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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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merry xmas

Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New Year

!!!

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a lazy sotong

Thursday, December 21, 2006

here's some random stuff... as usual, i still have lots of hw not done. (-.-) oya. I bought a new whistle and a penknife for guides cos i thought i lost my penknife and my whistle looked tarnished and weird... maybe cos i left it out in the open. After spending $4.50 in total, i went home. Guess wat, my dad saw my new penknife while i was trying to rub away the oil and said that there was a similar one on his table. I searched for it and found my supposedly lost penknife under the stack of papers beside the computer (-.-). I was so annoyed lar... my old one is better than my new one lor... my old one is easier to open and the oil could be rubbed of easily when i first bought it. The new one has stains because of the dried oil... dad told me to soak it in alchohol, but nvm. Then i tried to rub my old whistle using tissue paper and it became shinier...not as shiny as the new one, but is still acceptable... oh well...wasted my ka-ching.

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nygg camp

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Hello!!! I m back from camp (11-14 dec). Missed me? haha...jkjk. Here's wat i did.

Day 1
1st we had to set up the campsite. We took very, and i mean very long time to build our clothesline and shoerack. The tent was quite ok though we pitched it facing the wrong direction at first, so we had to dismantle everything and redo them. Then we had teambuilding activities and testworks. I passed all my test works!! :) I started my 1st day on the wrong foot though. First my ecall list was not ready, then I lost my shoebag. (-.-) I actually did my ecall list, but could not print it (stupit printer...), so I asked my PL to help me print it. She was kind of late that day so i did not have time to make it waterproof (1 of the criterias) But thanks to my very nice PL and ACCs, I could hand in my ecall list the next day cos all i had to do was make it waterproof :). The sec 4s found my shoebag at the canteen... i think i 4got to bring it into the sub-camp classroom cos there were so many things. I thought I was gonna get a scolding...heng my CC just returned it to me.
Next we had outdoor cooking...but it rained, so we had indoor cooking. We ate the food we cooked but we cooked too much so we had a lot of leftovers.
Then we had trust and courage. We were blind-folded during one of the stations and only our PL could see. We had obsticles like tables, chairs and twine. I made it through until around the middle when my PL was instructing another member. Then, 1 of the sec 4s told me to turn 1 round and led me straight back to the starting point. (-.-) The sec 4s had a good laugh trying to lead us back and confuse us. We also had fun though.
After that, we had supper and went to prepare our tent by placing newspapers and arranging our sleeping bags. A frog hopped under the tent and we were all freaked out but couldnt do anything cos we couldnt see anything. After our PL came back from COH (some meeting thingy) we had our patrol meeting before washing up and FINALLY went to bed. Sleeping in a tent was quite fun, though the ground was was quite bumpy and hard.

