Today, we had a motivatinal camp again. Today, it was DIFFERENT. Instead of making us laugh throughout the lesson, Melvin(instructor, coach) made us laugh and made us cry( I didn't cry, dunno why ). First, he made us copy the posters we drew yesterday, then he told us jokes again and made us laugh like 'siao'. Then, he spoke about the BRAIN, he said we should use picture diagrams to complete the excercise, (if we have not) I did a mindmap on hibernation and a picture diagram on the water cycle.
He told us there were many ways to memorize things, 1. Clustermaps 2. Mind Maps 3. Picture Diagram 4. Pair Teaching 5. Posters
He also drew a picture diagram on the human brain and made a picture of a man with some images and put some words there (less than 7) and TaDa, we managed to understanded what the picture 'explained'. I think that it is really amazing as someone, a human, can express more than 40 KEYWORDS in just a picture with a few words. really amazing. I have attended the Tony Buzan(creator of mindmap) camp before and they thought me how to draw a mindmap properly. He also taught us why must we make notes. Save time Remember Understand better
Next, in the middle of the lesson, he showed us a movie, Rocky 3, it was about a boxer who was actually a LOSER in rocky 1. He slowly worked his way to the champion in Rocky 2 and lost it to a guy named Clubber Lang(Funny name). His friend, Apollo, helped him and made him train in his old training center. He trained and trained but he still could not focus (his coach died) he was ordered to swim 5 laps after 5 laps after 5 laps, and he raced with Apollo. He raced 2 times and lost. He went for a 'walk' with his wife and his wife shouted at him saying "Oh! We've got everything, a house, a car, money but we don't have the truth!" And Rocky Goes and says he's terrified. He finally picked himself up and trains even harder finally he wins Apollo in the race and they get together and hug.
Rocky eventually meets Clubber Lang in the Boxing RIng. They meet and the match begins( couple of stuff happen before, but i wont dwell on it not so important) Rocky goes offense on the first round and 2nd but on the 3rd onwards he becomes defensive and provokes ClubberLang(make him tired) Blah Blah Blah Punch here Punch There ok! Rocky win!
Rocky is: You Clubber Lang is: PSLE Wife is : Parent's Fat guy(didn't tok about him): Friend
so he also taught us the 9 principles of memories Visualization Association Outstanding Rhythem Colours Humour Overview 5 senses We also played a game called pass Around: It focuses on teamwork and persistence maybe. If the object that is being passed around drops on the floor, the game is restarted all over again and everyone will "OHHHHHHH!!! And some will start to blame!" But my group, I could say we were FANTASTIC! We managed to complete the process in 4 SECONDS FLAT!! PHEW! To me, it was AMAZING! I thought it was impossible. Maybe it was partially because we only had 8 hands and not 10(basketballers) but i was sure it was mostly because of concentration and persistence and of course TEAMWORK! There were 3 rounds in the game.
I could say we SUCKED at it in the first round but in the 2nd and 3rd we managed to focus and get 1st TWICE! We were ELATED. ESCTATIC!
Then, he moved on and talked about how unfortunate some people are and he suddenly asked Judy to talk, Judy, being a quiet person, she did not want to talk. Then Melvin shouted:" You know if i am one of the unfortunate people, you know what I will say to you? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" It was like a volcano exploded inside him, but i have nothing to say. When he asked for leaders, he expected us to raise up our hands and say Me Me! But NO no one did and that must have triggered the 'VOLCANO' Even me as a prefect i did not stand up( dunno why) melvin and Nicholas alsoo never stand up. Then he offed the light and told us to close our eyes and put our hands on our kneecaps(like some one grieving) Then, he told us to IMAGINE what it was like when we were 1 -3 years old. We were in a dark room all alone, no friends no relatives. Then suddenly a screen appears and a door comes out of nowhere. There is your dad, old n rough skin. And same thing for mum. He told us our food, bags, clothes, games all came FROM THEM! They could have used it( hard- earned money) to buy other stuff like games lar, Handphones, Branded Goods! But they chose THEY CHOSE to give it all TO us! The coach was really mad! I could not describe his anger like sudddenly joking halfway, then "BOOOM". I was really touched and i heard 'sniffs' and 'sobs' Nic Ng was next to me and he was sobbing like mad but actually he had a nose bleed. ANd JOEL CHAN! I couldn't imagine that he would cry, he was like a tough guy 100x BETTER than MELVIN(classmate)! Melvin(coach) was in my opinion, a really good 'sob' story writer. He made lots of us cry(not me of course, 'nan ren liu xie bu liu lei'), he could quite his job as a motivator and just be a writer but he CHOSE to be a motivator, maybe he wants to help children like us. But dunno why I had no tears. I was really touched although no tears flowed out . our parents sacrificed so MUCH for us and we did not even repay them. He said we were born to be leaders. I agree but who would put their hands up at that point of time. Anyone ever watch the show Anger Management? There are 2 types of anger one the angry customer who shouts at the cashier and two the cashier who takes the customers shouting. Then, one fine day, the cashier's 'bottle of anger' gets full and he cant take it anymore. He takes out a gun and starts shooting. I think that was what happened to Melvin(coach). In my opinion, he should NOT have suddenly shouted at us . What if someone has a weak heart, he/she could faint or pass out.
That was all the important things that I learnt. Actually it is a summary.
