Warning: A really really detailed post of my taiwan trip, so skip if you dont have the patience to read. (: Mostly for my memory’s sake, so unless you want to see that part of my memory, then sure, feel free! :D
Day 2 of Taiwan
Taiwanese breakfast is really cool. They dont buy bread from breadtalk or any other bakery the day before (actually come to think of it, i havent seen any bakery yet) and eat lazily on the sofa the next day. Rather, they go to breakfast shops, and the people there sell like freshly made pancakes (!!!), sandwiches, crepe (!!!), and burgers, and then you choose your flavour and they make on the spot for you! (: this comes in a set with either soya bean, or the rice paste thingy, which tastes EXACTLY like tangyuan peanut flavour, except that you can feel the mashed up rice.
Met up with the other school people after the long night at my buddy’s house, and sat the tour bus to this “9 tribes cultural village” place. The journey is freaking long. like 4 hours? I love love love love love love love x10 my tourguide. He’s so freaking funny. Haha when we need help or want to call him, always have to go “ah rui ah rui ah rui”, and he played this “hai jiao qi hao” show for us to watch on the bus, and “beverly hills chihuahua” (all pirated of course), and also turned the whole bus into a mini kbox man. I swear almost everyone was singing (except me because a lot of songs i dont know). haha, and whenever he helps us take photos, he’d always think of weird posts for us to do like “CC LEAHMONG”, and “YEAH to the right” and “YEAH to the left”, and “point to the sky” or “point to your cheek”. Damn hilarious. And apparantly, all tourguides in taiwan are like that! (:
Food for day 2 and the many other days in the forested area that follows, sucks. Dinner and lunch for all 4 days are like the exact, or at least similar dishes. 8 dishes + 1 soup. And EVERY SINGLE meal there’s at least 1 dish that contains bamboo. And allllll singaporean will shun it like crazy because 1) it smells worse than the “chou dou fu” (smelly beancurd), and 2) it tastes like horse shit (not like i’ve eaten before, but yea, you get the idea). We were thinking that taiwan wants to starve the pandas in china so they keep koping the bamboo. Shhhh (: inside joke.
Anyhows, very very ironically, the “9 tribes cultural village” is no educational place man. We all thought that it would be like very boring like shit tours and all and explore the place, but who knows, it’s a THEME PARK! (: im in love with theme parks and roller coaster rides! (: ah rui played all the rides with us, and there was this ride where the whole log will rotate before going backwards (just like the scoooby doo one in gold coast, except scarier), and this UFO ride, which in 3 seconds, will drop you from the 20th floor down to the ground. Super scary. And there was this hugeeee pirate ship which i sat at the last row, and it scared the shit out of me, needless to say. 10 storeys man, no kidding. (:
Felt like crying at night because i felt very alone, and like i was missing everyone back in singapore. And plus i got so many emo messages from my best pals (they are still in my phone now), which made me felt like crying even more. ):
Ah, but the night was quite well spent though. 5 of us had to share a hotel room and it was a girl’s talk night! truth or dare became truth or truth into this new game called “four walls”, which meant everything said must be kept within the four walls. And i never knew that there was this side to the people in the taiwan immersion programme, which was quite amazing la. I guess i’ve been too judgemental sometimes… Oh, and im very very amazed, that they actually have a 7-11 and starbucks on top of the mountain! (: gosh, every single starbucks is like 2 storeys high? and the 7-11s are the size of lets say mango at vivocity. :D see what our government does to our almost non-existant land!
Day 3 of Taiwan
Haha stupid “four walls” ended so late, we totally overslept and missed the sunrise ): chinese breakfast at hotels are really funny because although they have ham and sausage, it’s all made from chinese pork, and the sausage is the chinese type. And they have like veg and salted veg and all other main course dishes avaliable at the buffet breakfast to go with the porridge, which i found to be very funny too. So i just stuck to eating toast. HAHA.
Peiyi sacred the shit out of all of us when she said that she lost her phone, and only to discover that it’d been in her bag all along.
We arrived at the “qing jing” farm on top of the mountain and it’s really cool. (: the weather was superb. and the sheep were like imported from new zealand? and the show was very funny too (except that it was in chinese), and i managed to sit on a sheep, or rather, ride one! :D except that it shitted everywhere after that due to shock. Oh man, the sheep LOVE to shit. they LOVE LOVE LOVE to poo everywhere, and it’s fresh and soft poo, so all of us had to like look where we were going. Damn funny. The sheep also love to ram into people, so we all siam like crazy, damn funny. Love the grass + scenery. Fresh air for once, and i didn’t feel like i was in taiwan!
The afternoon was BORING man. like visiting a brewery (and getting free ice cream), and going to this place to make some paper hand chop thing and a fan (free souveniors!) but damn boring still. ):
hotel that night was goood! :D we each had our own single bed, imagine 5 beds, HUGE suite man. (: (: (: but still, no internet. very very bad.
