Tell the world

Heyz, update cum normal post haha! Been meaning to update for very long, just never got round to doing it, so here it is! First, disclaimers, I didnt make this skin, I got it off blogskins and with a bit of twiddling (you'd notice I changed the song on the opening page) done. Ok because this isnt my handmade skin I can't slot my "secret section" anywhere so it's gone until the next tim I make my own site :D

Sunday was awesome. Met Csa for breakfast and then went down for Prayer meeting. CET was so funny. At 1pm, there was NO ONE except me and the teacher... so dotz... we just stunnned, bu later on as the time dragged ie.1:10pm more people started coming in so class began heehee.

Service was wonderful, I ushered hahaz. And they sang the new (not really new, I heard it was played during the Soul Revolution) song "Tell the World"! Yup that is the lyrics on the front page hahaz. Kind of conflicts with the layout though heehee. Message was about guarding your invisible self. The part of you no one but you and God knows. There was an alter call for release from bondage via the things people have sai or something like that. Haha, after that during Zone Gathering, my mouth sould not clse, just smile and smile :D Yea, I guess that 1 year "failure" really affected me more that I'd like to admit. Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me -as if.

Wahahz, highlight, my dad bought a digital camera for us! *strikes it off the wants list* heehee. Its only an Ixus 40 but hey, it is still like very expensive. Really wasn't expecting that hahaz

School re-opened today!! Ahh... Dying. Because I didnt do a SINGLE DROP of my holiday homework. Can someone kick me? *oof* thanks. I guess the school got our hint that school at 3 ends too late for comfort. They shifted it from 3pm to 2:05 latest for all levels while the graduating classes (sec4s and 5'ves)m will get off at 1:20pm BUT have to stay for mock exam EVERYDAY. 10 WEEKS TO PRELIM- It's time to CRAM! HAha, today was eng paper 2 mock exam, quite complicated. They used alot of jargon so it was kind of confusing and some big words baffled me but I think I'll pull through yea?

Went toi watch Initial D after school hahaz. Even though Im not a big fan of cars and such, and I definitly do not play the game or read the manga or watch the show. There still exists a certain draw to seeing singers not used to acting.. act in a movie. Psst... Jay Chou can't act crying scenes.

Woah it is almost 1am and I still need to rush out some work, Stopping here! Ciao :P

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The only fight you have to win, is with yourself

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So sorry, I have not been blogging for almost a week now. (since the 21st... today is the 24th >.<) Been pretty busy. Funny isnt it? That i can blog regularly with school on but when there isno school during the holidays I cant pull time to blog... odd :D

So everyone knows I lost my phone right? Anyway, so it was kind of obvious Citicab is not going to find my phone (especially since I made a report TWO days after losing it) by now. Oh! We got our new sofa delivered this morning :) I'll get pics later, but I mis my old sofa more. My sister als ogot her new bed this afternoon hahaz, we really blew our budget this year =x

Went to Causeway point Hello! shop to get my new sim card (i know it's kind of far but who knows the inner workings of my father?) and they told me it would be activated by the next working day. And today is a working day :D Activated about 45mins after getting it, so happy. Using my old phone (Nokia 3310) that is like so old it isnt even listed on the Nokia webpage anymore >.< Went home and swapped into my dad's old phone, another little seen nokia phone, dunno wat model but it is also as heavy and just a little less sucky than my 3310. Have to make do, they aren't going to buy me a new phone >.< 1 and a 1/2 years seems very very long.

Healing ralley yesterday and today, so cool! It's a great faith booster to see miracles happen :) I wanted to invite some of my more... skeptical friends but they never made it. Still on Camp High. Can you believe it? So soon, holidays are ending, actually only 2 days left and I have not done a drop of my holiday homework. What happened to my promise to procrastinate no more? >.< It all boils down to willpower I guess. I'm just getting sore thinking about Ms Kodi touring Europe while her pupils are slogging all June... She'd better have some cool postcards and stories for us :P

They found my bible (yay!) Im getting it back tomorrow during Rangers :) Going to wear my newly furnished uniform wahaha red beret *drool* heehee. Talking about that I still need to resew my "Singapore" patch and the newly accquired JTC patch on my uniform. Just throw it on top of the urgent list of things to do (compiled and untouched since Tuesday >.<)

