Long day today, we started off the day waking up at 7:00. After a short clean up at the apartment, we made our way to the HQ for breakfast. After breakfast and a clean-up of the HQ, we headed to York University for a tour, led by Tammy, our chief administrator. Near lunchtime, we went back to HQ for to prepare our lunch. Billy decided to surprise us with a hot dog barbeque and soft drinks! After that refreshing break, all the students settled down for an afternoon of lessons and activities. They were taught social intelligence, time management, and leadership skills by Tammy and Kenny. Finally, after a short shopping trip, we prepared a dinner of pasta and chicken wings, and watched a movie. All in all, this was a long and activity packed day, so good night, and we’ll post again tomorrow!
Mike
Today our breakfast was fine; we had oatmeal, boiled eggs and juice. After that, we went on a tour through York University. York University was huge, we went through some of the buildings and that took 2-3 hours. Lunch was hot dogs and soda. After that we had a pretty long presentation about social intelligence in leadership with a few activities. We also had physical testing (PT) with push-ups and runs. Then we watched Human Planet while dinner was being made. Dinner was fine with chicken wings and macaroni. Our group also did all the cleaning of utensils and was in charge of cooking breakfast.
Alexandra
Today, it was day 1. We had a lot of fun and I tasted oatmeal. It’s not good, but for lunch, we had hot dogs! For dinner, we had chicken wings and macaroni with sauce. It was good. I cleaned the dishes (well dried the stuff), and it was more fun than I thought. We also had to clean the bathrooms and stuff. Tomorrow, we were supposed to go to Ottawa, but we can’t, something happened. Today we had the exam, I got perfect! Tomorrow we are going to Centre Island, I’m excited.
Kendra
Today was the official first day of the camp. I had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the day. For breakfast, we had oatmeal and eggs, but the oatmeal was a little gross. I still lived with it. Next, we went to York U (university) and Tammy our chief administrator showed us around. I saw a lot of different buildings and cool sights. Although my feet were getting sore from walking, the trip was still really fun. Then, we had lunch. Lunch was really yummy, (well of course we had hotdogs!!). After lunch, I helped with the dishes and we had a class on social intelligent in leadership. I learned a lot and played many fun games. We had a code of conduct 101 exam after the class and I got 100%. Yeah!! Next, we had a PT (physical training) test, it was easy; just some running and push-ups. Later, we had dinner. Dinner was also delicious. We had macaroni and sauce and chicken wings!! Yum!! Well I guess, that’s my day, and I’d like to thank all the counselors and instructors for everything today. Today was a fun first day!!
Yereem
The first day of our Monticle summer camp was great so far. Although I didn’t enjoy eating oatmeal for breakfast, nor did I like our visit to York University, our lunch was the best thing I ate during the entire trip. Then we took a Social intelligence in Leadership class, where I found out that I am an auditory person. People who have an auditory learning style like listening to lectures and asking questions. That may not be the exact description of myself, but it’s pretty close. Then, we all did a safety test, which was very easy compared to the ones we have at school. The following activity was a physical test, where we had to run 10 laps, which was easier than 10 laps because I never did one in my whole life. To round off, we ate dinner, watched a part of a movie, then went back to our apartment and slept.
Marco
Today’s breakfast is bad, because it is oatmeal and I hate
oatmeal. The lunch is awesome. It is hotdogs. It’s the best hot dog I’ve ever
tasted. My drink is Mountain Dew. It’s pretty good. It is my first time to
drink this soda. I also had a nosebleed. I don’t know why I had this nosebleed.
Then we watched a movie called “Human Planet”. At frst I thought it was boring.
After a few minutes. I thought the movie was very good. We also had a exam.
Only 3 people got the exam perferct. But everyone passed the exam. Our dinner
is macaroni with tomato sause and chiken wings. I only liked the chicken wings.
We also did a test. We had to run around when Billy blows a whistle. After
that, we had to do 20 push-ups. I can’t even do a single push-up. We also had
to write a blog and this is my blog probably in the Monticle Blog webste when I
let Howard type this paper. Today is a fun day.
Tiffany Ng
7:30, we were waken up by the instructors , half asleep we
got dressed, prepared and lined up ready to leave the apartment as silent as
possible, it seemed to be an impossible task but w all finished and completed
it without doubt. We arrived the HQ and cleaned the 2nd floor as we
waited for group bravo to cook up the breakfast. We learned our first valuable
lesson then, “Pay attention to the smallest details” then evaluated our
cleaning job while eating the oatmeal meal with eggs. Our whole team chit
chatted and had a good socialized moring. We headed out on a trip to the famous
York University and got a tour and trip. In the hot afternoon we ate fresh
crispy hot dogs and had a long lesson about social intelligence, about
different kinds op people & learning, time management and impressions. We
had a P.T.T test, watched an episode of National Geo and ate our wonderful
dinner cooked by Billy and started documenting our awesome day! I’m wondering
what adventure we may experience tomorrow in central island.
Christina
This is my first camp and it is AWESOME. Everything is going
fine. We ate oatmeal which I did not really like, hotdogs for lunch, and good
macceroni, with good tomato sauce and chicken wings for dinner. These are the
people I met Jacky, Alistair, Quince, Kendra, Tiffany, Marco, Mike, Howard,
James, Billy, Tammy, Crystal, Yereem, Alexandra, Kenny, and Calvin. I’m very
excited for the next day!!!!!
Howard
Today was day one of Monticle Leadership training
organization camp. I woke up today by the sound of somebody coming out of their
beds at around 7 a.m. in the morning. After leaving the apartment, we arrived
at the HQ and split into our teams to do
our respective activities. My team, team Alpha, was in charge of cleaning the
second floor. There we learned our first valuable lesson, to “Pay attention to
detail”. Then we ate a breakfast hat comprised of oatmeal and boiled eggs. The
eggs were fine but I didn’t like the oatmeal. Then we visited York University,
the 3rd largest university in Canada. It was a very fantastic trip
that filled one with inspiration and dedication. We then had a lunch of hotdogs
that were delicious. We had a very educational Social Intelligence class. We also had a delicious dinner of chicken
wings and macaroni. It was a fun day and I hope to have more.
Geoffrey
Today, in the morning , when I
finished breakfast, I went to Toronto’s 3rd largest university which
is called York University. The structure is very different from Hong Kong’s,
and there are different buildings for different subjects. This university is
famous for business and law. In the afternoon we had a lesson about social
intelligence. I learned intelligent ways on communication, impressions, VAK
(visual, auditory, and kinaesthetic) etc. to become a good leader. I had a good
day today!
James
The day started out bad because
of our oatmeal breakfast then we had to clean the HQ for education purposes. In
the afternoon, we took a long safety lesson and a short test. The dinner was
good at least but my stomach is hurting a bit but don’t worry I’m fine.
Crystal
Today was the first day of
Monticle camp. For breakfast today, we had oatmeal and boiled eggs. Then we
departed from HQ and went to explore York U. We saw a lot of buildings, it
fascinated me! Then we returned to HQ and had social intelligence class with
Tammy (instructor). Later we had our PT (Physical Training). But, luckily after
we finished PT, we had an amazing dinner with chicken wings and pasta. It was
delicious. I had a wonderful day today and hope to have an even better one
tomorrow. J
Quince
Today is the first day to write
a blog and today is June 30th, 2012 in Canadian time, We have a good day
yesterday. The clouds are like one step and another. The sun is hot today And
we have oatmeal yesterday for breakfast, Hot dog for lunch and no dinner ,Today
we have vegetables with macaroni for breakfast and so far we are in good hand.
