Cempaka Platinum Expedition 2011 Day 4

Day 4: Iron Man

Before the commencement of the Iron Man Challenge 2011, En Rahman were stung by bees 7 times when he was clearing a path for the students to use. Thank goodness he recovered and sustained no serious injuries.

To successfully complete the Iron Man challenge, the participants must work together in their teams and overcome various obstacles in the checkpoints they visit.

In this year's Iron Man Challenge, the teams had to cover the WHOLE of Pulau Tiga Resort.

Checkpoint 2: Slingshot.
Gin Yee going for the kill shot

Checkpoint 4: Getting the ball across without using hands.

Team Bravo having lunch after Checkpoint 4

Checkpoint 7: Orienteering

Checkpoint 8 a.k.a free time for Marshals and camera crew: Separating beans

Checkpoint 9: Dehusking coconuts
Monster Edwin dehusks four coconuts all by himself!

Team Bravo was the first team to finish Iron Man. This is followed by Alpha, Charlie, and Delta.

The marshals were so impressed by the teams' performances, they decided to treat them to barbecue!

Exhausted from the long day, Malayandi had some shut-eye before dinner.

After going through a whole day of exhausting tasks, there was still one more thing in store for the participants: They had no clue it would be their last night in Sabah.

We were blessed with good weather on our last night!

Goodbye Sabah!

Cempaka Platinum Expedition 2011 Day 3

Day 3: War Games

We returned from the Survivor Challenge this morning, exhausted and in desperate need of a shower.

After yesterday's undeniably energy-draining Survivor Challenge, we're thankful today's events were at a less punishing pace!

We may look fine, but you should have smelled us.

Most of us went for snorkeling while the others got to dive into the deep blue sea.

The waves were big and choppy, but at least the sky was blue and clear.

War games were later that day and we had fun attacking the other team's bases.

Unfortunately but unsurprisingly, we were no match to the marshals, or otherwise known as Team Super Gaban :(

After dinner and some time to rest, we were brought to a side of the beach where a bonfire was set up. It was time for ghost stories!

Cempaka Platinum Expedition 2011 Day 2

Day 2: Survivor Challenge

Survivor Challenge is difficult by itself already, and the sporadic bursts of heavy rain throughout the day did not help.

We travelled by boat to the other side of the island where Survivor Challenge was held, and the participants had to swim to shore.

After collecting our materials, we went further into the the forest where Survivor Challenge really begins.

Each group was given a live chicken to learn to care for other living creature. Little did th know that very chicken will soon serve to be lunch as well.

Charles the Chicken quietly sitting in the make-shift cage Team Charlie built.

En. Salleh and En. Hisham demonstrating the halal way of slaughtering the chicken.

The teams were busy with setting camp at building a bivouac. No bivouac equals to sleeping in the rain! We also had to prepare lunch for ourselves, which the marshals had the pleasure of trying.

"Testing your food was like fear factor for us." -En Raphael to the participants

After spending the whole day in the forest, Survivor Challenge was still far from over.

Later that night, we had our very first Fear Factor.

We were served a exotic four-course-meal, which consisted of live silk worms and unidentified mush. It took up all of our remaining strength to pluck up the courage, but in the end we all managed to down the feast and surprisingly, held it in our stomach.

Does it taste better going in or coming out?

How she wished it were gummy worms instead.

Of course, that wasn't the end of Fear Factor.

One member from each team had to go through one more round of fear factor:

Yes, those are hermit crabs on her body.

And to top it all off, the teams had to go sleep in their bivouac, under the pouring rain.

Cempaka Platinum Expedition 2011 Day 1

Hey guys!

It's only 10PM but I'm pretty sure everyone is rather exhausted, and it's only Day 1!

Then again, it could have something to do with the lack of sleep the night before...

Anyway.

After a 5-hour journey, we reached the Survivor Island and were greeted with

smiling faces.

Survivor Island - Birthplace of the series "Survivor"

After lunch, we had a go at a traditional Sabahan dance and tried their hands on some traditional instruments.

As Day1 of Platinum is relatively easy-going, we played some games which helps with team bonding. Learnt that you have to think through a task before tackling it.

"Big Sandals"

You gotta do what you gotta do (to win the game).

The day ended with the first Tribal Meeting, where En Raphael, En Hisham and En Salleh gave words of advice to us, and telling us that they expect us to perform our very best.

Well, you don't expect anything less from a Cempakan, do you?

T-Minus 13 hours

Until Platinum Expedition 2011 kicks off!

Better bring your A game!

You can't even imagine what's in store this year!

Just a sneak peak of where we'll be heading to: