Saturday, June 30, 2007
HELLO LOVELIES! (:
hahaha.
KAYAKING ON SUNDAY.[at cssc, 10am-4pm]
haha apparently its just the vs boys[again] plus me n ivie! hahaha 2girls only! but as u see, since there will be girls going, more girls shld join us[lest u think there're no girls going. hee.] yupps.
zl has a plan to [cross the freaky channel that he scared me with], go ubin, have SEAFOOD, n back.
sounds great? join us! [hahs.shit.soundsfunny.]
go go go grab ur hp n msg zl! HAA.
love, shh. [trying to find a heart shape thing but attempt failed plenty of times.snorts]
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itsjustus-
1:46 AM
Friday, June 29, 2007
Please prepare $10 for ODAC funds!! for june and july
thank you :)
Current ODAC funds is -$100+++
So ppl who still owe the may funds pls pay up!!
Loanshark here isnt always nice. Although i admit that i only blog about money stuff. i mean financial stuffs, a bit 'money face' but THE ODAC FUNDS IS NEGATIVE 100+.. we are in need of MONEY MONEY$$$$$!!!
i am sorry that i keep making BIG HOLES in your wallets but money is needed!!! if you dont pay up... you will suffer... muahahahahaha...
Why you need to save up?
1. invest and farewell is coming up!! save up for treating our seniors during farewell!!
2. end year OT is going to be super interesting!!! super fun!!! super exciting!! but for all these FUN you will need FUNDS!!!
3. this list is not going to end if i continue.. there are so many things to pay for.. so save up.. if you need help financially.. can come and find me.. only for ODAC stuffs!!
your beloved PIT (PI treasurer) :):):)
the LoanShark cum Lao Sai cum Lup Sup
LS
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itsjustus-
7:35 PM
WOOHOOOOOO!!!!!
we've done it! another mountain conquered. MWAHAHA. after the countless hours spent mugging and reading the never ending stack of notes, it's all come to an end!
but dont worry.
3 more months, and promos will be here(:
HAWHAW.(reality check :P)
remember,
no sacrifices, no victories-
:D
PEACE!
<3faizah
YYY
itsjustus-
1:18 AM
Friday, June 22, 2007
NUS ODAC RACE 5
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Hey all!
Can't wait till your exams are over? Well come this July 20th to 22nd NUS ODAC has an exciting event for you! RACE 5! This event is modeled after the popular US TV series Amazing Race. During the event, participants will be racing around the island from one pit stop to the next with elimination points along the way. A great way to for you to have fun after your exams!
RACE is an annual event held by NUS ODAC and is currently in its 5th year hence RACE 5. This year's theme is "Look within, go beyond" where we urge participants to look within themselves and to make use of their abilities and talents and also to go beyond their limits to finish the race. And this year, we promise you a bigger and more exciting event! With an exciting line up of activities we promise you that you will not regret signing up for this event. What's more attractive prizes await you at the finishing line, all proudly sponsored by generous sponsors like Velocity and Swatch.
So come expecting to make friends, having a ball of a time racing around Singapore, going to places you'd never thought existed and even participate in activities new to you!
All you have to do is to form a team of 4 and visit our website at www.nusodac.net/race5 to register. Alternatively, you can also email us at racefive@gmail.com.
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Information
date: 20th july 07 to 22nd july 07
time: 1600 hrs
venue: novena square, velocity
price: $30/person
TEAM OF 4 (they never say anything about mixed teams)
FAQs
do i have to be an odac member to
take part?
nope. we welcome everyone!
what does the price cover?
it covers food, first aid and what teams will be
allowed to use during the race.
what are the prizes?
it's not confirmed yet, but we assure you that it'll
be attractive!
will all teams be racing for all 3 days?
nope. there'll be elimination points over the 3 days.
do I get to rest at night? where do I get to rest?
Yes, all teams will be given a mandatory break at the end of every
day. Rest assured that we will provide you with shelter. Due to the
nature of the event, we cannot reveal where you will be staying at night.
what to do if you are interested
all those interested come and inform me first.. then i see whether got enough to form teams, and might help to persuade more to join to make the teams
OVERSEAS TRIP T SHIRTS
Those of you who have not paid for one reason or another please do so to jason as soon as possible. 12.50.. yep cuz the shirts are paid first by josiah's mum, and its not so good to owe her money. yep thanks for ur cooperation
CH!
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itsjustus-
1:44 AM
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Today, I feel significant. Not because we beat the unbeatable, not because we won the cup title to drink from.
If you all remember what the dude said on Monday, I've got loads to add on to it.
To me, what he said, it's true, significance isn't the materialistic things, like the trophies, the nice O or A level cert, the sports achievements, or even great looks. To me, significance (I know this gonna sound super cliche to all of you, bear with me) is in the heart. (Don't say I think too much again okay.)
In captain's ball, significance isn't about winning. It isn't the result, it's how you play the game. Singnificance is how big your heart can go. How you can display good sportsmanship, how one picks himself up when he falls, how one picks others up when they fall, how one shows care for the opponent, how one controls one's own emotions, actions, and speech. How one can show compassion in a game, how friendship can be built in the court. How one can display a spirit that is infectious, and everyone around who views this spirit becomes happy, and follow suit. The game isn't just about yourself, it's how you can make the ball, i mean others happy.
In life's journey. Significance isn't about how many A's you can get, how beautiful you can look, or how fast you can run, how well you can hit the ball. To me, it is about how big your heart can get. It's how you can stay true to your friends , how one can stay true to the person you promised to be with (with divorce rates getting higher.), how one can pick yourself up from failure, how one can stand up for his belief and principals, how one does not aim to glorify oneself, how one can put others before self, and be the one to be there. The journey isn't just about yourself, it's how you can make others happy, how your light can shine through to others and let others benefit from it.
Today, we won because of spirit, not because of skill.
In this world, if there's winners, there's bound to be losers. If you lose, it isn't insignificance. If you lose with pride and dignity, if you lose well. To me, you're significant. To me, you're a winner. It doesn't matter how others look at you, how they may make you seem so small and unnoticeable. It isn't about that. It's about how big your heart can get.
The trophy is in our hearts. But this post isn't to make you all not study anymore, we should still try our best, and together we can do this!
We can do this, with spirit, even if we lack skill, memory power, brain cells or smartness.
loadsa love,
/joshire.
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itsjustus-
7:44 PM
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Always in chinese swordsman movies:
.being the hero's parents will always be unlucky as they will usually be killed by enemies when the hero is young.
.a martial-arts master will make the orphan his disciple but instead of learning martial arts, the orphan gets ordered to cook or chop wood.
.the hero is a weakling at first, but will learn an ultimate fighting skill which allows him to become a valiant fighter.
.when an old man is dying after being attacked by villains, he will, while lying down, ask the hero(kneeling beside him) to take care of his beautiful daughter(who'll be crying).
.no matter how powerful the hero is, he will never realise his good buddy is a girl in disguise.
.skilled people are able to fly over rooftops and lakes, up trees and across mountains without a sweat. but when travelling to villages, they have to walk or ride a horse.
.when inside an inn, the waiter will ask the hero what food he wants, and the hero will say:"just any small dishwill do(shui bian lai dian xiao cai)." and the waiter will always know what to do and go away without any more questions.
.the heroes need not work for money, but they will always have gold and silver with them to pay for their meals.
.the heroes and villains will keep running into each other - no matter where they are.
.the inn is such an up-to-date information centre that when having lunch there, you can always overhear people gossiping about what's happening. and usually the gossip will come from a few goons at the next table.
.there can never be peace at the inn so long as the hero is there. the bad guys at the next table will complain about the slow service and turn over the table, threatening to kill the waiter... and it's then time for the hero to show off his righteouness and most importantly, show his skills.
.assassins seem to have some kind of agency for employment - they always wear the same uniform: black cloth all over revealing only the eyes.
.roofttops prove to be more formidable than the great wall of china. assassins always escape by flying over rooftops and the hero will give up the chase.
hahah. funny things that u actually read in those bio notes. XD
happy studying.
and HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSIAH, ALEX AND WANPING!
love, shh.
