Quiet is the New Loud
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Saturday, March 20, 2004
Hi-5 ppl!!!
gosh. tired. aching. speechless. feeling good though. the highfive selection camp was sorta challenging but i must say it is damn freaking GREAT.. had so much fun, made so many new friends and learnt so many new things..
met at V-hub @ toapayoh on thurs.. dat was when the 'journey' started.. split into diff grps and chatted among ourselves.. my grp had woochiao, dilpreet, rebecca, belinda, chongming, and facil tiffany. one wonderful team of ppl man.. wc was like really making us go thinking when he gave us short games and stuff which really made us more relaxed and comfortable.. we went off and took a bus to NACLI (sumwhere @ buona vista).
arrived the place, and god. it was a hillside resort, a chalet, but doesn't look like a camping ground. we had lunch at the dining room which was airconditioned and looked like a restaurant, and then briefing. den went to our rooms in new grps.. the rm key was like a hotel rm key. the rm was like a hotel rm. nice beds with sheets, dressing table with mirrors and those small water boilers, side tables with side wall lights, cupboards with lights dat auto on when u opened the door, shower place with toilet-seat and standing bath area, windows with nice wooden blinds, and most importantly- aircondition for the whole rm!!!
den went to the 'hall of aspirations' or hoa for short where we played icebreakers and split into the NACLI grps. my NACLI grp majority were from the V-hub grp: wc, rebecca, janet, lcm, karen, kaihan.. we formed 'hikaru' which practically means light in jap. made our grp shiled which was a lightbulb and the filament forming the word 'light'. the motto was 'ignite the light within'..
from there we went to the bball court and played some games like the moon-ball, shoe factory, key punch.. fun totally. especially since there are alot of learning points.
lunch was like great and after dat we went on doing other games. there was this water activity. got freaking wet when we had to fill a barrel with many holes. our grp like ended u with the shortest water lvl but ended up with the most ppl wet throroughly. lol but it was fun. there was also the team challenge pit where we had to swing across the water and land on a small area and den fit every hifiver. cool. after dat went to eat dinner and den dry ourselves in the rm.
went back to hoa and had this.. erm memory lapse. dun rmb. as long did sumting b4 we were called out for the night scavenger hunt. this was one of the most mentally and physically challenging activity for the day. it was like diff ppl had diff disabilities: either mute, blind or lame (which unfortunately i was =| ). ok den. some of the others even had double disablities which was much worst. only belinda was free as she was the leader. yeap the objective was like to collect diff clues and transport everyone. yar and if like anyone broke the rule there would be like additional disabilities added. blehx. must complete within timeframe of 1hr. okay den, spent quite some time on discussing how to transport everyone. we started to move like by either piggybacking, carrying, walking.. woochiao piggybacked me [thnx alot. i damn heavy. he was mute.] so we did not complete in time or found any clues. the facils were giving them to us coz we always overshot it sumting. the facils had the stern black-face look so really stressed us. we stopped even before completing and went for debrief. everyone was tired. could see from their faces...
went back to the rm. took a bath and slept all the way to the next morn.
woke up around 645.. had to be at the bball court at 730. so we went there and played this warm-up game, body-parts. exceeded the time so yar.. had to be punished the next day. went for breakfast. afterwards went to the multi-purpose hall which was again airconditioned! in our NACLI grps we embarked on the 'tower or babel' operation. had to build like this 10m high sturcture which could sit all the team members, be carried and thrown to the ground still intact and shooked.
planned and designed our banner/flag and the structure design. had no idea wad materials we were goin to be given but soon found out. we had to like play diff games and accumulate points and then purchase the materials.
played the diff games. it was fun, like the tricky hopscotch, team skipping, mega memory blah blah.. ended up with only 20 points while we wanted 30. so had to merge with another grp, the 'chindians' (kavi, gwen, waishu, keith, haikel, ryan, lijuan, kiansiong).
had teabreak while we built the tower but it was so unstable!!! the top of the structure was like gonna fall off anytime but it didn't. one gd ting was dat it fit all 15 members. but the instructors skipped the drop test and shake test.
we went for lunch and afterwards went to hoa for final debrief. the NACLI instructors gave out souveniers- paper clips. they went off and we were allowed to go prepare for our talentime with the V-hub grp. our grp merged with another grp (xuanqi, janet, haikel, leonard, waishu, keith) and we performed american idol. damn funny. wc was paula 'gay'- the sarcastic judge; janet was simon cowell- the goodie judge; dil was randy. we had diff 'talented' singers: s.h.e (xuanqi, belinda, rebecca), ultrasounder (chongming), machine gun (keith), perfectionist [the real talent] (leonard), and of course the bimbo sisters (me and waishu).
