Monday, June 20, 2005
icee princess :)
hello! e wk aft e malacca trip was lyk quite busy, coz i fell sick and stuff.. so din blog la.. e post on e malacca trip is right below this post.. go read yupp :)
haha ya well this wk other than coughing and sneezing my entire way thru, i went for e first day of dance chalet! hehe, tho v little ppl la.. we played tennis, cap ball, and played ard e nearby small playgrds :) haha reminisce e old times...... :P
anw ya, then we had spaghetti for dinner! with baguette frm delifrance and clear vege soup.. thanx food ppl! :) niceee. ya and ilearnt how to play bridge! finally.. hahah aft so many yrs.. ya, then we went for a night walk ard pasir ris park.. sheryl chua was super fast to climb up e triangular string structure.. haha 30 secs la.. then aft awhile i had to go le, coz curfew.. yupp. second day i woke up feeling super groggy, so took medicine and went on sleeping, until lyk close to 3.. aft tt i still was in quite bad state, so my parents din allow me go for e bbq at nite.. sorry guys! really wished to b there.. hmmm then thurs also din let me go la.. so ya..
on fri, went dwn for eye check at specialist's centre.. then went centrepoint to shop ard.. and went centrepoint delifrance for dinner! haha jia en working there mahh. so i purposely din look at her so she wont notice, and suddenly my attention drifted la.. when i looked up jia en was staring at me.. haha so i was lyk hello :) ya then got ppl in front so i asked her to serve then first.. ya then my turn rite she got fresh bread and opened a new tray for fillings for us.. hehe, and we got discount :) don tell u all how much :P haha yupp..
well.. sat i went to ps to watch ice princess wif my best fren! tt show rawkkkkks bigg time kae.. go watchhh.. nice.. hehe mayb coz it's figure skating and it's qutie ballet tt's y i lyk it so much, but my best fren's not a dancer and she loves it too! story quite applicable to me too, lyk studies and your passion.. niceeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
haha, then ystday, father's day, i cooked! steak, sauce and an appetizer.. everyth was okay except tt e steak was overmarinated.. too salty :( ya but yay everyone finished their portion. then i teached bridge.. yay, then i watched jia hui and my fam's fav show.. e japanese show "emergency room 24hrs".. nice too! but e entire cast was changed, except for e main doc, played by yosuke eguchi.. yupp.. every sunday 11pm.. this is e 3rd series :)
ohhhh sheeesh wat's wif me.. sorry 'taught' bridge.. paiseh :S
hmmm ys this is e last wk of hols.. gotta study le.. tc! :)
xiao jo
@ 8:27 AM
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Sunday, June 19, 2005
malacca! :)
ellooo.. was quite sian to go blog e entire malacca trip, but thought i shld.. haha coz really learnt alot! from e kids kae.. haha it's all in this entry.. btw all these 3 entries were written on e day itself, and guess wat? on e hotel tissue paper :) haha but it's STRONG kae.. cld write with norm pressure.. haha.. ya anw enjoy :)
9/6/05
first day of trip! we set of from home at ard 7, reached church alittle aft 7 30.. ya gathered there.. and 1, being e only youth and 2, i'll b taking these kids, i tried to talk to them la, and guess wat? they aced e 'dao e teen' test la.. they jus turned away regardless my question :( ya jus then saw jia hui and jia en arrive in church, put dwn their stuff for later's camp, while jh atteneded to her sis' cut at e back of e heel.. ya then they both rushed off, coz jh had paper and je had to work, both had to be at respective venues by 9.. so ya, and then i was back in e world of 'kids-n-adults, n no youths'. ya we finally set off, journing was long and was v tempted to sleep, but so tt my dad wont sleep during e drive i stayed up to alk along e way.. ya we stopped at pagoh for a short break, then into malacca town for lunch at this restaurant.. food was good :) ya then we reached e hotel soon after.
there we gathered at the meeting room, where there was e 'opening ceremony', then went to individual rooms. man they were really nice and bigger than usual hotels :) hav a small bar-like area in each room :) but a walk ard e hotel seemed to kill e elation.. e swimming pool and gym were pitifully small, gym having less than 10 workable equipment :S, swimming pool water seemingly clean but suuuuper murky.. cant seem things infront of u, lyk v cloudy :( ya, and e aerobics room which i'd so eagerly wanted to see was under 'renovation'. e door was open, so cld see e inside but there were things inside so cant go in.. diaoz.. other than tt it really looked lyk a dance studio, lyk my old dance studio.. well really la aft e tour got more and more unimpressed wif e hotel.. but e worst was when i found out tt i had faulty bathroom taps!! wahhh, had to use a mug to bathe coz e knob to change e water flow from e tap to out from e spray was missing; flushes were also another prob.. ya.. ohh, and joelle came up to me during opening ceremony and stuck wif me throughout until even jus now during e break for e kids to rest she came over and sat wif me.. :) ya. well dinner was relatively gd, then e children's prog.
honestly i don rber everyth from e beginning to e end of today's session, but it was overall pretty okay and manageable la. liu chuan dao was able to control e crowd v well, then aft e session e teachers met to discuss more stuff for tml and tt's it..
