KL School Principals in Kundasang, Sabah

75 school principals from KL flew to Sabah and were whisked off to the BTN Camp in Kundasang. We were not quite sure what to expect but definitely whatever we experienced were quite out of our expectations.

Happy ladies -
Pn Phoon, Pn Tan, Pn Loh, Pn Siew and Pn Lau

Some of the things we didn't expect.. like having our meals served on a metal plate with different compartments ( except for the rice and soup). If you wanted second helpings, you had to be like Oliver and asked for more! Another unexpected task was having to wash our own eating and drinking utensils after each meal in very cold water and wiping them dry.

Another unexpected thing was having to brush teeth in the open air and having to bathe in the toilet ( not bathroom mind you, but toilet) I use the cold water from the bidet to bathe for the four days I was there.




I brushed my teeth in the open air using the water
 from this blue tub.

What I enjoyed most about Kundasang was the fantastic view of Mount Kinabalu and the flowers and the fun fellowship and the exercise sessions.


Mount Kinabalu was unusually clear this morning till
about 9 am. We could even see Laban Rata, Donkey Ears, Hugh's Peaks
and Low's Peaks. The clear view stirred nostalgia among those of us
who had climbed Kinabalu before when we were much younger.






Posing with Mount Kinabalu in the background before 7 am

in our red corporate uniform. Sunrise comes very early
here about 5.45 am. Mount Kinabalu gets misty by 8 am usually.







Ms Goh and the slimmer or younger hms
including yours trulyoccupied the upper decks
of the double bunk beds.
We had great fun in our dorms.

The schedule was very packed! We were expected to go for morning sessions beginning at 6 am and night sessions ended at about 10.30 pm. Due to the water shortage, many people got up at odd times ( like 3 am) to bathe so the dorm was noisy most of the time. Often many of us dozed off during the lecture sessions due to the tak cukup tidur syndrome.

Another unexpected thing was our attire. We had to wear the official red corporate uniform and then the blue T shirt for exercise sessions. We wore white and black for formal lessons.


With Ms Goh before crossing the rope bridge
 in our blue T shirt on a morning jaunt.



I was placed in Group 1 . Pic shows my group
members posing with Datuk Sabudin. We enjoyed
Datuk Sabudin lessons most compared to other lecturers.




Group 1 members in our blue T-shirts.





We had a lot of fun practicing patriotic songs and putting up presentations just like the way our students do in school during Merdeka. Pn Latifah's group used small flags during their presentation while our group used one big flag.We learnt a fair bit about the Constitution, the country's history and the real message of 1 Malaysia.



The lilies that grew here were reminded me of the lilies that
bloomed in my garden from the bulbs we brought back from Holland





Good memories of Kundasang together with Hai Bee and the rest of the gang.