Just went to download these 2 songs and I'm loving it :) "Wake me up when September ends" by Green Day and "California" by the Phantom Planet. Sounds familier? Yup! California is the theme for the hit Tv series The O.C :) Want to watch alot but somehow it is more like a girl thing >.< The song and the mention of the title just reminds me of Cheryl Seah (shudder) dropping that

So tired... 2:40am now, I guess I'll go pia some homework then go sleep... maybe watching Initial D tomorrow :D IF I can pull the time :) Ciaoz

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I'm not crazy, I'm just a little impaired. I know right now you dont care. But soon enough you're gonna think of me, and how I used to be...

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Grrr Im pissed I have to sit here and pretend not to hear my father grumble about my stupid handphone. So what if I placed a report two days later than the day I lost it? If you're so confirmed that it is gone then why the hell you ask me to report?! And there you are saying that soemoen must have taken it, the cabbie must have thrown it away or sold it away blah blah crap. This is absolutely BS! So I 没有头脑去想 and 不会想 is it? Blah blah I didn't do anything all holiday, same thing year after year, DROP DEAD! I aint planning to fail this year you two.... BAH! I have nothing to say. If you just enjoy saying "other people have already blah blah" or "Other people like [name] can blah blah" then go friggin ask them to be your son! I dont have to sit here plug in my earphones and pretend not to hear all that BS.

Comamnding respect and respecting command, yes this is part of one of those many Army recruitment posters everywhere. So just by the very virtue that they are my parents I have to respect them? Im trying not to get angry but this is nutz. Oh, go on threathen not to buy me a new phone, I cant BE BOTHERED. IM SICK OF THIS, IM SICK OF IT ALL, I JUST WANT THIS OVER.

I might say this but I still know in a few hours, I'll cool down and things wil be alright again. But until then I need self-control and to remember James 1:19 (i think) "My brothers, take note of this, everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry." (Or something amongst those lines... this was a memory verse we had) But it's hard, it is difficult. No one said being a Christian would be easy, I agree.

Original topic of the post was meant to beanother of our famous singaporean bloggers. Come on, most of you would have guessed it right away. Yep, it's the SPG. MAn is she dumb or something? This is Singapore, pulling a trick like that WILL GET YOU INTO TROUBLE! Is it for a popularity boost? Because after this I have no idea what you want to try. Is your dignity worth the price of fame? And Once it fades, what comes after? I kno, now you are famous, you're in the news, you'rein the papers but what happend when it fades? Your image is ruined.

If you dont know what I am talking about then get your head out of that hole in the ground and look at your computer screen. For the truly "i have been living in the mountains for the past 2 weeks" people SPG stand for Sarong Party Girl. I'd advise you go read the past few posts on our very on celebrity blogger's blog Xiaxue and then the person herself -> SPG aka Sarong party girl.

School is re-opening in about 5 days time. Homewrk is still an issue. My phone, is an issue. Everything is an issue. >.< I know what to do and how to do it but Im just not getting down to doing it!

Life is messy, but we can always see the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm seeing mine, are you seeing yours? Drop me an e-mail if you want to know more, you have nothing to lose :)

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Whoever can be trusted with little can also be trusted with much

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Im back! NO pics so dont even bother looking (right like who would? >.<) JTC was totally cool la! All the girls were in one patrol and the guys were split into two. The three are Falcon (Girls), Bear (other guy patrol) and Wolf (Hey dont be a fool they say we're no2 but we are number ONE!!!)