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itsjustus-
10:33 PM
RELAYS update =)
CH and LS applauds u guy for relaying messages fast. but still i know some of u receive relays after the event is like almost over.
we can do better!
and some relay groups are really inconsistent (after they got their 6 min)
1st Jason Faizah Denise Josiah Alex Jia Qian (5min50s)
2nd Rachel Wye Min Benedict Chia Weei Syazana Jaclyn (6min+)
3rd Darryl Hui Yi Ivie Yong Sheng Fanny Siew Hwee (10min)
sch reopening soon. hope ur ready for mid years.. not forgetting SPA Skill CD when school reopens for physics and biology (i know all ur art students are laughing now but u r still a minority). oh yes and INVEST. july has got lots to look forward (dread) about
CH
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pV = nRT
where p = pressure in Pascals, V = volume in m^3, n = number of moles, R = molar gas constant (8.31J/molK), T = temperature in Kelvin
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itsjustus-
1:50 AM
Saturday, June 16, 2007
hmmm. took me a while to figure out how to work this out, signing in and all. damn. technology these days.
just wanna say.. haven't fully recovered from them damn sand fly bites. hate those sonofa*******. well i think it did reduce in number though.. don't bother to count. too heart breaking.
oh yea.. well i don't have a blog, and i just wanna remember last night.. so yea.. gonna ignore the previous blog.
haha! went for a free gig yesterday! damn good. saw erm.. vertical rush (they looked really old, the bassist looks like he sells roti prata at jalan kayu), caracal and A VACANT AFFAIR!!!!
crowd wasn't too active for the first too bands, me and joe were just like nodidng our heads and erm. swaying. probably looked stupid. saw loads of montfort people there. so pretty cool. in fact. caracal consists of two montfortians! damn slack. those two. retained one year.. and in teh same clb class as me.. they like scream in class and make hell alot of noise.
A Vacant affiar came on. and as expected.. the moshing started! wildest i've ever been in. People punched and kicked.. so did i! whee damn fun. i got plummeted with fists and legs. and yea, in retaliation, i swung my arms and punched indiscriminately. amazingly, as painful as it sounds. it didn't hurt at all. Except when i got punched at the back of my neck. and when i fell. THe floor was as slippery as a banana peel. some idiot spilt a drink all over and lotsa people slipped. THere were hell alot of stage divers too. wanted to, but was pretty darn hesitant. because, well, it ain't exactly safe. some people fall off while some people are just slowly carried down. Was so damn tired.. had to keep walking around the outskirts of the pit to catch my breath. guess batu putih didn't help THAT much. I even hugged a an angmoh dude! and there was one incident which is kinda explicit. so not gonna say.
After the gig, we compared battle scars. i had none. joe had a nasty scratch on his right arm. my ipod was fine, thank goodness.
well! tip of the century! before anyone enters a moshpit do some warming up.. my muscles ached like hell, could harldy move my right arm. and my neck, yea, aches too. must be the headbanging...
that's about it. i knwo this has nothing to do wiht odac. apologies.
erm... think u know who.
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itsjustus-
10:26 PM
Friday, June 15, 2007
AHHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh
FUN SPOILER!
RArrrr
Hahah
(btw... plz sign off aft EVERY entry guys. so we know who wrote each entry :D thx! lol)
-arkar-
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itsjustus-
11:24 PM
Thursday, June 14, 2007
ATTENTION! ALL ODAC 24THS PLEASE READ THIS MESSAGE.
Dear 24ths, I would like to give you all a timely reminder that the ODAC blog is not meant for becoming emotional and writing personal messages to each person which make posts extremely long. It is also not for reminding people to study(this should be done at your own initiative), neither is it for regaling all of us with wondrous tales of batuvius putih.
In actual fact, this blog is meant for disseminating information regarding odac activities as well as upcoming races which we might be interested in. However, due to a lack of people bothering to check the blog regularly, the situation has obviously worsened until it has arrived at the critical condition it is in today. This may possibly be due to the discontentment of the regular bloggers who find it exasperating to blog and then only get comments from the same five people.(okay, maybe ten.)
Therefore, I would like to conclude by beseeching each and every one of you to fulfill your responsibility towards the batch by blogging only what is necessary when it is necessary.
Thank You.
Yours sincerely,
System Administrator
what a load of bullshit. wahahha.
ok sorry. i'll shut up now. xD
YYY
itsjustus-
11:21 PM
Went bouldering with faizah and jason yesterday.... and guess Who turned up!?
Uh huh
it was none other than...
CHEWSTER!
And not only did he show us the photos he took from the OT, we somehow managed to dig up VERY VERY deep secrets about his past. Everybody go WOOooooo~
Yup. Don't be fooled by his guai-kia and clean cut looks folks.
He was one Baaddddd kid (and probably still is -.- LOL)
So many wrong doings he did in the past, even I went O.O
Firstly, LONG LONG time ago...
While he was still a tinsy winsy kid, he stole like 5 cookies from the jar..
and what's worse....
his mom.....NEVER discovered it.... WOOooooo~
-.-
LoL ok not sure abt that part BUT
he did many illegal stuff lo
Some Quite cool la actually. (SOME only la. stop smiling chewy HAHa!)
Hmmm... Let's see.....
Like...
He used to skate at the place near the big big white thing in town. (the one we cam whored in front of during night cycling)
THEN.
Police always came and catch them. And they ALWAYS run away LOL
OR HORRRR
But poor chewy could nt afford proper skating shoes and attire (that time)... and only wore his home clothes there.
So ONCE, when the police came, lil' chewster juz chucked his skateboard away in a nearby bush and walked along the pavement like any other ordinary pedestrian. And he didnt get CAUGHT. ZOOMG WAT THE *$*$ (what the asterix dollar asterix dollar) LoL (what kind of swearing is THAT?)
Haha ANWS smart la that time loll
Hmm... other crimes are....
CLIMBING QUARRY w/o permission! ORHORRRRrr!!
DISRUPTING residents in Pulau ubin until police came. OR HORRRR!!!
And last but not least, (future crime about to be done) SNEAKING INTO VJ JUZ To save money on BOULDERINGG!!! ORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRHORRRRRRRRRRRRrr!!
Hahaha
Oh and MANNnn..
I thought I've already seen the worst of FREELOADERS
But yesterday... I realised only that I've seen TOO little...
Not only did the Chewbaka NOT pay for his $4 climbing fees (kept doing the shhh!! action whenever we mentioned "paying"), but ALSO, USED THEIR ELECTRICITY (for his laptop) and wait for it.... wait for it.......
He KOPED a belt STRAP we found between the MATS!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
The Worst of the WORST I tell u.
(I wouldn't be surprised if there were WANTED posters for The CHEWER the nxt time we go to climbasia...)
Protect ur cookie jars everyone.
...
(lol okok that was random -.-)
hahaha
Hmm.Then we ate lunch and he rushed to work (probably late) and we went home
happy from the climb
whee~
So fun
U guys shld come nxt time man! :D Wahahaha (jason says he agrees) LOL
-ARKAR-
Hahaha...
Juz now i was DAMN no mood to study la. like u know.. those times u look at the book then automatic look away.. dun even wanna open the book haha.. (u all shld know laa..)
Then...
I came online and checked out this blog..
and somehow I was Really motivated to go back to studying again..
Haha
I dunno.
Maybe it's juz u guys
But i know we're all really ddddddreaddddddddddding this and wish it would be over as fast as possible but HANG in there!
Cause there's always smthn to look forward to aft a hard task.
After midyears.. We're gonna go out and ENJOY ourselves Yeah! KNOCK ourselves out!
But till then... WORK HARD PPLE! :D
We're in this together! xD
-ARKARRRRRR- (oh wait... this is the second time i'm signing off right.. -.- bahh whatever haha)
Whoooooooo!
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itsjustus-
10:35 PM
chromium and copper,
problem eh.
yeah,i miss you all lots too.
it will all be over soon,so hang on for a little while more guys.
denise<3
(ceteris paribus)
YYY
itsjustus-
9:52 PM
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
All my ODAC and FODAC friends,
you guys were the greatest
inspiration
motivation
encouragement
and
the only company I'll ever want up on a mountain.
