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It’s really been a long time since I’ve last posted. Amost a month, in fact.
Well, I’m not really in the mood for blogging nowadays anyway. What with all the tests and homework and whatnot we have.
I don’t know why I’m so busy.
Guess I really need to take awhile to reflect and wonder what I’m actually doing for my Year 4 life in january so far.
Am I doing enough for academics?
Am I doing enough for DHSBT?
Am I doing enough for DHSSC?
Hmm..
2010
Here I have my resolutions for 2010. And hopefully I can keep them.
1. Spend more time with my family and friends
2. Make time for myself to do my own things
3. Exercise more! Which means skate for at least 2 times a week.
4. Maintain a balance between Council, DHSBT, HSSRP, academics, and my social life + own life
5. Be consistent in studies – try to revise every weekend!
6. Learn Korean and Thai
7. Be nice to others (:
8. Do things to the best of my abilities.
Okay, that’s it for my new year resolutions 
What about yours?
And.. have a happy new year people!
Looking back at 2009
2009 has been a great year, and a tiring one too.
Year 3 workload really isn’t something to kid about, but your reflexes will get sharper as time passes? Don’t understand what reflexes I’m talking about? Just ask those 3K and 3M’09 Physics students. Or maths also can. It’s a reflex action to go “Oh shit..” whenever you see a certain teacher carrying a rolled up wad of paper instead of the usual few markers. It means there’s a pop quiz on the way.
Too simple.
Or maybe for those who are even more kiasu, you should just study like mad whenever your teacher says a topic has just ‘concluded’ and it’s time to move on to the next one. Chances are, another pop quiz or even worse, a common test will hit you like a tsunami that has been sighted 20000000km from the shore in less than a week. By the weekend is more applicable. Or maybe if that lesson is on a friday then it will be on monday.
I think I’m scaring those year 2’09s out there haha..
And yeah other than academics have a heavier workload, there’s been more pressure on both DHSBT side and Council’s side.
DHSBT was err..the workload increased during the June holidays, or during the last few weeks of May that period. Matthew and I positively drowned with both Open house badminton exhibition and DHSBT training camp preparations. But the training camp ended up being pushed back to the end of the year so.. Anyway I don’t feel as if I’ve done much for badminton regarding the competition side. Hmm I should aim to fill more water bottles and help them umpire and line judge more often next year!
Council was quite hectic too Felt that I was still the same old self during Year 1 Orientation when I still didn’t dare to speak in front of the entire year 1s’09 and don’t really dare to lead cheers hahahahaha. I guess I’m better now at the end of the year I can speak in front of the entire school yay! One of my proudest moments was when I managed to speak through a day of chinese announcements rather fluently on my own (4-5 announcements that day were all in chinese!). Really big difference from 2008 where I was fumbling through a single chinese announcement, and I was paired up with someone else somemore. Proves that you can do it if you work hard hehe I feel happy about myself in council haha, feels nice when you know you’ve done alot to help. Especially in the end of year training camp and handover. And it’s nice to know that I’m in CR
SMP was cool.
WOD was cool.
HACACS was cool.
NSC was cool.
Project Semakau was cool.
I’m still cool ;D
Haha and I hope 2010′s gonna be way cooler.
Next post’s gonna be on my new year resolutions for 2010, and my outlook on the next year in general.
Have a nice time drinking eggnog and champagne or whatever your toxin is. Stay cool, and don’t drink till you’re drunk.
It might feel cool now but it won’t be when you wake up with a head spliiting ear-jackhammering hangover on New Year’s Day.
KHONHAA CHIANGMAI 2009 ♥
I love Chiangmai! Chan rak Chiangmai! 8D (Don’t worry, I love Singapore too)
Well, Khonhaa Chiangmai 2009 was a blast! And judging by the facebook comments and photos and blogs, I’m definitely not the only one who feels this way
Day 1 – 11 November 2009
1025: Assemble at Changi International Airport, Terminal One for check in
My check-in luggage was 11kg! Shirlyn’s was 19 kg Was really excited as it was my first time going on an overseas trip by PLANE with SC (: Or a school trip for that matter.
1225: Flight departure
Sat next to the year 2s in Group 2 (: Landing for the transit in Thailand was horrible. Thought I was going to die from extreme pressures because my ears were hurting like mad. Thought that my eardrums would burst D:
1650: Arrival at Chiangmai airport and met by representatives; Drive to hotel for check in and to freshen up
Roomed with Ada, the room was quite nice, but the view from the window was quite freaky hahahaha. 
