...
ok..
promised to post on the sec2camp..
and other things..

yea..
that was long long time ago..
like almost a month back..

yea..
a more recent update..
my niece and nephew are here..
for one full month.
like..
oh crap..
i’m like so stuck at home for a month looking after them..
less church, less after-school time-out, less frisbee.
crap

no!
my nephew’s currently draining away the life of my psp playing fifa08..
somehow something’s telling me he’s getting totally owned playing against world class..

well..
ok.

shall start on the sec2camp, then about the pool part.. then move on to the birthday surprise. then on exams..

6th june 2008, friday
one day before sec2camp..
haha..
went over to andre’s house with becca and ce to play xbox360..
can guess what we played..
fifa08!
like. duh.

so we were playing..
yea.
was quite funny..
andre used barcalona while i used liverpool. the team becca supports..
yeaa..

i ended up complaining why on earth liverpool players run so slowly..
the becca said they weren’t slow..
its barca players fast..

then after a while she admit.. yea.. they are quite slow..
then i.. haha..
suan her.
‘no wonder you support them..’
‘whatt!!’
XD

yea..
then later becca tried to play..

i teamed with her first..
found out we were confusing each other..
then andre call me go over to his side..
maybe got better chance for her to survive..

then..
super funny..
i and andre keep confusing each other..
‘pass! pass! centre! quick! no! wrong person!’
‘eh! kenneth! why you run into me and tackle the ball away!’

haha..
then..
ok la..

becca managed to hang on..
but still lost..
i think..

then andre went to eat dinner..
so i played arsenal against becca’s liverpool..
becca then made ce play too..

not bad lor..
considering both of them don’t play football.. other than becca.
then..
andre came out..
‘what’s the score?’
‘4-0’
‘ending?’
‘no. not even 30minutes gone.’
hahah.
then half-time score was 6-0..
andre then wanted to see if he could score more than me against the both of them in the second half then becca’s phone ring..
wow..
tuition 3pm she thought 330pm..
then we quickly packed up and fetched her down for tuition and we went for early frisbee..
heh. blur la she

yea..
then frisbee was fun..
can’t remember much anymore..
but i got a good feeling i won all 3 games i played..
=)

then after frisbee went back to andre’s house to bathe and go for mass..
we had to go for mass in preparation for sec2camp..
then roy told us earlier before we left that there will be some meeting after mass..
andre insisted nobody knew and he will not go if there will be such a thing..
ok..

then..
went down for mass..
yea..
it was ok..

then after mass everyone gathered at the bell-tower..
awaiting instructions..
what was the meeting..
‘ok! people! we need to invade the holy spirit people in the retreat house, move mattresses and transport chairs at level 3’
‘oh’
right..
then i wanted to do the chairs.. less tiring..
i was wearing thick cotton clothings with jeans la..
confirm super hot one..
but daniel split the group up..
i was with the ‘mattresses’ group.
fine.
do then do.

then went over to the retreat house..
like..
super alot of people..
no idea why they are called ‘holy spirit people’..
from church of the holy spirit? is there such a church? no idea..
from youth group called the holy spirit? a bit corny ar?

yea..
all like younger than me..
so i’m guessing them to be confirmation batch..
daniel and i went up to the mattress room..
and got the big number of how many mattresses we need..
100 mattresses..
like..
wow..

yea..
then he did the moving the mattresses from the pile to the door while i slide them towards to level2 gates to be transported downstairs via the staircase..
then..
they make human chain..
some super slow and inefficient human chain.
daniel and i got like 50+ out already they only moved like 20+ downstairs..
like..
eh.. faster leh!

then after we got all the mattresses from the room out..
they still got a queue of about 50+ waiting..
...

yea..
then finally they finish..
i went down to see..
to see a big and dusty scene..

the whole porch was stacked with mattresses.. to about 25+ each stack..
ok..
then..
andre, ryan and me stayed behind to pass the mattresses to the teams of people to move them to the mother mary room..
yea..
then..
ryan was lame again..
haha.
as usual..
human mattress sandwich!
heh.

yea..
then finally moved everything over to the room..
i was beginning to itch from the dust..
...

yea..
and alvin almost got taopok-ed in the room..
haha..
yea..
then after that everyone went up the prayer hall to have to final meeting thingy..
andre was still present. surprisingly..
heh..

then..
yea..
gave some last minute instructions..
i was half-stoning with my ice lemon tea.
yea..

then.. after that..
dinner!
heh..

all went down to ah seah to eat..
well..
not for me..
i didn’t eat..
didn’t have appetite..
played psp instead..
was showing andre how much faster the speed of mine was than his xbox360’s one..

yea..
father luke was rather amused with the psp..
tried a few buttons..
but gave up..
haha..

then i went down with others to shop and save to buy sweets and snacks for the camp itself..
for myself and my campers..
yea..

haha..
first time shop and save got so many teenagers shopping there..
heh.
bought sweets..
was convinced by becca and ivy to put back some stuff..
‘cos according to her roy isn’t too happy we are buying so many things..
the focus of the camp was not food..

yea.

then went back to ah seah to get my bag..
simon was still waiting for me to come back.
heh.
then bus back with becca after ce’s mother came to fetch her home..

7th june 2008, saturday (camp day1)
had to report at 7am..
latest by 7.15am..
according to the organising team..

guess what.
they themselves were late..
...
they reached at like 7.30am la..
then ‘cos they said for those facils/logs that were late, will receive an ‘errand’ to run by father luke..
guess what..
suddenly no more punishment for being late..
yea.
like which dumbo will punish themselves for being late?

yea..
then they opened the door and we all went up to prepare for the ‘welcoming’ of sec2campers while the registration team settles them downstairs..

was really funny..
had some really lame fun with becca, ce, ryan, ian at the bag’s room..
haha..
‘the gals are over there! the guys are over here!’
then eventually we all got mixed up..
haha..

and ryan was like super embarrassed..
he found masking tape that was supposed to be stuck on every camper their name, this one was rachel..
then he was like playing it around..
sticking it on his stomach there then..
this girl came over and ask him.. right in front of all of us..
‘can i have my name back?’
hahahahahahahah.
!

omg..
super funny..

then after we were done directing traffic, we went into the prayer hall..
which alvin was trying to get the spirit of the camp rolling..