<3 JQ!
YYY
itsjustus-
11:05 PM
I realised I haven't really blogged here. In case people accuse me of being too much of a bimbo till the extent that I don't know how to blog, here's proof that I do know how! I'm tired of having to prove that I'm not a bimbo cos I'm really not one. I mean being chio is one thing, but not all chio bus are bimbos right? :D (I think I hear Faizah and Hui Yi choking -- hah serves you right!)
Anyway I'd just like to share that there has been times where I really wonder why in the world I would put myself in such situations where I have to sweat buckets and slide on mud and use myself as live bait for wretched leeches. Then I look around and see the drive and passion in the faces of those surrounding me and something in my mind just clicks. What I'm trying to say is, the very thing that has kept me going all this while is the people, you guys, every single one of you. So I just wanted to say thank you for being my very inspiration and motivation.
Oh, why does it seem that all of you have recovered fully from the trip? My stomach seems to have shrank for good. I HAVE A BUFFET TO GO TO ON SATURDAY, I NEED MY STOMACH BACK. Okay sorry it's just that that has been bothering me for some time now. You imba people with imba stomachs. Gee.
Because you're worth it ;)
xoxo, your very own Watermelon Patch (don't ask me why, I anyhow whack one)
YYY
itsjustus-
12:56 AM
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
The Adventures of the Platoon 24~
DAY1
The dawn broke.... and the 26 soldiers... of the elite squad "Platoon 24" along with their three generals, got off their transportation vehicle.. aka the Lorry..(wooo~)
This time.., they had the company of 6 other mighty warriors from the army. They weren't any old geezers or amateurs.. they were as equally experienced as the elite squad.
All of them knew what they were getting themselves into. and THIS, was definitely not an easy task. Instead, it was to be the toughest and most dangerous mission they had to face in their lives..
The order given by the army was to slay the most fearsome and mighty creature ever lived.. THE Batuvius Putih. That of seven heads... and no eyes....(it sees through its nose) (eww..? -.-)
It dwelled in the depths of the mountains of Ipotopia peacefully, not being seen for sooo long that some even thought it was a legend.
However, just recently.., it started terrorizing the nearby villages and causing chaos everywhere around the area, not only by engulfing whole villages (and of course the pple in it. except those who went out for a walk or..fish..or collect some coconuts or whatever) in flames, but also....... stealing their chicken wings. ("DARN U 'OL CREATURE! GIMME back ME Chik'n wings" an old man in one of the affected villages reportly said)
After getting their armours and equipments ready, they were finally ready for the battle.
This was it... Either they make it, or they break it.
All 32 warriors... 3 generals... the 4 village guides (who were unhappy of the Batuvius stealing their chicken wings (one was honey glazed) and wanted to get back at it)..., and of course, the little towel boy, Chewy Booey (short form, just "Chewy") a midget of midgets..(Mini me owns him) set out together with only one thing in mind: Conquering the Giant being.
The battle was tough and long.
But the soldiers persevered..
In sunshine, rain or mist, they motivated each other. Everyone looked out for the rest. Each's got the others' backs..
Parts of the battle were almost unbearable.. and made many lose much hope, putting them on the brink of give up.
HOWEVER, the platoon stuck together no matter what and cheered each other on and Finally, conquered the beast..
(and recovered many chicken wings the villagers lost although.. some were already digested, and only bones were found ("aww dang! me chik'n wings ar lost, ye hear?" the old man reacted)
The sweat and blood they lost during the great battle was not for naught. It all paid off and that night, all the happy and proud soldiers celebrated on the being they conquered, the Batuvius.
One of the soldiers, Jasonizer came up with an impromptu skit, ridiculing the foreign Honkongesters by using their extremely (i must say) not ordinary accent.
Calvinerius on the other hand, was more sentimental and showed his gratitude to all those who went through the tough mission and succeded.
Following, all the rest of the troopers thanked everyone, especially their platoon buddies for many many many reasons which I cant possibly state as all as my fingers would have rotted and blown off by the wind by the time i actually finish typing all of them.
After all the merry making and reflecting, each and every one the troopers retrieved back to their tents for a good night's sleep...
For one tent however, it was a different story.
The tent with Arkarius, Josiathorius, Sufius and Wyemorius had their very own mini feast where they had a hell of a time talking bull crap and juz (whadda ya call it..?) "chilling out"
But even these mighty warriors need their sleep, and so..., after applying the ointment, which was made of a recipe passed down through 5000generations, to sooth their pains and injuries, they finally called it a night.. (the ointment was known as DEEP HEAT btw... apparently still existing in the mordern world of today)
The nxt day, the tired but still very energetic, and now, much more seasoned soldiers finally returned to their faraway hometown.. The Victorias Collegeria
Remembering the tough and fun times they had throughout the whole crusade...
And keeping the lessons and experiences they had gained through it with them.. forever..
END OF CHAPTER
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LOL. Wasn't that COOL?
WAhahahaha
Actually, at first i wanted to make it like those damn serious and story book type.
BUT later halfway throughout the thing... I realised somehow, it turned kinda lame and stupid. So i decided to juz go along with it. LOL
ANWS, STUDY HARD EVERYONE!!
I know sometimes, it might get DAMN hard and really feel like u're beyond hope, but DUN LOSE HOPE. We're all going through this together YEAH! And I know WE can do it! JUZ like ANY challenge which came across us and those which are gonna come all of which we're gonna CONQUER! AS ONE! :D
WAhahaha
JIAYOU!
-ARKARIUS- (<--- LoLLL)
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itsjustus-
7:06 PM
A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE, ON THE MOUNTAIN CALLED BATU PUTIH, WITH THE OTHER 31 OF US, 3TEACHERS AND 1GUIDE. NEVER CAN U FORGET. AND I THANK ALL OF YOU FOR EVERY SINGLE THING. xd
toJASON: thankyou for being such a super nice climbing partner. truthfully, before the climb, i was already scared bc of u imba kid. n CLIMBING partner loves to CLIMB n i dont. arghs that got me really freaked out. n many thoughts of u leaving me behind cos of impatience did run across my mind many a times. but i really must thank you for never leaving me behind and to keep turning back to look out for me. i swear u got to be the best pig on earth mans. thankyou for everything everything. thankyou for being so patient n caring n understanding. thankyou for taking care of me no matter what. thankyou for your non-stop encouragement telling me not to give up. thankyou for all your funny lame shits(hongkong-y entertainment) that got me really high at times. thankyou for pushing me on as if the world's going to end. thankyou for bringing up my confidence level. thankyou for not losing your temper bc i was really slow like nobody's business. thankyou for not kicking me off the mountain cos i was being such an ass to fall sick n sprain my ankle. i know i shld hv taken care of myself like much much better. thankyou for trying to help lighten my load. thou i know yours was much heavier. thankyou for supporting n grabbing hold of me whenever i lose my balance n almost fall off the mountain. thankyou for all the words of caution bc i was such a blind n deaf ass who can always not see those thorns unless i was near. and yes thankyou for every single thing. n i really mean thankyou. yea. (: take care of your horrible bites and sprained ankle partner. loveuloads(asapartner)hee.
toCALVIN:thankyou for being such a wonderful secretary. u've been so great to take down all the minutes n i really think u did a very good job, pushing us on, n making odac a family. giving it its structure. n yea thankyou for being such a funny scene tgt with yanni. u all really make me laugh like crazy on the way up n down. thankyou for the kucci kucci cheer that was absolutely classic. n all your intellectual humour. many a times that got me laugh like mad. thankyou for being the leader of this camp, directing n leading us. thankyou.
toSHIHAN: thankyou for being the damn money face treasurer. collecting all the money n being so smart to keep those money in those urhem urhem. hahas. u got to be the female leader of this camp in giving us instructions and of cos ur zi-highness for mass dance. n of cos ur damn funny convo in the tents where i was eavesdropping! hahas. thankyou for being such a mother-like figure. hahs babysitting us like we r kids. take care of your ass dear. thankyou.
