RAR!!! i'm so pissed wif myself. came home, slept at 5pm, n woke up at 12am!? wth. so i forgot to pass msg n settle stuffs. blehx!

now to LOOK BACK n rmb the TIRING week.

mon - cca activity frm morning till aftnn

tues - enegy-saving course in the morning till aftnn. came back home to take a rest n settle sum work. then headed to skl at ard 5.30 for cca camp preparations. stayed overnight, but only caught 1 & a half hours of slp.

wed-fri - scouts camp started on wed early in the morning. a series of non-stop activities for the juniors. but fortunately seniors juz had to settle the activity they were i/c of. tis gave me a chance to leave the camp for a while for council meeting. thurs was SS hike for my lvl. walked under the hot sun for hours, giving me my skin colour now. didn't really sleep much n well for these 2 nights either... fri was break camp n promotion. but stayed until v late in skl coz of packin up n prep for sat open hse. n oso coz had meeting at 6.30 in skl. reached home on fri, 9.30pm

sat - AHS open hse. had to do tour-leading duty. basically to bring ppl ard, intro em abt the place n oso ans the qns they ask. aft tt had council meeting. went back to scouts at ard 1plus. slept till 4+ b4 makin my way home. came home n was knocked out almost immediately. fell asleep frm ard 5pm to 12am! meaning i didn't pass msg bout meeting later today. freak me. i'm pissed wif myself. rar!

ok so tis wk seemed packed i suppose... nx wk's not gonna b any much different...

juz a preview:

mon - scouts + guides combined hike. shud take up the whole day. =S
tues - energy saving course till aftnn. aft tt most prob come back to skl for meeting.
wed - grad nite
thurs - shud b having a meeting agn.
fri-sun - council bonding camp
it's half an hour b4 i leave home for skl. LOL.

n i'm only returning back home on fri evening.

Y?
coz i'm goin for cca camp! today's camp prep, n stayin overnite coz need to meet requirements for CAMPER badge.. basically is to spend a certain number of nights under tentage. yep.

anw, tis 2 weeks seem lyk it's gonna b hell for me.. esp tis. =( LOADs of things happening at the same time. guess it's really gonna test some MANAGEMENT skill of mine. =S

o wadeva, i shall not tink of the whole big picture agn. it's SCARY... i've gotta take a step at a time. =) o n tt reminds me.. i've gotta go pack my bag n plan for wed.

toodles!
My 11 WONDERFUL days in THAILAND =)

Day 1, 7/11, tues
hitched a ride to the airport in sockling's mum's car. boarded the plane n arrived at Chiangmai International Airport at approx 10am (thai time). o & lemme tell u, the air there is juz "great". it carries a very strong smell of smoke. O.O aft we arrived, we split into grps of 11 n got into a van to travel to carrefour. had our lunch there, n oso bought some foodstuff to last us thru the nights in chiangrai. lunch was already an eye-opener for us. lol. coz their fast food, specifically mac, is different frm s'pore's. VERY DIFFERENT. x) their lemon tea is super sweet, taste juz lyk syrup. their nugget meal consisted of 10 nuggets. n their fries r served so hot tt u can even smell the oil. LOL. at carrefour, my grp got v lil food rations, as compared to the other 2. but it didn't matter. we still managed to live past those days. =P
we left aft tt n headed for chiangrai in the van. a LONG L-O-N-G L - O - N - G way there... so we had our dinner in betwn. reached HUI ZHONG PO sumwhere at ard 9. was shown ard the kindergarten, & introduced to the ppl n rules there... n well, it had the BEST facilities out of the 3 villages. x) it totally felt lyk a mountain top resort la. wahahaha.. o, n i had to share a room wif jasper. it was lyk heaven man.. not tt sharing a rm wif JASPER was heaven, but the room itself was. xP didn't need air-con, coz the weather there is cool in the day(not under direct sunlight), n COLD at night. temp there approx 10-25 degrees. back to the ppl... there was CHUN LAN JIE the founder of the kindergarten; psn-in-charge, YANG DA SHEN the cook, sumting MIN (i nv knew her name =X) the teen gal helper there, & GAO DA MA n GAO DA DIE the helpers there too...
n tt's the end of my wonderful 1st day. =)

day 2, 8/11, wed
woke up at 6.30. prepared to haf breakfast at 7.30am. aft breakfast we were introduced to the kids. they sang a welcome song, n we saw how they started their day wif a series of christian thanksgiving songs...
it was then time for WORK, manual labour... lol. we proceeded to a house approx 500m away frm the kindergarten, where our road was supposed to b built. we had road-building all the way frm morning till dinner, in betwn returning to the kindergarten for lunch. road building was ok la, considering the fact tt there were so many ppl there, which gave us chances to slack =X
yep n so tt was 2nd day, a day of introduction n road-building.

