Connect(ed)'08 (3-6 dec)
Sunday, December 07, 2008
Hey all! Just back from guides camp! Shall post about Beijing some time later haha.
Well, was away during Nov, so I missed all the precamp trainings. Haizz... wished i could witness those trainings and see our juniors' progress from nov til camp.
Dunno why but i usually have this really weird/ happy/ satisfied/ etc feeling right after camp... anyway here's how it went.
---Day 1---
7 am - 8am: Reported an hour earlier at 7 am to prepare stuff for camp. Though we went back on 1 dec to pack our logistics, we still had some things to settle like ensuring we had everything, preparing the classrooms to store the campers' (sec 1 and 2s) bags and stuff. The campers were told to come before 8am to put their bags, so they did :)
8am - 8.30am: Reporting and briefing. We collected the first aid kits and e-call lists too! haha I still rmb when how i had to go around searching for first aid stuff and the telephone numbers of the guiders and clinics near nygh. Then cos i could not print, I asked my PL if she could help me to. But she mixed up the reporting time and arrived later. haha.
8.30 am - 12 pm: Setting up of campsite. was kinda slow... but it picked up later. My patrol had to pitch a canvas tent which was a lot harder than a normal A-frame/ dome tent, and cos many did not come for precampt training due to overseas trip, they were pretty unfamilliar. Seniors and Sec 3s helped so they would have time for their gadget. Luckily they were pretty good at their gadgets, so they managed to complete it on time, before the mdms and seniors came to judge. They were one of the few patrols that remembered to put a poncho on it in case of wet weather ;)
12.00pm - 12.45pm: LUNCH! Though i did not do a lot, i was kinda hungry by then. haha. The food was nice! before lunch ended, shiya and i went to find ms teng to get the gym mats for an activity cos we could not get the permission of the tr before that.
12.45pm - 1.45pm: song session! Most of the sec 3s excluding the song session ics were runing around to prepare for our treasure hunt orienteering activity. Shi Ya and I were getting gym mats, but the gym was locked (quite expectedly) and miss teng said we should get the permission of the tr-i-charge before we took the mats. Thus, i was calling my gym fren if we could borrow the mats, while shiya an zeke went to check the classrooms for testwork session that was going to be held after treasure hunt so see if the comps and visualisers were working. After quite a few calls here and there, I managed to get the names of the tr-in-charges for gym but not their nos. ms teng said she's going to call the tr-in-charges first so we went to prepare for treasure hunt. Luckily, Zeke and my station did not require a lot of equipment and we set it up pretty quickly.
1.45 - 3.15 pm: treasure hunt. Well, we just waited for the patrols to come. Our activity was to retrieve part of a map that was stuck to the top of a long spar without tilting it. Meaning, it had to stay vertical. One of the patrols was rather amusing. ( i sound so mean haha) They intended to get it from the second level while a few members held it upright from the first level but the spar was to short. Then, they accidentally hit the spar on a beam of the ceiling i think and ling2 ji1 yi4 dong4, decided to rub the map off the spar using the beam. It dropped eventually, but the map dropped into a whole of the beam. One of the members had to climb onto the table to retrieve it. Though that was not the correct way we had expected them to retrieve the map, they succeeded anyway. the correct way was to hold it upright near a staircase while one of them climbs the stairs to retrieve it. sound pretty simple, but you'd have to think of it first, or quite a few other methods would have been unsuccessful. we were also only allowed to borrow one gym mat in the end.
3.15 - 5.15pm: Testwork session. Sec 3s only had to sit for axemanship practically supposedly, unless you had other testworks undone from lower sec. Surprisingly, i managed to pass although my axemanship isnt very good. phew. I took super long to chop notch deep enough into the wood. For splitting, I also had a bit of problem. in the end i had to change the piece of wood to wnother one to try. was successful in the end. haha. sawing was usually the easiest for me but during the session, i also took a pretty long time. I kept the sawn off wood like i always do haha. Then, i went to help huijun with the testwork item, topo map practical, she was holding for the sec 1s and 2s so she could go take her axemanship testwork. It was chaotic. I mean, there were like almost 20 ppl taking at the same time but only 3 maps. There were 3 parts to the test and only 1 part needed a map, but they quickly finished up the other 2 parts, so a crowed waiting for the maps formed. In the end, we had to allow 2-3 ppl to share a map although there was a chance that they could see other's answers.
5.15 - 6pm: bath time for campers, briefing time for us.
6 - 6.45pm: dinner
6.45 - 9pm: TRUST AND COURAGE! haha, the activity shiya, jingyi and i planned. Basically, shiya and i went around trying to ensure things were going on smoothly. We had to blow the whistle too to tell them that it was time to go on to the next station. It was rather "oh man..." cos the stations were too far apart so the whistle could not be heard clearly. Whistling can be rather stressful ok... you needa make sure you are on time and that everyone can hear you and all that. haha
Trust fall: cos the mat was not allowed to be dirtied and stuff, we changed our venue from the field to an indoor area. The ICs of that station were super safe. They use 2 ground sheets and folded them into more than half, so there were more than 4 layers to let the person fall on. Quite a few were scared to fall onto the ground sheet but all did :)
Newspaper stretcher: This station basically required you to make a stretcher newspapers and have one person lie on it at a time. Then, the patrol members will have to raise the stretcher and walk from one check point to the next. The person lying on the stretcher will be changed from check point to check point. For this one, most were generally having fun. Some were a lil afraid, but not as much as when they did trust fall i think. Got kinda worried when they moved too near the edges of the corridor cos they might all fall onto the flower bed below near the quadrangle. We missed out the point that the corridors might be dark cos it was at night too, so the venue might not have been too appropriate.
Obstacle course: haha i think this was the least scariest since they just needed to pass a web of twine and get blindfolded while relying on 2 sec 1s lead them through a maze.
Human ladder: For this station, they had charades first, then climb a ladder formed by having patrol members hold spars. Could see some were nervous, but they all tried :) Was a little scary when some rushed through or when some could not hold the spars firmly enough though.
9.30 - ???pm: COH. Basically talked about the camper's and sec 3s performance.
---Day 2---
Pioneering: Followed my patrol as they went from station to station. Some basic skills still have to be worked on, but they tried ;) Don't think i ve been up to standard too, especially at the river crossing station. I couldnt even teach them how to carry the structure and stuff properly... was so dangerous... the structure could have hit someone. In the end the seniors had to help a lot. Thanks a lot!
Outdoor Cooking competition: Was with the food prep :) My partrol had nice food haha. Loved the marshmallow one. But I thought some of them could be a little less harsh on ___ when she was a little blur or not sure what to do. After all, we are all learning right. She needs to put in the effort of course, but we can all still help her along. They were the last to finish due to all the things they had to prepare, but i m glad they pressed on ;) It's great to see other patrols helping them too, by lending them their pits and stuff so they could cook faster.
Craft: Wasnt at craft session since we were preparing for sports and games. After preparing, we started discuss about night trail and campfire for a while. Then, we started playing floorball. It was fun, but we should not have done that la... cos there were still quite a few things we had not prepared.
Sports and games: It was FUN! haha. loved watching the juniors play. I think they loved watching the sec 3s play with the seniors as well. haha. Was quite amusing to me at the part where we followed the floorball until we were all crowding around anthea... then she screamed. o wells. The seniors were good... haha. we got trashed 3-0. But it was all good fun.
Movie screening: werent watching with the juniors cos we were preparing for night trail. Was quite a headache trying to dress shiya up cos she had to look like mulan.haha! but we managed anyway. Linxi and i just tied plaites cos we were her attendants. I looked so xiao hai zi lol.
Night trail: hm.. my station was kinda boring la. but it was quite fun seeing the juniors coming up with ways to form a word using their bodies.
COH
---Day 3---
Batch bonding games: ANOTHER ACTIVITY SHIYA, JINGYI AND I PLANNED :)))) haha! They all had fun (hopefully!)
bottle game: I think they enjoyed this the most. It's also my favourite activity cos it needs a lot of cooperation, concentration and it is also very fun. Not all of them got it in the end but they were all quite eager to learn it ;)
broken telephone: Could have been more enthu about doing all those silly movements cos thats what makes it fun but o wells.
chain chair: Ok... it was quite scary seeing them stand up at different times and almost falling down at times. but i think they did quite well la... managed to tahan sitting on each other song after song.
human tunnel: was kinda worried when they could not hold up their own weight cos ppl were also crawling underneath and they might hurt themselves as well. Personally i think this is a rather physically challenging activity so they had to persevere. Some one got hurt by cutting herself on the quadrangle tiles. Wasnt there at that time but i heard from the station ics it was quite um... bloody. Luckily it wasnt considered a very deep cut or big cut according to peiling. This activity was changed quite a lot by the station ics cos there were some inappropriate things we planned at first. They added in a session where they shared about each others' strengths and weaknesses. Some of them seemed a lil uncomfortable talking about it as a batch and came up with things like "you are tall".Was hoping for a hear to heart talk kinda thing, but i think they are learning to open up to each other and bond :)
Wide game: Shi ya and I had to rush to our stations cos we left later due to our involvement in batch bonding games. on the mrt, we were quite shocked cos a man fainted suddenly. luckily there was an mrt staff that came to help. We alighted and went to elephant tooth relic temple. while we were waiting, we called to ask if the first station were coming. they were getting lunch first so we thought we could go get ours too. caused a lot of stress to huijun cos she did not see us when she came to check the stations. sorry! All went pretty well and the juniors were very well-behaved in the temple ;) none finished the whole activity so sense of urgency was a lil.. yea. At the end of the game, we were coming back with the last patrol that came to our station. they were late by a few minutes after much rushing but they werent the latest. I rmb last year it poured so heavily almost all of us were late.
Campfire: Quite a few crop ups. firstly the torch wouldnt light up properly, then the campfire structure could not light up properly. but everything went fine after that until it started to rain. so we had to move in and prepare the indoor campfire. Then it stopped, so we decided to move out cos we wanted the campers to have a real experience. Then thunder and lightning came, so we had to move in again. For me, it spoilt the atmosphere a bit but we managed to stay positive :) Could see the juniors put in effort into the items haha. A few awkward pauses here and there, but i think that was pretty good considering it was hard to meet up as a subcamp to prepare everything. Sang songs and and the atmosphere was pretty good :)
COH: had the normal debrief. after that, we discussed about the awards for the campers like best PL and all that. was quite hard to decide who to get what. haha.
After that, the sec 3s had an informal discussion about guiding and life while waiting for our turn to bathe. some things were kinda depressing, some were ok.... hopefully the next time we talke about this, it will be much more positive! :D
---Day 4---
Strike camp: Was running around doing random jobs and helping to prepare for water games. My patrol managed to dismantle the canvas tent too :) I think we were all working quite busily, though we overan the time frame.
washing up, area cleaning: I was helping to bring stuff up to guides room and also preparing for wide game. The juniors were cleaning the tents... which can be a tough job.
Water games: It was like an obstacle thing and then a water bomb game. I think they all had fun... even the seniors haha. Sec 3s were like splashing water at each other and i was soaked within a minute. haha. some juniors tried to hug me when i was dry too. LOL
camp debrief: I think it was a pretty good ending to our camp ;) lots of sharing of thoughts expectations for next year and cheering each other on. I liked listening to what the juniors had to say about camp. Thanks for giving us sec 3s "3 cheers" too ;)
Packing of logistics: The sec 3s and sandy stayed behind to pack up our logistics. something not too happy happend.. shall not talk about it here.
Overall, I think we all have gained a lot from this camp. for me, it was about planning an activity, trying to ensure things run smoothly, but at the same time, trying not to forget about relating to the people and showing your concern. Having a senior-junior relation based on trust, respect and warmth, and not fear and dislike. I think this camp is unique in a sense that it was quite focused on bonding nygg together, as one family, rather than just improving skills. Not saying that discipline and skills are not important, but people to people relations are also very important. It will be hard to balance all that, no doubt.... but our batch will strive to achieve this :)
I'm proud of us ;) This may not have been the best camp in nygg ever, we were a little unprepared in some areas, we made mistakes big and small, but it has certainly been the most special to me. This was our second and last camp we planned as a batch. Facing challenges, improving and learning as a batch was a great experience for me. there were parts i dint do well in, or areas i was not up to standard, but i m glad and grateful i have my batch mates with me.
I m proud of my juniors too ;) Especially when i heard their genuine reflections. Don't wanna sound mama-ish but i really think what they had learnt were not just skills, but also things like caring for each other, showing concern and supporting each other. Could see some were apologetic for not doing some things right...some were thankful.... some just felt happy to have gone for the camp... whatever it is, i think we have all learnt valuable lessons through simple, ordinary activities. They have grown closer to their batches/ patrols too :)
I have a pretty good feeling for NYGG 2009. We have a long way to go still... whether it is about improving our standards or having a more bonded NYGG, but I think connect(ed)'08 was a good headstart. Although it was held at the end of 2008, i prefer to think of it as a start ;) Hopefully, things go well :)
-----THANKS <3<3<3
Mdms: Thanks a lot for looking through our proposalsa and guiding us along all the way. There were times we didnt meet the expectations disappointed you, but thanks for giving us the chances and encouragement we needed to improve.
Seniors: Thanks for vetting our proposals! For my activities' activities, they were sandy, iris, zihui and yenjin. haha yenjin, seems like you are fated to vet my (and shiya + jingyi) proposals even after council. Sorry for sending them late and so near the camp cos i was away for 4 wks while shiya was away for 3 ><>
Campers: Thank you juniors! Thanks for your enthusiasm and cooperation. Ok.. at times you all were kinda dead and all that, but we all tried. Hopefully you guys will understand why we tend to nag at you all about things like safety and sense of urgency... sometimes even reprimanding a little. Sorry too, when I was a little blur and gave the wrong/ unclear intructions. Hope you had a fruitful time at camp
Jigsaw: Was away when you all had pre camp training, so i couldnt really help much during that period. Couldnt really vet your proposals as well. sorry for giving the wrong info too! luckily you all were alert enough to ignore that particular feedback and bought all your ingredients before the camp. phew! perhaps i couldnt really interact with you all a lot cos most of the times the sec 3s were runing around, preparing for activities... but thanks a lot for also chatting with me when we had time, like during dinner... offering me food and all that :)
Batchmates: xing ku le! Thanks for putting in so much effort into this camp and supporting each other all the time. Sometimes we did not display very good teamwork and cooperation, but i think we did try to improve on that ;) Thanks to you guys, this camp has been so memorable. I think we have grown a lot together through these few years and I think we should really treasure the kind of batch support and bondedness (ok thats not even a word but oh wells) we have ;)
Shiya: heya fellow IC! Thanks for covering my part when i was away for so long! There were times we felt a little frustrated at each other when we insisted on doing things our way, sorry! but i dun think we had any major arguments. haha. I think we did pretty well for our activities yea.
!!! NYGG. CONNECT(ED)'08 !!!
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before Global Classroom Programme
Friday, October 31, 2008
Hey all! I'm going to BEJING from 1 nov to 28 nov!
I'll probably freeze cos it'll be 0 to 10 deg celcius though.
Luckily i have like lots of warm clothes... my luggage is exploding. But oh wells, I better bring them cos i m still a lil sick. My doc gave me quite a lot of spare medicine just in case. I think i have the largest medicine box ._. Hopefully my condition won't become worst in the cold.
Away from home for 1 month... that's the longest so far i think. Never been away on my own for long. i'll miss home! Pehaps i'll to busy fighting the cold though. haha!
I'm still packing some stuff at the moment and charging my camera. Going to take lots of photos!
On the down side, I'm also kinda sad. Cos my domestic helper is going home too. She'll be leaving Singapore on 15 nov. So I won't be able to see her off :( She has been with us for like 10 years. But I should be happy for her la... cos she's going to get married :) I should say my last farewell and give her my gift before I leave tomoro.
Bye! Thanks for all the "bon voage"s and "Yi Fan Feng Shun"s! will blog when i come back ;)
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NYGG Farewell 2008
Farewell was last Friday.
