OBS! Dhanabalan! I missed the 5 great dayz man...
Juz got back from my 5 dayz trip in OBS (hehe, actually got back on Friday oredi, but too lazy to blog it down til today).
That 5 dayz in OBS had really taught me a lifelong lesson in the aspect of leadership. Somehow or rather, I had this misconception all along b4 I stepped into Pulau Ubin. I alwayz thought that by being committed is the right path to be a good leader and as well as a good follower. Well, I can see that I had been misled by my mentality all this while because these 5 dayz, my weakness can be seen clearly.
Sad to say, I am brought up in an environment that I have to be egoistic to keep myself going. The self-confidence that I had developed over the years had taken control of my mentality and it had grown to a stage of 'over self-confidence'. Being humble was the last thing in my dictionary because I firmly believe that if you have it, you can show it.
The comments that I had gotten from my 'watch' is that though I am a good leader and in some way or another, I am a natural born leader, the demerit is that I am not being humble enough. Maybe as a leader, this may not be a crucial factor. However if I am a follower, there is a large possibility that I will bring down the leader if I feel that he is not up to the job. This has indeed put me into a thought invoking moment, reflecting of the times I had in my NS days when I had positive comments that I am a good follower. So what exactly goes wrong for the past few years? Maybe it's due to the fact that I am a dragonboater and the ego in me has risen exponentially over the past few years.
Nevertheless, this is an important lesson for me to learn as I had pledged my commitment to be a humble person and to be a good follower in my future endeavours. Not only I wanna be a good leader, but @ the same time, I wanna be a good follower whom I can be of a great help to those I am working with.
On a lighter note, these 5 dayz had brought me closer to my squadmates. Not only those from my squad but also those from squad 4. It enabled me to know them better and also, I had found another great buddy though she is a girl. Haha, however, all of us called her 'Ah Boy' coz of her tomboyish behaviour when she is with us. I will miss the days in OBS, especially the times when all of us sweat together in the sea expedition and night expedition. I will miss the times when we participate in all the team-building activities because these are the only times that we can truely let our hair down. I have nothing much to ask for but juz hoping that the friendship that was built on this firm foundation in OBS can last for @ least the next 10-15 years. In the future when I looked back to the dayz in OBS, I will definitely remember the good times we had.
Lastly, 3 cheers for Raven, Firdaus, Fernell, Joseph, Lau, William, Sean, Khairul, Mark, Choon Peng, Li Xian, Sueyanti, Mei Yi, Haryati, Yu Ling, myself and last but not least, Wee Ling. Thankz for all the positive and negative comments and I will alwayz bear in mind the pledge that I had made before the trepez jump.
That 5 dayz in OBS had really taught me a lifelong lesson in the aspect of leadership. Somehow or rather, I had this misconception all along b4 I stepped into Pulau Ubin. I alwayz thought that by being committed is the right path to be a good leader and as well as a good follower. Well, I can see that I had been misled by my mentality all this while because these 5 dayz, my weakness can be seen clearly.
Sad to say, I am brought up in an environment that I have to be egoistic to keep myself going. The self-confidence that I had developed over the years had taken control of my mentality and it had grown to a stage of 'over self-confidence'. Being humble was the last thing in my dictionary because I firmly believe that if you have it, you can show it.
The comments that I had gotten from my 'watch' is that though I am a good leader and in some way or another, I am a natural born leader, the demerit is that I am not being humble enough. Maybe as a leader, this may not be a crucial factor. However if I am a follower, there is a large possibility that I will bring down the leader if I feel that he is not up to the job. This has indeed put me into a thought invoking moment, reflecting of the times I had in my NS days when I had positive comments that I am a good follower. So what exactly goes wrong for the past few years? Maybe it's due to the fact that I am a dragonboater and the ego in me has risen exponentially over the past few years.
Nevertheless, this is an important lesson for me to learn as I had pledged my commitment to be a humble person and to be a good follower in my future endeavours. Not only I wanna be a good leader, but @ the same time, I wanna be a good follower whom I can be of a great help to those I am working with.
On a lighter note, these 5 dayz had brought me closer to my squadmates. Not only those from my squad but also those from squad 4. It enabled me to know them better and also, I had found another great buddy though she is a girl. Haha, however, all of us called her 'Ah Boy' coz of her tomboyish behaviour when she is with us. I will miss the days in OBS, especially the times when all of us sweat together in the sea expedition and night expedition. I will miss the times when we participate in all the team-building activities because these are the only times that we can truely let our hair down. I have nothing much to ask for but juz hoping that the friendship that was built on this firm foundation in OBS can last for @ least the next 10-15 years. In the future when I looked back to the dayz in OBS, I will definitely remember the good times we had.
Lastly, 3 cheers for Raven, Firdaus, Fernell, Joseph, Lau, William, Sean, Khairul, Mark, Choon Peng, Li Xian, Sueyanti, Mei Yi, Haryati, Yu Ling, myself and last but not least, Wee Ling. Thankz for all the positive and negative comments and I will alwayz bear in mind the pledge that I had made before the trepez jump.
posted by blueskyocean at 3/26/2006 10:37:00 am
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