Exam period!

Must have studied too much! i mistakenly post something which was meant for my own blog! :x Getting more dazed nowadays.

Session ends this sem with more orientation games and forfeits! We should really have more people doing forfeits...its lame having the same person doing forfeits, its feels like im a clown! Session was chaotic at first, we really have too many volunteers in a small enclosed space. The manpower was sufficient to run a camp! Luckily, we will have 2 sessions(wednesday and thursday) from december onwards! The supper was full of gossips afterwards, as usual.

Planning Committee to start from December! Will be Interesting to listen to some of the fresh ideas new volunteers have. Hopefully new volunteers will enjoy running the sessions. Its rather tough, like to convey instructions to a chaotic crowd, to ensure the flow, to make sure volunteers don't feel lost, to gain courage to speak in front of a crowd. its rather similar to being a teacher for an hour. Nevertheless, everything starts tough. Over time, you will get used to being ignored and still try to carry out the activities. It does take some learning and of cos you will gain that experience which i thought is beneficial to your own development.

The new volunteers are organising a kukup trip from 4-6 Dec! If u happen to come to this blog, pls try to join us! It's not related to volunteering but joining a volunteering club doesn't mean that ur task is just to help the boys! We are not a company, we do not need to achieve anything! The main point of CCA is to develop friendships and enjoy yourself in what u like to do. Seriously, if volunteers are not close to each other...it's difficult to enjoy the sessions! I myself will take quite a long time to warm up to a new batch, im sure a lot of others are like me! So these bonding events will help u to get involved in the grp faster rather than just depending on weekly sessions!

ok, think i wrote too much! Good luck for your exams and dun stress...it will be okay whichever the result, u wont die because of it :) Cya ard!

Orientation Chalet!

First orientation chalet ended with a bang. It probably will be in my record of having the worst luck in the chalet. Lost about $20+. Quite a good number of seniors and new volunteers attended the chalet. There were so many doubts when i first wanted the chalet, like not enough ppl attending making it awkward, or the programs would be cui, or we dun have enough finances to do a good one, etc etc. However, i think everyone who came enjoyed it a lot and its a nice break from mugging. Volunteers also got to know each other a whole lot better while learning san guo sha and mj!

First day was staying in the chalet the whole day! It was rather empty at first but it got more crowded during the night. Played frisbee and actually discovered some of their traits already! LOL. Then it was dun say the word, mass dance and v-sharing in the night. V-sharing turn out quite smooth! I tot it would be weird at first but the family topic really never fails to warm everyone up. All of us came from different backgrounds but fortunate enough to have a happy family.

Second day was beach games and captains ball. Great ideas from the FOC comm. Refreshing games which i never played before. It was simple and fun! There's not a lot of rules to every game, and everyone kind of know how to play it. Then played some soccer when we came back! Nice new volunteers helped to start the BBQ and all we have to do is eat.

The camp was an ideal way to celebrate birthdays! And im so happy that i handled over the job of Birthday IC already! Jiayou to Zheng Chen, Peiwen and Emily!!! Its quite a satisfying job actually. Knowing u had celebrated for all of the volunteers in youth. The gifts might not make a very large impression, but it kinds of make people realise that we appreciate the volunteer's effort in coming down every week by celebrating their birthdays.

Lastly was volunteer confidence challenge. The girls were worried abt it being horrifying after listening to horror stories from kaixiang. The weather spoil the event and we had to cut short the trail. The trail i felt was really mild and its more of adventure than horror. haha.

Sometimes i wonder who is looking at this blog. there's a lack of comments compared to fb. Actually all the feedbacks u haf regarding the activity, u can put it down in the comments section. If u would like to write down a blog entry, u can find me on msn or fb to get the user name and password. No need to be shy, i would be more than happy to see new writings.

Oh. Zx just wrote an essay of thoughts when terren only wanted 5 sentences during the annual appreciation dinner. I shall reserved my thoughts for a later date. But regarding the retention rate, i have to say its constant in all RSPs. I believe a good bonding between volunteers would help to reduce it by a lot! and it would also make things easier in the future!

"A good volunteer is valuable, like Messi. A group of bonded dedicated volunteers who could gel with each other is priceless, like Barcelona!" Anonymous