Its just been such wonderful 2 days it had been for the Festival of life workshop and Resilience workshop.
For the FOL workshop, I chose the Hip hop dance with MinYi as I thought that it would be damn fun.
and YES, the dance is rather fun, but I realise that I CANNOT COORDINATE MY HANDS AND LEGS MOVEMENTS very seriously!!!
I thought I was quite good during the sec 3's hip hop dance thingy, but why it doesn't apply to me this time!!!
Moreover, I looked like a fool beside Min Yi who is a SYF dancer.
But overall, I still enjoyed myself( though during the formation, I stood in the middle of the first row for our group that explains lots of my embarrassment) with such a great instructor, who had danced with Beyonce and some other famous singers before.
AND YES! TODAY'S RESILIENCE TRNG!!!
Its at Sembawang Camp Challenge and hence i get to wake up later as its nearer compared to Yio Chu Kang.=)
So we got there, and started with the high elements first, and it did not disappoint me as its really really FUN.
We started with the ROPE safety precautions, its mainly the same as OBS and hence I'm really proud to say that I'm quite skilled with it( esp on the "Billeying" --I don't know how to spell it out)=)
Yes we got a really humorous instructor call "FU-FU" for the high elements for my group.=) And yes we climbed up on the wooden pole to almost 3 storeys high to the single rope and began to walk.
Its really thrilling and exciting and though I say that I really looked forward to the high elements before the whole thing , my legs are still trembling while standing on the single rope.
The low elements are equally fun as well=)
Esp. the "GREAT WALL OF CHINA", which we combined with PDG 22, which has only 3 guys. And at this activity, we must really put our hands tgt to clap for our class's guys, such as Benjamin and Wen Xuan who helped to carry everyone up the wall, and Terence and Steven who are responsible for pulling the people up the wall.=) Great job Guys=)
And yes the Geocatching is tiring but fun too=) And for the roadblock, we did the Tower of Hairo, which is the game I was responsible for as a student explainer in Science centre, and hence since I were once someone who explained how to play the game, I played the game until I close eyes also can finish! Haha. kk. there's some sort of exaggeration over here.
And through the questions, I realise BATS ARE NOT BLIND and COVEN IS NOT A GROUP OF 3 WITCHES and finally, all thanks to Mr Osgodby which taught me before that o'clock means "of the clock" instead of " on the clock". it came out as one of the questions.
Alright, and the food is equally appetizing=)
OVERALL, its really really very FUN and makes me recollect my OBS memories as well=). One of my best days in AJ! And its more fun than orientation and harmoc camp=)!
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
If you are happy if you know, clap your hand.
I am happy, and blessed for who I am.
I love to joke around even in the most serious situations. I love to be the one who brings about laughter to the others. I love to be the most positive person who see things in the good-est side.
Year 2009 is really a splendid year. A year when I see myself growing up, really quickly.
I cnt believe how much I have changed.
really a lot.
I tried out many other different things too, which I thought, in my whole life, I would never be connected to them.
such as being a Treasurer.
I've never ever thought that I would get a role other than Mother Tongue rep in my school life, esp a role which is connected to money.
such as trying out a relay run.
I've never ever stood on a track field ever in my life, until I come to JC. I was always part of the audience, cheering for my classmates on the track field, trying their best-est for our House.
such as trying out for more leadership positions.
I once thought that I am born to be led, never to lead the others. I was always the joker in my sec sch class, which is already not very convincing as a leader.
such as having my own ideas and trying to present them in front of a whole group of people.
I still remember that when I am in sec 2, I stood in front of the whole class and just looked intently at my script, while doing my public speaking. Then my clique would just burst into giggles as I speak into English, as I am not very fluent in my English at that moment, with my very "thick Chinese accent", though I'm pure S'porean. From then onwards, speaking up had always been my greatest fear. I get the wobbly legs and jittering teeth as I speak in front of others. However, I'm trying my best to conquer it now. Trying my best-er. and my best-est. Though even during the mini PW presentation, I still got the wobbly legs and my unclear articulation, I'm glad to say I'VE IMPROVED=)
I love what I am and what I have now. Though intially, I really detest AJ to the core, but now, I'm really adapting well, getting the pace of it, and hitting the rock of it. I am really thankful for what I have in the past and what I have now.
