I shall summarise my week since I hardly have time to blog during weekdays and I think this had been and will continue to be the case every week.

First of all, I want to thank CG 18/08 for the birthday song. Even though it was embarrassing, but I really appreciated the thought. ^^

This whole week had been really hectic for me, I'm not saying other weeks weren't, but for the first time, I really understood what 'Too many things, too little time' meant. I had to divide my time between trainings, competition, tutorials, GP reviews, and worst of all, the killer PI! Yes, I know I probably won't refer to it as a killer soon when more components of PW begins. There were quite a few days when I reached home at 9.30pm, have dinner(I think at such time, it's more appropriately known as supper), shower and then finally start on my work at 10.30pm, only get to go to bed at 1 or 2 in the morning and then wake up 3 and a half hours or 4 hours, at most, later to get ready for school. Then the whole routine repeats itself. No doubt, I felt like dozing off sometimes during lectures(especially during boring ones!), but I tried my best not to. Keyword: tried. But apparently not having much success.

Competition on last Wednesday. Jitters! But everyone played great! Though I think I played exceptionally oooglily(uglily). The way I play has always been ugly, but it was exceptionally ugly on that day. Lol.Wasn't quite satisfied with myself. Girls, TJC vs. SRJC, 5-0. Boys, TJC vs. IJC, 4-1. Girls will be up against SAJC on Monday. Double jitters!

By the way, CG 18/08 came in 1st for English Fair Exhibition and won ourselves $100 worth of Ben & Jerry's! That's about a scoop of ice cream for everyone! Going for ice-cream as a class, I like the idea of that! I wasn't present for contact time on Wednesday and when Wenhui told me the next day, I was like 'WHAT!?!' Haha, we weren't expecting to win anything after seeing other CGs' exhibitions because some of them were really good. How the hell did we manage to win, I have no idea.

Duathlon today was a great experience. My first time trying out for endurance sports. The 1st leg of the run was the worst. It was hell tiring. I don't know why. I wasn't even halfway through the route and my legs were already hurting like crazy. Too little warmups, probably. And I came in second-last for the 1st leg, but I think I should be considered last because the last girl was feeling unwell during the race, and she kinda dropped out of the race, and then join back in again. So technically, I was last. Lol. But we didn't come in last at the end! All thanks to Angelina! So, she was the second-last to leave the bikers' holding area because I was the second-last to finsh the 1st leg. I don't know how she did it, but she was one of the firsts to complete her 15km of biking. She must have biked damn fast la! And she claimed that she wasn't cycling very fast. And, she didn't look like she had perspired a drop when she came back, really. Conclusion: She has the speed + stamina. The 2nd leg of the run was quite alright, except that the sun had gone quite high up in the sky. I was cursing it everytime I ran out of the shade and into the sunlight. Lol. I think we got 20th or 21st position. And the goodie bags were fabulous! We got quite alot of things, Puma caps and best of all, the Duathlon Challenge 2008 tee which says 'DUATHLETE' in big bold letters on the front and depending on whether you were a runner or biker, it says 'runner' or 'biker' on the right sleeve. I love the tee alot! I feel so accomplished today! At least, I know I'm capable of 6km which I never thought was possible in the past. But 2.4km mock test next week is another thing. Haha. Anyway, I'll definitely join Duathlon next year if there's one.

Labels: School, Sports, Table Tennis

School was tiring today despite it ending early at 12.30pm. And we had to wait all the way till 5pm for the Econs makeup lecture! Went for lunch at the opposite with Xinyi, Yujing, Wenhui & Huiting. Then it was back at school to do the English Fair exhibition board. There was little left for us to do since we completed most of it the other day. I sort of 'saved' the board from going into the bin with my artistic sense. I splattered red paint on it to make it look better. Haha. What kind of artistic sense is that?

I was so tired that after we were done with the exhibition thingy, I slept at the table while others around me were mugging. I felt so guilty(I always do when I'm with them), but sleep soon overtook me. Sleeping is shiok! But not for my poor right arm. Lol. After waking up, did the long overdued chemistry holiday assignment. Haha. And I spent 2 hours doing like, 5 MCQ questions? How productive.

Econs lecture was boring. Can you imagine having your butt stuck to the seat and listening monotony for 1 hour 30 minutes? And because of the lecture, I had to be 30 minutes late for training.

Labels: School

Floorball training @ Valhall at 10am this morning. Thought I would be late because I only left house at 9am. Slowpoke. -.- Fortunately, the buses and train came on time, so I was punctual! Haha.

We trained left-hand hitting for about 15 minutes today. You must be thinking, 'Aiyah, 15 minutes only, easy lah'. That was what I initially thought too. Nooo, I was so wrong. My left-hand was sore like shit after that 15 minutes. Wanted to neaten my hair, but when I tried to touch my hair with my left hand, I was so horrified because I couldn't feel my hair! Haha. It did get alittle better afterwards but I still couldn't hold up my water bottle with my left hand and drink from it without trembling and spilling some water on my shirt. I'm pretty sure I'm going to lose the use of my left hand tomorrow.

We had matches just before training ended. The 'finals'(there were only 3 teams, so we just had to eliminate one team to play finals, lol) : Team Sexy vs. Team Dirty. Don't ask me how we got those names. I have no idea. Haha. It was super funny to see everyone on court screaming like mad whenever the ball went near the goalposts. It was a wonder we still had the strength to scream while running. Team Dirty won in the end because it was initially a draw and we went on to the penalties. And unfortunately for Team Sexy (or fortunately for Team Dirty), I was up for the deciding penalty and my shooting wasn't accurate. Felt kinda bad for making my team lose after they played so hard on court.

After training was lunch at KFC with the floorball girls. Weiling blurted out something funny while we were all walking across the tall grasses. 'Eh, how come they never shave the grass?' I was reminded of armpit hairs. LOL.

Then I went back to AHS for table tennis training. Nah, training was just an excuse, seeing the girls was my motive. XP Played some matches with the juniors and I have to say that I'm quite disappointed with how I played. I really have alot to improve on.

After training was 'Bubble-tea and Cup Noodles Time' at 85 with the girls!!! Haven't catch up with the girls for quite some time now and so I was happy to be back at the bubble-tea shop with them. Talked like how we used to talk. Felt like we were back in old times. I didn't feel like leaving at all. But all good things have to come to an end.

Went to Plaza Singapura in the evening to watch Horton with family. I don't think it's nice, good for kids maybe, but too childish for teenagers or adults.. I think it's kind of random and there's not really a plot. Yes, I'm pretty critical when it comes to this. I think a plot is a must for any kind of movie, drama serial or book. But since my sister and brother like the movie alot, then I'm quite alright with it. And sometimes, I find myself thinking the same way Horton does, like wondering if there's any super tiny creatures living in other things such as cloths. Okay, I'm stupid. I wanna watch Step Up 2 since everyone says it's so nice!

Alright, I'm very tired. Goodnight!

Labels: Training Day

Table Tennis Camp was a blast! No doubt, I really enjoyed the camp alot, every second of it! Had loads of fun and really got to know everyone in the team. The seniors did everything they could to make sure that everything went well. And from the Night Games alone, anyone can see that they really put in alot of effort into planning the camp. Photoshopping photos for the clues, the super long letter that Magdalene read out and all the things they had to do to set the stations up which include staining of Mag's white skirt with ketchup and hanging of Yingen's AHS uniform on the bush.

Had free time on the first night. Hweeli and I spent it watching the guys seniors stick the new rubbers onto their bats. Most of the girls seniors were in the next room mugging for the tests that's going to be held some time this week I think. It's scary to see them mug so hard. I feel so lazy as compared to them. Anyway, seniors who are having tests, JIAYOU!

Then at around midnight, we went back to the table tennis room. For what? You might think we're super hardworking to train even at midnight. No, we were there to test out our new rubbers. Hahaha.

Talk on the phone until 3am. It felt good because I finally got to crap around after so long. Also poured out some of the very few unhappiness I have, about how I feel so uh, restricted in my class. It doesn't help if you have someone who's always getting on your nerves every single lesson of the day. Grr. I miss 4F'07 so much. But no one can keep living in the past, so that's why I'm always telling myself to move on, only to find myself back on the same spot again.

Friendlies on the 2nd day of camp was alright, even though I made quite alot of mistakes. But at least there was experience gained. That's why I say, even though you may have lost a match, but in fact, you have won alot of experience. Nobody actually loses in a competition.