Day 4 of Taiwan
Boring breakfast again. This time, there was cornflakes! (: so not too bad. Sat the long long long bus ride to travel round the south of taiwan again, i think we were at tai chung. And then we visited “lu kang”, this oldest street in taiwan. i swear it seemed like we went back to singapore in the 60s or so, seemed like those we see in the TV shows. Took a few photos, and lost interest very very fast after seeing nice bubble tea shops and shops which sells the wooden postcard shit, which can send overseas! And not to forget, the soda water which has a marble in the center to help generate the gas. Quite cool i must say, gonna buy a few back to share the love! (:
OHOHOH and after that we visited the glass museum which showed us how glass was made (duh not very interested). We were more fascinated with the kaleidoscope instead, took many many many many photos of us in the kaleidoscope and during the mirror maze. damn cool. (:
Visited the 921 earthquake museum after that, and sat this simulator thingy which can let us really really feel the 7.9 earthquake. Very real, very cool. (: i wish that i really can experience an earthquake at least once in my life man. But Singapore is rather safe in that sense, because m’sia and indo helps us to block the quakes, which is goood in a way i guess. HAHA. But i still wish that some quake will strike man, no matter how small is it, i just want to feel the impact with things collapsing and the feeling of running for your life (sadist i know).
I love the bus ride to our next hotel at this ANOTHER mountain (taiwan has like freakin a lot of mountains), played so many fun orientation games with ah rui on the bus (eg, johnny johnny woosh, half string full string, 1 2 3 4 5, black magic, blah, yeah you get the picture) and he taught us really cool magic tricks. (:
But the night was really chaotic, there were like disagreements among our group regarding ah rui’s farewell present, and a lot of people were being so forceful with their ideas and not open to the opinion of others that made some people fustrated to the verge of crying. And me as usual, just sat in the corner and shut up (most of the time i guess), because i was fine with anything. HAHA.
That night, i really really understand the true meaning of the lit theme: appearance vs reality, how appearance can be so deceiving, and how i never knew some people will feel the same way that i do too. It really opened up my eyes, and i finally realised how the most independent people are actually the most dependent ones, and how the strongest can actually be the weakest at times, i guess we all have weak moments and no one is unbreakable eh? Cried that night, for some reason which i shan’t disclose here, but instant noodles definitely cheered me up! (: taiwan instant noodles are the best shit on earth. (oh no im becoming fat) ):
Day 5 of Taiwan
breakfast was exceptionally good today. For once it was like international buffet, damn shiok! now, that’s what i meant by holiday (: what was most memorable about today was that ah rui was reminiscing about all the times we spent together doing the johnny woosh shit and all. I cannot deal with goodbyes man, i’m damn bad at it. ): Climbed a whole damn mountain today just to see this “god tree” on the top of it, very lame, but quite a good experience to like climb 3km worth of steps up a REAL mountain?!?! (nono not bukit timah hill). (: Very very tiring and we went from like 2 layers jacket to like the very very base layer, and some guys even took of their clothes man. Sweat like shit in the cold, very fun! :D :D :D And we thought that it would only be the “god tree” up there, but who knows, there was like this sky walk, and university 7 steps pond + bridge (said to be if you are able to walk the whole bridge in 7 steps you can go to university).
We gave the shirt we made to ah rui later that day at a toilet stop. HAHA it’s actually the aces shirt from TJ and we just signed on it, and wrote like the ah rui cheer on it for him. Ah rui was duper nice and he made me a very very special apple balloon! (: (insert photo here when i can find the sd card reader)
Played bridge throughout the whole journey with teresa, esther and royce. Damn crazy because i’m known to be the 4 clubs failure (bid 4 club and cannot make it), and then royce is like 5 diamonds! wah best, super malu if cannot win man, and he didnt win. HAHAHA.
Welcome dinner at the caesar park hotel in taipei later in the night, all the jcs in singapore had to perform an item (which we prepped hard for), hahahahaaa i swear there was totally no space to dance man. And my dance partner oliver (:S) had so big actions i was like hiding in the corner la. HAHA. Ah rui stayed behind to watch us dance, before leaving, for good. Oh man, did i mention this, i cannnot bear any more goodbyes. ): monday farewell dinner comfirm cry one. ):
Day 6 of Taiwan
Crazy night man, it was sooooo hard to wake up at my buddy’s house oh man. Started the day quite excitedly because it’s like the 1st time i’m going to my buddy’s school. OH MY GOSH, the whole introduction to the school was SCARY to the max max max! It’s like they have flag raising, they will sing the taiwan anthem and raise the taiwan flag, and then, they played majulah singapura and raised the singapore flag man, we were all like freakin shocked. And afterwards one by one, the principal told us to go to the front to introduce ourselves. Imagine 15 kids standing in front of the whole school in blazer and court shoes. How weird man, the students were so fascinated, they thought that was our usual school clothes man. Had a small introduction about singapore, before the principal started SINGING song for us?!?! And getting students up to talk to us. (: Rather sweet.
Lunch was woosh! They had takeaways for us, and their school has a whole convenience store, situated right inside the school (which totally sells ice cream, sushi and soft drinks!) Except that they didnt have a canteen la, so we couldnt really choose what we wanted to eat.
