Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Darn, school is almost about to reopen. Heard that Round 0 for Cors actually started yesterday and I wasn't even aware of it! Matthew, time to wake up and confront the next academic year la... Bengines, lets' move on to year two together! =D
Gosh many things have happened recently but I haven't been blogging about them. Let me attempt to recount them now. On Tuesday, we celebrated Pak's 22nd birthday at this Italian restaurant hidden in some obscure location along Rifle Range Road. Shared a lovely pizza with Eugene and had a great time catching up with friends I haven't met in ages. Ailin was there too and, yes, when ex-JC classmates get together, nostalgia starts to overwhelm the place. Apparently she'll be flying off to Japan to work as an English teacher for one year, so it was great to be able to catch up with her again before she left. Will post the photos of the gathering once I get them.
IF I ever get them...(where are my CAC camp photos la...)
On Friday evening (yes I'm recounting what happened in reversed chronological order), we had night cyling! The event was organised with the purpose of acting as a post engin camp event for OGs to meet up again. Was grouped together with the Naga people, along with special guest appearances from Hydra, Olympus and Shrek. Things started off at around 1030pm at ECP, after which we went down to Bedok 85 (had the famous Ba Chor Mee there), Joo Chiat Road (had a glass of ice milo that's all. heh =P), Esplanade (where it rained and we had to take shelter under the bridge. played psychiatrist meanwhile~ =.=), Geylang (dou jiang you tiao ah!) and finally, back at ECP. Not too sure how much distance we covered in all but it really turned out to be a test of physical endurance for most of us. Most of us rode till our thighs ached and our butts tightened up. But I suppose all that hard work really made us savour the great food we had at every stop. Was real proud of Eddie who had only rode 4 times in his life but actually managed to muster enough courage to cycle on the road! Good job man! Being the only camera man for that day, I ended up taking many photos for everyone...grr full time Engin Club camera man liao la.. =.=
Bedok 85:
everyone posing in front of Bedok 85!
our extended Naga family ever ready with their poses
Jamen can't take his hands off Shaoming...
Yes, we all love our Ba Chor Mee~ =P
Joo Chiat Road:
We did stop, albeit temporarily~
Everyone enjoying themselves
HIAZ~ (eh plz don't kill me ah..)
Geylang:
Dou jiang you tiao rox la! =P
More Naga pictures!
And finally...
Exhausted and worn out but proud of ourselves nonetheless =)
Hahaha night cyling was fun la. After we returned the bikes, we went down to Macs for a sumptuous breakfast and continued playing psychiatrist with our Naga guests. Need I mention how much I fear the game? Grr...why do they like playing it so much...
Lots more happened along the week for me actually. Had a gathering with my CAC camp OG last Wed and watched Harry Potter (my first movie this holiday!) last Mon with Naga. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie as I was kept glued to the screen with all the action going on, along with all the special effects. Even felt slightly moved during the last scene when Dumbaldore (??dunno how to spell??) encouraged Harry to fight back that evil guy whose name I can't recall and not give in to him. Those who read the book felt a lot was cut off from the movie but since I didn't read it, I'm not complaining =)
Bet I missed a few things along the way but argh, I'm too tired to continue writing already. Hmmm Oweek dry run later. And, omg, its so late already!! oO Darn...going to be late again..
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Whew! Participated in CAC camp last week and gosh, it was even more tiring than Engin Camp la! Maybe it was because us councillors had dual roles to fulfil as we were made to be station ICs too unlike during Engin Camp, where the camp committee literally did everything for us. Waking up earlier to set up the stations and running around the place emphasing the importance of safety to the campers is no easy task indeed. Respect to the Engin Camp committee for being able to undertake such a task for the whole four days of the camp. Ah and yes there was also "cultural night", where our acting skills were put to the test and our endurance level pushed to the max. Imagine saying the same things over and over again for over 4 hours! Gosh =.=.... Still, there's this slight amount of satisfaction, as sadistic as it may sound, derived from erm "educating" the campers as they underwent our stations.
Anyway its refreshing to be able to experience a camp that is conducted very differently from ours. Although the camp was very exhausting physically, I still had a tremendously fun time bonding with my OG (Chicken Little!) and doing silly things together with them. I think our OG really stood out from the rest with all the "TONG KA"-ing we did throughout the 4 days. Granted, our OG probably wasn't as enthusiastic as other OGs, but well, we were still unique in our own ways and were having our own kind of fun. Yep, I'm proud of you guys Chicken Little, especially when you all performed your dance during the last night. Was really moved by the amount of effort you all placed in it! And really I'm being honest with you all when I said it looked really cool. And not forgetting the souvenirs you got for us and the unexpected lunch treat at Botak Jones, which really caught me off guard. I'm just impressed beyond words by all that gratitude you've shown towards us~ =)
Pity I don't have any photos to show at the moment. Just thought I'll blog down my feelings about the camp first before I forget about them. Guess I'll post the photos another time. Till then....TONG KA!!!!
was chewin' grass at
11:35 AM,