Saturday, November 24, 2007

AHHHHHH!!! Finally back at home from OBS 9-day course. Super tired still cuz we never had enough sleep over the days. Time to update....

DAY ONE- Intro and Kayak 1
We met our watches today. I'm in Tock Seng (named after Tan tock Seng) and Sheryl's in Elizabeth (named after Elizabeth Choy, war hero). First thing we did was trust fall. A bit afraid but trust is one thing a geoup must have from the beginning to succeed. Got to know the bunch- Vera, Anuja( from MJ OG), Chen Yan( Sheryl's friend), Amanda, Raihanna, Brenda (from AJ OG), Chun Meng ( the Econs genius), Priscilla, Justin, Eugene, Dong Xing, Jenson, Edward, Yi Feng and Gerald. I was partnering Yi Feng for kayaking . We kept on getting stuck near the pontoon!!! Damn irritating, but we finally managed to save ourselves from there. We practiced capsize drill which was quite fun except for the fact that when the sea water goes into your nose, all the mucus comes out...yuck. After that we bathed, ate and then went for Dimensions of Leadership Profile course. It's supposed to teach us more about what kind of leader I am and I'm supposedly a leader who focuses on character and interaction which means I'm more concerned with ensuring that my members are commited, like to interact and make sure they learn something from their experience. It was quite interesting and I did learn more about what kind of situations require leaders like me and what are my failing points that I have to watch out for.
FUNNY THINGS THAT HAPPENED ON FIRST DAY:
Jenson went into the girl's toilet!!! Anuja saw Jenson enter the toilet and automatically walked past it to enter the next toilet. Vera stopped her and pointed out that the toilet Jenson entered Was the girl's toilet. They both rushed in to see Jenson almost closing the cubicle door. He quickly rushed out. Later he mantioned that he was wondering why the toilet had no urinals. Genius. And we played a few rounds of idiot-proof Indian poker.

Gotta go now, will update on the other days next time.
Ciao!!

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