六周咻一下就過了，看了很多，學了很多，當然也賺了很多（誤）。以下簡單記錄所聞所見：
１營地規則
a.營地內不可穿拖鞋、涼鞋、Crocs 等等露趾、跟鞋，只能穿運動鞋或登山鞋（全包式），以免受傷。
b.營地內不可跑步，可以快走，因為怕你跌倒！
c.不論去哪裡，請夥同一位同伴前往(Buddy system)，以免發生不測。
d.要保持喝水，即使是陰天，不要脫水中暑了！(Dehydrated)
e.進入食堂時要脫帽。
f.聽聞升降旗時要原地立正。
g.每堂課時間為五十分鐘，主講人沒有說下課時不可離開，不過喝水上廁所是允許的。
２工人守則
a.工人年齡分為１８以下、１８以上到２１之間、２１以上，三種年齡層有不同的福利！
-１８以下的每周末一定要回家；１８以上的則可以於周末時待在營地鬼混。
-２１以下的算小孩，２１以上是成人，小孩和成人不可同住一間房，根據法律必須分開，以免有狎玩孩童之情事發生。
-每個工人周間有一天的晚上是Free night，１８以下的要在當晚11:30之前回到營地；１８以上到２１之間要在12:30前回來、２１以上在隔天早上升旗前回到營地即可。
b.根據合約，不可與他人討論薪水。
c.根據合約，簽約時即已同意營地有權使用其肖像權（如果照片有拍到你又被公開的話）。
d.不可抽菸、喝酒、嗑藥。
e.
2011年6月28日 星期二
Day 17 - ICSP @ Camp Grimes
Crazy Hat Day today!
The campers of this week had more crazy hats than last week. Actually, there was a troop which could win the name of "the most CRAZY troop!" I guessed their troop leaders did. When they took off their hats, everyone had a new hair cut! All the boys! Wowwwww! One boy had a "water course" hair cut (about 5 cm wide) crossing from his forehead to his afterbrain. One boy only shaved his hair for one side of his head. And, one boy with Asian face had his head like a Japanese Samurai. Hahaha! To get along with his purple and fuzzy hat. So cute!
Morning class
You bet. I was supposed to teach First-Aid this morning, but we had knots and fire making eventually... Fine, I had a good time today with kids. The kids needed to show us how to make a square knot by using the EDGE method.
E=Explain
D=Demonstrate
G=Guide
E=Enable
Some of the kids were really good at teaching, although they were only 10-11 years old. I was very touched by two kids' conversation then. One of them was too nervous to show me the EDGE, so I said, "relax, and I will go back to you later, okay?" The other boy, who had shown me the EDGE, came to him and started to teach him how to make a square knot. The teaching lasts at least 15 minutes, I was very impressed at the guiding boy's PATIENCE. That's awesome! Finally, the boy learned how to make it with any help. The guide and I were cheering for him! I gave them a small gift from Taipei Confucius Temple. There were some good phrases (in Chinese though) on it. X的，手殘把後面原本打好的英文稿刪掉了！我的天哪！好，反正，孔廟小卡是要鼓勵他們一個是很棒的小老師；一個是很認真不放棄學習的好學生！至於這麼好學生後來我才了解他才剛成為童軍，什麼都沒學過，所以完全對技能沒有一點經驗，我一直鼓勵他繼續嘗試（他後來還學會了雙套、雙半和營繩），希望他不要因為這些小挫折回去以後就再也不當童軍了！
*和其他童軍聊天，有一位團長曾去英國的世界大露營，他說他很喜歡該露營，我真不敢告訴他我很後悔付這麼多錢去那裡......XDDD
*有一位小童軍七月也要去瑞典世界大露營，到時候見了！
*營地工人群中有一位擁有三顆木章，簡單詢問後了解，美國木章取得制度和台灣差不多：兩階段露營、一大堆作業和承諾要做（１８個月內要完成），然後就能取得！木章制度基本上全世界都一樣吧？
傍晚降旗典禮上終於把所有的＂梗＂都用掉了：場上說話的人要是說到關鍵字如Announcement, Points, Notes 所有的工人就會上前把那個人團團圍住唱歌做弄他，超好笑的，這個我喜歡～我一定要把所有的歌都學起來。上星期的閉幕營火，有一群小朋友學J說話說到這三個關鍵字之後工人的反應（衝上前去把人包起來唱歌），把大家笑得快死掉了。
晚上突然多了出來（本來要幫忙垂降的，結果說是暫停，因為授課者晚上放假），我和2G去玩射箭Archery還有散彈槍Shotgun。射箭這是我第二次玩，G幫我把弦調到剩約7公斤時我才有辦法把弦往後拉（一開始它讓我試10公斤，我拉都拉不動），我射得很...差，箭有些都飛不知道哪裡去，G說射箭要憑感覺瞄準靶心，哇勒，憑感覺哩！好吧，照他說的做，結果還越射越好哩，神奇，說真的我瞄的地方可是靶的右下角哩！（單憑左眼看時）。散彈槍就真的是第一次玩了，槍跟來福槍差不多重，不過瞄準和射擊的方式不大一樣。我一開始是搞不清楚S要問什麼，我以為他問我用哪一隻眼睛瞄準，結果他要問我是左撇子還是右撇子，兩個人位置因此換來換去，我覺得我真是蠢斃了。之後總算是要練習開槍了，目標是一個由機器射出來的飛盤，這也太難了吧，槍很重，還要將槍隨著飛盤移動的方向做調整，我整個人真得是很沒有這方面的天份，六七發都是亂打，慘不忍睹，還好S只在乎我有沒有覺得好玩，有沒有射到......下次再說吧。回房洗澡時我發現，右邊肩窩因為子彈發射後坐力的關係，黑青啦！有沒有這麼誇張啊！我好弱......
