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rttf 2010

2010-07-12T17:50:00.000+08:00

... stands for raw to the floor...on 10 July

haha went for my very first bboy "competition"... actually anyone battles me will win lar... so technically speaking there's no competition lol. But ah wells... it was quite fun i guess, though it was stressful >.<

Went to sch to meet jh for pract first, then went to jerome's house haha. they played computer games.... i fell asleep on the chair... best. headed off to OC soon after :)

hmm... the battle. i blanked out... like seriously and completely -.- mixed my 2 sets together for my first throwdown and then anyhow whack for the second (which was actually pretty similar to what i did for my first). but anw, it was a good experience and it was great to see so many crews battling :)

good job to all who participated :D

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Went for The Big Groove on sunday too :D:D:D
seriously super dope... omg. Quest Crew!!

June hols so far...

2010-06-17T20:14:00.000+08:00

hah I think I didn't waste away my hols (so far) like what i usually do :P been going to school almost everyday to mug and break (plus some chatting and procastination here and there luh). Heh but i actually went to do math practs :) wanna go for a movie or sth toooo...

last few days was more about elections prep ba. Was quite fun (though sometimes frustrating) working on choreo and all that. Was quite lucky on Tue and Wed in a sense that Jane and I managed to go into a classroom to prep on tue and that the PE studio was open yesterday :D the stage was like super wet due to the epic downpour -.- that area needs to be redesigned... seriously. Life without studios/trngs/stage is sad :(

Anyways... guess i'll have to shift my focus more towards acads for now cos BLOCKS ARE LIKE A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AWAY >.< GGTTM!

Dance Night 2010 :)

2010-06-02T20:29:00.000+08:00

Transcendance... YEAH~!

Thank you everyone who made Dance Night 2010 possible (and awesome) :D

` ΜΛD.BBOY <3

pre-dance night

2010-05-23T13:22:00.000+08:00

1 week to TRANSCENDANCE >.<

haizz screwed up audi run... cant screw up dance night. i must not!

nice schedule man...

2010-05-09T22:21:00.002+08:00

Lol. wat's better than having your birthday in between 2 lecture tests? nice.

whee :)

2010-05-09T17:56:00.000+08:00

Went batch(uh... almost entire batch la)-shopping yesterday for Dickies shorts :) whee... been waiting to get them. Was expecting all of us to get around the same colours... like the usual blacks/blues/browns, but almost everyone bought different colours. I think it'll look quite nice when we all wear them at the same time. yay. should have taken a photo when all of the new shorts were piled neatly together though.

Mine are purple :p
Jane: silver (which is actually grey la...)
kira: green (so pro-athena sia)
geri: turquoise
seanT: orange (!!)
yueching: chocolate
kahhow: red
daniel: black
someone (iforgotwho): royal blue (i think)
plus other blacks/2 whites

haha not bad right.

of PE and suay-ness

2010-04-08T17:17:00.000+08:00

Today, we had napfa trials, which everyone dreaded. It started off with 2 rounds round the 1.2 route, but halfway through, it started to rain. So we ran in the rain for the last stretch of the first round. Went back to the hall for standing broad jump and mine was like 166 cm >.< lLike how i m a lot shorter than a lot of ppl, my sbj result is also a lot shorter than the rest (ahem... jabez ~295, yvonne ~190?) Ah wells. the epic part came during incline pull-up. i was happily doing my 14th/15th inline pull up, a pretty good chance on reaching an A, when I saw a ball in the air... then a split second later, BAM... it smashed into my face straight on. LOL. My specs flew somewhere and everything seemed pretty blur and a bit fuzzy too due to the impact. Luckily it wasnt that painful... just got a bit disoriented for a while. Ppl were asking if i needed ice... i guess the ball looked pretty fast and forceful haha. Aye... hope i dun even rmb if it were a basketball or volleyball. just really happy it didnt ruin my specs. LOL!

titles are getting a bit redundant....

2010-04-03T10:31:00.000+08:00

Had bboy self practice with Jane, SeanL, Kai en (who appeared and disappeared throughout the session) and Gateaux on thur :) (and supposedly SeanT also la... although he joined us at like 6pm -.-) Anyways, that session was fun :D We should have more of it... and I'm really thankful for batchmates' patience when teaching me stuff :p Gateaux tried to teach me how to transit into baby freeze, which was quite amusing cos i couldnt support my weight as he tried to move my legs to the correct position... and my shoe almost came off... lol! I fail la but i think should be able to get it after more practice. Practiced 6 step, salsa step, baby freeze, threading, etc. Attempted chair freeze also... but fail also. Ah wells. But we came up with sth called the Dead Freeze too... go figure.

We chatted at the end of the session for a while too :) eh.. for some reason i can't really rmb what we talked about... a lot of random stuff here and there. But i think there was a lot on a certain person being attached to another :p

PGA'10

2010-03-28T16:00:00.000+08:00

Wheee... this year's batch of PGA-ers will be going for pioneer test next sat... good luck juniors! (although I dun think you guys come here haha) I feel kinda bad for not being able to go for any of their training sessions... cos bboy days clash with guides (Tue and Fri). Couldn't come back for guides cca sessions too :(

But anyways, I'm sure they'll do great :) PGA feels kinda distant actually... maybe it's cos so many stuff has gone by as well. But I'll always remember how we trained for pioneer... smoked up the entire school... mass sorted punk and twigs... cooked pineapple jam... crammed for interviews... slept with my comp right beside my bed ... stayed up all night to chiong proposals... did not sleep the night before camp... pushed ourselves during camp... prepared dunno how many things for Be Prepared test, only to use less than 10% of it (lol!)... etc etc. It was a taxing but memorable experience and I'll never regret going for it :)

It feels like I've sort of closed the chapter for guides although I'm still involved in YA and Project 100. I thought i did so at the end of last year, but I dunno, it still feels a bit strange sometimes >.< oh wells, I'll see how it goes :)

bboy

2010-03-26T23:51:00.001+08:00

teehee... i think i m getting more and more into bboy haha! Today's session was fun :D Learnt part of our dance night routine... woots! Super tiring also la... and my hands hurt... but ah wells. It's always cool to see how the different steps are joined up to form a routine :)

Best thing is.... ___, ____ and ____ will be performing during dance night tooooo! HOW COOL IS THAT! Super excited can :D Boy said it's going to be a like a party... lol!