day 3, 9/11, thurs
as usual we had our breakfast at 6.30, den carried on wif road-building. & yea, we completed the short road + repairs at ard 3pm. tis time it was tiring, coz the building site was getting further n further away frm the cement mixture, meaning we had to carry the heavy cement for a longer distance. but aft sum analysis n grp decision making, we made a human chain. thou slower, but with greater ease. teamwork, tt's wad ya call it ;)
aft we returned frm the road-building, it was very much slack time. i went to explore their vege garden, n realized tt almost all vege on our tables were fresh frm the garden. it was juz great, fresh tasty vege on our tables evryday. trust me, thou it's vege, it's still delicious. =9
at night aft dinner, we had a night walk to the nearest provision shop. it was rather far away, even thou we used the shortcut, which was so rocky n dangerous... n well for safety reasons, we decided to use the safer long way back to the kindergarten. thou there were oso no lights, but at least we were walking on proper cemented roads.
now tt was the exciting night experience of my 3rd day.

day 4, 10/11, fri
it was my (sub)grp's turn to teach the kids. =D initially i totally dread this day coming. y? coz i felt no connection wif the kids there. for the past 2 days i juz couldn't click wif em. ok more of couldn't interact n play HAPPILY wif em... but it all turned out FABULOUS, totally unexpected. =D
aft lunch we went to a padi field to try out threshing the rice. it was to knock the ripen rice grains out of it's stalk... n as indoor human beings, we experienced the warmth of mr. golden sun while we knocked the rice crazily out of its long stalk. x) tis led us to the discovery of the strength n endurance of the ppl there... imagine threshing rice for the whole day frm morn till night, hot till cold. it's not only tiring, but back-breaking... impressive!
slacked for the rest of the day....

day 5, 11/11, sat
went to a rose plantation aft breakfast. it wasn't tt magnificent, coz the plantation wasn't really taken care of. hrd tt it was nearly unwanted.. but it was still worth visiting... 1 end of the plantation was rather "alive" n beautiful. it would haf been better if the weeds on the ground weren't there. x)
went out for a tour ard the villages aft lunch. visited a drug rehab n a chinese high school.
pick-up rides r fun! =)

day 6, 12/11, sun
attended sunday service for the 1st time in my life... but i'm not a religion sorta psn, so i wasn't really interested in wad was happening. =X
aft tt we waited for the other 2 grps to come for lunch.. but bad news came when only the ming li village ppl came. sum silent conflict happend n created fued betwn both grps... there were alot of leftovers, so we brought em to the NCC guys at lu jia... played wif the kids there when we got there, then went to check out their bunks.. it was terrible compared to the kindergarten. toilets were juz outside their bunks, makin the place smell. but it was EXPECTED la... xP
proceeded to sum skl aft tt to witness a frenly basketball match. returned for dinner n it marked the end of the day.

day 7, 13/11, mon
an average day at the childcare wif no special happenings... finished most of the murals n took pictures wif the kids.
o o o.. tis is the day i led a part of my grp to the nearby provision shop. x)

day 8, 14/11, tues
our very last day to teach the kids... practised a goodbye song.. =(
left for liu jia village for "cultural night"... had a sumptous meal there n performed our grp's item. went well, if not for the technical faults.... my grp did 2 songs + a short fun dance. NCC peeps did sum cheer, den their display of pumpings n finally tong hua(which restarted so many times).. mingli village ppl did a song n a dance.. den it was all the formal thankin n goodbyes...

day 9, 15/11, wed
EMO morning, coz we had to leave... many cried, couldn't bear to leave the place, leave the kids n forget the place...
arrived at Chiangmai Holiday Hotel sumwhere in the early evening... shopped at the night bazaar till 11pm.. bought sum stuff n spent quite a sum of money.

day 10, 16/11, thurs
left for Central Airport Plaza in the morning.. we shopped there all the way till 4pm... not enuf time can.. the place is so big tt we took 1 hr juz to walk the 1st storey... n there were lyk, 4 storeys? but it wasn't tt bad, coz as we went up, the shops became more of electronics stuff... so basically we had 3 lvls tt were SHOPable. Ground, level 1 & level 2. had our luch at pizza hut there...
took a taxi back to the hotel n arrived sumwhere b4 5.. then it was NIGHT BAZAAR time agn. x) tis time until 11.30, but my grp ppl returned late. =(
had a final review in ms lee's rm aft tt n it was the conclusion of the whole chiangrai trip.

day 11, 17/11, fri
left the hotel in the morning n returned to s'pore at ard 2.30pm(SG time).

