Trmw marks the last Saturday of guitar practice.
Sadly or not, it going to be the last time we will ever don the blue collar guitar shirt. The way everyone train, the mental strength everyone gave was tremendous. Tremendous to the point that i expect myself to do so too or even more. It will kinda be the last Saturday trmw where we play our 2 songs yet again. Ever since November we have been playing these two songs, but weirdly we just dont get bored of it. Time flies and although it was really eventful, inevitably full of ups and down. I still remember fondly the times where Kimberly failed me for both pieces. to think back then i get 31/100. I still get 31 now though, but somehow it progressed to 31/40. I still remember hw we used to complain that we, the guys, always have to carry stuffs all around. I still remember how we used to scream/shout to each other in excitement that omg we have 30 year 5's. 5 GUYS! or something. I still remember the day i cried terribly upon notification of my retainment. It was christmas eve. I still remember complaining how impossible it was to play such nice songs. I still remember the Ghim moh Duck rice. Frankly, there's so much things that i remember but cant seem to put it in words.
All the memories we shared, everything we gone through was really too fast. I am reluctant to let go of the past, love to reminisce about it. How i hope SYF was abit later, not because i am afraid we cant play well nor didnt prepare enough. I have full confidence in everybody as all of them have work 110%, juggling everything in life with their hectic schedule. I am reluctant because of the fact that after SYF, my friends are going to step down. Yet I dont want to let go, running away from the fact that i will be stuck in limbo, that there will be no more training, no more sitting together and playing a song together anymore.
Guitar training have become such a routine that i really think i will feel weird without playing.
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Jiayou dhsGuitarists. Leave behind a legacy for the rest to follow
Friday, April 24, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Long time since i blog!
Let's recall. Had ogl briefing on last friday. Was pretty content heavy for me since i didnt came for all e trngs. After that watch 赤壁ii with all e guitar peeps. it was definitely worth watching, and although we sat at the 1st row straining our necks, we were all smiles when we left(: Saw Jason and his friends too. Went home after eating with Dejian and prepared for Saturday.
Saturday was a tiring day. We went to volunteer ourself in this painting CIP and clean this old man house thoroughly! Although we took like a long time (around 8 hours), it was pretty satisfying to see the house turned from black to white(: Going back on feb 7 , interested ppl pls tell me(: Went back home full of aches and paint and bruises.
Finally ORIENTATION 2009! this was my 1st time being an OGL and i thought the experience was definitely memorable(: began camping in school on Sunday night, ate kfc for Sunday night, macs for Mon breakfast, kfc for Monday night-.- Ghim Moh's still e best for food): Met my OG along with Roy on Monday. At 1st thought they were pretty dead, and i was thinking "oh god. how am i supposed to rah-rah them for the upcoming 5 days" Fortunately, my fear was unfounded as i have several great year 6s' to help me- Roy , Ming Quan, Wei Cheng, Kian Hong, Xiaoyou, etc(: All of them are humorous in their own way which have unknowingly shaped our group into what it is now- a weird K11-.-
Day 1!
This was a tough day for me, practically still living in e shadow of the past, it's really really hard for me to act happy. The feeling of standing in the crowd along singing the national athem sucks. When i look around, i felt so lost and absolutely hated it when ppl start staring at me. Kept telling i just have to get used to it, but trust me, it is NOT easy at all.
Started with housebreaker when there is only 10 mins for one game. I thought it wasn't really effective at all. Went on with 31 legged race which i really have to thank weicheng for coordinating the movement for me while i am still in the hellish mood. Manage to shake it off gradually and was really really proud of them when they got 12.8 seconds. It may not be e best but seeing them smiling together warms my heart(:
After that was school tour, it was a terrible mistake by me): i sincerely apologise to my og! i thought we were to get 5 yellow envelops, but didn't realise we are suppose to complete 5 real stations.. thus when i got the 5th envelope, i happily told gladine last station and thus she say if last station dun have to take at all.. and i stupidly gave it up to her. Returned to the LT happily as 3rd-.- Slack for like half an hour b4 realising something went wrong and then went on to do the last station. Return last): SORRY OG!
