You are mild-mannered, good,
strong and you love to help others.
You are SIMBA.
You're young, naive, and misguided. However, don't fear, because your growth comes exponentially with hard times ahead. Only then will you reach the goals you've set out to accomplish.
The Sorting Hat would put you in Gryffindor.
You are bold, passionate, and brave. You have a highly-defined sense of right and wrong, and you are not afraid to speak your mind or fight for what you want.
hehe.that is one of the many pictures we took back at Outward Bound Singapore and Outward Bound Brunei Darussalam!there r 214 photos in the album! i would like to write more but i guess pictures depict more than i can say.heh.
here u go! www.threesix.shutterfly.com/ enjoy guyz!
An old man lived on a farm in the mountains of eastern Kentucky with his young grandson. Each morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading his Quraan .
His grandson wanted to be just like him and tried to imitate him in every way he could. One day the grandson asked, "Papa, I try to read the Quraan just like you but I don't understand it, and what I do understand I forget as soon as I close the book. What good does reading the Quraan do?"
The Grandfather quietly turned from putting coal in the stove and replied, "Take this coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water." The boy did as he was told, but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time," and sent him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster, but again the basket was empty before he returned home. Out of breath, he told his grandfather that it was impossible to carry water in a basket, and he went to get a bucket instead.
The old man said, "I don't want a bucket of water; I want a basket of water. You're just not trying hard enough," and he went out the door to watch the boy try again.
At this point, the boy knew it was impossible, but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he could, the water would leak out before he got back to the house.
The boy again dipped the basket into river and ran hard, but when he reached his grandfather the basket was again empty.
Out of breath, he said, "See Papa, it's useless!""So you think it is useless?" The old man said, "Look at the basket. "The boy looked at the basket and for the first time realized that the basket was different. It had been transformed from a dirty old coal basket and was now clean, inside and out.
"Son, that's what happens when you read the Quraan. You might not understand or remember everything, but when you read it, you will be changed, inside and out. That is the work of Allah in our lives."
All i ever really needed to know, i learned in Kindergarten..Most of what i really need to know about how to live, and what to do and how to be, i learned in kindergarten. Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there in the sandbox at nursery sch. These are the things i learned: Share everything. play fair. dont hit people. put things back where you found them. clean up your own mess. dont take things that arent yours. say ur sorry when u hurt somebody. wash ur hands b4 u eat. flush. warm cookies and cold milk are good for u. live a balanced life. learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
Take a nap every afternoon. when you go out into the world, watch for traffic, hold hands, stick together. be aware of wonder. remember the little seed in the plastic cup. the roots go down and the plant goes up and nobody knows how or why, but we r all like that.
goldfish and hamsters and white mice and even the little seed in the plastic cup - they all die. and so do we.
and then u remember the book abt Dick and Jane and the 1st word u learn, the biggest word of all: LOOK. everything u need to know is in there somewhere. the Golden Rule and love and basic sanitation. ecology and politics and sane living.
Think of what a better it would be if we all - the whole world - had cookies and milk abt 3 o'clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankets for a nap, if we had a basic policy in our nation and other nations to always put things back where we found them and cleaned up our own messes. and it is still true, it is best to hold hands and stick together.
hola everyone! peace ya'll! its been a great 14days course by Outward Bound Singapore and Brunei. May i share a little about my trip.
To begin with, i was excited to get away from CDA! haha..yeah..wat a bad officer 2 b huh.hehe..but hey! who doesnt need a break? One thing i can definitely say..time sure flies by..fuh! its been 3 mths already??!! 1/3 thru the course. I will sure miss the times we've spent back @ outward bound. From the Tock Seng(my group/watch name) warriors to the instructors to our 36th BOC!
Outward Bound's rule of the thumb.......BACK TO BASICS.yupz, that is how i describe it.they will psyche u up so that u will let go of everything back on mainland and focus on the job at hand.
Our daily routine was to report @ 5.55am for flag raising. after that, we had our morning 2.4km run and then the 5 basic exercises better known as 5bx. Not forgetting the best part was....the jetty jump aka the morning dip..hehe..this is where u put on ur life vest and jump inside the cold morning sea water..bRrr~~..but great! its a wake up call for most of us=D
I find outward bound very fascinating. Most of the things they promote are all universal values which means Islamic values! things like being responsible, being on time, taking care of one another, selflessness, appreciating the small things in life we often take for granted. SubhanAllah!
even though it was my 3rd time @ outward bound singapore, every xperience is a new one. This time, we get to sail the cutter(sail boat)!! weeeheee..it was a 3days 2nights xpedition. we even slept on the cutter on the 2nd night.it was a great xperience.Once in a lifetime xperience.
that sunday morning, we packed up and move off to changi airport for our morning flight to brunei. met up with mummy n daddy n mummy's comment was "ehhh..gelap nyer sennn..."...khekekhkehkehe..and so..that was it..we flew off to brunei on a 2hr journey on board SIA..
The sight of OBBD, Outward Bound Brunei Darussalam was breath taking! The smell of fresh air, the sight of greens and sound of the river flowing was fantastic!!! im sure u guyz r trying to picture it right? yeah,it is as peaceful as u think it is. Nothing beats Allah's natural creation. @ brunei, things were more or less very calm. not much of a rush unlike ubin. The instructors there were very calm and composed.
We did some interesting activities for the 1st 2 days there. we learned the traversing across the river skill and also introduction to a helicopter evacuation! i was one of the few lucky ones who got winched! hehehe.yeah.i was practically dangling in mid air for a moment.heh.
the heli pilot that was never meant to be