toJOSIAH: thankyou for being a great ot chief n planning this for us. thankyou for carrying the indian pot which i know weighs a tonne. n of cos not forgetting going thru all the trouble n tying the indian pot again. u rock mans. thankyou for all the nonsense at the back too. it was good to hear your voice sometimes. hahs cos u may just go quiet sometimes. thankyou for cooking all those meals too. thankyou.
toDENISE: thankyou for being another great ot chief. thanks for all ur nonsense n u r imba please. i think u r anyway. hahs. thankyou for exchanging your bag with me when i sprained my leg. u rock. thanks thanks. n im sorry for always stepping on your toe. ouch i know it hurts. that bare piece of meat. ahahaha! okay thankyou anyway.
toWYEMIN: thankyou for being a wonderful QM. im sorry we lost so many pegs. thankyou for making me laugh with all your nonsense shits that are absolutely funny. n do take care of your shoes. they are slippery! hahs thankyou for all the tent-pitching sessions. thankyou.
toRACHEL: thankyou for being another damn cool QM. this ot wld not be as funny w/o all ur funny comments. hahahs they're really quite funny. but as usual, still the no.1 idiot right. oops do they know of your name? hahahs. sorry i just revealed. she's the no.1 idiot back in cedar. hahs. thankyou.
toCHIAWEEI: thankyou for leading the way on the 2nd day. sorry for having to wait for me all the time bc i was sooo slow. thankyou for helping me with everything too. thankyou for your junk food too. hahas they kind of rock know. thankyou.
toFAIZAH: woahs thankyou! thankyou for all the encouragement along the way. this ot wld nv be the same w/o u. thankyou for telling me abt mt ophir n how u slide ur way down. n hence, my sliding thing occurs during the descend. hahas n thankyou for reminding me to wear trackpants. hahs so scarless legs except those bites. bahhs. but nonetheless, u rock alot as a gossip partner too. thankyou for standing n screaming at the foot of batu putih. woahs i think i can never forget that memorable scene. imba. thankyou for that toy during sentry. hahs 15mins passed damn fast cos of that. its damn fun sia. hahas thankyou.
toIVIE: thankyou my dear! woahs. thou this climb i was rarely near u. but thankyou for being a good tent-mate. n u nehneh refuse to go toilet with me n make me want die in the tent. but hahs im a understanding girl. so u're forgiven. hahs. u're the power girl. spend more time with mr.lim n hope he doesnt ditch u cos of all your wounds. im just jkin. hehs take care. thankyou.
toARKAR: woahs i really must thankyou for all the encouragement n help along the way. i probably wldnt hv made it down w/o u n u funny shits. its so funny i cant help but miss them when i was alone with jason n mr seet. u rock la. u make me realise how impt company was. thankyou. thankyou for high-5ing me(n making me sprain my ankle the 2nd time but its okay) hahs. thankyou for cooking the dinner. thankyou for being the damn wonderful pt i/c. thankyou.
toSYAZANA: thankyou for being my wonderful tentmate. thankyou for going to the toilet with me. hahs thankyou for being that girl who motivates me. thankyou for pushing everyone on. n thankyou for your classic sentence. hahs thankyou.
toYONGSHENG: thankyou uncle peh. my ankle probably cldnt make it w/o ur massage. thankyou for coming for ot despite u being ill. thankyou for making me super entertained all the time. thankyou n i trust u as my first aid i. (always) thankyou for every thing. thankyou.
toJACLYN: thankyou so much. im sorry i pushed u on so hard. i didnt know u injured your back n im really sorry for what i did. im really sorry. thankyou for being so strong anyway. thankyou for being such a nice girl. thankyou
toDARRYL: thankyou for leading the way n being my fellow food i. thankyou for buying all the food. u r a imba kid. thankyou for all your funny nonsense all the time. thankyou for going jogging with me. thankyou.
toJOLENE: thankyou for everything at the summit. thankyou for being my wonderful gossip partner. thankyou for being such a blur dude who makes me want to laugh all the time. thankyou for sharing the same frequency for food all the time. thankyou for being a wonderful eating partner. thankyou. u're loved btw. thankyou.
toKAILI: thankyou for everything. thankyou for being so so so strong even after dropping out of the raft n even when u're bleeding. i know u're holding back ur tears. n btw i know u're traumatised(i refer to two stuff btw hee). hahs. n do stay strong for these period throughout. we'll always be here for u. thankyou chicken. nugget loves u loads. thankyou.
toFANNY: my fellow photog i! omt. i simply miss the fun we had tgt. from cyclone until now. u do make a difference in my life. thankyou for always asking abt my ankle thou yours is worse. do take care of your bruises. thankyou thankyou darling. thankyou for every thing. thankyou.
toALEX: thankyou for being a funny guy all the time. n dont look n sound so emo all the time please. thou i dont know what to say i admit, thankyou bc i know ot's nv going to be the same w/o u. u n ur cool hair. hahahs. oh yes thankyou for letting me laugh at u whenever u go down the steps. thankyou.
toWANPING: thankyou for being the funniest girl ever. bimbo-ish i swear was damn funny. thankyou for making us feel so hyped up n lightening the mood. thankyou thankyou for being our pt i/c. if not we wldnt hv made it up the mountain. thankyou.
toSUFIYAN: thankyou for helping me around all the time. thankyou for your care n concern over my ankle. hahs thankyou for carrying so much load. thankyou.
toJIAQIAN: thankyou for being the super imba girl. u r really damn imba i swear. thankyou for carrying the tent which i nv knew until after ot. thankyou for always being super nice. thankyou for ur concern over my ankle too. thankyou loads. thankyou.
toBENEDICT: thankyou alot! thankyou for being the super nice dude. thankyou for ur discman n funny stuff all the time. thankyou for being my super nice ex-classmate. thou i wish we were still. thankyou for your ankle guard. it is super power i swear. thankyou for cheering n encouraging me all the time. u rock big time i swear.
toZHANLIANG: thankyou for letting me bully u all the time. thankyou for being the ultimate nice leader since cyclone. thankyou for all the starbucks. thankyou for bringing those money. thankyou for letting me laugh at u. n stop being rebellous u monk.
toHUIYI: omt. u rock like madness i swear. i bet i said this a million times. it feels damn good hearing your voice on the way down. thankyou for making me feel so relieved. thankyou for sharing the same sentiments of CHIONG-ing out of the mountain. thankyou for being so cool. cool stuff ayy. u rock like madness. n i really miss your sandals. it feels as if they were mine. but we've been seeing it ALL THE TIME. feels weird w/o it ays. woahs. thankyou for being the funny auntie gossiping with me. hahs thankyou.
toYANNI: thankyou for being my ultimate tentmate. thankyou for all the excitement over shopping. thankyou for getting a bag with me. thankyou for eating the buffet too. thankyou for being such a cool funny girl with calvin that makes me feel so good. thankyou for arranging the way we slp every night. thankyou for coming OT with us.
toDHILSHAD: thankyou. i bet u struck the right deal coming ot with us. hahas. n i cant believe u're so obsessed over kucci kucci. hahahs do take care of your wounds n u make a funny gossip partner. i love your laughter n encouragement. thankyou.
toMATT: hahs china boy! i still cant believe i called u the china boy. hahs u r certainly funny. n thankyou for taking care of my dear fanny. n i cant believe how clean your legs were of wounds. u all are imba rockclimbers i swear. thankyou for all the encouragement along the way. u r cool stuff mans.
toLOUIS: hahs gayboy! thankyou for taking care of my dear ivie. hope she didnt rant at u too much. hahs thankyou for lightening up the mood quite alot of times. n i still cant believe how clean your legs were of wounds too. madness la. that drove me a little crazy. woahs! its funny to hear stuff from ivie. hahas. good job. n take care n recover soon.
toNAZRI: haha i wont forget how scared u were of leeches. n thankyou for leading the way for me. u r good mans. thankyou for taking care of rachel. thankyou for being a funny lame ass that makes me laugh alot. thankyou for being the funny captain on our dodge dodge revolutionary lorry(term from arkar hahas!).
toBENJAMIN: thankyou for taking care of shihan. thankyou for going on despite the stings n all. u're one strong guy man. thankyou for making me feel small. hahas cos i think u r BIG. n do recover soon! hope u join us for more odac activities.
toCHEWY: hahs long lost brother(it gets irritating to hear ur name cos i dont know whether they're calling me or u)! thankyou for joining us during the trip. thankyou for being the superb camera man with his imba camera. im sad to hear how ur camera got scratched. hahas. thankyou for all your funny stuff along the way. thankyou for being such a motivational figure. thankyou loads.
toTEACHERS: thankyou for guiding us all along n pushing us to our limits. thankyou for being at the front n back all along. thankyou for everything.
