Finally went back to school to get my stuff. WALKED from hougang to bishan to get my camp stuff. I left them in school after camp... (-_-")

Analyzed the data input by the members. Comprehension was on the 'hate' list for quite a few ppl. Also in the 'hate' list was morning PT and Breaking Camp. LOL. Surprisingly, 4 people's feedback ( i dont know who) stated that they listed the lectures as most/2nd most liked activity... How very ironic. Cleaning up of all kinds, be it bunk/waterbomb/clues was also very much hated. Newspaper activity was surprisingly liked by many too. Haha. Though its not the highlight of the camp.

Feedback also gave me a little bit of encouragement, some saying that it was well planned, fun, it was a fun camp, etc, mainly coz I was doing it single handedly. Haha.

However, I'm not sure how much of the feedback and other written stuff were taken seriously. Well, knowing the guys... writing isnt really their forte. Of coz, there were some who really put in effort to give me accurate feedback (mainly excos) but also, a sizable number who were writing to appease me. How sad =(.



Silver linings - Consolations... (AND, NO I DO NOT USE THIS AS A BRAGGING PLATFORM!)

1. ~50+% felt my lectures were the most interesting (the remaining 5 feedback felt mr wee's was most interesting). HOW IRONIC AGAIN...(-_-")

2. Firedrill (or lack thereof) - Never trust my itinerary. HAHA.

3. Punishments to be meted out? - Some1 correctly pointed out that there were some times that I was pissed but I didn't knock anyone down or whatsoever. He correctly said that I was restraining myself. Yes I was. I didn't want to punish anyone anyway. Haha.


Negative feedback (nothing to do with homeostasis) that was more useful to me...

1. Insufficient practical chances to try out new knowledge - Very true, to a large extent. The lectures really were meant to equip everyone with the knowledge to deal with situations and stuff, but there wasn't really time to simulate all such environments. What a pity.

2. Long Lectures - (-_-") Mixed response for this. Lectures are basically meant to reinforce knowledge/skills learnt during the activities more "formally". Certainly, it is never the best method for knowledge acquisition

3. Longer duration of the camp... - Well, initially I wanted to plan a 4 day 3 night camp. However, though it would be more spaced out, doing everything alone might take its toll on me. As it is, 3 day 2 nights, I already had very little sleep. If it were to be 4 days 3 nights, I would probably be 1/2 dead by the end of the camp. LOL. I think given the experience this time round, running a 4 day 3 night camp should not be a problem, even if i'm doing it alone. Provided I factor in enough sleep for MYSELF, and stop going to the piano in the middle of the night to play songs in minor keys...

4. Food - Some people liked having the autonomy of being able to eat outside, but others preferred to have food catered. Once again, mixed response. Catering food was not an option for this camp, because of the lack of time to plan. Though its not really an excuse (as it could have been done earlier), but Mr Ng's late response left me little time to react. Food actually allow one more activity - breakfast planning.

5. Tough PT? - Nah... I beg to differ. PT was not tough at all. I was not PTI, that's why.

6. Pareto's Principle - Ok. My mistake. Overestimation of their abilities.

Anyway, It was a really inspirational camp, even for me. I really learnt alot, both from the Excos and the Leaders - once again, a million thanks :D

The scores aren't really representative, but the results:
Team 1 scored 75 points, while team 2 scored 155 points.

Individual scores have yet to be tabulated. Standby for an email from me, guys ;P.

IP MAN, nothing to do with intellectual property or internet protocol, as much as I am tempted to base this post on. Watched the show with Mr Wee, Zheng Yee, Almeric, Javince and Yong Xiang. Show was ok... Not bad camera angles and other aspect of cinematography, but some focusing shots with fast action was not up to standard. Maybe it was for artistic purposes. Plot was not bad. Sound was rather awful. Especially the Foley... maybe they used over ripe water melons...a little jarring there. Otherwise ok.
Then we went to marina square... wanted to go yuki yaki (or however you spell it) but then ended up going to Seoul garden instead, coz yuki yaki was full. Wasted like 1/2 hour of my time... The meal was ok... 12 dollars (without the plussing) and WITH drinks. Then went back with Javince and Yong Xiang. Had fun in the train and going to the train.


