Wednesday, November 29, 2006

The fun continues...(Inti)

18/Nov/06

Look at the clock!!!It was just 645!!

"Why am i awake??"

I was rather sleepy when I woke up early in the morning.Insufficient sleep should not be a problem for a nocturnal like me,but the tiredness was too great to withstand today.

Our room in Inti was noisy and the noise was buzzing as if it had never stopped for the whole day.(Perhaps it really didn't,XD)

As clock continued to tick,we started to get ready for the activities today.Bath,brush teeth,clean up and rearrange the whole lecturer room so that it is readily to be used for people to listen lectures in Inti.

Leaving the room and we went to have our breakfast.It was the same old routine again,getting food and drink then distribute it.Nevertheless it is delicious9I mean the drink) but what?Soya bean again??=.=

Today was merely just about outdoor activities.Morning we had three then afternoon we had some too.As usual,we were given our own activity based on our group.For mine,we went to an activity that requires us to climb up walls.Not one,but two.One was shorter while the other was taller.Though i forget the name for this activity already but i do have to say this activity really shows the importance of teamwork and faith.

Now,here is the climbing can be done.If you think this can be done with a solo effort,go ahead.What you get in return is just pain and frustration.The wall cant be climbed individually,trust your teammates.The climbing is where teamwork comes in,it is where faith among friends meets.

First,relax and stand straightly.The one who is going to sit on the top of the wall has to do
trust their teammates.Stand straightly and other lads will lift tht person up n up..At the same time,there must be someone standing right behind the person who is about to be lifted.Just to in case if he falls,there is someone standing behind him and hold him.=)Of course,it was not easy but we managed to do it.Not just one,but both walls.

Next ,we continued our activity on the field.It was a challenge that requires all of our teammates to stand on two planks and we have to get that bottle of water which was placed on the field.In between the planks we stood on and the water,there were another two more planks.All together there are four planks.We were asked to move from the the position we stood ans pass through the third planks,reach the last plank and get the water back.The rules are we can not fall from the planks,not even any single part of our body touches the field(neither hands nor legs) and get the bottle of water.How many teammates that we want to get them move over to the other side of planks,it is up to us.Our team was the second team to do it,knowing that the previous team had succeeded in getting that bottle of water-we told ourselves to give our best.It was not as easy as we had expected,one team was given three chances.As in no falling down from the planks more than three times and use the two piece of After three times,you lose the challenge.We got caught just the beginning of the challenge.Two chances were squandered and gone.Then,we started to ensure our concentration and awareness were at the optimum level.It was our last chance and we managed to move to the third planks.We sent a few lads who are lighter in weight and small in size as we thought size and weight may just be the factors affecting the chances to get over to next plank.But,it was not.We failed on our last attempt after alex and our fellow teammates had moved over to the third planks and the planks fell onto the field while he tried to move to the final planks.When the challenge ended,we did not just walk away.In fact,the sir incharged of this challenge told us what we have to do in order to pass and reach the last plank.By using the theory of fulcrum,the one who moves to the other side must use his legs to step on the plank,not by using his hands.People have failed many attempts because they tend to use hands instead of legs.

The lessons I learnt from this are we have to think and look at something from different aspects and not just screw yourself to what you think it is correct.Besides that,a failure is always a learning.if after we fail,we learn nothing then we are just useless.Failure is not end of the world.In fact,it trains us mentally and gives us experience.Do not fear to fail,failling is not the end.

After that,it was about moving tyres from the starting point to the ending point.From the strating point,we get five tyres.For instant,t1,t2,t3,t4 and t5.Move it from starting point to the middle and to the ending point.There are all three places for us to place the tyres.All five tyres must be moved to the ending point.The rules are we can move a tyre each time.No more than 1 tyre is allowed to move across the field at the same time and the number which is bigger can not be placed on top of a tyre which has a smaller number.For instant,t2 can not be placed on top of t1,t3 can not be placed on t2 and so now...it was not easy either because to win this challenge,we had to be the fastest team to finish moving all the tyres to final point.Well,we did it.We discuss off the field and when we were ready,we went for it.Our first attempt was good.As there was still time left after our attempt,we did it for the second time.With the experience we gained during our first try,we did even better for the second one.The time we used to finish the whole challenge was even shorter.

Then,it was lunch time.At that time,many were tired but i reckon that everyone's enjoying.Enjoying every single second we had together in Inti..