Bboy workshop

2010-03-14T20:53:00.000+08:00

Just went for a bboy workshop. Wahh... seriously... very tiring. We had warm-ups including jumping jacks, squats while piggy-backing someone else, this jump-over-your-partner-and-then-roll-on-the-floor-below- your-partner-who-is-now-jumping-over-you thing, guys' push up with clapping (epic fail for me), etc. By the end of it, my thighs were aching liao. haha!

We did some basics like 3-step, 4-step, 6-step, CC, etc... and the pace was pretty fast 0.0 I couldn't catch up most of the time. THEN, we went on to power moves. We tried to do windmills and 90s >.< But before that, we had to learn the movements by rolling/rotating with our backs on the floor and by trying to do a handstand. Very difficult sia. I didnt manage to do it in the end (quite expectedly).

Lastly, we had a choreography, which was also pretty fast... I usually messed up the end. But it was fun la :)

The whole 3 x 1.5 hr workshop was pretty interesting although I was pretty stressed about getting the moves right and moving fast enough. I think i learnt quite a bit... like that fact that i seriously need strengthen up. haha! The moves were cool too :) And I bet I'll get very bad muscle aches tomorrow morning >.<

UPDATE

2010-03-09T12:00:00.003+08:00

haha... it's been a loooonnnnggg time since I last blogged.

ORIENTATION
wah..it's like super late to blog about this man. haha! Anyways, orientation was a blast :) Had lots of fun with my OG, although we weren't very bonded at first. The activity I remember most vividly is the SLIPPERY SLOPE. Aya... my partner and i were just 1 step to the top, then my knee slipped and we both fell back into the pool below. -.- We were so close to the finishing point. Oh wells.

It's quite funny how my OG became more bonded after the orientation lol. I think we are quite a fun bunch :)

POP
Stands for Post Orientation Party, aka dance battle between the 4 faculties. I'm in ATHENA!!! I practically went for dance sessions everyday, even after I had learnt the entire dance. It's fun and sometimes we challenge each other to see who can stay the longest LOL.

On the actual day (CNY Celebrations), we were given neon green gloves to wear... eh... it looked kinda funny cos the shape is a bit off, but apparently, the effect is quite good from afar :) We didn't win, but thats alright la. I still like Athena's fac dance the most :):)

CNY
Had school celebrations on the day of POP :) We had this funfair going on and cos there were so many ppl, I could even see the some of the stalls -.- The fun part came when we had lao yu sheng with the seniors. At the end of it all, we had almost half the yu sheng out of the main plate. hehe... received a balloon too :)

Went to Party World for kbox to celebrate selina's birthday after the celebrations! Haha.. i seriously cant sing lol! Ah wells... we still had super lots of fun anyways... so much until we spilled strawberry milkshake twice >.<

This year's visiting wasn't very exciting frankly speaking. More like just going to houses and lazing about haha. But we went for senior-class visiting :) Some of them live in seriously big houses! Our entire day was occupied by eating and gambling haha! I now see why learning card games is so important.

THINKING DAY
Heh, didnt think I would still be involved in guides. But tada... went for Thinking Day Celebrations and watched our Sec 4s perform :D Well done juniors! It was also that day, I decided to join the Young Adults branch with Shin Mun. With a more defined programme this year, I think it's gonna be quite cool :D

CCA
Got into bboy under Music and Dance... haha... shocked?

DRAMAFESTE
Signed up as crew! Didn't think I would act right. Practically burnt every afternoon and sometimes even evenings on dramafeste, but it was worth it :) I met quite a few new friends too! It was quite an ambitious plan to build an set that resembled an MRT cabin, plus 3 tall concrete-slab-looking blocks. But we did it :)

Besides having to make the set, we also had to practice moving them. The ppl moving in the MRT were super cute cos they had to act happy and bubbly, bobbing up and down to the music. LOL!

Congrats to army guy for winning best supporting actor award! I think all our casts did really well :D

CLASS OUTING
dim sum buffet!!! haha we ate and ate and ate. Our table had 7 long3 of har gao. Not bad right? We also celebrated the birthdays of the Jan-Mar babies. The cake was quite tasty, but i think we were to full to enjoy it. The candles were also totally LOL. They had a bit of sparks flying out like sparklers, but it took dunno how many blows to extinguish them haha!

(The cake looks like it's exploding haha!)

SCHOOL in general
Busy! Work is starting to pile up liao... we even had a math lecture test, which has quite a heavy weightage. All I can say is... GG. Aside from that, school's still fun la... with a crazy class like mine <3

Meeting cum chit chat session with the PGA guides :D

2010-01-23T18:36:00.000+08:00

Had a meeting with the rest of the PGA guides about activites in line with the GGS Centenary Celebrations :) haha... it was more like a catch-up session though. We would talk about some of the activities... then drift of to super ah lians, working at sentosa and JC options. LOL! I think it'll be a rather interesting year ahead with all these Guides activities that we are going to plan, organise and maybe take part in :D At the start of the year, I thought I would be rather cut off from guides since i wasnt sure if i was going to join YA, but i guess i'll be involved whether or not i join YA. haha. High likelihood that i would though... another 2 years of guides stuff :p

1 school week has gone by and i have not gone for Guides >.< I intended back to ny yesterday but forgot about it at the end of the day when we were released at 5+pm. Maybe next week :)

next week there'll be...
Math online test x.x
collecting of hc uniform (maybe?)
O level students joining us :D
Orientation :D

Back to school!

