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What happens to the dog that bites the hand that feeds it? Well, it gets put to sleep.

~Your shape your own fate, your own destiny~

04:22

I'll skip the travelling part, because its BORING. Ok, so we arrived at the camp site, saw the High Elements part and went "Woah!" I was literally bouncing in the seat of the bus because I was so darn excited. Entered the action room later on and it was really cold, I was ok with the cold since I love the cold environment, but as I looked around, I think I was among the few people that enjoyed the cold. People were having their hands tucked into their backs and more shirts, shivering their asses off. It was such a joy, I feel so evil now. But all was good when the instructor came, he is a French and his accent was really strong, but even with the strong accent you can really hear the Singlish in it. So it was like having a Singaporean speak with a French accent, it was really interesting to hear something like this. All the students were laughing so much! It was a great start^^

Started off with the high elements, and I was really exhilarated, but the whole prospect of having go up the high elements, it was so much fun. The pulley system at our station kept getting stuck though and it was really irrtating because we would have finished it much faster without the ridiculous hiccup in the system. But we still had enough time to go on another station and we raced through the ropes, now that is excitement. Well not as fast as Steven though, he ran across the log in 4 seconds flat (Good Job!) and of course who can forget the conversation ON the high elements itself, two girls, both called Vivian were on the high elements opposite each other, and guess what? They managed to converse in their own language (It doesnt have a name yet but right now its just known as "Vivian") Well anyway, both were up there and both were screaming to each other and its not just random screaming, they took turns to scream and so it really really seemed like they were conversing with each other. That was THE best part.

Next up, the low elements. People were not as fearful here, but it was still challenging. Learnt something new here though, find loopholes to exploit in life. We were told not to have 2 people walking on the line at any one time, which means that we COULD have more than one person ON the line. Yea, so after that was pointed out, we stood on the line and just ferry each other across. Thinking out of the box and playing WITH the rules, its not my style but I guess its what the real world demands so yea, loopholes for the win! Whalewatch was a much better game, all of us were suppose to sit on this one plank and balance the plank for however long we can. And after much planning, we managed to complete it in 2 minutes and 30 seconds, which is quite an accomplishment if you ask me, thank you very much. But then comes the hard part, we have to keep completely still, flies were walking all over my hands and its not just the normal houseflies that we see and swat every now and then. Those flies had oranged coloured butts, it was rather intriguing really, first time I have seen flies with orange butts. Well anyway, ants were crawling, flies were erm....flying and sweat was dripping. Nobody moved a muscle (well except for the heart and intercostal muscles that are a must to sustain life). It was so much fun not moving, talking and singing the Spongebob song eventually, yes the SPONGEBOB THEME SONG! Oh and I manged to get up from a sitting postion without tilting the balance. But it took me quite some time to rise up. They told me to stand up slowly, but they didnt expect me to come up that slowly. Haha. But then...comes the LOW wall. I emphasise LOW wall because it was over 3 metres high, which isnt that low if you are a mere 1.50m person. So lets see now, trying to get everyone over the darn wall, think everyone played this game before. And once again, I am at the bottom boosting everyone up the wall, try having 40 people stepping on your legs and then having you needing to push their asses up the wall. It was fun, it was enjoyable, but I came back with a bruised leg. And some of them, honestly, they just wont stand up on our legs. When the guys pushed them to the maximum height that they could reach, some people chose to squat on the legs. Stop and imagine this, now is it possible for the people right at the top of the wall to grab a sqatting person? NO! And I ate a lot of sand too. But it was really fun. Lots of laughs. The last guy though, I must comment that he is persistent. After going up I had to lean over half my body over the wall to reach out to him. He jumped and jumped and jumped again, we scratched each other one too many times and got cuts but still we tried. Eventually, we had to use a girl's (Li Wen) pants as as rope to hoist him up to the wall. YAY us for completing the thing. And boy was it tiring. But all of us returned to lunch with smiles on our faces.

Hoho. The GPS system during the...Amazing Race....was rather screwed up because it lagged so much. When we ran this way, we overshot and back tracked and then we back tracked too fast. Honestly, they need to invest in newer and faster ones. Nothing much to say here, only the fact that Buzz Aldrin is the second person on the moon and Faraday was probably not a famous writer. We ran from one end of the camp to the other over and over again. We didnt manage to finish the game though, that was the depressing part. But we had fun, thats for sure.

Thats about it for the Resilience Camp, I just dozed off the moment I got home. It was THAT tiring and the only thing that can compare with the fatigue, is the satisfaction that I got out of it.

