The reminiscence of my primary school life overwhelmed me for the past two days. The smell of the canteen, the sounds of children reciting texts in class, the ever so familiar voices of screaming and shouting, made the events of my primary school life come rushing at once. I definitely missed my primary school life, partly because of its slack schoolwork and syllabus :) However, I think there would be more in store for me in secondary school as I am currently experiencing. The only worry I have is that I would have to catch up with homework and lessons.

I would like to reflect on the events of the past few days and how it has taught me patience and enthusiasm.

Firstly, when I attended the camp breifing last Saturday, the camp commandent said that there would be more scolding or reprimanding of students. When I first heard that, I felt that it was not much of a problem (becuase I am not the type who is the best at scolding) This seemingly simple task turned out to be a horrible nightmare for me, not that I managed to scold the 12-year-old students, but because I was rather propelled to giving them a good punishment for their behaviour. I am rather fortunate to have a facilitator who had immense patience, which I still envy. It is almost impossible not to get fed up with the students, but his dedicationa and patience brought me to realise the fact that I was once like them and if he could tolerate their behaviour, so could, or rather should, I.

Secondly, I was rather disappointed during the ice breaker games because they were not exactly enthusiastic about it. They played in a rather lacklustre manner and I was discouraged by this experience, mainly because this was my first time facilitating a camp and this was the first activity of the day. However, as the day drew by, the enthusiasm of my chief facilitator finally won them over and they started cheering loudly. This just boils down to the fact that patience is essential in leading a camp and how influential enthusiasm is. I really have much to learn and this two days at camp has taught essential lifeskills.

The class which I facilitated was a GEP class (6M) and I thoroughly had fun as I hope they all had. I wish that they will have more class spirit and I wish them all the best for their PSLE :)))

Hi all, its time to make a post after 6 months+. I must have been MIA (Missing In Action). So this time I would like to start blogging again :)

Ok, today I started out school with a sore throat and a minor flu, but hopefully I would be back to my normal self by tomorrow :) I would like to comment on the traffic of Singapore and I am pretty disappointed by the way Singaporeans drive. There is this minor congestion when some cars want to turn out from a junction when there are no traffic lights. I have observed that the Singaporean drivers do not give in to the cars which are trying to turn out. Moreover, when the driver in front have the opportunity to turn out, the other drivers would all rush to turn out, creating a minor jam in the junction. There must be some sort of a competitive spirit in Singaporeans, but I believe that the habit of Singaporean drivers is so inconsiderate that it cannot be tolerated. I have been to other countries which have many more cars on the road (i.e Istanbul) but the drivers still give way. I believe that the Singaporean drivers will justify their actions by saying that they are in a rush or that other drivers do not give in too. However, I feel that this is an excuse as the city of Istanbul has so many more cars than Singapore and Istanbul is way bigger than Singapore. The government of Singapore has constantly insisted on road courtesy, but it all starts from the driver. Thus, I feel that before drivers obtain their driver's license, they should also take a 'courtesy test'. This will make the drivers more aware of road courtesy and importance.

I still look forward to the day where Singaporeans drivers abolish their "must win, must be first" mentality so that Singapore would be a step closer to being the "model country" for the rest of the world.