tagbacks!
val: hey brave junle! let me know what time you're shaving on that day when you get your timeslot! i'll go down to support you if i can find the time to! :) i'll donate to you too! :D
hey val! my timeslot is 1.30pm. aiyo don't need to waste ur time come down support me. moreover i bet the place will b so crowded that u'll get pissed off. lol

yz: nah i screwed some tests
aiyoyo! anw i hrd tt some of the tests were rather hard, so dun b too hard on urself. take tis as a motivation for u to work harder for ur O's :)

cat: im soooooooo damn touched when lei lei said he misses me!! OHHH LEI LEI! I MISS U SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH XD
n mr lee lei lei, it's been mre den a yr since u mentioned tt u wanna "ti botak" but purrrrrrlease!!! ur head is still covered with hairs!
hahaha! we're gonna meet up on Thur! :D ey ey ey! this time it's for real ok. dun believe we can meet up some time aft 6 July n u shall see it with ur own eyes.

chew: hahaha gonna see a botak junle! don't bluff lor I know your main shaving reason is cause you have those kutus haha! okok jkjk.
yepyep! or maybe not. xP kinda hrd tt i'll need to cover my bald head coz it'll easily get sunburnt (considering it has not seen the sun for nearly 17 years).


Shaving Timeslot: 1330H

looks like i'm gonna need a cap/bandana soon...


erase the hatred, drop the grudges, forget about the unhappy past...
it's time to embrace life with a big bright smile.
HAIR FOR HOPE 2008

my profile page for the event

it would be really nice if you could post a message (or perhaps a few words of encouragement).

& it would be even nicer of you if you could accompany for the event on 6 July, at Velocity @ Novena Square. I have not registered for any specific timeslot yet (anyway registration opens only at 0800H today), hence i am unable to provide that piece of info.


that's about it for now. i've gotta go release some "zzz".
tagbacks!
someone: JUNLE IS G A Y!
who are you? hmm...

yuanzhi: junle my exams coming liao leh. die
aiyo! chill man. study hard, keep your cool, and everything will turn out fine. :)

Huiling: hahahahah i can bring along my spiderman mat then :D hahahah ahhhhhh dad i miss you lehhhhh! anyway, study hard for your exams :)
LOL! XD why on earth do u have such a cute mat? i miss you too! we shud meet up and go all crazy like we always do. wahaha! thanks. my mid-sem exams ain't that taxing actually.

cherlin`: HELLO!
HELLO! it's been a long long time since i last saw you.

chew: haha huiling! spiderman mat oh gosh. shall have asg dinner sooooon!! eh lee jun le I just realised my link there no smilie face no exclamation mark no nothing!
FRIDAY! =D i can't wait for it to come! aiyo sorry ar, i veh nong neber update the links ler. =X will do it soon, i hope.


halfway through an english assignment. and it's only an essay outline. wth.

I ABSOLUTELY HATE WRITING ENGLISH ESSAYS. =(

maths mid-sem today. it was relatively easy imo.

anyway... tomorrow's the briefing for HfH 2008! oh gosh! the date of the event is drawing near. i'm going to be bald soon! =O hahaha.

can't go on anymore. gotta complete my essay outline and go to sleep as early as possible. =\

econs test tmr, and i have not started studying. dam!
tagback!
chew: hahaha 12345 minutes! for a moment then I thought we would just sit down and have a picnic right at the entrance of east point! lol dong1 dian3 huh.
next time we should bring a mat when me meet up. then we can just settle down anywhere we want. i'm just so smart! XD


"Happiness is not a destination. It is an approach to life."
tagbacks!
Huiling: Ahhhhh dad, I'm so glad when I saw you that day in ahs during the camp:)
me too! it was so unexpected. lol.

