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WINDS OF CHANGE

Change can be refreshing although daunting especially when we don't know what the change will bring.

Change is not always something that we look forward to. Not when we are in our comfort zones. But it is a necessary disruption to shake us out of our comfort and subsequent complacency.

2018 has been a year of change personally. The most significant one has to be the switch in my work environment. What beholds me after the 3 years? A question that has been posed to me several times by different one. I still have no answer at this point. One thing I do know is the mission to be a "Guard-Post" remains the bedrock of my stint in OBS; regardless of my duties and roles in time to come. I can only cling onto the ONE who has led me thus far and the ONE who clearly knows my future and the paths I have to tread on. He will never fail me. If anything, this is the assurance and promise that will keep me trudging forward no matter what the days ahead may look like; be it sunny or stormy ones.

 My 1st RAC course and group  - St Patricks, HCI & Orchid Park.
After running 6 courses in Ubin, I got to try taking mainland courses and my maiden RAC programme was that of Kick-biking and IRB. It definitely was a different experience from the usual programmes we run in Ubin. The flow, facilitation and even the mindset have to be tweaked in order for us to still try to achieve the objectives. Personally, there was some under-arousal but moving forward, mainland programmes will become a stayer and we have the responsibility to make sure the course retains the basic level of ruggedness and still able to instill the value of resilience and discipline in our participants.



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