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# Eat The Fat and Drink The Sweet
Thursday
Lemme fast forward to 21's History lesson. An American lesson, rated X. They were rather fast to reach class which is of course a welcomed rarity. And soon the video was on. Although i had to warn them of the impending nudity and mostly-f-up dialogues.
Once again i needed the miracle of screening 120 minutes in 6000 seconds. Well, i tried to help it along by skipping a family fight scene, and a brother to brother moment and went along with what i think was crucial to the story. Also skipped the journey to school a little. But mostly, it was there.
What was the =.= part of the movie? Watching it for the third time. But it actually connected more the third time i watched it. Yup, and the curb stomping and final scene still hurts everytime i watch it. Today was the end of movie week and it ended with a few in tears, some in disgust while other lost in dreamland. Oh well, i hope some things were actually beneficial, other than expanding ur vocab by one word.
The ending was rather silent and solemn, and didn't have to debrief much. 21 seemed to be stuck to the chair as they were reluctant to leave, but lunch was the greater temptation in the end. I too had to rush for lunch as it was relief for Siok's class next. 09
They were rather, hmm, blur for most of the lesson although i did try my best to teach them essay skills. More of a recap actually, but most of them lost the caps already so it was from the start again. Tried to get responses but most were in this form. "Er". "Huh". So i settled on direct teaching with them taking notes. Dunno if it worked. All e best Siok!
Then it was off to 03 with the final groups presenting. Rather normal, but more quiet than usual. I guess genocides aren't the most "lively", pun intended, thing to study. Then it was the end of my day, so i went to slack with the SC, had a nice dinner with some of the guys and met Hosea and Annabelle both at the hawker opposite TJ. Cool coincidence eh?
Nice night to sleep. Yay.
Friday
Day didn't start off too nicely cuz i couldn't wake up early. Oh well, it was freezig cold too. I need a washing machine too. Irritating. Seriously. Three months of living on my own hsa taught me this. Things that are a must for every house
-WASHING MACHINE
-Ironing board, complete with a working iron.
-Microwave oven
-Water dispenser
-Mattress
And today was a nice day because i got back my EZLink card from Siok who kindly took it for me after i left it at the Siglap CC after badminton. Then she was absent for two days so i had to slowly sneak my way in to the staffroom when other ppl opened the door. Finally!! Freedom.. to be confined in the staffroom.. err.. haa..
Final round of presentations today. 21 started off well and ended rather well too. But it was 06 that was rather sad. I admired the effort put in by Verena and co., but time management needs to be improved so that u won't have to do such rush jobs. Sorry to spoil all ur efforts, but i did try to get the class going but it was a rather slow start....
Then i was free and decided to try, try i say, try to mark GP Newspaper Articles with some o6 ppl at the marquee but it didn't turn out too well. Enjoyed a soya bean drink instead. Of course that was after saying all the best to Sek who was leaving for her match against IJ. I think. Sorry to Yumei for taking so long to buy e soya beans. Haha, Sek more important. Lol. I know guys bball won, even thrashed their opponents. No idea abt b or v ball girls though. Update me ya?
Then it was off to scroom. Slacked a lot. Marked some work. Slacked a little bit more. Talked with Hui Min, met Verena, Aruna, Diantha and a few other current 06 ppl in LT1. LEO meeting apparently. Then finally went down to Cartel but met JoJo on the way. And James too. Yay!
Reached cartel and took our reservation for 25. I thought it was too much but in the end, it was jz nice. YES, 25. Oh, what were we doing there? Celebrating Gabriel and Hubert's bdays. Went across to draw money and im seriously becoming broke with all this ex dining. Met Ying Chuan and Winnie opposite and waited for like an hour for everyone.
Finally Gabriel arrived blindfolded with jeans! Strapped to an iPod to cut off his hearing and led in to Cartel!! Ppl took turns taking pictures with him while he was utterly clueless. Some even bullied him lar... cough..FX...cough...! I must say i was innocent of all this.
Had a big meal of St Louis Pork Ribs! Then even had cake. Yup. Ate the fat and drank... water. Haha. Took 12 back. Yay. Oh, i saw the councillors were at the adventure tower at the time i was passing by TJ. Hope ur emo-stayover was fun.
Shout outs
Cass-still searching
Gabriel and Hubert-Happy Birthday!!