~Thinking out of the box is not enough, DO IT!~

06:39

But the lesson wasnt all that good actually. Dont get me wrong now, the instructor was great and the students were really happy with him. Met a couple of people and chuckled with them from time to time, so it was an enjoyable course. However, it was the things taught in the course that bored me. Being someone with the basics of the basics, it wouldnt take much for me to learn something new, but somehow, the course taught the basics of the basics. So I was sitting there and listening to a bulk of things that I already knew. Plucking, a couple of chords, types of guitars, the names of the parts. In fact the only thing that I learnt was to play individual notes. So at least I learnt something. Wish I was in the Guitar Ensemble though......

Well next part of the day was spent with half my class. We went to the hall and played some table tennis, I did some weight lifting with the bowling ball my friend brought and the girls sat on the stage listening to the piano play. And I realised something, my class may not be the noisiest, the most active, the most enthusiastic, the most fun. But we are not the most boring, the most lifeless, the dullest. We are an amazing class made up of amazing people. And I smiled at that thought, because I am proud to be a part of PDG 1509. These guys are amazing, and I wouldnt change that mindset. Anyway, we went to AMK Hub to have a hearty meal and throughout the entire time, Uwono and Chow were beatboxing away. It was entertaining, but just imagine having two amateurs beatboxing down the road, on the bus, in the mall, at the table, walking around the food court. It gets irritating after a while (Though everyone of us started to bob to their beat some time later, Haha) And then we were off to take pictures. Now, stop and picture this. 11 people, at a food court, squating down at the end of a table, with 2 cameras pointing at them, while laughing and giggling like there is no tomorrow, and then making a lot of noise. Yup that was us at the food court when we took the photos. And then we were moving so many darn things around that people stared at us more intently than they already were.

Sure we looked like complete idiots, but I'll tell you, we had lots of fun and we enjoyed ourselves. I love my class
~I love PDG 1509!~

06:40

Still remember the first time I sprained the ankle. Laughed my head off, jumped on my feet and continued to play ball, jumped and ran and jumped somemore. I couldnt walk the next day though, that was annoying. Well that was in the past, and I have to look forward into the future.

Speaking of which, I realised that I have made a mistake in not joining the Volleybal team and well, this may not seem like much but I really do desire to be on the team or to at least play as a member again. I long for the times and memories that I once had in Catholic High. No matter how bad a player I was, I was still, ultimately a player. It feels so right to be in the court and sweating it out. But I guess, its too late. I'll stand by my decision to the very end and even if it entails regrets, I will follow down the path that I have chosen.

Life is full of regrets, but all I can do is to learn and to live with my folly.


~Make a decision, make it and stand by it~

07:30

Camp started at 8am on a lovely Thursday morning and everyone was so darn tired waking up so early during the holidays....myself included (Found that I am sleeping more as the years past....sign of growing old perhaps) Well, one thing's for sure, at least the camp was engaging

We watched "The 11th hour" and learnt more about the global climate change and whatnot, ok so I admit that that part wasnt that interesting at all....just enjoyed the scene when the penguins ran out of the boxes, that was cute! Well, getting back on track here....we played games, played games, had many courses and lessons. When we got the chance to use the telephoto lens, we found out just how much of a zoom it has....no wonder the Private Is can take such great pictures without getting seen. But I think it was really weird that a whole group of us were pointing the cameras at the basketball team while they were practicing....its like we were stalkers...and not very good ones too....hmmmmm.


What came after that...lets see now...I am just too lazy to list them out one by one and explain them. Captain's ball, talks, courses, outing to take photographs, talking with friends, laughing with them, doing homework late at night (Haha, surprised at how many people were doing it) I think I'll just upload the pictures now.....*yawns* Just so darn tired.....

Ugh! cant find them...I'll do it later..*goes back to sleep*

15:33

Cylcing along the tracks and surprisingly Ah Mah Lim wasnt all that slow.

Just agree with me already, this cat is adorable. Haha.

~When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.~
~When you dont have a life, go out and get one~

07:15

if your a girl your name is:Rin And if ur a guy your name is:Seiko
Rin means dignified,severe,and cold your respected and admired and people might be a little scared of u:) And Seiko means force and truth so you like the truth even if it hurts and your honest with almost everyone.

And for those who still dont get it at all, I call my girlfriend Rin (So does every one of her friends and her family members) I was just elated when I saw the results.

Is it fate? Is it chance? Is it luck?

Well I dont really care, but I do know that I love that girl and she returns those feelings to me :P


~Rin loves you Rin~

17:29

Lets see now, AJC is currently having the students carry out their "Physics Challenge" and each team has to come up with a prototype, with Solar Cells. In a nut shell, that is what the Physics Challende is. And honestly speaking, the first time I heard about it, I couldnt care less, it just wasnt something that interested me as a student, mainly because I dont really like Physics all that much, but that is out of the point here.

