Tuesday, April 1, 2008 ;
2:03 AM
Hi everyone! My name is Scott. I live in Singapore and go to SJI. In this post of mine I would like to tell you about one of the most memorable events that I have had this year. You are probably wondering what I am refering to. Well, it is my Secondary 1 Orientation Camp. It was held shortly after I started school in SJI, which was in January.
On the first day of the camp, all the students reported to school at normal time and proceeded for the morning assembly. We then proceeded to our respective classes, where we were divided into groups and met up with our peer support leaders, who were in charge of our groups. After that, each secondary one group, led by their PSLs, were led to their rooms. We unpacked and went to the lecture theatre for a pre-camp briefing. After that, we went for breakfast. When returned to the lecture theatre, we were told we were going to watch a movie. It was called 'Remember The Titans'. I found it inspiring.
After the movie, we were briefed on the activities planned out for us that day. Then, our PSLs brought us around the school, to the various game stations. It was very fun. Many of the activities were supposed to build up our team spirit. However, we stopped for a lunch break halfway through it. By the time we were done with those activities we proceeded back to the room provided for our group, Glauben, collected our towels and a change of clothes and went to the shower rooms to take a quick shower. I found it quite refreshing as it had been very hot during the day. We proceeded back to our room quickly, as we had heard that dinner was ready, placed our used clothes there, grabbed our flashlights and went for dinner.
Dinner was, indeed, delicious. We had a variety of Chinese dishes, including egg tofu, which was one of my favourite dishes of the entire meal. After that, I walked together with the rest of my group, to one of the last activities of the day. We headed up to ur school library, also known as the Beurel. We soon found out that we had to go on a small 'Amazing Race' around the school. However, my group did not win. Nevertheless, everyone found it very fun to run around the school at night equipped only with torches. After that, we proceeded to the lecture theatre for a singing session, our last activity for the day. In the end, we went to sleep only at three o'clock the next morning.
We were woken up at seven o'clock that morning by our PSLs. We followed the schedule planned out for us. We had breakfast, proceeded to the last few game stations and returned to our rooms for a reflection session. However, I had to leave early because I had to attend an important prize presentation ceremony. I felt slightly sad to leave the camp early but felt happy that I was going to receive an award.
Mission Acomplished
