Monday, December 07, 2009

there are so many people around us. yet, when we fall sick, there's only that one person we wished was there with us, taking care of us till we get well again. Have you found that person?

Watched Amazing Race from 12-7pm yesterday and I just caught the season finale.
MEGHAN AND CHEYNE WONNNN!!!!!! AHHHHHH IM DAMN HAPPY FOR THEM THEY'RE THE BEST TEAM EVER :) I want my bf and me to have such great rapport next time too! haha.
Okay, back to earth. sorry a little high from their win. heh.
Had the last rehearsal before grad night performance and it went quite well. I think we're quite clean now just gotta brush up some parts, especially the newly-changed ones. And must execute our steps much more so that the strong Angels&Demons music won't 'drown' us.
I went for dance despite cramps and a flu today and I was freezinggg.
Then rehearsal got so vigorous that at one point I realised I couldn't take in much oxygen anymore, literally breathless.
totally K.O.



But i'm okay now :) Back home, starting on presents for the bestiessss 'cos I'll be rather busy the next few days. There's just a million things to do before I leave for Taiwan.
Alrighty,
and to all grad night dancers,
this is it! we finally went through countless of exhausting rehearsals (probably the only ones who danced in school everyday from 9-5) and we should be very proud of ourselves! tomorrow's the day and I'm sure we'll have funnnnn :) love y'all!

Friday, December 04, 2009

I love fridays

Damn thankful it's friday because that means I get to sleep in tomorrow woohoo! And no more dance for the next 2 days :) Ahh I finally get to rest. Phew. My throat is hurting really bad. But it feels much better after drinking honey water! Thanks ahmed, jo and ad for all your suggestions on how to treat my sore throat. Haha absolutely NO PLANS for the entire weekend and I LOVE that. I need to spend some time by myself. I need to spend time resting and enjoying life again.

Had meeting with Mr Zaki and Ms Wee today and it went quite well just that there are quite alot of things to change. And my throat was really bad so I didnt feel like saying much during the meeting. But after today I realised something - I act differently towards different people. It's like there are different sides of me. Quite major yet minor differences kinda hard to explain but I don't really like that fact. But I don't know if that is something that can be changed?
Anyw, here are a few pics of us at dance! Enjoy :)

Pantry cleanup! Pantry's much cleaner now thanks Ms Tan, exco and Reuben!

Rachel's birthday!

Nura :)


With Yan and Nicole D :)




That's me! Ponche not straight :(

Girl in the mirror


Lol I did her makeup freaking ugly.

Noelle tried grad night makeup on my eyes!




Me again.
Have a great weekend everyone!!!
And and, Everyone's going overseas! I can't wait for my turn :)
Have fun at Aussie Paddy!
Have fun at HK/Macau/China Jo!
Have fun at Japan Ho Hui Xin!
I welcome gifts :)

Thursday, December 03, 2009

I NEED A BLACK LEO.

Like I said, dance is practically everyday from 9-6 but I'm not complaining because I do enjoy dancing alot. It's just the choreographing part that's worrying me, but I'm sure I'll get through this.

Grad Night rehearsal today and omg my head totally crashed into yan's butt -.- Lol we were rolling on the floor laughing her butt damn big lah! Haha then after that I think Pamela crashed into my butt too. Did like a million Posses omg can die lah. But our item's much cleaner now. Hope Nura will come back asap though.

And sorry lah Reuben! I totally stepped on his feet twice today. The first one was when I stepped on his feet and even danced on it hahaha then he slapped me :/ Second time I accidentally kicked him in his shin hahaha oops.

After the long long day, we (Pam, Yan, Reuben, Nat and I) went to buy foot thongs then we went to Manhattan Fish Market for dinner at Iluma. I hate Iluma I think it's damn stupid such a big space but so few shops and their not even nice shops. Well but dinner was good, though I still think Fish&Co still wins Manhattan Fish Market. But yummy nonetheless cos we were all so hungry. Dessert was great too 'cos we went to chill out at JCo. while having yoghurt shared mine with reuben so damn cheap :)

Concert meeting tomorrow at ten. I'm afraid they'll ask me to show my dance because I still haven't come up with much yet. Sigh I feel so lousy. But I'm really banking on this weeked to come up with as many nice steps as possible so I can teach the rest by next week!

