It's June holidays.
First week was taken up by AC.
First day of AC was the usual setting up of structure (well the basic structure at least). The rest of the days were just adding on stuff to the structure and doing cool stuff along the way. Haha damn funny.
Kenneth: "get one sec2 per patrol"
*Finds sec 2s*
Kenneth: "are any of you doing anything important now?"
Us: "No"
Kenneth: "okay lets go play captain's ball"
Lol. Owl's structure was so zai. 2 floors, second floor damn cosy, but it's right above our cooking area. So ended up those who are up on top have bits of dirt and shit off their shoes falling into the pots. Hygiene fail.
AC as a sec2 I guess provides a new insight. In sec1 you don't really focus much on the big picture. Just do what you're told and try to ignore the dirty pans and stuff you're cleaning. Try as hard as possible to avoid work and slack. (Oops).
But in sec2 the PL/APL are way more reliant on you, because you're supposed to have the experience and maturity (hohoho) to do all the saikang work and not complain (too much).
Aside from all that, AC was really fun. With owl's fire in the frying pan, kestrel's exploding stove, eagle's foaming structure, hawk's failed tarp on day 1, falcon's one story structure, and KF's flag raising, it really was a new experience.
The rest of the June hols were spent slacking and going to people's house for project meetings (slacking) and more slacking. Well, some work too. I guess. Barely a week more to the start of school.
:(
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
Moar Updates
Long time no post. heeheehee.
Some big events in the past month.
Mid-years. Frankly, I don't much purpose in having a major set of exams mid year and end of year. The midyear carries so much weightage, if you just screw it up a little you could screw up your entire GPA for the year. Isn't it better to just have little CTs every now and then so that it's not so taxing on the students?
English was okay, Maths was retarded, Chinese was impossible, Science was bleh, Geog was painful on the fingers and history is expected failure. Completely went out of point for the 17 out of 25 total marks essay. Barely mentioned the topic question at all, since I didn't even know what it meant.
Just came back from Malaysian Montage yesterday. Before the trip I didn't understand the hype, but my view has changed, like, completely.
Day1. Assembled at RI at 6:30, then took the coach for like damn long and reached Malacca at 1-2 plus, with customs checks on Singapore/Malaysia checkpoints and toilet stops + breakfast stop along the way. At Malacca we went straight to some kampong village, quite cool, can see the monkey climb tree and throw down coconuts. Also saw the way rubber is collected for our everyday use. Then went and checked in to our hotel, Puteri Resort. Quite a nice place actually, very different from the cheapskate 2star shithole I was expecting.
Day 2. Missed morning call at 5:30 so we woke up at 6:10 instead. Chionged through the usual morning routine then took some damn long bus ride to an ostrich farm. Quite educational, at least learnt a lot about ostriches. And also found out that the bury your head in the sand thing that ostriches supposedly do is false. They don't stick their heads in the sand, they charge at you and kick you and stampede all over you. Apparently their kick exerts 200 pounds per square inch of pressure. So zai.
After that went to the city centre in Malacca. Had lunch there, some chicken rice thingy. Then had some amazing race which was damn boring, took damn long also. Then after that went back to hotel to stone and stuff.
Day 3. Went for some reforestation rubbish which was cut short because of epic thunderstormz then took some damn long bus ride down to Johor. Reached hotel at 3:30 plus, checked in, stoned until 5:30. Took another bus ride to some random place in the middle of nowhere. Had dinner (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIN. Actually under some shelter), then took some fireflies river cruise thingy. Damn cool, the fireflies like some Christmas tree, and its actually believable, unlike the glowworm caves in Australia/New Zealand, because there's so damn many glowworms and they don't move at all and you begin to wonder if their actually light bulbs. The lightning in the sky also damn cool. Damn big, some family tree la.
Day 4. Checked out of hotel and went for some coastal trek thing. Quite cool also, then took another damn long bus ride back to Singapore.
Heehee at least I updated. Be. Grateful. You. Retards.
Some big events in the past month.
Mid-years. Frankly, I don't much purpose in having a major set of exams mid year and end of year. The midyear carries so much weightage, if you just screw it up a little you could screw up your entire GPA for the year. Isn't it better to just have little CTs every now and then so that it's not so taxing on the students?
English was okay, Maths was retarded, Chinese was impossible, Science was bleh, Geog was painful on the fingers and history is expected failure. Completely went out of point for the 17 out of 25 total marks essay. Barely mentioned the topic question at all, since I didn't even know what it meant.
Just came back from Malaysian Montage yesterday. Before the trip I didn't understand the hype, but my view has changed, like, completely.
Day1. Assembled at RI at 6:30, then took the coach for like damn long and reached Malacca at 1-2 plus, with customs checks on Singapore/Malaysia checkpoints and toilet stops + breakfast stop along the way. At Malacca we went straight to some kampong village, quite cool, can see the monkey climb tree and throw down coconuts. Also saw the way rubber is collected for our everyday use. Then went and checked in to our hotel, Puteri Resort. Quite a nice place actually, very different from the cheapskate 2star shithole I was expecting.