2010-01-18T19:36:00.002+08:00

During the hols...

I think i was pretty occupied throughout the hols :) HCL o levels and AP summit the start of Nov, 2 weeks of CIP at AWWA, Guides camp at the beginning of Dec, 1-2 weeks of xmas fun, then 3 weeks of free labour at my mum's office.

HAHAHA! I FINALLY tidied up my room and table on the last day of hols. That took me like 3+ hours -.- It had really been a long time since I last saw the surface of my table and more than half my floor area :p The amount of paper i m getting rid of is like 1m high. lol! But I still have a lot of O level/ reference books in my cupboard la... I'd need to find a place to store them until my younger sis needs them. I remember my elder sis dumping all her books to me at the end of Sec 2 when she was freed from Os... but I shall not be so evil.

School....
Anyway, it's the first day of school today and i guess it was all right. Many thought we had to go to school at 7.20am like a normal school day and ended up going to Mc's until 8. Haha. Saw almost half of 404'09 walking from Mc's to HC on my way to school, so I got down 1 stop before HC to walk with them :p

The day started out with disciplinary stuff and then a briefing on what was going to happen for the next few days. I hope I don't get lost though... the layout of HC is still quite confusing to me :S
Then... dun dun dun dun....came the English Diagnostic Test. Haizz... after 2 months of not writing it was a little difficult to express my thoughts coherently. I hope I did ok... though essay-writing had never really been my forte. The test was rather effective in putting me into the "school mode" too.

We went for a 1-hr break after that and then had a Math lesson. Luckily it was just revision and nothing too bombastically tough. Just that my brain's a little rusty at the moment...

Went for lunch at S11 with Yee Ting :) I ordered chicken rice, expecting just a plate of rice with chicken, but in the end, I had a large bowl of soup, chicken, bean sprouts and 2 bowls of rice in front of me. That's cos the uncle said students can add rice for free... but i didnt expect another full bowl of rice. haha. I still dunno how the soup and bean sprouts came about though.

Anyways, went to the library with Yee Ting cos her internet at home is down. We decided to sign up for SIMUN under HACAS :)

--end of very fragmented post--

xmas gathering

2010-01-02T16:47:00.001+08:00

Happy 1 day after New Year's day everyone. :p

xmas gathering.....

had xmas gathering on 23 dec and i've koped some photos from xiaoen's blog. Had quite a bit of fun although i was super late -.-

Dinner :) with a lot of doodling on the tables that had paper on top of them

I like this pic a lot <3

sparklers after dinner! it had been ages since i last played them

Me... i look sian here but i was having fun actually

smoking up the park >.<

jingle bells!

2009-12-25T00:47:00.002+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

NYGG ATC'09

2009-12-15T00:43:00.003+08:00

1 year has since zoomed pass after Connect(ed)'08 happened. I remember chionging out proposals 1 week before camp cos i was in beijing for 1 month (nov). Coming back this time round for Take Flight'09 to help out really brought back many memories :)

Camp was not so physically tiring in a sense cos i wasn't really participating in all the activities. The seniors just walked around to ensure things were going on fine. and I marked testworks! like finally... haha!

The largest difference this year was doing sentry duty (more like sitting outside the classroom to play cards and chat while looking out for strangers and rain) Was really fun. It was also super fortunate it did not rain during all 3 nights! It's like a miracle... most of of the time we only get to slp in tents for the first night. And campfire was not affected by rain at all :)

For the last night, all the seniors stayed up together instead of having shifts, since batchies who were not on official duty came to the camp too :) We stayed up until like 3.45am chatting and stifling our laughs. LOL. Then the J1s and Sec 4s on official duty went to slp cos we'll be half dead on Day 4 if we didnt. The rest stayed up all the way and went home in the morning. Some of them saw a shooting star too!!! super envious!

Anyways, I think camp was fun and as seniors we were naturally zi-highing. Especially during campfire. During the pass the parcel game, kai yun and I ended up with the parcel TWICE. First time was to do 3 bimbotic poses... but we got the prize for the second time we had the parcel. it was a bangle and chocolate :) The emcees were asking us to wear it, but i heard "wave it" so i started waving it around. SO MALU. haha!

Ah wells. That's probably my last (official) guides event for my sec sch life. Sobs. I'll miss guides a lot, especially the people.. and batchies! I really dunno wat to join in jc. At least there's still xmas gathering with batchies and Mdms :D

Anyways, just wanna say...

To Sec 3s, GREAT JOB! I'm really proud of your achievements... not just organizing a successful camp with only 15 ppl, but also coming together as a batch. I think you guys have grown a lot and that' s really good :) Now that camps over, it's time to take a rest for a while (and maybe do your hw), especially since you guys have spent like 2 months planning. Take a well-deserved break ;)

To Sec 1s and 2s, it was nice seeing all of you practicing for the campfire items..haha! You guys were really brave :) I'm really glad you took in all the comments the seniors gave and put in the effort to do better and better throughout the camp :)

To seniors and batchies, xie xie da jia for all the entertainment. I think i toned up my stomach muscles trying to stifle my laughs at night. LOL!

To Mdms, thanks for everything you have done during camp and throughout my time in NYGG :)

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Take Flight'09!

PGA Award Ceremony

2009-12-06T21:34:00.004+08:00

Pics from PGA Award Ceremony :) (from sarah)

Can't upload those from the AP Regional Summit yet cos I cant find the connector for the camera -.-

Sarah, Xiao En and I with Ms Teng, Ms Ng and Ms Ong

Group photo at the Istana =)

Jump shot! I love Sarah's dad's camera... It's jump shot friendly :p
(Quite funny how the camera focuses on xiao en... lol!)

