Schedule
Sunday 7 Dec 2008
Danacitta Society
930am Arrival - Breakfast + linger around
1000am DC1101 - Introduction to Dharma Camp (kwek)
1015am Who are you? - Icebreaker (sea sen)
1100am Who am I? - Personality Test (sen sea)
1230pm Makan - Lunch
130pm D-Box - Songs session (albert)
230pm Who wants to be a fantastic GL? - Facilitation Workshop (sea sen)
430pm BD1101 - Buddhism Q & A (cindee)
530pm Conclusion (cindee)
Logistics
1. Introduction
- Projector + screen + laptop (Danacitta)
- Dharma camp 05 videos (isen)
- Dharma camp 07 photos (yinhwa)
2. Icebreaker
- Bingo sheets (sea)
- Bell for speed-dating (?)
3. Personality test
- White board (Danacitta)
- Mahjong paper (kwek)
- Marker pens (kwek)
- Blue Tag (kwek)
- Remote control (DANACITTA, isen no need)
- Magazines (sea, cindee)
- Newspapers (isen)
- Meditation cushion (Danacitta)
4. Songs session
- Guitar (seaming)
- Powerpoint slides for lyrics (albert)
- Songs CD (albert)
5.Facilitation workshop
- Sheets for moral dillemma questions (sea)
6. MAKAN
- Breakfast bread (kwek)
- Lunch take-away (kwek)
Saturday, November 29, 2008
GL Training Workshop Sessions in Detail
Icebreaker (sea sen)
a) Entanglement [15]
b) Speed-dating [15]
Each pair of boy and girl talk for 1 minute on:
1. What do you look for in a boyfriend/girlfriend
2. Most embarrassing moment
3. Proudest moment
c) Bingo [15]
1. Sleep while standing
2. Only child
3. Speaks 5 languages including dialect
4. Vegetarian
5. Play 3 music instruments
6. Stuck in lift
7. Hates group singing/dancing
8. Joined Buddhist activities before entering NUS
9. Same horoscope as you
10. Loves cooking
11. Sing in shower
12. Still single
13. Write with both hands
14 - 25. *with isen*
Personality Test (sen sea)
a) Split groups & sit in their quadrants [5]
b) Brief + distribute + do test [15]
c) Write their scores + our scores on board [10]
d) Analysis [20]
e) Group discussion [20] + Presentation+ mini-wrap up after each group [10]
Within each group, discuss 3 questions. Must give personal examples based on the member's own character.
1) How do you identify a member who is from your quadrant?
2) Imagine yourself as a member, how do you like to be engaged?
3) As a GL and knowing your strengths and weaknesses, how do you utilise your strength and improve your weaknesses in connecting with your group members?
f) Wrap-up [10]
Songs session (albert)
Ehi passiko NUS
Ehi passiko NTU
Answer
Searching
Yuan Yuan Quan
Hope
Facilitation workshop (sea sen)
a) What makes a fantastic GL? [15]
Ask the members to give points, then we write on board and help them summarise into few important points.
b) Game [65]
Brief + split into groups [5]
Round 1 [20]
Presentation [10]
Round 2 [20]
Presentation [10]
c) Debrief [30]
1) How was it just now
- Personal level
- Group dynamics
2) How to improve (Seniors come in to share personal experience here)
- Personal level
- Group dynamics
d) Wrap-up [10]
Relate the how to improve with the how to be fantastic GL. Give them encouragements on we want to be fantastic!
Buddhism Q & A (cindee)
a) Etiquette
How to behave in temples and when meet Venerables, etc.
b) 5-3-4-8 + puja
You guess what does these 4 number means?
c) Clearing misconceptions
a) Entanglement [15]
b) Speed-dating [15]
Each pair of boy and girl talk for 1 minute on:
1. What do you look for in a boyfriend/girlfriend
2. Most embarrassing moment
3. Proudest moment
c) Bingo [15]
1. Sleep while standing
2. Only child
3. Speaks 5 languages including dialect
4. Vegetarian
5. Play 3 music instruments
6. Stuck in lift
7. Hates group singing/dancing
8. Joined Buddhist activities before entering NUS
9. Same horoscope as you
10. Loves cooking
11. Sing in shower
12. Still single
13. Write with both hands
14 - 25. *with isen*
Personality Test (sen sea)
a) Split groups & sit in their quadrants [5]
b) Brief + distribute + do test [15]
c) Write their scores + our scores on board [10]
d) Analysis [20]
e) Group discussion [20] + Presentation+ mini-wrap up after each group [10]
Within each group, discuss 3 questions. Must give personal examples based on the member's own character.
