TESL Camp 2010

The TESL Camp is held for all PPISMP TESLians every year, and for this year's camp, it was held in our IPG compund, well, except for the second day, where we went to... Kundasang and Ranau~! Wheee~! The camp is truly and unforgettable experience!

Day 1

Our first day began with the breakfast and then followed by Ice Breaking, conducted by Group 1. Each group made their own logo, name, and cheers during the session. Cute, Awesome, Jubilant, Unbreakable, and Glamorous. After that, there was the bomb game where we bombed each other by saying:

[Put own group name here] bomb, [Put own group name here] bomb, [Put own group name here] bomb to *********** bomb (*********** being the name of other groups)

As usual, anything fun will be followed with something serious: forum, and as always, it's ZZZZZZZZ... but, we ♥ your speech, Mirah~! Huhuh

Next was the number one tiring and awesomely fun activity of the day, Treasure Hunt, where the contestants needed to go to different stations in different places and did respective activities in each respective station like:

1: Poem Extract

2. New Lyrics for Old Song

3. Home-made Twister

4.Idiom Taboo

5. Fill In the Blanks

6. Arrange the pics

Day 2

The greatest trip in our 19-years-old life [so far]... The trip to

KUNDASANG AND RANAU...

Awesomenesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss~!

We started our journey with buses at 5.40 in the morning. The great Mt Kinabalu, misty mist [what else?], lush greens, and out of the world scenery greeted us along the way. Our first destination is for our school visit, SK Pekan 2, Ranau in the outskirts of Ranau. All of us experienced the feeling of being teachers for the very first time. All of us went to the Kundasang War Memorial after that a place where the valiance, hardships and bravery of the Australian, British, and New Zealanders soldiers who fought the Japanese are remembered - the Prisoners of War (POWs) who marched 260km in the Sandakan Death March during WWII. The great words: Lest We Forget.

Our trip went on and it's time Kinabalu Park~! Believed us... Mount Kinabalu. is the last thing in our mind... REZEKI REZEKI! Surrounded by the great green forest, the air was so cool and refreshing. Some more pics and then we went back to IPG. Of course before that, some souvenirs. Our bus made a stop at Pekan Nabalu and bought remembrance for our visit.

So, I had told you about our first two days of the TESL Camp. Now, lets continue on with the happenings in the third and the last day of it.

Day 3

This day began with the usual breakfast before we went to block E for our next event, Storytelling session. This session required each group to send two contestants to tell us a story. Before they began, they chose a set of cards. The card set contained 10 papers with random words from each word classes. While reading their story, the cards will be flashed out one at a time and they must insert the word on the cards into their story. In the evening, we had LANGUAGE GAMES. Among the games included were Taboo, Yes or No, Connecting sentences, Hangman, and No Words Allowed. It IS the best and fun way to learn English.

And of course the highlight of the third day was the TALENT-TIME~!!!

Each group presented a skit based on the theme that they got like Sci-fi, Horror Comedy, Legends. Plus, there were also singing, dancing and fighting shows from the SM TESLians.

Day 4

The day of the closing ceremony where three groups needed to present their choral speaking. After that, the speech from the chairman, SYED NOOR YAZEED! As the cream of the crop, the slideshow of our activities during the camp was prepared by ZELL!.

So, our ZERO BUDGET TESL Camp came to an end with smiles, laughs, and hopes. 48 students all in one aspiring dreams!