Bravo Group - Day 8, 9

Aug 19 & 20 – Day 08 & 09

This is a joint blog of yesterday and today.

We arrived at Musky’s Landing yesterday. Before that, everyone had gathered at Monticle to load the kayaks, get the Zodiac ready, and restock on food. We all worked very efficiently and everything was done on time. We moved our luggage into the sprinters and for several hours we were on the road to our destination. After we arrived, everyone worked extremely well together in unloading all the equipment and luggage, have the shelter tents set up, and the kitchen set up. It was an amazing 50 minutes before everyone had finished. We made dinner and had a campfire made. We relaxed a little before a game was played; the game tested our VAK (visual-auditory-kinetic) skills. Separated into two groups, we were blindfolded and used only our taste, smell, and touch to figure out what was in the pot. Everyone had a great time. Lights out time came and we all went to bed.

This morning we woke up early for morning PT. We stretched, did push ups, and jogged with the jerry cans. We then had room inspections which taught us the importance of giving attention to details. We then played games that are designed to teach communication and team working skills. The games require instruction giving and being blindfolded. It was quite entertaining. We had a quick lunch before we left for Treetop Trekking. For several hours, we experienced many kinds of feelings. We had fun; we had feared; we had discovered our strengths; we had discovered our weaknesses. It was a joyous, tiring, fun-filled day. Tomorrow we will be starting water activities.

Shirley

昨天最大的任务就是“搬”，我们把所有背包，行李，地垫，食物都搬到了这里，来到时已经比较晚了，再整理整理东西，已经很晚了。目的床上便呼呼大睡。

今天实在是一个很大的挑战，我们去了TREETOP。那里有各种刺激的“玩具”，每一个都有4,5米高，看上去并不吓人，但我一走上前，便吓得有点颤抖，开始我甚至想回头，但越是走到后面便越大胆，一共虽然只玩了3个项目，但我觉得对我来说是一个很大的进步。

Tom

昨天出發去了Maskey Landing， 就是去海邊住方便去進行水上活動，早就聽聞那裡的蚊子特別多，去了發覺真的如此，但過了一天后已視如無物，穿上短袖短褲，在海邊奔跑；今天早上6點起床，7點出去集合晨運和團體遊戲，下午去Treetop玩，在樹上，線上爬來走去，既興奮又緊張，雖然這邊的安全措施非常充足，但主要是體力問題，總的來說，這兩天過得十分開心。

Christopher

19號冇Blogs，20號先有。今日去爬樹，好安全，有梯嫁！

來緊一個禮拜都冇得CHECK Mail，冇得update容小姐嘅近況，但系一攞部電話就會即刻update翻。

聽日開始就會落水，落水先系最危險，但系我會好好照顧自己，亦無需擔心。

講翻去爬完樹之後，BILLY讀D家長sd嘅massage出來，聽落好似當我D BUDDY仲系細路咁，但系捻深小小，其實系家長對自己仔女另類嘅關心。而我家肥仔同老佛爺好似…… 算啦，我大個仔，我為吾需要爸爸媽媽擔心而自豪！

容小姐，好似只有你同嫲嫲先會掛住我，你地係我做所有野嘅動力。愛你們<3 span="">

不得不提嘅就係Billy只狗Hazel，系呢十幾日我由十指不沾陽春水到好似滿手血腥咁，犀利到連狗舔我都吾再怕。

容小姐，如果他日有幸同你一起過日子。我地不如養翻只狗呢！^^

Bing

今天很开心，因为学到了团队合作，和队员的速度一样，不可以快也不可慢，让我学习了很多东西，我们今天早上有传水桶，最后面的人跑上前接过水桶，队伍的行前速度不可以快，这个是团队合作很重要的。今天我很开心。

Moon

昨天19号，我们结束了陆地上的修行，又翻开了新的篇章——水上的修行。来吧，朋友们，战友们，向着Muskey’s Landing启航。

带上了一切所需，经过了3~4小时的车程终于到达目的地，是一个在高速公路附近安家的湖边小村，虽然这里的主人不是靠打鱼为生，但我还是愿意称之为渔村，小木屋、沙滩、港口、船舶，还有无与伦比的海上日出日落，这里的一切都是那么静、那么美，我想，唯一的缺憾就是高速公路上的嘈杂声聊。不过，住在这里我也满足了。

今天20号，Billy说，剩下的时间，我们都在这个静僻的小村庄度过了。我已经准备好晚上听着蝈蝈的鸣奏曲入睡了，事实上，我已经听过一曲了。我想，我回到南京的那几天，睡不着的原因又多一个吧。

刚开始我提到战友们，是因为Billy真的把我们当作战士来训练，我已经在今天感到压力了。

我想，在这剩余的又珍贵的几天里，就让我做一个日出而作，日落而息的“渔夫”吧！

Max

August 19

 Today is Day8, we ate breakfast in the hotel. I slept for seven hours. We have a car trip to Muskey lading. Muskey start with ‘M’, so it have lots of Mosqitoes. I learn good today. I am so tired, I just write a bit, good night!