he was to do this gesture.. the thumb, index and pinky up.. the other two down.. so it looks like horns..
then we were supposed to go..
YESHAR!!!
yea..

the only people cheering were me, andre, greg and alvin.. like duh. alvin..
alvin was like trying to give up..
but cannot..
so must just continue..
difficult la..

then finally paul came to his rescue..
yea..

paul started the camp officially and then alvin and ryan took over to teach some campfire songs for ‘campfire’..
notice the inverted commas?
yea..
got reason one.

then the facils mixed around with the camper..
got a pathetic few mumbling after us..
the rest just stoned.

yea..
expected..
you can’t expect people to be so high immediately from the start of the camp..

yea..
then played some ice breaker games..

had the hunter, fire, earthquake game.. and some money game..

the money game was interesting..
the guys will be 10cents.. the girls will be 20cents..
i want you to form 70cents/1dollar etc..
yea..
then later the value of guys increased.. haha..
to 50cents..
totally owned the girl’s value la..
what’s this man..

yea..
then they were supposed to make 70cents..

like..
ok..
they were like super shy..
then i noticed..
why got the great invisible wall of prayer hall?

yea..
the boys were all on the left of the room and the girls were all on the right..

after much persuading the they moved in and sat down with any random girl/guy..
yea..
then there were like 20+ people of guys and girls still not paired..
both groups moved towards the back of the room and sat down..
but not merged..
like..
..

then counting down..
those not paired must do forfeit.. a very very very fun forfeit =P

yea..
then..
i told the guys..
‘quick! move! you want to do forfeit ar? faster faster! just partner any girl!’

and i mistook a guy-looking girl for a guy..
oops.

yea..
then they like..
want to move but don’t there to move..
then i impatient already..
had like 30secs left..
then i just announced..
‘aiya! the guys shy la! girls! just attack the guy’s territory and plant yourselves next to them!’
and wow. it worked.

paul then came over to check.. just nice number..
then was accused of not having a partner..
got ar..kimberly la!

yea..
and still got one extra girl hiding at the back..
becca. haha..
she was super amused when i was like directing the guys and girls to sit la..

yea..
then that’s for the ice breakers..

oh ohoh!!
the forfeit!
was so funny!
there were these gigantic boxes made into dices, with the words ankle, head, knee and nose printed on them..
then..
which ever 2 faces up must do..

then..
one of the ice breaker games was to group yourselves in your favourite channel..
KIDS CENTRAL!!
hahah.
proudly founded by alvin and kenneth =D

yea..
then there was this group of facils that were the MS-DOS channel. right.
computer..
ahah..
becca and ce were one of them..

then.. paul was telling them cannot..
then..
i shouted..
‘FORFEIT!!’
then alvin echoed
‘FORFEIT FORFEIT FORFEIT..!”
haha..
and the campers chanted along!

and guess what..
super funny..
this lady facil.. around 23+ just came in..
then ‘cos they got odd number of people doing forfeit so she was made to join in..

then she said she wanted ‘revenge’
then she throw..
‘nose!’
then alvin and i..
‘nose nose nose nose nose..!’

got a glare from becca from the front ^^V

and according to murphy’s law, the worst case scenario will always happen.
NOSE!!
ahahahahahahahha!
then they had to stick their nose to nose!
woo!
quite funny..
shan’t say what happened..
just that there were close shaves.. literally

yea..
then after ice breakers each facil from each group had to go line up in front..
then the campers were arranged according to the height..
and we got the camp’s shortest winner! XD

yea..
then i found the way the facils we standing in front quite funny..
like..
beauty contest.
contestant number 1, contestant number 2, etc..
i was contestant number 7..

then the campers were sorted out by erica..
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
goes to the respective facils..
yea..
then somehow my group ended up with 9 people..
when we were all supposed to have just 7 each except for 1 group of 8..

yea..
threw two people away to the groups short..
yea..
then father luke’s talk..
lame lame as usual..
just a expected from our parish priest..

yea..
then the first session got underway..
a rather heavy one for starters i must say..
sexuality and addiction..
yea..

the campers were like..
‘ewww’
‘yuck’
‘disguising’
yea.
they are young.
they will learn.

yea..
then had this ‘level of intimacy’ thingie..
from what..
eye to person..
eye to eye..
then got somemore in the middle..
also got what hand to shoulder
hand to waist
hand to head..

then she just had to say this..
the speaker..
‘what can a guy do to the girl when his hand is on her head?’
yea..
can hear quite a few guys laughing..

yea.. then somemore..
and eventually ending up with sexual intercourse..
yea..
quite general..
like saying that things like that will happen for sure..
which i disagree totally..

yea..
then also got the red flag thingie..
2 people were supposed to place the red flag at the ‘point-of-no-return’ for boys and girls..
yea..
that means like what guys and girls should stop at before their urges and emotions take over them and they do it la..
yea..
then guys were apparently much more less resistant..
and i will always remember this line..
‘there is enough blood in a guy for it to flow from the brain to their private part to make things hard for themselves’
right!
but its true..
isn’t it?

yea..
then had early lunch..
and we had our flag stolen during lunch..
and we went to get it back via paul.. heh..
ian’s art of persuading people..

