A unique journey
July 13, 2013—July 22, 2013 Kitty、Sunny and Cindy we three have taken part in a crazy summer camp.
Here, Kitty、Sunny and Cindy will review the happy time in the crazy camp with you.
(‘C’ stands for ‘Cindy’; ‘K’ stands for ‘Kitty’; ‘S’ stands for ‘Sunny’)
S: Hey, guys. How about your life without the crazy people and crazy environment?
C: I’ve been missing and dreaming the children all the time.
K: Yeah, me too. And I still contact with them in QQ.
S: Good! Do you remember the activities in the camp? And which one makes you a deep impression?
C: Oh, too many to count them. But maybe the Fire swallowing leaves me the deep impression.
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At 19:00 in the evening on 15th July
Fire swallowing
Here comes the most exciting time, an unexpected activity is going to happen, perhaps you never see it in addition to be broadcast on TV—fire swallowing. Yeah, you heard me right, it is fire swallowing. Speed up your footsteps, let's go to appreciate the breathtaking show.
Oh, in the overflowing hall, everybody is waiting for the host, brimming with health and spirits. Look, here he comes—Happy! After warm greetings, he began his performance.
“I swallowed five last time, and this time I’ll try ten.” he says. All of students scream for his courage.
Props Show: metal chopsticks with cotton ball, a bottle of alcohol and a lighter.
“So horrible...will he make it?” says Jam.
“Oh, he is sure to succeed, but frankly speaking, I am worried if the fire burn up his beard.” answers Lily.
“Look, he took out ten.”
A sudden silence, people hold their breath, waiting for the special moment.
He puts ten chopsticks into alcohol, then lights up cotton balls. Following, he opens his mouth wide. Oh, my god, he puts all the ten into his mouth with the burning fire! I couldn’t believe it! Is he OK? Everyone is thinking about this question. After a while, he takes out the chopsticks, fire dies down. A storm of applause broke out and people are cheering for him.
“Great! You are my hero!”
“How amazing it is! He did it! I couldn’t believe my eyes!”
“Actually it’s not difficult at all. What you should do is as quickly as possible. Light, then put them in your mouth at once and close your mouth tightly. Anyone who would like to try it?” he says softly.
Each class puts a kid, the most timid one onto the stage.
The first one is a little boy who looks so weak. Happy gives him one chopstick.
Asked:” are you scared?”
”No, I’m not to dare of it at all.”
The boy replies confirmedly, though his hands are shaking a bit. We all cheer him on. And he does as what Happy said before. When the boy is taking the chopstick out, the hall is once more filled with warm applause for a long period of time. He does a good job!
Next, students on stage take challenges one by one, with a increasing number of chopsticks. It goes frequently until a girl, who hesitated, and missed the chance to put chopsticks into the mouth. The fire is becoming bigger and bigger.
Happy blows the seedlings, turn to us and said
” I said, do it quickly, but she didn’t listen to me, she hesitated, and the fire was growing so fast that she could swallow it any more.”
No body speaks. Meanwhile, a line of words appear on the big screen
”Don’t make small questions troublesome.”
“When first lighten up, the fire is small and you could swallow it easily. The fire has no oxygen to light in your mouth, so it dies down in a moment; however, if you hesitate, the fire will grow fast until you couldn’t hold it. So, please remember, solve problems immediately they arise, otherwise they will grow into big trouble.”
That is what Happy want to tell us indeed.
S：Fantastic! I also like this game, and I tried it for 3 times. Just like the saying goes, ”Practice makes perfect.” I always can get the most important thing from it.
K: Yeah, it also gives me more courage to try new things.
S: There is also a game making me amazed and making more joyful for our class!
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At 14:10 in the afternoon on 17th July
A kind of game for warming
This class is our foreigner’s time; our children come to the D4 class waiting for the foreigner teacher. At this time, Tracy is coming, then······
（Tracy is the teacher for class D3, Vincent is the class D4’s and Steven is class D3’s assistant teacher.）
Tracy:” Hello, everyone, welcome to our living and firstly, please applaud for our no.1 gentleman Vincent!”
