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Thursday, March 23, 2006

23 March

Wohoo!!! being an ogl rocks!!!

long long post ahead so be prepared =)

monday was the first day i wore the nyjc uniform. and it's so freaking hot!!!! the material is like 3 times thicker then xms de sia... was sweating like crazy and then the uniform was like soaked even though i didn't even run.

and oh yeah, ny de pants de cutting is different or something cos when i wear 28, which is the size for my other pants, it was so damn freaking tight!!! had trouble breathing lor. almost died when i sat down. luckily the ppl who were selling the uniform came down so i brought another one. but abit crap la. 30 dun ave 31 also dun have so i had to buy 29....

saw my class for the first time that day too. seems like a really quiet group...and way, way too many girls liao la... wanna talk also very hard. there were only workshops that day. don't remember too much about them...i wasn't really paying attention but sleeping most of the time...

tuesday! level camp!

ok, to be frank, the first day's activites were kinda boring but then they really allowed you to learn alot more about yourself.

make a choice, take risks!

i finally understand how hard it is to be an ogl at this point too. you are trying really hard to get them to open up but somehow they are not responding most of the time, like when there is someone standing on the table doing public speaking and the rest were supposed to distract them. the distract them by sitting on the ground quietly -_-''.... so end up like i am talking to the wall like that. but still, preservance is what we learned during our ogl training! and we finally got them to open up abit during the last debrief! i tell you, i was so happy when they finally opened up and talked a little. notice the little. i guess i was at fault too because i did not participate 100%...

second day of level camp. great, great day!

the activities for the second day was more fun and they opened up more. still, it was next to impossible to get volunteers for anything and the ogls still did most of the talking. and some were still not cooperating well. i had no idea i can talk like that sia... couldn't believe some of the things that were coming out of my mouth. sometimes i even surprise myself =)

during the vertical spiderweb, for the first part, the ogls were not supposed to do anything except to tell them to get out when they touch the web. this part was damn tough lor. i was stuggling to stop myself from going to help them, especially when i saw them doing some weird stuff. but i could finally see people taking the lead and taking charge! so happy to see that. then we can finally join them to play le! i guess my emotion got the better of me because i wasn't able to do anything just now and i got over enthu and started telling them what to do even though we were told not to. ended up those who were leading before all suddenly become subduded and didn't talk anymore... felt really bad when i realised it so my mood went all the way down.

but then something happened that made me very touched and determined to do my best the next day!

mr lye told us he had prepared a special surprise for us but didn't tell us what it was. turns out that we were to lie with our eye closed in a cradle formed by our ct mates while a touching song about what we were doing for the past two days were being played. wah i tell you, i nearly teared lor. my face was feeling so hot lor. actually i tried to tear but then for some reasons the tears wouldn't come out. and for the first time, i felt that i was very heavy because they had to carry me for so long... like close to 5 minutes? only 4 girls and 2 guys and the two guys were carrying my legs for some reason. really very touching lor.

then when we finally opened our eyes, we were presented with a rose and they put on the camp facilitators polo tee for us. i love this arrangement sia, so shuang and touching.

then during the debrief they really opened up and started chatting with us! finally our hard work paid off! man i love the feeling. i am so gonna be an ogl the next year too!

third day. o2!
started off really, really badly. when we were playing the ice breakers games, we played this game where they form a circle and then one pair will walk around and split the circle at one part then the two pairs beside the point where they split will run in opposite direction and attempt to be first to go back to their original place.

trouble is, there will be a point where they will run into each other while running around the circle right? then during one of the rounds, dunno why got 3 pairs running at the same time then two of the girls crashed into one another, with one of the girl's teeth hitting the other girl's forehead. it was a really hard crash and the front two teeth of the girl broke but nobody saw that because the other girl was bleeding profusely from her forehead. i was totally stunned there. i tell you, it was really scary lor! blood was dripping and her face was something like when those wwe wrestlers fight then bleed from their head like that, blood all over the face. the first aider came and then took care of the girl while i was still in shock. really dunno how to describe my feeling at that point in time la. imagine that you are an ogl and that happened to someone who you were responsible for. what would you feel? i felt really worried and feel really really bad...

the sc cleared up the mess and told us to proceed with the activities but at that time i really wasn't in the mood la. dun think most of the people were too. from what the teachers said, i think the girls are ok le. but i still feel really bad because i feel responsible for it...

it took me till lunch to regain my composure, put it behind me and started to get high again because i decided that brooding over it won't do any good la.

after lunch was mass games, where we played most of the games with 0612. it was pretty fun, they really participitate and actually lead cheers by themselves! especially during the last game where they were really cheering for those who were taking part. didn't know scissors paper stone can play till so high de sia. by that time i was ok le and was cheering like mad most of the time although i still can't compare to some of the ogls who were really really high and were cheering like maniacs. voice almost completely gone at this point le but then not as bad as some of the ogls so i am gonna strive to lose my voice completely tmr! the ct has really become quite comfortable and are talking quite alot le! i feel so happy!!! ( forgive my lack of adjectives but really to lazy to think now la)

0604! you rock!

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