yea..
shall explain the flag thingie..
every group were to think of a group name (a saint’s name) and design a flag for themselves..
they provided us with an around 50cm * 150cm white translucent cloth to deign and the broom stick without the heads at the pole..
yea..
our group’s name was st.michael..
guess whose idea was it..
*hint hint* <- cheryl’s trademark yea.. then lunch was quite funny.. i helped ian take second serving.. i like took second and third together at once for him.. along with 2 chicken drumsticks.. haha.. he was like cursing away while finishing them.. =X after lunch was praise and worship session.. oh. and if you’re wondering why i can remember every squence so clearly.. its because i got the timetable our from our facil’s guide to help me ^^ so.. can expect this to beat 7k words easily.. hmmm.. how many now? 2383 words already.. heh. kk.. 5k more to go! new record let’s go! yea.. the praise and worship session was good.. they managed to deliver the purpose of praise and worship through to the campers and even got quite a few of them to sing along too.. yea.. got like super high during the praise and worship songs.. yea.. heh. those who know that i don’t usually sing were like.. jaw drop.. omg.. kenneth.. is singing? yea.. during the action song.. the facils that knew the action all went up to the front to perform.. i and andre were the first to chiong in front =/ haha.. then later becca came.. i moved over to the right side.. more empty.. and i sang to her.. ‘i’m siiiinnnngggggggggggg~’ she exclaimed ‘oh my god!’ super loudly and covered her mouth. heh. then after the great praise and worship session was the session on addiction and temptation and choices.. nothing much here.. i totally stoned here la.. haha. i think i mastered the art of stoning already.. ‘cos ian said i was very engrossed in the session after that.. XD then was the eye-opener session.. RTC.. which stands for Reformative Training Centre.. can go google it up or something.. something really worth your time to learn about it.. it is some prison-like home for teenage rebels/criminals.. about a notch above boys/girls home.. they are locked up for an average 2-4 years.. yea.. they’re situated in the same campus as changi prison.. and those that are locked up in there.. are locked in for 23 hours a day.. let out only 1 hour to move about.. in the cell shared by 3-5 people in about 10m2 of space.. cannot talk.. cannot exercise.. cannot sleep other than the sleeping hours.. .. total toture.. then they got a few of them to come share with us their experience.. like what caused them to land in there and what happens then on.. i was like totally engrossed this time la.. and forgot to ask question.. which was what the facils were told to do to keep them talking for 1 ½ hours.. yea.. that guy was locked up for rioting.. what was bad was that he wasn’t really rioting.. just standing behind.. then he got caught first when the police arrived.. what made things worst was that his friends will all not caught and he was the only one locked up.. and none of them wrote a letter to him although they all knew what happened to him.. .. heartless friends.. luckily one of them keep in contact with him through letters.. helped lighten his burden.. oh ya.. and they still shared what if they fight, either for face or some other reason.. they will probably be locked up in the 24hour cell. alone. facing 4 walls. nothing else. and their sentence maybe extended.. and when it is extended.. it restarts.. oh my. .. the physical torture is quite bad already but i think the psychological one’s even worst.. so yea.. zhiyong.. don’t think you ODAC big ar? later get into trouble then get locked in.. i’m not going to visit you.. same goes for stenphel as well.. XD after RTC was the introduction to skit and do preparation.. nothing much here.. just instructions for facils later.. so then was games.. everyone was told to go down to the church hall for games.. haha.. was pretty fun i must say.. not expected from this team.. and i’m being serious.. first game was the animal game.. everyone was to be blindfolded and randomly scatter across this playing zone.. each group was given an animal to mimic.. my group was cow. like again.. cow again.. shall explain why cow again.. before the camp during the preparation session on june 1st.. then we facil had to do lucky draw for the roles during camp clean up on the last day.. i went to take.. and got a paper that said.. ‘moooo....’ .. yea.. then it was supposed to mean we be will.. ‘do cow do horse’ literal translation.. that means to do anything and everything.. our group needed to go everywhere with garbage bags and collect all the clean up garbage.. yea. then.. moo then moo lor.. quite fun.. then was walking around blindly.. moo-ing away.. found each other quite fast.. ‘cos moo and do quite loudly.. yea.. haha.. ryan’s group was pig! oink oink! haha.. after everyone found each other already.. we took out our blindfolds.. not bad.. like the 4th or 5th.. then the pig group were still not done.. and i went to disturb them! XD yea.. i was in front of them getting.. ‘oink! woof! moo! cluck! psshhh!’ haha. escaped just in time when they took off their blindfolds.. heh. then after this animal game was the fun one.. its called burst your lungs.. facils from group 1-4 form group 9.. facils from group 5-8 form group 10.. i was in group 10.. heh.. then the game was to run to the halfway point.. collect a balloon.. blow it up.. and then transport it to the end between the backs.. and burst them together by squeezing the backs together.. then jump onto the chairs and shout.. ‘what will jesus do!!’ which was the theme of this camp.. then those at the starting line.. your group will shout back,, ‘yeshar!!’ haha.. then i team with andre.. then we chiong ar!! haha.. andre blow balloon blow super fast.. then we went to burst the balloon.. and ‘cos we both at project managers.. know squeeze balloons with the back to burst them very slow.. so we just push up against each other.. and use our hands to burst them with our fingers.. the poor balloon didn’t even survive for 2seconds. haha.. i like it when kimberly and nicholas turn.. super funny.. then kim was like famous for using the word ‘blow’ then i and andre started cheering.. ‘go kim go! blow kim go! blow kim blow!’ hahaha! then group10 won! like duh.. got me and andre.. confirm win one XD yea.. then facil started to cheer for the last group.. ‘come’on!’ ‘gogogo!’ ‘don’t give up!’ =/ heh.. then after this burst your lungs game.. was rearrange! then erica told us to all facils form another group.. group 9.. then i was saying.. group 19!! haha.. then did the all hands stack and go ‘GROUP 19!!’ haha.. guess who was the person underneath all the hands.. me XD then becca was like saying.. ‘quick! quick! squish him!’ nope.. i’m still alive haha.. then group19 was very fast.. rearrange.. teamwork! hold onto each other while they move past each other on the chairs.. from tallest to shortest.. boy and girls.. of course we won those.. from youngest to oldest.. .. ok la.. was rather easy.. ‘cos its quite obvious whose the older one and whose the younger one.. heh.. then while we waited for the campers to finish... the facils were like all super high.. haha.. we did a 30seconds kallang wave! haha.. left to right.. right to left.. the campers just stared at us like we were crazy.. which we were XD then.. we started to take photos.. many many photos.. all the facils on the chairs.. heh.. then later all stick out hands.. then cassie and ivy run past with their hands out too.. then smack all our hands as she run past.. haha =/ and becca totally got suanned by cassie for holding on to me when i almost fell off the chair.. .. right.. then later we lost.. like.. what the.. the condition of rearrange was.. longest leg hair to shortest leg hair.. oh my god la!! then all the guys just started to move to the right.. then the girls to the left.. then cassie was going around to every guy then go and see our leg hair how long.. ... ... heh. the campers don’t even need to move la! no leg hair at all! . yea.. then after games was bath time/dinner/warm fuzzie and practices for skit.. yea.. for those who don’t know what warm fuzzies are.. they are the letter system during our church camps for everybody to write letters/notes to each other.. and traditionally all the facils must write them to their own group members to affirm them.. .. yea.. and i stole 3 flags at one short.. these 3 groups peace with each other.. then put the flag at the place they thought cannot see.. then i went to take XD haha.. then was dinner.. dinner was good... very good.. so good that i ate 3 servings.. and who says i’m anorexic.. i eat alot one ok? just that my metabolism rate is too high.. can always mantain my weight nicely at 50kg.. XD yea.. then after getting simon to take a group photo with us we all sat down to start brainstorming on skit ideas.. was ok.. just that the 3 guys refused to contribute.. just the girls talking.. then keep giving me the super put off word.. ‘anything’ yea.. then later choose their roles also.. ‘anything’ then choose for them ‘don’t want!’ what the freak. then later rehearsal.. was very difficult.. ‘cos they just cannot get the idea of the skit.. even though it just concerns a wallet they ‘found’.. .. yea.. then later ‘campfire’ officially started.. and before that during dinner facils were briefed.. then i know what the campfire would be.. LIGHTSTICKS!! wow! shall post up the lightstick image some other time.. then there was alvin and the chipmunks.. no.. really got.. alvin was the campfire leader.. then xavier and terence helped him along.. he called them chipmunks himself.. heh. then was funny campfire songs.. it was pretty fun.. but most of the noise came from group 1 to group 4 only.. then group 5 to group 8 noise came mainly from the facils.. I was already losing my voice already.. heh. then after one or two songs was skits.. starting from group 1.. then needed a cheer at the end.. was like.. what the!! cheer!? yea.. so. i and cecilia came up with it.. then taught them quickly in the dark.. literally.. although they say they know already.. but the blur look on their faces told me another story la.. then at about group 4.. they stopped the songs.. then told all the boys go one side.. all the girls go the other side.. yea.. cheer battle! the battle of the sexes! boys vs gals! =X yea.. shan’t say too much here.. other than there was a lot of high pitch screaming cause by the girls to blow up our eardrums.. yea.. but i like the shark cheer ^^ yea.. the guys lost later.. thanks to terence.. who somehow got mixed up cheering with the girls.. haha.. then when we call him girl he proclaimed the girls were better.. so.. yea.. stupid reason to lose.. but i think both deserved to win.. equally good.. especially the spirit.. yea.. then went back to where we were sitting.. and continued with the skits.. when finally reached us.. everyone was like.. tired already… 8 groups leh.. then at 7th group very tiring already.. many people were fidgeting and talking la.. then shooed my group up.. then they did the skit.. very very very badly.. like.. what the.. they like totoally stage fright la.. then i at the side trying to give them instructions.. didn’t really work much.. then after stumbling through the main idea of the skit.. i went up and rescued them.. took the mike and started to explain what was going on.. then ce explained the moral of the story while my group hung their hands in shame.. … yea. more or less saved the situation.. so not too bad.. then later was the cheer.. got the group to gather on the stage.. then i gave the beat.. stomping on the ground and clapping the beat.. then cheer! heh. ok la. i made the loudest noise.. like duh. the group was ok.. at least could hear them.. yea. so round of applause.. then finish.. then group 8 finished their skit.. then ‘campfire’ over.. then.. what i can say.. is a disaster. they wanted to play the friendship ring thingie. the ‘shalom shalom’ thingie .. terrible.. guys were supposed to be the inner circle and gals outer circle.. then guys move clockwise to each girl.. then do the funny greeting thingie.. .. they super shy leh! don’t dare shake hands and semi-hug one.. so its facils to the rescue.. facils slot ourselves into the holes and got them to do.. ok la.. not very convincingly but good enough.. then me.. .. i was stuck tending to this super big hole.. .. i one guy have to greet three sec2 girls. . quite funny though.. managed to make them laugh.. heh.. then after that break up.. rosary time.. heh.. i didn’t bring mind.. ‘cos i couldn’t find them.. had to borrow from becca.. yea.. i think half the sec2s fell asleep halfway la.. can’t blame them.. a rather long day1 for them. so later daniel to over to organize the campers to go and sleep.. then simon and i went to kope lightsticks to play later.. heh.. took like 30+ lightsticks la.. oh. didn’t mention this.. apparently those lightsticks were army rations extra given away.. like.. wow.. super powerfully bright.. and they could last 12 hours easily. i wonder where can buy.. yea. then went for debrief in the canteen.. until 12am like this.. yupz.. informed the paul about the uncooperativeness of the guys in my group.. yea.. i had to give them more time.. so i made up my mind to pull out the one with most potential amongst the guys.. yea. after that wanted to go written warm fuzzies with becca and ce.. but was shoo-ed to sleep by ivy and cassie.. yea.. then. yea. went to get out mattresses.. laid them out.. then ‘slept’ haha. me and simon was playing with the lightsticks.. arranging them in weird patterns.. got ‘I LOVE YOU’ got ‘:)’ got super mario land got airplane landing strip.. etc. hehe.. then ivy came over and half-forced me to sleep.. then she went back to the girl’s side and talked to becca, ce and cassie.. didn’t know what they were discuss about.. just that they were a bit worried later that i said i could hear them.. only pskk tsk psss.. a bit only yea. end of day 1 8th june 2008, sunday (camp day2)
yup.
woke up at 545..
went to wake becca and ce up..
they were still quite tired.. so yeah..
didn’t call them in the end..

