The YA conference 08 on community service aka service-learning.

Being a facilitator there is definitely fun, getting to meet all sort of different people and doing silly things together( this is beginning to look like a trend in my life).

Meet Rebecca at Redhill MRT(which is,btw,pink) then we bus-ed to Henderson Sec, both of us never been to that area before so we followed the Henderson sec people. By the time we arrived, there was a lot of YAs there already. Then Ms Ng and the Henderson guides came. I was damn shock cos the moment they saw us they were like “Good morning Ms Ng and YAs” and they were in full u in boots and their attire was all right(socks up and everything else), you definitely don’t get that in MF so we need to whip them into “shape”.

We got our roles in the CSI game after that. I was Charles, the bride’s and groom’s mutual friend. Rebecca was the bride’s sister,Siew Ying was the mother-in-law, Amanda was the groom(Richard) and the rest can’t remember.hehe. At the Auditorium, we got the namelist for our groups and the logistics needed for the CSI game and off we went to look for our location to have our stations.Henderson is really like campus 1, quite an old school but with a charm and they like worship UG there(I am envious,okay) and from what I heard, they are also damn rich. Anyway, found mine on the 1st floor, near Jia En and Adeline(Chan).

The game was damn vicious, because the participants had to find out the cause of the bride’s death and they asked like a trillion questions, a better part of the 10 mins was used for asking questions, I think they put detectives to shame.LOL.but of course, in different stations, they had different answers thus confusing them even further.But their prime suspects were Richard and the mother-in-law so imagine their reaction when the cause of the death was the bride’s severe allergy to strawberries.HAHA.when the games finished,we(the facilitators) exchanged “notes” and end up laughing like mad.

After lunch, we had “job hunt”. My poor group, we couldn’t even find a job(same answer, look for manager then they say either if it was mon-fri it would be okay or they need to look for HQ) at no less, 2 shopping malls and IKEA till the last 30mins at the nearby hairdresser wipping windows and sorting out some plastic-y things all thanks to Jia Yi who somehow managed to convinced the boss. We all almost kowtow to the boss man, we were that grateful, getting the job =).Then it was debrief and time to head home.

Will post pictures after I get them from Shuhui or the webby ;)And will change my skin soon.

Friday, March 21, 2008

5:12 PM

Just moved house on Friday, and I really miss my old house. Internet was just installed yesterday night, phone line a moment ago. But what I really miss is my HOT water-inadequate supply over here. Yes, as a guide/YA/UGer, I shouldn’t be complaining cos I had been through more days without hot water before.But how should I put it, it’s different.Home is suppose to be comfort and camp is suppose to be all grim and dirty.

Anyway, it seems lately that I am missing a lot of things.

YA conference on community service on the 29th and the 30th of March, sounds kinda nice. I wonder why community service though, isn’t service-learning better? But then again, I am biased. Very.Biased. Sent that application e-mail already, I hope Hawa received it. Speaking of community service, it’s really making me miss DREAMS 5, even though DREAMS 5 is solely service-learning.

I finally got my hands on “chicken soup for the college soul”! YAY! But unfortunately, it’s borrowed from Bishan Library. Awesome book, making me excited for college come May. Hopefully I can do my freshman and sophomore year(which is 1 year here) in Singapore then fly over there for junior and senior year over at Long Beach. But really…I would be a lot more excited if my major is English/English Literature/Psychology/History. But hell…2 more months or so till school starts, the wait is so darn agonizing.

Trips to Kamini’s house had become a ritual of some sort(watching coffee prince), and cooking over at her place too.Oh, and drinking bubble tea bought from her house “downstairs”. Her dad though I am a boy, with my worn “slippers” and Shayer bag.HAHA. Think it’s time I should get a new bag and a new spatu-sandal(sorry..no idea how to say it in English but literal translation is shoes-slippers).

Went to Treetop Hike with Andreas,Peiwen and Jie last Saturday, and we got lost on the way back. We walked this 1 whole stretch of country club road(where we were in the risk of getting hit by the golf balls) until one kind lady gave us a ride to the exit. We were damn shocked, I think our mouth hung wide open throughout the whole ride. We should really start believing in 1 good turn deserves another.

And the last stretch to the treetop with the UWC students who were also hiking is worse than 2.4km run, we couldn’t even run up to the top, cos it was too steep.