The campers of this week had more crazy hats than last week. Actually, there was a troop which could win the name of "the most CRAZY troop!" I guessed their troop leaders did. When they took off their hats, everyone had a new hair cut! All the boys! Wowwwww! One boy had a "water course" hair cut (about 5 cm wide) crossing from his forehead to his afterbrain. One boy only shaved his hair for one side of his head. And, one boy with Asian face had his head like a Japanese Samurai. Hahaha! To get along with his purple and fuzzy hat. So cute!
Morning class
You bet. I was supposed to teach First-Aid this morning, but we had knots and fire making eventually... Fine, I had a good time today with kids. The kids needed to show us how to make a square knot by using the EDGE method.
E=Explain
D=Demonstrate
G=Guide
E=Enable
Some of the kids were really good at teaching, although they were only 10-11 years old. I was very touched by two kids' conversation then. One of them was too nervous to show me the EDGE, so I said, "relax, and I will go back to you later, okay?" The other boy, who had shown me the EDGE, came to him and started to teach him how to make a square knot. The teaching lasts at least 15 minutes, I was very impressed at the guiding boy's PATIENCE. That's awesome! Finally, the boy learned how to make it with any help. The guide and I were cheering for him! I gave them a small gift from Taipei Confucius Temple. There were some good phrases (in Chinese though) on it. X的，手殘把後面原本打好的英文稿刪掉了！我的天哪！好，反正，孔廟小卡是要鼓勵他們一個是很棒的小老師；一個是很認真不放棄學習的好學生！至於這麼好學生後來我才了解他才剛成為童軍，什麼都沒學過，所以完全對技能沒有一點經驗，我一直鼓勵他繼續嘗試（他後來還學會了雙套、雙半和營繩），希望他不要因為這些小挫折回去以後就再也不當童軍了！
*和其他童軍聊天，有一位團長曾去英國的世界大露營，他說他很喜歡該露營，我真不敢告訴他我很後悔付這麼多錢去那裡......XDDD
*有一位小童軍七月也要去瑞典世界大露營，到時候見了！
*營地工人群中有一位擁有三顆木章，簡單詢問後了解，美國木章取得制度和台灣差不多：兩階段露營、一大堆作業和承諾要做（１８個月內要完成），然後就能取得！木章制度基本上全世界都一樣吧？
傍晚降旗典禮上終於把所有的＂梗＂都用掉了：場上說話的人要是說到關鍵字如Announcement, Points, Notes 所有的工人就會上前把那個人團團圍住唱歌做弄他，超好笑的，這個我喜歡～我一定要把所有的歌都學起來。上星期的閉幕營火，有一群小朋友學J說話說到這三個關鍵字之後工人的反應（衝上前去把人包起來唱歌），把大家笑得快死掉了。
晚上突然多了出來（本來要幫忙垂降的，結果說是暫停，因為授課者晚上放假），我和2G去玩射箭Archery還有散彈槍Shotgun。射箭這是我第二次玩，G幫我把弦調到剩約7公斤時我才有辦法把弦往後拉（一開始它讓我試10公斤，我拉都拉不動），我射得很...差，箭有些都飛不知道哪裡去，G說射箭要憑感覺瞄準靶心，哇勒，憑感覺哩！好吧，照他說的做，結果還越射越好哩，神奇，說真的我瞄的地方可是靶的右下角哩！（單憑左眼看時）。散彈槍就真的是第一次玩了，槍跟來福槍差不多重，不過瞄準和射擊的方式不大一樣。我一開始是搞不清楚S要問什麼，我以為他問我用哪一隻眼睛瞄準，結果他要問我是左撇子還是右撇子，兩個人位置因此換來換去，我覺得我真是蠢斃了。之後總算是要練習開槍了，目標是一個由機器射出來的飛盤，這也太難了吧，槍很重，還要將槍隨著飛盤移動的方向做調整，我整個人真得是很沒有這方面的天份，六七發都是亂打，慘不忍睹，還好S只在乎我有沒有覺得好玩，有沒有射到......下次再說吧。回房洗澡時我發現，右邊肩窩因為子彈發射後坐力的關係，黑青啦！有沒有這麼誇張啊！我好弱......