It was quite a mad rush actually, cos we did not have much time to prepare after the EOYs. It turned out fine though. Both Joanne and Yun Fei could not make it so our patrol had no sec 4s to say goodbye to. Anyways, I received my new ribbons (that denote your rank) :) Patrol Leader :)
During patrol corner, we pretty much just talked amongst ourselves and Sandy's patrol since our sec 4s weren't around. Had a patrol photo too ;) Oh! I also received a Dale soft toy and a note from Rayna and Shi ting cos we were in the same patrol last year! Suat received Chuck. Their so cute! Sparrow patrol! haha was quite sad i was transferred out at the beginning of the year. oh wells, change is the only constant thing in like ;) I love Kingfisher too!
The Farewell Concert! haha we were preparing like mad during our break, but we still had stuff to do during the 15 min when the sec 4s were changing into their outfits we prepared. I practically freaking out cos the music on the ppt cant stop when I wanted it to ._. In the end I just used microsoft player.
The catwalk was quite fun haha. Seeing our sec 4s pose.woots!
Had the items by sec 1-3 too! I still feel kinda bad cos i didnt control the music properly for the sec 2 item ): The sec 1s were cute too haha. Ours was quite last-minute cos we were busy planning for Farewell. We sang "yue liang dai biao wo de xin" and "ke ai de mei gui" while holding a rose and a giant heart-shaped cookie. We baked the cookie on Thursday :) Then, we gave them all to our sec 4s. Hope they like them.
Montage. XIAO EN, XING KU LE!!!!! She was still busy with it on the day itself. Super stressed. It turned out great though. lots of photos of the sec 4s hanging out together. haha.
Next we went out to have cake. Or rather we went out, and the sec 4s had cake. The cake was super cool! it had pictures of the sec 4s on it! It was this sugar sheet thingy on the top. As we lit the candles, we sang "Thank you for the dream" and "At the beginning". It was quite emo in a sense. I dunno, just that as i watched the candles being blown out, it felt kinda weird..it sorta like signified that the time for the sec 4s running the company has just ended.
SONG SESSION! Zhaoqi and I were in charge of it. By then, we only had 15 min left instead of the original 45. So we could only choose a few. Was trying to make them emo, but they still seemed quite cheerful. So tried adding more songs.... BUT WENT OVERTIME! Miss Teng had to remind me. Oops. In the end, we sang Linger halfway cos i typed "start hugging" too early... then switched to fen xiang. We all started crying! I thought I wouldnt this year but i still did! ah wells. Started hugging the sec 4s who were also crying. I'll miss them.
When everyone started going home, we started clearing up. It was like 7 something at night, so we had to hurry. Finding all the outfits we lent was quite tough cos it was all in a pile. haha! We managed to leave at 8 something and our entire batch was like walking along the dark corridors of NYGH, then out to the bus stop.
Was quite a rush to prepare for this. But we did it :) hopefully we made this memorable for the sec 4s ;)
--Back to near past--
had our mini farewell yesterday. at first we could all make it. Then only zeke, joanne, yunfei and i could. ah wells. Glad they liked the bears. haha! We wrote designed a scarf for each bear and tied it onto its neck. cos we bought a smaller box, the bear sorta popped out when they undid the ribbon. haha!
Joanne talked to us about being sec 4s and wished us all the best. Had a nice chat with the sec 4s. We pretty much talked about going to JC and being a sec 4 in NYGG. I feel a little more prepared now i think ;) There's still so much to learn, but as a batch, we'll make it!
--TODAY!--
met in the morning to have patrol photo, but yunfei and pingzhen were missing. Joanne gave us notes too! :)
Later, I also passed Kingfisher's gift to Kendra cos she wasnt around during Farewell either. Made Yen Jin's, Rayna's and Shi ting's too. Too bad they already left when I wanted to give them their presents. Had to ask geok ting to help me pass them to them. Thanks!
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Post exams
Monday, October 20, 2008
Things to do:GET WELL (ASAP)
Go to the doctor to get 2 more jabs (By this week)
Guides Farewell (20 Oct)
- Farewell presents
- Prepare Songs
- Batch item
- etc
China Trip (1 Nov - 28 Nov)
- Winter stuff
- Handbook stuff
- Get whatever I need
- Medicine kit
- Pack luggage
-Group item
Room-moving (?)
- Pack things
- Get rid of unwanted stuff
Guides Annual Training Camp (3 Dec - 6 Dec)
- Plan/ give ideas
- Try to contribute as much as possible since I'll be away for a month
Things I look forward to:
Farewell (gonna be sad but we'll make it memorable for the sec 4s)
China Trip (likely to freeze to death but i'll have fun)
Guides Annual Training Camp (Sec 3s planning... yeah!)
Batch outing (when chinwen comes back!)
Patrol outing (can suggest one haha)
rawr... stupid cough won't go away
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EOYs
Saturday, October 11, 2008
4 more days to freedom :)
but what a great time to get fever. -_- Got no idea how i got it.
anyways, at the moment, I am studying for chemistry. Plus I have this ice pack and wet towel tied to my forehead with a scarf, so i can sit up to study without the ice pack and towel dropping down. LOL. "Like some ninja", said my lil sis. Can't really see the words that well with the towel half covering my eyes. Ah wells.
Couldnt go to the doctor cos it wasn't open.... going tomorrow. Hopefully I'll be better by monday so i can actually think during the exams >.<
2 more subjects!
38.4 degree celsius. rawr
It's going down ;)
just realised this is a very fragmented post. Shall go back to my revision.
jiayou everyone! and thanks for wishing me luck too!
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teachers' day 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Had teachers' day celebrations on fri!
Had quite a lot of fun during the class party... haha.
Oh and the performances. I loved the Go Green fashion parade when the parents support group created awesome costumes out of recycled material. the presentation of the teachers' awards were hilarious too :) especially miss soh's posing. Haha... Mr. Lim, being Mr. Charming carried her up on stage, then she sat on the desk and started posing. After that, she had to pose on the chair, and gestured Mr. Chia to go over there before she started posing. haha. Finally, she went to receive her Ms. Charming award. Went about giving teachers their teachers' day presents:)
Finally, i went back to pcps. quite a few 6b ppl were there already, but we waited for more ppl to come before we went to look for teachers. I managed to sell 4 notebooks (the animal cruelty ones) too! Thanks bob, jingyao and kiatlong! Bob bought 2 haha :)
When around 12 of us were here, we decided to go look for mdm aida who was in the hall. Kind of sad she's leaving singapore as her husband was posted to Germany to work. But she said she'll tell us if she comes back to visit from time to time. Took photos too :)
Met feng lao shi next. Haha, couldn't rmb our names... just our looks. We were chased back to the canteen though... cos we weren't suppose to go upstairs.
Then we went to tpy central to have lunch. like... 14 of us? lol... biggest gathering since p6.... unplanned some more.... the other time at Escape, we only had 10 ppl. cos the bus stop was kinda full, we decided to just walk there. When we reached, we were like discussing where to eat and all that... and decided to just get wateva we wanna eat and meet back at the open space. But in the end, we just went to Mac to eat. boys sat with boys, girls sat with girls haha. We (girls) just chatted and stuff.
After lunch we all left and zoe, wai tiem, hazel and I went to hazel's house. did math haha.
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founder's day parade
haha... pretty late to post about it now... but founder's day parade was pretty good. Some mistakes here and there, but it's ok... we did put in our effort. GREAT JOB XIAO EN!! Really impressed you managed to command so well despite having a not-so-healthy throat that day :)
Love this year's parade. Lots of thanks to the FCs' boldness to try something new :) SJ and NPCC marching out from 2 sides than in between each other... flag bearers slow marching.... GOH impeding (sp?) as we marching out... haha, i enjoyed doing it :)
oya... and thanks to the drummers from concert band!
It'll be another 3 years before NYGG becomes GOH again but i won't be able to see it... luckily all of us managed to make year's a memorable and unique one :)
NYGG NPCC SJAB <3
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national day
Monday, August 11, 2008
So national day was on saturday :)
Well, I didnt really watch the parade cos i was too engrossed to Breaking Dawn... oh wells, I caught the marching in part though.
I dunno, watching them march this year was different from previous years. In Sec 1, footdrill was like tiring and dull. In Sec 2, after fancy footdrill, and thinking day parade, it was ok, but footdrill sessions were not exactly something I looked forward to.This year, with another round of Thinking Day parade, footdrill comander selections, Founder's Day parade preparation... I dunno.. just had this feeling of awe when I watched them march. Many people may think that this is the dullest and most uninteresting part of the NDP, but any UG person will understand the effort, teamwork and discipline needed to do that.... the marching, standing, formations... all the details like looking up at the same degree, jerking of arms at the same degree, hentaking at the same degree... etc. It's really not easy.
Well, perhaps cos we have been practising for Founder's Day parade, and I also got to witness the amount of effort our new footdrill commanders, my batchmates, put into this parade. Amount of determination by the sec 2s, as well sec 3s. Things we had to deal with like the sun practically toasting you... trying to beat the weather and practice as much as possible before it pours.... trying not to disturb the dsa interviews... trying to standardise all the stamps/ turning/ marching/ etc amongst all 3 UGs. Some ppl think it is useless, that we will not be doing footdrill once we leave sec sch anyway... but that's just on the superficial level. There's so much you will learn and experience through 4 years of it... at different stages - from picking up new commands, getting a hang out of it, to teaching commands to your juniors... willing yourself to stay focused, encouraging your batchmates, to encouraging your juniors.... only caring about how tired you are, looking out for your batchmates, to taking care of your juniors... I mean, it's not just about the skills.
Anyways... founder's day parade is in like... 4 days. We will all make it yea! With our new formations and practices, we'll do nygg proud, we'll show what UGs are made of.
On 15 Aug, guides, npcc, st john's. We'll stand as one UG :)
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tests after block tests
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Perfectionism Test
Overall results
45
According to this test, you appear to be a healthy perfectionist. The goals you set for yourself and others are generally quite reasonable. By setting the bar high but still within reach, you allow yourself and others a sense of pride after a job well done. You are well-aware that although striving for absolute perfection may seem like a noble goal, it is one that neither you, nor anyone else, will ever be able to achieve.
Extroversion
50
You scored somewhere in the middle between introversion and extroversion, which means that you draw characteristics from both ends of the spectrum. Sometimes, you need time to yourself, preferring to think things through on your own. Other times, you enjoy interacting with others. Overall, you are likely a fairly outgoing person who occasionally opts for solitude. You likely need a balance of alone time and time with others in your life because you can become a little overwhelmed if you ignore the introverted side of yourself.
Pattern test
Servizi riservati agli psicoterapeuti registrati nelle Pagine Blu (the pattern I chose)
Introspective Sensitive Reflective
You come to grips more frequently and thoroughly with yourself and your environment than do most people. You detest superficiality; you'd rather be alone than have to suffer through small talk. But your relationships with your friends are very strong, which gives you the inner tranquility and harmony that you require. You do not mind being alone for extended periods of time; you rarely become bored.
Colour Quiz (just picked colours)
Present situation
Imaginative and sensitive; seeking an outlet for these qualities--especially in the company of someone equally sensitive. Interest and enthusiasm are readily aroused by the unusual or the adventurous.
Stress Source
Wants to overcome a feeling of emptiness and to bridge the gap which she feels separates herself from others. Anxious to experience life in all its aspects, to explore all its possibilities, and to live it to the fullest. She therefore resents any restriction or limitation being imposed on her and insists on being free and unhampered.
Desired objective
Strives for a life rich in activity and experience, and for a close bond emotional fulfillment
Restrained characteristics
Feels that she cannot do much about her existing problems and difficulties and that she must make the best of things as they are.
Actual Problem
Fights against restriction or limitation, and insists on developing freely as a result of her own efforts.
The fear that she might be prevented from achieving the things she wants leads her to play her part with an urgent and hectic intensity.
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FC selection
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Had footdrill commander selection on fri :)
Ok... i was like freaking out cos i m not very good at my own footdrill... let alone teach the juniors.
Anyway, for the first round, we were suppose to command our own batch. When it came to my turn, it was quite ok at first, until i had to do BELOH. I wanted to say "squad, dari kiri, kiri beloh". THEN, I said "squad, dari kanan, kanan beloh" LOL. Then they were quite confused and turned towards the grass patch beside the podium. THEN I didnt know how to turn them out! o man... thinking of it, it's quite hilarious.
Amazingly i made it through round 1 and got into round 2 with 12 others. Rayna told me to teach the sec 2s BELOH. In my mind i was like "AHHH...o man...". I was like explaining wat beloh was for then some how i forgot how to say "inner most" or "outer most". I was like "most..in..umm..in.. inner most column". It was the sec 2s' first time doing this command and i was pretty impress that they managed to do it the first time I said the command. Well, maybe it was also because there were some sec 3s in the squad. But still, I think the sec 2s were very supportive. They said i did pretty well (during the water break) :D Well, I guess they didnt realize the mistakes i made.
Round 3, ok... I was really surprised I made it through. I did hope to go into round 3, but i didnt expect to. Erm.. I think I screwed up this round. It was testing our own footdrill skills... my bangs werent solid and stuff... but amanda was very nice la. she said "good job" in the end. Apparently, they had a hard time choosing 5 out of the 8 of us in this round. there were like bonuses like shouting out our names as loud as possible. Hui er was like "HUIEERRRRR". haha quite funny.
After that round, they told us to have water break until they called us. they sat in a circle to discuss and we sat in a circle away from them. We starting to go high and cheered V-Bom and sang songs. Took pictures too.
So... the new FCs are... XIAO EN, CHIN WEN, LING XIN, HUI ER, SARAH! Haha, XIAO EN is CHIEF COMMANDER!
congrats everyone! Let's all jiayou for NDP!!!
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FC selection
Thursday, July 10, 2008
AHHHHH!!!
Footdrill commander selection tomoro... JIAYOU everyone!
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NYSC June Camp
Friday, June 20, 2008
June camp (for student council) ended on 14 june, but the journey has not ended.
During the camp, we had a workshop regarding our personality an i turn out to be water-earth. Shall not go into detail about all activities as they aren't the point. It's not about all the PT and stuff. Really. It's what you gained from these activities.
Sure, I was disappointed with my performance during some activities, and was also demoralised at some points, but since what's done has been done, I shall not dwell over it. PT was tough for me and i did tried to do what I could. I'm not sure whether it was my best but I do feel very grateful to all those who helped me through the PT. Communication... speaking up....the on going problems for me. I. must. improve. on. that. Alertness too. On a lighter note, I do feel closer to NYSC now, but of course, there's still room for more. I want more passion for nysc... more more more!
Ok, this post is rather incoherent, but I don't really know how to pen down how I feel inside about nysc june camp.
I know I felt demoralised when people told me to stop slacking as I knew I was trying, but wasnt too sure if it was really by best. Especially for twinkies and circlies when my arms just refused to listen to me. I felt guilty too, when I could not recite the council pledge properly, and also delayed the entire batch because of that. I felt embarrassed, when I could not memorise the number codes on my cards and hindered the progress of the entire batch. Sometimes, I even felt frustrated when I get scolded and stuff... even if I should not feel that way. But in the end, I felt more bonded to my batch and I do feel stronger. Not really physically, but also mentally and emotionally.
I will remember this camp as the one that really challenged me physically, mentally and emotionally. The first camp that I cried at. The camp that bonded our batch.... the list goes on. But I guess this camp was to prepare us for our next council term, when new juniors come in.
Ah wells. I shall talk about sth amusing. The day after camp ended, I woke up aching a lot. I wasnt really awake, but I thought someone told me to go into crunches position. So I did! I was in crunches postition on my bed for a while until the muscle pain woke me up a lil more and I thought, "why am I doing this on my bed?"
anyways... shall end of with...
PASS!ON: PASS IT ON
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BSP
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Yo!
My ultra late post on bsp camp that happened on.... the first wk of hols. Right.
Anyway, bsp camp was a mixture of real fun and er.... not so fun. The lectures were informative, but I dun think much went in la. Owells. Besides lectures there were games and stuff for us to make friends with students from other schools.
