Challenge by Choice
Last summer, I’ve experience the best camp in my whole life, the Kool Adventure Camp. This camp taught me lessons in life in a very exciting manner. I’ve experienced so many things in this camp that I never thought of doing, things that were beyond my imagination.
First part of the camp was introducing ourselves and some lectures of course. During the whole duration of the camp, we used camp names. My camp name was winx and I actually don’t have any explanation why I chose that name. I just think that it sounds good, sounds like a name of a dreamer. After having the lecture, we played the first game and they said that we have to play to win. At first I did see the logic behind what they said. I only knew it after losing the game. The set-up was like this, we have balls and baskets. The basket of the other team was placed near the other teams shooting area. The only rule was to follow your task. If you’re the shooter, you can only shoot the balls and if you’re role is to get the ball, that’s the only thing that you can do. After the game, our scores for the three rounds were totaled. But the score for one team was the total score of the three teams for the first round. It’s so ironic isn’t it? We were shocked but then they explained the reason to us. They said that if all of us wanted to win. We could have helped the other groups. The rule doesn’t say that we can’t shoot the other team’s balls in to their basket which was very near to us. We were all shocked and fascinated with the situation that they gave. They said that we have to play to win. Since everyone was concern of winning by themselves nobody got the perfect score. Sometimes we have to help our opponents so that we can experience the best victory in life. Playing isn’t always all about winning. Sometimes the best part in playing is helping one another to reach everyone’s goal so that no one will be left behind.
The second day was spent in Punta Engaño where we had our rope course. We had the pamper pole, wall climbing and the high Y. In the pamper pole, we had to climb a pole with a disc on top. Stand on the disc and jump off to reach for a rope a meter away. The rope there was considered our greatest dreams or our hearts deepest desires. I was very happy to reach that rope. Before jumping off, I shouted that I want to please my mother. My mother and I never had a good relationship. We always end up fighting when we’re talking. But deep inside me, I really want my mother to be proud of me. Another heart pounding course was the wall climbing. In this course, three campers were tied together and one was blind folded. All of us must reach the top together, this is our goal. In this challenge, I learned that we should never leave anybody behind that helped us climb, because you will never reach your goal. The most challenging course for me was the high Y. In this course, the rope was formed into a letter Y. In the first part we had to walk on the rope all by ourselves but holding on another rope. When we reached the middle, we had to let go of the rope that we were holding. There is another person at the other end which I will meet at the center. Together we had to reach the other end just by holding each other and depending on each other for balance. I learned in this course that in order to proceed with our lives, we have to let go of the ropes that hinders us from moving on. We have to trust and depend on others but still maintain a sense of balance in our own selves. After the end of the rope course day, I was already very tired but the experience could never be compared to anything.
The activities on the third day basically summarize all our learning from the first two days. This camp really opened my mind to the different aspects of life. I’ll forever treasure this experience and I will share the things that I’ve learned to others who might need them.
Last summer, I’ve experience the best camp in my whole life, the Kool Adventure Camp. This camp taught me lessons in life in a very exciting manner. I’ve experienced so many things in this camp that I never thought of doing, things that were beyond my imagination.
First part of the camp was introducing ourselves and some lectures of course. During the whole duration of the camp, we used camp names. My camp name was winx and I actually don’t have any explanation why I chose that name. I just think that it sounds good, sounds like a name of a dreamer. After having the lecture, we played the first game and they said that we have to play to win. At first I did see the logic behind what they said. I only knew it after losing the game. The set-up was like this, we have balls and baskets. The basket of the other team was placed near the other teams shooting area. The only rule was to follow your task. If you’re the shooter, you can only shoot the balls and if you’re role is to get the ball, that’s the only thing that you can do. After the game, our scores for the three rounds were totaled. But the score for one team was the total score of the three teams for the first round. It’s so ironic isn’t it? We were shocked but then they explained the reason to us. They said that if all of us wanted to win. We could have helped the other groups. The rule doesn’t say that we can’t shoot the other team’s balls in to their basket which was very near to us. We were all shocked and fascinated with the situation that they gave. They said that we have to play to win. Since everyone was concern of winning by themselves nobody got the perfect score. Sometimes we have to help our opponents so that we can experience the best victory in life. Playing isn’t always all about winning. Sometimes the best part in playing is helping one another to reach everyone’s goal so that no one will be left behind.
The second day was spent in Punta Engaño where we had our rope course. We had the pamper pole, wall climbing and the high Y. In the pamper pole, we had to climb a pole with a disc on top. Stand on the disc and jump off to reach for a rope a meter away. The rope there was considered our greatest dreams or our hearts deepest desires. I was very happy to reach that rope. Before jumping off, I shouted that I want to please my mother. My mother and I never had a good relationship. We always end up fighting when we’re talking. But deep inside me, I really want my mother to be proud of me. Another heart pounding course was the wall climbing. In this course, three campers were tied together and one was blind folded. All of us must reach the top together, this is our goal. In this challenge, I learned that we should never leave anybody behind that helped us climb, because you will never reach your goal. The most challenging course for me was the high Y. In this course, the rope was formed into a letter Y. In the first part we had to walk on the rope all by ourselves but holding on another rope. When we reached the middle, we had to let go of the rope that we were holding. There is another person at the other end which I will meet at the center. Together we had to reach the other end just by holding each other and depending on each other for balance. I learned in this course that in order to proceed with our lives, we have to let go of the ropes that hinders us from moving on. We have to trust and depend on others but still maintain a sense of balance in our own selves. After the end of the rope course day, I was already very tired but the experience could never be compared to anything.
The activities on the third day basically summarize all our learning from the first two days. This camp really opened my mind to the different aspects of life. I’ll forever treasure this experience and I will share the things that I’ve learned to others who might need them.
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