2011年6月27日 星期一
Day 16 - ICSP @ Camp Grimes
I felt so bad for the teaching today. I'd never know when I would teach orienteering or what the schedule for today was. They said one schedule in the beginning, and then they asked me to teach orienteering next second! What's this!? Anyway, I felt very upset today. I realized that Taiwanese scouts are still very good in a way, at least, when it comes to giving a quality course to the scouts! (We are more and well-prepared!)
*There was a land turtle (15cm long) crawling to the shelter of Trailblazers today. Cool!
The waterfront was closed due to the continuous thunders! Oh. What a pity! I was planning to get some exercise today!
*There was a helicopter landing next to the assembly field in the evening. Kind of cool. Well, I hoped that the assembly could finish asap so that I could go to eat. However, the helicopter caught everyone's attention, also J's! Man, who cares about the helicopter? Give me food! I am starving!
I also helped the COPE this evening while other staff had "smack down" with other troop leaders. I tried the Zip Line today, super fun!
＊There will be no picture on this camp journal, for the WiFi here is super slow! (It's killing me.)
*There was a land turtle (15cm long) crawling to the shelter of Trailblazers today. Cool!
The waterfront was closed due to the continuous thunders! Oh. What a pity! I was planning to get some exercise today!
*There was a helicopter landing next to the assembly field in the evening. Kind of cool. Well, I hoped that the assembly could finish asap so that I could go to eat. However, the helicopter caught everyone's attention, also J's! Man, who cares about the helicopter? Give me food! I am starving!
I also helped the COPE this evening while other staff had "smack down" with other troop leaders. I tried the Zip Line today, super fun!
＊There will be no picture on this camp journal, for the WiFi here is super slow! (It's killing me.)
Day 15 - ICSP @ Camp Grimes
New campers are coming! We are going to run a whole new week!
However, I can't feel the campers' spirit and energy yet. (Hello guys, what's up?)
The staff holds the welcome campfire to the campers tonight. I still like all the shows, except the effect of the microphones. Hey! Are the run out of batteries? I can't hear you...
However, I can't feel the campers' spirit and energy yet. (Hello guys, what's up?)
The staff holds the welcome campfire to the campers tonight. I still like all the shows, except the effect of the microphones. Hey! Are the run out of batteries? I can't hear you...
2011年6月25日 星期六
Day 14 - ICSP @ Camp Grimes
Holiday!
W and N took me to buy some food for the weekend. On the way to the destination, we had some sightseeing spots at a flea market (not very impressive) and a Chinese restaurant! The restaurant was named Chen's Garden. Ha! My garden! I was so happy to be able to eat (American) Chinese food, because we were served almost nothing (milk-I would have胃食道逆流, cereals-I don't like at all, cookie-super sweet=errrrrr... that's all. I didn't eat any of them then.) for breakfast this morning... Chen's Garden had its Grand Opening today, ohhhh, lucky me! This restaurant had exactly the same type of food I saw at other Chinese restaurant in US or in other countries, which means the portion was huge and the taste was more salty, sweet and fried. I had nothing to complain anyhow. I was just happy enough to see Chinese restaurant wherever, so that I could have them to cure my homesickness of taste.
On the way back to the camp, we talked about the real estate in US, and W showed me a "Gated Community". To live in the community, you have to have your house the same as others and, be fenced. Crazy! I had no idea who would like to live here. However, the view here was gorgeous! (Saw a turkey!) The mountains spread in front of you. You could see at least 100 km far, I thought, like at the top of 七星山.
It's chatting time for me and Anders during the weekend. I complained a lot about the weak internet. I became super upset that I couldn't speak normally. Thanks to iPad2 and The Fring, we finally could share our stories. I miss you... ~T_T~ 4 weeks to go. Heja på dig och mig!
