It was definately time-consuming and enjoyable. I had a lots of fun there! Even though most of them smoke, they are actually not what I think they were intitally! I was the youngest among all of them and was thus, given the name "didi". I kind of like it if you ask me, though I hate the fact that I was still called "cute". Does it really matter with age? One of the oldest in the choir, cute. One of the youngest also cute.
I only sold 5 laptops for the 4days.
First day- 0
Second day- 1($10 commission)
Third day- 2($20 commission each)
Fourth day- 2($20 commission each)
With a basic pay of $30 each.
I could have sold more, but the place I was stationed at was at the back. So basically, people will have to pass ALL the other Toshiba promoters before reaching me. Also, it was not only me who was placed there, there were about 8, a few very experienced.Now that i think of it, me being able to sell some laptops, is a godsent.
Sigh, I miss all of my collegues over there...Hope I can work with them again! I gave them my numbers, so if there is any "lobang", they can "jio" me over. I gave a few my hotmails too! So we can stay in contact..
The thing I hate the most about the job is that, we had to stand the whole day! Its from the time I stepped out of my house( 8am) to the time I stepped INto my house( 11pm). If lucky, I would find a seat in the MRT, if not I stand. There was once I found a seat, but I saw an old lady infront of me, so I gave it to her. And ended up standing again.
For the first day, I slacked alot. Okay, not really slack. Its too demoralised to countinue. Seeing that everyone had clinched a deal except for you, I think you would feel the same thing too. And to think of it, I received the most customers on the day itself. Argh, if not for my lack of experience( I kept asking for help), I could have gotten some too!
Haha, I love it in the end
Monday, November 30, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Graduation Night.
This is one of my most memorable days ever. Everyone(almost) donned on their best attire, looking smart/beautiful, spenting their last time together with friends. The tears were too sudden...they immediately came when photos of my lower-sec lives were shown. It reminds me of the times we had been together and also...perhaps...the last time we would stay together for this is where we part. Although I may not be close to many, but still, their presence had became a part of me and having to lose all of them in one go is just too devastating.
I guess that marks the end of everyone's secondary school life, all of you would forever have a place in my heart.
For those who haven't graduated:
Time really really flies. Cherish everyone around you..don't regret.
I guess that marks the end of everyone's secondary school life, all of you would forever have a place in my heart.
For those who haven't graduated:
Time really really flies. Cherish everyone around you..don't regret.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
2nd day of the camp
I woke up at about 6am( slept at 4am yesterday) due to the absence of heat(xP) and found out that everyone(almost) were still asleep. I wanted to get back with my sleeping but the shivering never stops, so I decided to take a shower instead. The first wave of water that splashed my skin was warm, it wasn't that surprising- I was as cold as an ice cube.
I returned to our sleeping quarters and settled down on my comfy bed. It felt harder than the day before, I wonder why. Having no task at hand, I closed my eyes and lied down. It was then that I heard a snore. Want to guess whose the contributor? Mr Chen. I did not hear any from Luigi- although he claimed that he does snore. Maybe he was not that tired after all...
I lazed around for awhile and soon, it was time for the start of the camp! Rise and Shine. Since I had already prepared myself for the day, I had nothing to do except to take a glance at everyone who just woke up. I found that Jonathan's face was the cutest cause he hair "stood up" and he looked blur. Haha.
After that, we were to assemble outside AVA room and line up in twos as there was an outreach programme for the primary 6. Kind of childish if you ask me- we never really had a clash with them, but oh well.
Jie Yi was the one who started the morning excercise and later gave the authority to Daniel. I still remembered vividly the time when we had to do jumping jets. Though I could not see May and Jonathan(I was right in front), I could hear their laughter throughout the whole process. When I turned back and gave them the dubious look, Jonathan said, "Haha, I dont know how to do the jumping jets" and he did random hand and leg movements while May was like giggling most of the time. However, on the second round, it seems that Jonathan got it, but the laughter never ceased.
After our long and productive workout, we head to the canteen. I thought we were going to have some cheering competition, but it was a cheer that we do as a choir and gosh, Mr Chen was picky. But I guess the reasons he gave were all sensible..
"Since you guys are from choir, vowels and timing must be good."
"Since I am an English teacher, the grammer must be correct."
Well, he didn't exactly said that. Those are, however, the messages he sent across and because of that, we had to cheer a couple more of times. It was quite enjoyable though, and for once, I felt that we were really together.
Anyway, we had our breakfast. There were slices of bread "infused"(can't find any other word :/) with egg. I oozed out a generous amount of maple syrup on my bread before gobbling them down and had a few cups of milo. Since my help was needed for preparation for the next activity, I had to leave my group. My Jie offered her help and we made our way to the hall.
There were nothing much to prepare except for checking the chairs if they were in good conditions. Okay, anyway, let me explain the game...
_____________________________
(1) / /
Start (2) / / End
(3) / choir / Hall.