Even though the ECP trip was cancelled at the very last minute due to the rain, we still had fun playing Captain's Ball at the basketball court. The drizzle, and the wet and slippery ground adds more fun to it. Now, that's what I call Captain's Ball. Not some $%*#@ game(no, I don't even call that a game, there's no cooperation at all, that's just plain showing-off) I played with a particular group of people a week ago and someone just kept slamming the ball out regardless of whether he could get the ball and we spent like half of the game trying to pick up the ball. I was really pissed off then, and left the game halfway. Really, if you have no intention or ability to get the ball after you hit it away from others, then don't do it in the first place because you're just wasting everyone's time and your own energy. Grr.

Oh sorry, digressed. Oh yes, before we played Captain's Ball, Zhihao kicked the volleyball up onto the sports complex's roof, then climbed up the ladder on the third floor of it and he couldn't get down. I found it really amusing. Picture a whining tall guy. Totally classic. Haha.

The so-called 'romance' movie was alright. More of a thriller. Nothing too horrifying. Lol. But it did kinda set the atmosphere for the Night Games. Ah, Night Games, got to be one of the highlights of the camp! Haha. My partner was Jaren, which was a huge relief because I think he's brave, either that or, he succeeded in not showing his fear even though he might have been scared out of his wits. Haha. Okay la, I think it's more of the former. Anyway, it does help alot if your partner is or somehow looks brave, especially if both of you are trying to navigate your way in the dark with a torch(that threatened to go out anytime) to The Scope girls' toilet. I've heard some stories about it, but I don't know why, my mind chose to not to remember them during Night Games. Selective memory. Haha.

Yeah, I think the walk to The Scope girls' toilet was the scariest, maybe because it was the first station. The stations that followed after were quite alright. After we were done with the 4th station and trying to locate where's the 5th and last one, we saw Zhihao running around in the dark alone. Whatever the hell was he doing, you ask? Trying to find other pairs to scare. Jaren, Desmond and I joined in. Actually, when 3 of us joined in, that only left us with 1 pair to scare --- Jiahao-Hweeli's pair. Muahahah. I think we waited for them at the banner-painting area for close to 15 minutes. At first, I was squatting under the staircase, then I gave up after a few minutes because it was so hot and stuffy in there, and I reckoned my legs would cramp any time soon. The guys occasionally ran out closer to the TA block to check if they were coming. Then we hid behind the building, I started laughing(at the thought of them getting scared by us and the looks that will be on their faces) when Jiahao and Hweeli were approaching the banner-painting area. I had to try to stifle my laughters. It was hell, I tell you. I choked on my own saliva and had to stop myself from coughing. Haha.

We were expecting them to go to the C.Lit block(which was the place the clue led to) from the backyard, so we could scare them from the back of the building. But they went out of the banner-painting area from the front. Apparently, they didn't know the answer to the clue was the C.Lit block. That was later confirmed when we waited at the C.Lit block for another 15 minutes or so and then decided to give up scaring them and go back, and we saw them at the fountain in front of GO. Hahaha. They thought the Chinese characters on the clue had something to do with Chinese board or something. Lol. Okay, I should stop laughing at them because I was worse, didn't even know that there was such a place called C.Lit block in the school until Jaren told me.

Anyway, we met Jiahao and Hweeli in front of GO and we 'kindly' directed them to the C.Lit block. Haha, actually we were comtemplating whether to run the long way and try to reach the C.Lit block earlier than them to scare them. In the end, we did run to the C.Lit block and managed to scare the shit out of them. Satisfying. Haha. We waited so long and ran around the school for I-don't-know-how-many rounds just for that. And boy, Night Games was an extended PE, really, and it was tiring to sprint while trying not to make any noise. My slippers weren't helping at all, so I took them off and ran bare-footed. But the guys can really run without making a single sound. Silent runners.

Funny how I was feeling kinda scared before Night Games started and soon, I was running around in the dark, looking for victims to scare. After Night Games, was jokes, games and Truth or Dare. The jokes were all aimed at Jiahao. Lol. The Um-chi-chi game taught by Zhihao was fun. Even though that was one of the icebreakers we played during O2 with the OGMs, I never got around mastering it because it was so confusing! But I finally got the hang of it after playing it with the team!

And oh, the forfeits Qi Te had to do. He had 2 forfeits. First one was pole-dancing. It was super funny!!! And Jaren did a really good demonstration of pole-dancing! The second forfeit was together with Mia, stare into each other's eyes. Haha. I think the second forfeit was much easier than the first.