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itsjustus-
10:42 AM
After reading the last entry by Fan, whereby he requested that ALL are required to write, I sat down in front of my computer and thought to myself “haven’t I already written an entry already?” And then in the brackets, my name was included in that ALL. How can that be? Just to be on the safe side, I’ll just put in another entry.
Looking back at my last entry, I realized I haven’t touched on one interesting event during the trip. I shall name this entry as ‘Terror Lorry’.
There was this school that I went with. They sat the terror lorry to get to the white water rafting site. They sure had a lot of fun. Screaming, yelling, dodging tree branches and leaves, jumping up and down. They went absolutely NUTS! Then the fun came to an end when this little girl (12 years old I think) tried to avoid this tree branch and slammed her forehead onto the metal railing of the lorry. These metal railing was suppose to save life by keeping crazy kids in, not injured them! Anyway, she had this really deep cut on her forehead. Blood kept coming out non stop, she kept crying non stop. Finally we got her to a doctor and had her head patched up.
I told this story to Sufiyan. Warned him about the dangers and asked him to ensure that the other VJCians don’t get injured in such a manner again. BUT!!! When I got to the white water rafting site, Sufiyan walked up to me with blood all over his PE t-shirt and his nose bleeding. Half smiling, he told me he tried to avoid this tree branch and hit his nose on the railing. Did you know that humans never learn from history? The Romans tried to take over the whole of
Alright, where was I? Yes, Sufiyan and his bleeding nose. So during the trip back, I was asked to board the lorry to ensure that none of the students wouldn’t do crazy stuffs and have their body parts left behind. Up on the lorry, the VJC students were dead excited again (sheesh, Singaporean kids are so deprived!! I can almost imagine the local Malaysian kids looking at the Singaporean students and wonder “what’s scaring them so badly that they are screaming so loudly?”). All looking forward as they do not want to get hit by a branch or leaf. Some like the girl in the photo below took chances by looking behind. She must be thinking, “hahaha, I am right in the middle of the group, nothing can get me!!! All my friends can die for all I know including Chewy but I will be safe and sound RIgHT here in the middle!!!!”
After awhile… it wasn’t just that girl who got cocky. The whole group of them went nuts! Screaming, yelling, dodging branches… even I didn’t bother about the branches and took this photo
These Students never seem run out of energy. They spent 3 days in the mountains, and most of them could hardly walk straight after that and here they are screaming their heads off. I started to wonder, was I like that before? Was I always on drugs? I think these students are on drugs. They can’t possibly climb a mountain and yet have so much energy on the fourth day. Drugs, I tell you… they are on drugs.
Of coz they did stop screaming and yelling on one occasion when they looked around and realized how beautiful the mountains were. They were like little squirrels looking around up and down admiring God’s creation (those of you who believe in the big bang theory, fair enough, change it to Mother nature).
You can almost tell that they were getting rather bored with screaming, yelling and dodging branches. It’s not exciting anymore. They realized that the branches and leaves are not going to kill them. The most they will get it just bleeding forehead and nose. Then they thought of an innovative way to make it exciting. It’s called “NO HANDS”.
Can you believe it??!! NO HANDS!!! Look mommy!! NO HANDS!! What were they thinking? Drugs I tell… it’s the drugs….Chewy
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itsjustus-
12:57 AM
i know u are suffering from post OT syndrome or withdrawal symptoms
i know u are feeling empty
i know u miss just looking at the starry night ON THE LORRY xD
BUT LIFE MUST GO ON
and i have to be the BAD GUY
yes, take a few days to rest and have some fun, but do start planning how to cover the syllabus for ur 4 core subjects and GP. please make sure u produce decent enough results for mid yrs esp if u r holding or assuming positions (other ccas too hor)
yes YOU SHOULD BE STUDYING. i dunno how to motivate u but if u do well i may think of something to reward u
MUG MUG MUG. jiayou pple. we are STILL all in this together xD
CH
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itsjustus-
12:50 AM
Monday, June 11, 2007
booo! POST OT SYNDROME makes me get sick and tired of books. just staring at them is plain torture ;( and so, i've decided to get settled down to doing something more happy. and that is uploading our OT pics ;D and all that beautiful memories just flood back. CAMWHORING ROCKS! ;D and it couldnt be done with cameras. so cameras are the best invention ;D Okay, NOT the best. but one of the best. wahah, what crap am i rambling abt? -stares-
and here's BATU PUTIH PICS PART TWO!CLICCK!
oh yay! most of you may have received the relay! ;D but announcement still! photog i/cs are gg to get you all a nice BIG logbook to pen down your thoughts/reflections/thanks/crap/whatever/anything as a OT logbk! so, before the book will reach you (which we think will take A LONG LONG LONG TIME), pls write down what you wan to include in the book alr. heh! u noe, our human memory dont work too well sometimes esp when it's gg to be cramped up with stupid lecture notes ;/ haha!
and yes, all OT-ers are REQUIRED to write! ;D and we mean ALL (ODACers, FOODAC, TEACHERS and CHEWY )! ;D
let's make it the best logbk ever alright? write with your heart,mind and soul cos it's all worth it!
lastly, study hard all. we're gg to battle with this upcoming war! the war with exam papers. haha! yeah! and we'd eventually meet one another up in the summit once the war with exam papers are over!! ;D
with heaps and heaps of love,
fan XDD
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itsjustus-
3:58 PM
Saturday, June 9, 2007
THIS JUNE OT :D
thank you to all 32 of us. to each and every one. OT would not have been the same without any of you. and to the 3 special teachers. thank you for everything. and i mean, everything.
to my climbing partner, chia chi hi weei:
thanks ohsomuch. i know sometimes i am super duper slack and always seem to want to slack and do nothing but slack and asking you for rest breaks and slowing down like ohsomuch because im tired and mentally weak. im so sorry for all the above and i wanna thank you for always allowing me to slack and having our own personal rest points. and for other times, i wanna thank you for pushing me on, encouraging me and motivating me(: sometimes i really slow down like really a lot but you keep asking me to catch up and it woke me up. so thank you! and there were times where i was really realy a pain in the butt like the first day and it was raining and i almost felt like giving up thanks to the stupid cramp in my leg. but you waited for me and cheered me on. THANKS! and also thanks for the wasabi chips :D heh. and thanks for the yummy food during our personal rest points and the public ones. haha i really enjoyed climbing batu putih with you with all your nonsense and lame shits and your bahasa baku. yay, my climbing partner can speak good malay! i think even better than me. LOL! and did you had your ipoh hor fun? LOL.
from the bottom of my heart to the tippity top, thank you chiaweei(:
love, your partner :D
calvin: thanks for being the strong leader we all needed during this trip. with your clear mind and decisions and your encouragement and intellect and lame nonsense and all the leaves are brown. thank you for being a damn funny person and for coming up with the gucci gucci cheer which made dhilshad obsessed. and maybe sometimes you dont feel appreciated, but right now i wanna say, i appreciate all your hard work and everything you have done for the better good of odac. thankyou future head(:
shihan: thanks for your constant encouragement and being the strong female leader all the females need(: hehe and your lame nonsense too. zomg, why are both our heads damn nonsense! HAHA thanks for your pudding too, it rocks! the stupid plastic keep breaking for me but it was worth it tearing the plastic off bit by bit(: thank you for being a damn nice person and always always looking out for our welfare. you rock lah please! cedar boleh! :D
denise: our OT chief. the damn zai person. like thank you for planning this fantastic OT. you rock lah like really really. despite the cramp and being at the back of the line, you made it through happy like a denise. and rmb, all the leaves are brown(: thanks for being a constant in my life and during OT as well and for being a damn nice tent mate and im sorry if you felt cold during the nights, sorry i wasnt hot enough :D hehs. thanks lah woman(: you rock like crazy!
