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2008-02-21T23:55:00.001+08:00

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HIATUS

2007-07-29T21:41:00.000+08:00

this blog will go into HIATUS mode from today[29/07/07] onwards till whenever the owner feels like blogging again....

which is most probably after O levels....

unless the owner is feeling very bored from mugging and decides to blog for fun :P

So tata for now... :)

ON HIATUS

a long long long overdue post....

2007-07-28T00:26:00.000+08:00

ok i m sorry for not posting and updating my blog for damn freaking long...
its been more than a month....
thats 4 weeks...
thats 30 days....

thats 30X24 hrs...
thats 30X24X60 mins....

lol whatever...

ok here's the pictures i owe ppl...

first up LLTC A 2007...
actually very little for this time....
since i was rather lazy to walk around...

gab me and ian

a bus full of bags LOL

a mountain of bags... 150+ woah...

trolley craze**** they are fun

neatly organized....

the heap at the podium are the "lost and founds" LOL

heritage play rehearsals ongoing...

the Lasalles...
dead on the left alive on the right
(ian and hansel)

me and lennon

multiple identities...

to be exact 10..lol
thats what i wore on my neck for 5 days....

(as if i m not heavy enough LOL)

ok next up AP 2007
yes i know u all want it...lol

and common sense tells u SJI cant afford helicopters with flags flying overhead...

it was the ndp rehearsal.la duh!!!!

and this was what happened..
figure it out urself... OOPS

then i stunned a cap from yew tong...lol
and started to go high....

then it was with the teachers...

then it was on to the parade square and more pictures.....

and the cap was taken away :(

anyway this is all i can upload...

there are many more...

in total 80+ for AP so if u cant find it here pls go to my photo album

found on the right hand site of my webpage....

there u can find ALL the photos....

ENJOY!

during LLTC

2007-06-20T10:37:00.000+08:00

daryl says hi

anyway he wanted me to say that...
its day 3 and i m feeling bored....
if not why do u think i m blogging now...
LOL
heritage play was yesterday...
think we did well...
though nat didnt came at the very last minute...
i was bro nicholas and gabriel was brother gabriel...
we sang "if we hold on together" together with hansel(delasalle)

so im as usual in charge of food together with gabriel...
though it is slacker this time round
since every meal is pre packed....
so i m only like busy during meal times...
rather free at the other times....
but somehow i still feel v tired...
maybe it the aftermath of RCIY

andd i m too lazy to wake up for morning run...
so that means i sleep in late...
even still i m tired....

ok i shallside track a little bit....
the weekends were spent at Choice retreat house in jurong for RCIY
i enjoyed myself totally....
many reflections and sharing sessions...
games were awesome too....
meals were always very satisified ...
and affirmations wre hellalot...lol
most importantly i m closer to god now...

anyway back to LLTC
this time the participants (as usual) have to go through walk the talk and they walk from sji to st pats'
but this time round without their bags except only the heaviest n bulkiest one..
so i was one of the portals that transffered ALL 160 bags from sji to st pats...
up the bus down the bus....
was like hell la...

slept through action time...
didnt go for dragon boat or ropes course...
i know i m slack...
its just me...LOL

anyway i m contemplating whether i should go on the journey tomorrow...
considering the fact that i havent really been went for journey...
and this will be my third LLTC...
its time i should go for one...

anyway i think i shall stop blogging for now...
quite tired liao....
pictures will be uploaded when i reach home ....

upcoming camps....

2007-06-14T19:50:00.000+08:00

SEEE HWA XIONG I UPDATED!!!!!

ok anyway i m just here to update everyone that i will be gone for a week....

not for holidays but for camps..... LOL

a week's of camps....

cant help it PROFESSIONAL camper here...haha....

camps that means helllots of picures coming up....

hope i have enough memory in my cam to take down all the interesting happenings...

well i might blog over the weekend(nxt week) provided i m not tired...LOL

P.S i will probably like crash into my bed on friday :P

well camps are ALWAYS enjoyable and worth expecting....
but PACKING is a HEADACHE LOL...
i have to go pack now....

BYE!!!!

what a saturday!

2007-06-04T12:10:00.000+08:00

so it started off with a stayover at gabriel's house....
we were supposed to study...
cos its a tuition/study stayover every friday....
but we ended up playing monopoly and dint even touch any books....
SJI I interviews were on the sat morning....
three different time:
gabriel 9.15am
Qw 11.15am
Me: 12.30am

and i found out that i ws the last on the list....
its was random selection(timing)
and i was randomly put to last...
how WONDERFUL???
esp when the panel have heard like a whole bunch of ppl giving ans to the SAME questions....
AWESOME.....

i went early together with Qw....
saw a guy(i shall not mention names)
but he's a golfer from SJI...
quite obvious lol...
he went for interview in uniform and AH PEH's slippers...
O.O
i mean u either come in full uniform or outside clothes...
u come in uniform at least wear a pair of shoes....
he wore those leather ah peh's slippers....
and guess what he said...
my mom FORCED me too...
-.-
unbelievable....
well i didnt believe the part bout his mum...
hope he kana bro. michael and FAIL the interview....
(call me evil or whatever)

anyway interview was i think rathe ok ....
questions asked:
what is a good school to u ?
what is a good student to u?
u r involved in so many activities in school,what drives u to do so?
and bla bla bla....
cant reallly remember...
oh ya ....
btw i was interviewed by Bro. michael,john under wood and another guy(both the latters are board of girectors or governors)
i tried to act very pro and calm..
hope i pulled it off...
anyway i was assured by the last sentence he spoke....
"very well done,thank you."
hope it wasnt just formality and false hopes...
results out soon...
hope for the best....

anyway after that was lunch at far east...
we alighted the bus and was greeted with a crowd and a commotion just outside bk...
u know where the stone tables and benches are....
apparantly a middle-aged woman was crying and rolling on the floor....
creating alot of noise and attention....
security guards were also present...
and nosey parkers stopped in their tracks to see what's happening...
i dont know the details...
but with our uber inference skills....
we concluded that it was a china woman suffering a nervous breakdown...
a man probably cheated either her feelings or her money maybe both....
cos her daughter(we assumed) was there also crying....
and they both look cheena....
she seemed very very agitated...
think the sum of money is huge....
HEARTLESS MAN....
and in the middle of orchard road is a really stupid place to dump someone....

after that was RCIY in st. ignatius(gabriel's church)
met very nice ppl in church...
thats the reason i m considering to turn catholic...
cos alot of the ppl in churh are like so friendly....
not saying that being a catholic makes u friendly....
i have met alot of ppl whom are not catholics but alos v friendly...
its just that i have met more friendly catholics than ya....
and LENNON the slacker didnt go... :P
and hwa xiong if u r reading this...
COME JOIN RCIY!!!!!! Lol
church camp coming up...
might be in st pats...lol...
yay parmenie!!!! hahahah....

then me and qw got a lift to queenstown mrt.....
when i came up the escalator....
suddenly an indian man who looks very dishelleved and desperate...
came up to me....
at first i thought he wanted just to ask for directions...
but he didnt....
when he came close...
I could smell a very strong liquor/beer smell....
he told he didnt have money and hadnt eaten for days....
and wanted me to give him some money....
i rejected him immediately....
u can afford to buy beer but no money to eat....
YEA RIGHT.....
i TOTALLY BELIEVE U and WILL SYMPATHIZE....
what a stupid drunkard....
and dont i look like a student to u ....
asking money from a student...
fine i look big or i am big....LOL
he looks like he can commit suicide anytime...
hope someone dumb will give him some money to DRINK....
whatever....

American Idol 2007

2007-05-26T20:31:00.000+08:00

YES!!!!!

JORDIN WON!!!!!

LOVE HER!!!!!

this is the lyrics for the AI song this year...

This is my now

There was a time I packed my dreams away.
Living in a shell, hiding from myself.

There was a time when I was so afraid.
I thought I’d reached the end,
Baby that was then
I am made of more than my yesterdays.

This is my now, and I am breathing in the moment.
As I look around
I can’t believe the love I see.
My fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts
That was then, this is my now.

Had to decide
was I going to play it safe
or look somewhere deep in inside
try to turn the tide
and find the strength to take that step of faith

This is my now, and I am breathing in the moment.
I look around I can’t believe the love I see.
My fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts.
That was then, this is my now.

And I have the courage like never before, yeah.
I’ve settled for less but I’m ready for more,
Ready for more.
This is my now

I’m living in the moment
As I look around I can’t believe the love I see.
My fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts.
That was then, this is my now.

I am breathing in the moment.
As I look aroundCan’t believe the love I see
My fears behind me, gone are the shadows and doubts
That was then.
This is my now
.This is my now.

Very nice song.
Go find and listen.

Yet another summary...

2007-05-25T15:59:00.000+08:00

Lets see....
many things have happened and i dint have the time to blog so ya....
not in chronological order.....

Bloody tuesday...
I donated blood for the very FIRST time on bloody tuesday....
turnout was ok...not very big...
and we were given anaesthetic....
so whooshhh LOL
no anaesthetic WILL DIE lor...
the needle is like so much thicker than the norm one...
it was quite a PAINLESS procedure....
THANKS TO the anaesthetic....
though most of the pain came from the anaesthetic needle....
despite being pocked 4 times(i didnt feel it....i was told)
i m still so gonna do it the next bloody tuesday in sept...
all u ppl even if u r not from SJI u cans till come and donate blood...
all are welcome.... :)
and all those who will turn 16 b4 sept u BETTER come and donate... lol...jking... :P

SJI I entrance test.
guessed it was ok..
waititng for results now...
didnt expect so many ppl applied...
kinda good in a way cos i know most of them....
but this means fiercer competition :(
saw some ppl that i dont reallly like applying too...
shhhh...i shall not mention names...

anyway we had 3 tests...
Math was all MCQ ....
the first part was FREAKIN easy....
then it was ok...

English was a piece of essay...
Q: what are the main challenges faced by the human race today???
many wrote a geog essay....
talking about global warming and sorts....
I took a different approach or maybe a wrong one...
who knows???
i wrote kind of a theory of knowledge paper...
i shant go into details.....

General intelligence(aptitude test)
the paper was weird...
since i havent take this sort of paper b4....
some of the pattern questions was a little difficult for me....
hope i "tikam" correctly....

anyway after that was LLTC OT meeting at st pats
when calvin n I rushed there they were already starting rehearsal for heritage play....
rehearsal was ok...
oh and jeremy tan (our pianist for the play)
and nathalie( sister louise) were there too...
guessed we have advanced a little....
i m also in charge of the play...but i didnt do much....
amos did everything....
felt a little bad...
haizzz......

after that we went to town to celebrate hwaxiong's bday and aaron's confi....
they watched a movie and lan i think.....
i didnt....
i was shopping for my shoes in taka....
met alaistar and john paul......
was told that ian n eugene were studying in orchard library...
and i just found out that there is actually a NATIONAL LIBRARY
in the heart of orchard...at takashimaya....
call me slow or whatever u want...
anyway its quite a nice place....looks rather new....
maybe thats why i dint know :P LOL
So i gave "tuition" to the both of them....
did a little of Ian's hw too....lol...

after that was dinner at sakura...
international buffet.....
not very worth it i say....
variety was rather limited....
nevertheless i had my fill :)
but now i owe ppl $$$$ sianz....
its like a bottomless pit....

and of course results are back....
MYE results....
I would say i did welll....
considering i improved quite alot in the no. of As obtained....
and i studied most of the paers like 2 days b4...
percentage was cough cough...
due to A math and CHEM!!!!

English: 74 A2
Chinese: 82 A1
E math: 76 A1
Biology: 67 B3
Physics: 64 B4
Geog elect/ss: 74 A2
Chemistry: 31 F9
Amath: 31 F9

now u see why????
two F9s pulled my percentage down all the way....
so i m 23rd in class... with 62.something %
i could have easily get like 69% if i passed both of them....
haizzz...oh wellll.....
who could i blame but myself....
i slacked for A math....
didnt pay attention in class.....
and +++++ A math was the LAST paper.....
was tired and all of those....
i mean having been MUGGING for the past 1 and a half weeks...
and the thought of FINALLY the last paper....
made me slack...and resulted in not revising....but more of stoning..
Chem was EXPECTED....
i mean i dont like chem...
and i DONT understand it la....
u know when u dont like a subject u cant excel in it.....
i m sure alot of SJI boys would know this....
(chinese)

anyway English this time round was pure luck....
though a little more luck would be appreciated....
half a mark to my A1...
i guessed i wouldnt do well if there was wssay this time round....

Chinese was woah....
i finally got my 1st in level for a major exam...
and this time was the full paper..so ya...
but i have to share this glory with Qingwei....
stupid...LOL...
essay pulled me up lot...
to think i was still worried bout my esssay...
cos i was braindead halfway through....
hope O's would be just as well done....
expectations are like high...
and pressure is no doubt high too....
its like the only O paper that i m confident of an A1 so far....
oh well god bless me....

Emath was a dissapointment though i still got an A1..
i mean like more than half the cohort got distinction la...
u can see how easy the paper was....
yet i only managed to scrape through 75...
i was expecting 80plus...haizzz...
carelessness again....

Bio was ARRGGHHHH...
i could have gotten my A....
my theory paper was 71 an A2...
and after adding my pratical it went down to B3...
just like that i lost an A if not i could have gotten a whopping 5 As(v good for me la)
i have no idea why it pulled me down...
most of my class was pulled up bcos of prac....
haizz....guess i need to take prac seriously...

Physics was also a dissapointment....
lucky for prac...
this time round prac pulled me up to 64....
put in the most time for physics since it was the first paper...
not counting eng and chinese...

elect geog/ss

SS was a dissapointment....
they didnt accepted my purpose for the similarity question....
haizz....
i thought SS was really easy...
considering i actually have 10 mins left after finishing the paper....
i mean its like...its SS...
normally finishing it is already a problem...
and yet this time round...i had extra time left...
i failed the second essay...
cos i didnt study sri lanka...
hint was obvious...but we didnt get it....haizz...

Geog was a surprise....
41/50...woah...
i thought Geog would pull me down and SS up...
but it turned out the other way round...
mindmap was a total screw up....
just passed....
other sections were great...
anyway again half mark to A1..haizz...

well well L1R5 13....
Very good if compared to other terms...
joint highest in class but position 23rd....
so ironical....
well could have done better....
considering this time MYE was rather easy(except for Chem and A math)
despite the 2 F9s.....
this MYE is still a confidence booster for the other subs...
hope prelims wont hit us too badly....
i keep my fingers crossed....

chinese on Monday......
good luck everyone!!!!

I M BACK!!!!!