1900: Dinner and free time
Dinner was spent collating names and passport numbers for the pickup truck ride tomorrow for group leaders, and Yusiang and I ended up sitting at the teachers’ table for dinner cos we came in late and there wasn’t any space left at our group’s tables. Had quite a rough night in Tingwei/Vivian’s room with the entire exco. Showered at around 2.15am and slept at around 3am in their room. So sorry to Ada for not being a good room-mate, and thanks Sheena and Jiaxin for accompanying her! (:
Day 2 – 12 November 2009
0700: Rise and Shine
0800: Breakfast
0900: Depart by pickup truck (10 people to a truck)
1100: Tour of Chiangdao cave and packed lunch
1200: Drive to start of trekking point and start trekking to Palong Village with enroute stop at Karen Village
1600: Reached Karen Village
1700: Reached Palong Village. Rest and free time.
1800: Dinner
1900: Free time to mingle with villagers and experience first hand the traditional lifestyle of the Hill tribes
In-house local camp (SC) 2009!
I’m in my room on a saturday afternoon within a pile of worksheets and unfiled assignments and EOY papers and a kitkat. It’s nice not going out on saturday
And heck filing when it’s the holidays. I’ll file them later tonight though, can’t stand the mess.
So yeah, I’m back in Singapore! Technically I was back a week ago but since I had DHSBT training camp immediately after flying back it doesn’t count. Will post on DHST training camp later. I do things in chronological order (:
We were staying till late the previous day to prepare for in-house local camp, and had a little celebratory dinner at Subway@Parkway. Glad to know it paid off!
In-house local camp on 9 November was fun! Even though there were some bumps along the way, it all worked out fine in the end (:
EXCO arrived at 7.30am to prepare logistics and run through everything once again. Then the SCs came at 9am and we started out with some thai lessons! Chan rak kun! (I love you)
Icebreakers were cold at 9.45am Literally. Haha we went around putting ice down the SCs’ backs while they were answering questions Quite a few screams eh.
Then came preparation for the level trainings. Originally the Year 3 training was to be done in LT1, but there was some miscommunication along the way and the november group of STEP people used LT1. So in the end Year 3s moved up to LT4 so it’s okay The training was quite epic for year 3! Gordon, Ting Wei and I ended up having a dialouge session with 8 other Year 3 SCs hehe (: Quite a cosy feeling.
Lunch was nasi lemak and I only ate the rice and cucumber since I couldn’t eat the otah and nuts and ikan bilis since my sore throat was really really horrible. Drank 2 whole bottles of green tea but not much use haha.
Mass games was fun! It rained very heavily after we placed the logistics at the track area so end up we went straight into wet weather plan (even though we didn’t plan for it haha). So groups 1 to 6 used the entire year 3/4 block from floor 1 – 6 It was really cool seeing all 6 groups using every level and having a mass competition! Then ended up resting in the LT while waiting for the rain to stop.
Then started to prepare for 酸甜苦辣咸淡 Hehe it was fun watching all the groups run past without noticing me sitting
just in front of the hostel dining area I think I must have looked quite retarded sitting at the benches there cutting up lemons while waiting for some groups to find me Quite a few locations changed place due to the rain and exams haha but it all turned out okay!
While the SCs went out for dinner, the EXCO stayed in the SC room to chiong-eat some rice and prepare for KIDNAPPED! Quite hectic since we had a short timeframe to work with and so many things to prepare. It was quite fun when we met up with the SCs who were supposed to be ‘kidnapped’ by us and to lock them in the classrooms is no easy feat. Cassandra and I could not find Gordon so we went around locking the other pairs in the classrooms in the dark while trying not to be caught by any SC. I felt like I was some secret agent doing a mission then hehe (: After locking Gordon and Cassandra in, found Egan and went up with him to LT3 to do briefing for SCs. The stairs were quite
scary! Then found Creshelle and the game started!
While the SCs rushed down to to start finding lightsticks, Egan, Creshelle and I sneaked down to the classrooms to be locked up. Well I wasn’t locked up but I locked Egan and Creshelle up so yeah. Quite scary walking around the classrooms which were all dark alone to make sure everyone was locked up!
Then tried to find Vivian who was supposedly in the canteen to pass her the keys of the 2 rooms but couldn’t. Found her near a staircase though haha! Went back to the foyer staircase to find Charlotte and guard the gate with her hehe It’s quite fun seeing the reactions of the groups that come up and see us haha.
Then things started to get really messy when suddenly Vivian came up saying that one key for the room Gordon and cassandra were in is missing. Went down with her to check everything again and sort things out, then end up Yusiang came down saying that they unlocked themselves already from the inside. Was really scared that some groups got lost or uncontactable or the keys they had with them went missing. Thank goodness everything was okay in the end
And the missing key was found the very next day Credits to Gordon, Yusiang, Mrs Low, and the person who helped them find it (I forgot who sorry). Thanks
So in the end, in-house local training camp was a success!
