Trybe Sports Day 2008!

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It was awesome!! I woke up at 5.45am and I slept at 1.30am. Wowzx. Thank God for the good weather. We went to see a few weather forecast the day before and they all said thunderstorm. And from what my dad said, it rained very heavily in Tampines but it was only a slight drizzle in Sentosa. Thank God!

SO, Woke up and headed to Vivo with 2 buckets and Daniel. Hahaha but Daniel held the buckets for me the whole way so thank you very much! :) Met the rest at Vivo (they were late btw!! We were on time for the first time because I wasn't late heehee). It was Daniel, Pork, Yong Ming, Albert and Gabrielle. Went into Sentosa first with Albert to help chope the pavillion.



Helped Vege, BR, Yekai with the logistics and waited there while Albert went to fetch the people from the beach station. Did registration and I tried to lead the bonding games but I kinda screwed up due to nervousness hurhur. Anyway, luckily I have Albert to help me. Thank you!



Anyway they split up into groups then we had our lunch and we set out to start the games. It wasn't as tiring as I thought though. We had a long break after the 2nd team arrived so Raffy, Yekai and I went to suntan. And Raffy went to jump into the sea. Hahahaha. So we ended up sitting at the pathway to suntan while Pork when to buy coke. Had lots of fun!

After that headed back to the pavillion and then had free time so we went into the sea. Wooosh. It was the best after one whole day of playing captain's ball. Went up again for prize giving then had debrief.



Thank you all committee members for putting so much effort in planning this event!
Daniel for being the OIC and being ever so supportive of your committee members and guiding me along.
Vege for being so attractive when you work. Hahaha and being the logistic head. Seeing you work so hard encourages me. Hahaha. Good job in doing al the logistics items!
Yong Ming and Yekai too!
Yongming for being the medic of the day. Being clear of all the medic stuffs that only you know. And Yekai for thinking out of the box when people were using the court. And doing alot of debriefing. Hahaha.
And RAFFY! for being the pole and holding the net. HAHAHA. And thanks for laughing so much when the tennis ball hit my face.
Porkshan! For being always so nice and helping us to buy drinks. And being strong all the way when we're in the station. :D
Albert for being always so high and happy and thanks for helping me out during the bonding game.
BR for being the "head of games" Hahaha. And being clear of all the things we're supposed to do and keeping a calm mind. AND going on doing things even with your huge headache. Good job!
Sheilina for helping me out with the admin stuffs and guiding me along! :)
Gabrielle for being the blur queen. Hahaha and being so cute like crying when we're saying our thoughts.
You all are the best!


And also thank you all participants for coming to the sports day. The event wouldn't go smoothly if you all weren't there.



Thanks everyone who were present for Trybe Sports Day 2008!

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Details on Trybe Sports Day 2008!

To all the participants,

Thank you for joining us in this wonderful event filled with fun activities for you! We hope that you will be able to enjoy yourself on Saturday leaving with memories that you will never forget. To help you better enjoy your day at TSD’08, below are the things that you need to bring and other optional items which you can consider bringing along.

Meeting time: 8:30am
Meeting venue: 3rd level of Vivo city, outside ticketing counter to Sentosa

You will be warmly greeted by the committee members of TSD’08 and please be punctual. Registration will only be done in Sentosa at the gathering area which we have allocated for all of you. We do hope that all activities will go smoothly as we try our best to ensure that you will be guided by our committee members.

If you have any queries about the actual day, do contact the following people.

Daniel (overall in-charge) – 98790310
Vege (Logistics) – 91553679

For those who will be coming late and need to arrange meeting point, do let us know too.

Attire:
- T-shirts (dark-coloured for the ladies)
- Shorts, at least half of thighs’ length
- Comfortable footwear

Items to bring:
1)Extra clothing to change into after the event.
2)Toiletries
3)Small towel
4)Sun-block
5)Personal medication
6)Cash – preferably $20
7)Water bottle

Optional:
1)Deodorant
2)Cap
3)Sunglasses
4)After sun lotion
5)Insect repellent
6)Writing materials

Please try not to bring too much money or expensive valuables on that day.

See you there! Have a nice day.

Posted on behalf of the Trybe Sports Day Committee

Invitation: Trybe Sports Day 2008! (Updated)

Hi Everyone!

