It's been... one hell of a time of my life.

IHC's really the ultimate experience that I believe has brought my house D and comm together so much much closer as one body. The late nights, the deliberations, the callings, and then the match supports and worrying over things have really helped us to bond together to be closer as one house D and C, representing BW as a whole.

To me, winning's not really everything i suppose. I sort of knew after day one that BB was going to win for sure, like because it's really not easy for any house to catch up with 16 points since all houses are so evenly matched. But yeah, being pessimistic doesn't really help too because it totally puts everyone down and puts me in a bad light because i'm being negative. ><

Well in the end we 'lowered' our standards to beat MT since we drew with them at the start and were losing to them by 5 points by day two. In the end, while we beat them by one point in bowling, our touch rug players didn't get the grade they deserved and were down by one point to MT, so meaning that with shooting we had to catch up 5 points to draw with MT.

AND IT HAPPENED. :D Thanks to our shooting team we got first for shooting and MT last, which means in the end we drew with MT for second place for IHC 2009. :) It was a really happy ending for us because we never expected it to happen anyway.

But that aside, I guess that this whole experience has taught me many, many things about life, about council, about BW, about competition, and a lot of other things. For one, there are some pretty good talents in rj that are really really good at sports. The mt-mr guys basketball match is something i'll never forget in time to come, just like how rj won the double badminton which i went down to support. :)

But yes, the best house always win. BW won only shooting and waterpolo, but that was really because we had the best talent in these sports. We lost by close margins in bowling and tennis, but that was really not up to us to decide because we really did our best. We got last for basketball, frisbee and volleyball simply because, the others houses played better or had better people.

Now i'm not trying to insult anyone here by saying that, but really, the way to win ihc is really to train our people and put our best team forward and let them compete. Also, cheering people on never fails because one really feels greatly encouraged when he/she is cheered on by his fellow peers. I definitely feel that way anyway.

Well, moral of the story, it's really events like these that my fellow councillors and non-councillors and i get to bond and share experiences with. IHC ftw. :D

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The song on fiona's blog really made me nostalgic about the memories I had when I was travelling with rv in my later years, as a member and then as a senior.

I've always looked forward to travelling with the choir, and perhaps one of the reasons why I join chorale is because I'm constantly looking forward to fly with mr toh and chorale and spend that valuable 5, 6 days with my friends and peers as we compete and learn from a entirely different culture.

There are many things which never fail to interest me when we fly. Even the flying experience gets me so excited because we get to drink whatever we want, watch movies, PLAY GAMES like scramble dash, and the times when we spend in the airport waiting for the planes, watching planes fly and land, the cars moving, the seats in the airport, playing cards, etc etc are all extremely valuable moments that I've always loved.

And the other major thing is that we get to watch whatever we want on tv when we fly. Now I'm not referring to those channels of course, but trip last year was such a momentous experience (ahh pardon me i'm so excited i'm incoherent and creating my own words now) because the euro cup final was live on tv in germany. :D And rooming with friends gives one time to bond with that roommate and learning more about each other's lifestyle. :D

I suppose it's really the freedom that I value when I get to fly with the school, because I get really excited when I fly haha omg omg. NO PARENTS! :D and imagine being able to control your own expenses on trip, what to eat, what to drink, what to buy what to try, it's all so wonderful and exciting that I'm so looking forward to it.

But all that's just the material excitement that I get. Well, the music has always been important to me whenever we fly too. The practices, the scolding we get from mr toh and our SL-s, the long hours we spend together singing, making music, creating magical moments, are equally if not more exciting that the flying and trip experience. Performing in the competition venue, the hall, concerts that we perform in, are equally exciting because it's really a chance to showcase the music we can make as a choir, as chorale to another part of the world.

Well having said so much, I can't wait to fly next year with chorale. :) I'm sure all the experiences we'll get as a batch, as chorale, as friends peers and choristers will continue to be etched in our minds and last for a long, long time to come.

CHORALE IS <3! (:

Labels: chorale, council, trip08

I'm still awake at this hour! :D :D









HAHA and I love my house D! <3

Woots haha I just finished typing my script out onto cue cards and tomorrow's dry run already. I don't know if that's a good thing or bad so let's just give everything I've got tomorrow and see what ms wong says.

I've been thinking quite a lot actually, about my commitments to council and chorale. :)

Well, for one, it's always been my ideal dream to be in both chorale and council, because thankfully I have such wonderful teachers like Mrs Koh and Mr Pan who allowed me to stay, and chorale's wonderful conductor Mr Toh who gave his word to allowed me to stay in chorale. Truth is, I never wanted to leave even though I'll drown myself in my other commitments. :)

The unity, the music, the sound we all produce when singing together, really takes time away and keeps me so happy and free of my worries. For that I have to thank the wonderful people in chorale (guan yishu ben for all the non-stop tenor fun) and other who've been tolerating my nonsense in chorale. Yes I do know I'm really noisy in chorale but I think it's really the only place I can be noisy and feel happy. :D

But it's true. Music for a while, can really take away one's troubles and worries. :) It only dawned on me how much I have to do each time chorale practice ends and that I have to finish all that homework/work somehow. Whether is it council work, pw, or simply having to sleep at 1 plus like now for homework, I'll always love to have chorale practice even though I really need that time to do something else.