The Leadership Rejuvenation guys... I'm sorry but my stuff is not with me... I cannot email your synopsis any time soon. Perhaps after school reopens, when I am more free, I will be able to give you all the comments. Thanks for your patience in advance :)

Afterthoughts:
3 days of fun just ended like that *snaps*
All my camps are fun camp, whether it's for the OT or for everyone.
Certainly, for myself, it was a great experience. However together with the great experience, it brought me uncertainty, apprehension and fear. After every camp brings disappointment. The more successful the camp, the more major the disappointment...


THE_CAMP_DAY_01:
The camp did not really start out on the right note. I was still packing my stuff at 0600 hrs. Realising that I would be late, I hopped onto a cab at about 0630 hrs and reached school at 0643 hrs, earlier that the teachers. Mr Wee arrived shortly after together with Sei yee and zheng yee. 3 out of the 6 exco were turning up-the rest unable to come for various reasons. Thus, Zheng Yee was early - reporting time for exco was 0730 hrs. That was 33.33% (4sf) of the exco. Yong Xiang and Keane were LATE. They arrived at 0750+ and 0746 respectively. In contrast, Jian Ming, only supposed to report at 0800 was here at 0730. Impressively early, I must say. The rest arrived on time, with the exception of 2 of the leaders (I think - please correct me if i'm wrong). The issue of punctuality was really not starting the camp on the right note.
My team allocation game was really fun. Participants were supposed to divide the paper into 2 parts and write down who they liked and who they disliked on the parts. They were to write down everyone in the room. After the activity, everyone REALLY had written down somebody's name - much to my dismay. I proudly congratulated them and announced that they had all failed. This activity was pretty much similar to the "Who's the mole" game. Anyway, out of all the failures, some people didn't fail as badly as others, including my godbro Jun Sheng ^^, who initially wrote nobody he hated. When told that the list should include everyone, he wrote down 1 name reluctantly, stating there "1 person" in the dislikes column :)
Subsequently they were allocated into team1 and team2, according to the people that they disliked. I know i'm mean. ^^. Sei yee, yun and xiao wee came.

I was starting to get really nervous. I didn't have enough resources that I needed. I didn't plan for them, but I realised that some items were necessary. I was really very panicky and nervous for the whole day. ALL my activities on the first day were running short of items, time, inspirations. The concentration of adrenaline in my blood throughout the whole day was unbelievable. But I managed to pull through though. The teachers and participants didnt even get a slight hint of my nervousness and apprehension. Perhaps the stress levels weren't high enough for them to show on my face and body language. Haha. My 3 alumni friends went to help me paste the papers for the brute force searching later.
The treasure hunt was ok... it was making use of the previous proposal for the leaders' camp. There were some excos who remembered it. Time management on my part was extrememly bad. The breifing took much longer than I originally intended it to take, and they had only 20 minutes before Mr Wee's lecture. I wasnt there during Mr Wee's lecture. I was preparing the OPs room and in the mac lab. They had an hour after his lecture to continue searching.

Then there was lunch. Time management and allocation for the meals were disastrous. They went late and came late. My next activity "What a Hospital learnt from F1" was as a result, pushed back. The participants did not anticipate doing a comprehension during the camp. Well, it was in line with my theory of me doing things differently. ^^
The participants took much longer than expected to finish the compre. Some had too much time they fell asleep. But I had no time to go through answers, so I had to eat into the newspaper game to finish it. Oh well... Things don't always go as planned.

Newspaper game was retarded. Especially with this group of people. When you ask them to think about something, they need to take more than 2 hours. Come up with proposal, complete with executive brief, budgeting, logistics etc. WTF... waste my time.

Then dinner. Took 1.5 hours, coz went to J8. If it were me, 15 mins for dinner enough! Again waste time. My searching supposed to start at 1900 had to start at 1930. So I decided to do my lecture first, and do without water bomb that night. By the time everything was done, it was past 10... Had to make them wash up and sleep. End of day 1.


THE_CAMP_DAY_02:

Gathered with Mr Wee and Mr Rays at 0002 hrs. I was 1 minute late, after bath. Wanted to get them to meet at OPs room at 0001. My bad. Anyway. I realised from day 1 that the dynamics were abit off, but I was not sure what was the problem. I was at that time really disappointed with myself, coz I didnt know how to solve my problems (w/o masturbating). I felt that the participants were behaving as "JUST PARTICIPANTS" of a camp, rather than leaders in their own right. I initially attributed that to the fact that they didn't know how to react due to the So I asked for opinions from the teachers. I was expecting them to point out my nervousness and ill-preparedness throughout the whole day. Luckily, they didn't point it out. Thus, after much discussion, the thing that was problematic was that I didn't give them enough "space" to take lead - ie the "sheep and shepherd" mentality. I had to model the camp to remove this mentality, rather than just do the camp and put in one or two activities to address this issue.

