Of the ordinary & the extraordinary.

it was the last day of the task leadership workshop yesterday.
and these past dew days in the workshop was really really GREAT!
too bad we only have three days :(

tuesday
i thought i was late in meeting beth again at the usual place but instead we were actually one hour early cause we thought it was at 8am instead of at 9am! we assembled in the library. we had some games which got us screaming and laughing. then we had to choose a group of people whom you don't really know, how possible is that when you know almost everyone there? it was really random how starfish became a group. maybe thanks to chor hao for separating the two chesters and coming inside the group. anyway, starfish was formed. the two other group were radical and team c. our group consists of chor hao, quennie, keane, russell, mildred, erin, felicia, geraldine, rong sheng, chester woo,musliha.. i dont know how we choose that name, so random i guess? haha! our group cheer was also a bit lame at first, but i like it!

first game we had was..ahh! i dont remember. russell voluntered to be the leader and the leaders were asked to go out of the library while we were asked to be blindfolded and hide anywhere we want in the library. quennie, pig and i hid under the table. after a few minutes rusell and the other leaders came in and the library was super noisy! they were shouting names, when he called mine, he just asked me to get up from the table and stand up. so rather confused. and there was once he asked me to walk to my right and i stepped on yanci, hehe sorry! we were the second group to finish then we all watched jeremy heng's group, he was so funny!

after lunch with our starfish teammates, we had the game of tug of war!! there was 5 rounds, and only 6 people are allowed to play but can take turns. so at first, quennie and the four other guys pulled the rope while rest helped the boost the morale. we were losing to the other teams so in the last round, i let keane take over my role, so it would be 5 guys and quennie. so in the end last round, we won! i think our group were still at storming stage at that time, so it was good progress!

the last game of the game was survival game. i died lah, hehe. but thanks to chor hao, our group was the only one that survived! the workshop ended later than it was supposed to, so i went home, feeling so tired.


wednesday

i woke up having aches all over my body!
and this time, i'm really late in meeting beth at the bus stop. erin called me to hurry up, and on the way up, olivia and weiling joined us too. the start of the day was rather boring, but when the games started, that's where the fun started! oh ya, greraldine joined us today. the first game was.. i forgot the what's it again. but it was fun and tiring too. i think we did more than 200 push ups. the games is about us doing 10 push ups then the someone gets ready to run across the boundary to thrwo the hoop into the something from a distance whiole the rest waits in silence otherwise pints will be deducted. the first group the get the 200 points first wins.
i can say it's really chalenging, it was drizzling when we played and the ground was wet when we did push ups and restrained ourselves not to talk. so ya, im really proud of you guys although we didnt win. and what's more, we were not a soreloser! we were really happy that although we didnt win, we worked together as a team :)
we were so haoppy that we did the starfish cheer at the canteen where the o'level exam was taking place upstairs in th hall. i can imagine the o level candidates, writing their english exam and suddenly go 'huh? starfish?'' after hearing a group of people shout starfish. hehe!

anyway, that game really did create that bond in us. i guess we were at norming stage at that time :) mr.lye scared us when he told us that the next game is 3 hours long and will break our group apart. so after lunch, we found out what the game was about. communication web!
the game is about tranferring a rope into the otherside without touching the mafia string or us touching the chairs, and we were not allowed to take or speak in the library, otherwise we have to get out of the library. we strategise at first, and went about in doing it. we tried it, and we were running back and forth. it was really a tense game, what's more the music was distracting and we couildnt talk. there were a couple of times that rope touched the mafia string and we have to go in and out. but in the end, the team work and hard wrok paid off, and we WON! we were the first one to win! we were so so happy! great job guys :)

there was supposed to be more games but mr.lye dismissed us early to let our group sit down over dinner and have a little chat and get to know one another more. the inital plan was to go to russell's house first but we end goig to tiong's macs instead. we waited so long for the ex=cps to end their meeting. and oh! we sae yunlou and his girlfriend at tiong so we secretly trailed them and took photos! haha. went home with chor hao and keane who has the urge to visit audrey. haha!

thursday

once again i'm late in meeting beth, this time we met russell, and someone else while on the way to the library. i have the feeling of excitement already as i entered the library. can't wait to get tha games started! but sad lah, we're not play games with starfish teammates alreay but with a new group and with the sec 2s. as so anyway, we were asked to find a group which consists of people from different groups. i randomly ran into where yanci, zacharie, kian kiat, olivia and eddie were. but in the end, zacharie and olivia were pulled out and cheryl too. and in came russell, xiwen and musliha and chester seet. and tada! t rex was formed, together with our sec 2s, erny, marcus tham, calvin and nichole! can you believe they were actually called the potatoes? so cute ah they! at first when we played a game which we were to throw a ball into the basket, most of the 3s were doing what they can to keep the group's sporot up. but on of them, acted very.. like no spirit lah. so during reflection time, russell opened up and said that he dont want this to happened and we sec3s told them what visions, and what are our goals in the group. im glad most of them were quite positive.

i forgot what the next game was called again. but i think i was too rowdy, heehee! it was fun also, when the attackers came to our base, i delayed their time and they were in a frenzy. haha! there were times when it was really crazy, we were screaming, especially when piggy came. haha! i think that was when things started to improve :) it started to rain, went back to library. played more and more games. we crawled, stood on a mat and piggy others, played the body parts games. over all, yes it's really fun.

but what i really liked the most was the bond we had with our groups. too bad mr.lye had to leave soon, and then when my t rex took a group a photo, i rushed out of the library to take my phone, but they already took a photo without me :( oh wells, still can have more pictures next week at the leaders retreat.
i really liked the bonding session we had with starfish team mates. we just lie face down on the floor and formed a circle holding hands with one another and sharing our experience together in the past three days workshop. it was really good cause it was honest, open and from the heart. moments like these are to be treasured :)

and then sheena had had something for us, this post it thing you write something positive for someone is meant for the ground leadership students, but since they found enthusisatic students, they let us do it. so it's really nice, you sit there with the music on and you write something nice and positive about others, but not enough time lah. then when it was time to give to the person, it was very fun. haha! running around and pasting post it and people's body. haha! lastly, we helds hands with everyone and just listend to the music but in the end we became crazy and started banging into one another and even taupik people! russell got taupok, quennie got taupok and zacharie too! whoa, good thing they almost taupok me but didnt hehehe!

oh, thanks to
quennie, mildred, erin, chester woo, russell, zacharie, piggy, keane, chor hao, musliha, bethany, rong sheng, geraldine, yanci, olivia, xiwen, felicia, kian kiat, keow..
for the messages in the post it notes. they're very much appreciated :)