August 20

Today is Day 9,we ate porridge for breakfast. I slept good, I didn’t woke up until JJ woke me up, I slept so good! While we woke up, we do PT test, the PT test has a bitter feeling. After PT test, we did some little game to train physiycal, make a good desition and communication. The last game was quite fun for training physiycal, push tach other off the ground with one single arm. We took half hour to get to Horshoes Resort to do treetop reeking. I took the Green and blue trail, I was always scaring of the height, but I did it at last. I did the big zip at last, the big zip was really sooo fun, It was ausome. I love today’s challenge too. I am looking forward!

Ryan Liang

今天是來到Monticle的第九天。昨天我們從HQ轉移到了Muskey’s Landing。坐了一天車，晚上坐了一下火堆旁邊，聊聊天，便睡了。今天一早我們就開始了有關團體合作的PT test。吃過美味的杯麵午餐後，我們去到Horseshoe Park去爬樹。有Alvin哥的帶領，我們目標很明確地開始玩那些樹上的遊戲，以最快速度向最難的去玩，很快我們就玩到了最難的Black.其中有很多種遊戲，基本上是爬繩梯和用鐵索滑到另一側，非常鍛煉臂力，很開心。

XuanZi

今日我們玩了一個早上的遊戲，我們1點多開始玩TREETOP TREKKING，我們一直玩到4點多。玩的過程中真的好刺激，明天就開始下水，非常刺激。

Alvin

今天我一早便有了一個很有趣的PT，早餐過後便有了一些關於團隊合作的有趣遊戲，到了中午我們有一個快lunch，然後到tree top。很有學習性質，但是真的很累。希然之後的旅程會更精采。

Kelvin Pan

Day 8

Today was all packing and getting things off and getting our houses

Day 9

Today was very fun at treetop trekking. I conquered half of my fear of height by going there twice. My first time I went on yellow and Green but Now I want on all of the Games except for black and red because of time consumption. :(

Ava

Tiring days, I almost pass out… Just kidding! I am strong enough to face any challenges. Never worry about tomorrow because it will always be fine.

Maggie Pan

Today was one of the funnest(funnest?) days ever! Coz you know why? Because today was the day we went Treetop Trekking. It was so awesome! I went on all the colours on my blue(yes blue) bracelet. (Because I wasant 12 yrs old :( ) Oh well. I wish I could go on Black or Mavve, (or both) that would have been really fun. But overall, today was really fun, and just a little bit tiring.

Ryan Hoang

Today was a very exciting but tiring day. This is because we went Treetop trekking. Treetop trekking was really fun even though I conqured my fear of heights I have a fear of losing my balance. But all in all it was very fun especially the zip line which was very exhilarating.

Yesterday was a day of packing and loading as we were heading to Muskey’s Landing. Aparently we finished setting up for Muskey’s in 50 minutes which is quite an achievement.

Jenn

I’ve been trying to twist this into something uplifting and inspiring, but I’m not that good with words yet, so all I can do is honest and something to do with my natural charm (:D?)

Anyway, as you all probably know by now, this is a combo-blog joint with yesterday’s. Yesterday’s highlight was marking the move from HQ to Muskey’s Landing. It’s quite a different experience from Alpha Group… And there’s your spot of dark humour for the day, courtesy of yours truly. Or a tasteless and insensitive remark. To each his own, I suppose though I hope that in the event that understand my double meaning, you take it as the former.

I never expected Bravo Group to be like the TransCanada bunch, or even like Alpha Group, but after getting very little sleep last night due to the behaviours of the students, and their attitudes to room inspections, I am both sickened and frustrated by them. The upside is that I know what my challenge is now: I have to regulate myself and keep it cool in front of them.

Today’s team-building exercise was hellish for me. Being blindfolded and without my voice and then having to depend on faulty and disconnected information? Perhaps I ought to trust more and worry less, because I ended up screaming my throat raw again; goodbye voice, I’ll only really have you in textual format for a while yet at this rate.

As for treetop trekking today, well that was both uplifting and crushing, I’m terrified of heights, so even though we were strapped on safely at all times, I was still scared out of my mind. At all times, Nicola and Edwin’s encouragement and unwillingness to leave me behind cheered me greatly. It was pretty much only their encouragement and Billy’s little verbal push that got me going onto the most difficult level. And then I had to go and freak out at being so high up in the air and get nauseous and slow down the group. So then I took the “emergency exit” and was belayed down by a guide because they would not leave me behind even though I was so slow and so scared. It sounds like I’m trying to glorify cowardice, and it feels like it, too, but this all in all honesty – I was scared and tired and worried that my team would suffer because of me. I could not overcome my fear. Or is it enough to say that it was a feat for me to even get up there? Does that even count? Are we mice or are we men? Apparently I’m the Lady Monster Master Jenny-Buddy.

