a never-forget camping

wuhoooooo~~
I already came back from a 2D1N disaster training camping few hours ago
this camping was meant to prepare or train us as a humanitarian volunteer in a disaster
the mission of the camping was : we are humanitarian volunteers who are going to rescue victims in a disaster area. However, there are always some obstacles (eg. chaos, shortage of resources, terrorists) which have to overcome in order to accomplish the mission.

my Uni is the only one university offers this course (disaster relief management, DRM) in M'sia. So there are many people out there are unfamiliar with this course
this course is meant to teach people the things involved in disaster
our lecturers who teach and train us are well-trained humanitarian volunteers involved in rescuing of victims in disaster area internationally
many of them joined the rescue team of tsunami incident happened in Aceh 2004
I am always excited to hear about their experiences in a battle field or disaster area during class

during the training, we opted for one task among police, hospital, paramedic and triage
when we were in the scene area where disaster happened, we had to carry out our responsibilities according to the job chosen

when there is a happening of disaster, terrorists always find chances to create chaos in that area
(if you watched movies related to disaster or wars then you'll know)
most of the terrorist are craving for food and money when there is shortage of resources in a disaster

so those lecturers and some hired actors had became terrorists to invade our campsite anytime without giving us a signal (even at midnight)
the 'terrorists' kidnapped some hostages (which is us) to threaten us to hand in money or food to them
so negotiation is a very important part to rescue hostages and negotiator must be a sweet talker
although we knew that the events are fake, but we still needed to act like we were in the real situation to gain marks in order to pass this field work

I'd learnt a lot of living skills and get to know any possibility event which may happen in a disaster
I'm touched and admire the courage of the humanitarian volunteers because they are risking their lives to save people who have no blood relationship with them
I felt thankful because I gained a chance to learn first-aid skill which is very beneficial in dealing with any emergency case one day in future

I was really enjoyed the activities in camping
and truly appreciated what I had learnt during the process
this camping had made some changes in my life
salute to humanitarian volunteers  =)