Pleasant Surprise

Today over dinner:
(while G was cutting her birthday cake after blowing out the candles)
G: "why is it so hard?"
Meng: "cos you just blow it."
Everyone: "wth.........."

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conversations like this, it's so us. Like how Yuhong and Wanting were sharing their exchange experiences,
which led to musuem visits,
which led to Sex musuem,
which led to animal sex, the evolution of condoms, and the list continues.

Oh dear. This is US. 3 years and it hasn't changed.
But you know, I'm glad it hasn't. I love us like that.
I love Trojan. ((((:

Backdated o9.

So that was picture post of Aussie,

figured it'd be better if I posted a separate entry on the trip! :D

Before Aussie, here's how Christmas went:

We had team bbq steamboat on 23rd dec where the theme was "Different persona":

We had lady gaga, jason mraz, powerpuff girls, popeye and olive, bella swan, amywinehouse, william hung, ...

Was complete fun and M-E-S-S.

We also had gift exchanges(: Where I got buddy brig's starbucks bottle! :D

We ate from lunch til dinner then I left for PRAWNING! (: (: Favourite activity with my favourite people! We had 3 rods (compared to 2 last time) and caught much much less. :( Business was poor.

My giftor was Chong(: As I suspected! Hehehe. I got an orange laptop sleeve which "exceeded budget" (: Very nice. My giftee Wenlong didn't come :( We prawned and ate til 5ish despite Wayne's whining and protest to leave early.

By the time I got back to hall and showered, it was already 6am and I could barely sleep and I went for training at 9am like a walking zombie. :(

Lunched and packed and headed home, then dinner at a family friend's place of S and midnight mass. Concussed and met Yanns and Mal for brunch on Christmas day(:

Goodies from Japan courtesy of Ahgong! :D

Then S and I caught SherlockHolmes with his parents and got conned! We parked at this place that cost $2/entry and an additional $20 for parking after 1030. We debated before we entered and thought the surcharge was if you entered after 1030 so we parked there anyhow.

Left the carkpark at 1040pm a grand total of $22 was deducted from the cashcard.

So the entire movie costs $10 x 4 + $1 booking fee + $22 parking. Gasp.

Had BCM @ thomson where the NUSBFF cycled out to meet us for a catchup(: Whee.

Then prawning with awpapa, kin & their gfs. (:

S caught his first prawn and it was hugeeeeeeeee.

We were on a roll that night, caught too many (more than 50, lost count along the way) and they were huge. (:

Contrary to that night I went with Trojan.

Went back to school the next morning specially for capts ball then packed and left for home after camera shopping with Gdine. (:

Final training on Monday before we left for Aussie, by the time we settled our training gear and souvenirs it was already 3pm! :(

Then it started raining and I couldn't leave for home.

Met S much later that night, we went to amk with the intention of having yummy bryani but it was closed by then. So I settled for shihlin chicken and he, Chicken rice. Not forgetting.. KOIII :D :D The money changer was also closed by the time we got there so we headed to xiao3 in4 du4 instead to get more aussie dollahs. Slightly scary with the crowd plus I was alone for a while. :(

Then headed home to continue packing for the longawaited trippp! :D

Oh, we also celebrated Mommy's bday and Christmas on 19dec at our favourite SoupRestaurant!

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Down with stomach flu.

Either pancakes/meatballs at I.kea,

okonoyami at S.hokudo,

or Merlionster from Ben&Jerry's killed me.

ZZZZ.

But anyhow, Feng yun was a terrible, terrible movie.

And Trojan gathering was awesome, as always.

And and, I'm glad S is back(:

POSTCAMP

Left for camp with a little bit of regret, got through the days hoping for Friday to come quicker.

With very little sleep, (I can count the total hours with my two hands), a lot more disagreements, a lot of hardwork, infinite naggings and lotsa hiccups, we got through the days, we survived.

With a lot of surprise good food (Xinwang porridge on Monday from Chu! Cinnamon melts with Junx and Rah on Tues! Two cups of Koi on Wed + sushi at night from G! More cinnamon melts on Thurs!) But with everything comes sacrifice, I barely ate dinner on certain nights :(

Camp was all about flexibility, and not preparation as somehow, somewhere Log would misplace something, we would run out of blindfolds, we cannot find 4 chairs, etc. At 5am, we were staring at our pre-planned camp schedule and looking into suitable changes to accomodate superstitions and save money.

