Dec trip....unforgettable trip

hmm.... I was suppose to have a short break for myself before the whole term start again in jan 2010...yet I was sent to taiwan to work for 8 days...then I need to bring my scouts for trip for another 8 days.....though tiring and was on official duty.... it was still worth it....

well.... I am not touching on my taiwan trip....coz rather the same for most of the days.....

what is more exciting and unforgettable would my trip with my scouts.....

this is the first official trip which I organized for my scouts....most of my time.... the trip was organized by others... and my scouts juz merely joined in.....and when I took over.... I realized I was not totally up to the task.....but I did not wanna my scouts to miss the chance.....so I went ahead and make the trip to be a real exciting trip for them.... but the planning side was tedious and draining....and it was so bad that it put my relationship to strain....and lucky thing my guy was a great one.... he supported me thru the planning.....even though he suffered from emotional hurt too....and I feel very very upset with myself.....but I am real glad that my guy supported me....and real glad that I found someone who adores me and my job ^^

hmm okie okie back to the trip..... well.... we went for white water rafting, high element and caving.... the rafting was cool and fun....... pple would think that you might drown.... maybe but if you are cool and dont panic you would be able to float.... but no worries..... the pple there are expert in handling us... so when we are trying to struggle... they would come near to us and give us the helping hand and I was able to survive.... haha i never went to play the high element...coz this is something I knew I can never do it.... it was so so so tall....and I had cold feet.... so I skipped and I regretted that.... hmmm if given the chance again......erm... I would skip again....haha coz I knew I can never do it de....

oh next caving.... hee this is the first time I did caving.....and the experience was fanstatic.... all of us gotten all wet and cold..... but teamwork was there... my grp pple were able to give others an helping hand... and I am very proud of my team ^^ they are such wonderful kids

hmm next is the wonderful, painful yet scary experience.......why wonderful?? the rovers, leader and scouts over in Malaysia....they were great host and great fun....they cracked jokes with us...and treated us juz like brothers and sisters..... and seeing the waterfall was a great pleasure....yet it became a painful experience.... why painful.... with the mindset that it was only a 1 hour walk to view the waterfall......we leaders decided to wear sandals and enjoyed the wondorous view of waterfall..... up the slope towards waterfall... I realized that my sandals was giving way....and in my mind 1 hour walk.... so it would be alright for me to take off my sandals and walked....who knows.......it turned out to be painful.... I suffered from cuts... bleeding soles.....and I kept dragging my soles to walk..... I tried to wear back my sandals but it was useless.... lucky thing I got my scouts to cheer me on and I struggled thru with bare feet....and kept going....and knocking my poor head against the logs and branches.... I am dead exhusated.... yet I kept moving.... with the waterfall in my mind.... and I need to lead my scouts too...so I need to keep walking.... finally I reached the waterfall!! and what is shocking the nightfall came faster than we expected it.....the jungle was in complete darkness.....

lucky thing I got torchlight from 1 of my leaders....we struggled down the mountain.... by the time we reached the waterfall.... we had climb for the past 3 hours!!! where got 1 hour?? OMG!!! inside my mind I was screaming .... yet I cannot fall down now.... coz I still need to lead my group pple back safely to the campsite..... with my 2 teachers in the front row....all of us marched down towards safe zone...... but I still move without my sandals..... but when we started heading back...... I heard callings.... my colleague moved and slipped along the way..... this was scary... but I need to keep my cool and rushed to help him.... calling out to scouts and getting some of them to aid him..... lucky thing.... my scouts are alright and 2 of them managed to help him.... we kept moving on.... all of us were exhuasted and wanna to give up.... but we encouraged each other....and sung songs....this is how we kept our spirits high.... and finally we made it to the exit.... along the way....all of us screamed due to horrible leeches.... which sucked our blood....painful bites from them.... I got hit by many posion ivy thorns.....and leeches bite.....and to make things worse..... my poor soles were bleeding due to deep cuts....but I need to move on...if not I cannot see my scouts again and my loved ones..... so I need to get out safely and alive.....

finally.... I thought we were going to enjoy the ride back home in the vehicle....who knows...this is juz purely accident.....the vehicle was not safe at all....the driver did not pull the hand brake fully.....and when we loaded up the pple.... out of the sudden...the vehicle went backwards.....and all of us including myself..... we were heading off the stream....and if the vehicle hit the stones....the vehicle would overturn....and all of us were going to die..... and at that instant.... my mind went blank.... I could not think and I could not react at all.... all I knew I was so going to die.... but I would die with regrets.... coz I have not say goodbye to my loved ones..... but lucky.... seriously lucky....one of the wheels went struck onto the big stones....and my leader ran to put up the handbrake.....then all of us pushed the vehicle back and rush back to the campsite..... this was the most scary thing I ever encounter.....and this is a great lesson learnt....and I would never wanna to experience again....

shaken by the fear.... I scolded my girls horribly but I did apologize and explain why.... coz I need to check whether all my scouts have return safely to campsite.....lucky all of them were there.....and still shaking .... I kept my cool and started giving pple first aid......but I forgot abt myself....till I made sure all my kids are safe and sound and they were resting well....

my whole body was hit by posion ivy thorns and my poor soles had stopped bleeding due to the soild and dirt....but my inner thighs and buttocks were bleeding due to bites....enduring the pain.... i rushed to bathe and sleep for the night....by the way.....we hiked for the past 7 hours or not... OMG.....

lucky for us....the next immediate day we headed back to our hotel and took a well deserving rest.... for the rest of the travel... it was juz purely having fun and laughters in order to forget abt this horrifying life threatening memory...... but all of us agreed that we missed the trip and wished that the trip could actually last longer ^^