Only up til here, i realised Imelda is Joanne and vice versa-.- ended day 1 with sort of low morale due to the sch tour):
Day 2!
Today was alot better! Dragon Boat was plenty fun due to sharon nicknaming us as kaobei(: Actually i think we are really kaobei-.- super noisy at times hahaha. This is what orientation should be like(: We emerge 2nd at the race! After that went to leisure park, tried Who am i?- a spicy Korean sauce on the chicken. My voice went to the moon after one mouth. Still can rmb the churning feeling in the stomach. Strongly nt encouraged for the weak-hearted- and also the weak stomach. Telematch was great for bonding! Kinda shocked that they were so bonded that they hugged together to protect Roy(: However, roy still got pretty wet. Oh well everyone had fun!
After that was og interaction time. Played loads of stupid game like polar bear and tuki-tuki. Absolutely hate polarbear, nvr got past the 1st stage. PPL KILL ME COS THEY FEEL LIKE IT LO!unfairness. Haha(:
Day 3!
Last day of year 6! dread this day as i fear when they go we will be super quiet again. Went to KSC in high spirits. Played Look-Out and emerge as champion! went to play the watafest letter hanging and got last-.- See how inconsistent we are. Played water polo too. Won too:D
Taught them a stupid game of huh, what. Was very amazed they are so entertained by it-.-
Went to ECP for other games. Played this digging game. Hell we are super stupid. we never answered any of the question correctly until the last one. And when we did, we dug nothing but forfeits. What " jump into the sea 3 times". LIKE WE WILL. Bury the forfeit back again quickly xP
Went on the the next game and won again:) the fastest ball- Kirin own. Painted ourself like caterpillars and wanted to challenge the last game. It was cancelled due to the violence. although we are totally prepared, none wanted to play with us. We happily announced we win then-.- Went for og dinner at Mos! Mq being himself again. Remembered i was totally shagged then on the verge of fever. Say good bye to the year 6's and waited for cluedo.
Cluedo was quite boring i must say. Everyone was sleepy and groggy. haha. i pretty much seen much of the scarers so were prepared for some scares. Nonetheless i guess it manage to bond all of us tgth more(:
Day 4!
this is the day whereby we have hell loads of pictures!(: started the day with hse activity- proving that we are true kirinmons. Had algor dance after that was pretty funny to see everyone doing the same thing:)
went for pac monster race after that. 1st food was at downtown!#%^&. unfairness again. haha went there for Mr bean. Was supposed to complete e task of passing rubber band for 5m.
Passing rubber band
K11!
Next food was supposed to be 水粿 but we couldn't find and skip to the 3rd food as Yuru allows. On to Kway Chap! Task was to take photo with 4 diff race with e kway chap.
Petrina pose(:
Caucasians
Malays
Chinese
Japanese
Went on to 水粿(: Couldnt find it at 1st so went to buy frozen one to pose with it. The task was to ask tourists to try it. We found the real one soon enough!
Petrina's the model again!
Last food we went to is @kfc. We order Cheese fries. Task is to do e chicken dance. So we or rather they did(:
Went back to the school after that. We've got 23rd out of 39th! Not bad at all, given that we went to Pasir Ris where others went to like Marina Square(:
After that was finale night!IT WAS AWESOME! Kirin rocks! Have plenty of videos but posting some which is more interesting(:
<3imelda and Wei Hong
Before that was the burst balloon game,Kirin sent Ashley and Candice. They've done pretty well too! Pingteck Ray and Chak's pure awesomeness(:
Went to the hall for the tealight thing that form I love SH.
After that was some Kirin initiation ceremony, where we turn into true kirinians. Since we are all from Oryx, us ogls have to participate as well(: the night gaze was beautiful. Lying down at the 正心园looking at stars was great. Too bad for ppl who missed it(: Took several group photo at the hall then(:
If u realised,e poses all consist of games we played(:
Day 5!
