school was all right today. i had my leadership and team building (LTB) module this morning. it was surprisingly not as boring as i thought it would be. i've already blogged all about my first LTB lesson on the class journal, so i won't elaborate further. 

anyway lesson ended at 11 45, but today was a long day for me. had tuition after that till 4 plus, rushed home and rushed out again for movie. watched license to wed. it's pretty good; very funny! the fake babies were hideous though :s now i'm feeling tired..and, and...sad. sigh.

ok, i'm off to bed, goodnite.

cai bo x2

popiah x2

rojak x2

long zhong jia x2

jia si mi?

douya.

jia si mi?

DOUYA.

YAMMM...douya.

woohoo! that's our extremely original and creative group 97 cheer for FTB run 4! haha. there were a total of 30 teams if i'm not wrong, and the teams were further divided into 5 sections of 6 teams. groups 97 to 102 belonged to the SPARTAN section (: 

okay, so here's how the cheer came about. apparently the movie 300 has spartans in it (i didn't catch that movie), and 300 is pronounced as douya in Burmese (we found that out from our international friend from Myanmar!) yup, so that's how we came to be known as DOUYA. and since douya means bean sprouts in mandarin, our ever-so random kai ling linked this to cai bo. we then began adding on to the list with more singapore hawker fare. haha, not easy right? must link link link to get to how our cheer came about. oh, and the last part is actually the best part of the cheer! cos u know normally people will say yam seng? so it's supposed to be quite anti-climax, like YAM super loudly and hold it there for a few counts (with our arms in the air to imitate clanging of glasses) before we put our arms down and say softly but in unison, douya. must sound gentle and sexy some more, haha. 

haha, i know all this sounds rather stoopid, but when were we at camp it was really fun! and it was great that we had great unity as a team and strong team spirit. we also had lots of integrity and perseverance! in keith's words - (we had) "nothing but integrity". BUT, we didn't have nothing! initially we were honestly quite bad at planning prior to the actual execution of the activity. our plans more often than not, backfired, much to our dismay. we didn't give up though! we kept spurring each other on. especially with people like kai ling and yvonne who had the amazing ability to self-high and self-amuse, the spirit of our team was kept up! we proceeded to getting better at planning and working as a team, and soon enough, we began to perform (quite well i must say) for certain activities (:

 i felt especially proud of our raft! it was seriously the most sturdy and well-made raft i've ever seen. credit goes to all the ex-scouts/guides/npcc people in our group. the raft was out in the sea for 30mins, with the sea waves constantly crashing against it, but it did not show any sign of giving way at all! yay! sad to say though that it was us who faltered during the paddling, and that's why we didn't manage to reach the finishing line. but i'm really glad that we exhibited the same never-say-die spirit characteristic of our group! we paddled for a full 30mins. we were really determined and set on reaching the ending mark, but eventually it was time that gave up on us. yes, we ran out of time, cos we had to move on to the next activity, which was the campfire. even though we didn't manage to reach the finishing line, the most important thing was that we didn't give up on ourselves! we persevered and gave it our all :D so for that, i really want to applaud everyone (: DOUYA all the way! 

save the best for the last. and that's exactly what we did! we worked hard and fast during the final challenge, and we came in first for the spartan section (if the use of power cards are negated)!! woohoo! i couldn't believe it man. but well, we did it, and we were all over the moon :D

a lot was packed into 3 short days of camp. it was tiring but definitely a fruitful experience. too many things went on so i cannot possibly cram everything into one entry (or maybe i can, just that i'm too lazy to, ha), so i'll just say that i hope that the friends i made at camp are friends to keep - at least some out of the group of 14 of us, to be realistic, and i'm truly thankful for having such a wonderful team - we have a very good mix of different people and talents and a very encouraging and supportive faci, si hui! way to go DOUYA!!

my group was quite nice. we played lots of lame games on the 1st day - "bang bang who died", "fuzzy wuzzy" etc type of games, haha, but it was pretty fun. it was a pity though that my group didn't get to go for fright night :( all the way to changi for nothing. apparently the police turned up at the old changi hospital (where the fright night was supposed to be held) because we were trespassing on private property. we had amazing race on the 2nd day. my group was super slack, we just walked the whole way. but that also gave us more opportunity to interact and more with one another, so no complaints there. anyway one of the girls in our group had an injured knee so she couldn't run. we had to accommodate her if not she would've had to exclude herself from the race. actually it wasn't much of an accommodation la haha, cos there were some of us who preferred more of a leisurely stroll than running around.

bondue camp is only the first of my three camps so far, so i've 2 more to go! this week, thursday (national day) will be the start of FTB. next week will be SMUX camp. it think SMUX camp will be fun! but i suspect it will be the most exhausting of the three. judging from the packing list, the camps will be very obs-like. oh, i found out that vicki's in my group! so that's good news :) at least someone whom i know - not personally - but at least i know who she is and she knows who i am. and well, we both know shiyan. 

anyway today my sis and i went cycling together! after such a long loong time. haha, the two bikes we have were in quite bad shape - the tyres were flat, the chain on one of the bicycles came lose, and the metal was rusty. well, we finally got the tyres pumped and the chain realigned properly after much procrastination (about 2 to 3 years!?). nothing much could be done to the metal parts which are still spotted with reddish-brown rust though. haha, but still, i'm really proud of what we achieved today! (: but there are some things we have to purchase for the bikes. things like bells, baskets and reflectors so that we can cycle safely at night. it was pretty annoying having to stop frequently due to pedestrians who were walking at a leisurely pace (and i mean leisurely) when we were riding on the pavements. we didn't have bells to alert the pedestrians as we rode behind them. i tried calling out "excuse me excuse me" but trust me, it doesn't work :/

my dad will be on leave starting next week, for 2 weeks (if i'm not wrong)! so my mum has entrusted me with the task of planning some family outing(s) :/ it's nice that she trusts me, but organising is like 麻烦. have to get my bro to agree to go out la. anyway i came up with some suggestions: play badminton, cycle/rollerblade at east coast, or go kbox haha (neva go before as a family! it'll be quite amusing i think).