and i'm really really tired. however, i'm still going to blog because i haven't touched my laptop for 4days!! but more than that, it's because i really had a great time at LTC as a Prefect this year. LTC08's theme was "Harry Potter" and the activities were all centered around the TriWizard Tournament that was held in Hogwarts. that's basically the summary of what LTC08 was about.

as the Prefect (previously known as "Facilitator") of Flitwick, all i have to say is that I AM VERY EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU! and i really want to thank you guys for the card that you'll wrote for me. i'll take it as an early birthday present because i got it within my birthday week. hahas. but, back to the topic, seeing all of you grow from pre-camp is the greatest satisfaction that i have gotten as a Prefect. reading what you W&Ws have written, i want to say that i'm really thankful for all of you being in my group. during our facilitation sessions, i never really got a chance to acknowledge you one by one. but i hope that you'll will be reading my blog, and that you will see what i have to say to you. on second thought, i think i'll email you W&Ws personally. and obviously, my blogg is like my Pensieve already, so my personal reflections on the camp will also be here. :)

RAR. oh no. i might have to break this into a few posts because i'm really very very tired. and i have dance practice at 10am @ NUS tomorrow morning. i've got to go sleep!!! RIGHT. i shall continue tomorrow. don't worry, i have many more things to say to you W&Ws. =D

NIGHTS!

continuing from where i left off that night...

for me, LTC this year was a chellenge, not only physically but mentally as well. coming back from a full month of camps and what not, i had to prepare myself for facilitation sessions, thinking through what i would ask if a certain situation happened or if a certain situation did not happen. the challenge was also in dealing with a generation totally different from mine where the "hard" ways of punishment and scolding would not work. the group dynamics were also vastly different from before and i learnt alot about how to deal with such a group and how to play on the strengths of each other to motivate and encourage the others. other than that, personally it was a challenge because i was going through the one star cert for kayaking with the W&Ws. i actually thought of giving up because it would be too self-centered for me to do that as it would mean that i would have less time to be able to watch the W&Ws development. but in the end, God has the perfect plan. my group had one person short and the instructor just said that i could do the test along with the others. and at the same time, i was still able to observe my charges to be able to facilitate them later on.

of course, in the learning process, not everything will be all happy and good. but my learning points from the camp would be

1. to have more confidence in what i know i can do
2. to be less dependent on people who are more experienced than me
3. to be non-judgemental about the people
4. and not to have any expectations that are based on another person's experience.

well, W&Ws of Flitwick, i hope that all of you had a good time at LTC and have learnt something more about yourself and about leadership. i'll be around school very soon, and i hope to see you'll again.

also, last but definitely not the least, to my Senior Prefect, Chailing and to my co-Prefect, Cheng En, thank you for going through this journey with me. without the both of you, i wouldn't have been able to learn so much. thank you for the four days together, and i hope that i'll see the both of you at LTC again next year. and hope to meet up with the both of you soon!

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