Singapore River Festival - Air

Attended this specular performance with Auntie after getting to know that the performance was still available. The planning was very organised and all the performers performed their part on time and accurately.

It was a pity that I reached rather late, unable to get a good spot to take good pictures. There were a few guys that were very tall that blocked my view. There were people that squeezed in inconsiderately when teh show began. With blocked views and not a very good camera, many of my pictures were not very good.

I kept switching between my handphone and camera, trying to capture pictures and videos at the same time.

There was a surprise component in the performance; fireworks. It was really a very specular performance. It is a rare chance for one to get to "smell" fireworks.

We then proceeded to watch the performance by another group of people. This performance involved the artistic usage of water to dance. Nice. The music is nice too.

I was so glad that the performance delayed so that I could catch it in time after "Air".

Technical Workshop - Understanding Cancer

There were only four people that turned up for work for this last minute event. My attendance was only submitted a day before.

The seminar was like a lecture to me; it's about cancer. I felt so bored and it was merely a repetition of what my lecturers had taught me. I can even add in some extra information to enhance the speech by that doctor.

the talk was mainly about cancer of female reproductive organs. Fair? There were many guys at the talk too. I heard that this talk is to advertise the sales of an insurance. guys don't have to buy insurance?

I was the IC initially but was changed to another guy, a rather blur guy. I was almost saying the things to be done. I was almost having full control of the situation inside the house. Honestly, I should get that pay. Haha.

Some patrons does not seems to understand English at all. I asked them to move all the way to the other end, they replied okay and made their way to the side that was full. Some even tried to take seats on rows that were not "opened" yet. One plump lady tried to get her way and tried to use peer pressure on us. Great. The funniest thing was when a guy replid to me that his legs are very long and he will look for me if there isn't sufficient space after I told him that only the first-half of the house was "open". One venue marketing guy standing beside me tried to hold his laughter after hearing this hilarious remark. Funny!

I was glad that I was able to walk rather properly as I sprained my right ankle while doing the routine house-checks before the event. What a great start.

The event ended a little later than expected and I don't mind. Thanks to the IC that I got to get two sets of the "lecture notes". I can use it for speed revision when needed. It was a rather useful material I would say. The IC was funny, he tried to take everything down alone while we were just walking beside him. Commented on it and he handed one of the stuffs to another guy.

An average and smooth day of work I would say. I hope that I can be the IC again soon.

Power Over Cervical Cancer

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Marina Bay Sands Opening Celebration

Lucky me won two tickets to this occasion and attended it with Auntie Mui.

We reached there rather late as Auntie Mui had to work. It was time when the climbing competition commences when we reached and I managed to take a shot of them climbing. As they just started climbing, there were not at the very high part of the building, allowing my average camera to be able to capture them in action. There were a lot of people who crowded at the opposite building of the competition venue to watch the climbers in action.

After taking that shot, I proceeded in to the event plaza. I don't want to miss out any more performances. The walk from the shopping mall entrance to the event plaza sure is long. There were a lot of barricates set up that Auntie Mui and I had to walk rounds to reach the audience area.

We stood at a corner at the back. We could have been able to be in the middle if we reached earlier. The choice was then justified to be a right choice later on. The climbers in action were broadcasted live on the stage. At the same time, some parachuters just jumped off the plane. Though taking pictures of the climbers from where I stood was impossible due to the trees, I was able to take lots of pictures of the parachuters. What justified my correct position was that the parachuters landed in the water instead of the sky garden. So cool! Numerous boats were already on standby to fetch the parachuters and keep their parachutes. I was so happy that I got to take a shot of them "landing" into the water. I wonder if they rehearsed that before. Hmm.

It was then followed by singing session by Sylvia and Lin Jun Jie. I like the song "jiang nan" by Lin Jun Jie. Nice melody. It was really a cool thing to be able to listen to Sylvia singing "american Boy" live. Though I can't really see both of them on stage, as I was rather far away, it was a nice experience listening to them singing live.

