Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Sunday, January 28, 2007
Parts of us will be left behind in time
had dinner with kyuuka facils on fri. but i'll not elaborate on that. it was fun though, for the half-an-hr i was with them.
and then, i had a date with 1T18 yesterday. nat and laura cldn't make it for some reasons. so was the only facil there. around 7-8 people in the class went only?? but we still had a good time. spent most of the day at yishun safra, which was actually a very good plan. organising is so much easier with these kinda venues.
so, the itinerary of yesterday was bowling-lunch-pool-arcade.
played 1 bowling game with house ball with the rest. it really feels darn different from the past. i still remembered the euphoria of getting a strike or 2 in the past when i was still a small child. but now, all these are not enough for me anymore. the simple joy of bowling has turned into expectations and the aim for perfection. a strike or spare is not enough anymore; a consecutive amt of strikes or spares is the expectation now. so what will become of bowling in my life after this year's nationals, i wonder. my last nationals, my last chance to perform. what if i fail, yet again. my passion, i hope, will not turn into dust.
lunch was done at a nearby coffeeshop. on retrospect, i've not eaten at a coffeeshop for a very long time. i think i'm kinda spoilt to a certain extent, 'cos i was quite reluctant to eat there when they suggested. however, i went there with the class in the end. food was rather limited but okay. chatted with the class a lil and enjoyed some crapping together. i ended up admiring one of my junior's phone, which was exceptional. the camera can be twisted in weird ways, and you can take a photo practically like how you operate a remote control.
pool was rather funny. we had 2 tables but arnd 10 people? thus, we had to take turns. there were some odd moments of laughter, like when some people "air-balled" or made the cue bounce off the table to some guy's sensitive area. but all in all, the time spent there was enjoyable.
finally, it was arcade time. i dont normally go to the arcade so i felt quite lost there. people were scarce, mainly 'cos it was rather out of the way. there was a lan area too. moreover, the arcade was damn outdated 'cos they still use tokens. aye, even i arcade noob also know that those big arcades already use "cashcard devices" already.
hao yuan had this stupid idea of playing the dance machine. so we pulled everyone in to play, to embarrass ourselves, one by one, including me. we all ended up looking stupid on the platform, but as the warped saying goes, one person doing something stupid looks stupid; many people doing the same stupid thing looks cool. anyways, we all had immense fun. there were more laughter than the whole day combined.
that was all. but it was a day well spent for me. anw, parting was easy. 'cos we know we'll see each other in school again...
well, 1T18 is damn fun and i know they will remain fun for the rest of the 1st 3 mths. as the title goes, part of us will be left behind in time, and i believe part of me has been left behind with 1T18. so rock on guys, i love your class spirit. remember, leave no one out of your class, even after 1st 3 mths!
and then, i had a date with 1T18 yesterday. nat and laura cldn't make it for some reasons. so was the only facil there. around 7-8 people in the class went only?? but we still had a good time. spent most of the day at yishun safra, which was actually a very good plan. organising is so much easier with these kinda venues.
so, the itinerary of yesterday was bowling-lunch-pool-arcade.
played 1 bowling game with house ball with the rest. it really feels darn different from the past. i still remembered the euphoria of getting a strike or 2 in the past when i was still a small child. but now, all these are not enough for me anymore. the simple joy of bowling has turned into expectations and the aim for perfection. a strike or spare is not enough anymore; a consecutive amt of strikes or spares is the expectation now. so what will become of bowling in my life after this year's nationals, i wonder. my last nationals, my last chance to perform. what if i fail, yet again. my passion, i hope, will not turn into dust.
lunch was done at a nearby coffeeshop. on retrospect, i've not eaten at a coffeeshop for a very long time. i think i'm kinda spoilt to a certain extent, 'cos i was quite reluctant to eat there when they suggested. however, i went there with the class in the end. food was rather limited but okay. chatted with the class a lil and enjoyed some crapping together. i ended up admiring one of my junior's phone, which was exceptional. the camera can be twisted in weird ways, and you can take a photo practically like how you operate a remote control.