Day 2. Missed morning call at 5:30 so we woke up at 6:10 instead. Chionged through the usual morning routine then took some damn long bus ride to an ostrich farm. Quite educational, at least learnt a lot about ostriches. And also found out that the bury your head in the sand thing that ostriches supposedly do is false. They don't stick their heads in the sand, they charge at you and kick you and stampede all over you. Apparently their kick exerts 200 pounds per square inch of pressure. So zai.
After that went to the city centre in Malacca. Had lunch there, some chicken rice thingy. Then had some amazing race which was damn boring, took damn long also. Then after that went back to hotel to stone and stuff.
Day 3. Went for some reforestation rubbish which was cut short because of epic thunderstormz then took some damn long bus ride down to Johor. Reached hotel at 3:30 plus, checked in, stoned until 5:30. Took another bus ride to some random place in the middle of nowhere. Had dinner (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RAIN. Actually under some shelter), then took some fireflies river cruise thingy. Damn cool, the fireflies like some Christmas tree, and its actually believable, unlike the glowworm caves in Australia/New Zealand, because there's so damn many glowworms and they don't move at all and you begin to wonder if their actually light bulbs. The lightning in the sky also damn cool. Damn big, some family tree la.
Day 4. Checked out of hotel and went for some coastal trek thing. Quite cool also, then took another damn long bus ride back to Singapore.
Heehee at least I updated. Be. Grateful. You. Retards.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
01 Annual Show 2010
Saturday, 24/4/2010, a day where all our efforts were put together in a 2 hour show. Glad to say it was a blast! (:
Assigned the job of VIP usher, so spent 2 hours ushering the scouts and guides who came in the way they weren't supposed to come in from, also nervously waiting for the VIPs, whom some in the end didn't turn up.
When I entered the hall through the gateway the show was getting underway, emcees went through their lines..... when the video failed. Apparently one video cable was screwed so the movie (which explained the storyline) couldn't be played. Fortunately, the emcees improvised brilliantly and acted out the movie instead! It was really nervous sitting behind the VIPs and praying and hoping that the movie could be played, then the emcees came out and started spouting some crap. It took a while for me to realise that there were actually acting out the movie.
Eventually they managed to get the video working again, so the rest of the show passed without a hitch. Then came the souvenirs. Really proud to say that our hard work and effort and staying back almost every day payed off eventually. Hoped that the groups at least appreciated what had gone into each individual souvenir (:
Assigned the job of VIP usher, so spent 2 hours ushering the scouts and guides who came in the way they weren't supposed to come in from, also nervously waiting for the VIPs, whom some in the end didn't turn up.
When I entered the hall through the gateway the show was getting underway, emcees went through their lines..... when the video failed. Apparently one video cable was screwed so the movie (which explained the storyline) couldn't be played. Fortunately, the emcees improvised brilliantly and acted out the movie instead! It was really nervous sitting behind the VIPs and praying and hoping that the movie could be played, then the emcees came out and started spouting some crap. It took a while for me to realise that there were actually acting out the movie.
Eventually they managed to get the video working again, so the rest of the show passed without a hitch. Then came the souvenirs. Really proud to say that our hard work and effort and staying back almost every day payed off eventually. Hoped that the groups at least appreciated what had gone into each individual souvenir (:
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Activity/Batch Outing/Campfire
Heehee. Saturday was awesome. In the morning from 8-1 was campfire preparation which Terence ponned so I had to solo the circus tent frame as well as fix the cage so it doesn't look so shit. If you don't know what I'm talking about and you're from 01 you can see it like on friday-saturday. If you're not from 01 then too bad.
After activity was batch outing which was awsumz (: Waited at the den for everyone to arrive and get in the mood to leave then went to J8 for lunch then went to AMK hub, bought tickets and waited for Edison to come. Watched How To Train Your Dragon which was a fantastic movie. No problems watching it again, no problems giving 5 stars for an awesome movie. Probably one of the best movies I've ever watched.
Once the movie ended we had something to eat then went to Potong Pasir MRT to change into Scout U then went for the St. Andrew's Scouts campfire, which was really good (:
The theme was "Lost?" and their gateway, although not very impressive, fitted the theme really well. The show was great too. Everyone was really enthusiastic even when the sound system failed. The breakdancers were epic pwn. Almost perfect synchro, cool dance moves, etc. Felt it ended a little early though, but great job the the St' Andrew's Scouts!
Hehe, took the circle line back home, not too bad la, not much difference from the regular MRT.
EXCEPT today, where it took 8 minutes from Paya Lebar to Macpherson, which is 1 stop. Cause train travel damn slowly, stop for 1 minute, then go again, got some stupid delay because of some stupid track fault. Although I suppose I can't blame them since it's really new.
After activity was batch outing which was awsumz (: Waited at the den for everyone to arrive and get in the mood to leave then went to J8 for lunch then went to AMK hub, bought tickets and waited for Edison to come. Watched How To Train Your Dragon which was a fantastic movie. No problems watching it again, no problems giving 5 stars for an awesome movie. Probably one of the best movies I've ever watched.
