TRIPOD: DAY 1 and 2 PICTURES!

DAY 1 EVENING: AT RGS CYBER LEARNING CENTRE.

The very cool tripod shirt.

Intro Game: PIRATES!

Aye Aye Captain.

Garry rowing the boat with his new found pirate-mates.

Man Overboard!
Men eating Grubs.
Lighthouse!
Melvin the the foreground. Waiting to greet their new Captain! Aye Aye Captain!

My group during their facil session.


They look cute tangled up dont they? (: WC must be happy with a bevy of beauties (minus mr chan) around him.

A typical decorated RGS blackboard.
Group 2 ... playing the landminds game.
Chiong AH!

Rushing to tap all the 16 numbers asap.NIGHT ACTIVITIES

Solving clues for Night Activities, which the RGS ODAC organised.
Working tgt in a particular station (:

The group battling the Obstacle Course, which Chewie (and most of the boys) managed to get thru easily.
Monkeys and some cool lighting effects in there.
The formidable wall!
Cheering our teammates on.

The boys doing the BMT wall very easily.
Mr Chan and Wan Sing doing the Friendship dance ... to earn us more pts.
Crockie .. The Tripod Mascot and Pet
Weili with Crockie
Weili, Crockie and her friend.

N-2 .. Way to Go Dudes!
The boys .. Firhan, Teck Yi and Dzul (Pronouned: Zool)
Weili, Michelle, Nabilah and Farhana
Wan Sing , Jomaine, Ross

Scrubbing heads during the Shampoo Game .. (Objective: to make the tallest soap sud tower)

Enjoyin' the free hairwashing treatment.
The Cups of Shampoo

The Race to make the Highest Soap Sud Tower


A Nice clean Scalp ...
And Happy Customer

Mr Chua making his guest appearance ..
And using activitiest to teach us the importance of seeing things clearly.

DAY 2 MORNING

The Evolution Game!
Promotion to Eagles!



Morning Jog/ Punishment
Yii Wen leading the Run.
Yii Wen and Me addressing the kids.
Everyone starting out as Eggs.

ShuJia doing her forfeit after the Evolution Game.

Playing H2O

Retarded WC
Esther (Mr K Tan's wife)
Siling

Tripod: Day 2 Pictures

We headed to Mindsville@Napiri for our VWO visit on day 2. Which was followed by Amazing Race along Orchard Road and City Hall.

This was WC's buddy and WC was trying to speak canto to him (:
Aunty me holding unmbrella.


Jom and her kid.

Beautiful picture ehs? See the Bond?

Cute ehs? That boy in the middle.
This boy is called Kenneth (if i didnt remember wrongly) and he's really helpful and likes hugging people.
Teck Yi and Mr Chan working on the balloons. WC can make beautiful sculptures too.
CUTE!

Wei Seng in the foreground. The guy on the wheelchair is my other buddy.
The lovely kids at MINDS.


AMAZING RACE BEGINS.

All of them shagged.. outside DFS Galleria.
Amazing Race.

Cindy briefing them in the Mrt, prior to AR.

Fiddling with ants.
Fiddling with ants. Still.
Fiddling with ants. Again.
More Fiddling with ants.

Dzul jumping into the photo when WC was snapping.
The girls of N-2.
The guys.
A random pic of a boy playing with the ball in Botanica Gdns.

(2 random pics coming up)

Amy Tan with her Bear and Tulips that she made.
Me with all the rubbish that WC and Amy made for me.

Back to AR..
N-2 (in botanica Gardens) during AR. Obviously, we were not competive people.
Wan Sing from vj acting like a sleeping beauty (:
Cindy (centre) giving instructions to the kids (:

PIF!!!

The TRIPOD People!

Tripod: PIF!

FRIDAY 13TH Morning: XXZ (XiaoXiaoZhu) Gathering @ Peish's Place

XXZ Gathering this time had 1 more person that the previous, so turnout is getting increasingly better. Belicia, Rennie and Michelle came over. Rennie hasnt changed a bit, cept for the fact that she has longer hair and no longer resemble a mushroom >_<>

FRIDAY 13TH Evening: Tripod Camp Starts

Cabbed to RGS where Tripod was held with Mich and Rennie who very very kindly agreed to help me carry things. And she had Crockie in her arms throughout the entire journey and while hailing the cab (which was really quite an embarrassment). We reached late, cos I was still doing last min packing just before we left my place. Things went pretty well, and the facils looked very well-briefed. And i was actually secretly very glad that WeiChieh turned up (cos i was terrified of mr chan at precamp, and i was paranoid that i will continue being like that throughout the whole of camp .. though i have come to really respect mr chan and enjoy the conversations i had with him), and even more glad when Cindy joined my group.