2007-05-10T17:34:00.000+08:00

Its been SOOOOOOOOOO long since i have last updated..
sorry peeps....(esp. nicole i promised and here it is....thoug a "little" late :P)
So many things happened and i have lots to share....

anyway MYE is over....
phhhewww....
crazy hairsplitting mugging is over for the moment...
hope results are not too bad ....
PRAY for me....

and also i have decided....
and handed up the scholarship application for SJI (I)
waititng for their response...
i will probably only go if i m given one...
if not tooo ex..haha...

anyway now SJI is undergoing a SCARY phase...
only appplicable to sec 4s....
and its none other than
CHINESE INTENSIVE preparation
for the upcoming O level mother tongue at the end of may...
its driving us crazy....
i mean imagine when u normally only have 5 periods a WEEK of chinese
which = 5X50 mins=250 mins
and now its minimum 4 periods a DAY....
thats 4X50minsX5days....
1000 minutes a week...
its like freakin us out....
even me myself who likes chinese are like now getting tired of it...
haizz....

BUT we all know the school is doing this for US...
for our own good(sounds familiar)
the teachers are going through alot too...
esp the chinese teachers....
kudos to u alll....
i mean if not for this intensive prep thing...
a percentage of 99.3% pass in chinese results for O's
is um quite impossible for SJI....
so guys...hang on!!! its just 2 more weeks.....

anyway here are some updates...
the SJI guitar ensemble attained a SILVER standard in the SYF central judging competition....
and it was our very FIRST time participating...
i think its very commendable...dont u think so???

sports day is over and michael got 3rd overall....
****applause pls*** not last ok... :P
anyway what WAS unexpected is michael was actuallly 2nd place during the heats b4 the final day...
and on the actual day....
for the first half of the day we were FIRST!!!!!
yep FIRST....
unbelievable??? it sure was....
however we settled in third place eventually...
nvm good work MICHAEL HOUSE!

Here are the pictures.....
enjoy...

the guitar boys in SYf costume

Some of us with Mr francis

See how hard we practice...

BOYS in black heh......

and now for the cam whores who "snatched" my camera away...

say thank you... LOL :P(free ad ok)

additional feature of a guitar...LOL

Yep this was what we had for our party....

12 boxes of large pizza...
( and pls ignore the face :P LOL)

SPORTS DAY 2007

sea of red.....

SJI in action....

teachers in action.....

thats mr teo... :)

Ms syed is the one in pink........

Mrs kwok looks like she is skipping....

And of course cam whoring and others....

notice anything amiss???

see it???? if not too bad... :P

when they didnt know the camera was there....

when they realised....

SEEEEE...... CAM WHORE!!!!!!!!! LOL

Weijin me and thaddeus

MICHAEL!!!!

(for more pics click on the link my photo album at the sidebar)

(Guitar members go to the link to find more pics of SYF)

till then....

watch this space......

SJI International

2007-04-06T18:07:00.000+08:00

There was this talk about homosexuality in for RME....
SSA= same sex attraction
we were like side side angle..LOL...
self integration...we were lke self differentiation...LOL...
see what MATH and foo lee hua did to us...LOL
anyway all i can say is we are very easily influenced...
the whole day u could hear SSA everywhere....lol...

anyway after school there was the SJI International talk by SJI I's principal...
i feel it was great...
i dont know why...
but all of a sudden i feel like going to SJI I to take up the International Baccaleuratte Course...
sounds good to me...
again easily influenced??
i dont know.
but i m certain that i would not like an A level jc course...
secondary school is enough for me....
and i seriously do not want 2 more years of it...

So i guess a poly or SJI I for me....

anyway i realised after browsing the SJI I website...
that alot of the staffs and including the principal and vp were all from UWC
i guessed they were all poached??? LOL...
bet the deals SJI I offered must have been attractive huh...

AND the school chapel of SJI I is like damn nice can....
and the classrooms are like wah ideal classromms...
u know that kind of layout that actually encourages more interaction...
plus the general office is like hotel lobby...lol...
If i go i will get to enjoy all this brand new facilities...
one word SHIOK.
attracted??? certainly.

But fees are a problem...
i hope i could get the scholarship...
though its only 75%...
its like better than nothing right?
$18900 a year leh...
that like 1.5k a month....
at least with the scholarship its only 300+
though its still twice the amount we pay in SJI
but once again for an international school + an IB course...
worth it i think....

Hoping for the impossible???
I dont know.

anyway check it out.
http://www.sji-international.com.sg

and SJI int. is NOT a boys school.
its a CO-ED school....

Finally 16 and very legal

2007-03-26T19:29:00.000+08:00

yep yep i m FINALLY 16.
after being 16 for 1 day....
mmmhhh...not very different what...
i m STILL me....LOL...
looking on the brighter side....
HA..i can officially watch NC16 movies legally and not be afraid of being caught
and i can enter ANY pool parlour....
BE JEALOUS ppl....LOL
(i sound as though i m the only one who is 16 LOL)

Anyway celebration of my birthday is very much the same as last year...
more with friends than family...
guess i m old now and my mom wants to give me more freedom...
or is it bcos on both occassions mom isnt around...
like last yr...there wasnt a cake...
not that i mind...(i had enough of cakes from ppl's bday LOL)

On friday I went out with my class( thaddeus chienming reuben wejin wesley junjie yinglun zixiang) for movie and dinner at seoul garden.
Quite a no. cant go due to NCC company camp going on in school.
what a pity!
anyway It was to celebrate mine and junjie's bday in advance
(for ur info...so coincidentally we have the same birthday)
movies was bean's holiday at lido...
i would say it wasnt great...
pretty muh of a compilation and repeat from the TV serial...
what surprises me is his signature Teddy ddint appear in the movie...
or did i miss it...LOL
overall...watch it if u have money to spare.

after that was dinner at seoul garden....
it was a RIP-OFF
27 bucks....
OUCH....(for all our pockets)
i think i only ate like 15 dollars worth of food...
dont be misjudged by my appearance lol...i cant eat as much as some skinny ppl can...
trust me...i m not lying...
its just that i get hungry very fast....

some "vandalising" and cam whoring in class before outing:

vandalising with chalk

ying lun me and reuben

trying to cut in for a pic..LOL

courtesy of nabhan

Food!!!!

Thaddeus and Zixiang

Weijin and wesley acting cute.

Weijin yinglun and wesley

thaddeus yinglun me and reuben

Chien ming and junjie

all who went for the "party" excluding zixiang

Thaddeus yinglun And me

Acting cute

ALSO acting cute.

self made ice kachang...hohoho

And of cos there will be the stupid gross but fun thing after buffets...

original recipe:century bulgogi beef,apple,orange,watermelon,egg,chicken bone,choc+van+p.mint+peach icecream soup

LOL

After that was Taxi home.

had a really hard time to get one.

Takashimaya is like OMG.

I dont see why they say taxi drivers has no business...

when at like 10pm at orchard road...

almost every taxi stand is supe crowded....

And i just realised its like a yr has passed so quickly.

I could rmb so vividly when 208 came to seoul garden on my bday last yr too...

we sat at the same place...

and was even served by the same indian man...

so coincidental...

and what more SURPRISING is that my class have at least 3 pairs of ppl whose bday falls on the same date....

OMG so coincidental...

i mean to have ppl having the same bday as u is already quite difficult...

now in one class there is 3 examples...

COOL...

So Sunday was celebrating with lennon gabriel Qingwei and hwa xiong.

met gabriel Qingwei and hwa xiong at the borders.

wanted to watch movie while waiting for lennon.

decided to play pool in the end.

i mean its with hwa xiong what...

quite expected...LOL...

so paradigm was down and left us only with meridien.

10.80 and hour...

it was Ex but after splitting was ok.
we took turns to play one hand pool...

ppl were staring at us la...

wondering why we were using one hand instead of two...

might have given them the wrong impression of us being damn pro...

well at least for me...

i m a noob...LOL...

anyway one hand pool was quite fun...

at least i play one hand pool better than qingwei...HA... :P

LOL....

after that was shopping for presents...

for junjie and yew tong...

had a limited budget since i m lke quite broke from Friday.

tried to get things that are interesting and nice yet at the same time not too ex...

and plaza sing didnt dissapoint me...LOL

movie: Stomp the yard was up next....

i find it ok...

more of a MTV flick than a movie...

but cool dance moves...

not my type of movie...

BUT...aspiring dancers out there.....

go catch it...u WILL be inspired...

anyway GV cinemas are damn cold....

ppl rmb to bring jacket whenever u visit Gv...

but one thing i like about GV is that....

their arm rest can be lifted up...

and so if u are lucky there is an empty seat beside you....

u can make urself comfortable...hohohoho...

dinner at 9+ was carl's junior.....

shared a meal but was still full.....

after that was MRT back home...

We actually went to take neoprints(only gals take it right?)

and what more....

its like 5 male teenagers going into a booth and taking neoprints...

so malu la...

we pratically ran in and out of the booth...

to avoid ppl's attention(as if that would help)

it's been ages since i last took those kind of neoprints..

P6 with my female classmates???

LOL (abit gay huh)

ENJOY!!!!

Chingay 2007

2007-03-03T00:09:00.000+08:00

It was so coincidental....
i didnt know that orchard would be closed on the 24th for chingay....
went to play pool at meridien after the 2 camp meetings...

before going on...
let me talk about the meetings...
well....
LLTC meeting,as usual, was fun...
with all the similar faces from last year...
i m still the makan king.... food IC....
do what i do best :)
and i took the sub committee for heritage play...
woah challenging....alot to do, think and plan man...
it was agreed...
i am only IN the committee...
not IN CHARGE of the committee....
SHIT....i was put in charge...
more stress......

So after that was the meeting for camp lasalle...
this wasnt as fun as LLTC...
u may ask why?
bcos....
very little known faces...alot strange faces...
alot of weird ppl...
dont socialise just "diam diam"(keep quiet)
the 2 guys in charge werent fun...
they were nice but just not fun...
its just the "feeling" la...
it will not be as fun...
even to the extent of "regretting" a little...
OOPS....
nvm i LOVE camps...
i will MAKE it FUN...LOL

So it was pool with gab and qingwei at meridien....
got to orchard...
realised that chingay is on tonight...
so might as well...
(anyway meridien is DAMN ex lor..on weekends...10.50 per hr... mad)
it was a treat so yea haha....

i told gabriel we are BOUND to meet familiar faces since its chingay....
and TRUE enough...
we did...
it was ernest wang and his brother edgar...
and they had a camera with them....
wahahahaha...
needless to say we went into cam whoring mode...
taking pics with all the nicely dressed manga characters and performers...

And we went high...
so did the whole orchard road...
the whole road was open to public...
we could all go onto the roads that were always full of moving vehicles everyday...
nice music was playing in the background with massive speakers...
ppl were dancing to the music...
some were large groups some were small...
so we walked down orchard road on the road...LOL
from centre point all the way down...
we made a pact....
to go down next year again...
with more than 15 ppl....
so that we too can form a human train and dance down orchard road....
anyone interested???? LOL

CNY

2007-02-23T23:18:00.000+08:00

Tag replies:

Ed-t: common tests was sucky for me.... sianz...i totally got owned la...

Elian: Happy belayed valentines to u too....

Nicole: thanks...yea the song is great...the singer is even greater...anyway haha...u watched norbit already???? i m so gonna catch it!!!!

hannah: u r so welcome....friends forever heh! just do ur part when mine comes..lol...i will be waiting for it..LOL :P

Reuben: really...there are like so many nice movies now la...whats with feb man...my pocket is pain lor....

Yinglun: yea i will if i can...anyway my chinese is NOT that pro lor...anyway MY TURN to ask u...why ur results for this term so good har...wth 70+ percent...i feel so dumb man :(

CNY this year has been rather unmeaningful....
we got a long weekend = more days to visit= more hongbao=woohooo..LOL
but it didnt work out for me....
only went visiting on the first day and THATS ALL...bleh :(
hongbao money this yr is PATHETIC
350 thats like half the amount every year...
plus i LOST money while gambling....
(not that its a big deal, just trying to reinforce the unusualness this yr)
20 bucks in less than an hour...sianz....

i hope the remaining days of CNY will be better man...
hongbao hongbao come and knock on my door la....

anyway i think i will have a CNY resolution for the very 1st time....
LOSE WEIGHT.....(easier said than done)
but ya i seriously need to shed some man....
shopping for new clothes this year is A HEADACHE man....
not that there are too little shops....
i have been into MANY SHOPS....
my opening line " excuse me, erm may i know whats the largest size in tis shop?"
if the reply is XL...
i will probably just say thank u and turn around and leave the shop lar.....
sianz.....
I always buy my clothes from overseas...so size wasnt so much a problem....
there are ppl who are bigger than me yea overseas...
thy should be more considerate la...
design shirts with a bigger size la....
not everyone is slim or thin..
*cough cough* BE considerate la....
LOL...

the very first house practice section today was great....
kudos to dongseok...
u r the man.....
i would never be able to do what he did la....
i was glad i wasnt elected as the cheer captain..whoosh...
we did like more than 20 cheers in like what? 40 minutes....
the most xiong ever practise session i had this 4 years...
i went all out..gave my best...
i shouted my lungs out...
guess its the desire to win....
or is it the responsibility that now i m the captain...
if i dont give my best who would???
i really hope we win this year....
the lower sec is damn loud and enthu....
now we have to tekan the upper sec....

tomorrow is the first LLTC and camp lasalle meeting....
really looking forward to it....
bye now...
i MISS my bed!!!

watch this space

Post common test 1

2007-02-19T17:55:00.000+08:00

I have OFFICIALLY SCREWED my common test....
6 papers in total....
and YET.....
i didnt even manage to fully complete 1 of them....
time time time...
not enough time....

I have a feeling i m so gonna screw up this time...
(not as though i havent screwed up b4)
but its like i m SEC 4 already.....haizzz.....
i m so not looking forward to going back to school after CNY...
(shivers)

on a lighter note....
(i will talk more abt the common test after the results come back)

anyway happy belated VALENTINE'S DAY and lunar LUNAR NEW YEAR to all....
Life after the tests is great....LOL...
watched 2 movies in 2 days...
better enjoy myself first lest dont know what will happen when the results are back... :P

ghost rider on thursday with lennon,gabriel,qingwei and joel:
effects were great....
no doubt about that...
but plot was kinda predictable kind...
overall so so....
not that kind of movie that is a MUST WATCH kind...
if u have $ to spend and dont know what to spent on...
u can try considering ghost rider....