SOCKLING: Haha dont feel insignificant! at least i always laugh my ass off with you :D are you having hols now?
well it was one of those moments. =\ let's laugh our asses off again soon! XD nah, not having hols. my hols start on national day.

yuanzhi: lols why would u wan to say that to me? u work hard in ur new sch/university
erm... 'cause you are having O levels this year. tyty. u work hard too. x)

jiemin: hello!! really super long din get to see u! glad we will meet up tml! yeah! :D
we finally met, after a long long time. whee!

chew: haha jieting! I merely 离开地球表面 for two weeks LOL. whee.
YO JUNLE at least you could come for asg dinner huhhuh hope it made up for the 'distant' feeling..
what!? did u float into space? oh my... wahaha! XD oh oh! we must try to meet up often, or else i might just disappear into the distance... =X

t 'bitha: LOL no, Serene told me they are only inviting the exco, trying to bargain with the school to invite the entire of our batch.
ooh i see. anw it's not like we will be banned from entering without an invitation right? moreover i don't think the invitation excuses us from class. so i don't really find it a big deal. =X i mean other than having the thought.


was at Montfort Knights campfire a few hours ago. initially felt kinda awkward to be there on a "personal invitation" basis, especially when i was wearing my troop scarf without anyone else from my unit. but it got better when i managed to have a short chat with brian and minghui.

their gateway was woah! one can easily see that great efforts were put in to construct that l-o-n-g bridge. unfortunately for the program, it was ruined by the rain. ok honestly, the program was simple to start with. but with the addition of the drizzle/rain, things were rushed and cancelled to end the campfire asap. what a pity, i must say.

saw many familiar faces there; ventures from the same VLC. an awkward, yet close feeling. lol.


earlier today, during ESL407 lesson, mrs kirti showed us a video which i found kinda cool. Why we do what we do, and how we can do it better. i'm always amazed by the power of such speeches.


Monday had ASG dinner @ 18 chefs. had a really crazy and fun time in the restaurant. after our meal, we ,being nice people, decided that we should not occupy the space and reduce business. hence, we decided to find a playground to hang out at. unluckily, after walking some distance to a dark, mosquito-filled playground, signs of rain appeared. so we made our way back to eastpoint and searched for a place where we could sit and chat. after 12345 minutes, our butts fell into the chairs outside starbucks. chitchatted till around 10plus, then we dispersed and went home.
it's one of those moments when i feel so tiny & insigficant in this huge world.
tagbacks!
yuanzhi: no lor i dun find myself hilarious. u work hard hor.
o.O what's with the "u work hard hor."? so random. anw i tink i shud b saying tt to u instead. lol.

t 'bitha: HUH! Pon test uh. They're only inviting exco! O.O
nono. i cannot pon my test. well they can't possibly sms/call evry1 ma, so only inform our exco lor.


i'm sick. x.x *sneezes*

terrible terrible... *sniffs*

after lookin' thru the ventures investiture pics, i feel really sad that i could not attend the survival camp. dam! it must have been a great experience, despite the torture they had to go thru. and somehow, it just made me feel disconnected from the other ventures. =(

i have been getting this awful feeling lately, making me all moody and depressed. it's like all of a sudden my mind will think about the past, ASG, council, scouts and everything else in AHS. apparently everything seems so distant from me now. buddies have become friends; and friends are now mere acquaintances. it feels as though i'm fading away into a new world.

I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN!
I'M NOT READY FOR IT!

everything's whizzing past so quickly...

it must be all these negative thoughts that caused me to fall ill. blehx!
tagbacks!
JTING: this really shows you are like really disconnected cos she disappeared for TWO WHOLE WEEKS OF HOLS. hip? i like HOP more!!! hahahaha. quite funny. (:
i've been so caught up with my schoolwork. ='( n wth... =_= tt's like freakin' lame la. gosh!

van: yo daddy! yo yo! am i seeing you soon?
HEYHEY! i think so, i hope so. =s

t 'bitha: Hahah I don't know! Are you going back? Lol, I rather neutral about going back, or not. Heh.
i wanna go back! but i can't. =( i just realised i've got a test on tt day. rar!

yuanzhi: walao eh i dun wan to be ur GF la!!! waaaaaa laaauuuu!!
n anyway i am a he, so cannot be GF, actually can lor (good friend =))
LOL! u r just so hilarious. XD anw i oso didn't say what GF stands for what. it's for you guess. xP
tagbacks!
chew: hello busy man haha take care!
we should have asg dinner soon!
my busy-ness can't be compared to tt of ur normal school days. xP yepyep! jiemin organising 1 on mon rite?

yuanzhi: so ur lazy to see me lor? walao i very sad
LOL! u make it sound like u r my GF liddat sia. eh dun try to flirt with me ok. XD is not i lazy to see you, but is just tt i lazy to go find ur add.