My secondary school life is my most marvellous years of my life, but my sec school life is STILL to prepare myself for my JC life right?
Aj-Bpians: Though I do know that we really cannot revert from bp-style to aj-style within such a short time, we still cannot let go of our dearest friends whom we hold so dearly to us, we still cannot forget the wonderful memories which will always remain in the deepest of our hearts.
But isn't it time to let it go already, to accept and change?
Living in the past is a torture. Not accepting is not a form of expression.
And you know what, I'm already feeling really excited about certain events, such as tml's FOL , and Fri's Resilence Trng, and the start of PW, and the possible performances coming up for harmoc.
Harriet Beecher Stowe: "The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone."
REGRETS
Charles DuBois: The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.
changes Elie Wiesel: The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
INDIFFERENCE Rose Walker: "Have you even been in love? Horrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens your heart and it means someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up all these defenses. You build up this whole armor, for years, so nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life...
You give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day like kiss you, or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out and leaves you crying in the darkness, so a simple phrase like "maybe we should just be friends" or "how very perceptive" turns into a glass splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the imagination. Not just in the mind. It's a soul-hurt, a body-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain.
I hate love. "
L.O.V.E.
I don't like to smile. I've built up such a thick wall of defence of wall around me, so that no one can get in. Because of it. Because of it. Because of it. I can't believe that I still cnt get over it. How stupid I am. Letting it stumping over my future. Blocking my happiness. In the end, I've turned into a porcupine, pricking everyone who comes near to me, so that they will not hurt me. Too vulnerable for pain. Again.
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I saw this quiz on Candice's blog, and I feel like trying=)
WHAT STUPID THINGS HAVE YOU TRIED OUT?YOUR SCORE: 83/160( I PASSED!!!HURRAY!!!)
(x) Smoked A Cigarette, out of curiosity only when i'm in pri sch! ( ) Smoked A Cigar (x) Kissed A Member Of The Same Sex, when i'm a baby i think (x) Kissed Someone of the opposite sex, when i'm a baby i think ( ) Are / Been In Love ( ) Dated a teacher (x) Said hi to a random stranger (x) Hugged a tree trunk (x) shaved your legs (x) Been Dumped 7
( ) stayed up for 72 hours straight (x) Dumped Someone ( ) Been Fired 8 (x) Been In A Fist Fight with my brother (x) Had A Crush On An Older Person who doesn't? ( ) Skipped School when I was p4 ( ) Slept With A Co-worker ( )Seen Someone / Something Die 10
( ) Had / Have A Crush On One Of Your Facebook Friends ( ) Had/ Have a Crush On One Of Your Best Friends Siblings ( ) Saw any kind of animal having sex (x) bite your nails before (x) blown a flying kiss ( ) wore your mothers/fathers nicknaks, nicknaks? (x) believe in fairies 13
( ) Had/ Have a Crush On One Of Your Teachers (x) Been On A Plane (x) Thrown Up From Drinking,this is not stupid! puking after drinking is natural. (x) Eaten Sushi ( ) Been Snowboarding ( ) Met Someone BECAUSE Of Facebook ( ) Been in a Mosh Pit ( ) Been In An Abusive Relationship ( ) Been in any relationship 16
(x) Taken Pain Killers (x) Love/loved Someone Who You Cant Have ( ) Laid On Your Back And Watched Cloud Shapes ( ) Made A Snow Angel ( ) Had A Tea Party (x) Flown A Kite, I even fly kites at this age=) ( ) Abused an animal (x) Built A Sand Castle 20
( ) Gone mudding (x) Played Dress Up ( ) Jumped Into A Pile Of Leaves ( ) Gone Sledging (x) Cheated While Playing A Game (x) Been Lonely (x) Fallen Asleep At Work / School ( ) Winked at a stranger friend (x) Watched The Sun Set (x) Felt An Earthquake ( ) Killed A Snake (x) Been Tickled 27
