Sunday, January 29, 2006
10 Traits of a Good Blogger
- Feeling passionate about the topic
- Writing wonderfully
- Posting often
- Developing a nose for information
- Looking outward
- Staying open and accessible
- Moving forward with creativity
- Handling criticism gracefully
- Being honest
- Knowing where you're going
posted by Cold Shadow @ 5:18 PM
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Sweetz
Glancing at my watch, I knew I would be late should there be some traffic congestion. Fortunately, the taxi drove swiftly and smoothly, sending me to the destination on time.
Then, I received this sms - "I be late 4 another 10 min." This gave me some time to gobble down a plate of chicken rice for lunch. Frankly speaking, I hated eating in Orchard Area. The food is expensive and tasted horrible. If not for the rush of time, I would have eaten before I arrived.
After Fiona arrived, we played pool for around an hour. She was a bit reluctant to play initially, but I dragged her along. Wow, she's a fast learner and played very well, considering it's her first time playing.
After pool we went into a music store. Ayumi's latest album!! I've got all her major albums, except the first one. By the way, Fiona gave me a bottle sweets as a medicine to cure my Too-tired-until-can't-talk-n-oso-dun-wanna-talk disease. As the name suggested, common symptoms of the disease are.. Erm.. The name of the disease is quite self-explanatory.. And she also bought 4 Fun O Rama tickets. Woohoo!
Then we watched HuoYuanJia. This movie is really nice and has a profound meanings behind it. The only setback was that the guy in front of me was sitting up very straight. As he has a chicken hairstyle, his head blocked half the screen. Despite of that, the show's really great and I would recommend it to my friends.
After the movie we explored Heeran to look for the Neoprint shop. Unbelievable! We spent quite some time thinking about how to pose. Since Neoprint is usually girls' stuff, I dunno how to pose. Anyway, she insisted on paying for me and I wanna thank her for the treat. Btw, it feels really weird to have a girl pay for me. :(
Oh no! We're late! Even the shop attendant is politely telling us to hurry up! Gotta rush back for reunion dinner..
posted by Cold Shadow @ 4:06 PM
Friday, January 06, 2006
4th Day of Sch: Orientation
Well this was it! The final day of my orientation. As usual, we started the morning with marathon speeches on subject combinations. Zzz..
posted by Cold Shadow @ 4:21 AM
Thursday, January 05, 2006
3rd Day of Sch: Orientation
The morning started as usual with the long speeches. I was dozing off, and perhaps drooling during the speeches. It was very cramp and there was not much space to stretch out my legs. This reminds me of the times at Commonwealth Sec where the students had to squeeze themselves into the tiny hall.
After a long long while, it's finally time for orientation programs! Starting it would be the KM3 News, a news report skit put up by some JC2 students. Being absolutely hilarious, it really made most of the audience laugh until they're breathless. The News featured a person, Ian, who was turned into a frog by some mysterious guy. According to the storyline, the four Lossehelins - Carnsir, Celahir, Glofindel and Kyofu were manipulated by the Grand Chancellor Qutti Tavaley into fighting and killing each other. Well, lame as it could be, it was a great start for the day.
The Mass Rally awaits us next. We screamed, shouted, rocked our body while we cheered. Nothing special.
Finally, after the Mass Rally, we could start the games. Waiting for the people in KinDaiChi to gather took lots of time. By the time we gathered, the games areas were already occupied by other groups. We waited for other groups, and in the meantime we practiced our Mass Dance. However, other groups "cut queue" and we waited even longer because of that. Then we migrated to other the other game area, waited, then to another area. As such, we waited and waited. After an hour, we hadn't started any games at all!
It was eventually our turn to play! Wait a minute, the sky.. Oh shit! Raining?! Wtf! No choice, we had to wait, again. Sianz!
*Fast-forward* The first game we played was about attacking enemy flag. The objective is to protect our own flag against water bombs AT ALL COST and to attack the enemies' flags. I was the attacker, missing both of my water bombs and hopelessly watching my own flag being bombarded by the enemy. Omg! My flag's all wet, and this means.. My group had to roll on the mud as a forfeit!! Yuks! To "spice up our lives", the other teams deliberately threw more water bombs onto the mud to make it even muddier. Well, this the way, winners triumph, losers sux. Alright then. *Cover my face* Rolling, rolling.. Yuks!
