Saturday, August 21, 2010
I've finished my volunteer work at YOG.. there are some house rules that don't allow us to blog abt our experience, but i'm just gonna do a summary of how i feel.
Overall, the food was good. I didn't get anything like wad the newspapers wrote. Made a lot of new friends, there are ppl from Aetos, police, and my fellow vounteers. all are very friendly and sociable. Got to see loadz of cute guys, esp from Bolivia, Montenegro, Switzerland and Germany. lots of chio bu(s) too. interacted a lot with the FIFA ppl, IOC ppl, all the referees and media ppl. Because i'm in charge of the VIP and Media entry point, they all have to go through me. So as I was there for the 6 days, I basically know most of them by face.you know lah, ang mohs all very friendly one. so we had quick and short conversations. Saw some of Singapore's big shot as well. PM lee, MCYS minister and the Sultan of Brunei. Those are the ppl I won't get to see a second time if not for YOG.
More on feelings, the question that's going through my mind now is how do we keep in contact with those ppl we've met for only a few days or a week? We've been together for consecutively 3 days or a week, but when wadeva event or course ends, we each go our own way. I mean, I would want to leave a contact or any means of communication to say chit chat or wad. but how long can these last? Fb, msn, blah blah blah... its not verbal communication. I didn't leave any contact with anyone unless they asked me. I just thought, that even if we really meet up for say a causal lunch or dinner (if we ever do, that is), the feeling is still not right. The rapport that we had during that time won't be the same as it is now. [i dunno if i'm even making sense]
but what i want to say is that........ ppl come and go in our lives. I learnt it the hard way. I once spend over hundreds of dollars just buying gifts for ppl cuz i thought they were important in my life. But did they care? nope, not even a bit. they just accepted it and said thanks, of course and get on with their lives. Now, i don't even contact half of them. I learnt not to take everything so hard, not to put feelings into everything that has happened. Of course, they are my friends and whatnot, but even in 1 circle of friendship, there are different degrees. The innermost circle is the one we should be caring for, concern for.
The friends I made in YOG, we were just acquainted with each other for that past week. Some asked for my fb, some didn't.. Of course, I would love to remain in contact with all, but wad's the possibility? We may meet each other on orchard road and say hi and bye and you walk your rainbow road, i walk my wooden bridge. They are all just acquaintance.
I had a blast with you guys, and I would really love to work with all of you again. But some of you are flying back to your own countries so the possibility of seeing each other again is really low. Nevertheless, I hope that one week of fun, laughter and joy is something that you'll remember whenever YOG is mentioned. To me, if someone says YOG, the first thing that comes to my mind is JBS and the bunch of dears who worked with me. =)
*CHEERS*
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