Woke up earlier to play sparklers!
Look at smart Imelda
Pray that this year will be better please..
Chinyi's group (k8!)
Kirin
Kirini 11
Kirin! 11(:
Went to 正心园 for closing ceremony. KIRIN CHAMPIONS!!! Good job ppl(: We did our super seh war dance which goes:
Kamatei Kamatei Kirin Kirin
Hanna Hanna Haa Haa
Holsha Holsha Kill Kill
Hahhhhh KIRIN!
e action's seh. Took some group photos
From Top left: Joanne, Petrina, Imelda, Vanessa, GengZhi,
From Bottom left: WenFang, Felicia, Jiajia
K11!
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have to thank everybody who really made this a success, OC, participants, teachers etc. Thought it was really fun, knew many more people through this orientation, hopefully the wish i made on initation night will come true. So long... School officially start tomorrow.. i really dread trmw...new class here i go..
Let's recall. Had ogl briefing on last friday. Was pretty content heavy for me since i didnt came for all e trngs. After that watch 赤壁ii with all e guitar peeps. it was definitely worth watching, and although we sat at the 1st row straining our necks, we were all smiles when we left(: Saw Jason and his friends too. Went home after eating with Dejian and prepared for Saturday.
Saturday was a tiring day. We went to volunteer ourself in this painting CIP and clean this old man house thoroughly! Although we took like a long time (around 8 hours), it was pretty satisfying to see the house turned from black to white(: Going back on feb 7 , interested ppl pls tell me(: Went back home full of aches and paint and bruises.
Finally ORIENTATION 2009! this was my 1st time being an OGL and i thought the experience was definitely memorable(: began camping in school on Sunday night, ate kfc for Sunday night, macs for Mon breakfast, kfc for Monday night-.- Ghim Moh's still e best for food): Met my OG along with Roy on Monday. At 1st thought they were pretty dead, and i was thinking "oh god. how am i supposed to rah-rah them for the upcoming 5 days" Fortunately, my fear was unfounded as i have several great year 6s' to help me- Roy , Ming Quan, Wei Cheng, Kian Hong, Xiaoyou, etc(: All of them are humorous in their own way which have unknowingly shaped our group into what it is now- a weird K11-.-
Day 1!
This was a tough day for me, practically still living in e shadow of the past, it's really really hard for me to act happy. The feeling of standing in the crowd along singing the national athem sucks. When i look around, i felt so lost and absolutely hated it when ppl start staring at me. Kept telling i just have to get used to it, but trust me, it is NOT easy at all.
Started with housebreaker when there is only 10 mins for one game. I thought it wasn't really effective at all. Went on with 31 legged race which i really have to thank weicheng for coordinating the movement for me while i am still in the hellish mood. Manage to shake it off gradually and was really really proud of them when they got 12.8 seconds. It may not be e best but seeing them smiling together warms my heart(:
After that was school tour, it was a terrible mistake by me): i sincerely apologise to my og! i thought we were to get 5 yellow envelops, but didn't realise we are suppose to complete 5 real stations.. thus when i got the 5th envelope, i happily told gladine last station and thus she say if last station dun have to take at all.. and i stupidly gave it up to her. Returned to the LT happily as 3rd-.- Slack for like half an hour b4 realising something went wrong and then went on to do the last station. Return last): SORRY OG!
Only up til here, i realised Imelda is Joanne and vice versa-.- ended day 1 with sort of low morale due to the sch tour):
Day 2!
Today was alot better! Dragon Boat was plenty fun due to sharon nicknaming us as kaobei(: Actually i think we are really kaobei-.- super noisy at times hahaha. This is what orientation should be like(: We emerge 2nd at the race! After that went to leisure park, tried Who am i?- a spicy Korean sauce on the chicken. My voice went to the moon after one mouth. Still can rmb the churning feeling in the stomach. Strongly nt encouraged for the weak-hearted- and also the weak stomach. Telematch was great for bonding! Kinda shocked that they were so bonded that they hugged together to protect Roy(: However, roy still got pretty wet. Oh well everyone had fun!