I had moments of anger, of childish fit where I asked myself: "Why am I the one doing this?"

When people were sleeping, I was up for debrief. Sleeping last and getting rudely awaken the next morning by people who missed debrief.

I had my moments of regret; when things go wrong and I just don't feel like salvaging them anymore. I wanted to leave, just get a breather and let the rest do it.

Ultimately, like I told S. Since I've given my commitment to it, I'd just get it done and over with, to the best of my ability, with all I've got.

In the end when people tell you how much fun they've had, how smooth camp went despite the many last minute changes, the satisfaction is one beyond words.

Just like how it felt after Touch Attack. (:

Thank you everyone for making camp a success.

I've made friends, enemies, changed impression of others and yes, undoubtedly had an awesomely fulfilling 5days 4nights.

Hibernation started yesterday, and it still hasn't ended.

Whichever You Prefer.

Training on Wednesday was "Back - to - School" themed. We all came dressed in our JC jerseys and we were reeeaaallly colourful that day. It made training look bright and happy but the fitness/drills totally killed whatever was left.

We forgot to take pictures so we took this while waiting. (:

Thursday(night) was spent with no other than my favourite people from schoool. =D

From Prata to intended ice cream at I.cekimo (which was closed by the time we arrived), and then to prawning til 3ish. We spent more than 10$ on snacks to last us through the night, and caught a grand total of FORTY ONE PRAWNZZZZ.

Slightly into the first hour, we realised our net had many huge holes and thus 2 luckyshit prawns managed to escape. :( But we were on a rolll the next two hours and Brudder even caught a KING PRAWN!

It was definitely much more enjoyable than the first time I went. Somehow we couldn't get used to the amount of strength to be used so I managed to send two of the prawns I caught on an insane Reverse Bungee ride, concussing them as they hit the walls on the side. Chong even tangled up our rod with the lamps hung up.

We had fun feasting, but we finished them all up in less than half an hour.

Nothing tastes as good as when you've caught/cooked/earned them yourself. :D

Site recce on Friday was awesome. It was short, sweet, SPECTACULARR. We were in total AWE of the place, and it was so much nicer than what I remembered it to be..

Really. Awesome. (:

Then, that night, Mommy brought home her Third Daughter. (HAHA) Some little cute p3 kid who stayed over for the night. Both of them were sooo caught up with their Facebooking games, I was quite speechless. My mom is 5* (secret! hah!) and the girl is only 9!

Saturday; had an awful breakfast. :( I didn't get my waffles and everything was just so bad. Then we had our semis. Really important game. Victory would have been sweeeeeet, but we didn't work hard enough for it. The first time we played this team, we lost 4-2. Then we drew 3-3 the second time, and finally won 4-3, earning ourselves 2nd place in the table.

Yet, during semis we lost 5-4. It was so so close, the pressure was intense, everyone was flustered. It didn't help that we were screaming at one another, but the opposition deserved to win based on that 40 minutes. Tragic, but true. =(

Made my way down to S.omerset Residences to celebrate Liu's 21st! It rained and thus ruined the party plans by the pool and everything reverted back to the room. The birthday boy had pretty cupcakes in place of a birthday cake which was kinda cute. (Since he's a boy!)

Woke up bright and early for Funtouch today. We won! Black berries. Haha.

And the rest won u21 girls too! Even the Turf Babe was from our team, so awesome stuff.

Hate astro burns/ sun burns though. And yes, my middle finger is swollen from a boot-kicking action from I-can't-remember-who. =(

Caught T.erminator just now. It is definitely one awesome action packed film.

But it kinda made me nauseous. =(

Back to touch tomorrow with taped up fingers. AGAIN. Oh my. 4th consecutive day of Touch tomorrow. :( OK STOP WHINGING. Goodnight.

Competitive + Competitive = Super competitive!

So last night, we had intraschool capts ball. Kinda stupid on one hand how we spent hours waiting to play. Zzzz. But anyhow we had a good time. Think the final match was the most exciting one too. =) Had to handle alot of The Sp's shit but ok la, it was funny.

