Day 4 , 11 February 2014 The neighbors surrounding my tent were awakened by the sound of me answering my nature's call at the ghostly hour of 5.05am. Didn't realize the commotion that I had made until someone asked my unfortunate tent mate who just happened to be brushing her teeth with her, so, where did she do her business. Conclusion : a silent night is a deadly weapon... At the usual time of 6.45am we gathered for our morning circle. Felt stressed while the...

Day 3 , 10 February 2014 The sun's not up yet and people had started making noises and spitting round the tents (brushing teeth in case you're wondering), preparing themselves for the morning circle at 6:45am. I must say, this group has no problem waking up early, rather "very early" would be more appropriate. Past breakfast, Team Majulah was put to our first activity-based game to test our teamwork. We were to form a square with a rope while all of us were bli...

Day 2 , 9 February 2014 A series of chain of events happened after we got to sleep in the crampy tents, I got twice rudely awaken by wild donkeys, three bouts of cold heavy rains which dropped the temperature well below my comfort zone. The last straw was to hear ladies' gossiping that was 20 meters away from us which were quite intriguing as it make me wondered why they are not snuggling in their tiny comfortable sleeping bags instead when outside temperature...

Day 0, 7 February 2014 The big trip started yesterday with a 12-hour journey from Singapore to Muscat, Oman. Despite of the tiring journey with a layover in Sri Lanka and a luggage that was wrongly sent to Doha, the team are pumped up to embark on this crazy adventure! We are now having a big breakfast at Golden Tulips Hotel at Seeb, Muscat and getting the last taste of civilization before embarking on a journey to the wilderness, starting with a mountain exped...

Day 1 , 8 February 2014 The adventure continues... We left comfort behind to our first expedition - the mountain terrain. It was a long two-hour ride and through a scenic view of orange and black mountain range to the base of Jebel Akhdar, or the "Green Mountain". The temperature gradually dropped from the oh-so-familiar air-condition 23deg to 15deg at the starting point, around 2700 meters above sea level. I wonder how the donkeys and goats survive. We unload...