ignite camp

attended a children social service camp for 2days kept me in bewilderment.
what are my objectives?!
that's a question i seriously regret not asking myself before going.
it was really a new experience for me after participating in so many st john related camps.
this is a camp without proper schedule, without rules and regulations, without authority, without hierarchy, without discipline! sounds terrible right. yes! that was it!
the first look at the 20 over primary 4-6 kids made me smiled benignly. they are just young, cute and mischivious larh! i thought.
but just after a few minutes, i doubted everything that i've said to reassure myself. making them assemble, asking them to keep silence, pushing them to work together, motivating them to participate actively, coaxing them to stop crying were not easy at all.
yes. did all that. successfully with the help of all fas members, especially my partners, kahhui and jingxuan. =)
our team, team1, pikachu was actually the winning team. but due to the lack of seriousness in rehearsing the last performance (gotten last for that event), over all the 3rd team out of 4. though kh and me were mad about it, thinking that the score system was a scam. we realised that its more important for the kids to accept failure than to celebrate success in life. hopefully they learnt.
our team leader, a p6 boy, soon kwang,is a borned leader! many people were inpressed with the way he gave instructions. so am i! but he still has a long way to go and lots more to learn as a leader.
another p4 boy, weichen, a sailormoon. sail off himself halfway through activities.
two lovable girls, charyn & xiao pei, very shy at first. but opened up after a few interactions.
a smart, obedient p6 boy, dornsen, with a identical twin, is very good at drawing! still remembers his drawing of pikachu on the team flag. beautiful!
lastly, a well known as chicken little, p5 boy, keng tai, is just so adorable! he looks really similar as that of chicken little cartoon! and even if i disturbed him by tieing up his hair with my hairband, he still happily posing for pictures! and he kept telling me "i can make people smile with my laugh. hehehee hahaa!" and i smiled. =)
honestly, i got pissed several times. and i thought why should i give myself so much pressure when i still hav st john to worry, school to stress. that's true. however, after all im still glad that i've found a new feeling there. and know a lot more about young children. luckily with zhengyi, jingxuan and hweechin (on phone) to accompany me. i managed to handle myself pretty well.
last night, took lots of photos. and sheryl, the 1st girl i know from the camp, a cubby girl from another team, came to me and said "leeling jiejie, can i take a picture with u? when are u all coming back? i'll miss you." oh my. melted. at that moment, i didnt know what to reply either. i thought i was just earning cip hours through this camp. haha! so sheepishly, i smiled and told her not to worry. she'll meet new jiejies and korkors in other activities that she go for. =)
well. obviously. i know my fas members better and met a few other volunteers like ken, jack too! not a wasted trip though my objectives were all in a mess!! haha..
(upload pics next time!)