KAC..adVeNtUrE oF a LiFeTiMe...(part 1)

KAC or Kool Adventure Camp is a project of RAFI or Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. which encourages young people to be involved in physical activities to be able to learn and react with things in life that somehow we can not really explain nor define. It also serves as a life- changing camp for some people and it has really touched a lot of people's lives in many ways. It is a 3 day camp packed with fun- filled activities and a lot more of surprises that one would not really expect.

My summer during the past years were really boring and I do not even learn new things from those stuffs that I usually do in summer. I only watch tv, then sleep, eat then watch tv again, do some house hold chores and do the same routine all over again. Its really boring and sad to say it does not help me grow as a person.

But summer last year was different. UP High School opened its doors to RAFI and it paved way for the students to know the KAC and the activities it offers to its campers. At first, I was really skeptical about KAC because I think it will just be boring like the stuffs I usually do in summer. But when we had the orientation at school about KAC, I became really excited about it. I started to be really excited about the activities we were going to have most especially about the ropes course. I never have been involved with activities like that so listening to ate Sky who was then the person who oriented us made me really feel glad about joining KAC.

April 21 was the day of our departure from school. Me and my classmates and several younger school mates who also embraced this rare opportunity gathered at the school campus and rode on a van towards our destination. I was really clueless to where we were heading to and so after minutes of traveling, I eventually knew where we were headed for- David Livingstone Academy in Liloan. It was quite far from our place so I was not really familiar with the place. It was a new environment to me because it was a school atop a hill. The road to the school was really bumpy but it was okay.

At last at about 9:30 in the morning we arrived at the venue. We were then welcomed by unfamiliar faces who were then the volunteers and facilitators. I was shy at first because I do not know how to react wtih these people but when they started to greet me with their gorgeous smiles and warm hellos I was able to breathe. We were then given our ID's and pouches which will be used during the entire period of the camp. I was shocked to know that we are not the only people who will be attending the camp. I was surprised to see other unfamiliar faces who were also there to experience an adventure like never before.

The first day was full of self introduction and also group activities. We were grouped randomly and my tribe was named "Nagsilaob na Tribu". We really had a fun time during our group activities. Even though it was tiring it was still worth it because I also knew a lot of things on how to mingle and interact with your group mates. We even had the cookie machine activity in which we had to move a group mate from the starting person to the last person through the movement of our arms. It was tiring but it was rewarding. After that activity, we also had a meeting about our plans for the morning activity. We were not really told exactly about the activity we were going to have earlier the next day but felt the excitement as I closed my eyes to end the first day of the camp.