Ok, delayed my post again but not really due to gaming nowadays haha. More so cos I've been sleeping earlier and sleeping more (as I aimed to for one of my resolutions) and watching online TV series to entertain me. =) Anyway, I shall stop writing about when's my next post. Just gives me undue stress on forcing myself to blog and that's not making me happy! Heh... Anyway, so many things to think back about in 2011... It's already 10 days into 2012 and if I delay this any further I'm going to be reflecting about 2012 instead haha. Obviously most of my life has revolved around school and the people around there... Shall just start off simple with CCA first I guess - some of the more memorable times in Council...
(1) Council Training Camp (March) - our first 4 days 3 nights camp (usually it's 3D2N) and this time it started at the beginning of the March Holidays. We lengthened the camp so as to introduce some new stuff such as the Laser Quest gaming which was super fun! Basically we had 4 teams of about 10 people each and wore those vests with detectors and carried guns (got different types) then ran around Blocks C and E, the labs and library to play. Was definitely the most fun thing we ever did in our camps! And it finally puts those skills you learnt from army and gaming (CS) to good use as I flanked and ran to the second floor to shoot people from behind cos the enemy base was outside our chem lab LOL. We also went prawning at Pasir Ris Park after the night walk and that was a new activity but it is definitely NOT my cup of tea lol, nor will fishing ever be... Seriously, waiting for something to get hooked onto you, NOT for me =P The other new things we had were the training by the Council TAs cos this time we wanted to ground the kids in proper planning and stuff which we felt would give them a headstart instead of just purely the on-job-training that they usually get cos it seemed inadequate... Had lotsa fun working with the TAs in planning some of the stuff such as the games which we used to try and link to Council spirit... =)
(2) Leadership Training Camp (June) - my first LTC that I attended because they decided to involve the Council TAs this time and we went to the MOE Changi Coast Adventure Centre (a super ulu area). It was a new experience and I quite enjoyed it if not for the timing (2nd week of Jun, which basically took up whatever little break I had then), though it's not something I would do over and over again unless there's something refreshing to it. I liked that I had to think out of the box sometimes to try and link the activities done to the 5 leadership principles that we've been emphasising in our leadership model. Good to see some of the alumni coming back to help facilitate and that certainly eased our job to some extent! Each teacher had to take a group of about 15 and mine was called Triple Kill heh. Nice kids and generally a nice cohort of students who seem very teachable. Had fun working with them although I get a little uneasy having to debrief cos that's not quite my cup of tea and strength but having years of experience working and being in council certainly helped in relating to them and sharing experiences of good and bad leadership haha. Activities were fun and I enjoyed making fun of the kids and having fun with the kids too =)
(3) Take That (July) - Well, this was new to us too and it's some sort of a talent time thingie which was well-received by the cohort. We had a good number of entries and quite a few quality ones as well, like the dance group Fluffy and singer Raina (who did a great rendition of Adele's Rolling In The Deep) and some comedy acts too by some jokers haha. On request from my fellow Council TAs in charge of the event, I performed as well, though I was quite reluctant because I was very drained by school work but I did anyway for their sake heh. Actually, I do NOT like to sing in front of a large crowd UNLESS I have a self-composed song because I don't have a great voice so I see no point wasting other people's time listening to me. I do love performing the songs I've written because they are either educational and/or motivating and the songs have meaning to me that's why I do the things I do! Anyway, I'd say the event went well and the toughest part was having to carry the wushu mat - it is * heavy! Takes like 20 over people to carry and it still weighs a lot! =s
(4) Teachers' Day (Sep) - With the new Teachers' Day being the first Friday of Sep, our celebrations happened to fall on 1st Sep instead and I was one of the teachers in charge. Our theme was H.E.A.R.T., which was meant to represent the Hope and Encouragement given by the teachers, the Appreciation and Respect the students have for their teachers and the Trust in their teachers (and also cos there was some idea of I ♥ My Teachers, kinda like those I ♥ NY thingie...). It was a simple concert with a performance by the Dance Society and Raina (winner of the most popular act in Take That) and some games including Charades and A Minute to Win It. I loved the latter cos I helped to twist it into something relevant towards Teachers' Day and we used games such as Hanky Panky (pull tissues out from a box - for the environmentalists, the tissues were fully utilised for our chem labs so they were not wasted), Back Flip (flip red pens off the back of your hand and catching them in the air, from 1 to 6 pens), Office Tennis (hit paper balls using clipboards into a dustbin), and the grand finale of Office Maximus (hit reams of printing paper off a table using basketballs). There were many hilarious moments and you could hear that the crowd enjoyed watching the teachers play the games and I played my part as the emcee (I was v familiar with the games and also how it related to teachers and also I knew the teachers so I helped out to emcee to make things more