They distributed the da li uniform to us, and like we had to sew the index number and name onto our clothes, for easy identification. (: Damn cool, my number is 97112705. You must be thinking wth that is, 97 is this year, according to the taiwanese calendar, 1127 is november 27, the first day we visit their school, and 05 is my class index no, out of all the 15 singaporeans. School tour after that, it’s really quite tiny, there are only like 4 blocks?!
It’s so much funner when we are in taiwan as compared to the times when they came to singapore. It’s like we have joint trips and excursions after school, while all they ever did was attend lessons. haha. Went for a 5 schools joint trip that afternoon to “gu gong”, this chinese artefact museum, where all the china artifacts are stored, because when i dunno who was hiding from i dunno who in china, he took all the valuable items of the country and hid in taiwan! haha. The tour guide was boring to the max, and so all da li people did what they do best – camwhore! (even the guys). It’s like everyone was camwhoring outside and no one was bothering the tour guide. Super super funny :D We also played this “find the bench” game, first one to find the bench wins. Slackers unite yo!
Oysters for dinner! (: 1st time eating the oyster omelette, but everyone feels that the one in singapore is nicer.
The night was super fun man, we went to the “xiao ju dan” to ice skate! Super cheap and super good, like 6 sing dollars, unlimited hours and all. And they are so concerned about your safety, it’s like we have to wear helmet, gloves, knee guards and all. Gosh, i felt so protected. (:
Did i mention that i love drinking hot starbucks toffee nut latte in the cold wind? :D it’s the bestest feeling on earth. HAHA. and it’s also the first time i’m drinking hot coffee. Very shiok. (:
There’s always a silver lining behind every cloud
Day 7 of Taiwan
Taiwan has really taught me how to adapt and mingle around with different types of people man. It’s like when you are dumped into a situation where many strangers come together, different personalities will show, and naturally, some will clash. There are the ones who love attention, and there are also the loners, the kind who likes to be in charge and all. It’s not that i’m giving people labels, i mean there’s surely a part of all these characteristics in each of us. It’s just that they are the more obvious ones that show when there’s a crowd, and i guess we all have to adapt and learn how to communicate and be friends with everyone.
I was a lill disappointed at the start of the day because some daily messages has stop coming in, and i was kindda missing being around the people i know and am comfortable with. Oh wells, anyhows my buddy’s dad bought this super super nice egg roll for breakfast and this very very nice soya bean too, heard its from this very famous shop where he had to queue for soooo long. Thank you (:
And the damn bus didn’t come, so we had to take a cab to school, if not we’d be super late! HAHA and my buddy would have to fa zhan for 2 people because she has to do my share as well. It’s very funny how they serve their detention, it’s like at 12pm they’d have lunch break, and 12.30 is nap time (that means that no one is supposed to be walking around and everyone is supposed to be sleeping in the classroom), and if you break any school rules or are late or something, your half an hour (i dont know how can half an hour be enough to sleep) nap time will be gone and you’d have to stand facing the statue of i think chiang kai shek or sun yat sen to like reflect.
Apart from the tiny details, school was rather boring, it’s like geog lesson where the teacher was a scout teacher in charge and he told us about the geography of taiwan based on this scouting trips. And then it was chinese lit lesson (apparently i haven’t had enough of it in singapore), where we watched this very sad and tragic show (in hokkien) and where i got quite irritated with someone. Oh wells.
HAHA, eunice and marcus brought their frisbee and softballs so we totally turned the whole classroom into a field during lunch time.
Something interesting and funny about the school rules of da li. A few of us got caught quite a number of times for breaking those rules. 1) no eating while walking (so they sell ice cream at the welfare room right, you have to stop, eat, and then continue walking with the ice cream in your hand. stop, eat and then continue walking with the ice cream in your hand. you get the idea). 2) cannot put both hands in your pocket while walking (scared you trip and fall flat on your face). 3) everyone must carry the da li school bag (so everyone is united and have the same bag, gosh i thought only school uniforms were like that).
We had a mini excursion to taipei 101 later in the afternoon, managed to catch the sunset from the 89th floor, it was really pretty! (inserts photo here) wanted to send a postcard home but didnt in the end because it was too rush, sigh. The lift up was like a roller coaster ride though, from the 5th to the 89th floor, all they needed was like 35 seconds. crazy crazy crazy.