We rewarded ourselves with dim sum and ice kimo’s chocolate fondue at Thomson afterwards.

And this is only the recce, I will think twice about going to the actual one.

PEIWEN and JIE….PHOTOS.pretty please.

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

5:45 PM

Moving house:Part 2

HAHA.part 1 was yesterday where my bedframe and my study table was dismantled and taken to the new house so I am now using a chair as a table and will be sleeping on the mattress till Friday.

Part 2 actually started yesterday night, where I was sorting through all my old stuff at around 2am and I came across about 20 of my old floppy disks(who uses that anymore?) and they still had my super old projects in it(with our names on the cover) I think, I also came across my first neoprint that I took with my Aunt and her then-boyfriend(now husband) at San Francisco’s Chinatown if I am not wrong and 2 old photos(those kind when you take and it develop straightaway and in order to see the photo, you have to flap it continuously till you can see the photo) from my 12th birthday I think with Chandni, Marlene, Esther, Angelina and Stephy. And my Good Shepard Convent Kindergarten Certificate (hehe, I actually forgotten which kindergarten I came from).

Oh! and mf’s Geniuz musical cd which they gave to us when I was in sec 1. In other words memories-long lost one at that. It’s kinda dangerous to do it at 2am at night don’t you think? HAHA.what if you like suddenly started crying cos of one particular memory or something.

Interesting week I am going to have:

Tomorrow: 2 hours of hell aka maths tution and more packing.

Friday:Moving house
Guides Enrolment
Sec 3 interview

Saturday: Treetop hike with Andreas,Peiwen and Jie(ying).
Stephy’s 7th birthday

Either one of those dates or next Monday: Go to PSB to hand in the acceptance form etc.

Random thing: the rain is kinda making a statement these few days, don’t you think? It had been raining cats and dogs.Not that I mind- it makes me wanna sleep in longer though. And thank god I blog about my committee interview 3 years ago, can “recycle” some questions from that interview =)

And my Nalgene bottle is already packed and probably already is at the new house. Shit! How am I gonna survive the hike without it on Saturday?

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

10:05 PM

Tagged by Boonie
a) List seven habits/quirks/facts about yourself.
b) Tag seven people to do the same.
c) Do not tag the person who tagged you or say that you tag “whoever who wants to do it”.

1.I think more than I speak;I don’t actually like talking that much.

2. I find it easier to express myself by writing poems(that’s why I come from a language class bah.lol).

3.I read before I sleep,in the dark with the small lights on->childhood habit that stuck.

4.I feel more comfortable and relaxed when I am around nature.

5.I get way too sentimental sometimes, about people and things.

6.When I like something, I get ultra hardcore at it.

7.My Bahasa Indonesia really sucks,but I think it’s a little bit better now(after DREAMS 5).

TAGGED:
Nurul
Andreas
Jieying
Cheryl Chung
Hansen
Hazel
Kamini

Monday, March 10, 2008

4:34 PM

Accepted!

I got into the Bachelor of Science in Business Admin majoring in International Business course at PSB Academy with the 10K scholarship grant. Yahoo! But I will need to maintain a GPA of 2.4 for my first year.

Went out with Kamini + Shiyama yesterday to eat Thai Express cos it was my turn to treat them(Kamini treated us to Starbucks while Shiyama treated us to Swenson’s ice cream) and the food was pretty nice but everytime I eat with them, I end up (almost) doing a merlion cos their jokes are damn funny, laugh like nobody’s business.After that went around the Bishan bungalow area and just talked and enjoyed the silence.

Seriously. I don’t get why people don’t get it. For them, they make it sound so easy for me to dispose of it. It=YA/DREAMS/maybe even Rovers. And they don’t get by doing that, it’s like throwing my soul away. Anyway, I’m tired of explaining it already,let them figure it out for themselves.

So hopefully my parents will sign the student contract and do the rest of the stuff and hopefully I can get my hands on my timetable by the end of the month. So exciting man! School is going to be fun! I’m gonna learn Literature and History again =D! can’t wait!And econs! 2 more months till school,yay!! Who knew coming back to school could be so sweet.

Mondays 1-3pm are going to be hell till November.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008

12:49 AM

1-You know all the uses when tying knots.-
Nope.LOL. I have none of that pro-ness.