Day 2
Woke up at 5.45am...so tired. Went to brush our teeth and all that b4 having Colours and PT. Charis and I went to buy the ingredients for outdoor cooking competition cos we were in food prep, so we escaped patrol inspection...haha. When we returned, we had orienteering (ladder...e shelter...river crossing... all those i mentioned in the earlier posts).
Then, we had outdoor cooking. Our theme was fusion and the compulsory ingredient was nuts. So we had Fusion Noodles (yellow noodles, ikan bilis with peanuts,tofu, satay sauce, mix veg) and Fusion Dumpling Soup (pork dumplings in campbells's chicken soup). Turned out quite nice. The turfing and firelighting ppl had quite a lot of problems cos the ground had a lot of rocks and roots but the food prep ppl had quite an easy time... haha.
After lunch and all the washing we went to bukit timah nature reserve by bus. We filled in an empty extended bus lah...abt 90 of us. We could not go up in groups oof more than 40 so sub-camp 1 went up first. Sub-camp 2, including me stayed at the foot for some activities like crossword puzzles and stuff. When sub-camp 1 came back, it was our turn to go up. The slope was super steep ok!!! We found it easier to walk backwards though. After walking for dunno how long (ok lar... it was quite short) we reached our checkpoint. We were supposed to pick up twigs and make a structure, but since it was going to rain we had to go back down. My legs were like jelly at the end of all that. My PS told me that my legs would be softer during our night trail but for a different reason (-.-). We did our structure in school using the leftover twigs for outdoor cooking and twine. Then it was bath time and dinner.
We had Craft after that and made an angel and snowman clips since xmas was nearing. Then.....da da da da.....we had our night trail thingy. We were given a scenario - a murder case with some clues. It was abt this guy who was a manager of 2 superstars. He had a wife but had an affair with another lady. So we had to go around the school with a torchlight per patrol.
Our 1st station near the dance studio with a "cleaner" who hates the 2 superstars. We had to ask qns and get a chopstick plus a clue.
The next clue was sth like "a green circle trapping me. let me out" so we went to the place at the running track where there was a circle on the ground and green netting surrounding it. But first we had to learn how to light a kerosene lamp. Then we had to follow "mathew" (the manager)'s ghost and listen to "him" and find clues while we walk round and round the the circle. Gao Min (My CC and the person acting as mathew) purposely spoke very softly so that when we were near enough she could turn around and scare us. Anyway, we did the usual stuff like ask qns and get the chopstick.
Our next clue we had was a picture of a black circle and it said sth abt swinging so we went to the tire swings. There we met "mr richard" who hated mathew cos mathew stole his lover and was better than him in everything. There, we just walked around with "him" and listened to "him" talk abt mathew and we asked him qns. Then, michelle was kidnapped from us cos we could not ans a qns. She was blind-folded and taken away by the poncho ppl. We promised to find her though. But first we had to cut out letter by letter from the newpapers "mr richard, who killed mathew chua?" We showed him the paper and "he" simply said, "it's a secret" (-.-) oya did i mention that the ppl could onli ans "yes" "no" "i dunno" and "it's a secret" qns? Anyway, we 4got to take the chopstick and when we went back to get it, they refused. We were just a few steps away from the station lor. Anyway we went to find michelle and found her near the stairs.
Our clue was a thread so we had to go to the sewing room, which was on the 3rd storey. We went to up very quietly cos we did not want to meet the poncho ppl again. When we finally reached the station, we had to sew buttons first (-.-). Then we met "mathew's brother" who quarrelled with mathew a few days b4 he died and he was also bankrupt. We did the usual stuff and remembered to get the chopstick.
Our next clue was "left, right, left, click. Bring a camera to take a picture of the bride" We went to the locker area near the security guard stand. There were toys lined up and a gowing barbie doll. We had to sing a wedding song for "candy" who was the lady mathew had an affair with. We had to show the wedding invitation card with blood-like designs cos it said "welcome to the wedding of mathew and candy. which is also the the death anniversary of mathew and kyle" sth like that. Attached was a funeral patch and we were suppose to give it to "candy". Then we had to find our next clue by finding the correct toy. We did not have enough time so we just ran to the canteen area cos "candy" was about to chase us. 4got to tell u that candy was like mentally got sth wrong one... acted like a crazy person so she was kinda creepy. She did not even know mathew was dead. oya kyle was her child whom mathew wanted her to abort.
When we reached the canteen area, most of the patrols were already there. We had to write on a slip of paper who we thought was the murderer and the reason. We wrote candy. In the end, the ans was the cleaner. They said that the cleaner did not like the 2 superstars and placed a bottle of cleaning agent and a "i hate you" note. The manager thought it was herbal tea and drank it (-.-) so anti-climax rite. I hear last year's night trail was much scarier... so the sec 1s this year are much more luckier. We had supper and and had the usual stuff (COH, patrol meeting, wash up, lay newspapers in tent and stuff) Was so tired...

Day 3
First up was washing up, Colours and PT. Then we had to go to s'pore river near the esplanade for our wide game. It was a get-clue-find-station-do-activity kind of thing. Our first clue was a picture of a sailor in a boat with a key beside so we had to go to boat quay from city hall mrt station. We had a map and a blooklet. We also had a raw egg we had to carry on our hand throughout the game to get 30 points. At boat quay, we had to walk all around the place b4 finding the station below the bridge. (-.-) Then find out that we had to go back to the place we walked about to list out restaurants and wat type of cuisine they serve and write out a rap. Our's sounded more like a poem though. I m lazy so i shall just tell u the clues we received, the place and the activity.
marble with a slip of paper saying "founder" > marble statue of sir stamford raffles > jigsaw puzzle
a cute measel > acm (a museum) > find and draw a keris knife
a song-at rise > supreme court (listen to the lyrics)> act out a court session abt the huang na case
We only had time for these so we took pictures of places that earned us marks and wrote short write ups.
We had a total of 173 points.... not bad rite, although we wasted a lot of time trying to find our stations and the keris knife.
After that, we went back to nygh and our J1/J2 seniors from hci came to teach us how to build a bridge using spars and twine. We learnt a few new knots and lashes too :)
We had our bath time and dinner b4 our most anticipated CAMPFIRE!!!
After opening campfire, it started to rain so we had to go into the canteen and the sec 3s made another fake campfire. We had our song sessions and games like the balloon bursting game. Then we had to perform our item which was a play with a few cheers and a dance. Our music chalked up when we were dancing and suddenly changed into a slow song. xiao en pretended to be a ballerina and everyone had a good laugh. We had more song sessions b4 our teacher declared the campfire close.
Then we had our supper and usual stuff. Our patrol could not sleep in our tent cos it was like FLOODED with water, so together with another patrol, we slept inside the classroom. In the middle of the night, it started to rain with lightning and all so the rest of the sub-camp came into the classroom anyway. I did not know until i woke up the next day. (-.-)

