Eagle’s Ranch, Port Dickson

Outings — By Christopher on February 3, 2010 at 12:00 AM

Got my skin burn and muscles aching at the recent Youth Leaders’ Retreat at Eagle’s Ranch! I told myself that I was going to enjoy myself there (since it was the last time I would be spending a retreat with “them”) and not be bothered about taking pictures of the “event” for future references. So yeah, there are few events without pictures! Hope our memories of the time shared together will not fade. Ha ha

We had loads of free time – most of it were well spent at the basketball court or the swimming pool . Our dorms were in front of the horse stable! No, we didn’t have any foul smell in our dorms or the vicinity! Some of us even got to pat and “whisper” to the horse. Our very own FGA USJ horse whisperer.. hahaha Anyhow, I took the opportunity to take panning shots of a horse in action! Usually its cars or vehicles for me! A first! I believe this is one of my best shots… although I prefer another shot (but it didn’t show as much motion).

One of the teamwork activity line up for us was the raft building activity. We initially planned to have three groups but decided to go with two, according to the circumstances (having 8 to 9 people to the raft is just murder ). The activity was similar to what I had during my prefect camp stints. At least this time they taught us how to tie the raft properly! We had to walk from our dorms to the seaside… a great way to start the morning! EXERCISE! I had my digital camera along with me (with a zip lock from Li Teng) as I intend to record the action at sea! Did I mention we were going to raft at sea? WOOT!

The best shot taken during the whole event, was not taken by a DSLR nor by me! It was taken with my IXUS 60 by Pastora Zoo! I really like the shot above. It shows teamwork, leadership, competition and action! Although those are my opinions but I’m sure you share them too! My team certainly had a good laugh (me at least) when our raft decided to go left instead of straight at the beginning! Rafting sure does take a huge amount of coordination and teamwork! My team came in second (last) but we didn’t give a hoot! All we cared was having fun!! WAN ZHU ROU!!!

The race was still on until a team finishes disassembling their raft and returned the materials back to its original location. With that done, we treated ourselves to a cup of water and a group photograph! Hip Hip Hooray! Notice the Styrofoam cup I am holding Not to forget the Monash University T-Shirt too.. hehehe We were all winners at the end of the day!

Besides rafting, we also had the obstacle course in the evening, and management games the next morning. They were all fun but very tiring! I don’t mind doing the obstacle course but please remove the 8 foot wall! Oh, I would like to brag that my team got the fastest time for the obstacle run! Hehehehehe! I would definitely frame the picture above… sweet memories with the Leadership Team.. haha all the best!!