Then it was Truth or Dare. I think practically everyone chose Truth. Because the Dares were only for the daring. Like, if you don't mind shouting into the Bowlers' rooms and waking them up, and risk being rained on by bowling balls or doing another bout of pole-dancing in front of everyone, then you can choose Dare. I found the Truth questions interesting because all the Truth or Dare games I've played in the past are just like 'Who do you like?' and then if the person refused to say anything or replies 'Nobody.' (even though we all know it's definitely a lie), that pretty much ends the game. So yeah, questions like 'shoot, shack, marry', 'most attractive guy/girl in the room' , 'maid, husband, son and extramarital affair(!)' are rather new to me. Haha. But Mag, what kind of a question/speculation is that!?!? Awkward, awkward. Ah, never mind, the Queen of Awkwardness survived the game. Haha.

The games went on till 4am. At first, I decided not to sleep since there's only 2 more hours till daybreak. But then cannot tahan already, so went to sleep. 2 hours also shuang. Woke up at 6.15am, and got ready.

Time really flies when you're having fun. Soon it was time to leave camp. I felt sorry for leaving camp early. I wished I could stay till they officially break camp and run Lucky Heights together as a team. If we are ever going to run Lucky Heights again for PT at trainings, I'll be the first one to join in. Now you must be thinking, 'This girl, siao ah? So enthu about running Lucky Heights'. Yeah, at the beginning of camp, when I heard we will be running Lucky Heights on 3rd day morning, I was like 'Huh...Lucky Heights. Tiring.' But on 3rd day morning, I really wished I could have stayed to run.

The camp really did alot to me. Call me crazy, but I actually hoped that the camp lasted longer than just 3 days 2 nights. A really big Thank You to all the seniors, Miss Ng, the J1s and basically everyone who, in one way or another, made this camp one of the best I ever had! I know I've been repeating this for quite a number of times now, but I really had the time of my life and really enjoyed myself alot!

Can we have another camp like this during the June holidays? Okay, I'm asking the impossible. Lol.

Labels: Table Tennis Camp 2008

I had Korean food for dinner today at Novena Sq! Yay, I'm a happy girl! Pardon me, but I have a thing for anything that is Korean. Korea, Korean language, Korean culture, Korean food, Korean entertainment circle...you name it, I love it! Anyway, the food was really nice. No, I'm not being biased here but it was really great. Even my Dad who dislikes Korean food had to agree with my Mum and I.

Then there was this dance show at the plaza of Novena Sq. They were showcasing Breakdance. Those breakdancers look so cool la! Makes me wanna learn breakdancing. But it'll probably be break-limbs-dancing for me. Haha.

Then it was grocery shopping at NTUC, well, that's for my Mum. For me, it's junk-food shopping. 2 tubs of ice-cream to go with my chocolate syrup at home, 4 bars of Hershey cookies 'n' cream chocolate and a bag of nachos. I better hope I don't stuff myself silly this coming holidays.

Labels: Korean food

Just got back from dinner at Prima Tower's revolving restaurant. At the start of dinner, we were facing the expressway and halfway through dinner, we were facing Sentosa, then at the end of dinner, we were back to facing the expressway. Dinner was alright I guess, except for the gastric pains due to hunger.

Was slacking the whole day. Didn't manage to do anything productive except to play the piano and read newspapers. Yes, all the articles. Took me like 2 whole hours! I've learnt my lesson after the Pre-U Seminar interview. Hahaha.

And any girl from Beta House or Alpha House keen on substituting for Shanmin(because her lessons will end late and she can't make it in time) for the Dodgeball Competition at around 3-5pm on Monday? Anyone who's interested, please leave a tag or IM me or sms me if you have my handphone number. I'm resorting to calling out on my blog because this is rather urgent, and I'm having difficulty finding a girl who's from either Beta or Alpha and who's willing to play dodgeball. I've already asked most of the Beta girls I know, but they either already have a team to play for or they can't make it on Monday. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to play, because look at me, I've never played dodgeball in all my life, neither do I know the rules of the game. I'll just go there on Monday and have fun (if having fun means getting whacked by balls). Haha.

Seriously, Shanmin, how can you do this to your poor friend, which is me? ㅠㅠ Haha. Quickly finish your classes and rush to the hall to save me, okay?

Rawr. I feel like strangling the shit out of DHS now. This is just so unfair! AHS won them fair and square, but it's them who's going home with the trophy. Never mind C Girls, we'll show them who's the true winner in Nationals!

