Mar
6
Blessings @ CJ ODAC
Back at CJC! Yay! It’s been a LONG while since I was back here. maybe 2 years? We’re here to create and relive our memories we had here in honor of the union of Francis and Lijuan! It’s a very rare opportunity to see so many batches of CJ ODAC people together. To make things more on the epic scale, we have Mr Issac Lim, our beloved and respected teacher who started CJ ODAC. But wait who’s that tall handsome guy in the back? It’s Brother Paul, our principal during our time =D
When I stepped into the school, i could feel all the energy surging back into me. All the training and endurance and lessons we learnt from our personal obstacles all cam be in a flash. The feeling was so nostalgic. The assembly court has been revamped. I could still remember we climbed all the way up to the top of that building using ropes. ah…
Here’s Mr Issac Lim, the ODAC teacher. He’s a very good mentor, always guiding us to push ourselves forward, getting the right attitude and correct frequency, the appreciation of the people around you, the respect you earn and the better understanding and for the nature around us. He’s a guy I respect a lot. I still remember he asked me during the end of day briefing at outside Temburong caves. “Wilson, do you think you want to join ODAC?” I was shagged dead from the sleep deprived days of the expedition. Tired from the heavy backpack I carried up the mountains and down. Why was I doing this? I could have joined the computer club or something slacker. But why ODAC?
With what little ounce of strength left in me, I gave a answer. “Yes.” I believe that there’s is more to the world that looking at the world from the computer screens. More to experience. More to feel. More to appreciate. More to understand. I wanted to push myself more than ever. I refuse to stay in a smooth flowing lifestyle, without any excitement and taking everything for granted. So I became determined to see things from a much different angle of a pampered lifestyle.
I went on to join these crazy bunch of people running up and down mountains, singing around a gas lamp at night, jumping into rivers, running away from bees and hornets, letting around blood being sucked dry by leeches. That’s is more to life than staring at crowds walking by in a shopping district. More to that.
Like what Francis and Lijuan had been through together. The difficulties they faced and great fun memories they all had. ODAC is part of their lives, and of all the CJ ODAC members that the CJ ODAC spirit has touched, inspired and changed. My life in ODAC has inspired me into photography.
I would touch on that a while later. Congrats to Francis and Lijuan!!
Miss the old days…
See the gallery here!
