So many first times of mine this week! (part II)

Apart from what happened on Wednesday, there is another event that made this week unforgettable. It is what I did yesterday. Yesterday was our HC second retreat. I was so excited to expect the day to come this whole week. Why? Because I would do my first sky walk, have my first buffet in Macau Tower. It is funny that i didn't feel any nervous before the day came because i knew I wouldn't have to do the bungy jump.

On Saturday morning, I arrived the tower on time. And later we headed to the open space of the tower bottom and had some games. Our first game,hmm i may say our first task, was to build a tower which can stand firmly on its own with newspaper. We had to apply the knowledge we learnt from Physics. With appropriate teamwork and Jackon's lead, we became the winner of the task. From this task, I think a good leader is required. With a leader, we know what to do and so we don't do things out of order. And sometimes, a leader should listen others' advice. So the whole team can improve.

Actually the second game 'deliving message' is more or less the same, which also requires teamwork. After we played a few games, we headed to the top of the tower. And it is also the most important part of the day. We were required to cover our eyes with pads when we did the sky walk. The idea is to learn how to trust your friends. Because you can't see anything, what you could do to move on is to put your hands on the shoulders' of the person who is in front of you. And to do the sky walk, you need to be brave. A leader always walks ahead of his followers. And a leader loves to explore new things to broaden his horizon.

After the sky walk and lunch, we had a game which is to build net to bounce ball. The main idea is to learn how to cooperate and bounce the ball at same speed. We needed to make decisions about where the string should go and we had to shout out the number as well as move at the same speed. And we needed a person to act like a leader to say the number.

After all the games, it came to a game that could burn our calories and required us to show our encouragement to others, which is rock climbing. To do this, first you have to be brave enough, and second you have to be presistant. This is what a leader should be. Whenever our friends are stuck, the people on the ground would give them support by saying GO GO!!! , and we gave them directions when they couldn't see. This is what people should do to support their teammates.

From the retreat, I learnt how to be supportive, how to be cooperative and how to be BRAVE. Every leader has his fear, but they know how to face their fear and it made them leaders. Hopefully, I will apply what I learnt from this week to my future life!