wa, think i've been blogging a lot these days...

this week is kinda in a disarray cos of the many rehearsals daily and sudden surge of catching-up outings with the old peeps. like today was with kiwi, then with jc classmates, jy, yx and ks. and tml would be with st, then to nic's bday party!

However, amidst this frenetic pace, I seem to be enjoying myself. I kinda like going for dsta rehearsals everyday though it's far in the west cos i noe i'll be seeing this group of fun ppl! i was telling pam that emptiness and the feeling of being lost would ensue after 8th july when the scholarship ceremony ends and she advised me to relish at and treasure every single moment that i could. But, i dun really noe the definition of treasuring every moment. i think it's just having fun with these frens and forging closer bonds, perhaps that would allow me to relish at those moments.

2 things that I hope will materialize for dsta nehru: 1. KBOX 2. Mind cafe~

argh, and somehow when i move on with life, i tend to forget a little about my old friends. and it takes much effort to really keep in contact! well, this struck me when facebook reminded me that it's wenjie's bday tml! and i would not have remembered if not for this reminder, i failed as a close fren at times. and thinking back, i haven met swee keat for soooo long. my gosh! i must ask him out 1 day. i guess it takes for both to make the effort to sustain a friendship... argH~ and i'll be willing to put in this extra bit of effort!

yeah diyin wan sui~ pam and cf asked me to go choose my prezzie today. haha! cos i told them i wanted a sports jacket months ago, so i've like kinda ordered my present. and saw this really nice puma 1 today. actually i looked nice in almost all. oopz, too thick skin haha, so we got the best looking 1. shall wear it in cold london during lectures~

Wow, these few days have been really busy. Only had a short weekend break after OBS and everything starts going at a frantic pace again. had a day at shatec on monday~ and we learnt wine-tasting and dining etiquette followed by preparing 3 'simple' dishes with your partner which turned out quite horrendous. Did not want to waste food but it was too unpalatable, thus threw it away. Then Tues was my last driving lesson before wed TP, and I actually went past 2 amber lights but i couldn't stop in time either.

So after a bad sleep on Tues night, it was TP at 10.15am on wed~ and I 'fortunately' got route 6 which was the hardest route after route 7! argH! and i was half as nervous when I saw my fate then cos i'm kinda prepared actually. but luckily there was a detour and i did not drive to eunos mrt, so i graduated with 6 demerit points. yeah! so happy when i knew i passed! no more inconvenient trips to comfort school, no more expensive lessons! bye bye CDC~

then went to rehearse singing with the dsta peeps for our upcoming performance. cool, we'll be forming a sextet and it's kinda stressful i guess when so many ppl look at us. i think i'll forget my lyrics! argH!

Well, and I had my 2nd dose of hep a + b jab after rehearsaL~

and this morning, woke up at 730am again to get to ubi to do my licence cos the computer system died on me the day before, just right when the last person in front of me finished his! argh! then rushed to lavender to do a new biometric passport cos my current 1 is about to expire and followed by rushing to dsta again for rehearsal...

whew! these few days have been rushing here and there! i need some time at home! haha~

well, but we had a nice dinner today at esplanade ichiban and family pack ice cream from azabu sabo~ sinful~


kelvin and i in vincent's car! camwhore!


The girls with weehong!


and the Guys. Nehru! but we're actually missing 4 ppl cos we forgot to tell them in advance!

more activities on the following 3 days or rather till the end of next week! argh!!!

Some OBS photos:


The day when we're embarking on our 5 day OBS course. taken at punggol jetty~


We reached and started playing some kinda communication games~


The course's highlight - sea expedition in a cutter! prepare to hoist! aye aye captaiN!


more photos on the cutter. we had to also get into the sea daily to wash our cutter. like a daily ritual.


Our daily morning exercise which was made more interesting with some games daily! finally we had fresh rations on the 4th day! we ate looots~


On our last day, we did some jumping thing and that's when i got my rope burn!

yeah~

Yup, I'm finally back from the 5 days OBS course! Besides having quite a bad rope burn, i didn't suffer from much injuries except for minor cuts. luckily i only got the rope burn on the last day, if not it would have been quite troublesome.

Well, so the highlight of this programme was a 3 day sailing expedition out in the sea. we sailed from ubin to pasir ris then to seletar and back to ubin. It was really fun though I still prefer the assault boat which could go much faster than a cutter as it uses an OBM. Nevertheless, it was still a very enjoyable expedition with a 'life-threatening' storm on the 2nd day. anyway, we were all divided into 3 groups and mine was called nehru with 12 of us, namely, huiqing, tiffany, yipei, xiuhuan, weilin, junkai, ben, kelvin, joseph, vincent and I.

It started to pour soon when we entered the onimous stormy zone and we were still out in the open sea then. The slightly heavy drizzle quickly crescendoed into a torrential rain, with raindrops hitting on us like hailstones and visibility dropped drastically to a short 10m radius. we couldn't locate the other 2 cutters and were all alone. We had to hoist down the main sail but the strong wind prevented us from doing so even when there were 4 guys down there pulling it. Lightning struck, and 4 of us exclaimed in shock and we could feel the charges. To make things worse, our cutter kept tilting at a precarious position and we had to keep trimming it by all running to the port side, hoping that we could tilt it back with our weight. The girls also used their might to jack in the main sail. Knowing that we couldn't sail against this horrendous storm, our instructor decided to anchor the cutter. Being better at the anchor (cos i was from 35sce), i quickly asked jun kai to help me and the anchoring process was much harder that before. with the really strong currents hitting against my rope, i couldn't feel whether my anchor had touched the seabed and it was really hard to have a firm groip, but luckily we still managed to anchor the cutter quickly. All of us were instructed to put on our poncho and lift our legs above the floorboard. (guess cos the charges reside at the surface of all objects). we were cold, hungry and scared. Honestly, I was quite afraid cos it was my first time out at sea experiencing a storm, and I actually felt the lightning for the first time in my life. Said my prayers, and luckily everything went fine.