Labels: Dodgeball

I shall summarise my week since I hardly have time to blog during weekdays and I think this had been and will continue to be the case every week.

First of all, I want to thank CG 18/08 for the birthday song. Even though it was embarrassing, but I really appreciated the thought. ^^

This whole week had been really hectic for me, I'm not saying other weeks weren't, but for the first time, I really understood what 'Too many things, too little time' meant. I had to divide my time between trainings, competition, tutorials, GP reviews, and worst of all, the killer PI! Yes, I know I probably won't refer to it as a killer soon when more components of PW begins. There were quite a few days when I reached home at 9.30pm, have dinner(I think at such time, it's more appropriately known as supper), shower and then finally start on my work at 10.30pm, only get to go to bed at 1 or 2 in the morning and then wake up 3 and a half hours or 4 hours, at most, later to get ready for school. Then the whole routine repeats itself. No doubt, I felt like dozing off sometimes during lectures(especially during boring ones!), but I tried my best not to. Keyword: tried. But apparently not having much success.

Competition on last Wednesday. Jitters! But everyone played great! Though I think I played exceptionally oooglily(uglily). The way I play has always been ugly, but it was exceptionally ugly on that day. Lol.Wasn't quite satisfied with myself. Girls, TJC vs. SRJC, 5-0. Boys, TJC vs. IJC, 4-1. Girls will be up against SAJC on Monday. Double jitters!

By the way, CG 18/08 came in 1st for English Fair Exhibition and won ourselves $100 worth of Ben & Jerry's! That's about a scoop of ice cream for everyone! Going for ice-cream as a class, I like the idea of that! I wasn't present for contact time on Wednesday and when Wenhui told me the next day, I was like 'WHAT!?!' Haha, we weren't expecting to win anything after seeing other CGs' exhibitions because some of them were really good. How the hell did we manage to win, I have no idea.

Duathlon today was a great experience. My first time trying out for endurance sports. The 1st leg of the run was the worst. It was hell tiring. I don't know why. I wasn't even halfway through the route and my legs were already hurting like crazy. Too little warmups, probably. And I came in second-last for the 1st leg, but I think I should be considered last because the last girl was feeling unwell during the race, and she kinda dropped out of the race, and then join back in again. So technically, I was last. Lol. But we didn't come in last at the end! All thanks to Angelina! So, she was the second-last to leave the bikers' holding area because I was the second-last to finsh the 1st leg. I don't know how she did it, but she was one of the firsts to complete her 15km of biking. She must have biked damn fast la! And she claimed that she wasn't cycling very fast. And, she didn't look like she had perspired a drop when she came back, really. Conclusion: She has the speed + stamina. The 2nd leg of the run was quite alright, except that the sun had gone quite high up in the sky. I was cursing it everytime I ran out of the shade and into the sunlight. Lol. I think we got 20th or 21st position. And the goodie bags were fabulous! We got quite alot of things, Puma caps and best of all, the Duathlon Challenge 2008 tee which says 'DUATHLETE' in big bold letters on the front and depending on whether you were a runner or biker, it says 'runner' or 'biker' on the right sleeve. I love the tee alot! I feel so accomplished today! At least, I know I'm capable of 6km which I never thought was possible in the past. But 2.4km mock test next week is another thing. Haha. Anyway, I'll definitely join Duathlon next year if there's one.

Labels: School, Sports, Table Tennis

School was tiring today despite it ending early at 12.30pm. And we had to wait all the way till 5pm for the Econs makeup lecture! Went for lunch at the opposite with Xinyi, Yujing, Wenhui & Huiting. Then it was back at school to do the English Fair exhibition board. There was little left for us to do since we completed most of it the other day. I sort of 'saved' the board from going into the bin with my artistic sense. I splattered red paint on it to make it look better. Haha. What kind of artistic sense is that?

I was so tired that after we were done with the exhibition thingy, I slept at the table while others around me were mugging. I felt so guilty(I always do when I'm with them), but sleep soon overtook me. Sleeping is shiok! But not for my poor right arm. Lol. After waking up, did the long overdued chemistry holiday assignment. Haha. And I spent 2 hours doing like, 5 MCQ questions? How productive.

Econs lecture was boring. Can you imagine having your butt stuck to the seat and listening monotony for 1 hour 30 minutes? And because of the lecture, I had to be 30 minutes late for training.