2-You eat better at camp then you do at home
-Nah. With the $2 budget-how can? But eating at camp is more interesting, there is more laughing and we actually bond over it. The famous examples from DREAMS 5 is Poseidon’s fried mee(but I prefer to call it our “hokkien mee”.LOL),Zeus’s special(any objections?HAHA) and Morrigan’s porridge.

3-You can find your way around a foreign city without using a map, just the sun.
–Nope, think will get a little bit lost, but lost also okay la, since you are in a foreign city, why not explore?

4-You can pitch a tent anywhere with your eyes closed.
–This again...can’t do it.

5-You can relate anything you do to a camp story.
–This is of course a yes!

6-Your friends limit you to one camp story a day.
–Let’s say that they try to do that. But at the most...they limit me to about 5?

7-You get excited about camping in weather any sane person wouldn’t venture out in.
–Yup. Actually I get exciting about camping, as long as we can camp, then I’m satisfied.

8-You go to Bishan to visit the Guide house and everything else is just a side trip.
–Yup...but that was back in 2005, cos of the COH.LOL.

9-You sell popcorn instead of cookies, but deep down inside you love those cookies.
–Of course you guys love the cookies!!!Any early orders for the macadamia nut cookies for next year?

10-You’ve been to at least one jamboree/international camp and had the time of your life.
–Never been to either, but as I said in the last list, I would love to go. But DREAMS 6 will be of course okay too.

11-You know what a jamboree/int’l camp is.
– Yup.Same answer as last time, sneak peek at the scout’s side.

12-You can match any number you hear in regular conversation to a number in a company/crew you know.
–Eh? Nope.I only know 1. 17 coy North!

13-You forget that girls in scouting are actually girls until you see them in girly clothing ex. Bathing suits.
–LOL. I think the guys think that way(cos the girls can tahan the hiong-ness as good as the guys). But between the Girl Rovers and YA... of course we remember =D.

14-Girls, you NEVER forget that guys in scouting are guys ;)
–HAHA.yup! Reminds me when we were in DREAMS 5 and by Day 5, the boys dorm was like...a hurricane just came in and swept everything up. Okay, no more details.

15-You can’t live without a paddle.
– Never been kayaking(except for P5 camp) so I can.

16-You don’t actually know how to use an old fashion compass.
–Yes, you are right, I don’t.

17-You see a 3-leaf clover and think of Guides before its symbol for luck.
–Come to think of it,yup.

18-You are not actually a Girl Guide but you tell people you are because they have never heard of Young Adults (YA).
- Yup! But I will try my best to explain to them the difference.

19-You automatically hit it off when someone tells you they are also in Scouting/Guiding.
-HAHA. yup! Proof is in camp FLAG and DREAMS 5. =D

20-You schedule your classes around your meetings.
-same answer as the last list. Mum will go “you are suppose to schedule your meetings around your classes, not the other way round!”

21-You know the very small difference between a guiding and non-guiding event.
-No sea of blue?

22-You can’t figure out why people have such a hard time getting their 6 hours of community service in Sec School (CIP)
–yes! Lol. It’s so easy la. The easiest way to get it is to go for a service-learning trip, I think we got 40+ hours at one shot.

23-Fires are made from more kerosene then wood.
-HAHA. of course.Common UG knowledge...that we keep from the outside world to keep our “can-make-fire-out-of-any-wood-around” image(note that there is no "dry" inside the phrase).LOL.

24-The meetings go on, even if you are locked out of the meeting room.
-Same answer as the last one. From experience, yup!

25-Tents are optional when camping.
-They are a must...or I think I will die from the elements.haha.so drama.

26-Rain is seen as a source of drinking water…not a pain in the butt.
-HAHA.hmm..not a pain in the butt, in fact it’s quite nice but haven’t try to drink it yet.

27-You organize your msn friends list by scouting group number.
-Yah.Kinda. I have a Guides section, most of the MF scout group people are in the MF section and I have a Scout section for other scouts.

28-You have more badges from camps then you know what to do with.
-HAHA.I wish.

29- Naphtha stoves are the way to go…none of these massive heavy propane tanks.
-Hmm...I don’t know la.hehe.

30-You do know that leaves have sharp edges, but you are the first person to get cut because you just couldn’t care less.
-Of course, only getting scratched what...no big deal.

