I'm still alive.
The past two weeks had been so crazy. Grabe. Thinking back on the past weeks, I can't believe I'm still alive. SPLTC has been quite an experience. I never would have imagined a person could hold or feel so much emotion in a short time. Haha. I know there were times when I felt really, really down; times when i see no point in going through with the training... But it's all just part of the pressure of the training. :D
Well, anyways, here's something like a summary of our 6-day indoor training. ^_^ [*warning: quite boring. AND they're not arranged! quite RANDOM!]
DAY 1:
Our patrol [Patrol Bubblegum] had a bad start. We had NOTHING on our corners on the first day. As in- no borders, no nothing. Our corners were supposed to be like our "home". And we had to make it comfortable. [e.g. food, cushions, appliances?!] And, we also had to make our corners EXTRA CLEAN. Our SAGO was really lousy. Plus, our patrol is also suffering from scarcity of people! Chesca's off somewhere, DG is sick and Steph is absent every other day!
DAY 2:
Well, day 2 was a bit better. Hmm, I kind of thought we improved a lot on this day, but when the staff announced our results, they said we lacked a LOT! Argh! It was kind of frustrating since we all exerted big effort and it still amounts to NOTHING! Sobrang tinamad na kami nun. Our hand and feet are killing us yet it seemed like nothing. So sad. :c And it's still just Chanel, Alysa and me in our patrol. [And they say number isn't important...] Got home, lash... uhh... and 2 hours of sleep. And there it goes again- that inner voice that tells me to quit.
DAY 3 :
Oh dear, I shalt forever remember this day. WATERFEST! Jeez, waterfest will forever be waterfest. As in you're drippin wet. Extra everything didn't seem like extra evrything the day before. So I was still kinda wet after changing. Ok. It was really fun. Especially when they wet you while you're perspiring and sticky all over. But what happens afterwards is another story;- that is, whether you get sick or not.
DAY 4 :
All the guys got sick after the Waterfest. Unfortuantely, all three of them belong to Patrol Rocky Road. We were all panicky in the morning when we heard that ALL of them got sick. The staff didn't believe that ALL of them got sick, they kinda thought that they had an alliance or something. Luckily, Peterson came in before lunch. What's confusing is that, they got angry when nobody of Rocky Road was present in the morning, but when Peterson came to school in the afternoon, they got angry because he tried to go to school even if he was sick. Parang ang labo diba? Also on this day, we had a game versus the PLTs. Well, they thought they won, but we did since we did an extra turn. The game was exhausting. Haha. Afterwards, results time was a nightmare. The staff agreed that Patrol Rocky Road should be disbanded. It came as a shock to all of us, I mean, is there such thing?! I mean, they didn't deserve such harsh punishment for being sick, right?! We had sort of a "mini meeting" among ourselves after the results since we didn't have PC time. We all agreed that we definitely NEED an open forum- right away! since we can't just keep all our saloobin inside and most of us are pretty angry.
DAY 5 :
We were all quite angry and matamlay on this day because of what happened on day 4. We were kind of discouraged to do better because they don't really appreciate our efforts. I wasn't even in the mood to got to school since I feel like I haven't slept for a long time. My hands hurt because of lashing and my feet are killing me because of the sago. My parents are really angry with me becuase of Scouting. Parang all of a sudden, ang bigat ng feeling pag naiisip ko ang Scouting. But I had no choice but to go to school, after all, we've only got ourselves. [Especially in our patrol.] After we expressed our request for an open forum, we really had open forum that afternnon. Well, it went OK, I think. [Topics discussed are strictly confidential!] Our Sago improved after the open forum. The staff said, "Open forum lang pala kailangan niyo..." I guess it was when they started to show appreciation for all our efforts, that made us go beyond our limits and strive for perfection. 'Coz when you ask me, being angry with us and insulting us wont make us better, they just discourage us...
DAY 5 [and a half] :
You're probably wondering why there's "and a half". Well, after the open forum, we decided to do our best on the last day since we have pretty much enough time to prepare. We agreed to go to Keith's house on Saturday to do our gadgets together since it's more fun and more encouraging. It was kind of stormy on this day, but we were so happy. Haha. We were 'kind of' complete since on Mark was not around. This day was sooo fun! Flavahz [That's our troop name!] bonding day! Haha. Plus, the food was fab. :D We are all confident that we will reach the standard grade on Monday. :D That night, we all slept with high spirits and made sure we're up and going on Monday. =)
DAY 6 :
I LoOoove this day! We've got lots of gadgets! Lots of food [*Yummmm!*], lots of energy. And we've all got that, "We can do it!" look in our faces! And we were all in high spirits! Haha! My sister should have been there! Aww... Well, On this day, we also had the obstacle course that had been postponed too many times. I was waiting for the obstacle course the whole training. Bad news is, at the middle of the obstacle course, Mrs. Camacho ordered the obstacle to be stopped because of an accident! :c Our group was winning! :c By the time of the results, we were all kind of nervous. When Sir R announced "Madugong 95.195", oh dear, I felt like I was going to cry! It was one victorious moment for all of us! We were sooo delighted we wanted to jump up and down and hug each other if only we weren't in TIKAS mode! Standard grade! Yeah! [Even if we were aiming for Honors...]
