FINAL - Episode 6
In 1999, when I started to become a volunteer, I will never have thought I will be doing volunteering work till now, which is 9 yrs alreadi… Woah…. But wat surprises me is tat I haf never thot of myself as a leader, coz I seriousli dun look like one. However in the yr 2001, when they needed a leader, I was forced to go into leadership….
Oh crap… but hey, its been 7 yrs of becomin a volunteer leader and I am still goin on wif it…. But I knw as the days goes, I knw tat its abt time to end tis volunteerin journey…. In 2010… Yeah, after the 2010 dec y camp, I will be leavin ymca, nt to go to other association larx, but more of like stoppin to do volunteerin work for a while…. After 2010 dec, I wan to concentrate on other things in my life…..
Ooh… Aniwae, great news!!! My sept APSN committee has finally been formed…. Yeah!!! Co Leader, Alan with me, I have 4 other group leaders…
They are…
- Daniel Ouyang (my good bro and a veri gd volunteer leader, yeah… he’s been doin volunteer leader durin nature walk.)
- Chi Chiang (another gd bro of mine, whom we haf worked together for 1 yr as the president and VP of Interact Club… ehx… chi chiang is the president.)
- Serene Ho (the famous photographer durin the dec 07’s y camp, I believed she needed a platform to show her leadership and I really believe she will be a great help to me.)
- and finally, Serene Toh (my interact club’s senior and 1 batch above me’s board of director…. Ehx, she will act as Alan’s understudy as she has not participate in any y outings before. But she will be continuin to help me out wif oct’s apsn outin…. so vola, she’s here….)
Arhx… yesh, I am overall IC for sept and oct’s apsn outin…. I do hope tis sept one will be a veri gd one, I definelti haf faith in all my leaders…. They r a veri gd batch of leaders whom I haf knw thru yrs and mths….. Actualli, I haf a list of leaders whom I wanted to work wif (juz to clarify tat no one is back up to another one, k????)….
Like Ning, I wanted her to join my tis comm, but she’s been too busy liao and cannt all sat go for y outin…. Sigh…. Den AJ, she’s also busy larx…. Wif all her projects…. Terence is interested wif oct’s outin…. Willl contact him soon….
Yesh, I will be finalisin the leaders for the oct’s apsn outin next mth…. Do take note lorx, all suitable candidates…. haha… I haf alreadi in mind who r the leaders I am findin for oct’s apsn outin alreadi and is alreadi lookin at their performances in volunteerin work….
11 July 2008
Nw… hw am I wonderin to myself, where am I able to find so much free time to do volunteerin work on fridaes…. But somehw tinkin after 2010 dec, I am not continuin to do volunteerin work le… why nt nw do more???? Tats why I joined the y reading club @ metta sch…..
Tis y readin club is different frm the y readin club @ SCAS…. At scas, u r concentratin on playin games and readin stories to the buddies, but at metta sch, you will need to help the buddies to improve their grades…. Tats why I find it so meaninful and tats why I wanted to help them improve in the comin exams….
I guess at the start its nt easy to juz tok to my buddy as I needed some time to warm up, but as time goes on, we are chattin and chattin…. I realli find it great coz I am able to understand wat he’s doin…. I guessed its alreadi some great leap in me in my skills in volunteerin work….
For the next few y readin sessions, I will be doin my best to see hw much I can help him improve his english…. I guess its abt time to use my skills in volunteerin and skills of life to help myself improve in areas i am weak, like nt tokin much??? Nt intitiative enugh????
Haha…. hw surprised am I to find siok wai, a interact club members alone in tis program…. After a chit chat session on the way hme wif her, I am interested to put her as my grp leader for the y apsn outin in oct…. U knw wat realli made me to do tat??? Its her courage to come out of interact club and do volunteerin work alone in ymca…. She somehw reminds me of hw I start goin for outins alone in 2007… I didn’t go to any of the outins or activities wif anyone, I juz joined in myself….
N sok wai is someone who can chat wif u almost anything…. I truli believe tat is one great qualities a leader shld haf…. Will tok to her next wk to see wat’s her view to become one of my grp leaders…..
12 July 2008
Juz one dae after seein eileen, I saw her the next dae…. sigh…. hahahahaha…. juz kiddin larx…..
Ok, u can ignore the 1st line actualli…. Aniwae, I went for the y confidence trainin and tis program is a program which let me RETRAIN, REDO N RELEARN my volunteerin and leadership skills…..
Perhaps its been yrs tat I forgotten hw I started it all…. After servin as a volunteer and volunteer leader for such a long time, I guessed I haf forgotten the happie self when I first started as a volunteer and the courage and initiative self when I first became a volunteer leader…..
Y confidence is definetli a program I found back the first of a volunteer in me and the first of a volunteer leader in me…. N to my surprise, becoz of tis refound of all the first, I was happily enjoyin everi moment in y confidence…. Nt even a sign of disappointment of nt becomin one of the leaders in tis program…..
It was also tis program tat made me leap forward of my skills of volunteerin and leadership in the past tat I had…. RETRAIN, REDO N RELEARN helped me to get in touch and communicate more wif the other volunteers, takin initiative in any things more than I ever did these few yrs…. Since like I had onli ever did those when I first started out as a leader in 2001…. Den slowli, I never did tat….
My skills of volunteerin stop for some time, den new skills comes in and it juz went on…. But tis time round at y readin @ metta sch and y confidence, I haf to RETRAIN, REDO N RELEARN everi thing tat I knw and to use my experience to help my buddies whom I never gt in touch wif before……
I seriousli believe I will be a better volunteer and volunteer leader after tis 2 programs ended…. RETRAIN, REDO N RELEARN is realli a great thing…. This experience will let me knw hw much can I improve frm the skills I alreadi had…..
Ok… nw, juz wanted to sae thanx to my mentor…. hehe…. Ooh… If ani one who saw tis post is interested to become one of my apsn leaders for oct outin, do contact me, k??? I currentli haf serene toh, sok wai is nt confirm, but will be tokin to her on comin fri…. So will need 2 more??? haha….
You are so totally right (write!)