Lets forget the negatives.

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

@1:50 AM

was went to skss again, to meet miss maslinda. On the way to the sch one of the gal guide was standing around the hall blking bar. She was so happy that saw me and she went in and asked the rest of the gals to come up and said hello with me, and too bad i was rushed to General Office because its almost late. So i was no time to said hello to them haha. But before i left i was sms to all the guides member just to said hello with them.

After i met miss mas and collected the $60, i was walked to cp, I saw Yuting and after that i saw ashlyn. she was said hello to me and we chat a while, and she need to rushed back to sch for study her tmr test.

Abt 6.30pm, i was met Yvonne and I paid her $26 just for the cookies. the cookies I was decided to place at the PAddlez Inc for our Tea break, the cookies Yvoone she will passing to me when it arrived. Yvonne was company me for a while and we had dinner together also i accompany her studies until abt 9.30pm. Thx yvoone for acompany me for abt 3 n 1/2 hours.

After that we went home.

Frm Bernard Aka Potential
(Course Sign: Dancer)

Merci poure, le triste

@1:48 AM

Sunday i was wake up on 7.15am, after my breakfast I was took MRT to Yishu MRT to meet my student we went to take 856 to SAFYC.

Once we reached the place, I was asked them go and changed and i setter admin stuff. The manager was there yesterday, he was speaking to me in a very polite way and orientating me around the club and system i need to followed.

After we setter off everything, i was leave the student to take they are own paddle and vest, also carried the kayak down on the location that i has appointed. Of cause with me around to supervise.

After everyone puting down the kayak on the selected location, i was asking them to bring 3 kayaks down to the shore. I was asking them bring a kayak to the water and i share with them "Deep Sea Entry followed by Rafted x rescue". After they tried, I was asked them bring back the kayak back to the original location. I Was asked them each one of them to take a paddle and i share with them the "J-stroke and classic draw" the building blk is on the water, the blade power face facing the hip (Touch water and recovered), after that followed by pulling. After that everybody get it and go for lunch.

After lunch I was asked them to lauching to the sea, before that i was repeat with them the paddle sign. I was ask them to use the 'J stroke and classics draw' to formed the raft. most of them was did it a very difficult due to not use to it.. I was demostrate it once more, everybody got it and I asked them to formed one more raft. Finally all of them can make it and did a nice "J stroke and classics draw".

After that i followed up to shared with them the Stern rudder, I was explaned to them once, demostrate to them twice. most of them got it very fast and this time forming raft even faster. After the raft was formed, I was asked them to spaced up and then i shared with them ' Low Recovery ' the buiding blk: is elbow in the sq box and using the back face to tap the water. Followed by little aging, and every one was got it. After the Low recovery i was ask the student to beach up and took a 10mins break.

After the 10mins break, i was asked them to lauched off and start the "rafted x rescue" and everyone in the grp had to at least capsize once and everybody did it. After the " Rafted X rescues" it was lots of time left, I was took the opportunities to share with them the " X - Rescues ", they also did it.

Its abt 4.15pm, the washing point was used by the sailor. I was took this opporturnite to demo the 2 and 3 star skills to the student. And student was like wah... to me haha

After the washing point was cleared, I was asked them to washed kayak and paddle like previous week. After our bath i was asked the student to wait for me n i go and setter the admin stuff. like giving the result and also returned the key back to the staff. After that I was annouce and debrief them the result and performance of the day.

We was walked out to the guard room n took bus back to the Yishun MRT. And we went back home.

Frm Bernard Aka Potential
(Course Sign: Dancer)

Merci poure, le triste

Monday, August 22, 2005

@2:20 PM

Yesterday i was woke up 8 am, after i went for my breakfast and i took bus and train to go sembawang MRT station, i was wanted to board a Bus 856 to SAFYC and yet I was board bus 980 accidentally. The bus was not reach SAFYC and it brought be to outside Woodland Cause way. then i was bought the buse back to same location n change back to 856, it wasted my 1/2 n hour times. And I was almost late for lesson.

Lucky i reached the club abt 10am, din expected so many Amin work to do, signed so many forms walk here and there, was wasted abt 20mins time. ok we cut short. 1st thing to so is i use my trainer knowledge to set my own system, if we coach another club important is have to firm and plan ur things before u set the lesson.