I was really impressed by how all of us handled this predicament together. We were all trying to save each other by taking the initiative to do so many things in order to keep afloat. The girls did not panic, instead, they used all their might to stable the sail and even encouraged each other that this was 1 that we would all brave through together. I guess optimism really plays a huge part here in boosting our morale to surmount this problem together. It might have been a different situation if all of us were thinking in a pessimistic way. As much as I was afraid of this storm then, I was really glad it happened cos it really bonded us together. and this incident is an epitome of team spirit in a crisis. We couldn't have been safe if all of us were not working together. Literally, we managed to brave through this storm together.

Well, that night we slept on the wet cutter which left me musing with weehong while we were doing our sentry duty.

and so after all these 5 days, I would say that it was really a good experience with these DSTA frens and it had really brought all of us closer! there're 12 of us going to imperial and i've already made really good friends with some of them, ppl like kelvin, ben and jun kai. i would love to fly with them on 3rd Oct. at least I wun be so sad when I leave for studies. =)

yeah, today was a day out at PC show. went around comparing prices, but actually was just comparing fujitsu lifebook 8410 with that of nus and nus 1 definitely rox! so cf helped me bought it and i got my new laptop today! My first laptop! It looks quite cool and has a 3 year international warranty which is what i really need.

had a few disappointment these few days but i know it'll pass cos it's really about something very minute and inconsequential...

yeah, so today marks the end of my internship. well, filled with mixed feelings. as much as i'm happy to get on with life and do some other stuff, i miss the ppl and company there.

I realised I would miss

taking the train with kevin in the morning.
bickering with my mentor.
making shu cheng laf.
mingling around with mdm yap and maybelline who always says i'm the devil.
calling waiheng (a really nice person) pikachu
calling shi xiong peng yan fat (he's from dunman, same as me!)
talking crap and laughing heartily with madeline, michelle and jinhui.
making fun of soo tin jie whom i noe loves to be made fun by me.
and the many ppl who had been nice to me.

While i was packing my desk yesterday, i actually became a little emotional. but it was cleverly masked by my laughter and jokes. and took a last peep at my desk be4 i left. these 6 months had definitely been very enriching, though there were some rough patches at times but i would say on the whole, i had really learnt a lot.

my first impression of this place when i first came in was, urgh, wat an ugly building! i would definitely love to work in biopolis better. but as time passes, the people here changed my view and created an enjoyable working env for me. i really love crapping with madeline and michelle when we were in our own intern room.

well, anyway for today, we had a intern poster competition. so all 30 of us were competing for the top 3 prizes. i guess pressure was on me to win 1 of the prizes, that's why i was kinda dissapointed when i din get anything. haha had this little bit of confidence, and i was unsure whether it was over confidence. i shan't repeat the same mistake again. and also, i believe i oversimplified my project as i wanted to try to make my audience understand. i should work on that. but at the same time, i was really happy for alvin tan who got the 3rd prize cos i think he totally deserve it! his poster was excellent and is really a humble person. definitely good to have a fren like him~ and the 2nd prize was won by dearest bed buddy hui han! and i was happy for him too! we've always made fun of each other since bmt, and have nv forgotten how he had helped me during those regimental army days~ took some fotos before we made our way to meet michelle, mad and st jie for dinner at somerset!


that's alvin! yeah, will be seeing him again next tues~


this's kaiqi~ both were from block 11, still have some fotos with the other blk 11 ppl


hui han and i! congrats!


the 5 of us at suanthai. michelle looks like our maid~


we were at holiday inn wondering where was michelle~


the 'last' few photos with these ppl~

it was really a great dinner with a great companY! took lotsa fotos before we bade farewell to each other. may we meet again before i fly! =)

alright. it was really quite crazy today! i lost my phone in my carpark, din realised i dropped it. and when i nonchalently went back to search for it after my jog, it was gone! and i became quite panick! sim card was unreachable and i guess some1 must have taken it. strangely, some1 called my mum at 720pm to ask if i dropped my phone. so we were really quite happy that my fone was found. but she kept apologising that she lost my case. and it was really weird, cos how would u lose my case? and why do u have to keep apologising? well, the sim card was gone. and we postulated that she might have wanted the fone and had thrown away my sim card and case lest i identify my casing. and conscience strucked her as i was frantically looking for my phone. but well, at least i've gotten this N95 back. sim card was replaced free, and i bought a new case. i shall not be so careless in future!

oh well, anyway, signed my deed today~ it would have been 1 with full of doubts if i had not done this internship. at least i noe i'm contented with this job and would not regret for the next 6 years after my studies... =)

and sat was out with hc dyb ppl at kster and dinner at swensen! was filled with lots of crap and laughter! there was me, kok, daryl, mn, cf and jo. daryl is really funny; lost in his medicine world i would say. he actually took my pulse while queuing up for swensen and this really cracked me up! and sun was narnia with wl and cj! it was really a much better sequel as compared to the first movie. more unexpected plots~ and night was at my birthday party! wow, a busy weekend which made me quite shag today!

and for the next 2 days, would be helping shi xiong with his com work. i think my eyes can just pop out! haah~ yeah i cant wait for fri to come, when i officially finish my internship! =)