i could sleep already..
went to wash up a little..
changed into mass clothes..
brush teeth..
wash face..
etc..

then went back into the hall to stone..
daniel was awake already..
he came over and told me
‘eh.. go sleep somemore.. my facils need a lot more energy today.. you’ll be needing all of them’
yea.
tried to la..
give him face..
after all we were once from the same group until he split to form another..

yea..
didn’t succeed in the end..
so just sat there stoning..
and played with the lightsticks which were still glowing strongly..

then at around 615..
amanda went to turn on the lights.
daniel used the microphone to wake everyone up..
yea..

then had morning prayer in the prayer hall after everyone washed up..
then was breakfast.

like what the freak man!
breakfast was like.
oh man.

yea..
it was claimed to be a surprise breakfast..
they told us to make our own unique bread..
make it as unique and special as possible..

so i make one that had a mouth and tongue..
ce and becca found it super funny..

yea..
then later..
they told us to switch tables clockwise..
like.
oh
my
god.

yea.
my bread was eaten up by someone else..
after being reconstructed into a proper folded bread..
…

yea..
then sarah got her allergy reaction here..
..
all this breakfast’s fault.

then erica explained to us the reason for changing tables and so change sandwiches..
..
i found it quite redundant actually..
like..
..
never mind.

so.
later was session..
shan’t say too much..
all i know was it was super boring..
i was stoning away..
as usual.

yea.
then prepare for mass..
andre got everyone to go down by the backdoor..
led everyone into the pews in the church getting ready..

yea..
i closed my eyes ok..
i didn’t fall asleep..

