i'm back from L.I.N.E CAMP 2008.
i was damn tired but overall it was all worth it.
& my campers are all so cute and sweet!
& i got to know a lot of new friends too!
my first time being a facilitator and i admit it really wasnt easy.
in fact it was really tough.
my campers were all pri sch kids thus their attention span were really short, they get tired easily, they tend to wander off easily, the boys always play among themselves, they dont always listen to us and they tend to complain a lot.
nevertheless, they are still really sweet kids.
sometimes their little actions and what they say to me really makes me happy and melts my heart. aww.
it was a 4 days 3 nights camp for us facilitators, from sunday to wednesday.
but on sat, we had a family meeting in sch.
we learned the steps to mass dance, practise our lapse time,played bonding games & thought up our family cheer and response.
then after tt we went for a family lunch at jp kopitiam.
as there were a lot of ppl, the guys combined four tables so we can all sit in a row.
& some of us even bought the same type of watch at a shop.
so cool right, i felt tt we were a little bonded alr.
sunday met up in sch for camp.
received my yellow hairband as a family acessory.
yellow is spongeboard squarepants & family 3 color!
i think we did mass dance first & i danced with mil mil!
cheered & then it was games trial i think.
and f3 & 4 have to wait for an hour or so to bathe.
my mood wasnt tt good coz of girls' prob so i really really need to bathe.
then we painted our lg board.
drawn by crystal, wordings by mildred, deco by lucas.
& i think ours is the nicest!
then it was songsinging session.
to tell the truth, i didnt felt ready to be a facilitator the very next day, i felt like a camper.
next day, monday!
stood near the security guard post there & greeted everyone who came in & sang the welcome cheer damn loudly.
& we waved to the campers on the buses.
conclusion: pri sch kids are more friendly. they waved back! :D
then being bored while waiting, we started doing cheers and mass dance without music. LOL.
was supposed to meet my campers but lg 18 campers from jurong pri would only be here the next day coz they will only be attending the camp for 2 days 1 night.
so went to help out at other lg.
& when i stood up on the chair with hamster to teach cheers to his lg.
really felt weird coz all the ppl are staring up at you.
then was major icebreakers & mass dance.
mass dance was utter chaos.
the campers didnt want to dance in a boy girl pair.
my dance partner was deyan.
the facs were damn high but the campers wasnt so we went to mingle around the crowd & asked them to dance.
we changed partner and danced with the campers.
after a long long time.
we finally succeeded in teaching three pairs of campers to dance tgt willingly.
boy & girl!
& i can see that they really enjoyed themselves.
i was filled with satisfaction.
so proud of myself and my dance partner. :D
oh, & i danced with a malay pri sch boy.
he was super cute, i tell you.
he didnt want to touch my hand when we dance.
so cute pls.
so since i had no camper for the day, went to help out as a food attach.
food attach really wasnt as tough as i heard, overall i think it is pretty fun!
and i met lots of fun & nice ppl.
most of the time slacked at the food point or loiter around.
didnt join in for telematch nor night games.
one thing i remembered though, at some part of the day, i rmb helping winnie to look after her lg. & we played MRT station.
seeing the campers enjoying themselves with the game really makes me feel happy. :D
before the night games , crystal, lala & i went to bath before we joined the sss.
didnt really felt very emo as i hadnt really been a fac for the day due to the no-camper status.
sang song & be high.
& hamster was jealous tt i smelled nice after a bath so he came to stand beside me & hug me during sss so my arm got all sweaty too.
then was suppertime, at the food point again.
& we got fustrated due to sth.
shant elaborate, ppl there will know.
debriefing & we were reprimanded.
2nd day, tuesday!
woke up at 5am feeling freezing cold.
then briefing & helped out my last meal as a food attach.
i had a feeling i would miss the food attach crew & i really did coz it was fun being part of the team.
we shld have taken a photo. ):
missed breakfast to welcome my campers.
played icebreakers & they were really cute.
pri sch kids are so kawaii~
we had a little lg time to interact with our campers.
& i really felt very weird, speaking in front of a whole grp of ppl.
i failed as a facilitator la.
& my campers dun rmb my name coz my name is hard to rmb.
so sad pls. ):
then i think we had mass dance again in the hall.
& i danced with deyan again.
this time we were right at the front, in the front of the stage.
although we were both very very tired but we still had to be damn high.
then was lunch.
& i missed serving food with the food attaches when i saw them at the food point when i went to collect food.
then it was indoor kinetic warfare due to the thunderstorm.
& i felt kinetic warfare was a total disaster for me.
i really really felt like breaking down or crying.
i couldnt control my lg & nobody seems to follow my instructions & the campers look bored and they were not cooperating especially the pri sch kids.
anyway the situation was, i was transferred to help lg 15 as they only had one fac at their grp so i said okay.
but i think i really really suck as a facilitator.
the thing was the whole game was in a chaos as the area was very confined with a lot of lg tgt. so when somebody cheered, it's really loud.
plus the little kids get distracted when they saw water bombs.
