a day to count my blessings,

and to be grateful for everything I have.

Merry Christmas people! Time to recall my 3 weeks (well-spent)..

In a flash, things ended.
3 weeks of training ended.
On 18 Dec 2010, we officially POP-ed.

As I recall this 3 weeks, I thought, time really flies.
Just before the course, I kept wondering, how am I gonna bear through all this.
3 weeks indeed seemed long and scary.

The process was yet enriching and inspiring.
Made alot of new friends, gained alot of knowledge, got a deeper understanding of things.

Suddenly I was glad that I actually went for the course, aware of the responsibilities and duties that came along with it.

Residential Course 1 - HTA
We started off as 36, unfamiliar with each other.
Still remembered the day we walked into the drill shed, looking at the unfamiliar faces, trying to find the board which supposedly had our squad allocations.
Then, we finally went to fall in, got our allocations.
The first time I realise, I am part of Alpha Squad, together with all my Area 16 friends, and of course, with ky and zhengxiong (these were the few I knew then)
Really happy to be in a squad in which I know at least a few people.
On the first day, Alpha the duty squad, was bombarded with alot of information.
Met Instructors Ma'am LiLing and Ma'am JingHong.
Felt very blessed to have them as our squad instructors, very patient and forgiving Ma'ams.
Met my dearest Bunk 39 mates for the first time.
Other than Liyan, there's Linda (cute and high girl!), Tai-Tai Wei Jing, Sexy Hotpants girl Chun Hui, Grp I/C Jas, Awesome Nurul, Zai Amelia (She's Chinese!) and Thumbs-up Puay Ling :D
The 9 awesome girls totally made my stay in HTA (Y)!
Thanks girls ^^
Polishing boots at night, ironing uniform in the dark became things we had to do every night, but it was quite fun actually, amidst chatting about our day with our individual squads.
Slowly, got to know the rest of the squad, nice people like Syariff, Juliene, Geraldine, Nasuha, Ho Ming and many more.
Still remember how we were the first group to conduct foot drills 1 for the squad.
Thought Ma'am JH was being really lenient, 'cos I thought I kinda screwed up but yup.
Nonetheless, really fun to take lessons with Daniel and Juliene (:
Things got abit rowdy as we got to know each other more and was quite hard to shut the squad up at times, everyone wants to be heard that's why.
Meals at HTA was not bad really, just that portion was really huge, had to share with Liyan.
Thanks to all the people who helped collect food for us over the 2 weeks. (Especially the guys)
Remembered that our goal was to develop a Special Bonding? (Guess we did it somehow) :D

Residential Course 2 - HTA
Had a recharge of batteries over the weekend, spammed the whole world with updates about us.
And yes, we were back, to HTA.
Back to Bunk 39.
It was actually fun, waiting for the duty squads to open up our bunks at night, as we rush into our bunks, grab our stuff and chiong to the toilet down the corridor.
The best feeling comes only when you realise you are the first to reach the bathroom. HAHA.
Bathing at your top speed, afraid to choke up the queue and rushing back to bunks to queue for the iron.
Things were routine yet exciting each night.
Enjoyed the classroom lessons, where we recapped and got deeper knowledge of the hard skills that we have. Got to know alot of things I didn't know of, weird but it felt kinda of nice.
Still remembered the night we stayed up to study for CA2, together with UIA the next day.
Nearly died, adding to that, instructors inspected and made sure everyone was sleeping.
Woke up at 3plus to polish boots, iron uniform and last minute cram in stuff.
Everyone was tired but it was worth it.
The last night spent at HTA, I felt quite emotional.
Thinking that it was the last night we bunked together, last day we spend as Alpha Squad (technically not the case but ya).
All the memories we shared kinda of flashed back and things felt quite sad.
And yes, soon, RC2 came to an end.
Laid infront of us, our final challenge ATC.

ATC - Camp Resilience
At Ubin, when we reached, remembered how we sat around and waited for logi.
After tent-pitching, it was Camp Familiarisation.
It was then Popeyes came into action.
Although quite screwed up here and there but glad that Camp Fam had something done (:
Well done guys! (If not for Cat 1, it would have been more fun I guess)
Team Building Games was fun too, especially Jumping Two-Twos.
Had a great deal of fun, laughing like mad when Dylan with a slip of his tongue, made everyone's day.
Rafting was really fun, got to work with many of Popeyes.
Funny like crazy when we had to point and draw in mid-air and couldn't understand each other.
Unable to talk and without sufficient beforehand planning, really amazing how we could actually make a raft that floats and is really stable.
Although we were all sweating like mad in our dark long sleeved shirts and from all the pulling of manila hemps, it was really enjoyable.
Jokers like Hongjie, Kelvin and Weiquan made it really fun.
Land Exp was cool too, very well-planned out! (By Superman!)
Together we are Super Popeyes woohoo ^^
Went to Secret Garden, a few huts and also Rock Temple and the Pekan Quarry.
Got alot of new knowledge once again and learned alot about motivation and perseverence along the way.
Oh, and the German who owned the fish HAHA.
Nearly died at the last lap of the Land Exp (Marshal thought I was asthmatic .______.)
But had a great feeling, accomplishing yet another 4hours plus of land expedition.
ATC was tough but could have been tougher.
The countless meals of maggie mee, and 少到可怜的canned food together with Popeyes.
Thanks to all the guys who helped us with washing of our utensils and messtins :D
Will always remember the performance item by the instructors: 'Fireworks' by Katy Perry.
The deep meaning behind it (:
Campfire was awesome, thankyou Rangers! :D (Really liked Ranger's performance anyway)

Passing Out Parade (POP) - Unity Square
Was tricked by FI Azli, thinking that our parade was cancelled.
But really glad it wasn't.
Really glad it didn't rain, although it should have rained.
(Thankyou clouds!)
Everything was smooth and we all marched out in White, proud and smart.
It was a day we all waited for, training so hard for 3 weeks.
The day we held the M16, with bayonets, with white gloves, in No. 1 Ceremonial Dress.
It's a pity Alpha didn't pass out as 34, but we were 34-strong in our minds, in our hearts.
As my mum and my sis don the rank on my shoulder, I felt the weight, it was weighing down, as if telling me that hey, it is time.
This was it, I passed the last hurdle, with the help of many out there, thankyou guys.