(4) / /
(5)/____________________________/
/ /
/ /
/ wushu /
/ /
/____________________________/
Figure 1.1
As you can see from Figure 1.1, there is a start and an end point. The rectangle you see is basically the largest rectangle you can find on the surface of the hall. The area we used was on the left side( to the piano) while the Wushu used the right. But anyway, each group were given chairs as many as their group members. and were arranged like this...
(1)
____ ____ ____ ____
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] /
[____] [____] [____] [____] /
/ /i / /i / /i / /i /
/___/ i /___/ i /___/ i /___/ i /
i i i i i i i i i i i i / Start.
i i i i i i i i /
-----------------------------------
The point of this whole game is to squeeze with the other members to vacant the last chair and let the last member pass it to the first so that he/she could put it in front and everyone would move foward. If any of the team members falls, the group would have to start from the start point again. After every round, one chair is taken away from the group. There is a total of 3 rounds.
My group was practically the last for the first 2 rounds, perhaps it is because our tactics aren't well enough. My Jie helped us out halfway on the second, and we almost chased the 4th group, but the gap in between was too large, I guess.
However, on the third round, we'hv gotten the 2nd! And we were only one chair away from the first. Not sure why though, maybe my group works better with fewer chairs. I still remember all of us( in pairs) hugging one another, standing on a chair.
And oh, on the 3rd round. May and I wanted to sabotage the 1st group. How? By poking Daniel. For some reason or another, he jerks away violently when someone's finger poke at his waist. So yes, we kept poking him as we were really close. He was in the 2nd group next to us.
Next came rehearsal.
And after that, the punishment. It wasn't harsh, that I know. I felt that it woke those who ain't taking the camp seriously up. Everyone's voice was unison- "ONE!" "TWO!"- and it was loud. You could practically hear everyones' voices and the echoes. Poor Kimberly, she did the male push-up position for she was afraid and as a result, she felt some painful sensations in her arm. She cried, and lost her appetite.
Anyway, we went up to the music room for our rehearsal next. For the last few days, we had been working on Yo Vivo Cantando, Seasons of Love, Rounds( from most time taken to the least). For Yo Vivo Cantanda(Spanish: I live to sing), we worked on the dance steps. Even though it is my first time doing it and had nothing to compare it with, I felt that it is absolutely amazing.
Sigh, too bad my Jie never accept my offer when I asked her to be my dance partner for the couple dance. She said she didn't want to do it. But haha, later on, she was sabotaged by the others to dance with Jun Wei and she had to stand at the back( thanks to JunWei's height). My second attempt on looking for a dance partner was a success. Guess who? It is JANNAH! Wooh, I love her so much. Anyway, I was the first guy to find a partner. I think, next to Luigi( who found sharmila :D)
Seasons of Love is beginning to sound stunning. Really gorgeous. Everyone was singing so well, it reminds me of the reason why I wanted to join the choir in the first place!
I had never sang the rounds before, but when I attempted to sing, I did it on my first try with only a few mistakes! I felt so awesome then, even the SL(daniel XP) complimented me. Bwahaha, I am so talented.
Anyway, interesting news to share with those who are still reading and are not in the ex-committee.
Mr Chen, described the choir like puppies.
(actions that he did)
"It is like, bad puppy(smacks), and they became quiet(sorry face). A few minutes later, they become happy again when you give the ball(throws)."
Something like that along the line...my memory's failing me :/
Okay, the next things that happened were Egg Bomb and Dog & Bone.
For the Egg Bomb game, my group was treated with a great deal of unfairness. All the packages were to be thrown from the 4th floor to the 1st twice. Everyones' group did that, its fair. But on the 2nd throw, our protected egg were thrown with a force and landed on the platform with a resounding snap before hitting the ground level. Which means, double impact. Kind of sad if you ask me. There were no justice T.T
Dog & Bone was one of my favourites. For I was in the same group with Vra and my Jie, we stand side by side. with the number, 5,6,7 respectively.
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[bucket of water]
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Venue: Parade Square Figure 1.2
Side note: There are 15 people on each side but I prefer the numbers up to 10 xP
It is one of the most simple game. Everyone would be given a number and are line up, just like what you see in figure 1.2. Then, the person-in-charge would randomly scream a number( in anyway he/she like). The people with the respective numbers are to run to the middle and grab the bucket of water.
The one who grab the bucket of water are to splash it all over the opponent. While the other either tries to dodge OR tap the offense-r.
My most favourite part of the game was when the person-in-charge shouts.
-Multiples of 3 [XiaoFeng&Me&May&Daniel VS Mr.Chen&Emil&(forgot who le)]
-People wearing red t-shirt( hawk) [Me&Vra&Kim VS Luigi&JW]
-People who did something with their hands [Me&Vra&Kim( we high-5 each other when the splashed JW the turn before) VS JW&Luigi(?)]