Haizz.. shall try to search for my connector >.<

away...

2009-11-09T21:27:00.001+08:00

HCL o levels tomorrow... arhh!!!!!

going to philippines right after that! wish me luck :)

NYGG Farewell 2009

2009-11-07T15:07:00.007+08:00

On thur, we had guides farewell. Was a lil 不在状况内 ... lost track of time... etc etc. Anyways, our patrol corner was rather quiet lol! cos our sec 3s were in charge of farewell and jiayu had dramafest, there was onli hannah, zeke and i left. joined another patrol with no sec 3s/4s... chit chatted a lil and ate.

Then, we had cake-cutting. I LOVED THE CAKE. besides being super yummy, our nygg photo was printed on white chocolate and placed on it. something like last years. it was amusing seeing us find our faces and try to get the piece of cake that had it. lol! took a video thanking ms teng for the cake cos she's in shanghai and had to miss our farewell party :(

Dress up time! This year's theme is PJ paty in space (i have a strong feeling this was huimin's idea :p) We had PJs/modified large Ts with funny alien designs/ goggles/flippers...and antenna hairbands that we got to bring home! We walked on the walkway and posed... stuff like that. those with flippers were funny!

We had the traditional parcel-passing game which unveiled a ring of ferrero rochers and the person who got it had to give it to the person she wants to thank most. In the end, it was given to kakay!! Huier said, "bad choice".. lol!

For the performances, Sec 1s did a parody thingy of all of the sec 4s... omg... hannah impersonated lingxin really well. haha! I still dun really get what was going on when they were acting as me cos i couldnt hear... but it was with suat and had sth to do with S.U.A.T.

Sec 2s did up a montage with messages and sang a song. I really like reading the messages.. they even burnt it into a CD for all of us :) It's quite a pity many sec 2s couldnt come due to dramafest :( Then it was our turn to perform.... o man... totally epic in all the wrong ways... it was the first time many of us was singing that song. I think the juniors had a great time laughing at us though. As for Sec 3s, they sang a song and read a msg to us :) Hui Min then read out this scroll designed like an edict in mandarin... they wanted to end on a sad note... but we all started laughing lol!

The montage came up and we also sang songs. Didnt have a lot of time to spare so we started our hugging cum crying session. i think i was one of the first to cry again... super malu can. I had that feeling during the songs alrd but it was more like an on and off thing. THEN, hannah came and hug me and i started crying lol!

Ah wells, sang a few more songs and then we had to end it cos it was really late alrd. Took patrol photo! there was onli 4 of us la but nvm...

Had batch dinner... sorta... onli around 10 of us... but good enough :) just chatted about school, guides, graduation, JC....

I'm gonna miss being in guides... perhaps after almost half a year of not really being involved in guides stuff, I sorta got a lil more used to not being in guides. But I can't really imagine going into a totally new CCA with a whole new group of ppl. I'm gonna miss NYGG Batch '06 lots :(

quoting xiao en:

As we fade into the dark depths of history... here's a toast to the happy times we've had. Thank you for our memories, batchies. You guys rock.

Pics!

2009-11-01T16:00:00.009+08:00

Overdue pics from PGA badge ceremony :)

sarah, me, ms ong, xiao en!

xian, jie, me, mum :)

Almost all of GOBO10 + lingxin, michelle, sihui, evie, huimin

Guiders and PGA 2009 - xiao en with chopped off legs!

Programme booklet and the pga badge (shiny eh..)

PGA badge ceremony

2009-10-24T15:03:00.005+08:00

Had PGA badge ceremony yesterday :D

It was really great getting to see some of TT12 and gobo10 back together again. Some of our Sec 3s were there too :)

The whole ceremony was quite short, but we hung around to chat for and eat for quite some time :p

For some reason, i can't upload the pics... shall do so some time later :)

Tremors

2009-09-30T19:30:00.002+08:00

I shouldn't be blogging now actually...

but i felt pretty strong tremors just now... and we all went to an open space downstairs. This is the second time, but this time, i could really feel my body moving left and right. At first i thought it was cos i was sick and also cos i was bending over while reading LA stuff. Anyways, it stopped pretty soon (fortunately)

but what is not so fortunate is this:

Strong Earthquake Hits Indonesian Island of Sumatra
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/09/30/world/international-quake-indonesia.html

By REUTERS
Published: September 30, 2009
Filed at 6:58 a.m. ET

PADANG, Indonesia, Sept 30 (Reuters) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.9 struck off the city of Padang on the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island on Wednesday, damaging houses, bringing down bridges and starting fires, a witness said.

The quake was felt around the region, with some high-rise buildings in the neighbouring city state of Singapore, 275 miles (440 km) away, evacuating their staff.

A regional tsunami warning was issued, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre and Japan's meterological agency said. It was unclear if there were any casualties.

"Hundreds of houses have been damaged along the road. There are some fires, bridges are cut and there is extreme panic here maybe because water pipes are broken and there is flooding in the streets," said a Reuters witness in the city.

Phone lines were down.

The depth of the tsunami was measured at 85 km, the United States Geological Survey said.
Indonesia is situated in a belt of intense seismic activity known as the "Pacific Ring of Fire". The U.S. Geological Survey put the magnitude of the quake at 7.9.

A series of tsunamis earlier smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa killing possibly more than 100 people, some washed out to sea, destroying villages and injuring hundreds, officials said on Wednesday.

Padang, the capital of Indonesia's West Sumatra province, sits on one of the world's most active fault lines along the "Ring of Fire" where the Indo-Australia plate grinds against the Eurasia plate to create regular earth tremors and sometimes quakes. It lies

A 9.15 magnitude quake, with its epicentre roughly 600 km (373 miles) northwest of Padang, caused the 2004 tsunami which killed 232,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and other countries across the Indian Ocean.

