FUEGO!

Woot! Just back from Chem Engine FOC (Freshmen Orientation Camp), which was held over 4 days at the Southern end of Singapore...SENTOSA! It was fun fun fun! :) Sore feet after that...haha. And a deprivation of sleep to boot.

Day 1 - Warmup! Socializing! SP & Fright Night!
Reached LT6 in the morning, drove my dad's car to school (sorta like a lift, cos he requires the car after that) and realise that some of the 'roads' shown on the NUS map are not to be trusted...haha. Took my barang barang (which is considerably lighter than whatever I had for Sports Camp) and found LT6 after taking a lift. Was terribly confused with the sheer number of seniors there. And inside, I realised that the ratio of seniors to juniors is something like 1:1...which is quite amazing indeed. Met Adrain, and realised my OG group is FUEGO. Met up with Jiaquan, who called me the night before to remind me to attend the camp. I was one of the earlier guys in the LT, so I was practically surrounded by seniors, and I was a little...lonely? Haha. But the seniors were nice, and they were all from the same class!

Slowly, more of my OG mates trickled in. Met Justin, Kent, Jinyao, Mark, Zhihao, Anqi, Weili and Angela. Started off with introduction, ice-breaker games and practising of cheers. Then, came a buffet-styled lunch and continuation of the campus games. The campus games were fun, and luckily, not as suggestive as the ones we did for Sports Camp. I still cant forget the body part game, where me and Jinyao had to do a nose-nose touch...that's damn difficult sia.

After all the fun, we learnt the mass dance moves, which got it's song from BoA's Ugly Duckling. It's a great song, and the moves were a little on the cute side, but oh well, it's still something to learn :)

After that, we packed up our stuff and moved off to the buses which were awaiting to ferry us to Sentosa. After checking into the Costa Sands Resort rooms, we had dinner as well as SP Night. 4 guys whisked into a room, blindfolded and half-sleepy, and requiring us to talk to the lady (also blindfolded) for an hour or so, whilst the organisers played games for the pairs. My nick? Ben Affleck. Woot. I like Jennifer Garner anyway. Haha.

After SP Night, we had a re-org of our OG and were led to the 7-11 for some re-supply. Our OG was the first to enter the house for Fright Night, so naturally the entire gang of 'ghosts' were energetic and lively. My partner was one of my counsellors, Adeline. I doubted she's afraid, since she's a councillor, and most probably had gone through the Fright Night route before. Was telling her some of the more possible places the 'ghosts' could hide. There was make-up on, so the 'ghosts' look damn real. Mostly, I was expecting certain events to happen, so I was surprised when certain events unfolded.

The most eerie part was when the 'ghosts' were in a damn dark room, everything was closed, and they try to grab your leg when u move, and they throw pebbles on the ground. But my partner and I just stood still and I tried to locate the source of the sounds. And the eerie sounds just heightened our senses. I accidentally kicked into one of the 'ghosts', and I mumbled "Sorry" immediately. After that, we scurried to our next station, which was also as frightening, as one of the 'ghosts' was above us to scare us, dripping some paint. That was interesting and a good idea, but I knew something was moving due to the noises made.

Fright Night was fun, yes. Most of the time I was walking slowly and looking out for the 'ambush' spots, and letting my partner know. But since we were one of the first groups to finish, we had to stay up to wait for the rest of the groups to finish, and by then, it was 3am already. Playing games in the comfort of the room, as well as talking nonsense. Hunger was on our minds, and the package which the seniors gave us came in useful...Yam Yam! Haha. Played the Murderer & Detective game, as well as the Polar Bear game. But, Mark's hypnotic voice soon steered us to lala-land...

Room for 6!


Staying up late...


Yam Yam!

Day 2 - Beach Games, SP Night, SABO-ed!
After a short 6 hours sleep, we awaken to a bright sunny day for some dry land games. Well, I reckoned that breakfast would most likely be the same as what I had for Sports Camp - Bread and spread.

I was proved wrong.

Instead of just bread and spread, we had ham, sausages, tomato slices and cucumber pieces to go with the bread! Is that good or what? A good start to the day, indeed.