First up were ice-breaking games. We played this straw-and-rubberband game where my group had to stand in a circle and pass rubberbands with a straw we held with our mouths. If you dropped the rubberband, the straw will be cut into half. Btw, we had to stand beside a person of a different gender. So ya...it was quite amusing when one of the guys dropped it. Then we had blow wind blow. Forfeits included pole-dancing, chicken dance, 50 commandos, asking for phone numbers from people of the different gender.... o yes... and also proposing to a person of a different gender. LOL
After lectures we had a flag and cheer-making session. My group was called 朝光. Haha, we got this name by each writing a word on a piece of paper and then crumpled it to have a lucky draw. the first two words did not make sense so we opend another one, and another one... until all were opened -_- So these 2 words were the ones that made the most sense. The cheer was written by the guys and the flag by the girls and 2 guys. Finally we finished up :)
Lectures.... then games at night. Was kinda fun just that there was always this gender divide and the guys stuck with guys, girls with girls. First we had this relay thing where we had to do tasks like turning in circles with our flagpole, hoola-hooping, throwing balls.... then a spider web game where we had to pass through a web made of string without touching the string. Then, we went out of the hall and to a netball court where we had to stand on chairs arranged in a line and pass water with a cup held with our mouths. We lined up according to height and obviously i was at the end of the line -_- Next was having to thread a string through our clothes so that we were all "connected", then pass rubberbands using the string.
Later at night, we practiced our item ;) I forgot most of the steps but oh wells managed to revise a little. I just found out that linxi is afraid of the dark. Haha, it's ok linxi.
Next day we had lectures, then preparation for our item. Both for group and school. Our group item had no direction at first but it slowly took shape. The storyline for the final item was not exactly very coherent but nvm.
The storyline goes like this:
A mixed-blood girl is ostrasised by 2 "bimbos" (although they were not actually like bimbos) and 4 nice ppl called the fantastic 4 comes to console her. then we move out a table and make beats while singing to cheer her up. then we will do our group cheer and make beats at the same time. Then it will end.
At night, for the actual performance, we kinda screwed up our group item as we did not repeat our cheer to do the second beat. oh wells. Truth is i didnt coordinate very well with my stamping and cheering then suddenly after the second round we stopped. I look back and saw yc's surprised face but then ys started to shout "wo men shi zhao guang" or sth like that to end. so we just ended.
Then it was the school items. First up was RV if i dint rmb wrongly. They did their mass dance and there was one part we were supposed to do some sorta wave with them but i dun think anyone did. Dunman sang. HCI did this song cum skit thing that started of with "dui mian de nu hai" and two guys started to dance to "luo mi o yu zhu ying tai". Then another guy came to like pull the supposedly "girl" away from the guy but them they ran back together. The song changed to a more upbeat song and they did a dance.
We were the last ones. First was the more "emo" one. The group led by lingkai danced to "apologise". In the mean time our group was in the side stage trying to figure out when we are supposed to go out. There was once they had a pause and I thought we had to go, but then they continued. phew. I almost wanted to run out. When it was our turn, the music could not play. haha. we sorta stoned there for a while until "wu niang" sounded. But then... it was the wrong version, so we made a few mistakes here and there. Then we sang the chorus of "fen xiang".
After all the performances, we had this party thing and we ran all around the hall in lines holding hands. Really like giant snakes haha. I was running like mad la. Then there was this break dance battle between a few guys and we started to form a circle around them. My view was really blocked (expected...) but I managed to get up a chair to watch. But then.... they ended soon after. oh wells, it was cool ;) I think the teachers were really worried for our safety when we were running and standing on chairs (lingyi stood on 6 chairs...lol).
On the last day, we had a montage and photo-taking :)
Videos from youtube :)
RV's item
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8XuTJAhQyo
Dunman's item
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02QxLUrH330
Hwa Chong's item
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJSts35rUR8
Nanyang's item
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsS5xm6B9sc
Organizing Team's item
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOCyCP7XU80
Yep. Overall I had a lot of fun, especially on the performance night :)
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LTC'08 16-18 May
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Hello
back from guides LTC. Did most of the stuff we usually did during CCA sessions :)
I think I am kinda disappointed in myself for not performing as well as I planned to. super slanted ladder.... 15 min e-shelter.... etc. My skills are seriously not up to par :( But I'll try. Jiayou!
On friday, the sec 4s and Miss Teng got pretty upset with the way nygg performed during the CCA session. Though I am not too sure what exactly happened as the sec 3s were all at botanical gardens for the wide game, I think we all had the responbility.
Respect.
Sense of urgency.
Skills.
I mean... these are stuff that has been emphasized on for as long as I can remember, but they are all going down at a pretty fast rate. The way we upsetted our sec 4s.... it's really unacceptable.
We must all jiayou ok Sec 3s!
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before LTC camp :)
Friday, May 16, 2008
Yay... going for camp until sunday :)
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birthday wishes
Monday, May 12, 2008
Thank you all for your birthday wishes!
Jing Yao :)
Colin :)
Fang Qi :)
Yimeng :)
Sarah :)
Xiao En :)
June :)
Linxi :)
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Happy Birthday to me :)
Sunday, May 11, 2008
YOURS TRULY HAS FINALLY TURNED 15!!!!!!!!!!
Haha, had a pretty good time this weekend. Had dinner with my family and had cake :) Didnt bring a cake to school like last year, cos everyone is so busy and everything. So it's much quieter. Stella remembered though, and gave me presents (a key chain and a glitter globe). Thanks a lot! Mum bought me a wallet and my eld sis gave me a musical box :) Thanks daniel for the birhday wish :)
Kinda special my birthday falls on mothers' day this year. Lots of love Mummy!
I bought a bag for my mum with my lil sis. Hope she likes it. I gave myself a present too... which was 10 hours of sleep on Fri! Haha. I probably will have to sleep less to finish up my work now, but nvm.
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...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Ok... I was overly emo when writing the previous post. Happens when I'm tired and meet setbacks at the same time. haha. I shall stay happy :)
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Life... or the lack of it
Saturday, May 03, 2008
It's been sometime since i last posted. My ankles quite fine by the way...
Kinda stressed i think. My life is kinda in a mess... well not really wrecked up by some major event.... but it feels like it's being controlled by deadlines, work and stuff. I know it's something i have to deal with by managing my time, but it seems like a very long time since I actually had time to spend a day with my family. Not that i work none stop, i still do have leisure time during the weekends to read a bit or watch tv. Just that, i find that i keep thinking about the stuff i need to do every now and then, worry about something and stuff like that.
I know it's my responsibility to complete my work and do it well, but it's quite hard too. Sometimes I really just wanna put everything down and spend time with the people around me. I mean, i know friends who are having a hard time as well, and I want to be there for them. My lil sis also needs help with her work, but I can only teach her when I have time.... but she's having her PSLE this year. How much time does she have?
Some how I feel kinda isolated sometimes. And maybe selfish? I dunno. Maybe I'm just tired. Or a lil disappointed I'm not really in anyone's world, or that I don't really have a very close-nitted group of friends. Disappointed with my results. Disappointed with my performance in pretty much every aspect in life. Screwed up academics, Think Tank, role as a sec 3 in guides... I'm not a very good student, friend, sister, leader... I rmb starting off the year wanting to improve. Seems like im deteriorating in everything.
Well, I guess I really can't complain. I'm not working as hard as some others or facing as much as others. Problem lies with time management skills. Maybe everything will improve once i get that right.
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Chinese doc
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Went to another chinese doc today and she said something (i dunno wat it is in english) shifted in my foot. so started like pressing it against the table i was lying on at diff angles, then pulled it to make give a "crack". But my ankle was kinda stiff... so cant crack... partially bcos i was a lil tensed. Anyway, she started poking it with something then did the cup-sucking thing that i think was supposed to let the blood circulate. Then another doc came in to help make my ankle "crack". It did this time... quite softly. I need to go back on mon and it will take about 2 weeks to let my ankle go back to original size.
Though injuring my ankle is totally &*%$#%$# but i am grateful for all the care shown by my friends. :) Shall look at the bright side. I mean, every few steps (or limps), a fellow council mate/cca mate/classmate/friend will see me and I ask if i m managing fine... offer to help.... say, "get well soon"... and all that. Zexin even offered to carry me when we were going for general meeting...haha. There's also louisa who did patrol duty without me... claire who helped me when i just got hurt... xiaoen for accompanying me and always brightening up my day... peiling.. for helping me to buy a sandwich after cca... joanne for like reminding me what not to do like picking twigs (haha)... an-ning for smsing me to tell me to take care....my classmates for helping me to get from the classroom to the heritage corner and then back again... miss chia who told me to take care too... another teacher who offered to send me home...and everyone else :)
I mean... it's not being the centre of attraction... but sometimes you get too caught up with all your work, you don't quite notice the numerous ppl around you. Sometimes it really takes something bad to remind you of what are actually the more important things in life. That's when you will learn to treasure them even more.
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ankle post
Friday, April 18, 2008
My ankle is swollen like some ba4 zhang3. I took off the bandages though.... doesnt really hurt that much
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Think Tank 1
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Today was the first meeting of think tank.... I think I did pretty badly though.... my senior did and teacher did a lot of the talking. I think I shld have been sharper in terms of listening to the what the student leaders were saying and I tried to veer them to the right track if they were a little off point. I'll try to do better the next meeting. I hope the seniors are not too crossed though...
Then, after school, I went to touch up on the fundraising proposal with Wang Qian. We were happily chatting as we walked down the stairs... and then I missed and step and fell. I heard a pretty loud crack and I could not walk properly. It was painful but didn't feel too bad.Went to have something to eat and miss chia saw me. Well, sorta chat a lil and she got to know about my ankle... said it was definately a sprain. I didn't know before that... being the goondu I am.
Hobbled my way to the bus stop and met claire. She helped me to the bus stop before leaving :) I met Xiao en too... at the McRitchie bus stop and came with me to the chinese doctor I call auntie... knew her since i was very young. She said it was not too serious and I didnt hurt my bone. So she sprayed some medicine on and bandaged it. Gave me some pills too.
Then xiao en walked me home and i let her come in. I think she is amazed by my messiness... haha.
Owells, thank you claire and xiao en :)
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revival of dead blog
Friday, April 11, 2008
Yoho!
Last few weeks were rather filled with stuff to do... like council proposals. Haizz... speaking about this, I feel bad for causing my seniors to lose sleep cos the proposal my partner and I did was not good. So we were like rushing to meet the deadline... and the seniors kept vetting to make sure it was fine. Thank you seniors.
On a brighter note... guides leadership training camp :) I am in the Admin comm. I'm quite excited about this camp... cos we'll be organinsing as well as participating in this camp. We'll be going to camp christine too. More proposals to be done... but it will all be worth it :)
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OBS pics
Friday, March 14, 2008
Some pictures from OBS :)
Livingstone's fun shot
Livingstone
Some 304-ers on the way to Pulau Ubin
My tent mates
me, Beverly
Zhiting, me, Jiayun
Waiting for the boat back home
Where we practiced kayaking
One of our campsites
The jetty
Shall write about what I did another time.... cya :)
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nygg go :)
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
So thinking day is over. frankly speaking i was not really as satisfied with our performance for the parade this year as last year... but nvm.... we all tried our best :) That's the nygg SPIRIT! There's still a long way to go... parade's just the start.
I quite like this year's theme for Girl Guides Singapore:
Discover You Potential: Every Guide, A Leader
Let's strive towards this kks? I kinda look forward to the rest of the year.... as a sec 3 guide, as a councillor. It'll definately be much more challenging... but i'll learn a lot. I wanna spread the SPIRIT :):):) I must have the strong spirit in the first place though... lately ive been in the sian attitide..... must pull myself together. ROAR... haha.... hope i'll have a new and improved attitude when I go through OBS. Lots of challenges for me this year... don't you think? I must learn to embrace challenges and not be afraid to make mistakes.... shall learn to keep my spirits UP :)
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Thinking Day Rally
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Hiya.... back from Thinking Day Rally. Nanyang received a Gold and Bronze award for the PNA award. Great job dears :) lets strive to do even better in the coming year. Pei Chun Brownies received a Gold too :)
Stepping into the indoor stadium for TDR again this year brought back memories. Yup.... our thinking day item- fancy footdrill. Well, the items diff schools performed last year were part of the pageant for Girl Guide's Singapore's 90th anniversary. It's not a beauty contest ok... anyway... I miss pageant like mad. All the batch drills, dancing, cracking our brains to choreograph the entire thing, bonding, practices before school, during lunch and after school.... Though it was really a busy period for those 2 months, I certainly enjoyed it. Our hard work paid off in the end too :) I still rmb the sec 3s last year helping us and guiding us.... if there were a chance, I would have done it all over again. Well, I m kinda disappointed that we did not manage to get a video of the actual performance though. however, it may be precisely bcos of that, I treasure this memory even more.
I read the entry about pageant that I posted a year ago. Haha.... I now recall how nervous and excited I felt before the performance.... how satisefied I felt when it was completed.... how proud I felt when we received those encouraging comments from the the rest of NYGG. This may be one of the highlights of my years in Girl Guides.
Lately I've been kinda lethargic and not really having the kind of driving force I had just a year ago. all that rushing to lunch drills and practices and all that last year.... it was hectic, but I loved it. i think i need to find that kind of feeling and bring it back to me.... now that i m in sec 3, with council stuff added to what I already have. I need that passion. I pretty sure I have it.... I just needa bring it out. Yup :)
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Thinking Day Parade and Investiture
Friday, February 22, 2008
What an eventful day - Thinking Day Parade plus Investiture. Today sorta zoomed by in a blur... everything was happening so fast. With a blink of an eye the events that I had been preparing for for about 2 months have ended. Well, this was how it went...
Thinking Day :)
Reached school dark and early at 6.20 am. We had our uniform check and our very last rehearsal. For some reason I became quite nervous right before the actual parade, but it became quite all right after I started marching. I made some coordination mistakes though...argh. O swells. We did the flag raising ceremony and had a Thinking Day speech. Shi Ting also announced that we had received a gold and bronze award for each of our company. Amanda led us in renewing our Promise. I actually felt proud as I said the Promise:) Then, we started to march off and quite funnily, one of the male teachers started to cheer and clap really loudly so the whole school followed. Haha... I had to suppress my smile. It was quite different from last year though... last year was much more solemn and everyone was very quiet. Anyway, before I knew it, we completed the entire parade. I felt a mixture of relief, joy, a lil bit of embarrassment (cos of the mistakes).... owells, it's quite hard to explain but I still find it quite hard to believe that it is over. After assembly, we carried out our tradition. We had our PHOTOTAKING!!!!! haha, it was really fun. We went to the middle of the quadrangle after that and cheered the v-bom cheer. haha.
Thanks for wishing Linxi and me a happy thinking day miss chia! haha. I actually wanted to wish all the guides a happy thinking day when i meet them around school but i was too busy with investititure. Nvm, we'll be goin to the indoor stadium tomorrow for our THINKING DAY RALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To all my dear cca mates... HAPPY THINKING DAY!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!! Lets strive for the best for the rest of the year kks. To the sec 2s, I hope you had a memorable time (including footdrill practices, rehearsals and the actual parade) since this is the first parade you have every had as a Nanyang Guide. Have a good rest!
Investiture.
Pei Shan and I chionged to change into our formal u. I took quite a long time cos i was in my guides full u. when my classmates saw me in my formal u, they went "woah" just to tease me. owells. anyways, we had our rehearsal and I still made a mistake cos i used my left leg to step back after receiving my badge. Haizz... maybe cos i m so used to footdrill-style.... always start with left leg most of the time. During the break, i had to chiong and try to print one of the labels for the seats cos some how it was left out. Then, the stupid printer at the library did not want to print. so i wasted my time and was also late for the practise. Luckily I was not assigned a duty when the people started to arrive so i could go to the comp lab to print. I was quite flustered cos after printing, i went to fix my shoes that was too loose. My shoe was stuffed with tissue paper but it kept compressing and became hard. so it was kinda painful. Anyway, I used a socks to replace the tissue paper... then the shoes became very tight.... had to bear with it cos there was not enough time. Saw my mummy outside the audi and led her in. haha. thats not even ushering. At 12.45, being the sotong i am... i went to the wrong entrance to get ready for the walking in. luckily i realised it and went to the right one.
So it all started with the walking in (i almost lost balance but luckily i didnt fall). My heart was thumping ok.... cos i was kinda afraid i might make some stupid mistake like bowing or sitting at the wrong time. it turned out qutie fine except I used my left leg to step back AGAIN even though i reminded myself as i was walking to the principal. guess i sorta blanked out after receiving the badge. I like Claire's speech. It's quite funny but i had to suppress my laughter and just smile without my teeth. Anyway, after that, we held a school tour for the schools that came. Then it was PHOTO TAKING. haha. there were formal photos and fun shots for council photo and comittee photo. Then it was clearing up and also congratulating each other.
