NUS Lifesaving: August 2010

Friday, August 27, 2010

The Beautiful Ah Mei Land and her Wonderful Lifesaving People - Part 3

Day 4
Woke up early in the morning, took 'self strong' train down to Hualien, Ruei Suei...

While some are 'kooning', other are busy playing their games, some are just simply watching the beautiful scenery outside the window....

and some are busying playing cards - 'Rich and Outstanding' against the 'Queen of Genting'

We reached the starting point for our rafting at the treacherous Xiuguluan River, the longest river in Eastern coast of Taiwan, spanning from Mt. Xiuguluan, the river flows 103 km, cutting a gorge thru the coastal mountain range making it the most popular place for rafting.

The place was well equipped with an information centre that provide info of the river and the do & don't for rafting.

Lunch was big and hearty Bento packed in wooden box---Big Fish Big Meat

Our last ..... always got to wait for her...

'wait, wait, let me count how many grain first'

Anyway, she has since improved in her timing not just in makaning, noodle curlings but also her ski paddling..

We do the back drifting again but this time at Xiuguluan river, depth was quite shallow due to the dry weather with low rainfall but water still flowed very fast.

Good time for back massage with nature element!!

The mountainous and greenery scenery along the river was wonderful.....

Ah Ming demonstrated to us how to overturn a capsized raft

There you goes....

and here we goes ... one for all and all for one

After the practice and rehearse on land....

Join us, join us....so much fun, where's YKJ....

Here come the ,,,siong siong one...

No problem for her as she is getting heated up..

Capsize drill on site.

Pull..... push....pull.....push.... Ask the bull to pull.....

NAT you try!!!

'Collided' with many raft people from other local schools thus end up making friends with them..

Go, go, go on, exclaimed the team but my back hurts, no choice but need to go on as everybody is still paddling very hard, as no one show signs of fatigue.

Got stuck !!!

Freed.....let go...

Back drift again to the end...

Passing under the beautiful red arch bridge...

Beautiful gorges along the way, just relax on your back to end point.
Saw a wide eyed bird flying pass very low from JK land, don't know going where???

can't fly high probably due to overweight...

Shallow enough for us to walk back to end point...

Group picture taken after the tedious 'journey' ..

Tired but feel good as the workout was fun and enriching.

Excellent teamwork is needed for a successful 4.5 hrs rafting session.

'Big Fish and Big meat' again with 10 big portion delicious dishes for all the big eaters.

The girl outdo the guys...

Our home for the night, hot spring resort in Hualien.

Lucky Hot Spring ...

set in a valley in mountainous Hualien.

Night fall....

Hot spring time... soak in hot mineral water that cure skin problems, backache but still with clothing on..

They have hot and cold bath...

Wonderful beds for a good night sleep after soaking.

Well, that part 3, day 4

沈老师...up

Monday, August 23, 2010

ULC AGM - 6 Sep

Dear all,

Our ULC Annual General Meeting (AGM) would be held on:
6th September 2010, Monday
8pm - 9.30pm ish
at our SRC Conference Room (Level 2)

The ULC 28th Management Committee warmly invites all members of the University Lifeguard Corps as well as our alumni (seniors, grand-seniors, great-grand-seniors!) to join us in our Annual General Meeting. And yes, there'll be food for everyone. :)

ULC is also recruiting new committee members for the upcoming 29th Management Committee. If you are a passionate team-player and are interested in our activities and the promotion of Lifesaving, we welcome you to join our warm committee family! Meet new friends that share the same passion for Lifesaving and organise courses and events that will expose more people to this great skill and sport!

ULC organizes Lifesaving courses on a regular basis, as well as our annual Lifesaving competition, and swimathon event Splashdown! We also go on annual trips to Desaru, etc.

For more information regarding ULC, feel free to click here. :)

Interested in joining us? Fill up this spreadsheet!
We look forward to welcome you to our family!

The out-going 28th Management Committee would like to thank EVERYONE for their support over the past one year. :)
(This photo does not include Yawen and Sebastian who were overseas for SEP and NOC when this photo was taken! But we still love you very very much! :D)

Thank you and see you at the AGM on the 6th of September! :)

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

The Beautiful Ah Mei Land and her Wonderful Lifesaving People - Part 2

Day 3....
After breakfast, board this red red 'special guest' bus for Wulai for the swift river rescue course

Passing by this street with lots of lots of Aborigines food call Wulai Old Street

Roast wild boar... drooling yea!!

First started with this daring descent ... glad that I did and went through, tough but fun..
Only 4 - 5 storey high...

We revised our swift water course approach swim down the river despite the heavy rain...

Due to the heavy rainfall, the water start to surge in with huge, heavy volume of water thus making the workout more challenging and realistic.

Crossing the river -- remember Ferry Angle is used, whilst the locals watched eagerly with their umbrella...

Rain stopped -- learning the arts of tying rope for transporting casualty from Coach Li Zi Guo

First with a water knots, open end pulley, Bruce knots, pull, pull..... more pulleys need to be added to make the pull easier and tie the end by making use of the friction from the ropes...利用绳子的磨檫力。。。。

Finally, we are ready to ferry the 'casualty' back...

The wonderful team that conquer the fierce, swift fast flowing river.... they actually conquer themselves first in order to cross the fast flowing Wulai river.... that how you overcome your fear.