I let the student sign they attendance, and the teacher was told me abt their back grp, 2 of them was failed by previous trainer and 1 of them is their leader is already clear his one star. The grps frm Ncc. Before, I started my lesson, i was do my ice breaker Self intro, orientation of the club was done by staff, after that i was also tell them abt the requirement which the student was feed back is good. Also parts of kayak paddle vest, carrying of kayak paddle vest, handling of kayak paddle vest. After that i brought them to got they are Kayak Equipment and kayak put at the side of the road which near the sea side.

1st day of 1star @ Sea
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. Amarking and Disamarking (Leg in and baks in method)
. Capsize drills

Lunch.

. Dry paddling on land
. Heavy Rain for abt 45mins

.Forward and Backward Paddling
.Sweep on the move
.Spot turn

. Forming Raft.
.Washing kayak and paddle
. End of the day
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At the morn I was asked the student to brought down 1 kayaks to the shore, and I was shared with them how to do a proper capsize drills. I was expected them after they friend capsize the rest of them help them to empty the water frm the kayak. It was took me abt 1 n 1/2 hours, one of student was capsize ejected frm the kayak in rushing way and another one was worse once capsize everything one side.

i was try to be patient and let them try one more time, finally both of them done in a satisfactory way.

After the capsize drill we went to lunch.

After Lunch, We did Dry paddling and found that a few of them was like a bit stiff and even another one of them was bring up the paddle instead of pulling. After the dry paddling heavy rain Arrived.

We was sitting at the shuttle and I was sharing with them how is the concept of the Rafted X Rescue. And i found that every body was cool i was bring them to the sec floor to rest until after the rain stop. And the rain was last abt 45mins.

Its abt 3.15pm, i was bring them down back to the shuttle and show them all the paddle sign that i would be use when outside the sea. After the paddle sign I brought the grp and carried the kayak to the shore and lanched off.

I was the one who lanched off 1st, and the grp was took quite a while to get use the kayak and forming raft. After the raft was form i was let the rest to setter down and then form another raft. On the way i was share with them all the moving stroke. One of the gal she cried because of the fish swim over her kayak very fast.

After that abt 5pm, the gal wandy was told me that she need to go back home early, so i was brought the class back to the shore and carried back to the washing point washed and place back the the kayak and equipment back to the rack and proper location.

I let the student bath and after my bath, i was followed the student took the bus back to Yishun Enterchange. I was having dinner with one of the student and watching the Track and field in coffeeshop TV, After a while the student left i was shopping at Yishun abt 9.30pm i went home.

Frm Bernard Aka Potential
(Course Sign: Dancer)

Merci poure, le triste

Sunday, August 21, 2005

@2:20 AM

My Life luck is in a below average, still trying my best to survive. I should motivate my self move on and futher, no once can help me except myself.

Why i said that, this is a few happening.

Today i went to club, my mood set was taking 1star. Due to some of the courses has last mins cancelled, my chief coach has change all the coaches around. I was appointed frm 1star demoted to kayaking orientation programme.

The participants is frm the church grp, and it was very slow movement. bleah is worse then my sec 1 n 2 kayaking student, so is an adults we trainer was like keep motivated them to move them self faster. I was like pis off, but i cant let go. Because i always make a point that i want to be a professional trainer. This was set when my 1st kayaking course i was those trainer who like to shout participants, i was mistaken and scolded a wrong trainee at that time. So frm that time onwards i was promised myself try to not shout at any student, and also is my job to trained a participants well. (To me: As a professional and Instructive Trainer, have to be friendly but firm with participants. So that the participant may enjoy themself, at the sametime can get the instruction even faster n better.) Nver make the mood pull us down on lesson courses when is on.

( Leader is not right is resposibilities, how ur student or participant performance and result would shown how well is the Trainer.) so is my responsible to create the lesson well and instructive one. I was like try myself to interacting with the participant with enjoyment ways.

After the lesson, i was helping up on little of the office work and help the student and renties for guiding them putting back the kayak back to the correct rack location.