Sek and Yumei-How did e game go?
TJC Guitar Ensemble-Congrats! GOLD WITH HONOURS
Zsa-enjoy e movie
Louisa-hope to meet ur bro!Labels: 09, American History X, Annabelle, Aruna, Cafe Cartel, Dianthaaaaa, Gabriel, Hosea, Hubert, Sek, Verena, Washing machine, Winnie, Yumei
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(Wednesday, April 18, 2007-)
+8:23 PM]*
# How Great Is Our God
Monday
Today was movie day with my classes. And, yeah, really God has been really good! He helped me a lot with this whole movie thing i wanted to do with my classes. Firstly, the movies, i had no idea where the movies were gonna come from, cuz i didn't have a DVDRom on this com, but God provided it through a portable hard disk. Then there was the expertise of projecting the video... For some unknown reason (at that time), everytime i tried projecting a video, it would appear black on the screen. Thank God my first double coincided with Siok's so we could combine classes! (=
Then it was the duration of the movie. 1 hour and 50 minutes. Impossible to screen in any double, but even after a long setup delay, it was just nice that break was after that and some stayed on! Yay! 8 if i counted correctly, which is more than 50% (=
Same miracle happened for 06! PW was after my screening session, and Ms Yanti wasn't ard cuz of MC, so i had the next period all to myself to finish American History X! Yay! But some in 06 were falling asleep while some wanted to run off to see soccer. But they were nice and stayed on *CLAPS* =)
Okay, the story itself, i regret the very coarse language. Really sorry to my classes, but ignoring that, the movie is really something solid on the big D.
Then to 21, the first up for presentations. Sorry i looked very black face, although i didn't mean too, im like that. Sorry ya... Didn't mean to expect so much of you guys. Im jz a very "presentation" kind of person. I expect presenting views to come naturally, so appearing unprepared sort of, yes, pisses me off. But i guess i did overreact. Sorry, i'll see how things go on Friday, but as for tmr, jz enjoy k? I'll pray that somehow, the movie will fit once again.
Oh yeah, Holocaust Remembrance Day wasn't on Monday lar, even u guys said it was in January!
After school, it was tuition. Not too bad once again, except there was once question i didn't know. Maybe any of u guys can help me? Its on electrolysis. In order to coat a piece of plastic with Chromium, two plastic rods are thinly coated with graphite, connected to a battery and immersed in Chromium(III) sulphate solution. The question is, "Why will this method not work for Zinc?" I think it refers to reactivity series or E-naught values. Txs for any replies!
Ate macs for dinner. Sorry Tristan.
Slept!
Tuesday
Shall skip what happened after my class, but for 03, presentations started. Not too good as well, but hope it gets better! Then after the part i skipped, Ms Ng asked me to help her relief CG28 and 12 for her periods that day. Not too bad i suppose, cuz i took 28 and i knew some of them. The presentations were overall good, except the fact i didn't know that it was a double period until someone asked me. Haha, and too bad that guy is gonna get killed by his classmates. Oh well, things happen. Lol!
Then after that it was 12, with JoJo inside there before me. Aapparently, according to JoJo, some of them were scared of me and didn't dare ask for sweets from her. Haha, and they weren't as prepared as 28, but some in 28 were abt their level too. But i guess its jz me being over expectant of presentation standards...
Went for badminton after that at Sigplap CC. Wasn't on form today, and got tired real soon. Plus that CC is white, so hard to see the shuttle. And i tried my first few jumping smash from the back, or is it base, line. Realise i never actually could do that. So i tried today and ddn't turn out nice. Cuz from the back, i usually whack to opponents back or drop, can't smash cuz i dunno how to jump and smash. oH OH, Anyone up for a game of badminton?? I'll treat u bandung if u win? But if u in school team then diff story lar, cuz i failed the school team trials... haha.
Then went for tuition. On the way there, Mrs Quek told me its cancelled. On the way back, she said its on again. So i walked back again. There was this dog that barked at me 3 times lar.. I guess he was fed up too with me walking past his gate so many times. Haha.
Ate dinner at their house (so nice ryte, only God can provide such a nice tuition place!) and then taught tuition. Even had apple juice to drink while teaching! *BIG SMILES!!* Then headed home. Slept.
Wednesday
Relieved for Ms Ng again on 28. Not too bad, finished what i set out to do. And then had my own class. Not as good as i wanted, but yeah, its the over expectancy thing.