After that, we started our games at Sapphire Hall, with the Animal Farm game. We were the MooMoo (aka cow) team. Interesting sia...cos we do a MOOOOOOmoooooo sound *lol*. After that, we proceeded to the first of the dry land games, which was to make a sandwich out of bread, lettuce, chili sauce, ketchup and sausages. The passing of the ingredients were done using the face, by applying the sauces on either side of the face, and the others using the mouth. And we had to eat our creation after the entire thing in the fastest possible time. Though we won, it was a sandwich filled with sand, and the face was scorching with the chili sauce on one side.

Alas, when we were en route to our next station, a wave of torrential rain came and we had to seek shelter immediately, thus moving on to the wet weather programme - OG interaction and games, as well as the learning of the Mass Dance steps.

Luckily enough, after lunch the sky cleared and we proceeded on with some beach volleyball first, followed by the wet beach games. (Don't all beach games mean it's gonna be wet?) Caterpillar walk, Frisbee, Dumping water into a bin full of holes, 100 mins no NG, Filling up of water bombs and solving a puzzle piece. Our OG definitely ROCKED! Our statistics: W3,D1,L1. Haha.

After the beach games, it was washing-up time, and we had dinner followed by seniors talk. 3 graduates from the course came back to give some advice regarding our course and our potential futures in the various industries. SP Night followed, and it was upped a notch, with the exchanging of postcards (I seriously did not know what to write...). And the most unforgettable part of the SP night this time round was that the girl used camouflage cream (YES! SAF-issue!!!) to draw/outline our faces, guided by the councillor. I guessed my room dudes got it pretty bad, all 5 of us, as compared to others. This is what I look like...



Had to spend some time cleaning up the face, and after that was done, it was the appointment of the Pegeant couple for our OG (which also means it's SABO time, as the guys get to choose the girl, and vice versa). Alas, I kenna SABO-ed by the girls. And Angela was SABO-ed. And both of us had to learn the Mass Dance routine, 'cos we had to perform during the Finale Night the following day. It was a 1-on-1 coaching session by Jon and Kian Hong, but I guessed I slowly got the moves correct...Got used to the rhythm and beat of the song too! Angela was not bad, catching up fast with the steps and all. The rest? Well, they brushed up their dancing steps, as well as brain-storming of ideas for the skit for Finale Night also.

We talked and talked...and I think Angela and I drifted off to lala-land whilst the others were doing the finishing touches...Lotsa funny ideas flying here and there, Haha! (I still like the insurance thingy which Jinyao said =X)

Day 3 - More Games, Finale Night, Non-stop fun!
And thus we had more games...Games stations under shelter this time round. And we had to earn "cash" so as to bid for items for the dressing up of our mascot. Interestingly, we got awarded the tallest structure, answered most questions for the MRT Quiz correctly, but lost plenty of money on the Speed Eating & Drinking Game - eating of bread in 30sec and drinking of coke in 10sec. Still, we had plenty of money, and in the end we managed to get the stuff which we required: A long chain rubber bands, and a piece of cloth. We also got newspapers, and successfully got the straws (thanks to Jian Bang for his huge contribution...)

Our Mascot...? A "Dang Kee", with our best person...Jinyao as the lead character. Haha. And he certainly fitted into the role ;) Immediately after the mascot contest, we had Scavenger Hunt, and the Amazing Race along the beach. I feel stupid, 'cos I did not bring my IC along, as they needed one whose birthday is in July -_-"

The Amazing Race ended with us being one of the last groups, because of a slight technical error, and the fact that we were issued the wrong maps. Anyway, we had a fun water-bomb fight after that. Managed to hit some of the intended targets, but kenna the target of water-dunking also. Hurhurhur. I'm no match for the 4 strong senior dudes.

After the wet stuff, we went back to the chalets for shower, only to realise that the key's missing! We got the replacement key, and knew the original should have been left in the sand near the bags which we last left there.

Quickly changed into the clothes for the night, and had some discussions with Angela regarding the poses and stuff which we had to do for the Pageant, 'cos I had almost zilch ideas on how to do those. Heh. We were lucky that the rain gave us some extra time to practice the skit, familiarise Jinyao and Anqi with the dance moves (oh yea, cos the Pageant couple need not do the dance liao...haha) and for us to think of the poses.

After a dry run for the Pageant contestants was conducted, we met up with our SPs to finally know who's behind that blindfold. My SP was Huifang, ex-VJC lady. She's a friendly lady also, so that's a good sign ^_^ And our group of 5 SP couples had a total of 4 guys (Chris, Jiaxin, Gui Deng, me) and 1 lady (Jacqueline) in the Pageant, which is an interesting statistic too, haha.

