Voyage Synapse 2011 ♥

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23/11
Lisa: Okay linked!! :)

Abigail: Hi Abigail <3

"HEY GIRLS!"
hahahahaha that epic line.
from someone off Youtube heehee ;)
inside jokes ftw.

i'm gonna blog about synapse nowww.
i know it's a lil' late but yeah, i'll probably blog in text and then let pictures do the talking.
after all, a picture paints a thousand words huh? :)

so anyway, we started off the day with group intros!
but before that we had dry runs and everything, like the day before.
honestly, it was a waste of time cos' i sat at my station doing nothing.
and my acsbr partner didn't come too...
so i ended up sitting there stoning for 2.5hrs.
LIKE WHAT!
i could have used that time to do my character log book.
but oh well, the fun on the actual day paid off. ;)

so we had group intros right? yeah, and we played icebreakers like blow wind blow, whacko, cat and mouse etc.
we played some of these games with group 7 and got to know some of them better :)
so after those icebreakers we had sharing sessions and games!
the umbrella and water game was funfunfunfun!
hahaha *rebecca black*.
ok nvm lolllllllll back to topic.
the egg-balancing game was pretty easy but gross cos' it was tough to avoid the smashed eggs on the floor haha!
after that was lunch and we had like this gender separation rofl :P
all the boys at one table, all the girls at the other!
during lunch i went off with sean to set up our stations outside the auditorium.
at first it was pretty awkward with all the 'thanks' and 'welcomes', but after awhile we got used to our routines and all haha.
and i can't believe he's sec 2!
i thought he was sec 3 all the time...
hmm.
guess there was congestion at the end cos' groups got mixed up with their stations.
and i think the mascot group 7 did was really funny :)
they made a mascot out of one of their group members and wrapped up his leg and all hahaha!
after this whole 'amazing race', we had an auction for the egg game and group 10 bought nothing!!!! :O
then the exco decided to take pity on us by letting us buy a box full of EVERYTHING that we needed to wrap our egg around with and yet sustain the pressure when dropped from a height.
hehehe so we started 'cracking' - as in get to work la, not crack our egg hahahaha (y)
what a pun.
ahem so anyway, we stuffed the egg in millions of plastic bags and wrapped it around an infinity layer of newspapers, with hopes that it would definitely not break cos' we had one of the biggest packages! :D
so after dinner (this time we sat as a whole group), we proceeded with the egg-drop, and when we retrieved ours, sadly, it broke.
must be because we were too rough when wrapping it up :/
but oh well group 10 ftw still :)
after the egg game we had a couple of games in the hall like the limbo, 'who has the...' game, the mini talent show etc. haha!
had loads of great laughs :)
OH AND THE CHICKEN HEAD GAME TOO! :P
the guys were super funny!!
haha :)
not that i'm poking fun at them or what but yeah.
so after all that fun and games we had a group photo before leaving for the finale at the tennis court.
we had to light up candles and form the words 'voyage synapse'.
took some pics and then group 10 was being a LITTLE BIT naughtier than others - we went for a night tour :D
COOL RIGHTTT!
we went to the darkest corners of the school and even heard dogs barking.
kinda creepy cos' i slipped twice...
oh well haha then after that we got called back :O
had a short debrief and a synapse photo-taking session with everyone gathered around the candles :)
awesome moment and plus the moon was uber bright that night! :D
when we got back to the auditorium, we bade our last farewells by collecting our souvenirs and sweets.
not to forget the encouragement cards as well :)
really cool!
love synapse 2011 ♥ (group 10 :D)
hehehe.
pictures!



photo credits to keely, lex and timothy :)

venturing onwards, yearning adventure, gaining experience. :)

♥

Instax Polaroid Films :)

hey guys. :)
long time no blog haha.
btw, happy birthday sheryl! :)
sorry for spamming your camera...
:D

hehehe actually i have alot of things to blog about but time ain't permitting me to do so.
i'll probably just touch on one of the topics for now.

sometimes, this is the real world.
like what people always say, 'fight for your rights'.
really?
i guess some people are fighting too hard for something they do not actually deserve, like they think they'd get it.
but somehow, eventually, they always win.
leaving the wounded, hurt and upset behind.
oh well.
that's life.
unfair.

bye.

All you ever wanted.

hi peeps.
i'm too lazy/busy to blog.
srsly i've been so busy with school.
exams are over, but there's again SO MANY OTHER COURSES AND CCA SESSIONS.
SIGH.
I WANT TO GET INTO SYF, PLEASE, LET ME :(

Here are my results for Term 1 btw.