As JX said, the hardest has yet to come. Now that I have cleared the first 3 weeks, the 2 years ahead is probably the main challenge.

Wanna thank a whole lot of people out there:
My parents and my jie -
For supporting me in everything I do, no matter what. Although I know my dad wasn't really keen on letting me go for it, but him waking up early every morning just to run and train with me for the course showed something. Thankyou daddy (: And thankyou mummy, for cooking delicious stuff for me over the weekend, for preparing me with all sorts of things like sunblock, counterpain ointment, insect repellent, anything you can think of. (: Of course, jie, for being behind me all the time, telling me to jiayou and stuff (And for taking care of my then dying cactus!). Love y'all :D

My squadmates -
Although most of y'all didn't say much, thankyou for the support. Especially for JX, Pris, OM, Oon, Van, Matt and Jovi - for giving me the utmost support, the affirmation, the encouragement, the strength to carry on. And of course, for fetching me from the ferry point, for the pleasant surprise at my door and all the sweet msgs. (: Thanks guys, never would be able to do all this without you guys.

My dearest clique (shyt-c) -
My dear 4 girls, never failed to give me the support and drive I needed, what I felt was never limited to just a msg, a fb comment. It goes a long way and helped me carry on from where I wanted to give in. Thanks girls, for being my continual inspiration and source of motivation (:

Kuanyuan -
For all the things you've done for me, be it in or out of course. You know it, so I don't have to name them. Thanks alot, I am grateful, really (:

Alpha -
For making CIBTC a wonderful experience. Never to forget you guys. :D Thanks for being there, and I'll try to be always around when you guys need me. Thanks for being my support and may y'all soar and excel, as great Sirs and Ma'ams (:

Popeyes -
A really cheerful bunch who made ATC very fulfilling. Went through all the sweaty times, did all the saikang together, shared funny moments. Even had a very original cheer for ourselves. Things will never be the same without any one of y'all so may Popeyes stay close and all the best guys! :D

As the course draws to a close,
I am gonna miss alot of things.
No more marching around as Alpha,
No more running around in white round neck tees,
No more late night ironing of uniforms,
No more studying with light from handphones,
No more anxious waiting for bunk keys to open bunks,
No more running at top speed to the toilets at night,
No more 'Hey, who got deodorant spray, can lend me?',
No more holding 3-4 cups of cordial drinks for the squad during meals,
No more 'Anyone saw my corporate bag?',
No more late night chatting in the bunks,
'cos we are no longer CITs.

D10, we have completed our 3 weeks of training, now it is time.
May all of us work hard and give back knowledge and values we have gotten from the corps.

'Aspire to Inspire before you Expire.'
'Success is not final, Failure is not fatal, it is the courage to continue that counts.'

Well done Sirs and Ma'ams of D10 (:

a jog to perk myself up,

and probably give myself more energy.

Woke up at 5plus this morning and went for a morning run with my dad.
5 rounds around the neighbourhood, didn't time myself though.
Shall run again tomorrow.
Goal: 10 rounds, in 25min
(Shall achieve this before CIBTC which = run every morning)

As I ran, the wind surged past, mind went really blank.
Love it when I ran, don't have to think about anything for that 15min.
Just concentrate on my steps, on my breathing.
Very comfortable.

Although the road ahead may be very hard, but I guess I found my motivation to carry on.
It may not really last, I may fall again anytime, but at least, right now, I found the drive.

^Watching HP7 with jx and pris in ~2.5 hours! Yay ^^ 

Mahjong session after that :D

when you are lost,

without any confidence and all.

Had this feeling for quite a few times already.
Always manage to get over it very quickly.
Maybe go to sleep and the next day, everything's gone, no tightness in the chest, nothing.
Sometimes, a kbox session, let everything out and all's fine.
But somehow this time felt quite different.

It was so heavy, weighing me down.
Can't do anything about it.
In bed, thinking, thinking and thinking.
It was painful, yet no tears flowed.
Don't know what I should be feeling actually.

Lost all confidence, lost all directions.
I started to question myself.
Why, why do so much? For what, really.
If I don't even find joy, what's the point.
Maybe out of duty, yes, probably.
It's the commitment, I thought.

It is a very tough struggle.
But no matter what, its my own decision.
Nobody forced me into this, I did it to myself.

In times like this, I'm glad that y'all are around.
Sometimes, you don't need people to say you can do it, no matter what, you can do it.
You need people to tell you, no, you can't do it this way, you'll fail, but I know you'll try and you'll do better.

Maybe all along, all that I needed was affirmation, from alot of people, from you guys.

as we go through 4 years of secondary school life,

we look back, searching for the people back then.

&here we are, back together again on this day.

Nearly one school term since I last blogged.
Term 3 seems to pass the fastest among all, and here comes EOYs.
On this day, we celebrate Teacher's Day, concert was okay.
Had a great time laughing with yuning, hsiaotien, amanda they all during the ACES Day game.
Officially in Red House now, I miss yellow but oh well.