The sotongish event
well, after investiture, I forgot to hand in my physics ws, so my dad drived back half way as we were heading home so I could put it in my teacher's pigeonhole. Thanks dad.
GREAT BIG THANK YOU to...
the AV CLUB
I didnt do too well in informing you guys about the rehearsals and all that so some stuff was quite rushed. Still, you guys did a great job with the lightings and all that. Thanks a lot!!!
ALL MY CLASSMATES/FRIENDS/GUIDES
thanks for all the encouragement, all the "jiayou!", all the support. You guys really made my day. Also, thanks for the concern you showed me when i was kinda worn out on some days. I'll also try to make up for the work i did not manage to do (I neglected my IH seminar which is on next thur) ok?
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contact lenses
Friday, February 15, 2008
Yoho.... just back from AMK hub. Finally went to take my lenses with my sis and learnt how to wear them. I think i took longer than her to put on and take out cos she managed to do that with her 1st try. I took about 20 min. My left eye seems to be easier to handle as compared to my right one... just like my sis. Anyway, I received a free spectacle case for my specs which looks quite heavy-duty and cool... haha. I m still getting use to my contacts though... feels a lil weird. I take forever to take them out too.
Well, here' s how i learnt to wear them...
i was taught to use my left index finger to pull up my upper eyelid the pull down the lower eyelid with my left middle finger. Then, with the contact lens on my right index finger, i needa place it onto my eye.... and my eye kept blinking like mad and tears flowed. super funny. anyway, i managed to put the lenses on. taking out was harder for me cos i could not "pinch" the lenses out. I succeeded in putting them on my first try with my left eye, and the 2nd or 3rd for my right. taking out took a lil longer though. and i was tearing like mad... but nvm.
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not again...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
o man... my cough is coming back again.....
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Back to school
Monday, February 11, 2008
Hiya, i m back in school after a nice long cny break :) I've recovered too.... thanks for all the concern you guys.... I just phlegm left but i m not coughing anymore. I've unbanned myself from the cny stuff too... in moderate amounts of course.
Though I had quite a few days for cny break... I still feel kinda tired after the first day... o wells. THINKING DAY PARADE IS ON NEXT FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! INVESTITURE IS ALSO ON NEXT FRIDAY!!!!!!!!!!!! JIAYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Friday, February 08, 2008
HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR !!!
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Early Bronchitis?
Saturday, February 02, 2008
Heya.... I finally know why my cough has not been getting any better since last week. Previously, when it was quite mild my doctor diagnosed it as a normal common cough. but then... it got worse and my mum brought me to another doctor. Then the doc said i had contracted some bug that causes early bronchitis. But the mild type. That's y the earlier medicine didnt work. She said i contracted it because of low immune system that may be caused by not enough sleep and stress.... so i must slp more.
Here comes the sad part.... i m banned from all cny snacks and cold drinks.... only can take warm water.... no fruits. owells.... if un-ban myself when i m still sick... my condition will get worse. So those with low immune systems... please try not to come near me.... i dun want to infect the you and ruin your CNY.
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Happy Birthday :)
Monday, January 28, 2008
Happy Birthday AMELIA!!!
haha, I think we scared amelia quite a bit cos of SWC's evil plan. hehe.
this is our rough but evil plan...
I will inform Amelia during the weekends about meeting the seniors on Monday, 28 Jan 2008 at 8 am (canteen). But I think we should come about 10-15 min earlier to hide and in case she comes early.
Me: Hello Amelia. Umm, the seniors asked me to inform you that they want to meet you on Monday at 8am. I'm not sure what it is about... but I think they not very happy leh.
Mon, 28 Jan, 8am
Seniors will be there a little earlier at the canteen and occupy one side of a table.
Juniors will be hiding nearby with the presents and cake
*When Amelia comes, seniors will act stern.
Seniors (in a serious tone): Hello Amelia, sit down (she will be at the other side of the table). Do you know why we want to meet you
Amelia: No...Seniors: Do you remember what you did?
Amelia: No...Seniors: Really?
Amelia: Yes...Seniors: Then do you know what day it is today
Amelia: ...
Juniors sneak from behind Amelia with present and the cake.
Everyone: Happy Birthday to you... Then we'll all sing the birthday song, eat the cake and give her the presents.
* Kelly will go and buy a small chocolate cake during the weekends. Our budget is at most $15. Rmb to make sure it has a knife and 15 candles :)
* I will bring forks, serviettes, a lighter and a camera
That was what happened today roughly. In the morning I was pretty excited... haha. What the seniors said was much different and longer though. The dialoque between Amelia and the seniors was imagined cos I didn't get to hear them. We (the juniors) were hiding behind a concrete part of the stairs as we prepared the cake while the seniors "questioned" her. The seniors were trying not to grin though Amelia said Yen Jin was very convincing. Anyway, glad we managed to give her a surprise. haha. Happy Birthday!!!
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stay strong
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
I shall stay strong and not give up
repeat after me...
I shall stay strong and not give up
I just realised I have been making Sec 3 life seem as if I were going to war. Have I really thought about those who do not even have the chance to study, or have to worry about their daily necessities. What about those who face even more stress and competition than me? I have a roof over my head, enough to eat, a computer, internet access, great friends and batchmates, people who will listen to me while I ramble on, people who care. I am considered luckier than many others already. I guess as a Sec 3 student, I really ought to think about stuff going on around me and not have my world revolve around me. After all, it has always been revolving around me for more than 14 years. i think I haven't really done as much as I would have liked to for my class, cca and SC. Maybe I'm still adapting. I hope I'll do better from now onwards, especially since the sec 1s will be having their first cca session with us this Fri. I should, will, be friendly and enthusiastic and not be lethargic like the past few days. Sometimes I really envy those who never fail to bring humour and laughter into other people's lives even when they are also tired themselves.
Well, today's outdoor cooking was good and it felt quite different cos only the Sec 3s were doing the outdoor cooking. It's great we managed to come down as an entire batch to organize and execute this session. I think the China people also had a good time. I feel kinda embarrased though.... cos I didn't cook very well and they did most of the cooking. The food turned out quite nice, especially the banana chocolate creation we did.
That's all for now. It's funny how I blog more when I'm busier. Guess blogging was just a trend I followed last time, but a need nowadays. Shall make this some sort of a reflecting and recording medium.
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Monday Stuff
Monday, January 21, 2008
Hiya, today was prety much the same as any other Monday.... chiong homework.... etc. I like Mondays a lil more now cos we start school and hour late...haha. I spent that hour doing math in school. I still get a bit of Monday blues though, in contrast to last year.
I enjoyed today's assembly actually. A doctor who lives in China came back to Singapore to share his experiences as a doctor in the rural areas of China. Though he lives in the city, I think he goes to the villages frequently to provide medical aid. I really got to know more about the living conditions there and how the economy gap is getting wider. He also talked about "tree leaf line" adn about learning from the farmers.
Anyway, went for the scholar induction after school. Basically, we had activities for the scholars and new students so that we could get to know each other. They were quite open already though, since they stay in the boarding school together.
Yay... tomoro's outdoor cooking and we'll be preparing food for the visitors from Shenyang. I'll also be starting on my first BSP lecture tomoro.... oya, there's also phototaking for Comm pic :)
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7th layout
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Hiya, changed my blogskin cos the previous one (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) was way too old. haha. Anyways, I'm kinda busy these days actually. With school work and all that. I MUST IMPROVE ON MY FOOTDRILL. made a lot of stupid mistakes and didnt take lunch, so I found iit quite hard to lock my arms. must jia you.
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piano exam score
Monday, January 14, 2008
I.....am......tired..... and it's only the 3rd week. Anyway, I think i'll get used to it. Things I have to memorise... chem valencies.... bio names of parts of cells and their functions (the complicated one).... math test on Chapter 1 and 2. Plus hw. o wells, I shall jia you.
on a higher note, I passed my piano grade 6 practical :) ..........by 3 marks. 68/100. Well done... pats back. I thought I was gonna fail. At least I m getting a certificate.
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excerpt from amanda's blog
Monday, January 07, 2008
excerpt from amanda's blog-
We march we hentak we stamp stamp stamp.
The FCS are there to see how we fare
Just One extra bang, we'll get a stare
A few other mistakes, we don't even dare.
We sweat, no slack, yet we are still bad
Our skills,not there, but don't you fret
Coz Nanyang guides, i'll give you a pat
The hardwork you put in is the best i can get.
so now 22nd the day we stand,united as one,
we'll give a solid bang
but deep down in our hearts,
these memories, the pain, the effort we put,
we didn't expect that this would be so good.
NYGG go go go! footdrill season coming up... Thinking Day parade on the 22nd of Feb. Let's show nanyang what we've got. No slacking! Jia you!
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Nygg Cheer
Sunday, January 06, 2008
V..........BOM!
Hurray hurray hurray haha
Hurrah hurrah hurrah hehe
Hurray haha hurrah hehe
Nanyang Guides SOLID!
nygg jiayou! Although not as many sec 1s signed up this year, we will still do our best :) Jiayou for footdrill too!!!
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school
Saturday, January 05, 2008
Heya, back from 1st wk of school... actually it's onli 3 days - 1 admin day, 2 study day. Was kinda heavy for me cos there were no non-academic stuff in between lessons like music and art. Owells, it's the mugging year. Had telematch with the sec 1s though and I hope I'll look ok on my photo cos I also had photo taking :)
Oya, I also repaired my internet connection. yay. Had been using my dad's comp cos I couldnt fix for like... a year?
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New Year Resolutions/Goals
2008 Resolutions and Goals
Generally:
1. Be more neat and organised
2. Keep spirits up
3. Exercise more
Academics:
1. Try to finish homework asap, do not drag
2. Do not do last-minute studying for tests/exams/etc
3. Pay attention in class
Guides :)
1. Lead juniors well
2. Improve on skills
3. Keep up passion for guides and spread it
Student Council:
1. Improve leadership skills
2. Be more initiative
3. Be more alert and not be so forgetful
Like what the seniors said, Sec 3 will be hard... and it will be the hardest year, but I have to be enthusiastic and keep an open mind :) Try my best and be an optimist. There's a lot to work on and I will improve along the way... Jia You Sec 3s!!!
I must remember...
- I have a bunch of great batchmates:) Guides rule!
- I have people around me that I care about and they care about me
- No matter what, press on
- It's ok to fall, just get back onto my feet
- Put in effort and I'll be happy
- Don't lose interest just because things are becoming harder
- Things will get better after I have adapted to the changes
- Treat this as a challenge, don't dread it
- When I get too tired, take a rest, but don't quit
~ Never give up until the last whistle blows ~
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Merry Christmas 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!
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Day before council camp
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Yo... I've been blogging a lot lately...haha. Tomorrow's Council Camp and I finally manged to get all i need for the Formal Uniform. Court shoes, council badge, blouse, etc. My formal uniform is too big though... and its the smallest size alrd... being small is bad. Hope I wont get scolded for it. This will be the last camp of the year for me and I hope it turns out well. I'm still a lil unfamiliar with some cheers though... have to revise again, including the pledge. I'm guilty of not knowing all the names of the Elects too. Must get that all done by tonight. This will be my first council camp... better make sure I'm prepared. Cya. Will be back on 19th dec.
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Out with Calean :)
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Hiya. Went out with Calean today. She asked peiling too, but she had sth on... owells. Haha... went for lunch at Mac in Plaza Sing and waited for Charlene and Yuxin. It was really fun chatting with all of them cos this time, I really chatted with Calean for a looong time... without having the Company-Leader-respect-barriel. Not that I've never been able to speak to her like a friend... but it was only for short periods of time. Talked about guides and family... camp...farewell.
I went to their church thing.... is it called service? Not too sure, but we started of with christmas carols and a dance-like performance. Then Pastor Jeff (i think that's how he's called)came and talked about Jesus and God. I find what he said meaningful. Sang more songs after that. Then, they asked for all those who would wish to start on the journey of knowing God to come to the front and prayed for them. Calean asked if I wanted to go too. She shared her experience after joining when she was in Sec 2 and asked what was holding me back. In the end I didnt go... feel kinda bad actually, but I feel i'm not ready yet.
Anw, when it ended, we went to the food court with a group of their Church friends. I met Bridget, Sherlyn and.... cant rmb all their names... but they were all very nice and friendly. Ate longan with almond jelly while Calean had Pulut Hitam. We talked some more with Charlene and Yuxin and started to tell cold jokes... ahaha. Was really fun. After hanging out with them and their church friends for about an hour, Calean walked to the mrt station (though it was drizzling) with me and we talked some more. I was like talking and talking.... especially since we didnt talk much as she was really busy as CL. Well, we parted when I reached the gate thing at the mrt station.
After that, I went to J8 to get Court Shoes and smsed Calean...haaha. Asked about the bear we recorded "good afternoon m'am! Permission to fall in m'am! Calean! We Love you! She said she could only hear the last part, so she had to ask chinwen with meiting. Said it was really sweet. I'm glad she likes it...haha. Had fun today, though at one moment I was a lil stressed about the joining god part, but Calean and Charlene was really nice abt it. The church people were really warm too, though they didnt know me. I'm glad I came today and got to meet them :)
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Farewell 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Heya, i m just back from NYGG Farewell 2007 :) Let's start from the start shall we...
bright and early in the morning.... at some ungodly hour like 6.50 am, I reached school for Cooks badge. I m in the tofu group. Things went on quite peacefully when I was cutting the veggies and stuff. All was fine.... UNTIL the cooking came. We were pretty slow when cutting I guess, so we did not have a lot of time left for the cooking. I was frying the tofu cubes.... but they refused to turn brownish. Baddies. So, Claire took over after a while and I went to cook the veggies, mushroom and sauce. It was pretty stressful ok.... we did not have much time and the tofu cubes were still not done. In the end we decided just to have white tofu. Our quantity was to little though. The chicken rice ball group were also having a hard time. They did not have enough ingredients and the rice was taking a long time to cook. In the end they had to go to the supermarket to get more ingredients. Those in the apple pie group did pretty well and the pies were ready. As the chicken rice ball group needed more time and the tofu group also had some stuff left and needed to help them all of us besides huijun and i did not go for the rehearsal for the handover ceremony. Both of us had to go as we were going to be patrol seconds next yr and needed to be clear of the procedure
The rehearsal went on quite fine even though I had to give timing when we were marching and all that. We were suppose to have a 10 min water break, but since those in Cooks still needed more time, they decided to start half and hour later. Meanwhile, all of the sec 2s, including those in Hostess went up to help. Finally, the food was ready.
On to the actual ceremony. It was pretty much the same as the rehearsal, just that this time we saluted colours and incoming PLs, PSs, CLs and ACLs received the ribbons that will be sewn on the epaulette. I received mine from Ms Chen and did the guides handshake. Now i'll have one ribbon on each side. During the ceremony I also noticed the PGA, Gold Badge and another badge i m not too sure what it's called on Calean's and Gao Min's uniform. That's uber cool :) They are so pro la!
After the ceremony, we went to the canteen for lunch. The hostess people gave all of us and identity card that has a picture and particulars of a famous person. THey also named the canteen famous land. haha. I received Arron from Farenheit and some people were like crazy over him. Before this, I did'nt even know who he was. haha. Some people received characters like Mojo Jojo, Romeo, Ariel, etc. Haha. Ms Teng received Susan from Narnia. She would's let anyone see it at first. Everyone was pretty chatty about their new "identity". Back to hostess. They served the food we cooked. oya, our dishes were Newton's apple pie, Qu Yuan's Chicken Rice Ball and Gandhi's Tofu. The rice was kinda uncooked though... owells, we tried.
After lunch was patrol corner, when we gave presents to our Sec 4s. My patrol's gift was a box containing pom pom balls, sweets and a ferris wheel photo frame. Hope Calean and Hui Min like it. They both received a box each. Calean also gave as a box containing sweets and a letter. Hui Min also gave us a letter :) Then, Peiling and I presented them our gift to them which were 2 jars containing glow stars, "kisses" chocolates and a note. Then, we also took lots of pictures and I went around giving presents to Valerie and Gao Min, and also gave chocolate to some others. The sec 2 batch also tried to record "permission to fall in mdm...(pause) we love you calean/meiting!" using a recording bear for each of them. Our batch is quite "attached" to the both of them as they were our footdrill commanders and they really had a lot of patience with us.