Ok. I know, our training's kind of crazy, kind of senseless for you, even. But then, I don't know... You just sort of get addicted to it. :D "Bisyo na to!" Now that we've got two days break, I'm already missing Flavahz, the Junior staff *Ma'am Jo, Ma'am Rai, Ma'am Fran, Sir Rj[PC namin yan!]* the Senior staff *Ma'am X!! We looove you! and all the others* <3>
Well, anyways, here's something like a summary of our 6-day indoor training. ^_^ [*warning: quite boring. AND they're not arranged! quite RANDOM!]
DAY 1:
Our patrol [Patrol Bubblegum] had a bad start. We had NOTHING on our corners on the first day. As in- no borders, no nothing. Our corners were supposed to be like our "home". And we had to make it comfortable. [e.g. food, cushions, appliances?!] And, we also had to make our corners EXTRA CLEAN. Our SAGO was really lousy. Plus, our patrol is also suffering from scarcity of people! Chesca's off somewhere, DG is sick and Steph is absent every other day!
DAY 2:
Well, day 2 was a bit better. Hmm, I kind of thought we improved a lot on this day, but when the staff announced our results, they said we lacked a LOT! Argh! It was kind of frustrating since we all exerted big effort and it still amounts to NOTHING! Sobrang tinamad na kami nun. Our hand and feet are killing us yet it seemed like nothing. So sad. :c And it's still just Chanel, Alysa and me in our patrol. [And they say number isn't important...] Got home, lash... uhh... and 2 hours of sleep. And there it goes again- that inner voice that tells me to quit.
DAY 3 :
Oh dear, I shalt forever remember this day. WATERFEST! Jeez, waterfest will forever be waterfest. As in you're drippin wet. Extra everything didn't seem like extra evrything the day before. So I was still kinda wet after changing. Ok. It was really fun. Especially when they wet you while you're perspiring and sticky all over. But what happens afterwards is another story;- that is, whether you get sick or not.
DAY 4 :
All the guys got sick after the Waterfest. Unfortuantely, all three of them belong to Patrol Rocky Road. We were all panicky in the morning when we heard that ALL of them got sick. The staff didn't believe that ALL of them got sick, they kinda thought that they had an alliance or something. Luckily, Peterson came in before lunch. What's confusing is that, they got angry when nobody of Rocky Road was present in the morning, but when Peterson came to school in the afternoon, they got angry because he tried to go to school even if he was sick. Parang ang labo diba? Also on this day, we had a game versus the PLTs. Well, they thought they won, but we did since we did an extra turn. The game was exhausting. Haha. Afterwards, results time was a nightmare. The staff agreed that Patrol Rocky Road should be disbanded. It came as a shock to all of us, I mean, is there such thing?! I mean, they didn't deserve such harsh punishment for being sick, right?! We had sort of a "mini meeting" among ourselves after the results since we didn't have PC time. We all agreed that we definitely NEED an open forum- right away! since we can't just keep all our saloobin inside and most of us are pretty angry.
DAY 5 :
We were all quite angry and matamlay on this day because of what happened on day 4. We were kind of discouraged to do better because they don't really appreciate our efforts. I wasn't even in the mood to got to school since I feel like I haven't slept for a long time. My hands hurt because of lashing and my feet are killing me because of the sago. My parents are really angry with me becuase of Scouting. Parang all of a sudden, ang bigat ng feeling pag naiisip ko ang Scouting. But I had no choice but to go to school, after all, we've only got ourselves. [Especially in our patrol.] After we expressed our request for an open forum, we really had open forum that afternnon. Well, it went OK, I think. [Topics discussed are strictly confidential!] Our Sago improved after the open forum. The staff said, "Open forum lang pala kailangan niyo..." I guess it was when they started to show appreciation for all our efforts, that made us go beyond our limits and strive for perfection. 'Coz when you ask me, being angry with us and insulting us wont make us better, they just discourage us...
DAY 5 [and a half] :
You're probably wondering why there's "and a half". Well, after the open forum, we decided to do our best on the last day since we have pretty much enough time to prepare. We agreed to go to Keith's house on Saturday to do our gadgets together since it's more fun and more encouraging. It was kind of stormy on this day, but we were so happy. Haha. We were 'kind of' complete since on Mark was not around. This day was sooo fun! Flavahz [That's our troop name!] bonding day! Haha. Plus, the food was fab. :D We are all confident that we will reach the standard grade on Monday. :D That night, we all slept with high spirits and made sure we're up and going on Monday. =)
DAY 6 :
I LoOoove this day! We've got lots of gadgets! Lots of food [*Yummmm!*], lots of energy. And we've all got that, "We can do it!" look in our faces! And we were all in high spirits! Haha! My sister should have been there! Aww... Well, On this day, we also had the obstacle course that had been postponed too many times. I was waiting for the obstacle course the whole training. Bad news is, at the middle of the obstacle course, Mrs. Camacho ordered the obstacle to be stopped because of an accident! :c Our group was winning! :c By the time of the results, we were all kind of nervous. When Sir R announced "Madugong 95.195", oh dear, I felt like I was going to cry! It was one victorious moment for all of us! We were sooo delighted we wanted to jump up and down and hug each other if only we weren't in TIKAS mode! Standard grade! Yeah! [Even if we were aiming for Honors...]
Ok. I know, our training's kind of crazy, kind of senseless for you, even. But then, I don't know... You just sort of get addicted to it. :D "Bisyo na to!" Now that we've got two days break, I'm already missing Flavahz, the Junior staff *Ma'am Jo, Ma'am Rai, Ma'am Fran, Sir Rj[PC namin yan!]* the Senior staff *Ma'am X!! We looove you! and all the others* <3>
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