10/6/05
hmmm. how do i start today's entry? i donno, it was jus a pretty action-packed day.
breakfast, then e children prog. quite okay ba.. then lunch.. haha ya then joelle and joseph gathered in my room, where we played heart attack.. ya then aft tt we went dwn to e meeting room where we played some family games.. yupp, then my dad and i went to e gym.. quite sad la, we had to take turns running on e treadmill.. haha ya then went to meet e other kids in e pool. woahhh it was a total different experience. usually i'll b lyk swimming 'on myself' with others, but today? i had kids clinging onto me.. haha. jasper was trying to show me how well he cld swim, etc.. yupp was quite fun for a change la..
hmmm then aft tt bathed, and went for dinner.. quite okay la, then last children's session! ya, ended on quite a high note.. then we sent e kids off for e durian feast.. haha they ordered lyk i think 60kgs of durians? haha.. but e teachers stayed behind to discuss some marks la..
ya i realized tt i actually did learn alot from this camp. thru this camp, tho short, i've learnt abt humility; i've learnt how to communicate wif e kids. i learned to lower myself, my knowledge, to that of a comfortable level for them.
ohh, and when i first saw e teachers lowering themselves thru various ways, eg miao lan lao shi willingly acting e 'chipmunk' hopping ard, li yun lao shi speaking to the children very slowly and soothingly, i was quite 'uh, i don think i'd b able to do that' but what i really admired was e kind of willingness to go out of their norm behaviour, to reach to these kids.
for wat?
i personally felt e sense of achievement, e sense of joy when these kids come and play, joke, smile wif u, when they readily listen to you. no i'm not saying we're doing all these for e sense of power, rather, tt we can b an effective bridge btwn God's word and them.
but why were e experienced sunday sch teachers willing to do all these? humility, and only thru God can we find fulfilment and true joy.
wat are we pursuing? have we let other wordly causes determine joy and fulfilment?
but yupp, i must say, this camp had allowed me to really learn more abt humility, and made me think abt my choice of pursuit.
haha yupp, i must also mention, i've grown to love these kids more. they're more than jus a bunch of ill-behaved kids, but they are children of God waiting to b loved and showned true love. and when i change my perspective of them, i tend to regard them of higher importance than my own desires. lyk when we were swimming i really wanted to work out and do a few laps myself, but joelle was clinging onto me and jasper was trying to show me how well he cld swim, i had to give up my own desires and accompany them.
ya, i've been their teacher, yet these kids have been my teacher too. it was really a touching and enriching experience. :)
11/6/05
day we return home.. in e morn at abt 6 40 my dad and i went dwn to e pool to swim.. swam 30 while my dad swam 50 laps.. too long nv swim la.. yaa.. not bad le rite :)anw ya then when we got out of e pool cld see e kids lyk looking dwn.. when we went for breakfast many came up to me and was lyk 'i saw u swimming'.. haha ya, then was free time, where many kids gathered in my sis' and my room to watch cartoons.. aft tt since joelle and joseph wanted to swim we went dwn.. and i became wat they called their 'seahorse'. their combined weight was heavier than me, so i was lyk lugging both of them here and there, according to where they wanted to go.. well aft tt we had to pack up and go for closing ceremony in e meeting room, and we gave out the tokens of appreciation to teachers and e committee. gave e kids their 'cert' and respective groups respective prizes.. ya then e kids went up to 'perform'. i missed it coz one of my v young group members wanted to go to e toilet so i had to bring her. another example of e need to give up own desires.. :) really wanted to watch them recite la. ya anw aft tt we took a group photo, then lunch.. last lunch then everyone dispersed.. quite sad la it was so fast. then it was jus travel travel travel.. reached spore at abt 8 30, went dinner wif e rest, then got home ard 10 plus. ya tt was it.
but i really miss these kids la. these 3 days had been really fulfiling, and ahhhh i donno how to describe. but ya it was good, and double good.