Alrighty, I'm waiting for my hair to dry so I can get to sleep. Hope everyone's having a great holiday (rmb we worked so hard the entire year, esp pw, for this dec hol so enjoy it as much as possible!) and I'm starting to feel the warm, christmas atmosphere lingering around :)

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

because life is too short for regrets;





Life after SLC is insane, dancing everyday from 9-5. Enjoying it though, but my knees are gonna give way soon. Been rehearsing for concert items and more importantly, Grad Night which is next tuesday! Quite excited :) Choreographed a little for our item today and it isn't easy :( Did 4 eights and I must thank Nura for encouraging me alot. After that I was so tired I just lay on the floor, conked out while waiting for hiphop item to start.

My knees are currently suffering from 7 bruises, 2 purplish-red and 5 grey. And I was so tired when I got home that I forgot that it's wednesday and I missed Spore Idol! Really should've watched it cos I heard Zaki choreographed and Ms Wee performed. Really wonder how do choreographers just come up with steps like.. that. It takes hours for me, sadly :( But nvm, YouTube shall be my inspiration I wanna finish chorus part asap!

And I absolutely cannot wait to go to Taiwan. I need a vacation. I need to vacate from this hectic lifestyle and just relax and indulge in the simplest things life brings us.

Last night was a helluva fun! Met my three daughters and City Hall. And we ate dinner at Esplanade roof :) Pamela's innocence are my daily comedy flicks. Jo and I were talking, okay not talking but MENTIONING the sick meaning of cum, and I asked Pam

'Pamela you know what's the meaning of cum?'
'Yeah, I know la of course I know!'
'Are you serious? Okay what is it?'
'THIS CUM THIS LAH!

Ohmygosh epic fail lah hahahaha i laughed like shit. I can't remember what we talked about last night but I remember I was enjoying their company alot. Feel really lucky to be blessed in meeting such great friends in JC! Thought secondary school was the only time I'll meet really good friends that you might actually talk to 10 years down the row, but oh well I guess I'm wrong. :)

Before reaching the roof, we were 'invited' to write our messages, well wishes on a big white ball. It was very fun, in a very serene, lovey way. This band was playing Viva La Vida and Paparazzi while we were writing and camwhoring. Sweet sweet love :) And i didn't know this till I read Jo's blog but our ball is gonna be released to the Singapore River on New Year's Eve. How awesome is that!

Hahaha okay I gotta go do some admin stuff for dance now and watch MOMENT OF TRUTH HOHOHO love the show (: admire the contestants' honesty and courage!










A few days back, we had exco meeting with Ms T at bedok macs. Yeah went through our whole year's results and all and it was quite evident that my grades are the poorest among the whole exco. Upon reflection, my concentration and commitment to studies have really drifted and hit lots of rocky patches along the year. Somehow, I drifted and never seemed to have the energy to do my tutorials, especially math, on time. As a result, what used to be my strongest subject in secondary school is now my weakest. I barely paid attention during lectures and struggled to keep up with the rest during tutorials. It seemed normal among my peers but when the results came out, they were way above me and that really worries me because next year's A level year and that's really not something to kid around with. If I continue with the attitude I had this year, it is unimaginable what my grades will be for the big A's. Everything just flies past so quickly it's freaking me out. Seemed like I completed O Levels not long ago, and now here I am worried for A's. This holiday I really gotta buck up and do my homework (I haven't started on any). Even though dance has been taking almost every active hour of my day, I guess I really do need to start making aside time for it. And hmm, I think I gotta find tuition too. Preferably for Maths and Chem. 'Cos rehearsals will be so hectic next year I'm afraid I won't have the discipline to sit down and actually do work.