we went for the bbq dinner [we had chicken wings, hotdog, corn, stingray] which was cool. took turns to cook and den everyone came out and talked about scandals of diff sch and stuff. den went back to hoa for the talentime. the other grps were totally great. ours was entertaining. acted so bimboitic and really made hairs stand on ends. the rehearsals were definitely better. well the facils also put up a dance which was cool esp when they did the funny acts and faces at diff times. when it ended the hoa turned into a disco rm. many ppl went for supper and disappeared. i went back to dance and there was this crazy grp there dancing the night.... UNTIL..
one by one ppl were called out to go to the cave lodge for an interview. i was called out when the dancing ended and the diff facils were there at the rm. asked qns dat put us in a spot. and when it was over, we had to go back to our rms and not come out. whoax.
i was the first person from my rm to be called. took a bath and kiansiong came back followed by leonard. chongming came over to our rm coz he did not bring his card key and no one was inside. talked about 'prospective partners for camp' and we swore not to tell anyone. but chongming sort of like *hint hint* to weiyi when he came back. me and leonard slept while chongming talked about christanity and faith. it was around 2 plus den.
we woke up late the next morn. it was so bright and i like took less then a min to change and brush my teeth. went to the bball court and did a jog. den did our punishment- 110 squats. the facils was kind enuf to let us off and we went for breakfast. went to hoa and had grp photo early coz kavi had to leave. we were told the results for talentime [every grp got sumting. ours was like most entertaining or sumting?] also had the last debrief for the camp. den each of us were given certs and had to find the diff ppl and say one pro and con about dat person. the president of the alumni, wanjing, came and she like briefed us on the hi5 projects and stuff like tapestry and an upcoming musical, which a few of us are interested in but have yet to sign up.
den like all of a sudden the camp was officially declared over. some of us still stayed around and went to get souveniers. i got a NACLI white shirt. a bunch of us den left the place and squeezed onto the bus dat brought us away from NACLI.........
we took mrt from buona vista and den some of us alighted at raffles place.. the rest were like so blur and took the train to cityhall. called them to hop on the next mrt but they took the mrt that we purposely skipped. haix. so by the time we reached toapayoh some of them had left. haix. bummer. so the remaining of us went for lunch (me, kaihan, keith, chongming, gwen). talked for a while before we really split ways.
i was on 159 heading home and took out the testimonial which my V-hub grp wrote for one another during the last breakfast of the camp. felt so.. ermx. hahax. i arrived home, unpacked, took a bath and slept all the way till around dinner.
my hmwk is not completed yet. gonna die when sch starts tmr!!!
*[i miss camp! ( -.-)`]
met at V-hub @ toapayoh on thurs.. dat was when the 'journey' started.. split into diff grps and chatted among ourselves.. my grp had woochiao, dilpreet, rebecca, belinda, chongming, and facil tiffany. one wonderful team of ppl man.. wc was like really making us go thinking when he gave us short games and stuff which really made us more relaxed and comfortable.. we went off and took a bus to NACLI (sumwhere @ buona vista).
arrived the place, and god. it was a hillside resort, a chalet, but doesn't look like a camping ground. we had lunch at the dining room which was airconditioned and looked like a restaurant, and then briefing. den went to our rooms in new grps.. the rm key was like a hotel rm key. the rm was like a hotel rm. nice beds with sheets, dressing table with mirrors and those small water boilers, side tables with side wall lights, cupboards with lights dat auto on when u opened the door, shower place with toilet-seat and standing bath area, windows with nice wooden blinds, and most importantly- aircondition for the whole rm!!!
den went to the 'hall of aspirations' or hoa for short where we played icebreakers and split into the NACLI grps. my NACLI grp majority were from the V-hub grp: wc, rebecca, janet, lcm, karen, kaihan.. we formed 'hikaru' which practically means light in jap. made our grp shiled which was a lightbulb and the filament forming the word 'light'. the motto was 'ignite the light within'..
from there we went to the bball court and played some games like the moon-ball, shoe factory, key punch.. fun totally. especially since there are alot of learning points.
lunch was like great and after dat we went on doing other games. there was this water activity. got freaking wet when we had to fill a barrel with many holes. our grp like ended u with the shortest water lvl but ended up with the most ppl wet throroughly. lol but it was fun. there was also the team challenge pit where we had to swing across the water and land on a small area and den fit every hifiver. cool. after dat went to eat dinner and den dry ourselves in the rm.
