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Secondary Three students from our NCC (AIR) Unit have been participating in this annual event for many years now. Every year, about five cadets will embark a journey of exploration. An exploration of oneself. Cadets will find themselves in a roller coaster of experiences from sighting on a breathtaking views after a draining hike to the pinnacle of the (4438) feet Mount Ophir, or finding themselves when hopes seem the least apparent. Nevertheless, the end is always one of celebration and bliss.
Mount Ophir is in Johor state, close to the Malacca/Johor border. According to the legend, the princess was of slim build and medium height and stunning beautiful. Further, she was also endowed with a sinuous movement that accentuated every curve of her lithe body. Men were naturally attracted to her but amongst the many she was claimed to have spurned was the Sultan of Malacca. Legend has it that the princess eventually married one Nakhoda Ragam, a hero whose name unfailingly struck terror inti the hearts of those who had dared to oppose him. But this hero was later to die at the hands of his princess-wife.
Ragam was found of tickling the Princesss ribs and one day, in an uncontrollable burst of reaction, the Princess stabbed her husband in the breast with a needle she was handling. Therefore the Princess returned to Mount Ophir and vowed never to set eyes on another man. Ragams boat, not long after, was crushed during a storm and legend has it that the debris of the wreck transformed into the present six islands off Malacca.
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