Currently Playing: Everybody's Changing by Keane
On Monday-Wednesday, I went for the YEP pre exp camp which i volunteered to help organise,. even though my position is "medic" in the project.
Mon morning we met at chinatown to do a kind of amazing race game for 3 hrs. had lunch, then went to tampines to buy food, after which travelled to pulau ubin by land and sea. From the jetty, we hiked to a kampung where we spent the nite. Next day we went to the highest pt in ubin, had lunch at town and took minibuses to noordin beach. after a wet nite there we packed up and went back mainland to hv a debrief and lunch at changi village.
This little camping trip has been very significant... as a project team we really bonded roughing it out and sharing each other's life stories as part of the itinerary. we were supposed to share the significant moments in our lives with others and we all learnt everyone's past. i learnt that many had problematic childhood/families and realised i am very fortunate. i am VERY FORTUNATE. also, it gave us an opportunity to know y so-and-so sorta behaves liddat, etc. I myself rambled on abt myself quite a bit. darn... lost the piece of mahjong paper which i drew and scribbled on for thots.
other things significant to me are that the guys have realised i can cook, i am quite competent and do take my post as medic seriously, and i can be authoritative when leading. i cooked my signature kung pao chicken for the 1st dinner, french toast for 2nd breakfast, pasta n omelettes for 2nd dinner. got quite busy with ppl getting bee stings, muscle strains, stomachaches and emergency simulations. when setting up camp in the rain i kinda raised my voice a bit... but they probably also realise that i'm not too organised as well. well at least i'm making an impact... helping in this is enjoyable and beneficial.
but most imptly, we have really bonded as a team, as frens. now i hv a "brother", a buddy, a dance partner, a fellow medic, and so many other frens. so far i dun think i've pissed anyone off yet.
note to self: treat these nice ppl well!! and always remember how fortunate i am.
I'd like to think that there is some method to my madness, some control in my chaos.
Split, Croatia
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About Me
- Rockie
- Singapore
- A guy stuck in a university course he finds absolutely no interest in. A guy who wants a journal for his thots, to capture snapshots of his mind before he loses it to exams. A guy who loves variability and variety, who always yearns to wander everywhere, to expand his horizons. A guy who can't sit still, who'd rather be kayaking, trekking, diving, sailing, phototaking, travelling. A guy who irritates his frens to no end coz he's unable to sit still. A guy who find joy just standing on the peak of a mountain, overlooking rolling hills, lush jungles, wide open spaces. Or on a boat in the middle of the wide, open ocean. Or interactions with animals, wild or otherwise. A guy who wants to improve on himself, thus needs to record down his thots to find out how he can. Also needs an avenue to vent his negative thots. In short, just a guy, just slightly different from everyone else. >>>> Finally, he is free. and he can't bear to delete this, which is an entry itself.
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