life of an instructor

i am currently working in Camelot as a kayaking and camp instructor.. today was my first day there and i had to be a KI (kayaking instructor) for group of pri sch kids from CHIJ.. initially i thought i was just going to be a safety support (SS) crew either on my kayak or on a powerboat but it turned out that we were doing this ‘relay’ system on kayaks where we would have to sit on an open-decked kayak, take two tiny pri sch kids along with us, with the KI sitting right behind. then 2 person would paddle each time. when we reached the pink buoy, we’d have to turn back, and the front girl would pass her paddle to the girl in the middle, and we’d paddle back to safety.

it’s pretty fun considering that fact that i love kids, and i love outdoors and sports. i haven’t done actual kayaking in a long while, it’s usually open-decked kayaks, like the ones we used in bintan. today’s was somewhat similar. but the waters were maybe 2-3 times more choppy than bintan’s. partly also due to the tides coming in in the afternoon i think.

so i had to do quite a bit of shouting and now i’ve lost a bit of my voice. my throat is sore and i’ve been sipping pi-pa-gao (honey) but it still isn’t working. i have 1 last woods lozenges and it’s somewhere i have to find it!

working as a freelance/part-time instructor be it a GI (group instructor) or KI is pretty interesting.. but it means that i’ll be busy and have to stay over for camps.. at the same time i can choose when i want to go for which camp. but of course when they need ppl i’ll be obliged to help out.

i’m very happy with my life right now and i’d like to thank the people who have made it possible. the support you’ve given me esp when i was in a dilemma whether to give up my MHA internship, or to stay.

i’m so glad that i have made a choice and chose to be an instructor. my passion of the young (teens and kids), imparting skills and values and also my ultimate (all time fav) interest in water sports and outdoors has definitely allowed me to feel a great sense of achievement and happiness while working there..

i hope this will go on forever.. i’m out for now! ciao!