1) How do you identify a member who is from your quadrant?
2) Imagine yourself as a member, how do you like to be engaged?
3) As a GL and knowing your strengths and weaknesses, how do you utilise your strength and improve your weaknesses in connecting with your group members?
f) Wrap-up [10]
Songs session (albert)
Ehi passiko NUS
Ehi passiko NTU
Answer
Searching
Yuan Yuan Quan
Hope
Facilitation workshop (sea sen)
a) What makes a fantastic GL? [15]
Ask the members to give points, then we write on board and help them summarise into few important points.
b) Game [65]
Brief + split into groups [5]
Round 1 [20]
Presentation [10]
Round 2 [20]
Presentation [10]
c) Debrief [30]
1) How was it just now
- Personal level
- Group dynamics
2) How to improve (Seniors come in to share personal experience here)
- Personal level
- Group dynamics
d) Wrap-up [10]
Relate the how to improve with the how to be fantastic GL. Give them encouragements on we want to be fantastic!
Buddhism Q & A (cindee)
a) Etiquette
How to behave in temples and when meet Venerables, etc.
b) 5-3-4-8 + puja
You guess what does these 4 number means?
c) Clearing misconceptions
Some dumb Thai MV on meditation...
Yes you didn't read that wrongly... This is some weird thing I found on TalkingCock.com
But the instructions are pretty good, I must say... primitive, but fairly accurate, don't you guys think? lol...
But the instructions are pretty good, I must say... primitive, but fairly accurate, don't you guys think? lol...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
LiFe in SiNgApOre ...
In Singapore , the majority of us live in Highly Dangerous Buildings (HDB),
and most people have already got used to Paying and Paying (PAP).
Not only do you have to pay, you Pay Until Bankrupt (PUB).
If that's not enough, somebody still Purposely Want to Dig (PWD) and get
more from you.
So what more can you do when you are in the Money Only Environment (MOE)?
With the current Mad Accounting System (MAS), you are forced to
Pay the Sum Ahead (PSA),Which will leave some people Permanently Owing Some
Banks (POSB).
And forced to live on the Loan Techniques Always (LTA) system. When you
fall sick and happen to be admitted to a Money Operating Hospital (MOH),
You might be able to use your Cash Prior to Funeral (CPF) fund.
If you are out of luck, you may meet doctors who Never Use Heart (NUH) to
treat you, or you will be Sure to Give up Hope (SGH).
To help ease the traffic, motorists have to pay Cash On Expressway (COE).
If that doesn't help, they can always Eternally Raise Prices (ERP)on the
roads.
If you don't own a car, you can always make a Mad Rush to the Train (MRT),
OR get squashed in a bus Side By Side (SBS ).
Lastly, under all these pressures, there are not many places we can relax,
not even the good old place we used to go because it has become So
Expensive and Nothing To See Actually (SENTOSA)!!!
and most people have already got used to Paying and Paying (PAP).
Not only do you have to pay, you Pay Until Bankrupt (PUB).
If that's not enough, somebody still Purposely Want to Dig (PWD) and get
more from you.
So what more can you do when you are in the Money Only Environment (MOE)?
With the current Mad Accounting System (MAS), you are forced to
Pay the Sum Ahead (PSA),Which will leave some people Permanently Owing Some
Banks (POSB).
And forced to live on the Loan Techniques Always (LTA) system. When you
fall sick and happen to be admitted to a Money Operating Hospital (MOH),
You might be able to use your Cash Prior to Funeral (CPF) fund.
If you are out of luck, you may meet doctors who Never Use Heart (NUH) to
treat you, or you will be Sure to Give up Hope (SGH).
To help ease the traffic, motorists have to pay Cash On Expressway (COE).
If that doesn't help, they can always Eternally Raise Prices (ERP)on the
roads.
If you don't own a car, you can always make a Mad Rush to the Train (MRT),
OR get squashed in a bus Side By Side (SBS ).
Lastly, under all these pressures, there are not many places we can relax,
not even the good old place we used to go because it has become So
Expensive and Nothing To See Actually (SENTOSA)!!!
