yeah, Imperial College Malaysian Society has their own fresher’s camp. That will probably give you an idea how many Malaysians there are in Imperial. I heard there are 100++ fresher’s this year although only 38 turned up for the camp. I never imagine there were so many people going! Imperial is definitely earning BIG BUCKS from international students. The annual tuition fees are like three times the local student’s fees! O_o
But ahh, this post is suppose to be about the camp~ It was awesome indeed although it’s only a short 3 days 2 night camp. (trips all seems so short when compared to the 5 days BTN camp, haha!) So on friday the 4th, my dad dropped me and yeechinn at the klcc lrt station and we took the lrt to KL Sentral which was our meeting point in McDonalds and I swear we did annoyed them a little with such a big group gathering there but hardly buying anything.
and guess who I saw there, Shari Lim! With her, me, YeeChinn and Shi Yunn, plus Han Yang who’s already in Imperial, it means there’s 5 previous Lick Hung 6K students studying in Imperial! I wouldn’t dream that I would be going to the same uni as my previous primary school classmates, and all 4 of them as well! It’s a blessing indeed!
Right, so we head off to PANGKOR (yes, our camp is in pangkor! how awesome is that?) on the bus and I got to know a few people in the bus including Steph (biotech) who sat in front of me, Michael and Winson who’s both taking Chem Eng (the most popular course). So they share their experience and I’m ashamed to say I have ZERO musical skills and ZERO sports skills. O_o ah well, time to be a bit thick face. :p
We got to know a lot of seniors too, in the ferry and all and it wasn’t hard to communicate with them as most of them are only a year older and some the same age as us! ^^
Checked in just as we arrived the resort, and the condition wasn’t bad at all, considering we paid only RM70 for the whole trip. (But I think we were sponsored as well..) I got into the same room with Kayla and XinNing (my taylor’s junior!)
Alright, before I start boring you with the details, let me jump straight to the fun parts, like getting into groups blindfolded and meow-meow-ing. Was in the same group as Zhi Xiong again~
Had one of the funniest senior MengKit as our faci:
and the next morning we went for KAYAK-ing after a game of frisbee. The last time I did it was with Che in temenggor, I Think? I didn’t plan to get wet at first, but with the waves and splashing of paddles, I was half drenched already. Paddling to the island opposite the beach I was surprised to see CORAL ISLAND on the rock and I was ohmygawd, I came here before! =.=” I did have the suspicion that the beach we’re on was teluk nipah : coral beach, but it looked pretty different and I couldn’t confirm for sure. For your info, I have been to this same beach for like gazillion times when I was younger. But i’m glad to visit the same place again to find the condition improving! ^^ The last time I was there, the beach was partly destroyed and the water oily. Now it’s much more clear and bluish, and the sand has smooth down by the constant tide that moves in. Unfortunately, the sandy beach is still pretty short, it used to stretch out further and we could camp on the higher sandy parts. And I didn’t see the temple at the end of the beach. Didn’t go that far, so I’m not sure if it’s still there.
So, apparently the seniors had their fresher’s camp on the same stretch as well, just different resort. We rested under the shaddy trees on the beach and went climbing on stones in coral island. Then we head off to another stretch of beach and roam about. As everybody head back when it’s times up, Michael who was sitting behind me suggested we go a big round around coral island instead of heading straight back and thus we sneak off to paddle the longer way. The annoying part was either the waves/wind/paddling stroke keeps veering out boat towards the right and every now and then we have to paddle it back to the correct direction. And my specs keep sliding down my nose and my arms tire easily… But surprisingly, I didn’t get much of a muscle ache the next day or the day after.
We had all sorts of fun indoor camp activities as well but describing them would be too long. So the highlight was the night performance in which all of us have to produce a sketch that includes singing and dancing. Almost all of the groups were awesome, their sketch brought tears of laughter into out eyes. One of the funniest was Ming Hui with his french accent! haha! Congrats to the winners, I’m sure they well deserve it and congrats to us all for doing better than the seniors! (or so they said)
one of our indoor games/activities~
Senor, seez wat small hips he havez, diz won’t do~
we performed spongebob squarepants~
Then we chatted with the seniors, got to know more about life in imperial till late at night. Besides all the fun we had, it was really useful (imo) getting to know the seniors and all the other freshers, getting all the useful information we're suppose to know, and gear up out spirits of looking forward into uni life! Of course, all the talk about how hard the courses will be scare us a little as well, but has yet to dampen our spirits~
ah i nearly forgot! Our mole! She's so cute and funny that nobody suspected! And we were in the same group some more! GOSH~ I won't share the details here but I was so surprised to know, didn't really expect it. I would have known if I checked out one of the senior's flickr photos in which he posted the link. But I didn't, so ahh…
our darling mole~
and she was sitting right beside me! can u imagine it?
the last morning has really biG wAvEs. We went for banana boating, it wasn’t as great as Redang’s one but fun nevertheless. Then we played along the beach with the waves. First time I have ever experienced such waves. I can finally imagine how people go for surf boarding. Though the water wasn’t deep, it was strong enough to push and pull you if you’re not anchoring yourself well into the sand. It was pretty fun though, rolling along with the waves cause we made sure we didn’t go in too deep. The boys were crazy though, they literally ran straight into the crashing waves and a couple of them lost their specs. Luckily I put mine away first. The last few round of waves scared us a little before we got off though. It was really strong and it just tumbled all over us and we were practically turning 360 degrees in the water due to the force. And when you try to get up, the water that rushes back into the sea pull you backwards. Took two or three rounds of crashing waves for me to get out. Glad to say we were all safe and sound and took a group picture before we head back to clean up.
banana boating 2nd group~
Trip back on the bus was filled with sessions of lame but funny trick questions and learning about imperial geek’s game. Am pretty bad in it though, since I don’t have good mental arithmetics.
Let the pics show how fun it was! ^^ Pics courtesy of Senior Faiz and Justin! Am just stealing them off facebook~
Senior Justin takes amazing bright and clear pictures with his dslr, rachel~
Other group discussion pic~
Winson, another winner of the best actor. We have three in total! that was how awesome we were~
The seniors had fun dumping people into the sea~
we split into frisbee/captain ball and volley/beach ball game~
we rock overall~
And the thing that touched me most was the final activity on the last night in which I felt something similar to Unite2Ignite camp, but it wasn’t as strong. I could actually feel the unity in which each group were given parts of puzzles and we’re suppose to gather them together to patch it together. Sounds easy? Well the rules are we’re not allowed to talk, not allowed to stand, not allowed to ask other groups to give anything but we’re allowed to give. (I think the message they were trying to drive across works in the end) It took sometime for us at first to realise what we’re suppose to do and to gather other groups together in the center without talking! Someone came up with the brilliant idea to clap to get their attention and some of us did the same. Then as not everybody could gather together to work on it, we started to take turns. (although it took quite sometime to communicate this idea to everybody else) and the rest of us helped by the sides, like requesting cello-tapes to stick the puzzle together from the faci[s]. (without talking too!) Those who broke the rules were captured away and was rescued later by all the group leaders. And damn were the Faci[s] taunting us ( I think they were suppose to represent kuasa asing there) but I pointedly decide to ignore them. It really reminded me of the time when we make the Piccasso Project during the Unite2Ignite camp. Even though we’re bounded with such limits, we actually managed to complete it with success! Congrats to us all! I’m so proud of you guys, keep the unity strong within!
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