Mr. Vincent come to the stage and say hello to everyone.
Tracy: “Ok, welcome!”
Vincent: “Thank you!”
Tracy: “which kind do you like best?”
Vincent: “It just alive and both man and woman.”
Everyone slap the desk and yelling
Tracy: “Wow, it’s amazing! Ok, now if you can be absorbed by him just hands up your <Magic> book and fellow my slogan: 1, 2, 3····Ok, there are 22 lights for you, congratulations!”
Vincent: “ha~ha, Thanks for your attention! This is my award! Oh my god!”
Tracy：“Oh, I can’t bear you! It’s so ······now welcome the no.2 gentleman Steven.”
Music~
Steven:“ Ladies and 乡亲们，I miss you ,I miss you ,I miss you ······”
Tracy: “Oh, my lady gaga. I don’t know whether he is a man or woman. And I can’t do that.”
Steven: “What did you say? I am a man, a big gentleman.”
Tracy: “All right, would you like to tell us your love?”
Steven: “I just want a just a······ man!”
Steven sheltered the face and laughing.
Tracy: “Do you like this man or we call him woman, ha~ha? If the answer is ‘yes’, please hands up your <Magic> book. Ok 1, 2, 3······there are 20 lights for you, thank you!”
Steven applauded and laughing. Suddenly, he saw Mr. Vincent and shouted, “Oh, it’s him, he is my Mr. Right, oh, my god.”
Tracy: “What’s up? Oh, it’s so amazing! And there is a piece of news in our program.”
At this time, Steven gave Vincent a kiss, while Vincent accepted delighted. There was a noise. Everyone stood up and applauded with yelling.
Tracy: “Ok, there is a couple gather together and let’s wish them a good time. ”
Here is the foreign teacher coming.
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K：My god! I think this is the most wonderful program of the world. It‘s so amazing!
C: Yeah, I agree with you!
S: Yep! And I heard that the competition for foodies, in your camp, is filled with laughter, would you like to share with us?
C: Of course!
At 19:00 in the afternoon on 19th July
The competition for foodies
‘…37,38,39’ Five boys were doing push-up as a little punishment for losing the little game in class .I counted and looked at my watch .Oh, god, it’s 6:05pm! (the dinner time begins at 6:00pm and we must finish our meal at a set time.)
I said to our lecture Hocean anxiously,
“Excuse me, sir. It is already time to eat dinner. Shall we…”
Maybe he also realized that time is limited,
“Fine!”
Hocean stopped the boys and shouted to us all, “Attention!”
“Yes, sir!” all of students answered.
“It’s time for dinner now, everybody get in line and rush to the canteen. Let’s go!”
“Go, go, go!’”All of us were so excited.
On the way to the canteen, one of the kids called Nancy came to me,
“Cindy! There will be a competition for foodies tonight, right? “
“Oh, yes!” I almost forgot it!
“Can you tell us the details about the competition and what will we eat?”
“Don’t worry. I bet it won’t let you guys down! So what you should do right now is do not eat too much at dinner.”
Actually, it proved to be true—the competition for foodies was wonderful! After a quick dinner, we got to the game site. As it’s definitely a rare opportunity that all the kids wanted to be in the game —
“Hocean, I want to take part in the competition, would you please give me a chance?”
“I do, too”
“And me, me!”…
“Well, I understand you guys want to take part in and it is also a chance to eat delicious food. But as you can see I can’t satisfy all of you...”
Just at that moment, the competition was announced to begin by the host:
“OK, we have four rounds, each round is quite different from the others. It means we need different kinds of foodies to eat whatever we offered. Who eat up first, who will win! And now, first round, each class choose only one student to compete”
We chose Nick, a strong and fat boy representing our class.
“Now, welcome our first round food—hamburger, steamed bread, green onion and a bottle of water!”
said the host excitedly, and so did we.
“Oh, god! Nick, you have to eat up all the food, good luck buddy!’”
Nick’s best friend Adam shouted to Nick gloatingly. What about Nick? Well, he was bothering how to eat them on the stage...
“Three, two, one, start!” The first round started with music. The competitors wolfed down the food crazily. All of our B5 classmates were cheering up for Nick. And he was trying his best to eat.