I think most importantly, I just gotta STOP giving myself excuses. Since everyone is able to juggle their time between PDP and schoolwork, I don't see why I can't. And no, Tired shall not be a valid reason anymore.

Kay sorry y'all have to listen to me speak about this kinda mundane things but I really needed some form of reflection. Next year, nothing's gonna distract me. Okay, maybe not NOTHING, but as little as possible.

My life will just be study, dance, family time on the weekends, friend time during breaks, apart from that, I'm gonna be a mugger toad so go ahead and think I'm crazy. I just need to start redeeming myself and prove to the teachers that I got substance :)

A's A's babyyyy

Woohoo I know I'm so motivating right.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Love not easily found;

Have been missing my classbuds for a very long time. Finally got to meet them today and I'm very happy! We bought food and ate at ECP, chatting about random things. Jinyi was so sadistic tsk, Joyce was so cute, Jolene was whining about her pictures, and Ad was happy but a lil emo 'cos apparently I don't care enough about him as a wife hahaha. Well, had fun anyway and I can't wait for tues :) It's the only thing I'm looking forward to the coming week.

Things to do:
1. Collect dancers' progress reports

2. Pack room

3.Come up with more steps for concert item

4.Learn grad night and ms wee's item

5.Study for bio

6.Do hw!

My 8-year old cousin told me this riddle.

'What is a kangaroo's favourite year?'
'Idk. What?? '
'LEAP year!!!!'

Then he burst out laughing. Hahaha damn cute. :)
Then he started singing a different version of I'm a barbie girl.

'I'm a sucker girl. In a sucker worlddddd'

Hahahaha it's totally a primary school thing.
But I miss how everyone was so innocent and genuine back then (:

Saturday, November 28, 2009

Hello my loyal blog readers (: I know got quite a few silent readers never comment one..
Haha anyway today was a good day - I got to meet Faith at Parkway. Chilled at coffee bean and just talked to her about everything - SLC, dance, certain personal stuff. Feel so much better now. :) She's a really great listener and a very good friend. One of the best friends ever! Besides Cher of course. Don't worry Cher, you still have a special place in my heart. Haha
Then I saw Huang, Huixin and Rachel. The two monkeys attempted to rob me to treat them to Berrylite. What's new right. Haha then we walked around Parkway and ended at Ichiban to satisfy my cravings for half-smoked tuna sushi :) Major yums. I was really craving for Wafu Beef too but no moolah.

Supposed to meet Jinyi and Ad at night but postponed to tomorrow cos I felt kinda feverish. :/
Must be the lack of sleep and water.

Anyw, my prayers came true a few days back when my mum messaged me during camp. My uncle's lump in the throat is non-cancerous and we were so worried before cos we thought it would be a relapse. I lost an uncle to cancer less than a year ago so I can't imagine the what would have happened.. Anyhow, PTL He really does blesses us. Life is so fragile. People around you today may just be gone tomorrow. So treasure those who have been loving and caring for you, do not give two hoots about those who do not, because every minute with the ones you love is very very precious. Fill everyday with great positivity, love and laughter, why choose a sad life when Happiness is not out of reach?

With that,
to anyone who has been caring for me and loving me,
I love you too and am thankful for you :)

Friday, November 27, 2009

SLCamp '09 Photos!
Group 6!
With SiewMai

With Paddy pad pad :)


With Clement before we left school for OCH


On the way to Old Changi Hospital. Goofing around to brush away all goosebumps and ghostly thoughts

On the way back from the 'haunted' Old Changi Hospital! Exhausted from running for miles for the last bus at 11.30pm

Us girls before we left school :)



On the way to Pulau Ubin!

Outdoor Cooking!

Getting resources/firewood to start the fire

Firewood chefs
Before

After


Judges enjoying our HunksBabes Meal!