The next thing was the main show of the day - the significant opening button pushing. Important people were invited up to the stage to push the big button together. I was surprised by the "fire crackers" after they did the significant "push". I like the glitters a lot! A little pity that I was not able to get a shot of it. I however managed to get two shots of the fire released on the top of the "palm".

After the official launch, Kelly Rowland was the next singer. Her voice is superb. Listening to her halfway, I had to leave as it was raining quite heavily. Auntie Mui and I went to take a walk at the basement to take a look at the "boating" service. Cool.

Seeing that some people are taking pictures with a "gong", we went to take a picture as well. HongQuan came just in time to help us took a shot. Nice.

We then proceeded home. I was already very tired then. HongQuan went to have his walk to the MRT station and taking pictures along the way. Auntie Mui and I took bus service 133. Not seeing the sign properly, we actually took the loop service. We then decided to take a train ride home instead. The distance of the train station from Marina Bay Sands was rather far though.

NYP ZhongHua WuShu Orientation Camp 2010

The long-awaited three-day two-night camp was finally over. I am really glad to hear that the year ones have enjoyed themselves. We are very lucky I would say. I want to thank all the people for their effort to make this camp possible.

I hope that this camp had infused me with sufficient experience; it must at least worth the three exam papers that I had sacrificed and my two weeks without a proper sleep.

We started off the camp with icebreaking camp. It was called "the name game". I was the last one of the "queue" so I had to say out everybody's name with their chosen adjectives. As usual, I am "noisy". There were some funny adjectives chosen, quite creative. What I realised was that there were lots of people with names starting with alphabet 'J'.

Before proceeding with the amazing race, it was time for lunch. Lunch was "great". Quite nice I would say as there was my favourite fish fillet. I just do not like the spicy part.

Each of us led a group of people for the amazing race. It took a while for my group to warm up and I am so happy to see that there was teamwork. While completing the tasks for each station, I told them to reflect and see the games from another perspective. Hope they get what I mean. It's the process that matters, not the goal. Hope they can get the underlying meaning of each game.

As there were no VCDs available, we spent time playing some games instead. Human knot! One of the group were superb. They managed to finish untangling themselves within 30 seconds without talking. Cool! There does not seems to be any advancement when all of them combine together. Too complicated.

It was then time for some training. Paddings. We used the small space near the staff center as it was raining and we were not able to use the netball court. The space at block E was taken away by bei quan dao. Think they accidently took my new box of plasters while clearing the "stage". Humph.

With the guidance of paddings, I was able to do my "wai bai" better. I managed to hit my foot with my hands all the way. I stopped halfway through the training as I aimed at the padding wrongly, causing pain in my left foot. Anyway, thanks to HerChuan, Haojun and William for holding the paddings. It's not easy and it's really tiring.

Went to have a night jog with LY and RQ. Ended up running alone because I run very slow. Did some stretching after three rounds to keep my muscles flexible. I wanted to run six rounds but my legs were too tired to take it. We spent time at the playground relaxing just like the last training camp. I stared into the starry sky while lying on the slide. I really hate the fact that the accumulated water made my shorts wet.

We then went to bathe. The most fun part was when "someone" used water to splash me I guess. First time ever. It was so cooling after the bath. I don't like the sticky and smelly me.

Spent time brainstorming for ideas for the games for the second day on the "stage" before sleeping. It kinds of makes me easier to think while lying down and stare into the ceiling. I did not sleep the whole night as the temperature of the girls' room was very cold.

I heard from Serene the next day that she was disturbed by my constant entering ans exiting the room. I felt so sorry about it. I was trying to increase my body temperature by walking around. I wanted to sleep at the "stage" where I brainstormed for ideas but someone took that place while I was in the girls' room. I literally walked in circles outside the room before going back to the cold room again.

I finally managed to start getting the sleepy feeling at around 6am. A good sign I would say. I was however woke up by a phone call. After picking up that call, I can't sleep anymore. Great. I was kind of worried whether I could survive the long day ahead or not.

The second day started with physical training. Stretching and jogging. My muscles were so stiff. Serene and I then served breafast to the people. I took the beehoon tray.

