99 Days to Singapore 2010 YOG Countdown Celebration!

HongQuan and I did not manage to get the limited edition collar pins as we reached rather late. I rushed my way there as I was released late from class but HongQuan was later than me. So I roamed around the MRT station and searched for food while waiting.

It took us a while to find our way there as the traffic lights was located at the other end. We dared not enter initially as we did not see anyone entering. Taking up some courage, I went to ask one of the people on duty. After going through the metal detector, we finally step foot on the party ground.

It was a disappointment that the pins and game cards were all given out. It was however great that we managed to try on two games; fencing and basketball. We got a key holder from fencing and a biscuit from basketball. Though the gifts were small, we were very happy!

The show started with Jean Danker gathering the crowd. We managed to find a spot near the middle of the stage. It was really hot squeezing with that large crowd. There were dance and singing performances. I really like the dance by some NUS students. Nice costumes, nice movements and nice music.

Standing at the side of the red carpet, I managed to get some shots of the VIPs! Cool! HongQuan was a little unlucky to get lesser shots than I did. He has a better camera than me though.

Shifting forward with attempts to get better pictures, there was a photographer infront of us who was very tall! He totally blocked our views. I managed to get some shots as I raise my hand really high up in the air and did a angled-down view.

The volunteers' uniforms were revealed. Some of the tops were nice while some were not. I don't think I am having the nice ones. The cargo pants is however very nice!

After the ministers left, the performance continued. I stood right infront of Hady Mirza as he sang for the crowd. Wow. This was the second close-up interaction with him. The crowd behaved well as no one dares to step over the "lines".

Singing his third song, HongQuan and I went over to get ready to take shots of Electrico. There was a live telecast interview by either suria or vassamtham central of a kid and a volunteer right infront of the band. It took us some time to get a shot of the band with no interference.

Songs sang by them were alright. I do not really understand though. A bunch of students danced with craziness like they were clubbing. The whole party ended after the third song.

HongQuan and I walked around to take more pictures before leaving the area. Managed to take a silly photo and it made me feel so happy. As a guy was removing the car plate of the car on display, I borrowed the car plate from him. It was nice of him to volunteer to help us take a picture in that silly pose. Nice. I can't wait to see the photo.

Before proceeding to the MRT station, we took a look at the shop selling the YOG merchandises. It's good money. The items were so nice that I hope to own some of them! However, they are just way to expensive for me. Hope that volunteers get to have souvenirs too.


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YOG Costume Measurement

On Labour Day, I went to have my measurements for the performance costume taken early in the morning. It was at PKCC again. When I first went there, it was seniors that brought my group of people there. Now, I brought junior there. How time flies.

The process was fast. After testing on the given size, we just have to submit the card with our name and identity number. It was the queue that dragged.

As I do not want to go home "just like that", I went to meet my friend, passing him his overdued birthday present. As I wanted to buy another birthday gift for another friend, I chose to meet at HDB Hub. What a coincident! Leo and Merly was there! Thank KS for volunteering to help me to take a picture with them! It is going to be such a memorable thing. It was such a great opportunity as I do not get to see them during Chingay. Just a pity that the picture was a little blurred due to the quality of my phone.

This is the first step towards YOG. I wonder what kind of experience will YOG gives me..

Jane's 21st Birthday Party at Kovan Melody

It took me a while to decide on whether to attend or not. There was no one that I know was invited and I do not know what present to give. On the contrary, Jane did not invite a lot of people and I am actually one of the people she invited. I chose not to attend in the morning as I was feeling very tired. After some rest, I felt alright so I went. It was rather late but I still get to eat tasty food. Yummy!

It was a little awkward as I do not know anybody there. Thanks Jane for being a good host, introduce me to someone who was same batch as me back in JC. Managed to chat a little but there was still some awkwardness. Well, it was the big day for the birthday girl so she shall have all the limelight for the day.

I rushed off from my house after wrapping the present and managed to reach the venue in thirty minutes. Fast. I drew the birthday tag on the bus in order to save time. I felt so smart for a moment.

After waiting for most of the people to arrive, it was time to sing the traditional birthday song and cut the cake! Yummy cake! The taste was just superb! Um-um! Thanks to Jane again for personally serving me a piece of the cake.

As there was nothing much to do after the cake-cutting session, I took my leave to end the awkwardness. I really want to thank Jane for being such a good host, trying to ease my awkwardness while entertaining other guests at the same time.

The Voyage of Spring

Coincident? The flower used for the programme was my favourite flower and I just watched the show on that flower before reporting for work. My mind was totally filled with thoughts about that flower.

