Cempaka Platinum Expedition 2010 Day 3

Day 3: Tour/War Games

This morning we had to rush through breakfast and head to Semenggoh to see some orangutans. Unfortunately, we arrived there after feeding time was over. But that's alright, because Hot Mama made up for it. And in case you were wondering, Hot Mama is the name of one of the orangutans. We even met an Orang Utan by the name of Minah - Aminah was not amused!

At the Orang Utan Sanctuary

'Minah' being put through her paces

After visiting the orangutans, we went for lunch at the Banquet restaurant in town. It felt fantastic having a proper meal after the survival challenge! This time we really appreciated where the chicken came from!

As soon as we were done with lunch, we made our way to a local pottery where we learnt a great deal about the art of pottery making. We were even allowed to have our go at the wheel and managed to create our own masterpieces!

"Seriously guys, it's a mug!"

We were there for about an hour, and we were anxious to get back for our next activity was WAR GAMES!!! This time it was League Style and we played capture the flag. Unfortunately Aminah was unclear on the concept and began by running away WITH her flag! Well at least she was thinking out of the box!

Afiq's new dance move never caught on...

Shazwan's jousting practice was not the same without the horse...

The Best Participant for the War Games was Melanie. Incidentally the best participants for Survivor Challenge and Fear Factor 1 was Aminah and Yo Xin respectively. They were amazing.

We ended the evening with our usual tribal meeting and had to turn in early as we had a long day tomorrow - IRON MAN!!

Tribal Meeting

Cempaka Platinum Expedition 2010 Day 2

Day 2 : Survivor Challenge & Fear Factor

Good evening guys! Just got back from Survivor Challenge and will post up some stuff now.

Today, we had our Survivor Challenges 1 & 2:

Survivor 1 :

Swim to the shipwreck to collect their lunch. Slaughter, clean and cook a live chicken. Finally, to construct our bivouc for the night's accommodation.

Survivor 2 :

Orienteering to locate our dinner using a compass. Once located, to cook it as our dinner.

Also am working on the podcast now and hope to have a video up for you before I make my way back to the island for our first series of Fear Factor and our 2nd tribal meeting.

The winners for today - TEAM CHARLIE!

For now, I will post some pictures I have put up on my twitter along with some videos. After the tribal meeting I will be back to put up a video podcast for today. Stay tuned for that, I hope to have it up by 3 am!

Till then, enjoy the little videos and pictures :

Participants setting up the bivouc

LUNCH! The participants had to slaughter, clean and cook the chicken

Aminah getting acquainted with her lunch

Afiq was showing he was a macho man...

After cleaning, the chicken found its way into the bamboo, a traditional Iban dish - Ayam Paysor

Team Delta with their war cry just before they begin their Bivouc Presentation

Survivor Challenge 2 : Orienteering to locate their dinner!

Day 1 - Kuching or Bust!

Lauren & Ashleigh packing their Platinum T Shirts

The time now is 4:59 am and everyone is walking around half asleep, trying to search for something that would pass off as breakfast. At present, the Media Team is at Coffee Bean and Kuah is the only one eating - but that's okay, because he is eating enough for the rest of us!

Our flight is at 7:30 am, so the next time you hear from us will be from Kuching, Sarawak! Bon Voyage!!

Greetings from Permai Rainforest Resort, Kuching!

CAS Platinum Expedition 2010 Podcard Day 1

We arrived at Permai Rainforest Resort at 11 am and we were greeted warmly by a traditional war dance, in which we participated! We started working on our team flags and our war cries.

After lunch, we didn’t waste any time and went for our first team building activity - High Rope and Flying Fox. The view from the top of the trees was breathtaking, however we had little time to enjoy it as we were soon hurling

through it at breakneck speed...okay maybe not BREAKNECK!

As the sun set, we had a delicious dinner with a fantastic view of the South

China Sea. Our first Tribal Meeting was to follow, where we received our Platinum Tokens and instructions for tomorrow.

Tomorrow is going to be a long day - SURVIVOR CHALLENGE AND FEAR FACTOR! Wish us luck!!

Enjoy the video and photographs and stay tuned tomorrow!