It was then followed by a relaxing game; charades. The chosen person have to act out what is written on the card for people to guess. As I answered to the nature's call, I missed quite a few fun parts. I was kind of glad to see that some of my ideas were used. Anthony was busy setting up the checkers while this game was being held.

After that, it was time for some action games; captain's ball. Sitting around that area sure is dangerous.

The next game is checkers with some special "elements" added by Anthony. Initially, it was just some rolls of tapes. Later on, it was way more cool as signs such as "马步" and "金鸡独立" were stuck onto some "lucky" squares. Creative.

While the juniors were playing the checkers, some of us were preparing for "zero point". I was the first to test the string of rubber bands. I rocks! I was totally shocked by what happened too. I actually managed to make successful jumps upon first attempts. Furthermore, it was a backward swinging rope. I stopped as I was confused by Anthony's instruction to face Serene and my shorts was kind of being loosen due to the vigorous jump. It was only till I stopped that I realised what Anthony was trying to tell me. Guess my brain is not that good enough to do multi-tasks. It was a pity that there wasn't any pictures of videos. That was a very enjoyable moment.

I then continued brainstorming of what to write in the postcards while the rest continued playing. Tried some attempts later on with a front swing but failed. Oh well. Great moments are just rare to come by.

It was then time for lunch. Same food as the previous day, great. I gave my sambal chilli to Jacky just like the previous day. I finished all my rice as the spicy level is still manageable. Furthermore, there was my favourite fish fillet.

It was movie time later on. As I do not like one of the actor of that show, I did not watch. Furthermore, I have so much things to do too. I spent time in the girls' room continue writing the postcards. That seemed to be the most quiet moment of the camp.

After a while, I got news that the block E area is booked and we were not able to use it for training. I quickly ran to SHS to check on the status of the netball court and hope that I can book it. I went to the SA office after getting no results from the portal and found out that the court can not be booked but there won't be anyone using it. What I can do next is just to pray that no one uses the court so that we can train there.

We went there after the movie screening for training and the amoeba game at the netball court. The amoeba game and dog and bone were the warm-up for the training. A rather monstrous training. My legs were so jellified after that. I was glad that I managed to maintain some form of consistency throughout the training.

We had our dinner and it was almost the same as the previous day. The only difference was the eggplants. As it was too spicy for me to eat, I ate the leftover lunch. The rice was hard and cold but at least it was still "swallowable".

It was the drama thing later on. Can see that the juniors put in a lot of effort to make the "drama night" possible. I had a very good laugh at their creativity and it is really destressting. I was glad that I got the chance to give out the "prizes" to each group. Since there were four groups, there were four prizes; "最佳搞笑奖", "最佳篇剧奖", "最佳武打奖", "最佳创意奖".

Debrief was held next as a large group of people were not able to appear on Saturday. Gave out the postcards I prepared and I was glad that I managed to finish writing in time.

It was then time for free and easy activities. Many of them went to bond at Macs. I went to do my jogging alone. Stopped after running one round as my knee could not take it anymore. I then went to find the people at Macs to chit chat.

After bathing, it was time to brainstorm for the programme for the next day. The timetable was a little messy as the debrief was brought forward. I forced myself to be awake thought I was feeling very sleepy.

After the things were done, I went to sleep in the stuffy girls' room. The fan was adjusted to a lower level which made the room a little stuffy. I woke up in the middle of the night after around an hour of sleep as I was shivering. My legs were so cold that I felt a little feverish just like the previous night. Went to the stage to lie down, hoping to gain back my body temperature before returning to the girls' room. I was shocked that I actually fell asleep.

I woke up before my alarm rang at 6am. I set off to collect the cake that I ordered. I really hoped to sleep a little more though.

I walked out of the school together with Haojun and Jiayi. Both of them were heading to Kranji for the YOG training. I kind of strained my knee as I walked but I pushed on. I was glad that I made it back on time to join in the PT. I walked rounds together with XX instead of jogging as my knee was really strained. It was time for breakfast after we did our sets of pull-ups.

