Yes! Finally, WE DID IT!

Hahaha, I think by this time all of you had known the victorious win at Kuching last weekend, taking home the champion of Inter-Chapter First Aid Competition! Not only me, but also my teammates, trainers, managers, just everyone, are very happy! WOW! Praise the Lord!

So, allow me to have a recap of the competition, while my memories there are still vivid in my mind. Hehehe....

So on Friday, the team met up at airport after the morning's training session. Everyone of course were already looking forward to the competition.

LOL, so happy until have to syok sendiri with the boarding pass!



The alliance of Josephians and Columbans! Hahaha!

Everyone there wished us sincerely and surely put hope on us. Ming Chai even say he's gonna take the trophy back. As soon as we entered the departure hall, it's already a long line so we just to have to be patient. No choice, it's Airasia ma!

A shot in front of Boeing 737-300 to Kuching!

After an hour of ear-hurting flight, we arrived there and I just couldn't hide my delight being there. It's going to be another adventure there. Then we went to Branch's HQ which is way below my expectation. Haha....

This is the "not so big" Sarawak Branch HQ lo. Just like an old motel.

We slept at this place that night, LOL.

That night we went out and have some food at some Malay stalls nearby. Roti canai there is much more cheaper and many varieties, such as delicious roti tisu, rota cheese, roti whatsoever, it's just so nice! But then my mood suddenly went down that night, until I could not train well and get angry over little things. Strange but it's unavoidable, sorry team.

That night's sleep was not so good as the air conditioner made the room too cold to sleep. Even it drove me to sleep IN BATHTUB! LOL! Can you believe that? People who went into the toilet shocked when seeing me shivering like drug addicts in the bathtub. LOL!

Then the next morning the teams assembled at HQ and depart to Kota Samarahan,. where the competition venue is located. It's the same place as I have went through last year, so I was quite familiar with that place. Hard to get along with other participants from chapters because time was tight and rules restrict us from doing so, I mean during the competition. Anyway, we found out some chapters are really friendly!

Team at briefing time!

So bandaging and immobilizing relay ignited the competition. It's such a grand and less stressful because this time wasn't the "one-go" rules. For this we performed well and it's a great start for us.

Trying to do the jaw bandage.

With Ming Chai do the leg-immobilizing.

It's a high-paced games and we enjoyed it. However, the next part of the competition, which was the Quiz Bee, was totally a disaster for us. The question were mainly IHL, and the answers were very close to each other. I could still remember the dejected looks on Qi Ying, Wan Lin and Ming Chai whenever we got it wrong. Out of 25 questions, we only get 14 correct. Not a good one, but never mind, it's just the start.

Later we got our time to practice the performance song together and later we dressed very formally to there. Just take a look below.

We looked great!


Cannot leave out Wan Lin la....

So we sung "Start of Something New" at that night. We were lucky to be the only team to have the lights off for presentation. It's not a good one, but at least we were on stage. Other teams performed way better. Serian team shone with their traditional dance, and Stampin team present their cool rock-and-roll dance. Sibu team had an impressive foot drill show. Other teams had their own eye-catching show.

Our show in the dark....

After that, we went planning strategies for the next day. Dr. Subra, our team manager had a lot to advise us. It went on until midnight.

Day 1 over, how's Day 2?

Probably I was the earliest one to wake up. It was still early so I spent some time reading the books. By 7 o'clock all were ready and quarantined right after breakfast time. We had to deal with 6 scenes, and I think we had our ups and downs there. So go ahead to see the pics...

First up was the bedsores. We looked in good shape while demonstrating the treatments.


Treating the only conscious casualty in the competition. LOL.


Me performing CPR lo...

All were busy treating only 1 casualty!


Explain things to a mother. Haha..

The strange thing in traditional-based scenarios was that it's only 1 casualty in every scene. We felt that we cannot show our best in such way since we were usually trained to deal with many casualties. Problems arise in community-based scenarios where we didn't use suitable "kampong language" which our audience did not understand what we want to express. So, after the last scene, we were absolutely relieved! Cool!

We were late for the closing-ceremony, where we sneaked in through the back door. Hearts were pounding in full speed as we were anxious about the results.......

A bit disappointed that we didn't get the best for test-scenarios. We did get the best bandaging and immobilization, as it had been confirmed already. So we just wait....

Sarikei was 3rd, Kuching was 2nd. At this point I felt Sibu will be the champion. But the VAD's in front of us said we are the one, we thought they were making fun.

So that's the moment....

"Now the champion is....... TEAM F, from Miri!!!!!!!!!!!!"

What else, we jumped and leapt skyhigh! What? WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

Many congrats flowed to us after that, as we were still in a sense of unbelieve and amazement! This was certainly so fantastic!

The team with victorious pose and smile!

It has been a long time since IUFAC victory for school back in last year. What a moment!

Waved goodbye to everyone after we reached Kuching. While my other teammates enjoying themselves at the Riverside, I went to Mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral, which was within walking distance. After Mass I had to run back to HQ due to time constraint. LOL...

After much excitement at Southern Sarawak, we left Kuching with much memories. As I stepped on Miri Airport, it's an overwhelmingly triumphant feeling, nothing can match it ever!

Good reception was received as almost all the families and trainers come to receive us. Simply great reunion!

And at home....

Yes, I did it! I have made my school proud! Yeah!

Thanks and praise to God for his wonderful deeds both here and in Kuching. He really helped the team with all the graces, though we always took it for granted. And from now on, I 100% believe, hope in God can brings us many wonders that we never expect!

So that's for all for my post here. Remember to look out for more photos at my Photobucket!

Praise the Lord!