Thursday, May 22, 2008,1:04 PMtime to blog again! have been m.i.a for some time and i shall update what i have been up to.
haha firstly, i miss my office computer! its nicer to use and faster than my current laptop.
boohoo!
okay. this is a random picture i drew in weiling's sketchbook. during the days i was so bored. =D
Saturday...
was EXERCISE day. went to walk the bridge again with parents. from my house to mount faber to Hort Park to Kent Ridge there just to eat prawn mee! oh man so piggish right! we crossed a total of 3 mountains!
after tt i rushed to give tuition then met my sister for swimming at Mt faber Safra and i swam 20laps! wahhH!! tiring day!
Sunday...
i went out with liru aka ruruu! it was supposed to be an ostro gang outing-ky but yc suddenly sms-ed to say she wasnt feeling well! so in the end i had a date with ruru. =D met at dhoby and walked about aimlessly. went to SMU to buy MR TEA which is highly recommended by me cos its nice, has lots of variety and it is affordable too! but beware cos its filled with CALORIES! cannot drink everyday if not will get fat de.
From SMU we then walked to Raffles city then to Central at Clarke Quay for Ramen then to Raffles shopping centre again and to Nat lib.
ruru and i. great to catch up after not seeing each other for such a long time! ><
after that i walked from Nat lib to Golden mile to meet my family for dinner then we walked back to Bugis then Suntec then citylink. Tiring man! Legs gonna break!
Monday...
was badminton day with my work friends. ( sounds nicer than colleagues right...? :) ) it was an outing with weiling, lerler the log, daryl g. and yeongtay. loggy had booked a badminton court at Clementi Stadium so we went there to play. there were 5 ppl but only one court so we had to take turns. In the end i didnt really play a lot cause i kept allowing the others to play. it was fun nevertheless! realized my badminton skills sucks! time to brush up! i discovered a nice eating place called Sumo House at Clementi. They sell affordable Jap food! a new place to add to my food hangouts!
tuesday...
was the day i was supposed to go for a 2 days 1 night camp attachment. its a requirement before i get to work as a trainer with Innotrek.
it was a camp conducted for Coral Secondary School.
day1
went to pasir ris with weiling as that is where the school is. i was attached to a trainer called Umar. First was attendance taking then there was this objective setting and thinking of group name session. we handed out mahjong paper to them and got them to write why they wanna join the camp etc. they sat in a circle but no one moved! they were all just staring at the paper. i didnt know what to do loh! tried to get them to start discussing or smth but no one budged they just stared at me. to break the ice i tried to get them to introduce themselves but it also failed. in the end Umar came and somehow managed to get them moving. toughtough.
the bus was late and i kinda stoned there for awhile cos i didnt know how to entertain the kids.
felt so noob. what a bad start!
FINALLY the bus came and we got on the bus and headed to 100dairy farm road. that is where the MOE adventure camp is.
we allowed them to settle into their dorms and aftertt it was lunch. the trainers are really friendly, nice and helpful. they have loud booming voices that command authority. i wonder when i will be able to achieve that too!
lunch was not bad. had curry chicken and veggie and rice.
after lunch it was the first activity of the camp. a trek up bukit timah hill!
quite tiring and quite a long walk. we took at total of around 3 hours for the hike up and down the summit. the summit was only 163.69 metres though.
saw this quarry which is really nice!! =DD too bad didnt bring camera.
got lots of mozzie bites! itchy itchY!
there was debrief after we came back and once again when Umar prompted the kids to talk and discuss they kept quiet.think i'll have a hard time getting my group to talk next time!
then we had dinner.
after dinner we had more activities and also a night hike which i leaded. ^^ i walked in front it was rather dark but fortunately the moon was big round and shining.
we were behind schedule so had to rush 200kids to bathe within one hour. weiling and i was super tired and all and while rushing them to bathe we started to wonder why we even signed up to be a camp facilitator in the first place! the job was tough tiring low pay and all.
lights out was at 12am and after tt we trainers had a debrief.
after tt we had to shower and all and only got to sleep at 2plus am.
day2
woke up at 515am. had breakfast and area cleaning. got to know the kids better. they are actually rather friendly and nice ppl :)) we did high elements tt day. had abseiling, challenge rope course and rock climbing. i was the belayer. tiring but fun! there was once i nearly flew up when one of the kids fell during rock climbing...=X i tried one of the high elements as well. its not as easy as it seemed. was trembling when i reached the top and had to walk across a shaky log.
then it was debriefing and lunch and after tt we did some activities at the general stations. the sun was scorching! had activites like the wall where kids have to climb over a wall.
then more activites which i dont really rmb.
