e-Journal: Aerobics Session (DAY 2)

On the 17th April 2013, we started our aerobics session from 6:30 am until 7:00 am at the field next to Tun Mustapha Hall.

The Sunny Team

From Left: Sally Lew, Phan Chei Kuan, Dorina Wong, Yean Yan Tong, Kok Jia Xuan and Sally Sia

Our aerobics leader, Phan Chei Kuan, lead the warm up session.

 Warmed up!

Bend, bend and bend!

Stretch, stretch and stretch!

HAHAHA!

They enjoyed themselves very much!

Quotes: A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a singe step

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When I picked the garbage at the Kota Kinabalu Wetlands today, the first thought that came to my mind was that everything begins with a single step. The wetland is polluted with garbage such as plastic bottles, plastic bags and even big refrigerators. It  is clear that pollution is quite serious here. However, if we are willing to volunteer to clean up our mangrove-swamp, this problem will definitely be solved someday.

Poem: In Our Hands

Guess What: Transport

 

What is the shoe that can float on the water?

Answer: The boat

 

Short Reflection: What have we done? (Day 1)

It was the first day of the English Language Camp 2013. We had some interesting activities such as ice breaking, treasure hunt, etiquette session and a puppet show competition. 

In the morning, after having the aerobics session, we had a slot for ice breaking. During the ice breaking, we were divided into two groups - the instructors and the blinds. The blinds had to search for the shoes of their instructors and then help put them on. 

After that, we had a treasure hunt organised by Team 22. It was amazing. We had to find out the stations using the clues given. Besides, at every station, we had to accomplish some missions such as Spell-It-Rightt and riddles. It took almost two hours for us to finish all the tasks and reach the finishing line.

Later, we had an etiquette session led by Madam Shubashini, an English lecturer from the Language Department. This session was related to the characteristics of an ideal teacher. At the end of this session, we managed to figure out the characteristics of an ideal teacher. 

At night, we held a puppet show competition. All of us helped out in the preparation of the puppet show competition and it was a success. The champion group was the Candy Girls with their story entitled "Peter and The Wolf".

Poem: Nature Lover

Tell me, what do you see?

Blue sky, brown trunks, and green leaves,

Giant trees that touch the sky,

Little birds flying through.

Nature is a beauty,

Nature is mighty,

Nature is colour possibly seen,

The beauty of nature is what we see.

So hold our hands, be supportive,

Nature lovers, together we be.

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Justification:
I was exposed to the green environment when we did the mangrove clean-up and I'm glad that the world we live in is so beautiful. The nature is indeed amazing and it inspires me to write this poem to glorify the beauty of nature.

e-Journal: Language Games

On the 17th of April 2013, the Blue Angel Team organised language games from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. There were three different games in this session which were Word Search, Riddles and Basta.

The leader of the group explaining the rules of the games

Getting ready for the game

Concentrating seriously

Group photo

Madam Rosemary giving away the prize to the first runner-up team

Madam Rosemary giving away the prize to the Champions 

Short Reflection: Day 2

Today, early in the morning, we had an aerobics session before outing to the Kota Kinabalu Wetlands and Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). After the aerobics session, we started our journey to the Kota Kinabalu Wetlands at 7.30 a.m. We had our breakfast in the bus and after an hour, we reached there. At the Kota Kinabalu Wetlands, all of us had a lot of  fun exploring the mangrove swamp although it was tiring. We saw the wildlife that we have never seen before. We cleaned up the rubbish in the mangrove swamp as much as we could. We took a picture with the people in-charge. After that, we moved to the next destination which is University Malaysia Sabah. We had gained a lot of knowledge and our perception toward the environment has widened after visiting the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Then, we went back to the campus. Later in the evening, we organized the English Language Games. All of us enjoyed the games and at the same time, these games also helped improve our knowledge about the English Language. Tomorrow will be the last day, we hope that it will have a perfect ending.   

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e-Journal: Visitation to UMS

On the 17th of April 2013, we went to visit the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, University Malaysia Sabah. We started our journey at 1:30 p.m. The purpose of this outing was to get inspiration to create our own poems.

A briefing by Professor Charles

 Irene Tiong Ying Ying, giving a token of appreciation to Professor Charles  

A specimen in the exhibition hall 

 A token of appreciation to Madam Petherine Jimbau

Our advisor, Madam Tan Mee Chin with Madam Petherine Jimbau

Group photo

Quotes: Care for Earth

Beautiful scenery of the capital city
Photo taken at Signal Hill Observatory, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

"I am not an environmentalist. I am an Earth warrior."

Darryl Cherney

On the 2nd day of the ELC, we volunteered ourselves to collect rubbish that was trapped amongst the mangroves at the Kota Kinabalu Wetlands. Since we had extra time after lunch, we stopped by the Signal Hill Observatory for a short photo-taking session.  

The observatory is a really great place for sightseeing. The scenery of the magnificent bright sky and the clear sapphire blue sea with beautiful tall buildings really did amaze me. It was, however,  a complete contrast to the situation at the wetlands. Rubbish such as tyres, slippers, bottles, plastic bags were brought in to the mangroves by tides. 

That was when I started thinking about mother nature- how long can our beautiful scenery still be seen and enjoyed? What will happen to the blue sky and the sapphire sea in Sabah if our modern industrial development destroys mountains that are covered with trees, lakes, and running streams and transforms them into  mountain of junks, garbage, slime pits, and debris?

Mother nature is a gift from God! Stop the depletion of natural resources. Don't you hear the silent cries of the Earth? Be grateful! Give back what we have taken from our Earth. 

From now on, let us not only be an environmentalist but an earth warrior!

A drawing inspired by the scenery of Kota Kinabalu Wetlands.

"Don't you hear the silent cries of the Earth? Be grateful! Give back what we have taken from Her. " 

Yean Yan Tong