THE END.


thou the trip is over, but i will FOREVER TREASURE the MEMORIES of my time in CHIANGRAI.
those friendly people.
those tame dags.
those days in the kindergarten.
those nights in the bunks.
those playtime wif the kids.
those crazy meals tgt at the table.
those back-breaking dishwashing duties.
those song-filled, cold, windy pick-up rides.
those late-night OT painting sessions.
those reahearsals at night.
the smoky air.
the rocky path to the provision shop.
the 3 healthy meals a day.
the cold mountain-top temperature.
the time on stage when we sang as 1.
the time when we cried as we were abt to leave.
the teamwork.
the friendship.
the bond.
the once-in-a-lifetime experience tt's nv to b forgotten. =)
i'm BACK!!! =D

back in s'pore... feeling all mixed up inside...
on 1 side, i feel lyk returning home.. coz it is afterall where i belong. there's definitely work tt i HAF TO do n well, REALITY forces me to come back....
HOWEVER, i oso feel lyk staying at CHIANGRAI. to live those "carefree" days without much technology, simple facilities, n healthy food... it really felt lyk a breakaway frm the evil, corrupted n complexed world. ppl there r simple n so r their lives... it was really a GREAT experience... =)

so it all boils down to WORK vs SLACK & REALITY vs DREAMS. blehx! wadeva!!
having the once-in-a-lifetime experience would b good enuf, i suppose... =S

in no mood to tok abt the long story of 11days in thailand & back to s'pore. sum other time i guess...


all good things must come to an end.
& tis is the end of CHIANGRAI CIP 2006.
OFF TO CHIANGRAI! =)

7/11 - 17/11

will b BACK ON 17/11, late aftnn.
3J'06 class chalet - 1nov-3nov

lemme c... it was.. ... so-so? the class ain't really tt bonded in the 1st place.. esp the 1metre thick re-enforced wall between the locals n PRCs.. haix.. it's been a year n it all still seems the same.. wad a pity... as for the activities during the chalet, they r all juz typical 40% SLACKIN 30% ROTTING 20% EATING 10 % HAVING FUN kinda stuff... the guys hangin out tgt, stuck on the X-BOX, playin at the ARCADE, leaving tgt... as for the girls, it was sorta a clique thingy. ALL NORMAL LA for a class tt's not bonded =X...
summary...
1st day-
i reached only in the evening, at ard 5++... half of em were ouside STARTING the BBQ ; half were inside talking n playin... i became CAT's MARIA aft tt.. lol. helped wif skewing the chicken wings.. den sausages. i stoned outside aft tt, didn't help wif the BBQ'ing. saw 2 AHS sec1s walk pass at sum pt in time.. but dunno hu exactly n wad class. LOL. had a great time GOSSIPING aft i entered the rm... x) went to arcade at dunno wad time (totally lost track of time la), n saw 1H guys.. den oso saw a few 1H gals... returned aft the arcade closed, at ard 11 if i rmb correctly.... ROTTED inside, but i rmb i slept for a short period.
2nd day-
went to Mac at ard 6 n saw a grp of 1H ppl agn.. O.o was v DAO. appeared as thou i HATED em.. so sorry, didn't mean it. x) left the chalet ard 7.. came home, supposedly to settle the environmental ambassadors for sum fengshan cleanliness campaign.. took a nap n went back at ard 2. den 6 of us (van, cat, cam, lucienne, wenhui n me) went to Wild Wild Wet.. my 1st time there thou =X well, the moment we walked to the entrace of WWW, i saw a grp of 1H guys.. tt was ok i guess, 3rd time meeting 1H ppl... the unlucky ting was tt i saw em for the 4th time, IN WWW. oh man... they entered WWW juz lyk 1 min aft us.. it's juz terrible.. shall not elaborate on my time spent there.. 1 word to describe it... GREAT! XD. went bac to chalet aft tt n ROTTED away... went to whitesands as a whole to haf our dinner. walked ard doin window shoppin aft tt. =)
3rd day-
went to aloha loyang at 2am to disturb 2K'05 n 2J'05. long walk there n long walk back... slept at ard 3am back in 3J'06 chalet.. woke up at 6.30 n left for skl at 7.