English B4
Chinese B3
E Math A1
A Math A2
Chemistry C5
Biology C6
History A2
Combined Humans (E Lit/SS) B3

bad bad bad.

x.x

Temporary freedom!

hi everyone :)
as you all can see i haven't blogged for a month :p
and i've finally had the chance to sit in front of the computer and clicked 'blogger.com' :)
okay so i'll cover various aspects of my stressful life that i've gone through for the past month.

Common Tests
bleah. i don't even wanna talk about it. no a1s this term i can bet. :( i screwed up practically everything, especially chem and bio. idw to be put on probation :'( please god, help me.

CCA
i've already memorised my songs for syf, the only thing i'm concerned is that i screw up during the audition and then i cmi. i really really really want to get into syf, not just for the cca points, but because it's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. and i do hope all the harpists who deserve it make it to the performing team ♥ :) pl cherubs ftw, let's get gwh this year!

i'll blog about the sad stuff sometime soon.
kthxbye.

I'm not perfect.

Tag replies:

30/1
Yeewah: Hahaha yeah ;)

seriously.
sometimes i guess i really wonder about things too much.
but this time, i've had enough.
i know i should be taking this time to complete my work/study for common tests.
but i just needed a break, both physically and mentally.

school's already putting me off so much, and you still have the cheek to show me that stupid attitude of yours.
i'm trying to be nice to you, but all you know how to do is give me that annoying face of yours.
i'm helping you so much already, and you don't even appreciate one single bit of it.
don't come crying to me one day when you need me.
who asked you to take my help for granted.
seriously, can't you just learn to be independent and stop relying on others to provide you everything.
and without even working for it, you get rewarded pretty well.
you always put on your stupid annoying attitude, stop acting like you're the best k.
this world's just so unfair, this statement's so true.
please change your attitude, cos' from the start, though i've been trying to help you, but now i've run out of patience.
and it's not like you appreciate my help.

it's got me thinking about something else too.
i asked myself this question yesterday - just how many true friends do i have?
i define true friends as people who stand by each other no matter what, people who help each other selflessly, people who understand each other inside out, people who i can really have fun with, people who just, well, are nice-loving.
it's hard to put it in words, but i'm sure you get the big picture.
and i counted, i have 9.
like... you kidding me, seriously?
9?
right, so maybe, after all i do only have 9 true friends.

fine.
maybe i'm not as talkative, lively, responsive and involved in your secret little conversations and jokes as other people are.
but it's just that some of you don't know me well enough!
can't you just accept me as who i am?
i'm tired of trying to change for you.
i'm not your toy.

i'm tired of doing everything for everyone, tired of always being the one making sacrifices, tired of always being the one getting hurt, tired of being the one you talk to only when you have no one else, tired of being used, tired of constantly putting on a brave front, tired of being the goody-goody kid, tired of a one-way friendship, tired of being someone whom i'm not, tired of making changes to myself just to suit your needs, i'm just so tired.

You know what's wrong with being too strong? Nobody bothers to ask if you're okay.

Oh the joy.

i'm an angry kid.
my hair is screwed.
urghhhh i'm gonna clip my hair up when i go to school.
though it's too short and thin, idc, i'm gonna find some sorta way to do it.
stupid hairdresser.

school's so stressful.
i mean what i say.
the homework's coming like a filled garbage truck unloading itself.
everyday, it comes down like a dump, however heavy it is we have to finish everything.
homework seems so much more like a chore now, and not something for us to do at our own time.
what do the teachers think we are, robots?
come on, admit it, everyone's all stressed out over the endless revision and homework.
can't the teachers trust that we'll do our own revision?
i drag my tired feet from school home, and by the time i reach home it's like what, 7.30?
i bathe and eat and start on homework at about 8.30.
due to the crazy amounts of homework given, we have to sacrifice our sleep everyday.
i think this is ridiculous, we are already stressing out so much at school, and so much homework is given.
it would be funny if we didn't fall sick, like how i did.
didn't the school say they want us to be 'physically and mentally healthy'?
so what's with the stress now.
fine, i know stress is good, but too much can kill!
oh the joy, of school.

i hope someone will read this.