Up next was the party. We quickly changed into our costumes for our perfomance and went to the conference room. The sec 3s already decorated it. They started off with a catwalk by the Sec 4s. It was really fun. haha. Gao Min and Calean were the Men in Black, while Shuli was Jay Chou and Renice was Jolin Tsai. The rest of the sec 4s also took on costumes of characters like Dracula and the powerpuff girls. Next was the items by the sec 1s, followed by the sec 2s. Ours was a musical about Dos and Don'ts of NYGG... Fairytale style. It was rather funny and I was Ariel. Apparently Ariel was sleeping in a tent when it started to rain, flooding it. Then, I had to lie on my stomach and pretend to swim while the rest sang "out in the rain... out in the rain" to the tune of Out in the Sea. Next was a montage by the sec 3s. It was really nice to see what the sec 4s did when they were in sec 1, all the way to sec 4. We saw them being the "victims" of sabotage... to being the organisers of the camp. THe sec 3s also danced and sang for their item, so did the sec 4s. Their dance was really fun and they also threw us sweets. Next was a song session when everyone just sat in a circle to sing. We sang about friendship and about leaving. We all shared this special moment whereby we were connected by the songs like peng2 you3 and wo3 ke3 yi3, etc. Finally, the hugging session came. We started to hug all our seniors and even our batchmates. I hugged Calean first, then Hui Min, Renice, Gao min and shuli. By then I have already started crying. I just felt like crying ok.... and I was the first one. My tears just flowed freely. The sec 4s I hugged were like... "don't cry..." , including calean while she patted my shoulder and hugged me the second time. The sec 3 also said I'll still see them sometimes when they come back. I know all that... but I still cried. Few minutes later more sec 2s started to cry, many others were teary-eyed. I was like crying and crying... not the sad cry though. I was still smiling and I wasnt wailing.... just that kind of smiley face with tears flowing down. It just dawned on me that I have already spent 2 years with them... having them teach me new skills and guide me along the way... and I won't be seeing them much from now onwards. I cried that sort of I'll-miss-you-all cry mixed with a lil sadness and gratitude. i've never noticed how attached to them I've become after these 2 years... until I really realised they will be leaving for JC. It was tears mixed with smiles. I also chionged down to get the recording bears for calean and meiting that i left in the canteen. When I got back with meiting, ms teng was halfway through her sorta speech for us. Luckily I managed to listen to her... it was really meaningful. When she was done, our batch gave calean and meiting the bears. They were really happy... haha. Calean also jested that Gao Min was jealous... haha. We're all really thankful to the sec 4s...... and said dunno how many "we love you"s. At the end, we addressed our sec 4s, including the former CLs and ACLs as "seniors" for the first time, and not "sec 4s" anymore. We also greeted the new Company Leaders and Asst Company leaders as CLs and ACLs for the first time. The sec 1s greeted us Sec 2s for the first time. It felt like having and ending meshed together with a new beginning. It felt kinda weird cos we usually addressed the former NY guides in JC as "seniors". I'm also so used to addressing Calean and Gaomin "CLs", Shuli and Renice "ACLs". But the sec 2 sorta half screamed and squealed when we heard the sec 1s greet us cos we onli needed to greet se 3s and above. We all moved up a level after the handover ceremony I guess.
The party was not the end for us sec 2s (plus some sec 3s) though.... we had to clean up the kitchen and canteen. We took forever to scrub the pots with chao-ta rice and stoves and ended pretty late. Some sec 3s stayed with us all the way to help too. I think it is this type of care and commitment the upper-sec guides have for us that made us bonded as a company. Unknowingly, we have experienced 2 years of effort put in by our sec 3s and 4s. Though they might be strict with us sometimes... we still can feel all that they have done for us...even if we might not realise it immediately. All this while, they having been giving and giving, while we received. I remember being quite afraid of Gao Min at first when I was in Sec 1... but she's actually really nice. I really feel all of our sec 4s are really nice actually. Soon, our batch will go on to sec 3, going through the learning journey our seniors have gone through and receiving more responsibilities including guiding our juniors. Let's try our best and not disappoint them kks? :) Jia You!
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Guides Camp
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
After international camp, it was guides camp :) 4 to 7 dec. What we did was similar to last year's actually, but the experience was different
There were a few stuff that were quite different too. Wide game was island-wide and we had to go to places like little india and the civilian war memorial. Had fun too:) Night Trail was also diff cos this time there were costumes and makeup. The seniors really looked scary.... in addition, they also had great acting skills. My patrol was screaming like mad so i ended up dragging some of my members. haaha. Strangely, when I became focused on dragging my patrol, I was not scared myself anymore. It rained quite a bit during camp, so we only slept in the tent on the first night and in the classroom for the next 2 nights.
Well, as a sec 2 camper, I guess we'll have more responsibilities more to improve and morereflections.
Sense of urgency
We were really slow. Late for almost all the activities and did not run to the locations. some even strolled.
Respect
Greetings were not as good as before. We used to stand up and greet all the time, but during the camp, we sometimes did not greet our seniors when they walked pass.
Footdrill
MUST PRACTICE!!! The Sec 2s used to be quite all right due to the thinking day performance. We used to practice all the time to prepare for it. Now............ o man. The FCs put in a lot of effort teaching us, we can't just slack off just because the HQ abolished coporal punishment. No pumping is not equals to no effort needed.
Leadership
I think we still have a long way to go learning to guide the sec 1s. We need to care for them, but at the same time be firm with them. Need to gain their respect too. This batch has a rather large range of personalities. Some are really enthu about guides, some really dislike guides, some really don't care, some are really quiet. Let's help them all develop the interest in guide kks? Cos they do have the potential, we just have to be patient.
Well, I guess the seniors are disappointed in us. Actually, I do agree our standard has dropped in many areas. Be it footdrill, discipline, respect, sense of urgency. We'll be in sec 3 next year already... we have to buck up if we don't want to allow the standard to drop further. We're bound to have more reponsibilities, but we'll make it through. We just have to stick together and press on. Jia You!
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International Camp
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Heya, I came back from international camp on the 2nd of December, but was too busy to blog about it ... so here it is.
International Camp (28 Nov - 2 Dec)
Day 1
Well, day 1 was basically setting up of camp site and mingling around with other guides from other schools. So we pitched our tents and gadgets. We also learnt to say 'welcome' and Good Morning" by our Sri Lanka friends in their language :) I forgot how to say them already but nvm. We also got to meet our former guider, Ms Ng and felt she was a really good guider.
Day 2
Backwoodsman Cooking !!! Haha, it was fun. Unlike our normal outdoor cooking, we did not have pots or pans. We were taught to use green twigs as skewers by shaving off the outer layer and then sharpening one of the ends. We also heated it above the fire to disinfect it. I was in the turfing part though, so I didnt do the skewers. We turfed for awhile until we found that there were roots underneath, so we had to move to another place. The instructor wanted to quicken things up, so he helped us turf. haha. He was REALLY fast! He managed to turf a pit under like.... 20 seconds? The pit was really nice too, with straight sides and all that. Anyways, we started to firelight and finally after burning lots of wood to obtain enough ember, we could do ember cooking. Its like barbecuing :) The food took forever to cook though.... or maybe I was just too hungry...haha. Had a great time though:)
Recycling Art... kinda slack, but useful. I learnt toe-weaving.... sth like friendship bands. We had early bath time though :)
At night...
We learnt line dancing :) Quite fun:)
Day 3
Horse Riding... It was interesting having a tour around the stable and learning about how the horse behave and live. I even brought back a horse shoe which they gave for free. We also rode the horse. It was really nice to ride on a horse again.... we last time i rode was a long time ago. I found that horses are actually very sensetive as they can sense whether you r scared or not. They stop walking when they feel that you are afraid. That happended to me at the beginning as I forgot how it felt to be on a horse after so many years. We also took lots of pics:) They are really cute and friendly:)
Archery:) Archery was fun! I thought it was going to be very hard just to set the arrow flying but this was quite all right. I managed to shoot one balloon and the bull's eye once :) But it was all by luck.
Pioneering.... IT WAS SUPER COOL! We made this giant catapult out of spars and had a water bomb fight with the opponent team. Haha. Water bombs were flying around and I managed to make it through without getting wet. Woots:)
At night...
We went night cycling :) We started to cycled at around 11 pm. First, we took a bus to East Coast Park to get our bikes, from there, we cycled to Orchard Road, The Esplanade, Padang and then to Fort Canning Park, before cycling back. I loved cycling at Orchard Rd cos we were under the lights. Its was really cool cycling under rows and rows of christmas lights, seeing them approach me before "moving" behind me :) At the Esplanade we saw a lot of lovers by the river though. A bit gross. Anyways, when we went up to for canning park, we had a long rest. It was a little scary when we were on our way, cos due to the traffic light, xiao en and I were separated from those infront. So xiao en was the first person, but we had no idea which direction to go. Thus, we jsut went straight. We made it though, we managed to catch up with the rest. Paddling up the hill was too hard.... so I got down and pushed my bike half way through. Almost everyone did that. While most of the people went to take a nap, the 4 of us nygg decided to tell jokes... cold ones.... lame one........ with ms teng. Haha. Was really funny. Was laughing the whole time. Quote from ms teng... "examining my torchlight is more interesting." Haha. That was when we were talking abt those really lames ones... haha. We were super lucky cos all of us got treated to Macdonald's before we rode back. By then it was almost 5 or 6 am and there were more cars, so we had to be very careful. When we were back at East Coast Park, we were given the permission to speed....... haaha. Was really nice having the cool breeze on ur face. We had to wait for the bus to come pick us up though, so huijun, sarah, xiaoen and I sat near the beach and had a rest. I fell asleep. haha. It was funny how awake I was when I was cycling and then a moment later, when I got down, I immediately felt tired. Ms teng joined us too so the 5 of us just sat by the beach to rest. Finally, the bus arrived and we went back to Camp Christine. I slept some more on the bus and got a bruise cos my head hit the glass window when the bus turned, but I was too tired to care.
Day 4
We had breakfast and had a bath b4 going to sleep. The tent felt like an oven but I still slept. Xiao En and Sarah only managed to get abt 15 min of sleep while I slept all the way like Hui Jun. They said my eyes were 1 mm open when I was sleeping and Hui Jun talked in her sleep. Maybe we were too tired? Anyway, when we all woke up, the rest went to chat with the other guides as it was pretty much free time as there was a carnival going on and we were not involved in setting up a stall. I think stayed in the tent to fold my sleeping bag I think, cant rmb. When I was abt to walk out of the tent, a snake suddenly came in. I didnt notice it at first when it was on our shoes. I was like jumping about when its head shot towards my shin. The snake's head knocked onto my shine but it didnt bite. I guess it was frightened by my jumping and slithered away. Phew! Later, I saw my lil sis and my pri sch brownies at a stall and bought a magnet from them. Slacked around a bit and practised camp fire item.
In the evening, it was camp fire. Everyone was super high la. We also present our item...
on the 1st day of I-Camp we went to camp christine
we all look so neat and clean
on the 2nd day of I-Camp we went to ride a horse
the horse got crossed
and we screamed till our voices were lost
on the 3rd day of I-Camp everything went wrong
the shower queue was long
my mood was gone
and I started to sing a sad song
on the 4th day of I-Camp
We gained a lot of weight
6 meals a day
like horses eating hay
heaps and tonnes we ate
all because the food was really really great
BUT...
By the 5th day of I-Camp
We've made a lot friends
AGNES ROCKS MAN
Packed up all our tents and though the journey was tense
we all enjoyed the camp in the end
Btw, Agnes refers to our subcamp cos we were called Agnes Baden Powell :)
After the campfire and all the singing, we had this dancing thing when they played songs and we just started to dance anything we liked. We also learnt the traditional dances that were performed by the different nationalities.
That's pretty much all abt the camp. We went home on day 5 and had a good rest:)
International Camp was a really good experiece for me:) Met many new friends and got to learnt new skills. I'll never regret going:) Everyone there was really nice and enthu, though we had our mistakes like no sense of urgency, but we helped make the guides from overseas feel welcomed. We will be sure to try and pass on what we have learnt to the rest of the guides in ny. Basically, this will be one of my best memories and I will miss this camp. I managed to get a few contacts though, so we won't totally drift apart. I really feel privileged to be able to particitpate in the camp:)
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Piano Grade 6
Monday, November 26, 2007
AYYYYYAAAAA....... I'm almost died in my piano exam. My fingers went "hard" cos i was nervous, then made so many mistakes. Scales was the worst cos I did that first before i did my exam pieces. Then I could not answer all the qns the examiner asked me. The examiner was nice though. She was very friendly. I just hope I can pass. I m not even wishing for a merit. Wish me luck?
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BBQ at Mrs. Koh's
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Yesterday, my class had a BBQ at Mrs Koh's house. Haha... nice place, and it was fun. Spent quite a bit of time at the grill but wasn't really doing much to help... haha. Anyway, we had fun. That's our last time together as a class I guess. Aww... I'm gonna miss all of you. Hope I'll still have a few 204 friends together with me next year in my new class. Since almost the entire world is taking triple science, I might get lucky right? Anyway, I'll miss the fun we had throughout these two years. Not that I enjoyed nagging at you guys to eat outside the classroom... but you guys really brought laughter into the classroom. My most memorable time would be Drama night this year I guess. Hope we'll still keep in touch :)
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Drama night - The Mayan Mambo
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Yesterday was quite fun cos we had our drama night. Actually, our script was changed just a week (or 2) before the holidays started as we thought the previous one was dry. Anyway, it turned out great as the audience was laughing a lot. Great job everyone! I was trying not to laugh on stage too. haha. Thanks for the flowers from Ting shan, Stephanie and Jing Zhi! Oya, not to forget the chocolates from Sharon, Jeanette and Katherine's group! Though we won't be in the same class anymore next year, we'll still rmb the fun and retarded times we had together. haha. We are meeting up at Mrs. Koh's house for BBQ. Time for more fun!
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movie
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Yesterday, I went to watch "Balls of Fury" with yimeng and xinyi:) We went to have lunch first as plaza sing first though, and then walked to The Cathay. Being a total direction idiot, I printed out the map showing the route from plaza sing to The Cathay... though it was just a few blocks away. lol. Anyway, I just found out xinyi hates the sun.... says the sunlight will spoil her skin...haha. So, she always has a umbrella with her. I went under it too at some points of time..... but when you look around, we seem to be the only ones with an umbrella. haha. Anyway, the movie was great... really funny. We all had a good laugh. After the movie, we went to Ang Mo Kio Hub to shop a bit. I bought a pair of ballet flats and Yimeng bought a hairband. I like my new shoes :) It has quite a simple design actually - plain white with a little bit of pink ribbons at the sides and elastic string criss crossing at the top. I seem to be the simplest when it comes to dressing as compared with xinyi and yimeng. They have their own style and dress sense while I m the t-shirt and jeans type. Yimeng wears hairsbands for fun too :) Anyway, I had a good time enjoying myself after the Exams. Back to school tomorrow... cya.
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quiz 2
More time to waste....
| You Are A Chocolate Ice Cream Girl |
Dramatic. Powerful. Flirty. |
| You Have Low Self Esteem 16% of the Time |
Which can be translated to mean, you have high self-esteem and a healthy sense of self worth.
You believe in yourself, and you know how to be the real you. You love yourself, imperfections and all. |
| You Communicate Like a Woman |
You empathize, talk things out, and express your emotions freely.
You're a good listener, and you're non-judgmental with your advice.
Communication is how you connect with people.
You're always up for a long talk, no matter how difficult the subject matter is. |
| You Are 48% Open Minded |
You aren't exactly open minded, but you have been known to occasionally change your mind.
You're tolerant enough to get along with others who are very different...
But you may be quietly judgmental of things or people you think are wrong.
You take your own values pretty seriously, and it would take a lot to change them. |
| Your Power Bird is an Eagle |
You are spiritual and able to soar to great heights.
You are a true inspiration, and many people look to you for guidance.
And you are quite demanding in relationships... but you're worth it.
People know that you will become even greater than you imagine. |
| The Part of You That No One Sees |
You are innocent, sweet, and young at heart.
You present a purity that many people find appealing.