On the way to Changi Beach

Group 6 before team-building games. Notice our spas winks ;)

The hardest station. Had to jump over that string



Our raft- completed!



Off to sea!


Emerged 2nd in place




On the way back to Pulau Ubin from Changi Beach, fresh from bath!

CAMPFIRE NIGHT


Jiamin!

Me at limbo!

This gross shit thing they had to eat from diapers.

Jacie and Jiamin during our skit



Campfire's burning in the dark dark night..

Group 6 at campfire night!

Without this everywhere would be darkness


Sleepyheads!

Beautiful scenery from our tent in the morning

Truth&Truth

Our nest :)

Brushing our teeth!

Before we left.


Sexy sixers :)


Lelong lelong! - Auctioning

Mikah

Group 6 last photo of camp

Group 6 + Crashers!

Adeline's sexy rabbit + our mutated versions

18/09 SLCampers

Anooja our group leader!

SLC '09 :)

When there's life, there's fear.
When there's God, there's no fear.
Student Leadership Camp '09 - 'Fear is nothing but a four-letter F word'

Back to civilisation at long last! Already starting to feel the stress of modern world sinking into me again, the past few days at Pulau Ubin with no internet connection has given me a refreshing and stress-free episode, though definitely exhausting.

The experience I had at SLCamp '09 was definitely one never to be forgotten. Through this 4D3N camp, my perception of a leader has indeed changed alot. The camp did not directly tell us how to be a good one, but it exposed us to many activities which tested our strength, capabilities and perseverance, and also shaped qualities in us that a leader should possess. The theme of the camp was Fear, and many of the activities were crafted in such a way that demands us to step out of our comfort zone, face our fears and also at the same time, realise the meaning and importance of the word 'Teamwork' and 'Trust'. So cliche but so true.

I came to camp thinking I would get to know a bunch of new people, play games, tough it out in the woods.. But I was wrong, the people I've met, whom I've really grown to like are really very special and outstanding in their own ways. Very glad to know unique people like Jiamin, Jacie, MeiZhen, Paddy, Chor Hung and the list goes on..

It's almost impossible to sum up whatever I've taken from this experience into a single post, but I'll try. So alert, LONG POST AHEAD! I suggest you stop reading unless you're really interested on what I've been up to the last four days. This is just for me to recall my experience in the future. So here goes.


DAY 1

Reached school early, received a hand-written letter from Jo before I left for camp. So sweet of her I love you jo :)

Walked to Sports Complex, heart full of anticipation and mind full of doubts, fully aware that I don't know anyone from my camp group. Walked up the gallery, saw a familiar face. Ow Yong Jian Yu!! Haha classmate, and now, teammate. I glanced to the bunch of girls, all donning Alpha Tees, then started of by introducing myself. Familiar faces but have never spoken before. From that moment,we grew from complete strangers to close groupmates who shared everything the next four days. When I say everything, I really mean everything. Meet Jiamin, Mei Zhen, Juliet and Jacie, the girls who experienced thick and thin with me the past few days.


Note: No photos this post, photos up next post!


The camp kickstarted with ice-breakers. Highlight would be the Pocky game where people had to pass pocky biscuit sticks to each other down the row, using their mouths. It was hilarious, some of them lost their First Kisses and the guys look horribly gay, grabbing each others faces and planting kisses. Really effective in breaking the ice :)


Next was the Amazing Race, Part 1. In which we had to use public transport to get to various game stations on different parts of Eastern Singapore. There were 7 stations, some of which tackled different fears. For example, we went to Pasir Ris Town Park to do a public speaking thingo where we had to approach strangers and come up with a ten-minute story to entertain them. Everyone had to have a go. I started off first and just blabbered nonsense about some ghost story. Totally unreal so I was just bullshitting throughout hahaha. Then my othe rteammates approached this old woman who was very evidently English-educated.

