ATCLS & OON

This time around, TARC come out with this Adjust to College Life Series(ATCLS) with the main aim of making the life for freshies comfortable as they step into a new enviroment. So, I joined the fun of meeting leng chais and leng luis for next year....and we have to be trained to become a facilitator. Basically, the training is to let us understand how we attend the freshies. So, we need some basic helper and counselling skills to do so...and thats what the training is for....

So, early early in da morning.....lets say 8.30?( thats early for saturdays)...i have to crawl out my oh-soo-comfortable bed to get to the sports complex in TARC. Obviously, once again, the event did not start until its like half an hour into the schedulled time.

Eventually, I found out that the whole training thingy is what we learn in my course day in , day out. And it gets bored when you are hearing the same, i mean similiar, thing over n over again...
















Miss Lum,the head of the counselling unit giving talks.


So, we have to listen to "lectures" about how to be a good helper, which counselling students are currently learning every week.

Next, came the session when we went into groups of 3 or 4 to take turns in becoming the observer, the helper and the helpee.
















Poor Charles is sufferin from our ad. dip. seniors' mastery in the arts of counselling.

Fast forwarding to the end of the training session, its fun...ahem, sorry...not very fun. Okok, its fun because, just because, you are meeting new people from other courses learning to become helpers. Somebody told me counselling is easy at the beggining. At the end of the day, the same person complained that its exhausting.*smirk*

Nothing is easy, dude. Honestly, just by listening to the client is tiring enough...which reminds me that I want, and will be majoring in Psychology after Diploma. Counselling? Not really suit me. Still, learining is fun...in a way.

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Orientation and Oddysey Nite is the equilavent of a beauty pagent for TAR College. Every year, freshies are being chose to become the King and Queen. And hey, it took a lot of effort and process to select the right ones..and train them to become the chosen one. As its a major event for orientation week, in came the interviews for commitees that are to setup the whole event. And I went for the interview.

Eventually, I got Asst. Security Director( its now called, Asst. Man Power Director or something..), which is quite close to what I want in the first place( interviewd for Secu. Director).
For a start, we have our first meeting, introduced who's who, get to know each other and listened speeaches from the High-Coms. I found out who's my Director...and we *cough* get along *cough* very *cough, cough*......well. And we get down to business immediately.

Mission: To assure OON is save from terrorist bombings...ya, right.
: To get helpers for the event.
: To get leng chais and leng luis for the audition.

Frankly, its the easiest job among the commitees. We don't have to find sponsors, design everything for the event, publicise and promote, arrange programs etc etc. All we have to do is boss around with a walkie talkie...err...i mean, to assure the safety of the event.

In conclusion, its an experience worth getting for in both events. Its a smash-and-grab chance in college. And I m not going to miss it.