By : Zulkifli Bin Hassan
On the 15th of May 2008, SMK Darul Ehsan organised a leadership camp at Hutan Lipur Pandan, Kuantan. The camp was attended by all the form five students. Its objective was to enable students to get along well with each other and help them to develop their self-esteem. At the camp, the most anticipated time by all was when the best group leader was announced. And as predicted by most, Amir Zulhaqeem Zakaria, a tall dark, looking guy,managed to get the prestigious award. His positive traits made him an ideal choice .
Amir Zulhaqeem Zakaria, popularly known as Ca’em, is a seventeen-year old guy who comes from Jerantut. His father’s name is Zakaria AdulHamid while his mother’s name is Halina Hamid @ Md Noor.Both his parents are teachers. He is the eldest among his five siblings. He is now studying in SMK Darul Ehsan and is the head prefect of the school. During his primary school time, he had studied in four different schools which were situated at four different states respectively. He had been schooling at SK Gua Batu,Sarawak, SK Kangar Perlis, SK Ulam Batu, Terengganu and SK Bandar Jerantut, Pahang.
There were so many reasons on why he was chosen as the best group leader and one of them is that he was responsible. He is also a caring person who always made sure his group members were safe all the time. He instilled confidence among his group members which led to victory in the camp debate. As such, it was not surprising that he managed to get the best speaker award for the camp debate. And from the 253 students who had attended the camp, Amir Zulhaqeem was voted the most cooperative student.He was always the first to volunteer for any task.
During the final day of the leadership camp,he received awards fromour school principal, Madam Hajjah Norlia Bt. Mohd Shuhaili. He was given acertificate of achievement as the best group leader and even went home with a whooping RM 500, a very handsome sum