Major update of the day, Release of SC Results.
IT'S FINALLY HERE, THE 31st SC Elects.
Number of Councillors (without TA2) - 36
Number of TA2 (separate elections) - 6
Yes the 30th followed our "results slip method" but they stuffed it in a balloon and asked the nominees to burst it. Oh well.. Still had the "grade numerical" and "grade alphabetical". Haha, i still laugh when i see it!! I think the template is exactly the same. Jz modified.
There were happy people, abt 25 or more of them who came for the results ceremony. And there were the teary ones. Guys were the main crying ones. Diantha handled it very well i would say. Very proud of u! *smiles!!* Others jz left, while some had to be consoled. All in all, a solemn occasion.
So here you have it. The 31st Elects.
the full council - 42 (including a now merged TASC)
How the lockers will be allocated, i dunno, cuz there are 36 so maybe the Welfare Haven will have to make way. And TA2 councillors will face some discrimination maybe?
The SC room seriously isn't made for 42 ppl, so that'll be interesting to see. And new locker covers too! Haha, well, thats taking it a little far, council camp first. Be afraid Zhi Yuan, be very afraid. Know how to swim? Haha!
Oh Oh, this is an important part of my post!! Read read: Law Yifu Eve!!! Welcome to TJ for ur visit!!! I really thought i saw u, but i said, can't be lar, that's Julie only, can't be Eve. But guess what, it really was!!
And she so nice say she came back to see me!! Haha, although it was obviously Chinese Drama but ignorance is bliss. Haha. Talked quite a lot with her outside LT1. Sorry didn't go in and u had to fan urself with ZO Cards. Then finally went for dinner with Yumei, JarEN, YingEN, Zhi Yuan, Diantha, Aaron, and two other Elects whose names i can't spell. Haha... At BK. And it was my second meal out after a very very very nice lunch with JoJo and Eugene at Pizza Hut after they mistook our order! Yay, FREE LARGE PIZZA!
Shout outs
Cass-i'll be searching and praying
Dianthaaaaa-u've handled it really well
Zhi Yuan & Co- CONGRATS!! 31st Elect
Li Sze & Co-CONGRATS!! 5-0 thrashing
Shermin & Co-CONGRATS!! 4-0 thrashing
28 and 12-it was nice teaching you
Evelyn-im still holding on to ur pen. SorryLabels: 31st SC Elects, Aaron, BK, Chinese Drama, Dianthaaaaa, Eugene, Eve, Jaren, JoJo, Julie, Pizza Hut, Results slip, Tuition, Yingen, Yumei, Zhi Yuan
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(Saturday, March 24, 2007-)
+11:39 AM]*
# Temasek Idol
Thursday, part II
Yup, after blogging, I did go for class and met 03/07. Funny thing was Mr Tong was in the classroom before that. memories of being a GP rep. Haha. Aand the outdated diskette. Thumbdrives are the way to go man (= So I entered the classroom and there were jz two people. Out of thirteen, i thought that wasn't too bad excpet that eventually the class started like 15 minutes late. Xuewen and Selina were hopelessly lost. Oh well, others were lost too.
But lesson was great and fun. And best part is.... I WON the Current Affairs Quiz. Haha. With a close margin of 5 to 4, but the guys and girls tied each other. So Im the big winner. Haha. Yeah, whatever ryte? Was nice getting to know the class. Will have to read more of the papers though, bet Im gonna forget 90% of their names when i enter on monday.
Then it was off to the scroom to see what was going on. It was manual labour once again with the packing of TI Goodie bags. Steffi Bond and her agency have been redeployed from top secret agents, to Kacang Putih sellers. Haha!
Ok I have a major GROUSE *winks to 21* here. Why do Singaporeans call tid bits "KacHang PutEh"??? Well, it's pretty obvious ain't it? Firstly they don't know that kacang (which is THE correct spelling btw) means nuts, and not random stuff u get from a snack shop. And putih means white. So kacang putih refers to a PARTICULAR type of nut which is white after roasted. Aarrrgghhh!! The uneducatedness of Singaporeans continues to amaze me. But then again, if everyone's wrong, it doesn't matter does it?
