Personal Mission Statement

Always maintain a positive attitude.

Smile through and overcome all challenges.

Hear both sides before judging.

Being assertive yet understanding.

A confident yet humble person.

Learn a new proficiency a year while improving on all already acquired.

Do not fear mistakes, get over them quickly and get better.

Never speak ill of others.

Being loving and then be loved.

Care twice as much for others than for thyself.

Always a compassionate person whom everyone can seek comfort from. Show compassion even to people who seem hostile and unfriendly because they all have a kind heart beneath all the challenges they are facing.

Empowering people around me.

(Extract from Lord of the Rings, when frodo was on the verge of giving up on holding onto and destroying The One Ring)

Frodo: I can't do this Sam.

Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.

Frodo: What are we holding on to Sam?

Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

The difference between winners and losers is not that the winners do not face obstacles or failures. The difference is the fact that winners simply wouldnt turn back. They keep on going.

Jiayou!

YCAMP DEC 09

Ycamp Dec 09 was definitely a life-changing experience to a lot of us. :)

Was still wondering why was i in the camp on thu and fri, when i had to take care of a wheelchair-bounded beneficiary. i think his case is 小儿麻痹, he has no strength in his legs. his legs are always bent and apparently when he straightens, he will feel pain. haha i guess its more xiong than army. Each time my bene wants to go toilet, junlin and i will definitely be panting after the work's done and it takes ard 20 mins just to help him to toilet. For bathing, it normally takes 1 hr and my buddy and i will be panting for the 1 hour too. I was wondering y was my bene the only wheelchair-bounded and not the fun/funny MINDS benes that my other group members dun nid to spend alot of time taking care of and was regretting coming to the camp.

Only at the end of the camp, i realised why fate planned it this way.

Things started changing dramatically on sat, (i guess its due to melvin and peilin's comments made on fri debrief), everyone interacted more with each other, helped out with each other and we were bonded instantly.

ULTRAMAN ROCKS!

it was the only community where i no doubt know i can depend on anyone in my group to help. One most touching thing that i realised is, all of us really have a kind heart, evidently shown by the bbbh boys. in fact im glad that most of them have become so matured and understanding!

Lots of touching and inspiring moments.

Was really inspired by kangli when he said that he wanted to climb the rock wall. This was his sixth ycamp and for the past 5, he had been doing artwork with the other wheelchair-bound benees while all the others are doing the high elements. Didnt really feel anything initially, until he started climbing.

It was definitely not a great achievement from a normal people's perspective. I personally can finish climbing in less than 5 mins. but was really really inspired by kangli, when all his strength is from only his both hands, from all the help by belayers and the 4 able-bodied pple pushing him up and when he crossed the 1st red line, which is ard 1.5m above ground. When he came down, something just came to me and I shouted the G double O D J O B cheer with all my voice. I will never forget the scene, the perserverence and the mental strength kangli exhibited. ;)


read junlin's reflections of the camp(3 pages long) and felt this camp deserved a long long entry in my stagnant blog.

a lot alot of reflections from this camp:

1) I have become a PRO in handling wheelchairs. ;) turning a wheelchair 360 degrees on the spot, going up kerb, reversing are nothing to me.

2) I have found out that alot of RJC ACJC people are not ang moh pai!

3) kind people really look attractive :)

4) realised why yining and the other peeps are so enthu about volunteer work

5) I have managed to test my patience and am amazed by my level of patience in the camp thru my bene.

6) I realised how a simple "kor kor, 谢谢" can be so satisfying and touching after all the stuff we had been through.

7) Its really AMAZING how long-lasting friendships are formed in a mere 3 days! ALL of us are madly organising outings currently! Instant click with andrew, kwanboon cynthia esther and the rest of ULTRAMAN!

8) The way the benees cared for us (when we thought that this will just be a one-way caring from us to them) was really touching. I will not forget the scene when i was pushing kangli out of the toilet and he saw that i have left my toiletries(planning to take after pushing him out) and said "kor kor 你的东西.."

9) I realised that people with any kind of disabilities are just normal people. They have their own desire (they also fall in love with others!, kangli hi-fived with me when a chio "jie jie" helped him. LOL seh pei pei tsk tsk), own thinking, strengths (im really inspired and touched by kangli's understanding, patience and kindness.) They are more similar to us than different. :) Thats one of the main objectives of ycamp challenge i guess.

10) I realised that im definitely addicted to ycamp and will be stuck with it for quite a long period of time. ;)

hereby siging off, sealing the memories of ycamp dec 09 deeply in my heart.

-dreamer :)

i guess its sort of a ritual to go through this for every singaporean male.

Ha Ha Ha ORD LO!~ :D

a character-building day.

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hmm..

had been busy lately, occupied with different businesses stuffs. Hahaha its all about achieving financial freedom huh?

I will post an entry on financial literacy, with reference to Robert T. Kiyosaki's Cash Flow Quadrant when i'm free. A levels students generally lack basic financial knowledge I must say.

ORD-ing in around 3 weeks' time. It felt a lot like a dream. A fun and enriching one though (to a certain extent) Will definitely miss all the friends I met in my entire NSF journey haha. BMT, BSLC, ASLC and Pawai Rangers. (apparently all our ord gatherings are paintball, paintball and still paintball. Must we end NS with ns-related activities...? hahaha)

After ORD, there will not be any more slack time for me i guess. Time is all mine for me to pursue my dreams :)

busy busy busy..

and i thought that the usual taurus frens are hard enuff to deal with

taurus tutees are even worse man.

i guess i better check my future tutees' horoscope b4 i start teaching them man.