After that was og interaction time. Played loads of stupid game like polar bear and tuki-tuki. Absolutely hate polarbear, nvr got past the 1st stage. PPL KILL ME COS THEY FEEL LIKE IT LO!unfairness. Haha(:
Day 3!
Last day of year 6! dread this day as i fear when they go we will be super quiet again. Went to KSC in high spirits. Played Look-Out and emerge as champion! went to play the watafest letter hanging and got last-.- See how inconsistent we are. Played water polo too. Won too:D
Taught them a stupid game of huh, what. Was very amazed they are so entertained by it-.-
Went to ECP for other games. Played this digging game. Hell we are super stupid. we never answered any of the question correctly until the last one. And when we did, we dug nothing but forfeits. What " jump into the sea 3 times". LIKE WE WILL. Bury the forfeit back again quickly xP
Went on the the next game and won again:) the fastest ball- Kirin own. Painted ourself like caterpillars and wanted to challenge the last game. It was cancelled due to the violence. although we are totally prepared, none wanted to play with us. We happily announced we win then-.- Went for og dinner at Mos! Mq being himself again. Remembered i was totally shagged then on the verge of fever. Say good bye to the year 6's and waited for cluedo.
Cluedo was quite boring i must say. Everyone was sleepy and groggy. haha. i pretty much seen much of the scarers so were prepared for some scares. Nonetheless i guess it manage to bond all of us tgth more(:
Day 4!
this is the day whereby we have hell loads of pictures!(: started the day with hse activity- proving that we are true kirinmons. Had algor dance after that was pretty funny to see everyone doing the same thing:)
went for pac monster race after that. 1st food was at downtown!#%^&. unfairness again. haha went there for Mr bean. Was supposed to complete e task of passing rubber band for 5m.
Passing rubber band
K11!Next food was supposed to be 水粿 but we couldn't find and skip to the 3rd food as Yuru allows. On to Kway Chap! Task was to take photo with 4 diff race with e kway chap.
Petrina pose(:
Caucasians
Malays
Chinese
JapaneseWent on to 水粿(: Couldnt find it at 1st so went to buy frozen one to pose with it. The task was to ask tourists to try it. We found the real one soon enough!
Petrina's the model again!
Last food we went to is @kfc. We order Cheese fries. Task is to do e chicken dance. So we or rather they did(:
Went back to the school after that. We've got 23rd out of 39th! Not bad at all, given that we went to Pasir Ris where others went to like Marina Square(:
After that was finale night!IT WAS AWESOME! Kirin rocks! Have plenty of videos but posting some which is more interesting(:
<3imelda and Wei Hong
Before that was the burst balloon game,Kirin sent Ashley and Candice. They've done pretty well too! Pingteck Ray and Chak's pure awesomeness(:
Went to the hall for the tealight thing that form I love SH.
After that was some Kirin initiation ceremony, where we turn into true kirinians. Since we are all from Oryx, us ogls have to participate as well(: the night gaze was beautiful. Lying down at the 正心园looking at stars was great. Too bad for ppl who missed it(: Took several group photo at the hall then(:
If u realised,e poses all consist of games we played(:Day 5!
Woke up earlier to play sparklers!
Look at smart Imelda
Pray that this year will be better please..
Chinyi's group (k8!)
Kirin
Kirini 11
Kirin! 11(:Went to 正心园 for closing ceremony. KIRIN CHAMPIONS!!! Good job ppl(: We did our super seh war dance which goes:
Kamatei Kamatei Kirin Kirin
Hanna Hanna Haa Haa
Holsha Holsha Kill Kill
Hahhhhh KIRIN!
e action's seh. Took some group photos
From Top left: Joanne, Petrina, Imelda, Vanessa, GengZhi,From Bottom left: WenFang, Felicia, Jiajia
K11!
---have to thank everybody who really made this a success, OC, participants, teachers etc. Thought it was really fun, knew many more people through this orientation, hopefully the wish i made on initation night will come true. So long... School officially start tomorrow.. i really dread trmw...new class here i go..