.
yea.
ian claimed i fell asleep..
which i didn’t!

so mass started..
then i almost fell asleep..
during homily..
like half the people were too.

but andre’s was the funniest..
didn’t sleep during homily while sitting..
he dozed off while standing!
hahaha!

funny..
‘cos i was behind him..
then for a second he totally relaxed and lost balance..
then he woke up and grabbed onto the pew to rebalance himself..
heh.

then mass over..
was lunch already..
i remember it was good..
i think.
yea..
cannot remember clearly already..
somethings getting messed up inside..

then session..
was.
totally.
boring.
father luke’s session..
and i slept.
yea.
i have mastered the art of sleeping without getting caught.

yea..
1 ½ hours..
i like was awake for like 45 minutes only..
XD

then after that another round of session..
this one was way funnier..

‘cos charlene was to shared on her story on relating to her parents..
was like..
hahahhahahahahaha all the way la..

the way she talk was like..
‘oh my gOD~’
‘yea riGHT!~’
yea.
and the best phrase
‘they keep cutting me into half’
heh..
she like repeat this at least 6 times.
she meant to say
‘they keep cutting my sentence into half’
yea.
won’t share on her story..
just that a tip to relate to your parents is to write a letter to them..
‘cos.. a quote from charlene..
‘they can’t possibly cut you in half if you write a letter to them riGHT~? eh! nonono! cut you off! AhHHH!’
*laughter*
=P

after this fun session was break..
then games!

oh ya..
didn’t mention..
i talked to one of the guys in my group..
and the change was immediate!
he immediately participated in discussions and games
^^

back to games..
it was fun!

total 8 stations..

our frist station was some chopstick game..
and becca was complaining her first game was water game..
then i teased her a bit..
then i turned and saw mine.
flour.
.
dirty game..
got teased and poked back for that..

our station was to pick chopstick our from a wide pail filled with water..
run halfway to the bench..
smear the whole chopstick with flour..
with your mouth!
i played before..
but..
this time as facil..
so need to be more hiong..

yea..
after it has enough flour on it..
as determined by amanda..
have to put it on the table there and arrange them into
What Would Jesus Do – WWJD

yea.
i went first..
then chiong..
then came back..
spit the flour out..

then the others went..
heh.
ian ce and i were being totally lame..
jac-que-lin!
jo-na-than!
ce-ce-lia!
su-um-mer!

haha

then cheer!
cheer not bad..
then ian added the last part..
and made it sound much complete..

oh and.
sorry a bit tired now..
forgot to say day1’s score result was group1 (st. gabriel) in the lead..
with my group no idea to be where.. yea..

yea..
then cheer!
woo!
not bad..
they got cheer too..
ended up winners for this station..
fastest =D

then went on to the next station..
a bit no point station at all..
yea..
shan’t waste letters there then..
skip to station 1 then..

station 1 was straw passing rubber band game..
yea..
use half straw to pass rubber band..
yea..
ok la..
cj use toothpicks pass polo sweets.. and make everyone alternate boy girls stand..

uh huh..
then got tables and chairs to stand on one..
yea..
we were the second fastest group..

first was andre’s group..
‘cos andre with his brain thought of a faster way to transport all the rubber bands..
just drop the rubber band to the person vertically by facing down to the person facing up..
not bad.

yea..
then went over to the hamburger game..
got bread.. got tomato.. got lettuce.. got sasuage.. yea..
michael’s station!

and we won this station..
‘cos i organized everyone to lie down in order like super fast..
then got full points..
then i went to ask for one more bonus point..

‘eh.. michael.. we group st. michael leh.. its your saint leh.. give bonus points leh.. give la..’
then he added one point ^^
so we were the only group to have more points than 10

win 2 stations out of 3 XD

then we went over to hulahoops..
which i found felicia super irritating..
shan’t say..
made us cheer for 4 times..
like. what the freak is your problem sia..
then obviously we lost this station..
don’t care la.

then went over to caterpillar..
heh..
got on super long raffia string..
need to tie one foot of everyone together..
then trace the box and go one round..
then we left right left right walk very slow..
so we brainwave..
we hop!
haha…

then ‘hop! hop! hop! hop!’
i was like ‘tight! tight! oh man! no blood! quick! faster! numb already! doctor~!’
hahaha

then at the ending point..
then tension too high..
the raffia string snapped.
oops
=X

yea..
then ben said we were the second fastest..
but the more creative one.
of course! my group leh!!
XD

then was find me..
photo taking session..
joshua gave the picture of the object..
we had to go and locate it..
then take a group photo there..
good idea.. i like this idea..
give every group the chance to take group photos

heh.
had 2 point minused off for running..
don’t care la!
but i was loving the group spirit at that point already..

took lots of photos..

then was spongebob..
everyone lined up up the ramp into the underground carpark and had to pass a wet sponge up to the bottle to be sqeeze..
ok la..
quite fun..

but it was more fun irritating ivy ^^
then our cheer ian and i used the cones to use as loudspeaker..
ahha..
become super loud =/

then i went to help clean up the carpark area as everyone else gathered in the hall for briefing..
then i felt i was lucky to have the flour game first..
‘cos they reused the water!
the water was like murky already..
ewww…

heh..
then i took the pail to splash water at group1 who were still stuck at cassie’s station..
they were blindfolded..
so couldn’t see who was splashing at them XD

but greg recognized my voice..
and swore to ‘rape’ me at night 0.o
heh.