At last,we went for the final part of outdoor activities.The first one,each team is seperated into two groups.One will have to manage the kettle,and the other one will be controlling the tray which has six cups on it.People who managed the kettle were not allowed to use their hands to hold the kettle.Each person was tied to the kettle using a rod(tied to our body).We were required to control the kettle without using our hands,carry water using the kettle and move all the way to the tray.Then,pour the water into the cups on it.After that,teammates who were controlling the tray will have to pour the water into the pail given.Team who had collected the biggest amount of water will win this challenge.This was a fun challenge.Though my team did not get anythng out of this challenge,but I really enjoyed it.Especially the satisfaction we got from it when we saw everyone was trying to do the best for the team's sake.

The last outdoor activity we had was rather a long one.Long and tough one.Each team made a circle on the field.Eveyone was supposed to hold our friends' hands on our left and right side except two girls.Both of them were supposed to stand in the middle and play their roles.if a team's circle breaks or anyone in it lets go of their friends' hands,that team will be considered as out of the challenge.Our first task was just to move around the field and take the gold,silver and bronze medals on it.It was the task of the two girls to collect the medals as we moved around the field in circle.These so-called "medals" will be used to swap for waterbombs.

1 Gold=1 big waterbomb,1 Silver=1 medium waterbomb and 1 Bronze=2 small waterbombs.

It was so difficult to move when we first started.However,we did get quite a big sum of silver medals compared to others but group 1 got the most bronze medals.Somehow,group 1's acquisition of waterbombs were rather balanced among three kinds of it.We knew we had the less waterbombs compared to the other two groups and we had to make up our minds how to play.Tactically,we had to be absolutely spot on if we were to win this thrilling encounter.

Now,it was about throwing waterbombs.Everyone covered the two girls in the middle while they did the catapult of waterbombs.That means,no one is not allowed to throw waterbombs except that two girls standing in the middle.But could help to carry waterbombs if we wantThree groups all on the field and each group had our own station-as in where we placed our waterbombs.Playing defensive tactics-we moved all the way out of the range of the other two groups,trying to make them to face other first before we could just enter the "war" when they almost finish their waterbombs.This game is about protecting the two girls in the circle from being hit by the waterbombs thrown by others.It was not a fiery challenge as all of us knew it was our last play in Inti for this camp.No one would like to let them group down by making silly mistakes.Everyone was cautious and tried to ensure the girls in the circle not to get hit by waterbombs.There was not much throwing until the lecturer took part in it,He knew our group was trying to move away from group3 to avoid getting hit by them,Delibrately,he took some waterbombs and wanted to throw to the middle of our circle.As he was doing this,he wanted to force us move all the way back to the battle with the other groups.He did it,though not totally succeeded in it,But there were more and more and waterbombs thrown out after his doing....Everyone was wet and enjoyed.As Edmund declared times out,everyone on the field stunned a few seconds.Then,it was just bonkers!!Water was splashed to the field,friends were chasing among themselves,seizing their buddy and gave them a pail of water from the top of their head.....It went on and on until we heard the chim again.Finally,its coming to an end.We were told to clean ourselves up and proceed to lecturer room after that.

In the room,we were given the chance to see all the photos of ourselves which were taken by others.The photos were merely potraying how well we did in Inti,how much we had enjoyed and what we had done in Inti.The winner of this camp was anoounced and it was group 1.Celebrations began and everyone congratulated group1.Deep in our heart,we knew we could easily be the champions today due to our performance on Friday.But,this is how a team works.Glory or gloom-we share together,no one should be blamed and no one should be proud huat because he had done something individually for the team.A team with great teamwork and no segregation is the winner.We did that,so we were the champions too.I am sure everyone understands this.Deep in our heart,we are the best.Not just because we did our best,but we blended ourselves into the team,as a unit...

We went home after that.Me,Pee Terh,Soon Aun and Zhi Huang went home with the car of Soon Aun's mum.It was raining.But nothing could extinguish the flare of joys of ours.In fact,the rain just liven up everything and somehow ignited the passion of us in everything.Making us to be prepared for our journey in life.It is time to continue our path....after the enjoyment we had..

Saturday, November 18, 2006

My last day in Form 4

17/Nov/06

I woke up earlier today as I had to prepare myself for the leadership camp I was about to go.I packed my things and went to school much earlier than usual.When I reached school,it was very noisy.However,when I look into my classroom,many were absent.

I spent my whole morning crapping with all of my friends in 4SA4.Sitting in the 5API classroom(a classroom we had to use for almost half-a-year just for the sake of my monitors-Han Tung&Vernon=.=).Then,as I walked along the corridor to library,I started to recall back the years in CLHS(I am leaving next year??=.=) and got myself all the way back to Jan06.