Yup, then left for tuition in church with Nelson and AMaths Differentiation. Met Bertrand first though who was doing Sem 2 Matrices of Engineering. Haha, feel so dumb that i forgot how to find determinant liao. So sad. Oh well, eventually Nelson came and we started and eventually finished. Like.. duh. Haha. That wrapped up church and it was back to TJ
The sc were almost done and then packed up and went for dinner. Then walked home with some (which means more than 1) councillors. Surfed a bit online, got frustrated cuz my net here is so slow. Couldn't watch the stupid japanese dance video on youtube and Shing Yee is becoming more evil! *crashes stone on head* Apparently Joanne is too... Hmmm... scary people hiding in innocent looking faces =S
Friday
This was DDAY. Both for me and my beloved junior Ying Xiu. It was FireFly interview for me and final project, Temasek Idol for YX. Day started off bad.
Had to rush my certs and all, and eventually forgot one cert. Ah, nvm that, got most of it in order and left it at the GO for certifying and went for lessons, saying i would ocllect it at 9.30. But little did i know 9.30 was lesson time. Darn.
Had the crossword with 21. They seemed to be rather stuck at first with most guessing brands as 1 across but its NOT the correct answer *hints to next classes* But slowly they did get better. Some of them even got the lame ones like "she keeps quiet" *pokes shuming* haha. The clues didn't really help I guess, i dunno, comment anyone?
Then it was my first time with the new 06. I forgot where the lesson was supposed to be so I walked back to the staffroom, only to find out it was in the same class... So lame... So i walked back with my laptop and all and set it all up again. 06 was even later... Baa... lessons cant end on time.. never...
Did the same thing although it was hard to remember whos who still. Except a few who stood out but I think I'd forget all other than the GP rep Abishik. But it was fun and guess what, I did the current affairs quiz again. Nosurprise ryte.. Haha, the Team White lost to Team Green and it was good fun, i think. But they were also randomly shooting. People, please please start reading the papers!!
Okay, play time was over. Haha, play time, why did i use that phrase anyway? Lolz.. And it was soon rushing off to EDB. Took my certs from the GO and Mdm Aini was so nice. She saw I was rushing and sweating so she offered some perfume. MEN's perfume if you're wondering! -.-''
I knid of liked the smell too! Haha. A cab took almost forever to come but i still made it ot EDB before the 15 minute buffer time they asked for. Took the lift up to the 28 floor and my ears were already feeling the pressure. Met some other ppl who were there as well. Majority from RJ. Majority for GEP. Me? Only foreigner... Sighs. But it was cool. Jeline i think from RJ was the quite friendly bimbo. Yup, i think she knows shes quite bimbotic. Quote of the day was from her friend. "Jeline, stop being bimbotic, this is an interview for INTELLECTUAL people" Haha! We were all laughing in the quiet and pristine lobby of EDB.
EDB ppl were so not punctual lar! Wwhen it was 11.40, I found out that the 11.15 group hadn't even gone in yet (they do in 30 minute blocks). Then we knew we were in for a long wait. Initially the silence was so thick we were like in different rooms already. But after a while, we loosened up and started talking. Quite interesting ppl. Jeline guessed Mark's name cuz he "looked like a Mark" Yeah ryte, pure luck i think. They were from the same primary school and knew each other and even their friends. Mark-HC, Jeline-RJ, Me-only TJ.
There was this other girl who came later and she has a younger sister in TA1. If anyone knows who she is, gimme a tag? This girl was from RJ. And it was so funny cuz Jeline asked if she was from HC when they both were from RJ. We obviously bot bored and started making up lame stories like how the waiting time was actually the interview and there were hidden cameras to see what we were doing or the windows were actually one of those one-way screens and they were actually watching us. Mark even waved to the window. Haha.
Then came the stupid part. Mark asked us if we wanted to try the EDB Mint that they had. He said he tried it and it tasted like Mentos. But I said, it's our turn any moment and what if we get called in with the mint in our mouths. Jeline even crunched the Strepsils in her mouth before she entered the Lobby on 28 lar... So he said jz swallow lar. Sounds logical ryte?
NOT!!!! I stupidly took the mint and, yes it did taste like mentos. But after 30 seconds (I had already waited 30 minutes) of taking the mint, they called my name!! I was like.. crapz..
So I did swallow the mentos and my throat was burning for the whole interview lar... So stupid.