Today it was my chief trainer Bday, so me and other trainer was there to celebrating with him. After we sung the birthday song for our cheif trainer, and then we also having cake with him. while we having cake, our chief trainer was inform us abt the coming up event. Like: he would set a day for us to go for 2 star workshop, and 4star river on this sep. For the 4star river this yr i would considering to go, then come back pay him later. He also rushed those lvl 3 trainee coach, to hurry for the coaching assesment. just heard frm his assesment requirement for the Lvel 3 coaches is like stress sia...hehe..

For our lvl 2 Coaching Assement this time, he would want us to find and choose our prefered lvl 3 coaches to asses for us. I think i may get back my Lvel 1 coaching assesor, because he also the one who was inference me to be a professional and instructive trainer. Hopfully he can make it to be my level 2 coaching assesor.

After that i went back home with my gal friend, at 1st i was asking her abt today how was her coaching things like that, she was like unhappy to answered me wat ever question that i asked. I was like wannering wat the problem, then i asked her wat she want frm me? is like wat happened wat did i done. She replied me in a hursh way don of ur business. This was happened already copes of weeks le, and i was mad abt this. Then we started a quarrel, which in this 8 yrs tis the most worse quarrel. On the quarrel she did mention that she lost the confident and the secure of me. tis words i felt hurt.

I'm predicting this relationship may not last, i was told her we has been coming 8 yrs le how could she said this kind of words to me?? and she replied that 8 yrs so wat?? is just a numbers only. And i was mad :( i shouted her and told her that she is noting great. and she was walked off frm me. Well my mind was blank for sometime, and i walked back to club.

When i reached back to club, my chief coach was said. why u Walked back to club? I replied him is something happened to me badly. My chief coach answered me: Try to let her cool down and better sort out with her, that is no point quarrel. After that i was followed him to changi village to had dinner with him and some uncle. After the dinner my chief coach was back to club and i retured home.

So this is the time my luck is going below average, most of the things is like start to having obsticles. The changing of life period again.

All my friends, pls pray for me to the lord and god bless me.

Amen

Frm Bernard Aka Potential
(Course Sign: Dancer)

Merci poure, le triste

Tuesday, August 09, 2005

@9:17 PM

A wish to everyone

Happy National Day

Frm Bernard Aka Potential
(Course Sign: Dancer)

Merci poure, le triste

Saturday, August 06, 2005

@1:49 AM

Yesterday morn i bring my motherboard went to the industry to replace another new one, after this i went for my lunch and went back home to put my stuff. My computer extermely down (Power Supply exploded due to lightning, linked towards my mainboard.., lucky my power supply shut off everything. If not i may lost my grapics card and everything), I believes this would take sometime to recover my coms due to my pocket. Sad ... ... ...!! (I'm using my family com now)

Afternoon suppose to met the red cross teacher one, but when i went there the staff was told me that the teacher was gone. I believes she might be miscommunicated or forgotten my appointment.

I was at outside the General Office table, happened that i was looked around noticed that Eshlyn was sitting at the other table. I was walked towards her and say hi to her. she was surprise that i was there and she chat with me a while. After that yanling, followed by Lijia, wanting slowlly came over.

Eshlyn was asked me to wait for yanling to bring another guy(Yong Kuan) came over to met me, haha..when he came although the looks is a bit same as me, but really is action everything is same as me abt 90%. haha!! really i think it almost my mirror of myself. While we conversation,they classmate was looking at us like shoking way haha!! Anyway i already give my contact to this guy (Yong Kuan), hope he will add me haha!! Anyway i know that he will contact me haha. Why I so happy is because most of them are i coach before one mah!! which trainer met ur own student not happy one haha.. want to know the feeling come n be a trainer kekeke!! (is not EZ haha), Yap maybe this is the final time for me to visiting this sch, my final course on the 2 n 3 sep may not be confirmed so sad.

Ok Before i go, Wishing Skss girl guide and red Cross All the best for they studies and exam!! Jia U !! Hope to hear everyone Good news Soon soon..

PS: May The Force Be Within U All!!

Hope to see u all back next time

Keep Contact

Frm Bernard Aka Potential
(Course Sign : Dancer)

Merci poure, le triste

Monday, August 01, 2005

@4:11 PM

(Day 1) (30 July 2005)

Early in the morn reached the club 0915am, tok that i was taking 1star. When i re-check the board i was mixtaken the my name was not on the board. When i rechecked once more, was found my name at 2 star kayaking course frm 30,31 july and 6 Augs.