Went to “wu fen pu” after that with the buddies, taiwan fashion now is damn bad. it’s all long sleeved and hats and gloves, nothing to buy! ): Haha and i still remember the times when my mum would tell me not to anyhow buy because buy already never wear, so this time around, i think like super long before deciding, and know what, i regret not buying that pair of shorts is saw! ): I walked around, and kept thinking that bangkok would be cheaper (since i’m going on the 12th, but based on what’s happening now, i think its rather hard to go), and the clothes here are like far east type and it aint cheap! like $15 sing for a shirt? or shorts? haha i was expecting cheaper, oh well. (:
Next Plane Home – Daniel Powters
I woke up early to baby blue eyes from afar whoah whoah
and when the sun comes through and lights you like the angel you are whoah whoah
I know I do you wrong when I’m with you I’ve been gone
With every season change, it looks the same, November to June whoah whoah
And dont these empty streets skip a beat the flowers dont bloom whoah whoah
I can’t believe I missed your birthday again
and I wanna come back but I just dont know when now
And I’m so lonely you’re not here with me
That’s why I’m gonna be on the next plane home
The road that never ends round the bend I see your smile whoah whoah
I’d swim across the sea to be with you for a while whoah whoah
cos I’ve made a life of been gone
now the way that I feel I just dont belong
And I’m so lonely you’re not here with me
thats why I’m gonna be on the next plane home
And you’re you’re the only face I wanna see
thats why Im gonna be on the next plane home
Stand around try to make every moment
and be somebody yeah anybody
it seems the whole world is taking me over
I need somebody to help me get back to you
and I’ve always been a million miles away
but things are gonna change
I just wanna come home
And you’re you’re the only face I wanna see
thats why I gonna be on the next plane home
yeah I’m taking the next plane home
Now I’m getting the next plane home
Now I’m taking the next plane home
Day 8 of Taiwan
I must say my buddy had been rather nice because, she allowed me to sleep on the top of her double decker bed, yay! (: i’ve never slept upstairs before and her ceiling is damn gorgeous with all the glow in the dark stars and all. I just lay in bed and stare at the ceiling, and just let the thoughts flow before going to sleep, it’s a nice feeling. Okay, i shall write that into my happy book :D
Im forever late la, her whole family had to wait for me, i feel very bad. haha. Anyway, it’d been a week since i’m in taiwan, and im totally immersing into the whole culture and all. Like today’s a saturday, and so coincidentally, her dunno who’s dunno who is getting married, and thus, i got dragged to a wedding lunch! it’s very very similar to the singapore type of chinese wedding, minus off the yum seng, and adding in loads of their own culture. such as, 1) the bride and groom has to change 3 sets of clothes (cause 3 is a lucky number of some sort) 2) the guy side of the family + the groom has to leave at the 9th dish and cannot stay behind to send the guests off (because that’s the female side’s job?!) 3) they HAVE to have an engagement dinner + wedding dinner. that’s like twice! 4) the bride and groom will be forced to kiss on stage for 10 seconds, and they are freaking embarassed about it. I asked my buddy about it too, and apparently only married couples kiss in taiwan, which is totally not the case in singapore where pda is like rampant eh.
After the wedding lunch we proceeded off to dan shui, bringing my buddy’s brother along. (: he’s super cute i swear. dan shui is the bomb. good food (i ate like 6 different types of food, but i cant remember the names, shall upload the photo!) + cheap stuff (6 pairs of socks for 4bucks?!?!) + entertainment (arcade games and kiap kiap machines!) + fantabulous sunset (which we nearly missed). :D
Shi Da Night Market after that with peiyi and chun siang and their buddies. MORE FOOD! I’m gonna put on so much weight man :S Finally finally managed to get my organiser for next year! yay, im super excited to decorate it. There’s this very cool shop here which sells really sick stuff, like marshmellow pads, penis chocolates, boob gummy, condom sweets and all. I mean the shape of it. HAHA bought quite a few for people (: heard its damn nice to eat as well (but i dont dare to eat man).
Day 9 of Taiwan
Family outing day today! Went with my buddy’s dad + brother + 2nd mum (?!?) to this laya breakfast shop which has really good breakfast, before heading off to scenary. (: Her dad drove us to a fort to take cool pictures, and to the beach to take more pictures + watch the waves hit the rocks. It was a very pleasant sight, im in love with nature! Haha everytime i see these things it’s either i get emo, or totally get very peaceful and so many things will flood my head. I’m really thankful for all that i have man, i really dont need anything more. (:
Wanted to try parachuting down the mountain, but we decided not to in the end, and went for a seafood lunch instead! After that, they brought me to a NUDE HOT SPRINGS. oh man, i was like quite traumatised, but it wasn’t that bad after a while. You wont feel that you aren’t wearing anything because everyone there has what you have (it’s just a matter of size and sagginess), and like what my buddy said, if you dont look at people, people wont look at you, and it’s true! It was really comfortable sitting in the springs, but one bad thing was that coming out after that totally makes you smell like sulphur, stinks like hell man.
There’s something with me and long car rides. I’m so not used to it, i keep sleeping on the car! Very very bad. And then we went to pluck stawberries! (: Feels like australia eh.