Friday was spent "playing pool"
( i didnt get to in the end)
went out with thaddeus, kevin, jonathan,gabriel and Tingsoon....
gabriel was odd one out... :P
only one not 435...but nvm since he knows everyone...
went to kevin house to bathe and change....
the chair in his house is fun...haha...
then we went to Plaza sing for lunch....
budget lunch...
i was quite broke from yesterday...
then we went to play pool...
went to meridien(is that how u spell it?)
it was full(oh ya saw kenny and benedict lim)
was quite surprised benedict plays pool....LOL
in the end we went back to paradigm...
and as expected it was FULL of ppl...
put on waiting list and waited...
boring.....

in the end didnt play pool....
me and gab decided to go check out the movie timings at PS...
met ernest wang at the entrance...
told us that john paul ,leslie and gang were at KFC...
so coincidentally they just finished watching the EPIC movie...
they said it was stupid but hilarious...and it was worth it...
(they: john paul,jeremy,eugene,leslie,hwaxiong)
so we went to buy tickets...
then on the way up to ticket counter something hilarious happened...
being lazy we decided to take the lift instead of the escalator
so we rushed into a lift....
one of 3 gals confessed to the others that she pressed the wrong button...
instead of the open door button she pressed the call button....
(she wanted to open the door fo us)
then halfway up the speaker in the lift suddenly activated..
"hello hello....got any problem"
then the whole lift broke into laughter....
and the speaker amazingly turned off again...
maybe the guy know whats happening..
he probably gets a dozen of this everyday...lol..
the gals were like turning red...
me too...
trying hard not to laugh....
then when the gals went out of the lift...
i finally cant hold anymore and broke out laughing...
walking disability for all of us man...lol
and ppl who know me...
would know that i have a very LOUD laughter....
so ya imagine....LOL

and oh ya....
the super rich leslie can also be broke....LOL
he was like so desperate for money....
wanted even to change his 2 euro coins with the money changer...lol...
u must see his face man..haha...

so after that was the EPIC movie with gab....
true enough it was funny....
though stupid but it was real funny...
watch it if u can man....
very worth it....
dont know why the critics gave it only 1 star...
they probabaly think its STUPID....
ya they and their stupid cheeem cheem movies....
sometimes brainless movies are quite nice to watch too :P

something that bugs me is the rating of it...

it definitely shouldnt be rated PG...

NC -16 would be a more suitable rating....

sitting beside us were 2 kids like aged 7-9 yrs old....

i wonder what they are thinking man when disturbing scenes are on....

like asses and breasts....

that explains why the sec 1 boys are so corrupted man...

i m so surprised....what

after that was dinner with kevin qingwei and gabriel....
decided on something budget since most of us were broke...
at last it was burger king...
since KFC was like so packed....
we didnt make the wrong choice..
in facta VERY WISE choice...
it's like near the Lunar new year...
and BK were having that kind of "hongbaos"
something like that kind of "scratch n win" cards excluding the scratchin part...
and the table we took have an hongbao left...
apparantly the previous bunchof ppl didnt notice it..
or cant b bothered...
so being typical singaporeans...or maybe not..
we began to look around for more FREE hongbaos....lol....
hunting for them...
looking from table to table....
alright...
we WERE quite desperate...lol...
in the end we managed to get hold of 10 hongbaos..lol...
4 small cokes and 6 packets of 4 piece chicken cheese sticks....
hahahaha....
damn fun la...

what we koped.....lol

Starting of the common tests

2007-02-12T17:23:00.000+08:00

I dont know why i call it the starting...
its only 3 days...haha
but 6 papers....

today was physics and A math....
I found physics a KILLER....
i think i m going to fail la...
all i hope is a 20 man out of 40...
i left the last page BLANK la...
time management.... :(

A math was much better for me...
It's the one of very litle times when u can actually feel happy after handing up the paper...
it was quite easy...
though i didnt have time to find the last part of the last question...
cant find H....
but i got R....
time management AGAIN....
but ironically though i didnt got time to find H which i knew i could if i were given more time
i still felt HAPPY...
guess it was physics which scared the hell out of me ....LOL

Ironically....
ppl found the A math paper DIFFICULT...
and physics paper EASY....
I was like wth la...
when ppl are like coming around and say "physics so easy"
i feel like "punching them in the stomach" man
and say" what rubbish" LOL.....

enough of that ranting...
tomorrow is the DOOM day man...
humanities and Biology....
alot to cover man...(revision wise)
good luck to me.... :)
god bless me :)
PRAY for me :)

time to get back to my books......
i hear them calling me :P

Habitat for Humanity

2007-02-03T13:44:00.000+08:00

It was meaningful...
it sure was...
on thursday there was a talk in LT1 by the ppl from Habitat For Humanity...
a few students not more than 15 went for the talk along with all the teachers...
we were quite "intimidated" with the presence of all the teachers...
I felt as though they were like screening and scrutinizing us every sec..
so afterall teachers aren that quiet afterall...
they also need the " shhhhhing" LOL
and it was by us.... :P
they arent that "innocent" and "clean minded" too...
when Mr arul said " the thing we like to do in our free time"
some broke into laughter....
lol....
that explains it...heh...
i shall not elaborate...

anyway I learnt quite alot from the talk...
Ok so basically HFH(habitat for humanity) is an international christian charity organisation...
they build houses for the poor and needy in other countries...
eg. india, china , indonesia , new zealand and australia....
HFH seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action.
i thought its very great and meaningful...

Fact in Philipines:
chinese ancestors(the dead chinese) l"live" in HOUSES....
meaning: some of their coffins are STORED in houses....
houses that are like landed property...
some single storey some double...
some even have air condition installed to keep their ancestors cool and shiok.....
whereas just outside the "cemetry" were plenty of ppl living in slums and make-shift houses...
my response to that was wth...
i m not being disrespectful to the dead...
but its just too unbelievable....
i mean the dead actually lives better than the living...
if the ppl there are really rich, they should donate money to the poor...
give them at least a proper house to live in...
a roof and 4 walls is good enough...

Fact: the HFH is also in the guiness world records for building the fastest house ever
they took just 3hrs to build a house....
WOAH...it really sounds impossible...
at least to me...
but yea they have done it...

i think SJI might be planning to send a team to batam for a 1-3 day build...
a team will be around 10-15 ppl
cost if i didnt rmb wrongly will be 260 for individual cost...
as well as around 3.5 k for the team cost(the cost for building the house)
i think the 3.5 k will be through donations but 260 should be from our own pockets...
everything is just in preliminary stage...
it should be around the year end hols i guess...
quite logical heh...after O's...
so ya if u r interested u can approach gabriel woon 431
he's the coordinator....
oh ya...must be at least 14 heh..
so that means sec 3 at least...

for more info check out
http://www.habitat.org.sg/

ITS FOR A GOOD COST....

RME: i was touched....

2007-01-25T20:50:00.000+08:00

today's RME was really meaningful.....
it was on the theme about drug abuse...
and we had guests speakers...
they were all those who have been under the control of drugs before...
but had since turned over a new leaf...

they were very honest with us...
telling us that they were all ex-convicts...
and the 5 of them add together would probably have spent close to a 100 years in jail...
yes ONE HUNDRED....
i mean its very difficult for a person to actually stand in front of close to 200ppl in the LT and give a talk...
what more...its based on their own experience...
and they were not afraid of letting ppl know that they are ex-convicts...
why do they do all this?
they just dont want ppl to follow in their footsteps and regret in the future...
i honestly feel that they are very brave and noble....
really....
Bravo to them....
i was touched....

Stay away from drugs!!!!

anyway on a lighter note....
the PSF thing is still going on...
"belmond are u a PSF?"
"NO la...."
"why does everyone think that i m a PSF"
"hahahaha....cos u have a PSF face..."
thats what i get from most ppl...
LOL...

Also during PE today...
A sentence made the whole LT broke into laughter...
a harmless and totally unintentional sentence...
"some of u might not be able to see him"

It was wet weather programme for PE this morning...
so everyone was seated in the LT
and Mr Chua was standing right in front addressing the whole LT...
followed by a prayer...
then he said good morning...
and we greeted him....
" what about the other teachers" (refering to Mr foo just a few steps away from him & Mr tahir who was up at the last row)
" Good Morning... MR foo....."
"what about Mr tahir"
" i know some of u alll cant see him"

And the whole LT broke into laughter....
cos Mr tahir is an indian...
u know what that means heh...
i shall not elaborate..lol...

expected

2007-01-13T17:05:00.000+08:00

well well just as the doctor said...

today my condition worsened....

it spreaded into the other eye...

now both eyes are infected...

though the left eye isnt as red...

and i hope that it wouldnt be...lol...

yesterday

today

as u can see...the left eye is starting to become red also...

haiz....

i think i will be going up the stage on monday with red eyes...

i hope i dont freak out anyone...LOL

anyway i heard that nicholas also from my class is alos down with it...

swollen eyes too...

with his addition....

the total infected no. of ppl in 435 is 3 now.....

woah.....

i hope that it stopped like that....

now i m seriously worried...

ok ppl dont rub ur eyes after u touch anything...

ESP if u r in 435......

MC

2007-01-12T18:16:00.000+08:00

thats what i got for today...
a MC from the A&E at spore general hospital...
i missed the sec 1 orientation cheering practice + arts alive....
so suay...
my very first house activity as the captain and i wasnt able to attend...
i wonder how it went....

anyway i m down with viral conjunctivities on my right eye(not very sure bout the spelling)something like a sore eye...
but a serious one...
at first i thought it was due to my contacts...
cos i took out a incomplete one on wed...

luckily according to the doctor it wasnt..
whoosh...
if it was it would have beem much much worser...
cos it would be bacteria conjunctivities...
the opthamologist said it would take 2-3 weeks to heal...
that means NO contact lens for 2-3 weeks...
OH GOD...
and the other eye might become infected too..
that means both eyes will be bloodshot and swollen...
and can only be half opened...
the doctor said he could give me a week's MC if i want...
of cos i said no la..
crazy 1 week leh...
the homework load will be hell la...
so i got the Mc for today and hope that i will be better to go to school on monday...
its inaugral assembly....
i dont want to miss it...
anyway guess what the doctor is alos down with it..
LOL...
but he's one wasnt as serious as mine...
well thanks to nabhan...lol...
i got it from him i think...
he was absent from school for 2 days due to sore eyes...
here's an advice...
never ever rub ur eyes if u wear contacts...
cos if it tears in ur eyes...
or goes missing..
its serious matter...
not fun anymore..
i told the doctor about my suspection...
that part of the lens is in the eye...
and he took a stick and he POKED it into my eye..
ITs DAMN painful lar i tell u ...
imagine something like a satay stick being pocked into ur eye...
under ur eye ball and above ur eye ball...
eeewww....i get the shivers just by mentioning it...
and blood flowed out...
thats exactly what the doc did to me....
and its eighty bucks...
cos its A&E...accident and emergency..
haizz...what a friday...
To think i was still looking forward to it a few days ago...

First 1 and a half week of 2007

2007-01-09T17:11:00.000+08:00

haha.... as u all can see this post is titled "first one and a half week of 2007"
so ya it is basicaly about the first 1and1/2 week of school since today is a tues...lol
anyway
YAY....
i got a new blogskin and a new song...
cool...hahaha....
the designer is the same as the previous one...
i dont know why but i somehow kinda like this designer's works...
his link is at my links..."designer's profile"
yea u can go take a look...not bad...
anyway back to my "first one and a half week of 2007"
here's wishing everyone a super super super belated
HAPPY NEW YEAR....
i have been busy trying to clear all my holiday hw...
and coping with new ones coming in....
haizz...vicious cycle....LOL...
so well the feeling of back to school is great yet not so great too...
i mean i m able to like hangout with friends again and have fun...
but its like i m sec 4 this yr...
the O's year...
the pressure is realy on man...
on the very first day of school there is already like HOMEWORK....
wth right....well i guess this is the sec 4 life la...
i guess i have to learn to adapt to it....

besides hw there is all the sports skills test and Arts alive for the sec 1s....
lucklily for me there isnt sec 1 orientation camp...
which i know will be another very stressed out thing esp for the PSFs...
but well i LOVE camps....not being able to be a PSL is like haiz what a pity...
all thanks to my wonderful teacher...
i shall not mention names...
since my blog was being surfed before by another teacher...LOL
i dont know why but many ppl think that i m a PSF..LOL...
i was walking around in school during the orientation camp cos i had training
then i met quite a lot of ppl...they saw me in PE attire and going for training.....
and they were all like"hey arent u a PSF"....
I was like "NO...."....(pulled deliberately)
maybe i have a PSF face....hahahaha what nonsense...
how i wish i was one.....but oh well...nvm...its too late now...

Anyway i noticed or rather realised something which i think many would have....
many teachers left SJI....
so weird....especially from the PE dept...

Mr Irwan
Mr Low june meng
Mr rohan
Mr bernard low
Ms rosa lau
and ect.

even Bro. Michael "left" SJI....
i was like shocked la when i first found out...
he left for Deputy prinicpal or is it principal at the new SJI International...
so he left and another weird woman came to fill in the empty position....
she was like just standing there during every assembly...
and nobody bothered to introduce her...
i think they are waiting for the inaugural service....
but its like a little too long lor....
i mean like 2 weeks or more than come and introduce her....
and oh...Mr Malcolm Wong had been promoted...
congrats....
To asst prinicpal.....woah....pay increase...+ personal office heh....
and Mr sydney tan have been promoted to Deputy prinicpal taking over Bro. mike..
congrats again....
and jude tan took over low june meng tobecome HOL 1...
another pay increase + change of office...

Ok enough about the school...
now shall tell u bout my class....
well we have since shifted to the 3rd level...
we "upgraded" lol....
and i love my sec 4 classroom....
its like super big and super windy....
and what more...just outside the door is the benches already...
that means i only need to walk like 5 steps and reach the benches during recess...
besides that alot of my good friends are in 431-434 which is on the same level...
but one thing bad is that the toilet is uber far away lar....
have to walk like what uh 50m...
last yr all i have to do is to step out of the classroom take 2 steps and turn left
and there stands the toilet...LOL...

So i Didnt get to choose my seat in class....
i really wanted the corner seat...
the one on the side of the corridor one...
cos there is a ledge there...for me to put my stuffs lol...
tracy goh came prepared on the first day...
whipping out a class seating plan before we could say anything...
:(
Luckily i still got a back seat...

anyway we had a change of math teacher...
as simon ho is now transffered to the science dept now teaching physics....
so what we got in replacement is Ms foo li hua...
she seemed very experienced....
i mistook her for a chinese teacher cos she really looks like one lor...
anyway she is very comical la...
and very interesting also :)
she speaks in a very funny way...that never fails to amuse us....LOL...
one thing good is that she is very good tempered and patient....

anyway i didnt buy new U this year since i had brand new ones from last yr...
but it obviously had become very tight...
u know what that means right...
i shall not elaborate....
haizzz....
its like SO uncomfortable in them....
and i dont want to buy bigger ones..
cos if i continue toi buy bigger ones i will continue to grow bigger...
I Need to LOSE weight...
Really....
Ok so my 2007 resolution is to lose weight...
at least 10 kg by the end of the year...
oh god help me....

really looking forward to friday...
the day when we will teach the new sec 1s from michael house the micheal house cheers...
can get to skip lessons...wahahahaha:)
oh ya plus arts alive after that...skip lessons again....
friday pls come soon....

i dont know when i can post again...
but i hope soon la...

mean while watch this space!!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

2006-12-25T00:06:00.000+08:00

HOHOHOHOHOHOHOHOH!!!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS.....