I was asst the 2star with Kelvin, early in the morn we was searching the participants and asked them goto the class room for briefing. Kelvin was passing the 2star book and let the participant check and sign the attendance.

While marking attendance, he on the way explaning and orientating our club with words. also the requirement of the 2star course and the book content. After the explanation he was asked the participant to keep the book into the locker. And he gathered the participant for the equipment briefing at the side of class room.

He asked me to conduct the equipment theory lesson, I was covered " Parts of kayaks include foot rest and remind the partcipant to take good care of the equipment. After that kevin took over to explaned how to adjust the kayak foot rest. Also how to wear the spray cover (To minimise the water go into the corkpit). After everything finished we was let the participants to bring down the kayak according the rack num. and adjusting the footrest and try out how to put in and pull out the spray cover. Then kevin asked me to leaded them towards the beach.
Morning, we only do ambaking disambaking and Capsize drill.

After lunch, we bring them out to recap the 1star skill. we use them to let the participant forming and breaking the raft. Then we proceeding to the hip frick woth using holding the kayak. follow by cap all the way down using the hipfrick to recovered the kayak.

After that we proceed to shore, and we did the X rescues. Followed by Eskimo Bow Rescue. Abt the participants was a bit confuss on eskimo bow rescue and hip frick.

After that end of the lesson, kelvin was let me to do the summary of 1star skills and debrief of the day.

After that we asked the participant bring back to clubm washed the equipment place back to the store and end of the day.

Frm Bernard Aka potential
(Course Sign: Dancer)

(Day2) (31 July 2005)

On sun 31 july, i was reached the club 0930am. I was attached a vincent for the 2 star course that he conducted. Abt 0945 the participant was here and changed them self meet us at the classroom for the 2star expedition briefing.

Vincent let the participant marked attendance and reconfirmed with the them wat they learned on 1st day with kelvin. After this vincent was went tru briefly with them yesterday sea expedition things to took note. And them let the participants gear up the equipment and bring out the kayak to the beach.

After the we kayak out to the sea and we do some warm up, we were doing a couple of sweep stroke at the red bouy area, at the same time vincent covered with them the stern rudder. After the stern rudder he asked the participant to raft up the proceeded to the pasir ris direction.

When we reach the river mouth ban boat area, one of the participant was cant paddle fast enough. Everybody was crossed over and i was tag with the participants, vincent was rafted the participant kayak and wait for her to paddle over. Due to the ban boat was came very fast, I was stopped the participant cross over the channel, I was waited until the nearest ban boat passed by then i leaded them over the channel. On the 1/2 way of crossing over the channel, vincent was paddled over to helped me along to leaded the participant crossed over the channel. I was paddled over very along fast to the participant side help to take care of the rafted up participants. Before vincent came over i was told them abt the channel incident and tell them always keep in mind expedition is not abt urself must also take care of the slow partner. And nver take ur time to cross over the fast craft channel.

After vincent came over he was let the participant rested another few mins, and we continue proceed to the pasir ris direction. On the way vincent let the participant take turns to lead and be a marker.

We reached the commando jetty vincent was asking me to go to the beach 1st, and empty my kayak and waited for the participant to paddle into the shore. The drifting was fast and i was spoted tat the wind direction blow the kayak towards the rock, and i asked the participant try to paddled away frm the rocks.

When the participants setter down, we lunch for 1 hrs. After the lunch vincent continue on kayak to swimmer rescue. We ask 1/2 of the grp participants to be a victim, another 1/2 of them be a kayaker and rescue them by bow carry method and also stern carry method. and they take turn to rescue one another.

After the kayak to swimmer rescue, we proceed back to changi. On the way we paddling the drift is with us, so vincent asking the participant a few of them capsize and do a x rescue. After they completed the x rescue it was quite near to the bun boat channel, we asked every one to paddled near the shore and as a grp cross over the channel. When we reached the the changi beach, vincent ask them to do eskimo bow rescue, before proceed to eskimo bow rescue he asked the participant to the hip frick follow up by eskimo bow rescue and All in rescue. Many of them was took quite a while to completed. Also sharing with them the High and Low Recovery (Use the blade press the water and recover, after that did together with adging), most of them was catched the point quite fast.