04:44

I wonder if we’ve come to believe in something. Since then...Beyond the night skyTomorrow is already waiting
Hearing someone's voiceWe hid ourselves Beyond the park fenceThe night wind was blowing
The way your hand returned my graspAs if you were trying to tell me something Even now, that gesture squeezes A soft place in my heart
I wonder if we’ve come to believe in something Since then...I softly open the window I could smell the winter wind
I wonder if sadness is something That will someday disappear...My sigh remained in white for a moment And then instantly disappeared
Even when I start to walk With each step, I hesitate But I had thought that I could crush Worthless things like common sense
The words I spoke to you How much of them remain?In the very deepest part of my heart The fruitless efforts continue
I wonder if we're standing In the future of that time It seems like nothing is going Quite as well as we had hoped
I wonder if these days Will continue like this forever...The cloudless starry sky. Continues beyond the window
I wonder if we’ve come to believe in something Since then...Beyond the night sky. Tomorrow is already waiting

This song has touched me everytime I heard it.
Its melody, its music, its lyrics, each aspect is imbued with beauty.




~Ich Liebe Dich Rin~

07:20

And for those of you who are thinking that I am cheating on my girlfriend, obviously you dont know me well enough. It is true that I have fallen in love, but my girlfriend, Rin, will always have first place in my heart.....next to my family of course. I think I'll just stop rambling and show you my other love.....TZUKI!

Yes, this is what I have been talkinga bout all this time. This bunny is really adorable. My interest for this fellow here started when the Project Work group tried to come up with a name for the team. And somehow or another, it became "Ben & Tzuki" I have no idea where the link is, or why I agreed to that in the first place. But either way, I have to thank Camelia for introducing this lovely bunny here to me. They are over 40 emoticons of this guy all over the internet and its interesting to know that so many people have the emoticons of this guy on their MSN. Anyway, Ihave a lot of the emoticons of Tzuki the Rabbit here. So if you want them just send a message to me on MSN or tag me on the blog here. Anyway, I am signing off from rambling on about something as random as this.

But I realised something in the process of this, my english standard is slipping quite a bit. Its about time I buck up and raise it back to a higher standard than it was before. General paper....must work....HARD!

02:21

But this is where the good part comes in, as I was leaning rather close to the edge of the bench and all.....and the bench is rather light as well....and being the 75kg guy that I am......I'm sure you guys know your physics. The angle that I placed my immense weight on that poor bench, toppled the entire thing over! This is so embarrasing. I mean seriously, there I was waving my hands in whatever direction and length that they can reach as my body slowly...oh so slowly....falls backwards to the concrete floor. And and and, when I made contact with the floor, I rolled back on myself before my legs landed safely on ground. I am telling you, that is ridiculously embarrasing, but for those who know me, I think you can understand why I was laughing my head off as I picked myself up from the floor. It was so hilarious to me, I couldnt stop my laughter, and as I looked around the canteen, I realised that I wasnt the only one not being able to control my laughter. Haha. That was certainly a nice way to start the day.

But, the line about how a great start is half the battle won, its not necessarily the case. The Captain's ball game that I was suppose to play in, the Captain's ball game that I have looked so forward to, the Captain's ball game that I was itching to play GOT CANCELED!

The class and I waited all the way till 4;30 in the afternoon, only to get our spirits dampened by rain and lighting. So there goes the game that I was looking forward to. That was an utter disappointment. But there is nothing much that we can do against Mother Nature can we? Right now, I'm just waiting for the announcment to be made again so that I can play. I really want to play this game so bad. All I can do now is wait....oh..I am presenting something in my photography CCA tomorrow. Wish me luck!

06:35

Well, in anycase, things got sorted out and the team is playing tomorrow.

But lets see now, I went for my photography CCA today. And in the Darkroom, we learnt some interesting ways of developing photographs. You know how they are always developed with the negative? Yea well, today, we placed objects above that developing paper and we 'burnt' images on the paper itself. It was so cool, with the coke bottle and the lunch boxes that we found. The effect that came with it was amazing. This technique is called erm....Photogram. Yea, its a new style thought to the seniors by the teacher....its certainly a breath of fresh air.....in a place where the air stinks. Honestly, the chemicals used in the Darkroom are nasty smelling, real nasty. My hand still stinks from touching one of the more diluted ones, makes me wonder how the others will rot my hands.....