The concert was basically a combined performance by the school's chinese orchestra and guzheng ensemble. Great effort from them. The performance however still have room for improvement.

The songs performed were rather weird. It was more kiddy and does not really suit the theme of the concert. I just found one song that suits the theme.

I once heard my ex-conductor told me about this school's chinese orchestra conductor. It was finally my chance to get to see this person that I once heard about.

Door one was my post. Still manageable for me. What I fear was just trouble created by another usher near my door. As my position was rather crucial, I cannot just move around. Asked help from 'that' particular usher yet got ignored as she was chatting and slacking away with some patrons. Anyway, I do not know why, but many people that day said that I looked fierce. Looking serious does not mean that I am fierce. Most of the patrons were cooperative but there were still some black sheeps among the white.

Took a train ride home together with the in-charge for the day and wished to be the in-charge after we were calculating the salary we earned that day. Hope I get to be in-charge again soon.

Club Crawl 2010

The theme for this year's club crawl is "happiness". I like the layout of the sports hall and the performance area. Going to the toilet was however not that accessible due to the exit being blocked by the booths. The badges given out with accordance to the theme looks nice too. What a pity that I did not manage to collect all.

I was not really in the mood to do anything as I keep feeling very fatigue for both days. Headed to the booth and spend the rest of the day there after my class.

I missed the performance for the first day as no one informed me about it. Felt neglected. I did not spend much time there as I had lesson and after-action-review for Orientation. I went to buy the cake for the birthday celebration held later in the day while the others went on to trained at night. There was not any time available for me to go to the booth.

The second day was more happening for me. Missed the performance again. I had more time available to stay at the booth and walk around giving flyers. I did some kicking of the padding too. The silat and taekwando club were kicking padding too. Bored I guess. Near the closing of the event was rather boring as the crowd was not there.

I went to try out rock-climbing. It was fun! My hands were like jelly after the trial. I tried the second toughest first. Gave up halfway as I was not able to hang on. Tried the easiest and I managed to reach the top. Yes! Thank you WeiChong and William for helping me to take videos. It is a very memorable thing for me. It has been a tiring job for the rock-climbing people to ensure the safety of the participants. Thanks for their effort too.

With my jellied hands, I tried to drink water and was shaking really vigorously. I took a while to open the cap as I could not really feel my hand! What a great impact.

After a while, it was time to pack up. Clearing at the fastest speed, we removed all our things and it was time to go home. Took a ride in WeiChong's car to the MRT station to take my bus. I alighted earlier as there was a jam and I have another bus to take from that bus-stop too. My hands were still jelly after reacihng home. The "jelliness" was there for the next few there though.

NYP Wushu Mar/Apr Babies B'day Celebration 2010

Rushed my way to buy the cake after having things settled at SHSAC. As knife and candles were not provided, I got to drop at the bus-stop at Grandma House to get the items. Thanks Auntie Mui for making a special trip down to pass me the stuffs, missing part of the show that she was watching. So nice of her.

I was so glad that I managed to rush back to school in time. I estimated that I would need an hour to get the cake. Surprisingly, I took one and a half hour to do so. Wow.

Leaving the cake in the clubroom, I rushed to grab some tissues from McDonald's. A 'big grab'. Rushing back to the clubroom, I quickly take the cake, tissues and lighters, and make my way to the netball court. I was so scared that I can't reach there in time.

I was so glad that I made it in time. What a coincident that WeiChong was there for training. He was one of the birthday baby! The "crowd" looks nicer with three people than two. As there was no March babies in the club, this celebration seemed more like one for the April babies.

While serving the cake, Liping and Liyan helped me to collect the money. Thanks to their help that I was able to get everything done quickly and smoothly. It was kind of stress while cutting the cake as WeiChong and Ivan keep doing "stunts" near me. Haha.

Well, what I need to improve on is the rubbish part. I kind of get annoyed when people start to throw the tissues into my plastic bag, assuming that it was for rubbish when my stuffs are still inside. Honestly, there are times that I feel disappointed that I have to stay behind to clear the rubbish left behind. Teamwork?

Well, here is a picture of the mocha cake that I bought!



Happy birthday to the April babies! =D

NYP SHS Orientation 2010

This big event was finally over. A great relief. My role for this year's event did not seems to have any importance.

I was not told of what was going to happen and what to do. On the event day, what I merely contributed was collecting food for the club members. I was sent to get the food alone. It was very nice of one of the students in-charge of food to help me carry the other 17 packs all the way from North Canteen to the Auditorium. I carried another 4 packs and 21 packs of drinks.

