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Yesterday was everyone’s birthday, so Happy Birthday yall!!! Anyway, we had two camp planning meetings for LLTC (in the morning) and CLS (in the afternoon)…

LLTC was fun, as usual, with all the same ppl as last year… Expected lah, all the fun ppl stick together, but for a new purpose; we’re gonna work hard to make this year’s LLTC a success! Hopefully, it’ll be easier than it sounds… *SIGH* If the SJI (I) gals and guys come over, its gonna be so much more difficult lah (no offense to Ben Teo), but its reeeeally hard to work with them…

Camp La Salle (CLS) was a bit less fun, cuz all the ppl there were SO DAO!!! Some ppl like Chris, who never mix around, or Kia Boon, who go there for fun only… (No offense to the both of them), but its really gonna need a lot to make us gel, and Jason and Eddy aren’t doing anything to help that… *SIGH* Let’s just hope we can pull things together to get the camp going successfully, and I can safely say that I prefer last year’s CLS already…

Anyway, moving on to lighter aspects (and later aspects too) of the day, Qing Wei, Belmond and I went out after the CLS meeting to Orchard to eat an early dinner… Just then, I discovered that the Chingay parade was that evening; I had absolutely no idea! So we decided to stay on for the parade, maybe even play a bit of pool in the meantime…

So after the pool lesson by Qing Wei, we went out and caught a bit of the parade, but went in for an ice kachang after a bit of sightseeing, filming, phototaking, and shopping in the nearby malls too! Haha, so fun, its madness lah… But then when we came out, everyone was walking on Orchard Rd already, so we joined them, and met up with Ernest Wang who was taking his bro for a short walk too…

After an hour or so of partying, dancing, taking pics with manga characters and emo figures, as well as dancers and all the other parade ppl, we were so high… Even Edgar Wang was high lah, he was having a lot of fun with the four of us, even tho there was that age gap =P

But all good things had to come to an end, and we all split up eventually to head back home… And another party to add to my list was counted =) We resolved to go back next year with a whole group of SJI guys to dance and party the night away… And I plan to keep that resolution, so all you SJI ppl reading this, watch out and wait for next year’s Chingay, yah?

Maybe I’ll drag some other ppl like Nicole and NATZ too, cuz I know they read my blod… =P

Looking forward to more parties,
-gabz-

So since I came back on a Saturday morning, I went for mass the next day, not knowing there had been a choir retreat that night… Well, I suppose its just as well I didn’t go, cuz my leg infection had to be taken care of…

So what happened was, Monday was New Year’s Day, and hence there would be no doctors except in the Accident and Emergency clinic… So I had to go to a paediatrician on Wednesday, when school reopened, which meant I would miss the first day of school… How fun, I hadn’t completed my HW by that time =P

So anyway, I went in for surgery on Wednesday afternoon, and was released later that night… All in all, successful, but the GA made me really really sleepy  =P  So I decided not to go to school the next day, and put off facing the music for another day (by which time I had hoped my homework would somehow miraculously complete itself =P lolz)

So I had to return to school on a Friday, whereby I thought I would be attending classes then going for Orientation Camp, but somehow, plans had changed, and knowing them, they didn’t tell anyone who wasn’t at the prep day… So i lugged my heavy camp bag to the LT along with my school bad, which had nice sweets and goodies… Muahahaha =P   But that’s a different matter… So I met all my good friends once again, and had all the fun in the world in the camps for the first three weekends… For example, the first two Fridays were spent in the two SJI Orientation Camps, and the third was spent in the SJI International Orientation Cmap…

Actually, I had lotsa fun doing all three camps, but the difference being that I was so sian of being a leader in a camp… I just like being a facil, and nothing else, taking a back seat in camps that I can ensure run smoothly and not to actually have to lead a group…  Somehow, my 30+ camps in SJI and church have already spoilt that experience…

So yeah, I made lotsa new friends during the camps, mostly with the PSLs and PSFs… (for those that know what’s going on between me n Wei Jin, good for you),  but other than that, I had fun in all camps… But then came the climax; the SJI campfire =)

Wow, that just blew me away… It really displayed Peer Support’s capability, effectiveness, and real enthusiasm… But there’s a difference; you know how you get a "high" after something really really really fun?  I sorta had to come up with a pseudo-internal "high" that got me through the night, but after that, I was too pooped to go on…

