I am very sorry for abandoning this pity blog. If you notice, my previous post was about a week ago. Actually, my friends and I went to a pre-departure program organized at one of the PLKN camps. One of the lessons I've learned there is to share and unite with each other.
There were two games related to both qualities.
1. Broken Square
We were divided into 9 groups. Each group received an envelope containing pieces of puzzle. We had to solve the puzzle to produce a perfect square. Howevet, we were prohibited from stealing, taking or snatching others' pieces.
We got 4 different triangles to be solved. Some groups received weird shapes like the shape of T. However, after some time, we still didn't managed to solve it.
Suddenly, one of the participants stand up and voiced out her opinion. "I am sure that we need to share our pieces to produce only ONE square for all of us. We can still share although we cannot steal or take others', right?" Then, our mission began. Each group representatives brought their pieces in front and worked together to solve it. Only after a few minutes, a big square was formed in front!
"Congrats to all of you! You managed to conplete this task perfectly. I said that you cannot steal, take, or snatch anything from other groups. Instead, you can GIVE to them," said the facilitator.
Tangan yang memberi lebih baik daripada tangan yang menerima.
To give is much better than to receive
(Malay proverb)
In the reality, we need to always find the connection between ourselves and others'. Even though we are different, the differences are the important qualities to make an awesome group.
"O people, we created you from males and females, and made you into nations and tribes, so that you will know each other."
(Surah Al-Hujurat:13)
So, differences should not stem us to unite! Yet they will help us.
2. Investing?
We were divided into 4 groups. Each group received two flashcards, one with the symbol X and another with the symbol Y. In every round, each group representative needed to show either cards. Marks will be received based on the comparison with other teams.
(No of teams show X)-(No of teams show Y)
(Marks received if choose X)-(Marks received if choose Y)
4 - 0
+1 - 0
3 - 1
-3 - +6
2 - 2
-2 - +2
1 - 3
+2 - -4
0 - 4
0 - -1
Our group decided to show Y all the way as we could receive more profit and we could win! Others keep changing their Xs and Ys. And at last, we won and had a tie with another group although all groups got negatives.
We thought that we should calculate some probability in this game. However, we were wrong!
The facilitators' expectation was for all of us to show X. But why?
Although we only received +1 each round, yet we would still gain profit together. All groups would receive +10 for 10 rounds. All would get profits. Unlike what we did, all of us faced great loss when we compete each other.
Thus, in order to succeed, never leave our friends behind. Instead, walk together to the acme. Even with small steps, we'll still achieve success together later.
These two games had really taught me to be together with our friends all the time. Never leave our friends because of our selfishness. (But you can sell fish instead)
"You are not a true believer until you love your brothers just like you love yourselves."
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