-People who are born in the month of december [Me&Vra VS Mr.Chen&Jw]
-People who are ages of 16&above(my most favourite)[Me&Vra&Kim VS Luigi&Jw&Mr.Chen]
-Teachers [Ms.Ang VS Mr.Chen]
-People who are not standing straight [Me VS JW&Luigi)
After the wet game, we went back to dry ourselves and proceeded to the canteen for our buffet!! I heard that it is really expensive, so thank you teachers!! It is really delicious, especially the "steamed bao"- not sure what it is called.
Soon, it was time for the nightwalk. I had never put on make-up before, so I am not sure how to put and in the end, made a mess out of my face. I enlisted Vra's help later on, and became the "joker" with the HUGE RED-coloured SMILE. LOL.
It wasn't that fun, the first few groups are too brave. However, subsequent groups got scared and my mood went back to cloud nine again. Especially the last group, when I started crawling my way towards them at top speed, they scream and ran away. Haha. Anyway, poor Daniel, the previous camp he was sat on by the other members, and for this, his foot was stepped on. Haha.
Then the next is shower time, then lights off.
By the way people, I beat Mr.Chen in a game of chinese chess! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!
Daniel beat me though :/
And thats it for the SECOND day!
I returned to our sleeping quarters and settled down on my comfy bed. It felt harder than the day before, I wonder why. Having no task at hand, I closed my eyes and lied down. It was then that I heard a snore. Want to guess whose the contributor? Mr Chen. I did not hear any from Luigi- although he claimed that he does snore. Maybe he was not that tired after all...
I lazed around for awhile and soon, it was time for the start of the camp! Rise and Shine. Since I had already prepared myself for the day, I had nothing to do except to take a glance at everyone who just woke up. I found that Jonathan's face was the cutest cause he hair "stood up" and he looked blur. Haha.
After that, we were to assemble outside AVA room and line up in twos as there was an outreach programme for the primary 6. Kind of childish if you ask me- we never really had a clash with them, but oh well.
Jie Yi was the one who started the morning excercise and later gave the authority to Daniel. I still remembered vividly the time when we had to do jumping jets. Though I could not see May and Jonathan(I was right in front), I could hear their laughter throughout the whole process. When I turned back and gave them the dubious look, Jonathan said, "Haha, I dont know how to do the jumping jets" and he did random hand and leg movements while May was like giggling most of the time. However, on the second round, it seems that Jonathan got it, but the laughter never ceased.
After our long and productive workout, we head to the canteen. I thought we were going to have some cheering competition, but it was a cheer that we do as a choir and gosh, Mr Chen was picky. But I guess the reasons he gave were all sensible..
"Since you guys are from choir, vowels and timing must be good."
"Since I am an English teacher, the grammer must be correct."
Well, he didn't exactly said that. Those are, however, the messages he sent across and because of that, we had to cheer a couple more of times. It was quite enjoyable though, and for once, I felt that we were really together.
Anyway, we had our breakfast. There were slices of bread "infused"(can't find any other word :/) with egg. I oozed out a generous amount of maple syrup on my bread before gobbling them down and had a few cups of milo. Since my help was needed for preparation for the next activity, I had to leave my group. My Jie offered her help and we made our way to the hall.
There were nothing much to prepare except for checking the chairs if they were in good conditions. Okay, anyway, let me explain the game...
_____________________________
(1) / /
Start (2) / / End
(3) / choir / Hall.
(4) / /
(5)/____________________________/
/ /
/ /
/ wushu /
/ /
/____________________________/
Figure 1.1
As you can see from Figure 1.1, there is a start and an end point. The rectangle you see is basically the largest rectangle you can find on the surface of the hall. The area we used was on the left side( to the piano) while the Wushu used the right. But anyway, each group were given chairs as many as their group members. and were arranged like this...
(1)
____ ____ ____ ____
[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] /
[____] [____] [____] [____] /
/ /i / /i / /i / /i /
/___/ i /___/ i /___/ i /___/ i /
i i i i i i i i i i i i / Start.
i i i i i i i i /
-----------------------------------
The point of this whole game is to squeeze with the other members to vacant the last chair and let the last member pass it to the first so that he/she could put it in front and everyone would move foward. If any of the team members falls, the group would have to start from the start point again. After every round, one chair is taken away from the group. There is a total of 3 rounds.
My group was practically the last for the first 2 rounds, perhaps it is because our tactics aren't well enough. My Jie helped us out halfway on the second, and we almost chased the 4th group, but the gap in between was too large, I guess.
However, on the third round, we'hv gotten the 2nd! And we were only one chair away from the first. Not sure why though, maybe my group works better with fewer chairs. I still remember all of us( in pairs) hugging one another, standing on a chair.
And oh, on the 3rd round. May and I wanted to sabotage the 1st group. How? By poking Daniel. For some reason or another, he jerks away violently when someone's finger poke at his waist. So yes, we kept poking him as we were really close. He was in the 2nd group next to us.
Next came rehearsal.