pool was rather funny. we had 2 tables but arnd 10 people? thus, we had to take turns. there were some odd moments of laughter, like when some people "air-balled" or made the cue bounce off the table to some guy's sensitive area. but all in all, the time spent there was enjoyable.
finally, it was arcade time. i dont normally go to the arcade so i felt quite lost there. people were scarce, mainly 'cos it was rather out of the way. there was a lan area too. moreover, the arcade was damn outdated 'cos they still use tokens. aye, even i arcade noob also know that those big arcades already use "cashcard devices" already.
hao yuan had this stupid idea of playing the dance machine. so we pulled everyone in to play, to embarrass ourselves, one by one, including me. we all ended up looking stupid on the platform, but as the warped saying goes, one person doing something stupid looks stupid; many people doing the same stupid thing looks cool. anyways, we all had immense fun. there were more laughter than the whole day combined.
that was all. but it was a day well spent for me. anw, parting was easy. 'cos we know we'll see each other in school again...
well, 1T18 is damn fun and i know they will remain fun for the rest of the 1st 3 mths. as the title goes, part of us will be left behind in time, and i believe part of me has been left behind with 1T18. so rock on guys, i love your class spirit. remember, leave no one out of your class, even after 1st 3 mths!
Saturday, January 20, 2007
What's long may be even longer; what's short may not be short.
CJ Bowling is getting more interesting.
Somehow or rather i'm starting to love every single minute of life...
Somehow or rather i'm starting to love every single minute of life...
Thursday, January 18, 2007
The light at the end of the tunnel is one of a train...
hello blog. i'm back, finally. the past few weeks have been super hectic but really fun for me. i had orientation facilitation to deal with, then was post-orientation syndrome, and then now's the consequences of getting involved in orientation...
Orientation 01, themed Genesis, was a definite blast. its was so fun that touring round the world in a private plane will probably be so boring to me now. best of all, i was in the house that won best house, KYUUKA. not only that, i was put into the house with all the amiable 'co-facils' whom i thoroughly enjoyed my time with. three cheers for Kyuuka!
Orientation took place on the 1st day of sch and stretched to the 6th day. the first three days were with igs(index groups) and the next three days were with class. ig 14, the ig i took, was damn fun. although they were really stoned the first day, they warmed up to the school and the people around them real quick, and from the second day on it was a blast. PA games was fantastic, never mind me getting thrown into the swimming pool. though we walked quite a distance that day which resulted my feet getting hurt 'cos i'm flat-footed, i thoroughly enjoyed the games, especially the one that the j1s had to lie on the muddy ground to form words with their bodies. they are really enthu and 'ON', which made us facils damn happy. the surprise of the day was when benjamin led cheers, which i thought wld never happen as a result of the impression of the 1st day. we cheered our way to victory in the Dog & Bone game in the shallow swimming pool. it went something like: IG 14! ARE YOU OKAY!!! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!!! IG 14, OWNNNNSSS!!!, which was really cool. although we dint get to play the 'mud bowling' game, we still had uber fun. IG 14 is etched in my mind and guys, you all rock. really. i'm glad i facilitated you guys and i'm glad you guys enjoyed us too.
we had to split after 3 days 'cos the cj system was to rearrange the j1s to their classes on the 4th day onwards. though i was sad to leave IG14, and even sadder AT FIRST to get a computing class to facil (you know why), i was really pleasantly surprised at the enthu-ness of the class! it was like, uber uber cool. it was sad that i had to be game master on kallang day (day 5), which meant that i couldn't dragonboat with the class, but being game master was an opportunity which not everyone can get and i treasure it. AND i must say that Laura and Natalie, you two did a great job facilitating the class during Kallang day. i really saw you 2 bringing the class together, bonding them, as i found out during lunch.