Once the movie ended we had something to eat then went to Potong Pasir MRT to change into Scout U then went for the St. Andrew's Scouts campfire, which was really good (:
The theme was "Lost?" and their gateway, although not very impressive, fitted the theme really well. The show was great too. Everyone was really enthusiastic even when the sound system failed. The breakdancers were epic pwn. Almost perfect synchro, cool dance moves, etc. Felt it ended a little early though, but great job the the St' Andrew's Scouts!
Hehe, took the circle line back home, not too bad la, not much difference from the regular MRT.
EXCEPT today, where it took 8 minutes from Paya Lebar to Macpherson, which is 1 stop. Cause train travel damn slowly, stop for 1 minute, then go again, got some stupid delay because of some stupid track fault. Although I suppose I can't blame them since it's really new.
Friday, April 9, 2010
Hypocrites
You know when you were young (or for some, even now), your parents always said how they want their kids to have moral values, to be generous, to be kind, to be compassionate, to be giving.
Yet parents don't even display these values in their everyday life, they don't show their children the way to uphold these so called, "values" that they want their children to have.
What's the point of a mother telling her son, "You should be compassionate and generous", yet when walking along the street, ignores the desperately hungry beggar?
Take for example a family I came across at the MRT. The parents and two kids. An old beggar behind the railing on the steps. A glance of disapproval, a glance of distaste, then carrying on walking as though the beggar didn't exist.
I donate to that old man whenever I can. That day, all I had in my wallet was 50c, but I gave that to him.
*edit*
Offensive to some people, so I cut out 2/3 of this post.
Yet parents don't even display these values in their everyday life, they don't show their children the way to uphold these so called, "values" that they want their children to have.
What's the point of a mother telling her son, "You should be compassionate and generous", yet when walking along the street, ignores the desperately hungry beggar?
Take for example a family I came across at the MRT. The parents and two kids. An old beggar behind the railing on the steps. A glance of disapproval, a glance of distaste, then carrying on walking as though the beggar didn't exist.
I donate to that old man whenever I can. That day, all I had in my wallet was 50c, but I gave that to him.
*edit*
Offensive to some people, so I cut out 2/3 of this post.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Hmm
It's April. It only just vaguely registered.
This probably shows the degeneration of my brain or something. Like how I just finished 4 consecutive books of Garfield in 2 days. Yes, you read that right, Garfield, the fat cat who has been such a world-wide success. See? I'm even advertising a children's book.
Anyway, I have decided to post at least twice a month, so yeah.
This probably shows the degeneration of my brain or something. Like how I just finished 4 consecutive books of Garfield in 2 days. Yes, you read that right, Garfield, the fat cat who has been such a world-wide success. See? I'm even advertising a children's book.
Anyway, I have decided to post at least twice a month, so yeah.
Monday, March 22, 2010
March......Holidays? Right.
Yeah, I'm still updating.
March holidays passed in a blur. It was a 9 day holiday, including the weekend. Felt like 2 days actually.
Jobweek was once again bloody retarded. Once again I failed the batch target. I didn't even reach half of it. Makes me jealous of everyone else with that mountain of notes and coins.
SUTC. I suppose before the camp I was quite excited about skipping the third day but strangely enough, when I left the den to get my bag I didn't really feel at all that happy.
Quick summary of events during SUTC:
Day 1
horseshoe
pumping
inspection (which sucked as usual)
flag break
-ABSENCE OF PT-
first aid teaching
lunch
stuff which i can't remember
footdrill
flag lowering
dinner
night orienteering (yeah we got second because we're just too pro)
SENTRY FTW
Oh and something really spastic happened on that night. We were all randoming around during sentry and then it started raining so we threw our bags into the shelter and I ran around the tents zipping them up and shoving shoes and uniforms under and into the tents respectively. So it sucked because I got wet and it sucked more cause I was too tired to go and change so I stayed wet for the rest of the day.
Day 2
horseshoe
PT (WHICH SUCKED)
breakfast
SOC
some survival thing which turned into 600+ clearing
lunch
SRITs
footdrill
flag lowering
dinner
go home feeling guilty about going home so early.
Yeah, so after that was Wednesday, which was the RE seminar which was the reason why we had to skip the last day, Thursday was (well deserved) rest and recuperation, friday was go to school to do some spastic compre then go for dentist, saturday was more R-R, sat night was falling sick, sunday sucked, Monday no school because of a 2 day MC for my fever + flu.
On a side note, I still have my bruise from like 10 days ago as mentioned in my previous post.
March holidays passed in a blur. It was a 9 day holiday, including the weekend. Felt like 2 days actually.
Jobweek was once again bloody retarded. Once again I failed the batch target. I didn't even reach half of it. Makes me jealous of everyone else with that mountain of notes and coins.
SUTC. I suppose before the camp I was quite excited about skipping the third day but strangely enough, when I left the den to get my bag I didn't really feel at all that happy.
Quick summary of events during SUTC:
Day 1
horseshoe
pumping
inspection (which sucked as usual)
flag break
-ABSENCE OF PT-
first aid teaching
lunch
stuff which i can't remember
footdrill
flag lowering
dinner
night orienteering (yeah we got second because we're just too pro)
SENTRY FTW
Oh and something really spastic happened on that night. We were all randoming around during sentry and then it started raining so we threw our bags into the shelter and I ran around the tents zipping them up and shoving shoes and uniforms under and into the tents respectively. So it sucked because I got wet and it sucked more cause I was too tired to go and change so I stayed wet for the rest of the day.