Heh - having post camp high. Feel like breaking out into a loud ear piercing cheer/yell hahaz. Before eating, while walking, basically all the time :) It was so fun (save for the rain haha) i dont mind doing it again. Looking forward to AJTC next year! (Advanced JTC)

Day one, registration and briefing. Setting up of campsite. At first glance the wolf patrol is a group of "cannot make it" serious. LEster chose the name out of jest at first but it ended up being our patrol name. No one objected until we spelt it out hahaz. We were going to try for color wolf >.< (Dont ask please... it seriously wasn't my idea) but obviously it was not approved. For one, any group that dares to post FURLESS WOLVES as their patrol name has to be a bit mental. And we are all mental :D fyi it is FURLESS = no fur and not FEARLESS = no fear. Pitched tents and got wood. Lashed a tripod for the chipawa (its a kitchen thing lolz, like a table of sorts with an attached other areas) and made our wash basin. basically, we didnt manage to pulla bronze medal of excellence on day one whereas If im not wrong, the bears did (on the first day night)

Campfire that night was cool (There was a council fire every night) unprepared and not knowing what lay ahead the skits and all were highly entertaining :) we were late and got service patrol duty for the next day. We were very poor on day/night one a ton of things were left undone- like for example, the falcons already had their chipawa up.

Woke up early with JEremy and Clark on day two (the 8 man patrol stayed in 2 4 man tents) to build the chipawa but only finished the sides and not the table top. Small note, is it just me of do half the people there not know how to lash? No matter :D fixed our wash basin higher too. The service patrol was given orders to do the colors raising (flag) for the day. It was cool, haha Only i know how to wear beret properly xD ok la, cannot be so proud. But somone raised the Singapore flag, YES! Not the RAngers flag or the Christian flag but it had to be the Singapore flag upside down! Hyper malu... and I got ticked off for being too stiff when marching and all... =_= I cant help it! I'm stiff and rigid when marching or at attention... and I am used to banging :P

I think by then our morale was dropping faster than a rock sinks. (Especially when the Big Bear patrol was awarded their bronze medal of excellence during morning assembly after our horrible blunder) But everything was tons better during lunch. Tin foil cooking! It was AWESOEME! We may not be a strong united patrol like the Falconites (Those girls are crazy, in a nice way) nor are we hardworking and solidly built like the Big Bears (ill explain in a bit) but we sure know how to cook! Even though we area almost always late when it comes to cooking and eating (umm firecraft is not exactly one of our strong points) the food is great! And who said camping outdoors meant your food was limited to instant noodles and canned goods? :) Attained our bronze medal of excellence (lets call it moe from now on k?) in the evening, and inventing our song :) built our tool area and tool rack along with the rest of the things needed.. FINALLY a full campsite.

That evening we would be introduced to our best (And most troublesome) friend for the rest of the camp. the dutch oven. 3 pots made of cast iron in pure solid black, flat lids and spiked bottoms. One with a diameter of 14 inches and two with diameters of 12 inches, these black monsters worked by placing hot coals above and below them to cook. They weighed terriblly heavy, the smaller ones (12 inch) according to sources weigh about 20 pounds each. (to convert to kg simply divide by 2.2 meaning the small ones weighed... ok fine (Physics mumble) had a mass of 9 kilograms each. And that is the smaller one!

We cooked or should I say we were supposed to cook chicken stew with rice but because we didnt really read the instructions we ended up with tomato colored rice cooked with all the ingredients we had and a soup. Still not too shabby, but at that point I was convinced that our silver moe was never going to be coming.

While I clocked only a simple 4 hours of sleep on the first night (from 1am to 5am) I managed a nice 5 hours on the second night hahaz (1am to 6am) so it was cooler. Ok before I continue I must state I was very disappointed with myself. Because I was alittle "delayed" on the first day, I got shoved into the roster under clean up for the first two days and firestarter for the last (like I said... firecraft -> horrible) at times I felt we were more of a circus than a patrol and we were not having behaviour fitting of a training camp. At times I felt I could have done better than the leader at that point of time, at times I felt that the mistakes we made were so stupid, and then again at times we were so helpless. But then, looking back. I never said a word, I didnt intervene, at times I didnt help to do the job i was more skilled in when offered a choice between that and a job which was easier to do.

Part of being a leader is being humble. I learnt that as part of this camp. Many things look eay until you try it. Even though I was never given the role of patrol guide or assistant guide throughout the three days everyone helped out in everything. Because we are not superman, no one is. There is not one job that one person can do alone even if the roster only had one person's name under each duty slot. Teamwork was unanimous, it was unspoken, no one asked for help, it just came and hwne they needed help, we just went. At the end of the second day (especially after the "failure" at dinner) something snapped, the wolves were in full throttle.