What I could do however, was go out for supper with Belmond, Lennon, and some other guys…  I really had lotsa fun that night, and I hope that’s one of the memories that will stick with me forever =P

So school after that was pretty much quite uneventful, except for those few activities that involved me; like emceeing the morning assembly one morning (which most of the school doesn’t have the privilege to do…) as well as leading morning prayer during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (which was before the Total Defence Day speech and prayer thingummy)…

So anyway, right now, it’s after the common tests (which nobody really went to study thoroughly for), and everyone’s so relaxed cuz its CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!  Muahaha… But I did manage to go out twice with my friends before the celebrations started to get into full swing…

On the first day, I went out with Lennon (cuz he wanted to watch a movie before going to Thailand for CNY) with Belmond, Qing Wei, and Joel Goh; went to catch Ghost Rider, which isn’t a bad show… Quite predictable plot, but very good special effects though its not the best of all the Marvel movies…

On the second day, I went to see the Epic Movie with Belmond, and it was hilarious!  Of course, I was with Kevin Koh, Ting Soon, Jon Chen, Thaddeus Ng (all 435; I felt so inferior in their presence); but they all deserted Belmond and I, so we went to watch the movie… Crazy story about Leslie Lim if u wanna hear (later on), and had dinner after movie with Kevin Koh and Qing Wei (another crazy story about BK =P lolz)…

Leslie, being some rich guy, came out that day with a total of about $120 to spend… But being very spendthrift, he spent around $20 on food, as well as $10 on a movie ticket (if I’m not mistaken)… Here comes the weird part; he goes to buy speakers for his iPod, and forgets to buy batteries, then asks me for money cuz he doesn’t have enough?  I was like, no way in hell, cuz he had like $54 left in his wallet…. He would just have to forgo his $50 shirt, and use the remaining money left for dinner… Bloody hell, he was almost down to begging me for money!

Another funny story; Belmond and I were rushing for a lift going up, and the ppl inside didn’t press the open door button in time, so I hit the open door button from the outside… Anyway, once we were inside, the lady right next to the buttons explained that she hit the call for help button instead of the open door button, since the open/close door buttons were usually at the top, but Plaza Sing buttons were different…. Nevermind, halfway up, the speaker box rang out and some indistinct voice came through, and we all burst out laughing! The whole lift was like laughing lah, and when the doors opened, they burst out, hardly able to walk… Belmond himself was trying to keep himself from falling in laughter…. LOLZ

Last story, four of us went for dinner, and couldn’t decide where to go… It was between budget fast food like MOS Burger and KFC, so we decided KFC since that was cheaper and better… But when we saw the place packed full of ppl, we decided to hop next door into BK instead… And just in time, a table opened up for us with a "red packet" lying on it that gave us free 4-piece chicken cheesesticks… So being extra kiasu Singaporeans, we went around the restaurant collecting these little "red packets", in exchange for free food… So we ended up having our measly dinner, as well as like six packets of 4-piece chicken cheesesticks, as well as four free small cokes… MUAHAHAHA =P That was super super fun!

So yeah, now its mostly just going aroung gorging ourselves with food from relatives’ houses, and I even went to visit Lee Kuan Yew and his wife in their humble home, though they do not practice exchange of red packets… They did give us nice fruits though =P  (his Taiwanese apples are stamped with "MINISTER MENTOR LEE KUAN YEW", so cool… I want my name on apples too!!)  And I went to two different consecutive reunion dinners, and I was so full after that… Had a nice dose of white wine yesterday night, and just now as well =P

Chinese New Year rox =)
-GABZ-

Whoah… Its been like AGES since I last updated my blog…

So I’m now sec four, everything’s so fun and all… It’s my last year in SJI, and I plan to treasure it to the fullest possible sense =P

So let’s start where I last left off; after the confi party in mid Nov last year… Yah, Wow, I know. So, yeah, I had a wedding that I originally couldn’t go for, cuz I was supposed to go for Beijing trip… But now that I could go, I had to sing for the wedding mass, and it was the responsorial psalm some more, so I had to solo in front of all the ppl who were all staring at me… But it was a familiar song, a nice song, so I was comfortable enough… Thankfully, the pianist didn’t throw me off by singing harmony in his own mike, though he nearly did… But other than that, the dinner was great, especially the drinking part =P (their red wine was quite cheap though)…