Day 2
horseshoe
PT (WHICH SUCKED)
breakfast
SOC
some survival thing which turned into 600+ clearing
lunch
SRITs
footdrill
flag lowering
dinner
go home feeling guilty about going home so early.
Yeah, so after that was Wednesday, which was the RE seminar which was the reason why we had to skip the last day, Thursday was (well deserved) rest and recuperation, friday was go to school to do some spastic compre then go for dentist, saturday was more R-R, sat night was falling sick, sunday sucked, Monday no school because of a 2 day MC for my fever + flu.
On a side note, I still have my bruise from like 10 days ago as mentioned in my previous post.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Updates
No, I'm not dead. Yes, I'm still alive.
Just a few quick updates. Tomorrow's Job Week (aka walk around and die week) and after that is SUTC (aka die). Feeling quite nervous about it, but I'm going home at 7am on the third day to skip 5 hours of the last part of it :) which of course, is the most "fun" part. I would have to go for some RE seminar. Lol.
On a side note, I banged my shin really really hard today while playing soccer and I can't walk properly so I'm not sure how I'm going to do Job Week tomorrow.
Just a few quick updates. Tomorrow's Job Week (aka walk around and die week) and after that is SUTC (aka die). Feeling quite nervous about it, but I'm going home at 7am on the third day to skip 5 hours of the last part of it :) which of course, is the most "fun" part. I would have to go for some RE seminar. Lol.
On a side note, I banged my shin really really hard today while playing soccer and I can't walk properly so I'm not sure how I'm going to do Job Week tomorrow.
Friday, February 26, 2010
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Happy CNY
Yeah. A bit late, I know. But still.
This is another one of "those" posts. So skip if you feel like it. Frankly, I don't actually care that much. I'm not in much of a position to anyway. (BTW 1K VIEWS ON THIS BLOG WHOOHOO ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED)
Basic review of this year. More high hopes and expectations, but yet more disappointments and failures. Literally. And then there's this person who seems to think that everything I do is wrong and he's superior in every way. I won't actually name this person, and I'm not going to reveal it, but let's just say I've mentioned him before.
And you're just such a smug arrogant irritating little bitch. Everything you do is better, you're smarter, you're superior in every damn way. You call me fail and laugh. Maybe it's just a sign that you're what, trying to assert yourself? Boosting your ego at the expense of someone else's?
I don't think you actually realise it's affecting me in more ways than you think. Sure, I ignore it and sometimes reply with the usual humour and everything, but I think you've crossed the line. Especially today.
I may have gotten a demerit point and I probably deserve it, but I don't think another regular decent person with no self-boosting-egoistic ideals would put me down even further. You look at me and smile and say, "fail". And within me I'm containing this burning urge to just punch you really hard in the face and possibly break your bloody nose.
So yeah, rant over.
Happy CNY all.
This is another one of "those" posts. So skip if you feel like it. Frankly, I don't actually care that much. I'm not in much of a position to anyway. (BTW 1K VIEWS ON THIS BLOG WHOOHOO ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED)
Basic review of this year. More high hopes and expectations, but yet more disappointments and failures. Literally. And then there's this person who seems to think that everything I do is wrong and he's superior in every way. I won't actually name this person, and I'm not going to reveal it, but let's just say I've mentioned him before.
And you're just such a smug arrogant irritating little bitch. Everything you do is better, you're smarter, you're superior in every damn way. You call me fail and laugh. Maybe it's just a sign that you're what, trying to assert yourself? Boosting your ego at the expense of someone else's?
I don't think you actually realise it's affecting me in more ways than you think. Sure, I ignore it and sometimes reply with the usual humour and everything, but I think you've crossed the line. Especially today.
I may have gotten a demerit point and I probably deserve it, but I don't think another regular decent person with no self-boosting-egoistic ideals would put me down even further. You look at me and smile and say, "fail". And within me I'm containing this burning urge to just punch you really hard in the face and possibly break your bloody nose.
So yeah, rant over.
Happy CNY all.
Friday, January 29, 2010
Stuff
Long time no post.
Didn't go to school yesterday because of another big-ass headache plus cough and cold and stuff that makes me feel like shit. Then today had a lol-the-ground-is-shaking-is-it-an-earthquake headache. Which isn't nice.
First month of school has been blah. Usual random crap, new topics, new everything. And yeah, it's fun to see the new sec1s blur-blur and everything and when walking past them act really mature and cool. It's also nice to see that they are also better than the sec 2 batch in soccer.
Didn't go to school yesterday because of another big-ass headache plus cough and cold and stuff that makes me feel like shit. Then today had a lol-the-ground-is-shaking-is-it-an-earthquake headache. Which isn't nice.
First month of school has been blah. Usual random crap, new topics, new everything. And yeah, it's fun to see the new sec1s blur-blur and everything and when walking past them act really mature and cool. It's also nice to see that they are also better than the sec 2 batch in soccer.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
2010
Well. It's 2010 now, a new decade, a new........year.