And after that, the punishment. It wasn't harsh, that I know. I felt that it woke those who ain't taking the camp seriously up. Everyone's voice was unison- "ONE!" "TWO!"- and it was loud. You could practically hear everyones' voices and the echoes. Poor Kimberly, she did the male push-up position for she was afraid and as a result, she felt some painful sensations in her arm. She cried, and lost her appetite.
Anyway, we went up to the music room for our rehearsal next. For the last few days, we had been working on Yo Vivo Cantando, Seasons of Love, Rounds( from most time taken to the least). For Yo Vivo Cantanda(Spanish: I live to sing), we worked on the dance steps. Even though it is my first time doing it and had nothing to compare it with, I felt that it is absolutely amazing.
Sigh, too bad my Jie never accept my offer when I asked her to be my dance partner for the couple dance. She said she didn't want to do it. But haha, later on, she was sabotaged by the others to dance with Jun Wei and she had to stand at the back( thanks to JunWei's height). My second attempt on looking for a dance partner was a success. Guess who? It is JANNAH! Wooh, I love her so much. Anyway, I was the first guy to find a partner. I think, next to Luigi( who found sharmila :D)
Seasons of Love is beginning to sound stunning. Really gorgeous. Everyone was singing so well, it reminds me of the reason why I wanted to join the choir in the first place!
I had never sang the rounds before, but when I attempted to sing, I did it on my first try with only a few mistakes! I felt so awesome then, even the SL(daniel XP) complimented me. Bwahaha, I am so talented.
Anyway, interesting news to share with those who are still reading and are not in the ex-committee.
Mr Chen, described the choir like puppies.
(actions that he did)
"It is like, bad puppy(smacks), and they became quiet(sorry face). A few minutes later, they become happy again when you give the ball(throws)."
Something like that along the line...my memory's failing me :/
Okay, the next things that happened were Egg Bomb and Dog & Bone.
For the Egg Bomb game, my group was treated with a great deal of unfairness. All the packages were to be thrown from the 4th floor to the 1st twice. Everyones' group did that, its fair. But on the 2nd throw, our protected egg were thrown with a force and landed on the platform with a resounding snap before hitting the ground level. Which means, double impact. Kind of sad if you ask me. There were no justice T.T
Dog & Bone was one of my favourites. For I was in the same group with Vra and my Jie, we stand side by side. with the number, 5,6,7 respectively.
12345678910
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[bucket of water]
--------------------------
12345678910
Venue: Parade Square Figure 1.2
Side note: There are 15 people on each side but I prefer the numbers up to 10 xP
It is one of the most simple game. Everyone would be given a number and are line up, just like what you see in figure 1.2. Then, the person-in-charge would randomly scream a number( in anyway he/she like). The people with the respective numbers are to run to the middle and grab the bucket of water.
The one who grab the bucket of water are to splash it all over the opponent. While the other either tries to dodge OR tap the offense-r.
My most favourite part of the game was when the person-in-charge shouts.
-Multiples of 3 [XiaoFeng&Me&May&Daniel VS Mr.Chen&Emil&(forgot who le)]
-People wearing red t-shirt( hawk) [Me&Vra&Kim VS Luigi&JW]
-People who did something with their hands [Me&Vra&Kim( we high-5 each other when the splashed JW the turn before) VS JW&Luigi(?)]
-People who are born in the month of december [Me&Vra VS Mr.Chen&Jw]
-People who are ages of 16&above(my most favourite)[Me&Vra&Kim VS Luigi&Jw&Mr.Chen]
-Teachers [Ms.Ang VS Mr.Chen]
-People who are not standing straight [Me VS JW&Luigi)
After the wet game, we went back to dry ourselves and proceeded to the canteen for our buffet!! I heard that it is really expensive, so thank you teachers!! It is really delicious, especially the "steamed bao"- not sure what it is called.
Soon, it was time for the nightwalk. I had never put on make-up before, so I am not sure how to put and in the end, made a mess out of my face. I enlisted Vra's help later on, and became the "joker" with the HUGE RED-coloured SMILE. LOL.
It wasn't that fun, the first few groups are too brave. However, subsequent groups got scared and my mood went back to cloud nine again. Especially the last group, when I started crawling my way towards them at top speed, they scream and ran away. Haha. Anyway, poor Daniel, the previous camp he was sat on by the other members, and for this, his foot was stepped on. Haha.
Then the next is shower time, then lights off.
By the way people, I beat Mr.Chen in a game of chinese chess! MUAHAHAHAHAHA!
Daniel beat me though :/
And thats it for the SECOND day!