The interview was normal. The usual why did u choose FireFly and tell me abt some problems you encountered and how u handled them. So i spammed my council stories like mad.
Then came the part where we were joking about outside. The Singapore 6.5 million target. Mdm Lisa (my interviewer) asked what do i think the potential problems are when SG hits 6.5 million and i rambled on abt job competition and congestion and bla bla bla.. I was apparently (or obviously even) off topic cuz she had to ask again. "What are the MAJOR problems u would see, from EDB's economic perspective". So i restructured my answer and yeah, went on to more friendly questions after that. She even said i had better be good at the current affairs cuz I was a GP tutor. Darns. So biased lar!
And while the Mint was still burning, the interview came to the last parts abt do you have any questions abt the scholarship. Did the usual where would i work kind of thing, asked abt the shuffling, if they provided training and all. Yeah, and it ended quite nicely. Even the fact that i did go for EDB's Next Big Thing last time helped as she recalled some TJCians. Told her abt Zhongshan and Sean who were there as well. Yup
After I came out, Mark came out as well. The blur pork brought along only ORIGINAL copies of his certs lar... So he had to zap them at EDB. But then again it was quite wise cuz he could zap it for free there. And the zap machine at EDB so chim one. Touch screen, green light, auto detect paper size... Jeline and I had more fun playing ard with it than anything. Was quite funny with how one cert came out with the top part missing. My fault. Haha!
Then we waited with Jeline who was waiting for her friend. Talked more and then we made our way down after girl-from-RJ-with-sister-in-TA1 came out and then we parted, hoping we would meet again.
Then MRT-ed back to Bedok and met Grace. W/Talked back to TJ with her and met Julie and Zhiyuan on the way. They were meeting Yi Ning and hadn't eaten so I walked backed to the interchange and ate with them. Saw Yi Ning at the double pedestrian crossing and she didn't dissapoint, being slow as always =p But i think she realised we were laughing at how slow she was walking and started running. haha
She was in the nicest uniform in SG, the Meridian uniform. Jx realised i dunno if its spelled meridien or meridian. Oh well. Its the nicest blue ard! Yup yup. So we talked a lot and decided on BK cuz Macs was full. Yi Ning led the way and we did find it. Ordered and ate my first BK meal in a long time and soon it was time for Julie's PDP so we had to walk back
Things I found out
-Julie's bullied at home
-Meridian takes attendance at lectures
-Triton is the Meridian equivalent of Gamma (=
-Zhiyuan stays very far from TJ
Talked even more and Julie soon had to go for PDP. Met Dianthaaaaa under the stage who was with Pui Yee (though i forgot her name twice) She introduced me to a fun (and sadistic) game. Happy Tree Friends. And after a lot of trying, I eventually beat Jeryl's highscore. Haha. 15410 I think was my record. Lolz. Im sorry Jeryl, jz lucky i guess. Brought Dianthaaaaa to see the rehearsal of TI for a few seconds before she had to run off to her LEO GM
Now the day shifted to Temasek Idol. It was only 3 something and the room was already all set up and ready with lights and posters all in place with the laptops and everything. I helped with some of the setting up like taping wires and running ard with bits and pieces of information. It was dragging once again and i left jz before the final soundcheck. Got Julie's ticket and coulnd't hear Yi Ning on the phone. So sorry, she had to msg me. Haha. Then met JoJo and went for dinner.
It was late so I rushed a quick chicken rice and met Pearlyn, Zhi Ying and Mei Hui. Took Zhi Zhan's chicken rice back for him too. Haha, Pearlyn still welfaring ppl (=
Reached the audi and the arena was ready for stars to shine.
The atmosphere was just right, except perhaps the ludicrous PSI index in the room, courtesy of Zhi Zhan. From now on, I shall call the smoke machine the IndoFire. Haha. Qquite cool how it was remote controlled though. And before long, I was wandering ard with my students. Met the Temasek MTV people in the upper gallery. Who? Yes, the Temasek MTV, namely Shuming, Yi Ning, Julie and Shi Min. Go figure out why they're Temasek MTV.
Ran back to the control room and soon, the show was underway and I can honestly say the atmosphere was electrifying! The show started of with the theme song of the day I'll Be There For You (popularised by the Friends comedy series) by the Rembrants. The idols walked onto stage with a thunderous applause (with desibles of screams as well). Back in the Panic Room (read AV Control Room), the pressure and stress was on to get everything going right. Adi was the main projectionis, handling the backdrop and videos seamlessly. Soedar did the music with the help of ZZ's iPod for intervals and Claire was the lightings woman.
