Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Okay, i lied :x Promised that i will be blogging every now and then but i didn't, guess i bored all my visitors (if there are any) and successfully convinced them that this author is missing in action...This few days had been a really eventful few days, I came to realised a lot of things, through the Disabilty Experiential Camp and the promotion thingy... Lets start with the camp.
Went to this camp from 23rd Oct to 24th Oct, it was a 2day1night camp, had really no idea why i had to go to the camp, in fact i was forced there. The first few hours of icebreakers was super boring, but things got better after that, we played games at pathlight school, games that you will never ever get to play UNLESS you come for such a camp, it is really fruitful, i learnt how to finger spell, learnt meaningful lessons from the experiences of the disabled, such as the visually handicapped and physically handicapped. I learnt a lot, despite it was only the first day. The next day's highlights were the Amazing Race and the "concert". Amazing race was so fun, it is a simulation of how a day would be like if one is handicapped, we got to experience the difficulties faced by the visually and physically handicapped in a real life situation. The most unforgettable experience for me was perhaps the 2 stations where i had to travel around like a visually handicapped. Never in my life had i felt so lonely, never in my life had i depended on my sense of hearing so much, never in my life had i want to see so much. I suddenly felt how terrible it was to feel stared at. Perhaps it became more obvious to me when i was the normal person leading one of my group mates that was supposed to be a visually handicapped. I CAN SEE EVERYONE THROWING WEIRD LOOKS AT US. Its like so obvious... I actually wondered if it is fortunate for the visually handicapped cause they would never be able to see those weird glances, or was it terrible for them, cause through the period i was unable to see, i felt terrible, i felt left out, i felt helpless. Had i depended on my sight too much? Had i took my ability to see for granted? I don't know, i really don't. There were hiccups here and there throughout the Amazing Race such as wet weather and stuffs, but i, or should i say we, realised that winning this amazing race is just a bonus, its the experience that mattered and for me, i really gained alot. I do not regret going to this camp at all, and personally i think it is even better than OBS. It is closer to our hearts, it solved many "whys" of mine. It taught me that what these people need is not sympathy but empathy, they do not need our pity, cause they don't regard themselves as being unfortunate, but instead are thankful for the life God has given them, they want to be treated like any other person, and we should do them that favour, however, we should know learn to be a little more understanding to their plight and learn to accept them, for who they are without casting those evil gazes at them, they may be unable to walk, they may be unable to see but they are definitely able to feel.
P/S Thanks to Natalie (NgeeAnnPoly) and PC (RVHS) for being such awesome faciis :D
P /S/S Thanks to all my awesome group mates, GROUP ONE - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (:
Next is about the GPA thingy.. Well i am being frank about it, i failed GPA. Well, i guess, the stubborn me has to learn to be good the hard way. Awesome, facing the terror and fear of prolly retaining or being transferred to Poly. I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can successfully appeal to stay in there, once bitten twice shy, i have fallen real hard this time, and no matter what the outcome is, i will have to face it, i pray for the better. (GodBlessMe.)
xoxo,
The date of doomsday has been postponed to 50 years later, hip hip hooray.