Serene and I served the breakfast again. I took the beehoon tray again. I like the finger food as it was the seaweed chicken and fried wanton! Yummy! The seaweed chicken were gone so fast that I did not get to have second serving. So sad.

After most of the people had finished their breakfast, I took out the cake and start the birthday celebration. I felt a little unhappy that there were some people who did not join in. I am really happy with the support given by the juniors. I served the cake after the birthday babies cut the cake as usual.

We went back to the third floor to play the checkers. I was eliminated after the game started for a while. How great was that. I did not survive long even though girls were given three chances. I rocks.

It was time to break camp after the debrief time with the alumni and some notes-writing. I was happy that I got a few. I did not write any as I had already given out what I wanted to write to them the day before.

It was the committee meeting after the juniors had left. I didn't spoke much as I was scolding myself deep inside my heart. I just couldn't stop scolding myself. In any case, I was really glad that the juniors were bonded and had fun during the camp.

After clearing the rooms for lodging and packed the stuffs in the clubroom, Auntie Mui came to fetch me home. I really needed a car ride provided with the amount of things that I have to carry.

The camp is finally over and that was a load off my shoulders. Though I did not feel that I had learned a lot from this event, I would say that this experience does provided me with some knowledge.

I love WuShu~

Music Extravaganza

I did not sign up for this event as I planned to rest. Waking up early in the morning to travel to the west for YOG training can be tiring. As there were not enough ushers and there was a chance for me to be the IC, I signed up. It however turned out to be another guy that became the IC. Oh well.

The music was nice. Missed the erhu performance as I have to prepare drinks for the VIPs. Humph. I was so glad that I managed to get the people's signatures after the show. I however have to be more alert about my actions.

Being the most senior usher there, I helped to solve lots of problems. I was so happy when the IC told me that he was so lucky to have me there for the event as I somehow played a significant role.

The general manager somehow created quite a few troubles for me. I felt so annoyed that he is only concerned about his VIPs. He actually asked me to checked the VIP seats as some people sat the wrong place while it was the surge-in of the patrons. Furthermore, there was not enough ushers. I think the GM shouldn't work in this company as he does not seems to really appreciates music as well.

Workload for ushers seems to be increasing. We were told to do this and that while there is a limit to the number of ushers that they hire for each event. Great.

Thanks to Eeyin, we got to eat food from the reception after our work. So happy. It was never a thing that happened in the past during events that I worked. It seemed to be some segregation between full-time staffs and part-time staffs.

As the event ended late, girls were allowed to claim cab fare. Yes! I quickly hire a cab home as I was very tired and it was almost midnight.

SHS Graduation Nite 2010

I didn't really enjoyed the event as I was rather stressed with the upcoming wushu orientation camp and, I am alone.

Reaching the clubroom right after my exam and I was ordered to do this and that. Felt more of like used as a labour rather than helping out. There's a difference between these two. Stayed in the clubroom to type out the undone stuffs for the camp after most of the things were transferred to the NYP lounge. It was kind of good that at least someone talked to me a little while I was in the clubroom.

I wore a skirt to attend this event, kind of grand yet not that grand. The people again I would say.

It was a nice event I would say. It was totally like clubbing. I wanted to dance too, going crazy with the music to loose up a little. I spent my time sitting at the side and watched people dance. The music was kind of destressing too I would say.

The food was alrights. I like the fruit tarts the most. Yummy. I ate so much till I was so full.

I did have some photos taken. There was one that I tried to smile but yet not able to smile. I was too stressed. I was rather shocked that I felt my skin so tighted-up. My muscles tried to smile yet the tighting up of my skin seems to be pulling my smile down.

I helped to clean up the place after the event. It was rather late already. Doing what I can do, I left before everything was finished. Auntie was already getting worried and I have to wake up very early for the YOG training the next day.

Not bad that I got to have one of the leftover doorgifts. It was a nice thing though I don't really like the colour.

There were times that I thought whether I made the right choice to attend this event and not going to work, giving up the few bucks that I may earn. I chose to attend just simply with the hope that the relationship between them and me will be improved. Hmm.