Bernadette’s S1 Learning Trip VOL.1

S1 Learning Trip  

For our S1 Learning Trip, we went to Don. Bosco Camp in Cheung Chau for three days. We all had loads of fun and the journey was filled of laughs. Let go and see the trip I had. #Bernadtte’s Learning Trip

19th March #First day of camp

On the first day of camp, we rode the ferry to Cheung Chau and walked into the camp. After some boring briefings about dos and don’ts, it was time to get the party started. (We literally had a party, tell you later). We settled down in our rooms. I was living in a 6-people room, so we got a private bathroom! That means we don’t have to wait and share the public bathrooms downstairs. We played some group activities that would help us sharpen our collaboration skills. We also created our team name and decorated our team flag. Our team name was called Dump CL since we are in the class CL. Dump didn’t really had a meaning but it just made us laugh so why not? Our team mascot was Bernie (our class mascot — it is a green dinosaur with pink, purple tail and long gills on his cheeks. It’s cute if you had to know...) in a rubbish camp. He was cute enough, but when he was inside a trash can, it made him even cuter!!!  \\(=^0^=)// Dinner was...tolerable. But the thing that is definitely UNACCEPTABLE is kitchen duty. After dinner, we had to clean up the mess and do the dishes. I am a fast dish washer (as I say so myself), but the whole stack of dishes were a nightmare for me. We washed them non-stop. Even though we are energetic teenagers, we were all feeling exhausted in the end. We played some games that trained our teamwork to end the day.

Remember the party I mentioned just now? Well, let me tell you the story. 20th March is the day of our class teacher’s birthday. We planned a surprise party for him so that he could remember his birthday not as a boring day of watching us at a camp, instead a wonderful birthday party his lovely, (cough, cough) students planned for him. That night, my two classmates and I sneaked over to the other side of the camp rooms where the party was being held. To be honest, three girls walking through a road filled with trees and stuff was kind of creepy. As a prankster like me, of course I needed to have some fun. On the way to the other side of camp, I was leading with a flashlight in my hand. The two followed me but we had some distance. I, then used this opportunity, turned myself around, and light shinning onto my hair which was covering my face and yelled BOO. One of my classmates got so scared, she screamed as I laughed hysterically at her. Her face was priceless! When it was about a quarter to midnight, we called in out master plan (smirks). We set up the room, not really. We only out a brownie cake, a birthday card and a present box onto the table. But, hey, that took work too. It was so hard for us to resist that irresistible smell the brownie let out, we all just wanted to lick that so bad, and I mean so bad. We called in our secret agent — a teacher who would tell our class teacher that one of the student was sick. Therefore, we could lure him into the room. At about 11:50, our VIP had arrived, shocked when he saw a cake and the wonderful surprise. Although we planned to strike at midnight, the party ended early at 11:55. But, who cares if a birthday party is 5 minutes earlier than the exact birthday? I CARE! I was one of the brains who planned this... and now the plan isn’t on midnight?! Did you know how hard is it for me to sneak a birthday cake into the camp, freeze it and not being suspicious?! I’ll tell you. IT. IS. VERY. HARD.

20th March #Day 2 of Camp 

 That morning, we had a little activity that we did — The Sea Adventure. Yup, that’s right an adventure in the middle of the sea. We rode the private boat that Don. Bosco Camp. We played a game that we would have a hard time forgetting about it. There was a bridge outside the boat, and as you probably had guessed, we had to walk on that shaky bridge. Of course, you could take a swim in the cold (refreshing?) water, but I won’t advice you to do that. You had to walk on that bridge and come back to the boat without falling into the water. P.S.The bridge is in a letter ‘n’ shape. This was related to the topic of self-confidence. Luckily, nobody in our class got wet, but the other class wasn’t so fortunate... Moving on, we spent the rest of the day doing other kind of activities related to thinking, working as a team and communicating with others. This is a picture of me walking the three 'dos' bridge.

The most unforgettable thing of this day is that after dinner, we got to make a lantern. We made a big lantern and wrote our future dreams and wishes on it. It is forbidden to fly lantern since it could be very dangerous. Therefore, instead of installing a fire setup inside the lantern, we used some heat and air to make it float. When the lanterns were all up in the air, the view was magnificent. This was my first time to fly a lantern, so it was an mind-blowing experience for me.

21st March #Day 3 of Camp 

In the morning, we had do to some orienteering. We had to plan our own routine and retrieve all the answers of the questions in time. I was the one who planned the routine. My group members and I kept on running throughout the whole orienteering. We almost ran across most of Cheung Chau, from the top to the left end. It was really exhausting.

After lunch, we had make a catapult. When we finished making the catapult, we needed to catch the water balloons we fired using the catapult. My group caught none but we did have a great time, goofing around. Before we leave the camp, the instructors handed all of us a water balloon. They told us to fire them into the air. Luckily, I didn't get wet. It was a great way too end the camp, if you ask me. This is a photo of all the students and me throwing the water balloons into the air.