I have 2 New Year resolutions.
1) To have 2 newyearresolutions
2) To keep to the 2 new year resolutions.
On a slightly more serious note, its kind of funny to watch the sec1s and imagine us like them just a year ago. Makes you think about how fast 365 days have passed.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Group Celebrations
Which ended on a sad note, for me at least. Took MRT to AMK hub to meet with HAWK WHOO, then bought Alvin and the Chimpmunks 2 (OF ALL BLOODY MOVIES WE WATCH THIS) then lala around in the arcade then had lunch then watched the movie which was spastic then lalaed around somemore then uh. CHIONGED (took our time) to go to east coast park where everyone was lost because we had no idea where to find the Macdonalds. So we had to take a cab and waste money.
So we had to go to this jetty like 1+km from the macdonalds and we RAN (strolled) to the jetty only to find that we were given free time up to 7. It was 4:45 and we were 45 minutes late. -.-
So we lalaed around, tokcok then went to watch people bowl and go to arcade then went back to the jetty (btw I keep spelling jetty as jerry) for teh roflmao barbacue. So in between eating and patrol talk (screwing around) I took off my shoes and walked in the sand and let the sea wash over my feet and it wuz kewl lol. So there was some emoing then the post holders ceremony.
At least I managed to get a post. Then came the "Which ended on a sad note" news.
I'm moving from Hawk to Owl.
Like seriously, why switch a sec1 when the year has been spent like bonding with the patrol and everything. I mean, the main point about 01 is for all the batch and patrol bonding and everything, so doesn't this defeat the purpose?
So everyone started emoing. Well, looking on the brighter side at least someone (deluded lol) thinks highly of me, so I suppose this is a chance to prove myself that I'm actually worthy of the post they gave me. And Roy is some kewl guy, and Ter's in my patrol so maybe it isn't really that bad.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Events
Here I am sitting at home in front of the computer and I'm back from NZ and I'm still suffering from jet lag and its been nearly a month since I posted. Past 3-4 weeks have been very busy, with GTC prep, GTC fear, GTC, falling sick, coming home, packing for holiday, then the trip itself.
A lot to write about. So bear with me or just close the page.
GTC. The usual stuff, first day, pumping blah blah inspection blah. Which sucked again as usual. Well, GTC inspection didn't suck as much as SUTC inspection, but it sitll sucked. So after the USUAL pumping blah blah blah, we had SRITs where our group's imba knowledge of first aid made us the proest. Then some other random stuff before hiking to Bukit Timah. -.- Bukit Timah of all places. Why couldn't we hike to like. Like, the school field or something.
Anyway. The sec2s told us the route was about 10km (I think? With all the turns and stuff). It felt like about 100 km. And according to another sec2, the next day's would be sooo much more enjoyable, with the sun and no wind and our uniform. I think if not for my bag I would have attempted to run across the road and hopefully get hit by a particularly fast oncoming taxi, but my stuff would all be squashed.
So we (ZOMGFINALLY) reached Bukit Timah CCAB where we collapsed and then had dinner then built bashas then pumped then continued building bashas then fell asleep then woke up again to do sentry then fell alseep. End of Day 1.
Day 2. Woke up nice and early to a brilliant breakfast of bread, baked beans etc. (BTW I'M NEVER FREAKING EATING BAKED BEANS AGAIN TYVM), then plotted our checkpoints and left. So we hiked. Hike hike hike, foam foam foam. Halfway through I had some big-ass headache so I half collapsed so Wayne took my bag but I was still foaming but I managed to reach the end point. Of Pasir Ris MRT station. Like -.-, Bukit Timah CCAB to Pasir Ris MRT station. Straight line distance would make it about 20km, which is appoximately half the width of Singapore. Plus our checkpoints and twists and turns and fail navigation would make it about 25-26km. I later found out that our route was supposed to be 26km, so its probably about 27 given our imba navigation.
So day 2 night we were supposed to have Survival Night. Midway through our basha building in the middle of freaking nowhere, it poured with rain. Like, seriously, poured. We got out and reached Tanah Merah ferry terminal, where we had some food and a FREAKING HOT MEAL WHOOO. Then we went back for our bags (when the rain stopped, like, obviously) and went to some random building to sleep.
Day 3 was almost exactly the same, except that I completed like a quarter of the hike. My headache started again but I stupidly went to volunteer to navigate and ended up failing quit badly because I couldn't concentrate. So a quarter way through the hike I half passed out and had to go with the teacher to drive me to West Coast park, the end point. So that day's hike was basically across Singapore. My headache didn't improve so I went home.
Then the NZ trip.
1st day: flying.
2nd day: resting at motel in Auckland
3rd day: drove to Paihia
4th day: 90mile beach tour (where I had motion sickness -.- and I kept falling asleep)
5th day: Hole in the rock cruise where I got owned by the wind because the boat was travelling like really fast.
6th day: Drove from Paihia to Hamilton, which took about 6 hours.
7th day: Drove from Hamilton to Taupo.
8th day: Huka falls jet, which is like a really fast boat ride with lots of twists and spins and stuff. Went for it twice. In the afternoon went for a helicopter ride to see the hotpools.
