Closing Vespers

last night was the closing night of our staff training. its a tiring, but super fun and exciting experience. i've made all sorts of new ang moh friends and everyone seems glad that i'm here so thats a good thing.

we're all been through quite alot of rubbish together since my last blog...

from campouts, where in the morning you wake up to the sunrise in the sage field and find the whole top of your sleeping bag covered in frost(yes, its THAT cold in the summer!). the nights can get super cold and then it'd get darn hard to sleep...

from hikes, where we hiked to different parts of the snow mountain ranch area to see waterfalls, log cabins, and peaks of high hills(taller than bukit timah)...

from mountain biking, riding on mountain bike trails which can never be found in singapore and having to change gears every 20seconds is really not easy...

to doing all that rubbish team bonding(okie it was really fun) stuff...i mean we spent days and days doing that and alot of them are new that i've never tried before and are really tough and really need everyone to piah...

to learning to teach arts and craft and sports and games(the cluster that i'm in for all summer) as well as learning to handle the kids that will be coming to our camp on sunday. its really not easy and the lessons and trials are realistic and intense...

to learning that even americans from different states are different and everyone really has his or her own story to tell. and learning to tolerate different behaviours and learning to blend in even when i'm the obvious odd one out...

its truely a great and inspiring experience. the theme for this summer is actually 'to change the world' and somehow its been ingrained in all of us that we really do make a difference and everyone of us will contribute to doing so this summer. there's really too much to speak of, so i shan't be too long winded.

next week the kids come in liaoz. really looking forward to it. its gonna be helluva fun experience man! haha.

miss alot of things back home too. still another 4mths before i come back. wow.