later games over..
was a time of the biggest confusion and mix up..
the camp commander’s orders were different from the facil ic’s..
so we were all like running about in circles..
not literally..
*circular motion, centripetal force = mass*velocity2/radius*
XD

then was the area praying over by the facils..
ok la..
quite weird ‘cos doing it for the first time..

then i went to bathe after ce and ian came back..
then i took super long..
‘cos no more facils bathing and no more campers left..
heh.

then took my own sweet time eat also..
was hurried by erica =/

then was praying over session..
..
ouch.

facils were supposed to be ‘powerhouses’ to those praying over and those being prayed over..
we did that..
ended up kneeling on the tiled floor and praying for 1 ½ hours.
took us all a while to stand up later..

but i loved the praise and worship session later..
father luke joined in!
like.. !
his voice seriously super good..
like way way way better than any singapore idol or campus superstar by mile and kilometers man!
was very holy holy..
like 75% people were singing..
which was very good..

after that all the groups split up to anywhere else to reflect on anything else and talk rubbish..
heh.
ok la..
quite funny..
at least the guys shared a bit more now..
then got them to sleep..

then facils debrief once again..
short short one..
around 1215am finish..

then was given until 1am by greg (facil ic) to write warm fuzzie..
was quite lame..

i used the markers from ce and becca..
and used the notepad from SJC!
haha!

then at around 115am then we really packed up..
and becca got suaned by amanda..
she ‘what!’ super loud..
haha.
not my fault this time =X

then went to sleep..
i went to sleep amongst the campers there..
‘cos the facils/logs side no more space..

heh..
was told to wake up at 530 to wake them up write warm fuzzies..
broke one lightstick before sleeping..
super bright man!
had to use my slipper to cover it to be not too bright..

yea.
then sleep.

9th june 2008, monday (camp day3)
woke up on time at 530..
then went to wash up first..
let them sleep a bit longer..
came back at around 540..
melissa was doing guard duty..
but she just let me be.. =/

then wake them up..
they see me..
then fell back down and snoozed this human alarm clock..

then quite lame..
i just sat there staring at them sleep.
hehe..
earth invaded heaven!

later greg came to ask me when lights on if i sleptwalk my way into changing and sitting there..
no la..
haha..
the becca said she felt bad letting me just sit there..
then woke up.

after morning prayer was breakfast..
prata!
XD

it was great. fullstop.

then the sugar..
hahahahaha!
there was loads of sugar left..
then cassie and me were like sharing them..
then started to hop about..
came back in from outside..
and started feeding facils with sugar!
XD

then still had sugar left..
then cassie stared at me with the sugar.. claiming it will be a great waste just throwing it away..
i stare at her back while drinking water..
then..
*lightbulb at the same time*
pour the sugar into the water!
heh.
then sugar water.
went back in again..
and shared the sugar water..
haha..
was pronounced to be crazy by campers and facils for drinking that super sweet water..
don’t care XD

it was session again..
well..
not for becca, ce and me..
write warm fuzzies during session!

heh.
and becca ar..
her skills at hiding things very bad..
can see that she’s writing a warm fuzzie for me la.
my name so huge at the top la..
then i was like..
ok..
don’t look.
its supposed to be a surprise..
then yea..
turned away..
she totally didn’t notice la.

then had the funny session..
the first session group 7 actually completed discussing without much problems!

then after sesson..
erica announced the scores..
group 1 (greg’s group, st. grabriel) was still leading..
then was group 5 (andre’s group, st. jude. i think) was second..
then..
group 7..
huh!?
group 7 in third place.
then we all cheer super loud! YAY!!!!

hahah..

after that was clean up..
then as mentioned far far up above about us being a cow..
we changed roles..
heh.
was supposed to collect and rearrange warm fuzzies..
quite easy..

then ce and ian was complaining that my warm fuzzie letter was bursting with warm fuzzies..
haha..
jealous ar!
XD

standard one..
always bursting with stuff in my letter one..
=/

later was the final session..
it was the best session in terms of team participation i can say..

it was accepting challenges..
then we were supposed to build something to protect an egg dropped from 5metres..
with 10 straws and 30cm of tape..
that’s all..
heh.
then our structure super nice..
like spiky spiky one..

heh.
then we named it happy willie!
and drew a smiley face on it..

heh.
then was the drop itself..

1-5 groups all died..
the egg broke and the yoke came out..

oh..
and greg’s group lost 50 points for having to replacing the egg..
‘cos they dropped it while still making the structure thingie..
heh.

then group 6..
didn’t break totally..
just the egg white came out..
so..
was by far the best..
not bad la..

heh..
then i think we got lots of points for teamwork..
heh.

the presentation was good..
intro-ed happy willie to everyone..
then jonathan catwalked with it..
funny..
that’s the transformation..

then dropped our egg..
woo!
just the yoke coming out!
then paul said it was good..
then i pronounced the important factor that made our egg a little better tha group 6’s..
‘it is still smiling!’
XD

yea..
then the other 2 groups also didn’t break until the yoke come out..

after finally everything over..
it was the points announcement and prize presentation..

they first gave the consolation prizes in no order of merit..

then left group 1, 5 and 7 didn’t receive..
heh..
that means we top 3..

haha..
then
‘coming in second runner-up.. group 5!!!’
*cue group 1 and 7 screams*
yea..
my group was like super enthu already..
heh.

then left group 1 and 7 to dual it out..
very very very close.. according to paul..
then he suggested we sort it out by the bombing game..
then i think we interpreted it wrongly..
then we started bombing every other group too..

then..
around 5 minutes of bombing later..
it died at group 8..
yea..
didn’t really solve the problem..

so did our cheer instead..
by far the loudest i heard by group cheer..

paul claimed ‘the two arch-angels causing havoc in heaven’
haha..

then..
‘announcing other winning group for sec2camp.. group 1~!’
*group 1 screams*

not bad..
i liked the part my group applauded group 1..
sportsmanship yea?

heh..
then got our prize..

was a 10 $1 gift voucher for macdonalds..
and a bottle of oreo..
which every other group got as well..
cheapskate.

heh..
then was group photo..
everyone chiong to the stage!

haha..
facils and logs in front..
campers behind..

then chester came to extra..
come and sit in between me and becca.
.