Here's wishing everyone who reads this a merry merry christmas.....
CHEERS!!!!!
(it saves me the trouble of going to each blog in my list and tag..lol..that will take like forever..)
(so i f u want my blessing come to my blog...hohohohoho)LOL

Anyway why is EVERYONE flocking to china now....
And especially SHANGHAI...
is there a special promotion package???
very cheap heh???
then if not WHY? WHY?
Could someone pls enlighten me???

ok well...
that aside...
last friday was the sec 1 registration day...
and i had to go back to school for training...
and i became a "topic of discussion" on 190 bus...
on the way to school and back....
not bcos i wore different socks on my feet...
also not bcos of my shoes/hair/face/ears/wateva.......
alos not bcos of ME...
but its bcos i m a josephian...
i M from SJI i have the word JOSEPHIAN printed on the back of my t shirt
LOL...
well parents who obviously are heading for SJI treated me as a foreign object on the bus...
cos i was the only josephian in the bus...
oblivious for the fact that i know they are talkking about me...
pointing fingers and going into discussions...
bet they are saying....
He's from SJI there..that guy over there...
ta1 shi4 cong2 SJI lai2 de4...
what surprises me more is when i got back to CCK interchange...
when i got on to 302 bus...
it happened again....
and again i acted as though i didnt know...
well well well....
all i can say is i m surprised that SJI is so famous....
I m PROUD of my SCHOOL.....
(being in the "limelight" once in a while isnt too bad either) :P

Training

2006-12-22T00:13:00.000+08:00

well well well so i did went for training....
and it DIDNT rain lor...
bleh... :(
so obviously training was tough...
i didnt go for a MONTH and thats like erm...12 trainings at least...
so we did bounding work and drills...
boring but VERY tiring...
my whole body is still aching...
anyway i m surprised Daniel chua didnt confront me bout my "wonderful" attendance...
though coach realised that i was M.I.A for quite a while....
i told him that i was going to beijing hence not being abe to come for training...
that was 1 day b4 beijing which= 17 nov...
and i was back on the 24th nov which is like eh almost a month ago

Conversation(or rather interrogation..LOL) between me and Fok(coach)
Fok: Belmond..... long time no see....
Me: hahaha...ya
Fok: So how was beijing
Me: yea very fun
Fok: cold anot...
Me: ya it was very cold...-6 to 1 degrees
Fok: cannot be la where got so cold...i went to china also last week..tell me when u come back i would know the weather...
Me: (trying to change the topic) ahh.. coach which part of china u went?
Fok: Fujian..
Me: ooohhhh....(trying to avoid his eyes)
Fok:(very persistent) so when u come back tell me....
Me: ahhh....some time ago lor...
Fok: dont want some time....tell me the date
Me: (acting that i m thinking vry hard looks at the ceiling) erm on the 25th
Fok: (voicing out whats going on in his head)25th......now dec 20...25th...25th nov...wah going to 1 month liao...
Me: (smiles innocently) hehe....

So ya...
damn...
he found out....LOL
anyway after training was slacking at the canteen with marcus...
i seriously wonder where the trackers get their energy from...
can play soccer after training....
or maybe i m just unfit..LOL
so mathias appeared...
apparently he was taking a 5 min break...
so we broke into yet another convo...
and i realised that FOk is really like the best and kindest coach u can ever get...
the gym coach only allows a 5 min water break...
and will kana scolding if come back late...
and punishment for latecoming=200 pushups min.
hahaha...200 pushups...
that will be like our training...more than a punishment..
i will probably take 2 sessions to complete them..LOL
so anyway our water breaks are usually very "short"
like 15 minutes or so la...lol...wahahaha...
We: COACH!!! water break...
Fok: Ok come back quickly...
he didnt specify the time limit..so hahahaha
and punishment for latecoming is water boy...
easy heh...
i erm love??? my coach...
anyway heard that track and field training will contine all the way to school reopen...
the only CCA except badminton i think that wont be stopping after Xmas...
bleh...but anyway do u think i would go??
i have like a friggin hell lot of hw left...
so anyway lunch was at the tanglin CC with marcus
and before we left the auntie told marcus that his chinese is very good...
" ni3 de4 hua2 yu3 shuo1 de4 hen2 hao3"
when the only words he said is yao4 and xie4 xie4
wth la...
and i rmb very clearly(i always rmb praises..LOL)
she said the exact same thing to me when i first patronized her...
this left me to think whether she said this to everyone....
if she did...she is SO EVIL...
hurt ppl's feelings...lol...or rather cheat...
anyway catched ERAGoN at cine later on...
i guessed i was too beat from training that i fell asleep in the first 10 minutes....
i missed out the evolving part....
lucky there was halls to keep me awake....
if not it would be a waste of 6.50...
well eragon was ok la...
watchable...not fantastic though....
I would really want to watch night at the museum though...any dates?? any1 interested???

Well today was Gym with elian...
so i got a 1 month free trial at california fitness gym..
thanks to my mom...
she's a permanent member there...
i figured out those fit ones wouldnt be interested and also doesnt need it..
so i asked elian whether he was interested...since he told me b4 that he needs to lose weight...(elian i m not saying that u arent fit)
and he said yes...
well so we got our 1 month VIP membership pass...
and we sweated it out...
i think elian was quite impressed with the facilities there...
i was too when it was my first visit :)
anyway my body is like aching so much...
arrggghhh....
and there's like training tomorrow...or rather today its past midnight...
and after that its either gym with elian again or with mom...
all this hardwork...
so as to be able to fit into my uniform on the 3rd of jan 2007
(not that i cant fit into it now...just in case....keeping my fingers crossed)
LOL...

anyway b4 i go off here's notice for those dumbs dumbs or blur sotongs...
want to tag but cant find the tagboard???
wondering where it is??
well here's the answer...
i obviously do have a tagboard...
its just that this time its a POP UP one
it at the greeting cards section...
right above the no. of hits...
clear???
GOOD...
now i want to see more tags...LOL

Rain rain go away???

2006-12-20T01:13:00.000+08:00

Well well well its been like raining and raining non-stop this few days.....
saw the news...
most likely to continue till friday...
so is it good or bad?
many might think its bad...
especially those whose businesses and cars are"patronized" by the rain...
well at least for me..
it works both ways...
GOOD:
1) it keeps me at home=chance to do hw=not burning the midnight oil on 1st and 2nd january
(though i think i might still need to burn comsidering the huge pile of hw i have)
(outstanding hw: 2 sets of chemistry papers, 1 differentiation math assignment,1 english commonwealth essay and 7 chinese essays...yes its SEVEN 7)
( chem papers due on 22nd dec,eng essay due like tomorrow...lol...actually it 30th nov...hahaha)
(all of the above in brackets=one word: DOOM)
2) training(provided i go) will be indoors= weights/gymnasium=no running=slack=fun
3) lazy to go out= no chance to spend $=saves $
4)keep falling asleep= missing meal times=not eating that much=lose weight(hopefully)

BAD:
1) Get drenched even though having an umbrella=soggy socks+shoes=EEewww...
2)Cant go downstairs to exercise(since when do i go downstairs &exercise..lol)
3)sky gloomy=house darken=spirit gloomy
4) lazy to go to California fitness where i have a 2 week free VIP membership=wasted=pity=cannot lose weight

Well 4 good points 4 bad points....
well i guess its more of a neutral thing for me when it keeps raining...
how ironical.....
i want it to stop raining but then i want the rain to continue...
whatever....

training tomorrow...hopefully...
after 1 month..lol...
better go before phone calls start finding their way to me...
6am goodness....
i have not been waking up till noon nowadays...
4 hrs hopefully the rain isnt too heavy for me to get to school tomorrow...

Beijing Trip 2006, footsteps in time part III

2006-12-17T00:49:00.000+08:00

Well finally a change of blogskin....
this time since christmas is near....
so it is a christmas theme....
Layout: Last Christmas
Music: Last christmas....
Clock: santa themed..
Perfect isnt it....

Anyway this post is to round up the trip to beijing...
well its like around a month ago that i left for beijing...
its like so fast...
and guess what i m still MISSING it...

Day 7 final day

So we got to sleep in till a little later this time...
finally get to see how our room looks like in the bath of sunlight...
u can choose not to believe but...
its true that for 7 whole days of living in the hotel...
i havent even seen my room in the day....
we would always leave the hotel room for breakfast at around 7
and never come back till 7+ at night....
anyway so we went down for breakfast at the hotel's restaurant as usual....
seriously...i m like SICK and TIRED of the food there...
although it is international buffet styled....
but eating the same old food over and over again for 6 breakfasts...
arrrggghhh...its just disgusting...
fried noodles+omelette+bacon+springroll+kiwi juice...
so after breakfast me and thad went back to our room to take our luggage down...
we assembled at the lobby with all our belongings
and off we went up the bus...
bading goodbye to our "home" for the past 7 days...
our "home" for 7 days...
The bus that brought us from places to places...
leaving the hotel....

Destination: Project 798 a.k.a the FUTURE of china....
someone told us its some sort of sky scraper thing...
but its nowhere near that....
its like some sort of a industrial estate...
quite deserted i would say....
future of beijing???? I dont see why....LOL
anyway so project 798 is sort of an art street..
where u could find galleries and shops...
with artpieces on both sides of the street in shophouses...
honestly it was rather boring...
i mean....
I m not that kind of ppl who would often go to art exhibitions
and like....
mmmhhh....ahhhh....woahhh...at the paintings...
secondly....i m not that rich to be able to buy those pieces...
So how?
SELF ENTERTAINMENT....LOL
(song plays) "thats what friends are for...."
well company is important when things are boring...
dont u agree....
Last group pic....I swear i was being crushed..
Delta with facils catherine and claudine...

Been there....
and left a "mark" there....
or rather many"marks"....

So after that that its the last meal...
this time we went to a korean restaurant...
the table was really long and the decor was very nice....
the urinal actually had ice cubes in it...LOL
so its like u are peeing into a bucket of ice...
is it for decoration or what i have no idea....
the food was okay la...
not too bad...
i have never tried authentic korean food before so ya....
but the coffee i must say was really nice and fragrant...
thought the serving was like pathetic....
s very small cup and only half filled...
maybe thats the way korean drinks coffee???
LOL....
what was special is the metal chopsticks...
cool...there was an urge to take it with me..
but i didnt...
to think back right now...
why didnt i ask whether i could buy it...
stupid me!!!
Told you it was long...lol...

So after that we packed up and off we went to the airport...
and it was good bye beijing.....
awww....so sad.....
but no choice....
it was 7 days...
we all agree that it was too short...
10 would be just right.....

Anyway if u would like to see all the pictures we took in beijing u could visit here....
a total of 300+ photos....
http://s133.photobucket.com/albums/q76/literual/
its my photobucket album...

Beijing Trip 2006, footsteps in time part II

2006-12-05T23:31:00.000+08:00

Beijing Trip 2006, footsteps in time part

Part II

Day 5

Ok so today was School immersion...
WHOLE DAY !!!!
Will die man....
its a little boring...
dozed off a few times...
i bet alot did :)
it was what???
poetry recital class...
yes thats the class we had...
it's fun when u r called to recite...
i put up that beijing accent...
the one with the "er" in all ur ending words...
and guess what!!!
the teacher said " well done"
and the students all laughed...
so after that we had lunch in the school canteen...
elian was bored tooo XD
there is only 1 stall
or rather none...
no choice...
served like prison style???
metal plate metal fork metal spoon....
food erm...should i say it...
heck la...it SUCKs....
(or maybe bcos we have been having every single meal in a restaurant (:)
so after that we had free time....
free to explored the school...
were told to go to basketball court to play....
er...but no balls heh...
play what???
so we hanged around the excercise equip areas and the pingpong room...
i name the latter myself...lol...
It was cold...as seen from my facial expression..
praying: pls dont break...
in the ping pong room....
so our break was extended...
i dont know why but ya...
anyway there was a 50 cent coke seller..
600 ml bottle...
dirt cheap heh....
so we were ushered into some resource room....
read books???
i guess thats what they want us to do...
anyway we saw a pretty gal along the way up the resource room...
a pretty china gal...mmhhh...
hard to come by...
i was with er....elian? or is it glenville??
anyway ya so elian/glen decided to bring others along to search hunt the gal down...
i was tired...didnt want to follow them...
so i read my tuesdays with morrie...lol...
after that was the lian2 huan1 hui4...
there was performance from ba1 zhong1 side as well as SJI side...
there were alot of dance items by them...
all mongolia sort...
so SJI....
known for songs and cheers???
so we did our stuffs...
a song...
and i was pushed to the middle...awkwardly..very awkwardly...
right in the front...bleahX....
i think i blocked some ppl...from the camera...XD

so after that was the trip to liu2 li2 chang3...
was quite boring...
since i had my seal carved liao....
i got it real cheap at a good price...
so i basically tagged along with my group...
taking pics along the way as usual...
no wait....i didnt cos it was too cold...
most of the shops were closed...
and it was like very dark lor...
the whole street is like all selling the same stuffs lor...
not interested...
paintings la and other hangings and artworks...
dinner and back to hotel....

Day 6

so its the BIG day today....
summer palace than scavenger hunt.....
the summer palace is huge....
reason??????
its even bigger than the forbidden city...
although it doesnt feel but i guess its true...
since my knowledgeable facils says so...
i guess its due to the friggin big lake...
its almost like a sea...
cos i cant see the other coast....
now i now why the empress dowager prefers to stay in the summer palace...
the view and scenery and surroundings are awesome man...
besides its cool during summer....
so we were given task...
to answer questions and unravel the mysteries..
by travelling to places and look for the answer....