Then I went to the piano outside the iMedia studio to practice some songs. o.O Then went to sleep... zzz

That morning, we awoke and did PT, rather ineffectively. Not up to my standard or Mr Ray's standard at all. Subsequently, Mr Rays challenged the participants to do chin ups. They had to do more than 2 times what he can do, at one go. Haha. Was interesting. I was running slighly late for breakfast. Their breakfast task.

After breakfast, it was 2 of my lectures back to back. Yes i know i'm a boring lecturer. Sorry for boring you guys to tears :(

Lunch was rather uneventful... and i was late for my next activity again.

Called "Spies in training", the participants had to reproduce maps. The 1st was 1 team do 1 map. The next map to draw was the same map, but to be memorised. The 3rd map to draw was another map. And they were anticipating to memorise that map. Instead, my last map, they were supposed to split up and draw a map. No communication.^^
The teams were given some time to plan. But all teams assumed the same map and didnt plan for contingencies. Hence they didnt perform as well for this map. After which was a short break, followed by Mr Ray's lecture. Then dinner. Anyway, my debreifing skills are horrendous. They were highly ineffective. Something I must work on. Then they were supposed to find the pieces of paper used for brute force searching. It was quite a disaster, really.

After dinner were the blindfold activities. Something which lacked resources and planning too. It was rather slack, coz they were taking their own time. Plus, Mr Rays added the difficulty to the activity. Haha. After that, were the water bombs. 3 people were pulled out to plan. They did an OK job at that. At least they didnt really screw up. Initially I didn't want to play. Then I realised that Mr Wee and Mr rays were in slippers. Ok point taken. We were on the 4th and 5th floor, throwing down water bombs at the rest. It took them quite some time to find me and Mr Rays - Mr Wee wasn't even noticed. LOL. Had fun and went to sleep.

Wanted to kidnap some1 for fire drill - where the OT will go missing. But I (falsely assumed) that there were ppl awake so I didn't kidnap anyone. Only later did I realise it was Zheng Yee and Mr Wee (-_-") I was damn tired as well. Went to the piano and 0300 or 0400 hrs again. Was rather creepy playing minor pieces at night. Haha.

THE_CAMP_DAY_03:

I really liked the PT. They were supposed to form the square. As I anticipated, they needed their 2+ hours do do their proposal, complete with executive brief, budgeting, logistics etc before acting on it. They were in push up posn. ^^ My entire schedule was screwed up again, so we just went for breakfast, and then Mr Wee's lecture (which was after their area cleaning). It wasn't that fun coz there was no stand by area. After the lecture was Mr Ray's asking-Exco-to-present time...and then debreif. Got the participants to do a questionaire. The response was good for the camp. After that, everyone present (except Mr Wee) did one N-U-C-L-E-I-I push up. That's 73 push ups. Basically, how to do it is this: They start from letter 'a' to letter 'n' then letter 'a' to letter 'u' (which was a killer), then to letter 'i' and the last count is "nucleii" so it was 73 push ups in total. Was very fun though. Halfway the "N" and the "U", i started shouthing my phonetic code for the alphabets. Everyone had a good laugh. Nobody fell out, but most knees were on the floor!!! ZZZZ even the UG ppl! WTH... Zheng Yee's timing was a killer, coz he was damn slow. Even Mr Rays felt tired. But when he left to answer a call, I took over and it was much better. (no rest in between). Then break camp!

