APCG trg Day 1!
i am very very pleased to say that it was all better than expected. yeah sure, we started off a little shy, i mean who doesnt? plus for some of us (like me) its the first time worked with a mixed crowd. but anws, we warmed up pretty well so yeah, im happy xD
so, we started off with the usual ice breaking stuffs. after hearing so much about some people, im glad to say ive managed to finally say hi. you know that funny feeling when all your friends tell you about so-and-so and then you know so much random things about him but dont actually know him. yeah. terrible lah! haha. i do hope we get to know everyone better through these two months though, we look like an awesome crowd.
anws. on with the prog.
icebreakers was followed by a short lecture on service learning (although im not too sure how that relates to apcg) and then a bit on the experiential learning cycle, which is like yeah. the usual kinda stuff. then we had tea! and after that, we had our first "game", which was called traffic jam. yeah it was fun! haha. it needed a little brainwork, but after the guys worked out the whole complex moving thing my brain was only left with the brainless bits. hahaha.
then more lectures. on multiple intelligence (apparently im interpersonal and intrapersonal, but i did get like practically everything else tied for 6 points. does that mean im multi-intelligent? xD) and six generations of facilitation. i think its quite comprehensive and helpful. i mean, these things are good to know. (:
then was lunch! ahaha i think i drove my group mates insane with cries of hunger. WELL IM SORRY I HAVE A HEALTHY APPETITE D: breaks are fun cos they mean mingle time, which helps.
after lunch was the exciting "bomb game". yeah. i shant elaborate on how its played, except it was really awesome and totally brought us all together. yeah. tiny baby steps are important when you're working with like...49 other people. bombs are tiny baby steps. isaac was our leader and short and aaron were our spies. i think we took like 6 tries to stop the bomb and our best timing was 45 secs. haha but that doesnt really matter much. cos we were really damn cool playing it! like you could totally feel the energy. hahah everyone was super high and i think isaac almost yelled his throat hoarse. yups.
after that were more reflections and stuff. angela was in charge of my group and chans group. i think shes quite a great facil. must pay attention to how she works us and try to learn from that. yeah.
so basically it was kinda like trg+food+games all mashed into one day. i'll have to say that its one of the best workshops ive gone for and totally worth my time. plus the people are real fun, so im looking forward to working with them xD
onward to day 2: monday!
(and im sorry if this post is slightly illogical because im trying to do fifty things at a time)
OH YES MY GROUP! we are the duraffes, cos i love giraffes and geoffrey loves ducks. so, we mutated the two animals ahahaa. yeah i felt quite bad for the animals. they looked sad xD but i think we rock (: we're made of good people, although not as high as like BiQIDEAS or whatever chans group is called, i think i can see us becoming a great team. yups.
and because i promised:
THANK YOU THEODORE FOR YOUR PATIENCE!
Escaped
{9:02 pm}
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