EVEN BETTER was the East Coast Park amazing race. i remember Rendy being damn enthu, even though its just bcos he was looking forward to lunch. i remember how we all would run to our checkpoints together, and how Ms Chia would be lagging behind. I also remember the chemistry between all of them while doing the tasks at the respective checkpoints. I remember how they would respond SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY to me when i went crazy and shouted "1T18! ARE YOU OKAY!!! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!!! ANY SWEAT!!!". It was electrifying. On a personal note, i remember what Ms Chia said to me when i asked her for feedback on my facilitating, which she replied earnestly that with me facilitating the class, the class would be in safe hands. though it's nothing much, but the affirmation touched my heart.
(( 1T18, you guys are a great bunch of people and i totally tresure you guys as my cute j1 juniors and great friends. i hope that for the rest of the 3 mths that you'll be spending together, remain as bonded as ever ya! ))
however, without a doubt, the best day/night of all was finale night. after so much effort preparing and planning with the other kyuuka facils, we finally had the chance to show our mettle. cheering was unbelieveable. everyone was so hyped up. the atmosphere was real electrifying and intimidating. all 4 houses cheered their throats sore. 1T18, along with other classes, were picked to do the skit section and they pulled it off seamlessly. the result - Kyuuka skit was as funny and at the same time heartwarming like hell. all the other houses' skits were real funny too. and the stomp was amazing. facil skit was memorable, with justin doing a parody of the movie Borat, some audition-like comedy which featured a 'striptease' by two grown men, namely andrew and winson, and more. Perhaps, the best moment of the whole orientation was the time when the results of the awards were announced. the part when jason went, "Kyuuka.... you.. WON." ROCKED the whole of Kyuuka house and drew silence from the rest. We were over the moon. I was ecstatic. the euphoria was overwhelming and the whole of kyuuka cheered for our house. the other houses followed with cheers of their own, signalling that the temporary rivalry between the houses was over.
Then it was the time for mass dance. Sondra was laughing at my dancing or my facial expression when i was dancing. However, it was a time of "laughing WITH" and not "laughing AT", and so there was no animosity. the whole school danced to the song of Take The Lead and the ever-popular Bangra. it was a time when the whole j1 cohort and the facils were all doing the same thing and it was a sight to behold (especially from the stage, lol). But once mass dance was over, we all know we had to end the night and every one slowly went back to a state of realisation...
at this point, i would like to extend my gratitude to Natalie and Laura, who both went through the whole facilitating process with me. You 2 are great partners and it was my pleasure working with you 2. =)
Also, to every facil in Kyuuka. Thank you for all the fun and laughter and the hard work. Most of all, thank you all for all the unforgettable times we had. (psst!kyuuka gathering soon! haha)
finally, to all those whom i met during the orientation, be it j1s or j2s or even j3s, thank you for contributing to the best experience i have in cj.
Orientation 01, themed Genesis, was a definite blast. its was so fun that touring round the world in a private plane will probably be so boring to me now. best of all, i was in the house that won best house, KYUUKA. not only that, i was put into the house with all the amiable 'co-facils' whom i thoroughly enjoyed my time with. three cheers for Kyuuka!
Orientation took place on the 1st day of sch and stretched to the 6th day. the first three days were with igs(index groups) and the next three days were with class. ig 14, the ig i took, was damn fun. although they were really stoned the first day, they warmed up to the school and the people around them real quick, and from the second day on it was a blast. PA games was fantastic, never mind me getting thrown into the swimming pool. though we walked quite a distance that day which resulted my feet getting hurt 'cos i'm flat-footed, i thoroughly enjoyed the games, especially the one that the j1s had to lie on the muddy ground to form words with their bodies. they are really enthu and 'ON', which made us facils damn happy. the surprise of the day was when benjamin led cheers, which i thought wld never happen as a result of the impression of the 1st day. we cheered our way to victory in the Dog & Bone game in the shallow swimming pool. it went something like: IG 14! ARE YOU OKAY!!! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!!! IG 14, OWNNNNSSS!!!, which was really cool. although we dint get to play the 'mud bowling' game, we still had uber fun. IG 14 is etched in my mind and guys, you all rock. really. i'm glad i facilitated you guys and i'm glad you guys enjoyed us too.