She's hilarious I swear. After all our group members have had a go at telling their story, the station masters, I think it was Anwar and Reuben, asked her to rate our skills. We asked he repeatedly and it was so funny 'cos she never once answered our question. She went a big round talking about how we teenagers should take things easy and also when we told her in our story that there's a girl who started stripping during an exam due to stress, she told us to visit her at IMH. LOL.
At about 10pm that night, we left for Old Changi Hospital which is supposedly haunted. However, due to insufficient time, we only did a walk through and it was pretty scary to most. I held hands with Jiamin and she was squeezing me the entire time. I must say, I was quite brave :)
Day 2
Off we go to Pulau Ubin! I had flu on one of the days and it was extremely exhausting to run around sunny Pulau Ubin for Amazing Race Part 2 with a dripping nose.
There was this game I would never forget. We had to sit on the burning hot concrete floor in Ubin, legs held by the person in front of you, in a line, and sort of have to use our butts to push us 5 metres across. Sounds easy, doesn't it? But it was extremely painful because the floor was scorching hot and we could not give up. That task really tested our strength and perseverance.
The conditions were so harsh that my teammate, Juliet, felt sick and suddenly her temperature rose to 39degrees celsius and she was sent home. Before she left, we sang her a song which really touched her heart and she burst out crying, in the middle of nowhere in Pulau Ubin. It was a really heartwarming moment, showed how bonded our team is :)
At night, we had an Outdoor Cooking Competition in which our group won among all 10 groups! Apart from facing setbacks such as filing to start a fire initially , we managed to cook an award-winning, tastebuds-tantalising dinner for the judges - Mr Alex Lo and the female teacher who coached us for TalenTime. I think it was really our enthusiasm and creativity when we introduced our dishes that won the judges over.
Our meal was called The HunksBabes Meal - A meal for the hunks and the babes.
We had the HunkBell soup (Campbell mushroom soup), Babes Beans (Baked beans), pan-fried Fish Luncheon, scrambled egg with mushroom in the shape of a smiley face, Thai Tom Yam Vemicelli as well as Jelly! Could tell the judges loved our food alot cos they ate it all up :)
Day 3
Woke up bright and early at 6am for our Rafting and Team-building games.
The first station for team-building game was really dangerous. We had to get each of our team members over a string that was tied between 2 trees, and the string was higher than us. I went first and it was pretty scary for me. 'Cos I'm kind of afraid of heights so when I stood on my teammate's shoulder, it was quite high up and I had to jump down. But thank God I landed safely. Jacie wasn't so lucky. That poor girl was wearing specs and she landed on her face, her spectacles digged straight into her skin and she started bleeding profusely, blood continuously flowing down her face, But miraculously, thank God once again, she didn't feel any pain at all. However, for the rest of the camp, she had a funny-looking Chinese character for the number 8 on her forehead.

Rafting was fun! Teamwork was key and we won third :) Very proud of our group!

Had campfire at night. I was supposed to pole dance as part of our group's campfire performance (as forfeit when I lost at Animal Concentration) but thank God I represented my group for Limbo so I was saved from poledancing.

It was a really heartwarming for all the TJCians to gather around the campfiring cheering, screaming, singing songs and all, I'd like to do it again. The Tj spirit was really evident and I'm happy to say, I'm proud to be in this school - It's like my home!

Then since it was our last night at camp, we didn't have a lights-out curfew so we stayed up and crashed the guys tent to chat and play TruthAndTruth. Stupid Jian Yu kept sleeping but he was a bit more awake soon after. Found out alot about each other and now JianYu knows something about me that very few peeople in 18/09 know! Mhmm but I made him promise not to tell anyone :) All our secrets are kept at Pulau Ubin!

Kk, it's been a long enough day and a long enough post, so I shall end here. To sum it up, SLCamp '09 was one great experience I would never forget. Pictures up next post. This weekend, I gotta choreograph my ass off. Don't worry G, I'll do as much as I can :) Shall aim at finishing 10 8's!

P.S. I need to meet Faith, Cher and my 18/09 buds A.S.A.P.

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