Headed to chen ping bookstore after that, freaking 5 storeys high. I swear taiwan has cheap books, even real english books man, paperbacks are like $6 sing. Freaking cheap. :D :D :D
The whole of TJ including the taiwaneses met up for dinner at this bbq restaurant. It’s really heartwarming to meet everyone, take photos like crazy and do crazy things. Not as if i really enjoyed the times when they came to singapore, but at least there were a few familiar faces around that night and some of them were just so funny (:
We went to the sun yat sen memorial hall afterwards to hang around and just talk cock. Daphne was being this pervo anyhow hitting people boobs. tsktsk (: The taiwaneses were so sweet man, they totally used aluminium foil and created this TJC box which they added paper to and lighted fire to it, so all the 3 letters + the box and the many heart and stars decorations were filled with flames (yet not burning). And its legal to play with fireworks in taiwan!!! OMG. they lit like SO MANY and the photos are amazing man (inserts photo here). It was super touching and im kindda regretting not spending enough time with them. That marked the last outing with TJ and the TJ taiwanese, quite sad. Saw a few tears in the park but i didn’t cry. Shit, this is like the 2nd good bye in 9 days. I dont think i can take goodbyes any longer. ):
Day 10 of Taiwan
Another week at school. Oh gosh first thing in the morning, and im traumatised already. During flag raising, the principal randomly called like 1 person from every school up to speak about our life in singapore, and the one from tj was like me. dammit. in front of the whole school, 1 impromptu topic, speak in chinese. I’m amazed that i survived man. ):
did you know, that the mcdonald’s in taiwan has PORK BURGER??!! (: ate that for breakfast, it’s like pork sausage mcmuffin, and honestly, it tastes the same. What a disappointment. Except that it’s more oily. So chicken is good afterall (:
Followed my buddy to her class to attend lessons with her. Double period, so 1 period was chinese, and another period was english. Had to introduce myself twice in 2 different languages. English lesson was hilarious, shall not say why, ask me for details if you really want to know! (:
Home ed was rather fun though, but the food we made was quite disgusting. Like bamboo shoots?!?! ): ew. and this meat ball, which didn’t even have meat but rather some weird paste thingy. And this whole fried onion pancake. Tasted very bad, but we had loads of fun mixing the flour and all. HAHA :D
The whole night was just a very shut up and clam up in my shell night for me. Was in my super reflective + emo mood, especially after looking through martin’s organiser. It’s like, what am i doing with my life man. There’s so much i want to do but its either i dont have the time to do it, or im just simply lazy. Which sucks big time and im really disgusted with myself for it. Plus someone out there is spreading this rumour about me, which really isn’t helping at all. TSK. ):
Went shopping at “ban qiao hou zhan” and i didn’t buy a single thing at all. totally disappointed with the shopping in taiwan man. ):
Day 1 in Taiwan
the place which “touches your heart” (according to the video). HAHA. blog from now on will be purely bout the 18 days trip which im gonna undertake, starting from today! So many unexpected twists and turns i dont know where to start ):
Well firstly, my mummy was being very patient and nice this morning to wait for this slow slow slow packer to finally pack finish her huge huge huge luggage and rushed me out of the house to get to the airport (which i was late anyway). And then before i knew it, i got a missed call from yinwai. and i was thinking, like HUH yinwai called me at this weird hour of the day? And so i picked the phone up and she immediately asked me where was i. And before i could answer through the phone, someone was screaming my name from like row 9 to row 10 at terminal 3, and guess what, yinwai totally popped up in front of my face! :D oh gosh, i was so so shocked. and that’s not the best part, she was like “eh yuexi is here you know”. i was SO SO SO shocked that pokxy actually came! :D Haha that stupid liar said that she was going to stay at home lor! :D :D :D thank you so much for coming all the wayyyy from pasir panjang man :D and i was about to cry already, but to really trigger the tears was the message that angel sent. ): Haha that stupid booboobird couldn’t make it down on time because she was too tired from staying up the night to make the 18 day booklet for me! which i shall read when i get back, but thank you anyway! :D :D :D i swear everyone thought i was crazy because it’s like only 18 days and nobody was crying except me. HAHA.
And so, another traumatising experience on the airplane. Realised that my seat was taken already, and everyone wasn’t sitting in the seat that they were supposed too! ): and the stupid air steward keep chasing me to just sit anywhere, but the freaking flight was like FULL. And thus, i ended up next to mr chua. Oh man, i was like shit, gonna be damn boring, but guess what, sitting next to a teacher has it’s privileges tooo! Haha because he ordered like singapore sling and like screwdriver, i get to kope like ALOT, because he didn’t like it, and and and, SQ doesn’t serve alcohol to below 20s! (: woooooots! And i could secretly ask for poker cards too because he doesn’t mind at all (:
But i got so bored on the plane because this month’s movies suck, either that or i’ve watched it so many times already. Finally i managed to catch angus, thongs and full-frontal snogging, apart from watching bits and pieces of dark knight, mama mia and wall-e (all of which i’ve like watched before). (: Played the stupid mario bros on the console, and i swear practice makes perfect, after soooo many years of not touching, i think i lost my skill of jumping on the brown colour looking monsters and turtles.
