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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

LINE CAMP

Hi there, finally had the chance to update the blog. This time, i went to another camp. Yay-yay-yay-yeah! (new cheer i learnt.used when u dunno wad to say)It is a west cluster camp held by Jurong Junior College, known as L.I.N.E Camp.L.I.N.E actually stands for leadership, innovation and enterprise and national education.First,let me introduce the people i knew during the camp or people i got to know better. Student faciliators from JJC:

Zhao Mian-Lg 11's I/C .As qiute a shy person, he tried very hard to make us feel welcome, and he suceeded!He is also someone who is very good at reflections. I think he makes very apt comments,but is quite pessimistic when it comes to talking abt himself because he is JC 1 and is inexperienced.However, i think he really cares for us-Lg 11 a.k.a the-fantastic-4.

Shawn- "Tall" , bubbly and cute! He is good at leading the family and our group in cheers.He can be a very fun and enthusiastic, but when it comes to handling serious things, he is very serious...he also busy himself with our needs.He is the 1st person i know who is allergic to eggs.

Johnathan-taught us(Lg 11) quite a lot of cheers such as the special macho clap adpoted from the moccha advertisement and underwear cheer.He is like superman, sometimes the joker and sometimes the cleaner etc... He became quite close with Briggette.

Peiting- Don't know why but i felt like she was my big sister, some sort of familiarness and so we were quite close throughout the camp. She attended to our many needs.As a food attached,she wented very much to spend more time with us and ended up getting reprimanded.>.<

Jessica- A very emotional person who also have deep thoughts. Due to the fact that she is a games attached.she is unable to spend time with us and is very apologetic about it.However, we do see she has done for us.

Pearlyn-She had to communicate with sign language as she has a sore throat.She is very caring and likes to act cute or emotional by doing her "special move"(joining both index fingers at their ends) A very easy-going person.

Campers:

Briggette-She is another bubbly and easy-going person. She is good at "sa jiao-ing", people are attracted naturally. She likes to confide in a close person. I became her big godsis!

Shin Chieh-A carefree person, who is not pulled down by rules and regulations. A loyal friend.

Edwin-A blur person, who can be humourous at times. He is shy, can blush very easily even though he is tanned. He is sensitive to others feelings. He is called "rubics boy" because he is good at solving it.

On the first day, we were all quite reluctant about going as many of the selected people did not turn up, which resulted in the-fantastic-four.Right after attendance taking and splitting into groups,we had ice-breaker games and cheers.Some new games i learnt were handiplast(hit the person beside u-next person "ouch"-next person "handiplast"-next person repeats the cycle),Mrt (each person choose a mrt station to be called.when one person is called, the other two beside him will have to hit him either on hie shoulders or lap), squirrel and tree(two trees to one squirrel.there are three situations, fire,hunter and earthquake. Fire:trees must move.hunter:squirrels move. Earthquake:all move) and husband and wife(hold each others hand in a circle,a pair will break another pair, in which they must run together opposite direction, competing with the other pair to reach the gap first. Edwin and i were the unlucky ones, who failed for three times. In the end, we started the "super-solid" cheer as a forfeit.Highlights were Telematch and Cluedo. Unfortunately, i was unable to participate as Telematch is a water game and i was having that girl thing... Anyways, Telematch is made up of a series of tasks, such as log roll, turning in circles and cart. At the last part, they have to slide to the end on a improvised slide made from a smooth surfaced banner, on which they poured soap water on. At night, we played Cluedo. We were first given a video to watch, which story goes like this... there was a family of three, the husband abused the wife which was seen by their daughter. The wife was harrassed by another guy and had an affair with the manager(?) . The next day, the manager was dead. Who killed him? That is what we have to find out. We rolled a dice and "travelled" on a giant playboard. Each time we get a clue, we had to go to another place to complete a task. Most of the time, we followed the faciliators blindly, as we were unable to see the clue and were unfamiliar with the school grounds. At a point of time, we were given a hint that the murderer was in the canteen ,and a handcuff. Nearly all teams were there looking for the murderer. We then found him in a deserted corner and he sped off. I was extremely excited when i caught him, grabbing him by the shoulders. Then, other group members(Lg 1) came charging over, tugging at him. In the end, we shared the price. Supper was great! We had muffins and milo. We offered to help the faciliators, but didnt realise it will cause them discomfort. We slept in the hall, it was freezing cold. I counted 26 air-conditioners! Oh ya, i forgot... My favourite activity was mass dance, not that i like the part about pairing up with a boy but dancing! I think the teaching method was quite well although it was kind of draggy teaching step-by-step.
On the second day, we washed up and did some stretching exercises.The highlight was Kinetic Warfare, a water game, and i could play~Actually, they prepared giant man-made pools for us, but due to bad weather, they prepared stations for us. Each station has a different game.I remember there was a game of dog and bone(on soapy water) and passing of water bombs using t-shirts.During lunch, we had to eat lunch with our hands as part of national education like the day before, which we ate with our hands tied to each other.Then, we had L.I.N.E disco. It was so high, especially because of the music, all thanks to the logistics people, the SCDC people for the decorations and dances, and the faciliators who made us jump up and down. That day, we slept in the classrooms. I had difficulty sleeping because of the primary school students, who were still talking and shining their torches. I got all of them to sleep before lying down myself...ZZzzz
The third day was mostly for cleaning up and reflections. Each group was given individual classrooms to do E-web(emotional). Each of us were to thank someone for what he or she has done and pass the end of the string to the next person, just that it goes one by one( there is only one string). When all have received the string, it forms sort of a web.The piece of string was cut into pieces and given to us, which act as "bonds". Next, we had our palms drawn on a piece of paper, and have it passed around for others to write positive comments, which i think is very meaningful. What affected me the most was when the faciliators say that when we help them with food, they feel uncomfortable, as they think they are supposed to lead by example.When we gathered in the hall, we were all quite emotional and Mr Chua had to make it worse...

His speech prompted us to appreciate the faciliators, teachers and parents. We also sang sad songs like "Unbreakable". I was exceptionally touched when Jeremy spoke,he was ill with fever and vomiting and all, and yet he came. We went on to write postcards either to our parents our teachers and filled in a survey form. We hugged and said goodbyes~~~

~the above may not be accurate as it was based on memory~

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