I love chorale singing. And seriously, there's nothing else in this world that I would want to give it up for, well maybe except for singing with BEATS. :)

But no haha my point of blogging today is to talk about my commitments within council. Now that IHC's next week and orientation is running at nearly full speed ahead, I'm really trying to commit myself to one to make the best out of it.

I was never a good time manager; I just have better discipline than others to get things done, fast.

Well, I don't really want to say this out loud actually, but I feel that it's been really unfair of me to be missing house stuff and workdays because of various reasons whereas my other house D members slog it out for the house and try to finish as much as possible. It's not as if that all the reasons are excusable though. It's somewhat my fault if I spend longer on pw, isn't it?

And therefore I shall commit myself fully to my beloved house D until IHC is over next friday, from then I shall put much more focus into orientation.

Sigh. We'll see how things go. I love my life, seriously. :D

Labels: chorale, council

Felt an urge to read my old posts again, and managed to stumble across one which I wrote in march 21 this year.

It reads:
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There's one thing I really regret not doing in secondary school, that is being able to open up fully to someone I can completely trust. But now, I can't say I've been able to do it yet, but I'm halfway there. Yet there's this urge in me to want to tell someone everything, and everyone something, but I just can't do it because the world doesn't just revolve around me, i.e. people have the right to make their own opinions too.

There are things to say, things I should say out loud, and there are things that do not. Of course, with every action that I take and make, there's a consequence to face, bad or good. But that doesn't mean I should stop at doing what I want to do, or want to say, does it?

I don't really know why I'm posting this post, it's just that if I do happen to look back at my blogposts in the years to come, I would be able to reflect on how I once reflected on this issue of life, and say "hey! I actually did think of this and I actually matured."

Sigh. I miss the old days of primary school, where life wasn't really so complicated.
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Gah I just showered and got soap in my nose. It tastes disgusting. Gah.

There, at least I bothered to re-read this post. I forgot what I was going to say anyway, but yeah I matured. :)

2.07am. Not tired. Whee. :D

I saw josh's tag and I was left thinking about what he said.

Am I an overachiever? Perhaps in the eyes of different people each of us would think differently. From my own point of view, I have never actually thought of myself as one, but a person who merely wants to fulfill each of his commitments that he has made promises to. Chorale, council (both bw and orientation), my music commitments and academics are merely just things that make up who I am and what I do.

Being a councillor, I definitely have a lot of things to do. With the upcoming sports fest and orientation soon to go at full speed ahead, there's just so many things one has to do and can do. But being a councillor, such duties are actually part of our job requirements and not bonuses because all of us 85 knew that we were in for this when we decided to take on such a role.

Does overachieving mean that as long as one does more things, one becomes a great (over)achiever? I definitely think not haha. For 2 reasons, that (1) I'm loving everything that I do now because I thoroughly enjoy what I do (except for pw) and (2) that I cannot complain for not knowing that I put be put into this super busy state once promos ended.

Ah. Alone at home on the computer doing pw. :) It's weird but moments like these are really hard to come by.

Well on to other stuff. IHC's in less than 2 weeks now and I'm really hoping I can do everything I can do make sure BW wins. :) Like we're definitely not going to get last or what but I know BW will and can win.

And there's orientation. Seeing all my subcomm ics do all the work on their own makes me feel somewhat empty, but I know that it's their job and I cannot interfere in what they do. After all, they need their space.

And I love reading Dan Brown haha. Got to finish The Lost Symbol and return it to kengchee asap.

Sigh. Life is good i think. :D

Labels: council

I'm so tired and sleepy.

Figured I might as well post a post before going to bed mm.

The last few days haven't been as busy as they were supposed to be. Thank God for restructured timetables. I'm really enjoying this period of time because it really gives everyone the freedom of time to hold meetings, play sports, talk, watch movies, etc.

Can you imagine I ended school at 12.30 today? I reached home at 10pm instead wahahah.

God my brain's not functioning properly yet I'm still here blogging. It's going to be 2am soon.

IHC meeting tomorrow, followed by BW day meeting but I have chinese so I'm totally not sure which one to go for. I hate long days out of home I need my sleep ahhh I'm so tired gosh. I slept 9 hours yesterday and am still feeling tired today that shows you I need my sleep haha.

And next week is going to be one HELL of a week yeah. IHC preparation, training and CHAMPIONS LEAGUE omgomgomgomg i want to watch.

We'll see how my body copes I guess. If I'm too tired to watch then I'll just sleep.

Oh yes compo concert is going up. I really need to watch thomas play my piece and get everything right. I need my music A gahh.

Oh and had my first vocal lesson today after one month. Mr toh forced me to hit G. I still sound stuck I think.

AH whatever I'm going to bed. Long day out + voice lesson + PE + lots of talking = Tired boy. :)

My to do list. (:

- Read Angels and Demons (i'm doing this already)
- Read The Lost Symbol (have to borrow from kengchee yay)
- Pack my room
- File my notes -.-

and so on.


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I remember I put this as one of my goals that I wanted to accomplish when I came into rj, that I wanted to do H3 chem upon doing PCMM as my subject combination.

I'm doing that combi now, and with the end of promos I really hope to be able to do pharm chem. Alternatives would be fine, but I suppose chem's really what I liked doing all along and I seriously hope I'll do well enough for promos to do h3.

Right now there's just something nagging at me that I won't be able to. Gah.