Scanning.. I'm 50% covered with mud. Advancing to the next station. Wad's that? Dun tell me that is.. Oh my.. Another dirty game?! Well, although sliding on plastic mats stained with starch, water, mud and dirt might seem absolutely revolting at first sight, it was actually very fun! Competing against other groups, we were to dash towards the mat, and upon reaching it, diving onto the mat and sliding all the way till the end of the mat. Horribly disgusting, but nice. Then I'm almost entirely covered with mud coz I over slid and went off course into the mud. Some of the girls in my group protested and demanded "cleaner" games. Naturally, they backed out and this meant I had to slide another few times. Oh No!! And so, one by one, each team member dived. Finally, the score was tied at 8-8. My turn next. *Run.. Dive.. Yeah!!* 9-8. At last, no forfeit for KinDaiChi! Phew! What a close shave with mud! Oh well, I ended up with a couple of scratches on my knees and was "muddified".
Later, KinDaiChi went for lunch. While I was queuing, I met QiYi and chatted with her. Up till then, she didn't know my name and vice versa. I was supposed to guess her name, based on the only hint that her name are both Chinese digits. I guessed.. 38? (Joking, don't take it seriously) She added some Soya sauce on, supposedly, her plate of chicken rice. *Keeps adding and adding..*
Qiyi *astonished* : "Is it.. enough?"
Ee Cheong *bewildered* :"Huh?! Isn't this your plate?!"
Qiyi *taking another plate* : "No, that plate is mine."
Oh no.. There goes my lunch..
After that, we went for games. Raining again?! Why were we so unlucky? Every time when we were just about to start playing games, it either rained or we had to wait a long time till it's our turn. Meanwhile, we practiced the Mass Dance. Soon, the rain was going to stop. Ignoring the other group, KinDaiChi ran to the field and "booked" a game spot. This time, no one could stop us from playing games. Haha!
The fun began. The game we were about to play involved kicking, throwing, heading, everything - as long as the ball landed into the opposition's bucket, it's considered a goal, very much like Basketball (or Bucketball). As such, KinDaiChi ran, rammed, kicked, slipped, catch and even snatched the ball. It's rather rough and dirty, but 'shiok' was all I could say. The game ended with both sides drawing.
Next, while KinDaiChi was waiting for the next game, I stole some water bombs and bombarded Kenneth, Christina, Bryan, Qiyi and some other KinDaiChi people with the bombs. In retaliation, these people ganged up against me and swarmed towards me. I managed to escape most of their bombs, but eventually, I fell into the hands of Christina who grabbed my arm. I was caught! Soon, KinDaiChi surrounded me, brought me down on the mud and.. Taupok!!
The next game was something like Catching, but there's some variation. There's only two Johnny Green Giants (Catchers), one from each side. The others were supposed to escape from these opposition Catcher. Those who were caught would turned into sprouts, static Catchers. One by one, I saw my team mates turning into sprouts. Very soon, the people from both sides were turned into sprouts after a lot of chasing and running away. No one won, no one lost, so no forfeit! *Pant.. Pant..*
This time, the timing for the rain was right. Rain started pouring once the game ended. No more games, we'll just go for a water break.
As I returned from the water break, the ACJC Choir had already started singing Christmas Carols at the lobby. Hey, wait up! The place was so packed up with audience. Even with tip-toeing, I couldn't see anything. Hmpf! Forget it!
Back to the concourse, Rebecca and Jun Yi were playing Pepsi-Cola. Woah, two of the quietest girls in KinDaiChi spontaneously started playing a rough game. Very soon, all the people joined in. I started off aggressively, commencing attack immediately. And this meant that once I missed a shot, that's it. In other words, I was down very soon. While I was concentrating on the game, Christina "Nana" crept up to her unsuspecting victim (me!) and smashed a water bomb on my back. Argh!! You better watch your back, coz u're gonna be wet very soon!
After that, the group gathered with the OGLs and played the Animal game again.
Soon enough, the Mass Rally awaited us. As usual, we screamed till our throats burst. Oh my.. Deborah's hair was covered with mud. It looked like.. shit! Ya by the way, did I mention that she had a loud voice comparable to a loud speaker?
When the Mass Rally was over, I went to bath. Huh..?! No where to hang my clothes n valuables?! Forget it! And so, I dragged my feet home and ended my 3rd Day of AC Odyssey.
posted by Cold Shadow @ 2:46 AM
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
2nd Day of Sch: Orientation
The 1st day of orientation ended so quickly, I hadn't had enough fun! Slept for only four hours, so I was really sleepy when the 2nd Day of orientation arrived.
The day started similarly, ya.. long speeches. Let's not talk about the boring stuffs. The day really started when we were back into our group - KinDaiChi!
Wailo x7 (Echo).. This is one of the AC cheers. One after another, cheers were blasted out of our throats. The morning seemed long and the cheers were lacking vigor. Well, no problem with that. It's only the beginning!
Then our group learned the mass dance again. Haix.. AGAIN! Slowly, but surely, we learnt the moves, one after another. My partner, Rebecca, seemed very tired. Who wouldn't be? From my tone, anyone could tell that I was bored. The other people were confused about the steps. Monkey see monkey do. Without the elder monkey, nearly everyone, including me, didn't continue dancing. Believe it or not, many of us have NEVER dance before, let alone dancing with partners from the opposite sex.