But this is by far the best part of the day. When I got home from school today, I got a call from my mom saying that she has to pick up my sick brother in school (Like seriously, the teacher called her up and everything) and poor me, without the keys, was left stranded outside the house. I cant believe why my parents wont just give me a set of keys and make me go through all of this, its ridiculous. Well anyway, as I sat at the frontdoor, I got bored and well....I fell asleep. The neighbours were all looking at me with those weird eyes and expressions, but I was too tired and too deep in my slumber to bother about them. And after like half an hour of waiting, my mom finally came back, with a brother that looks fine. But by that time, my legs were already numb and man was it difficult to stand. Like a puppet without its strings, flopping here and there. It was so embarrassing.

Well thats it for my part today. Hope I didnt bore you again. Off to bed now, wish me luck for the Captain's ball game tomorrow.

06:42

And off to Little India we went, but before I get to that can I just say something? Singaporeans should REALLY REALLY stop standing at the doors of the MRT, especially the older generation. Its not like the younger ones don't have any fault at all, but the older ones are blatantly standing in front of the doors with their darn trollies and bags. How can people get out of the train if you stand there like that?! What has Singapore become in the years of development?!

*takes a deep breath* So when we reached Little India, lets just say that it was a lot tighter than I thought it would be. There was construction going on everywere and the two of us had to walk down these tiny aisles in between each site, it was horrible; the smell, the stink, the people sitting along that already tiny corridor. It was an experience that I would gladly forget. But after we squeezed out of that mess, we managed to see Little India as a whole and boy it was big. There was this one thing that caught my attention though, I haven't been to Little India in some time, however this isn't my first time. And no matter how many times I see it, I will never get used to the fact that huge groups of people would be walking down the road and running across it like they have no care in the world. Its not quite a norm in Singapore but I do believe that in India, this sight is not one to be surprised of.....which really makes me wonder why there arent too many accidents in India....at least none that I've heard of.

I'm telling you right now that Little India isn't very little at all. After an entire hour of walking, we only found 3 shops selling the Henna ink that we were looking for. But I have learnt something from this little expedition, Little India's corridors and walkways are pathetically small and narrow. When I walked past the market in that area...I tripped over some lady's basket -.- And while I was walking down the aisle, I had to wait for 2 whole minutes for a group of tourists to walk down the path. And being with a girl, it just got me worrying about her all the time. Its not like she is weak or anything, but I couldnt forgive myself if anything were to happen to her. But I must say, that Little India is really fragrant with their flowers and ointments. Its certainly a new experience for me, or at least a reminder of what I have missed out on hanging out with Chinese most of the time. And I also learnt to bargain, and to be merciless when you bargain. Next time I go there, I'm going to reduce the price by half....damned shopkeepers....trying to cheat on me. I'll be smarter next time I go there....diving in with my "Auntie Mindset"

WATCH OUT WORLD! AUNTIE BEN IS ON THE LOOSE!

Next stop, Takashimaya.

Orchard road never ceases to amaze me. The sights, the sounds, the crowd -.- It can really get to you if you arent in the mood. But I have a goal to meet and that is to find the tattoo ink that I saw there the other day. And off we two went through Wisma and down the road and whatever else there was to land ourselves in Takashimaya. Last time I went there, I got lost and somehow managed to get to the Art Friends there (I am so good at finding my way XD) Well, that place is HUGE and if I didnt already been there once, I would have gotten lost. But that part was rather boring, just went in to get that bottle of ink and watched Vivian (the girl that I was with) looking at stamps and playing around with the boxes that were there. I swear, she looked like a little kid then. A cute one if I might add. Haha.

Off to Mos burgers for some refreshments. And that is after going around Orchard in the rain from place to place looking for a seat to sit down and eat. Honestly, Orchard is so big, its so vast and why cant I get a seat to eat?! And to be in the rain under that umbrella with her, I am for one not used to sharing an umbrella, especially with a girl and I have to worry about her getting wet and falling sick and all. Its a bother, but I am sure guys will agree that they should protect the girl, not saying that girls are weak and all, but still, its just how I was brought up. Yea, so we ended up in Mos Burgers and and AND she received a call from her cousin, TO SPOTCHECK ON HER, I was so darn worried at that time lol. Its like her whole family is coming to suspect me to be some sex maniac or something along that line. It was like interrogation, but the difference being I wasnt being interrogated directly. It was still nerve-wrecking, especially when she said that her cousin was going to come down to check on us o.o. And things got worse when on the road she pointed to some guy and said that he looked like her cousin. Honestly, it shortened my lifespan.

But in the end, all was good. I sent her home and she didn't fall sick from those few drops of rain. And I know that this entry wasn't very detailed, feel free to ask me if you have anything to ask lol, I highly doubt that would happen but hey its getting late here and I am tired, cut me some slack. JC life is starting to take its toll on me, but nobody said that it was going to be easy on me. And I am sure nobody is going to hear me give up.

05:55