Trybe is going to have a Trybe Sports Day (TSD)!
Planned by a group of energetic and enthusiastic volunteers
we promise lots of fun and exciting events at this Sports Day!


Registration is stil OPEN.
First 20 participants to sign up will get a FREE entry tickets to Sentosa!
SO HURRY UP SIGN UP!

for registration, please send your particulars:
(e.g. name and contact number)
to tsd_2008@hotmail.com

Details are as follow:
Date: (Saturday) 22 November 2008
Meeting Place: VivoCity, Level 3 (Sentosa Station) (Please see map)
Meetin time: 8:45am
Ending time: 5:00pm

Hope you see you there!


TSD2008 Team

Service Learning Training for River Valley High School

Today’s Trybe run was slightly different, because the venue was at Trybe office, instead of the school itself. It was River Valley this time round, and it was an experience for me as well. These students were really different.

I was in the logistic team for the second time, first being at CJC and now at Trybe office for RVHS. However, it was an all new experience, in a way.

In CJC, because of the special lunch that we had for them, all was actually planned and there was not much to think about. But, today the logistic team were given $500 to settle a few things and our actions were our decisions. Which I felt the pressure within myself, cause I did not want to screw or mess things up. So, I was very particular in the choices that I made and I sought affirmation for most of the decisions I made.

However, something I regretted today was I was not willing or rather I doubted myself of being capable of handling the logistic team. Which in the end, I felt it was partly my fault for the hiccup of the logistic team. But it served as a very heavy lesson to me, that I ought to trust myself and be more confident in my capabilities.

It dawned on me that for every new organisation or when I join something for a start, I will start with rather lower confidence. But I wonder if it’s actually better or worse. Because a lot of people tell me that I am over-confident. Perhaps it was due to arrogance? But it’s fading off now that Trybe has change me and impacted me.

What I got to really emphasize in my life right now is to see everyone as equal level, then will I grow further.

Going back to my experience today, I felt it was really amazing when the students went over to All Saints Home [ASH] to do a Service-Learning project. Though some of their plans could not be carried out, however, I felt they fared very well still.

Something significant about today at ASH was when a student actually approached one of the residents to help her from her "walking stick" to a chair. What the student actually had to do was to support her entire weight on his arms and help her to the chair.

I believe at that very moment, he had a mix of feelings. First of course was fear that the resident would fall or he would accidentally let go, nervous of what to do to best support her. It was really tough and I snapped a photo of it and I felt out of the 300++ photos taken today, that was the BEST shot of the day.

If I was the guy, I probably will be very scared to approach the resident because I fear rejection a lot. In the previous community trip that I went, I was very afraid to help them physically, because I was afraid that I would cause pain to them. Thus, seeing the guy was being so daring today, made me think a lot too.

When Jamie shared about the 4th point of Project Management, I realized like "oh..No wonder she gave us the freedom to buy what we think was right for the students!" she said that by empowering, the person will learn more, and I indeed learn a lot more. Like the needs of the students and what they want etc.

After the entire Trybe run, we did debriefing and I said a lot today. It was like the most words said from me of a debrief. I am not one who opens up to people, but today, I was able to. I guess there were two factors. One was that I am more comfortable with sharing as I go along and second was because of Mirabel and Jamie. Mirabel is really nice and always-smiling person, so I felt much more comfortable. And Jamie was someone whom I can just share my thoughts, cause I feel she is a natural speaker and I feel she can give me answers to my questions.

I have yet to find the person who can actually convince me their point of view but after talking to Jamie, I felt lighter, and I seem to have gotten an answer for my question! Like for the first time, my questions did not actually leave hanging there, with no answers.

After the debriefing and the accounting for the money, I continued my chat with her; it was really long that we had to stop. But whenever I speak of what I feel inside and trying to hide my thoughts and feelings, I feel uncomfortable, like splitting headache and my brain like had been crashed. Yet today, I spoke what I felt deep inside and did not even bother to hide anything at al, I was aright.

Today was really amazing! For the first time, I could open up so much and yet feel ok! The RV students were fantastic as well! They were awesome! Enjoyed so much today.

Christina actually answered my second questions and I felt good in a way. I am very interested to know people life stories and their choices in life that change them. But I do not feel right asking them to actually share it. So I actually wait for people to share instead.

Hearing why Christina joined Trybe was great! At the same time, she answered my question as well.