Day 4
We washed up and had Colours (no PT !!! :D) Then we had breakfast and striking of camp, meaning we had to dismantle our tents and gadgets. We didnt even use the clotheline and shoerack lar.
Anyway, we had footdrill later. The sec 1s pretty much 4got everything cos we dun really have a lot of footdrill sessions so our FC cum CC and 2 other sec 3 had to teach again. They looked as if they wanted to vomit blood but were very nice and just explained all the things again. It was our sec 4 CL who sorta scolded us. Understandable though. At the end of it, we sat around the sec 3s and CC as our CC said that we really have to go home and revise on our own and that she really hoped that out thinking day march would be a success. I really dun think we can find a nicer CC than her.
Next we had Sabotage. We were blinded-folded and went about the science lawn area with mud, ketchup, chilli sauce and god knows wat being "applied" on us and we were fed with dunno wat creamy tuna with bread with water with dunno wat stuff. We also had to slide down a bench of mud and a sec 3 marched on the spot to splatter us with mud. We also tried to kick mud onto the sec 3s and 4s just for fun. When it ended, we sat on the stairs with the help of the sec 3s and 4s b4 being told to remove our blindfolds. Everyone was like "omg" cos we had mud all over us including our hair. I also had paint on my face and my hair was sprayed orange with hair colour or sth like that. The sec 3s and 4s were like laughing, smirking and smiling evily. We posed for a picture and went for a bath.
Next we had area cleaning and prize presentation. Our patrol did not get anything but nvm... we had fun. We also found out that in order to plan all these, our sec 3s slept at abt 3 am every day during the camp but had to wake up at the same time as us (abt 6am)... thank you for ur effort sec 3s!!! This is the most fun and tiring but memorable camp i have ever went to. Xiao En, a few other sec 1s and I shouted, "THANK YOU SEC 3S" at the end of everything b4 going home....haha.

Just to clear things up...
CL = Company Leader
ACL = Assistant CL
CC = Camp Comandant
ACC = Assistant CC
FC = Footdrill Comandant
PL = Patrol Leader
PS = Patrol Second
COH = Court Of Honour

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Patrol Outing

Friday, December 08, 2006

We had patrol outing today. We went to plaza sing for lunch. I couldnt find my way to plaza sing from dhoby ghaut mrt station cos there were a few openings and ended up somewhere else. Had to call my sister...but nvm. Charis is back!!!! yooohooo! Too bad she couldnt stay for the movie cos she had another appointment. Anyway, after that, we went to take neoprints. Charis wore a pair of spectacles with no degree cos she likes it (-.-) All of us laughed when she showed us at Mcdonald's. Then, we went to cathay cineplex nearby for a movie without Charis. Step Up was our 1st choice but they were not showing it anymore, so we decided to watch Open Season. The tickets are cheaper there, each of us had to pay $7.50 for a friday movie b4 5pm, but the popcorn is still as expensive... $6.50 (-.-) Open Season was so funny...was laughing all the way.

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recovery

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Yay!!! I m diarrhea-free. Actually, a few hrs i went to the doctor and ate my medicine, i did not have diarrhea already... very powerful rite...haha. I still feel bloated though... a lot of air inside. When I was at the clinic the doctor pressed my tummy when i was lying down and it was soooo ticklish. I was like trying not to jump up in the air. My maid who was with me was also trying not to laugh (-.-) Then the doctor sorta tap my tummy and it produced a "tok tok tok" sound. My maid went wahh...and he said that there was a lot of air/wind/gas. The sound was very loud and sorta hollow. My ma said the "wind" would go away on it own...but it's very uncomfortable. hmph.

Awww... my elder sis is having fever now...

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diarrhea

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

caution: the following contents are not suitable for those who are easily disgusted

okok...I'll keep this short cos i m not feeling well. I have diarrhea. Went to the toilet abt 7 times yesterday. I really dunno how i survived the night. My lil sis let be sleep on the lower deck of our double decker bed after much persuasion. I went to the doctor this morning and he said it was probably bcos of oily food. Must have been the roti prata i ate yesterday. Is this punishment for not following my ma to the office to help her? cos if i went to the office I would not have taken roti prata. If so, I pity the trees that were made into the toilet rolls. Guess wat...all i ate besides the roti prata was 3 fishballs for dinner. skipped lunch cos i had late breadfast. Didnt have breadfast today also. No appetite lar. Hope i'll get well soon... have camp next week.
On the bright side, i finally learnt how to spell "diarrhea" (-.-) I searched the internet for cures yesterday and i found out that u can cure diarrhea by mixing a pinch of salt into 200 ml of water. Didnt work for me though(-.-) U can also mix a pinch of salt and a teaspoon of sugar into a litre of water. Other remedies include drinking tea or apple cidar vinegar. I just ate po chai pills and charcoal pills yesterday... didnt work (-.-)

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