So, I shall post about SJAB camp' 09 (30may - 1june).
Well, it's rly fun being an instructor in a training camp.
1st day:
Reported to sch at 6.45am. Sch was not open yet. So we chatted outside the sch gate. Guess we made lots of noises. ><
Camp I/C: Jiong Yi
Duty NCO: Wei Yu
Proceed with cleaning of bunks and bag inspection. Cadets did lots of punishments for not doing their jobs well. But hey, since it's a training camp, so thats why you all suffered. But fyi, what you all did, we, as instructors, did twice the amount. So, lets not complain so much. TOC lesson was alrite. Footdrill lesson was not rly expected. We have some things cropped up in the middle of the whole thing. Lunch was still ok. But the amount of food was abit too much. Then I was running ard telling all instructors that the chicken nowadays are so well fed that the drumbsticks were all so big and full of meat, and that the vegetables nowadays are so cheap that the aunty brought so much for us. Well, not on purpose, but to entertain you all. ^^ Community singing! Tried to bring up the atmosphere, but sometimes the cadets seems so bored. I like the part when instructors were leading the cheers. Its long since we instructors get tgt and bond with each other, esp with our enthusiasm and hyper-ness. I enjoyed the whole process. If only someone took a video of it for us to keep as memory. Individual grp games was ok, cadets did enjoy. But games only lasted awhile, and the rest of the time we were slacking.
Camp I/C: Jing Mei
Duty NCO: HuiQing
Survival cooking. Although Scorpio (my grp) was the last to finish the cooking of food, we enjoyed the whole thing. Hope you all learn new things frm this activity. Night hunt. Although things were cropped up, but the process was enjoyable. Have fun with LiYi and Luqman, the two jokers.
Me: (walking quietly)
Luqman: Dion, are you ok? You dnt look well. I think you're sick ... in the mind.
Me: -.-
After supper, cadets went to wash up. Instructors then took the time to rest in our bunks, most of us put our head on the bags and stuffs to rest and hopefully get some slp, before going for our hell-like punishments. In the whole, we owned more than 400++. Actually, some of us owned much lesser. But officers decided that one for all, all for one. Despite the sudden change in decision, instructors didnt complain. This make me feel happy and proud of them at that time. We sweat tgt, we endure tgt, we encourage each other. Whenever ppl cant take it, we smile at them, tried to cheer them up, and said "come on, gorgeous/ dudes". Its all worthwhile. At the period of time when you feel exhausted, having the mindset of giving up, and helpless, you kw that actually there's friends who care for you. Thats what friends are for. And truly, I hope all instructors can get more closer tgt throught this camp. At least, all the hardwork we put in didnt go down the drain. And I rly understand the feeling where after all the punishments, officers asked you to eat sth to fill your stomach, and you have to eat the snacks you brought (eg. Pringles). I rly feel like puking. ><>
Camp I/C: Zhi Jin
Duty NCO: Alissa
PT session. Within that one hr, 5 cadets cant take it. But through it all, I'm glad that instructors persevere through it. ^^ After breakfast, was hike. Char joined my grp, Sir Tan too. Although everyone was tired, we get high sometimes. The "arh hah, monkey face" at Sir Tan, acting scenes of Sir Tan and Mdm Jeanette, and the laughters brought up the atmosphere. Like what Sir Tan said, although we spent an hr to reach Yew Tee Park, which can be achieve in 15 mins time, we didnt give up but continued the journey as a grp. Lunch was appetising. Maybe its cuz we're tired after the hike that everything seems nice to us. Congratulation to Char, you've managed to finished one whole packet of food. You deserve many claps and applause. *long period of clappings* And opps, XX cant eat curry? Sarcastic, eh? Hahas! xD Confidence course was ok. But, can we not use ping pong balls, I hate it when the balls dropped everywhere in the canteen, and I have to chase after it, panting like a dog. -.- Just kidding! ><><>
Alissa: (hopping like crazy) Permission to adjust sir!
Shirley, XX, me: (laughing like mad till we knelt down on the floor)
3rd day:
Instructors went back to our bunks. Upon entering, I saw many of them lying on the floor and slping like a log. I myself did the same thing. I was so tired that when I was looking into the space while sitting on a chair, I fell alslp. After breakfast, we had area cleaning. At the pt of time, all instructors cant take it anymore. At the canteen, all the ppl in red (instructors) had their heads on the canteen tables, while the ppl in white (cadets) were sitting at their tables. Then, we all went back for bunks cleaning. All instructors again, lay on the floor, slping.
Me: (slping)
HuiQing: Charmaine, Charmaine ...
Me: (woke up by the noise and look at Char, who's slping like a dead) Erm, she slp alr.
The scene was so funny that when I shared this incident with Char and XX this morning, they laughed like crazy. Btw, after cleaning up, we went void deck to get ready for camp break. After evaluation and stuffs, instructors get ready, hands hooked tgt, and prepared to let the cadets squeeze through us as a form of telling them that the camp had come to an end. Then, instructors when to clean up the canteen and shared our stories. We ate and laughed. Had a very fun and enjoying time with them!
Best Camper: Elaine
Best NCO: Zhi Jin
Guess that everyone when hm and slpt like there's no tmr. I went back hm, bathed and collasped on my bed to slp till 7am++ at nite. Woke up by my mother and ate dinner. At 10pm++, I went back to slp again.
Ending here. Will upload the photos for camps soon, when I got it. ^^