Friday, January 9, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Squad Chalet
time flies and this is the 3rd squad chalet we had. Although we have all passed out for around 1.5 years now, it's kind of weird we are still tightly knitted together, like a ball of wool. The way we communicate, the way we express ourself is just so sincere, like we know each other for a good 10 years. Noisy and disgusting as we can be, i could still proudly say i am from this squad, the one with the least guys in history (hopefully still is) but nonetheless achieve great heights.
Some photos from e chalet:
Yahui and her birthday cake and her middle finger:P Happy 18th!
Look what 18 years old can bring you- alcohol, cigarettes-None of the good stuff.
Out at e beach at 3 am. Hell freezing
A clearer one. Shunjie was the cameraman for both(:
Zhiying
Cheryl
Guys
Girls
Couple #1
Possible couple #2?
Xinyi
Biqi Wanting
Other half of the table
Weisong
Shunjie's gigantic steak
The people who came for dinner
Shunjie
Sir Chinyang
Zhiying Jocelyn
Guess who's below the blanket?
Got it?
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That's all i guess. Look forward to the next chalet! By the way street rove was super boring, Junyang, Nicholas, Simin, Junyang's Cousin (Yi Jun) and me decide not to go for the second day as it was to us a waste of time. So much for promoting. Oh well at least the flash mob was pretty cool.
Did some taxi surveyor job on Monday too. Job scope? Sit down somewhere comfortable and count taxi+passengers at the taxi stand for every 5 min. Pay? A good fat $7/hr :D haha did from 11~ 2, was pretty boring though. I remembered my taxi stand was E09, outside Keck Seng building at Tanjong Pagar. Met up with nicholas for lunch and saw Simin, Suat Teng, Jocelyn at Funan IT mall. Stroll awhile and went home. Shall go i guess since there is guitar trmw. Soon in like 4 days, school will start and the real test begins...
Some photos from e chalet:
Yahui and her birthday cake and her middle finger:P Happy 18th!
Look what 18 years old can bring you- alcohol, cigarettes-None of the good stuff.
Out at e beach at 3 am. Hell freezing
A clearer one. Shunjie was the cameraman for both(:
Zhiying
Cheryl
Guys
Girls
Couple #1
Possible couple #2?
Xinyi
Biqi Wanting
Other half of the table
Weisong
Shunjie's gigantic steak
The people who came for dinner
Shunjie
Sir Chinyang
Zhiying Jocelyn
Guess who's below the blanket?
Got it?---
That's all i guess. Look forward to the next chalet! By the way street rove was super boring, Junyang, Nicholas, Simin, Junyang's Cousin (Yi Jun) and me decide not to go for the second day as it was to us a waste of time. So much for promoting. Oh well at least the flash mob was pretty cool.
Did some taxi surveyor job on Monday too. Job scope? Sit down somewhere comfortable and count taxi+passengers at the taxi stand for every 5 min. Pay? A good fat $7/hr :D haha did from 11~ 2, was pretty boring though. I remembered my taxi stand was E09, outside Keck Seng building at Tanjong Pagar. Met up with nicholas for lunch and saw Simin, Suat Teng, Jocelyn at Funan IT mall. Stroll awhile and went home. Shall go i guess since there is guitar trmw. Soon in like 4 days, school will start and the real test begins...
Friday, January 2, 2009
1st post of the new year!
but chose to reminisce the past..haha some pictures of recent outings.Enjoy!
Mongo Countdown:
on the bus to Keith's club
Walking into the club
Group photo #1
Singing Session
Kiddish Xiao You
Swings
Guo Xiang stuck in the playground tires
Out of the club,on our way to Vivo
Dhoby group shot #1
Dhoby group shot #2
Keith
Group Photo #2
Beautiful Scenery
Guitar Settlers Christmas Outing:
Many Games
Group Photo
Street Rove tomorrow, hope it will be interesting. Bye
but chose to reminisce the past..haha some pictures of recent outings.Enjoy!
