Hm...Random Stuff/Thoughts

Blading that I missed!

Yeah, Li's right. I've become a little lazy to update. And blogging about Turkey just seems like such an uphill task. Ive been procrastinating. Anyway. Ill talk about other things we've been up to! 3stan and friends/Suppergang/Turkey+bangkok pple went blading at ecp last week. I wasnt there coz I was at...dance practice. Haha. Im amazed at it myself. But, our act is actually coming together...its a little rough around the edges. Needs some polishing up. Hope we get much much much better in a week...And I hope the costumes aren't too garish/ugly.

Water break!

A windswept Aileen.

Anyway, back to blading, I only joined the rest when they were resting at the food centre at ecp and getting a drink...Chauffered a tired baorong and zhimin back to the rental place. But not before taking photos with an in-progress sandcastle/temple/pagoda thing. There were piles of sand all around the beach, awaiting their architects and artisans to begin work on them, we should probably pay the beach a visit soon to catch the the artwork. Last time I saw an exhibition on sandcastle building was at sentosa. And I was AMAZED. It was beautiful.... Apparently, they use some glue to hold the sand together. Haha, sounds like cheating, but it was beautiful nonetheless. Kinda makes our sentosa sandcastles seem like childs play.

Mini-me! and me

Our dearest Bestest Tan Poh Hiong.

After returning their rented blades, Baos got a $3 tattoo on her ankle, doubt it's survived till this long though. Haha..We made our way down to suntec foodcourt for dinner...where we ate to our heart's content. The ban mian there was good! Can't say the same for my beef noodle soup, though the beef was nice. Haha, I even brought my dad there today to try the ban mian. Somehow, i remember it to be nicer than it was today. Seems the taohu goreng there is really popular too, either that, or they dun make much of it, coz its been sold out the past 2 times I've asked for it. After dinner, we paid a visit to Aileen's friend, Charlene, who was working at Ben and Jerry's. She was nice enough to give us discount. Note: Med guys seem to have something for B&J girls. Haha. It wasn't my turn this time though. Hope the tear in his pants can be fixed. Haha.

At Ben and Jerry's. Notice Eugene's absence.

I think we were so full of energy that night...coz we just didnt wanna go home. It was a pity that there were no shows to catch. Eng Wah was closed by then. And I guess we were also a little lazy to go to another cinema. Alas, we were fated to go home. But not without making a little detour. Zhimin, Zhenjin, Aileen, Ian and I were cruising down stamford road (I think) and we were past somerset mrt when zhimin remembered this famous tau huay stall nearby. Well, actually it was at selegie, but I suppose thats pretty near. Haha. So there we went, spontaneously. To our dismay (mostly zhimin's), they were out of tau huay! We had to settle for chin chow..which was not bad..but it wasnt enough for poor mini-me..haha...and then, it was a time to head home. Think i drove over a 100 km that day.

Belated Thanks

Sorry it took this long! But...Thanks everyone - Everyone who put in that little bit to surprise me at medicamp...For deliberately not wishing me on the 19th..haha...and setting me up for a BIG wonderful touching surprise on the 20th...Sorry I seemed so stone when they gave me the mike...I never was much of a spokesperson...and I was just at a loss for words! But touched very deeply I was. I realize how fortunate I am to have friends who would go that far to celebrate my birthday with me. Thanks everyone! And also to all those who made the long trip down to Aloha that night!

Big Brother Joel. Haha. You guys make me feel old.

Joachim enjoying himself, mustve felt so much better than throwing a waterbomb.

Me, feeling cheated for getting an empty box.

Again, Joachims handiwork, getting into my eyes.

A Dancing Dilemma

2 days of rag have gone by...and once again, Im reminded of how slow moving float building is. I remember how we sat around last year, waiting for things to do or for materials to work with.It was boring stuff.. It was funny how we ended up playing ultimate frisbee in the rain.. We really did enjoy ourselves very much. I remember now familiar faces joining our og to play frisbee. I remember sticking cut pieces of coke and sprite cans onto our water melon. Hm...I must say that I really like our current float design better compared to last years. Well done Quan yao and the rest of the designing team.

Snow White's Rocket is coming up slowly. I think we're having trouble thinking of how else to improve it. Then again, I havent really contributed to it. Been stuck somewhere else where I dont really belong. But I'm trying. And I'm feeling it. But oh well, gotta be adventurous and willing to challenge myself. Just wish I didnt feel so completely out of it. Haha, I'm still half-hoping that somehow, I'll be able to escape. No offense to the choreographers and anyone else.