31-You know Nalgenes are the way to go
-Yup!
a) You own many Nalgenes in all sizes and colours
-Not that rich to own all yet.
b) You try but can never succeed to break analgene bottle.
-Never try...but in the future...if I have too many then I shall. But it’s money going down the drain-for entertainment.
c) You finally break the dang nalgene!
-Not yet. Wait long long.

32-You don't know why people use lightsticks.
-Lightsticks are cheap and an essential item for campfire. =D

33-You first move away from home(Dreams 5) and all you eat is camp food because it is the only thing you know how to cook.
-Nope. We mostly did stir-fry and had alot of erm...adventure with the rice but no chocolate banana or pizza baked from scratch but we did use maggi mee for our “hokkien mee”, not really counted,right? Besides, Mr Gana’s delicious curry chicken wasn’t camp food.

34-EVERYTHING is just better outdoors.
-Eh...mostly.not all la. Bed definitely better at home, not to mention hot showers and there is technology.

35-You give a normal person your left hand to shake and don't even realize it until they look at you funny.
-haven’t happen to me yet, but when it does, they sure will!

36-You see the ant in your drink, but drink it anyway.
-Think so cos at camp, water is sacred, every drop is precious.

37-You begin packing 5-20 minutes before you're supposed to leave.
-Nope.But at around 1am in the morning?hehe.

38-When every stain has a story behind it.
-Oh yes! Of course! From banner painting to painting the badminton court in DREAMS 5!!!

39-You start humming camp songs in class.
-LOL.same answer as the last list. Out of boredom, I do that in class, but no one will sing with me cos none of them are scouts or guides,sad right?

40-You couldn't imagine dating someone non-scouting.
-I could!

41-You see a pile of wood near the river and within a day you are floating away.
-Nope. If I can’t build at raft, at the most make a fire.

42-Camping comes second hand nature to you.
-Yup! Mum will start complaining “What?Another camp? How many camps are you going on this holiday?”

43-You could not think of a better way to meet great people than scouting.-or guiding.
-Yup! But not all, but those I met so far from Scouting and Guiding are pretty amazing people, they just don’t realise it.HAHA.

44-Your tent get flooded by the muddy water during a heavy rain.
-Lucky that didn’t happen during camp FLAG but it rained at night, a little so we had to get up early to dry the sheets and strike the tent(we slept in the tent during the 2nd night).

45-When camping and you know it’s impossible to 100% wash clean your utensils, it adds the little bit of extra flavour.
-Haha...lazy to wash super clean la, so this is also me.

46-Walking the girls outside school become a gossip session...
-HAHA.yes! Camp Inspire proved this =D.

47-You buy your next car based on how much gear it will carry.
-Think this will happen in the future.

48-Takes less time to buy food for 12 people for camp then it takes to so your own shopping.-If I’m at home and eating alone, think will take faster, cos lighter than carrying the food for 12 people.LOL. But at camp is of course everyone eat the same thing la.

49-You have mastered the skill of changing in public without exposing yourself.
-Erm...haven’t yet...but will soon.

50-You know you are a scout when people at work ask what you did at the weekend then stare at you like you're crazy when you tell them.
-that’s why I can’t work on weekends, Thursdays-Sundays are always filled with crazy guides activities.

51-You know you are a scout when you can get everyone’s attention with just a cheer!
-Haha.yup! the “bomb” cheer!

52-When you & your group do a cheer for a group of people who aren't in scouts they look at you insane when your girls start yelling things like "tumble her" but you can understand them.
-HAHA*note the evil laughter* of course, MF Guides speciality is in the tumbling area, especially tumbling their leaders.

53-When you name your first child Baden.
-Nope.lol. I won’t be obsessed to that extend.

54-When your house has as much GG stuff in it as anything else.
-Nah. Not yet, currently, we only have 3 brownies uniforms,3 Guides uniforms and badges here and there and 3 belts. Camp stuff, usually my sisters will borrow from me.

55-You are known by your designation to more people than by your real name (in my case).
-Nope.Thank god people still know me as “Putri”.And we introduce Andreas as our “Tia Hou”, she wrote that in the DREAMS 5 handbook.HAHA.so not YA, is “Tia Hou” instead of “Andreas”.

56-When you think that holding the Guides’ room key is cool.
-HAHA.yup! Was holding on to it during DREAMS 5-girls’ dorm key,very cool indeed.