Mongo Countdown:
on the bus to Keith's club
Walking into the club
Group photo #1
Singing Session
Kiddish Xiao You
Swings
Guo Xiang stuck in the playground tires
Out of the club,on our way to Vivo
Dhoby group shot #1
Dhoby group shot #2
Keith
Group Photo #2
Beautiful SceneryGuitar Settlers Christmas Outing:
Many Games
Group PhotoStreet Rove tomorrow, hope it will be interesting. Bye
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Last post of 2008
Many stuff have passed in this one year.风风雨雨我都走过了。But at this point of time, my world is in a spin too, similar to Chin yi's. I wonder why my inner world is in chaos, but still i hope time will heal me, letting me emerge as a better person.
Maybe this retainment have thought me something useful, where i could uncover people's nature or character in the process and try to understand things i could never have before. It has also allow me to see things in a simpler way, perhaps of what weijie perceived as “知足常乐”. I do not really have a habit of making new year resolutions, so i thought i should start small and not be greedy.
My new year resolution for the upcoming 2009 would simply be:
1. Everyone to be happy and peace.
Perhaps it will be fine. Just maybe
Maybe this retainment have thought me something useful, where i could uncover people's nature or character in the process and try to understand things i could never have before. It has also allow me to see things in a simpler way, perhaps of what weijie perceived as “知足常乐”. I do not really have a habit of making new year resolutions, so i thought i should start small and not be greedy.
My new year resolution for the upcoming 2009 would simply be:
1. Everyone to be happy and peace.
Perhaps it will be fine. Just maybe
Monday, December 29, 2008
I remembered i went MDIS for my job orientation yesterday night. The marketing manager told us a somewhat meaningful quote which i thought i should remember.
"There was once a well with 5 frogs on the edge. Two jumped, how many frogs do you think are left?" he asked.
"3?" answered some CJC guy.
" Correct."
"Now there is another well with 5 similar frogs. Two decide to jump, how many frogs do you think are left now?" he questioned.
Sensing that this might be a trick question, Chee Guan naturally answered "0." Another guy answered 0 too.
He (marketing manager) laughed.
"5" i thought. However, i thought this was a rather stupid answer so i kept mum.
"Know what's the answer? i bet you all do actually. It's simple. Ya-5. no hidden tricks. It's just simplicity. When they decide to jump, they have not done that particular action yet. However when they actually do it, they or in this case you, may influence one or more of your friends to do the same thing. Same thing apply in life, you have decide to become successful/rich/happy etc, but have u actually do the things that will get you to that particular goal? So if you have not,why not be the brave frog then venture into the darkness of the well, subsequently bringing your 4 other frog friends with you along? You'll never know what is at the other end when you never try."
thought it was meaningful. However , didnt went for the training as the job was purely commissional. Doesnt really suit us.
“坚韧不拔，永不言败”
1212am. what a nice time.
"There was once a well with 5 frogs on the edge. Two jumped, how many frogs do you think are left?" he asked.
"3?" answered some CJC guy.
" Correct."
"Now there is another well with 5 similar frogs. Two decide to jump, how many frogs do you think are left now?" he questioned.
Sensing that this might be a trick question, Chee Guan naturally answered "0." Another guy answered 0 too.
He (marketing manager) laughed.
"5" i thought. However, i thought this was a rather stupid answer so i kept mum.
"Know what's the answer? i bet you all do actually. It's simple. Ya-5. no hidden tricks. It's just simplicity. When they decide to jump, they have not done that particular action yet. However when they actually do it, they or in this case you, may influence one or more of your friends to do the same thing. Same thing apply in life, you have decide to become successful/rich/happy etc, but have u actually do the things that will get you to that particular goal? So if you have not,why not be the brave frog then venture into the darkness of the well, subsequently bringing your 4 other frog friends with you along? You'll never know what is at the other end when you never try."
thought it was meaningful. However , didnt went for the training as the job was purely commissional. Doesnt really suit us.
“坚韧不拔，永不言败”
1212am. what a nice time.
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