This experience happened when I was secondary two in Hong Kong.My school held a programme called'Learning without walls.It meant study but not in the classroom.
Every student had to join one.There were a lot of programmes.For example.we could go to England,Australia,France,America......I chose the programme that stayed in Hong Kong with my friends because it was the last time to play with my friends.After this I will go to Singapore.
This programme had a nine days plan.The first two days,we stayed at school and played some games.To do this,was because we were from different class,so we had to know each other.The most interesting part was in the middle of the programme,we had to go hiking.
The day we went hiking was the third day.We went back to school first to pack the things that we needed to bring.After packing,I put my bag on the electronic balance.When i looked at the balance,my mouth suddenly opened.The bag was totally twenty kg.Twenty kg was not a problem but we had to walk for eight hours and climbed up and down for many times,these were the problems.With no choices,we got on the bus and went to the starting point.
After arrived there,all of us separated into three groups.Luckily,I was in the same group with my friends.The teachers had already set three ways which has the same distances for us.Then we had to choose the way we walked.There was a match between the three groups.The loser group had to make a talent show and performed to the winners.
First,we had to use compass to discriminate the direction.Then we marked down the time.After that we started our journey.I felt tired already after we walked for fifteen minutes because of the heavy bag!We all felt like that so we tried to talk to each other while we were walking so that we would not feel tired so easily.This really helped us a lot.At last we arrived at the camping place but it was already one o'clock...We planed we just need eight hours to go but at last we used three more hours.We had to use extra time because of the girls.They walked slow and always asked for rest.After we arrived there,first thing we had to do is to set up our own camps.Then we had to cook by ourself.When we went to bed,it was already three o'clock but we had to wake up at six and walked again!That night I really could not sleep although I felt extremely tired because I did not feel comforable to sleep with two other teamates.Second thing was it was very cold that night.I could feel the cold air come from the ground and the groud were full of small stones and sand.
When i woke up,actually I thought I did not sleep,my body was very pain.Then we packed up all the things and started walked again.This time we had to climb to the hill.In the way,there were no roads for us.That mean we had to walked and climbed through the forest but it was also a faster way to go.This time we used only five hours to go there but unfortunately our girls were too weak,we were the slowest group!At last we went back to school and made a show for them but we just need to do what they want us to.It was a funny show.We danced,sang,did some funny post...This is really a memorable experience!!!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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