After that something bad happened...
we were asked to assemble at the exit at a specific time...
but a few groups didnt keep to the time...
and they were late...
very late....
cos they were buying souveniers....
so the early ones like us were sitting in the cold...
it was freezing...
its the summer palace i guess.....
mr heng told them to give the things up and come back....
but some didnt thats why he was uber angry....
i understand why they didnt want to give the things up...
first they already paid for it....
second its very nice...
the painting...
but they were wrong la.....
so everyone(the adults) was angry...
all the disappointment and stuffs...
got a hearing from them...
they even want to cancel scavenger hunt....
bcos of safety reasons....
then they want a rep from us to tok to them...
i wanted to go but was hesistant....
i mean i m the most "" ya one...
i also dont know what word...
in the end i guess elian wants to rep us...
so he went...
and he succeded....
we managed to go for the scavenger hunt....
so we skipped one station and started off at the 2nd stop..
due to time constraint....
so we landed up in tian an men square...
then we took the Mrt/train/whatever they call it....
trust me SMRT is much better....
so we had to go around to different places via train service...
and take photos to proof that we been there....
one of the task is to find out how much a 100m sq unit wil cost in that shopping mall....
so i managed to get the phone no. of the office...
so i called.....
they put me through then asked me to wait....
so i waited....
no response...
so i put down...
then after like 15 mins i decided to call again....
in chinese in a very polite tone: "excuse may i know how much is........."
in loud chinese:" how mnay times do u want to call...i told u before..."
in a puzzled tone:" but this is my first time..."
louder:" ya right...I dont care but i m going to tellu one last time......."
(all this above is supposed to be in chinese)
(but i figured out if i typed it in hanyupinyin u probably wont get a thing :))
How dumb....
what good service man...
cant even differentiate voices....
no wonder this is______
I would leave u to decipher whats the blank is.....

after that was shopping at xiu4 shui3 da4 sha4...
the heaven for imitations....
i bought VCDs and a pair of shoe....
and i fell SICK!!!
luckily it was the last day....
i lost my appetite....
WOW...how i wish i could lose my appetite everyday...(:
and it was beijing duck lehz...
anyway thanks sebastian and thad for "serving me"
I was wearing 4 layers in a restaurant with heater!!!!

so after dinner was the presentation of buisness plan...
though i wasnt feeling quite well i decided to go down....
and lent my support...
but its a pity i couldnt present....
I came up with the speeches...(:
so we did our presentation in the hotel's conference room...
and my group was up first....
we awed and mesmerized the room with our buisness plan....
this is no exaggeration....lol...
since i couldnt present i became the camera man....

after all eight groups presented....
and after the judges made their choice...
the results were announced...
We got.......
2nd....
it was quite a dissapointment....
we really wanted to win badly....
we lost out by 2 marks....
i think the problem lies in....
we didnt mention about our surveys...
cos we didnt survey at all (:
whereas the winning group was like ba1 zhong1 here and ba1 zhong there...
talking about the surveys they conducted in every other sentence...
or maybe we would win if i went up....
and turn on my charm...LOL....
and the winning group got their prize....
cool man...
authentic olympic souveniers with certs....
a set each for every1 in the group....

so after that thaddeus and I went back to our room....
not long later the door bell rang...
kiaboon came marching in....
followed by mathias....
then kiaboon loudly shouted....
stupid china bikini man.......
and a whole lot of vulgarities...
not suitable to post it up...
my blog is clean:) and i wish it to remain as it is....
so i got the story from mathias...

here it goes....
setting: the corridor on the third floor outside the conference room
characters involved: kiaboon mathias elian alwyn and the china bikin man(hotel guest)
ok so the story is like that....
it was after the presetation...
kiaboon mathias alwyn and elian were walking down the corridor...
they were i think making alot of noise...
or bcos they were one of the last...
the ppl before already made alot of noise...
so this hotel guest was obviously very mad bcos of all the noise generated...
i think he was awoken from his sleep....
he was dressed in nothing except a brief...
so he jumped out of his hotel room and shouted some vulgarities at them...
they were shocked by the sudden voice....
kiaboon being very um....
attitude and loud and no-pushover lind of person...
shouted back....
so a quarrel started....
so they were shooting strings of vulgarities at each other
both not understanding what the other guy is scolding....
kiaboon was in english and hokkien
while the bikini man was in chinese obviously....
so they(kiaboon abd the bikin man) were both very agitated...
while mathias elian and alwyn were kinda scared....
so he chased them all the way to the lift....
they all went into the lift leaving the bikini man...
still swearing....
they were all afraid that the bikini man will chase after them all the way to the lobby...
but he didnt....
obviously...
he was only in a pair of brief....
what a sight man....
if he really chase them al the way to the lobby...LOL...

ok so explanation time...
why the bikini man is called the bikini man...
bcos he's in a pair of brief...
but how did bikini came into the picture i didnt know...
and kiaboon was also saying that the briefs were kinda of see through...
LOL...
mathias seconded it....
and his toot was very um...um....cough... very small...
wahahaha....i dont know
they say one....lol...

so after that was the "party" at elian and alwyn's room....
glenville and jeremy joined us...
so it was me thad mathias kiaboon alwyn elian glenville and jeremy....
as usual it was full with food...
especially its the last day...
so all unfinished/untouched food and drinks is brought together...
and its cup noodles again....
i think they all going to get cancer....
lol....
i shared most of mine with thaddeus everytime i eat..so ya i m better...
lol....

Missing beijing.....
there will be part III coming up...
on day 7...
this is getting too long...
so must split ya.....
watch this space...
till than....

Beijing Trip 2006, footsteps in time part I

2006-11-28T14:56:00.000+08:00

Beijing Trip 2006, Footsteps in time

Part I

Well its gone and over....
7 days passed by like nothing....
enjoyed myself totally.....
Friendships were enhanced...
and new bonds were made....
i still cant believe that its all OVER....
Its just too fast...
Way too fast...
How i wish i could go back there again....
And escape from all the stress....
And the tons of homework and dealines to meet...
where everything is much simpler....
cooler and more relaxed.....

the hotel wasnt great....
but it was good enough....
the food there was good.....
11 course at some....
there was alot of wastage....
Facils were GREAT....
they were very knowledgable....
and they were very bilingual...
Mr heng was LAME....
Not that bilingual though...(:
he tried to entertain us.....
good try.....
a discovery about alwyn & thaddeus...
narcissus and cam whore....lol...(sticks tongue out)
we travelled in a bus....
from places to places...
to different destinations we go....
laughters and singing filled the bus....
disgusted, amazed, stunned & impressed were the feelings....

tomorrow morning 6.30 morning call 7.00 breakfast 8.00 at lobby everyone!!!!

Day 1

Woke up early to be at the airport at 6.50am
Arrived there on time....
alot of family were there....
so was mine...
after a prayer....
after bidding goodbyes...
into the depature hall we went....
we were EXCITED....
very excited....
we took many pictures...
hello arent we still in singapore???
LOL....
The planes....
Thaddeus
Alwyn and Me...
Thaddeus and Me.....
335/435 (Me, thad, Elian, aLwyn)

So we boarded the plane....
it was slightly delayed....
doesnt mke a difference....
i met my optometrist...
what a small world....
same flight...same destination....
Sat beside kiantat....was his first time taking flight....
he seem calm....
offered him sweets so that he will feel better when taking off...
The flight was great....
SQ...duh...lol....
food was great too....
the only thing bad is...
there's no playing cards....
due to some technical problem...BleahX
the movies on board was great...
watched 2....
My super Ex-girlfriend & John tucker must Die...
both was hilarious....
I think i laughed out loud...
hope i didnt give anyone a shock....XD
Elian and Mathias....
Kiantat and Me...(pls ignore the finger)
We HAD magnum on board...or is it just typical of SIA...LOL

So after close to 6 hours of flight...
We ARRIVED in beijing.....
the airport was very dim....
poor lit up....
everything was messy...
I guess its just that we r not used to it....
foreign to the surroundings...,
stepped out of the airport....
woooo....cooling...shiok....
its as though u r inside a fridge that has no boundaries....
Thaddeus, mathias and Me caught on cam unknowingly...
ah lian no. 1 pose....
Me mathias thaddeus and elian....

Our first stop wasnt the hotel....
But some place called..hutong...
The facils said it's like singapore's Clarke Quay...
doesnt seem so to me....
its a sat a weekend...
but it wasnt as crowded as i thought it would be...
So we walked and walked....
took pictures pictures....
and more pictures....
thats what tourists do right....
I guess we r very good tourists than....(:
A lake i guess...
Walking....
Thad & Me....(one of the close eye shots...)
one of the houses....do u call it houses??
A beanie shot...

So after that was dinner...
It was some kao rou restaurant....
11 course....
imagine it....
I was friggin full....
and there were alot of extras....
then it was time to go check out our hotel...
the place we will be sleeping in for the nxt 6 nights....
Its called DongFang hotel...
the lobby was quite small....
619 was my room no.
thaddeus was my roommate....
there was NO bathtub......BleahX...
room was smaller than it was in the picture on net...
but it was comfy enough....
Put our things down and off we went to the supermarket...
To stock up on the necessities....
actually mainly food la...
in case we get hungry in the night...
bought bottles of drinking water....
soft drinks.... chips...biscuits...and of cos instant noodles...
Shopping.....

Day 2

There were changes to the itinerary....
we were not scheduled to go to the forbidden city today but nvm....
so we went....
the place is friggin huge....
I pity the sedan carriers man...
they have to carry the royal family around the palace...
and do u know the forbidden city has 9999 rooms...
that meanss if the emperor would to stay in one room a day...
and keeps changing room...
it will take him around 30 years to finish staying all of the rooms...
madness....
We had starbucks in the forbidden city itself.....
shared hot chocolate with thad 4 sing....
quite reasonable....
and starbucks is called XING BA KE....lol....
it was a pity....
the biggest hall is under construction.....
the Ling xiao dian....
the most majestic one where the emperor settles national affairs....
I seriously wonder how many thrones they have....
cos there is one in every hall we went....
and god knows how many there is???
At the forbidden city......

Me and thad holding the maple leafs we picked up on the street....Very nice right...

so lunch was at somewhere halfway up the great wall....
the restaurant is very nice and the decor very comfy...
it used to be a pri school explains it....
there were even crayons and score sheet for us to scribble....
so pri school like....
very interesting....
had a large sandwich...
yummy....
guess i was hungry...lol...
the restaurant.....
in the toilet....LOL

So we went onto the bus again...
our destination this time is the GREAT WALL....
there are three different sections of the great wall that is open to the public...
the one we went is called mu tian yu...
it isnt the one normally ppl will go to...
as its slightly more difficult to climb....
the sight of the great wall cant be described with words...
majestic??? its more than that...
Awesome??? its also more than that
its just ***open mouths big*** WOAH!!!!
Lol....
I just cant imagine how they actually build the wall some 500 yrs ago....
where there is no machinery and technology...
just man power...
purely man power...
they have to scale the mountains....carrying bricks and stones....
from the foot of the mountain all the way up...
with nothing but their bare hands....
imagine the harsh climate...
no wonder thousands and millions of ppl died cos of the great wall....
is it really worth it???
when eventually the mongolians managed to break through it...
and conquer china...
kublai khan once told this to his troops...
" the wall is only as strong as the courage of those defending it"
this is so true.....
even if u have a uber strong wall but u dont have any soldiers who are willing to lay down their lives to protect the country...
then u will still fail in the end....
The weather forecast is 6 to -1 degess but it felt nothing like that la....
I was sweating like dont know what while climbing....
it was high....
just steps steps and more steps....

touched the wall...

wahahaha...king of the world
Mathias doing handstand on the great wall...woah....
Day 3

So its a monday and its school immersion day!!!
And its Beijing No.8 middle school...
interesting fact: the schools are all numbered over here in china
For exp. shenzhen no.11 school....
the classroom i would say looks very nice...
and its high tech leh...
all use com and teach...mmm...impressed...
maybe thats why they are comparable to RI...
they would do this weird dance ever morning....
as a daily workout....
lol....the great china workout....
and their lines SUUPER straight....
even straighter and neater than the ones in our UGs...
damn pro....
super straight....

So we attended 2 lessons...
one is on the traditional chinese paper cutting
while the other one is the chinese painting lesson...
it was no doubt fun...
i tried drawing out the patterns i want first before i start to cut..
but ya...i failed miserably....
in the end i just decided to just cut...
and it turned out much much better...LOL...
the trick is to get as little paper left after finish cutting...
the thinner it looks(abou to tear kind)
the more pro it is...lol...

Mine ,thaddeus and Elian's masterpieces...

after that was the chinese painting class....
we were supposed to paint a sparrow and bamboo painting...
was very fun....
challenging too...
some of it turned out very weird and inproportional...
but nevertheless we were quite satisfied after killing many trees...
My masterpiece!!!!
the messy classroom
a chinese painting????

So after that was the visit to Duxiu company...
basically its some kind of a search engine..
where ppl can make use of it and find info about china books...
they also places books online...
they scan and upload the books...
so ppl wouldnt need to actually buy the books to read them...
they could purchase a card that has a certain amount of credit in it...
and use it to access the books online....
they actually have a factory that operates 24/7 with 2 shifts of workers...
we got free gifts...lol...
a card that has 10yuan in it..
and i have 2....lol..
it sure will come in handy when its time to do du shu bao gao...

the very nice looking office building(not duxiu)

inside duXiu
cam whores in the making...alright we were bored...

After that was the trip to Xidan book of malls....
werent interested in the book mall....
though i must say its huge...
singapore's largest popular also cant hold a candle to it...
more interested in the 77th street mall beside it....
they actually have a 77th street shopping mall underground...
its supossed to be very crowded where all the teenagers hangout...
but it seems quite empty...
or is it justt bcos its a weekday???
i thought our orchard road is forever crowded...
And the shopkeepers there ....
i must say they are damn goood..
when we walk pass...
" ta1 men2 shi4 cong2 xing1 jia1 po1 lai2 de4"
Do we have SINGAPOREANS written on our forehead???
Anyway bought 2 VCDs...damn cheap......10RMB for 1
bought 2 thats like 4 sing...
Rob-b-hood...
and scary movie 4 uncensored unrated...lol
we also did our interviews for our buisness plan...
i think elian and me made a good pair....
it went quite smoothly...
except for the 2 bit****
bought a belt for 2sing....
at 77th street...
but it was too short....bleahx....
reason is alwyn ran and bought it for me at the last minute...
I didnt buy it myself...oh well...gave it to elian...
the statue of books..outside Xidan

Day 4

3 destinations today....
1. Beijing urban planning centre
2.ancient observatory centre
3. Lenovo company visit

Beijing urban planning centre was an eye opener....
Beijing is really huge.....
see it for urself...
we were on the second floor!!!

Its just part of beijing....
Hi!!!!

Next stop is the Ancient observatory centre...
I was very impressed how smart the ppl were....
its like more than 500 years ago
and they actually already know how to read the stars!!!
predict the weather...
and read the time...
using instruments that do not make any sense to us...
yet they are quite accurate...
Chinese are VERY SMART i would say...
all the instruments we saw were replicas of the real one...
the real ones are all at nanjing...
cos 1 of the many emperors once moved his capital to nanjing..
thus bringing all those along too....
i guess they didnt want to move it back...
in case accidents might happen and in the process these precious artefacts destroyed...

The artefacts thar were used to predict weather and time...

The poke cause the right side of my nose to bleed like after 10 minutes

After that was the company visit to Lenovo...
this time round its a much bigger company than Duxiu...
it has its own building...
We were given a talk by some guy...
and sorry to say that but it was boring...
I was falling asleep...
many others too...
for the ignorant, Lenovo is the company who bought over IBM...
it is also the partner of the Olympics 2008 beijing...
and its now the third biggest computer manufacturer in the world...
we got a tour of the factory....
the assembly line and everything...
sorry no pics as we cant take pics in the factory....

after that was a surprise trip to decathelon...
a mega sports store...
selling sports related items ranging from clothes to equipments...
for more than 60 different kind of sports...
bought 3 pairs of ankle socks at 29 yuan around 2 sing a pair
bought 2 sports tights for training one at 14 Sing
and a what do u call it??
wrist/arm strengthening device...
the one that u squeeze....ya....

MISSING Beijing............

there will be part 2 coming up soon....
meanwhile enjoy this first...
will update once i come back from my chalets....
watch this space....
till than...
be back on the 1st of dec....

ACE Kluang 2006 Part IV

2006-11-26T20:18:00.000+08:00

Ok...lets c if i still can remember...
I will try my very best to....
so here it goes....

Day 4

The final and last day of the whole ACE experience....
some were happy some were sad...
I guess i was rather neutral...
So it was the last activity the one i fear most....
GUNUNG LUMBAK....
shivers.....lol...
so we setted off straight after breakfast....
bus ride was windy like last year....
though rocky we still fell asleep...
on the bus....
Tired ACEs...