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Choir camp 2009
First of all, I'd like to complaint that my body(especially the shoulders) are ache-ing!!! At first, I thought it was just that I am not used to sleep on the dirty hard ground again. However, on second thought, it came to me that it was the punishment! Now that I recall about it, I realized that it was not that harsh at all- 40push-ups, 2 rounds around the canteen. It is just that I dont excerise. Much. And for some reason or another, the ache in my body seemed to have the ability to travel. Initially, I felt the raw sensation in my arms. Then, the shoulders and lastly, the area diagonally beneath my throat. It was like there are 3 phases- reminds me of the worm( larvae, pupa, butterfly). I wonder where it will move to next, lets hope that the sore feeling halts.
Okay, finally, lets move on to the first day of camp!
The camp starts at 9:30am but I had to wake up at 6:30am in order to help Xue Li and Cally( the Game Masters) with their games(duh). I was invited to have breakfast with another group but unfortunately, I denied their request(Sorry). For it is Cally's and Xueli's first time, so yes, some guiding is needed. The duration for the assistment was about forty-five minutes long( which includes some eating) and soon, we were bored to death. Being the muddlehead I am, I forgot to bring a bottle of water with me, so I went to buy one at 7-eleven before heading out to the school. That was when my Jie( Kimberly) called and asked me to accompany her, I argeed and parted with the others at Jelepang LRT just to wait for her. She reached the rendezvous awhile later and we took a stroll to school.
It was a little before 9 when I reached the destination and a meeting was held. It was for the route for the nightwalk and jobs for each person. The idea of a second route is came up by my Jie and we were so hyped up about it. But, it wasn't adopted as we had to walk through the taboo area- D&T room. What's the thrill if we don't walk pass that block? Soon it was time and we went up to the AVA room. Anyway, the committee came up with the third route later on( I wasn't there).
Like all the other camps, we were all grouped up. I was in group 1- Name: Fuji Apple( courtesy of Jonathan), members: Jonathan, May, Jocelyn, Hui Yen, Eileen and ME. The ex-committee member who took care of my group is my beloved Jie- Kimberly!! Yay! Next, the rules were told and we were given a camp booklet each. After the no-choice-but-have-to-do-it-routine, we played whacko.
It was kind of funny when the whacko-er could not catch up with the names being called out. Its like, everyone knows everyones' name(almost) and we had a person in mind we wanted to shout and when we heard our names, we just screamed. In the midst of the shrill adrenaline-filled high-pitched voices, one stand out from the rest, and it was Luigi's. His deep voice bellowed through the jumbled-up sounds- imagine this: There was a corridor. This corridor(the width) can hold 3 small white men from shoulder to shoulder with ease, but no more than that. The corridor was filled with little white men. Then, a huge black man came by and all of the white men had to smack themselves to the wall tip-toe-ing in order for the huge black man to squeeze through. Haha. Anyway, the best part of the whole game is that I sabotaged Luigi(HAHA!) and Jie(hehe) and a few others and had never been the whacko-er!!!
Rehearsal came next. I will talk about it later, as a whole, as there are many different slots allocated just for it.
Lunch came and I sat with the graduates( Luigi, Bra(xP), Jun Wei) along with Mr Chen. We shared jokes and I laughed till my stomach hurt. Luigi told a dirty joke. A real dirty joke. Want to hear it? Three pigs fell into a pool of mud. Dirty. Mr Chen and I laughed a few moments after it was told while Vra and Jun Wei was like, "Huh?". It was until Luigi emphasized on the mud and dirty that they pieced everything together and then they laughed.
After Lunch, it was time for Amazing race. To be honest, I thought that my group was doomed to be the last as we had a rocky start. Okay, not really rocky, it is just that we did not run while the others ran and we walked a long route. Who to blame? Anyway, Mdm Ho joined us soon after and told us some economic affairs. Like how Malaysia owned a land in Singapore. With her fascinating stories, my group slowed our pace, daring not to miss any of her sentences. It was almost like we knew we would be last, so no point competing. What's more is that we had a teacher with us and the process is the most important. But we never stopped. And we really walked to the front of our destination even if we had to make a detour unlike some other groups. We played with integrity.
A sparkle of hope flicked in us when we saw the others(2 groups) in the library( one of the checkpoints). It appears that they had difficulty completing the task given- it was to find a book of an author. Like the others, we could not find any book either. It was later that we found out that the book is delibrately slotted into the childrens' section. Who would do it? Maybe the public noticed that we had to find a book and wanted to sabotage our game. Or maybe, it was one of the members...but whoever the person is, I dont really care anymore. In fact, I wanted to thank the person, it allowed my group to catch up with the others!
So off we went, to the next checkpoint(CCK stadium). As we had completed the next challenge, we jumped from the 5th position to the 4th. The 3rd took a shortcut across the plains. The distance between us from the next is just a traffic lights time away( we obeyed our traffic rules). Our group walked in larger strides knowing that we would not be the last anymore- Mdm Ho still sticked with us at that time.
My group managed to become 3rd when the other group went off in the long path towards the last checkpoint( YewTee) and Mdm Ho offered us the shortcut. It was an adrenaline moment, especially when Vra's group started singing and running all the way across the road and they were so close to us( Luckily, there's an invention called the traffic light) and our group might also be over-taken by the other group as they realized their fault. With so much pressure, we started to run. Of course, Mdm Ho ran with us until she couldn't anymore and gave us directions to reach our last spot.