After concert ended, went to deliver present for Mr Oh.
Had a feeling that I can't really describe.
When we did billibanja around him, when we shook his hand and wished him happy t'cher's day, when he jokingly said hes touched and wanted to tear, when he joined us in cheering our unit cheer, RVNP.
Something sort of came back, I don't know, maybe it's just me.
Missed the times when he was around (technically he still is but ya), when we look up to him, greeting him proudly as 'SIR'.
Deep down within us, he wasn't just a teacher, not just another TO, he was a fantastic Sir, a Sir who deserved our respect and will always do.
All the contributions he had made for the unit, and especially for our squad, too much to mention.
rvnsps107 is where we are not just because of everyone of us in the squad, not just because of our dearest ICs (and NCOs), CIs, HOs and TOs but because of Mr Oh.
He was always there to capture all our moments in RVNP but shared little photos with us, a regret for us, in a way.
Really miss him and appreciate all the hardwork he has put in.
Happy Teacher's Day Mr. Oh :D and yes, RVNP SOLID SAH!

After that, went back to BLG (but didn't go inside) with Claire.
And went to meet Kangjing and gang at JP LJS.
Ate lunch. Many were back, me, Peiling, Claire, Huixian, Jolene, Sheihli, Guakrong, Daniel, Kangjing, Ezor, Ceksin.
Although lunch was pretty quiet but all it matters was we had lunch together (:
Miss laughing like mad at the way KJ and Sheih 'quarrelled', Jolene's laughters.
Suddenly everything started coming back, guess I really miss those times too.
Went for soccer after that, was watching, like before. (:
Everyone seemed to have grown up, yet there was still something that didn't change.
Can't really pinpoint the exact thing but ya.
Laughed really hard and had lots of fun, took quite some photos too.
*Photos taken today uploaded on fb (:

4 years after we've graduated from BLG.
Went to different schools, met new people.
I believe everyone changed, in one way or another.
Grown up, maybe is the word to use.
Suddenly, secondary school life's coming to an end, another graduation approaching (not for us but well..)
After months and months without talking to each other, there was this barrier.
Maybe we felt like strangers, quite sad, to think that we were so close back then.
But somehow after awhile, things got better, was easier to talk.
Maybe next time we should go somewhere, sit down and really just chat.
Catch up on each other's life and stuff like that.
Hope that we can still keep in contact no matter what (:
Shall organize more outings end of the year, and hopefully with more outings, we can close in on the distance between us.
Thanks alot to everyone who came, for today. Had a great time, it was nice to recall those memories back then, in contrast to the present, remind each other of all the random and crazy moments we shared in the past.
Here's wishing everyone all the best for Os, and those without Os, jiayou for EOYs, and those without either, jiayou with... life. (sounds lame but ya)

31 August 2010. 6/7'o6 (:

sixseveno6, together forever.

Maybe it isn't

that bad afterall. 

Today, first day of school.
YAY 2pm release! (YES! No more 4pm!)
hahaha
lessons were okay, LA was quite funny LOL

After school went lunch w Suza, xian and ty :D
long time since we last lunched together yup.
Had pepper lunch :D
yumyum, salmon pepper rice ftw!

It's going to be 12mn and im still blogging ._.


Anw, im looking forward to tomorrow like 10^10000000000000000000000000000! 
(mian also, im sure!)
but some aint.
hope that tomorrow will be great, cos the last didnt end quite well.
jiayou people!

and yay friday eclipse outing w squadmates!
at cine! :D
ohya, and i want go shopping this weekend!!!!!!
(ty, get the hint LOL)

okay, time to go off,
dont even know why i bothered to blog but still.
(:

Welcome back to school people! (LOL, banner in school xD)


p.s. im a happier person now.
3 more days.
xoxo,
wenting.

the End,

but not as expected.

thebangbangsquad
rvnps107, NCOs'10.
020207 - 250610
'cos you know we rock.

we hope we've left a legacy behind,
the first batch of NCOs to use the NP room in the Boonlay campus.

4 years in NP, in a blink of an eye.
once in our lives, four years of our time.
have you ever wondered why must we serve? 
cos we love our unit and want it to be first.

now that we've stepped down,
we're just one step away from losing the final connection with rvnp,
the official ROD.

before today, i didn't really feel much, although fully aware that today's the final act with my s1s.
don't know why, maybe the feeling just didnt dawn upon me.
i wonder how many of them understood what all of us said to them throughout the 4plus months together.
maybe they were too fresh to understand, maybe it all sounded cliche and superficial.
but all we've said, im sure impacted a few.
experience we've shared, i hope can become a guide to them, preventing them from committing the same mistakes.
the time we've spent with them, although not long, i hope is long enough to leave them a good impression of rvnp, long enough to instill some pride of being an rvnp cadet in them.
things are always easier said than done, promises they've made, not all are done.
but at least, i see potentials, i see hope in them.
all im hoping is that their passion dont die as their journey with rvnp continues.
it may not be easy, or rather, it is going to be difficult, but never give up.
it seems a long way to them right now, but the next thing you know, you're the ones stepping down and passing on the unit to the next batch of leaders already.
im sure one fine day, they will understand all that was said today.
(provided that they do remember what was said)
i believe they have what it takes to be an elite squad, really.
with the correct mindset and attitude that they have started with,
just need to continue, make it last.
things will definitely change for the better if that continues.
no matter how harsh we may seem, we've never ever given up on them,
no ics will ever give up on their squads.
so s1s, time to buck up really,
time spent with yall was not enough, yet filled with memories.
do treasure your following cadet years and shine as a great nco squad in the future.
hoping that when we come back as old seniors and when y'all take your squads,
we'll be really proud of yall.
we believe y'all can do it,
if you think you can, you can!
rvnps110, all the way (:

time with them was short,
our expectations was definitely harsh for a s1 squad.
yes, our unit is no longer the same, we need a change.
they'll understand it one fine day, as they grow to love rvnp.

