HELLO.

Just a short one.
So many things to look forward to this coming week!
A surprise for 'Mummy' (KWee) on Wednesday.
Band Concert on Friday, can't wait to see piglet play her trumpet. :)
Simon's housewarming cum ECP on Saturday!
Not too sure about Saturday cause I've been going out consecutively...

Trying to find the exact film for my Daddy's polaroid camera in which he bought almost 20 years ago in England!
So exciting! Maybe I'm too easily contented or something. :X

These few days have been a good one to actually straighten my thoughts and set me thinking.
Went to help out at the Hospital today. Serve food, feed them and all that. So fun :)
The uncles there are really friendly. The full diet patients will have egg tarts while the soft diet patients will have peanut paste. So happy, let's commemorate my fourth year volunteering there! :) Unfortunately, I won't be able to join them for Christmas Party cause we'll be going Malaysia :(
You know what actually happened during my stay there last year, right guys? :(
Losing feels like a fertiliser, first it stinks, then you get used to it.
My only objective to go there is to visit my grandmother, cousins and perhaps relatives.
If doing what is good was as easy as knowing what is good, there wouldn't be any evil deeds in this world.
This is exactly how I feel right now. Though many of you may see it from different perspectives.

I love the fireworks in Bintan! :)

December's going to be another busy month for me.
Realising how time flies, how many books I have to buy, how many new uniforms I have to buy (Not enough white collar shirt :C ), how rush things get to the extend that I barely have enough time for myself (suffocating!), how many housework left undone.
It's going to be the end of holidays in no time and then CCA day for Sec 1s followed by CNY, SYF and so on.

Upcoming events:
3/12/10 - Band Concert
4/12/10 - Simon's housewarming cum ECP
8/12/10 (Tentative) - Watching Rapunzel 2D
16/12/10 - Choir and buying school uniform (perhaps books too but most likely buying from Popular)
17/12/10 - Choir
20/12/10 - Caroling
23/12/10 - Sec 1 Registration (I'm assigned to F1-4 :P )
25/12/10 - Christmas Celebration
28/12/10 - Choir
29/12/10 - AGM & Choir (I think so)

I still can't let go of F2-4. I don't know how my attachment and feelings towards this class grew so deeply, but what's it going to be like next year? How is it going to feel like being separated from piggy, GL, JiaNi, 'Mummy'(KWee), 'Daddy' (KWong), Sister(s) and clique? :(

I love you guys

HELLO.

Bintan trip was fun actually, just that I didn't really participate much cause I don't really have any ideas like for the cheers and all that, no matter how I struggle to rack my brains.

Day 1, 19/11/10

Not much actually, just some icebreaker games with the sec 1s, roller blading and a little interaction. Camped in school. I felt really 'high' at night during the Bahasa lesson. It feels a little like alien language to me cause when I tried to pronounce it, it's a little too off the tune if you get what I mean. Devotions was great! 'Spirit Touch Your Church'! My favourite! The guitar version.

Day 2, 20/11/10

Amazing race planned by the trainers. I think this activity was the one that really bonded us together. I was really shag that day and sleepy as well :X
Dinner was interesting. Ate at Pasar Oleh Oleh. Ten people per table. So all the girls sat at one table and the guys, another table. The other groups had a mixture of guys and girls so we're...unique!
As expected, we couldn't finish our dishes and passed to Jenna (Chew)'s group. :)
RuiLin tried to break the silence but to no avail. Let's just paint it in a positive light, we were minding our table manners. Having an etiquette here! Hahaha.

Day 3, 21/11/10

Orphanage! YES YES YES! KIDS! :D
As you know, I love kids a lot ; not a pedophile!
Ali, Roy and some other local kids, that's all I could remember. Sorry sorry :X
My memory seemed to have failed me. Anyway, getting back to the topic, the groups had rotations of different stations. We kicked off the day with tree-planting and ended off with a cheer! So this is the sequence of the stations we did:

1. Tree-planting
2. Games with local kids
3. Painting
4. Cheer/Poster-making.

Even if it takes a lot to make a kid happy for a day (and hopefully we're etched in their minds), I'll do it! Cause my childhood had been a fruitful one and I know theirs can never be because they're either unwanted or raised by a single parent. Parents play an important role in a child's life. Having the feeling of wanting to give them your all, but when you face reality, you know you can't. I felt as though I just wanted to give them everything they needed, fund them with what they needed. When my group and I gave our '100%' to what we were doing, I believe that we just hoped that the kids there will have a good childhood and teenage years. Although truths are always ugly, when they think of why other children do have parents, whereas they don't, it just leads them to depression but instead of seeing them so, why not we, as volunteers, just go ahead and make them happier? Even if it was just for a day, I believe it's the extreme we can do. I don't know why, but I seem to have a particular attachment towards the kids in the orphanage. They really impressed me by just seeing how easily contented they are. Just like when Mr K. Chia played with that little boy paper aeroplane, by throwing it from one to another, he was already grinning from ear to ear. I wanted a picture with that little boy but didn't have the opportunity to do so. If I had taken the photo with him, I'll get the photo washed out and paste it in my photo album. I feel really useless that I can't help them to feel 100% better because they will feel that something is missing in them, that is parents. The least we could do was to shower love upon them so that they know that there are people out there who cares so much about them. So...spread the love!

