Thursday, March 29, 2007
3:00 PM
lalalalala well i had my prayer answered. I've been not-as-busy and bogged down this week compared to the last few. Either that or i've just gotten used to it!
GONNA DIE GONNA DIE GONNA DIE FOR FRENCH CONTROLE!!!! bleah i wanna do well for once!! ):
i have been studying, by the way. I dont get why my teacher insists that subjonctif is really hard...unless there's this whole other part we havent heard of. its pretty much like the hardness of futur proche.
i've realised that the series of emotions i cover every week are basically pretty much the same, with minor variations from tests and other things. it goes something like this:
MONDAY: huh? only first day of school? got 4DAYS more leh.. wanna slack, want holidays!
TUESDAY:ugh french. only tuesday? well, tomorrow wednesday, halfway point coming soon.
WEDNESDAY: halfway point! halfway point! ohno got tuition): i can make it through the week!
THURSDAY: aiyah french again. never mind. after that got 4 days before french again. YAY tomorrow's friday! almost there!
FRIDAY: HAHAHAHAH fridays here! guides...okay lah not bad can talk t abby and may and slack. OHNO what if its footdrill? forget it lah. TOMORROW'S saturday! cell! cell! service! service! (and now: F4! F4! haha oh gosh we rock) last day! I MADE IT!!
hahaha yeah thats my week. (:
well yesterday was a slightly different wednesday though thankfully! cos my tuition teacher got sick so i didnt have t go home so early for tuition. So after the rain slowed down a bit, nat and i decided t go t island creamery! (: and nice nice nice ck gave us a lift cos she was passing by. and she was so shocked that i wore the seatbelt! hahah.
yeah so we actually studied and got work done! i'm so proud of myself. i managed to finish all my homework before my dad came to pick us up. i love island man! (: oh and i think nat's blog add is so FUNNY(: when she told me i laughed! haha but i know it wasnt supposed t be funny! i'm, sorry natt(:
oh and i'm SO COOL(: i started the colourful scotch tape trend in 3gy!! yay i'm a TRENDSETTER!! ahaha.
oh today was the stupid Emergency Exercise thing! and we had to go sit in the HOT field for like a LONG TIME. and i think all the sc primary people hate me cos i was supposed t tell them t squat down and not stand up although there are like 2ANTS. so scary, yes? Ahh. well yeah so i was getting quite irriated cos there was this girl who was just standing there and filing her nails and ignoring me although it was so obvious that she knew i was talking to her. UGH. and they're like what? p3? p5?
serriously. and then when i was walking back to class i heard some primary schooler go "there, that one" to her friend and then proceed to glare at me. I just kept walking. ):
anyway, GOOD NEWS: val and amelia may be coming to church on 7th april!! maybe i can bring them for cell outing if its on. no one ever tells me anything! hurh.
well okay. i shall go now and watch news so i can improve on ss! i wonder whats happening with the T. T. Durai trial?
:D
Friday, March 23, 2007
3:22 PM
busybusybusybusybusybusybusy.
thats all that i've been. OHMYGOLLY is this just the first week of term2? feels like forever! it dragged on and on and drained me completely. i learnt how to fall asleep with my eyes open this week. i also learnt that big beige lizards with stripy tails think debra's legs are sexxy! XD
been so starved for good music. and today when i came home, the only thing i wanted to listen to was something related to God! so im listening to planet shakers now. its really stress-relieving(: yay.
I GOT INTO LIT TRIP!!! :D
yay! i am so happy! i dont care if its going to be really tough and we'll have tutorials everyday the whole day! i'm gonna have fun and THATS IT. (: thank God for this opportunity and for the great teachers who are leading it!
i love GOD, don't you?
i've been so grateful to God lately cos i havent been deserving to even pass some of my tests, for the effort i put in, but yet God still lets me pass, sometimes do better than i expect. I haven't failed anything yet! (: i'm also happy cos i've been remembering not to swear so much and do the right thing although i want to do otherwise. and remember to THANK GOD.
fong sent me this sms that day:
If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it.
Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God
Quiet moments, worship God
painful moments, trust God
every moment, thank God.
im trying to follow this, cos i think its the right way to go! also carmen's sms:
honour God in your thoughts, actions and TIME and i'm sure God's grace and goodness will overflow.
i hadnt been doing much of those, yet God still helped me through everything last year and in the beginning of this year. The LEAST i can do is to honour Him in all i do. i'm trying really hard!
tomorrow's saturday! Church! YAY! (: finally! cell, craziness and laughter. although thats nothing compared to hearing the word of God and hearing from Him. and worhsipping Him together with other passionate youths!! the feeling is just indescribable. (believe me, i tried)
well thats it for now then! (: take care people! and dont get disheartened! take small steps. take each day as it comes. ( but study in advance!)
thank you all you wonderful people who brighten my day and cheer me up and make me happy again! <3
Sunday, March 04, 2007
10:15 AM
whahahaha im back from obs!!
and not only did i survive, i had FUN!!
okay its not fun while i was doing it..but looking back and thinking about it and the experience and EVERYTHING. i love it! ahaha i love my watchmates! COOK! the best name man! hahaha and my instructor was actually really nice! his name was LJ but we called him algae/algay!
i shall tell you ALL about it!
DAY ONE: we arrived at camp 2! i thought the store looked really gross.. and i was kinda freaked out cos this lizard ran past me into the BACK place. haha but oh well i wouldn't be freaked out now!
okay okay then we had capsize drill thing.. and we were carrying the kayak and then somehow everyone decided to let go but didnt tell me so i ended up scraping my hand on the road.. and it hurt ALOT for such a TINY thing. well then we were supposed to swing 3 times before capsizing and sam only swung TWICE so i was like totally unprepared! but i made it anyway. and then sam and i and zihan and vic were like always the first two kayaks! haha it was super fun except that i was stuck trying to get on the kayak after we capsized in the middle of the ocean! but yes i made it eventually..
AND oh man i could see my house from the sea so it totally sucked cos i was so near yet so far! haha and we "sailed into the sunset"..
lol. i didn't know camps gave such JUNK food. like seriously. not wholesome or whatever! haha. but we thought it was very little. in the end we had to distribute and bring home! haha.
i didnt want to go to the toilet to shower cos of the LONG queue so joan and i changed at the rock wall using her pillowcase thing and then showered at the wash-up area! but unlike smart lydia, teri, bobo and gladys, we kept all our clothes on! hahah.
didnt sleep well cos its unfamiliar environment and everything. alhtough that was probably the most comfortable night.
DAY TWO: we hiked over to camp1. it was fairly okay except that we kept stopping so it was more tiring. although in relation to the weight of my bag, it was quite easy! (: camp1 is like SO resort-like there's even a swimming pool which duh we arent allowed to touch.. but there was AIRCON at the instructors place.. sam left cos of her knee. poor girl.
we went to learn how to belay properly and i couldnt really do it cos i kept forgetting to LOCK. but oh well it was okay.. the scary mid-element thing was quite okay in the end. i thought i would totally DIE or something but yeah i made it across the first two. i fell off the third one lah but still it was okay. i think zay almost flew cos of the sudden weight! WHOOPS. but anyway, she had anchors!
then we were briefed about sea ex! i was so worried. there was like this cold fear somehow. not exactly sure why. but i was sort of scared we wouldnt make it in time i guess. and that i wouldnt be able to handle the kayaking for so long..
anyway, we pitched our tents and fell asleep! it was actually a pretty good sleep lah except some people from the other watch were quite noisy! haha
DAY THREE: we woke up on time and managed to leave in good time. it was quite tough at first cos me and zay were supposed to be left marker and the fleet was quite sprawled out. and people were having problems keeping within the boundary. but in the end we managed to keep it fairly orderly and there weren't so many people going outside.
then we turned into the river and i was so worried that i wouldn't be able to stern rudder enough cos my hands were so freaking tired!! but i did! haha and we didnt get stuck in any branches! yay us! and we made it across the swamp and everything. i got stuck in the mud so much that i had to use both hands to pull my shoe out of it. and then they asked for someone to go over the other side and bail out water. so i was like going to go down and then algay went 'aiyah just mud only! free spa!' and rubbed a handful of mud on my face!! ): bleargh. so gross. anyway i went in the other side and had to swim in the swamp and hold on to the kayaks!
finally arrived at the scary, ulu campsite with the NO TRESSPASSING sign. put all our stuff up and then went to HEAVEN in the midst of hell! the wonderful quarry!! we just like floated there for a long time and ate oranges and whatever. and then i was uh okay.. chatting about someone to abby and then all of a sudden she screamed, " DAVINIAAAAAA!!" and i was pushed underwater by BIRIN. so irritating!! hahah but yeah i didnt swallow that much water! (:
anyway sadly after that we had to pitch our tents in the pouring rain and we were freaking shivering like crazy!! It was so cold and we were dripping wet so every time the wind changed direction we’d hug ourselves and shiver!! And screech “wind change direction! Wind change direction!” especially me, zihan and abby(:
HAHA.