However, you are often tired of people treating you like a child.
Underneath it all, you enjoy being babied and pampered.
You have been known to feign inexperience to get out of sticky situations.
You fear getting old and losing your childlike charms. |
| Your Brain is Purple |
Of all the brain types, yours is the most idealistic.
You tend to think wild, amazing thoughts. Your dreams and fantasies are intense.
Your thoughts are creative, inventive, and without boundaries.
You tend to spend a lot of time thinking of fictional people and places - or a very different life for yourself. |
| You Are a Chocolate Chip Cookie |
Traditional and conservative, most people find you comforting.
You're friendly and easy to get to know. This makes you very popular - without even trying! |
| Your Gemstone is Emerald |
Balanced, liberated, and peaceful.
You bring luck into any situation. |
| Your Sloth Quotient: 50% |
You're definitely lazier than the average person, but you're able to live a somewhat normal life.
All your life needs is a little more effort and variety, and you might see that doing hard things is actually fun! |
| Your Sensitivity Score: 57% |
As far as sensitivity goes, you're a lot more in tune than most people.
You can't help but be touched by what's around you - good and bad.
But when things do get really bad around you, you are strong enough not to break down. |
| You Are 45% Selfish |
You are quite balanced. You are able to compromise when it's in the best interests of those involved.
But you're no pushover. If something is important to you, you'll get it! |
| You Are 3: The Achiever |
You're confident and competent - with a lot of energy.
Eager to reach your goals, you are ambitious and competitive.
You are good at motivating yourself and motivating others.
You're also a charmer, with a great sense of humor.
At Your Best: You are kind, confident, and completely authentic. You are witty and full of life.
At Your Worst: You are insecure, narcissistic, and jealous.
Your Fixation: Vanity
Your Primary Fear: Being worthless.
Your Primary Desire: To be important and valuable.
Other Number 3's: Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone, Michael Jordan, Madonna, and Shania Twain. |
| Your Stress Level is: 39% |
You are slightly prone to stress, but generally you keep it under control.
You know how to relax and take things as they come, even when your worlds seems to be falling apart.
Occasionally, you do let yourself get stressed out, but you snap out of it pretty quickly. |
| You Should Drive a Yellow Car |
You're the type of driver who doesn't mind giving someone a break on the road.
You are eternally cheerful, and a little bad traffic is never going to effect your mood.
And while you're definitely laid back, a part of you also loves to be noticed.
You're a performer at heart. And you love showing off a few slick driving moves every now and then! |
| You Are a Grilled Cheese Sandwich |
You are a traditional person with very simple tastes.
In your opinion, the best things in life are free, easy, and fun.
You totally go with the flow. And you enjoy every minute of it!
Your best friend: The Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Your mortal enemy: The Ham Sandwich |
| You Are Psyche! |
Eternally in search of purpose and insight.
You're curious and creative with a total sense of wonder.
Totally empathetic, you pick up on other's moods easily.
Just be sure to pamper yourself as well! |
| You Are 24 Years Old |
Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe.
13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world.
20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences.
30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more!
40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax. |
wow... I that old? 10 years above my actual age? That's bad...
| You Are Best Described By... |
From the Lake, No. 1
by Georgia O'Keeffe |
| You Are a Centaur |
In general, you are a very cautious and reserved person.
However, you are also warm hearted, and you enjoy helping others in practical ways.
You are a great teacher, and you are really good at helping people get their lives in order.
You are very intuitive, and you go with your gut. You make good decisions easily. |
| You Are From Saturn |
You're steady, organizes, and determined to achieve your dreams.
You tend to play it conservative, going by the rules (at least the practical ones).
You'll likely reach the top. And when you do, you'll be honorable and responsible.
Focus on happiness. Don't let your goals distract you from fun!
Don't be too set in your ways, and you'll be more of a success than you ever dreamed of. |
| Your Rising Sign is Cancer |
You are compassionate and kind - and the one who gives security.
And while you sometimes tire of it, people always turn to you for advice.
Emotions are your domain, and you use tend to use them for good.
But you've also been know to be very manipulative when you need to be.
You're quite loyal to those you love most - friends and family.
For everyone else, you tend take time to build up trust. |
| Taurus - Your Love Profile |
Your positive traits:
You tend to stick with relationships - through the good and the bad.
You are a great listener and tend to give valuable advice.
Cautious and careful, you never jump in recklessly... saving yourself from heartbreak.
Your negative traits:
Money is very important to you, so much so that it's a cause of arguments in relationships.
If your lover isn't loyal or attentive enough to you, your eyes start to wander...
You tend to keep things inside - so your partner may not know when or why you're upset.
Your ideal partner:
Is stable, serious, and ready to be committed to you.
Is successful and able to provide you with the lifestyle you crave.
A true romantic, who is willing to express their desire for your heart.
Your dating style:
Comfortable and traditional. You'd love to have a nice meal at a cozy restaurant.
Your seduction style:
Love comes first for you before you'd even think of intimacy.
Traditional: you're not a cold fish - but you're not into kink either.
Pleasing... you always make sure that your partner is having a good time.
Tips for the future:
Be willing to change your mind. Who you think is the love of your life may be very wrong for you.
Try listening to your mate. While your stubborn streak is hard to break, sometimes your partner knows best.
Lighten up! The first months of a relationship should be about fun, not intentions.
Best color to attract mate: Pale blue
Best day for a date: Friday |
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quiz
Monday, October 08, 2007
Since the exams are over.... I decided to waste my time
| You Are 61% Feminine, 39% Masculine |
You are in touch with your feminine side.
Sensitive, intuitive, and caring are all words that describe you.
And you're just masculine enough to relate to both men and women. |
Are You Masculine or Feminine?
| You Are Mexican Food |
Spicy yet dependable.
You pull punches, but people still love you. |
| What Your Favorite Color Blue Says About You: |
Emotional --- Affected --- Sensitive
Peaceful --- Tranquil --- Connected
Spiritual --- Experimental --- Deep |
| You Are A Blue Girl |
Relationships and feelings are the most important things to you.
You are empathetic and accepting - and good at avoiding conflict.
If someone close to you is in pain, it makes you hurt as well.
You try to heal the ones you love with your kind and open heart. |
| Your Aura is Violet |
Idealistic and thoughtful, you have the mind and ideas to change the world.
And you have the charisma of a great leader, even if you don't always use it!
The purpose of your life: saying truths that other people dare not say
Famous purples include: Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Susan B. Anthony
Careers for you to try: Political Activist, Inventor, Life Coach |
| You Are Rain |
You can be warm and sexy. Or cold and unwelcoming.
Either way, you slowly bring out the beauty around you.
You are best known for: your touch
Your dominant state: changing |
| You Are Sunrise |
You enjoy living a slow, fulfilling life. You enjoy living every moment, no matter how ordinary.
You are a person of reflection and meditation. You start and end every day by looking inward.
Caring and giving, you enjoy making people happy. You're often cooking for friends or buying them gifts.
All in all, you know how to love life for what it is - not for how it should be. |
| What Your Sleeping Position Says |
You are calm and rational person with a good deal of balance in your life.
Friends consider you to be kind, caring, and truly loyal.
You are easy going and trusting. However, you are too sensible to fall for mind games.
Open to the world, you are not afraid to be yourself.
If you don't get enough sleep, you are: Able to cope
It's hard to sleep next to you because: You're a bed hog |
| Your Animal Personality |
Your Power Animal: Eagle
Animal You Were in a Past Life: Whale
You are active, a challenger, and optimistic.
Hard-working, you are always working towards a set goal. |
| You Are an Afternoon Person |
You can find energy any time of the day ... or night!
You prefer to be out and about when most other people are.
Very early mornings or very late nights aren't really your thing.
You're practically solar powered, and the afternoon is when do best. |
| You Are Fall! |
Thoughtful
Expressive
Creative
Poetic
Smart |
| You Are a Hot Fudge Sundae |
Classic, simple, and divine.
Why mess with perfection? |
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Tremors
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Today was rather eventful... well maybe just at night. That's cos at 7 plus, we felt rather strong tremors. At first, we didn't really realize it until my maid came out of her room and said, "Did you feel that? It was going on for a while already." We stayed still to feel it. The rocking chair i was sitting on was rocking a little on its own without me rocking it and the wind chimes were moving without any wind. My mum also felt dizzy. Then, an alarm on the ground floor was activated. So, we decided to go downstairs. My dad could not be bothered and said he was going to sleep. owells... Actually we felt tremors before this year, but they happened for a few seconds and stopped as quickly as they came. However this time, it was continuous, so it was the first time we went down with the rest of the residents.
Down at the park, there were already quite a lot of people gathering there. We just waited...and discussed...and waited. My mum and I coud still feel the slight tremors from the ground, they were not as strong since we were on the ground floor. After a while, we decided to go back. Until then, the alarm was still going on. My mum said the tremors shook the building, so it went off. The lift was also not working... must have been caused by the tremors too. Then, a couple of policemen arrived and came to say that it was safe to go back but if we find any cracks, we should call the police to inform them. Though the lifts were working already, we walk up using the stairs... luckily we are only living on the 10th floor.
Later on, I found out that the continuous tremors were caused by double quakes that struck both Jakarta (both 7.9 on richter scale) and Sumatra (8.0 on the richter scale). The latest news is that there was a small tsunami off the coast of Padang (as in the town in Indonesia) at around nine. It was about 9 feet.
Later on...
(from channel news asia website)
[JAKARTA : Indonesia issued a second tsunami alert on Wednesday after a 6.6-magnitude aftershock struck off the west coast of Sumatra following a massive quake hours earlier, the meteorology agency said. The quake hit at 9:40 pm (1440 GMT), about 70 kilometres (45 miles) southwest of the town of Bengkulu, at a depth of 18 kilometres, the agency said by short text message. "Tsunami potential, to be forwarded to the public," the message said. Earlier, the Indonesian meteorology agency had called of its tsunami warning following a massive 8.2-magnitude earthquake which had struck off the west coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island. That quake toppled buildings and had triggering a tsunami alert across the Indian Ocean region.]
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90th Anniversary
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Wow.... 90th anniversary celebretions are finally over. I had a really good time throughout this period of time which spanned over a week. Firstly, we had our Art exhibition, A Green Dot. My parter's and my work was chosen to be displayed and my dad simply could not believe it...thinks my art is lousy -_-. Oh well. Our pairwork is about how people waste recources at home :)
Next up was the Nanyang Gala Dinner that was held at Rafflescity Convention Centre. I took days to find a dress cos' it was a formal event, but in the end could not find one that could fit. I'm too small. So I just wore a purple knee-length skirt with a white blouse. The table I was sitting at had a lot of my friends and they all wore dressess that were formal and nice. I looked so casual. Anyway, the performance, especially the musical. MM Lee Kuan Yew and Mrs Lee were there too as Guest-of-Honour and he gave a speech which was in the newspapers the very next day. Our emcees were 2 news casters who were from NY. I never knew Kaira Gong was from NY either. She sang the National Day Theme Song last year on NDP... that's amazing.
The Student Council also organised games for 2 days and created a drink called Nanyang Gem. Nanyang Gem had ingredients that stood for different meanings like tao2 li2 man 3 tian1 xia4 for the peaches. It also had a total of 9 ingredients that represented our 90th anniversary.
On Friday, we had our 90th anniversary closing ceremony. On that day, we wore our 90th anniversary t-shirt which was red in colour. So the school was a sea of red. We assembled at the hall for the performance which was actually the musical that was performed at the gala night. Great job guys!
Oh yes.... I almost forgot the gifts to the school by our sec 4 classes. I can't remember all of them, but some of tem included magnetic whiteboard dusters for every class, a cacti for every class and a patchwork quilt to the school. The student council gift was the 90th anniversary t-shirt. The school also gave us a notebook that had a cover page that depicted nygh and our activities. Actually, for the 90th anniversary, quite a lot of things had been done for its preparation. We had our walls re-painted last year and we received new tables and chairs which are light blue and dark blue respectively. Previously we had grey ones. I like blue :D
HAPPY 90th ANNIVERSARY NANYANG!!!
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sc results
Thursday, August 02, 2007
yay... I m a Student Council Elect now... but kinda i m sad i m the onli one in my class elected. But thx to everyone who voted for us.... thx a lot!
K, dun be disappointed pls!
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council results eve
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
heya. i think they will be telling us who will be in council tomorrow. o wells... let's just wait. These few weeks have been pretty busy for me due to campaigning, homework rushing out stuff, etc. But looking back, I havent really done anything for the compaign. seriously. All I did was design a poster, stuff a few sweets into a few balloons, pumped some balloons and pasted posters. It was the people around me who did so much more. My batchmates and friends helped me spread the word to vote for me... my batchmates spread the word to my cca seniors... my classmates stuffed 170+ sweets into 170+ balloons until their fingers were sore.... wrote "vote for 204" and drew smiley faces on the balloons... Kat did all the printing for the posters and most of the pasting with eewei... they gave out quite a lot of balloons too. A really big thank you to all of you. May sound clinche but really, without all of your help, our campaign might not have worked. Thanks for all of your support... you guys really cheered me on :) Through these few weeks, i really felt touched. seriously. steph asked jokingly, "you r touched right?" or sth like that when we were in the process of stuffing balloons. I said, "ya" jokingly too. It didnt sound very serious... but i was. Ireally hope kat, eewei and i will be able to get in... however, regardless of the result, the process will still be the most valuable to me.
Golden Rule 2 from xiaoenlee:
Thou shalt put 100% in all things, and don't worry/regret about results and whatsoever acadamic issues. YOU ARE YOU! :D
Maybe i havent done so well for the first part about putting 100% in all things... but i'll stick to the second.
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vote for me
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
HELLO ALL OF YOU OUT THERE :D
VOTE FOR ME FOR COUNCIL ELECTIONS OK????
I feel so hou4 lian3 pi2... ;)
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Harry Potter 7
Sunday, July 22, 2007
I Love Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!
Yeah... I finished reading it already. I know I'm supposed to study for my Common Tests but I just couldn't resist... oh well.
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SC Nominee
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Yoz... I'm going for the campaigning for Student Council. 200 votes.... I need 200 votes. That's quite a lot for me. Oh wells... I will try my best :) Thanks to all my batchmates for being so supportive... luv u all ;)
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hols are over
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Yoho... holidays are gone.... jiayou everyone!!!
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bday
Friday, May 11, 2007
Hello ppl! I m back from the boarding sch it's also my bday!
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Bithday to me...
Happy Birthday to me
Haha. Today was pretty overwhelming for me seriously.... not exaggerating. This morning, I received my first bday wish for the day at 6.42 am from my "gor". second was at 6.48am from chinwen :) Thank you! you guys really let me start off my day really happy. Then, when I was on my way to the classrm, I saw stella and yijia walking on the corridor. When they saw me, they sorta grinned at me and yijia rushed to the toilet. Stella told me not to go into the classrm yet. At that time, I could already sense that they were trying to to do something. Then, they went back into the classrm while I took my time cos i wasnt sure whether i was allowed in yet. Then, when I went in, yimeng was the first to give me a present. Some ppl around me also wished me a happy birthday. Thank you! When I reached my seat, a silver coloured box was on my table. Inside it was my present from stella, yijia and jingwen. I was really touched by the effort they put in to actually make me a present despite our hectic and busy schedule. I took a pic of it.... shall talk about it later on. Mrs Wong also noticed the presents from them and yimeng and wished me a happy birthday. Thank u Mrs wong!
Next up was my bday lunch. my dad and mum took time off to deliver the marshmallow chocolate cake to me at school so that i did not have to run about buying the cake and thinking about how i was supposed to store it at the boarding sch. Thanks mama and papa! luv u lots. Then, when i went back to my classrm, there was already quite a crowd outside it cos i had asked my batchmates and some of my classmates to come and have the cake a few days b4. O man, thank u all for coming! When everything was ready, we all sang a bday song in EL and CL. At that moment, I really felt very happy to have so many frens around me, sharing my special day with me. Then, I made a wish. I wished that everyone, my batchmates and classmates, would spend many happy times together for as long as possible. Sounds cliche but it's true...haha. I blew out the candles and we all clapped. I decided to do all the cutting of cake and shiya helped me to get the plates ready. thx alot shiya! cuttiing each slice personally for each and everyone of them was my way of saying "thanks" i guess. I received a lot of presents and "happy birthday"s during lunch from my batchmates... thx guys.... u rock! haha... xiao en also hugged me. o man... xiao en had an ouster so she could not eat a lot of choc cake.... i gave her a giant strawberry though. She also insisted that i eat the entire sugar "card" on the cake that said, " Happy Birthday Xin Yun" by myself. haha.