9th day: Drove from Taupo to Rotorua. Then went for like a luge thing. At one point there was this slope where I was going too fast and I was airborne for like a second then I fell so hard my ass hurt and I got dislodged from the luge and I couldn't control it properly then I was going so damn fast (like 40km/h) and I crashed into a corner and I flew off the luge and I landed in the grass and completed 2 full turns and I have 2 swells on my legs and my hip hurts.
10th/11th day: went to see geysers and stuff
12th day: Drove back to Auckland.
13th day: Flew back to SG (in the plane I watched G.I. Joe again lol)
Well.
That was a long post.
But all (good) things must come to an end.
So this post comes to an end.
A lot to write about. So bear with me or just close the page.
GTC. The usual stuff, first day, pumping blah blah inspection blah. Which sucked again as usual. Well, GTC inspection didn't suck as much as SUTC inspection, but it sitll sucked. So after the USUAL pumping blah blah blah, we had SRITs where our group's imba knowledge of first aid made us the proest. Then some other random stuff before hiking to Bukit Timah. -.- Bukit Timah of all places. Why couldn't we hike to like. Like, the school field or something.
Anyway. The sec2s told us the route was about 10km (I think? With all the turns and stuff). It felt like about 100 km. And according to another sec2, the next day's would be sooo much more enjoyable, with the sun and no wind and our uniform. I think if not for my bag I would have attempted to run across the road and hopefully get hit by a particularly fast oncoming taxi, but my stuff would all be squashed.
So we (ZOMGFINALLY) reached Bukit Timah CCAB where we collapsed and then had dinner then built bashas then pumped then continued building bashas then fell asleep then woke up again to do sentry then fell alseep. End of Day 1.
Day 2. Woke up nice and early to a brilliant breakfast of bread, baked beans etc. (BTW I'M NEVER FREAKING EATING BAKED BEANS AGAIN TYVM), then plotted our checkpoints and left. So we hiked. Hike hike hike, foam foam foam. Halfway through I had some big-ass headache so I half collapsed so Wayne took my bag but I was still foaming but I managed to reach the end point. Of Pasir Ris MRT station. Like -.-, Bukit Timah CCAB to Pasir Ris MRT station. Straight line distance would make it about 20km, which is appoximately half the width of Singapore. Plus our checkpoints and twists and turns and fail navigation would make it about 25-26km. I later found out that our route was supposed to be 26km, so its probably about 27 given our imba navigation.
So day 2 night we were supposed to have Survival Night. Midway through our basha building in the middle of freaking nowhere, it poured with rain. Like, seriously, poured. We got out and reached Tanah Merah ferry terminal, where we had some food and a FREAKING HOT MEAL WHOOO. Then we went back for our bags (when the rain stopped, like, obviously) and went to some random building to sleep.
Day 3 was almost exactly the same, except that I completed like a quarter of the hike. My headache started again but I stupidly went to volunteer to navigate and ended up failing quit badly because I couldn't concentrate. So a quarter way through the hike I half passed out and had to go with the teacher to drive me to West Coast park, the end point. So that day's hike was basically across Singapore. My headache didn't improve so I went home.
Then the NZ trip.
1st day: flying.
2nd day: resting at motel in Auckland
3rd day: drove to Paihia
4th day: 90mile beach tour (where I had motion sickness -.- and I kept falling asleep)
5th day: Hole in the rock cruise where I got owned by the wind because the boat was travelling like really fast.
6th day: Drove from Paihia to Hamilton, which took about 6 hours.
7th day: Drove from Hamilton to Taupo.
8th day: Huka falls jet, which is like a really fast boat ride with lots of twists and spins and stuff. Went for it twice. In the afternoon went for a helicopter ride to see the hotpools.
9th day: Drove from Taupo to Rotorua. Then went for like a luge thing. At one point there was this slope where I was going too fast and I was airborne for like a second then I fell so hard my ass hurt and I got dislodged from the luge and I couldn't control it properly then I was going so damn fast (like 40km/h) and I crashed into a corner and I flew off the luge and I landed in the grass and completed 2 full turns and I have 2 swells on my legs and my hip hurts.
10th/11th day: went to see geysers and stuff
12th day: Drove back to Auckland.
13th day: Flew back to SG (in the plane I watched G.I. Joe again lol)
Well.
That was a long post.
But all (good) things must come to an end.
So this post comes to an end.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
-.-
Weh. I'm surprised the counter is still going up. I mean, why can't it go down?
Anyway. GTC is coming up in a week. Really nervous about it. Just spent the last few weeks slacking around, lazing, wasting my (awesome) brain away. Typical holidays. I suppose every holiday is the same, sometimes you even wish that school would come quicker. I think the term is "sian". Sigh. After GTC things would be much better, without the dread and thought of, "crap GTC is coming I'm going to die I'm going to die help me I'm going to die".
-.-
Gah. Realised I like saying -.- a lot.
Got my guitar already. Still quite lousy at it, but I'll go no where but up from here onwards. I mean, I can't go down, can I?
Btw yes I did that on purpose.