Party all night and day.

and that was how amazing i felt yesterday evening :)



i love how i can enjoy myself without feeling guilty

we had our camp committee bbq, and i have to say it was beyond awesomeness? it's way too cool how my close friends in the camp comm can make me so hyper, happy and crazy. :)

i stuffed mushrooms with shredded cheese, skewered raw chicken wings, washed mushrooms while some dropped on the floor in that process, barbecued the food, danced with the metal wire plate and raw chicken, witnessed a lizard crawling up the barbecue pit, laughed so hard at anchi's sausage dances, stuffed myself with chicken wings, throwed out the big trash bags, gathered round as a group to eat and bond, took photos, became a caveman for the night, found a fly in the drinks, realised the mysterious disappearance of the chicken wings, washed our hands while discovering the dirty toilet, observed the moon that night, bounced up and down ridiculously, imitated charlie's angels, felt so grossed out by the unknown green substance (which was soap), got angry at people but turned it into a joke in the end, took super little beehoon, laughed, laughed, laughed, laughed, laughed, laughed and laughed. :)

thank you guys for the amazing night :)
sec 1 camp committee ftw.

retard family wins, too. :)



<3

My Future Decided - Hillsong United ♥

Tag replies:

09/01
Narcissa: Hi Nana imy too! <3 :) You crashed me today :P

My Future Decided

You hold the future in your hands
You know my dreams and you have a plan
And as you light my way, I'll follow you

My eyes on all of the above
My soul secure in all you've done
My minds made up
And you are the only one for me

Jesus, savior, in my life you are everything
My future decided, I will praise your name
And I know that I am, I am yours
Yeah, I know that I am, I am yours

You hold the earth in your command
You are the rock on which I stand
And as I live each day, I'll follow you

My eyes on all of the above
My soul secure in all you've done
My mind's made up
And you are the only one for me

Jesus, savior, in my life you are everything
My future decided, I will praise your name
Cos' I know that I am, I am yours
Yeah, I know that I am, I am yours, yours

Unafraid, unashamed, Lord we know who we are
We are your people and we won't be silent
Unified, hear us cry at the top of our lungs
You are our God and we will not be shaken

Unafraid, unashamed, Lord we know who we are
We are your people and we won't be silent
Unified, hear us cry at the top of our lungs
You are our God and we will not be shaken

Jesus, savior, in my life you are everything
My future decided, I will praise your name
Cos' I know that I am, I am yours
Yeah, I know that I am, I am yours

Jesus, savior, in my life you are everything
My future decided, I will praise your name
Cos' I know that I am, I am yours
Yeah, I know that I am, I am yours (x2)


brings back all the camp memories :)

Sec 1 Camp 2011 :)

hello! as you all know i was away for the 3D2N sec 1 camp :) and i tell you it was AMAZING. :) really amazing. the experience acquired from it is truly priceless and indeed i've learnt many things from it. definitely one of the best camps in my life! :)

so here goes!

Day 1
the camp committee reported in the hall at about 2pm, while before that all of us were chasing the sec 1 classes up. it was quite a sight, as i saw this girl who actually brought a mattress! like you know those kinda sofa-bed size? yeah those. i was too shocked for words :O so after that we all settled down in the hall, brought them to their dorms to place their bags, and reported back to the hall again. first up was devotion, then singspiration. we sang and jumped to catchy songs like my redeemer lives, still, one way, we are one etc. i tried very hard to get 1-2 (i'm their group leader and) to sing, but they were all still rather shy about it. but nonetheless it's okay cos' it's only day 1! :) after singspiration was mass games!!! (i'm so excited cos' i planned 'em) but however it turned out quite hard to carry out the games because the hall was soooooooo noisy, it was hard to do self-introductions. we started off with whacko, then double whacko. which was difficult cos' me and wenjing could barely hear anything from them, and they could barely hear us too lol. but anyway, after that we played dog and bone! though it turned out to be pretty rough cos' a girl from another class was injured, i think 1-2 still had fun playing it against 1-1 ;) next up is the who has the....? game, which is the one where you send out one representative from your class and then you compete against each other tho see who has the longest hair, for example. though 1-2 didn't win anything, but it's okay! :D after the long mass games, we had a mass dance practice. :) all of them were enthusiastic about learning it, with the exception of some and persuading them to dance was really tough, but oh well, at least i tried :) it was shower/dinner time. 1-2 got to bathe first, but my energy was kinda drained by then. i had to help them fill up their pails and buckets - it was some sort like water rationing haha. at first i was struggling to find the fastest way possible to fill the water cos' the tap was really slow -_- but after awhile i got the hang of it :) when 1-2 finished bathing, it was dinnertime :) sang grace and did the hungry cheer! after dinner was the night game! super duper fun cos' we were touring round the school.... at night ;) the stations were all very fun, 1-2 was more enthusiastic, and was the only class that didn't laugh at michelle doing the chicken dance :) GO 1-2! :D and we were 3rd in completing the trivia quiz! so yay! had supper right after that and had milo and muffins. lights out @ 11pm for the sec 1s, and we had a debrief at 11.45pm, so we bathed then and had the debrief until about 12+, so we slept at around 1.30 to 2... :(