So THE CLUB formed at LLTC ‘B’ last year had a chalet, where they got together to celebrate all birthdays in Dec/Nov… And it was quite fun, SPS got to see how SJI guys really were… All the more cha kway teow-ing and teh tarik-ing… But yeah, I got a nice necklace that I still wear (though I broke it already, it’s repaired but quite fragile now), and I got to know more SPS guys, although the barrier between the two schools is still there… Why can’t we all just mix?!?!? It’s as if there’re two different groups… *Sigh*

Next up, I had a Vocation Camp at the Singapore Seminary at Punggol… That was actually quite fun, since I went with Julian and Eugene, but didn’t know that Glen Kiang and Andrew Yong were going too… So in the end, I had quite a few friends there, though I didn’t even know who I would get to know when I got there… So it was a very good, meaningful camp, and I really got to turn to look at my intrinsic self… Andrew does look and act like Marcus Goh, or vice versa, I SWEAR they’re related!

So after that weekend camp came the Legion Chalet, the one we were all waiting for (sorta)… And this time, it wasn’t so much of a disaster… Hehehe =P But yeah, it actually wasn’t that bad… Everything was quite easygoing, and I had to leave after two days, but it was going quite smoothly… Spent most of my b’day in camp again, last of which was at the beach, where we built a series of canals in the sand… So sad I couldn’t swim, but I don’t think anyone would’ve joined me looking at the sad state of the sea,,, But other than that, it was a nice day for me =P Stupid Chitty didn’t turn up…

So I left on the seventh night, and we went out for dinner, though I can’t remember where… It might have been at home, but I really don’t remember… Anyway, the next day or so was spent packing, and on the eighth night was our flight to Boston… I ended up getting an economy ticket which was upgraded at Frankfurt, and I had a nice nap cuz I couldn’t get much sleep before in the squashed seat… But I did make friends with the two guys beside me, and they gave me their business cards, though I don’t know what for… The caucasian guy was nicer though =P made some latex mattresses or something like that… LOL

So Boston was fun for all four days of our stay there… For another rare occasion, all five children were once again reunited… Last time was Kids Camp earlier that year in June, but it was the first time that Rem and Wei had been to Boston, and so Gen and Tush had a good time showing them around, especially all the cool sights like the Aquarium and Museum of Science… Other than that, we had a nice drinking game, where they forced me to pull out before I got any more drunk than them =P They were jealous, just because alcohol capacity is related to body mass… *Sigh* I needed all that anti-depressant…

So from Boston, we flew up to Vancouver, where we stayed overnight in our grandparent’s house, which was quite inconvenient, cuz of all the moving in and out… I prefer their old house, it was nice, big and warm… But their new house sufficed; I slept on this weird rug thingy that kept me warm and toasty… And the next day, we found that cuz of a snowstorm, we were delayed going up to Whistler to ski, so naturally, we went out to do what we did best… SHOP! We shopped the whole day through, and breakfast was a damn good original Denny’s breakfast… All you need to trigger a heart attack; eggs, bacon, sausage, etc.

When we finally got to Whistler, it was like returning home… The snow was such a welcoming sight, it was like so white and fluffy… I will never forget the time I spent there, all the joys and the tears, and that time of year =P So yeah, skiing downhill the mountain, and the nice snow that we built our snowman in,,, All the fond memories in Whistler when we used to go there at the end of each year… It was so fun lah, but its tiring and expensive… *Sigh* I hope we can go again, it would be even better if we could go with friends, so that the experience would be heightened…

So, we go back to Vancouver for Christmas, where multiple Christmas parties are celebrated… All the fun and laughter, the Christmas spirit just sets everyone off =P (in a good way), but I really missed the Christmas spirit here, what with Legion parties and Choir parties…

Just when I was going to leave for Singapore, I discovered a new swelling of an infection on my inner thigh that resembled somewhat my previous two leg injuries… However, this one was much more painful, and it was also inhibiting my walking cuz of its position and painful nature… *Sigh* Third time it was happening to me… And I had to tahan it all through the flights and the long walks through the airports, carrying my lovely little crumpler =P

But school was starting in a few days, and I had to finish up my homework for that… I was actually quite excitied to go back to school… Don’t know why, but I had so many things to look forward to =P

Little did I know, last minute complications would present themselves along the way…

Alrighty then, I have to go now, but I promise a part II, yah?

Must study hard for CTs, and work hard too!

One last year, till it’s aaaaall over…

Here we go then, till the end.

*Sigh* once again,

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PS, Sorry there’s no colour on this com… It’s a mac =(