Well, “A champion foodies” is really not easy to acquire, although Nick was almost the strongest one, he did not win. However, he had a good meal so it’s worth it!
The second round needed two students. But this time the number of volunteers seemed reducing. The first round seemed left shadow.
“Okay, who wants to be the volunteer?”
“We!” Lisa and Amy, two little girls stood up.
“Wow, cool! Let’s give them applause.”
I was so surprised and couldn’t wait to see their performance.
Actually, they did not let us down. In the second round, they were required to feed each other on a bitter gourd and a cucumber. I was happy to see Lisa offered to eat the bitter gourd and let Amy eat the tasty cucumber. They were working well together and I think they got the true meaning of the game.
K：So, what about the third round? I remember it needed an assistant.
C: Yes. And I took part in the third round—Two students and an assistant eating a watermelon together. We were asked to eat up a whole watermelon including the seeds.
S: You are so enjoy it, right? I saw you were not looking up even once.
C: Actually, at first, I ate the watermelon with all my strength, and I feel a little sick of my stomach not so long.
K: Oh, poor kid! It was because you did not find a correct way. I saw that some other groups squeeze out the water of the watermelon first, and then started to eat.
C: ...Why didn't you say it earlier? Oh my poor stomach!
K&S: Well, You have our deepest sympathy.
C: All in all, it’s really a fantastic night with food and I will never forget.
S: Yeah, I am so admired you!
K：Do you remember the special Water-Sprinkling Festival?
C: Yeah, when it is mentioned, I also have some interesting!
At 13:00 in the afternoon on 20th July
The special Water-Sprinkling Festival
It’s so hot today. After lunch we were told to change shoes and take a basin as quick as possible. And then gathered on the playground to wait for a fantastic game—the water-sprinkling festival. Teacher Johnny even brought us a present: A big red fire truck to offer us the source of water!
Maybe you have seen the fire trucks spraying water to put out the fire on the television. If you stand just under the water, you must be excited just like me. And now, I am standing around the fire truck waiting for water like other people.
“Take care! The water is coming...’”somebody yelled, just then the water is dropping from the sky. I quickly hold my basin over my head to protect me and to save water.
Thank god! My basin is filled with water now~ Ha-ha......
“Oh, who is this?! Who is splashing my body?” Suddenly, I got wet by the water dropping over my head. I quickly turned back but the ‘bad guy’ was already fleeing.
“Cindy! Come and join us. Let’s splash our lecture Hocean together! OK?’” It’s Dan, a naughty boy in our class.
“Fine!” I followed him and we got other ‘teammates’ not soon.
“Attention, Hocean is right there!” I pointed forward and motioned them to be quiet.
“Three, two, one, go!” As I shouted, all our ‘teammates’ rushed to Hocean and poured water to him...
“Ha-ha!” We laughed while Hocean stood there innocently...
All the teachers shared the same fate——being poured by their students. And they are enjoying to be treated like this. Just like the Dai Water-Splashing Festival, the wetter you get, the more luck you receive, and the happier you will be. And there is a water splashing frenzy!
As you can see, the teachers are the students’ targets. Even we assistants cannot flee. To tell you the truth, I really enjoy the water pouring from the sky, it’s really a cool thing you can ‘caught in the rain’ in the hot summer.
About forty minutes later, teacher Johnny announced time-up. It’s so short but I bet every participant will remember the big red fire truck and this happy Water-Sprinkling Festival !
S: It is also an interesting game. We often get more from the game not only the knowledge but the joy!
K: Yeah, I am so pleased with the camp. There also is the game to touch our heart.
C: Yeah, I guessed that.
K: Of course. It is the Thanksgiving!
At 9:00 in the morning on 21th July
Thankful mind
This station is a gentle harbor.
Right now, Everyone is sitting on the seat quietly. On the stage, there are candles that extend in a heart shape.
Soft music is playing and all the lights are turn down. Happy speaks slowly,
” Firstly, I’d like to clap for you. You have overcome all difficulties to complete the task.”