Terry

These are the two days we are first day in Musky’s Landing. Yesterday we are almost whole day on the car, with the morning we tied the boats. Today we went to treetop trekking. We finished most of the lanes, but except the hardest black lane. It is fun though, but it is so tiring. I feel so tired now, although I am doing some cooking. Now it’s time for water!!!

Rex

                These two days were both fun and exciting.

Yesterday we left our hotel and prepared ourselves’ for the trip to Musky’s Landing. I was assigned to help Billy to buy food and load all the stuf to his 3 vans. I followed Billy to buy food, I learned that. Planning is very important because when you are looking for 27 people you would not whan to buy less or to much.  Later in afternoon we started to pack our goods in to our van. I learn deviding stuff is very important, because if you don’t you will end up with a lot more boxes.

Today we woke up early for PT and some morning exercise then we played some games. In the afternoon we went to Horse Shose resourt to play. In was extriemly physical demanding, because we had to climb up and down in the Treetop Trekking. Basicly you need to climb many ropes which was connected by many trees. The corse was devided to many level, I was very lucky to complet all of them and accomplished the black corse which was the hardest in all of the corse.

Calvin

Today was a most interesting of PT lessons. We were blindfolded for most of this duration. It was interesting to see each group trying to communicate with their members. I actually ran into a tree this morning. I hate to say it but my team’s directions really sucked. Then again I don’t think mine were any better. Unfourtunately I did something wrong today. It wasn’t actually something bad, but was taken that way. Hopefully I get rid at my habit of doing stupid things when bored.

Lemuel

So we missed out on writing the blog yesterday. Sorry about that but fret not, nothing interesting happened anyway. Basically all of yesterday was spent packing all the luggage and equipment and driving up to Musky’s Landing. Today, we went treetop trekking and we basically did what we did back in Alpha group. I was going for the black course which is the most difficult but I was held back since one of the students was too scared to go up the coursed. It was unfortunate that I was unable to go where I wanted but it really wasn’t bad. Looking forward to water activities the next few days.

Nicola

Yesterday we arrived here at Musky’s Landing. After a long ride, we did a splendid clean up in lightning speed. Today, we did PT, some activities we did involved collaborating with our team mates. The jerry can drill today was done really well. I’m very happy with my group. Through all challenges, today’s most difficult challendge was blind folding soccer game. This was indeed very tricky! With all the noise the audience carried, it became harder and harder to concentrate. Hopefully I’ll do better tomorrow! The fun continued at horse shoe valley when we did treetop trekking and zip lining. I finally went on black, the most difficult tree top challenge  along with my buddies, Jenn, Edwin Chan and JJ. I wish Lem and Peggy got to go on with us. Because we planned to go on together. Hope there will be a next time. I thank Billy for giving us this opportunity, TREE TOP TREKKING!! SO FUN! Mom, Dad, Doris, and Yaura, eat full and dress warm. Looking forwards to tomorrow.

Edwin Chan

Today’s blog will be combined with yesterday’s blog. Yesterday we finally came back up to Muskey’s for few day stay. All we did was split into 3 groups one for logistics, another for kayak and the last group was for zodiac. We got everything ready and left by 1:30 pm to fill up the Sprinter and Zodiac. Once we reached to Muskey’s we unloaded our luggage and all the equipment in about 55 minutes. We started a Campfire and played some team games that involves us being blind folding and either tasting, smelling, and/or feeling the mystery food in the pot. Now this was pretty interesting because we some more team building skills. After all that we went to treetop to zipline again. I finally got to go do the black course and it’s fun. I guess that all now, have fun.

Maggie Tin

-          Treetop today

-          New Branches (trees)

-          Water activity start at tomorrow

J.J.

Yesterday was a fairly simple and quick day, we woke up, cleaned up, packed our things, restocked our inventory, loaded up the Sprinters, then we were on the move to Muskey’s Landing once again. Ahh, Muskey’s, so many memories from Alpha group. Well, when we arrived we had an amazingly quick unloading which lasted only 50 minutes. Following the unloading/setting up of camp, we had a variety of team building games along with a campfire.

                This morning we started off the day with some nice PT drills. These drills were designed to teach the participants on the vitality of communication and teamwork when in a group setting. We also had room inspections today aas a lesson on attention to detail and it’s importance in all fields of work one would wish to enter. Following room inspections and lunch, we went treetop trekking, once again bringing back memories from Alpha group. But this time I had enough time to go on both the big zip as well as the black course.. Tomorrow, we’ll start our water activities, starting with safety, CPR and first aid.

Alex

                This was the second day in Muskey Landing. I have lots of fun today during the Treetop trekking. It was fun., exciting and challging. What a tired day again. And tmr water activities are coming I’m look forward to it.

Edwin Cheung

Today, we went to tree-top-treking. Before, we did a lot of team building game. We blind fold succer,Commander game and skills game. It is really fun. I learn that as a leader. To have painton, to move foward and wait. To follow the rule, to over come your fear be a better man.