& they wander off to other lgs.
what's worse is, i duno who are in lg 15 as i'm not from lg 15!
i dun recognise their faces at all, so how am i supposed to gather them.
and also i wasnt brief on any single thing on where or wat we were supposed to do or go coz the game was by station, which pretty much sucks.
coz i was as lost as the camper. hooray!
therefore, i felt very fustrated & felt like crying & wanted to walk away halfway through the game.
but i manage to perservere through.
thanks the yussofians for helping to look after the kids and round them up.
really really appreciate it.
i'm sorry kinetic warfare didnt turn out fun.
anyway, after tt i was left alone to look after lg 15 alone & lead them up to the grandstand.
i really really felt like crying when i was cheering in front.
but i must control.
after the announcement to dimiss to wash up.
i sort of lost my temper at hamster & teared a little, i think.
sorry.
then, led the campers to wash up.
one thing tt cheered me up though was my lg 18 campers!
love you all!
they saw me & said " hi jiejie!" immediately with a smile on their faces.
really makes my day.
& i was told, they even asked where i was during kinetic warfare.
so they didnt forget about me.
so sweet.
thus i was in a better mood after tt.
then i think it was l.i.n.e night.
couldnt join in at first as i had to accompany the casualties.
so joey, mil mil, wenjie & i jumped and danced around at the back.
we joined in during the mass dance.
& i had no dance partner.
so sad. ):
NOT.
i had fun dancing alone too.
mingled with the pri sch campers.
they danced with me.
& they follow my moves when i tell them to dance.
satisfied.
was damn damn high during CHORI CHORI.
i swear i jump very high during the chori chori part.
i must had looked like a lunatic.
then was some songsinging.
saw my 'dajie' and we got damn high when we saw each other. LOL.
i got to know one malay guy camper from f4.
he's very funny, crap with him.
he told me he is 'papaja' so i told him i'm 'mamaja' when i duno wat the hell was tt. LOL.
soon it was lights out and debrief.
we did had improvements.
during l.i.ne night, the ppl on my either side arent facs so i'm proud of myself! :D
oh, during suppertime.
i observed the campers really really love lucas.
they really listen to him.
thanks lucas for coming down to help after sports camp if not i doubt we will be able to win over our campers so easily.
we would probably had a hard time maintaining the order.
interacted with some campers.
so thanks lucas!
& one camper was so sweet.
she told me she was sad the camp was ending so soon, she didnt want to go home the next day.
after lights out.
some of the facs from f3 was sleeping outside the hall so i didnt sleep & join them.
we chatted & shared cup noodles.
it's important to bond with the facs too! :D
last day, wednesday!
slept at 2am and woke at 5am to write the cards to our campers as gifts.
breakfast, area cleaning then it was e-web.
before e-web started, jessica started saying some reflective things and sang those emo songs.
& i cried.
& my campers cried too.
so sad. went around hugging and thanking them.
during e-web, my camper, darren beside me was so sweet.
he noticed after so long, i wasnt thanked by anyone yet & he told me.
so sweet.
& i was so embarrassing, before i even said anything, i felt like crying.
and i choked on my first sentence.
which was "sorry i wasnt able to be with you all during the kinetic warfare coz i had to go help the other lg".
i felt so sorry for abandoning them tt i cried la.
so sad. & i didnt really said all i have to say at tt moment coz i forgot.
i was sort of blabbering.
after tt we took photos as an lg!
sss in the hall and listen to the talk & i cried again.
it seemed like i cant stop.
then we wrote sth for each other.
finally it was the time for them to leave.
send them off & i think their teachers are really nice.
we did one last cheer for them before we went up to the hall for our final debrief.
& daren whom i thought was my naughtiest camper turned out to be a really sweet guy. he gave me a light stick bracelet.
& he kept staying behind and stood near us when they were supposed to go.
coz he said he didnt want to go home coz he will miss us.
aww. so sweet right?
i will miss my campers!
& this is our bond tgt!
lg18 is LOVE!
after debriefing, we went to have a family lunch again at kopitaim & we combined tables again.
coincidentally, family 1 went there too.
after tt, a grp of us even went to mass dance at the void deck of the flats near jp.
we were tt high!
from 1plus, we played till 5plus pm.
i think we were really crazy.
overall, this camp really left an impact in me.
& i will try to be a better facilitator next time.
& also try to overcome my fear of talking in front of a big crowd.
sorry lg18 for not being a great facilitator.
i love L.I.N.E camp lg18!
i love L.I.N.E camp family 3!
AYE CAPTAIN!
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