Reaching the auditorium, I was told to bring the food to the sports hall. Instructions was just given to me with no one offering any help. I waited. Another girl from the club came to help me. As she has a way smaller body build than me, I carried all 21 packs of rice and three packs of drinks while she carried the rest of the drinks. It was so heavy that I could hardly move.

As I was not feeling well, I was having a slight fever, I did not have much appetite to eat. Seeing that, someone asked for a reason for not showing interest in my food. Since it was nice of him to ask, I told him that I was having a fever. The shocking thing was that he actually shouted across the hall to tell the president, making the whole world knowing that I was sick. I know he has no harm in doing so but that totally shocked me.

After having our meals, it was time to get back to work. The freshies were going to play their bonding games. Having nothing to do, I sat at the bench the whole day, forcing water down my throat. My fever did somehow subsided. The rest of the club members with nothing to do went crazy on the stage, singing and dancing. It looks fun.

At around 3pm, I went to take a look at the Wushu clubroom as I believe that some of the people must have arrived. Played with "gun" and "dao", I really miss the feeling that I get during training. Itchy muscles.

The orientation ended with a mass dance. Looks fun. I was still sitting at the side. I helped out in clearing so that everybody can go home early. There were more things to clear after most of the things were taken up to the clubroom. I cleared the rest of the things after spotting them on the floor while going for wushu as the SHS clubroom was locked.

I planned to buy the cake for March and April's birthday babies celebration. I did not do so as the event ended late. Though it dragged, I really must say that the emcees had did a great job in hipping up the atmosphere.

The after-action-review was done the day before yesterday. It was a disappointing day for me due to some changes in post that I do not understand. I still feel alienation and isolation. Oh well. Tomorrow will be a better day. Anyway, the feedback from the freshmen was that it was a fun event. I am really glad that they had enjoyed themselves.

Muse Infusion

This event was like a SYF event. A little happy that I got to work for this event as I was not able to work for SYF this year.

The organiser was not well-organised. People were not cooperative as well. As it was the grading for band from Asia, there were many groups that came from different countries. China, Malaysia, Thailand, Philipines, Indonesia and Singapore.

What the conductor from the China band did was really inconsiderate. They were the first group. While others were performing, the band and that conductor totally did not show any respect. I don't see any point for them to pursue music anymore as they are not respecting music too.

The emcee did something inconsiderate too. Standard house's rule; no food and drink. I told him about that as he was gulping down his 100plus and talking mindlessly, he did not seemed happy. He said something that made me feel more negative towards the hirer. He said that the "main thing about holding an event is to earn money, not whether the event is smooth or not". How ethical is that.

The music performed by some groups were nice. The music played by Thailand group in western suits was really nice! The best costume would go to the other Thailand group that wore their traditional costume. Nice.

Work-wise, I got door three inside. Initially it was alright. I felt annoyed after some weird actions by my "partner". I can't believe that she actually complained behind my back. Great. Besides from the troubles created by her, everything else was alright.

Dinner break. It was not confirmed that there was two shifts initially till I reached there. I didn't ate any as Grandma had cooked my favourite food. Thanks to uncle Jimmy for treating me instant noodles. Though it was a small pack, it managed to last me till the event ends. I topped it up with my favourite milo. I decided to drink milo only initially.

The very nice Thailand group got a gold! Nice! They deserve it! Their conductor did smiled to me when he entered the house earlier in the day. I did not smile as my mood was not there. Felt really sorry about it. I almost didn't smiled throughout the whole day till after the dinner break.

What a new experience I would say. Bad organiser with some bad ethics people who trys to do something grand.

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NYP Wushu Jan/Feb Babies B'day Celebration 2010

Went back to school for the important briefing and also celebrate the birthday for the January and February babies. Reaching there, it was shocking that only one baby turned up. Guess it was the best celebration in history ever.

Reaching the clubroom, people present started handing money to me after seeing the cake. Thank you people. It definitely made my job easier.

Guangyao coach seemed happy that it was a strawberry cake. I bought the cake from NTUC fairprice. As there was no candles and plastic knife given with the cake, I went to get them from breadtalk. The lady at the cashier was very nice. She even gave me the "happy birthday" plastic label. Good service.

Buying that cake of a smaller size has helped me to save some money. Due to the smaller size of the cake, there was not much waste too. I did not take any leftovers home. Thanks Pearlyn for helping me to distribute the cake too so that I could collect the money. I was the only welfare in-charge that was present on that day.

The cake tastes alright. I still however find that the taste still can be improved. Here's a picture of the strawberry cake!



I am really sorry to KokWei that he was present yet did not celebrate his birthday. Due to some mistakes in the records, I thought that his birthday was in May. I felt so sorry about it.