So it was about 45 mins later that we reached the foot of lumbak....
and we embarked on our journey after some simple stretching....
Mr chua was the teacher-in-charge...
Rakit was the instructor....
jon chen jon soh and rahimm were the ACEs....
the route seems familiar yet foreign....
its a weird feeling...
the 3 ACEs who have climbed it for the 6th time...
would probably feel climbing a breeze...
but certainly that was not the case for me and some others...
though i have climbed till the halfway last yr...
but it some how still was very tiring....
I struggled....
I wasnt the first...
nor was i one of the last...
i swear 2.4 on the track is much easier than climbing up....
all the gravity acting on u...
as though pulling u down with all its might....
finally i reached the midpoint...
I was tired i admit..

I decided to do what i did last yr...
to stay at midpoint...
call me coward if u want...
its just to play safe....
I probably wouldnt have the energy to come down if i go all the way up...
besides someone has got to stay behind and look after the weaker ones...
so might as well....
in this way i wouldnt deprive anyone of going up for the scenery...
So they left and the squirrels came....
hahahaha....ya the squirrels came....
actually it was only 1 squirrel la...hahaha.....

So after the squirrel left I decided to do something smart....
or rather dumb....
I call it smart anyway....
which is to jump into the rather inviting pool...
we were feeling rather hot....
I didnt know whether we were allowed to do so...
but i guessed it's no harm....
just to cool down a little...
and kill some time....
besides the pool is shallow...
and i was there to safe them if anything happens...
so ya we jumped in....
it was simply SHIOK.....
cooling...refreshing...
finally a "bath" after 4 days....
2 of my force ppl joined me...
and we had fun....
posing in the pool....it was glaring so ya...
looking dumb....did i put that on myself..LOL

So in order not to get caught....
we only stayed in the water for like half an hour...
before coming out to dry ourselves....
we were soon quite dry....
though still wet...
the ppl who came down from the top were wet too....
just that theirs were sweat mine's water...XD

So we took the bus back....
had no chance to spend my ringgit...
since the stalls only open in the afternoon...
what lazy vendors...lol....
was tired....pretty much fell asleep....
reached the campsite....
many tents were already down...
some were having lunch....
we were really short of time....
it was very rush....
settled lunch quickly...
and went to take down the tents...
was surprised that 1852 actually finished everything liao...
WoW....guess its the last day and they just cant wait to get home...
So once again up the bus...
this time with all our belongings...
our memories our feelings and tiredness....
in an opposite direction as Day 1 the bus drove slowly...
soon it was back to the small island again...
where everything is so clean and so familiar....

"this is home...."
"truly....."
"where i know i must be..."
"where my dreams wait for me..."
"where the river always flows..."
"this is home.."
"surely...."
"where my senses tell me...."
"this is where i won be alone....."
"cos this is where....."
"I know i m home......"

Back!!!!!

2006-11-26T11:17:00.000+08:00

Yo peeps i m finally back from beijing....
actually i m quite reluctant to come back...XD
cos its just uber fun there....
And i MISS it...
i will blog about it real soon once i compile all the photos from everyone...
it will be full of pics....meanwhile....
if i m not wron g i still have ACE part IV....
long overdue...but ya...
have to do it..since that will be my reflection for mr teo...
Till than.......

ACE Kluang 2006 Part III

2006-11-11T18:40:00.000+08:00

ACE Kluang 2006 Camp 2
Part III

Day 3

As the horizon got brighter....
and everything clearer....
more and more ppl are shuffling around...
I sort of ended my sentry by giving the camp a wake up call...
Went to change into shoes and call those lazy bums...
Many Aces were still ASLEEP....
when most of the campers were awake ....
Guess they were tired...
So it was morning PT again....
By the SCARy Mun again....
Loud as usual....
Unclear as usual...
we ran around the milo pool again...
this time i was running in the middle..WOW...
was sprung a hornet halfway through...
I dont know why but everyone went down...
even the ACEs...
guess we were just shocked...
luckily i was at the slope up the abseiling area..
its white sand there...
others werent so lucky....
some was muddy...
they had no choice...
what a great start...
than it was back to the campsite area...
Rakit called for all the ACEs halfway up the hill....
while the campers are left to Mun...
suddenly Zach was called up to the slope...
guess he was tired and cant maintain the push up position...
Mun EXPECTS everyone to be as fit as him...
for goodness sake...
then for i dont know what he became very angry...
he stepped on Zach
what the hell right...
nothing allows him to do that...
not even not following instructions...
COME ON....this is a SCHOOL camp...
NOT an ARMY one...
furthermore....it is VERY insulting...

After that was flag raising...
with the usual acapella school rally...
Mr teo thought i was Catholic..haha...wanted me to go up...
guess i looked like a catholic???lol
cant blame him...
i have been attending masses...
Then it was breakfast time...
milo,coffee and tea...

Then it was ACTION time...
this time its...PERAHU(canoeing)
grabbed paddles...and travelled to the hut...
wanted to canoe...but...
darren told me the canoe was very small...
even darren found it small and had cramps..
I decided not to even attempt..lol...
for ur info...i canoed last yr....
fine...in an open deck one...
Mr nathan was in charge...
activity leaders were hinyang and samuel...
they are of course canoeists....
instructor was neil...
had a pouch with me all the time...
reason??? for camera...
mr nathan made use of it..
asked me to take care of the keys..
glad to help...
the boys setted off...
and we were left with nothing to do...
absolutely NOTHING to do...
oh wait actually we had...
had to come up with something for campfire later on....
so in the end a cheer resulted...
a very simple one...
F**** R**** A****T****
FR*AT*
Fra- ter-nity
yeah!
It was lousy and cliche...
I think so too...
anyway we heard lots of interesting stories too...
from neil of course...
he shared with us stories about their previous camps...
all damn funny....
he is a funny guy....
so the instructors were too scared of Mun....haha....
especially Nan...as revealed by my informant...
and also Gaffar was once a boxer....
WOW....
Anyway here's some of the far shots i took...
i didnt canoe so all i can is to zoom in from the shore....
My cam is lousy i know...

The picture u will be seeing next is a horse....
not a pony...
though it looks like 1.. i know...
instructor neil says so...
it has the colour of a cow???
a special breed i guess...

REAL horses....
taking a dip...

So they were back from their canoeing expedition...
Wonderful news...
the only force that reached pulau dua...
WOW...
why??
bcos they are FRAT
FRAT's the best....
I m very proud of them...
VERY....

Oh ya...i got a new nickname in ACE...
thanks to hinyang...
Dont ask me...
I wont tell u ...
U want to know go find out urself....

So after lunch was our second activity for the day....
this time is GANTUNG....abseiling....
rohan wanted me to demonstrate.....
I didnt want to....
although i did it last yr...
both abseiling and pru-seeking...
so i just simply didnt wear my longs...hahaha...
teacher in charge was of cos rohan....
instructor was BEAR....
he is damn funny....
trust me...
christopher was in charge...
so we started....
mathias and dickson were helping out with the belaying downstairs...
I chose the hut..
haha...
so i helped check whether the harness and all the stuffs are tight...
now pictures...
Dickson posing..... har???
Dont let go of me....ahhhh...
Ahhh....very high leh....
I m falling....ahhhh...hold me!!!!!

Then it started raining....
thunder and lightning joined in....
all activities were forced to stop...
other forces came in for shelter....
the whole hut is full....
very full....
so bear entertained us....
believe me he's damn funny...
a born entertainer man....
so we learn the frog song...
and i played sexy frog...hahaha....

i used flash....
they thought it was lightning...haha...
so in the end....
we didnt get to continue with abseiling...
not to mention pruseeking....
i think only around half got to try...
so we went back to the camp site....
it was disastrous....
collapsed.....
flooded....
out of shape....
were words to describe the state of the tents...
so the rescue project was immediately carried out...
My tent though not collapsed was also in a bad shape...
no choice...
am a force leader had to go and help my force...
so leave it to others who are activity leaders...
so basically every ACE was running around like mad man...
so after that was dinner and than it was time for the FUN to began...
we were all up at the longhouse for the pre-campfire special item....
a picture slideshow of the camp...
was quite nice....
than we moved to the camp fire site...
damn i thought it would be cancelled and be up at the longhouse....
anyway mr teo fell sick and went home...
poor thing....
hope he is ok now....
so mr arul became the camp commandant...
camp songs were sang..
than it was time for individual force's item....
then it was FRAT's turn....
in the end we decided to put up....
the new and improved version of watermelon watermelon...
thanks to dickson...
wah....
he damn brave sia...
the response was overwhelming...lol...
then there was the teachers item...
surprisingly Mr soo's guitar skills are not bad man...
was quite nice...
played "black(pink)" panther....haha...
dedicated to mr Arul...
so bad...lol
then was the instructor's one...
was quite fun and entertaining....

TO be continued............

ACE Kluang 2006 part II

2006-11-09T22:40:00.000+08:00

ACE Kluang 2006 camp 2
Part II

Day 2

Woke up a little late....
But still in time...
Had PT....
the PTI was instructor MUN...
He's loud
very loud....
but he isnt clear..lol...
some problem with enunciation i reckon...
ran 2 rounds around the milo pool...
and others....
fall in in front of the longhouse...
flag-raising ceremony...
the trumpeter wasnt great...
couldnt ask for more....
apreciatted it...
after that was breakfast...
all i can rmb about breakfast is..
Milo,tea and coffee...haha

And so it was the start of the activities...
first up...Pahlawan...which means jungle survival...
Calvin was the activity leader...and Mr teo and nan was there too...
we finally got time to sort out FRAT....
so i was in charge of FRAT 3...
overall...they did ok...
shelter was the worst...
not bcos they are lousy..
its just that the other 2 were better....haha
its just that almost everyone seems to be building their shelter on the ants castle...
I dont know why???
they love ants??lol
water was good...
food was good...found vegetable-looking plants....
vegetables??? honestly i dunno....lol...
realised something...
a stupid one...
without fail everyone would think that the oil palm fruit is edible...
just like what we did last yr...
I was like...isnt those cherries...lol....
mushrooms too....
heres it...never eat wild mushrooms...u never know whether its poisonous..
looks can be deceiving...
And somehow i dunno how....
one guy managed to get a COCONUT..
yes a coconut in a oil palm plantation...lol
how the hell did a coconut end up in there??
coconut disperse by wind...
thats new..lol
fire...was bad...not one of the 3 groups managed to create fire....
as a whole...FRAT 3 did ok...
they need pushing at first...
were not very ON....
but after that its ok....
limited pics...heres it...
Shelter making in process....
still in process....lol
They wanted to get these horses for food...EVIL...lol

So after that was lunch....
MSG soup and flies as usual...
Got to cut queue...lol..
ACE leaders authority...
"Erm do u mind???"
" Yes"
" oh ok..."
I still cut....haha....evil...
but i ensure at least half if not all of my force starts to eat before i cut...
cut the other forces queue...never mind...lol

so next up was Arah tujuan...which means orienterring....
We got to go up to the longhouse...yeah...haha...
there were still flies and insects there...
teacher-in-charge was Ms Teresa lim...
Nabhan and Ajun(dont know how to spell..sorry) were the activity leaders....
and the nicest guy around....gregory...
what was surprising is that he's actually the overall-in-charge..WOW
patient,nice and kind are the words to describe him...
ppl were falling asleep...
in the comfort of the longhouse under shade...
guess they were tired or something...
or maybe it was just boring...
gregory tried to make it as interesting as possible..
but poor guy...
i mean...the theory part of orienteering...how interesting can it get...
Charles rajan was sitting beside...
"greg is so nice...if i would him...I would call this bunch of dying ppl to run up and down the slope.."
Now..this is SCARY....
Was briefed on the task...
so basically we ACEs were supposed to be at diferent checkpoints...
even numbered are leaders...
odd are simply stamps...
when there were leaders...the campers were supposed to accomplish a task...
and we would sign if they passed and succeed...
I was the overall force leader for FRAT...
so i got the closest station..
it was just down the slope..
in the middle of a road???
I found a chair under the tree and used it...
vehicles passed...
ppl waved and i waved back...
what a friendly world...
finally the 1st group arrived...
gave them their task..
they are to form a CREATURE
one with 2 heads and 3 legs..if my memory didnt fail me...
must be mobile too...
must be able to make an unique and unheard sound of...(thats a little difficult)
must be able to dance too...
I was lenient...
it was difficult to dance...lol...especially when u r a CREATURE..
CREATURE making in process...

So i gave them my signature(my approval)...
they proceed on...
the heat was unbearable...
luckily i had the chair and the tree...
then mathias came back...lol...
he only had one group...
i had two...
got him to standby for me..while i take a leak...
Finally i was done..,,
went back to the longhouse...
and wait for the arrival of the winner group...
it was done in the amazing race type....
so i was the time keeper...
the 1st group arrived...
they got to place one of their feets on the red mat at the stairs...
in an american/british kinda accent...
"Welcome to the end"
"markers,map compass and ans sheet pls.."
"good.."
" u are team no. 1!"
hahahaha....how fun....
sent them to prepare their water bags behind...
as a punishment to those who didnt win...
also as an incentive to the winning team...
so we had fun...
they got wet...i didnt :)

got them to change...
and did my reflections out in the open with FRAT 3
was more than halfway through when the siren was heard...
Damn...no choice...got to rush up...
fall in...
some campers were in slippers...
oops...
honestly...i wouldnt have realise if the instructors didnt point it out..
They didnt believe us...
fine...
so they were asked to go down to change..
its not entirely their fault...
i mean...they were all sort of like changing just now...
and when the siren is heard...
its natural just to throw everything down and run up the slope...
(they were told to)
instructors were not very happy...
we could tell....
bags of food were given out...
Its field cooking tonight...
was thundering and lightning...
but it didnt rain....
Gaffa gathered the ACEs at the hut...
we were prepared to get a scolding...
slippers incident...we reckon...
in the end...
we didnt...
he TALKED to us nicely...
well that was unexpected...
"I dont like to scold my leaders..."
(Gabriel must be hopping mad...lol...and his response..YA RIGHT!!)
it sort of ended in a light note....
after that i went help out my force...
many wanted to start fire....
but no lighter...
Gaffa called all the ACEs....
" u all no lighter???"
" no...we werent suppose to bring..."
"alamak..."
LOL....
so he lended me his lighter...
Told me not to lose it and MUST return to him..
I was like woah....careful this is Gaffar's lighter...
i made sure the lighter wasnt out of sight when i lend it to the forces...
u know how important lighters are to smo****
in the end...i spent to much time helping out...
I didnt get to eat...
i know it was alright based on experience....
got some baked beans from sam and hinyang and ate it while walking back...
I was right....
there was supper....
dinner-serving supper....
at like 8+...lol....

and than it started to rain...
we were all in our tents...
ACE meeting was cancelled due to the rain...
cant get to sleep...
hot and stuffy and it was TOO EARLY...lol...
started singing songs in the tent...
had a great time...hahahaha...
fell asleep at 1am
when my sentry was at 1.30..lol
woke up at 3...surprised no one called me for sentry...went back to sleep..lol..
was awoken by a dim light...
it was nabhan...
the watch shows 4.30...
followed him up the slope...
grabbed my sleping bag along...
Dickson and Steward was awake...
staring into space..
asked why they didnt call us..
they said dont know...
cant be bothered...
asked them to go down to get some sleep while me and nabhan took over...
got 2 chairs...
sat at the top of the slope...
where the view is clear...
went to the toilet for a leak..
saw one of the campers...
he look energetic...(not that kind of I-just-woke-up look)
was curious...
" U didnt sleep"
"no..."
"why not"
" very squeezy and warm"
kids nowadays....haizz...
LOL

To be continued.......