57-When your friends know where you are on Sat mornings.
-Kamini/Shiyama: “You are at your DREAMS 5 or Guides meetings again isit? No wonder cannot reach you la.”

58-When you recognise people from other schools, but don't recognise them because they are not in uniform.
-lol.yup.weird not to see them in uniform you know.

59-When you actually know what the name of the knot used to tie your shoelaces with is.
-hehe.I don’t.

60-When your camping gear consists of a single day pack/ A huge haversack because you have to carry spares for everyone else.
-LOL.nah.

61-When someone asks you how to fix something, and you can give step by step instructions, even though you may have never done it yourself.
-Maybe, maybe not, depends on which “something”.haha.

62-People offer to lend you a tent for a non Scouting event and then look at you surprised when you explain you can borrow from Guides room.
-HAHA.never happened before la cos the Guides room/Scouts den is damn messy,can’t tell which stuff belong to whose.

63-You know you are a Girl Guide when you can drink water from almost everywhere as long as u’ve chlorine tablets.
-Never drank water with chlorine tablets le...hehe.

64-You know you are a Girl Guide when you wear a camping shirt to class and you hear your friends said, “another one of your camp shirts?”.
-HAHA. I wore school uniform so never happen to me,if not uniform than pe uniform so had no chance to wear my camp tee to class.

65-You know you are a Girl Guide when you tells your friends how important a haversack is...
-Let’s just say I can never forget when I didn’t have a haversack during DREAMS 5, my back almost killed me and Andrea’s “lecture” taught me a lesson of bringing one during the next DREAMS.9 days without a haversack can kill you man, seriously.

66-You know you are a Girl Guide when you know the usefulness of the penknife, whistle and rope.
-HAHA.yup!

67-You know you're a Girl Guide when people don't believe you that the lighter in your pocket is not there to light up cigarettes but to light up campfires.
-Eh..same answer as my last list, Melvin was the testimony to that, he lit up the fireball with of course, his lighter.

68-You know you're a Girl Guide when more than half of your Friendster groups have something to do with guiding.
-No Friendster groups la...but facebook maybe around 10 or so?out of 38?

69-You know you are a Girl Guide when people hear your holiday schedule of camps and meetings, and look at you like you're crazy, and then you tell them that it’s your down time, then they know you are!
-Yup! And it’ really relaxing, no kidding. Therapy for the soul, you know.

70-You know you are a Girl Guide when you have a separate drawer just for camp shirts.
-Haven’t yet.hehe.Besides, I don’t have that many drawers la.

71-You know you're a Girl Guide when after a solid week of camp, you and your friends all agreed that the 1st thing when reached home is to bathe and sleep till next day.
-Of course, CAMP=sleep deprivation and of course you will be all grim and dirty. Food matters later, what’s important is you get yourself thoroughly clean( And that means being in the bath for 1 hour) and hit the sack.

72-You know you’re a Girl Guide when you can interpret the Street Directory (for driving) correctly...
-No driving license yet...later..wait till I am 21.

73-You know you're a Scout when you and your significant other met while working at camp, and over half the people at your wedding were scouts.
–This still reminds me of something,but right, we never had a scout-guide couple(in mfgg)before,usually is ncc-guide for some odd reason.

74-You know you're a Guide when you watch Survivor and you know you could do so much better!
-In some areas la and also depending who you can do so much better than, Favourites or Fans?

75-You drive better in reverse than forward.
-Will tell you when yours truly hits 21.

76-You know you’re a Girl Guide when tents are MUST...and you wonder why they teach you to build a shelter..
-In case the tents collapsed?hehe

77-You know you're a Guide when you read through this whole thing laughing, but still have at least 10 more reasons in your head that you're contemplating adding.
-Yes, I think I do.

78-You know you're Boy Scout when you run the mile in gym, everyone else is on the ground dead, and you say,"That was just a warm-up for the 10 mile hike, right?"
-HAHA.Lionel arh?

79-You know you’re a Girl Guide when your youth group goes on a 3 mile hike and you’re the only one that knew to bring water and a first aid kit.
-Water, I will bring, 1st Aid kit, of course to the usual 1st Aider aka Andreas.LOL.

80-You know you're a Girl Guide when you come home from a camping trip and your nice tan washes off in the shower.
-Nah. If I have speech day rehearsals after the camp, maybe will be chaoda for about 1 month or so?

