C-A-M-P

Had anyone of attending camps that is so life changing and indescribable?  Personally, I always dread to go for camps because of the packing that has to be done and the unlimited amount of tiredness that I will feel. Nonetheless, even with so many excuses not to go for the camp, I will still go, somehow. Well, during my two weeks’ worth of study break, I attended Camp Renaissance and GEnRe Camp.

Camp Renaissance is basically a 4D3N camp for leaders of RP to meet up and network as well as share our IG managing skills with one another. I was team under ‘A3’ by Pira (some hairy Indian from student council) - this, I believe was a turn of events for me.

First day of the camp, we had to come out with a group name. As usual, ice has to be broken so we were generally ‘cold’. We came out with lots of names such as AIDS, ACE, A3 and some unicorn thingy- and somehow it didn’t work out. Our cheer wasn’t ready too. Anyways to move on, we went to Palau Ubin to stay for 1D1N. So we had to pitch a few tents, cook outdoors and then land navigate ourselves around.  In my mind I was thinking, who I am going to tent with? I haven’t got to know guys from the team, except Syukri. And then guess what? The more happening guys decided to sleep together; hence, I was in the less happening tent. Sigh! But still, our first night as a group was fun because we talked through the night and then I was gazing the stars with Pira! Not forgetting all the ghost stories shared by each and every one. Second day was when we navigated almost around Pulau Ubin up and down. To add onto our misery, it rained. It was rather uncomfortable and I don’t feel like participating anymore. Why? Try trekking for 7 hours straight with rain and you will know what I meant. Of course the other days were workshops and more workshops we had to go through but somehow, our team got more bonded together. And we really started talking and all. I was quite happy then. My mini group even did a Salsa dance! Cool huh?

ME. PIRA (INDIAN 1)

NARU (INDIAN 2). PEARLYN. LARISSA. RACHEAL. SYRUKRI. PIRA (INDIAN 1) MARSHALL. ZHI CAI (VEGGIE). WILLIE. RACHEAL. KAIREN (KAIKAI) ME.

During the trekking....

Naru is the only friend that took all my racist jokes. So...what do you call half a papaya?

Pearlyn is very friendly and definitely knows what she is doing.

Larissa is damn fierce! But it is really fun to have her around.

Racheal is can be depended when needed.

Syrukri is the same; weird as ever~

Pira? No comments. He is damn funny, please!

Marshall is a born comedian.

Zhi Cai time keeper can already.

Willie is super hyper noisy- sometimes.

Racheal is quite quiet but has her thoughts too I think.

KaiRen is always recharging battery!

SEXY GUYS FROM A TEAM EH?

ME. VEGGIE. KAIKAI. MARSHALL. PEARLYN. LARISSA. JOYCE. PIRA. RACHEAL. WILLIE. SYRUKRI.

ME. KAIKAI. VEGGIE. <3

Anyways, through this camp, I realized the importance of having a voice to direct and lead a team. Not to mention the fact that we should always be open to ideas and not to judge on someone too quickly. On top of that, I realized we must always use different kind of leadership style and different timings so that we can get things moving. Lastly which is the most important one, is that actions speak louder than words. One can talk a lot but if he or she does not do the things, then it is just bullshit.

On the side note, I was thinking whether I should have taken the President's role. Oh well... it was rather reflective for me because I didn't like things was done. Nonetheless, live with it.

                          Anyways, I love ACESOME <3!

Next, I planned GEnRe Camp! It was messy here and there being my first time planning for a actual camp. Yes, there is a lot of things that needs to be taken care of and I admit it, I wasn;t as easy as I think. But the experience was needed.

GEnRE STICKER!

JAMES. ME. JOEL. RUDY. ERICK. IRENE. SHARON.
*BUYING PROPS FOR THE CAMP*

GEnRe T SHIRT~

BALLOON WITH ALL OF OUR SIGNATURE~

TEAM AZ~

We sure did lots of crazy things for GEnRe camp. I am not sure if they are really bonded as an IG but something I guarantee is that they all had fun! Hope this can continue. Stay with GEnRe, k?

Now that my holidays are over, its exams! Gosh, back to doing reflections. quiz and evaluation. Oh well study hard everyone! Next up will be church camp- looking forward to it!

