1st week of internship & back to training - 24/05/09

1st week of internship ended just like that...
adapting in wasn't hard since i already know my boss and colleagues already..
This work is interesting but yet strange in some ways at the same time. I was able not to feel too much stress (maybe the 1mth rest helped), but yet, i feel what i have been doing isn't enough (i hope to contribute more!).

Indeed, its a different feeling this time. It is probably the first time this is a work that i have aimed for. A series of tasks that is striving towards developing the students... it is the closest to my ideal working environment. Everyday for the 5 days, I always had this feeling of not having done enough for the day. Everyday time passed very fast. From planning & thinking through the training program, to classes at the schools, to meetings and even preparation for the next day's class, time just gone by in a swift moment. I would be complaining "how am i going to survive the rest of the internship?" if i were to work at other places. but this time.. no! even the tau huay auntie finds a "glow" in me.. in the 1st week, i have gone to buy tau huay 3 times already... On thursday, she mentioned ,"can see you are quite happy at your work now hor... smile so happily!" at that moment, it felt strange, but turning back to think it later, it made sense..

It is a different feeling to what i gone through during the 1mth break... where i had plenty of time.. and thoughts may gone a bit wild.

Leaving about 9 weeks to go .. there are more things to learn and do... Planning and developing a program is mind straining at times. I got to think through in detail if a particular activity serves a particular purpose. Does it help the kids to learn something from it? Does it have an impact? I look forward to a meeting on tuesday with a school on how we could come up with a at risk youth program for a group of "almost dropping out" kids..

Training! as i mark the start of internship, it is also me going back to training. Having resting for 3 weeks, i was a bit rusty on monday. during drills, my passing gone off at times. Luckily, my knee was ok.. .no problems... Now on sunday, i had already done 3 training session injury free. Well done!

As training increases to 3 times per week, + my intent for a varied gym session on wednesday, it will almost mean me working out almost 4 times per week. shack shack! hhaa... but its something of a challenge i look forward to...

Fitness is a mini problem for me right now, finding myself cannot last that long as the others. more suicide drills i guess!!! Ah!!!

ktv marathon!! - 15/5/09

ytd i and tengfu went for a ktv marathon...
only both of us, we went to Top one ktv at Bugis and sang from 12 plus to 550pm...
for over 5 hours, we sang out loud and almost had our throats busted!!!

It was the first time we were there, and we were pleasantly surprised by the facilities... Im sure is it because we were lucky to get a bigger room... cos what got me surprised was that there was a "mini" stage in the room where one could actually be up there singing! damn cool...

There were intersting functions like disco lights to add on the atmosphere...
One function that we probably over misuse was the "smoke" We could actually create the smoke out of a outlet as if watching a concert! On occasions, i played with it too much, making the whole room filled with smoke! haha...

anyway.. after that, we met JJ for movie... Angels and Demon...
Read the book quite a long time ago, thus most of the plot have already been forgotten... but its a nice movie... with scenes followed one after another in a good sequence...

Long long time - 10/05/09

Yes, it has been a long time since i updated anything here.

Its holidays and i must say in a way, i have been resting a lot, in a way, i have not at all!

Resting in a sense that I made myself to have a break for about a couple of weeks before my internship starts. The term that ended was too Shack! Not that it was very tiring in terms the modules i take, but rather i was experiencing a bit of burnout after so long and many commitments i am taking at the same time.

With that, the break through this couple of weeks wasn't really the best one. I got myself injured and had to miss training during this period. Family issues isn't helping either and suddenly i find myself getting bored again, with nothing to do. Getting friends out wasn't all that easy with some still studying, or working already... Of cos not all is bad, where there are good to be recall and experienced.

Anyway, one more week before internship starts, and i have mixed feelings since i am looking forward to the challenge but yet hope i could set myself well to the tasks that's given to me.

I got to really change my sleeping habits proper... It has been something that i find very difficult to overcome... Also working more on my lower body and generally myself... Though age 24-25 is still consider young, at the sports level, it may be not... No more injuries Pls!

1st gym gathering - 10/05/09

For the 1st time since i started working in the gym for about a year, i went for the gym team's gathering. It was a bit "special" in that it was help at a hotel room instead of a person's house.

So Me, Terence and Zhongyi were the first to reach Hotel Re... Soon after Jerry and Rio came too... we practically spent the whole afternoon playing guitar hero... and guess what.. it is my 1st time at it... Cool i must say... but all english.. haha.. would be nice if there's chinese songs? keke...

as dinner time approaches, Yee Ling, one of the graduated stuff made the food reached.. along with the others. Nice Preparation, with sandwich, and spagetti... :)

I didnt stay overnight ... with sunday in mind... so left at 11pm with some others.