After dinner, I received the news that Mathematically-inclined Mr Chan from RJ and his wife wont be joining us for the facil session, plus Ms Tan wont be around for part of it, leaving group 2 without facils for some time. So Josie and I generously volunteered our services (: I was a nervous wreck initially, and thank god that I had sat down with Cindy initially to think about what I can do with the kids. The facil session on school stereotypes went pretty well, and I did some of the activities i learnt during facil training session such as Traffic Jam, Have you Ever and the Land Mine/GRPR game with them. I personally felt it went rather well, and I'm glad my very 1st facil session went relatively smoothly. Josie and I were actually feeling quite proud of ourselves after that (: And I do sincerely hope that they feel the same ;)

It was Night Activities after the 1st discussion session and I joined back my original group 6/ N-2. They rose up to the occasion and emerged champions (: Woohoo! Well done guys! And it was also during night activities that Beatrice brought out Crockie (whom i have hid in the gallery), and then it got passed around greasy palms and laid on sweaty backs (with WeiChieh being the main culprit). I heard someone commenting that Crockie was turning gay .. though i wouldnt be surprised since I have heard this common saying that most cute males are gay. And Crockie is a cute male (:

Saturday 14th July: Camp Day 2

My group visited MINDS, and it was a great visit, in fact one of the best VWO visits that I have ever gone for. It was one that struck me a lot cos it really opened my eyes to many things- both to the people there and also my group members. I really loved playing with my MINDS buddies- Wei Seng and Wei .. erms i kinda forgot his name cos it sounded so much like the former. But I really loved the way they looked out for each other, and so genuinely cared for each other. I really agree with Cindy when she talked about Joy in Service, because it seeing the smiles on their faces really put one on mine as well. It's like Joy Multiplication (: And it was also heartening to see my group members trying their best to make the day the best they can for the kids at MINDS. The VWO visit was undoubtedly the highlight of the day.

Amazing Race in Orchard Rd after that wasnt as fantastic for the group, since most of them were getting really tired already. I was personally very surprised that i wasnt shagged by then, obviously all the late-night worksessions in hc has trained me well.

Battle of the Sea Snakes Finale game was very fun and I think most people enjoyed it. I enjoyed it alot personally, cos it was the only time i could do my councillor thing and get people to cheer and make me happy by screaming to the school that I am Hot. HAHA. Gosh, I so totally forgot that I was supposedly on a "Teach Peishan to be Modest" day. But then again, i dont have to follow it since WC (sounds like a toilet ehs) didnt follow "Treat Peishan like a Princess day".. how annoying.

The night was spent playing with balloons, and I still cant do balloon art. Then again, it might just be better that way cos I can bug others to do it for me. (:

Had sentry with Beatrice, my lovely sister, after that. Ended up talking rubbish, that is way too embarrassing for me to publish it here. But she is definitely one of the reasons why committing so much time in Tripod was worthwhile, cos it takes eons to find a friend whom you can get along with so well, but we just clicked so well, despite the fact that we knew each other since sec1 but never talked as much as this period of time which we worked tgt.

Sunday 15th July: Day 3/ Last Day

The most memorable thing on this day was the affirmation by Jelvin, cos it just made me feel like all the efforts I have been putting in was worthwhile. Well, call me ego (I know I am), but i love encouragement and praises anytime ;) HAH.

If there was one thing that I could change about the camp, it would be to get to know the facils better.. and to keep in contact with them after that. As beatrice was saying, as much as we think that these people that we are meeting are fantastic, how many can we actually really keep in touch with?

Monday 16th July

Had to drag myself out of bed to go down to Raffles Hospital for a check up for entry into UK. And the wait for absolutely disgusting. But i guess its cos it's relatively cheaper that GPs. And i was so excited at the low cost that i forgot all about bringing my x-ray along with me after that. How scatterbrained can someone get?

Met up with WC in RafflesPlace (?!? my 1st time there i hope i got the place right), and i finally saw for myself gloria jeans, the place where stef-dog used to work at. He showed me some of the photos that he took during camp, and others which he had taken on his trips. And quite a few of them were really breathtakingly beautiful. It's really fascinating to hear him talk about his various road trips and life stories, and I see him having done all the things that I would have hoped to complete in my lifetime (maybe he is just short of getting a boating and sailing license). Well, hopefully I will eventually be able to do it someday, somehow.

Went tuition after that, cos i realised that after weeks of procrastination, its really time for me to work. Plus Tripod is getting less busy, and its just not right to be bumming ard too much.

