let the nostalgia begin, bear with me:

what was once divided was made whole 4years ago,
now the bond has released its hold,
and what was once divided has become divided once more.

POP today, as well as stepping down from prefects. well, its not like i really care about the prefects thing or whatever since i let it all go last year. haha. its POP that really struck me deep.

4years... or rather closer to three, those are the years ive spent in ncc. and oh how the time has flown, ive passed through the different stages and now im out. i once heard that sometimes this sort of thing feels like waking up from a 4 year dream, but what im feeling now is that all the fun and excitement has left me, and im falling asleep again.

PARTA 2004
just joined catholic high, to be perfectly honest, i believed i was suckered into it by my cousin colin. haha. evill. i was feeling kinda lost and i didnt know what cca to join. i believe it was thanks to BURST and senior jonathan that i took up ncc land. at that point of time i guess i just wanted to join a UG cos i wanted to be an OAL like senior jonathan. besides, CHIOR kicked me out. HAHA. okay, the rest of partA was rather interesting, sort of a wake-up call as i was introduced to life in ncc. i believe the toughest part was the frequent PTs with sir alson, man those were tough days. every inch of my body was aching and sore by the end of trainings. mind you, those were the days where trainings were on saturdays and there was sooooo much time for PT. anyway, i believe the best part of the year was in the annual camp in june, where i got to know people like senior felix ong and others.

PARTB 2005
the year began with camp FEAST. i wont say that its the best camp ive been too, honestly, nowhere near the best. BUT it did allow me to go through things like rapelling that i didnt try before, was interesting when i was frightened half to death by the height. haha. anyway, wasnt long till POP came for senior jeremy's batch stepped down. yeah with that, i kinda got a new role model in ... err... haha. i'll give credit yeah? YES- i took senior felix ong as a role model to try and achieve my goal of being asm. look how it worked out. heh. anyway, it was at the end of this year that we travelled to perak by coach and did the whitewater rafting FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NCC HISTORY. haha. went with FTP but didnt really talk to them since we had like 30 people there. i guess the funniest thing that happened was when we went into the rest stop toilet and water flew out over the top of a toilet cubicle and drenched senior clement. yeah, good times, training was just: " ATTEND-TRAIN-GO HOME". it was all simple and straightforward, nothing to worry about.

PARTC 2006
hoho. the year it ALL changed. ever since the beginning of the year, the excitement of taking over was all around. everyone was like looking forward to it and worrying about posts. i still remember the tension and the pressure that was on us to perform week in and week out. enroute to taking over, i remember the famous lines of senior hadi: "EH. yall are taking over soon, if you show me this sort of standard, i think we should just let the partBs take over instead". planning for POP sure was a drag, finally having to work directly with sir yong, and him aiming for perfection in all the procedures. it wasnt easy, but WE DID IT. after POP, it was the road an extremely busy road all the way, many many activities.

MOUNT OPHIR
yeah, my first time climbing an actual mountain. i believe i didnt get much from this trip although it was truly an experience to be savoured. all the memories i have of this trip come from the shirt i bought. nothing special.

SPECIALIST COURSE P2 06
whats there to say, we missed the most interesting part of the course because we went for SYFOC training. it really was so annoying that we had to go back to amoy quee camp for the remainder of the course after the day's training. i dont think there really was anything new to learn from the course itself. i spent much of the time making new friends from other schools i guess. yeah.

NATIONAL CAMP 06
what can i say. DELTA FORCE! haha. or rather the lame and disgusting powerpuff girls. okay, i found out that SISPEC bunks are unbelievably clean and the beds are nicer than the bed i have at home- KING COIL. ahh. being in a group led by the girl guides, everything was so slack, yeah- EVERYTHING. did ya know they told us to gather at 630 and THEY woke up at 645? WOKE UP. haha. although it seemed like the many activities were very fun, they were all basically very fundamental. i learned how to give basic first aid and do CPR okay... HAH. *wink* i gotta admit, interacting with all the people from different UGs, and even people from different nations was fun. i'll never forget those friends from shanghai and india.

SENIOR SPECIALIST COURSE
eeyer, only 2 days. wheres the fun in that. we didnt get to learn ANYTHING. all we did was teach mutuals for the whole afternoon. BORING. okay, i guess thats kinda the things they want to teach us. the only things i really regret is not putting in effort to try and win some award, and of course, not learning and drills for the pacestick.

OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL (SINGAPORE)
WAHAHA. okay, i feel really guilty about this one. i chose to go for this instead of Camp Pinnacle. hahaha, deprived some other unlucky soul of the chance to enjoy themselves. this had to be the greatest camp ever. enjoyed just about everything about it. although we were all counting down the days till returning to mainland singapore, it really was a heartwrenching moment to leave when we were waiting for the ferry.

i just have gotta say this: LIVINGSTONE IS THE BEST EVERRRRR.

raihana
siti
sophia
CL
yihao
bryan
halim
twenyo
yixuan
nailatul
jianyu
poh chiew
JACKIE

PARTD 2007
ever since the beginning of the year, it was all about counting down to POP. i mean, this is THE YEAR. and my results are seriously nowhere up to scratch. i need to really work at it. the trainings we had were more or less focused on preparing the partCs for the taking over. well, thats all behind me now.

tell yall what, i really FELT it when sir yong shook my hand and said:" thank you for your contribution." well, i hope he meant it. besides, HE SMILED. its the first time ive seen him do that in some ncc event, TO US.

well, farewell and good luck to the rest of yall. lead well and bring chs ncc to greater heights okay?


screw the ranks and screw the awards. the dont mean anything. all that matter are the memories and the times we spent together.

ONE.
yes its just ONE more day away. its hard to imagine, but just a mere 24 hours from now, my 4 years in NCC will be over. i'll be having POP tommorow and damn it feels wierd.

yeah, i know ive been telling everyone who would listen that im really looking forward to POP and ending my NCC to concentrate on my studies for this crucial year. BUT, now that its so close, im kinda wondering what its gonna be like- life without NCC. for one, im sure its gonna be a drag, no more trainings on fridays, no more drilling the platoons, no more hanging out with the partDs as a whole group. yeah, its gonna be wierd. i guess what im trying to say is that life is sure gonna be empty without NCC to spice it up.

WEDNESDAY 280307

i headed down to beach road after school to get some supplies for POP. looking around the place, i realise how frequently ive visited that area in the past 4 years. firstly as a sec1 recruit buying extra stuff, and now as a sec4 preparing for POP. damn the years have flown by. yuan and i were discussing how the times have passed so fast in NCC together and hahaha, i think we were all getting too nostalgic.

ahh. shant spill everything out about my feelings towards my NCC life tonight. i'll save that for tommorow.


just think about it, the next time i'll be here posting... i'd have joined the ranks of the seniors who have gone before me in and out of the most wonderful NCC unit- CHS NCC LAND. wish me luck.

oh my, i received some unsettling news today. and i dont know how to react: continue being indifferent? or perhaps show concern? ahhh... i dont know and im just so confused.

ARGH..

urgh.. ive really lost my voice. its completely gone!

ah well, i guess thats what i get for leading in cheers for sports night. haha.

to all those who asked why i was suddenly so enthu for joseph: hmm, not really sure. perhaps i feel that i just want to do my bit since its our last year here. i mean- wouldnt it be great if the last thing i did for the house was to help them win the ever-elusive cheers award?

i wonder if we won? haha. i feel this year we stand a rather good chance. okay.

dinner was fun, eating at j8 with a whole different gang. haha. we made such a ruckus there 'freezing' the place. oh btw: big "THANKS" to Leo and Poon for applying so much paint on my body and hair. i had such a "FUN" time washing it off last night.

haii. after the slacking of the previous week, i guess that im gonna have to go back to my studies already. haiiii, boring you know? anyway, theres not much for me to look forward to already, apart from this weeks POP and the upcoming CHMA and CSS where ill be going to support Nick and Wilson. woohoo.

hmmm. let the boredom begin loorrr. DAMN.


ps: ms chow, remember your promise to help us get the collared-drifit JOSEPH shirts OKAY!

