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Thursday, December 09, 2004

OB SCHOOL SONG(LUMUT,MALAYSIA)

OH GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE MALAYSIA
OH GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE MALAYSIA
MAY SHE LIVE IN PEACE AND PROSPER
BROTHERS ,LETS BESEECH THEE HERE
SISTERS, LETS BESEECH THEE HERE

SPIRIT OF LOVE TOIL AND SACRIFiCE
SPIRIT OF LOVE TOIL AND SACRIFiCE
SPIRIT OF LOVE
SPIRIT OF LOVE
COME TO US NOW AND BLESS US

WHO WILL JOIN US NOW AT OUTWARD BOUND
WHO WILL JOIN US NOW TO SERVE OUR LAND
COME NOW LET US ALL UNITE
SERVE AND STRIVE IN THIS NOBLE FIGHT

SPIRIT OF LOVE , TOIL AND SACRfiCE
SPIRIT OF LOVE TOIL AND SACRIiACE
SPIRIT OF LOVE ,SPIRIT OF LOVE

COME TO US NOW AND BLESS US

THE OB SPIRIT LYRICS

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT UP IN MY HEAD
UP IN MY HEAD
UP IN MY HEAD

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT UP IN MY HEAD
UP IN MY HEAD
TODAY EH EH

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT DEEP IN MY HEART
DEEP IN MY HEART
DEEP IN MY HEART

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT DEEP IN MY HEART
DEEP IN MY HEART TO DAY EH EH

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT DOWN ON MY KNEES
DOWN ON MY KNEES
DOWN ON MY KNEES

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT DOWN ON MY KNEES
DOWN ON MY KNEES TODAY EH EH

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT ALL OVER ME
ALL OVER ME
ALL OVER ME

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT ALL OVER ME
ALL OVER ME TODAY EH EH

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT
UP IN MY HEAD
DEEP IN MY HEART
DOWN ON MY KNEES

I'VE GOT THE OB SPIRIT
ALL OVER ME
ALL OVER ME TODAY EH EH


THE ULTIMATE OB EXPERIENCE

I'VE JUS BEEN BACK FROM THE OUTWARD BOUNDMALAYSIA LUMUT 11 DAYS PROGRAMME ORGANISE BY THE OVERSEAS YOUTH PROGRAMME AND I CAN SAY THAT I HAVE HELL A LOT OF A GOOD TIME.IT WAS BOTH A REWARDING AND ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE THERE FILLED WITH LAUGHTER AND SWEAT

THROUGHTOUT THE WHOLE COURSE I WAS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND GOING OUTWARD BOUND.DURING THIS PERIOD WE HAVE DONE LOTS OF ACTIVITIES WHICH I WOULD NOT NORMALLY DO AND HENCE HAVE GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNCOVER MY HIDDEN POTENTIAL ,CAPABILITIES BOTH MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY. AND BY DOING SO I FINALLY UNDERSTAND THE TRUE MEANING OF GOING OUTWARD AND KNOW THAT HARD THINGS ARE PUT UN OUR WAY NOT TO STOP US BUT TO CALL OUT OUR STRENGH AND COURAGE.AND TURNING OUR MISTAKES INTO LIFE LONG LEARNING POINTS

HOWEVER THE REAL HIGHLIGHT OF THE WHOLE COURSE WAS THE BONDS WE HAVE CULTIVATE THROUGHOUT THE 11 DAYS OF THE COURSE BETWEEN OUR MALAYSIAN FRIENDSAND IT IS THAT VERY BOND WHICH PULL US THROUGH EVERY OBSTACLES SET IN OUR WAY AS A TEAM

GOOD TIMES ALWAYS HAVE TO COME TO AN END AND IT WAS DEFINITELY A VERY HARD CHORE FOR US TO DO EVEN HARDER THEN ALL TEH EXPEDITION PUT TOGETHER.WITH A TEARY GOOD BYE WE ENDED THE COURSE HOWEVER DEEP IN OUR HEARTS WE KNOW THAT THE FRIENDSHIP AND THE LESSONS WE LEARNT DOES NOT END HERE AND BREAKING CAMP ONLY MEANS THAT IT IS THE NEW BEGGINING OF A NEW JOURNEY.

AND NOW WITH THE CERT AND BADGE WHICH I PAID FOR WITH MY SWEAT AND TEARS TOGETHER WITH THE NEW FRIENDS I HAVE MADE I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM AN EX BOUNDER.

PHRASES

THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE PHRASES USED WHICH I FIND MEANINGFUL THROUGHOUT THE COURSE

*TO SERVE TO STRIVE AND NOT TO YIELD

*HARD THINGS ARE PUT IN OUR WAY NOT TO STOP US BUT TO SUMMON UPON OUR STRENGH AND COURAGE

*A SHIP IN HARBOUR IS SAFE BUT THATS NOT WAT SHIPS ARE BUILT FOR

*THERE ARE NO STRANGERS ...ONLY FRIENDS WE HAVE NOT MET