Till then! :)

FRESH START~

It's been awhile since I update this blog; because I am really busy. Everything seems to want me to give in more and more commitment- be it church, school or work. Wondering if I am missing out on life without personal time. Hmmmm...

Anyways, GEnRe's concert is finally over! All the intensive practicing paid off! I am also quite happy to see my friends come down and support me on that night despite your busy schedule- I REALLY APPRECIATE IT! Ohhh, and thanks for the gifts girls! It really caught me by surprise; honest truth, I feel touched. You know who you are right! :) Love you all! <3 

We also meet to go K-BOX and Pool to sort of celebrate. Really had fun with them even though we are not that close. Hahahahahaha, I have a confession to make. I cannot sing. I cannot pool. But, so what?

ME.

ME. IRENE.

KAI LING. ME.

ME. WENDY.

ERICK. ME.

IRENE. KAI LING.

We should do this more often friends! :)

Well, school also have been quite fun. New classmates~ At first, none of us want to go lunch together because all wants to meet other friends. So much for telling myself to give others a chance to make friends with me. Now, being week 5, everyone's ice is now breaking. The class has less of those awkward silence and it is more lively now. Guess the debating in one of the modules did bond us together more. Nonetheless, the facilitators this semester are really strict and demanding. So difficult to get 'A' & 'B', not to mention me getting more and more lazy. Anyways, so glad to be in the same class as Terence (my primary school friend) even after 'knowing' each other since primary school. Hmmm, MissJive is also in my class- she quite gentle and easy to get along with.  Still got a group of them also plays Audition; so I re-downloaded it and play with them. My skills a bit rusty. I also got to know Chia Ming- Terence's friend. He like to eat ALOT sia, keep jio me go eat LOL. Hope we can do crazy things together as a class soon.

MY FIRST 'BIG' EVENT: BLUE PRINT EVENT!

Yups, hope everything will go on well.

 Till then~

GET MOVING!

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Hello! It has been so long since I updated this blog. Yups, although is holidays, I am actually quite busy with a number of things here and there. On the brighter note, you might want to term me as 'enthu-student'- because I am still going to school every week although it is holidays! I am not sure if it is a good or bad thing though, travelling cost to Woodlands is no joke, so expensive.

Anyways, holidays have been fulfilling too. I was rather inspired by the Japanese when I attend the Tama Guitar Ensemble concert. My mind was going 'Gosh! What are their fingers made of?' because their skills in expressing the different scores blew me away, no joke! Not to mention that they actually memorize the repertoire of the entire performances. It was really breath-taking! Well, I really hope GEnRe too, one day will be of a certain standard too. And then, here come the preparations for the up-coming concert. The poster is finally approved by Li Wern!! I am so happy because I was rejected a few times in the face. Oh well, it's part of learning. There is still the SLA fiesta and welcome tea to work on, EDWARD YOU CAN DO IT! Jiayous! :)

GEnReans also when for night cycling together! This is the fast time I actually planned an event for GEnRe. Seriously, it was very tiring!! We cycled from ECP to Changi Village and back again. And on the way, we played some games and got to bond- and I had some of them to do the forfeit of dancing, which will be used in the up-coming GEnRe Annual Camp (which I will be planning with my committees too!). In Changi Village, we ate supper. And the adventurous me tried the strawberry, chocolate and bom prata- which was a deadly combo for sugar rush! While cycling back, we sang a few songs to keep ourselves awake and also make it fast enough to catch the 'sun-rise'. Thanks God it didn't rain and nothing really happen. I also hope everyone enjoyed it. 

Other than that, was camp! I am involve in the FOP 2012, so I have to attend a few camps to get myself ready for the freshies who are enrolled to RP SOH. Although, I seriously thought that as a photographer, I need not attend those camps. Be I am still glad that I got a chance to help out here and there and also meet new awesome friends! 

Well I have also got my Year 1 overall results. It was slightly disappointing to have my GPA dropped. Nonetheless, I thank God for my results! Also, my class roster is out too! Sigh, I am classed with people I don't really know again. This means I have to go through the process of making friends again! Sigh...but hey, the system managed to put me together with Terence, my primary school track-and-field friend, hope things will go well and smooth! :)

Till then! :)

LAST TIME.

