What Are You Made Of?

The Last Post

2008-03-16T19:45:00.003+08:00

Now that the dust has settled, now that the scratches have healed, now that the laundry is washed and we're all clean again - Now that you have emerged from the jungle stronger - now you should know what you're made of.

Resilience.

The initiation is over, and the Society for Modern Living declares you ready.

Good night campers.

look back and wonder

2008-03-16T19:38:00.002+08:00

Remembrance
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I am made of my memory, and i am all the stronger for it.

one more time

2008-03-09T23:39:00.002+08:00

i promise you one last video. Can't say how good it'll be, but i promise there'll be one.

Next sunday night, watch for it.

All Good Things (Don't End)

2008-03-08T18:44:00.004+08:00

We're coming back to life, back to the world as we knew it, certainly the world as everyone else knows it.

Do you feel it? The feeling of disjointedness? It feels different. It's the same home, same streets, same island, same bed, but something is not the same. It's yourself. The world may not have changed in the meantime, but we have. The feeling of strangeness is the knowledge that you've seen and done so much, and now you're tougher, and the world doesn't know it yet.

But they will. They are going to know, when you wake up tomorrow and the act of eating breakfast is like a whole new world after everything you've been through.

The fact is, you've lived life at it's barest, some of you even more bare than others. There was fun, but also pain. And the tougher it was, the tougher you have become now. This wasn't camping in East Coast park, this wasn't Ubin resort - this was the jungle, where rocks are sharp and the ground is a living thing. The more you put yourself through, the more you went for it, the more you bounced back stronger. Trouble is, the world doesn't realise it.

But they will. When you pause in the middle of breaking that egg or pouring your coffee tomorrow, thinking Man, I'm not the same anymore, know this: You won't be able to hide it, it's going to show up in everything you do. It'll be in the way you walk, talk, eat and read the newspaper. It'll be in the way you sleep, drink and make decisions. After all you've seen and done - and the more you saw and did, the more true this is - none of the small stuff can get you down: no obstacle can make you give up; no problem can make you worried.

When you pause then, taking it all it in, don't forget: This is your new life. YOU are resilience.

Reprise

2008-03-08T09:59:00.000+08:00

talking about you, and you, and you....

Day 4 Young Folks Final
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I'm talking about the young folks.

Water good time

2008-03-08T05:25:00.000+08:00

Day 3 Ranger Jeram Besu
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from a significant height

2008-03-08T01:37:00.000+08:00

Day 4 Explorers
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Okay youtube was not co-operating so I've gone over to dailymotion. Load time may be a little slower.

I hear you

2008-03-08T00:05:00.000+08:00

I hear you guys - It'll be up soon, not just young folks but all of the other videos too.

Stay Tuned Please.

All good things

2008-03-07T23:41:00.000+08:00

Hunters - Back to Basics

2008-03-06T00:36:00.000+08:00

The Alphabet

2008-03-05T21:44:00.001+08:00

Anxiety

Bamboo rice

Composure

Determination

Enthusiasm

Fatigue

Goggles

Heart

Insect repellent

Jolly-good time

Knapsack

Leeches

Moving Mountains

No clean toilets

Overturn

Power

Quiet time

Renewal

Screams

Teamwork

Under-rated

Versatile

Weather(ed)

Xtreme

Young folks

ZZZzzzzzzz...

Rangers - Enduring all odds

2008-03-05T17:10:00.000+08:00

energy

2008-03-05T15:48:00.000+08:00

sound energy

heat energy

chemical energy

conversion of energy

gravitational potential energy

gravitational energy

potential energy

kinetic energy

mechanical energy

Half complete

2008-03-05T15:31:00.000+08:00

Even though I won't get to participate in the full camp, I still have learnt the true meaning of resilience,. I managed to cycle around 12km and not giving up halfway. With resilience, I could bear the 1st night without sleep. During the cycling, the terrain was very rough with many ups and downs. It takes really a lot of energy to go upwards. In this camp, I also learnt how to pitch and dismantle a tent. At first I thought it was very difficult, however, soon i realised that it was easier then it looks. Luckily, it did not rain on the first night or else we would have been unable to rest in pace. I also got to know many other sec 3's and bonded much greatly with those I knew for awhile. In short, the whole trip was a fruitful one, and those who did not go for it really missed all the action.

Nicholas Goh - Ranger

SMILES (Day 2)

2008-03-04T22:59:00.000+08:00

In Touch with our fundamental emotion - SMILES...

Just so wonderful..this feeling

Reward

A Satisfying Moment...

Confidence

Triple the Joy

Discovering Within Us......

Appreciation of Life

Leading the tribe...

Scaling Heights in a single bound...

Setting off for new horizons...

From a different angle...

Moving on to the next phase...

Day 1 Resilience Camp

2008-03-04T22:37:00.000+08:00

The First Day

2008-03-04T01:05:00.000+08:00

Welcome Party

Savoury Fare

Twist of Fate

Pitching In

Pitched

Night Vision

Three Wishes

Significant Figures

2008-03-04T00:46:00.000+08:00

10 hours on the road
273 initiates
25 accompanying teachers
2 immigration checkpoints cleared
4 camping grounds
7 Pictures posted for Day 1
0 Temasekians hurt

All in the right frame of mind and body. Both Man and Nature.

The Experience will be priceless.