During cca after my Napfa, when we had finished clearing our pit, we could sit down and eat the food. Then, chinwen said that they should sing me a bday song for me. So our 2 patrols started sing... then, the rest of the guides also sang along, including our Company leaders (CLs)and asst CLs. Calean (one of my CLs) was like smiling at me and singing. It felt really..... i dun really noe how to put it but it was a really great feeling. Thank you u all. after cca, i still received more birthday wishes... especially from sarah...haha. Calean wished me a happy bday when she gave me back my testwork that i passed..... was that my present? haha. Thx a lot everyone.
Here are my pressies!
From Stella, Yijia and Jingwen.....
Thank you! thank you for spending so much time on making this clay figurine even though you had to do your project. I really like it..... my initials, the cute lil pigs, the base shaped as a cloud (my name, "yun").... everything including the card!
From stella
Hey! thx so much for not only making the clay figurine, but also the glass bottle decorated with blue clouds. Haha, u really paid attention to my favourite colour didn't you? thx! I really like it. The keychain was also very meaningful cos you had the other half of it and the flags joined together to form a banner saying "friends" on each side. :)
From yimeng
Yimeng! I received my first present for the day from u! haha. The handphone holder is really cute.... and it also looks like a cake. haha. Thank you! hope u enjoyed your big slice of cake.
From my batchmates: xiaoen and chinwen
yos....u guys said sth about this being the wrong one and that u were gonna bring the correct one on monday.... haha. it's ok... this one's really cute, and it is blue! haha. I really cherish your bday hug a lot xiaoen....really....thank you.
From my batchmates: June, linxi and sarah
Thank you! the notebook with inspirational phrases would really come in handy. Thanks for the thoughtfulness! I really like the key chain too!
From my batchmates: Marsha, Claire and Peiling
The bookmark is really nice and unique. I have never seen one like that b4. Thanks a lot.... i like to read.... so i promise i'll use this and not tissue paper to mark pages ok? haha.
From my batchmate: huijun
Heyo! thx for ur gift. For a super inorganised and messy person like me, this DIY drawer would really be useful. Not only that, it has winnie the pooh! haha
From gu1 ma1 (my aunt) and family
Thank you! The candle stand is really lovely. I havent lighted it up yet but i really like the design.
Besides presents I would also like to thank u guys for all the cards
haha.... i'll them safe and sound. What u all wrote.... was very nice....i dunno how to explain this... but i guess what i am trying to say is that really like them... a lot. Those words really mean a lot to me. The words on the cards were really meaningful. Like, "friendship is like a garden. the more you put into it, the more you get out of it" and "a star has 5 ends, a square has 4 ends, a triangle has 3 ends, a line has 2 ends. But friendship has no ends." Thanks also for all the things you guys wrote, wishing me a happy birthday and all the other stuff. Thank you all!
Of course, thank you "gor", chinwen, anning and auntie jean for your smses. Thank you hazel for ur email ad jeanette for your tag. Not to forget all of u who wished me a happy baday. There were so many of u....haha. Sarah....u wished me a happy bday abt 5 times! haha. Oya, thx also for the bday handshakes and bday hi-fives....thx thx. you guys really made my day.
Thank you also.... to dad, mum, jie and mei. I really like the mp4 and the water bottle. I will not lose my things (like my previous mp3) like that anymore..... at least....i'll try my very very best not to be so muddleheaded. :) Haha our celebration a wk before my actual bday was great. The ice cream cake was great, the dinner was great. yummy.... we seldom have the chance to go out like that together don't we? We shld do that more often :)
Here's a lil sth i wrote. It may not sound very good cos i did not do any editting. I didnt even try to make it rhyme, choose the right words, etc. This is wat i really feel, in its truest and purest form.
I have this feeling
this feeling within me
I don't know how it looks like
nor how it behaves
It appeared when i saw the sms
it appeared when i saw my friends
it appeared when i opened the presents
it appeared when we had the cake
My heart tingled
my body felt warm
my lips curved upwards
without me having any control
It sat inside my body
from 6.42 am till now
it has no signs of leaving
nor do i ever want it to go
All i want to say, i guess
is a very big thank you
for all your effort and time
making this the day of my life
This is the day of days
I feel so great
it's all thanks to you
you really have made my day
This poem is for all of you
for everyone i know and knew
for all those had entered my life
for all those who stayed behind
whether or not you came today
whether or not we meet everyday
I just feel happy to have you all
existing in my life...
...thank you
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boarding sch
Friday, April 20, 2007
yoho. I still dunno my interview results but i m selected along with 49 others for the leadership development module for sabbaticals. So, when the others were chionging to the com labs to opt for their choice for sabbaticals, I stayed in the classroom and did my stuff :) It was kinda funny today during geog... our last period for the day. We were practically shouting out all the answers for the worksheets all at the same time so that mr shyam would let us off earlier to opt for our choices.
CCA today was fun. The turfing and firelighting ppl worked super fast s we finished quite early. Our pancakes for the mini outdoor cooking was quite ok.... at least they look like pancakes and they taste nice :)
I m going to the boarding sch on sunday :) So i may not be able to blog that often (as if i blog very often at home...) I'll coming back on 11 may.... my birthday! But i m also having my napfa 5 items on that day.... so irritating. Anyway, i m intending to bring a CHOCOLATE cake to sch on that day to eat with my batchmates..... but i dunno how i can store it cos i'll be in the boarding sch....o well, we'll see. haha, it's not even may yet and i m thinking abt my bday already.... should be thinking about the maths ans sci common test i'll be having next week... ahh
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SC interview
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Hello... just had the Student Council interview..... as usual, I had a LOT of filler words, especially during the questions-in-chinese-and-answer-in-chinese part. Actually, we had 2 interviews..... 1 with the teachers and 1 with the Student councilers. Surprisingly, the one with the teachers was better.... not as stressful....dunno y. Anyway.... i'll be spending time waiting fo rhte results.... hope i can get in.
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cooks
Sunday, April 15, 2007
i...m...a...terrible....i/c. For cooks badge, we were like.... rushing all the time for the proposal. The dishes kept changing and we had to keep meeting up until ppl dont feel like coming. In the end, on the actual day (fri, 13 april), things were pretty all right except for the rice. We had to buy cooked rice from the canteen cos I overlooked the fact that if we used rice that was just cooked for fried rice, it would not taste good and there is no time. So, Rachel, wann qin and i went to buy cooked rice during recess and lunch. When we were actually cooking, I just found out that we could not use the condiments in the home econs rm, so we had to get them in the guides rm. The worse thing was our pineapple rice.... it tasted like plain rice cos i bought too much rice.....my estimation is bad. Oh man.... i just lian2 lei4 the rest of the ppl doing pineapple rice. However, all of them were very nice.... especially peiling (for telling me it was ok that day) and kakay (for tagging on my tagboard).
When one of the sec 3s looked at the dishes, she was pretty impressed cos they looked pretty..... that's our consolation i guess. Actually, the dishes were ok except for the pineapple rice....i think i m gonna fail la. O well, at least, if i fail, i'll may be cooking again with xiao en, chinwen, linxi and soo chin cos they couldnt come that day.
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footdrill
Thursday, April 05, 2007
Dead tired. Had footdrill just now. Luckily, due to our thinking day pageant, we learnt a few commands earlier.... so it was more of revising rather than doing something completely new. We overshot the duration by 45 min... and june the pro managed to be the timer all the way. O well, we did the normal stuff and learnt a new command which I still cannot do well. O ya, our sec 2 squad today was like.... not a squad. Due to OM and all that, we had less than 10 ppl... so we had to join the sec 3s after a while.
Our most serious mistake is shuffling. Meiting and olivia had to keep telling us to stop shuffling. In the end, we were told to take off our boots to march in our socks. The ground was pretty hot, but we survived :) We also had problems like the 90 degree rule, locking of arms and stuff like that. Towards the end of the footdril session, my arms were aching already.... don't think i did very well.
After that, we had 10 min of song session... which was supposed to be a 1 hr session.... o well. Then came debrief. Meiting actually said we did quite ok.... until we joined the sec 3s.... meiting is nice. Anyway, sec 2s jia you!
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guides... x tent...cooks badge
Saturday, March 24, 2007
hey. Had guides yesterday and was quite fun. We had to pitch this tent which was like $1500. We pitched dome tents and A-frame tents before, but we have never pitched a canvas tent. It was super heavy and much bigger (maybe abt 2.5m tall?). There were also so many steps to do, so many ropes and so many wooden pegs to mallet. The pegs were those 4-6 inches type. O well, it was fun pitching it anyway, with all the sec 2s and 3s (sec1s and 4s were doing sth else) from our campany crowding around cos we had 2 of these tents (so each company took 1). I think the tent was new.... cos it had the clean-and-new look. No la.. it was because all the wooden stuff like the pegs and dollies were very clean and did not have any stains, marks or stuff like that.
Oya, i m i/c with rachel for the cooking on enrolment ceremony which involves all the sec 2 guides.... so i'll be very busy. Ironically, i read the sms from my CL telling me that i was i/c when i was chionging to finish up my Home economics report. Anyway, we have to cook on the sec 1s' enrolment ceremony. The 1st draft is due on fri... o no...have meet up with all the sec 2 guides and chiong out the proposal. I think we'll be preparing food for abt 90 ppl... all the guides and mdms. o well.... must jia you.
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sotong n camp
Friday, March 09, 2007
Hello! I m back from camp! kks, shall tell you what i did on sunday first in preparation for our dance durng the camp at yee phon's house. Everything was fine and we FINALLY completed the dance. The "interesting" part came when i was going home. I went to the wrong bus stop. I crossed the road when i was not supposed to. The worst thing was, it was raining.... HEAVILY and I DID NOT bring my umbrella. I also SLIPPED and FELL while jumping over the drain cos I was wearing SLIPPERS. Then, when I finally got to the bus stop completely drenched in rain water, I found out that I should not have crossed the road. and the road was no those kinda short ones, it was loooooong. My friend and I had to cut across the grass and all that. Anyway, I was deciding whether i should go back to the bus stop near yee phon's house but decided to take a bus together with my friend to her house and then change to bus 13 and go home. Luckily, by the time we reached her house, it had stopped raining.
ok, lets go on to camp
Camp was super cool! My class was in charge of the toilets together with class 2/12 though. Not very nice but thanks to our peers, it went pretty well for us. We had stuff like leadership games, telematches and all that. O ya, we had a personality test. I'm a CS. We also had a movie night at at the quadrangle and watched "the school of rock". After that, we went to sleep at the open aired quadrangle and under the starry night. We also did quite a lot of chatting (secretly). I chatted with stella until 11.45 while hearing the trs telling the sec ones in the classrooms to "keep quiet! the sec 2s can hear you from down stairs!" The only person we could here was the teacher though...lol.
On the last day, we had our drama concert. We did our fusion dance cum skit and listened to the judges. They said our hosts (for the dance competition in our skit) was very good cos they had great partnership and were super funny. They also said that we could dance well and that the our background music - a pop/rock/hip hope (dunno which) version of "swan lake", also showed fusion. That's good cos our theme was teamwork and leadership. Then, Mr shyam (yes, singapore's very own U. K. Shyam) said that we could dance well :) and that we would attract a lot of guys from across the bridge -_- Then, another judge also said she would not be surprised if there were a stampede on the bridge and we were like...lol (thinking) but also said that she wanted more drama instead of dance. Though we didnt get any prize for drama concert, we had fun and received 4 prizes for other stuff.
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bad day
Saturday, March 03, 2007
ok... not very happy at the moment. This morning my dad asked me to to go to the website and check the results for the big sweep. i went there and had totally no idea wat to do..... then my dad had sorta locked his bedroom door, so i just put the tickets at a side first and went for piano lesson 1-2 hrs later. Then, when came home, he asked me to check the toto results. So, I took the tickets up to compare with the teletext lottery screen. Most of his numbers did not match... at the very most, onli 1 digit on a few lines did. Then, he said that wat i was doing was useless and told me to take a pen to circle...and i was thinking, "wat for? dun match means dun match wat.... even if i used a pencil/pen/crayon or wateva to circle it would still not match." But i did anyway. When I came out, my sister was abt to leave, my dad said sth like...
dad: where are u going
sis: meeting my frens at east coast
dad: wat for
sis: barbecue
dad: be back by 10 arh (threatening voie)
sis: ok (a lil annoyed)
dad: stop bluffing yourself and me (reprimanding voice)
sis: I bluff myself for wat? I think you are the one who is bluffing yourself (gets a lil angry and walks out)
The conversation didnt really make sense to me (the bluffing part) but I was a lil unhappy abt how my dad was reprimanding my sis for no good reason.
dad (to me): take the pen and circle the number
me: wat number
dad: haiya... circle the number that matches! wat do you learn in school?! you must apply! onli noe how to study! where's the statistics?! dun be like your sister! she's bluffing herself thinking that she can go to this jc...that jc! she cant get into anywhere! look at rate she is going! (reprimands/scolds)
me: I dun play toto wat (getting upset)
dad: do i study at nanyang? then how come I have to drive you there every morning? are you unhappy abt doing this for me or are u unhappy abt doing things for me? tell me! (scolds)
me: if i dun play tot how am i supposed to know wat to do? (tears...)
dad: I said circle the number!
me: u dun have to say it like that wat (more tears...)
dad: next time when you go out to work u wont have a teacher to teach u everything! this is lifeskills!
me: I m not working wat! (ok... this one was stupid)
so i just circled the numbers that matched on the 4 pieces of tickets and went into the rm. And yes... i cried... I dunno why but my dad always have this ability to make me cry abt the slightest of things... maybe it's bcos of his tone. He has that effect on my sis too, she'll usually just storm off and lock herself in the room and complain to me while crying.... i m still crying now, but my dad and mum are outside watching tv. b4 the circling part, i was pretty annoyed already cos when i tried to find get the toto page, i asked him whether this (the number on the index pg) was the correct page number. Then he reprimanded, "you try la! everything also need me to tell you!" By the way, do you noe that the teletext changes its pages pretty slowly? and that it is quite irritating? hmph. dunno why my dad keeps reprimanding us these days... and dunno y i tend to cry once he does that. it seldom happens when other people reprimand/scold me. do u noe how infuriating it is when you get reprimanded/scolded for sth very minor? even asking a qn is like a crime. wah lao eh.... dun feel like doing my hw now. nvm... shall just try to do now.... and not go out. hmph.
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Thinking day
Sunday, February 25, 2007
O man. i feel kinda weird now cos thinking day is over. Which means, there won't be so many footdrill sessions and no more item-practicing. O well, at least the 1-2 months of effort paid off :) During the parade on friday, no one fainted or felt unwell, "bangs" were uniformed (unlike our previous rehearsals and practices) and there were no flying berets. Haha. Our fcs (footdrill commandants) were super happy with us. Olivia said that she was so happy she felt like screaming on the podium.... haha. "Usually we had to scream and shout at u all but u suddenly did so well on the actual parade" she said (sth like that la). At the end of the parade, we went to the middle of the quadrangle and did our v-bom cheer. We were like cheering in the middle of the school, right infront of the classroom block. Haha. Then, we took pictures and went back for class. Oya, I forgot to write what happened b4 the parade. well, we had to reach school at 6.30 am so that we could rehearse one more time. I went to school with xiaoen in my dad's car, so I didnt really have to wake up too early. Unlike some of my batchmates who had to wake up at 4 something, I woke up at 5.20. Luckily I prepared my guides full uniform the night b4. When we reached school, we had to assemble at the canteen. Guess wat... I fell down the staires leading to it. -_-. Everyone was like.... omg xinyun, are u ok? o well. nvm. Quite a number of guides somehow injured their legs for this period of time. Soochin fell down the bus's steps (she's on crutches...get well soon!), xiaoen fell down the stairs at her friend's house (bandaged ankle), sandy injured her knee but still dunno the reason y (bandaged knee for some time).