how true,
its impossible to understand all the agony, all the misery beneath the smiles.
we're posers, quoting wying.
beneath the fake front that we all put on, we all were stressed out.
feelings that cadets never understood until they experience it for themselves.
i've never once thought i would break down infront of them.
last thing i thought i would ever do.
but i did.
it may be a bad thing, or a good thing.
all i can say is that, i didnt expect everything to end this way, nobody did.

today alot of ex-ncos came back,
Ma'am Xinyue, Staff Sijia, and many ex-ncos.
they saw our s1s.
Never expected myself to be so affected, tried hard to control.
Tears just flowed.

thinking back, yes, my squadmates, who supported me all the way throughout my 4years.
people i've considered part of my life, just like rvnp, our unit.
love for my squad brought me this far, the thought of us stepping down right now breaks my heart.
always wondered how life would be after ROD, after step down.
will we still be as close as before, definitely not.
will we become strangers even, i dont want to know.
bonds we've forged, the thought of losing them, i dont want to think further.


rvnp, a place where i learnt alot, a place which helped me grow, watched me grow.
somewhere where i met a group of important people.
a cca i'll never forget.

alot of things on my mind right now,
but cant seem to find the exact words to put them in.
all i can say is,
thanks for all the memories squadmates, ex-ics, s1s. (:
 a simple thankyou, but you know behind it, theres much more than that. 

i love rvnp,
i love bangbangsquad,
i love my s1s,
a love i'll never forget.


may future generations of rvnp help bring the unit to greater heights,
for thats the wish of many.

RVNP SOLID SAH! 
you can take a cadet out of rvnp, but you cannot take rvnp out of a cadet.

Just when you feel like

you're the only one who's feeling upset about life,
think again.

I really don't know what's wrong with my life,
everything's real screwed up, everything.
maybe its my fault, i really don't know.
things had never been easy, but it was still manageable.
when did everything get out of hand? i really have no idea.

maybe im in the wrong, probably.
maybe cos i don't know how to be a good friend,
how to treat those around me like i should.
3.5 years and now life smacks me in the face,
telling me that i don't know how to be a good friend,
friends are leaving one by one.
tell me, what should i do,
or rather, what can i do.

had a talk with my cousin,
now i know, im not the only one with friendship problems,
im probably one out of alot.
maybe im not going through the worst afterall.

things that came to my mind was,
why vent your anger on me,
i have no idea why you're angry, so whats the point of venting everything on me?
and also, if you think you're the only one going through real tough times, think again.
sparing a thought for others, thinking before you speak,
things that you should be doing for a friend, are you doing it?
it's never okay to hurt someone and feeling guilty and full of regret after that if you keep doing it over and over again.
trust, friendship, bond, a word to describe, delicate.
hard to build up, easy to break.

i've never once wanted to hurt anyone,
but now i think back, i've probably hurt alot of people.
maybe i really don't know how to be a good friend.

life is real screwed up,
people care, but they don't understand.
need someone to understand.
cos crying alone at night doesn't help, at all.

i don't want to say

goodbye.

im really confused now.
heartache, yes.
don't know how to react, yes.
need a listening ear, yes desperately.

i have no idea why things became so serious.
why are we breaking up.
i don't want this, i don't believe anyone wanted that.

is there really no way out?

if you're angry cos of the last few days,
i don't know what to say cos i was really trying.
i was trying to make things better, for us.

friends forever, is it just a phase, just two words?
i thought, they meant us.

sometimes i really wanna say the F word,
but i know,
i won't.

our friendship, really that delicate?

probably the last,

or maybe not.

had a great activity today.
start of act was horrible though.
sun was hot like mad, cadets were dying, drill and attitute was shit.
alot of casualties after sometime.

so decided to be flexible ncos, and exchanged time for interaction and drill.
interaction was quite fun? idk.
did alot of talking w xinyi, while ky had a guy session w the s1 guys.
girls said some really sweet things, heartwarming. (:
told them that friday was last act, and suddenly realised that they were going for swearing-in ceremony on friday.
ohno, which means no act with them
(sian, cant make it to go swearing-in with them. its not the full u part, its the midnight flight part -.-)
and now jx says that we're stepping down in mid-june.
i feel damn scammed (yes ky, freaking scammed-.-)
now i have no idea which to believe, whether we're stepping down this wk or mid-june.
LOL, but still.
had a HTHT with s1s just now, shared Sir Eric's stories, shared experiences, shared our expectations, shared what to expect in s2 and more.
Not sure if they got everything we wanted to express/bring across but hope they did.
trying to stress that SQUADMATES ARE IMPORTANT PEOPLE!
People i'll treasure as long as life goes on for me (:
And also, there's no time in NP for regrets cos the next thing you know, its the end of NCO-ship.