The atmosphere was tense in the room as votes were coming in even before the idols performed. Judges were straight to the point. Oh, they were Mr Daniel Chung, Ms Kwan and Alvin Tan of J3, Project Superband. After a great round of performances where Gordon peaked and Imran sank while Xiang Yun outclassed everyone, it was time for the groups
SPZ started things off but sadly, were quite off themselves, getting some negative comments. Same for Sarah and Zhi Wei and even Kita. Quaver were the obvious best although they weren't at their best. Sounds smooth ryte? Nope.
In the Panic Room, the walkies talkies were going almost non-stop and Adi was furiously swapping cables with Soedar for each video. And then swapped back for the voting procedures. For me, i voted
VOTE IDOL S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 S4 twice and
VOTE IDOL G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 G4 countless times. Hahaha!! In case u're wondering, thats for Xiang Yun and Quaver. But sadly, Xiangyun still got the least votes, but shes only TA1, so she has a bright future! Quaver got in and soon, it was time for the break. PSI went up to the max as even the outside was smoky.
Guest performances were really the best, with Alvin Tan and Chuang May being obvious winners for solo and group if they had participated. I need a HERO. ahha
Then things were tense as Arthi and Gordon made it through and Quaver and Kitaa were the finalists for the group. The American Idol Theme music really sounded nice as the results were announced!!!!
Then it was the solo category which i couldn't be bothered with anymore cuz Xiang Yun was out. But in the band category, Kita vastly improved but were no match for Quaver's killer song, My Immortal. The lightings were perfect and i think Yee Chiun took my advise on wearing red-black. The atmosphere was really there!! And at the results, it was obvious that Quaver was the winner and Arthi got the solo category. Err.. dun really care, but QUAVER WON!!! CONGRATS!!!
So they had confetti thrown down and Arthi and Quaver re-sang their last song and we ended with I'll Be There For You and the TI video.
The Panic Room was now over. And it was clean up. It was fast and smooth. Had "kachang puteh" from the sc. A thank you talk by my junior and Ms Fong and then we cleared out.
Last project and soon, its gonna be the 31st. An amazing night. Superbly done. 3 generations of PCs were there as my senior came back. But the last words of this post go to my beloved junior Tan Ying Xiu and thats all from me for Temasek Idol. Kenneth. OUT.
You more than made me proud, u have something to be proud of yourself! It was AWESOME!!Labels: Dianthaaaaa, EDB, FireFly, Grace, Jeline, Joanne, JoJo, Julie, Mark, Mdm Lisa, Mint, Shi Min, Shuming, Temasek Idol, Yi Ning, Ying Xiu, ZZ
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(Tuesday, March 13, 2007-)
+12:41 PM]*
# Found
Thursday
It seems so long ago, looking back. It was rather a dull day other than the fact it was fry-day. Eugene and JoJo had quite a fun time giving out points. Sorry to Shermin and co who walked away and missed 1000 pts. Mostly did scholarships and university applications. Mostly a boring day, feeling rather lost. And was actually looking forward to Friday. Mahjong seemed tempting.
Friday
Continued applications from the previous day. Also saw Eugene playing TD with Aaron. Had Canadian $10 lunch as well with the RTs. Nice. Im really not in the mood to blog, but its sort of the reason why im blogging. Just wanna be FOUND. By so many poeple. But I'll be back on this issue. More of what happened next that was quite exciting.
Guest appearance of Jia Yi in TJ. Met her at scroom. Had quite a nice time talking. About council. What went right and the many wrongs. The traditions. The fun. The mistakes. The fights. The people. Its common knowledge that the 29 has been outshined by the 30. We all know they've pulled the right strings in and left some loose. They've held the right people close while for us, its only a shadow to be feared.
A unity we could only hold together has been cemented
Privileged
Yet not knowing the price
Strong
Yet lacking the refining fire
Favoured
Unknowingly masochistic
Great
Yet ungrateful through time
Yet what can a shadow say
Observing
Yet what is lost cannot be found
Stepping away
Council has been good. It always will be, it's the very essence that keeps it going. No matter the batch, the traditions held, the culture taught or the knowledge passed down. It will groom you if you let it. It will teach you if you are willing to learn. To Diantha and Cadence, if you want to run for council, give it your best shot. If you get in, don't waste the many chances to learn and grow. It won't be easy, I know, but it will be harder if you get in and don't benefit from it.