josiah: our alpha-male OT chief(: aww, thanks for carrying
rajtakeshimuthusamyhamtarowasabi all the time throughout the strenuous climb. it wasnt easy, in fact it was a feat we all know. and for that, thank you so so so much! and for planning this trip together with denise and for the shirt. pass my thanks to your auntie as well okay josiah? and your nonsense which apparently, mr seet does not understand. hehs(: take care of MY buddy okay.
wyemin: what would OT be without you and your QM-ness and lameness. thank thank thank you wyemin whinney. sorry for losing so many pegs and other stuff.. thanks for holding the mess tin during the summit dinner for all of us so we can eat while you suffered): thank thank thank you!
rachel: our imba female QM. like really thank you for everything. from being my person-in-front, my shitting group and my tent-mate and finally, my mate. thank you(: you rock lah! without you, i think my OT would be a dull trip. thanks for making my OT a great one, mate(: i will cherish our memories, i assure you. thanks for your constant encouragement and everytime you see me, shout my name. haha, it woke me up from my stupor so thank you(:
huiyi: eyy land chief! thank you for calling me minah always! it really really like made me more sane and alert. lol! and i mourn for your sandal. you know how i love that havannas. i think ive got like some attachment to it considering we hunted for it together. haha, it sort of made it half-mine. thank you for being the strong woman you were. like really, you keep pushing us on and i know that time you were irritated, but you kept your cool. you go girl! and thanks for cooking the first dinner(: oh and for sharing our disposables problem together haha. that was hell funny.
zhanliang: thanks monk with the purple specs. woah, it's a SNAG monk! how cool is that. anyways, thanks for being part of odac24th, for being one of the 11 pegasus-ians(: and for praising me for the first time ever when i climbed up the lorry. LOL! thanks for all your spastic and really random comments. yay, im praising you now, please be aware of that dear classmate of mine.
jason: fellow air chief! thanks for your extremely funny story on the summit of the mountain! it was really unexpected but a nice surprise(: it made me go to sleep at night. aww. hahaha, thanks for taking care of siewhwee for all of us and for taking care of us all. and for carrying most of the load and encouraging us with your nonsense. you go air chief! we got no scars cause we fly :D
siewhwee: woah, damn zai! climb a mountain and back down with a sprained feet is no easy feat mans(no pun intended). thanks for being a fantastic food i/c and making sure we are all well fed and happy. thanks also for taking pictures of us and taking care of our camwhoring moments. haha! thanks for being there and being a damn nice person(: seaweed rocks lahs!
arkar: thanks alot for being one of the valuable assets of odac24th. to think we might not even have had you in our team. zomg, you must thank me and denise for introing you to odac okays?(: haha i still remember that day clearly can. okay so anyways, thank thank you! thank you so much for sacrificing your clean shirt after the white water rafting to help carry our bags onto the bus. i felt damn bad for your shirt lahs. really thank you. we need more of these self-less people in the world(: thanks for carrying most of the load as well and thanks for being a damn nice white water rafting rafter(: and thanks for talking things out with me! we can make it through all the things we have to do and still pass our MYES okay?! set ah!
syazana: thanks for enduring all the pain and hardships, despite almost hyperventilating. it was really scary so thanks for pushing on! and thnaks for taking care of yourself so you could carry on with the rest of us(: like yay! thanks for sharing the chicken rice with me and thanks for encouraging us on. we might be short and small, but we are strong, yes? :D
wanping: BIMBO i wuvv you plenty plenty lahs. hahaha. thanks for being a damn funny person and lightening up the mood with your bimbo-ness and plain fun. thanks for being in front of me at a certain point of the climb and calling out my name to make sure i was right behind. thanks for the encouragement and constant nonsense to keep me sane. hahaha(: you go bimbo!
alex: heyy bedok-er. thanks for encouraging me and chiaweei too and for always letting me tompang your car back and froth for every camp. hahaha and thanks for always waiting for me at the bus stop cause im always late. sheesh. im so sorry for that. and thanks for playing carom with me and letting me and matt win. HAHA. okay thanks for everything yeah my first kayaking partner(: i will always rmb that and thanks for your vday gift which i will also never forget. whee, typhoon forever :D
kaili: another typhoon member and another strong female! "no work boring lah". hahaha i will always remember you for that. thank you for constantly encouraging us. your loud voice rings loud and clear in those woods and i can always tell it was you cause of your distinct voice and i will smile to myself whenever i hear it. thank you oh kaili(: you are like the strongest woman i know and despite the bad fall you had during the rafting, you didnt break down and you held your tears. zomg, i respect you. now go conquer washington! haha and all the luck for youth of causes okay(;
benEMO: thanks for your damn funny nonsense which are damn classic! hahaha it's really damn funny lah. and for sharing that special moment on the structure at the summit with me. i know it was damn nice to be alone there lah but you let me come up and shared the moment with me. how nice was that? damn nice lah so thank you ben! and thanks for taking care of my dear friend for me. she sang praises about you after OT like free lah. hahaha. thanks for everything ben(:
jia qian: another strong woman! zomg, thanks for carrying alot of the load. i think one of the few females who carried most of the stuff. you even carried a tent! like woah, thanks alot man. you deserve my admiration. and thanks for always offering me your food and letting me drnink from your hydration pack and thanks for encouraging me and chia weei and being a constant during OT(: you rock mans!
sufiyan: thanks for everything too! haha, you helped me alot alot during OT especially during the day 1 climb up. it was raining and i felt like shit but you helped and encouraged me through it. and thanks for massaging my calf. it worked like damn well somehow. hahaha and thanks for sharing your food and hydration pack with me too! the person that brought i think 2 kilos of food up the climb. siao. haha, but thanks! thanks for taking out my splinter for me too and for taking care of my phone and for helping me whenever i needed help. thanks for carrying most of the load too! your bag weighed tons i bet. thanks man(:
jaclyn: kudos to you for making it through despite your hurting back! i salute you mans. for being so strongand enduring through the climb. know it wasnt easy with the injury but you made it! woohs, how rocking is that? and thanks for always encouraging and being a damn nice odac-er. you go girl! :D
yongsheng: uncle ah! take care of your feet okay. thank you for everything. for enduring through the climb, for coming up with nonsense and being damn cuckoo it cant help but cheer us up. and im sorry you couldnt enjoy rafting and caving with us. you were in our hearts throughout them dont worry. please take care of yourself okay uncle? thank you for still coming to OT with us despite just recovering from fever/flu. woah mans, you rock uncle. go typhoon! :D
fanny: thanks for taking care of us all little miss first aider! damn zai lahs. and thanks also for taking pictures of us and allowing us to camwhore during the trip(: hahaha thanks for being a constant during OT and for always encouraging and laughing your distinct fanny laughter(: and being a damn funny fanny. without you, OT wouldnt have been the same. thanks for being such a nice person and for being there always(: rocks lah!
jolene: another st nick-er. hahaha thanks jolene for the fun we shared during the lorry rides and it being our favourite thing to do. thanks for the singing and laughter especially during the descend when you were infront of me and us shouting RUNNN like some mad people thanks to chewy. haha. thanks for letting me drink rom your hydration pack, for letting me borrow your soap and letting me borrow money from you. thanks for everything and i mean, everything(:
darryl: the double r person, thanks for being damn nonsense too and thanks for being damn high during the lorry back after we conquered the mountain. your happiness was infectious. hahaha. thanks for the fun during the climb down and for sliding and sliding. haha. it was damn fun lah. head butting like free eh? thanks for being damn imba and strong. thanks for everything dude(:
ivie: power to the ivie! yay, thanks for being a damn nice first aider too and for being the one of the nicest person i know. you are really damn nice lah. thanks for alway encouraging us and for being another constant in odac. thanks for always telling me about the nice dinners you have with your family. appreciate them hor? haha. thanks for going through OT with me and it wouldnt have been the same without an ivie to power us on(:
NOW, for the 6 non odacers:
dhilshad: alamak woman, thanks for everything lah. firstly, for finally agreeing to come to OT with us. know it wouldnt be easy considering your damn hectic schedule and the fact you havent got time to rest to study. thanks for all the encouragement and laughter. had fun shitting with you yet again(: hahaha another mountain we've climbed together. another memory to add to our numerous memories shared. you rock, simply said(: i love you woman!