we had to split after 3 days 'cos the cj system was to rearrange the j1s to their classes on the 4th day onwards. though i was sad to leave IG14, and even sadder AT FIRST to get a computing class to facil (you know why), i was really pleasantly surprised at the enthu-ness of the class! it was like, uber uber cool. it was sad that i had to be game master on kallang day (day 5), which meant that i couldn't dragonboat with the class, but being game master was an opportunity which not everyone can get and i treasure it. AND i must say that Laura and Natalie, you two did a great job facilitating the class during Kallang day. i really saw you 2 bringing the class together, bonding them, as i found out during lunch.
EVEN BETTER was the East Coast Park amazing race. i remember Rendy being damn enthu, even though its just bcos he was looking forward to lunch. i remember how we all would run to our checkpoints together, and how Ms Chia would be lagging behind. I also remember the chemistry between all of them while doing the tasks at the respective checkpoints. I remember how they would respond SO ENTHUSIASTICALLY to me when i went crazy and shouted "1T18! ARE YOU OKAY!!! ARE YOU ALRIGHT!!! ANY SWEAT!!!". It was electrifying. On a personal note, i remember what Ms Chia said to me when i asked her for feedback on my facilitating, which she replied earnestly that with me facilitating the class, the class would be in safe hands. though it's nothing much, but the affirmation touched my heart.
(( 1T18, you guys are a great bunch of people and i totally tresure you guys as my cute j1 juniors and great friends. i hope that for the rest of the 3 mths that you'll be spending together, remain as bonded as ever ya! ))
however, without a doubt, the best day/night of all was finale night. after so much effort preparing and planning with the other kyuuka facils, we finally had the chance to show our mettle. cheering was unbelieveable. everyone was so hyped up. the atmosphere was real electrifying and intimidating. all 4 houses cheered their throats sore. 1T18, along with other classes, were picked to do the skit section and they pulled it off seamlessly. the result - Kyuuka skit was as funny and at the same time heartwarming like hell. all the other houses' skits were real funny too. and the stomp was amazing. facil skit was memorable, with justin doing a parody of the movie Borat, some audition-like comedy which featured a 'striptease' by two grown men, namely andrew and winson, and more. Perhaps, the best moment of the whole orientation was the time when the results of the awards were announced. the part when jason went, "Kyuuka.... you.. WON." ROCKED the whole of Kyuuka house and drew silence from the rest. We were over the moon. I was ecstatic. the euphoria was overwhelming and the whole of kyuuka cheered for our house. the other houses followed with cheers of their own, signalling that the temporary rivalry between the houses was over.
Then it was the time for mass dance. Sondra was laughing at my dancing or my facial expression when i was dancing. However, it was a time of "laughing WITH" and not "laughing AT", and so there was no animosity. the whole school danced to the song of Take The Lead and the ever-popular Bangra. it was a time when the whole j1 cohort and the facils were all doing the same thing and it was a sight to behold (especially from the stage, lol). But once mass dance was over, we all know we had to end the night and every one slowly went back to a state of realisation...
at this point, i would like to extend my gratitude to Natalie and Laura, who both went through the whole facilitating process with me. You 2 are great partners and it was my pleasure working with you 2. =)
Also, to every facil in Kyuuka. Thank you for all the fun and laughter and the hard work. Most of all, thank you all for all the unforgettable times we had. (psst!kyuuka gathering soon! haha)
finally, to all those whom i met during the orientation, be it j1s or j2s or even j3s, thank you for contributing to the best experience i have in cj.