Labels: School

Floorball training @ Valhall at 10am this morning. Thought I would be late because I only left house at 9am. Slowpoke. -.- Fortunately, the buses and train came on time, so I was punctual! Haha.

We trained left-hand hitting for about 15 minutes today. You must be thinking, 'Aiyah, 15 minutes only, easy lah'. That was what I initially thought too. Nooo, I was so wrong. My left-hand was sore like shit after that 15 minutes. Wanted to neaten my hair, but when I tried to touch my hair with my left hand, I was so horrified because I couldn't feel my hair! Haha. It did get alittle better afterwards but I still couldn't hold up my water bottle with my left hand and drink from it without trembling and spilling some water on my shirt. I'm pretty sure I'm going to lose the use of my left hand tomorrow.

We had matches just before training ended. The 'finals'(there were only 3 teams, so we just had to eliminate one team to play finals, lol) : Team Sexy vs. Team Dirty. Don't ask me how we got those names. I have no idea. Haha. It was super funny to see everyone on court screaming like mad whenever the ball went near the goalposts. It was a wonder we still had the strength to scream while running. Team Dirty won in the end because it was initially a draw and we went on to the penalties. And unfortunately for Team Sexy (or fortunately for Team Dirty), I was up for the deciding penalty and my shooting wasn't accurate. Felt kinda bad for making my team lose after they played so hard on court.

After training was lunch at KFC with the floorball girls. Weiling blurted out something funny while we were all walking across the tall grasses. 'Eh, how come they never shave the grass?' I was reminded of armpit hairs. LOL.

Then I went back to AHS for table tennis training. Nah, training was just an excuse, seeing the girls was my motive. XP Played some matches with the juniors and I have to say that I'm quite disappointed with how I played. I really have alot to improve on.

After training was 'Bubble-tea and Cup Noodles Time' at 85 with the girls!!! Haven't catch up with the girls for quite some time now and so I was happy to be back at the bubble-tea shop with them. Talked like how we used to talk. Felt like we were back in old times. I didn't feel like leaving at all. But all good things have to come to an end.

Went to Plaza Singapura in the evening to watch Horton with family. I don't think it's nice, good for kids maybe, but too childish for teenagers or adults.. I think it's kind of random and there's not really a plot. Yes, I'm pretty critical when it comes to this. I think a plot is a must for any kind of movie, drama serial or book. But since my sister and brother like the movie alot, then I'm quite alright with it. And sometimes, I find myself thinking the same way Horton does, like wondering if there's any super tiny creatures living in other things such as cloths. Okay, I'm stupid. I wanna watch Step Up 2 since everyone says it's so nice!

Alright, I'm very tired. Goodnight!

Labels: Training Day

Table Tennis Camp was a blast! No doubt, I really enjoyed the camp alot, every second of it! Had loads of fun and really got to know everyone in the team. The seniors did everything they could to make sure that everything went well. And from the Night Games alone, anyone can see that they really put in alot of effort into planning the camp. Photoshopping photos for the clues, the super long letter that Magdalene read out and all the things they had to do to set the stations up which include staining of Mag's white skirt with ketchup and hanging of Yingen's AHS uniform on the bush.

Had free time on the first night. Hweeli and I spent it watching the guys seniors stick the new rubbers onto their bats. Most of the girls seniors were in the next room mugging for the tests that's going to be held some time this week I think. It's scary to see them mug so hard. I feel so lazy as compared to them. Anyway, seniors who are having tests, JIAYOU!

Then at around midnight, we went back to the table tennis room. For what? You might think we're super hardworking to train even at midnight. No, we were there to test out our new rubbers. Hahaha.

Talk on the phone until 3am. It felt good because I finally got to crap around after so long. Also poured out some of the very few unhappiness I have, about how I feel so uh, restricted in my class. It doesn't help if you have someone who's always getting on your nerves every single lesson of the day. Grr. I miss 4F'07 so much. But no one can keep living in the past, so that's why I'm always telling myself to move on, only to find myself back on the same spot again.

Friendlies on the 2nd day of camp was alright, even though I made quite alot of mistakes. But at least there was experience gained. That's why I say, even though you may have lost a match, but in fact, you have won alot of experience. Nobody actually loses in a competition.

