annual camp ~ 1 year station

I realize i haven't blogged about the many things that have happened so far in my holidays.
So far, the one that has left the deepest impression was Annual Camp.

This was the 6th Annual Camp that i attended, 2nd as an old boy. It would have been the 7th, but last year i missed out since i was living the life in China. It seems that this time round, Kai Yuan would be missing out due to his overseas internship in China, and I would finally get a chance to attend camp again.

I really love GESS and NCC and all, but i have to admit, my "fire" is dying out. Us old boys always talk about our past as a cadet, the current state of the unit, how we can help, and about how we will keep our "fire" alive. "Fire" in this case refers to desire i guess. Desire, willpower, dedication and things like that.

We started out very passionately but it is inevitable that we have other commitments and interests so no matter how strongly we want to help, we just start to realize that we don't have much strength to do anything at all. Slowly, our "fire" would burn out.

This is why i have a huge amount of respect for Mr Beh. He is the person who has stayed committed to GESS NCC in every way possible. He started out as a cadet in the unit, came back as a teacher and took over as the commanding officer. And now, even when he's not teaching there, he goes back and try and help in any manner possible. Us old boys can never match something like that.

I always want to be of service to the unit. I'm glad that i have comrades who are willing to do the same as well. Annual camp would have been pretty darn boring if i had to it alone.

Our task was simple. We were "motivators" who came in at any time possible to raise the morale of the camp participants. We did so by teaching them cheers, songs, played games gave motivational talks, and more. It was a very different approach from what old boys usually do when they come back, because usually the only reason these old boys come back is to "tekan".

We didn't do much, but in the slightest way, i think we spiced things up a little bit, and managed to prevent it from being a very boring and meaningless camp.

I have to say, that the planning of the camp was very lousily done. The days leading up to the camp, i was just frustrated at how incompetently these NCOs were communicating with one another. Surprisingly, albeit after some major last minute changes and interventions, the camp actually went well and as per planned. So, good job to the NCOs for that.

One thing though i have to highlight, is how i think the company would have died of hunger if we werent there. But that itself is another story.

I took the following pics with my Lollipop. Never really had a camera phone so i took it out to play when i followed the company to Hort Park.