1 Year Anniversary at 12:45 AM

Friday, December 01, 2006

Oh my gosh, dry run 1 was incredibly fun it was incredibly tiring but so so exciting it was so rewarding seeing all the hard work we put in really materialise. Things weren't easy with lots of criticism and people unhappy about a lot of things, but i guess that's bound to happen in any organisation, especially one as big as orientation.

I think i've really learnt so much through this, through being OIC...it's really not an easy job having to deal with people's feelings and i think the most important thing i'm walking away with is really being more considerate about the minority...something that Rng taught me to do...she's always thinking about the one or two who might feel left out while i just care about the majority's welfare. Well, i really hope that i can continue on with that lesson. And what's more, i really hope that i can get to know each and every person in Oteam well! I know i definitely haven't been doing that, but i really want to try and put more time into it just for this week before the blockout period, i really want to know all of them, not just their names and faces, but really the people they are. I'm going to take the first step and make the effort to, but i hope they don't feel scared and run away :p

Well things are finally slowing down now and people are really beginning to take a break, even Rng's gone to Cambodia for CIP and i'm gonna take a backseat and just let the rest of the comms do their work and rest up a bit too. Man, sitting on the benches outside the council room stoning and wasting my life away never felt so good :D

Had a good talk with Jason and David too after the night of Oteam outing...we just sat down and talked about Orientation, council and all our lives, how it was affecting us physically mentally and spiritually and we really wanted to try to make God a bigger part of everything. It's not easy though, it's so much easier to just dig a hole and hide Him in it and say that you'll look for him again once the event is over, but why not ask him to come into the event and really commit it into His hands...i think that's the biggest mistake i've made the entire Orientation...and also that Rng and I are colleagues more than friends...something else that i want to work on once she gets back. I don't want a co-I/C, i want a friend...we're very similar, yet very different, but we can work things out :) And she's just such a great person to have around. The entire Ocomm is...goodness i feel so blessed to have all of them, really thank God so much for all of them, they're really like a second family to me now, and i promise to take care of all of them and let them be happy, that's what the head of the family is supposed to do. I really hope they'll all enjoy themselves here for the last 33 days of Orientation and that we can all look back at this with fond memories and let it be something we never want to forget.

Oh my goodness I just typed this to Wan Chee on my MSN...only 33 days left to go...no i really don't want to end...ANd i really REALLY don't want it to end...it's been so tiring, so crazy, but ohmygosh so much fun and i really don't wanna think about next year when i'll just see them around the council room and not be able to work with them and come down as just the 13 of us anymore...man that'll suck...time really flies in JC...kor wasn't kidding...i know this will all be over soon and I don't want to miss everyone, but i know i will. Sigh...depression now :(

Oh well...i'll go fiddle with my Ipod now...i reformatted my com and i dunno how to put new songs into it without deleting all those that are also inside right now...sian. Anyone can help?

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