Reached home and had a late dinner (my meal times are really getting screwed), went online and had a lovely surprise when Huien msged me to ask if I was free. She called me from Aust after that (afterall she owes me a call!) and we had a lovely chat, updating each other about our lives. She is going to be one blessed woman ;) Unfortunately, my mum wasnt in the best of moods (cos my bro just had to get into a row with her over mugging for chinese) and demanded that I had to go to bed, which I decided that i shld follow, or risk getting "chastened". But its ok, since its her hols and she promised to call again. Love ya honeybuns~! But of course, i laid in bed for sometime, couldnt fall asleep, and got up to blog :( My body clock really IS getting out of hand.

Will post up pics of Tripod when i get them from WC and Mich (:

HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX

Watched HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX yesterday (:

Well, I will say its fantastic (compared to other movies), though i think that there has been better HP movies. I personally, prefer the first few where there was quidditch (and the 2nd instalment where RON was so so cute). But at lease this one gives us our fair share of fun by leaving quite some air time to lovely Fred and George, who are like my fave characters ever in the book. And plus, I think they did a great job in making Umbridge extremely hateful. (and making pink look disgusting) But i personally think that it is unfair to rate HP 3stars cos i think there are movies which are rated 3 which are pathetic compared to HP, and HP5 is only not as good cos it is compared to the previous ones. Maybe cos the book was too long, and they couldnt really squeeze all of it into 1 movie. They should have broken it up into 2 (and earn twice as money, cos the guys will all flock to watch Emma anw, and the girls to see Harry .. and Ron ;) ), and then i could savour more of ron and the weasley twins!

Yesterday was a hectic day for me. Prior to the my HP outing, had meeting with Mr Chua at Potong Pasir Mac's in the morning (and I arrived late cos i just could not wake up), then after that it was ferrying newater to my place for storage (with poor Josie as the chauffer), and rushing (CABBING.. eeks) to tuition after that. I fell asleep during tuition while waiting for my student to do work, I think he was laughing at me :( GAR. Tried to keep myself awake by texting Mon (whom I have seen for ages), and Stef (the dog).

Monday

Class Outing at Hotel Pheonix to have buffet high tea with the girls of seven D. How more high class can we get. The food there wasnt fantastic but thanks to charl, we had a discount (she had some credit card thingy) and it was qte decently priced at 14.50 for a buffet in a hotel. (: Will post up pics soon.

Tuesday

Met up with Jo and Chua (my pri sch best friends!) in the morning for a short while. Hung around in taka and far east. Chua came late cos she could not wake up (she was playing mahjong thru the night), and I had to leave early cos of tuition and they were reminding me not to be lazy and just go for it :( havent seen them for ages (since they left for perth), and glad that i caught them this time. They are attending the same uni in Perth .. how cool is it to have your pri sch best friend in the same uni and same course as you yeah? I'm jealous ;) Hopefully, I can go aust for a hol nxt yr!

Having a Tripod Meeting at my place later, so that reminds me, I better shower and make myself presentable! (:

I LOVE RON!

Thanks josh!

THANKS JOSH! For helping me to fix up that taggie that you see at the side (:

It just totally rocks to have a friend who says "yo" to you after sucha long time and the offer a service. Gee, maybe this is why I say I should start expanding my social dot. This is really one great incentive. That aside, me josh and gladys were saying that we should fix up some get-together soon, but he's having his prelims soon, while I'l be flying off, so that really doesnt leave us with much time. Plus i think kenneth is in OCS (or so, as Josh says), so i think it'll be pretty hard to find some common time to hang out. Maybe after Prelims, i suppose (: GAAH, this sounds so much like I'm the one taking A's!

Plus, there is this guy that i met at Tripod, he's a facil and he's also called Joshua, and he shares a (scary) striking resemblence to josh. Sometimes I'm wondering how coincidental this world can be.

Tripod's Precamp went well today, Mich is so darn it good at rah-rahing the crowd, plus it really did help that we had a fantastic group of students (: Cheers! and KUDOs to Mich. I think the facils were fantastic, and the kids were positive and open, and that's great. It's like a booster for our camp. I'm really looking forward to the camp. And seeing it ROCK!

Being in the orgcom has been fantastic, but the stuff that I'm supposed to do is starting to get a little expected (though i still enjoy it. beats me why i like doing the same thing again and again.)Taking the role of an (assistant) facil at the same is definitely going to be liven it up yeah!

Ok, my blog entries are getting boring cos its always abt Tripod. Even I think i need a break from it.

