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Wednesday, November 8

i'm back in civilisation.
the past two days have been fun, and i enjoyed myself.

experiential learning is always the best i guess, and it was utter bliss to escape the reality of work for 2 short-lived days. plus, our campsite is really very nice (: the long queues for the toilets, the instructors, the student teacher caterpillar race, the good food, and kayking with that time of the month :D

kayaking was fun again as usual, and for the first time, i didn't get burnt because i wore long sleeve :D and it was my first time paddling on a sit-on-top kayak, quite a different experience i must say. it's a bit wierd to just sit on it and paddle, took some getting used to.

haha and the planes were another thing altogether. ohman, i just slept from 3-8pm when i got home, to make up for the lack of sleep the past two days because of the planes flying overhead. it was so near and so loud that the ground shook!

my group was great, go S-I-A! (we named ourselves after the SIA planes, and we're trained to salute everytime they flew past). we even had a cheer (:

i really learnt a lot, like how when during kayaking and we raft up, we hold on to each other, and during high elements we also had to hold on to the rope. i've kayaked so many times, and rafted up so often, but never once did i strike me that holding on to each other meant so much more. in a leadership journey, there are so many things that we have to hold on to, but like the multi-line traverse, sometimes we have to learn when to let go. i'm glad i went through this camp with other people, it helped me see things that i normally already do in a different light.

plus the talk with the psb teachers while the rest of the campers were doing sharing was something so rare and definitely has to be treasured.

it's not widely admitted, but leadership is sometimes very lonely. it was comforting to know that there are people i can lean on, people who would understand. like nard and yen said, know the limitations of your body, because overtime when you become overworked, leadership becomes something that is jaded, and that's true for so many of us. i think my passion died down some but has been revived now, after asking myself why i was doing this and who am i doing this for. it was my first lead camp experience, and probably one i won't forget easily.

thank you,
sharon, liangzi, claire, becky, xiner, kris, yanhan, hanners, weiling, tam, yentan, na(na)diah and yenteng,
for being there for me during lead camp, and throughout my leadership journey.

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woah blessed poetry?!

`wordsofthecynical
9:22 pm

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