Every Trybe run I go is just great. I learn more things every time and the learning process is just like never-ending. Today was terrific and once again, AMAZING!!

Looking forward to the next Trybe run, which is Thursday and Friday. Wednesday have a briefing too! =) Hope to see new youths and other volunteers as well! :D


Posted on behalf of Dave

Life as a Testimony

I was thinking of my life and how i would compare my life to.
and it was a wide spectrum. That I could compare to so many things.
so i went about asking my friends, and one of them, Pearlyn said:
"How about? Life as a Testimony."

My first reaction was "Wow, this is really strong and unique!"
And I asked her why she compared life as a testimony.
She said “I want to live a life that brings a good testimony so that people can model after."
And so it got me thinking on what she means by life as a testimony.
Therefore, I went to ask her.
And she said "I want to leave as a good testimony to my God and I want to bring glory to Him."
So I further probe and ask her.

She did not have any concrete plans on how she could bring glory to her God.
And I ask her, if it is a want or a need to her.
She said it is a want.
Further chatting on, she shared that she tried it a few times, but was afraid of rejection. So I prompt her to read my blog entry about failures in life.
Hoping that would encourage her. :)

And so, I would also like to share my thoughts of "Life as a Testimony."

When I first heard pearlyn filling the blank "Life as a _______"
I was shocked, because I did not really expect that she will answer, (even Raffy did not give me an answer)
And she answered so well some more.
Testimony was a strong word for me, and I pondered on my view of Life being compared as Testimony.
What I felt was this.

When we are first brought to this world, we are like a blank piece of paper.
Because we have no interactions with others and so, people did not know how we are.
And as we grow up, we start to have contact with people.
At the same time, this blank piece of paper will be filled,
Based on our actions, the way we treat others and many other things that others see in us.

Upon thinking to this point, I asked myself.
What is written on this piece of paper of me (my life) currently?
I did not have a clear answer, because I did not live a life that brought out the best of me.
Only recently, when I started attending Trybe's activities I realized that Trybe brought a change in me and a prominent change of myself that even I was amazed by it.

I saw beauty in everyone's actions and thoughts.
In the past, as long as I see others actions and thoughts being different from mine,
I will not bother about them, or I would even be disgusted by them.
But after going for Trybe runs, I gradually become different.
Through the interaction with youths and the sessions that I personally benefitted,
I realized that all this while, my thoughts were wrong.
However, at that point of realization, I have already changed in fact.
Ok, sorry for digressing.

What do you want your piece of paper to fill with?
Do you want to see really colourful words and good sentences about yourself from others?
Or would you want to see just blank ink of your paper, which is dull and boring?
With all the nasty things or bad comments?
This, I asked myself. What have been the things I been doing?
Have I been impacting people's life positively?
Is my attitude right towards others?
Or was I nasty to them?
I reflected, and I decided that I am going to change.
I do not want my Testimony to be poor.
I want to leave good images and impressions to others.
But of course, these images and impressions are natural and the real me.
Not something that I acted out or just tries to be in front of them.
I want to start impacting and influencing others in a good way.
I chose my path, to leave a good testimony of myself.
What is your choice?

This testimony can also be seen as the legacy that we leave behind.
The things that we do, good or bad, will leave a print down in our lives.
We cannot change what we have done, but we can decide what we want in future.
We always say that we do not have a choice,
But it’s actually just that we never try, we do not there to try.
Hope that as more youths get to read this, your would dare to take the first step to the choice you choose.
And share it with your friends and move towards your dream/choices.

It will not be an easy route for sure.
But that's the point!
Just a simple thinking I would like to put you through.
"Would you cherish something that people give you more, or something that you put in a lot of efforts, you sacrificed for it more?
You reap what you sow.
We will celebrate success ultimately only if the effort was truly personal and not being pushed by external.

"If there is no sadness in this world, then there will be no happiness as well."
Which is same for?
"If there is no failure/setback in life, then there is no success."

Life as a Testimony is it good or bad, it’s all our choice.
The choice is yours and do not be afraid to do what you have chosen.
The road/route may not be as smooth as you think it is.
But take the setback as a lesson, to bring you another step forward.
It’s all about the mindset.
And lastly, it’s never too late to let others change their Testimony of you.

Posted on behalf of Dave