No matter what,
Life for the past 3 months with yall had been great.
Thanks for making my NCO-ship more meaningful than i thought it would be.
Thanks for making my last yr in NP so colourful.
It had been nice passing on our knowledge.
It's nice seeing yall bond.
Our expectation of yall is high, and im sure expectations rise throughout your 4 yrs in NP.
Hope we have made your NP life better.
Thanks for being part of our NP life, because it will never be the same without yall.
Not all of you may like us, some of you may even hate us, but still, we believe we're doing what's best for yall.
Yall will know when yall become NCOs yourselves.
Dont ever allow your standard to drop, rise as a squad, be an elite squad, allow us to come back in a few years time and be proud of yall for whatever yall are doing.
rvnps110, our s1squad, forever.

ohyeah,
Thankyou to my dearest fellow ics, Weiying, Kuanyuan and Xinyi.
Thanks for everything. Taking act with yall made life so much more fun and enjoyable.
Will always remember the fun, joy and laughter we shared during acts.
It's nice to establish the 默契 with yall through taking acts together, something added on to being squadmates.
Thanks for helping in any and every way.
I may not be a wonderful IC but i believe, somehow or rather, yall complemented any flaws i had.
Together, i believed we've made a difference in them.
S1'10 ICs rocks (:

sat next to amanda today, it was great.
she's damn damn cute!
wonderful tablemate.
qiutian is behind me and next to her is zixin.
hahaha. :D
oh and alicia went back home today, hope shes feeling better..
takecare because qingdao trip is in 3 DAYS:D

quoting poem shared by Sir Eric (I've Learned....)
not everything, just some parts.
I've learned...that just one person saying to me, "You've made my day!" makes my day.
I've learned...that sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.
I've learned...that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I've learned… that life sometimes gives you a second chance.
I've learned… that it pays to believe in miracles.
I've learned… that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.
I've learned… that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I've learned… that there are people who love you dearly but just don't know how to show it.
I've learned...that opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.
I've learned...that everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you're climbing it.
I've learned...that life is tough, but I'm tougher.
I've learned… that I still have a lot to learn.

a night of glamour,

a night of love, a night of our unit, RVNP.

yay 3 cheers for RVGG,
an awesome campfire they put up for us on sat, 15may.
great job girls, it was great, really.
it was nice to have a night of UG.

okay, so before the campfire, went to dinner at CARL'S JR with jx,om,oon,tl,xh.
LOL jx called it COW'S JR. :D
yup, and the burger was HUGE, which i cant finish.
it was delicious though :D

then we rushed back to school cos we realised we were running out of time.
then bus-ed and reached at 6.40pm, so yes we were late LOL
s1s were alr fall-ed in, s2s sat in a circle.
haha so we went for the structure.
nice climb! :D
sad that not all s1s got a try, but nevermind, more chances next yr, next next yr..

ohyes, the red carpet into the hall was nice!
although me and mian walked freaking fast.
(yes, one of the guides commented: "eh, why they walk so fast one?")
hahaha. but yes, i saw the raising of poles as we walked, nice one (:

and yep, we went to sit down and started random snappings of s1s.
my phone died on me.
yeah, it gave me disgusting photos LOL

campfire programmes were damn fun,
awesome dances by guides.
oh and nice boyband of fuhua :D
(LOL vanessa :D)
had cheering/singing sessions.
games. haha wu lian pai represented by weien and kristina, and treasure hunt represented by jialing and qinping.
well done :D
got the most enthu grp yay :D (we had 50 over people can LOL)

took alot photos.
and yes, we had a unit bilibanja (with ncos in the middle yay!)
and we had unit cheer too RVNP SOLID SAH.

s1s were really high that night,
ran to the field and wanted to do DRAGON PUMPING.
i was O.O, it was pitch black in the field.
haha but went with them, nice seeing them work so hard with their sqdmates :D
oh yes, their pokerface dance, promised them to let them do next act which is tmr.
:D hope we'll have time yup.

at the end of the night,
it suddenly dawned on me that time was running out.
our days in np are numbered.
we're leaving real soon.
i suddenly felt empty, hollow.
i guess squadmates can undestand this feeling too.
life will never be the same after we leave np, it will never be.


rvnps107 is the love,
rvnps110 jiayou.
RVNP, the unit that shines.

im proud to say, I'm an RVNP cadet.

我讨厌你，真的很讨厌你，

讨厌你让我连忘掉你的机会都不给我。

yay, last act was nice:D
great improvement for s1sqd marching.
well done, rvnps110 (: and keep it up!
lots to cover tomorrow. jiayou people.

screwed up chem big time.
shall jiayou for other papers.
HCL paper 2 on friday :D

yantong totally made my day today.
dustbin joke.
alicia and weiying, comeon laugh.
:D

will be taking china airlines to qingdao during E&C week.
was hoping for SIA though.
anw squadmates, bring sqd tee to qingdao! :D

happy belated birthday to sarah, sue-ann, qingcheng :D

happy birthday in advance to my dearest coordi, (pig) jingxian. :D

“谁说单身就是败犬，在我心里你是女王。 ”　　

不小心又想起一切已经结束，

 黑夜悄悄地问等不等,

只好轻轻说，该走了。

不见了阳光的向日葵， 不开了、不快乐。

有些东西，你说了，我未必能懂。

但是你不说，我怎么懂？

it's just a phrase, just three words, maybe two.

i wonder how hard it was.

i typed, i paused, i deleted.

all i know, all is not forgotten.

always dreaded change,

but the time to say byebye still approaches.

okay, people has commented that my blog is dead like forever, so i shall start to do something.
and yes, quite free tonight (like wow). haha.

yes, so many things not blogged about, until i dont know here to start from.
shall address a little about ITC 2010.
all i wanted to say is really, well done NCOs(:
it was great, lots of thanks to SQUADMATES, TOs, officers, cadets, other UGs, everyone else.
although all the lack of sleep, all the scolding of cadets totally drained us out, it was fun.
probably one of the best ITC throughout NP life.
well done to my sec ones, yall survived! (:
(okay, a bit late to say this but still.. ._.)
something random to add, the field is nice to sleep on, like totally.
and enjoyed the talk (and laugh like mad session) with om, tianli, kenneth and hc before sentry on second night! (funny biscuits, funny everything :D)
it was nice seeing cadets looking like santa claus (during mass recrea, flour game) HAHA.
last year of ITC, totally sad when it ended.
last camp with sqdmates. ):
shall spend more time with squadmates before..