All tribes have settled in, a roof over their heads, food in their bellies, passion in their hearts, preparing themselves to deconstruct assumptions and start over.

morning

2008-03-03T07:41:00.001+08:00

Ready to Rock

Ready to Roll

Let's get started

A Frame of Mind

2008-03-02T23:42:00.000+08:00

It's time - time to think a little, before we do a lot. Time to wonder - wonder whether you'll be awed, or appalled.

Are you going to spend your life clueless, or are you going to get yourself ready? Are you going to sit around and complain about stuff, or are you going to get out there and do it? You can make something of yourself, or you can sit around eating french fries and cowering the rest of your life.

In the jungle, a president is going to be the same as a pauper, a prince will be treated the same as a procrastinator. You all get a new slate, a new chance to discover yourselves.

Gather your things. Time to get your self in order.

Initiation Rites

2008-02-24T17:46:00.000+08:00

Explorers
This initiation group will be either above, below or holding onto rocks at all times. Survive the darkness of the caverns and of the night, to emerge at the end a glorious initiate.

Day 1: Set off, Camp Craft at Gelanggi & Daily Reflection
Day 2: Abseiling (1st half) / Caving (2nd half) & Solo Drop
Day 3: Abseiling (2nd half) / Caving (1st half) & Night Walk
Day 4: Canopy Walk, Rapid Shooting, Orang Asli Experience & Reunion of Initiates
Day 5: Arrive home and resume modern living

Hunters
Like nomads and aboriginals, this initiation group will live off the land, finding food water and shelter in the most obvious yet unexpected places - right in front of them. By the time they walk out of the jungle they will be able to look at the most hostile situation and say, "Sure, I can handle that."

Day 1: Set off, Camp Craft at Kuala Tahan & Daily Reflection
Day 2: Orang Asli Jungle Survival Skills
Day 3: Jungle Trekking & Orang Asli Experience
Day 4: 4x4 and Waterfall Experience & Reunion of Initiates
Day 5: Arrive home and resume modern living

Rangers
This initiation group will endure distances they would never dream of back home. They will walk, ride, paddle and fly farther than ever, and they will never doubt themselves or look back. When the marathons are done, they will be able to see anything through to the end, no matter how long it takes.

(the 1st half)
Day 1: Set off, Camp Craft at Pasir Sia & Daily Reflection
Day 2: Cycling Challenge
Day 3: Water Confidence, White Water Rafting, Flying Fox & River Crossing
Day 4: Canopy Walk, Trekking at Kuala Tahan & Reunion of Initiates
Day 5: Arrive home and resume modern living

(the other half)
Day 1: Set off, Camp Craft at Jeram Besu & Daily Reflection
Day 2: Water Confidence, White Water Rafting, Flying Fox & River Crossing
Day 3: Cyling Challenge
Day 4: Trekking at Kuala Tahan, Canopy Walk & Reunion of Initiates
Day 5: Arrive home and resume modern living

Are we there yet?

2008-02-21T23:49:00.000+08:00

Every journey has to begin somewhere. You can start now, thinking about who you are, what you are and where you're going to.

For that last one, it looks like this.

country road

chicanes

i'm ready to get lost

casting about

weathered
no bull

bull

meet the folks

portraits

2008-02-13T00:34:00.000+08:00

Landscape - Are you jungle enough?

2008-02-13T00:03:00.001+08:00

Stop a second. Ask yourself. Are you jungle enough for the real world?

spikey

a sandy beach

a line of attack

a river view

the canopy sky

a watery vision

a pattern of shadows

a place to be

It's a jungle over here.

By the way, it's a jungle over there too.

Paving the way forward

2008-01-15T00:05:00.000+08:00

Resilience Camp 2008 is coming ! This year, a new energetic and fresh batch of Sec 3 Temasekians will be continuing the tradition of their predecessors - to survive and persevere in their quest to answer the call to rediscover our natural instincts - to forger a common bond and purpose, the Temasek Way.

To pave the way forward, Temasek's Reslience Camp 2008 Main Committee set off this week from Jan 14 - 16 , 2008 for Jerantut, Pahang @ Malaysia to connect with the vendor and local agencies and work with them in securing the sites and logistics to facilitate another successful start to Resilience Camp 2008.

The Resilience Comm has in the past few days visited the sites and run through the program to be featured in this year's camp. The focus on ensuring safety and furthering the well being of Temaekians has been the basic principle guiding the Resilience Comm. The Comm arrived in Jerantut at 3am on 14 Jan and set off to work, discusing on the program for the recee trip with our vendor and local agencies.

Rising up early on 15 Jan, the Committee worked out the proposed itenary for the 3 main groups which our Temasekians will be assigned to - Explorer(Caving Adventure) , Ranger( Cycling Expedition) and Hunter( Survival). Then it was off to the various sites , starting with the arrival at the Taman Negara Reserve where the team walked the routes through with the guides and vendor, to assess the challenges that our Temasekians would be exposed to and work out both contingency plans and adding refinements to ensure that all activities would be innovative, challenging and safe.

The Resilience Comm also met up with the Orang Asli to discuss with them the survival skills that would be useful and interesting for our urban dwelling Temasekians. New members of the committee were also taken on the routes to learn from the guide on what to expect along the route and assess for themselves the physical challenges so that they could come back to share with teacher ICs and form teachers.

Back at our command centre at Hotel Sri Emas by 11pm, the entire Committee went through the Action and Reviews of today's experience and also refining RAMS with the vendor. The recee program for the 15 January was also worked out and we will update on the happenings tommorow...time to rest the mind and recharge the body.

This is where we left off in 2007

2008-01-15T00:02:00.000+08:00

ready in a huff

2008-01-07T15:39:00.000+08:00