W and N took me to buy some food for the weekend. On the way to the destination, we had some sightseeing spots at a flea market (not very impressive) and a Chinese restaurant! The restaurant was named Chen's Garden. Ha! My garden! I was so happy to be able to eat (American) Chinese food, because we were served almost nothing (milk-I would have胃食道逆流, cereals-I don't like at all, cookie-super sweet=errrrrr... that's all. I didn't eat any of them then.) for breakfast this morning... Chen's Garden had its Grand Opening today, ohhhh, lucky me! This restaurant had exactly the same type of food I saw at other Chinese restaurant in US or in other countries, which means the portion was huge and the taste was more salty, sweet and fried. I had nothing to complain anyhow. I was just happy enough to see Chinese restaurant wherever, so that I could have them to cure my homesickness of taste.
On the way back to the camp, we talked about the real estate in US, and W showed me a "Gated Community". To live in the community, you have to have your house the same as others and, be fenced. Crazy! I had no idea who would like to live here. However, the view here was gorgeous! (Saw a turkey!) The mountains spread in front of you. You could see at least 100 km far, I thought, like at the top of 七星山.
It's chatting time for me and Anders during the weekend. I complained a lot about the weak internet. I became super upset that I couldn't speak normally. Thanks to iPad2 and The Fring, we finally could share our stories. I miss you... ~T_T~ 4 weeks to go. Heja på dig och mig!
Day 13 - ICSP @ Camp Grimes
I had a great achievement with my English speaking, hooray!!
I helped the merit badge for Citizenship in the world today, because one of the requirements is the scout needs to talk to a scout from another country about his/her culture/holiday/food/value, etc. I introduced Taiwan to them basically. I thought I only gave them a very short introduction, but I found out I could keep talking for 50 minutes! Wow! In total, I had 4 sections of introduction with different scouts, which means I have practiced my speaking for almost 4 hours. That's impressive!
I didn't know what to say in the beginning, for I thought SCOUTS would ask questions. But no? Okay! I introduced Taiwan from Geography to culture, political status, holidays, and much more. For the first section, I didn't prepare any visual material to enhance their impression of Taiwan. I then took out the stuff with Taiwan's special (Taipei 101, national flag, flower...) I bought in 2010 Taipei Int'l Floral Expo to appeal their attention. In fact, the stuff worked very well! Kids asked me more questions, and we also have better and better interaction! Next week, I will try to prepare more in advance, like the "Unit conversion" and more statistic facts, or even some films!
In the afternoon, I chatted with Bill and Billy (盲胞童軍). Bill said because of Billy, he started to stop to think what is more important in his life. Job? or Company with Billy and discover the beauty of the world? I was touched. So many people lived without happiness and enjoyment. Why? Maybe because they have their jobs at the top of the priority... They loved to travel, and they have traveled many countries and have listed a LONG to-do list. I wish they could come to visit Taiwan in the near future!
Tonight would be the last night of the camp, which means campers parents would visit the camp, and the kitchen would run out of food in very short time. Yap, nothing fun to eat, errrrrr! I went back to cook my instant noodles instead... Poor me...:-(
At 8 was the closing camp fire. before it started, an man came to talk ma in Mandarin! He was born in China and had been living in Hualien in Taiwan for almost 20 years. That's why he could speak very fluent Mandarin. To my surprise, he was at the same age of my grandma, but he still remembered how to say. Awesome!!!
The camp fire was held at the side of the lake. I loved the show about Imitating John especially. That's so funny!!!! Hahahaha! Don't say "Announcement, points, or notes" at the Camp Grimes, otherwise... Kkkkkkk! The sunset was amazingly beautiful. A beaver swam casually through the lake. Fireflies held their small lanterns to celebrate this happy ending.
Trailblazars and me!
I helped the merit badge for Citizenship in the world today, because one of the requirements is the scout needs to talk to a scout from another country about his/her culture/holiday/food/value, etc. I introduced Taiwan to them basically. I thought I only gave them a very short introduction, but I found out I could keep talking for 50 minutes! Wow! In total, I had 4 sections of introduction with different scouts, which means I have practiced my speaking for almost 4 hours. That's impressive!
I didn't know what to say in the beginning, for I thought SCOUTS would ask questions. But no? Okay! I introduced Taiwan from Geography to culture, political status, holidays, and much more. For the first section, I didn't prepare any visual material to enhance their impression of Taiwan. I then took out the stuff with Taiwan's special (Taipei 101, national flag, flower...) I bought in 2010 Taipei Int'l Floral Expo to appeal their attention. In fact, the stuff worked very well! Kids asked me more questions, and we also have better and better interaction! Next week, I will try to prepare more in advance, like the "Unit conversion" and more statistic facts, or even some films!