.
yea..
it was quite funny..
the cameras’ timers were like going off at the wrong different times..
so caught some weird actioned photos..
heh.
i didn’t do anything much this time..
much.

yea..
then break camp!
yay!finally!

then..
the thing many guy facils were waiting to do for a long time since friday..
taupok alvin!

lol!
at least 8 people landed on him..
including 3 80kg plus people!
and ian i think had the hardest time..
he was the third guy..
used practically every ounce of army/cj odac muscles to stablise the pile of people..
strong sia..

yea..
zhiyong! ian chen..
your odac senior..
i think he’s batch 8 i think..
not sure..

yea..
then i went home..
‘cos tired..

end of camp and also day 3..
‘cos i went home and crashed..
from 4pm to 2am.. then from 2am to 12 pm again.
heh.

after the camp nothing much happened..
i’ll skip the more personal things that happened in the next 2 weeks..

on to roy’s birthday surprise..

21th june 2008, saturday
roy’s birthday is on the 25th.. but that day he’ll be in school…
so we celebrate for him first..

got the first e-mail on his birthday surprise 3 days before..
and within 3 days.. there was like 50+ replies in e-mail on this thingie la..
e-mail totally flooded..
not that its even 0.5% of the totally amount of e-mail i have though..

heh..
so we all went for session..
i was the props manager..
so had to be there..
all reached at around 320pm..
then found out the doors to the parish centre was locked..
called for help while the few people helped to clean up his van..

the plan was this..
to clean the van till spick and span, and stick post-its all over the windows of the van..
and fill the inside of the van with balloons..

yea..
and it was really really really very very very dirty..
beat the cushions..
can literally see clouds of dust coming off..
ew.

yea..
and the junk inside was like..
a lot..
had like 5 plus lighters..
10 plus empty water bottles..
100+ tea lights..
1kg+ of dust and dirt..
etc.
in summary.
just dirty to the core..

yea..
then they settle downstairs while roy was occupied with the skit acting upstairs..
and the rest of us present just pretend nothing’s happen and just be there to not make roy suspect anything..
everything went just as planned..
then went rene and kim came back..
excute mission birthday surprise!
XD

gene came in looking really really glum..
then called roy over..
then told him..
‘hey.. someone smashed your van.. quick take a look’
then roy was like..
‘no way.. okok.. coming!’

yea..
then the effect was quite funny..
everyone just stared at roy as he left the room..
then i moment the door closes..
we all sprinted towards the backdoor and ran downstairs!

haha..
the sudden movement was cool~

heh.
then
roy came..
saw it and went ‘awwwwww..’

‘happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to roy kheng,
happy birthday to you.’

yay!
then got cake!
yea..
the cake was subway cookies!

heh..
inside a metallic tray..
then light candles and presented to him..
haha..

funny..
then jac was saying in this time should have a pretty girl to kiss him on the cheek to make this surprise prefect..
then..
carol and cassie started arguing on who should give roy a kiss
yea..
then while they were arguing..

‘oh my gawd!’
*claps*
hahaha
justin was like thinking they were slow in deciding..
so he just gave roy a smooch on his cheek..
haha!

yea..
then that’s much..
went back up.. cleared the place up..
and then 136-ed home..

i love 136 man.

yea..
ok..
that’s really about it for the holidays..
now to school reopen..
more recent..
the exam.
H2 exams

23th june 2008, monday
today was econs paper..
i thought it was quite easy..

i lost my firms and economies of scale notes..
had to borrow from ren xian on saturday..
yea..
and also supplement them with cheryl’s j2’s econs tuition notes..

heh.
that tuition notes saved me!
haha.

‘cos in that morning before leaving house i was reading the notes..
and was reading the example essays there..
then it was one about explaining the concepts of PED, XED and YED..
then how airplanes can use them to maximize profits using these concepts..

the exam essay question went like this..
a)explain the concepts of PED, XED and YED
b)explain how creative technology can use that to maximize profits for their mp3 by making use of these elasticity of demand

wow!
that’s a 25 marks question..
and i think i can easily score around 20 marks..
^^

but the question 3..
died..
totally..
i didn’t really study economies of scale..
just look through only..

then question 4 was more difficult..
that’s why i just chose the one i could just crap..

yea..
there was 3 sections..
A, B and C..
A was question 1 and 2, 2 choose 1 to do..
B was question 3 and 4, 2 choose 1 to do..
C was case study.. no choice have to do..

yea..
case study i think i was ok..
so overall should pass..
that i was what i was think after the exam..

yea..
then left with zhiyong and germaine..
..

yea.
i know what you did soo zhi yong.
XD

heh..
then went home msn-ed..
then study math..
nothing much else then

25th june 2008, wednesday
today was math paper and chinese listening comprehension..

math..
i just started studying on monday after econs paper..
totally not prepared..

i completed 4 jc full papers in 13 hours..
not bad..
yea..
from 12pm to 1am straight..
but of course got go toilet, break, eat etc la..

then morning study a bit more..
then went down to school..

everyone was like..
fail already..
fail already..
fail already..

just kept chanting that..
..

yea..
but it turned out to be true..

during the paper i had plenty of time..
why?
‘cos i didn’t know how to do 1/3 of the paper..

and for the 2/3 of the paper..
i didn’t really exactly know how to do 2/3 of it..
so..
screwed la..

gave up halfway..
then stone for a while..
then resumed work..

cannot make it la..
i counted already..
for those i did and if lucky all correct..
plus those i did a bit hoping to save some marks..
i can get 45..
an E grade..
just pass..

yea.
screwed.

everyone was cursing away..

yea..
then after math was chinese listening..
i went to emo/stone at the staffroom tables overlooking the foyer area..
was joined by chris, i-zack and louis..
then went in..

it was ok..
but had quite different answers from raymond..
so i’m not too sure..

after exam ended..
i just picked up my bag..
my phone rang..

it was my maris robotics junior..
called to ask for help..
yea..
i didn’t want to go home..
so went down to maris after ‘lunching’ becca and isabelle..

i totally wow-ed my juniors with the new techniques and training methods la..
taught them.. then left at around 530 for tuition..
i just knew they won’t be able to make it..
too late to chiong..

yea..
then tuition..
from 630pm all the way to 11pm..
really really late..

yea..
that’s much of it..
then sleep..

