Hanging

For those who has followed my blog may have known that my "thesis" in order that I may graduate from my Grad Dip is based on the program, ONE, that Cirque Du Monde has partnered with my organization. It's a program that believes in using Circus Arts as a form of social outreach to youths or even women. Be it healing emotional scars or building confidence, Circus Arts is part of an outreach.

Reason why I chose to write this paper is really because I hold it close to my heart that things CAN be taught through games, through activities, through interaction. Interaction with people or even with our own body can instill great emotions within each one of us. As I was writing the paper, I really wonder - How different is Circus Arts? How effective can it teach one?

7th July 2006 has been a GREAT and FABULOUS day for me. No words can actually describe how I felt really today. I got the chance to have a go at Circus Arts! [Oh.. Like I said, Cirque du Monde is partnering with my org]

You know, those acts that I saw in Cirque de Soleil (I didn't watch that show. My sister went and showed me the program book) just suddenly came alive to me! I found myself climbing up a long purple cloth. Then I found myself hanging upside down. Then, the purple cloth cocoon-ed me up... It's amazing the things that one long cloth could do. It's even more amazing what one could do with their body. To have confidence in doing it. To be aware of your own body movements. To be able to focus and know what we are doing. At the end of the session and we had the debriefing with the trainer, she asked all of us to describe in one word how we felt and I told them that I felt very privileged.

As for how I felt after mingling with the cloth is a surge of more energy, a surge of more confidence. Not that I am able to climb or even hang well. My arm ached from all the hanging. But there was this sense of achievement within me. It's like an additional information to myself that "hey.. I didn't know that I can be that confident with my body. hey I didn't know that I can do things that I have NEVER ever thought of before.". And I believe that as it has effect on me in just one day, youths or anybody will be affected through its training.

Because it was held at Climb Adventure, I stayed on with 2 other colleagues to continue with Rock Climbing. It REALLY "quenched my thirst" after a climb I did in 2001!! I have been almost "dying" for a climb and I jumped at the opportunity to climb when my colleague asked me.

After the whole thing, we went for Subway and then we planned for Night Cycling and we made our way back to our respective office. I'm already beginning to feel fitter as compared to a few months back when all I do was to sit in the office! Heee... My friend actually asked me if I am PLAYING or WORKING? I replied - I am having FUN while I am WORKING! Hee..

Currently, I am excited! Because I took on a sub-profile i.e. to be a Ranger to a secondary school which is called Community Encouragement, or in short, CE. Basically, we are using several games to outreach. I'm real excited! I'll be starting next week. I guess.. new things are excited heh!