups combined. It was fun watching them. While the 3 group was playing, i was too tired & slept on the Tar road. The nite was cold. After the games, Me & Nona jogged our way back to campsite. Hope body heat will heat me up but i was still cold.

Second morning. Staff only had 1 loaf of bread. Makan sama kaya, peanut butter, baked beans & sardin fish. For those who masih lapar, telur & Maggi masih ada.

Morning Games. This time saya jaga Commander Course. I wanted to do this coz during my IW, we missed this out. check out for the pics later.

We left campsite & arrived RMC around 4:00pm. Staff stayed back for IW postmortem. We had lunch/tea around 4:30pm. Postmortem started around 5:00pm. Ended around 10:00pm. "Someone" told me it will take only few(2/3) hours, mana tahu it too us 5 jam. I think it might ended up for 10 hours if the postmortem wasn't after the IW. Or might be till everyone complain hungry. lol...

100 over mosquito bites was my record for a cam & even in life. In total my eyes could catch was 136 bites.
GILA!!!!!!
but Raleigh International KL IW i will still support. I will still continue to go for camps & outdoor activities.
My hands, legs & other parts are still ichy... i've been trying to stop my fingers to scratch them. I tried using Dettol & it's working. They are getting little smaller & less ichy..... lol...

for those who missed it, next Raleigh International KL Introduction Weekend will be around December 2006. See you all there....

christalloh

p/s: pictures will be uploaded once i got approval from RIKL. Since they kept everything so secretive, exposing their activities might be against their Copyright. lol....