Geologists have long said Padang, with a population of 900,000, may one day be destroyed by a huge earthquake because of its location.

"Padang sits right in front of the area with the greatest potential for an 8.9 magnitude earthquake," said Danny Hilman Natawidjaja, a geologist at the Indonesian Science Institute, earlier this year.

"The entire city could drown," in a tsunami triggered by such a quake, he warned.

just so you know...

2009-09-07T16:22:00.001+08:00

Won't really be blogging much cos 1) it's time for me to mug 2) the posting layout on my blogger account is wonky... i cant do anything else besides typing text... no posting of pictures, etc 3) i m too lazy :P

good luck to all for EOYs x_x

Funfair!

2009-08-14T22:05:00.000+08:00

Had fun during funfair!!!

in the morning, we were frantically trying to finish up all the "walls" needed for the haunted house and everything was a mess... but managed to finish up anyway :)

The make-up was cool too... those who were ghosts in the haunted house really looked quite scary haha. I face paint on too with the help of mabel:) Then, carol and i went around the place publicising by holding up newspapers with our venue and all that. I took off my glasses as it ruined the look... so half the time i didn't know who i was scaring. Met many juniors and went up to them too :) haha some didn't recognise me at first.

at the end of the funfair... counting of coupons began... and then we had red and white daze!

I think it was quite fun and the students were quite high haha!

404 was the highest-earning class for sec 4 :):):)

:)

2009-07-25T14:24:00.000+08:00

I like this vid :D

PGA results

2009-07-23T21:50:00.005+08:00

Yay:) Good news for xiao en, sarah, shin and yanning and me :)

Thanks to TT12 and GOBO10 for making this such a fulfilling and interesting journey! I think we all should pat ourselves on the back....

.... and catch up on hw :S

Not to forget all the help from Guiders, batchmates, juniors, friends, mum, jie, mei and dad. Thanks for keeping me strong :)

Be Prepared

2009-07-12T21:22:00.002+08:00

went for PGA Be Prepared test yesterday.

I dunno how I did, but I really hope it's good.

Questions that involve political figures seem to be attracted to me lol.

But ah wells.... i m glad I decided to go for PGA... learnt a lot and met many new friends :D

I hope everyone gets through!!!!

PGA PnO Camp

2009-06-23T18:53:00.006+08:00

Back from PGA camp!

Anyways, camp was really exhuasting. In fact, the weeks before were equally exhausting, mentally and physically. Seriously deprived of sleep.

haha luckily I came back yesterday and sort of tidied up my baggage a bit before bathing and then sleeping at around 7pm. Woke up at 11 when cos my sis wanted me to have dinner. Went back to sleep until 2pm today! Feeling much more refreshed.

Quotable quotes:

"Why must we make a pot stand (as in the thing that elevates the pot off the surface, preventing burn marks)? Why must the pot stand? Why can't it sit?"

"Have you thought why it is called "area cleaning"? Why not "volume cleaning"?"

"You chi1 li3 pa2 wai4! (for something totally irrelevant to the idiom) "

"Do you like raisins? What about a date?"

It's amazing how 3 fouths of my quote list was contributed by 1 person.. ahem.

But now, back to homework...

PGA interview results

2009-05-26T20:41:00.001+08:00

made it thru interview :D

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GOBO10

always.

PGA interview

2009-05-24T01:22:00.002+08:00

Was kinda ok... and kinda not ok....

argh... hopefully we'll get thru!

"Who do you think will be the next non-chinese prime minister?"

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pre-PGA interview

2009-05-21T17:42:00.001+08:00

PGA INTERVIEW ON SAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARRHHHHHHH!

16th birthday

2009-05-11T20:06:00.002+08:00

SWEET SIXTEEN :D

Thanks all for the birthday wishes!

and to Sarah for the 1/2 hr birthday wish in advance (she wished me a happy birthday at 11.30 last night), LZ for the bday wish at 12 mn, and gor for smsing way earlier and wishing a me a happy birthday at like 12.15am. haha!

Pretty much wasted my weekend away (oops) watching hana yori dango. ah wells... birthday weekend = slack during weekend and chiong later. haha!

I think my mum almost forgot about my birthday though...
a re-enactment:

jie: ma... let's go out for dinner (it was on sat cos there would be a lot of ppl around on sunday)
ma: for what?
jie: yun's birthday la! and mother's day also.
ma: oh. when's 11 may huh?
jie: monday lor. So where do you all wanna go and eat?

LOL!

Pioneer's and Homemaker's Badge

2009-04-19T10:02:00.005+08:00

MUHAHAHAHHA! I passed :)

Was quite stupid on the day of the test though. I prepared 100plus but forgot to bring. spent 10 min in the morning trying to dry my face towel that I washed the day before and then forgot to bring. Forgot to bring my notebook with all my PGA notes! Luckily GOBO10 sort of revised stuff for a while in the bus.

Then, my bag flooded cos my water bottle's cap came off. ah wells.... had to lay out my stuff to let them dry. My guide handbook was safe though.

Also very luckily, we trained with boiling more water :) My timing wasn't very good but I passed anyway. Chose to do turfing and firelighting first cos I felt that was my biggest hurdle out of all of the stations, so after I passed it I felt much more relaxed. We also prepared A LOT of twigs and punk. Quite hilarious seeing boxes of twigs and punk left. but was quite troublesome bringing them back.

After the test, we went back to to school to put back everything. and took photos lol! like funny photos. Tried to do jumshots but failed. Then, we went to golden rooster to eat and hogged up 1 row of tables. had oreo crush ;)

After that, 4 of us went to Guide House to show our jam to our tester cos we failed the other time. My jam passed too :)

Feel accomplished after passing 2 badges. haha!

