Team Strenghtening Course - the pics

Welcome to ALIM - Akademi Latihan Inovasi & Motivasi, Jugra, Banting.

Day 02 - Obstacles

My knees wobbled uncontrollably - I kid you not - out of fear of falling into the water.

It was so bad that the instructor had to still the wooden plank for me...

Balance beam - smaller than the first one but easier due to no water waiting underneath, I supposed.

I had really bad experience of crawling during Battle Innoculation when I was doing my DPA back in 2001. Alhamdulillah, this time around it was quite a breeze

We were supposed to "meniti macam anak dara" (walking on just one side instead of both) on the second stair - but nobody dared to

Monkey rack - ladies were allowed to get assisted to do this. As the instructor put it, "Kalau macam ni, sampai ke Lukut pun boleh"

Ayn splashed down from the swing and did not surface out of the greenish moldy 'pool' for a few seconds, causing a short-lived panic

6ft wall - of course I climbed it with some assistance - I am not a Superwoman...

Day 02 - Jungle trekking

Briefing before trekking began.

We climbed up Bukit Jugra

Permanent Forest Reserve signboard

Mind the steep steps

Ujai could probably slide down the hill gleefully...

Take 5 - one of our "R&R" stops

This stretch was so steep that we had to hang oh-so-dearly to the fence (which was not that strong)

The "High Flyers" (feeling pasukan khas TUDM gitu)

From then onwards it was not that difficult...

muka-muka berpeluh metalik Posing in front of Bukit Jugra Lighthouse

Clearer view of the lighthouse

The breathtaking view of Banting from the lighthouse area (don't mind the two cameramen - we were taking photos of each other a'la "draw"-cowboy-style)

Just our luck to witness someone in the process of paragliding take-off

Weeeeeee.... - I would really like to try this out one day, insya Allah...
(sangat cemburu dengan pakcik itu)

Had a scare when the bus shrieked and something snapped loudly...
Everybody went out of the bus except for the driver

Walked down a bit before asked to board the bus again

Pak Mat, the driver, explained what happened to Numero Uno

Lunch - everything seemed delicious when one is physically exhausted

Day 02 - Rafting

First - get 4 barrels, 5 pieces of kayu bakau, 3 pieces of wooden planks and 12 ropes...

Next - use your creativity to assemble them all to create a raft that may load all team members (9-10 pax)

Put on the life vest before entering the lake placid.

This is especially important for those who don't know how to swim like yours truly

Enter the lake

Start paddling (each group was given one paddle each) or use whatever you can, your bare hands for intance to make the raft move until it reach the cliff

Watch out - collision means higher probability of the raft being 'terbarai' in the water

Disassemble everything once you reached the ground and put everything back where they belong

Day 02/03 - Flying Fox

The cliff a.k.a. Bukit Dagu (since "kaki naik ke dagu" to climb up to the starting point)

First person to go - Encik Zainal - who then had to rush back home due to family bibik emergency

Drama on Day 02 - as Pak Mat the driver got stucked in the water after he descended

Since he weighs more than 90kg, a lot of people have to pull the rope so that the instructor could rescue Pak Mat

Briefing in the morning session - when the rope was already loose and probability of participants made contact with the lake higher

Before ascending the Bukit Dagu - no spectacles watches, rings or dentures allowed to minimise risk of things falling down into the lake upon braking of the descend

Among the spectators (khusyuk macam tengok bola)

Day 03 - Closing ceremony

Laughing heartily as Numero Uno mentioned funny incidents during the course

Participants together with the instructors from Azami Entertainment

The High Flyers with the instructors

(Encik Azami, Encik Sharif, and Encik Azami's daughters Ika & Izza)