20041214
everything else.
i dunno where to begin. haha. so many things happened in the past one week or so?
OGL workshop. had to wake up so early! and i was almost late on Monday and late of Tuesday. i need to stop lazing around in my wonderful bed when the alarm rings. or maybe Leon and I should start waking each other up and rushing each other to be punctual. lol. basically ran through all the games. so tiring! i almost died there on the spot. haha. felt to lazy to run from station to station. and we got to know our dwelling partners. and i got Eric. haha. because we're from the same CCA and this will give us a chance to bond better. dunno what to say about that. and we named our dwellings and painted our flags! ((: mine's Cornovii. alittle like Conifero right? :P and my flag has a corn on it! i decided that my tribe's quite fun! especially when we stayed back till so late to do our flags. ((: Dagda rawks! i can't wait for the actual thing. but then again, i dun want school to start! 'cause my homework's undone. X: but still, Dagda rawks! haha. X:
went down to SDC on the second night. dunno why but the camp just gives me a very different feeling. sat through their campfire vetting. we were like self-entertaining ourselves again? our toilet roll songs. haha. and then i took the bus home alone. )): sucha long trip and i was so tired. was so tempted to stay there and pon the workshop. haha. X:
went down again on campfire night. with my 6 days worth of clothes. i couldn't believe the fact that i was going to spend 6 days in campsite. it's nothing much compared to Mok, YuHui and Poh Huat's 8 days, but still! lugged my heavy stuff all the way to campsite. the campfire was good! we were self-entertaining again. haha. felt good to see the girls! ((: and talked to the rest of the instructors in the ops room. got to know Julianna better. ((: woke up super early the next morning to prepare breakfast. goodness. nasi lemak's really hard to preapre. but at least they enjoyed it. area-cleaning was bad. maybe we expected too much? i dunno. dunno what to say. maybe someday they'll understand that we did not scold them just because we felt like shouting. maybe someday they'll understand it's because we want them to learn? or maybe we should just lower our expectations. but whatever it is, there must always be someone who appears to be the devils amongst the angels. if not, nobody learns. maybe it's just my style of working. i don't know. argh. to quote from spastic bestie Mizael's blog, which is from Vanessa's blog and from Angie's blog, "i rather be disliked for who i am, not be liked for who i am not". at least i know i'm not putting on a superficial front.
after that was kbox! me, Shuhui, Yuhui, Yingsheng and John. sort of to spend time with BP before he gets enlisted. kbox was totally great! haha. rapport with everyone! ((: and i made everyone sing with feelings. :P and we took neos! haha. took forever to decorate them. ((: and we went shopping for the christmas exchange gifts! we bought super cute mugs! so cute that we planned to just exchange within ourselves. haha. but our plan failed. X: anyways, enjoyed myself lots! ((:
VIP. was so tired by the time we reached campsite. and we actually slept in the bunks! goodness. i don't remember sleeping in the bunks for a very long time. :P
day 1 was busy busy and busy. basically doing all the admin stuff. updating the nominal rolls and appointments and stuff. and preparing to be DI for day 2. so stressful okayy. and scary. haha. Exercise Humanity leh! it's like there's so much on the shoulders. took over from Royce at night. so freaky! i was like making sure they did bunks allocation properly when the trainee DI told me the toilet door was locked. that third level toilet. when i went to try open it, it just opened normally. but the whole lot of male trainees outside the toilet insisted that it was locked. freaky. )):
day 2. Exercise Humanity. so stressful! everything went late. 'cause there was temperature taking and many other stuff. and the F&B and logistics stuff took up alot of time too! when they finally set off, i was a tad relieved. stayed at base with some other people. but me and Joan went cycled off to send some information to the groups. lol. with Jianfu Sir and Evelyn Mdm. my goodness. i swear that i'm so totally unfit. i need to start running more. i was so cycling so slow! haha. and clumsy Shanz had to fall down. X: there was this rocky down-slope path near Chek Jawa. and i fell! haha. so embarrassing. and my knees hurt. haha. but the cycling was fun! ((: now i'm a little sunburnt. the place reminds me alot of VIP 01/04. how my platoon got scolded like there's no tomorrow. how everyone else struggled. how we made it through together. it was tough. really. i still love VIP 01/04. ((: the exercise ended and i was so dead relieved! half a day gone! haha. outdoor cooking was bad. i think i was stressing the trainee DI alot. but it was good that they managed to finish cooking. the instructors didn't have sufficient food. and we nibbled on biscuits. haha. campfire prep was self-entertainment time again. :P finally finally it was debrief and the last parade! my goodness. when i handed over the whistle, the watch and the clipboard to Mok, i was so totally relieved. totally totally. ((: yay! i made it through. haha. the night was great! we were supposed to sleep after a long day but we didn't. lol. at first we started chatting 'cause we were waiting for the trainees to finish bathing before we can. almost everyone else crammed on mine and Joan's bed and chatted. then Joan, Sarah, Mok and me ran to the tents to sleep. it's been like ages since we last slept in tents? we chatted there till we fell asleep. but it started to rain! then we ran to the logs room to sleep on the sofa. X:
day 3. orientation run had to be put off due to bad weather. but PT killed us. haha. especially that twinkle twinkle action. ((: the rest of the day was chaotic. had to prepare for campfire and make sure the place was clean for the GOH. and we were asked to clean to drains! my goodness. but it was quite fun lah. although my fingers were killed by dettol. campfire campfire! the fire was beautiful! blue and green and orange flames. fake snow falling. quite Christmas-y. ((: and we self-entertained ourselves again! like half of my batch was there. ((: and i got M&Ms! Fiona's present. ((:
day 4! last day! haha. the most memorable part of the day was Exercise Longkang. apparently the drain we cleaned on day 3 wasn't clean enough. as in we merely washed all the dirty water and leave away. but there was this thick layer of rotten sediments that was giving out this stench. and when the sinks choked, the stench was overpowering and thus our exercise started. my goodness. the most gross part was clearing the sink. all the maggie mee and food stuff came out in murky water. and the stench. my goodness. it was so bad that we had to put on masks. next was the digging of the sediments. i think it comprised of rotten leaves, rotten food and what-other-disgusting-stuff-you-can-think-of of the past 10 years? or even 20 years? my goodness. it was quite a sight. instructors were bending down and using long spades to dig it up. i always thought that the drain was level. until that day. when i finally saw the curved shape of the drain after much digging. haha. and lastly, i used dettol to clean the drain! haha. so fun! it was disgusting but fun! maybe they should implement this exercise for every 5 years? then they can keep the drain clean. ((:
lunch after the camp. chatted with them! ((: looking at this batch of VIP 03/04 finish their camp together, it brings back good memories of our own batch. ((: it's been 9 months. and it's really amazing how much we've been through together. ((: and my Broken Wrist Family! ((: can't wait to get our identity. ((:
dinner with the girls at Cafe Cartel today. ((: felt great to meet up with them! doing the usual gossiping and stuff. ((: and we had strawberry ice-cream! topped with the strawberry sauce and cream. so totally sinful. but once in a while only lah. :P shopped around and did more gossiping. haha. we should meet up more k? ((:
sometimes there are really some things that are better left unknown. i would rather be kept in the dark and continue doing my part than knowing so much about something and we become sceptical in everything we do. it becomes a hindrance. i don't know.
it's all too complicated. i'm exasperated. maybe it's time to take a break. there ain't much things left for me to stay on anymore. maybe it's time to start spending time on other stuff.
meeting up with the clique tomorrow. can't wait. i miss you guys! haha. ((:
group1 soared @ 23:52
xoxo