yanni: heyy man through this trip, i got to know you better and i dont regret it. thanks for coming along to OT with us, for enduring it through with us and for being a part of it! it would and clearly would not be the same without you. you are damn funny too lah! and thanks for being so nice as well(: for suan-ing the right people. hahaha! i approve. thanks alot man(: hope you had fun with us sia(:
matt: matt the mad! thanks for being an asset during this trip mans. your constant encouragement and ramblings really lighten the mood during the climb and made the tiredness fly away. thanks for being a damn nice and imba carom partner to have and i know you sometimes wanna kill me for shooting the white piece in but you kept your cool and believed in me! hahaha thanks for all your nonsense and you stupid mountain dew, that one i will never forget. and your body surfing which didnt work. thanks, really, thanks! :D through OT, ive gained a valuable friend! yay(:
louis: thanks for introducing me to a damn coolio game along with ben. haha and thanks for being so imba during the whole climb and didnt get dirty or hardly any scratches which infuriated me. LOL. thanks for coming along OT with us and im sorry you fell sick at the end. hope you will get well soon! thanks for everything, yeah you imba person!
nazri: the 15 gang! haha, thanks for everything too, for taking care of rachel and taking care of everybody else. thanks for all the nonsense and comments made which really lighten up the mood as well and made us all happy goobers. haha. thanks for filling up most of the bottles during the descend. for being a damn good captain so far(: for being the champion at knee surfing and coming up with all the funny stuffs which are too much to be listed down. hope you are having fun at your mad camp now. hahaha :D
BIGben: the big person which made even sufiyan look small. hahaha imba ehh? okay thanks for everything. for teaching me how to solve the rubik cube with the help of arkar. for teaching me the munchkin game as well and for being damn funny and brightening up OT for us all(: thanks for persevering through it despite getting sick. hope you didnt regret coming okay? and must get well soon! thanks for being a part of all this and for being a damn fun person to be with. cheers! :D
THANK YOU BATU PUTIH!
with love, faizah(:
//p.s: get well soon to all who are sick and hope all our wounds and scars and bites heal magnificently! and good luck for ATC tmr! jamin fachel, let's do it! LET'S LAC! :D haha(:
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itsjustus-
10:23 PM
In just two days I have managed to climb up to the peak of this mountain called Batu Putih with a bunch of JC students whom I hardly know.
When I first stepped into VJC on that Sunday night, 3rd of June 2007, I saw a bunch of JC students all eager and overly prepared for the climb. Looking at their big bags, I felt rather out of place to be actually carrying a much smaller bag then theirs. I overheard from the teachers that the students actually trained for this climb. I didn’t. I got a little anxious and starting wondering if I am able to keep up with these young and strong able youth. As if to make it looked even easier, they wanted to bring their Guitar along!! I thought to myself “I am so going die, I am not going to be able to keep up with them”.
At the start of the climb (so glad they didn’t bring the guitar along), everyone moved up in the most orderly fashion. It was like back at the time when I was serving my National Service as I watched my platoon walking quietly through the forest keeping a tactical distance of 3 meters away from each other. These soldiers kept their distance of about 3-5 meters away from each other through out the walk. These JC students on the other hand kept their distance of about 50cm away from each other at the start and then 20 meters at the end. Walking behind Mr Seet, I could tell how annoyed he was as the gap between two groups of students gets bigger and bigger. I don’t blame him; those kids were really slow on the first day. Then comes the river… I actually believed that the students didn’t think that we were going to cross it. We crossed it anyway.
To makes things worst, it started raining. Then I saw another sight that reminded me of my NS days. These JC students took out their Green Ponchos! They actually looked cute in them. I never thought it looked cute during my NS days.
Oh oh… I actually heard the students singing a song that my room mate and myself would sing together rather often in Australia during winter and the song goes like this;
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day
I'd be safe and warm
If I was in L.A.
California dreaming
On such a winter's day
Stopped into a church
I passed along the way
Well, I got down on my knees
And I pretend to pray
You know the preacher likes the cold
He knows I'm gonna stay
California dreaming
On such a winter's day
All the leaves are brown
And the sky is gray
I've been for a walk
On a winter's day
If I didn't tell her
I could leave today
California dreaming
On such a winter's day
On such a winter's day
On such a winter's day
The second day, the students were moving a lot faster then I expected. Even the local guides were complaining that they can’t keep up with the students. I guess it had to be the speech that Mr Seet gave to them that morning. Suddenly they were moving like a team. Suddenly they were encouraging each other and helping each other with great effort. Girls helping boys, boys helping girls… impressive. (Oh by the way, guys… next time when you climb up a mountain, always place the girls in front of you, if she falls, it’s your duty to ensure she doesn’t fall right down. When you are climbing down, you should be in front of the girl, so that if she falls, she falls on you and you fall right down to the bottom and die… the girl stays alive, yes Sufiyan, I am a sexist). Anyway, thank God that no one got seriously injured on the second day and all managed to get up to the peak. Of coz there were some partying at the peak by the students. They were making enough noise to keep me awake in my tent.
On the third day, going down. I seriously couldn’t believe the speed that these students were doing. I felt like I was in a snail race. At that speed, I thought to myself, we were so going to be doing a night walk. A few hours later, I was holding a torch in my hand which was running out of battery, shouting at this guy behind me to keep moving. Anyway, the spirit was still there, the students were still encouraging each other like nuts. Shouting and singing at each other to keep moving on. On a few occasion, I would stand there and watch a girl who has knee injuries due to netball activities turning around and cheering her friends to move on. I was like thinking to myself, she was suffering herself and she’s still cheering others. Wow… what great example she was. Sorry but I can’t remember her name (Kai Li, you were wrong, I still forget some names here and there). There was this guy by the name of Ben, he had a fever but he still pushed forward and didn’t slow the group down. A guy by the name of Josiah had the saddest duty and that was to carry the Indian pot filled with mess tins. And those mess tins didn’t belong to him. Some of his inconsiderate friends left it in there dirty and yucky. :P Well, he didn’t complaint at all, at least to me. Oh oh, I have to write this part whereby he did something really STUPID! Basically, he was running down this slope a little too fast and at the end of the bend, he couldn’t stop in time and he just went straight ahead crashing into the vegetations. One has to actually see it happening to actually find it amusing. Some of his friends said that it was like a scene in a cartoon film. To make things more amusing, his partner, Denise, could only say these few words: “That’s easy for you to say, my vocabulary is very limited”. I think those two are a very disturbed pair.
Anyway, these crazy bunch of VJCians, got out of the forest at around 8pm. Once out of the forest, these students looked like the happiest kids in the world. All they want to do is just sit there and watch the stars. Big smiles on their faces. I still recall the huge smile on this girl’s face, Ivie.
On the fourth day… Caving… some of the girls didn’t believe me when I told them that they will need to crawl and get wet in there. When they entered in and they saw the stairs, they thought that was it. No crawling, no water… They called me and Mr Seet a liar. Ahhaahhaha, we had the last laugh. Those silly students crawling on their sour knees and getting totally wet. I felt good. :P At the end of the caving trip, Mr Seet and some of his boy students decided to do some really gayish stuffs. I was rather distrubed by the act. Just look at the photo below and you know what i mean.
Then we had the white water rafting. The water that day was pretty rough. I haven’t seen so many people thrown out of the raft before. On my raft alone, I was thrown out of the raft with Miss Ng. Another occasion, all three teachers were thrown out of the raft, and we guides were desperately trying to save them. It was kinda funny in fact, I was half laughing as I pulled MR Goh back into the raft.
I think I have written way too long. I guess I am going to stop here. But lastly, let me give my honor to these three who in my own opinion were the most badly injured. Look at them… don’t you think they look really sad? Yeah, the guy on the far right, he was the one I shouted at in the night to move faster. I felt so bad after realizing how badly injured he was.