Dinner was at a posh restaurant in Bintan, Indonesia. It's considered posh in Indonesia. It somewhat felt like a wedding ceremony. Perhaps due to the procedure like giving a toast and speeches... This time we were lucky enough to have at least 5 guys in our group to finish up the remaining food. So the ratio of girls to guys is 5:5 for our table. In other words, it's an equal number of girls and guys.

Devotions was great! I seem to love 'Spirit Touch Your Church' a lot ever since last month and we actually sang it for devotions! Yay!

Day 4, 22/11/10

Primary School visit! :)
The kids there are really efficient in a way that they really do things really quickly and well done. Like arranging the tables to the side so that we can have game activities with them. Humanities presentation. We had Rachel (Lim) as our Malay translator. She takes Higher Malay! It's really a good experience. Just by observing their attitude, I think we have to a lot to learn from them.
SHOPPING...!
Shopped at Pasar Oleh Oleh :)
Bought something for Mummy and a shirt for myself.

There's really too much to say to the extend that I don't know how to go on. So let me just summarize how I feel about this camp.
It makes me realise how blessed we are to live in Singapore and that we shouldn't go against our parents for no reason. Like what my group trainer said, there isn't really a reason why we raise our voice at them at times for no reason just because you feel annoyed when they try to explain why we have to do certain things but we do not see from their perspective.
So I really try my best to give my utmost respect to my parents.
We're really so much luckier than them but we just take things for granted. I think I should really work on that.

That's about it for now because I'm feeling kind of sleepy :X

PS: Cold Storage used a song entitled 'My Favourite Things' for advertisement. Hahahaha. Seems like 'Maria' is getting famous.

PSS: 'Maria' is both the title of the movie and also the name of the main lead. Just search for 'Maria' online and read on the reviews.


It's going to be left as an imprint in my heart and I'm going to remember this.

HELLO.

Thought that maybe this would be a good time to sum up my feelings for the whole year round! :)

Although I not sure if I'll be able to move on to the future, but, obviously, I have to.
So many memories holding me, wielding me back to the past.

Though some people may not find Ms Wong a good teacher, but personally, I do think she's good.
Not only good, excellent. Be it teaching or whatsoever, she fulfilled the qualities of an ideal teacher.

Life with my class was horrible initially, not until the second semester, where I actively took part in class (sort of) ... Even those playful, wild and childish people in my class became focussed in semester 2, which is also the time I treasured the most. Started communicating with those playful students in my class and realised their 'sufferings'. Well, you see, there are hidden meanings behind actions. Just like in Literature, there are hidden meanings behind the lines. It could be that their parents do not have enough time to give their children attention, therefore, these children goes to school being an 'attention-seeker'. I shall not name them. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to say that even though we're not 'attention-seekers', doesn't mean we ain't going through a lot. We do. If I was being asked on how to describe my feelings in one word, it'd be 'love'. I really love this class, that's a fact I cannot deny. I'm really afraid that I'd meet those boastful and arrogant people next year. The reason why I love my class is because though they seem a little boastful at times, but they are really humble pies. Contradicting isn't it? Technically speaking, they 'look' like they're some big shots, but deep down in their character, they ain't no big shots. I prayed that I'd get Ms Wong as my sec 2 form teacher and I really got it! :)

Family wise... I think it wasn't too bad. Quite smooth sailing. Other than being stressed, I think everyone's alright, except during my End of Year Exams which was totally disastrous for me. Thankfully Daddy was around. Really so sweet. I think this year's examination will be the one I'll remember throughout my entire life. I woke up at irregular times during my exam period, like waking up to study at 3am in the morning or studying till 4am, my dad insisted that he must stay awake. When I woke up at 3am, my dad would make a cup of hot milo or some cooling drink so that I'd be awake! Most of the time he'll leave the television on and fall asleep, but I really don't blame him for that! He's been working so hard the whole day and after work he has to accompany me. Even if he wasn't working, I think that would still touch me deeply. Love you very much Daddy!

Loves! :)