In the afternoon, I chatted with Bill and Billy (盲胞童軍). Bill said because of Billy, he started to stop to think what is more important in his life. Job? or Company with Billy and discover the beauty of the world? I was touched. So many people lived without happiness and enjoyment. Why? Maybe because they have their jobs at the top of the priority... They loved to travel, and they have traveled many countries and have listed a LONG to-do list. I wish they could come to visit Taiwan in the near future!
Tonight would be the last night of the camp, which means campers parents would visit the camp, and the kitchen would run out of food in very short time. Yap, nothing fun to eat, errrrrr! I went back to cook my instant noodles instead... Poor me...:-(
At 8 was the closing camp fire. before it started, an man came to talk ma in Mandarin! He was born in China and had been living in Hualien in Taiwan for almost 20 years. That's why he could speak very fluent Mandarin. To my surprise, he was at the same age of my grandma, but he still remembered how to say. Awesome!!!
The camp fire was held at the side of the lake. I loved the show about Imitating John especially. That's so funny!!!! Hahahaha! Don't say "Announcement, points, or notes" at the Camp Grimes, otherwise... Kkkkkkk! The sunset was amazingly beautiful. A beaver swam casually through the lake. Fireflies held their small lanterns to celebrate this happy ending.
2011年6月24日 星期五
Day 12 - ICSP @ Camp Grimes
Afternoon
The highlight was I helped the blind boy swim~ Basically, I just watched him, since he has learned how to swim by his father. He swam super much today. When he had rest, we also chatted with each other in the water. He had a very positive attitude toward his life. That's my impression!
Evening
I had a night-off every Thursday evening after the assembly. Other staff had promised to take me to hang around, so I dressed up and became very excited. We had 5 cars in total. We went to T.G.I Friday's first to have some "real food". I had a special price (12.99. 16.34 after the tax and the service charge) for three dishes. They were yummy and tasty, especially the angel hair pasta with chopped tomato. I loved it! It reminded me my favorite thin noodles! However, the portion was huge. I almost couldn't walk afterwards with my giant belly. Man~~ S's girlfriend had her birthday today. 2C and J had a small play: They held the brooms and asked different people, "Is today your birthday?" Then, finally, they went to her and sang the birthday song! Other guests in the restaurant turned to see what we were doing at that time. Scouts always try to catch everyone's attention, haha.
Finally, we arrived at the dancing hall. Wow! The hall was full of people! A live band playing the music, too! The type of the dance is called Country Dance. The MC told everyone how to dance and then we enjoyed the music and the dance. It's hard for me to understand what the MC said, because of the bad quality of the microphone. My partner emphasized that the MC was actually not good at instructing how to dance at all (everyone was complaining), which means if I didn't understand him, not my fault! :-) Anyway, I was the representative of Taiwan and I have been dancing for a long time. I could easily follow up all the steps without any problem. Of course I made some mistakes, but I didn't care! We only danced three songs this night, for we were late there. I really loved dancing with other people, I wish I could come next week! I Love Folk Dance! Hooray!
The highlight was I helped the blind boy swim~ Basically, I just watched him, since he has learned how to swim by his father. He swam super much today. When he had rest, we also chatted with each other in the water. He had a very positive attitude toward his life. That's my impression!
Evening
I had a night-off every Thursday evening after the assembly. Other staff had promised to take me to hang around, so I dressed up and became very excited. We had 5 cars in total. We went to T.G.I Friday's first to have some "real food". I had a special price (12.99. 16.34 after the tax and the service charge) for three dishes. They were yummy and tasty, especially the angel hair pasta with chopped tomato. I loved it! It reminded me my favorite thin noodles! However, the portion was huge. I almost couldn't walk afterwards with my giant belly. Man~~ S's girlfriend had her birthday today. 2C and J had a small play: They held the brooms and asked different people, "Is today your birthday?" Then, finally, they went to her and sang the birthday song! Other guests in the restaurant turned to see what we were doing at that time. Scouts always try to catch everyone's attention, haha.
Finally, we arrived at the dancing hall. Wow! The hall was full of people! A live band playing the music, too! The type of the dance is called Country Dance. The MC told everyone how to dance and then we enjoyed the music and the dance. It's hard for me to understand what the MC said, because of the bad quality of the microphone. My partner emphasized that the MC was actually not good at instructing how to dance at all (everyone was complaining), which means if I didn't understand him, not my fault! :-) Anyway, I was the representative of Taiwan and I have been dancing for a long time. I could easily follow up all the steps without any problem. Of course I made some mistakes, but I didn't care! We only danced three songs this night, for we were late there. I really loved dancing with other people, I wish I could come next week! I Love Folk Dance! Hooray!
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