And at last! We reached YewTee third! It was a remarkable acheivement, seeing that we started off as the 5th. And it was all thanks to Mdm Ho and our team that we acheieved it.
After that, we had our dinner at YewTee point. Guess what? I ordered a Zinger Burger at MACdonalds! The cashier was like, "Zinger burger? You mean, MACspicy?" and she started laughing. It is not everyday that a customer order something from another restaurant, I guess. After making a fool of myself, I ate my dinner. I'd usually finish the cabbage that would inevitably fall out from the burger, but this time, I didn't. The sight of the gresley oil on the vegetable is enough to deter me from my habit. We travel back to school soon after( My group reached first) and began our memory game!
It is quite simple actually. There are thirty cards to remember. On the cards, there are pictures. A~Z takes up 26 of the card. While the other 4 are like, mickey mouse, piano keys, notes and toilet. The game went hectic halfway and the teachers decided to introduce a game.
We would first form a circle in a huge group. Then, one of the teachers will randomly point at one person, and starts to move to the next on the right. The first person who gets pointed says, "1", and the second, "2". It goes down at a very fast pace until one of them make a mistake. Those who did it wrongly are to do a forfeit, led by Mr.Aljunied. The forfeit starts when there are 5 in waiting. The forfeit, was to dance Mr.Aljunied's version of Banana-dance. It was very awkward and weird yet entertaining to watch.
We would first start with the stance we had for Banana dance( standing up straight, palms together, held above the head), and after that, we had to wriggle around, espcially the hips. So yes...disturbing. xP
It was funny how Taffy( Mdm Ho's daughter) sabotaged Jie Yi when she called out the wrong number. Vra, Mr Aljunied were like, "Taffy, what's your number?" And she would shout out "Nineteen!" Then Mdm Ho would correct her, almost immediately, "No, Taffy, you see the jiejie next to you, she call what, you call the next number, okay?" and gave some examples. I swear I could see her cold sweat when it was Taffy's turn.
Soon, it was shower time and later debrief.
And that's the end for the FIRST day.
Okay, finally, lets move on to the first day of camp!
The camp starts at 9:30am but I had to wake up at 6:30am in order to help Xue Li and Cally( the Game Masters) with their games(duh). I was invited to have breakfast with another group but unfortunately, I denied their request(Sorry). For it is Cally's and Xueli's first time, so yes, some guiding is needed. The duration for the assistment was about forty-five minutes long( which includes some eating) and soon, we were bored to death. Being the muddlehead I am, I forgot to bring a bottle of water with me, so I went to buy one at 7-eleven before heading out to the school. That was when my Jie( Kimberly) called and asked me to accompany her, I argeed and parted with the others at Jelepang LRT just to wait for her. She reached the rendezvous awhile later and we took a stroll to school.
It was a little before 9 when I reached the destination and a meeting was held. It was for the route for the nightwalk and jobs for each person. The idea of a second route is came up by my Jie and we were so hyped up about it. But, it wasn't adopted as we had to walk through the taboo area- D&T room. What's the thrill if we don't walk pass that block? Soon it was time and we went up to the AVA room. Anyway, the committee came up with the third route later on( I wasn't there).
Like all the other camps, we were all grouped up. I was in group 1- Name: Fuji Apple( courtesy of Jonathan), members: Jonathan, May, Jocelyn, Hui Yen, Eileen and ME. The ex-committee member who took care of my group is my beloved Jie- Kimberly!! Yay! Next, the rules were told and we were given a camp booklet each. After the no-choice-but-have-to-do-it-routine, we played whacko.
It was kind of funny when the whacko-er could not catch up with the names being called out. Its like, everyone knows everyones' name(almost) and we had a person in mind we wanted to shout and when we heard our names, we just screamed. In the midst of the shrill adrenaline-filled high-pitched voices, one stand out from the rest, and it was Luigi's. His deep voice bellowed through the jumbled-up sounds- imagine this: There was a corridor. This corridor(the width) can hold 3 small white men from shoulder to shoulder with ease, but no more than that. The corridor was filled with little white men. Then, a huge black man came by and all of the white men had to smack themselves to the wall tip-toe-ing in order for the huge black man to squeeze through. Haha. Anyway, the best part of the whole game is that I sabotaged Luigi(HAHA!) and Jie(hehe) and a few others and had never been the whacko-er!!!
Rehearsal came next. I will talk about it later, as a whole, as there are many different slots allocated just for it.
Lunch came and I sat with the graduates( Luigi, Bra(xP), Jun Wei) along with Mr Chen. We shared jokes and I laughed till my stomach hurt. Luigi told a dirty joke. A real dirty joke. Want to hear it? Three pigs fell into a pool of mud. Dirty. Mr Chen and I laughed a few moments after it was told while Vra and Jun Wei was like, "Huh?". It was until Luigi emphasized on the mud and dirty that they pieced everything together and then they laughed.