Anyhows, we arrived in the taipei international airport at like 5pm, and immediately spotted some grammer errors which were quite funny. Got sent to the HePing school immediately, and i got to see my buddy! (: gosh, i love my buddy because her house has internet. (:
Her family brought me to eat some steamboat thingy, except each person had a steamboat to themselves, instead of everyone crowing round 1 steamboat to cook the food. (: quite coool. and it’s really shiok to eat hot stuff in the cold weather. Speaking bout the weather, it’s like cmi. When my mum was at taipei like 2 days ago, it’s 14 degrees, and everyone was so so shocked when we heard through the announcement system on the plane that it’s like 27 degrees on land. And the moment we arrived, it shot up to 31 degrees, before dropping all the way to 23 degrees while having dinner. I swear the temperature’s so weird. But anyhows, i’m quite disappointed that it isn’t as cold as i thought it would be! ): i dont want to be able to walk on the streets with tshirt and jeans and still feel alright. ):
Shall go and rest my pathatic feet now cause of wearing the court shoes for the whole day which kills my toes, and find the sd card cable and a thumbdrive so that i can upload the photos and store them somewhere else! (: and get some rest for the 4 days out in the open! (no internet booo!)
i’m really missing everyone back in singapore. )’: especially you.
sometimes i wonder how hypocritical people can get.
I’m finally back from i&e camp! (: though it wasn’t the bestest this year, but im eternally grateful for being able to go down (even if it means missing out on parties! :[) day 2 was a total trauma i swear, i really felt like mt for once, having to settle everything that’s popping up, and trying to be calm. Haha surprisingly, i really was this year! and it’s very weird because that usually doesn’t happen. Not the first time, but i definitely felt like in control of the situations that were happening and that’s great!
Amazing race was very very VERY tricky though, if i didn’t have to snatch the answer key over and look each time around, i bet we wouldn’t have left the first venue for like the whole race. But i must say, the clue cards are very pretty! good job to the sec3s! (: i know they’ve planned very hard for camp this year, and although things didn’t turn out as well as it was supposed to be, at least they still continued on, with or without that glow on their faces, and i must say that’s very commendable.
Haha, and as usual for every camp, i always get pissed off at people, irritated and all, and i dont get the hell why things dont fall into place. And i don’t know how to express this, but this year’s camp really made me realise that i’ve grown, in terms of dealing with sudden crop ups and with people. I’m amazed at how i don’t take things so harshly anymore, and like thinking thru before deciding on anything. (:
Boy, i really do wish that the juniors would grow to be like that too. Maybe calmness comes with age? I don’t know. Anyhows, the many batches of seniors came back for the bbq, which was so heartwarming! (: had a really really good time talking bout topics which we NEVER talk about in school last time (yes, guys included in the picture!) and stupid mr keong made me make a speech which was like WTH. my jaw dropped all the way to the floor (literally) when i heard about it after the launch of the alumni thingy. wahlaoooooo, and for once, i felt really comfortable talking to the crowd, and so at ease with myself, and i think i actually do make sense! (:
good and bad tradition was so funny as well. The sec1s were so traumatised that we had to off the lights and light the candles in the center, like some sort of ritual in some aboriginal tribe. Haha and the ego me loves to be heard! (:
Went out with yiwei yesterday!! :D :D :D I really really treasure her as a friend, we’ve been through so many ups and downs, and turnarounds. (: 11 years ain’t easy eh! for photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=45966&id=646027927&ref=mf
Alternatively, i’d upload them in taiwan if i get too bored! :D
Angel officially declared me as the world’s slowest packer. Haha i’ve been packing for the whole of today and i’m not done yet! ): 18 days of taiwan starts tomorrow! ): ): ): i hope i have fun! As what pokpok specially called to say, “take care okay, look after your hand, don’t fall down, don’t get injured, don’t keep complaining, have fun, buy things back for me ah!” :D she’s so cute.
Speaking of which, MY PHONE IS OFFICIALLY BACK!!!!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D i miss having a music phone. was checking through my inbox and trying to just used back to my phone (swear the old spare phone was much easier to message), and its funny how 2 months can shape your life. How 2 months ago i was so uptight over the most ridiculous things and now, i dont even remember they existed until i saw the messages in the just-came-back phone! (thank god they were still there, and so were all my photos and music, phew phew phew)
okay, so i just took an online quiz thingy (http://www.goldinuniverse.com) and it can never be any true-er. i’m amazed, and shocked.
“You are a very emotional and sensitive individual. Your life and love of life is dominated by your emotions – you have great feeling towards your fellow man and you are always full of enthusiasm but be careful, you tend to let your heart rule your head and this being so, you could be easily hurt – as perhaps you may have indeed been hurt in the past.
Recently you have been experiencing considerable mental anguish and turmoil. You are bored and discontent. Nothing seems to be going right for you. Even your relationships aren’t working out and you don’t quite know which way to turn.
You honestly believe that your hopes and ideas are realistic, but there seems to be no one around to give you the necessary reassurance and encouragement. You are egocentric. You believe that you are always ‘right’ – well maybe you are but you have a short fuse and are likely to take offence for the slightest reason.
