OCIP?

Sunday, July 20, 2008

got back from OCIP camp yesterday
woah it has been a long time since i have gone through this kind of camp.
i remember the last time i went through this kind of camp was back in secondary 2 when i was in ATC

got back with aches everywhere and was tire like ... nothing can describe

but i think this time round i gone into the camp with a very different attitude altogether
last time when i was in sec 2. when i enter the camp, all that was in my mind was to out shine the entire camp and get best camper and bring glory to my school
learning was only a by product of the camp. i will just carry out all the activity and try to be as enthu and take as much initative as possible. whenever people ask to get things donw i will be the first to be there.

below is what i felt in OCIP selection camp 2008 i am not going to describe what i have gone through during the camp but what i feel about the camp. what happen during the camp can be found i think from any other person's blog that gone through the camp.

but now, when i enter the OCIP camp, i enter it with a very different attitude. my piority is to learn stuff though the camp, how to carry actuvities, how to handle people, how to motivate people. i didnt enter to be the "perfect camper" in mind. maybe through out the 2 and a half year after ATC i have change my attitude towards this kind of camps. i have been through alot of camps in my life be it in primary school secondary school or even in JC. every camp has its own objective, has its own different composure of leaders. i myself has also been in the planning of some of this kind of "endurance camp" and also "orientation camp". but in every camp, there is one cammon theme and their ultimate goal coincide. it is to let the campers learn as much as possible through the camp and that they can bond with the other campers.
isnt this the ultimate goal?

with this in mind, thats the whole point of debrief or reflections. it is to let the campers think through their activities for the day and reflect upon what they have learn from the day or from the activity. i think debrief is also for the organiser of the camp to learn something from the campers, they could learn how to more effectively organise and if they were to plan for another camp, they can apply this in it.

personnally i think that the OCIP camp was a success in general but i think it can still be improve on. like the debrief part. i know why thie do not want a informal "debrief" session. it is because they predict that everyone will just sit there and keep quite. so their debrief is in the form of a force answer type. but i think this is one way of debrief but i dont think it is very effective, those kind of "free answer" type through informal debrief is better for the ocip campers as i think they are more inclined to speak up. speak up about what they do not agree about the camp.

i think a leader is one that no only can lead and inspire the team, but also are problems solver, meaning they know what is right and wrong and if things are wrong, they have the courage to speak up to change things. that to me then is the "REAL leaders" not those people that has lots of FAKE enthusiasm and intiative during camps then after camp they are nothing. leadership is shown throughout your life not through the camp only.

PS i have completed the 2nd endurance run in my life. 1st one i didnt complete. it is a achievement on my part. and i think the 2nd endurance is much longer than the first.

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