Friday, December 21, 2007 l
On Saturday, i went to town to get Huimin her present for the "ZEE" organisation's Christmas exchange thingy. I reached town at 8pm, and i basically did not know what to get her and where to get it from, cause i am not a person who likes shopping for things, let along presents for girls, and in this scenario, my baby girl. Well, i walked the whole of Cineleisure and Hereen, and soon managed to find something which caught my eyes, but i did not know whether she is gonna like it, but i still got it cos its the thought that counts. I kinda like the message behind it, which was why i bought it. I went home tired and was feeling rather restless, but i knew i could not rest early, cos i needed to pack for OTC camp which starts on the 16th, Sunday evening. I would not have the time to return from church on Sunday afternoon to pack my bags cos i had a frisbee competition from 2-5pm the following day, at Sengkang, so i stayed up all night to pack my bag, and i did not sleep till 4am plus. I woke up 3 hours later and went for morning worship. BOY OH BOY, i was so sleepy as if i had drank an entire bottle of cough syrup. I was struggling to stay awake during the open session in Sunday School, but thankfully i managed to stay awake to hear the wonderful and impacting message. After which, i got a ride from Toke man's parents to Sengkang, i did not know that he and his sister had taken part in the Winter League too. I was rather shocked, especially for him, but its great. The more familiar faces the better!!! I was feeling super nervous when i reached the pitch, seeing all the pros geared up and throwing discs' like so smoothly and so far, i was kinda feeling like a noob. I was really a "noob" cos i did not know what was offence and defence, horizontal and vertical game play, i did not know what they meant when they said "the force is on home/away", so i was basically lost and did not know what to do. My very first game, i totally did not man-mark my assigned player, and let him run lose, causing the opposing team to score. But i managed to grasp fast enough to come back from the 7th point onwards. I managed to play slightly better with many coaching and many instructions shouted by my captain and my brother. I am really honoured to have a bro who is experienced in ultimate and who is respected by many people in the frisbee society. THANKS BRO!!!
After my frisbee game, i rushed home together in my dad's car to wash up, change and pack and then rushed straight to TP, for OTC camp. I managed to make in time, and from then on, i was constantly making friends. At night, a few of us sneaked out to watch the Liverpool vs Man United soccer match, but i was greatly disappointed with my team for losing. Five of us shared a bottle of Heineken beer, seemed really like underaged teenagers drinking, but it was cause i did not wanna drink too much, and so did the rest, so we told the auntie just 1 bottle for the time-being but we later did not order anymore cos we were rather full. That night, i slept rather late, say about 4am plus. The whole group of us were up talking and chilling, playing pool, and i talked to Cherlie about her ex and the problems she was currently encountering. That night we slept outside TPSU, and it was freaking freezing cold, i woke up at 5am freezing and shivering. Farhan from Main comm, woke up freezing too, and he threw his sleeping bag over Zhi Hui, cherlie and me, cos he knew we were cold and also partly he was feeling cold too, thus he gave us his sleeping bag and went inside to the main comm's room to sleep. Very thoughtful and kind of him to do such an act.
Day 1 of OTC finally arrived, and i was first on the list as Food IC for dinner. It was an opportunity for me to explore new grounds, and i think i did rather alright, except for the fact that i need to be more quick in my decision makings, as Yuting, the FOOD/MIN sub comm incharge, pointed out to me. Apart from that, there was some disputed going on between me and Marilyn, a girl who thinks that she has more experience and is more knowledgeable as a yr 3 student. She was basically trying to run and handle things as i was the food i/c for dinner during day 1. I was super pissed and wanted to shout at her, but those actions would only make me look as if i cannot handle with the work load and pressure, and unable to handle situations properly and efficiently. Thankfully there are also people within food/min who have disputes against marilyn. Over all, i really enjoyed OTC, the mass dances and the embarassing cheers. Well, apart from the many new frens i had made, i am happy to bring home many essential lessons and skills from observing the main comm ppl.
OTC WAS GREAT!!!!
I don't care and I'm not okay
10:28:00 AM