I feel like getting people to go for chalets with me and hanging out at the beach. Enjoying the sun, the water and the company. I'm trying to get the Losers to agree to a chalet, and maybe drag Yukit along or smthing, cos i've never been to escape, and i think it might be a cheaper alternative to genting . HEH.

Oh yes, there is supposed to be class outing at harbour front this monday. But i cant decide where to go down for it or not. Cos, Jo and Chua are asking me out. I CANT DECIDE. I HAVENT SEEN BOTH GROUPS OF PEOPLE FOR AGES!

PS. For those who havent caught Transformers, it rocks! Bumblebee is really sexy (: HEH.

u just gotta love josh! he's such a nice guy! he did the tagboard for me! i should treat him to a nice meal and movies! like transformers, fantastic four, oceans13, harry potter!

I love IKEA

I'm technically supposed to be meeting DJ for Transformers tonight .. but I'm feeling a little apprehensive about it since I will be out tonight, tmr night, the day (and night) after, and that leaves me very little time for my brother. Shucks, BUT i really do want to go catch a movie and chill and crap around .. of course, without a sense of guilt. And if I do pangsei DJ, it's not going to help in anyway, cos i'll feel guilty anyway. So i have not idea why I agreed in the first place .. and those toys arent even in anyway sexy.

Ernie-Ku got her package finally. (Hope you love it!) Wonder if Hunnybuns got it already as well? (: Hmms, but that girl is probable too busy racking her brains to come up with an excellent chinese essay to reply me.

Sidetracking .. the Cream of Chicken Soup at Ikea is fantastic (: its like creamy and thick and yet not too salty (not like the one that my maid fixes from the Soup Spoon instant packs). I'm a nutter for soups, my lunch can be just a Cream of Something soup plus bread and dinner be some corn soup/lotus soup etc and rice. And I'll be more than satisfied (: hehe.

I think Ikea actually makes you want to buy rubbish items like pots and pans and plastic bag dispensers and random stools or curtains. I was walking around there and telling May every other minute that I would like to buy this and that. But of course I didnt. I cannot risk ruining my reputation by being caught carrying a watering can/tong/pan around ..

A Classic Example of Rubbish that i wanted to buy .. but it was 90cents.
Cool looking rubbish tempts me. May and I wanted to get this for the GOH cos it has 3legs and signifies Tripod. But Josie gave us this "EEKS" face, and I presume, we would be chucking that idea down the drain.
I thought this shark was extremely cute (:
May loved this and was hugging it around the store. I was utterly embarrassed to be shopping with her.
This treasure trove is SOSO cute isnt it? (: I want it for my b'day! (Hint to those who forgot my present!)

And we thought that this chair had 3 legs (before we went ikea to check it out). Turned out it had 4. So we got a 3-legged photo stand as the GOH's token of appreciation instead (: But giving her a chair would be darn it cool wouldnt it?

My body clock is officially going all wrong. I HAVE to wake up after 10am everyday, if not i'll be walking around like a living zombie. An, i occasionally feel so tired in the noon that I go for a nap at 2-3am despite having woken up after 10. I am becoming an all-out SLOB. The only pathetic arguement is that I suffer from insomnia every night, and only drift off to dreamland after 3am (on the average). This is what I mean by .. preparation for England.

Had facilitators' training, conducted by Mr Chua from TOUCH Youth, at Bukit Merah on Friday and Saturday, and it was truly a great learning experienc from me (: And yes, of course, i was extremely inspired and touched (no pun intended!) by the passion and commitment of all the facilitators who went down. Cheers, and I think with this bunch of people, the event will be fantastic (:

Had a small group meeting on Sunday noon (that lasted till about 10pm) with a small bunch of people- May, Yukit, Yii Wen and Junghans. Josie left early .. and the remaining 4 of us were in some kind of wacky mood that day and kept laughing at the smallest matter. We were as productive as we should be (though we completed all our work in the end), but it was quality bonding session (or as we say to convince ourselves).

Talked to Erns for awhile online just now, and she sounded blissful there. (I'm jealous!) Hope she likes her present. She can make a statement thru it ;) Maybe if she takes a pic of it, i'll steal it and post it up here (:

Going for a Meeting at TOUCH tmr, but will be meeting May and Junghans at IKEA to do some shopping for token of appreciation for the GOH. And I might possibly drag them to Queensway to get shorts with me >_<

Was talking to huien, and she says she is embarking on a (colossal to her) task of writing an essay in CHINESE, entitled: My day at the Karoake Lounge -_-" Gosh, she has obviously not grown up in Australia.