Last January 15-16, 2011 I joined a bootcamp at Plantation Bay.
After my duty at 6am, I directly went with my sister to Plantation Bay. Early morning, there was already traffic jam because of the Sinulog Festival. We reached there late, but we're not the only ones who were really late. The session started with an exercise dance!! There was someone who went up the stage and started to teach us the dance "WAKA-WAKA".. I know it's embarrassing.. but hey, everyone's doing it.. it would be more embarrassing if i didn't do the action with them. It was fun.
The first speaker was one of the top executives here in the Philippines. WOW!! Everyone listens to people who are successful.. So, we all listened to him.
I learned a lot of things that I needed to do in order for me to be successful..
These were the quotes he used:
"I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was." -- Muhammad Ali
"Dont quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion." -- Muhammad Ali
"Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better." -- Pat Riley
"Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily."
We all learned on how to have a positive mind in order to have positive results in what we do.
The next speaker was a very successful woman and she's REALLY REALLY PRETTY. What I learned from her is that we need to have a reason for doing things. Why do we want to be successful? What are our purposes? We need to have these in order for us to have motivation to work hard and reach those goals.
I know people have many goals in life. But I learned from this woman, that when you have these goals, we have to visualize it, set a deadline, talk about it and think about it for us to have more motivations and for us to reach it. These goals can give us clear sense of direction, fix our attitude -- discipline and consistency and give us energy to go on with life.
One thing that I also learned is to surround ourselves with successful people who got what they want. This is one way for us to be more determined and for us to think that our goal is not impossible to be reached.
After the speaker, we were grouped, introduce ourselves to the group, made a 10 second cheeer and presented it on stage. Then we had lunch.
WOW, the foods are really good. When afternoon came, I started to feel really really sleepy, I didn't get some sleep because of my work. We had this really really jamming speaker. When he went up the stage, he started to dance and made the crowd clapped hands to the beat and danced as well. What a jamming speaker.
The speaker's also a successful one. He's old, but he looked like he's from his early 30's.. and his laugh!!, it's PRICELESS.. haha.
I really really wanted to listen to him talking, but i was really sleepy. He wasn't boring but I can't help my sleepiness.
After all the sessions, I joined the praise and worship and a pastor talked. He was really funny. and I also learned a lot from him.
I was able to take a bath only at 12 am. So the whole day of January 15, I wasn't able to take a bath. :(
I felt refreshed.. Wrote my goals but I didn't finish it because I fell alseep.
I counted the hours of me being awake.. and It was 33 hours.. 33HOURS!!!!!
and I only had 5 hours of sleep!!! not enough right?
Morning sessions are all games with lessons. I pondered on a lot of things that I need to rethink, to do to change the way I live right now.
In the afternoon, we had this fear factor.. FEAR FACTOR!!! SNAKE!! TARANTULA!! I hate those.. But I want to do it. Before we went to that place, we wrote a waiver saying that when anything happens, they shouldn't be responsible for anything. The 2 containers are covered with black cloth. I felt nervous seeing them cry because of fear. When my turn came, I was really nervous to put my hands inside and get a pingpong ball. We were given only 30 seconds. In my mind, I was thinking like "What the heck.. it's fear factor, and we're only given 30 seconds to get that ball in a container we don't even know what's inside??" I think 30 seconds isn't enough to these kind of things.
I put my hands inside, I was really scared to push my hand at the bottom. I might touch something.. Then, I touched a feather-like thing.. I pulled my hand and shouted. Well, the one who was in-charge of the container told me not to do that. I placed it inside again, but STOOOOP!! 30 seconds has ended..
what the... i wasn't able to succeed.. :(
I felt really bad at myself. I regretted why I even shouted even if i didn't mean to do it..
While thinking about it.. I felt really crazy of even believing that there's something in that box. I shouldn't have been afraid of getting that ball.. :(
And because I felt really really bad, I don't want to laugh at some jokes, I was jjust there sitting and thinking about it.
YEs, i FAILED... but it doesn't mean I have to give up.
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In real life, there are a lot of challenges.. Especially my fears... But I have to face it...
But yeah, until I arrived home, I was still thinking about it..
Because of lack of sleep, I slept the whole day, I just woke up during lunch, then slept again.
I just hope that my learnings won't be forgotten.
I have to practice the skills that I lack.
I have to face my fears.
I am a CHAMPION!!!!
i want to attend the next bootcamp, and I want to improve my leadership skills. be more mature on how I act, be more confident in talking to people..