The dinner was buffet-styled at the Siloso Beach Bar, under a clear night sky. Very romantic night and it was a cool evening too. Got SABO-ed for one of the stage games, which was to stuff as many marshmallows into the mouth as possible, and still be able to say a sentence. It was easy with 5, but 9 was too much already. My mouth was not big enough. I managed to win...by a whisker. Nonetheless, I shudder at the thought of marshmallows now...

The Q&A session for the Pageant was alright for me, and it passed quickly. Whew! We had more fun with the skit put up by my friends. Corny, indeed. But, alas, Acqua won the skit, and the Pageant winners were also from their OG. Kudos to them.


Marshmallow Contest


That's me on stage


Angela & Me ;)


I like to shake it shake it...


(L-R) Me, Justin, Jinyao, Kent, Zhihao


We are....FUEGO! ^_^


Yum Seng!




The night was young, and...we embarked on a night full of fun and games, especially with the camping outside 7-11 doing "qian4 bian3" riddles. After that, it was Captain's Ball with Vento, and it was fun to do that throughout the night. Did not feel lethargic in fact.

And guess what? Kent & I managed to find our missing room key, lying on the sand, untouched. Lucky, indeed.


Playing Cards


This is interesting...

We played till around 5 plus, then slowly walked back to our chalet as the day turned brighter. While the rest retired for a nap, I talked to Weilian and had a nice chat, as I did not wish to sleep.


Totally conked out

Day 4 - Last day...sadness...
Whilst the rest were sleeping, I used the Internet and played the Arcade games downstairs, which kept me awake somewhat. Hunger soon struck, and the thought of it coming at 0930 hrs soothed me...till it was postponed. Heh.

Nonetheless, we finally checked out of the rooms and had our breakfast of bread with kaya in Emerald Hall. Fulfilling indeed! Then we had our last Mass Dance and cheers, and it was goodbye after that. Even got a Frisbee from the O-Comm! It's nice of them to present a group gift to us :)

Our OG proceeded to get out of Sentosa and to HarbourFront Subway, where we had our lunch. It was more of a after-camp atmosphere, relaxed and tired souls trying to finds things to talk about.


Me & Adrain!


I don't like that evil grin...AT ALL


Current Mood: Exhausted

Current Music: BoA - Ugly Duckling

Away Again...

Packing my stuff for another camp, this time, the Chemical Engineering Camp. Realised that it's a pretty light-weight camp, so, guess it would be much better.

Been trying to catch up on sleep after those few hectic days. Yeap. The wake.

Oh about that, I should thank the people who've been to the wake on Friday (which was the last day for prayers), to pay their last respects. It has been really nice of them to drop by. My SOL friends Alvin, Jie An, Kok Soon, Siew Shin came along in the evening (ard 5 plus), and Aloysius & Shuwei arrived shortly after. They sat around and we just talked, and dinner was also served. Shuwei, as always, will eat when there's free food...haha.

Later at night, my other JC friends, Grace, Hui Jun, Joo Hui, Michelle, Weichuan came, and I was at prayers, so I couldn't meet them. Funny thing is, they asked my cousin Lily whether I was around, and she forgot my name =X Junhong and Genevieve also arrived later, and after that we also sat down and chit-chatted over supper provided.

They also gave their prayers to my Granny, and that made my day better. Much better. Thanks guys ;)

Today was also the first OG outing, with the Sports Camp OG. Not bad for a first outing, decent turn-out. Haha. It's great to let loose after the wake, I guess. Being in other's company.

Initial plan was to meet at Selegie and have pool, but I was late. Met up with Alvin, Weiming, Sheena, Weishan and Seah there, with one table opened. After that, Shuping, Winnie, Arthur and Alex came along. After the pool at Snookerium at basement of Paradiz, we had a couple of games at the arcade over there. In fact, Bishy-Bashy and Daytona 2. Been a long time since I played Daytona...drifting....ooooh. And Wilson joined us before we left the Arcade, whilst Weishan and Seah left earlier due to their own committments.

Then, we went to have our makan at PS, meeting up with Ninghan and PeiRong there. Pastamania was our choice, and we managed to find seats there *whew!* Not to forget, the main way to finish left-over food was to play Zhong Ji Mi Ma...heh. Sharon, who came last, got sabotaged by the rest to eat down 4 pieces of the pasta remaining, which had already been fully covered by cheese and Tobasco Sauce. Evil sia...