Later that day after school, the sec 2s practiced our item. It was kinda messy cos a few of us could not perform (sick/injured) so we were like rushing. Then, we could not find a good venue to practices cos the npcc or st john's ppl were marching or practicing their lion and dragon dance at the quadrangle. So, we had to go the the basement carpark. We practiced until 4 plus and debrief. Then, the sec 3s in charged of this gave us chocolates and cards. My card said "Hey girl! It's very nice to see you helping your batchmates along the way and you never fail to cheer people up! Thanks for all your help and we appreciate it! LOVE" haha. THANK YOU I/Cs! Later that night, my ankle ached a lil but it's ok now.
On sat, we went to school to practice our item. By the end of it, we were like sweating as if we were in the rain. When it was time to go, the bus was late. When miss teng said that the bus was supposed to come at 8.35, he said, "really huh!" o well. So, we just sat around and played things like "concentration", "who stole the cookie from the cookie jar" and had a mini song session to revise some of the songs we needed when we reach the indoor stadium later. We also took photographs and had fun.
When we actually reached the stadium, we had a full-dress rehearsal with all the other guides from other schools. At around 12 noon, we had packeted lunch by the organisers.... outside a restaurant. nvm. It was pretty good except the chicken wing had a lot of artificial colouring. Your could see yellow liquid oozing out when u squeezed the skin gently. Anyway, miss teng asked chinwen ant i to get a cake of some kind at 7-11 cos there were quite a few bday guides, but could not find one. It started to rain to we came back using the shelters. When we got back, we found that miss teng had sent xiaoen to get us with an umbrella, so we had to call her to come back...haha. at around 1 plus, we went back inside the stadium and the performances and prize-giving started. NYGG coy 1 and 2 received Puan Noor Aishah Award gold and silver respectively. Pei Chun Brownies also received gold...yay! After the PNA gold awards were given out, it was our turn to perform. B4 that, we kept "whooshing" haaha. We went out to the middle of the area for our performance. I was almost directly infront of mrs nathan ok! so nerve-wrecking. We just went on and performed, although we made a few minor mistakes, our seniors said they didnt notice anything, so nvm. Actually, one of us went to the wrong place during one of our formations, so only one person jumped out after our "kallang wave" instead of 2, but it was ok la. During the performance, I could hear our seniors cheering us on. haha. especiallyduring the senang diri domino. (our item was a dance cum footdrill cum formation kinda thing.) After the performance, iris smsed one of us and said that they were very pleased and that we did a very good job. :) Thank you iris. Oya, when we were on the bus to the stadium earlier on, gaomin (our CL) smsed amanda and said sth like "pls tell the sec 2s the entire company is behind them. Jia you and do nygg proud!" Thank you gaomin! It was kind of a relief after the performance as we were very nervous b4 that. There were so many ppl ok! My lil sis also saw me performing. The finale of the celebration was very cool as there were motorcycles coming in and all that. After everything, we took the bus back to nygh. When i asked some of our seniors abt our performance, they said it was very neat and they were impressed. Renice also told us, "you guys did a good job! well done!" b4 she went home.:) Thank you seniors! Oya. Thank you amanda, sandy and charis too!
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CNY'07
Sunday, February 18, 2007
Happy Chinese New Year!!!
Here's wat i did for cny....
I layered my hair last wk!!! well... just a lil so i can still tie up my hair. I also bought quite a few sets of clothings.... planned out when i m going to wear them.
sunday (today)
- white tee with purple and pink butterfly brooch (both my elder sister's. they're new though)
- light pinkish purple tea-length pleated POA skirt (knee or tea-length skirts make ppl look taller u noe. this costed quite a lot, but my ma still bought it for me. thanks ma! I love this skirt)
- my 3-inch denim-with-a-white-ribbon-at-the-front platform shoes!!! (elder sister chose it with me)
- my dangly sparkling mini bites earrings (I bought with my sister's money...but nvm)
- pink red earth lip gloss which i couldnt bear to use besides during the choral night performance last yr
* I looked so girly today. My aunts and granduncle said i m all grown up and pretty :)LOL. My lil sis said that an uncle we didnt usually get to see thought i was someone's girlfriend cos he didnt recognise me. haha. I feel so acomplished cos i actually managed to wear the platform shoes thoughout the day... though my feet hurt a lil. haha. I also collected 18 red packets... yahoo!
monday (morning)
- pinkish beige D and G blouse (given to me by my aunt cos she found out that she had bought a size too small for her)
- black hang ten a-lil-above-knees skirt (bought it with my ma)
- the same dangly earrings
- the same shoes
- same lip gloss
monday (night)
- plain blue hang ten tee (bought with my ma)
- 3/4 hang ten jeans (bought with my ma)
-same earrings
- same shoes (dunna how it'll look like with jeans though)
- same lip gloss
This year, I took pretty short time to but all my clothings with my ma. Maybe cos a salesman was like picking out stuff he recomended and of the correct size for me. All the clothings he picked out was suitable so we bought them all. Then, my ma became a member of hang ten so we had either a 20% or 50% discount for each piece of clothing. we were only in there for like 20 mins and i settled 2 sets of clothings. Then we walked around a lil for my lil sis's shoes and went to POA. There, we bought the skirt i like the most among all the clothings we bought. My ma also bout a yellow tee there. Then, we settled everything and went to eat.
Actually, I was going to wear another cream coloured tee (given to me by my aunt) with a yellow racer-back (hang ten) inside cos it it had a rather wide neckline on the first day. BUT, after washing it, it turned from cream to patches of white and cream. Yup... it colour-faded and I only found out last night. So, my elder sis gave me her extra white tee she had bought for cny. thx jie.
Today was rather nice.... collect ang bao....eat....collect ang bao....eat.....haha. I also played with a lil kitten. it was so small and was rather curious about the prints on my skirt. So i was kneeling down and it was crawling all over my skirt. It also laid on my skirt on its back as if it was like a mattress or sth like that... maybe it treated it like a blanket. so cute. haha. At my granduncle's house, we watched curse of the golden flower and had dinner. I love my grandaunt-in-law's cooking...yum. especially the curry and potatoes in it. My granduncle actually managed to teach my elder sis A-maths for a while.... my sis looked as if she wanted to die. A-maths during cny... can u imagine? Luckily I m not the one taking o-levels this yr...haha
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Happy V-Day
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Happy Valentines Day !!!
Today, I received 2 marshmallows, 2 Hershey's kisses, a Dove chocolate, and a ferrero rocher. My mortal also gave me a packet of marshmallows :) I gave the whole class yupi mini burgers too! For some of my guide frens, I gave them either a ferrero rocher or a mini burger. For my mortal, I gave her a packet of chocolate-filled bicuits (the panda one), a mini burger and a ferrero rocher. Hope u like it :) Oya, i also bought a rose for my mum. Bought it from an auntie on a wheelchair outside bishan mrt station for $5.... kinda expensive for me.....but nvm..... it's hitting 2 birds with 1 stone. The auntie was such a poor thing ok..... she was like begging people to buy but they just ignored her. They did not even a take a glance and pretended as if she did not exist. So, i decided to get one for my mum. My dad asked me to say that it was from him but i refused....hehe
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Nice uncle
Friday, February 09, 2007
Yesterday, i had a negative amt of money in my ez link card, so i had to pay by cash. BUT i did not have small change. All I had was a note, so I went to the bus stop to ask whether an auntie and uncle who looked like they were in their 50s - 60s whether I could exchange some money. They didnt, but the uncle GAVE me 60 cents. THANK YOU uncle!!! How nice of him rite. I didnt know such things actually happen. I am soooo grateful. I was rushing to the dental clinic that time. However, I dun even know his name and it's not quite possible to meet him again. So I donated 60cents to a busker today at J8. :) To pass on the blessings (that's wat my aunt calls them). Oya, I kept the bus ticket which i received after using that 60 cents :D
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braces
Thursday, February 08, 2007
hihi. I AM FREE OF COMMON TESTS!!! yipee! but i m bound with braces. light blue ones (close to my font colour)...hehe. feels tight but it's quite ok. The dentist put the brackets b4 extracting the tooth at my left side. Now my left side of my face, including a lil of my eyelid and nose, is numbed. so when i smile the right lip goes up but the left one doesnt... looks stupid but nvm... My wound is still bleeding so i still have my gauze in between my teeth. oya. the nurse gave me a new toothbrush for braces which is also blue :) plus, i also received a sorta weird bristle-with-handle kinda thing which is used to clean the gaps between the wire and the tooth. cant really close my mouth now and i'll have to wait until the numbing goes off before i can eat. i m back to plain porridge today.
I had my lang arts common test today. Thought it was quite alright. Hope i'll do well.
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100th post - braces
Happy 100th Post My Dear Blog!
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daily catch up
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
okok... i havent been blogging for quite some time cos of HW, common tests and projects. Anyway, tomorrow would be my last test (Lang Arts) woohooo. HOWEVER, I received my maths paper today and scored only 33/50.... booohooo. Careless mistakes, algebra and stuff like that caused it. Had my Sci and hist today.... so unlucky to have 2 of the need-to-study-and-memorise-the-most subjects on the same day. I'm tellng you, i m going to die. Lang Arts tomorrow is a letter to the editor kinda thing about the Rosa Parks incident. Shall read up on the Bus Boycott and racial discrimination tonight. Hope i'll do well.
So far, it has been quite busy with HW, projects, common tests, footdrill and practicing our thinking day item. I m so happy that we improved on our item so much since the first time we started. I still rmb the day we spent hours thinking of dance steps and only to complete about 1 min of the song. LOL. But we managed to complete it with so much of amanda's help :) thx to xiao en too! The sec 3s (amanda, charis, iris, anning, sandy...) are helping us with our footdrill for our dance cum footdrill item. THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
O ya. I m putting on braces (brackets and all) tomoro....AHHHH..... i think it's gonna hurt. A LOT. I shall get light blue brackets though :) xiao en.... go do braces kks. It's kinda ok... doesnt really hurt (from my experience so far.... not including tomoro) o well.... hope i would still be able to talk properly. Shall eat all i want today....haha
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daily stuff
Friday, January 19, 2007
Hello. After quite a few footdrill sessions, I think we have improved a lil but there's still lots more to do.... sec 2s jia you!!! Anyway, we also have to do the thinking day performance, so it's like a mad race against time. We'll be performing in the indoor stadium, infront of dunno how many guides, guiders, brownies, YAs and our Patron - Mrs Nathan. We mustn't mess this up!
Today, I also bought a pair of platform shoes for CNY... haha. It makes me feel tall! It's 3 inches high u see.... need to practice walking. My sis also bought one like that just that it is different in the design and she can walk as if she was wearing sportshoes ok. Nvm. still have about 1 month to try. At least i'll seem taller :D
Oh ya. I had my Martin Luther King presentation today. I think it went quite ok... better than most of my other presentations. I also had my Statistics quiz which i think i'll fail. I also did not have to go for guides as there was the IvP Launch. AND... I can't find my mp3...hmph! Have LOTS of homework but I shall do it tomorrow
I'll be putting on braces on tuesday and I have to extract 2 teeth...o dear. I have this rubberband thing at the back of my mouth in between my last 2 teeth on each side to make space for the ring thing. Anyway, it' kinda bothering me. Feels funny.
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footdrill
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Yesterday, we had our footdrill session for guides. So, after school, I had to chiong like mad to change into my guides full u cos I was held back for a while for LA lesson, had to hand in the class's science ws and the toilets were packed with guides. Anyway, I made it on time. We then proceeded to the carpark for footdrill cos it was raining. O ya b4 that, the our batch (sec 2s) did some parctice on our own during lunch on thur and fri, so we could rmb most of the commands. We have footdrill sessions abt once a term so it's kinda hard to rmb. Xiao En the pro managed to memorise the commands so she could give the commands during our practices. ok back to yesterday. We went through open squad and all that but our stamps were not uniformed and our arms were not locked enough. So when our FCs went by and like sorta tried to move our arms, they would like swing. To make us lock our arms, they made us get 2 5o cent coins to put on our wrists and press them at our sides. But... every few seconds someone would drop them and go, "Permission to pick up coin mdm" and they could not make us do senangdiri position. When they did, dunno how many ppl's coins would drop. In the end, when we finally when on to marching, we were allowed to keep the coins. When we were marching, we would sorta compress, so when we first started we had one arm's spacing, when we ended, we hadlike 1 third of an arm's spacing. SO... we had to take dressing again and again. Anyway, when we ended, we had our debrief. Our FCs pointed out all our mistakes but we improved from the last time we did during camp. we'll get lots of practices for the following weeks cos Thinking Day is coming soon. Hope we'll do well. The sec 2 r also thinking of doing our own batch footdrill practice during lunch on mon wed and fri... though not confirmed yet.
Today, I woke up with my arms aching a lil cos of that coin thing. O man... my standard so low... sec 2s must jia you ok?!
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Farewell and hand over ceremony
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Today, we had our hand over ceremony and farewell party for our Sec 4s. The sec 1s came at around 8 - 8.30 to practice our item and make some bookmarks for our sec 4s. Then at 9.30, we had to fall in and rehearse our ceremony. Since it was raining, we did it in the hall. So we started off by falling in in our patrols and did the horse shoe formation. Then, they called for the existing PLs and PSes to fall out and march to the front, followed by the incoming PLs and PSes. Then we had to salute them and they salute back. When all the patrols were done, the incoming CLs and ACLs did the same. The actual ceremony was about the same just that the had to put on the silver ribbon that indicates their rank on their shoulders.
Next was lunch. The sec 2s were in charge so they would get a hostess and cooks badge. The sec 4s received a door gift kinda thing too. The sec 2s prepared a little too much food though it was quite nice. When we finished our lunch we had patrol corner. We gave our sec 4s gifts we prepared during the weekends. The gifts were actually cushions with covers we designed that said "Sparrow Loves (name of sec 4)" . Our names were also written around the edges of the cover. We also chatted during patrol corner. Stuff like school and all that. Calean gave us xmas cards, shuning and yibing gave us letters cos they were leaving and shuning also gave us chocolates. I sure am gonna miss them. We took pictures of our patrol right before we wrapped up... hope to get some of those pics...haha.
When it was done we went to the English Lab I think.... dun really rmb what it was called. Anyway, we went into the room for the party. Our theme was retro, so the sec 3s who prepared this told them that they had to put on costumes and catwalk in. Haha it was funny. They didnt really catwalk but they were really sporting. Our former ACLs had a skirt way too long for them so they wore it like a dress posed at us with their handbags. When they were done, we had our games. For the first one, six ppl had to stand on a poncho and try to move to the finishing line. For this, it was sec 1s vs sec 3s and sec 2s vs sec 4s. The sec 1s adn 4s won... yoohoo! Then we had the step on the balloons game. Dun rmb who won but it was very fun watching them. Next up was our item. We pretty much screwed it up but they clapped anyway. The powerpoint presentation xiao en prepared could not be opened and we couldnt sing properly cos we kept laughing. but we managed to give out the bookmarks while marsha and peiling played the recorder. The sec 2s, 3s and 4s sang for their item. The sec 4s also danced. We kept laughing cos some of them danced quite funnily. Maybe it was on purpose....haha. Then we had our song session. We sat in a circle sang quite a few sad songs. We had sorta had a hugging session. I hugged yibing, shuning, and then yibing again. It was quited emo (word i learnt from calean...haha) There were tears in my eyes... really didnt expect that. Iris and a few others were crying. Maybe because one of the sec 2s was leaving and would be continuing her sec sch education at victoria jc. Then, the sec 4s left so the sec 2s went to thekitchen and canteen to clear up, while the sec 3s and 1s stayed in the room to clear up.
We actually overshot the dismissal time by about 1 and a half hrs but we didnt mind... I hoped it was longer. I went to get a new set of uniform after clearing up before I went to check the new patrol allocation cos the shop was closing soon. Well.... I m still in Sparrow patrol....yooohoooo!!! Cant believe i m already going to be a sec 2 guide....new batch coming in soon and it's our turn to teach them. I m in publicity during the cca exhibition thing next year. I still rmb I was the first one to sign up earlier this yr on that black sheet of paper. It was the first thing I did during the exhibition. Haha.
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Some of us and Miss Chia in our ethnic costumes for Malay Extravaganza
NYGG Batch'06 during Malay Extravaganza!
Jia Yun and I at the Formal Dinner
Ex-204ers - Yijia, Stella, Me :)
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