The water level grew progressively and relentlessly shallower as we went deeper into the interior of Pulau Ubin, until our kayaks ended up not floating on water, but sitting on the warm, squishy, popping muddy bed of the river.
It was a classic case of being caught between a rock and a hard place. The metaphor of going up a certain creek without a paddle also came to mind, whilst we slapped at bombarding sandflies and worked towards a solution to get out of that quagmire.
In a true test of their resilience, determination and focus, the participants worked together to pull/drag/lug/tow every single kayak out of the swamp, through the jungle and back out into 'civilisation', which was a Chinese temple guarded by several zealous guard dogs which barked incessantly. Well, they (the dogs) were just doing their job...
This was the climax of the leadership programme; of course, this did not discount the participants' achievements elsewhere in the programme, but it is safe to say that there could not have been a more challenging test of the participants' personal leadership skills than in this overnight challenge of Herculean proportions.
Our hats are respectfully doffed in honour of the men from PTD.
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| Appreciating the situation |
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| Re-distributing carrying loads |
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| Finally ready! For the raid mission on IKEA... |
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| Did they make a wrong turn near Tampines MRT? |
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| Who left these things lying around? |
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| The Superstar Virgo was fully booked, so... |
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| Funnily enough, all the restaurants on Superstar Virgo were fully booked too... |
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| Who says LEGO is child's play... |
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| Reflecting on the day's events |
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| Preparing to enter the river system outside Ah Ma's Drink Stall. |
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| Doing their best to make the most of a potentially difficult task ahead. |
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