Last stop for the day was at Rochor Beancurd. But before that, we had some ice-cream, and I made a quick rush to get my SP night gift and wrapping paper. Constance joined up with us at the stall, and whilst makan-ing the tao huey and slurping the tao huey zhui, we planned our next outing...ECP BLADING! Well, I'm interested...'cos I wanna learn blading haha.

But I also feel a little left out, I'm not too sure why. Maybe, not as talkative, not as friendly and not as interactive. Or just plain boring me. I just dunno.


Got my SP night gift, not too sure how the Chemical Engineering camp would turn out, since I prolly knew quite a number of the guys entering the Dept already. Oh well. Just see how it goes.

Tomorrow, 9am.

My body's tired...My mind's a whirl...

Current Mood: Pensive

Current Music: Baby - Ai Qing Bu Neng Zuo Bi Jiao

Sportgasm Pics!

The making of...the Drag Queen


Drag Queen Contest


Wassup?!


We constipated for a piece of...Pringles?


Night's Out @ Fong Seng ^_^


Hairwash!


Guys @ Sentosa


The Deaf, The Dumb, The Blind


Trying out sunglasses


Cute...couple? Haha


My sleepy face...alamak!


Best commercial for armpit hair cream


The Beauty and the Beast?


Bash Nite!


Me & my OCS buddy Alvin


Cool...Winson & Me


Me & (tipsy) Xiuyi


Even Xiao Hei also tipsy?


Groovie! with Sheena


Oh My Gawd!


The third finger OWNZ all!


Not a sign u see everyday. Haha


Aqua supporters, Me & Benny!


Me with the ladies ;)


Yoyo + Wassup = Yoyo Wassup?!


The most EXCITING OG in Sportgasm 2005! Woohoo!


Current Music: Lionel Richie - Ball And Chain

She's gone

Gone peacefully yesterday night, at 10.25pm.

I've just left the hospital after seeing her, sleeping so peacefully.

*sigh*

Some things, you just cannot anticipate.

Anyway, I'm calling off the birthday stuff. Sorry dudes. Another day, perhaps.

Uneasy Decisions

1 day, 2 different feelings

Returned from a trip to the movies with Tong Cai, really enjoyed War of the Worlds! Though, the ending was a little...bland? But at least it followed the novel. Oh well. I felt the CGI was pretty impressive, acting was laudable too ;) I guess, that's the happy half of the day.

Also just returned from the hospital, and it seems her condition has not been as good as before.

Her eyes were closed. Sleeping so peacefully.

A sense of loss and uneasiness swept through my heart and mind.

What could we, as family, do? Other than sitting/standing there watching helplessly whilst our loved one is on the bed, desperately fighting for every breath of air, yet taking slow, irregular breaths.

I'm sure it's painful for her. In fact, she seemed to be in a comatose state, a state where she could not react to what the people around her spoke. Stirrings seemed regular and not due to what we spoke to her.

I whispered to her eyes, telling her that me and my brother were around, letting her know of our presence.

Nothing more I could wish for than for her to open her eyes to see us one more time.

Or the thought of her attending my 21st birthday.

Or the thought of her seeing me go into university.

Just 1 month more...yet, 30 days seems so long. Even 3 days. A long long short. The chances? Negligible. Unless something unordinary happens.

Talked to Aloysius, 'cos at that moment, I felt that I needed to talk to someone. It's a difficult pill to swallow. When Grandfather left 4 years ago, it was exactly the same month.

That was the year of A levels.

I guess, I got quite shakened up, since I was much much much closer to my Grandfather than Granny. Still, I feel a sense of emotional loss.

I guess I'm just this type of guy...a guy who is sensitive. *sigh*

I've just got to wait and see. Hence, a silent vigil from now onwards.

Current Mood: In Silence...

Current Music: MLTR - Breaking My Heart

Uncertainty

It's lingering on my mind, when my parents returned from home to discuss with me regarding my birthday plans this Friday.

"Granny's condition is getting worse from yesterday, (we) have talked the doctor & nurse. In my opinion, the birhtday celebration MAY have to cancel, but wait till tomorrow and decide."

I just saw my Granny yesterday, checking on her condition, seeing whether she's still okay. Apparently, not as good, but she seems to have phlegm in her throat and is unable to remove it. Breathing was heavy, but steady. It assured me that she was all and well the way she breathed while sleeping.