It was never quite the same today as I can really feel I love and will miss this class very much.The feeling of this just came without any signal and I have to say all the moments I had with all of my friends here were just irreplaceable.

Later,we had Pj periods.My friends were all busy with their cameras and we took tonnes of pictures with Kai Zheong and Min Chun.Today was fun,seeing Soon Aun wearing uniform and played football with us=.=(I know it is not the first time he played football in school uniform)Then it was recess and monitors got 22 bottles of PoP for us with the money left in our class fund.

After that,I went up to A1 and Soon Aun asked me to take photos for him.I was taking the photographs for them-students and teachers of 4SA1 as a whole and at that moment I just cant figure out why some of our classmates just don't want to come to school and have a snap with us in the last day of school....Truly disappointed not to have a picture of all 4SA4's students.After all,it was a nice and cherishable year...Anyway,the headamaster has a walk up to 4SA1 n he was staring at me when i took photos for them(I did something wrong is it?XDXD)

At about 1045,me and Soon Aun had a free ride back to his house by sitting in the car of Yew Lee's mum.Then he went to cut his hair and abandoned me alone at his house.Sobx,sobz.
When he was back,we played PES5 and Zhi Huang arrived.He was so "chatty" that he kept talking non-stop=.=(is it because I din't see him for a long time that he changed that much...)
Then the pig came.When he arrived,pig n Zhi Huang were talking non-stop as if they were debating(zzzz,you should go ask them..The jokes they cracked were so..hmm...UNIQUE-I will make sure both of them don't read my this post if not I am going to be a piece of dead meat)

Then,we started our journey to Inti.Me,Zhi Huang n pig crammed into auntie's car.Along the journey,I was the listener(almost the whole journey).When we reached there,we came out with our own motto-hao xi zai hou tou.And when we walked into the room,the pig still said what ba de-zhong xiao ren ai,xin yi he ping.=.=,and what our team members consists of Zhi Huang,Soon Aun,Pee Terh,John and me and he even said what John was given a warning letter.......swt

Then we were divided into 3 groups.When I entered the lecturer room,there was a guy setting up laptop and projector.He was wearing a cap and I was thinking"Hmm,maybe hes just helping others for this camp by means of preparations,"

But then later,he started to talk to us on the presentation.I was quite surprise,I never expect he is going to be one of our camp's "teacher".=.=
As we were being divided,I got into a group that has Theam Hee,Alex,Soon Aun,Wei Song,Kai Chia and etc...Few minutes were given to us for introducing ourselves to our team members.After having a vague idea on all of my team members' name(of course not those from Chung Ling,those name I would never forgetXD),we got to choose either to be pink,blue or yellow team.At first,our team and Yew Lee's team both were going after blue color.So,our sir-Edmund asked us to play a game.A group has to take either the role of a warrior,lion or a beautiful lady.

Here's the rules:
Warrior can slay the lion
Lion will kill the lady(beauty is not a facotr here,XD)
Lady is driving the warrior crazy and it can get the warrior kneels in front of her with her beauty

Warrior>Lion>Beautiful Lady
A team has to choose 1 role and the team that manages to pick the killer of another team will win,considering the fact that they get their whole team doing the posture of the character they pick.
Pick one of them and every team memeber has to post as either warrior,lion or lady.
We took lady and posted but Group 3 certainly got the better of ours..They took lion,posted and walked away with the blur flag.Our first test in inti ended as we prepare what's our logo,motto,slogan and the name of our team.

After discussing among ourselves,we came out with team name as Royal.Motto is Roar,Theam Hee and me thought of the slogan as Reign Of A Roar(ROAR).And then with the cheering as
"Royal!Royal!Roar!Roar!Roar!
Roar for glory!
Roar for more! "

Lolx,the last part I thought of itXD

Then,we started off our first activities in Inti.It was about water bomb.2 groups face each other.1 team member will serve,as in throwing the water bomb over to the other side of the net.At the same time,16 memebers of each side will be divided into 4 groups.Each group has 4 people.Four people will be holding the edges of a piece of cloth.And when the water bomb is thrown over the net,the opponent will have to get the ball using that piece of cloth(no hands allowed) and avoid it from falling on the floor.Our team started well with the 1st game.We won it by 15-0 as Soon Aun began our first serve and others continued.The second match against group 3 was a thriller.There was no easy task for both sides as the score tied from mark to mark.We were leading by 14-12 at first but our opponent never give up.