Monday, November 17, 2008
A post that touched me
Because I was searching for Bhante Dhammika's online glossary of Buddhist terms for Albert, I chanced across this post:
http://sdhammika.blogspot.com/2008/11/belated-but-better-for-it.html
It reminded me of the fates of my grandfather and my father.
This is why we must waste no time in saving ourselves. This is why we must waste no time in saving those around us. This is why we do Buddhist youth work.
http://sdhammika.blogspot.com/2008/11/belated-but-better-for-it.html
It reminded me of the fates of my grandfather and my father.
This is why we must waste no time in saving ourselves. This is why we must waste no time in saving those around us. This is why we do Buddhist youth work.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Summary of 14 Nov 2008 Meeting on GL Workshop
GL Workshop on 6 Dec 2008 (Sat), 9.00am-5.00pm
Facilitators: Bro Ang Isenlim and Sis Lee Sea Ming
Personality Test (1 1/2 hrs)
Objective:
- let them know more about themselves
- let them know what to identify in their group members
Plan:
1. Do test personally (w/o raising hand)
2. Tell them that we will put their "styles" on the board (let everybody know we are which styles)
3. Analyse (more emphasis needed)
- the grid
- explain general characteristics(must relate to GL skills), strengths, weaknesses,
4. peer evaluation test (2nd part)
Disclaimer:
- there is no good or bad
- everybody should work towards the centre of the grid
- everyone could possess the four different styles
- resource is copyrighted
- there are many types of personality test
Logistics:
-slides
- projector
- photocopy the personality test notes (2 copies)
- one board to put participants' names on it
____________________________________________________________________
Facilitation Skills (2 hours)
Objective:
1. Things to do during Dharma Camp
- stimulate giving ideas/opinions for Dharma Circle, Skit, Feedback session
- create ambient to bond-fun-connect with group members
2. Practice
3. Share our experience in concrete examples
Plan:
1. responsibilities of GLs [10min]
2. Practice (Facilitators observe)
3. Debrief (how they feel; what is well done/what not. Why?; how to improve)
- compare with personality test
- how to stimulate more feedbacks
- what is the group dynamics
- what are the feelings of members? how to improve?
4. Senior share experience [30min]
Ideas:
- transfer family across river
- ask difficult questions, scenario
Logistics:
patung for family
Facilitators: Bro Ang Isenlim and Sis Lee Sea Ming
Personality Test (1 1/2 hrs)
Objective:
- let them know more about themselves
- let them know what to identify in their group members
Plan:
1. Do test personally (w/o raising hand)
2. Tell them that we will put their "styles" on the board (let everybody know we are which styles)
3. Analyse (more emphasis needed)
- the grid
- explain general characteristics(must relate to GL skills), strengths, weaknesses,
4. peer evaluation test (2nd part)
Disclaimer:
- there is no good or bad
- everybody should work towards the centre of the grid
- everyone could possess the four different styles
- resource is copyrighted
- there are many types of personality test
Logistics:
-slides
- projector
- photocopy the personality test notes (2 copies)
- one board to put participants' names on it
____________________________________________________________________
Facilitation Skills (2 hours)
Objective:
1. Things to do during Dharma Camp
- stimulate giving ideas/opinions for Dharma Circle, Skit, Feedback session
- create ambient to bond-fun-connect with group members
2. Practice
3. Share our experience in concrete examples
Plan:
1. responsibilities of GLs [10min]
2. Practice (Facilitators observe)
3. Debrief (how they feel; what is well done/what not. Why?; how to improve)
- compare with personality test
- how to stimulate more feedbacks
- what is the group dynamics
- what are the feelings of members? how to improve?
4. Senior share experience [30min]
Ideas:
- transfer family across river
- ask difficult questions, scenario
Logistics:
patung for family
As promised!
Don't hold your breath...
... cos the video is too long for you to hold your breath... lol...
... cos the video is too long for you to hold your breath... lol...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
PM Dialogue
Apparently my full name and the question I shot Mr Lee was featured on the 1st paragraph on an article in Sunday Times today. I haven't bought it yet, so I dunno what were the actual words...
Cell and Chingwi wants me to write a follow-up letter to the ST forum. I thought that was a good idea... Anyone read the article and wanna gimme some tips?
Cell and Chingwi wants me to write a follow-up letter to the ST forum. I thought that was a good idea... Anyone read the article and wanna gimme some tips?
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