I'm at a loss. The news came as a shock, and was totally different from that I've seen yesterday.

Perhaps, if a person is meant to go, he/she has to go.

I'm still deliberating on how to deal with my birthday plans. Mostly on hold, simple affair. Just JC friends, camp mates, close friends...my head is throbbing, not due to this, but due to the flu which I've gotten via the camp recently.

I hope Granny is alright. Hang in there. Be strong.

Current Mood: Confused

Rejuvenated!

Ahhh....early Monday morning. Rejuvenated after 2 nights' worth of sleep, lotsa water, moisturizing cream and what-nots to revitalise a weak body after 6 day's worth of fun and games at Sportgasm 2005 organised by NUS Sports Club.

It definitely lives up to it's name, in fact, I thought it brinked on the meaning of lewd already. Haha.

Anyway, the camp enabled us to try out the different sports under the NUS Sports Club. We tried Archery, Basketball, Bouldering, Canoeing, Dragon-boating, Floorball, Handball, Netball, Rugby, Volleyball, Windsurfing, and got to witness Wakeboarding stunts and tricks. Not to forget, the different martial arts groups like Taekwando, Wushu, Judo, Silat etc. made performances to let us know more about their groups.

And how could I forget to mention my OG's name...WASSSUP?!?!?!

Oh yea, you guys certainly ROX! Most exciting (and I would like to say ENTERTAINING) OG in NUS SPORTS CAMP 2005! The people were great, and hilarious at times ;) U guys rock MY world!

Basically, the entire camp was hot hot hot! The sun was great, but maybe...too great at times. Almost everyone in my OG returned chao ta, except for one, who applied loads and loads of sunblock onto her skin. I think the complimentary sunblock which was given was not enough also. Haha.

Also managed to upload the Sports Camp pictures from my camera online here, and my Dive Trip pictures here. Enjoy! ;)

Now, time to plan my birthday...I realised I've not planned much till now. -sigh-

Any helpers...?

Current Mood: Awake

Current Music: Yo Yo Yo! Wassup Yo!

Back.

Yea. Finally. Landed and touched my computer.

I think my skin colour can match that of my computer colour. Not kidding.

Will put up some pics when I've the time, now's the time to snooze and see my nephew! *excited*

Current Mood: Exhausted

Darned...

It was a slow slow day today, and many of us got the "golden voice" of Shirley from Kelly's Services in the morning, awakened by her 9.30am early morning call. (Hello?! We're working night shift here!)

We got the same lines, "We'll not be extending your service any further, and would it be okay with you if your last day at work be on the 25th Jun?"

And...were we supposed to say "No"?. Guess not.

Damned obvious answer, but fits into my plans perfectly.

Why? Fri-Sun is my dive trip, Next Mon-Sat is the NUS Sports Camp. So in actual fact, I had thought of stopping work this week.

Wonders of it all. Was it telepathy?

So effectively, today's my 2nd last day at work, and I bought some Tau Sa Piah from Balestier Road to treat the people at the workplace. Glad they enjoyed it. Well, freshly-baked too!

* * *
Anyway, the main point of today's post is to state that Murphy's Law really does apply, in a myraid of ways. And it happened to me, not once, but twice in a span of 2 hours...

1) I was talking to my friends at the GHS'05 CallCenter that there would not be any inbounds regardless whether all of us were at our seats or not. Seems like Heaven had to play a prank on me by letting me have the honour of getting the last call.

But thank goodness it was someone willing to do the survey. Imagine kenna shouted at and scolded at despite being the last call of the day.

If that happens, I would just hang up and say, "Eh...oops?"

Anyway, back to the person, he's a Swede, and working here, as an expatriate. His monthly salary...woah. Not to mention, he's working in a good company. Anyway, good guy to talk to, and it took pretty fast to finish the survey. All 10 minutes.

Done, and I was a happy man.

2) I wanted to print my documents for my Travel Insurance (Diving Trip) and my Sports Camp stuff, but realised the Epson printer which I have cannot work, due to the requirement of drivers. So I had to search high and low for the drivers, install in and let it work. And I tried and tried but still couldn't get it to work. Restarted the computer, and it could work. BUT the best part was that the inks had dried up!

I was like..."WTF?! At this moment?!"

No choice...have to think of a solution outta this mess I've having....grrr...

Current Mood: Working