One more thing… some guy gave me a Quaker Chewy Bar (low fat baked apple)… Am I to eat it or to keep it as a rememberance?
From,
Chewy
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itsjustus-
10:05 PM
Hey you ppl reading this post
yes you
hehe well OT is over..and i know it was fun,memorable,crazy,tiring blablabla...
but life goes on,so next thing to anticipate: CHMA!! =P
well..jus wanna tell u all those who wanna go but haven pay one pls pay me so that i can pay my junior so he can take the tickets hehe...i hope can get money like before july...i have 12 tickets remaining for grabs ya so prepare 1 red note,singapore one not malaysia or other countries one,for each ticket,thx =)
Cat High de...
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itsjustus-
9:53 PM
Besides having to thank God for the safety of all 32 people, gratitude should also be expressed to each and every single person. It is true that nothing is possible without you guys. Should one had faltered, we would all probably give up.
CALVIN, SHIHAN, DENISE, JOSIAH, RACHEL, WYEMIN, KAILI, FAIZAH, CHIAWEEI, WANPING, ALEX, JOLENE, DARRYL, JIAQIAN, SUFIYAN, JACLYN, YONGSHENG, SYAZANA, ARKAR, IVIE, LOUISE, BENFOO, DHILSHAD, NAZRI, BENBLACK, MATT, FANNY, SIEWHWEE, JASON, YANNI, ZHANLIANG!!!
Yes, special thanks to ZhanLiang. Because of your hydration pack I didn't die from dehydration, because of your imba soccer boots, I didn't slip from the slippery mud, because of your hands I always get a lift so I'm not so tired, because of your encouragement on the way down, I didn't give in to fatigue. Thank you imba monk. I'm now convinced meditation helps in cultivating a strong mentality :D
With thanks, apologies also always seems to come hand in hand with it. Again, I've to apologise to my dear climbing partner for having to keep shouting your name to check if you are behind and to ask you to catch up. Also for one part I shouted so loudly to ask you not to stop just before the rest point. I swear I was filled with guilt after that. Really sorry partner!
Lastly, I also have to apologise to Jaclyn. Fellow HuiYi! I hope you are reading this and from the bottom of my heart, I apologise to you many many. There was this part of the descend where after reflections, I felt I was pushing you too hard. I'm really apologetic for being so harsh and not putting your condition into consideration. Sorry Jaclyn, and many praises for you too for staying strong till ground zero :)
A man grows from admitting his or her mistake and learning from them. I'm glad to say I've learnt myself better and am ready to change for the better for the people around me. My 330 bucks is absolutely worth it. Spaces for improvements are aplenty for us to discover. To be a better man, cheers to all.
With much love,
CHEONG. ( the thing you all did after river crossing :D )
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itsjustus-
7:10 PM
its one day after batu putih! i hope everyone is feeling ok. :) i'd like to thank everyone, esp after water rafting. i really felt so loved. :) made mi feel safe and drove the trama of falling into the rapids away. cant thank u enuf guys :)
just spent one night remembering what my bed felt like and i hafta leave again. haha. oh wells :)
ok. erm. i'm taking part in this youth for causes event. its where you gotta form groups of four and org a fund raising event such tt u raise the most money lah, given only $1600 seed money to work with. yah. so my gp is working on a money tree. we're gonna make a tree out of sponge leaves and stick then onto a dead tree. the concept is tt passerbys can pluck leaves of the tree after donating two bucks. den each leaf will contain a msg lah. but some msg allow u to colect money frm the counter. yah (: haha.
all in all, we need help to make this tree (: lots of help. eh. we intended to mkae 250 leaves per tree x 10 trees. so tts like 2500 leaves. the event is in july. we're gonna like position the trees in various parts of singapore to sell the leaves also. need ppl also but at a later date. :) right now we have abut eh 200 odd leaves. yah.
we're raising funds to help Children's at Risk Enpowerment [CARE]
this is the details for the next leaves making session :
1pm - 6.30 pm latest.
meet at bishan community centre outside DOME restaurant
bring super sharp scissors and a 2B pencil.
have lunch before coming
u guys free? contact shihan by 8pm on sun if ur gonig (;
really hope u guys can come down :).
i am really sorry that i cant be present....
sorry....
kaili
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itsjustus-
5:45 PM
hello!
we've conquered batu putih!! (: and that's certainly something everyone can be proud of and of cos what comes tgt are the heaps of memories that will stay with us. so to all: go write them down in your diary or blog them out or whatever la. just make sure u remember it. (: i must say a big thank you to everyone during the climb. its definitely not easy. yupps. so thank you! especially to climbing partner:
you've been wonderful!! hee. alrights. weird photo thou. ahaa.
uploaded the photos already. and it's been fantastic looking through all of them. each brings a smile on your face. even those unglam ones. hahs. so click HERE
anyway, rest well and hope all the scars and wounds and sprained legs go away. my scars and wounds and sprained leg are all recovering. (: so i hope all of yours are too. and not forgetting the muscle aches. hee. and the mosquitoes and sandflies bites. do not scratch. or else we will get more scars. hahs. to all going atc tmr. see u guys den. rest and sleep well.
love love love all of you.
<3
shh.
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itsjustus-
3:01 PM
Friday, June 8, 2007
batu putih
2131 metres
32 people
one goal
to conquer it all
our spirits stayed high
though there were obstacles in our way
we pushed and motivated each other
and made sure no one was left behind
no one complained about the thorns or leeches
because company was what mattered more
3 days
about 26 hours
fell umpteen times
climbed till the sun no longer shone
perspirations
bleeding
sprains
scars
bites
mud
NEVER GAVE UP
as a batch
conquered our first endeavour
i can only say
no one is prouder than you guys
than me
my beloved brothers and sisters
continue to redefine adventure
as ONE.
-calvin
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itsjustus-
11:37 PM
ot's over!
loves.
denise<3
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itsjustus-
11:33 PM
Saturday, June 2, 2007
ZOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGggggggggggggggggg
OT's TMLLL!!!
Like... I'ts REALLY TOMORROWW!!!!
The day We'd been waiting for.... it's.... it's.. finally here.... T_T
AHHhhhhhhhhhhhh
-Tears of joy-
>_> LoLLL
ANWS, SLEEP EARLY TONIGHT PPLE!
So We'll all be damn energetic and high NOT ONLY TML, BUT FOR THE WHOLEEE OT!!
WOOOHOOOOOOoooooo!!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT
OTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOTOT
WAHAHahahahaha
-runs around like some crazy Gundu head-
-and bangs into wall and faints-
.....
-wakes up after a while and after remembering what he was doing juz before he fainted,
starts running around in circles again-
(random)
HAhah!
OT!
-ARKARRRrrr-
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itsjustus-
6:37 PM
Friday, June 1, 2007
Zomg.
zOmg.
zoMg.
zomG.
ZOMG!!!
OT's IN 2 DAYS.
here's a quick reminder to bring your PASSPORTS and your photocopies,$12.50 for ot shirt and packed bags.there wont be field cooking tmr ya.and atc ppl remember your necessary documents.meet at 9.30am tmr,please dont wear clothes which you are gonna pack (wear olc shirt la)
remember on sunday those ppl who arent going tmr come earlier at ard 5 to pack whatever there is for you to pack (like the non-personal items).and remember your passports.for the rest,meet at 5.30pm at the canteen.bring a small bag with your pe shirt and shorts and bathing stuff for wash-up before boarding the bus.if you want you can bring another set of clothes to be kept in your small bag to change into when we come back from ot.the bags will be kept safetly.AND note the food that the i/cs are providing only include the main meals (refer to menu in previous entry by shh) so have to buy your own small little snacks you might wanna eat between those meals.LEAVE SPACE for the group items in your bag.remember to put items such as SALT or LIGHTERS in accessible places for EMERGENCY usage (: hahaha.
oh ya.bring malaysian ringgit for buying certain meals during the trip.and if you want souvenirs.
yayness.
byebye.
otchiefs<3
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itsjustus-
8:42 PM