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Memories...

Saturday, July 08, 2006

POST DATED AS OF 1ST JULY 2006:

Haha, before everyone knows it, Arts Camp, and 6 months of hard work and preparations is over...sometimes its quite scary how time really flies...

Everybody's asking me why i didnt cry this year at the end of the Camp, sort of like expecting me to cry....haha..

hmmm..i also been asking myself that question leh..ever since the last dae..haha, but i figured its just different la..coz last yr maybe i was the pd, and it was like really my baby..and i felt a lot a lot more for it..not saying i dun feel for this year's camp but its just that the feeling's different, and its natural actually. =) Every camp has its own memories and its own sweetness...

I also felt that in general, last yr everyone was much much more emotionally attached to their OG, House, and the entire camp, based on a lot of feedback as well..but as i told quite a lot of people during the camp, every yr there are different pros and cons...and new adventures =) Artstasy'05 was wonderful in a certain way, but so was Poof'06 wonderful in another way. And the main prob that this year's com had to juggle with was the weight of 250 plus freshies..almost 100 more than last year's, which created a lot of extra problems.

Eg, harder to bond the large OG, larger House, buffer time needs to be longer, harder to give briefing or capture people's attention, harder to have crowd control, dynamics of programs also altered (sometimes unforseen), SP partners affected, councilors ratio affected, etc etc...

Yupz, and as i told xiao hong and little india, with every event or Arts Club project comes lessons which we can all learn and improve upon for future years... =p Perhaps next yr we shouldnt accept too big a number of freshies as well? A lot of food for thought for many lessons..

All in all, i felt the O Com did very well..i ve seen a lot of new faces, who have proven themselves..as well as old faces who are still up to the mark. Pleasantly surprised and impressed with people like Kelvin, Peiyong, Kidd, Benedict, Bingjie, Leon..and i m really glad to know all of them better after this camp..

Arts Camp always has the power to reinforce old friendships and create new ones..that's why it is so beautiful. =)

My role during the Camp this yr is significantly different from last yr, but 1 which, i personally enjoyed as well. Supporting the com and the people at the top, while gathering feedback and knowing lots of new people and potential Club affiliates and friends at the ground level. Phew, it sure wasnt easy juggling presidential duties with OGL duties..I couldnt relax myself properly for the Camp for the 1st 2 days, coz my mind keeps thinking of the visit by the Macau student leaders...Was glad everything went well in the end for the visit..

I had a great time with my beloved OG Shakira, and of coz with the Sagani House..Diff camps always have diff pros and cons yeah.. =)

Another happy and heartwarming thing i felt from the Camp, was to see most of the freshies last yr brought in FOP '05 returning as seniors and councilors. It was good to see the 26th MC members step up as well..haha..although i feel some of them are not used to being lao laos yet..

Yupz, have a lot a lot of other thoughts as well..but think i ll just keep them to myself...

Everydae i think of 12th August...RAG DAY!!!

The Incredible Hock