After Lunch, it was time for Amazing race. To be honest, I thought that my group was doomed to be the last as we had a rocky start. Okay, not really rocky, it is just that we did not run while the others ran and we walked a long route. Who to blame? Anyway, Mdm Ho joined us soon after and told us some economic affairs. Like how Malaysia owned a land in Singapore. With her fascinating stories, my group slowed our pace, daring not to miss any of her sentences. It was almost like we knew we would be last, so no point competing. What's more is that we had a teacher with us and the process is the most important. But we never stopped. And we really walked to the front of our destination even if we had to make a detour unlike some other groups. We played with integrity.
A sparkle of hope flicked in us when we saw the others(2 groups) in the library( one of the checkpoints). It appears that they had difficulty completing the task given- it was to find a book of an author. Like the others, we could not find any book either. It was later that we found out that the book is delibrately slotted into the childrens' section. Who would do it? Maybe the public noticed that we had to find a book and wanted to sabotage our game. Or maybe, it was one of the members...but whoever the person is, I dont really care anymore. In fact, I wanted to thank the person, it allowed my group to catch up with the others!
So off we went, to the next checkpoint(CCK stadium). As we had completed the next challenge, we jumped from the 5th position to the 4th. The 3rd took a shortcut across the plains. The distance between us from the next is just a traffic lights time away( we obeyed our traffic rules). Our group walked in larger strides knowing that we would not be the last anymore- Mdm Ho still sticked with us at that time.
My group managed to become 3rd when the other group went off in the long path towards the last checkpoint( YewTee) and Mdm Ho offered us the shortcut. It was an adrenaline moment, especially when Vra's group started singing and running all the way across the road and they were so close to us( Luckily, there's an invention called the traffic light) and our group might also be over-taken by the other group as they realized their fault. With so much pressure, we started to run. Of course, Mdm Ho ran with us until she couldn't anymore and gave us directions to reach our last spot.
And at last! We reached YewTee third! It was a remarkable acheivement, seeing that we started off as the 5th. And it was all thanks to Mdm Ho and our team that we acheieved it.
After that, we had our dinner at YewTee point. Guess what? I ordered a Zinger Burger at MACdonalds! The cashier was like, "Zinger burger? You mean, MACspicy?" and she started laughing. It is not everyday that a customer order something from another restaurant, I guess. After making a fool of myself, I ate my dinner. I'd usually finish the cabbage that would inevitably fall out from the burger, but this time, I didn't. The sight of the gresley oil on the vegetable is enough to deter me from my habit. We travel back to school soon after( My group reached first) and began our memory game!
It is quite simple actually. There are thirty cards to remember. On the cards, there are pictures. A~Z takes up 26 of the card. While the other 4 are like, mickey mouse, piano keys, notes and toilet. The game went hectic halfway and the teachers decided to introduce a game.
We would first form a circle in a huge group. Then, one of the teachers will randomly point at one person, and starts to move to the next on the right. The first person who gets pointed says, "1", and the second, "2". It goes down at a very fast pace until one of them make a mistake. Those who did it wrongly are to do a forfeit, led by Mr.Aljunied. The forfeit starts when there are 5 in waiting. The forfeit, was to dance Mr.Aljunied's version of Banana-dance. It was very awkward and weird yet entertaining to watch.
We would first start with the stance we had for Banana dance( standing up straight, palms together, held above the head), and after that, we had to wriggle around, espcially the hips. So yes...disturbing. xP
It was funny how Taffy( Mdm Ho's daughter) sabotaged Jie Yi when she called out the wrong number. Vra, Mr Aljunied were like, "Taffy, what's your number?" And she would shout out "Nineteen!" Then Mdm Ho would correct her, almost immediately, "No, Taffy, you see the jiejie next to you, she call what, you call the next number, okay?" and gave some examples. I swear I could see her cold sweat when it was Taffy's turn.
Soon, it was shower time and later debrief.
And that's the end for the FIRST day.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Choir
A sense of nostalgia overwhelmed me when I visited choir today. How I wish I could sit on a time-travel machine and get back to my sec 3 life once again...
It has been awhile since I sang classical and for some reason or another, when I heard the choir sing, my body trembled with excitement. I actually had this urge to sing along with them! I thought it was rather impossible now as they had learnt new songs, but no. Luigi and I were invited to do so and with our special music talents, we learnt it in a matter of minutes!(TBH, it is really simple). A surge of happiness coursed through my body when I contributed to the accapella; it was simply wonderful to be a part of them again. I was practically jumping when we reached the highest note for my part.
"LUIGI, LUIGI, ITS SOO FREAKIN' HIGH!!! OMG, I LOVE THIS PART!!"
I actually thought of writing down his reply, but, I realized that I don't know what it was- I was too caught up with myself, I guess. I failed as a friend. LOL.