Even though the ECP trip was cancelled at the very last minute due to the rain, we still had fun playing Captain's Ball at the basketball court. The drizzle, and the wet and slippery ground adds more fun to it. Now, that's what I call Captain's Ball. Not some $%*#@ game(no, I don't even call that a game, there's no cooperation at all, that's just plain showing-off) I played with a particular group of people a week ago and someone just kept slamming the ball out regardless of whether he could get the ball and we spent like half of the game trying to pick up the ball. I was really pissed off then, and left the game halfway. Really, if you have no intention or ability to get the ball after you hit it away from others, then don't do it in the first place because you're just wasting everyone's time and your own energy. Grr.

Oh sorry, digressed. Oh yes, before we played Captain's Ball, Zhihao kicked the volleyball up onto the sports complex's roof, then climbed up the ladder on the third floor of it and he couldn't get down. I found it really amusing. Picture a whining tall guy. Totally classic. Haha.

The so-called 'romance' movie was alright. More of a thriller. Nothing too horrifying. Lol. But it did kinda set the atmosphere for the Night Games. Ah, Night Games, got to be one of the highlights of the camp! Haha. My partner was Jaren, which was a huge relief because I think he's brave, either that or, he succeeded in not showing his fear even though he might have been scared out of his wits. Haha. Okay la, I think it's more of the former. Anyway, it does help alot if your partner is or somehow looks brave, especially if both of you are trying to navigate your way in the dark with a torch(that threatened to go out anytime) to The Scope girls' toilet. I've heard some stories about it, but I don't know why, my mind chose to not to remember them during Night Games. Selective memory. Haha.

Yeah, I think the walk to The Scope girls' toilet was the scariest, maybe because it was the first station. The stations that followed after were quite alright. After we were done with the 4th station and trying to locate where's the 5th and last one, we saw Zhihao running around in the dark alone. Whatever the hell was he doing, you ask? Trying to find other pairs to scare. Jaren, Desmond and I joined in. Actually, when 3 of us joined in, that only left us with 1 pair to scare --- Jiahao-Hweeli's pair. Muahahah. I think we waited for them at the banner-painting area for close to 15 minutes. At first, I was squatting under the staircase, then I gave up after a few minutes because it was so hot and stuffy in there, and I reckoned my legs would cramp any time soon. The guys occasionally ran out closer to the TA block to check if they were coming. Then we hid behind the building, I started laughing(at the thought of them getting scared by us and the looks that will be on their faces) when Jiahao and Hweeli were approaching the banner-painting area. I had to try to stifle my laughters. It was hell, I tell you. I choked on my own saliva and had to stop myself from coughing. Haha.

We were expecting them to go to the C.Lit block(which was the place the clue led to) from the backyard, so we could scare them from the back of the building. But they went out of the banner-painting area from the front. Apparently, they didn't know the answer to the clue was the C.Lit block. That was later confirmed when we waited at the C.Lit block for another 15 minutes or so and then decided to give up scaring them and go back, and we saw them at the fountain in front of GO. Hahaha. They thought the Chinese characters on the clue had something to do with Chinese board or something. Lol. Okay, I should stop laughing at them because I was worse, didn't even know that there was such a place called C.Lit block in the school until Jaren told me.

Anyway, we met Jiahao and Hweeli in front of GO and we 'kindly' directed them to the C.Lit block. Haha, actually we were comtemplating whether to run the long way and try to reach the C.Lit block earlier than them to scare them. In the end, we did run to the C.Lit block and managed to scare the shit out of them. Satisfying. Haha. We waited so long and ran around the school for I-don't-know-how-many rounds just for that. And boy, Night Games was an extended PE, really, and it was tiring to sprint while trying not to make any noise. My slippers weren't helping at all, so I took them off and ran bare-footed. But the guys can really run without making a single sound. Silent runners.

Funny how I was feeling kinda scared before Night Games started and soon, I was running around in the dark, looking for victims to scare. After Night Games, was jokes, games and Truth or Dare. The jokes were all aimed at Jiahao. Lol. The Um-chi-chi game taught by Zhihao was fun. Even though that was one of the icebreakers we played during O2 with the OGMs, I never got around mastering it because it was so confusing! But I finally got the hang of it after playing it with the team!

And oh, the forfeits Qi Te had to do. He had 2 forfeits. First one was pole-dancing. It was super funny!!! And Jaren did a really good demonstration of pole-dancing! The second forfeit was together with Mia, stare into each other's eyes. Haha. I think the second forfeit was much easier than the first.

