it is almost a week since we returned from tampin..
eh.. tho i had a feeling that we are going tampin this week.. or i wished i could go tampin again this weekend.. this tampin trip was great.. tho there are kinda limited stuff for us to do.. and the stuff we did.. are kinda of same .. but it was fun.. more fun than the krabi trip this yr..
even tho tampin doesnt have the beautiful beaches..friendly thais.. breath-taking scenerys.. but i think the most impt thing.. the company was great.. haha.. cant believe the people on the trip are so nice.. even tho we dun realli know them.. or jus know them like accquaintance.. but they are nicer than those we had known them like ages..
people like chuan..ginno.. irwan..ivan...garvin and our coach jups... all very strong but very nice too..then they jus cheer u on.. spot u.. even they are nt asked too.. instead of finding routes to try.. they will help us to do routes first.. before moving on to doing their own conquests..
accomdation was cool.. it was a bungalow.. with a swimming pool which i will swim in the morning or in the night.. if the guys havent jumped in w/o showering!!! and dirtied the pool..
but it was cool.. i got my long-awaited bubble bath..i wasted half abottle in the pool.. in the bath tub..
there were nt enuff rooms.. so some of the guys have to sleep in the living room..; so poor thing.. the malay boys, hafiz, yazid, irwan, then garvin.. mr nice guy.. ginno.. mr lots of injuries... and ks.. the bungalow is at afarmosa.. haha.. damned nice
food was good oso.. but to me.. bubble gum was alr enuff.. but we went to eat chendol and food at chinatown.. it was realli quite nice. the chendol.. lots of coconut milk.. the chinatown.. realli quite nice to shop. but it was quite late when we get there..and with my twisted ankle.. couldnt walk as fast oso..
there is a very good feeling ard our group.. like no one is a burden to other.. becuz even i m nt good.. or nt able to complete routes or need a 1000 tries to complete routes.. we jus sorta wait for each other. spot each other.. encouraging each other.. haha. that is how climbers shld be..
this is the first time i have this kinda of feeling.. dun have it at krabi.. tho..haha..
with regards the crowding of the gym..
i think the club shld start collecting money from the NUS peeps who are not members but are starting to climb our gym.. instead of saying.. u can climb first.. pay later.. i dun think it shld be done like tat.. the comm shld start collecting money.. if nt .. the words of a free gym to be used.. can spread like wildfire.. the gym will get even more crowded..
ideas to new comm.. realli have a new card system.. to keep account for the members.. like CLimbasia.. print out the cards on paper. and laminate them.. wun cost alot .. and it will be fast too...
gym supposed to used by NUS Climbing sub club members, NUS IVP team memebes.. and alumni and friends of NUS.. friends of NUS are those who helped to build the gym, help organise boulderactive.. helps out in gym clean-ups.. but nt those who are friends of the comm members or team members.. i mean.. i m nt against them coming to the gym.. but realli nt during peak hours or training days.. from 5- 8 pm.. we already have a very big team.. of more than 20 people.. even on mondays.. with only the team onli. the gym is alr crowded..
come on sun mornings.. weekday mornings.. crowding of the gym will turn away our precious alumni too.. which i think are more impt than those who are unrelated to NUS.. but jus using the gym for free..
mayb the guys might think that it is good to have outsiders to climb in NUS.. cuz they are good climbers.. giving good routes for u guys to try..but i think this can be done somewhere else.. or nt during training days la.. some say that we are nt focused enough.. of cuz we cant be focused.. when constanly there is a possibilty of someone dropping onto u.. or u have to move ard.. to move away from falling people..coming down halfway from a route.. becuz someone wants to cross... how to be focused? when it is nt possible to do a route without coming down or blocking other people's way.. or we are jus nt advanced enough nt to allow external factors affect us during climbing..
i think everyone in the committee and team has a role to play to keep the gym a place free of outsiders.. cuz our gym is becoming unsafe and dirty and messy.. mei had lost $$ in the gym.. i think if we see any outsiders or unfamiliar faces.. we could jus ask.. if they are from NUS or where are they from..mayb we could jus ask nicely or nt in a confrontation manner.. it is a precaution we can take to keep the gym safe... cuz the gym is the second home to most of us.. recently.. like shoes are lying ard.. watever sorts.. so we could jus ask.. i feel there is nothing wrong with that..
so let's try to keep the gym safe and clean.. and climable to us..
missing tampin too..
cheers
Liping