Last time when I was young, I used to be the leader of my neighbourhood. I still remember I had Timothy, Valerie, Felicia, Nigel, Santos, Belven, Esther, my maid, Esther's maid, Annicia and not forgetting my brother and sister. We always do stupid things together- play gameboy together, play badminton together, eat together, play in the rain together, swimming together and many many things together. Now that we have all grown up, we hardly talk now. I kind of missed those times when our days was so carefree without anything to worry about. I suddenly remember the first time we tried to organise birthday party for Annicia despite her working! It was a bit awkward because we managed to do so with the help of Aunty Julie (the mama-shop aunty). How much things have changed huh? The playground we use to play in is now being renovated into some fitness corner for the elderly. Nonetheless, although we do not really talk, but when we do come together, we really still have the 'feel' of those time, just like today! I went to watch movie with Annicia and Belven.

Yup! Our favorite hang out place! :)

ANNICIA!

THE BILL .__.

WE ALL HAD SNAPPLE!

CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS?!

CURRY RICE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY MAYONNAISE -.-

TAKOYAKI!

ME. BELVEN.

EBI SHRIMPS.

WE ALSO WENT TO WATCH THIS MEANS WAR!
VERY NICE AND FUNNY MOVIE.

Finally, we headed to Belven's house and there was Junior!!

SPOT THE JUNIOR CONTEST!

HE IS DAMN CUTE!! :)))

Had a great time with them!

Friends always <3

KNOWING MYSELF.

I am finally back from the 3D2N leadership camp: CREATE! This camp was quite life changing for me because I learnt a lot of things from- communications skills, marketing skills and management skills. Not forgetting the many friends I from with other IGs (Salsa, Wushu and Magic especially) under TRCC. It is also through this camp that I am found motivation to want to lead GEnRe again.

'It is not where you go, it is who you go with.' Does that sound familiar? For this camp, I have got Hidayat who is my President, Irene who is the Vice-President and finally XingMing the Logistics. Sigh, talk about trying to blend, I thought GEnRe failed badly- maybe because none of us wanted to go in the first place. But, honestly speaking, I also didn't want to go at first too; untill I realized so much can be done for my IG. Maybe because I am more proactive and willing to socialise?

With that aside, Zaini is truly inspiring and he really makes sense of what he says, now I really respect him. Just as he have said: 'The group is only as strong as the weakest person.' This really did knock some sense to me because I realised how different I am from the rest of the committee member. It makes me feel so odd-one-out. Honestly speaking, if I am the problem then I will vote myself out because I see no point in the effort of one compared to the effort of many. Because 'the quality of success often depends on how well the relationship of the team is'. With all this in mind, I found motivation to change too, but at the same time, I am not sure if the rest got that 'motivation' to change. Oh well...

I was told by Irene that I tend to over-run Hidayat's position to lead. So I am now more caution of what I am doing so as to make sure I do 'take-over' his role. But on the other hand, if I do not do anything, nothing moves- no discussion, no meeting and everything will still be the same- we all do individual work, which is no point! 'To listen to others have to say, you first have to listen to what they did not say.' I am saying so many things, but how much of it what inside of them?

To make things worst, I got angry with Irene over small matters; which I thought was childish of me. I send her an SMS to apologize after knowing that her tweets are most likely to be directly towards me. If that is what is actually felt, maybe I am really the problem.

Anyways, I still did enjoy my camp!!! :) Thank God for the chance to meet so many people; who is fun and interesting. More importantly, we all share this passion for art- regardless of what IG we are in.

It always feel good to know that there is more people you can depend on sometimes...

I was really glad to know that GEnRe is not 'alone', with that in mind, will it be 'alone' still in the end?

UN-MENTIONED

Ever felt like that there is so much you want to do but at the same time, so little things you can accomplish due to many various reasons? The reasons may vary from circumstances, chances, time or even tiredness? Well, this is how exactly I am feeling right now; I want to do so many things but somehow things just do not end up how I imagined them to be. Probably because it is the holidays, that’s why I am feeling this way (having too many things on the ‘to-do-list’). This might just be one of those many excuses I use to comfort myself.

Fact is- I do feel sad, angry and maybe slight disappointment.