(x) Been Robbed / Vandalized, drawing on hands counted? (x) Been cheated on (x) Been Misunderstood ( ) Won A Contest 1st runner up ( ) Been Suspended From School (x) Had Detention ( ) Seen a psychologist 31
(x) Have/had image problems (x) Have/had mixed your own cocktail ( ) Escaped punishment in school/work (x) Got lost in Orchard Road, frequently=( ( ) Been In A Car / Motorcycle Accident ( ) Had / Have Braces ( ) Eaten a whole pint of ice cream in one night (x) Danced in the moonlight (x) sang in the lift (x) Jumped in the sea (x) Hated The Way You Look, not totally, just don't like the eye expression I gave others, they said I look fierce=( 38 (x) Witnessed A Crime ( ) Pole Danced (x) Questioned Your Heart ( ) Been obsessed with post-it-notes (x) Squished Barefoot Through The Mud, yes, during my P5 CAMP. (x) Been Lost , FREQUENTLY 42
( ) Been To The Opposite Side Of The World (x) Swam In The Ocean (x) Felt Like You Were Dying (x) Cried Yourself To Sleep (x) Played Cops And Robbers (x) Recently Colored With Crayons / Colored Pencils / Markers (x) Sang Karaoke (x) Paid For A Meal With Only Coins I paid for a $12+ item with ALL coins too! ( ) Have a tattoo, neverever will this occur on me. 49
( ) Have a naval/eyebrow piercing ( ) watched 3 movies in a cinema (x) went cycling/bladeing at 4AM ( ) Peck-Kissed an animal (x) Done Something You Told Yourself You Wouldn't (x) Made a Prank Phone Call (x) Laughed Until Some Kind Of Beverage Came Out Of Your Nose ( ) Kissed In The Rain ( ) Written A Letter To Santa Claus 53
(x) Watched The Sun Set/ sun rise With Someone You Care/Cared About (x) Blown Bubbles ( ) Made A Bonfire On The Beach ( ) Crashed A Party 55 ( ) Have Traveled More Than 5 Days With A Car Full Of People (x) Gone Rollerskating / Blading ( ) Had A Wish Come True ( ) Been Humped By A Monkey (x) Worn Pearls ( ) Jumped Off A Bridge ( ) Swore at the teacher, in front of them ( ) Swam With Dolphins (x) Got Your Tongue Stuck To A Pole/Freezer/ice Cube ( ) Kissed A Fish (x) Worn The Opposite Sex's Clothes 59
( ) Sat On A Roof Top ( ) Stayed out all night at a fast food outlet (x) Screamed At The Top Of Your Lungs ( ) Done / Attempted A One-Handed Cartwheel ( ) Talked On The Phone For More Than 10 Hours 60
(x) Recently stayed Up for a while talking to a friend you care about ( ) Picked And Ate An Apple Right Off The Tree ( ) Climbed A Tree ( ) Had/Been In A Tree House (x) Been scared To Watch Scary Movies Alone (x) Believed In Ghosts, in the past ( ) Have had More Then 30 Pairs Of Shoes ( ) Gone Streaking ( ) Visited someone in Jail (x) Played Chicken DANCE? 64
( ) Been Pushed into a pool with all your clothes on ( ) Broke into a school at night ( ) Broken A Bone (x) Been Easily Amused (x) Caught A Fish Then Ate It Later( my dad caught it?) ( ) Made A Porn Video/got asked to make one ( ) Caught A Butterfly (x) Laughed So Hard You Cried (x) Cried So Hard You Laughed 68
( ) Mooned/Flashed Someone ( ) Had Someone Moon/Flash You (x) Cheated On A Test( accidently peeked) (x) Forgotten Someone's Name (x) French Braided Someone's Hair 71
( ) Gone Skinny Dipping??? (x) Been Kicked Out Of Your House (x) Tried to hurt yourself (x) Tried to hurt your friend (x) Knocked into a wall in public (x) Rode A Roller Coaster, I LOVE ROLLER COASTERS=) ( ) Went Scuba-Diving/Snorkeling 76
(x) Puked because you ate too much ( ) Black-Mailed Someone ( ) Been Black Mailed (X) Been Used (x) Fell Going Up The Stairs ( ) Licked A Cat (x) Bitten Someone (x) Drank Alcohol (x) Been shot at/or at gunpoint, my bro's toygun 82
(x) Made out with a complete stranger , does this mean making friends or?? ( ) Flattened someones tires ( ) Rode your car/truck until the gas light came on ( ) Got five dollars or less worth of gas
Life's been real hectic for me, and pretty tiring. But I lead it fulfilling=)
THE BLACK FRIDAY(13.03.09) From left: Sunshine, Jacelyn, me, Min Yi, Vivian
( Sunshine seems to be laughing really heartily) =O
Sunday(15.03.09)
met up with Xin Fang to print photos to make Elaine's present.