Anyway. GTC is coming up in a week. Really nervous about it. Just spent the last few weeks slacking around, lazing, wasting my (awesome) brain away. Typical holidays. I suppose every holiday is the same, sometimes you even wish that school would come quicker. I think the term is "sian". Sigh. After GTC things would be much better, without the dread and thought of, "crap GTC is coming I'm going to die I'm going to die help me I'm going to die".
-.-
Gah. Realised I like saying -.- a lot.
Got my guitar already. Still quite lousy at it, but I'll go no where but up from here onwards. I mean, I can't go down, can I?
Btw yes I did that on purpose.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Quick update before I go do tuition work.
Just a quick update before I go do tuition work. So far results have been received, and I don't want to talk about any of them except history. Past few days have been slacking around and doing stupid surveys that feel like EoYs after the long period of brain degeneration. People bring laptops to school and play the CoDs, PvZ and all those random games.
Well. Everyone from 01 is getting in the mood of GTC now, so the discipline and pumping starts, the smiles drop, and our hands get dirty.
-End of Update. Be grateful that I'm actually doing this.-
Well. Everyone from 01 is getting in the mood of GTC now, so the discipline and pumping starts, the smiles drop, and our hands get dirty.
-End of Update. Be grateful that I'm actually doing this.-
Sunday, October 25, 2009
EOEOYS
Hay. Exams over. Woot. Slacking time begins. Emoing continues.
Came back from Marc's house 3 hours ago. Went there at 3pm yesterday, played Halo etc., went to his grandparents' house, had dinner, went back to Marc's house, played, read, read, read, played, finally gave up and fell asleep at 7am. Woke up at 12, played some Halo matchmaking, then after lunch was Halo ODST campaign.
Just woke up an hour ago after falling asleep because I'm tired lol.
Came back from Marc's house 3 hours ago. Went there at 3pm yesterday, played Halo etc., went to his grandparents' house, had dinner, went back to Marc's house, played, read, read, read, played, finally gave up and fell asleep at 7am. Woke up at 12, played some Halo matchmaking, then after lunch was Halo ODST campaign.
Just woke up an hour ago after falling asleep because I'm tired lol.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
I'm strong on the surface, but not all the way through
And maybe not that strong on the surface either.
Although I'm supposed to be on a hiatus, I just have to get this off me.
For this entire year I've been hiding behind the usual facade of laughter and being laid-back, although admittedly that is what I always do. But now I'm not so sure whether that's even a good thing.
I'm surrounded by people who are really good in academics, and having my name always at the bottom of the class actually, despite how I react when I first hear it, is really depressing. Of course, I can have the usual defense that academics isn't everything, but its not that simple. I'm torn between continuing with the usual bullshit of just screwing around and enjoying life as it is (terrible), and getting the typical "I'm going to mug now so go away" attitude which seems to have come over most people I know.
Yet, even if I continue as I am, I'm not even sure that's a good thing. Laughing everything off might be good in the short term, but I'm sensing that most people regard me as a fail. In class I just laugh and pretend to ignore it, but deep down I feel more and more uncomfortable and insecure.
I've also been a hypocrite, and I have to apologise to all those people (not many xD) who I've been an asshole to, argued with or just generally get rather pissed off at. I suppose most of the time its probably my fault, yet I still continue to argue. I'm starting to feel really insecure, like to my closer friends, I'm starting to wonder whether they stick with me because I stick with them and their just being nice and not asking me to screw off, or they really treat me as a friend. 1 year, or even 6 months ago, I've never had this feeling before, but this is becoming more frequent every day.
I've been meaning to post this for some time, but just couldn't bring myself to do it. I don't know if I'm just burying myself under a facade, hoping that it would all somehow go away. This is the first time I've ever felt so under pressure and insecure, not even during PSLE. The timing of this post is quite crap, just after my birthday and just before EoYs.
I can't really find many words to express what I'm currently feeling, although I find Linkin Park's songs have a lot of relevance. I suppose you have to read deeper into the lyrics to figure out how I'm really feeling.
Crawling - Linkin Park
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming/confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling/I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence, I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting/reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It`s haunting how I can't seem...
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence, I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing, confusing what is real
(There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface)
Consuming, confusing what is real
(This lack of self-control I fear is never ending)
Controlling, confusing what is real.
Although I'm supposed to be on a hiatus, I just have to get this off me.
For this entire year I've been hiding behind the usual facade of laughter and being laid-back, although admittedly that is what I always do. But now I'm not so sure whether that's even a good thing.
I'm surrounded by people who are really good in academics, and having my name always at the bottom of the class actually, despite how I react when I first hear it, is really depressing. Of course, I can have the usual defense that academics isn't everything, but its not that simple. I'm torn between continuing with the usual bullshit of just screwing around and enjoying life as it is (terrible), and getting the typical "I'm going to mug now so go away" attitude which seems to have come over most people I know.
Yet, even if I continue as I am, I'm not even sure that's a good thing. Laughing everything off might be good in the short term, but I'm sensing that most people regard me as a fail. In class I just laugh and pretend to ignore it, but deep down I feel more and more uncomfortable and insecure.