ACE Kluang 2006 Camp II Part I

2006-11-07T16:44:00.000+08:00

ACE KLuang 2006 Camp 2 Part I 31-3 Nov

Got some info beforehand about the camp this yr from gabriel
Was told that instructors sucked...
Alot of mud instructors...
Keep away especially from Gaffa the F** malay instructor...
Instructors all damn firce keep kana scolded...(scared scared)
Always rain...

Anyway...
Met in school at the canteen
received our ACE shirt and Hat
I got the largest(as usual) and it FITted...WOW...just to add...the shirt this yr is damn cool...I love it...the hat was a little too small...XD but it still FITted
The Japanese-looking ACE hat
The cool looking ACE shirt...I wont tell u how many Xs.....XD

changed into the ACE outfit
filled in the white card
proceed to track where all the campers are...
was assigned to Bus Hippo...bus of 208...wahahaha...
Teacher accompanying Aaron Goh
Was the third or fourth bus to leave...
Instructor Bear was with us....he cracked some jokes..he seems very good...but then he said...u laugh...see what happened in the camp later....ooohhh...
Bear was quite F**..thought he was the one gab mentioned...luckily he's not....
passed through the Singapore custom at TUAS second link
then the malaysia side customs..
The Movie on board was "Rambo"...not bad...but i fell asleep
Figured out that sleep was more important...
4 tiring days are awaiting for me....
Was told that our Singapore passport could fetch as much as $5000 in the black market...WOW
Must take good care of it man....
On board the bus..Aaron goh was doing all the job....
a little bit paiseh...the ACEs(ace leaders) didnt do anything...oops...
giving out passports...
on board the bus....
Cam whore...(the one on the left) LOL

As the campsite got nearer...
Memories started filling in....
Happy,sad,sweet,bitter and everything...
Drove into Institute of Haiwan our campsite...
Its freakin big...
If i remembered correctly it was around half the size of singapore...WOW
Was the first bus to arrive...reason..cos i was inside...lol..
Took the tent gab suggested...
put everything inside zipped up and went back to assemble...
Waited for the whole camp to arrive..damn long....
anyway i was in charge of FRAT which stands for Fraternity which means brotherhood....
was sabo-ed...became the overall in charge of FRAT
my the other two leaders...Mathias and Dickson....
once everyone settled down...assembled at the longhouse...was briefed and everything...
the camp was introduced to "HORNET"
then was lunch as usual with the flies for company...
Activities begin....
Today was Rakit(rafting)...
Got my force to change
ACEs didnt change ourselves...XD...
Didnt want to get into the "milo" pool...
Chien ming and Aaron was in charge of Rafting...
Bro. Jason was FRAT's teacher-in-charge...
The first and only activity he tagged along....
Saw Gaffa...(scared scared)
He turned out ok....
was quite fun...
very funny too...
To us ACEs only i guess...
dont understand why Gab and many others from camp 1 said that they sucked...
my force wanted to sabo us...
they told Gaffa that they didnt bring their water bottles cos we didnt tell them...
So Gaffa told us to be in push up position...
then he ask us why didnt we....
Dickson replied: The camp commandant briefed them at the start of the camp...
Wahahaha...so he told us to resume...now FRAT goes down....serves them right...lol...
So in the process of rafting...my force was "seasoned" to "hornet"
Learning how to tie knots....
Gaffa imparting his wisdom to the campers
Building
Tightening and fasting...
Testing the structure...
Into the water...so far so good...
Oh...falling....arrrrrggghh.....
Struggling.....
Still struggling....

For ur info they didnt capsize at last...
Why?
Because they are from FRAT....
After that they had river crossing.....
no pictures...cos i was helping out....
If u noticed...gaffa is in long sleeves...
He asked us (ACEs) why do we think he is in long sleeves...
U are scared of sunburnt???
He said no....
He then rolled his sleeves up a bit...
guess what????
Tattoo...
his arms are full of tattoo...
thats why he needs to be in long sleeves...
He also told us he a yellow ribbon guy....
He actually opened up to us...
that aint easy for everyone...
I mean actually telling ppl such private stuffs...
Is it an attempt to scare us???
I dont think so...
Its just affinity i guess...
He only told us..(me mathias and Dickson)
Other ACEs didnt know...
I dont know whether its right to say this here but i felt strongly to type it out...
I m sure he doesnt mean...
The willingness to open up shows that he have changed for the better...
He has turned over a new leaf....
And i m proud of him....

Ok a little too emo...
So after that was SHOWER time...
Shower not bath...
So that means its very fast...
and i made sure it was...
2-3 minutes per person...
I dont think they wish to stay in there too long either...
I have a watch...but i chose to roughly gauge the time....lol
I bet ppl in the longhouse could hear me "screaming"....lol
"Time's up....."
"Out ....NOw"
If they still dont want to come out i will then proceed to plan B
Turn the lights off....
" Oi............"
" Come out now !!!!!"
"Bang!!! Bang!!!"

After that was dinner time...
Cant rmb whats for dinner...
Every meal is just the same to me...
food with irritaitng flies and syrup drinks...
After that it sort of rained...so cant have reflections out in the open...
So we have got to go into the different tents and conduct reflections...
I took 2 tents and did reflections...
had their cooperation....was quite well done...
Was late for ACE meeting cos i was doing reflections...
When I was about to run up the slope...
2 boys approached me...
told me something about vandalism with suntan lotion...
I was already late....couldnt bother much....i told them to find me later...i need to "fly" now
After that was ACEs meeting with bernard teo at the toilet....
Yes..toilet...fine lar...toilet area....still it was not a very good location for a meeting...

Then the Drama came rolling in....
We finished our meeting then we were walking to the long house...wanting to laze around...
then suddenly...an announcement was made...
the whole camp is to fall in in front of the long house at once
We were puzzled...
totally clueless...
then bernard teo adopted a very serious tone....
i was like...oh....something really bad happened....
so it was a SLASHING incident....
Slashing of tents...
With a Knive...not a jack knive that everyone have...a real knive...
how they know???? the slash is jaggered...
a few tents were slashed...
there were even ppl in the tents when its slashed...
in one incident...a person's head was just a few centimetres away from the slash...
imagine if the "slasher" would to slash another few cm nearer....
OMG.....its an SJI camp....
Its the first night..and this happen....
What a GREAT start to a camp....
One by one suspects were called up to the long house...
for???? for interrogation...
interrogation that really looks like an interrogation...
torch shine at their face real close...
shouts could be heard even when the door is closed...
those innocent ones were forced to SQUAT and heads down....
LIKE criminals....WTH...
Luckily ACEs were spared from the squatting...but we didnt dare to sit...
so it went on and on....
new names were shouted...
and new figures went up the long house....
noticed a pattern...
alot were from 201 and 202...
how ironical...
the supposedly most "guai" class....
an hour went by....
investigations were still going on...
ppl were tired of squatting...
some sitted down...
tried to turn a blind eye to them...
I KNOW its tiring...
Instructors came by and shouted....
" ACEs make sure every single one of them squat properly....if not U squat"
Ok...i seriously dont want to squat...
Many others too....
So we were FORCED to ensure that everyone is squatting...
I know u wont believe it...but i felt the pain seeing them squat...
I think the teachers realised it...
They made them stand....
Thats much better...
another hour passed...
Bro. mike and Mr lui were informed....
Nathan threatened to call the police if the culprit still doesnt turn up...
that was not the only incident....
vandalising the tents with suntan lotion
and possessing a lighter and threatening to burn down tents...
what happen to the sec 2s this yr man...
this dragged on to around 1am...
in the end...force by force were sent down to clear their tents...and bring everything up
all jack knives and sharp objects were surrendered...even nail clippers...
all the bags were placed in front of the long house...
they only got to bring their sleeping bags anf water bottles down to sleep..
ACEs bags were left in their tents...
then it was sleep time and sentry duty...
no duty today so went to sleep...
Darren Qingwei Richard and timothy together with Dickson and Mathias was in my tent....
2 big ppl in my tent....call darren to "go away"...he dont want...
surprisingly it was not as squeezy as i thought it will be....

Forced

2006-10-30T23:47:00.000+08:00

Tag if u want and i will do this:

1. I'll respond with something random about you.
2. I'll challenge you to try something.
3. I'll pick a colour that I associate with you.
4. I'll tell you something I like about you.
5. I'll tell you my first/clearest memory about you.
6. I'll tell you what animal you remind me of.
7. I'll ask you something I've always wanted to ask you.
8. You must post this on yours.

I will do this after i come back from ACE so meanwhile just tag.....

Off to kluang,malaysia..
Dont miss me....lol...(as if any1 would)
Be back on fri...

Lennon and Daryl's bday

2006-10-30T17:15:00.000+08:00

Lennon and Daryl's bday "surprise" 27 oct Friday

A reunion after parting for like ummm...12 days..lol..
This was how much we missed each other since LLTC...

The party was suppoosed to be a surprise one for our two bday boys...but somehow it went haywire and they found out..then the plan changed and the surprise was kept...but then another smart guy gave it away....very smart...so in the end only daryl got a surprise....but nevertheless it was still a fun outing....

Arrived very early at the super ulu marina Mrt station...the end station of the red line....was half and hour early...so Lennon and I waited for the rest to turn up...one by one they turned up...so we took the shuttle bus(its actually a van) to the marina eating place....waited for the rest of the ppl to turn up as well as the other bday boy daryl....I think he was quite shock or something..when he saw the huge turnout...almost everyone from OT was there 20+ ppl..except those who went for ACE camp 1 and some others...So we started...they all went to get food...daryl asked me why i m not moving...I simply said.."just sit down and the food will come"..lol...true what...anyway i didnt eat much...surprisingly..i guessed i was too busy walking around kopeing food and fanning ppl...My strategy: walk around the four tables and kope food...In return i will fan them...lol...

So after everything it was time to cut the cake and open the presents...the present was very very nicely decorated and wrapped by domdom with layers of newspaper and fantastic drawing..layers(literally)...alot of layers...lol...so when they finally unwrapped the numerous layers of newspapers...a topman plastic bag was revealed..they got them a shirt from topman....anyway me and gabriel got Daryl a plant...a very interesting bean that has "happy birthday" engraved onto it...that will grow into a plant that has happy birthday on it...anyway lennon's present was shared with gab and kiantat..we got him a sperm soft toy..lol...and a badge that says "horny when wet"...lol...what a suitable present right..if alexstine got that present than it would be perfect.....

Anyway after that we went kite flying and soccer at the field opposite..ya in the night...haha...Fly kite in the night..thats what we did...anyway siyang's dad was damn pro...he got the kite damn high...believe me it was super high...we than wanted to go to wisma to have a drink as there was the midnight shopping thing going on there...but then in the end we didnt so we all took mrt home....
Me and joseph on the shuttle"bus"
Waiting..... they say i like to act innocent..I m innocent what how to act? LOL
Dom:Ok..everybody's here...pay up $$$
YEah...time to masak(cook)....
The bday chef...
Time to makan...
Psss...tell u a secret...
Messiness...makaning in process...
Eat la.....Dont want!!!.....i m on a diet....Ya right....
Thumbs up.....beri the good ah....
HAR??? no more liao ah??? i still hungry lehz...
Pose...alexstine:feed me..come on come on...
Lennon and Mathias posing with tiger...
aint i cute...(vomitting)...lol...2 bday boys in the background
Cheers....daryl and Me
Arent we camera whores....
The "holy" bowl....
Eugene is high...we can tell....lol
come come...try my cooking...EEEee safe anot???
Si yang:"Aint i pretty...."
Lennon & Daryl's chocolate-banana birthday cake
Faces of joy and happiness.....
This is my present ah?? hwa xiong seems buay song...lol....
Oh...i m going to faint...i m so touched....
Come...come..i want to take a pic with my present..
the unwrapping of the present(layers of newspapers)
layers....layers...
and more layers...
finally something different...the plastic bag...
Ta Da...its a shirt from topman....
We left a MESS...poor cleaners....lol...
Mathias stop flashing in the middle of the road la...drivers will be blinded by ur lime greem underwear...
Last group photo for the day....

Bye....
Ace camp 1 leaders this is for u....
All those who cant turn up for whatever reasons this is also for u...

Ace camp tomorrow...be back on Fri.....

Random

2006-10-30T16:09:00.000+08:00

You Are 76% Gentleman

You are definitely a gentleman. You're very considerate and you have excellent manners.Occasionally, you slip and do something foolish... but usually no one notices!

Are You A Gentleman?

Your Dominant Intelligence is Musical Intelligence

Every part of your life has a beat, and you're often tapping your fingers or toes.You enjoy sounds of all types, but you also find sound can distract you at the wrong time.You are probably a gifted musician of some sort - even if you haven't realized it.Also a music lover, you tend to appreciate artists of all kinds.
You would make a great musician, disc jockey, singer, or composer.

What Kind of Intelligence Do You Have?

You Are 72% Open

You're a pretty open person - and you don't mind sharing the good, bad, and sometimes ugly.And while sometimes you do catch yourself blabbing on, you usually exhibit restraint.You're openness is quite refreshing, and it encourages other people to be open with you!

How Open Are You?

You Have Fantastic Karma

You are a kind, sensitive, and giving person.And all your good deeds will pay off - if they haven't already.But you're not so concerned with what you get in return anyway.You have an innate caring nature - and nothing can change that!

How's" Your Karma?

You Are 50% Feminine, 50% Masculine

You are in touch with both your feminine and masculine sides.You're sensitive at the right times, but you don't let your emotions overwhelm you.You're not a eunuch, just the best of both genders.

Are You Masculine or Feminine?

You Are A Good Friend

You're always willing to listenOr lend a shoulder to cry onYou're there through thick and thinMany people consider you their "best friend"!

What Kind of Friend Are You?

LLTC Part III

2006-10-27T14:43:00.000+08:00

LLTC Part III

Day 3 last day

Guess we were all tired or something...we woke up late...if not for XY's call we will probably sleep till afternoon....lol...and they will all go hungry XD..se how important we are..just kidding....
i received the call and rushed down almost immediately while gabriel was dillydallying(actually not la)...breakfast was already there when i reached the canteen..and i think Bro. nick was expecting us or helping us jaga the food..felt a little bad..anyway greeted him he said morning in response and he left(i think).Since we were already late we had no time to waste anymore and we had to start packing and distributing almost immediatly as the participants were already churning in group by group...they also had their individual grp photos taken during breakfast...

Ephrem Leander

Alban

Sagittaire

Liefroy

Brennan

So after that the participants went for their session at the heritage hall..while we the facils went back to the parmenie to rest and clean up...when we went up there were already many things happening in the chaotic parmenie...first its the prank calling...

"hello, is this the australian express?"

"No."