After the all in high and low recovery is abt 3pm, we ask the participant rested abt 20mins. And he asking me wat skill haven cover, i was name him couples of skills he reply me that wah if we cover today it means final day is noting to cover liao. So we decided to share with them the Sculling draw, before vincent ask me to demostrating the sculling for support to the participants.

After that he go into the sculling draw, he went tru quite fast ( using blade cutting water by using the C shape and then tite the angle of the powerface push forward and backward.) Then let the participant try out, at the same time I and vincent was refined them.

Times was out, vincent ask them to gather and wash up the kayak at the club. then we ask the participant to bath, after bath we asked the participant to gathered at the classroom and he covered the theory. Tide high and tidal stream and expedition the whole bk of 2 star booklet.

After the thoery covered, he bring the participant to see the designed of the kayak and paddle. And he debrief everyone of them abt today and clear the locker before they go out of the club.
Something happen to me after the participants left, i was cut my hand frm a knife in the pantry.

Frm Bernard Aka Potential
(Course Sign: Dancer)

Day 3 Final day 6 Augs 2005 (sat)
Morn i was reached club abt 0935hrs, changed and get ready for my 2star attachment. My main coach was reached abt 0945. I was gathered all the participants at the Classroom 2.
When kelvin was asked me wat we covered on lastweek, I was showing him that writen down on the paper last week. And was left only Bow Rudder and Low Brace Turn..

Beginning in the morning, We was let the participants to gear up them self and brief them abt wat we going to covered that day at the kayak rack. Kelvin was brief them we would took the assesment for them in the morn, because was the final day for the course and we like to make the basic skill better, before we signed the 2star cert.

After the briefing, we asked and guided the participants to brought down the kayak and adjusted the foot rest. After everything finished, we asked the one of the participants to lead the grp to carried the kayak to the Beach. When after everyone setter down, we explaned to them how to planned a good expedition and where to bring the grp and equipment away frm the sun. After that Kelvin send them paddle out along and let them paddle as a grp independenlly, but incident was happened. The Grp of participant paddled towards the mid of the channel and was drifted out. I was found something is weired, I was faster take up the dancer and kayak very fast towards them and ask them to paddled back to shore. When backed to shore Kelvin was trying his best to sharing with the participants, but one of them was unhappy that kelvin nver brief them where is the channel. I was came in to tell the participants that we did mention on the 1st 2 days already. Then the participants was like... ... ... .

After the sharing part, Kelvin was ask everyone to form raft and asses they are basic skills. The participants a few of them was like quite weak in stern Rudder, Kevin was quite peace off. I was like faster brought the few of them at one side, using the building blk that i learned frm the Lvel 2 coaching course to guided them, and finally the participants got it and did quite perfectlly. Kevin was like quite impressived of my buiding blk. I was replied to him no la just tried my best to guide them.

After the assesment, we was given the participants doing the All In Rescue. Not bad all completed with 10mins. After the All in Rescue we was went to lunch, the kayak was brought to the back of the creek.

After Lunch, we was let the participant to asses they are enviroment and lanch off towards the creek. After the partcipant formed the raft, we was shared with them the Low Recovery, and let the participant do the training and we coached them 1 at time. Edict = Explanation, Demo, Imitate, Coaching, Training.

After the training, we formed raft again Kelvin was asking me to show a Bow rudder, After i sawing he was commented my bow rudder is more then real. (Means is a 3 star method) and he share with me the upper hand should fixed at the fore hand level. I was not conviced, because import is the participants (Try, Comfort and Safe), and the kayak can turn alrite already.
After the Bow Rudder, kevin was asked the participants to bring up the kayak but on the glass patch, and I was showing them the intro of the 3star skills.

After the demostration, we asked the participant to wash the kayak and equipment. After they bathing we was met at the class rm 2, kevin was settering the cert and i was sharing with the partcipants how to see tidal height table.

After the Kevin passed them the cert and let the participant went back home.
After the lesson, i was like not convice abt the bow rudder, i was proceed to counter to ask zhihao abt the bow rudder upper hand placing. zhihao was like telling me that is no rite or wrong try to not commited on rite or wrong.

End of my 2star full attachment.

Frm Bernard Aka Potential
(Course Sign: Dancer)

Merci poure, le triste