yes I'm back to blogging now, I don't know how long this post is going to be, but I'll try to keep it as short as possible..
3weeks agoalright, i was shortlisted to become the OGL, and thus I had to attend the training.. but it was a short one, like 12-5.30pm because the day after posting day is just a reporting day for the students and the OG are temporary. it was well quite alright, nothing much, just some briefing and playing some ice breakers...
On 23.02IT IS REPORTING DAY, i got to reach school by 645am O.O horrible! and i got all so excited! well it is my first time doing this. I was being positive about it. but, it was kinda a letdown. by the time it was after lunch, half of the OG went missing (for most of the other OGs, it happened too).
well, it doesn't matter much since it is just for a day. BUT ONE COOL THING IS I FOUND A CHIPMUNK : D amazing right?
next one week, I had mass lecture and blah blah blah, boring stuff.
29.02 IT'S LEAP DAY : D and it is the day I am having lesson with my CT. interesting people.. but some are seriously quite CMI!! don't mind me, but at least that is how i feel. well, but at least people taking the same combi as me are nice people, MOSTLY that is : D by the way, my class has 6 different combinations for goodness sake! my appeal to the other class wasn't successful ):
but no point moaning over it, I just got to adapt.
01.03/02.03 it's a saturday and it is gone for the 3rd time cause I'm a facilitator so yes training time!! it's 845am to freaking 6.30pm : O I thought it will be boring and draggy, but i was totally wrong.
Lye was the overall instructor with many staff facil and the alumni facil came back to help too :D
first up we had a briefing about what's the camp. IT'S ABOUT KNOWING MYSELF AND HOW I THINK. I NEED TO PAUSE, CHOOSE, AND ACT. ALSO IT IS ALL ABOUT COMMITMENT AND TAKING RISKS!
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I forgot, I'm not suppose to reveal any details of the camp. but seriously, it is a meaningful camp! it's really amazing how much I've learnt, how much I've grown through it. thank you Ryan for being there to lead me through my weakness and being able to put the past back and start afresh.
03.03It's just another school day.
feeling: I CAN'T WAIT FOR TUESDAY - ORIENTATION : D
04.03 YAY! It's orientation : D i reached school at 620am when I'm suppose to reach at 645am. It's really dark, but surprisingly is I can see many elderly or adults at the track doing exercise. WILL I EVER DO SUCH A THING? most likely not, cause i need my beauty sleep -.-
then even in the hall, there are only 2 councillors, then APOLLO people came, i was the outcast - I'M ALPHEUS : D then came one ARES and one ARTIMIS...
7am! CHOP CHOP, need to get the CT flag, attendance list, O-pack, diary blah blah.. woah, sure is tiring. then 720am - PEOPLE COMING IN!! I saw my class, all sian people seriously!
first up, we had ice breaker, everything was quite slow-mo -.- then came the Olympian time - CHEERING. it was really disappointment, I can witness only the front maybe the sides cheering and the centre was daoing the OGLs, if not doing their own stuff!
then it's time for DRY GAMES, we had roman numerals, flying carpet, kiap kiap mania, can't remember. but my CT was quite dead, they will only be enthu if they want. but at least everything went quite alright.
05.03 SECOND DAY OF ORIENTATION! another day i reached school at 6.30am. i tried another method - try talking to them and mingle well first. well i can say it worked alittle. IT WAS WET GAMES! we had waterfall, drought, can't remember, VERY VERY FUN GAMES. objective of the game - GET EVERY SINGLE PERSON WET!
during lunch, my CT went to J8 for lunch, though we were not supposed to sneak out. we had councillors blocking the side gates BUT NOT THE MAIN GATE :D
then we headed back to school for CHEERING COMPETITION AND DANCING DIVA! WE WON THE CHEERING COMPETITION, seriously I didn't expect it cause the cheer seems alittle too wordy. then dancing diva, we didn't win, but it's alright. the dancing queen and king were well, not as good as the O1, but great job : D
06.03/07.03 i can't reveal any part of the training again. But really, the first day of the camp(not overnight nor only playing games, it's a leadership camp), it drove me crazy(literally). I could see how the feeling was when the group didn't want to speak up or give total nonsense. And how desperate I was to motivate the people so that they can have the similar experience I have.
the first day was a total let down. Lye had to scold the cohort for at least 3times. and the training ended early(incomplete that is) cause the cohort was giving crap.
I cried and many facils cried. It was really a horrible feeling to see how the people didn't even want to open up and cooperate, it's all one sided. we came together as a small group to reflect about it.
the second day, Lye told us it was because he had certain expectations from the cohort that it all didnt work out because when there are expectations, there will certainly be disappointment. So we started afresh, clear mind.
for my group, it went alright alright but they still didn't want to open up and i got alittle agitated cause i shared my experience and some of them gave me the ''i don't really care'' look. this is how sad it can be, all i am to them is just that I am another classmate?
then after the next activity, I really can't take it and I don't know why I just went,''if you have any comments of me, just tell me straight in my face!'' and then a moment of silence, then one commented that i look too fierce and that previous day, they wanted to pon so much but cause they were afraid that I'll be angry so they didn't pon. I was enlightened, I can't be someone else so to achieve what I want to see in them. I apologise for looking really serious and emo.
trustfall, someone crashed through and it totally reflect how the class is. How sad.
the next activity, it really shows how united the class can be and I'm proud. it is the last game that I saw the class bonded and willing to work towards a common goal! GOOD JOB EVERYONE :D
the facils were given a surprise! the staff actually prepared flowers for the J1 facils and gave the CT people to give to us when we were in the centre of the circle and listening to a song. Then each and everyone of the people in the CT whsipered a short message to our ears. it was really touching! and once again i cried.
7pm! DISCO NIGHT. i was total drenched!!! LIKE RAINING CAUSE I WAS SO SO SO HIGH AND JUMPING HOPPING AROUND! truly, it wasn't as high as O1, I can see people roaming around and not hyper at all. but it was overall fun! WE DANCED 3 MASS DANCES! then me, LAOPA, weng fung went MACS, it was flooded with NY people :D after that i headed to cousin's house to sleep cause my parents were at dinner and i didn't had bus home, it stopped operating after the last bus at 845pm -.-
CLOSURE TO ORIENTATION!
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