26th june 2008, thursday
chinese paper..
i was pretty confident going into the exam hall..
heh.

wrote probably one of the most touching stories i will ever write..
true story..
well not all of it..
at least 80% of it is..

yea..
then halfway through the 3 hours paper they gave out the paper 2..

it was like..
hard.
serious.
it seems easy..
but its obvious there’s tricks hidden inside la..
not sure if i got tricked or not..
took me quite sometime to sort things out in my brain..

yea..
then there was this guy’s handphone alarm clock continuously going off..
then every 10minutes ring..
like..
what the freak man..

super irritating..
made me lose my train of thoughts like 2 or 3 times la..

ok..
then after the paper went for tuition again..
physics..

yea..
then my niece, nephew and their mother just took off from taiwan for singapore..
..

yea..
didn’t care first la..
physics more important..

the tuition all the way until 9+ 10..
then went home..

they brought roti prata for me..
and i studied and ate prata..

my niece and nephew keep coming into the room to stare at me study..
..
ok la..
they didn’t disturb me..
so..

i slept outside.
like..
why on earth am i camping in my own house!?

27th june 2008, friday
physics paper..
last paper to freedom!
no.
correction..
last paper to torture..
by my niece and nephew..

the paper was ok..
i thought i could ace it..
i really thought..
it seemed easy..

i didn’t encounter any problems except on the question on oscillation and gravitation..
and oscillation was just i forgot the formula to find acceleration..
dy/dx-ed the velocity formula to find and find it.
but somehow did it wrongly..

yea.
so just value wrong the graph and everything else seemed fine..

and the mcq questions didn’t make sense!
like..
the options contradict each other!

find the incorrect answer
a)b will have a bigger amplitude than a and c
b)a, b and c have a same frequency
c)comfirm wrong.. no need type..
d)a will have the highest frequency

ok..
just looking at it like this..
b and d contradict each other don’t they?
like only one can be correct..
but there’s no way b will have the high amplitude too!
its in the middle of a and c and oscillating together..
so..
there’s two answers?

i asked mr tay..
he just shugged him shoulders and went..
i dunno, i dunno, heh heh..
..
thanks man.
very helpful indeed.

yea..
after the paper i complained to mr rajoo..
yea..

then actually wanted to lunch with becca one..
‘cos she will be having chem spa from 12 to 1..
then my mother told me we are going out with our relatives to shop..
..
and i waited for 45 minutes for them at the porch!

like.
what the freak man!
i could have already finished lunching!
.

but it was ok in the end..
i was rewarded with a very very pleasing sight at parkway parade carpark in the end..

just when my mother turned right to exit..
we saw..

at least 3 blocks of houses in a space of 15m..

3 lamborghinis!!!
oh my gawd man!!
super nice!!black! white! and orange sports car!

then we got of the car and took pictures!
XD
shall post the picture up later too
=/

other than that nothing much already..

yea..

1st july 2008, tuesday
monday was a marking day..
then tuesday..

got back 2 results..
geog and physics mcq..

geog..
out of the whole class..
only 45% passed..
but our class had 2 distinctions..

mr low said this is the first time in many years for someone to get an A.. not to mention a total so 8 As in one shot..

michelle and syam got the As..
syam scored 34.5/50..
michelle..
was simply scary..
39.5/50!
that’s like 79/100 la!

heh..
i thought i failed..
but my beloved earthquake questions saved me ^^
26/50..
a D..
but not bad already..
already in the 60+% percentile of the H1 geog students cohort already..
heh..
my classmates..
simply did..
badly.

but (another) justin was totally hilarious..
claiming he lost of question.. that’s why he got 13/50 only..
haha..

then physics..
..
i thought i did well la..
in the end.. fail mcq physics..
14/30..
what the freak man.

got no more other results after that..

2nd july 2008,wednesday
got back our full physics paper..
my paper 2..
i seriously thought i did very well..
like..
what the freak man.
here wrong there wrong everywhere wrong wrong.

but in the end still was good enough to pull my score up to a D grade..
51/100..
while there were only 3 people who scored more than 50..
have like 4 or 5 Es
have like another 4 or 5 subpasses..
the rest U..

heh.
justin..
once again..
‘oh man.. sir!(mr rajoo) i flunk this exam sia.. i got tuition one.. i actually genius one ok.. see my mcq.. highest!(18/30) just my paper 2 kill me only..’
‘oh really? genius ar?’
‘ya! you wait and see ar.. 10 years from now.. you will also teach this.. Justin’s First Law..’
*class erupts into laughter*
ahahahah!

then later he got suaned by mr rajoo..
‘hey guys. seriously.. skill b for physics spa is free marks.. you can easily scored 8/8 for it.. the biggest morons in this world can go it.. *pauses* so.. justin.. no problem for you right?’
‘what the hell man sir.. suan sia..’
haha!

my class rocks!

4th july 2008,friday
today was my a level chinese oral exam..
i totally didn’t read up or study or anything..
i was just banking on my wits to get past the oral..

yea..
went down to the tdc at 2pm..
went in..
and i was rather nervous..
so nervous that i was like super high in the waiting room..

like..
talking rubbish..
talking in stitch voice..
playing scissors paper stone..
playing with michelle’s long hair..
trying to bend as far over as michelle..
shaking hands with chris and cel..
totally getting cranked up by chris’s weird shaped tongue whenever he sticks it out..
and planning how to pass signals on the difficulty of the oral..

everyone go in all die die die face..
come out is.. i’m dead face..
yea..
so we all inside nervous..
then my turn first..
i was supposed to walk in and out making signals..
using specs..
if i clean specs = hard..
if relaxed = easy..
yea..

i went in relaxed..
came out super relaxed..
and was like skipping my way out la..
can see my classmates laughing inside..
yea..
easy.

XD

ok..
that’s more or less the nicer updates for this past month..

have fun..
shall find time to post again soon..

oh ya.. and zhi yong..
anabel’s from my class.. and i’m from t24.. not t23..

ok..
word count..
world record already sia..
52 pages on microsoft word..
wow.
9,828 words..
that’s almost a times 2 of my previous record man..
beat this!
=X

oh ya..
my deskop finally crashed itself to death..
so i’m now only can use computer whenever my sister’s not using her laptop..
so..
gunbound’s going to have to wait till desktop’s fixed!
XD

BYE!~