One the reasons might be because TianWen left KRR! I have no idea why I felt this sadness within myself when I know he is leaving and going back to China. He was really an eye-sore to me when I first knew him because he was really fierce and he bullies me all the time! But, gradually, we got to know each other and he treated me better then. Although, with the help of Reiko’s birthday, we managed to help him spend his last night in Singapore at SPICE, I still felt this sadness within me. Great World City’s KRR also wrote a card to him expressing all the gratitude and wishes. He actually cried upon us giving him the card- I knew he didn’t want to go back too. But, he couldn’t help it too, because his extension of the work permit is rejected. There is so much I want to do, but yet circumstances weren’t on my side.

FIRST AND LAST NEO-PRINT
BRYAN. TIANWEN. REIKO. JOLLIBEE. CYNTHIA. IRENE. ME.

TianWen wanted to take this! Although nothing was said out loud, I knew that he wanted to keep this as a parting gift. I always belief that a picture is the best representation of your memories- it captures that one moment of your life which other people may interpret different, and yet, means another thing to you.

ME. TIANWEN.

''在新加坡快要四年的生活终于结束了，从以前爱发脾气的单纯变成现在有点成熟的大男孩，因为你门的存在改变了我的性格，很高兴认识你们，这辈子永远不会忘记你们，谢谢~有些话不知道用什么语言来表达我此时的心情—只是留恋，想起以前，想起现在，想起我们欢声笑语。我仿佛从来没有这么高兴过，虽然工作很累，但我已经把它当成了我前进路上的起点。相识是缘，说的一点都没有错。谢谢你们的宽容与支持，爱你们~~''

I will always remember you too, how annoying you used to be till how you are so good to me. All the best in everything you do. Hope we will meet again someday. 

Till then, DO NOT FORGET US! 

THE KRR FAMILY GWC.

GOD'S GRACE AND MERCY BE UPON YOU.

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Well, church was quite happening too.. Anyways, we just concluded our first event: ONE WAY YOUTH RACE! I thought it was fun and enjoyable despite the rain. Hope everyone enjoyed themselves. And big thank you to all that made time to help bond the teens, really appreciate it! More importantly, all glory back to God! :)

On a personal note, this is like the second event I helped planned other then the JOY carnival.

THE POSTER!

Yanling told me that I looked damn stressed-up. Ben told me to not be so stress. Pastor even better, he said that I always look stressed-up. I asked myself, am I stress? Probably because I am applying what I have learnt in RP? Well, I was running here and there to make sure everything goes as planned and as smooth as possible because I wanted the best possible outcome that will meet the objectives of this event. And I am glad, we did somewhat met the objectives.

TDY- ONE WAY!

Also, the prophecy by Pastor Sonny Ooi was the answer I am looking for, prayer answered. So now, with everything sorted out, I shall put my everything in it and let God do the rest- shall be prayerful again.

This week in church, I feel quite guilty. Because the preacher said God will never forgive if you are unable to forgive others. Then again, those words are so hard to say! And dear Clement managed to do it despite me not talking to him for so long after that 'fight'. Yes, although things are 'cleared', both of us are not as close as we use to be now. Promoting unity in Christ huh? Clement never fails to amaze me. Well, also there is Ike. He said sorry to me already, but why am I so petty last time?! Now, it is my turn to try and seek his forgiveness for not forgiving him that time. He humbled himself and said sorry to me; by right I should have forgive him. Come to think of it, it is almost one year already...feel ashamed of my ugly-prideful-self.

Saying sorry is not something easy, that is, if it is from the bottom of your heart. I come to realized the need to be humble because pride kills. It really does. Hopefully, everything will go on fine.

Although, things will never be the same again- just like how paper is crushed and can never be straight again.

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GEnRe is also having progress. We are practicing Medley for one of the composers and Pink Panther is one of the songs and Moon River too! Hope everything will turn out fine. Meanwhile, I am designing the poster!! My photo-shop skills have improved lots but still, it is all trial-an-error. If you know what I mean.

THE POSTER.

Well, PeiYing is also no longer our adviser. It has been changed to LiWen! Hopefully, we will be able to work with her. Hopefully, this concert will bring the impression of classical guitar to a whole new level. On that note, I also want to learn acoustic style!!! Shall do something about that.

I always feel better after blogging.

Shall make full use of this term break!!

Tired?! It means you are living life well!

''There will be plenty of time to sleep when you're dead, life is for the living, so wake up and enjoy every moment''

                                                                                                                                                                                             -Benjamin Franklin