zenn bites...

i'm fresh outta kiddy camp and it has been a pretty wild couple of days.

getting holed up in a primary school with about 50 grubby, smelly young ones isn't exactly my idea of a good time, but i did have a rather fun experience. it has been ages since i last was a part of any camp thingamajigs, plus i actually had to be a leader (or ranger, as we called ourselves) this time round, so i started off a tad worried about whether i will be able to handle stuffs.

but of course, me being the mad, gung-ho (riiiiight) kinda girl, i took it in my stride and worked my kiddie magic (that sounds kinda paedophilic) and it turns out that i haven't totally lost my charms. =p

the thing about working with kids (in this case, a group of 10/11-year-olds) is that you get to immerse yourself in their little lalaland - where fairies might still exist, where knowing where a so-called celebrity lives means you know "a lot of people", and where a serious "i dunch fwen you anymore" lasts for 5 minutes.

but of course, kids are much more complicated now (i'm trying not to use the words warped or disturbed) than when i was a primary fiver - don't think the words "he's my ex-boyfriend" came outta my mouth till i was years older.

that bright-eyed innocence still lingers though (thank god), and while some of them are trying so hard to be all grown-up and worldly, it's great to be able to indulge in some silliness that sometimes just isn't appropriate in the "adult" world.

i mean, for two whole days, i cheered "campfire campfire light our camp, campfire campfire fireflies are here" with gusto (nope, no way that's ever gonna sound good) and made wacky signs with my fingers and contorted my face into a million different expressions that i didn't even know i was capable of.

so yeah, it was pretty fun. there were, of course, the requisite moments of not-so-fleeting frustration when they're simply being brats and i felt like wringing their necks and actually drawing some blood, but i kept myself under control and these kids were spared the "vampy" side of me.

was so totally knackered today though coz i only had an hour's sleep last night, but i bear testimony to the fact that nescafe ice coffee works when it comes to keeping you awake. think i would be out cold by now if not for the can i drank at lunch. had to work harder at not getting grumpy though!

got home all stinky but a good scrub took care of that...now i just need to catch up on some sleeeeeeep...but not before i get some dinner in me *oink* =P

p.s. is it just me or is msn acting up? i've been trying to log in for about an hour now and it just keeps telling me that the service is temporarily unavailable! suuccckkkksssss!