I think I will miss training for pioneer's badge though. It's tiring but fun :)

JIAYOU GOBO10!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Food from the Heart

2009-04-05T11:55:00.003+08:00

Yesterday, I had cip at Bukit Batok CC for Food from the Heart :)

For the first half of the session, my patrol went to give out flyers. But there were so many and limited time, we just gave to those we saw as much as possible and then put the remaining on cars :) Quite cool seeing pink pieces of paper all around.

Then we joined our group again for door-to-door collection of food. Was quite funny as on a level of about 8 units, only 2-3 had people around to open the doors. They have very nice houses too! cos the few blocks we went to consisted of mansionettes.

Some funny moments were when we went to a unit, we heard some knocking on the door from the inside. Then we saw a few palms on the window that was blurred (like frosted glass). haha... kids... On our own, I think we were all imagining haunted stories about mysterious knockings and cries for help. The kids were quite cute too!

I liked the dog we saw as well... very playful and not afraid of/ fierce towards strangers... and the unit that had chinese new year and christmas deco on their door at the same time!

It's quite amazing to see how a few small collections from each level can contribute to make a huge pile of food ;) This pile of food will be distributed to the needy.. I really hope it helps. Some of us stayed back to pack the food into categories and plastic bags. There were like... 30 cans of condensed milk? Some even donated abalone. There was this guy who specially went to buy a box of canned stewed pork to donate. There were 16 cans :) There was a unit that also contributed one huge bag of food that was contained in a garbage bag (clean one of course... just that a normal plastic bag was not big enough). Although sometimes, the response was rather lukewarm/ cold when many ppl said they had nothing to donate, there are still people who go the extra mile to help the needy ;)

CCA stuff :)

2009-03-27T23:07:00.003+08:00

had outdoor cooking today :) was kinda messy and stuff actually.

shall talk about PGA ;)

Status: Currently a 1/10 of the Government of Burnable Objects No. 10 (GOBO10) aka PGAers'09

Haha!

It is the crazy ideas like this that keeps my spirits up ;) Quite busy with PGA trainings and stuff, but I think I'll love this process (with batchmates like these, how can i not?)

Going for homemaker's badge training tomoro! I think we'll make jam of sth. that's after our Pioneer Badge training (aka Immobalizing cum muscle-aching training). I'm kinda worried for my firelighting, ladder, chopping and splitting skills. Cant' meet the time limit!!!

Well, at least I know what I'll be doing for my 20 hrs PGA CIP :) many many CIP projects (1 for NYAA, 1 for Council, 2 for PGA, 2 for class) yay!

Wish me luck!

IlluWenate'09

2009-03-21T15:02:00.003+08:00

Memorable LTC moments (from campfire)

pouring kerosene onto the newpapers to make the torch. super smelly man

Charades

(wannqin acts like she's eating a delicious ferrero rocher)
someone: fishball!!!!

seniors make fish gestures using arms to mean eco pond
someone: PONYO! PONYO!
they wave hands to say no and act like fish/frog/something i can't rmb
someone: ponyo?

Pass the parcel forfeits

miss teng singing (nice song!)
miss ye's joke: ABCD. who is the tallest? (ans:C cos A比C低)
the monkey family!
Chinwen acting like a chicken

BOM game forfeits

xiao en teaching us how to imitate a prawn ;)
hui min singing xi1 jie4

What's next! game (continuing a story)

Once there was a magical bottle
cos it is never ending and the water keeps refilling
hui min: but one day, it ended

RAINING AT 3.10AM
seniors: IT'S RAINING IT'S RAINING!
us: blur and think, "oh. it's raining huh"
seniors: WAKE UP! IT'S RAINING!
us: finally get out of slping bag
seniors: hurry up it's raining!
us: try to find slippers

Random thoughts (as though the above isnt randome enough alrd)
1. I love my batch :)
2. the sec 3s really can sleep. haha
3. planning for a campfire withing 2 days is equal to madness for inexperienced ICs
4. my batch can come up with a batch item in 10-20 minutes. LOL.

Graces Camp!!!

2009-03-08T00:36:00.011+08:00

Graces camp was a blast. haha! 6 meals a day man.... plus all those moments when everyone was SUPER HIGH! Had a make-up workshop, conversation workshop, etiquette workshop, indoor games, Malay extravaganza, Malay dance session, formal dinner, Grand finale - Fiesta!

Photos!

Carol doing a freeze frame thingy. pro!

Make-up Workshop

Simin and I during the Make-up Workshop
Some of us and Miss Chia in our ethnic costumes for Malay ExtravaganzaNYGG Batch'06 during Malay Extravaganza!
Jia Yun and I at the Formal DinnerEx-204ers - Yijia, Stella, Me :)

NYGG batch'06 at the Formal Dinner!!!

Mr Tan, Miss Chia and a few 404ers!

404's Fiesta ending pose!

PGA training

2009-03-01T22:34:00.003+08:00

Had PGA training yesterday and my muscles are aching like siao now. haha we'll probably need warm-up exercises before turfing and firelighting, LOL. Nvm... can train for napfa at the same time. Thanks A LOT to our seniors who came yesterday to help guide us... if not for them, I would have died. seriously. I would not even have gone pass the fire-lighting stage, much less the fire-maintaining stage.

woke up with a fever today. might have been the peanut soup (my mum's guess) coupled with all the heat and smoke yesterday. or just the late nights (or early mornings?) for the past 2 weeks. Slept from 10pm yesterday till like 10 plus am today? then slept some more in the afternoon. I feel better already, just that the medicine makes me drowsy.

Sleep time! bye bye.