Before going for our games, we played some mini games like husband-and-wife.
After that we played a game "musical chair". Same rules apply, but the chair is very, erm, soaked with soap. Nobody wanted to risk getting their bottoms wet, so the pace of the game was lethargic. *Yawn* I guided the blind folded partner to the chair. Slowly and slowly, partners were eliminated one by one. We were the last partners to be eliminated. In other words, after we were gone, there's only two partners remaining. The game became really fun only when there's very few partners left. Luckily, we were eliminated because the last two partners really got wet eventually.
Lunch break arrived. *Fast-Forward* Well, mass dance, again. I emphasize, AGAIN! Aiyo, when will it end? *Fast-Forward*
Games! The second game, playing of water bombs. Two teams were supposed to act like death prisoners, standing in a row, waiting to be mowed down by water bombs. Initially, I was in the center again. Huh?! Doesn't it mean I would get out of the game very soon, again? Fire! One by one, my team mates were "shot dead". I managed to escape, if not barely. Next, the remaining survivors from both teams charged at each other and went for the kill. I was hit. End of story.
The next one, water bomb. This time the primary objective was to snatch a water bag from the pail and run back to our own line. Initially the people were confused and didn't know what to do. Well, there's nothing special about this game, so I shan't describe how the game went on. Btw, it's already drizzling quite heavily.
Now comes the fun part! Papaya touch rugby!! Disgusting is all I could say, yeah, utterly disgusting. Ran about in the muddy field and played with the squashed papaya. Hmm.. all thumbs up for this game!
While we wait for the rest of our team mates to finish their game, there was a mini battle between me and some of the team mates - attacking each other with loads of water bomb. These people had a plan in their mind - to stay put beside the water bomb supply and wait till I ran out of "ammunition". Well, I could still do some short sprints, so sneaking up was my main "strategy" These people were sharp! I was detected, the others were alerted. Fire! I was brought down.
The CCA Display that followed closely was as impressive as the one I witnessed during the Open House. A pity that Kimdaichi was short of time! Signed up a few sports CCA, expecting to go for the trials and then I'll decide which CCA I'll really like and wanna join.
Following that we were taught the first line of the school song. By now, the group leaders were already exhausted. What's more, Kenneth from my group rubbed the squashed papaya skin found on the field against Christina's hair. Yuks! As expected, Christina was sort of upset over it, but still manage to control her emotions very well.
Finally, the Mass Rally whereby all JC 1 students screamed at the top of their voices to cheer. After the devotions, the day ended shortly afterwards.
Well, although the day seemed short, and my teammates didn't talk much, I couldn't start describing how much I like the school and the people around me. Why is this so, I'm not sure either.
posted by Cold Shadow @ 3:32 AM
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
1st Day of Sch: Orientation
Well, after such a seemingly short holiday, school reopens while I drag myself to school. Of course, the first thing I must know is how to get to school.
And so I got sited, blah blah blah, this shit that shit, and so on. Well there's this teacher who looks very friendly, but is actually the discipline master. He's quite a humorous person.
Now let's get started.
The first "game" my group play is the "name" game. The guys are supposed to memorize names. I'm the last one in the group, so I must memorize the most names. Oh my god, I could hardly hear them talk coz the place is very noisy. Now I can only remember Thung, Nana, Jasmine, erh.. not too sure lehz. Mostly, the guys only spoke to the guys, while the girls spoke to the girls. I too spoke to only the guys, and nothing much actually, coz I'm supposed to know only their full names and birthdays, which proved to be quite a challenge for a half woken mind. And so the time passed as my group played games like "blow wind blow" and so on.
Then there was the mass dance. I was paired up with Rebecca (Don't know if I have spelled it correctly) from Fairfield Methodist and was told to dance with her. Huh? I don't know how to dance, and now I must start off by dancing with a girl? Alright then, so I learnt. Meanwhile she must have felt very awkward to be holding a guy's hands and dancing. Initially it was difficult, but after a while we slowly picked up and learnt a few beginner steps.
After which there was the cheers introduction, so we screamed, shouted, and so on.
Later came some outdoor games like "Captain Water bomb" and "Floor ball". Haix, lost both matches. But then won a rather unseat game whereby the group was expected to perform breathtaking stuns... ... like placing the face on the starched mat. Unbelievable! Who could have thought of such a game? Keez.. Ya, won a Frisbee game by one point. :)
Finally, the day ended with a "cheer contest" whereby the loudest cheers win, as expected.
As I reached out for my phone, Fiona smsed me.
posted by Cold Shadow @ 5:31 AM