And as quoted by him in a really joking manner: "Winning isn't everything. It's the only thing!"

We got a really huge hamper which made The Sp damn happy, we were so amused with his satisfaction with little things. Then we crashed a hall's event, supported our fellow team mate and presented her with the hamper. HAHAHA Classic.

Was so flustered rushing from room to room, making T bring a spoon around hall that we didn't have dinner. Walked out to eat but I was so tired I was sleepwalking. =(

Still sorry I missed your performance, but I hope the honey water helped. :]

PS: Lab is an online experiment today so no school on thursday! :D

PPS: I need to watch 4 online lectures. Dieeeeeeeeeeeee.

PPPS: Too much of odd shaped balls = cannot catch round balls properly. :(

Welcome Home, My Love.

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Shirt reads: ABCDEDG : A Boy Can Do Everything For Girl

GFEDCAB: Girl Forgot Everything Done & Catches new Boy Again

W.enlong says: "I bought this shirt from B.angkok then got typo... I didn't realise until Jo told me. So paiseh."

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Deathmatch Score Tally:

End of Day1:
G: 2 cookies consumed,
P: 1 cookie consumed.

NOOOO I'm losing and it's all CHUACHONGKIAT'S FAULT. =(



Ps: I like days in school like this where we just laugh everything off, and joy is found in the simplest things. =)

Dancing with Demons Of Doubt.

On the way back to hall today,
I was so focused on what laid ahead, I almost tripped over a protruding brick.
Is that how we are in life too,
when you're so focused on the future, you neglect what's right under your nose: the more important issues you should be tackling now..
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Yesterday was the final hours of my commitment to hall, the "Oh-aRe-Dee" moment they call it; Investiture. Packed with bittersweet emotions, I took our appreciation plaque and left. Couldn't bear to stay for dinner.
The only thing missing was my Sports sec or the whole thing would have felt more complete, like a proper official closure. It would have been nice.


Today,
A wet day spent at: breakf with clique, shopping cum lunch with G the bislu/slubi, dinner with Kiddo.
They are what I go to school for. (:

PS: Effective Comm/Tech Comm are the bane of my Uni Education. >=(
PPS: Phil wants to go home and eat durian mooncakes, haha.

The Final Word In The Final Sentence Was 'Love'.

When you go, I'll let you be

But you're killing everything in me

I'm done, there's nothing left to show

I try but can't let it go

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Brought lappy to 2008's two hour lecture today. Ended up sleeping, surfing and basically doing everything else other than listen. The module looks pretty tough.. =(

Starting to get really really frustrated and worried about it. I know I can't stop whining about it, but I don't really know how to illustrate the severity of the situation either. Haha.

Let's digress and think happy thoughts..... (:

More (favourite) pictures from Fac. Camp:

Still stand by the fact that our shirts KICK ASS though the supplier screwed our base colour.... =(

The Trojan People;

we were supposed to hide behind the flag la. But W spoilt the picture.

Seniors outside Stjames

EVERYBODY!

And it is coincidentally a heart shape. (:

090708 - 190708

Picture overload.
Shall let them speak for itself;


Fishermen's Whaft/Central Starbucks:

ID Tag Making @ Boss'

Friendly @ S.Pee/ Team Dinner At Holland V

Midnight Celebration/Orgasmic Bday Cake!/Lighsticks

DIY Celebration/Esplanade/Sushi

(supposed to be the prints on our top: Flowered, Striped, Checkered)



An aimless hour with S

Family dinner @ House Of Seafood

Home made pancakes by D.

(love you too!)

Saosin's I Can Tell cover by Jean & Wenhui live @ Turf City

Roomie's hand delivered present/10 things about me




JCRC Photoshoot




Trojan to Tequila/ Faculty FOC
(realise I cut my hair? haha) Our kick ass shirts lotsa people were jealous of. Nice right!

Wayne's finally back from Korea and joined us on the last day of camp with goodies!
Krispy Kreme.

WNK Chicken Rice + Udders

(PS: the nose "cast" is off already anyway. Looks good to me albeit different from before.)