Thinking Day Parade '09

2009-02-20T20:37:00.003+08:00

This year's TDP went pretty well I guess :) everyone tried their best and pressed on even when school work piled up while we prepared for today. My last parade in NYGG went by in a blink of an eye.

I counted the number of times more we get to wear our Guide's full u. Sec 4s have about 6 more chances. Used to dread wearing full u at times when I was running short of time and found it hard to prepare everything beforehadn. Guess we'll only learn to appreciate something after knowing that you will be losing it.

Ah wells. Shall treasure every moment in Guides, now that it'll be my last year ;)

pre TDP '09

2009-02-19T21:07:00.002+08:00

THINKING DAY PARADE TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Kinda sad it's my last parade in NYGG. It'll probably be my last parade too. JIAYOU everyone!

On a more solemn note, I went to Kranji War Memorial today. I didn't think it would had affected me that much before I came, but in the end, it sort of did. All those emotions came flowing back when I saw the rows and rows of tombstones. It was as if the heart was contricted by some invisible force.

There was a soldier who died at war, aged 16 - that's my age this year. It'll probably also mean that he would have joined the army much younger. Imagine what he could have experienced in his life if the war did not happen. As for Ivan Lyon, he didn't even get to see his infant child before he died.

We also had a ceremony where a few we held the flags of the various countries these men and women came from. I held Malaysia's. We held the flags and tilted them as the song played and a wreath of red poppies was placed there before that.

War is a terrible thing. It not only takes away lives, it takes away part of a family.

NYSL INVESTITURE ITEM :):):)

2009-02-15T12:50:00.003+08:00

I FOUND IT! HAHAHA! THANKS SOOOOOOOOO MUUUUCCCCHHHH TO THE PERSON WHO RECORDED AND UPLOADED IT! The sound goes a bit off-sync but I still love it. Had so much fun :D

Post-Investiture

2009-02-14T01:00:00.004+08:00

ON POST-INVESTITURE HIGH!!!!

I went around asking ppl about how investiture went for them haha! Most liked it a lot... yay! May not have been absolutely perfect, but we all had fun :)

I even googled to see others' comments about the investiture. lol. some are really ego-inflating haha. Glad they liked it and in their words, were "impressed".

pre-invest was hectic, although ppl may not really realize all the hardwork it takes to put up a seemingly short event. But nvm ;) With around 2 months of proposals, dance practices, rehearsals, liaising with other people, worrying about stuff, searching for quotations, wrecking brains over the sitting arrangements, etc..... in the end it was all really worth it. I'm really proud that we managed to pull it off! Especially since this was only our second combined NYSL Invest. We started preparation later, and this year's invest was earlier too. Loved the process. It was a fufilling 2 months - learning to dance and getting to know the other SLs better were my favourite parts. Made friends with Peiting, Josephine, Marilyn and many more :) GOSSIP GALORE. haha!

I think we all managed to take the teamwork between NYSL to the next step. Last time, it was only a Council Investiture. NYSL Invest started last year, but the rest of NYSL was not really involved in the planning. This year, there was an improvement. It's great that we are working together as one NYSL, bridging the gap we had... step by step and we'll all get better and better ;)

Thank you BOM, BEL, PSL, NYSC and teachers! It has been a great experience! Thanks to Chermain and Lauren for teaching us hip-hop, and staying so positive and cheerful although we took a long time to learn!

"One of the best investitures I have seen"
"Quite ok lar"
"Dance lacked a bit of energy"
"this is an event that every nanyang student leader should feel proud of"
"Couldn't really see from where I was sitting leh."
"Wah. Very Synchronized"
"Great Job!"
"Short, sweet, dignified"
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For me, I had an AWESOME time!

KALEIDOSC09E!!!!

... okok, I shall not let this success get to my head >.<

Next up is THINKING DAY PARADE on 20th FEB 2009!!!! Probably the Sec 4s' last parade in NYGG... Jiayou everyone! It's still a little surreal to think that we only had our first parade as nanyang guides 2 years ago. That year, we even performed in the indoor stadium :) I miss all those batch drills and practices. Oh wells, we can just make the very best out this year's TDP. All the way!!!!

Investiture 2009 - Kaleidoscope

2009-02-12T18:21:00.003+08:00

I learnt how to spell kaleidoscope properly through planning of investiture. haha!

Anyways, today was Investiture. It was earlier than last year's but we prepared later, so I'm glad we pulled it off :)

Left class at about 8am for rehearsal. Everything went quite fine until the item cos i forgot some moves -_-. But generally it was fine la. We managed to do 2 rehearsals before going off for a break and then coming back to do ushering duties. By then, my shoes were already killing me. I like the souvenirs and programme booklet ;)

THEN, crop ups started to occur. My hair was not properly tied, my flap was not pinned up properly. Went to dressing room to adjust and stuff. Had to use hair spray. THEN, it was 12.55 ++pm and investiture was starting at 1pm. THEN, I couldn't tell which side of the audi i was supposed to be at from the outside. Luckily, I made it back on time by running like mad. phew.

All went well. My back became kinda stiff after a while though. tried to distract myself my trying to look for my mum in the crowd, but to no avail. Time passed rather quickly when we were on stage.

Item time!!! We rushed to change into our item attire. I was doing hip-hop to the song "Low", can you believe that? Me+ hip-hop = LOL. It turned out quite fine, except i forgot one of the moves for a moment. Hopefully I covered it up well enough. Poor Iris knocked off her cap, but managed to pick it up though :) Everyone was laughing when the "Indian dance" ppl came out to perform. Was quite entertaining. Mass dance was really mass dance. the entire stage was filled with us haha.

Next up was school tour and clearing up. Then PHOTO-TAKING and CHEERING!

haha, today was a blast :D

All the preparation and hardwork paid off i guess :)

thank you seniors for all the tidbits and coming back to watch us! Thanks Zexin for the letter. Thanks Alicia for the card :D Thanks to all for all the jiayous and encouragements!