Conclusion:

After speaking to the teachers, and my own analysis+feedback, I felt rather disappointed about the camp. To me, it was to a certain extent, a failure. Althought many would argue that it was a success, as everyone had fun, I am definitely expecting more from myself. Yes, I did acheive my intended outcome. However, some of my goals for the camp was not achieved. I definitely did not run the camp the way I envisioned it. To the teachers, there were some minor hiccups along the way, mainly the cleanup of the searching part. I knew myself, that on the 1st day itself, there were 20 over hiccups or screwups. Nobody noticed it though. Concealing these screwups could be considered one of my successes, perhaps. But deep inside me, though it wasn't obvious from what I was doing (or my expression/words), I was really nervous, that the camp would fail my main objectives. Especially the fact that the impact wouldnt last. Then again, even if my camp had failed, so what? I'm only an alumni! (notice the strkiethrough part) When I was speaking with the teachers, I was called a lunatic... Indeed I am. I am crazy enough to come back as an alumni to do a camp - many other sec 4s probably wouldnt have cared. I am crazy enough to do this camp solo. I had never been an OIC of a camp before. I had mainly played support roles. Jumping to an OIC would probably not be a problem, but a SOLO one at that? I guess that could explain the hiccups. My fear was that the camp would not be impactful enough. Many times, the camp would change people, and make them more efficient through bonding or make them see things in a different way. However, history has told us that Nucleii camps make impacts, but after a few months, everyone would be back to their same old comfort zone. I'm not sure if this will happen with this camp. Only time can tell. Though people were telling me it was fun, they learnt something and blah blah blah, I feel that it could have been much better. Well, blame it on my inexperience i guess. I had some assistance from Mr Wee, Mr Rays, and the alumni, Yunheng, Sei Yee and Xiao Wee. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU. Also, another bigger thank you to the people who took your time off ur holidays to turn up for the camp! Thanks Alot Guys!

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Holidays are going by just like that. I'm starting to feel a little bored. The camp is getting on my nerves too. The Leadership Rejuvenation, its called. To all the Nucleii People involved, Please read my email, and keep updated. Reply too!

Starting on some orgasmic chemistry stuff. A little more tedious than I thought... Could some1 offer me advice? Thanks!

Lap No: Actual Time/Target time
1: 1.33/1.45
2: 1.37/1.45
3: 1.59/2.00
4: 1.59/2.00
5: 2.28/2.30
6: 1.33/1.45

1 min+ rest in between as of the 1st time

I NEED TO CONTINUE TRAINING... GRRR

Lap No: Actual Time/Target time
1: 1.37/1.45
2: 1.40/1.45
3: 1.50/2.00
4: 1.49/2.00
5: 2.16/2.30
6: 1.37/1.45

1 min+ rest in between

... ZZZ (-_-") Need to train more - AND stop being a couch potato...

Nice and new CS4. Fist original software i'm using. (NOT)

Arrived at chalet to play xbox... Subsequently went gym and played tao pok later in the night. Tao poked a few people... Then i posted the 7 or 8 guys there a challenge - to tao pok me... Sadly, they got me onto the bed, but failed to remove all my clothes... L_ _ _ Lee(Choir) & gang only could pull my pants and underwear down half way (-_-") THAT 7 or 8 of them!!! Am I strong or are they weak? (I hope its the latter, even though L_ _ _ Lee claimed I was the strongest man he ever saw), well I took off his pants with ease (alone) and threw it outside.

2nd day, woke up, played xbox abit, went bowling... 10 balls in 5 minutes before going for fly by night. Was fun working with Cindy, Stamford, Azah, Peter and Jo... theme was "X" (interpret anyway u want). We did this sock cast thingy, a parody of Avenue Q (which was a parody of sesame street). It was called lorong X
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPsXGnVj1qU

Well, Went back to 2-7's chalet to sleep and woke up the next morning, to continue fly by nighting...
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Then had to go back to LSBC. Briefing by Beatrice. Then service... Really interesting sermon on seasons :)

See^2's first day was rather OK... posted to group 8.
Made friends there, icebreakers were interesting.
Rather unproductive though. Left early.

See^2's 2nd day was even more unproductive. Panel took from 9 to 10:45 to finish group 8 - When they were supposed to finish ALL groups by 10:30.
Henceforth, group 8 became panel after lunch XD. Managed to view groups 6 and 7.

See^2's 3rd and final day was filled with hiccups, to the point that some NUS girl made a commotion in the SRC LT... The initial stages were already behind schedule, and the flow was rather staccato... Left at 1430, right after my penetration testing network presentation... Went to 2-7's chalet

Sing to the dawn was as good (or bad) as the reviews said it was.
Really amazed by the sound. Sudden cuts of camera angles resulted in the sudden panning of the voice... rather unnatural, but what can u expect from a Singaporean production?
Songs were as good as they sounded, graphics as good as Raintree and company could make them...

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