From every direction there appear to be unwarranted restrictions on your freedom of action and this is producing considerable stress. You’re really looking for independence and freedom from any restriction and therefore avoiding any obligations or anything which might prove hampering. You are being subjected to considerable pressures and you would like nothing better than to escape from them but you tend to lack the necessary strength of purpose to succeed in this. Whichever way you turn you are being frustrated. You need to be free to do your ‘thing’ in your own way.
You need to be needed and would like a situation where you will no longer be subjected to pressures and demands from those about you. There is no harm in ‘dreaming’ but it is you – and only you – that can be able to realise those dreams and to turn them into reality.”
How true is true man.
Okay, i’m off to pack my still haven’t-finished-packing luggage. Will surely miss everyone back here!!! ): ): ):
/edit: thank you so much to everyone for your wellwishes! (: dont worry i wont die there, and yes stephy, i wont drink milk, and yes pokxy, i wont drink alcohol, and yes yuqi, i’ll look out for cute guys and buy your stuff for you, and yes angel i will miss you and buy your mother her shoe. it’s only 18 days!! :D i’ll survive. and some lucky few will receive emails over from the other end! (: much loves.
/editedit: stephy’s blog post made me tear a little. i dont want to leave ):
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1st day of i&e camp, was worse than i expected. But oh wells, there’s much learning opportunity in these situations anyways. (: I really like going to camp, it reminds me of those crescent days, where i felt so good about myself. Okay, not because that i’m like much older than the rest when i’m back at crescent, it’s just how i don’t doubt myself and my abilities when im back there. For once in a very very long time, i’m actually comfortable in my own skin. And that’s good right.
And i really love it when i get to share my experience with the juniors and get them enthu bout i&e. And while talking to limin and tracy just now bout the probs that are occuring in the cca, it hit me, that what they are facing now is exactly what’s happening in eclub. But it’s weird how i can find out the problem for them so easily and the solutions, whereas i just cannot find the prob in eclub. But now, i can finally see. Only after i’ve stepped out of the picture.
And then the memories start flooding back, bout the camp we organised together in 2006, bonded as a comm, and in turn spreading our energy and unity to the rest. Passion can really be felt. (:
Okay, i’ve thus concluded today, that i’m an attention seeking creature which is disastrous. And that i make a lot of sense when i’m giving advice to my juniors. HAHA. (:
“If I let you go” - Westlife
Day after day
Time pass away
And I just can’t get you off my mind
Nobody knows … I hide it inside
I keep on searching but I can’t find
The courage to show …
To letting you know …
I’ve never felt so much love before
And once again I’m thinking about
Taking the easy way out …
CHORUS:
But if I let you go
I will never know
What my life would be
Holding you close to me
Will I ever see
You smiling back at me
How will I know?
If I let you go …
Night after night
I hear myself sayin?
Why can’t this feeling just fade away?
There’s no one like you …
You speak to my heart…
It’s such a shame we’re worlds apart …
I’m too shy to ask …
I’m too proud to lose
But sooner or later I gotta choose
And once again I’m thinking about
Taking the easy way out …
CHORUS
Once again I’m thinking about ….
Taking the easy way out ….
CHORUS
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Very quick post to sum up what has been happening. Speaking of which, i have no clue where to start because everything’s in bits and pieces.
I’m really really excited to go for enterprise camp, which is tomorrow! It’s the only camp which i ever look forward to every year. And get all the special privileges. :D I really really miss 2006 where we totally planned the whole rocking camp. it had never been better. but oh wells, just hope that this year’s camp would be a really really good one because it’s i&e’s 5th anniversary! :D :D :D :D :D and this year’s batch is gonna launch some alumni thingy, and inviting all the past batches back! really cool. (: AHH just hope that all these wont happen on wednesday night, so that i can still have the girls’ night out with the girls’ (: (we aren’t ladies yet i think)
And so, i’d be back on thursday, after taiwan last minute briefing, which is after camp. And then i’d be off to meet people which i haven’t seen for soooooooo long (: and cycle which i miss so dearly. and my pick up my mum and sis from the airport at like 11pm! :D gooooodies from taiwan, can’t wait.
This would most probably be the last post, until i dont know when huh. Because i’d be off to taiwan on saturday and wont be back till the 9th ): And hopefully taiwan would be fun :D :D :D i’ll surely miss everyone on this sunny island.
): that said, i guess i won’t be able to havoc until the 17th, or even like after christmas, or until next year! ): ): ): ): because after taiwan would be bangkok and then christmas and then it’s the OH SO DREADED A’LVLS YEAR *hides away under my blanket*
okay, i really hope i’d have time to meet up with my pals, so much to do, so little time.