Day 2
woke up at like 5.40am!!! :( we barely had 3 hours of sleep :/ washed up and woke the sec 1s up, brought them down for breakfast. it was like what, oily noodles :( and at like 6 in the morning some more... nuts. flag-raising with the rest of the school, then we proceeded with our own activities. started the day off with devotion and sings. again :) had a great time! after that we played journey of choice! though we didn't finish all the stations, but ah well! 1-2's enthusiasm was going up up up! :D great! then we had another round of stations games, which was called game-o-rama, and the water bag toss totally left 1-2 hyper hahaha. that was our first station for 1-2 and 1-5, and the station masters took very long to come... so we started cheering and having a competition to see which class is louder (and it is obviously 1-2 hahahahaha) ;) yihui super funny there la hahaha. the balloon burst also got my class high, while during bomberman, me and wenjing were sitting in a corner... :P after those games it was lunchtime aye. i ate the vegetarian fried rice (which was totally awesome)! after lunch was the much-anticipated amazing race, but due to the bad weather, we could only carry out our wet-weather plans and have it in school. and because of that it didn't go very well, cos' in our dry run we didn't execute this plan and so everything was in a big mess. 1-2 completed like three-quarters of all the stations and was in the lead when the teachers decided to leave the school to complete the rest of the stations -_- everything was quite screwed up... but at least we had fun outside school. mrs dhaliwal was there with 1-2 all the while, that's what probably helped us out alot :) our kite was really awesome too! thanks ruth and kerlyn for leading :) and the group leaders of A, B, C and D too! especially amanda, she's got great potential too! when we came back from school, 1-2 was the first one and so they got to bathe first! yay! this time me and wenjing didn't help them with the water though, cos' wenjing's neck was really sore and my feet had two swollen balls hahah. at night we made our kite and were briefed about finale night, where i was made to go up and choose the song for 1-2 and we got DON'T STOP BELIEVING BY GLEE! though idk that song, i was hoping that since glee was very popular, many people would know the song. however it turns out that only about 5 people know the song!!! :O so much for the false hope :( but it's okay, i got those 5 people to teach the class the song, while i tried to find radiant to sing for 1-2 cos' yeewah failed totally lol! but thanks for the effort, wah! :) that day wasn't very productive for our finale night, but we thought it was okay as we had another 1h15min the next day. after that was supper, and it was milo, bread and pears this time :) usual lights out, then usual debrief. :( slept a little earlier that night, but it didn't really make a difference for me...