ya.. tt's all.. :)
xiao jo
@ 10:59 PM
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Wednesday, June 08, 2005
pre-malacca! :)
hellooo! haha decided to blog coz i'm leaving for malacca tml! yupp some church family seminar, and i'm e only youth gg :( so i'm lyk one of e child-care teachers.. haha. can u imagine? :P anw, yupp hmmm ystday's street fest was okay.. tho felt it wasnt as good as e one on e 29th.. felt tt our item (modern) was better!.. but e other two items, guess jus din really hav e feel.. hmmmm for mtv jam guess it's coz e guys all din make it, so e guy's part was done by e gals.. hmmm then sean din do his spectaculars.. so ya.. well for american black hip hop.. guess some parts jus werent as well done as before.. don wanna mention names la.. hmmm ya but kai en and wei en came dwn to support! thanx guys! pei xian tried to make it on time but was held up by work.. so when she came dwn it was over :( sorrie dm.. but thanx for making e effort ya.. hmmm ya then e organizers wanted us to do some modeling for fri's perf, and wanted us to model on sat also :S it's lyk we 'have e vibrancy of e youths in spore' so they want us to model and dance in their designed clothes.. hmmm ya e briefing took some time, but i went to talk to px we and ke coz anw i'm not involved.. will return frm malacca only in e evening of sat.. yupp. hmmm aft dinner went dwn to centrepoint delifrance, where we saw jia en working there! haha she looked so cute wif e cap :) haha, then aft tt we went back la..
hmmm ya today nth much, went to sch for differentiation lesson, then tt's it la.. packed bag and stuff..
ya okie gotta sleep early.. see you all! :)
xiao jo
@ 10:11 PM
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Friday, June 03, 2005
street fest! :)
heyy! very long nv blogg alrdy.. altho i really had quite abit of things to write dwn but din manage to.. yupp hmmm e last time i blogged was aft my papers.. well i got my results, and din do well la.. so i'm gg mugg this hols! tho so far it hasnt been v productive :P
anw.. we danced e entire of last wk.. and then sunday was showtime! we were part of e street fest dwn at orchard, and our first slot was on sunday 29th may 3 30pm.. and guess wat time my group met? 11am at cine's toilet :P haha kiasu enuff rite :) ya but i was late coz of church.. hmmm then we got ready, met e other 2 groups at abt 2.. e entire western dance (wd) was split into 3 items u see, modern (me!), mtv jam and american black hip hop.. yupp e black hip hop one is super tough and cool :) haha anw, it was pouring at abt 1 plus 2.. so we were quite worried.. but it cleared! and we were having quite a gd weather at abt 3.. so ya at 3 30 we went up, but e stage was SUPER small.. it's outside cine.. ya and v dangergous too, coz it's lyk stapled together and there were stray staples and splinters :S ya but anw everyth else was okay.. and aft all e items shi wei was asked to teach 3 kids a short routine.. only one set of 8 la.. haha v funny :) hmmm then while we were resting shi wei came over and told us tt e organizers want us to dance for closing ceremony on e 12th june, and dance later (29th may) at abt 5 15.. wahh ya haha, we did dance at 5 15, but at another stage, which was jus across e road.. wahh tt stage din have extended cover, only until e edge of e stage.. e previous stage had like a shelter extended from e stage.. ya so e front of e stage was wet la.. e ending pose was v hard to get into, coz i had to lie almost face flat on e floor :S anwwww i did it la but it was yucky.. hmm ya but while we were waiting to dance at e other stage we walked ard, and listened to this lady catherine something sing.. she's super gd la, e voice v v strong, but somehow i guess she's not v well known so not many ppl came to listen.. e organizers asked us who were hanging ard to be fake audiences.. but yucky as it sounds to be a "fake audience" it was actually v rewarding! e songs were nice la.. she jus lack publicity.. yupp..
well aft everyth we went to fish n co at glass house to eat.. woahhh we practically had e entire upper level to ourselves :) tracy, ginny and i shared a seafood platter and fish and chips, and then a slice of icecream cake :) woahhh e fish and chips are lyk heavenly la.. ice cream cake too! haha, and e seniors (sam bliss shi wei) surprised us to two cakes, lyk a celebration la.. haha ya tt's it.. but we'll still b dancing on e 7th, 10th and 12th (closing ceremony), at 7 30pm, cineleisure.. pls go support!! tho i wont b dancing on e 10th.. i'll b away, but all e best dancers!! you guys can do it! yupp hmmm it was a great experience :)
well then this past wk.. nth much ba, but had to constantly go back to sch.. today don hav to! so here i am blogging :)
hmmm ya and i watched madagascar last nite! it was really nice, and cute, but i donno y my parents found it v boring.. oh well.. go watch! i wanna watch monster-in-law wif my best fren soon :)
yaaa.. okie time to start studying le la.. see you all soon! pls pls come dwn!! :)
xiao jo
@ 8:48 AM
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