BOOM DYNAMITE.

wow, ive posted quite a few times rather recently. amazing that i still find the time to. eek- slacking. anyway, today was fun, JOSEPH cheer preparation for tommorow's Sports Night. JOSEPH CHEERERS ROCK! the spirit that was missing in previous years is here in our batch and WE ARE GOING TO OWN. hahaha. okay, too high. the entire preparation was damned nonsensical, went from cheering to singing pop songs and well... other crap.

moral of story: cheering makes you high and crazy. btw- disturbing teachers is fun.

credits to:
Leo (house captain),
Joshua Goh (crazy scout SPL),
Gabriel Goh (loony CSM),
Collin Tang (headprefect),
Poon (lame softballer),
Wye Keat (modern dancer),
Nick Kang (future campus superstar)

morning- wake up, go study at national library,
afternoon- lunch, buying stuff
evening- visit granny, watch tv
night- soccer, sleep

THERE- ALL DONE.

okay, actually theres so much more to it. allow me to zoom in on the details

morning-
starting from around 2, i was chatting online with random people, being lame as usual. haha. then finally went to sleep around 5.

i kinda DRAGGED myself out of bed to go study- guess i shouldnt have slept so late huh. =) although i rushed the best that i could, i was late, sorry and hope i didnt keep you waiting for long. =/ yeah, was so sleepy while studying but was fighting not to yawn too much, kinda rude huh. well its the first time ive actually studied so much geography at one shot, i mean, 46 pages JUST on population? AHHHHH. haha, and please im not smart, its just that prelims have just ended thats why i can remember how to do the maths questions. yeah, anyway, did about 2-3 hours of geography before SOMEONE got so hungry that i could hear her stomach growling. hahaha.

afternoon-
lunched at pasta mania, YUM. i havent eaten there since.... quite awhile ago? haha. errr, i kinda got too clever for my own good, said that the 'spicy chicken' wasnt spicy enough and then added extra tobasco sauce. SPICY. and to think that the supposedly nice person with me was sadistically grinning away while watching me eat the SPICY 'spicy chicken'.

after that, went shopping for birthday gifts. i needed to buy for JUNLONG-LIYUAN-MY DAD. haha. so many right? yeah, expensive. yeah, i ended up only buying for junlong and my dad. liyuan shall have to wait i guess.

for junlong: i got..... HAHAHA, im not saying, dont want to ruin the gift. hope he likes it! didnt really know what to buy.

for my dad: hoho. i think for once, ive got the perfect present for him. yessss. yup, i got some ratehr high tech wireless mouse with some kind of high tech mousepad which apparently can charge the mouse or something? and its so perfect cos he's getting a new notebook soon and i bet he wont enjoy using the touchpad. haha. yayyyyyy.

then went down to the supermarket to look for some stuff. and something so extremely funny happened at the cashier, but unfortunately i promised not to talk about it. so, anyone reading will just have to be satisfied that you're missing out on something so really funny. HAHAHA. TOO BAD.

yeah, thats kinda most of the interesting stuff that happened today. not bad i would say: considering that my life is usually so boring and dull.

YOU brighten up my day. yayy!

darn im sleepy. ive slept from 3-6 for everyday this week, even went kayaking today. but since some dear little precious woke me up with an sms, i shall just blog about my day.

okay. well, to start things off, FRIDAY WAS GOOD.
well its kinda the only day i dont have to return to school for extra lessons.

Monday-Thursday (chem lesson/chinese lessons/oral/listening compre)
jonathan and wye keat are telling me that i shouldnt have dropped hmt cos the papers are similar in standard to chinese. HUH. damn, and im not faring THAT badly? crap. nvm. okay, the extra chinese lessons from monday to thursday we rather useful i guess, highlighted some of the mistakes that i would be SURE to make during exams. chinese oral on tuesday was ... urgh... ohwell, i know that im not fluent in chinese, and they still make me take oral.

BIG THANKS to the teachers who put in the effort to go back for lessons.