I’m really sorry to yiwei and adelicia and lala for always not being able to make it! sorry ): we MUST go out after we all come back from our hols k! (:
Okay so yesterday was a whoooping day. Confirmation! (: though i didn’t feel anything much, which was rather sad. But thanks so much to boo boo bird and elly welly for coming down, and for the gifts! i really appreciate it. (: And maybe i’d hopefully become a more holy person and stop laughing at the things i shouldn’t laugh about. HAHA. Photos are with boo boo bird and will upload once i get it. Alternatively, you can check out her blog. (:
Finally went out with my sister after sooooo long on sat and sun, to the biennale. I always spend time with my friends that i always forget the existence of my sister. I should be shot. She was so fascinated by everything. And i thus conclude, that people would go all out for the arts. Really had a great great time, and it’s so amazing how the artists get their ideas, and the ways they choose to present it, the time and effort spent into doing the exhibit, it’s amazing. (: i’m trying to find professional shots of the exhibits but i can’t seem to find la. Speaking of which, i really want a dslr camera! :D :D :D Anyhows, the arts make me feel alive, and i can somehow connect with my soul (don’t know how to explain this), but it’s a good thing! And despite me looking all sciency and geeky and bio student material, i’m like the smack right opposite, i cannot, i repeat, CANNOT do science. And that’s why i’m in arts! (okay no link)
hopefully taiwan has internet, because i’d be bringing my mac there to get in touch with civilisation and people! (:
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i’m so tired. physically, mentally and emotionally.
from camp and from all the shit that’s been happening.
especially yesterday, i swear it’s like one of the shittiest days ever, 1) something which happened during taiwan dance practice 2) rushing like crazy and skipping dinner 3) realising i left my bag at vj which was a total disaster 4) not having a single cent left in my ezlink card 5) not having a single cent left in my wallet 6) phone batt died 7) not able to go anywhere or contact anyone at all. ): ): ): ): ): i was practically left stranded at bishan (ulu area totally not near the mrt) at like 10pm, and not being able to move anywhere. which sucks i swear.
and to make things worse, 1) the phone convo last night 2) the msn convo now 3) not being able to control my emotions. i’m always going through emotional rollercoasters which is very bad. i need to grab hold of myself. and it sucks to 1) lose a friend 2) getting misunderstood (which got cleared up already but still) 3) not getting understood 4) suffer from friendvy 5) suffer from depression
yup okay. good night.
We only start to appreciate people when they are gone. When they aren’t able to be with us. When they aren’t in our lives anymore (even for only just a while). As much as we don’t wish to admit it, many a times we take things for granted. And from now, i’d grab any chance i have to tell you i love you, that you mean so much to me.
Absence makes the heart fonder.
When You’re Gone - Avril Lavigne
I always needed time on my own
I never thought I’d need you there when I cry
And the days feel like years when I’m alone
And the bed where you lie is made up on your side
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now
[Chorus]
When you’re gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you’re gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you’re gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok
I miss you
I’ve never felt this way before
Everything that I do reminds me of you
And the clothes you left, they lie on the floor
And they smell just like you, I love the things that you do
When you walk away I count the steps that you take
Do you see how much I need you right now
When you’re gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you’re gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you’re gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok
I miss you
We were made for each other
Out here forever
I know we were, yeah
All I ever wanted was for you to know
Everything I’d do, I’d give my heart and soul
I can hardly breathe I need to feel you here with me, yeah
When you’re gone
The pieces of my heart are missing you
When you’re gone
The face I came to know is missing too
When you’re gone
The words I need to hear to always get me through the day and make it ok
I miss you
http://www.coolspringsresources.com/video/leadership_video.html
Some techological error has caused me to be unable to upload this as a video, haha either that or my IT skills suck. anyhows, this was a video showed during the congress which is really really inspiring, and doesn’t make me feel useless. HAHA, and i thought it’d be nice to share with you guys. (:
my SLC group was really fun, haha though we took like freaking long to break the ice. but once we’re familiar with each other, then it was really good! crazy bunch of people. (:
but we didn’t really bother catching the hidden message behind each game la. just play and tried to have fun, though it was a lill hard. haha anyhows, job hunt was fun! :D :D :D everyone was given a task to go to designated areas to look for a job, based on a letter given by tj. we had to find someone who was willing to employ us for 3h without pay. and singapore is damn weird la, free labour and no one wants. tsk.
and so my group was dumped to bugis junction. swear it’s like the hardest place to find a job. this indian guy from my group, raveen, went into this shop that said “hiring now, enquire inside”. so he went in, and they went in a very soft and solemn voice “sorry ah, we’re only looking for chinese girls”. HAHA joke of the day! and in the end, we found a job at tecman, writing price tags onto the christian books. very ironic (angel will understand why). and we were like complaining la, somehow, like 2h writing pricetags and pasting stickers, like which era already and still need to be handwritten! :|
the talks were really good too. haha, there was one where they did some individual orienteering test, and i’m like people-oriented. which is good because i can like get everyone together. but it’s bad because it’d mean i’m indecisive and unfocused. which is true. (:
survivor race was in school due to the rain so not fun at all man ): oh wells, im supposed to be at the camp now, which is supposed to continue until thursday, but my hand is hurting like crap and shivering non stop, im only typing with my left hand, which is why im taking so long to type this freakin post. oh wells. it’s like this contracting and expanding feeling, follow by aches which makes my hand go into spasms. i feel like cutting it off.
it’s 6 months left, it’s all we’ve got. and i’m gonna make it the best 6 months ever.
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