Happy Merdeka Day!

Wishing all our Malaysian Friends, especially the MAPY's, past and present, a very Happy Merdeka Day! Hope you have a pleasant holiday and an excellent celebration!

With Love, BPYs 2007

The SG Raft Race @ Serasa Beach

So it was finally time to set our rafts to sea and see how we all fared in the SG Boat Race! We certainly had tons of fun that day.. An Amazing Experience..

Hj Ramli giving us Final Instructions

BPY Dex helping out BPY Elly with her Life Jacket

YL all covered with sun-screen, ready to face the heat!

Can this raft take the pressure?

Are you sure this raft can take 14 people?

SG "A" posing before going out to sea...

...and again...

So it begins...

Rowing out to Mid Point

Team Work will get us there!

SG "C" soldiering through

Group Shot @ Mid Point

Don't worry BPY Adi, We've got you

BPY Eldi coming back onto his raft

SG "D"

Let the Race Begin!

SG "B" pushing through

SG "C" using all their strength

BPY Tasha (AYL) rallies SG "D" with her battle-cry!

BPY Eldi still has time for a photo op!

Trusty BPY Bob leading SG "B" to the finish line!

SG "D" carrying the Puteri Duyong Faezah!

This boat doubles as a submarine too as SG "A" thunder their way through

SG "B"- First to Reach the Finish Line!

Victory Cheer!

We're not gonna sink coz the bonds of the raft are strong!

SG "A" reach 2nd place!

SG "D"'s raft collapses!

Oh well one can only laugh right?

Salvaging the raft

Victorious SG "B" carry their boat back to shore

SG "C" all smiles from the wonderful experience

SG "A" bringing their submarine back to shore!

SG "D" with one barrel left on their raft

Sharing of experiences!

What better place to do it than out at sea?

Hey! Even Abang Azeez dropped by to say Hi!

Credits & Thanks!

I've been so busy posting that i've forgotten to actually thank the people who've been kind enough to photograph us during our orientation period as well as let us use these photographs in our Blog. So from the bottom of our hearts.. we say THANK YOU THE VERY VERY

Most of the Organizing Committee of the Orientation 07'. BPY 06 Hilman with the camera at work

Another of BPY 06' Hilman's creative shots ( from clockwise: BPY 06' Hilman, BPY Bob, BPY P.E & BPY Aizat)


BPY 05' Amy with BPY Eldi

Thanks so much to BPY 06' Hilman and BPY 05' Amy for the shots. Also to all the Organizing Committee, without you guys, the Orientation Programme we went through wouldn't be the same!

Altogether now... "WE SAY THANK YOU.. WE SAY THANK YOU...."

BPY P.E in a Private Moment

BPY P.E, who are u writing your surat cinta to? Do Share... *giggles* P.E is the BPY 07's Darling and loves Hugs!

Those of you who would like to get to know him better, can email him at cucurpisang AT hotmail.com which is also his FRIENDSTER address. He looks forward to hearing from you!

YL & AYL!

Congratulations to Haji Badaruddin Bin Hj Karim & Rabiqah Natasha Yusof Halim on their appointment as Youth Leader and Assistant Youth Leader of the Brunei Participating Youth Contingent 2007!!!!

On behalf of the rest of us underlings, we're confident you will do your best to lead us in the right direction and we hope we won't make life too difficult for you. The very Best of Luck and we LOVE u!

The Dynamic Duo!

For your information, BPY Adai will be leading SG "A" whereas BPY Natasha will be AYL'ing (is that even a word?) SG "C" on the Nippon Maru

Building of the Rafts

Next, we proceeded to make life siezed versions of our tin can models. The BPYs put their sweat and effort into making these rafts using barrells and PVC Piping. Now all that was left was to see whether the device would float when set in water.

BPY Wan: "Lets Tie it like this"

SG "A" laying the foundations of their raft

PULL!

BPY Mony: "This is how its gonna work"

BPY Amier: "This is how the Spartans did it during the time of the 300"

SG "D" making sure everything is tied properly

SG "C" with their completed raft!

SG "A" carrying their completed raft

SG "B" posing by their completed raft

"Lets do this people!"

The Finished Pieces from afar