Friday
had arranged to meet up with jonathan, xuanyi and kevin to go kayaking. supposedly we were supposed to be all ready by 8 at Bishan, but KEVIN had to stop by at Newton before Bishan to meet up with his "PARENTS' to take "SOMETHING".

okay, im gonna stop here to apologise to the guys: i didnt know that the bus ride was so long, the last time i went to changi village was via Sengkang, not Bishan. opps, paiseh for wasting so much time.

anyway, we got there and did the procedures. woohoo, i renewed my membership for 3years! im gonna be the watersports kid when i get the time. haha, tanned to a blackie laa. okay, i feel that i really need to take to at least 2star kayaking in june, any volunteers to accompany me?

kayaking was fun: i was asking jonathan what he had to do in the 2star course, then he was demonstrating some stunt and capsized! hahaha. i was sitting there in the water like some lunatic laughing at him. then did T-rescue. WOOHOO- one man okay, first time. yayy me. but i took so long that this lifeguard from the seasports club came to take a look in case we were in trouble. haha. he told us to stay away from the jetty cos the TIDAL STREAM was strong and could pull us under. after he left, jonathan turned to me and shouted: diee! got TIGER SHRIMP in the water! can catch?

HAHAHAHA.

err well we got kinda bored of kayaking after awhile so we beached the kayaks and were playing around in the water near the beach. jonathan and xuanyi developed some kind of 'gay-ship' position while floating in the water. HEH. sounds damn wrong but it was just floating while supporting one another?

it wasnt long before 'IT' happened. haha- kevin got hungry! he was asking us to get out of the water to go eat. AND we would have but xuanyi's specs chose that time to take a swim. tsk- i was feeling around in the water with my feet for the specs then i found something hard, so i reached into the water, and pulled out... ... A BLOODY CRAB. scared the hell out of me, big one somemore. anyway, we didnt find xuanyi's specs and so...

RIP
xuanyi's specs
sleepin with the fishes

err, even lunch was.. yummilicious? hahaha. well we agreed on subway so yeah. very very very nice, and i was so full after the meal because i ate the foot long plus the drink. woohoo. its not that easy to make me really full you know, my fatness absorbs the food like nobody's business.

OH OH OH. we took the 59 to toa payoh from there to support wilson for his "SUPERSTAR" audition but got there just as he finished. HE GOT IN! yayyyy. THREE CHEERS FOR WILSON! heh, we were 'celebrating' with him at macs when this staff member came to us and asked him: 'umm, my friend over there would like to know your name.' then those 2 girls acutally wrote their names, emails, and hp numbers on a napkin and gave it to wilson! hahaha. electricity shoots out of him that way i guess. rock on!

oh, btw, Nick Kang is having his audition on sunday night! would anyone like to go down there to provide moral support? GET IN! yeah. yall all rock, nice singing!

yupps. and i arrived home at 5 and ive been sleeping till.. now? haha. im sleepy, shall sleep in tmr. yayy, no school for once, no plans to do anything till 4. plenty of sleep! cheers.

ahhh. im finally back here after the prelims. firstly let me just clarify:

PRELIMS ARE HORRIBLE

not only are they a serious source of stress and depression, they screwed up my life. now, after the prelims, my daily lifestyle has become totally out of sync.

i wake up at 0530

i eat breakfast/lunch at 9-ish 10-ish during the break between papers.

i arrive home at about 1, and TRY to revise.

i end up sleeping till 1900 cos i havent gotten enough sleep in the night.

because of my name, im awake till 0300 studying.

THEN, i wake up at 0530 the next day

now, isnt that just a drag.

Friday 090307

final paper, Amaths. the paper in general wasnt that bad. there were just this few questions that were rather tough (to me). and well, i think i really need work on my differentiation and integration of exponential functions. *gulp* stayed over at iggy's house. andrew was especially hyper and vulgar. and wth, hes only sec 3. rascist bugger somemore.

Saturday 100307

soccer at ccab. haii, dont even want to talk about how we kept losing to those NSmen.

I will never let you fall

I'll stand up with you forever

I'll be there for you through it all

Even if saving you sends me to heaven

yes yes. i know i said id leave this blog alone until after my prelims...

haiii. i just get this really really bad feeling about these prelims. i dont know why but i get the feeling that im gonna screw it up or smth. must be cos ive not been studying enough. DAMN.

all these feelings are suddenly coming to me on the eve of the prelims. whyyyy. and to think -someone- wants me to do well. howw...

stepping stones to my doom:
020307- English
050307- Chinese/ Physics
060307- Social Studies
070307- Geog(Elec)/ Amaths P1
080307- Chemistry/ History(Pure)
090307- Amaths P2

EEEYER. stress stress stress. haii, theres no way im making it through this. okay, im just gonna go in and try my best. feel so ill-prepared though. *gulp*

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