Had a great time talking with JY, showed her 06 and 21 in the hall during the emo time they had. Danced two mass dances and a speedy. Laughed a lot at the chaotic fun-dance. Pointed out ppl like Eugene, Samuel, Cadence, Yumei, Mengting and others from 06 and Julie, Shuming and others from 21. Didn't find 04. Sorry. But then, all good things come to an end and it was time to leave the hall.
Back to scroom and then left to meet 06. Yay. But then realised i didn't have my wallet with me. Made 06 wait quite a lot. Sorry Yumei, knew u were really not feeling weel. Rushed to the staffroom and realised i didn't have my wallet. So I was heading for dinner at Simpang with 06 OGLs + Joanne without any money. But of course they weren't gonna let me starve and Cadence and Diantha offered money. Txs for the offer and esp Diantha for the $10.
Walked to the 2 and 9 bus stop and got on after quite a long wait and a talk on sc life. Finally reached Simpang Bedok and met 21 there. Haha, Shuming was so terrified of the pokes. And i did finally give in to one poke as 21 were leaving. Sat down and took almost forever to order. The menu wasn't very clear or helpful either so I had a mango with lychee dessert and 1 plain and 1 egg prata (read roti canai to Malaysians). Should have ordered my dessert later cuz it came way before anything and I slowly ate it. Some things i found out that night
- Cadence is a VERY slow eater
- Diantha is a slow eater
- Cadence, Karilynn and Dianthaaaaa all wear braces
- Stephanie is a healthy eater
- Yingen and Jaren eat fast
- (i already knew this but) 06 is full of cam-whores. Haha
Then after a very long dinner and queue time paying we left for Yumei's. The surviving people that made it there were just Yumei (duh), Ying and Jar EN, Cadence and Dianthaaaaa.
Had a nice bus ride with almost the whole bus to ourselves then reached Yumei's place which is so cool. Wish I could stay there. Haha. But the rooftop is really nice. Except people that are still high from orientation decide to bang the railings to cheer beats and stomp on the rooftop rather than enjoy the scenery. Took more pictures. Man... One should get Yumei an analogue camera and see how she suffers with film. Then went down for Mahjong and i surfed the net.
Took a swap after that and played mahjong instead, but ended up losing all anyway. Yup, so my mahjong skills haven been upgraded. But this time I could play without reference to the paper. Ok fine, I had to ask Yumei or Diantha, but well, i wasn't totally blur. I think. lolz.
Then had more fun playing bridge with Diantha. Ok, clarification on the scoreline, it was 3-2. So nobody thrashed anyone although i totally owned the first game and she almost owned the last no-trump game until I got control. Haha. Finally got the mahjong ppl to bridge. Which was a good thing cuz 4 man bridge is so much better. Bad thing cuz Yumei doesn't bridge so she curled up on a sofa and slept. Sorry to Yumei again. Then instead of leaving at 11 to get the last bus, we decided to stay till 11.50 to cab home and avoid the midnight surcharge. Jaren got his dad to come.
So we bridged on, was really fun to bridge once again, legally. Haha. And major discovery here is....
-Dianthaaaaa is the ultimate blur queen at bridge! *gives stacks of mahjong tiles!!!*
Finally we decided to leave and Dianthaaaaa led the way. You can so tell that this was a recipe for disaster but we were all too tired to realise. She didn't know the way. So we just walked till we reached a road. So much for avoiding the midnight charge. Then we found a taxi. Without a driver... Dotzzzz... Continued walking until we found a cab and took it home, with Cadence dropping off first in TP, then Dianthaaaaa the blur queen at Simei and me last. For the record, I owe
-Eugene $10
-Zsa Zsa $10
-Cadence $7
-Dianthaaaaa da blur $17
Oh well, it was a nice time (=Labels: bridge, Cadence, council, Dianthaaaaa, Eugene, Jaren, Jia Yi, Julie, Karilynn, mahjong, Shuming, Simpang, Stehanie, Yingen, Yumei, Zsa^2
the story ends like this;
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