Then it was Truth or Dare. I think practically everyone chose Truth. Because the Dares were only for the daring. Like, if you don't mind shouting into the Bowlers' rooms and waking them up, and risk being rained on by bowling balls or doing another bout of pole-dancing in front of everyone, then you can choose Dare. I found the Truth questions interesting because all the Truth or Dare games I've played in the past are just like 'Who do you like?' and then if the person refused to say anything or replies 'Nobody.' (even though we all know it's definitely a lie), that pretty much ends the game. So yeah, questions like 'shoot, shack, marry', 'most attractive guy/girl in the room' , 'maid, husband, son and extramarital affair(!)' are rather new to me. Haha. But Mag, what kind of a question/speculation is that!?!? Awkward, awkward. Ah, never mind, the Queen of Awkwardness survived the game. Haha.

The games went on till 4am. At first, I decided not to sleep since there's only 2 more hours till daybreak. But then cannot tahan already, so went to sleep. 2 hours also shuang. Woke up at 6.15am, and got ready.

Time really flies when you're having fun. Soon it was time to leave camp. I felt sorry for leaving camp early. I wished I could stay till they officially break camp and run Lucky Heights together as a team. If we are ever going to run Lucky Heights again for PT at trainings, I'll be the first one to join in. Now you must be thinking, 'This girl, siao ah? So enthu about running Lucky Heights'. Yeah, at the beginning of camp, when I heard we will be running Lucky Heights on 3rd day morning, I was like 'Huh...Lucky Heights. Tiring.' But on 3rd day morning, I really wished I could have stayed to run.

The camp really did alot to me. Call me crazy, but I actually hoped that the camp lasted longer than just 3 days 2 nights. A really big Thank You to all the seniors, Miss Ng, the J1s and basically everyone who, in one way or another, made this camp one of the best I ever had! I know I've been repeating this for quite a number of times now, but I really had the time of my life and really enjoyed myself alot!

Can we have another camp like this during the June holidays? Okay, I'm asking the impossible. Lol.

Labels: Table Tennis Camp 2008

I had Korean food for dinner today at Novena Sq! Yay, I'm a happy girl! Pardon me, but I have a thing for anything that is Korean. Korea, Korean language, Korean culture, Korean food, Korean entertainment circle...you name it, I love it! Anyway, the food was really nice. No, I'm not being biased here but it was really great. Even my Dad who dislikes Korean food had to agree with my Mum and I.

Then there was this dance show at the plaza of Novena Sq. They were showcasing Breakdance. Those breakdancers look so cool la! Makes me wanna learn breakdancing. But it'll probably be break-limbs-dancing for me. Haha.

Then it was grocery shopping at NTUC, well, that's for my Mum. For me, it's junk-food shopping. 2 tubs of ice-cream to go with my chocolate syrup at home, 4 bars of Hershey cookies 'n' cream chocolate and a bag of nachos. I better hope I don't stuff myself silly this coming holidays.

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Just got back from dinner at Prima Tower's revolving restaurant. At the start of dinner, we were facing the expressway and halfway through dinner, we were facing Sentosa, then at the end of dinner, we were back to facing the expressway. Dinner was alright I guess, except for the gastric pains due to hunger.

Was slacking the whole day. Didn't manage to do anything productive except to play the piano and read newspapers. Yes, all the articles. Took me like 2 whole hours! I've learnt my lesson after the Pre-U Seminar interview. Hahaha.

And any girl from Beta House or Alpha House keen on substituting for Shanmin(because her lessons will end late and she can't make it in time) for the Dodgeball Competition at around 3-5pm on Monday? Anyone who's interested, please leave a tag or IM me or sms me if you have my handphone number. I'm resorting to calling out on my blog because this is rather urgent, and I'm having difficulty finding a girl who's from either Beta or Alpha and who's willing to play dodgeball. I've already asked most of the Beta girls I know, but they either already have a team to play for or they can't make it on Monday. It doesn't matter if you don't know how to play, because look at me, I've never played dodgeball in all my life, neither do I know the rules of the game. I'll just go there on Monday and have fun (if having fun means getting whacked by balls). Haha.

Seriously, Shanmin, how can you do this to your poor friend, which is me? ㅠㅠ Haha. Quickly finish your classes and rush to the hall to save me, okay?

Rawr. I feel like strangling the shit out of DHS now. This is just so unfair! AHS won them fair and square, but it's them who's going home with the trophy. Never mind C Girls, we'll show them who's the true winner in Nationals!

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