okay next,
sec ones, dont know where to start with haha, too many things.
oh one thing,
thank you s1s, for my birthday! (:
sweet and nice yay (thanks to my s1 ics too of course!) :D
ohyes another thing,
yesterday's act.
EPIC OMG.
it was like.. firecrackers! (inside joke hahaha)
omg, simply hilarious okay.
ky ftw man.
one of the many funny yet unforgettable memories with them.. (:
jiayou s1s, yall still have a long way to go yup.
and yay they have a squad blog now (: well done!
less than 3 months before the change happens, till then, we shall all work hard together and do whatever we can, for the unit, for ourselves, for the cadets.
rvnp solid sah!

yay i love squadmates, for everything :D
sqd outing on friday woolala.
photos photos and more photos!

3 tests next week,
gonna have fun on friday and chiong like mad over weekends.
jiayou people ):

tomorrow's april fool's day.
4C's gonna play like mad, for sure.
haha (: shall have fun tomorrow!

 rvnps110 is the love! (:

bangbangsquad, rvnps107.

'cos you know bangbang rocks.

squadmates ftw!

credits: wying!

happy birthday to me, credits to my beloved shyt-c!

guess what is this!

i decoded this in less than 10min :D

hate to see y'all like that.

especially when i can't do anything.

what's becoming of us, seriously.

why this now?

year after year,

i (still) can't get over.

i paused, i clicked 'delete'.

You are the

best friend in my life*

Dont you remember?
In the past we used to talk for so many hours
about things that only we could understand
The special moments we have had.
Walking always hand in hand
through the good times and the bad times...

Outside the sky is light with stars
Theres a hollow roaring from the sea
The wind is shaking the almond tree
Everything reminds me of you
I miss you, my dear friend


I think a friendship that will never end
When you are weak, I will be strong
Helping you to carry on
Call on me, I will be there
Dont be afraid
You are the best friend of my life.

I hate the things they say about you,

I know you're not like the way they say.

I know you're still the old you, the one that i trust alot, the one i can depend on.

Picture

 speaks a thousand words.

sounds like a good journey?

Absolutely.

Hey people!
yes im back, alive and kicking.
5D4N OBS course at Ubin, together with my watch AMUNDSEN (:
the journey was v enjoyable, fun, memorable, unforgettable and the memories and experience are gna last a lifetime man.
(i cant remember details well, so sorry for any wrong info. HAHA)

Day 1
Carried my barang-barang and went to school w claire.. wanted to meet up with xian (who was w/o her phone), but we were late and couldnt contact her and made her wait for 10min? sorry my dear):
After that we headed for the hall, alot of others were already there.
put down our bags and went to submit all assignments and stuff, bidded goodbye to schoolmates who wasnt going for OBS and said jiayou to sqdmates/classmates/friends from other watches.
Went to settle down at our watch, got to know Kailun :D
Our watch got split up when we board the bus._.
Sang on the bus w kailun and hc, so fun.
hahaa. then the bus dropped us off at OBS Reception Centre, where we waited and listened to the guppy story by one of the instructors.
hahahaha quite brainless but entertaining. xD
After a long long time, our instructor finally appeared, Murali! :D
So we gathered as a group for icebreakers, getting to know each other and settling some admin work.
So i got to know the other 15 nice ppl from my watch, HueyChyi, Yushan, Kailun, Jingqi, Xiuyun, Sue-ann, Cari, Veron, Paola, Nuda, Kenneth, Kinsun, Vincent, Minghong, Yingbo.
So we've got 10 girls and 6 guys, together 16, one Amundsen (:
Took a photo on the first day, everbody posed as Superman (idea from Murali) as yingbo was wearing a superman tee that day. hahaha
Then after which we waited for our turn to take the boat to our campsite, camp 2!
Our Store ICs were Nuda and Kinsun,
Medical ICs Kailun and Yushan,
Food ICs Paola and Jingqi (if im not wrong:X)
okay, i really cant rmb well the roles LOL
yeah, so we reached and Murali collected our valuables, gave us our rations for the 5Days.
Had a super big bag of Happy food (:
then we packed all the Semi-commitment food and the Commitment food together..
After that i think we checked our Store, and put all our food into the store also,
and our bags also?
We also drew our Amundsen tree..
and tried our belaying.. practiced only.
quite fun, first time trying :D
Then Murali taught us how to pitch tents..
Then we outdoor cooked.. rice for dinner!
together with sardines and er.. corn!
wah, it was so heavenly omg, didnt know cans could taste so nice.
and yay, the rice was v nice and cooked hahahaa
After which we cleaned up the mess..
Then we carried on w packing our bags for out-of-camp purposes?
shared a backpack w hc :D
packing took a long long time..
Then we went to sleep and woke up early to continue..
shared a tent w hc, yushan, cari and veron :D
the first night was pretty bad, wasnt drained out, so couldnt slp well and woke up every hour and asked hc abt time.. (sorry hc!)


