Sunday, August 26, 2007

That's what friends are for!

What more can I say =) Love Char, JY and YZ!

















Anyway, thank you bubbles for the call, a simple gesture of friendship. Im glad to have known many great friends, and you are one of them. Was feeling down and out, but you were there. And GOD promises great things to come. He will lift my spirit out of the darkness, and bring light.

Tuesday, August 21, 2007

Jokes to lighten up a dreary school week

(1) Prospective Employer to Applicant: "So why did you leave your previous job?"
Applicant: " The company relocated and they did not tell me where!"
(2) Wife: "Sir, I would like to call on my husband who left me and brought all our five kids with him."
Radio Host: "Ok, go ahead!" Wife: "Sweetheart, please return back all the kids, actually only one of them is yours."
(3) Hello! I'm here again. My mind is all muddled up. I just want to ask something. I know
that you will be able to help me out. Is BIRDS FLU the past tense of BIRDS FLY?

(4) You were riding a bus, when you suddenly fart. Luckily the music is very loud. Every time you farted, you timed it with the music.
When you were going down the bus, everybody were throwing dagger looks at you, and you suddenly realized . . . . that you have your MP3 player on your ears !

(5) John: it's my wife's birthday
Peter: what's your gift to her?
John: I asked her what she wanted

Peter: what did she said?
J: anything, as long a there is a DIAMOND.
P: what did you gave her?
J: playing cards
(6) Teacher: We are descendants of Adam and Eve!
Student: That's not true! My dad says we are descendants of an Ape!

Teacher: We are not talking about your FAMILY!

Friday, August 10, 2007

CAC (1st day)

3J, we totally rock! class adventure camp would have been a bore without everyone of you. anyway we must remember the 3 goals that we set for the camp, and try to achieve it:



1) abolish gender divide


2) interpersonal responsibilities


3) class bonding



anyway here's the brief outline of what we did during CAC:


In the morning


had some sort of briefing about the camp in school, set goals for our class to achieve. we were then divided into 3 groups. i was in the feed-me group, which had to plan our dinner and breakfast during camp. we had to learn to use the gas stove and budget for our meals with $66 bucks.



we then set out to changi village, where we ate our lunch before boarding a boat to ubin.


In the afternoon


trek, trek and more trekking. when we first arrived, everyone spammed mosquito repellent and sunblock (for the girls only). we were then divided into 2 large groups, so that each faciliator could take 1 group. each group had to have at least a few people who were previously in the lead-me group, so that they could guide us to the checkpoints. first time i see jeremy so enthus about getting to the checkpoint that he ran aboput 100m to it. (must say he is good at map reading). ok, so the last place we ended up was chek jawa, which had fantastic scenery. the sea breeze was really cooling on our faces although the sun was beating down on us. many pictures were taken there. also, fortunately for us, some girls brought food, so we ended up snacking there as well.



From there, the feed-me group split up to trek back to a provision shop to purchase food for our dinner and breakfast the next day. thanks to our good budgetting skills, we used up exactly $66 bucks. here is a list of what we bought:


- maggi mee


- bread


- jam


- sardines


- canned fruit


- baked beans


- duck with preserved veg


- milo


and 12 1.5 litre bottles of clean water.


Yay, we had a van to fetch us to the campsite, otherwise all of us would have died carrying all that to the campsite.




In the evening




Managed to wash my hair and cleaned up before sunset and the water ran out. Helped in the cooking of maggi mee and fed the rest of my class before the feed-me group ate. chris-tin also helped to heat up the duck so that it was more palatable. =) then a group of us girls set down at a bench to talk, and chris-tin ended up helping to french-braid our hair.


Night walk

was super scary. the girls were allowed to walk in pairs. but chris-tin and i kinda freaked out, so we switched on the torch halfway thru the walk. and some of our class guys decided to stand around the trees to scare the girls. but i felt it was a good experience walking in smaller groups cos, for OBS, our entire group walked together. Getting back to the campsite, we laid a tarp on the ground, and everyone gathered to tell ghost stories, but i phased out, and ended up falling asleep. so, a few girls proceeded to the tent to sleep. Probably slept for 5 hours but kept waking up, cos the ground was rocky and hard.


Somemore pics!

Saturday, August 04, 2007

Been very busy that I have distant away from You, Lord. Please draw me back into your loving hands, and keep me there as close as possible. I know I cant lead a life without You. But every night, I know deep in my heart that I have turned my eyes away from You for most of the day, just concentrating on my own personal life. The only quiet moment is when I am lying on my bed, reflecting on the day, that I realise that I havent relied on You, but on my own strength to get through that day. Maybe that's why i get tired easily. Help me to pray just to be in Your presence. I need to get back into focus, with You in the centre of my life. Life isnt just the way it is.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Class outing!

In the end, i decided to go for class outing after all, even though i went out for 3 consecutive days. And I made a good choice =). It was ultra-fun. Bowling, pool and just chatting and laughing! This time, 12 ppl turned up, but the girls were outnumbered by the no of guys. Guess most of our class girls are a hardworking bunch lol (not me man). I havent bowled for ages, probably 2 years already. Haha, but slow and steady wins the race man. The balls that i rolled ended up straight down the middle, but took its time to reach the pins. Managed to have a max pinfall of 7 for each round, but kept switching shoes with Iris so that we could take turns, cos max 10 ppl for 2 lanes la. Oh yea, then spent 2 hours learning how to pool. Have never pooled in my life, first time trying. Only managed to get the hang of it like last 30 mins. But i guess it was a super fun class outing =). See our happy faces below: