Hi gal!

Some suggestions from me to make ur life better there! Hope it helps!

"TO KEEP WARM!"

1) Crawl into the sleepingbag. n i realli mean crawl inside. UR WHOLE BODY! Zip up the sleeping back till realli realli tight n jus engh for u to keep the air flowing while u r in the bag. Some of the guys i know actually sleep naked in the sleeping bag because the heat from ur body help keeps the air in the sleeping bag warm. Personally, i jus wore my thermal n a t-shirt b4 i crawl into the bag. takes some time to heat the bag up. after tat, it's pretty easy to take ur mind off to get to sleep.

2) Refill ur Nalgene water bottle with boiling hot water n throw them into ur sleeping bag while u sleep. It sure helps! Next morning, use the water to brush ur teeth!

3) Dun stand still! Keep moving. Even though u might be using up more energy. It helps to keep u warm and actualli sustain urself longer.

4) Rub ur hands against each other realli fast n put them round ur neck when u feel realli realli cold. It helped for me.

5) If the water is cold n u have to brush ur teeth, make it a point to leave some water in ur water bottle at the end of the day and use them to brush ur teeth instead. At least, these water is lukewarm instead of freezing cold.

6) Remember to make it a point to breathe thru ur nose. Believe all of us tend to use our mouth to breathe once in a while when ur nose gets realli cold. Hold both ur hands together n cover ur nose n mouth and breathe for some time. After tat. u shd b able to breathe thru ur nose again. Avoid breathe thru ur mouth because u lose moisture faster and tend to get sore throat pretty easily. Drink more water!

7) Throw the clothes that u wana change into the nxt morning into the sleeping bag when u sleep. It helps to warm up ur clothes over the nite and make it much much more comfortable for u to change into the next day rather than changing into clothes that are freezing cold again.

8) Avoid drinking too much water just before u sleep and drink warm water first thing in the morning. Too much water at nite results in more toilet visits throughout the nite. u'll hate crawling out of ur sleeping bag. Warm water first thing in the morning helps starts ur day in the rite temperature!

9) Try to do ur personal stuffs in the morning or in the day. Like writing diary in the morning n recall events in the previous day. Wake up earlier and bask in the warmth of the sun. Make full use of daylight. Doesnt help to use more energy (electricity) at nite while ur body is all tired out too. the cold cool nites are the best time to rest. After all, u seldom get to have the chance to get up early first thing in the morning and hear all the animals in the forest waking up with u!

10) I'm leaving u with 10 tips. The last one...u shd have access to the 10 Guide Laws by then! It helped me a lot, even till today. Esp Law 7: "A Guide has courage and is cheerful in all difficulties!" When everything could be wrong with things around u, remember it as a challenge from God to make u a stronger individual...smile!

* Pat Pat Sayang Sayang! *

i smile to myself everytime i think of the difficulties that u r going thru in the US rite now. All alone, with no close friends, having to brace thru all the difficulties all by urself. But i know the Yizhen that i know is a gal of resiliance. n she will grow like everybody when the times are tough. Singapore seldom often pple these opportunities to stretch our characters as much as when u r out and alone in other countries. Which is why i love to travel so much, esp to the outdoors. Make friends with the animals, talk to the birds and greet them morning the first thing when u wake! Dun forget the other facilitators, esp the asians. Gather strength from each other. Develop bonds that could be even stronger that with some of ur friends in Spore. After all, u r going to go thru some hard times with them together that u cant with those in spore. n keep the Guide Laws n ur Bible close to u!

I know u r going to come back as a stronger Yizhen. n dun forget to share with me all the Guiding stuffs with me back home here hor. We all miss u! Meantime, take care and enjoy!

Help me say hi! to the birds in the US!

posted by @Audrey! :)

posted by Sodium-squared @3:29 AM (LA)