Post Turkey/Bangkok/Medicamp

Feels like its been ages since the last update. So much has happened in the past 3 weeks! And Im lazy to talk about it all. I'll wait for the rest of the photos...Anyway...It was ALL amazing. Turkish tea, kebabs, salads, ruins, underground cities, evil eyes, people, ice cream, etc etc! Bangkok was just a shopping frenzy for all of us...we did NOTHING but SHOP for 3 whole days! Chatuchat was killer though, everyone had frayed nerves coz it was so hot and filled to the brim with people, it was just a lousy environment..and the shopkeepers werent all too friendly. We got back on monday evening. Just in time to unpack...then pack and get ready.


Tuesday morning, enter medicamp. Another 4 days of...well..busi-ness and excitement (sort of). I was to be a mole...it was really trying on day one...especially since so many people forgot and kept talking to me. It got a little easier after that..just took a bit of warming up i guess...Had to play out my role to get my og to be more enthu bout stuff..well...its all such a long story..shall talk about it another time...Im just glad that its all over. Somehow...Not very eager bout rag and flag though. AND dancing. Erk. K enough for now...till next time all.

Hello TURKEY!

We're finally leaving for Turkey tonight! Looking back, it was really quite a long sequence of events to get this trip organized and up and running. Haha, but I suppose we took the easy way out! Nevertheless, we'll have fun! See the rest of you guys in Bangkok, Medicamp and wherever else when we get back! Take care alright.

The Narrator

Mom left with Jeannie and Natasha today for the States. They should still be in the air right now...somewhere over the pacific ocean. It'll be another 6 months before they return...That just leaves the 3 of us to hold the fort. Haha. Hope the house doesnt implode on itself. She gave dad,John and I a list of chores to do regularly. We havent really decided who's gonna do what though. It'll be terrible when school starts.

Anyway, I was dead tired today. Joachim called me in the morning to ask about returning my backpack and the first thing he asked was if i was ok coz I sounded so dazed over the phone. Well, I really didnt have a good nights sleep at all. In fact, last night is certainly one worth mentioning. Havent had one of those episodes since...primary school? Strange.

You know how dreams usually come in multiples? Or perhaps dreams just take you to so many places that they seem like several dreams. And when you do remember them, you get them all mixed up? Ok maybe you dont, but anyway... they seem so real and you never realize they're dreams until you wake up. Well, last night, I dreamt many dreams. There were many familiar faces, I just don't remember who exactly.

What I do remember so clearly is this: Someone was talking to me in the dream and somehow I grew an awareness. It dawned on me that something was wrong, weird, just plain out of sync. I realized I was dreaming. And that just doesnt happen when you're dreaming. Out of protest, my innermost consciousness roused me, i felt the pillow beneath my head, the bedsheets beneath my body, the blanket over me. I felt a presence right beside my ear. It was STILL talking to me. As if it were responsible for all I'd dreamt and narrating to me as I journeyed in my sleep.

I couldnt move. Or maybe I didnt want to. I was frozen in fear. And I prayed. I prayed in Jesus' name to banish this presence forever. I don't remember when I stopped praying, but I fell asleep somewhere along the way. For the rest of that night, I slept, awoke, slept, awoke, again and again. Until breakfast that is. I didnt remember it all until Joachim pointed out that I sounded funny. Then I realized that last night did happen. That scared me a little. It kinda scares me even now. But then, Faith prevails. God protects. My last spiritual attack was ages ago. Makes me wonder why I had one last night. An omen perhaps. A sign.

NUS vs MU

Two days of sports and games. Painful feet/toes and sore quads and arms. Guess we could've been better hosts. Organization was a little messy...and not many people turned up to play either. Guys volleyball was pretty bad. We needed 6 guys. We had 5. Esther helped us out with that...and she was good! Just that her calling out stuff in chinese confused me a little initially. Seems volleyball is a really cheena sport in Singapore. Well, we lost. It was such a one-sided game. But at least we had fun. Haha.

We fared better at other games. Our squashers totally dominated their opponents on court. Just too bad that we didnt have enough girls! Hon picked squash up in about an hour and played her best...Bao won the other two matches..two coz another girl couldnt make it. Basketball was really close. Our guys were all decked out in their jerseys, made them look quite pro. The Malaysians werent gonna go without a fight though. In fact, we were trailing for most of the game. Extra time gave us the opportuniy to claim victory. Well done guys.

Got a shock today when I went down for handball. I saw.....20+ guys on the MU side of the court...and....7 on ours. We were pretty worried that they'd run us ragged and just kill us then. But then, when the match started, their numbers dwindled to bout 12-14...so..I suppose the others were just supporters. Apparently, none of them had ever played handball before. And well, we'd trained like...twice before this. Haha. So we did have a distinct advantage despite having a much smaller team and only 1 substitute. Well, after floundering on the court a little, we found ourselves and settled into a certain style of game play....which was good. And we won quite comfortably. Not a bad start I'd say. With two trainings.

But Im paying for it all now. Argh. Painful feet/toes. Sore quads and arms.