Arts Camp 2007 - end of things?

Been quite some time since I last blogged here - Just came back home after a very hectic Arts Camp 2007.

A 4 day 3 night event which ended this afternoon.

Anyway, that's not the point.

The issue of today's post came as I finally reached home after cabbing with one of my freshies and a councillor after camp ended around 3pm. As the 3 of us talked on the way back, I was asked about how I felt now that my last Arts Camp was over.

I almost broke down when I was asked that question.

3 years of Arts Camp - 2004, 2005, 2007. 3 different experiences - freshman, organising com member, councillor. Every camp I am involved in brings different recollections and feelings. 2007 is no exception.

I started thinking about various aspects of Arts Camp through the last 3 years I attended, and the various elements that make it up - PDs, com members, councillors, OGLs, freshies....

From Rudy to Hock to Jeremy,

From Reynard and Debbie to Chonghan, Charmaine to Shuning, Michelle,

From Gladius to Remus to Askari,

From Aaron to Tim and Yaozhong to Xinyu,

From Junhao to Paul to John,

From PGP to EH,

From Jasper to Haoran to Kenneth

And a lot more....

Arts Camp is a special element in the case that it is no ordinary camp.

As I look at various photos and acknowledgement writings...memories flooded back to my brain...I saw myself in all 3 camps all the same time. There were good and bad experiences for all 3 camps, but there is one commanilty all 3 will have:

People. Friendships

Without my OG, I would not have survived any of the 3 camps. I salue to all my previous OGs for making it a better and more exciting arts camp for all 3 years. Without these 2 words, as Joshua mentioned in today's video, it would be impossible to enjoy arts camp.

..That's from me for now :)

SMUN 2007 - What happened, and reflections

I like to just comment a few things on the event that defined my whole year in standing:

Singapore Model United Nations 2007.

As I know there will be quite a few people who have been wanting to see it fail, I can proudly say this - SMUN 2007 succeeded, not failed!

There were a few problems that occured - administrative wise, academic coms wise. But I will like to state once again that all these problems were managed to be resolved because of the will of 36 com members like myself who wanted to help each other solve these problems.

Still, I will like to apologise for the fact that I lost control of myself during the debrief of the 2nd day, which I said some things which i should not have said. That I apologise, because I did not control 10 months of stress well enough.

But the faces of all the students at the end of it, when I spoke to them at the closing ceremony, shows that what I have done, together with the rest of the students, was totally worth it - no less.

For that, I know that I have given a good account of myself for the whole year.

For the doomsayers who decreed it to fail - all of you know who you are - be gone because I do not want to be associated with losers like you.

For those who slogged it out, and tolerated my tantrums once in a while, I sincerely thank you from deep down my heart for everything that all of you have done. As I mentioned, SMUN 2007's greatest success was that it was achieved as a team effort - not like last year where some com members decided to fight for their own interests - but this one was truly a united effort.

At the end of the day, whatever the mistakes and problems, the achievements of SMUN 2007 cannot be ignored.

SMUN 2007 has set a benchmark which other coms will find it difficult to reach, not even to excel.

Because this was achieved with the hearts of each and every one of us.

For that, SMUN 2007 - Singapore Model United Nations 2007 Conference, will always remain with me for the rest of my life.