Then again, he had his misgivings too. When Mr Chen asked us( me and Luigi) to sing the "OMG, ItS SO HIGH" part. Luigi did not sing with me. He was afraid of being embarassed for he think that his voice was not in tip-top shape( like I was :P). And the result? I kept singing alone. I suddenly felt so naked when all eyes were on me, I'd rather not have any other treatment though, it is a sign of respect. Not between the age gaps, but as singers. Professional singers.( sorry, cant help but to pen it down xP)
Soon after, it was time for us to learn a dance for Yo Vivo Cantando( I live to sing)! Note: It is to be used for the orientation next year so that we can attract more singing gurus. We had learnt steps, the idea is taken from a latin-american dance called the rhumba. This steps can be related to something like cha-cha. So basically there are alot of hip and forward then backward movements. It was fun, to learn things with the others again.
Anyway, I just can't seem to get enough of Mr.Chen's logic and his sense of humour.
"So, Poh Heng is at the back. HHAHAHAHAHAHA."
He said that when Luigi was appointed to stand in the first row and Luigi laughed. (I laughed too, but I dont know why).
By the way, Luigi's such a muddlehead today. On his way to school( on a taxi), the driver questioned him about the direction for their destination. He said, "转左" which means turn left. When in actual fact, he meant for the driver to turn right. He had a chance to correct the uncle, but he decided to go on with the flow and asked him to alight him somewhere near. Then, he took a walk to school.
Later on, before the choir started singing, Luigi was played the piano. Subconsciously( I think), he digged one of his foot into a small opening between the piano and the ground until it was stuck. He realized it later and attempted to pull it out gently, but it remained there. Then, he used extra force on it at the second try and sounds of disapproval from the shoe were heard. He immediately stopped. Having no choice, he took off his shoe and asked me to assist him in reclaiming his shoe back. I had to hold up the piano for him to retrive his property. At the very same moment, my stomach and neck( somehow) hurt from over-laughing. It was simply too funny!!
I guess this is my blog post after months of procrastination( I dont count the essays!!!). Haha, thanks for reading :D
It has been awhile since I sang classical and for some reason or another, when I heard the choir sing, my body trembled with excitement. I actually had this urge to sing along with them! I thought it was rather impossible now as they had learnt new songs, but no. Luigi and I were invited to do so and with our special music talents, we learnt it in a matter of minutes!(TBH, it is really simple). A surge of happiness coursed through my body when I contributed to the accapella; it was simply wonderful to be a part of them again. I was practically jumping when we reached the highest note for my part.
"LUIGI, LUIGI, ITS SOO FREAKIN' HIGH!!! OMG, I LOVE THIS PART!!"
I actually thought of writing down his reply, but, I realized that I don't know what it was- I was too caught up with myself, I guess. I failed as a friend. LOL.
Then again, he had his misgivings too. When Mr Chen asked us( me and Luigi) to sing the "OMG, ItS SO HIGH" part. Luigi did not sing with me. He was afraid of being embarassed for he think that his voice was not in tip-top shape( like I was :P). And the result? I kept singing alone. I suddenly felt so naked when all eyes were on me, I'd rather not have any other treatment though, it is a sign of respect. Not between the age gaps, but as singers. Professional singers.( sorry, cant help but to pen it down xP)
Soon after, it was time for us to learn a dance for Yo Vivo Cantando( I live to sing)! Note: It is to be used for the orientation next year so that we can attract more singing gurus. We had learnt steps, the idea is taken from a latin-american dance called the rhumba. This steps can be related to something like cha-cha. So basically there are alot of hip and forward then backward movements. It was fun, to learn things with the others again.
Anyway, I just can't seem to get enough of Mr.Chen's logic and his sense of humour.
"So, Poh Heng is at the back. HHAHAHAHAHAHA."
He said that when Luigi was appointed to stand in the first row and Luigi laughed. (I laughed too, but I dont know why).
By the way, Luigi's such a muddlehead today. On his way to school( on a taxi), the driver questioned him about the direction for their destination. He said, "转左" which means turn left. When in actual fact, he meant for the driver to turn right. He had a chance to correct the uncle, but he decided to go on with the flow and asked him to alight him somewhere near. Then, he took a walk to school.
Later on, before the choir started singing, Luigi was played the piano. Subconsciously( I think), he digged one of his foot into a small opening between the piano and the ground until it was stuck. He realized it later and attempted to pull it out gently, but it remained there. Then, he used extra force on it at the second try and sounds of disapproval from the shoe were heard. He immediately stopped. Having no choice, he took off his shoe and asked me to assist him in reclaiming his shoe back. I had to hold up the piano for him to retrive his property. At the very same moment, my stomach and neck( somehow) hurt from over-laughing. It was simply too funny!!
I guess this is my blog post after months of procrastination( I dont count the essays!!!). Haha, thanks for reading :D
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