Friday, June 22, 2007
Yo! Hey people I'm back! I know everyone's been waiting for my elusive blogging skills! LOL
Anyhow...I went for a 4days 3nights camp at the Scout's Sarimbun camp.. It was a moment of life and death for the participants. The 6 of them in total suffered and lived the whole of 4days together. The 6 of them held hand in hand through times of bad, the madness of the mode of conduct. Looking at their endurance and confidence of outliving the toughness they are facing, I've seen them grow through this short time.
Achieving their best conduct, discipline and definitely teamwork amongst themselves. I believe that the 6 of them can feel the difference in them. They have definitely become tougher in order to prepare themselves of further storms ahead in life.
Everyone of them grew. No matter how strong they are already before the camp or no matter how weak they were. The weak grew to become strong, the strong grew even stronger. However crazy the treatment was, they persevere and endured. The trainings either it was mentally or physically, they overcome them and overwhelm them.
This girl met something different. This particular event taught me a lesson. It is to cherish the people around you more. This girl was already a casualty. Her old injury on her knee was acting on her but she was very strong-willed. She withstand and endured the pain that she was receiving at her knee. That alone had already amazed me of such perseverance. What happened next left me speechless and stunned.
She was talking to me in a very good mood. Both of us were laughing and chit chatting away for as long as she was my casualty. Although I'm not her teammate I too encouraged her to keep up even though she's left behind due to her injury. When we finally reached the destination, we sat down and chatted away. Not long, one of the instructor of the camp instructed her to stand up and hold the flag up high above her head. It was to spike the rest of the teammates to move faster.
She mentioned that her knees wouldn't hurt if it she don't move about. So I thought it was alright moreover she wore a knee guard over it. So after a minute long or so, I saw that she couldn't endure much longer and was blinking rapidly. So I asked are you okay? She said she couldn't see. So I quickly got her to sit down and asked for help. Apparently she didn't recover even though 30secounds was passed. I thought I could handle that alone but I couldn't. Other first aid trained instructors came to aid me. They handled the situation better than I had while I was still rather freaked out. I just don't know what to do at that point of time.
The girl held her breath at times but is still conscious. I checked her pulse and apparently it was beating very quickly. She was taking short but fast breath. One of those whom aid me reassured her and tried her best in getting her to breathe slowly. After sometime, this Innotrek personnel came to look at the situation. That guy really helped us lots so much so that if he wasn't there the girl might have died or something. So this guy told us to carry her to her more comfortable place for her to be put in the recovery position. So we got her into the recovery position and the guy used a plastic bag to control her short and fast breath. Very quickly this method worked and her breathing was normal. After sometime, we carried her with a stretcher all the way to the first aid room in the camp.
The girl was still in a bad state but she was a little better since her collapse. Slowly but steadily all of us managed to help her escape death. After sometime she's finally sitting up talking to us able to laugh and even crack jokes. All of us was so glad that she's back with us when a moment ago she was only sub-conscious.
Now today after 2days since that incident I'm talking to her. I'm glad I'm able to do that. It was crazy and mad. No words can describe my feelings at that point of time. The girl told me she saw and heard Him. While I just hear myself saying that I should cherish the people around me more. Life is so fragile. Just a moment before the girl collapsed, she was laughing and chatting with me. I'm glad that she survived that little incident there.
So my readers. Cherish life. Cherish your loved ones.Labels: Basic Training Camp, SP Rovers
