It's funny how just spending three days two nights with others could change your perception and relationship towards them. It's even funnier how just going camping with others could tighten your bond with others more than you could ever never imagine. It was after the Nomad Adventure leadership camp in Gopeng, Perak when I noticed how spending time with others can significantly change how we communicate. This leadership camp was organized by Help Matriculation Center (HMC) on the 5th June 2009(Friday) to 7th June 2009(Sunday).
At the campsite, known as Earth Camp, we were allocated our dorms and we settled in. We arrived the camp at about 5.30pm on Friday, and were given instructions to meet outside in an open area at about 6.20pm. At that gathering, our facilitator, Nisha, gave us a briefing on the activities and rules about the camp. Later, we had dinner.
At the campsite, known as Earth Camp, we were allocated our dorms and we settled in. We arrived the camp at about 5.30pm on Friday, and were given instructions to meet outside in an open area at about 6.20pm. At that gathering, our facilitator, Nisha, gave us a briefing on the activities and rules about the camp. Later, we had dinner.
After dinner, Nisha told us to get into groups of nine, choose a group leader and give ourselves a team name. My team consisted of Feirdhauz, Katrin, Pheoric, Bryan, Xin Yi, Jasneeta, Htu Htu, Pei Wun and I. We chose Feirdhauz as our leader, and called ourselves the "Rubber Slippers". Before forming this team, I barely knew any of them, except for Xin Yi, but after working as a team through out the camp activities, the friendship we have built is steadfastly strong. After a few short activities and dinner, we were dismissed and we had the whole night to ourselves.
That night, after taking a shower, many of us gathered around Xin Yi and my bed to chat the night away. It all started with only Xin Yi and I sitting on our beds, then joined by a whole group of people. This group of people were people I do not often mingle with in college, but after that night of bonding, everything has changed. Now that we are back in college, we see each other in a different light, and we acknowledge each other whenever we meet; sharing a new found friendship. It's an incredible feeling.
Through this camp, I have come to realize that just by spending a little bit more time with another person, a bond grows whether you want it to or not. If this was one of this camp's objective, it was a roaring success. Building friendships, like many other things, take time, as it is famously said" Rome was not built in one day". We must learn patience, tolerance and compromise to build bonds and friends so that our lives may be richer and less lonely.
Written by,
Hooi Kit Wei
Through this camp, I have come to realize that just by spending a little bit more time with another person, a bond grows whether you want it to or not. If this was one of this camp's objective, it was a roaring success. Building friendships, like many other things, take time, as it is famously said" Rome was not built in one day". We must learn patience, tolerance and compromise to build bonds and friends so that our lives may be richer and less lonely.
Written by,
Hooi Kit Wei
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