We woke up early today because we had to pack up and clean our rooms up. But before we done all that or had breakfast we had to shower and get ready! We then went for breakfast, we had cereal and milk, which was boring but we were on a schedule and the cooks had too much to do. After Breakfast we had to remove our suitcases from our rooms that we had packed the night before. We stripped our beds, swept the floor and the best bit, mopped the floor. It was funny because we used too much water and it soaked the whole floor. Ashiq bha and Sajjad bha came to the rescue and un-soaked it for us. Once all our rooms were cleaned, some of us helped the mentors with the bathrooms. We then took our suitcases to a nearby marque were all the suitcases were gathered and would then be taken to the coach for us.
We then had a quick lunch which consisted of chana. It was delicious but a little spicy. As we left lunch we collected some snacks for the journey, of crisps, chocolate and drinks. This was the last time we would see the dinning room and the last meal we would eat together.
As we all made our way to the namaz room we of loaded our snacks to our hand luggage and went to pray zohr and asr namaz, again for the last time. The sheik gave his last lecture between namaz.
After this we came to the highlight of the day, 'The Presentation'. Here we would find out who had one the PDT quizzes and the Sports and overall best planet. The presentation started with a few verses of Quran by Imran Esmail. And it was beautifully recited. Then there were presentations by each planet on a particular part of the camp. For example PDT, sports and planet time. Each planet all so did a presentation based on their own mentors. We were given the task of doing the presentation on sports and on Hasnainbha and Shabirbha. After this the Shane-e-Abbas Hassam to the stages and presentation all the mentors with a thank you gift, and to all the admin. But Dr and Alibha gave him one as well. Then all the campers received a Certificate and Medal for attending the camp. Along side the certificates was prize money for all the campers that participated in the memorisation task, where by each camper was asked to memorise Surah Qadar and Ahytul Khursi.
Then the part every one had been waiting for came. Who had won the quizzes and the sports. Dr took the mic and explained that to make things fair he had a special formula that took into account all this factors that half of us campers did not understand and that the winner was Mars.. However, there was only a prize for the best sports team and the best Overall. So then Shabirbha was called up to announce the winners of the sports. In third place came Mars, and second place it was Mercury and that had meant that we (Neptune) had won! But this came as no real surprise had we had won pretty much all the tournaments we had played! We were all (Neptune) presented with a small trophy. Then Dr announced that with his magic formula and translated the sports scores to balance with PDT scores that, again Neptune had won! We were all chocked and amazed as we had thought we hadn't done particularly well in the PDT sessions but in the end we must had done OK. We were all given 100 SEK.
After the presentation we left for the coach and head towards the shopping mall. When we arrived at the mall every body headed in different directions. Majority of people headed towards the chocolate counter to get plenty of Marabou to bring home to our families and friends. After the shopping we headed down the road to the airport. They told us it was 5minutes away but we didn't realise that they actually meant 5mins away. We unloaded our luggage and headed to check in. whilst waiting we watched the first bit of TV in 2 weeks, the funny thing is none of us missed it whilst on the camp. After security we waited at the gate. As namaz time approached we quickly prepared and prayed bang on time. I think it was the quickest sheik had prayed throughout the 2weeks. We got our passports ready and we boarded Ryan Air Plane. They talked about the safety rules for about 5minutes and then we were ready to take off. As soon as we shot up in the air we saw this beautiful scene with which the whole of Sweden and its lights. Then all we could see was the sunset and the sky. We kept travelling along until we went into the clouds and all we could see is white fluff. A few people slept and finally after 2hours we arrived at Luton airport. We then got all the suitcases and headed for the coach. We headed for Stanmore. Everyone was knackered and many people slept on the coach, including the mentors. When we arrived at Stanmore we looked for our parents and loaded our luggage into our cars. We then went back in and spoke to our mentors. They gave feedback on how we were on the camp and how our salaat assessments had gone and where we may have need to improve. After a long way and our farewells we head to our homes. The camp had come to an end and we had all had a great time! Thanks to all the mentors that looked after us and all the administrators for organising such a wonderful camp.
Neptune
Ali-Reza Daya, Baqar Risvi, Imran Esmail, Mohamed Yusufali, Mohamed Remtulla, Raheel Ladak, Tahir Bhamjee, Wasim Laduck
Shabir bha Datoo, Hasnain bha Ramji |