Day 3
got to sleep slightly more today, woke at 6am T_T called the class to wake and wash up, and they stayed in class for assembly cos' of temperature taking. same went for us, and after that we brought them for breakfast. had devotion and singspiration again after that :) then 1-1 to 1-6 had their disc profiling from 9am-11am, and in the mean time 1-7, 1-8 and the camp committee had to make the aluminium foil candle holders. since i suck at this kinda craft thing, i decided to just help mrs soh with the helping of badges. AND THIS WAS WHEN THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED ALL WENT HIGH. LIKE REALLY HIGH. :D yihui kept calling me retard for no reason. like 'eh you retard la go take the chair for teacher' SUPER FUNNY I TELL YOU HAHAHAHA. and then i was damn slow at packing the badges, i only managed to finish 1-2's :P then mrs soh gave us a task to do - which was to find a table for the badge presentation ceremony. and this was what sparked off the beginning of the retard family :) me, yihui, hazel and seowhwee were made to find a table and bring it to the back of the hall. first we went to the back of the hall and found a wheely table. and the stupid thing was that the hall was blocked by a barrier so you could not walk/run around the hall. then we were wheeling the table here and there and decided we should show it to mrs soh and get her approval. then we were like being retarded and all about moving it here and there, and about not blocking the road/pathway (epic moment). we realised we spent like 45 minutes wheeling the table around, laughing and talking crap :P so after that we went back to the hall and found the suitable table. FUNNY LIKE WHAT I TELL YOU. it was the table that was infront of the hall all along, used by the camp committee. HAHAHAHA then mrs soh also approved. and we got the cupcake stickers from the amazing race and pasted it on our shirts. and the retards call me 'lao da' just cos' i got the biggest cupcake sticker -____- but it was another really epic moment of fun ;) so we were thinking of putting a sign stating 'do not take away' so nobody would take it. after writing it, i was about to bring the paper to hazel and seowhwee who were waiting backstage for me and yihui to come. we took masking tape from pb room and retarded-ly found 1-1's badminton racket hahaha! so while i was walking to the backstage holding the marker in my hand, i was like 'eh here!' then suddenly epic moment #3, the marker flew out of my hand and only the cap was left -_____________- can you imagine how retarded i was. so it was somewhere under the drums/guitar/bags/stage platforms. omg la retarded me ;( found it after 15mins and then we had mass dance practice again, and my patience reached the limits this time cos' i pulled those who weren't dancing out and placed them in front. :/ not that i wanted to do so, but i was really at my limits. we played another round of mass games again, and then it was lunch. awesome :) next we had time to prepare for finale night, but it turned out to be only very little time! it was 1.30pm and we had until 2.25pm to prepare, and nothing really much productive surfaced... we only finished the first verse :( i was getting really frustrated cos' there were many disagreements and uncooperative people... not trying to pin-point anyone but yeah :/ so when it was time to go for area cleaning briefing we got ourselves the toilet -_- oh great, but luckily one of the toilets were being cleaned by the aunty, so we only had one to clean. and to the volunteers who helped out, thank you very much for taking the initiative :) 1-2 then changed themselves into their pinafore and white blouse, we hurried and rushed through our finale night performance prep. thanks wenjing for coming up with the dance moves, cos' i did nothing, really :( all i did was try to get another task of writing cards to the teachers done :/ which eventually was done too :) after some time extension from deanna, we rushed the sec1s down to the ava for a cca fair briefing :) then we had slack time, where we met up with the retards and casmine, who laughs at nothing yet everything :D after slack time it was a tour round the cca booths, then when they got to the hall it was free and easy :) but i had a hard time calling 1-2 back everytime :( at the hall i saw the harpists!!!! :D and i watched their performance, though i missed a small part of love story :( dinnertime for the sec1s, then we had ours too. after that we had the cca fair presentation, and the instrumentation at the beginning was awesome, though the harps could barely be heard :( and then the uniformed groups' presentations was stunning too! and idk why people kept laughing at the st. john's performance -_- very funny meh? and then there was all that talk about cca attendance and selection stuff for the sec1s, i was about to doze off already :/ until finale night started!!!!! we had the class performances and as class by class finished their performance, me and wenjing were slowly gaining confidence and were like 'sure win liao' hahahahaha. ;) until we saw 1-8's, we were a little scared... :( THEY WERE SUPER ENTHUSIASTIC CAN! :O 1-2 went last, and i must say, i'm definitely very proud of them :') ah well, you'll never know how i'll feel as a group leader, it's just too.... overwhelming :) we did the PL cheer, but it wasn't VERY loud, but not bad! :) after the classes all performed we had our MUCH-AWAITED MASS DANCE! though i was really tired, i somehow plucked up the energy to put in all my heart and soul into dancing :) and i was really happy! even a little happier when i'm laughing with the retards ;) we had the badge presentation ceremony after that, and then the candle light-ups - which were completely amazing when everyone lifted their lit candles up into the air! :') when mr go called out the camp comm on stage, i cried tears of joy after that, i was too touched hahahaha. we brought our classes back to their dorms to take their bags then we were dismissed from there. from there nobody claimed their drinks/food so me and wenjing took 'em all :D hahahaha. :) went home with anchi and slept for 12hours straight that night :) SHIOK.

well, i miss sec 1 camp, alot. i miss the laughters, the cheers we did, the sweat i shed for 1-2, the tears i cried, the shouts/yells, the enthusiasm, the games we played and etc. it's definitely a life-changing camp, and i hope i have touched the lives of the sec1s too! i want sec1camp all over again :) and thanks to my retard family for being there always, to carry tables and to laugh like crazy people <3 :)



Retard Family ftw! ♥

(wow the camp was so amazing that my post was so long, i bet nobody would read this!)

Leave me my pen.

Tag replies:

01/01
Gillian: Thanks so much bunz <3 I really appreciate your encouragement :)

hi kids. it's 2011. like officially. i spent my new year's eve at a local hotel near marina bay to watch the fireworks, and it was pretty spectacular :) the breakfast in the hotel was super good, the spread was really wide! and best of all, i swam quite alot to work off the fat ;) that night i sent out 'happy new year' texts, but hardly anyone replied me :( sigh. okay, anyway, school's starting tomorrow, and i'm getting kinda excited cos' of sec1camp! can foresee that it's definitely gonna be a blast! SEC 1 CAMP HERE I COME! :D and school's starting, so i bet i wouldn't have the time to update my blog, so, peace out kids!