Yes, the children have just finished an activity named show the blind man on the way. Children take part in the activity in pairs. One of the two will play the role of a blind man, the other one should help the blind one walk to the end. No word is permitted during the whole process.
“You went a long road, what’s more, there were kinds of obstacles along. However, you chose to believe each other, and in the end, you came here, you made the activity perfect.” When the students reached the end and were all seated, Happy started his lecture.
Children's eyes are still covered. The weather is hot, sweat is dripping from neck though the air conditioning is working well.
“You will meet a great many of people in your life, someone you can confide in, while some not. Now turn to your companion, look at them, they are the people who earn your trust.” He pauses,” please take off their blindfolds, hug each other sincerely.”
Children are sweet, they hug each other tightly for a long time.
“You will meet various people, but no one could compare with your parents. Although you are headstrong, you don’t follow their advice, you always make them angry, you hate their nag, you shut the door violently, show no consideration for their feelings.”
The hall is more quite, children are all silent. You can even hear the voice of the candle burning. The light is still turn down.
“Most of you must hear a story named the boy and the apple tree. Now I want to tell you the story again. Whatever you heard it before or not, please listen to me patiently.”
Then Happy begins to tell the story with his feelings from the bottom of his heart.
“Long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. ...”
Maybe it is not the first time for them to listen to the story or they can even repeat the story, but they still listen carefully and quietly. Happy continues.
“He climbed to the top of the tree, and ate the apples, took a nap under the shadow... He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.”
"Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy. "I am not a kid, never. I don't play around trees anymore."
The boy replied, "I want toys. I need money to buy them."
"Sorry, I don't have money...but you can pick all my apples and sell them. So, you will have money."
Is it seems to you? Ask your parents to own your requirements.
"Come and play with me," the tree said.
"I don't have time to play. I have to work for my family. We need a house for shelter. Can you help me?"
"Sorry, I don't have a house. But you can chop off my branches to build your house."
Some children begin to sob. They remind of their behaviors to their parents, just the same as the boy’s, always asking, not giving.
"Come and play with me!" the tree said.
"I am sad and getting old. I want to go sailing to relax myself. Can you give me a boat?"
"Use my trunk to build your boat. You can sail far away and be happy."
The light is till dark. More and more children could help crying. They think back the days they lived with their parents. The cry is becoming louder and louder. Perhaps they think of their own selfishness, their indifferent sights, their unreasonable demands and ······
Happy doesn’t pause, ”Finally, the boy returned after he left for so many years. “
"Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you anymore. No more apples for you..." the tree said.
"I don't have teeth to bite," the boy replied.
"No more trunk for you to climb on."
"I am too old for that now," the boy said.
"I really can't give you anything... the only thing left is my dying roots," the tree said with tears.
"I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am tired after all these years." The boy replied.
"Good! The root is the best place to lean on and rest. Come here and sit down with me rest." The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears...
When we were young, we loved to play with Mom and Dad... When we grown up, we left them, and only came to them when we need something or when we are in trouble. No matter what, parents will always be there and give everything they could to make you happy. You may think that the boy is cruel to the tree but that's how all of us are treating our parents.
Till now, tears are enough to fill an ocean. All you could hear is cry, no more others. You send to parents too far, ignore their hard work. You ask for your parents all the time, but never pay back. Think seriously, how much do you do for your parents? Don’t take it for granted any more. It’s your turn to feed up your parents, you’re not kids.
Walking on the road, please take with a thankful mind, not only to your parents, but also to your friends. Action speaks louder than words. When realize your faults, it’s not confession but action that counts a lot.（把上面几段的you 换成we 可以不）
So, do you know what to do next?
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This is our super and special journey~
Here, sorry to say that the camp is over, but there’s plenty more to come. What the camp gives us is much more than what we mentioned above. The activities, which we have experienced are unforgettable and full of adventure as well.
We gain a lot from the camp, of course. We know the meaning of unity, get the friendship and learn gratitude. Above all, we stick together，shouting out our slogan, we are a team, yes we can. You might never imagine how powerful we are unless you experience it by yourself.
If you want to get more about us, welcome to BE, we are waiting for you! That will be our story next time we meet.
