On the 13th of April , Leo Club of SMK Damansara
Jaya have organized a project called Training and Leadership Programme On Board
Star Cruise Libra , Penang. At 7.00am, all the
participants have arrived in the school canteen. A total of 22 members had
attended this project. After a short briefing by our teacher advisor, Puan Ng
Yoke Chan, our Leo advisor , Lion Clarence Koh and our organizing chairperson
and assistant organizing chairperson Leo Foo Sher Ming and Leo Solomon Tneo, we
departed from SMK Damansara Jaya at 9.00am.
Along the way, all the members
introduced themselves one by one. At about 12.00pm, we dropped by a rest
station to have our lunch. After we had our lunch, we played a game called ‘Bus
Criminal’ on the bus. This game aimed to let the members to learn how to solve
a problem in a short period of time with the help of their partners. All of us
had fun and the members find it interesting and exciting to play the game.
We arrived at the Persatuan
Kanak-Kanak Cacat Yee Ran Jing Sheh at 2.00pm. The moment we reached there, we
had our group photo with the home’s president. After handling our check, all of
us went inside to know more about the home. The members enjoyed interacting
with the disabled people. The members shook hands and even did a “gwiyomi”
dance with one of the disabled. We departed from the home after one hour to
continue our journey to Penang.
We arrived at the ferry port
at 3.15pm. We took the ferry across over to Pulau Pinang to board our cruise
ship ‘Star Cruise Libra’ at the Star Cruise Terminal located about 1.5km away
from the port. It was tiring but it will be worth it. When we arrived at the
terminal, Lion Clarence took our ICs to get our boarding tickets. Some of us
rested in order to regain our energy after a long day in the bus and can’t wait
to relax in our cabin rooms. Around 4.30pm we showed our tickets and boarded
the ship.
We have
already planned the room pairs the day before, so we got into our cabin rooms
and memorize each member’s room location. We rested for about an hour. Some of
us took a shower to freshen up ourselves before we went to dinner. The toilet
is quite cramp and tight but it was bearable. Around 7, all of us made our way
to the Four Season’s restaurant, which is a luxurious western buffet
restaurant. The food was delicious, especially the roast turkey. This roast
turkey is unlike any other roasted turkey we have ever tasted before because
this turkey is tasty and moist at the same time, while the turkey we ate before
is dry as a dessert. After dinner we explored the ship by going into some
retail shops that were available on the ship, but the items sold were to
expensive.
Around
8.15pm, the captain made an announcement over the PA saying there will be a
safety drill in 15 minutes, and we were instructed to go back to our cabins and
get our lifejackets. After hearing the main fire bell, we went to our
designated safety zones. The crew made an excellent briefing on what we have to
do when the real emergency occurs. We went to see our respective lifeboats
outside the ship. The lifeboat, nicknamed Nassau could accommodate over 100 people and
we are supposed to memorize the number of our lifeboat. Our lifeboat’s number
is number 12, which is a pretty huge lifeboat. The cruise ship departed Penang afterwards and we were on the front of the ship so
we can see it leaving the port. However it was dark so there wasn’t much to
see. We made our way to the Stardust lounge after that to watch a magic
performance.
The
magician, Darcy Oake, made a breathtaking and spectacular performance. One of
our Leo, Leo Selina Jia, had her iPhone stomped to the ground only to be found
later back in a iPhone case, perfectly sealed in its original packaging. We
were astounded how funny it was. After the show, we went outside to take
pictures with Darcy Oake and we gathered all the Leos to begin our game
“Running Leo” which is a spin-off of the famous Korean game show “Running Man”.
Running Leo is about to train the
participants interactions with strangers and also among each other. To win this
game, the participants have to find the mysterious killer among them. The clues
can be obtained from the staff on the cruise ship. In order to make things more
challenging, one of the participant legs has to be tied to their partner, this
will allow them to walk systematically and also to train their working together
spirit. Leo Heng Wei Lynn won the game.
After all
the games, around 11.45pm, some of us decided to enjoy the swimming pool while
the rest went to the karaoke bar. All the festivities ended around 2 in the
morning, because all the shops are closed then. We went to bed then. Some of
the Leos decided not to sleep in the cabin but instead they slept on the
Skydeck, which they enjoyed a lot because of the cooling sea breeze that was
happening at the time.
The next
day, we woke up around 8 am and most of us are really tired. We went to the
Mariners Restaurant to have our breakfast. The breakfast consist of a wide
range of food choices, all the way from Asian breakfast to the European
breakfast. We enjoyed our cold cuts along with a nice cup of joe. Around 9.15am
we went back to our rooms to pack our clothes and essentials because 10 o’clock
in the official disembarking time. We got back our ICs and payed our expenses
over at the Collection zone. We disembarked the ship around 10.15am and went on
board our bus. We headed over to the famous Penang
icon, the Kek Lok Si temple. The temple was huge. Some of us decided not to
climb but some of us had the curiosity to find out how the view at the top
looks like. So we went climbed to the top of the temple. It was a lot of steps
to climb, something like Batu
Caves, but not as many
steps.
When we
arrived at the top, we had to take a new thing they had at Kek Lok Si, which is
a inclined lift, which basically is a life that goes at a inclined angle. The
top of the temple had a huge statue and we took pictures of it. We also prayed
to the gods for good fortune in our studies and life. When we went back down,
we stopped by a Chinese restaurant to have our lunch, which is a vegetarian
meal. They did a good job making the curry taste like meat, but it is not.
After lunch we gathered around 2pm at the bus stop to head back to Petaling
Jaya. The bus journey was a long and
tiring one, with most of us sound asleep throughout the journey. We stopped by
at Tanjung Malim around 5.45pm to have our dinner and we had a good meal. We
arrived back in school at 8.15pm with most our the Leo’s parents already
waiting there to pick up their children.
The picture above shows the participant taking a group photo before departing from SMK Damansara Jaya.
The pictures above show a few photos taken while
visiting the handicapped children’s home.
The pictures above show a picture taken before
boarding the cruise ship.
The pictures above show the participant having fun
playing “Running Leo”.
The picture above shows the participant taking a group
photo on the cruise ship.