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CHIANGRAI!!! both =D n =((

i wonder how i shud feel right now... chiangrai trip is juz lyk 3 more days away!? i dun feel prepared, both ALONE n as a GROUP. no. 1, the grp's preparation for MURAL painting, cultural night & VCDs all seems to b lost n unheard of.. ok mayb the cultural nite performance is not tt worse, but it still seems so undefined... n my teaching grp.. oh man.. the songs tt we r gonna use r all not confirmed!!! haix.. as for MYSELF.. i haven't STARTED packing my bag. as a matter of fact, i haven't even deeply thought abt wad i intend to bring. =S oh man...

in addition to tt, i'm SICK! i suppose it's cause of class chalet.. being ill is not the pt.. the focus in on the fact tt i sense a FEVER comin my way.. aching body, heavy head, runny nose, sore throat n an uncomfortable body... tt's juz so gonna ruin evryting.. fever & travelling, tt can nv b tgt. i juz hope i dun get sent bac home... haix... =((

in no mood to tok bout exciting stuff... .



i'm sorry i hadn't answered ur calls.
hate me bcoz of tt... i'm sorry.
i juz needed time to figure myself out...
i was STABBED by GLEN CHUA! lol.

{copyrighted from elizabeth.credits goes to her}
THE RULES:
BOLD the statements that are true to you.
ITALISE the statements that you wish are true.
leave the Fibs alone.
then; stab five people to do the same test and leave a tag on the person's tagboard to say he/she has been tagged.

i miss somebody right now. xP
i dont watch tv these days.
i wear glasses or contact lenses.
i love to play video games.
i've tried marijuana.
i have been in a threesome.
i have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.
i believe honesty is usually the best policy.
i curse sometimes. OOPS =X
i have changed a lot mentally over the last year. maturity? sounds so BHB...
i carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
i'm totally smart. how'd i wish...
i've broken someone's bones.
i'm paranoid sometimes.
i would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, f.o.c and scar-free. or mayb sum other ways to improve my ugly looks.
i need money right now. holidays = high expenses..
i love sushi. =9
i talk really, really fast.
i have long hair. nonono.. it's gonna b so hot...
i have lost money in Las Vegas.
i have at least one sibling. 2 to b exact
i have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past. council's WIG! & i tink fake nails r cool!
i couldn't survive without Caller I.D.
i like the way i look. i'm ugly la...
i am usually pessimistic. abt certain most tings
i have a lot of mood swings.
i have a hidden talent.
i'm always hyper no matter how much sugar i have. tt would make me cheerful...
i have a lot of friends.
i am currently single.
i have pecked someone of the same sex. xP
i enjoy talking on the phone. tt would make fonecalls so much more enjoyable...
i practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
i love to shop. but no $$$. =(
i would rather shop then eat.
i don't hate anyone.
i'm a pretty good dancer. ballet, jazz, salsa, tap.. all DREAMS i suppose...
i'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother.
i have a cell phone.
i believe in God.
i watch MTV on a daily basis.
i have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
i have rejected someone before.
i have no idea what i want to do for the rest of my life.
i have changed a diaper before.
i've called the cops on a friend before.
i'm not allergic to anything. dust n coffee?
i have a lot to learn.
i've been with someone at least 10 years older or younger.
i am shy around the opposite sex.
i have tried alcohol before. wad's the big deal?
i have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
i own the "South Park" movie.
i would die for my best friends.
i think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
i have used my sexuality to advance my career.
i love Michael Jackson, scandals and all. moonwalkin, plastic surgery, paedophile.. x)
Halloween is fun because you get candy. lyk we'd ever get to celebrate it in s'pore..
i watch Spongebob Squarepants and i like it. spastic entertainer. x)
i am happy at this moment.
i'm obsessed with guys. xP
i have more than just my ears pierced.
i walk barefoot wherever i can.
i have jumped off a bridge.
i love sea turtles.
i spend ridiculous money on makeup.
i plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
i'm proficient in a musical instrument.
i've worked at McDonald's restaurant.
i hate office jobs.
i love sci-fi movies.
i think water rules.
i went college out of state.
i like sausages. yum yum. x9
i love kisses. =P
i fall for the worst people.
i adore bright colours.
i can't live without black eyeliner.
i don't know why the hell i just did this stupid thing. to waste my time... LOL
i usually like covers better than originals.
i can pick up things with my toes.
i can't whistle. o.O
i can move my tongue in waves. coolness!
i have ridden/owned a horse. tt was a nong nong time ago. x)
i still have every journal I've ever written in. the only journals i haf r the ones for english n tis online 1...
i can't stick to a diet. food = necessity
i talk in my sleep.
i try to forget things by drowning them with distractions. =((
climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
i have jazz in my blood.
i wear a toe ring.
i have a tattoo.
i can't stand at LEAST one person that i work with.
i am a caffeine junkie. coffee gives me headaches. =S
i cosplay/know what cosplaying is.
i have been to over 15 conventions.
i will collect anything, and the more nonsensical the better.
i'm an artist.
i only clean my room when necessary. =X
i like a person of the same sex. xP

wont STAB any1 to do tis... any1 can do it if u're interested... =)