Day 2
Woke up at 5plus? to pack bags.
Managed to stuff alot things in.
Unpitched tents also.
Carried all our bags to the MPH and had a morning greeting session!
wah, its damn funny omg.
Got Australia (kangaroo), Japan (geisha), New Zealand (cows), Christmas Island (crabs), and i forgot one country with the fish one.
hahaha v fun omg.
like the Japan way of greeting best v funny. :D
after that we had light PT, did 1 set of Basic Ex.
After which we had breakfast and carried our bags (and tents).
And we walked to camp one!
omg i was like dying, although i was only carrying the tent bag. zz
so basically we had rope obs, belaying was so fun. :D
and  i attempted both the horizontal thing and the wobbly bridge.
i killed kenneth at the horizontal rope thing (he should know why and stares at nuda and kinsun)
hahahhaa.
then the wobbly bridge was GG. sorry minghong. hahaa he totally gave up belaying after he belayed for me. HAHA 
oh yes, and mu check! hahaha

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(edited. 7.23pm)
okay i've decided to just focus on the main things and forget about all the details cos im dying from thinking so hard. xD


Day 3
Main event sea expedition with buddy watch ARMSTRONG!
yay, our watches woke up hell early to load the bags and prepared ourselves.
i liked the blessing part.
wished for teamwork and we had teamwork!
so yeah.
rowboat's so fun omg.
8 people in a boat, went w hc, yushan, cari, veron, nuda, kenneth and kinsun.
Captain: hueychyi!
damn funny when she kept saying 'eat and pull' instead of 'dip and pull' and everybody started staring at her. xD
and sorry to yushan, kenneth, cari, kinsun and veron cos i kept hitting your hands when we rowed.
but the whole journey was v fun.
heng we didnt get grounded or anything.
and i still cant believe we actually rowed all round ubin, for at least 15km in 6 hours!?!?
hahaha
yeah, was super glad when we were reaching yay.
so we ended up at ketam campsite.
Split up to pitch our tents, change and stuff.
the tents were all dying in the v strong wind.
but yay they didnt collapse onto us at night HAHA
dinner was nice! maggie meeeeeeeeee
was the first few to eat, thanks alot to yingbo for the fire. (:
and it was till then i realised the amundsen girls can really eat man!
:D
yay then pris,om and feli were at ketam also, so went to talk to them for awhile..
(thanks to nuda, kinsun and kenneth for helping out w the trash management of the cans)
Murali also praised us, told us abt how 6hours was impressive. hahaa
v touched by the words he said (:
well done guys :D
Night duty (Sth like sentry) was from 10pm - 10.30pm for girls and 10.30pm - 11pm for guys.
all girls did sentry together :D
then after that went to wake the guys up.
kinsun went into coma HAA and didnt wake up.
v sweet friends (nuda and kenneth) covered up for him. so sweet gosh, v touched. HAHA

Day 4
Main event LAND EXPEDITION
omg thanks alot to hc, she carried our backpack for the whole expedition..
i carried the pole (strung with all the water bottles)
super heavy omg, both shoulders swollen from the carrying.
along the way visited the German Girl's Shrine, the Guanyin Structure (Natural Formantion), etc.
Was resting and chatting w Murali.
Alot jokes and funny things we talked abt.
-Points at Vincent- 'Sounds like a good plan?'
HAHAA omg super funny.
alot catchphrases.
then along the way saw claire and alicia they all.
alicia looks drained totally.
claire's ears badly burnt._.
then we trekked all the way to ubin village.
(so familiar, thats where we went through, when going for ATC and STC)
had sensory trail, when we made wishes.
hope they'll come true yeah.
then we navigated back to camp 2
woohooo.
along the whole land exp yingbo and hc they all sang jay's songs. very entertaining! :D
singing club for the win hahhaa
abt like a turn away from camp 2 gate we got scared by Murali.
Started suspecting ourseleves if we went a wrong way.
so we buy clue from him, sang our school song.
xD
then after we sing finish he say, thats the right way lets go!
Then we huh. then he led the way then we reached in less than 5 min-.-
zzzz feel so cheated HAHA
realised that we should really trust ourselves like not to be easily shaken by others.
yay 3 cheers for Amundsen, for hanging through the whole journey :D
WELL DONE ppl!
 was super glad to be back at camp 2 seriously.
best campsite yay!
so we unpacked and bathed (YES BATHE) and packed the store.
also pitched our tents upstairs at the C and C park.
then we had the best dinner ever omg
we've got EGGS, LUNCHEON MEAT, VEGE, OMG like so many things yay
Yushan is super zai, she totally solo-ed for the fried eggs with onions and luncheon meat
DAMN NICE.
and we had zhabalang soup.
all the veges and stuff inside. wah damn nice also omg.
theres also longbeans cooked by Murali (YAY omg he rocks!)
and rice for dinner!!
wah super nice dinner.
its like what Murali said, first time seeing the guys so enthusiastic throughout the 4 days. HAHA
see them arguing abt how much oil to put. xD
funny omg
then dinner was eaten together, and also had a gossip session HAHA (winks at minghong)
then we washed up.
and packed everything into the store.
had a chit chat session w murali.
(:


Day 5
Main event Jetty Jump
yay v fun, jj.
i think im dumb, totally let go of the life jacket before i even reach the water hahhaa
but quite cool
the water v salty. xD
yay both amundsen and armstrong completed JJ yay
and thats this nice feeling hearing mu say sth like
"My commitment for this OBS course are Amundsen and Armstrong, so im gonna say that you guys rock!"
it echoed lor omg.
(:
After that we went to pack/check our store.. After quite long managed to get everything back and stuff..
Thanks mu (:
then we proceeded to settle our area cleaning..
the girls managed to clean v fast, cos basically it wasnt dirty.
The guys quite poor thing, had to clean the toilets.. they nearly died in there haha.
oxygen masks/tanks on high demand.
After which we went to makan together.. Tuna with bread was heaven (:
Then we completed our Amundsen tree, v pretty end-product.. It was a sort of collage..
Wonder where is it now, will post up photo once we get it back.. :D
Then we proceeded on with giving out of certs and photos and stuff.
The photo's really pretty :D
Mu made us give out the certs to our fellow watch-mates, very nice of him..
gave each other a pat on the back and said well done..
And that pretty much marks the end of the 5 days.
a very meaningful and wonderful 5 days (:

Adding on, many thanks to Armstrong, our buddy watch for everything too :D

Favourite quotes:
"The same sun which melts the wax hardens the clay." -- We're the clay now, as Vincent said.
"Do it once, do it good."  -- Sir Eric and Raymond often told us this too (:
"Expect the unexpected." -- HAHA guppy story.
"What you pack is what you carry. If you do not have enough of something, you suffer. "  -- Very well-said by Mu :D

Amundsen started off as 16 Individuals, from different classes, different CCAs.
Through the journey of OBS, we grew, we learnt, we experienced, we bonded, we made things happen.
After the 5 Days, a long long time later, many things may be forgotten, but the memories we created as a group will not be.
We'll stay strong, as one Amundsen, and stay bonded together for as long as its possible.
Thanks for all the support, all the trust, all the laughters, all the fun and happiness yall brought over the days, it really made OBS a totally wonderful experience that i never wanna forget.
May the 16 of us stay bonded, have lots of outings in the future.
Never forget all the catchphrases that really made us laugh so hard. (:D)

OBS, sounds like a good journey? With Amundsen, absolutely. (:

That's pretty all the updates.
Many details have been left out though..
Hope everybody who went for OBS have enjoyed themselves and brought back something valuable.
OBS FTW (:

说好听见回答就走

又怕你只回答就走

YAY TODAY WAS DAMN FUN OMG (:

THANKS A MILLION TO SQUADMATES :D

today no lessons due to school anniversary (tmr!) and learning symposium!
so yeah, y3,4,5 and 6 reported to school at 12nn for LS.

so yeah, the day started off w waking up at 7am,
leaving hse at 7.35am and reaching JE MRT at 8am (arnd there) :D
met w jx, om, ky and hc.
(LOL ky was 6min late and hc was THIRTY MINS late)
so yeah, waited until hc came, then went off for our run to BL MRT.
was supposed to be a sqd run but only a few came -.-
anw, yeah so we ran. my stamina is really bad, was slowing the whole grp down ):
but thanks sqdmates for the encouragements and jiayous along the way (:
and thanks to hc and ky, who ran at my speed (tolerating haha)
oh and yes, ky's '1,2,3,4. (slow) 1,2,3,4,1 (fast) clap clap' rhythm haha
and it was really nice, to have survived the whole journey.
ran past all the MRTs along the way and past BLG (:
v nice feeling. but really have to train my timing .________.


after that we walked to safra jurong (wanting to bathe)
but realised their toilets dont have the shower LOL
went to their swimming pool but couldnt buy the tix cos we dont have NETS ._.
then went to gym but couldnt use the toilet cos only for members -.-
so we took a photo outside Jack's Place before heading off to JP.
washed up at JP's toilet, changed into school uniform before meeting the rest of squadmates at kopitiam :D
lunched at kopitiam, jx they all went for 4E class lunch?
then yeah, couldnt finish my rice cos was too full from the bubbletea we drank.
(anw, cool fact: OM ate lesser than me, unbelievable!)
then after that we left for the bus interchange at 11.40 sth?
waited for 198, but in the end only boarded the bus at 11.56.
alot of rvians on the bus though, so not that bad :D

was late when we alighted then the whole grp of rvians rushed into school.
met up with 4C ppl, then went into the hall.
watched a video on RV Big Walk, nice (:
after that went off for LS.
walked around w suza and shirley (chin).
went to listen to the NWSP projects.
the project we're working on seems so noob compared to theirs LOL
along the way suza and shirley totally influenced me to spam sms for the sms contest.
HAHA voted for shaotan's group like mad.
damn fun, got addicted to spamming msgs HAHA
after the LS we went back to hall for keynote speech and prize presentation.
lucky xinyi and tiankai won sth from the sms contest HAHA
(suza sad liao, nvr win ): )
and shaotan's group won most popular grp, tgt w two other grps.
hahaha. result of having friends who have unlimited sms. :D

after LS was sqd badminton time!
damn fun omg
million thanks to hc for lending his racket to me :D
played 3 against 3 at first.
me salty and hc VS ky tianli and oon
omg ky was a JOKE.
hc was getting pekcek over how everybody seems to be missing the shuttlecock HAHA
and tianli was damn funny also :D
oon was like dancing!
then ky was smacking the shuttlecock and twice it hit wying (who was at one side)
then hc went to take the shuttlecock and like rubbed his racket over wying's head and all her hair were coming out in all directions HAHAHHA
laughed like MAD.
seriously didnt know that badminton can be that fun :D
after that also exchanged partners w ky their team.
and after that played tgt w van against pris and haokuan.
damn joke. haokuan totally made me laugh like mad.
then after that also played w bong against pris and xh.
then after that played w xh against xingjie and bong
HAHA fun omg.

after that we cleared our stuff and went off.
seriously damn fun omg :D
3 cheers to ky,om for organising?

yay shall have more badminton/sports session w sqdmates :D
shall like have one every fornightly ;D
to bond sqdmates (:


anw theres dance in sch tmr.
hope i can cope. haha


oh yes, shall start running in the morning next wk, train up (:


anw, lots of things to complete this wkend ):
jiayou ppl.


i love sqdmates :D
bangbang is the love.


xoxo, wt