Saturday, January 31, 2009
Full dress rehearsal for walkin today. Practised, practised, practised. Orientation is coming soon so must perfect all the steps. Anyway, this is my first time after a very long period of time that I actually wore tank top out. I felt really really weird wearing sleeveless. It felt so bare. hahas.
Went to nette's house after having lunch at golden rooster with waner. But before we walked to nette's house from the busstop, waner and I had a really long talk at the busstop. hahas. At nette's house, we celebrated Olivia and Xin Rong birthdays. Boonyi and I helped Olivia with her chem quiz. Ahh. My chem topics rusty le. hahas. We watched some really hilarious videos then had dinner. Then we watched more videos and viewed our squad photos. We all looked so different from then to now! Recalling stuffs is fun especially recalling stuffs that are hilarious. (:
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
HAPPY CHINESE "NIU" YEAR EVERYONE! (:(in advance)
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Back to studying after orientation. I need to catch up with my class! Hopefully I'm managing well. (: I'm so happy to see my OG5 'babies' still hanging out together. They meet in the morning, meet for meals... Obviously its not the whole class but it is good enough. (: And they took a lot of random pics together in school during break, but its these little things that made me smile. Shao Yuan also updated me on the class leadership positions that my 'babies' managed to get. From class president to class secretary to class treasurer and to class subject reps. I feel really happy knowing that they are getting these positions. Don't noe why. hahas. I hope they still remain this bonded even after I graduate from NJ. (:
After orientation I feel more energized mentally and a little physically. hahas. Maybe cos I'm less stressed now and I'm sleeping really early. But I'm tired bcos of 3 times per week cca and pe lessons. They are draining me physically. But I must persevere! hahas.
Thanks for being there for me! (:
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Saturday, January 17, 2009
Orientation 1 is OVER!
My last post stopped at day 3 so now I shall continue with day 4.
The highlight for day 4 was internal hunt. We went around the school completing tasks and taking many photos. It was also this very day that the civics class list came out. I was so sad when only 3 out of 24 in my OG will remain in Solaris. :( I want ALL of them in my house! I'm going to miss OG5...
Day 5 was when showdown is going to be held. It went on well at the start and then the weather spoilt everything. It was drizzling and so the free time was shorten by about 5 mins. I'm really sorry that I had to stop the game and so not everyone had a chance to get wet. And also thank you for really playing the game. I'm shocked that so many waterbombs could be caught with the BOMB BAG. hahas. After mass dance session and house session, it was dinner time. Mac's delivery will take an hour or so and that was way too long. So Vanessa and I ran to the busstop, took a bus to Serene Centre, ran to Macs and ordered OG5's dinner. This was the first time the order list was so long that the computer cannot key in initially and this was the first time that I came out of Macs with a BOX of food. Then we took bus back to school and ran all the way to the canteen. It was exhausting. OG 5 was really sweet! They bought us OGLs 2 big cakes. THANK YOU OG5!!! (: Then it was campfire. They were really lucky to see the campfire bcos everytime during orientation it would rain. And I'm glad the campfire worked after 2 nights of trial! So we cheered, sang campfire songs, played games and did the mass dance.
Orientation 1 was memorable and it drained my energy and my voice! hahas. Orientation 1 would not be as fun without my OG5! (: You guys are the BEST! I hope all of you enjoyed orientation and love Solaris!
Now its time for me to rest and catch up with my studies before Orientation 2 begins...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Today is already the 3rd day of orientation! It had been 3 tiring days. Waking up super early to reach school at 6.30am and going home late. But so far, I had alot of fun! (: Especially with my OG, OG 5! They are all super cute. hahas. I am happy to take the sec ones bcos they actually respond and play.
We didn't do much on Monday, so I shall recall things that we did on Tuesday. We had informal walkin right in the morning. It went on smoothly and the crowd went wow at our last stunt! (: Then we had OG bonding session. That is when we knew each other names. Our very first mass dance session was next. And just as I expected, the guys were unwilling to partner the girls and vice versa. So we had to play matchmakers. We also had house session after lunch. That was when I introduced OG 5 and 11 to Solaris!