-pam-: HEYHEYS! i was here! haha wow why were you at hci cf???HAHA
HEY THERE! thanks for dropping by. i love campfires, tt's y i was there. moreover, hci is near to my school. =P

JTING: i cant believe jiesi is actually saying JUNLE is a busy man. HOW ABOUT HERSELF RIGHT JUNLE?!?! lol. anyways it's been LONG since i've seen you!! hahaha. I MUST ALWAYS GET READY TO PRESS PAUSE ON YOUR PLAYLIST BEFORE IT BLAST INTO MY EAR AND INTERRUPT MY CHEENA MUSIC!!! =.= SEE YOU. (: LOL
AIYO! people now having study break, not so busy you see. but when school re-opens, it'll be MADNESS! wahaha! XD YESYES! i have been disconnected not only from you, but also from the east & cool eastsiders since who-knows-when. totally sucks. =\ & HELLO! my playlist contains the most "in" & "hip" english songs ok. =P see you SOON, i hope. lol.


As you can see, i'm here at this godly hour, posting and attempting to update my blog.

staying awake up till this godly hour usually means either of 2 things.
1. i'm doing some bloody ESL 407 essay
2. there's not school tomorrow

for today, it's the latter. NO SCHOOL TOMORROW! yay!

just to let you know, i've no school on next Fri as well. so those enjoying your june holidays, do date me out on tt day. i'm desperate to meet up with those old mates whom i've not met in a long long time. anyway if no one dates me out, i will still be out. SHOPPING! =D or at least that's my plan. x)

let's look back and recall what happened during the past few days, omitting school since it's so repetitive.

Tue - attended Hwa Chong Institution scouts (ventures&rovers) campfire. Lu Huan is actually a rover scout of tt unit! & she was also 1 of the emcees for the campfire. it was kinda hilarious, but the audience just didn't seem to be affected. overall, there was definitely room for improvement.

Wed - attended King Lear Project @ Drama Centre as part of my MUS 266 course. it turned out to be a real shocker. ok it was actually a fault on my part to not check out what it was about before the event. owells, at least i wasn't bored at any point in time.

Fri - felt really moody today, don't really know why. =\ finally had the debrief for the VLC project. kinda rushed down to HQ so tt i will reach slightly early, but in the end, nearly everyone else was late. =_= the debrief turned out just like how a normal debrief should go, nothing special. i do not wish to spell out the contents of the debrief. =P anyway towards the end of the debrief, i had a chance to listen and talk to the guys from montfort about their upcoming campfire. i so wanna attend their campfire! too bad they didn't invite AHS falcon scouts. butbutbut, they did kinda extend a personal invitation to me by word of mouth. should i go?

there's Manjusri & St. Gabriel's campfires in June as well. i wanna go! at least the St. Gabriel's one...

and in July, there's St. Andrew's Sec and some area campfire. =D

CAMPFIRES GALORE! =DD


the other AHS Y1 venture scouts are having their survival night now i suppose. hope they are doing well.

as for me, i shall go and appreciate my nice bed. =P
tagbacks!
yuanzhi: if u can why not?
definitely can... but i'm just too lazy. =x dang!

Huiling: hee hey dad I miss you :(
HEY! i saw you yest! =D

cat: lei lei !!! u promised to go back ahs n get testimonial with me!!! dun forget!
of course i rmb. when do you wanna go back?

huiling: LOL HELLO LITTLE MEANIE! =D
MEANIE no. 2! =P

t 'bitha: Junle Junle Junle! I miss your baking!
that's all!? *sobs sobs* lol! anw u going back for invest.?

jeremy: hello!
HELLO! haven't talked to u for a long long time. i miss you! =(


I'M BACK~!

