[shat.. i typed a super long entry and they cant recover everything. have to type again?!!]


hell tired now despite sleeping for 13 hours plus last night. i slept at 6 or so on my sofa till 7, bathed, dinner, read a lil and went to bed at 845pm. hohoho. was bumming on my sofa the whole morning.


had ocip camp you see... twas thoroughly a great experience. cant imagine what the 3 weeks will be like since the past 2 days have been fun, enriching and bonded us quite a bit.


everyone was given a notebook to be used as a reflections log and for us to write anythg we wanted inside. had to split ourselves into groups to come up with codes of conduct afterwhich we chose the 9 most impt ones and put them onto a full value contract which everyone had to sign and will be brought to thailand to remind us not to break any of the terms. mmmm... forgotten the order of events but we did a reflection activity which was to find out what our motives of going on the trip were. like largely for service/learning/both. we updated the j2s on the sub-comm's progress. had to change stuff according to the change in itinery too. had dinner. wushu just ended. heard tht it was slack. haha. they gave ah ben jiao lian a naruto figurine for tcher's day i think. after dinner, we had a first aid crash course. had a couple of simulation exercises too. i was to pose as a casualty for the second exercise. i was spose to be cooking in the kitchen when there's this explosion in the kitchen and i am unconscious and bleeding on the forehead. ms chan was angry with us the first time cos everyone wasnt serious. so we tried again. this time, the rest knew what to do. they knew they had to carry me away.. they dragged me at first k. i was like thinking to myself i don want to be dragged, cleaning the floor for them. lifted me up after that. hahah. they took my shoes and socks off to test for blood circulation and what nots. hahah. qt cool ehh.


we had this activity called majoria minoria after that. we were split into two teams, one is majoria and the other minoria. majoria's this rich and powerful country who is going to help minoria in terms of helping them meet their needs. there was a language barrier and we can only speak in monosyllabic sentences. one person from majoria was allowed to rackey and observe minoria for 5 mins then report to the rest of majoria what he thinks their needs were.

i was in majoria. after alvin rackeyed, we split oursleves into ministries! i was in the ministry of technology or sth like that. found out that we had to greet them by bowing wih our arms crossed across our chest. there was some heart signal which we cldnt figure out. so we went in. greeted them and tried to help. it was tough k. cos we cldnt talk properly in full sentences and they seem to not like girls. we didnt know wht to do either. after the whole activity, we found out they wanted a four storey heart-shaped university with facilities like a library, gym etc. hahaha.

at ten, the j2s had to leave. so we had a night walk where everyone except the leader and tchers were blinfolded. had to keep going up and down steps. had activities like getting back into our original position after being scrambled up with one member not allowed to talk.... guess we did pretty well. walked all the way to aj square. had reflections and went to bathe. i was pigging out after bathing cos i was hungry. jeremy said i looked as if i was in a chalet. eating, reading, bumming. hahha. after the girls came back from their bath, we laid our sleeping bags on the floor and talked abt lesbianism,gayism, butches and faggots. had some crappy ghost story telling session too. hahaha. went to sleep at 130am. cldnt sleep well but twas much better than during the wushu camp previously.


woke up at 7 plus. went down for breakfast which consisted of bread with spread,biscuits peiqi n i bought and a pkt of milo. continued with our planning. must say we made some progress! went to do trust fall on the track after that. had to fall from height of 2 tables. i fell wrongly cos my butt was too heavy i think. haha. oh wells. everyone had to have a shot at it. think tht this was the time we truly displayed team spirit. encouraging, helping, motivating, trusting one another. we are a great team!!! yay. e literally braved the sun, wind and rain together in that 2 hours. hahaha. there was a time when the wind was blowing strongly and the leaves were all flying. pretty. just like some scene from a korean drama. hahah.


had lunch. we attended a thai language lesson after that. twas tough okay. we learnt the basics, questions to ask the children, phrases tht will help us during our home stay with the villagers, how to bargain, how to say the time etc. hahaha. had reflections and broke camp after that. we'll be going to bangkok for a couple of days cos we can only stay in nan til the 14th. will be shopping in bangkok till the 16th. the tchers say it' s culture appreciation. hahha. so il be back waiting for siqi instead.


my parents went to buy a tv set plus a home theatre system ytd!! finally!! after 18years, we're getting a new tv set! haha. the present one is really really old and it can be quite frustrating to watch at times. girls!! can come to my house for a movie marathon next time!!! oh, il be going for the superconcert! managed to get row 13 seats. thanks to my cousin who's my sponsor.... hahaha. i love her!
love, oli