Third day, it was the last full day of the camp. We went for lessons on etiquitte and manners and such. It was totally wasted on us... I feel very sorry for the girls (operation falcon) for being faster, more united and more efficient than the two other patrols, that for accomplishing so much, the most they got out of the wolves was teasing and laughter. They might not be as strong as the bears physically but their spirit was evident ever since the first day, they bonded so well. I was ashamed of the mocking they endured.

At morning assembly the Bears were presented their Silver moe. But today, nothing could get us down. The furless wolves were fearless wolves. Lunch was excellent despite our blunder of leaving the dutch ovens open before washing resulting a severe hygene penalty. All JTC campers were slammed with a task to complete a 25 word explaination why it was necessary to properly store tools and utensils. As the camp progressed, our skill with the dutch oven increased by leaps and bounds. Even though it was a little wet, Dinner was perfect, including dessert.

OIn the last night at council fire the Big Bear Patrol attained their Gold moe, while Operation Falcon got both their Silver and Gold about 5 minutes apart from each other. (The wolves had already gotten our silver moe by now but I cannot remember when exactly! >.<)

The last day. Spirits were high and everyone was hyped. We had done so much in the 3 days. Almost strangers, during the service the commandant remarked that even he had thought at the start of the camp that the Wolves would not make it so far but he had to proudly pass us our Gold Medal of Excellence. The day was long and weary. I cannot remember too much, there is just so much I can say that I cannot find. Everyone passed out with their Basic JTC and JTC. I especially want to extend my thanks not only to all the commanders but especially to our Senior Guide Kenny and Junior Commander Loinel along with our PAtrol Advisor Commander Jason (Outpost #1 rocks!) for it was them that pushed us when we felt we would never make it (like when it rained on the second night)

Story time over, now back to life as per usual :) Rushed out of the campsite at 2:15pm for Youth. We ran to the road to flag a cab and caught one piling in. The driver took us to Eunos when we were headed for Payar Lebar >.< but it was only a short way off. Ahh! I left my bible and cup there!! The thing about the cup? It was a green plastic mug like those army kind. What's the big deal? It was the one issued to us by NCC when we just joined and were going for a camp! Ahh Im going to cry.. I lost my precious cup! And my bible! There was so much stuck within it's pages! And to top that off, on the way there in my rush my handphone must have slipped out of my pocket in the cab. I LOST MY HANDPHONE! Just like my mug, it wasnt something fancy of expensive but it held messages, nuimbers and tons of other irreplacable stuff. I would cry if I ever lost it but now even if I cried IW ouldn't have any tears to do so >.< which reminds me I Was supposed to call citicab to ask for lost and found by 5pm today but .. *looks at clock reading 5:20* I forgot... My father is going to slaughter me.

Yesterday was the day I lost my phone and also fathers day. That totally spoilt the mood. I dont think my parents are going to finance me a new phone if this one is totally lost. Which I have a bad feeling it is because I lost it when it was on but when I called it after service about 4 hours later it was off. I fear for the worst, thatsomeone has taken my hp. The stuff in it is irreplacable! (ereht ti tsil lli noitces terces eht dnif uoy fi)

Whatis up and what is down? Holidays only last one more week. I'll need to push all my school work in. The difference? I am actually going to get it done this time round, So Im logging off now -ciao

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I believe forgiveness is the key to happiness

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Ahhh... Its going to be very simple, very short.

1) My head hurts, Im haveing a horrible headache

2) My D&T project is not done.

3) I'm typing with one hand, the other is holding my head

4) JTC is tomorrow and i dont have some stuff

5) My ZM only has 12 hours of battery life, less if it is playing and JTC lasts 4 days

6) One side of my glasses (the part on your nose?) broke, its is pointy and my glasses are lopsided.

7) Sneezing, from dust (both in school and at home, the neighbours are renovating)

8) Dilys's Dad is giving us a lift there tomorrow morning, how nice

9) Caroline has a new blogskin, cool job

10) The complete adventure of Wei Xin vs Sebestian is up, go catch it.

11) Cant take it anymore, I'm going to take a couple of asprin and knock myself out

ciao

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It never rains but pours.