PELTAC 2007

Professional Engineering Leadership Teamwork Awareness Camp
Date : 3rd -6th Dec 07
Location : Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Here comes PELTAC. I was a little reluctant to join this camp at first since most of those that joined initially actually withdrew their names. Left was just me and lian. Going , not going , going , not going , and finally going. So that's it. Decision has been made and PELTAC we went.

Day 1
We took the first bus there early in the morning. Too bad we missed the ice breaking session. We throw our stuff to our respective rooms and joined the on going activities. There's some team building activities done by JCI, such as 10 person standing on a beer crate for at least 10sec. Trust me, it ain't easy but it can be done. Criss crossing hands among group members and forming back into a circle.
There was a slot on Subconcious mind by Mdm Goh Chooi Chin who is a Master Hypnotist. It's really something new and that I've never attended such talk on. Very interesting. About how to self hypnosis, how our mind works and things like that. She even did some relaxation test which was really incredible when you see the results. Too bad i failed the test. But it was really great effort of the committees to have her as a speaker all the way from UK. Good job guys!
http://www.hypnotismpower.com/
At night, we had the opening ceremony in Good Hope Hotel. Quite a nice place. Then blah blah blah... speeches, introductions, and everything else. Then FOOD!! Not very luxurious but i think it was good enough.
Oh ya, forgotten about my group. Group 4. Nice working with you guys though always got punished for being late. Zaha, Saif, Syasyi, Jennifer, Yang Mien, Tim, Peggy, Lih Fung, n Kok Hao. Not forgetting FCs Gabriel, Eileen, Chai Moy!!

Day 2
Woke up early in the morning. Timetable quite packed so need to do more things, eat fast, sleep less. Hehe. Activities, then there's talk by a lecturer, Mr Affendi. Quite a jovial, humourous guy. Pretty interesting but still i was struggling a little to keep awake cos insufficient sleep time. Interpersonal communication & EQ. After lunch was seminar on Presentation skills by Miss Kamala from the Toastmasters Club. Learn to speak, to present. body language, vocal. There's just so much to learn. Then we had our own debate and public speaking for everyone. Too bad my group ( siew bee, li shiu, pei wen & me) lost in the debate. We've tried our best. Good job everyone! As for public speaking I was scratching my head on what to talk about for 3 mins, and I ended up talking about blogging. In the evening we even had kayaking in lake er.. pond? It's not my first time but it's still fun experience. Luckily didn't turnover.

Day 3
As usual slept late and wake up early. The day started with a seminar by Mr Mahadzir Lokman. He's the MC for most events. A very nice speaker with a nice voice.

Next was followed by Mr Bellum Tan on Money Freedom, how to make your money work for you. . It's a little hard trying to follow what he's talking about firstly because i'm sleepy, secondly a bit boring. Hehe. But i think the infomations given was quite useful. After lunch we played a Cash flow games. Something like monopoly just that it's more of handling money, buying shares, funds, properties, selling, negotiating with partners in short get rich. Interesting game but it cost quite a fortune too to own a set of it.
http://www.cashflowgameasia.com/home

Then in the middle of some where one hour slot, there's a sponsor talk by Great Eastern and some representative came to talk about er.. i'm not very sure what she's trying to convey. but in the end i have a nice little diary. Period. Station game at night, looking for clues to hunt down the murderer. I'm not a good detective. Too bad.

Day 4
Last day of camp. Finally, can't wait to go home but miss the camp, the friends. However, raining. Had to do abseiling. It's my 2nd time. I find it kinda fun. Wish i could do it more. It's cool. Back into the hall and played angels and devils. Performance!! I would say a very good performance we've prepared. Good job team. I wish i could get the video. One last seminar, then closing ceremony at night. Prize and certificate giving. And lastly a marvellous performance by the committee. And slide show. Very nice one indeed. Sharing from the committees, of their hard work and efforts. Then photo sessions, wonderful supper, chit chatting , contact exchanging and hanging up till late night. Finger pointing game anyone?

Committees' performance

One of the interesting activities *grins*

Group photo

Teammates

USMers

Wonderful time, great experience, memorable PELTAC.