It was raining and the wind was no doubt in a fury.It was so strong that it started to give us problem of holding our cloth tightly.It was never easy,we did our best.Tried to defend every single ball that was thrown over but the results was not what we wanted and hoped.We ended up losing 14-16.When i walked past my teammates,i can see disappointment in their face.Though they never say it out,but I knew....I knew that as a team..We don't discourage our friends by lashing out at one another.It is all about lifting our own spirit and continue to fight back.That was wat i thought of when we walked back to the canteen.

Oh yeah,a nice scene.When we finished our water bomb match,Edmund threw those water bombs that were left after our activities.It was a scene of water splashing all over the field and we were like escaping as armageddon occurs.

Next,we had our dinner.
In this camp,I had learnt that in a group of people-there must be people who are willing to do,serve or sacrifice for the group.There must be someone stands out,leads and says"Ok,I'll handle this," "I'll do it,""Come,pass it to me,"

After having our dinner in the canteen,we continued our activities in inti.It was all about thinking and figuring out what we want,deep in our heart core.What Edmund told us was all about something calls solo drop.Solo drop is all about being dropped into a jungle or somewhere there's no peole and away from all the disturbance in the world.The people that is placed into a jungle will be in total darkness.And the aim of doing so is to force someone to think,think of what he has in his mind that he wants it.By doing so,you will force the feeling out of someone.He may cry,laugh and feel angry....

Weh had a total silence(global silence,@.@) in 5 minutes.Everyone was not allowed to speak,we were given the order to walk on the field in inti and see what we feel.Well,friends..If you were to try this,make sure no one will interrupt you when you do so.It's true,you will think of many things..Things that you have never really thought of or things that you wanted so much...

After 5 minutes,we gathered and sat on the floor.Everyone was given a candle and that was the time we were given the opportunity to talk and express what we want.It all started with Soon Aun.After he had said,i took over and talked.Then it continued,on and on....Even sir also told us much about his own story...Well,I guess everyone has their own story and difficulties.Isn't it?

It was tiring throughout the day..Not just physically,mentally we were tired as well.After the long and unsettled candle talk,we went back to the place we were given to sleep(3 lecturer rooms).Some went to bath straightaway,some were taking a rest in the room,some were eating supper but the whole bunch of my friends together with me were still talking to sir.Asking questions and getting the feedbacks as if there was no time limit.Question after question was asked and sir took them one by one,hoping to clear our doubts as much as possible.We knew that people that walked past kept looking at us(maybe they were thinking"why so troublesome,so late already still don't want to sleep,"),but still we never care because we know..Its better to seize the chance to clear the doubts in our mind.

As the clock ticked over 12,sir bade goodbye to us.Then,it was merely just madness.No 1 could sleep except a few people.Me,Soon Aun and some other lads were roaming from room to room.You can hear people jeering,joking and talking to their friends or mixing around with new friends.Hmm,and playing pokars also started as dawn approached.

AND ONE THING,I CANT SLEEP NOT I DID NOT WANT TO SLEEP.It was because two of my friends were haunting me whenever I went,one was Alex and the other was the uncle,Theam Hee.When I sat down and wanted to sleep,Alex would roll over and "talk" to me.Yeah right,talk!!!!!And Theam Hee wanted me to be his bolster.=.=

Well,at least after those stalking and chasing among friends,all of us did have a bit of time to sleep.Though I know some really did not sleep.

I know and remember the day ended when I lied on my bed with my thinking started to run again....

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

The year of Form 4

When people are discussing about form 4,the first thing that comes to their mind will be-Honeymoon year!
Well,it is not exactly that.
When I first entered form 4,the atmosphere in class was rather stern and everyone was like...
"Ok,since no one speaks I shall just shut up too!"
Just like all the years I had in CLHS,the first two weeks we were totally well-mannered=.=
As in,we didn't speak much to each other-just followed what teachers asked us to do and finished our homework in time,perhaps those were the only days which you can find peace in our class.

The changes:
Teachers will be teaching in front and all eyes will be on her.[Jan 2006-all the time from the 1st period until the last period]
Teachers will be teaching in front and all eyes will be either taking a rest,moving around in the class,taking the scene of our field,looking at the drawer,paying attention to mathematics or addmaths(most common especially during some periods,XD) and etc...[Feb-Nov 2006,what a change huh?]



Thats the year of mine in Form 4,a class that spent more time in 5API rather than our own class...=.="

The beginning

Everything has a start,a start that develops into either a success or a failure.
Today,I took my initiative to start and write blogs.
Would I stop halfway,I wouldn't know.
What I know is that I would love to write on my friends,the moments we share together,the incidents happen in life and stil about you,my friends....
Just enjoy the process without considering the ending,whether it's a good end or not..I shall not think of it...