We tried out campfire again after orientation activities on Tuesday. Although we took a long time to set up, it managed to work this time! (: So went out for dinner. I was the only girl there. And that was the first time I saw a guys bitching session. They can be worse than girls. hahas.
Today we had house session the first thing in the morning. Then we had station games. OG 5 was super high! hahas. Must be the OGLs influence. But we were indeed really good. I was on first aid duty so didn't manage to be with my OG everytime. After station games was mass dance. This part of the dance is when there is partner work. So again, we had to push them to dance with each other. But once they felt comfortable dancing together, they do look very cute together as couples. hahas. Then they annouce the top 3 for station games. OG 5 came in 3rd! (: Super proud of them.
Managed to come home early today cos cca didn't end very late. I am really exhausted...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
School's going to reopen soon...
I'm excited about it yet I'm detesting it...
Mixed Emotions.
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Friday, January 09, 2009
Had full dress rehearsal for informal walkin. Met up with my solaris OGLs at 10am but I had to leave early for dental appointment. Felt really bad for leaving. Missed my bus when I got to the busstop so waited quite long before the next bus came. First I went to Forum to clean my teeth. My sister was inside doing her teeth so I chatted with my mum outside. Then it was my turn. After cleaning, we went to Wheelock for lunch. We ate at The Pasta Shop. It was quite nice. But I like Shokudo more. hahas. Then went to change my braces at Wheelock. Luckily the changing and tightening was very fast so I could rush back to school. I reached school just when solaris is using the hall for practice. Then we had combined rehearsal with the other houses. After the informal walkin rehearsal, it was the teachers formal walkin rehearsal. We had to carry many many stacks of chairs to fill up the whole hall! haiz... Everytime is carry the band stages and carry chairs/benches. Then we went to prepare the campfire. Going to test the campfire out. It took really long to set up. We tried twice but it failed twice. So in the end, we had to clean it up cos it was getting late. We left school at around 10 plus. Headed to KAP for dinner. Then my parents came to pick me up. Slept throughout the whole journey home and when I reached home, I just lie on the sofa and sleep. Tired. hahas.
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Thursday, January 08, 2009
Council Retreat at Desaru (5/1-7/1)
5/1: Reported to school at 7am. After checking attendance and filling up of departure/arrival card, we boarded the bus. Didn't manage to sleep on the trip there cos Letts who was sitting next to me apparently was very 'high'. hahas. We stopped for a seafood lunch before reaching The Pulai Desaru. 2 things that caught our attention during lunch period were a cat and a crab. Everyone was either crowding round the cat or the crab that was caught. We reached the resort around afternoon. Collected the room key. I'm sharing room with Jade and Jacq! (: It was free activity time (FAT). I went to walk around the resort with YuHung and Eugene to settle on a place suitable for council bonding activities. Then went to play volleyball and handball on the beach. It was very tiring running on the sand. hahas. And I was the only girl there playing with the guys. hahas. After FAT, we had council bonding activities. We played many games. They were fun! After bathing, went for buffet dinner at the resort. We went to the conference room to have reflection session. We played energizer then we had this sandwich board for each person and everyone went around writing on people's sandwich boards. Had a sharing session after this. The sharing session was good in a way that I learnt more about some councillors and I was able to share my burdens and thoughts. We watched our campaigning videos which were really hilarious. Didn't sleep until 3am. We were supposed to catch the sunrise at 5.30am. But Jacq and I were the only ones there and it was super dark. So we went back to sleep.
