2010! =D

retrospective post that i promised is not upon us yet. still have a camp to share..
without further ado.

for the information of you, dear reader, this camp is NCOBTC D09. ok if you didn't get that, it means nco basic training course december 2009. organised by yours truly (and my other CIs) =D

it was a surprise that we managed to start this camp ahead of time. like seriously, previous camps always always always had people coming in late. this one was THE exception. not sure why, but i shall not complain about that.

this is my second time conducting npcc lecture-style camp, so i was pretty comfortable with it. i was glad that shaun handled it quite well too, probably much better than what i'd expected from a newbie from CIBTC haha. which was good! but like he says, a little too naggy =P

but time delays really cost us this time round. in total, we had to forgo 4 activities. in part it was due to underestimation of the lecture timing, and also in part due to a certain very unpleasant incident. that'll come later on. at least, the camp was suitably completed, so not all too bad.

activities were a little messy i feel, probably due to lack of preparation. the ability to point out mistakes naturally saved me; i would likely have screwed up somewhat otherwise. goes to show that sufficient planning, like we told the sec3s in our lecture, is seriously essential.

photos were limited sigh. part time photography just doesn't cut it when you're the organiser of the camp yourself. =( i have to appoint a photographer the next time seriously.

well, i really had fun with the sec3s (or should i say sec4s since it's 2010 already!). matthew and jun lun's "orh" really had me addicted, and i think it'll be sticking with me for quite awhile...XD
truth or dare was funny too. still remember how farhan was dared to kiss one of the CIs. he crawled towards us like ju-on omg. scary.
for the more serious stuff, i really do have alot more to go for leadership. i suppose this experience has helped me to strengthen my beliefs and broaden my knowledge, but it's definitely not enough. more, more and more, that's continuous improvement for you.
keeping things informal and light-hearted is probably my style of doing lectures. seeing people laugh and taking it easy, that's what i like. even if it might not seem all that professional, i don't mind since it works.

oh yes about the incident that i mentioned earlier. well, it was a theft case. and the victim(s)? me included. first time too, unless you want to count the other time when chem notes mysteriously went missing from my bag, and even shude's bag which was beside mine kena-ed.
what happened (to my knowledge) was that we vacated our classrooms to do an activity at raja block foyer. that was the only time we were completely gone from the place. only realised money was missing when we were down for lunch and i opened my wallet to take out money. i got a serious shock. gah, from 50/60 bucks plus to virtually none (the thief was probaby lazy to dig out the last few coins stuck at the bottom of my coin pocket).
frankly, i'm not that concerned about retrieving my money. rather i want to know the truth. in a sense it was good to know that it wasn't an internal theft case, it would be so depressing if it was. on the other hand, school security is something of a concern to me now.
once bitten twice shy, i'm going to be extra careful with laying my wallet/handphone around in future now. take it as a lesson learnt =/

whatever the case is, it's now 2010 so a more optimistic mood is called for. lessons learnt are lessons learnt but mulling over them aimlessly isn't helping very much. there're things to do, notes to revise, books to read, etc etc. and posts to write (that'd be tomorrow hopefully)!
that will be all for now. happy 2010 to my blog! hope you had a great year with me hahaha, and yea thank you for being my trusty avenue of expression all these years! =D