81-You know you are a Girl Guide when you chop your toothbrush in half to save weight when backpacking.
–LOL.I know a better way, don’t bring it.hehe.

82-You know you’re a scout when you are in a sky ride and you are correctly pointing out landmarks just because.....
-HAHA.soo lame.I don’t do that la.

83-You know you’re a Girl Guide if you’re the only one who sees the true beauty of the natural view, but then have to figure out how to get back down the mountain to the rest of the group.
-Think I will be shouting for help if I am alone, scary la.

84-You know you’re a Girl Guide when you break off from camp and realize you've had 6 hours sleep in 50 hours.... and you are heading for a Chemistry practical after that
-HAHA.I will be having 2 camps in June(hopefully) 2 weeks in a row and 1 ends on Monday, let’s see whether I will fall asleep in class then.

85-You know you're a Guide when you noe u’ve to bring at least a dark-coloured clothes for camp in case of wet games.
-I bring, but I don’t wear it for water games.hehe.

86-You know you’re a Guide when you start off a sentence by saying "this one time at camp..."
–More times than I can remember. But camp stories are interesting...lots of private jokes...I like.so that part you won't be able to explain,much less tell so I stick to the funny stories.

87-You know you are a Guide when your camp tee is always either blue, black or white
–BINGO!

88-You come home from an int’l camp and you’re dying to tell your fellow guides about the camp..
–Mine wasn’t international camp, it was DREAMS 5... but still 3/40 people went in guides, of course we had to make the rest regret for not coming.haha.

89-One of the favourite pastime in camp is the gossip sessions late in the nite..
–HAHA. In EVERY camp that I go to, gossiping late at night is a ritual so it’s got to be true.

90-You know you’re a Girl Guide when you’re in the mountains on a family vacation a few states away from home and you run into a group of guides that you know hiking in the mountains.
-LOL.nah.not so lucky for that to happen when I went hiking in Puncat during the December holidays.

91-When you have fonder memories of your first Nalgene than you do with people.
-It’s going on more adventures with me, that’s for sure.Eh...about the same la, for now. But it has my “mark” on it already, green paint! =D

92-You know you are a scout when u managed to water proof everything..
–Ziploc bag are the magic words =D

93-In a crowd that is being particularly loud you put up the sign expecting everyone to follow suit and shut up.
-Every UG does that =D

94-You base your clothes purchasing on whether or not you can/should wear it at camp.
–Nah.most of my shirts ARE camp shirts. So I wear camp shirts to camp.haha.

95-You know you're a Guide when your seniors always say, “if you wanna go toilet in the middle of the night, go in pairs.”
–Actually...since p5 camp, the leaders at the campsite had been always been telling us that.haha.

96-You know you’re a scout when the only time you book time off work/vacation time is for camping/moots.
-HAHA. Not working now but I think all my school holidays will be taken up by camps.

97-You know you’re a Guide when you’ve a haversack always on standby for camps..
–Right one in my room gathering dust right now,waiting for this week’s camp,if we still having it,UH camp e-mail...where are you? =D

98-You know you’re a Guide when your eyes sparkle at the mention of the Guides’ room..
–HAHA.not really. We need to clean it up first, then my eyes will sparkle(Scouts, hint hint).

99-You know you’re a Guide when u rmb that 22nd Feb is Thinking Day and we (from S’pore) always celebrate in Indoor Stadium for that..
–Didn’t go this year, cos for the 1st time in my life, I had to go there by public transport and I have no clue how to go so in the end didn’t go.

100-You know you’re a Guide when u were already half dozing off when you reach the 50th sentence, bt you pressed on jus to agree wif my statements... then realise that your calendar is already booked full till next year but really doesn’t mind( you don’t know what to do with all that free time anyway).


"The little things?The little moments?
They aren't little"
-Jon Kabat-Zinn



YA Induction day was suppose to be well…a good day. But it went off on the wrong foot but gradually became better. I overslept! Was suppose to reach Guides’ House at 10am but I woke up at 9:45am by Frances’s hollering and I ran out of the house in about 5 minutes. I did set my alarm but I didn’t hear it ring, I think I was dead to the world man. And it was raining heavily(hehe…but I didn’t realize it was raining till I got out of house)! Somehow or another, I managed to be at the MRT by around 10am and ran all the way to the Guides’ house and reach there at 10:15am.