*sweeps, vacuums and mops the place*

it's nearly 1 week since i last updated, i know. too lazy to update. zzz...

significant events for the past days...

Thu - The Lord Of The Rings Symphony. it's some concert at the esplanade which i tried very hard to appreciate. lol.



picture of the program booklet

Fri, Sat & Sun - ASC Student Camp... Summer! 追赶跑

Today - Mr Ho did not come! missed a very important lesson. OH NO! ECONS MID-SEM EXAMS ON WED LEH!!!

ok sorry gotta go.
gotta do my english essay and study for econs.
tagback!
yuanzhi: that is if u can find me first!! hehehe
do you want me to go to your hse n find you? it's possible for me to get your address you know. x)


felt philosophical today. LOL! kept preaching on dumb stuff. XD

anyway this morning was really funny. i fell asleep on the mrt and by the time i woke up, i was at boon lay station. XD luckily i left home earlier today, so i reached school at a time just like any other usual day.

and YES! i finally conquered the monstrous econs tutorial, though still rather unsure about the 2 chapters. damn does it suck.

i hate english essays! rar!


Life is too short to be wasted hating anybody. ;)
HI VALERIE!
HI VERA!

are you guys girls seeing it? lol! well it's just a matter of time that you see it anyway.

by the way Valerie, your blog is a total diary. it's really cool, with all the pictures and details. plus the language is like wow, very unlike my broken england poor spwelling. XD


i've been such a jerk and lousy team mate
irresponsible & selfish they say
maybe i'm paranoid, being overly sensitive, but i seriously feel myself being hated.
bang! blacklisted, busted.
the insecurity...
it's torturing me, forcing me to fake the smile on my face.
apologies mean nothing; they are simply overused. yet i still wanna say i'm sorry
i really don't wish to drag others down with me.
perhaps isolation is the solution to this problem.


i just wanna scream and lose control
throw my hands up and let it go
forget about everything and runaway
this was supposed to be published on Sun, 1 June, 2008 @ 11:53pm, but my internet got cut off and i had to save it till now.

tagbacks!
val: Hi JAMIE! you forgotten to write that ***** is your middle name!
LOL. HI VALERIE! tt 1 dun need to write, it has long been my middle. x)

yuanzhi: walao no way man. i dun wan to support ssa
aiyo! okok.. then treat it solely as u r helping me. c'mon b a nice guy. please?

Huiling: you mean you all have dinner every week still?
eh... not regularly la.. if very lucky can arrange for 1 then will have lor.

clem: lol you're late for your lesson *whacks you on your arse*
LOL! actually i wasn't late. i reached exactly on the dot. xP wah! whack me on my arse. u tink i little boiboi issit? hahaha! XD anw i had a fun time with you on Fri. =D

SOCKLING: haha wahlao youre so not coolz im coolerz. we havent lunch together yet :O
it's ok.. u can be coolz. i'll gladly let you. coz i'm HOT! yay! xP yea... but it's like recently i was slightly busier. haix.


i so should not be here, but i really gotta blog down what happened recently.

Friday
went to AHS to collect my graduation certificate from the G.O., then waited for clement to be ready. as usual, the sec3s were laughing and going all eccentric over the word "buffalo". =_= when we were about to leave, i went to the G.O. yet again, but this time to ask for an a4-sized envelope to contain the NYAA registration forms. the lady was still as nice & friendly to me. =D clement commented that she was kp. o.O owells, guess it's cause i know her better. XD

we made our way down to NYAA HQ after waiting for a really long time. n at 1 point during the journey, when we were on the mrt, i kept shooting clement, saying he was lazy and chose to procrastinate. so bad of me. x)

we were a little lost when we exited from clarke quay mrt stn, even though i've been to NYAA hq before. =x oh! n we were also a little lost as we walked to our destination. but well, under my navigation and instincts, we reached the right place in a short time. met the same guy i saw last time, and he was nice. =D we explained to him that we wanted to register x people, but we only had x-5 forms n payment on hand. he then replied that he would register x people, but we would need to send in the remaining forms and payment asap. that's what i call good service. =)

as we were walking back to the mrt stn, i realised that clement's shorts were not the one from the den, so i commented on it. very soon, we were having a debate on design vs. size. no link right? lol! 'cause he said that the shorts my batch had from sec1 looked nice, n i said tt the size was too big. so it just went on. how retarded. XD

was nearly late for music, but thankfully i wasn't. =D


Saturday
Y Nature Walk @ Labrador Park. i was attached to APSN (association for persons with special needs). apparently i volunteered to participate in this event alone (not together with other ventures), cause i missed the 1st session of service.