it was really difficult and we were really discouraged cos there seemed to be no hope anyways, the tents were already flooding and kept falling over. We had nothing to DO, to keep warm. So like around 7 of us formed a circle and held hands to keep warm and started praying very very hard for the rain to stop and that we’d be more comfortable again. Then we all went under a poncho and tried to keep warm on body heat. After awhile there were too many of us so abby and I found another poncho and split away from the group. We ended up under the tarp-roof listening to ghost stories by the un-scary Carmen. Haha.
the instructors were really nice cos they made us HOT milo so we could be warmer! Although it was too hot to drink(: but it did help somewhat. And the rain stopped for awhile to let us cook (THANK GOD!! J) and for us to make our way back to our campsite amidst the grunts of boars and croaks of bullfrogs and whatever else! I was so scared my gosh I wanted to CRY and give up. Thank Carmen and jean for being SO nice and walking on either side of me although they were scared too. I LOVE you guys! <3. anyway, we managed to change to something drier in the tent, although it wasn’t much help cos throughout the night, water was dripping through the top of the tent and INTO my shirt and I was lying in a reservoir.
HAHA and one of my watchmates was so SMART she wore her underwear to sleep cos she had not enough dry pants.. and in the middle of the night LJ came to check on us! hahaha so funny. I wonder if he even realized cos it was so dark and I think he’d be more concerned about whether we were able to sleep(: I only managed to sleep 2 hours, but somehow God carried me through the next day.
and this is the story as told by Lydia:
TWO of our watchmates suddenly got their period in the middle of the night so in the early hours of the morning-when we were all mostly awake anyway-lydia and gladys had to go find pads! So they had to ask LJ! And the conversation was somewhat like this:
lydia&gladys: algay! Do you have pad??
LJ: pad? P-A-D?
lydia&gladys: yeah.
LJ: girls asking guy for a pad? What is the world coming to!
HAHHAHHA.
Oh I can just imagine.
DAY FOUR:
I tell you this was a relief. The night was over!! YIPPEE! We cleared up everything and got ready to hike back to the LUXURIOUS camp2 as soon as we could! Most of us skipped breakfast-which meant more weight in my haversack, but less time wasted-and still in the rain, walked to the instructors tent area.
After a last check at the campsite, we left (thank God) for camp2. The walk was a little tiring but I think we were all so motivated to get back quickly to the land of toilets and roofs, that we managed to reach pretty quickly and were not so tired.
Basically the day from there on, was quite slack. We played some key punch game and a mass skipping thing where the whole group has to skip as many times as possible. It was quite funny lah. Not that interesting, but not bad! It was a break from everything else.
Then we had to wash stores and account for all our equipment which was actually quite tiring. I mostly stayed at the sinks, so I didn’t have to walk back and forth much. Anyway, we ended up with the right amount of equipment in the end, so we didn’t have to pay for anything! Yay! Haha.
That night we slept under a ROOF. The mph. it felt good! We used the dry poncho as a blanket and managed to actually sleep well. I think it was the second best night of sleep, the best being the second night. Also, we were all very tired, which is also probably why the instructors let us have a slack day!
DAY FIVE:
Going home day! Ahah. We were all really in the “we’re leaving” mood and everyone was considerably more cheerful and HAPPY. The first thing we did was the COOL jetty jump that was really fun although I was worried that there might be a jellyfish! Ahaha. We had to stand at this plank-like thing and then say our commitment and then take a big step off into the sea. My commitment was to be more tolerant of people. I think i’ve succeeded so far. Yeah anyway it was really fun. Except I was wondering why I was taking to long to resurface and I think I breathed in water! Oh well. It was still fun.
And I said a final goodbye to my faithful school shoes! HAHA
We had breakfast and sang our song to LJ, before having morning circle and doing the journal stuff. And I was taking random pictures with my disposable camera! Haha I now know how to turn the thing(:
Then we had the FINAL debrief. We all presented our certificates to each other and got a piece of string from the web thing, when we shared about obs experience. And then LJ played the “high” song which I thought was so nice and is now my favourite song! haha cos it reminds me of everything at obs, the good mostly. And he read us the poem that he wrote. Its quite good actually and I thought it made a lot of sense. It was nice of him to.
Yeah well then we just had a final official goodbye as a cohort and they called us to go on the boat by classes..
And
OBS WAS OVER.
It was a really good experience and I’m glad I went. Glad I didn’t give up, and glad for the chance. I would do it all again if I had to, because it was utterly worth it. And now, everything makes me obs-sick! haha. Well. Back to school work now. TEST, TESTS and more TESTS.