went back to hoa and had this.. erm memory lapse. dun rmb. as long did sumting b4 we were called out for the night scavenger hunt. this was one of the most mentally and physically challenging activity for the day. it was like diff ppl had diff disabilities: either mute, blind or lame (which unfortunately i was =| ). ok den. some of the others even had double disablities which was much worst. only belinda was free as she was the leader. yeap the objective was like to collect diff clues and transport everyone. yar and if like anyone broke the rule there would be like additional disabilities added. blehx. must complete within timeframe of 1hr. okay den, spent quite some time on discussing how to transport everyone. we started to move like by either piggybacking, carrying, walking.. woochiao piggybacked me [thnx alot. i damn heavy. he was mute.] so we did not complete in time or found any clues. the facils were giving them to us coz we always overshot it sumting. the facils had the stern black-face look so really stressed us. we stopped even before completing and went for debrief. everyone was tired. could see from their faces...
went back to the rm. took a bath and slept all the way to the next morn.
woke up around 645.. had to be at the bball court at 730. so we went there and played this warm-up game, body-parts. exceeded the time so yar.. had to be punished the next day. went for breakfast. afterwards went to the multi-purpose hall which was again airconditioned! in our NACLI grps we embarked on the 'tower or babel' operation. had to build like this 10m high sturcture which could sit all the team members, be carried and thrown to the ground still intact and shooked.
planned and designed our banner/flag and the structure design. had no idea wad materials we were goin to be given but soon found out. we had to like play diff games and accumulate points and then purchase the materials.
played the diff games. it was fun, like the tricky hopscotch, team skipping, mega memory blah blah.. ended up with only 20 points while we wanted 30. so had to merge with another grp, the 'chindians' (kavi, gwen, waishu, keith, haikel, ryan, lijuan, kiansiong).
had teabreak while we built the tower but it was so unstable!!! the top of the structure was like gonna fall off anytime but it didn't. one gd ting was dat it fit all 15 members. but the instructors skipped the drop test and shake test.
we went for lunch and afterwards went to hoa for final debrief. the NACLI instructors gave out souveniers- paper clips. they went off and we were allowed to go prepare for our talentime with the V-hub grp. our grp merged with another grp (xuanqi, janet, haikel, leonard, waishu, keith) and we performed american idol. damn funny. wc was paula 'gay'- the sarcastic judge; janet was simon cowell- the goodie judge; dil was randy. we had diff 'talented' singers: s.h.e (xuanqi, belinda, rebecca), ultrasounder (chongming), machine gun (keith), perfectionist [the real talent] (leonard), and of course the bimbo sisters (me and waishu).
we went for the bbq dinner [we had chicken wings, hotdog, corn, stingray] which was cool. took turns to cook and den everyone came out and talked about scandals of diff sch and stuff. den went back to hoa for the talentime. the other grps were totally great. ours was entertaining. acted so bimboitic and really made hairs stand on ends. the rehearsals were definitely better. well the facils also put up a dance which was cool esp when they did the funny acts and faces at diff times. when it ended the hoa turned into a disco rm. many ppl went for supper and disappeared. i went back to dance and there was this crazy grp there dancing the night.... UNTIL..
one by one ppl were called out to go to the cave lodge for an interview. i was called out when the dancing ended and the diff facils were there at the rm. asked qns dat put us in a spot. and when it was over, we had to go back to our rms and not come out. whoax.
i was the first person from my rm to be called. took a bath and kiansiong came back followed by leonard. chongming came over to our rm coz he did not bring his card key and no one was inside. talked about 'prospective partners for camp' and we swore not to tell anyone. but chongming sort of like *hint hint* to weiyi when he came back. me and leonard slept while chongming talked about christanity and faith. it was around 2 plus den.
we woke up late the next morn. it was so bright and i like took less then a min to change and brush my teeth. went to the bball court and did a jog. den did our punishment- 110 squats. the facils was kind enuf to let us off and we went for breakfast. went to hoa and had grp photo early coz kavi had to leave. we were told the results for talentime [every grp got sumting. ours was like most entertaining or sumting?] also had the last debrief for the camp. den each of us were given certs and had to find the diff ppl and say one pro and con about dat person. the president of the alumni, wanjing, came and she like briefed us on the hi5 projects and stuff like tapestry and an upcoming musical, which a few of us are interested in but have yet to sign up.
den like all of a sudden the camp was officially declared over. some of us still stayed around and went to get souveniers. i got a NACLI white shirt. a bunch of us den left the place and squeezed onto the bus dat brought us away from NACLI.........
we took mrt from buona vista and den some of us alighted at raffles place.. the rest were like so blur and took the train to cityhall. called them to hop on the next mrt but they took the mrt that we purposely skipped. haix. so by the time we reached toapayoh some of them had left. haix. bummer. so the remaining of us went for lunch (me, kaihan, keith, chongming, gwen). talked for a while before we really split ways.
i was on 159 heading home and took out the testimonial which my V-hub grp wrote for one another during the last breakfast of the camp. felt so.. ermx. hahax. i arrived home, unpacked, took a bath and slept all the way till around dinner.
my hmwk is not completed yet. gonna die when sch starts tmr!!!
*[i miss camp! ( -.-)`]