So my first saying will be : Listening is love (or the other way around..same same)
learnt this back at the start of poly...first lecture for counselling i think...Jim said this and i found it really goo...why?...becuz we live in a world where solutions are the most impt...myself guilty...and we seem to forget the joy of just being listened to...sometimes we shouldn't be so eager to jump in and give advice...maybe chill and just be a listening ear...that alone can be the solution itself :D
So anyway...im back from camp...the camp was ok..but i really would rather have slept at home...it started quite badly though...the group i was in were losing almost everything...and there was just this feeling inside me that the grp was not motivated...myself also actually :P...but inside me...i...being myself...blamed myself for being a jinx...maybe im weird...but i seem to always end up on the losing team one...so i blamed myself for causing their lose...
but im really surprised...the group on the other hand were so motivated...they continued to try their best and to give it their all...even though it was quite obvious that they we're kinda de-moralized...but they PERSEVERED on...not giving up...wow... and they weren't the type that blamed each other when they lost...nope...they instead let it slide and go on with things...or even laugh about it :D...i felt like i was back in my social science class again...im glad that at least in this world...there are still some who can behave so socially.
then after lunch...we had our team games called 5 stations and things started to improve...we went around having fun and learning together...perfecting our cheer and constantly just laughing...was great...but the real deal came after dinner :D
we had this building game where we had to use scraps to make a tall and stable building...after we're done...ours was the 3rd tallest...but i was quite sure it wasn't stable...our base was kinda like a cube made out of stick...like how you would draw a cube...didn't look really stable...and the part that made our building tall was the long and slim thingy on the top :P...it was so unstable and wasn't even securely fastened...we're thought we were screwed comparing to the other groups tall and majestic building...but lo and behold...we won...as the judges came by to test our towers stability...one by one the other towers fell...except ours...we were cheering like mad monks (inside joke) cuz of our first victory :D...the other groups made a fatal mistake...their top was too thick..so when the judges blew it...the wind was caught in the surface area and it brought the tower down...but for ours...it was so thin that when the judges blew it...the wind simply went around our thin top...amazing!!...even when the judges decided to push on it...it shook..but still stood :D...from this i actually learnt something...even when something look frail and weak...it may not be the case...even if it looks weak on the exterior...the will be properties that will allow him to brave the strongest storms in life...everyone has something strong in them...even if its not on the outside :D:D:D
so after that we were quite high...then we found out that the next main programme ( which happens the next morning) is SHS Idol (SHS=school of health science)...we had to perform as a group displaying at least 2 of 3 items; dance, song, skit...since we were so high at that time...we really brainstorm and came out with the silliest ideas...which we really did use in the end :P...our story was basically santa getting lost and meeting 3 monks (our groups name was 3 monks)...they then had a culture exchange...sounds boring...too bad you did not see us in action...but that night...we ironed the story out and practiced it...we then went to bed probably feeling good about ourselves :D
night was interesting too...i joined a couple of the senior mentors and we went ghost hunting in NYP...shame...did not encounter anything absolute...but did encounter small things that could be dismissed....but it was an interesting night.
the next morning...was breakfast and some really intense morning activities...then it was SHS Idol...among the 5 group...ours was chosen to go last and they made the right choice...they saved the best for last :D we were kinda nervous when it was our turn but when we were at the front...all fear was gone and we gave the best performance we could!!...to awesome results...gonna be hard for me to describe our performance in words but i'll try...there may be a video of it if i can get my hands on it :P
basically it starts of with a nerdy narrator who was prepared to bore the audience, but suddenly changed to become more energetic...not my idea...but i was the narrator and i was "persuaded" to do that :(...but still...i did what i could :P...then it starts of with me narrating about how santa was on his way to deliver presents when his GPS failed...he then went on foot and got lost...he met 3 monks who was apparently meditating and not bothering when he called them...so he got bored and started singing "jingle bells"...and while he sank...the monks slowly started to bob their head to the tune and when he ended...the monk suddenly got up and told him that he is in their territory and should sing their version...this part i really cant describe but this was the best and funniest part...the audience we're laughing like mad and everyone was having fun...then after that the monks gave santa an Iphone 4 with GPS and the story end...sigh...in words like not so funny lei...those who got my facebook you all keep a lookout..if i get the video i'll upload it... :D
but thats not all...WE WON THE SHS IDOL!!!...our hard work paid off...we won becuz of our originality and creativity in our act...and damn was i happy...felt so different when i was in a team that actually won something :D...we didn't win the overall best...but personally...i think SHS idol was the best time for me...and i believe for the rest of them too :D
i realized that our group started off on bad foundations and roads...but it was becuz we never gave up and continued too support each other...we made it and ended the camp with a bang!! it really was a great experience =)
but still...sleeping at home seems more appealing lei..but i guess i would not have had this really long post to write of if i did not go...the camp did me good so i dun regret going :D
well thats all for the past days...tmr going the jurong bird park with my family...go see big and small birds(trying to be stupid here :P) so i guess tmr may be an eventful day...maybe i'll throw my brother into some bird cage or something :P
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