a night of smiles and tears.

RVNP ROD 2009.

yes, it all ended, in a flash.
yes, ROD was yesterday night, it went pretty well i guess.
much gratitude goes to my dearest sqd, the bangbang squad!
and of course, many thanks to officers, ncos, juniours and PA crew too!

well, i read alicia's blog and cried.
it was not that touching, many would say.
but going through the whole planning process, and working hard together with squadmates,
after all these and reading that post, it really touches my heart.
thanks alicia, that was a really great post.

and of couse, i must apologise to everybody, for all the disputes we had, all the confusions here and there.
especially the mix-up of timings. sorry for making everyone so luan4.
also, squadmates, sorry for screaming/shouting at you guys.
i really wanted us to put in our best thats why, sorry if i was being too much, too mean, too unreasonable.

and much thanks to juniors for helping out, by coorperating.
although i missed parts of your performances here and there, but i know yall did really put in much effort.
thanks alot for putting up these wonderful items.
s1s, yall are a cute bunch!
s2s, i loved your song, it was nice and meaningful(:

and omg, i didnt know ncos could dance that well k!
esp nco junjie, staff wilson and sergeant shannon. you guys really rocked the stage!
a round of applause for the wonderful dances!!!
really loved the chair dance:D

okay now, the special dedications to my dearest squadmates:

1. Meiwen
thanks alot for all the help you've pumped in behind the scenes!
could see that you were really putting in lots of effort to learn and practice
the dance! thanks for turning up for all the prep work meetings. last but not
least, thanks alot alot for doing up the montages! :D
2. Kuanyuan
fellow
classmate:D okay, first i've got to apologise first, cos even i myself know that
i kept screaming at you. sorry for being mean. and thanks alot for your help,
you really did a great job in learning the dance k! and yes, great work on the
emcee speech! wonderful emcee of the night! and still rememmbered how you asked
me to say 'tarhat setia sedia' into your phone so you can practice saying your
timing.. that shows how much you cared, and great job timer! :D
3. Alicia
3rd year classmate and sqdmate! yes, sorry for stressing you with all the PA
stuff here and there. you really did a great job gosh! without you, all the
technical stuff would have died, and ROD wouldnt have gone so smoothly. YES,
especially on the day of ROD, you and tianli really helped alot alot. lots of
love!
4. Tianli
omg my wonderful sqdmate! thanks alot for letting us go
your hse for prep meetings.. thank your mum too k! and your mei, for helping us
here and there, and making us laugh talking abt *ahem* hahahhaa. yes, you sai
kang warrior number two! thanks alot alot, i really liked your calmness k:D
5. Eemin
yessss bong! :D you really cheered me up gosh, looking at you
make me laughhhhhhhh hahahaha. :D and yes, i really liked how you make it a
point to learn the dance, make sure you get all the steps right. thats so nice!
and thanks alot for blowing up all the balloons and helping here and there on
the ROD day itself. :D it really made a difference gosh!
6. Chinghun
YES
my dear FOOD committee head! thanks for not making us starve! hahahha. yes,
thanks for liaising with the caterers and ensuring that we have enough food and
drinks yesterday! im sure everyone agrees that food was great last night! and of
course, thanks for helping with all the stuff, here and there, really lots of
love!
7. Shirley
yayness fellow 3cutechick! yes, you may seemed a little
too quiet but yes, your efforts are seen! thanks for learning the dance, for
helping me with all the things, its really great! love you sqdmate!
8.
Charlene
omg you cute girl! thanks for putting in so much effort to learn
dance! and for helping with the ROD banner, and for making me laugh! hahaha.
yes, thanks for helping us get extra frames and stuff. thanks for always being
there to render your help. your laughter made us all laugh too! :D
9. Linhan
i've noticed times when you tried to stop the guys frm doing some dumb
things and stuff like that. thanks for all that. although you wasnt there for
ROD last night, im really glad you turned up for the dance pracs, and for
learning the dances. thanks sqdmate!
10. Jixiang
okay, you were like MIA
most of the time.. but thanks for paying the money for ROD (: really hope that
you can put in more effort, since we're now going to lead the unit.. lets work
hard tgt sqdmate!
11. Haokuan
YAY funny uncle! :D thanks for paying up
on time, and for making me laugh all the time. :D and so sad you couldnt make it
for ROD ): but nevermind, next year must go k, no matter what! :D
12. Oonhim
thanks alot sqdmate! for heading the sai kang committee! thanks for leading
us with the gift making and stuff.. really nice of you to help here and there,
and yes, for learning the dances! :D thanks for helping to talk to the guys
also, really lighten the loads.. jiayou sqdmate! let's all work hard tgt!
13. Xinyi
thanks alot for the help in dance committee. im so sorry your
dance didnt get performed.. and thanks alot for all the effort.. yes, thanks for
helping to teach the guys also.. really. thanks for all those help all along..
let's work hard together k! :D
14. Jingxian
omg my dearest coordi!
thanks for everything seriously. words cant show how much you've done. really,
thanks a million gosh. without you i would have died from stress and stuff.
thanks for always being there. do learn to relax, im sure you can do a great
job, you're doing great now (: jiayou! love you!
15. Jovi
yay sqdmate!
really thanks a hell lot, for the parade. great job for being the drill
committee head! although the changes here and there made us very luan but still
cheers for making it a success. and for ytd, everything you've done, really.
nice job, for the speech made :D -applause- i know you've been putting your best
for everything related to np, although you dont say it. im glad for that and
thanks alot really. well done, sqdmate.
16. Priscilla
chuannnnnnnnnnnnn.
i dont know how much to thank you. great job in leading the song committee.
thanks for everything you've done to lighten my workload. everything you've done
has made a difference. i cant thank you enough, really. you've been helping out
with almost everything, and i really love you for that. we've got a long way
ahead, and we have to jiayou! love you chuan.
17. Vanessa
treasurerrrr.
i must really thank you for like, taking care of the money, settling all the
funds and stuff. it must have been really busy for you. and thanks for learning
the dances, and putting in effort in making ROD a success. great job sqdmate!
18. Veron
good job girl, for all the help you put in all these while.. all the
deco, all the turn ups at meetings. :D:D great job in all the last min stuff on
the ROD day itself yup. three cheers! ;D
19. Xiuhan
woolala, wonderful
sqdmate! thanks for always being the one so determined to get all the dance
steps correct. thanks for putting in so much effort, and being meticulous at ALL
TIMES. thanks for willing to help out with everything and anything. thanks for
always being there.. LOVE YOU!
20. Weiying
omg, okay you know i'll have
this whole long list of things to thank you for, and the post is already long
enough. great work emcee! and great comm head!! thanks for helping out with
everything! (literally) thanks for all the comments and feedbacks and all. sorry
for troubling you with ROD stuff EVERY MORNING. hahaha. yes, it was fun, i know
you enjoyed it! :D anyways, conclusion: you deserve a million rounds of applause
(:
21. Matthew
sec 3 sqd ic! hahha. thanks for attempting to learn the
dance.. for turning up for dance pracs.. and of course, all the help during the
ROD day itself. great work man! jiayou in your ic job, we're all behind you! (:
22. Ongmin
AHHHH my dearest admin! my tan chi de sqdmate! okay, you were
really great gosh. sorry for stressing you with so much work during the whole
preparation and stuff. thanks for always being there to give your support and
solving the various problems with me. it was really fun working with you! :D i
hope you enjoyed the work too ya! and you can dance girl:D
23. Felicia
yay! dance comm head:D wooolala! loved your neorago dance lah:D everyone
loved it (: thanks for the effort put in to make the dance item a success.
thanks for turning up for all the prep meetings we had. thanks for always
willing to help, whenever we asked for it. continue to work hard k! love you(:
24. Zhiliang
chenzhiliang! hahahah. loved your dance lah. thanks for
putting in the effort to learn the dance yup! you danced really well lah xD and
yes, for helping on the day itself also (although you talk alot too) hahaha.
great job, keep that high-ness in you and put in the effort in everything you do
kay. (:
25. Hancong
yes, the always look very tired and blur sqdmate.
hahaha. yes, thanks for the shifting of tables and chairs in the hall for the
concert. thanks for attempting to learn the dances.. dont look so sian all the
time. must smile more. hahaha.
26. Kenneth
yes kenneth. thanks for
helping with the shifting of tables and chairs. sorry for sounding mean cos i
was rather ganjiong. and thanks for helping although i know you were very tired.
and yup, thanks for coming to the dance pracs and stuff.. well done sqdmate!
27. Eelin
thanks for turning up for the concert and helping out with the
serving of food and stuff like that.. yes, i know you were trying. (:
28
& 29. Linhei & xingjie
well guys, thanks for all the help y'all
tried to put in in a way or another.. do try to put in more effort kay..

-continued on 20 Aug 09-
yes, thats the whole list of sqdmates i need to thank.
without yall, ROD would not have been so nice, so successful.
everybody played a part, everybody made this a success.
so a round of applause to everyone of you guys out there.
bangbangsquad, rvnps107, we rock the world. (:

yes, after a night of smiles and tears, it marks another new beginning.
the beginning of nco-ship.
so far, 3 acts have passed.
we're still adapting to the change, we're trying real hard.
yes, things really arent that easy, we finally experienced that.
all of us are missing cadet life.. missing those times when we did dumb but meaningful things together, as a squad.
those were wonderful times, never to be forgotten.
but now, our focus is on the unit.
time to pull ourselves together and work hard, for the unit.
the challenge is here and we have to overcome it.
trying our best may not bring us success, but at least we tried.
quotes ky: "Time for us to come together as NCOs of River Valley NPCC Unit"
jiayou sqdmates, lets do this together(:

rvnps107 is the love.
'cos you know bangbang rocks.