i was thrilled cos the day was ending!
nearing the end, got them to fill in an evaluation form. it was really great, fulfilling and satisfying to read the comments the kids wrote! hahah totally made my day =D they wrote things like how im kind, caring, friendly etc. HEEEE. i rmb one comment went smth like tt.."She may be inexperienced but her curiosity to learn makes up for it all. :) "
was badminton day with my work friends. ( sounds nicer than colleagues right...? :) ) it was an outing with weiling, lerler the log, daryl g. and yeongtay. loggy had booked a badminton court at Clementi Stadium so we went there to play. there were 5 ppl but only one court so we had to take turns. In the end i didnt really play a lot cause i kept allowing the others to play. it was fun nevertheless! realized my badminton skills sucks! time to brush up! i discovered a nice eating place called Sumo House at Clementi. They sell affordable Jap food! a new place to add to my food hangouts!
tuesday...
was the day i was supposed to go for a 2 days 1 night camp attachment. its a requirement before i get to work as a trainer with Innotrek.
it was a camp conducted for Coral Secondary School.
day1
went to pasir ris with weiling as that is where the school is. i was attached to a trainer called Umar. First was attendance taking then there was this objective setting and thinking of group name session. we handed out mahjong paper to them and got them to write why they wanna join the camp etc. they sat in a circle but no one moved! they were all just staring at the paper. i didnt know what to do loh! tried to get them to start discussing or smth but no one budged they just stared at me. to break the ice i tried to get them to introduce themselves but it also failed. in the end Umar came and somehow managed to get them moving. toughtough.
the bus was late and i kinda stoned there for awhile cos i didnt know how to entertain the kids.
felt so noob. what a bad start!
FINALLY the bus came and we got on the bus and headed to 100dairy farm road. that is where the MOE adventure camp is.
we allowed them to settle into their dorms and aftertt it was lunch. the trainers are really friendly, nice and helpful. they have loud booming voices that command authority. i wonder when i will be able to achieve that too!
lunch was not bad. had curry chicken and veggie and rice.
after lunch it was the first activity of the camp. a trek up bukit timah hill!
quite tiring and quite a long walk. we took at total of around 3 hours for the hike up and down the summit. the summit was only 163.69 metres though.
saw this quarry which is really nice!! =DD too bad didnt bring camera.
got lots of mozzie bites! itchy itchY!
there was debrief after we came back and once again when Umar prompted the kids to talk and discuss they kept quiet.think i'll have a hard time getting my group to talk next time!
then we had dinner.
after dinner we had more activities and also a night hike which i leaded. ^^ i walked in front it was rather dark but fortunately the moon was big round and shining.
we were behind schedule so had to rush 200kids to bathe within one hour. weiling and i was super tired and all and while rushing them to bathe we started to wonder why we even signed up to be a camp facilitator in the first place! the job was tough tiring low pay and all.
lights out was at 12am and after tt we trainers had a debrief.
after tt we had to shower and all and only got to sleep at 2plus am.
day2
woke up at 515am. had breakfast and area cleaning. got to know the kids better. they are actually rather friendly and nice ppl :)) we did high elements tt day. had abseiling, challenge rope course and rock climbing. i was the belayer. tiring but fun! there was once i nearly flew up when one of the kids fell during rock climbing...=X i tried one of the high elements as well. its not as easy as it seemed. was trembling when i reached the top and had to walk across a shaky log.
then it was debriefing and lunch and after tt we did some activities at the general stations. the sun was scorching! had activites like the wall where kids have to climb over a wall.
then more activites which i dont really rmb.
i was thrilled cos the day was ending!
nearing the end, got them to fill in an evaluation form. it was really great, fulfilling and satisfying to read the comments the kids wrote! hahah totally made my day =D they wrote things like how im kind, caring, friendly etc. HEEEE. i rmb one comment went smth like tt.."She may be inexperienced but her curiosity to learn makes up for it all. :) "
soon they had to go and it was quite sad seeing them leave in their buses. but i couldnt help smiling to myself as im happy the camp is finally over and i survived it!!!
Umar and the kids had asked me why i wanna take up this job and i answered it was for fun. the kids even asked me not to continue as they say its tough and lowpay but i guess its the experience that counts and the sense of satisfaction you gain at the end of everything. i got to make many new friends too as well as develop myself to be less introverted!
guess ill be doing more camps in future! ^^
thursday
went to learn driving today. it was quite bad because my engine stalled like 3 times at a traffic light turn and there was a big truck behind me. =X got super kan cheong loh then got scolded by instructor =( boohooo!!!
i wanna go overseas with friends! so many of my friends are doing that! but i dunno whther my parents will allow or not =(