Thank god it hasn’t started yet, but Jie and Joan were already talking. Oh yes! I saw Glynis, a friend from camp FLAG 3 years ago. And Andreas was wearing this lime green jacket is soo OUTSTANDING, can just point and say,she’s my leader.HAHA.

Induction started with us playing murderer and thief, by using the hand pumping way,we played like 2 times I think and my side definitely had a lot of activities, cos Joan was the murderer and she was beside me. Then we had the super high crazy shark and fish, during the 1st half, it was like Rebecca and I were invisible, nobody stand beside her or me so I got to talk to her a little la. By the 2nd half, OMG! Crazy! Was running about like a mad woman cos yours truly became the last shark.

Had quite a long talk by Ms Ng and Yanting about YA, the different committees and the upcoming activities. Then it was enrolment time! First name to be called out, felt quite awkward, you know. Anyway, the person across me at the horse-shoe formation reminds me of someone I know, I shall get to know her in the future, if I have a chance. Then we had a short meeting(like 15mins or so) to discuss about the Picnic Discussion with them.

So, 12th April,ECP McD and Andreas, let’s bring our can fishing lines(can you teach me how to make it though?)!Oh yes! I almost forgot, picture taking, it was an adventure in and out of itself. We took the pictures by 1 of the YA’s phone(and she Bluetooth-ed it to us) and Jiani’s camera.

We then went to the SSA to look for souvenirs for Andreas’s Taiwan Guider friend, bought a whole load of stuff and went to eat lunch and met Peiwen at Bishan Library for our meeting.

Random thing, but man, I think I have like gazillion soft toys cos mum was put all the soft toys together, to see which one we wanted to keep when we move house and the soft toys alone took up like a lot of space, some of which I haven’t seen in years, btw. Remember the hello kitty frenzy a few years back? I think I have all the hello kitty soft toys. Frances is keeping her Winnie-the-pooh collection though.

This year's batch + about 10 or so YAs, quite cool eh?

And notice a certain somebody behind me in both pictures?HAHA.

Was suppose to go back for guides today but in the end, it got cancelled due to completed events. All the juggling organizing the commanders for today’s meeting was in vain. And my idiot super naggy, think he very big tution teacher came early but at 3 he still didn’t leave my house and my blood was boiling by then cos I really need to go(and meet Xinyi) and he still continue even though I told him I had CCA matters to handle. So I walked out of him. I don’t think I can tolerate him anymore, he keep on insulting my ex-maths teachers, saying what they never teach this never teach that(HELLO-30: 1 ratio, of course la,duh. And they don’t have soo much time. At least they are more caring than you,okay?so shut up!) and asking me all sorts of dumb questions like “do you think when I was born, I could do maths?”, what sort of stupid question is that? Of course not la,dumb ass. And he actually likes demoralizing people, thinking his method is the best but I don’t think he ever heard of TOA,CAH,SOH cos he keeps on insisting me to write hyp,adj and opp. Stupid idiot ignorant and super arrogant fool! Sorry for ranting and grumbling, but I am really super pissed off at him. There is a limit to tolerance, just don’t take advantage of my tolerance.

Anyway, Xinyi and I went back to mf and the place was super ulu so we bus-ed to yck stadium to look for them. HAHA. Then took the MRT to Bishan stadium cos we got the place wrong…lol. Bishan Stadium…was pretty fun, depending on the way you look at the situation. Oh yes, saw the scouts, was soo happy okay! I haven’t seen them in ages. Then went over to the Guides side there and saw Addie and Vivian Lai. Oh! Saw Chanel too! Seeing almost all my dreamers kinda made my day, it confirmed my suspicions though, when I don’t see them, I don’t have the feeling of missing them but when I do, it dawns on me how much I do miss them. But it's normal,right?

Alumni meeting! Nothing interesting happened(other than me being the only ex-sec 5, as usual). They just told us to vote 2 people for the class rep thing I think. And mf’s event 2008,telling us to put together an executive committee within the reps. But haven’t vote or anything yet la. And the Alumni card that they will be making for us. But feel so inferior la, almost everyone wearing their JC uniforms.

Oh yes, tomorrow’s the Induction ceremony! Sunday out with Andreas! HAHA. And my turn to steal the modified list from Andreas’s blog! =D