entertaining) to rouse the kids and also to make fun of the teachers hahaha. =P A large part of the concert went to the videos made by the J1s and they really had a lot of creative efforts on show which were impressive and heartening to see as they showed their appreciation. =) Prior to the concert itself, we also had activities planned and we got the students to ask the teachers what they wanted to do because over the years, we (or at least I) felt that the teachers may not always been appreciated in the best way so to do so we got the CG Chairpersons to ask their teachers what they would like based on the 5 love languages and there were more interesting things this year such as washing cars and playing sports (which I did with my CG when we played floorball and others played games like frisbee or captain's ball) instead of just writing cards for their teachers. All in all, I think it was a meaningful event and I was happy to be part of it cos that was one of the events I had looked forward to organising when I joined the SC (the other main one being Orientation) so at least I will leave MJC having done something worthwhile at least to me... =)
(5) JC1 Bash (Oct) - Again we broke new grounds this time with the event being held at Zouk (though a few years back we also had it externally, I believe at St. James) and it was a first for me haha (SK I know but I never fancied such places). This was thanks largely to one of the CG Chairpersons (we worked with the CGEB on this) who had some lobang there and a lot of the stuff were taken care of by Zouk so thankfully there wasn't much for us to do except to jaga the kids and ensure nothing strange happened =D "Mummy" was hilarious as she commented on the limited moves that the kids had on display (all the way they were just jumping and throwing their hands in the air) and showed off some of the moves from her time. Always funny to see her comical face - drama mama indeed!!!
Ok done with the more significant moments in SC that I can recall so now for more recent updates from 2012!
(a) Soccer @ Pasir Ris Sports and Recreation Centre on 3rd Jan (Tue) - finally managed to arrange a game of street soccer with some of my ex-students, 3 from the 06 batch, 8 from the 10 batch and 3 others who were friends of my students. Had a fun day of soccer and it was good to get another game under my belt but I could still feel the slight hamstring strain I had from the last time I played 2 weeks ago heh. Picked up a ridiculous wrist injury towards the end when I fell after turning too fast and losing my balance prob cos I was too tired doh! Could also feel a pain in my right ankle towards the end after I took a shot which was worrying cos that has given me many problems over the years... =( Positives - got into a lot of good scoring positions, scored 3, decent passing; Negatives - wasteful and went for power too often and ended up shooting straight at the keeper or hitting it to the left of goal from the various angles. Watching Thierry Henry's cool finishing last night in the FA Cup reminds me of the importance of placement and I'm looking forward to playing again soon though I doubt that will happen heh now that school has started for everyone... Oh yes, and Jonathan had a great game scoring 2 goals, rare for a defender and prob the most he ever scores in a game heh! =P
(b) Buffet @ Kuishin-Bo, Suntec City on 3rd Jan (Tue) - after an intense game of soccer we went back to wash up before heading down for another buffet (which after we counted really wasn't much - like five over the last 2 years haha)... Food was decent for the price ($41.9++ per pax, with 20% for those whose birthday falls in the month) and the better picks for me were the fried rice with smoked duck (biased perhaps since fried rice is one of my fav dish), beef teppanyaki, fried ika rings, pork fillet, salmon (pretty good indeed), cold Alaskan crab. The chilli crab was disappointing based on our biggest eater ZT so the rest of us avoided it. Funny parts were the moments when the restaurant had their specials (think it was on every hour) cos they had this really terrible sounding jingle but the specials were quite ok - once there were frozen strawberries and another time there was this peach-looking thingie with mochi texture and cream inside. Anyway it was quite a big group with 11 of us and we had a welcome addition, a pleasant-looking girl amongst the 10 guys hahaha. PY was as usual in his hilariously crappy mood and it seemed like everything we ate could be linked to some cheeky stuff. Talking about everything under the sun from food to games to studies and it's always fun to chill with them cos it's a whole lot of crappy guys =P
(c) Start of school - went back to school last Thu for staff meetings and surprisingly time passed quite fast, partly cos I was on my hp surfing and whatsapping heh. It actually ended faster than I expected (2.5 hours) then we had our Chem meeting. Since I didn't have any duties yet (for the JC1 team) I helped out by giving out the food, drinks, and utensils and also helped to clear up after eating, much to the amusement of my friends and we were joking that I'm too free now so I'm doing other stuff (they always joke that I'm finding stuff to do when I'm busy working heh). Relaxing start to the term so far and hopefully this will be the way as I finish off what should be my last few months in MJC...
Been watching a lot of Big Bang Theory FINALLY after Jonathan and LJ introduced it to me like years ago but I never really had the time to sit down to watch a long series so it's a good time to catch up and laugh myself silly! Shall try to recall some of the funniest moments in the series in my future posts heh... Ok, Open House tmr, hope to update again soon (dunno how soon that is though heh)! =)
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