Then we proceeded to her house, where I stayed until 11pm to do the scrap, and then home-ed and continued on the scrap till 4am.
Monday(16.03.09)
HAPPY 17TH!
celebrated Elaine's birthday earlier.
Its really a sucky day which the rain spoiled our plans to Sentosa for a picnic.
Intially I went to Ty's hse to help on the sandwiches and finish up on the scrap.
Then the heavy rain came=(
We went for bowling instead.
then pool-ed at Beauty World. Its my official first attempt on pool, but I think I fared well=)
I like this photo!!! (because I took it!=))
Ting Yan the pro
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Ting Yan's trying to compete with me who looks more bitchy with the flower!
Of course, I'm better!=X
My efforts paid off =)
Wed( 17.03.09) Wed marks the start of my quite sucky harmoc camp.
It turns out to be quite a disappointment to me as perhaps I've expected too much=(
Its not totally well-planned as there's quite bad time management and time is really wasted.
And out of the 11 hours(8am-7pm), around 7 hours are spent on practising harmoc and 5 hours of it spent on practising by ourselves. Its really tiring and we really lose our attention gradually.l and turn restless as we played the same scores again and again.
The games are also not very appealing.
I tried to enjoy myself.
I tried.
I tried.
But I cnt.
Below are some photos I took from harmoc blog.
Jane, my AJHB and BPCO senior.
The guy in uniform is Choon Boon, my Greenridge primary senior, BP senior, AJHB senior.
He's really an eccentric fellow.
Then its time to go home.
The best part of the whole day is the going-home part with the girls as we just keep laughing, esp. with my spastic faces.HAHA!
Mos-ed. I'm really happy to get my Mos shake Strawberry at CWP as I have not drunk it for ages.
Its really a VERY APPEALING DRINK!
One of my best drinks.
recommended to Yee Rui and WeiLing and they were equally overwhelmed by this drink, and keep saying, " 很好喝!很好喝!!“
18.03.09( Day TWo of Harmoc camp)
Its better today in terms of the time management and games.
Did I mention that I overslept!
cabbed from home-Ang Mo Kio which costs a freaking $18.35 as its also peak hour=(
I'll always remember this lesson!
I'll never oversleep anymore this year!!!
Amazing race turns out to be quite a brisk walk to my group.
Then WeiLing and me, being really bored from the intensive self-practices, start to play around with our nametags.
time to snap my fringe!
After the camp, WeiLing and me waited for the seniors to end their briefing before we WESTERNERS, head to Lot 1 for dinner.
Its practically a mini ajhb BP MINI GATHERING as most of them are BP seniors=)
Conclusion:
Overall, the harmoc camp cnt be said as totally successful as there are really flaws for us to pick on. There are really many areas to be improved.
However, I still enjoyed myself for these 2 days, the really hectic 2 days from 8am-7pm, when I saw how strong the bond is within the harmoc seniors and how I know more interesting people and how I develop a greater interest in harmoc.
It really make a difference when I sleep early on a Sunday night.
I am more energetic, boisterous, and ATTENTIVE.
I understand most of the concepts taught in lectures today, surprisingly.
I'm coping well.=)
But I've turned more....
... ... ...
haix. forget about it. Common test arriving after hoildays.
Back to mugger mood.
Its really......scary when you find yourself sitting in front of the homework for consecutive hours doing hw and reading lecture notes again and again.
I'm seriously drained of energy and my favourite line as expected, "I NEED MORE SLEEP".
I'm not the kind that can survive with merely a pathetic 4to 5 hours of sleep each day and still smile in school.
I need at least 9 hours each day to replenish my energy and clean all the shitty, choked information in my brain.
I cannot even survive now with around 6/7 hours of sleep per day.
I NEED MORE TIME!!! This is ridiculous as there's still 24 hours per day.
Hence, I think I got to plan really carefully, spend my time wise and sort out my wishlist.
I wish to:
-practise harmoc every 2 days -update class accounts immediately after funds are collected or spent. -finish everyday's hw -read up lecture notes before attending lectures. -read lecture notes again after lectures and make sure I'm certain of all the concepts -finish tutorial wkshts once I get them -read newspapers at least once every 2 days -clarify doubts asap if I have them