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Sunday, January 13, 2008
Well OBS was really refreshing. I won't spend another lengthy blog post telling the the few people who read this blog exactly how I cooked the Milo (or how I seemed to be the only person on Sembawang Beach that night who could light a fire).
FYI: 3M and 3P were the groups that had the privilege to kayak to Sembawang.

Anyway, after returning from OBS, the thing that will probably remain deep-seated in my memory was not the kayaking, not the pitching of the tents, not even that night where it rained at the campsite where we trekked to, but the Jetty Jump.

I don't know how many people saw the Jetty Jump as just another test of wills or anything, but for me it was meaningful. Constantly worrying about my physical fitness, my results, my attitude, but always too lazy to do anything about it, the Jetty Jump resolved my commitments to "Improve my physical fitness, get 3.6 GPA and a six-pack!" as I yelled before stepping off the jetty.

Also, the other unique thing I experienced was the debrief where our watch "chipmunk!" passed around cards to give each other's anonymous impressions of each other.
Here are the main Pluses and Deltas that I got.

Pluses:
  1. Friendly
  2. Kind
  3. Hardworking
  4. Fun

Comments: Thanks. Though I don't know who wrote what, thanks for appreciating my efforts to be a good Food IC.

Delta(Minus)

  1. Serious
  2. Lousy leader
  3. Must have others to share loads with him.
  4. Always in his own world
  5. Too generous
  6. Too helpful

Comments:

  1. I'm serious because the rest of the group wasn't. Maybe it's my UG upbringing, but I can't tolerate the group being 45 minutes late for everything, and shortchanged the whole level because certain members preferred to eat biscuits instead of cleaning the store or doing any work for the matter.
  2. Lousy leader? I KNOW THAT. The problem is that some people refuse to be a leader, but then doesn't cooperate when one steps out. I don't want to be a leader either, but no one else volunteered so I had too.
  3. Must have others to share loads? Is that advice or criticism? If it's advice then thanks. If it's criticism then SORRY LA I'm not man enough to carry a backpack for 2, plus a tent plus the medical pouch for the whole trek, nor am I man enough to carry a white bin by myself. (Need I remind you that certain people carried two bottles and a map for the whole trek?)
  4. WTF?
  5. Thanks, sort of. I agree too.
  6. Ditto for #5.

As you can see I don't really like criticism. I can accept it, but only when I know I deserve it. In this case, I seriously think I tried my best to help the group in this camp. I tried motivating the group, I helped as much as I could, I chionged ahead to prepare meals for the group, I carried more stuff than most people did, and I spent the my time scrubbing the bloody groundsheets while some people refused to even carry it twenty meters to the store.

Damn, I'm ranting again.

Anyway, since my new class doesn't know about this blog as of yet, I would also not bitch about anyone in particular, nor will I become biased towards the foreign scholars because of this camp. I understand that they have never been in a camp of this level before, and it may have been very tough for them so that they had to take frequent rests.

Whatever it is, I'm still looking forward to knowing the rest of the class better.

Byes, gotta go to church now.
11:13 AM

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