camp 2!
real eye opener this, i never realised there were such things as vocational schs in spore where people who just can't fit in pri or sec schs are placed. a lot of them have sad backgrounds or were ex boys/girls home kiddos.
they weren't as bad as i thought they would be. the instructors i worked with were really something.
it was my 1st time with this company. SO different from msi. should have sought advice with eddie before trying them out.
they were in it mainly for the money, not that i have anything against that per se, but at least do your job instead of slacking off at most oppurtunities.
they smoked. ok i know some people really do have to smoke but please do it out of sight of the kids, they are really impressionable.
i learnt too. shouldn't go to a camp without my full vocal capabilities. it was harder to control them. really. but i was quite glad i could STILL control them in spite of it. what a way to stretch myself eh, but i probably won't do that in a long long time. scared off by all the yukky herbs my mum made me drink. thanks auntie caroline! the lo han guo worked. eep! my mum even wanted me to drink cockroach juice!!!
maybe it was because the camp chief was new to it...
maybe not.
maybe it is just how the quality of doing things there is just like that. a lot of it was disorganised, unplanned and mostly unprofessional.
learnt my lesson. thanks eddie.
i was so frustrated at the end of the camp i nearly cried. and it wasn't because of the verbal abuse hurled at me without provocation from some of the kids. it was the other instructors apathy towards it. they were definitely within earshot but they just sat around, played cards with the kids and pretended nothing happened. no support given to me. not that i asked. i don't blame the kids for acting the way they do. i guess they face so much hurt themselves they put up an impermeable shell. but as i said again, i expected instructors to know better.
all i could do when i got home was to pray and bless the kids and instructors. felt much peaceful after that.
i really had a good time with the kids notwithstanding instructors who should know better. some of the kids deserve more credit than they get. thanks to the civic minded kids in echo, my leader yusman, melvin and the 4 gals, you guys were great. Even if people look down on you and tell you otherwise I believe you all will go far.
o yes. fell sick during the 1st camp, wasn't fully recovered by the 2nd. thats how i lost my voice. weird feeling. no pain but when speaking no sound comes out. spooky.
yelled at a couple of boys during the clean up day. sounded real funny, some other kids lazing around laughed at me, i wasn't too perturbed but i WAS at the couple of instructors hanging around with them when everything has not been completed AND also not doing anything about it....
going to an ite orientation camp this friday. in sentosa.....my voice should be back by then.
sorry oc, may not work for you guys in a long long time, not unless things shape up. it was a learning experience for me anyway.