:)

2009-02-03T21:50:00.001+08:00

Passed math prep-prep test. haha!

Year of the OX

2009-01-26T00:10:00.002+08:00

HAPPY 牛 YEAR EVERYONE!

Have a per-OX-perous year ahead!

2009

2009-01-08T20:19:00.002+08:00

Hello :)

Week 1's coming to an end le. So far it has been quite ok la...

Went to take my new specs today... it's orange!

Oh, one Tuesday, something miraculous happened. I lost my thumbdrive sometime in december, but it somehow came back to me haha. It just appeared on my school desk in the morning.. someone might have found it and put it there! Thank you! I don't even know who found it.

Resolutions for 2009:

Stay happy

Stay positive

Pay more attention to ppl around me

Manage time well

Be organized

Do my best

Keep up interest even in subjects I find difficult

Things I should try to achieve (the key word here is TRY):

Pass math :S

Sleep earlier (rather impossible... but oh wells)

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2008-12-23T13:48:00.002+08:00

untitled

2008-12-09T23:43:00.002+08:00

It all happened so quickly I still can't believe it did. One call and a taxi ride later, it all ended. I didn't even get the chance to say goodbye. I had expected something to happen someday, but I never thought that "someday" would be today.

Connect(ed)'08 (3-6 dec)

2008-12-07T18:17:00.006+08:00

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 !!!

before Global Classroom Programme

2008-10-31T18:42:00.003+08:00

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 ;)

NYGG Farewell 2008

2008-10-31T18:11:00.002+08:00

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!

Post exams

2008-10-20T09:49:00.002+08:00

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

EOYs

2008-10-11T20:24:00.003+08:00

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!

teachers' day 2008

2008-08-30T18:22:00.007+08:00

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.

founder's day parade

2008-08-30T18:14:00.002+08:00

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

national day

2008-08-11T21:49:00.002+08:00

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 :)

tests after block tests

2008-07-26T00:48:00.002+08:00

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.

FC selection

2008-07-13T18:02:00.002+08:00

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!!!

FC selection

2008-07-10T19:56:00.000+08:00

AHHHHH!!!

Footdrill commander selection tomoro... JIAYOU everyone!

NYSC June Camp

2008-06-20T00:59:00.002+08:00

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

BSP

2008-06-19T21:12:00.003+08:00

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 :)

LTC'08 16-18 May

2008-05-22T00:24:00.002+08:00

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!

before LTC camp :)

2008-05-16T00:46:00.000+08:00

Yay... going for camp until sunday :)

birthday wishes

2008-05-12T01:27:00.002+08:00

Thank you all for your birthday wishes!

Jing Yao :)
Colin :)
Fang Qi :)
Yimeng :)
Sarah :)
Xiao En :)
June :)
Linxi :)

Happy Birthday to me :)

2008-05-11T01:14:00.003+08:00

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.

...

2008-05-06T21:57:00.001+08:00

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 :)

Life... or the lack of it

2008-05-03T23:13:00.002+08:00

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.

Chinese doc

2008-04-19T23:30:00.005+08:00

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.

ankle post

2008-04-18T20:33:00.002+08:00

My ankle is swollen like some ba4 zhang3. I took off the bandages though.... doesnt really hurt that much

Think Tank 1

2008-04-17T17:39:00.002+08:00

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 :)

revival of dead blog

2008-04-11T22:12:00.002+08:00

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 :)

OBS pics

2008-03-14T15:18:00.008+08:00

Some pictures from OBS :)

Livingstone's fun shot

Livingstone

Some 304-ers on the way to Pulau Ubin

My tent matesme, 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 :)

nygg go :)

2008-02-26T19:16:00.002+08:00

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 :)

Thinking Day Rally

2008-02-23T21:13:00.002+08:00

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 :)

Thinking Day Parade and Investiture

2008-02-22T20:28:00.002+08:00

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?

contact lenses

2008-02-15T23:10:00.003+08:00

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.

not again...

2008-02-13T21:50:00.001+08:00

o man... my cough is coming back again.....

Back to school

2008-02-11T19:57:00.000+08:00

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-02-08T10:52:00.000+08:00

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR !!!

Early Bronchitis?

2008-02-02T17:45:00.000+08:00

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.

Happy Birthday :)

2008-01-28T20:51:00.000+08:00

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!!!

stay strong

2008-01-22T22:48:00.000+08:00

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.

Monday Stuff

2008-01-21T22:08:00.001+08:00

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 :)

7th layout

2008-01-19T16:33:00.000+08:00

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.

piano exam score

2008-01-14T17:58:00.001+08:00

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.

excerpt from amanda's blog

2008-01-07T17:46:00.000+08:00

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!

Nygg Cheer

2008-01-06T12:21:00.000+08:00

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!!!

school

2008-01-05T18:08:00.000+08:00

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?

New Year Resolutions/Goals

2008-01-05T01:09:00.000+08:00

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 ~

Merry Christmas 2007

2007-12-25T00:00:00.000+08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!

Day before council camp

2007-12-16T17:49:00.000+08:00

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.

Out with Calean :)

2007-12-15T21:20:00.000+08:00

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 :)

Farewell 2007

2007-12-14T20:46:00.000+08:00

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!

Guides Camp

2007-12-12T17:04:00.000+08:00

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!

International Camp

2007-12-11T18:54:00.000+08:00

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:)

Piano Grade 6

2007-11-26T09:44:00.000+08:00

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?

BBQ at Mrs. Koh's

2007-11-10T14:10:00.000+08:00

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 :)

Drama night - The Mayan Mambo

2007-11-07T11:11:00.000+08:00

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!

movie

2007-10-10T19:06:00.000+08:00

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.