I've also been a hypocrite, and I have to apologise to all those people (not many xD) who I've been an asshole to, argued with or just generally get rather pissed off at. I suppose most of the time its probably my fault, yet I still continue to argue. I'm starting to feel really insecure, like to my closer friends, I'm starting to wonder whether they stick with me because I stick with them and their just being nice and not asking me to screw off, or they really treat me as a friend. 1 year, or even 6 months ago, I've never had this feeling before, but this is becoming more frequent every day.
I've been meaning to post this for some time, but just couldn't bring myself to do it. I don't know if I'm just burying myself under a facade, hoping that it would all somehow go away. This is the first time I've ever felt so under pressure and insecure, not even during PSLE. The timing of this post is quite crap, just after my birthday and just before EoYs.
I can't really find many words to express what I'm currently feeling, although I find Linkin Park's songs have a lot of relevance. I suppose you have to read deeper into the lyrics to figure out how I'm really feeling.
Crawling - Linkin Park
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming/confusing
This lack of self-control I fear is never ending
Controlling/I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence, I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting/reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It`s haunting how I can't seem...
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence, I'm convinced that there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real
Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing, confusing what is real
(There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface)
Consuming, confusing what is real
(This lack of self-control I fear is never ending)
Controlling, confusing what is real.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Test/Exams
Gah. Recently there has been a lot of test being given out. Can't say I did exceedingly well, but I did manage to pass maths, despite my emo angsting that I would fail. I actually passed :D, by one mark though -.-
Got back English compre today, pwnt everyone with mah 22/25. Lost to Gabriel though.
LOL filmed science advertisement today. I washed my hair and applied the shampoo, but since I'm totally do not have a crew cut the foam didn't appear. After I delegated my responsibilities to Mr. YY since he has like more hair than me, we filmed the thing. Well, we filmed scene 1 and 3 where my filming was pro.
Then did scene 2 after several million dry runs and trials and failures.
Gah going on a hiatus until after EoYs, just like (mostly) everyone who has a blog.
Got back English compre today, pwnt everyone with mah 22/25. Lost to Gabriel though.
LOL filmed science advertisement today. I washed my hair and applied the shampoo, but since I'm totally do not have a crew cut the foam didn't appear. After I delegated my responsibilities to Mr. YY since he has like more hair than me, we filmed the thing. Well, we filmed scene 1 and 3 where my filming was pro.
Then did scene 2 after several million dry runs and trials and failures.
Gah going on a hiatus until after EoYs, just like (mostly) everyone who has a blog.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Mugging/EOYs
They go hand-in-hand, unfortunately. Firstly, I'd like to thank the same guy whom I'm having an MSN conversation with for asking me (FORCING ME) to write this post.
Actually I'm posting this when I'm supposed to be mugging, unfortunately once again. After this I'll probably go finish up the Maths Supp Ex that I really need to complete if I don't want my Maths score to be so pathetically low as compared to the rest of my class. Sad.
On the bright side, once EOYs are over, its slacking time! I probably won't pon school with the excuse of bronchitis but I'll just go there and stone. And stuff. Lol.
On the other hand, Mr 01 people like moi have certain things such as GTC and GTC preparation (TERENCE AND JUNXIANG YOU BETTER NOT FREAKING PON OR YOU DAI) to look forward to (um I mean dread). I just realised that GTC is made from the worst of Night Hike and SUTC.
I have come up with a recipe for GTC.
Item: GTC
Ingredients: Sadistic J1s, suanning manly people, Worst of Night Hike, Worst of SUTC, 5 days to spare.
Preparation: Extract the worst of night hike and SUTC with the method of crystallisation, since night hike and SUTC are mentally unstable. After this, roll the two together and beat well. Pump them as well. Roll them out flat with a rolling pin and make them do inspection. Then, add 5 days to the mixture and stir well. Make them walk well too. Then, put it in the microwave oven for 5 days, followed by rain for 3 days. Serve warm.
Actually I'm posting this when I'm supposed to be mugging, unfortunately once again. After this I'll probably go finish up the Maths Supp Ex that I really need to complete if I don't want my Maths score to be so pathetically low as compared to the rest of my class. Sad.
On the bright side, once EOYs are over, its slacking time! I probably won't pon school with the excuse of bronchitis but I'll just go there and stone. And stuff. Lol.
On the other hand, Mr 01 people like moi have certain things such as GTC and GTC preparation (TERENCE AND JUNXIANG YOU BETTER NOT FREAKING PON OR YOU DAI) to look forward to (um I mean dread). I just realised that GTC is made from the worst of Night Hike and SUTC.
I have come up with a recipe for GTC.
Item: GTC
Ingredients: Sadistic J1s, suanning manly people, Worst of Night Hike, Worst of SUTC, 5 days to spare.
Preparation: Extract the worst of night hike and SUTC with the method of crystallisation, since night hike and SUTC are mentally unstable. After this, roll the two together and beat well. Pump them as well. Roll them out flat with a rolling pin and make them do inspection. Then, add 5 days to the mixture and stir well. Make them walk well too. Then, put it in the microwave oven for 5 days, followed by rain for 3 days. Serve warm.
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