we were supposed to meet 8am at the entrance of Katong Shopping Ctr, but quite a few people were late, so we waited for them. got to know this group of girls who were already at the bus-stop when i reached, and as we waited. when nearly everyone was there, we made our way (by walking) to APSN. i never knew there was an APSN centre for adults there. n honestly, i did not know what to expect. =X

the 1st thing that happened after we settled down was an introductary briefing. the person-in-charge, mr philip, started by explaining what are people with special needs, and the different range of iq level for the people at different places (eg. MINDS, APSN, metta school). after giving a few examples of the types of behaviors, mr philip then talked about the way they address such people in APSN - clients (those who are still attending lessons and training) & members (those who have gone through training and are already working outside).

soon it was time to pair up with the beneficiaries. following logic, those who had experience prior to this event were paired with clients who were slightly harder to manage. as for me, i was paired with Aaron, a really cute 22y.o. member. the 1st thing we had to do was to introduce ourselves to each other, something which proved to be difficult for some of the clients/members. however for me, Aaron actually asked for my name. i told him my name, but he said it was hard for him to remember, so i asked him to give me a name that he wanted to call me by. eventually, i suggested that he could call me James, n he replied something like "ok. james, tt's easy to remember, just like James Bond." we both laughed.

as there was still quite some time before the bus arrived, we played a simple icebreaking game. it was just a simple telematch, but it got the clients/members really hyped up. i had fun running alongside Aaron, tossing him the balls that missed entering the pail.

when we were on the bus to Labrador Park, I chatted with Aaron and got to know him better. he told me things like where he was working at, where he lived, what church he was attending and other stuff. he even told me that he was actually a very sensitive person (something i observed and concluded during the walk), n he was easily affected by comments from others. but well he was really innocent, just like a kid but with an adult's body. he loved to sing christian hymns and chant rhymes, and would constantly get me to fill in the missing words.

during the 1st half of the walk, we stopped twice to have a look at the "exhibit" and take pictures. unfortunately Aaron had no interest of taking pictures, so i stood at the side and chatted with him. we talked about different kinds of faces (happy, sad, angry, blank, monster, alien etc.) and he was really amused.

we took a break halfway, and played a simple game. we were expected to count the no. of snail pictures painted in the pavilion/shelter. even though it was just basic counting, Aaron and i turned it into mathematics. haha! instead of counting off from 1, we counted the number of snails on each pillar separately, then added everything together. i could tell that Aaron enjoyed it.

after we completed the 2nd half of the walk, we settled down for lunch. it was then that i met Jun Jie, another member who was working at the same place as Aaron. Jun Jie was very different from Aaron. he was very expressive and tend to get touchy with others. mr philip told us (at the end of the day) that he didn't have any ill intentions, but rather it was just his way of expressing himself.

one thing that really hit me was an incident after lunch. Aaron and i were together with a few other volunteers, singing christian hymns, enjoying ourselves. then my phone rang, so i stepped aside to pick up the call. however, we were soon called to assemble, but i was still somewhere aside on the phone. at that moment, i saw Aaron looking around, muttering to himself "where is my buddy?". so i walked up behind him n tapped him on the shoulder, letting him know i was there. he was so relieved to see me. although it may just be a small incident, but it allowed me to sense the bond he had with me.

on our way back to APSN, Aaron displayed his interest for maths by teaching me a trick involving all 4 applications (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to derive the original no., n he also taught me the BODMAS rule using a jingle which goes something like this:
bracket is the no. 1
times and divide 2
plus and minus is the last
equals the answer

overall, the experience was great. i have learnt many things from this session. =)