"Oh ok. I will like to order a kangaroo pizza with koalas as topping and lots of tasmanian ketchup,thank you.please hurry,its lunch time and we're all starving,my address is......."

"I think u've got the wrong number"

"nonononono...its the correct number, I'm sure this is 9******* right?"

"yeah and the directions from ur shop to my house,make a left turn,right,left,right,left,right,left,right,left,centre,right.Got it ?"

"No."

" good...ok thanks...bye.."

Simply retarded right...but it sure was funny...lol...poor the gal who was online...must be feeling very out-of-the-blue...and guess who was the speaker...it was siyang...now we know what he does when he is bo liao...lol

Then there was also the char-kway-teowing session when everyone is being chased up and down...the founder of the club is none other than watashi Alexstine....the club is called THE CLUB....lol...almost everyone became members...those innocent ones too...I wont elaborate on the process of enrolling though...facils u all know the best huh...but i can tell u the chant/song/cheer they will perform in the process of enrolling

Oh..............
char kway teow,oh char kway teow
Roti prata,char kway teow
Oh char kway teow, oh char kway teow,
roti prata,char kway teow
Teh tarik, teh tarik,
roti prata,char kway teow
teh tarik, teh tarik,
roti prata,char kway teow.

Char kway teowing...lol...

They also wanted to get me down...bt i turned back and glared at them...then one guy blurted out...u never see the word DIE before izzit?....lol....

So while the char kway teowing is in process...here's what also going on in the parmernie....

After that was the last meal we would be having as a whole camp....was down early as usual did the same things..after they finished...cleaned up...Me and gab went back to parmenie to rest (again) and get changed into school U for the closing and commissioning....We also took the 1 to 10 ah lian shot....

It was then time for the last part of the whole camp. The comissioning and closing of the camp...most of the participants cant wait to be home straightaway...I could stay there for a few more days man...Closing sure was beautiful...with all the music, singing,voices and everything....the participants also read out their PMS(personal mission statement) and was given their badge and officially becamea true Lasallian leader...

After saying goodbye countless times to the participants we had our debrief session in the heritage hall where we did a overall summary and reflection for the whole camp....I was quite quiet or rather too tired to speak...partly bcos i had my sleeping bag to hug and also i was used as a pillow by a few...anyway amos and jared and a few of st.pats like ashley were exceptionally vocal....dont ask me why...they like to tok?? lol....so after that was the party cum OT dinner...we had pizzas, garlic bread,soft drinks...ya and music...but the food was too little..i only managed to grab 1 slice of pizza and a few pieces of garlic bread..so we had a little surprise for our bday boy XY....2 birthday cakes and a birthday bash(literally)..lol...he was emrolled into THE CLUB by the means of CHAR KWAY TEOW...lol...what a birthday to remember...we also did the YMCA dance...and shao meng did hid thing again..this time was concert live form...with accompanying dancers in the background...lol...

I swear it was the rock sugar

SeX shop ah lian no.7 pose
SeX shop rules...

There are many other pics that i didnt upload...some is with XY i havent got him to send me yet..u can find the rest of the pics i didnt upload herehttp://sg.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/beeto456/my_photos
It is the album of a facil....

The End
SPS SJI LLTC 'B' 2006

LLTC B Part II

2006-10-24T00:08:00.000+08:00

LLTC B Part II

Day 2

The main sect together with the makan ppl got to sleep in later than all the other group facils...so shiok....poor group facils had to wake up at 5 to wake their groups up and go for morning run...they must have all been very tired..3 hrs of sleep only...We got 5 hrs....So woke up at 7 by the group facils who came back to parmernie to bathe...received a call from Xianyi(a.k.a XY ,the seX king) that the food is here and we rushed down...was again in lunch foam boxes..so job was much easier...just have to make sure the correct number of boxes(including those taking Vege) go to each table and drinks too ya...food was pathetic as in the amount given...I bet no one felt anything in their stomachs...if they felt something...it would most probably be the numerous cups of milo they took...LOL...full bcos of milo...and it was the first time that i found vegetarian food nicer than normal one..XD..for breakfast..the Veg ppl got damn nice food..quite filling too...So while breakfast was ongoing....phototaking was also ongoing...but we were not involved..:( as it is for the groups only...i want to be group facil next time round...but their job is damn shiong...

Anyway after that was JOURNEY...basically all the groups will be splitted into 3 main groups each assigned to a different place...like the toa payoh's 1 room flats...to do service work...and again i didnt go...had to stay in school to prepare for lunch...how sad i went for 2 LLTC's and I not once went on the JOURNEY...So we were basically the only ones left in the school and in the sect shop(Me,gab,lennon kenny and XY)...to kill time we watched youtube and lennon was watching some jap girl su***** octopus video which i so happen to be there too...(ya right)...we went back to the parmenie had the whole of it to us 2 ppl...bathed slack a while in the aircon then went back down to seX shop...here are some pictures of the JOURNEY the participants experienced...

So we served lunch....again bento boxes...food was erm like usual not that great...they came back at different times so gave out accordingly...those done with eating went back to their respective rooms to rest and charge up for the sessions later on...So after the last group finished and making sure the duty grp do their duty properly and the canteen "spick and span" we went to slack(again)...but this time round we were TOLD to SLACK...LOL...we were instructed to go back to the parmenie to rest so that we wont appear too tired in front of the participants(to put up an energetic front) though we still were...so i was a good boy( i always am..XD) and i followed their instructions...I slept...

Dinner Time!!! Plan worked out...not too bad...at least better than the previous one...I got help from some of the free facils like lennon,kenny,Si yang,Hwa xiong to distribute the food...it was a "one man show" as gabriel went along with the catholics for mass at holy fam near by...wanted to go but if i go no one would be in charge so i stayed back...but lucky for the help of them...anyway so briefed them on the proceedure and the amount to give each person...gave them gloves....set up trash bags at different location for the paprticipants and dinner began...So I gave a "speech" to the whole camp and briefed them how dinner would be today...and what should they do...bla bla.....And the serving of food began....i was in charge of giving out rice....got some help from Ricardo later on...the food was quite yummy....but there werent enough for second-s..how sad..actually there were extras but then probably only less than 10 will get second-s so to be fair and save trouble i decide not to have second-s...partly due to the fact that if they are still hungry there will be supper later-on...Pictures taken during dinner...

can give me more pls...NO...GO AWAY...LOL(untrue)

After dinner was Solidarity Lasalliana in the heritage hall...I would say this is the FIRST official session i have together with the whole camp....It is sort of a reflection where we eat different kinds of food to help us reflect the sweetness,bitterness,sourness,plainness of life....things we ate...lime,rock sugar,bitter gourd,plain rice cake and water...there were alot of nice songs in this session too....alot of pictures and clips that are very reflective too....pictures of sol lasallaina...

the layout of heritage hall for sol lasalliana

The "voices" of sol las Stix and i dunno who...sorry...

dickson,mathias & edmund posing for a shot after helping out

Izzac,mathias(again),joseph,Jared also posing for a shot after helping(i believe)

After that something happened...that landed us in some sort of punishment...i dont know who but someone initiated a taupok for alexstine and it was happening behind the canteen while the participants were still in the canteen...I dont know what came over me..i joined in..I normally dont...i guess i was high..due to the milo??? excessive milo disorder??? Anyway alexstine was pinned onto a table...and when i saw that i ran and pounced onto him...and taupokked him then others continued...
everybody posing after taupokking

When it was over and the facils was about to eat alexstine suddenly told us to fall in outside the canteen in 3 neat rows...at first we took it as a joke and laughed..i mean cant really blame us what..the alexstine we know personally is like a joker and a funny guy who isnt serious..and u will not expect this kind of ppl to get angry especially when he was enjoying it(can be seen from the photo) and was still smiling seconds ago....he then repeated his word seriously and sternly and we know we had to obey it and follow...as all the participants were enjoying "the show"... we were then led to the courtyard in the dark and we were given a lecture i would call it more of a talk...we then did 20 pushups as punishment and went back to the canteen....we realised we were wrong..as it is not right to carry this type of activity when the participants are present and when we didnt obey his orders and actually laughed in response...actually undermines the impression of the facils in the participant...which is not a good thing at all..as they might just not listen to us anymore and do not show us resepct and the camp will then not be able to function properly....luckily this didnt happen...

After cleaning up was OT meeting in the seX shop...where we had a eat and talk session....the session was accompanied by alot of chips and crackers...and i m proud to say i didnt touch any...After meeting we stayed back(lennon,kenny,gabriel and me) to listen/share ghost stories with XY and Alexstine....was very freaky lar...my hairs are all standing...then we had to walk back to parmenie which is even scarier....its very contradictive...i mean st.pats is probably one of the most holy place u can find in Singapore...there is the brother's residence...so many brothers stay there then there is also a chapel....by right u should feel very "safe"...but then u feel the creeps...and its rumored to be haunted...wth right...anyway went back to parmenie showered and was entertained....lol...by shaomeng before we went to sleep...You can see it for urself...seriously i take my hat off to him man....

Anyway after that we were still quite freaked out bcos of all the ghost stories....kenny and lennon were the most...so we slept very close together...like 4 ppl in 2 mattresses...lol...i guessed ppl would be wondering whats going on..lol...

Shaomeng performing.....

LLTC 'B' 13-15 Oct 2006 Part I

2006-10-22T15:34:00.000+08:00

LLTC 'B' 13-15 oct 2006 Part I

BORING......
That will be the reply you will get if u ask most of the participants.....But honestly...If i would be in their shoes i would probably find the camp boring too....its like I mean all lectures and very little play...but i hope they would understand...as LLTC B is an extra camp that is especially run for the benefit of those who cant attend LLTC A due to whatever reasons be it personal or because of Sports season....the original is a 5 day camp and now it is shortened to a 3 day camp so due to the time constraint and evrything else...the fun had to make way for the serious right...I mean afterall it is a leadership training camp right? i would rather benefit as much as i can from a leadership training camp rather than to have lots of fun but learn minimal from it...

But if u ask the same question to the Facils I believe the reply would be
ROX....
It really feels as though it was a OT(Organising Team) camp...everyone in the OT which also includes all the facils enjoyed it totally....despite all the stress and work to be done...

Anyway for us facils the camp started a day before the actual day which is the prep day....It was thursday some of the SJI ppl had their last paper Geog paper I which i dont have...so i met some of the facils + a few others like Leslie and Qingwei to go play pool at paradigm...it was officially my 1st time playing pool....and i think i played ok...so we were so into it that we played longer than we are supposed to...XD Just before we were leaving something cropped up...hwa xiong lost his wallet...so we wasted time finding his wallet...we combed the very small area for a wallet but to no avail.....poor hwa xiong...he suspects that it is a malay guy that picked up his wallet as when they were playing a malay worker was suspiciously hanging around near their table...But we had no evidence and have no choice but to leave it as it is...If i was hwa xiong i would probably go straight home as i probably have no mood to go for camp....but he didnt...so claps***

After that we went to have lunch at BK at plaza sing then we catch a bus to st.pats...We arrived late(expected) probably the latest...so anyway we lazed around at the sofa before getting down to serious work....

Slacking

So we set up the secreteriat shop(a.k.a seX shop) and did all the name tags all that stuff....printing,cutting,laminating,punching holes.....I finally got my facil tag...a coloured one...much nicer....XD We ended quite late around 9+ then a few of us( Mathias,Hwa xiong,Jared, Lennon & I) went over to gabriel house to stay over....had supper(maybe dinner) then went to swim (as usual)....all the others got out of the pool soon after they went in...Lousy...cant blame them though they are not experienced like me lennon and gabriel...veterans liao...lol...out of the blue...we started "men's talk"...lol...i m sure u dont wanna know what we talked about...XD So after that we bathe and had supper(again) before going to sleep finally at around 3am.

We woke up 2 hrs later...lol...and left for SJI...we reached damn early...the school was like empty and the staffroom was EMPTY so we went to the void deck area outside the staffroom at 2nd floor wanting to scare vehicles coming in....so whenever a vehicle came into sight.. we will all stand in a single file and waved slowly....as it was quite dark and very early and no one expected ppl to be there...we managed to scare a few ppl....teachers included(martina chan,nevina ho and a few others)....LOL...So the camp began....registration and icebreakers bla bla...had nothing to do cause i m not a group facil so basically slacked around...

Facils being briefed.... Issuing out of name tags..... Registration in progress....

Icebreakers in progress....

Then it was time for WALK THE TALK...This year's LLTC B participants sure were lucky...its the first time ever that LLTC B has WALK THE TALK...so this time round the participants had to walk from SJI all the way to St. Pats with their LUGGAGES....lol...they have to make their own way there by foot no tpt allowed...Me The makan king(basically overall in charge of food) together with all the main secreteriat were ferried by car to St. Pats as we had to be there earlier to prepare and organise everything beforehand....But gabriel me and lennon had the privilege to grace a van....Daniel's Chua mini van....we took the back(goes without saying) and guess what...it comes with a couch...lol...one man though...and gabriel's backside graced it...so that leave me and lennon with the floor?? of the van...and guessed what we played dai di in the van on the way to St. pats...haha..damn shiok...lol...the others had to WALK under the HOT sun....while we were PLAYING dai dee on an AIR CON Van...Here are some pics on their WALK THE TALK....

So it was finally time for me to do some things...It was lunch time and being the Makan King and Queen(me and gabriel)(just to clarify i m the King XD) it was time for us to do our duty...Lunch was not so much a problem as everything was prepacked....one thing though its bento style...the covers were so "tight" that it came off with the slightest touch....and the food wasnt great at all....many were hungry and wanted more but there werent enough to go for second so poor thing...after cleaning up we had basically nothing to do until Dinner time...lol...so thats like 5 hours to burn....so we went to the seX shop to WASTE time with lennon, kenny and others....

It was then dinner time....once again time to work...so we(gab and I) arrived at the canteen to JAGA the food as well as to distribute the food....this time round it was buffet style..the one u get with all the food in large metal containers heated with a flame beneath it....we got some help from the rest of the facils....so according to instructions passed down, we served the food in big plates for each group to eat in communal style where they will take their own food from it...but it was a really really bad idea....as the greedy ones who got access to the food first took alot leaving very little for the others behind...so many were left hungry...so many came to ask for second helpings but there were so little to go around plus the facils and teachers themselves hadnt eaten...and they most probably also dont have enough....this is the time when i start to feel the stress...the participants keep coming up and it was very frustrating...and we ourselves hadnt eaten too and we had to run around ensuring everything's ok and briefing the duty group bla bla...so it was terrible...After that was slack time again...hanged out at seX shop(again) until OT meeting at night which is like 12 am...yes midnight....the meeting was quite good as it provides a time and platform to discuss the problems we encounter throughout the whole day...I brought up the issue regarding dinner and i suggested that the partcipants come up individually
and the facils would scoop the food onto their plate....in that way everybody would get a fairer share of food...and less would feel hungry....

So that night we had the whole parmenie to ourselves...with AIRCON....wahahahahaha...and showers with cubicles and heater....what more we werent rush to finish our bath....that means we could take a long time scrubbing every single part of our body and being me....I took full advantage of it...