6/1: Had buffet breakfast. We went through the mid-term review and had comm meetings at the conference room. Discussed activities that need to be done in 2009. Saw the timetable for 2009. There's no common test during feb! (: But term 2 is really very busy. We discussed council structure as well which apparently led to some arguments. We had lunch in between these discussions. Played the very lame quiz that Qingwei did. But it was so funny to watch the other councillors play when I already know the answers. Had FAT again. Went into the pool. Played monkey and water polo. Practised HAT performance for bbq dinner later. Helped Geraldine prepare the items needed for the bbq dinner game. Before we ate, we played a game where the selected person will be blindfolded and he would have to touch something and guess the item. 4 people were selected and Sean was the funniest of them all. hahas. Dinner time! After dinner, each comm performed. The exco-exco, CPU, FBU and IDEAS performances were hilarious. CIA performance made everyone sing along. HAT performance, wells I'm not sure since I'm performing in it. After taking photos, Geraldine, Jaslin, Jacq, YueXi and I went to the beach. It was super cooling with the sea breeze constantly blowing. We sang chinese songs. hahas. Then we got really sleepy so decided to return to our rooms. But we ended up gossiping and playing cards. I had another talking session with Rachel, ZiXiang, Letts, Jacq, Eugene and KuanLoong. Again, slept around 3am. This time we woke up at 6.15am to watch the sunrise. Only Jacq, QingWei, YuHung and I went. Couldn't see the sun cos it was covered by the clouds so I kept watching the waves. Went back to sleep after packing my bag.
7/1: Everyone overslept! hahas. So had late breakfast then went to the conference room to discuss about problems in the college. Took quite a while in this discussion. Then we watched a video about this retreat. (: Boarded the bus to return to Singapore. Tried to sleep but it was quite impossible cos the bus was noisy and Sean who was sitting behind me kept making funny remarks that made me laugh. hahas. So managed to nap when I exchanged seats with Molina and Venezia. Apparently during my nap, the bus became very quiet cos everyone started to sleep too. We had a super nice seafood lunch with prawns, crabs and lobsters! I even had a coconut. hahas. Ate until super full. Reached school and Dad came to pick me. We went to pick my siblings and mum at RI cos my brother just ended camp too. We went for dinner and guess what, we had seafood for dinner! AGAIN! hahas. So I gave the crab a miss. hahas. Went home, bathed, unpacked. Watch my last episode of the little nonya which I missed on Monday. 2 hours long! Then slept on the sofa all the way. hahas.
Council Retreat was really fun and enjoyable. (: Didn't feel like returning to Singapore cos it was so relaxing at Desaru. I'm glad I joined the council retreat comm cos it felt great to plan this for the other councillors.
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Saturday, January 03, 2009
Met up with retreat comm in the morning. We went through the whole program for the retreat. Tested a few games, debated over certain things and then we were done with the discussion. After the meeting, we went to settle the logistics. Packed in the materials needed and made some stuffs. After that ZiXiang, YuHung and I went to Far East Plaza to send the flags and cushion covers for washing. But the shop that was listed on the yellow list at Far East Plaza did not provide washing! hahas. So we went all the way there for nothing. But before we left, we had lunch and YuHung used his laptop to search for other laundry shops nearby. We had to find a laundry shop that provides invoice. After lunch, we went to different places at Orchard like Shaw, Wheelock, Far East Shopping Centre to search for the shop. Finally we found one at Far East Shopping Centre that provides invoice. Wells, the auntie at that shop kept talking to us and explaining the details before sending us out of the shop to the factory where they wash the laundry. Luckily ZiXiang made a call to the factory because the boss will be coming down to that outlet and we could just place our stuffs there. So we went back there again. Finally we could stop carrying all the bags. Visited ZiXiang's house next. We stayed there to chat and chat and chat. hahas. Then we went to Sheng Shiong to buy the remaining stuffs for the retreat. YuHung and I went home. Went to ah ma's house for dinner. Watched Mulan on disney channel. I recently watched Mulan so still could remember but nonetheless, Mulan is a very very nice show. It was more enjoyable to watch this time round because the adults were also watching and they laughed at parts which I previously didn't find funny but now I do. hahas.
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Thursday, January 01, 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!2009 didn't start off perfectly. Today is DO NOTHING DAY (that's what I learnt from nickelodeon)! So it was a boring boring day. Wells I rather be contented with a boring day just watching TV than to receive smses that ruin my new year. Actually it was a certain sms. Why on earth must you ruin my mood for this new year? Is that your forte---to destroy someone's happiness for a day? I am really grateful that I have nice relatives to be by my side, joking with me and making me laugh again. Anyway, I never really trusted you again after that day and you just made your impression even worse now.
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