feel so loved having you send me all the way from home to work, and holding the umbrella for me as we walked from the train station :)

they're just small, simple acts, but they make me feel loved all the same :) thank u mel~~~

and i found out sth new abt him ytd too.
he really can transform into a 5-year-old when he's dead bored!!!! hahahaha.
poor pink bunny and woodstock. :P

but ytd was really retardedly funny lahhh lols. i love my mel XD

but its a busy week this week so i guess i wont be able to see him for some time... :( missing session is gonna commence very soon dear~

***

am so happy for siping tt her shaun's coming back to sg in 2 days' time! i cant imagine not seeing mel for an entire monthhhhh >.< thats pure torture can. hahaha. yay siping's gonna be all smiles~! XD

have been feeling really tired recently too and i dont know why =/ am i really getting old? metabolism drop like mad? accumulation of tiredness then become fatigue? im anaemic? not enough sleep? not enough food? not enough water??

heh.
sore throat's starting. it better be gone when i wake up tmr...
and my eye was soo itchy today i really thought its gonna fall out >.< thk its my contact lens...

okay im starting to get very random. prep up for tmr's presentation and off to bed i go!



:)))
i love my boy.







♥
happy 3rd month my dear!!
keep the sweet moments coming.
i promise i'll never get enough of them :))

***

3 things made today a happy day!

#1 - meet up with my long-lost weijie!!!

its been a godzillion years since we met and its so nice to see her at ah hock for traditional bread-and-egg breakfast again :) glad to hear things're going well for u at work dearest girl! im sure u'd've improved a lot more the next time i see u~~ :) jiayou in every aspect of ur life k?? u're doing great :) and u know u have my support always! :D

#2 - nwahism with melll! XD

we love nwahing.
sundays are meant to be for nwahing, so pls dont scold me for procrastinating on planning my sem timetable and fyp research :P

(at time of blogging, both are already done so, yayy! XD)

dear reached my place ard 3+, slacked ard while i finished mopping the floor (i got do housework one okayy! *gives zhuai face*), nwahed a bit on the sofa with the fan blowing straight at us veeeerry comfortably, and finally got our butts off the couch and headed to west coast park! for more nwahness :P heeeee i really love the park on sundays!! so many families, so many kids, and lotsa kites decorating the beautiful sky!! :D if u see it from another angle, its like an alien invasion of kites. they're just swarming up the wholeeee sky and can drop down any moment!!

hahaha okay me and my retarded imagination :P
anyhoos, a happy 2hrs spent at park! think i gained some weight from the mcflurry+fries combo and extended hrs of sitting down and not burning anything..

headed to west coast plaza to meet my mom for dinner and very coincidentally met the rest of his family at the same restaurant too! hahaha. small world~~ but yep this kinda made it the 3rd happy thing today! :D seeing our parents smile at each other~~ haha ok it sounds kinda silly but, its gd to know tt they're not like, not seeing eye to eye on first impression eh?? :P

ok its time for me to slp. new week tmr!! hope it'll be gd! XD




***

threw a tantrum yesterday.
i deserve to be spanked. for being so childish.

or for letting pms get to me. pffffft.


finally made a trip down to ICA last weekend to renew my passport but will hafta go down again to collect it... ma fannnnn -.- pffft.

roamed around city square mall (farrer park one not johor bahru lol) to see see look look and then headed to changi airport cos dear and i had nth to do and gotta kill time until 8pm in the evening :P popeye's at airport was good! absolutely love the scone and mashed potato and cajun fries and fried chicken~~~~ pls pls open one branch at clementi soon!!!! XD i promise (to a certain extent) tt i'll be a regular customer of urs!!!

and met up with psychies in the evening!! XD yays super long nv meet up with jingxiu and elsa and i miss them lots!!!! sorry siping i see u everyday so im unable to miss u tt muchhhhh hahahahahahah ok im so irritating :P dont worry siping i still love u!! lols. ok i thk i a bit siao already.

photos!!


nando's chicken!!
at parco bugis junction opposite ajisen ramen :)
pretty menus they have there~ :D


:)))


this starter is super super nice!!!
SLURPPPPPPSSSS.


and i love the extra hot peri peri sauce!! flamingly good! XD


(special guest! :P)


:D:D:D

had a great "chicky" meal at nando's chicken and updated each other on our respective internships! so nice to hear abt all the different clients we're now interacting with and all the interesting stories that happened at work~~ i wonder how the others are doing! ppl like karen, daren, michelle... i miss all of them tooo! >.<

dear had his velocity challenge on sunday but i wasnt able to go down to support him cos i had fyp meeting :( glad to hear he completed the whole course successfully! if its me i think i would've given up 1/4 way or sth :P anyhoooo, finally had out first fyp mtg in the hols! wonder when we'll be able to meet joyce~~~ but anw, glad tt we accomplished a little sth before we dismissed ourselves :P walked ard raffles city with jx for a while before heading back home! wahahahah vry long nv evening time go home alr... many many gatherings recently! >.<

had this yummylicious dinner at this coffeeshop near my hse that evening! my mother introduced me to good food once again! lols. weird tt i've been staying in this area for so long and i nv knew there's sucha nice western stall!! will definitely go back~

and thank god i had a full happy meal the evening before cos monday was 魔鬼训练 at YC!!!! X( had to try out all the monster trainings for ourselves before we can even ask the youths to do it so we gotta go through it too.... heh. and here we are!! surviveddd!!!!



still alive (but not really kicking) after 3minutes of bridge, 3mins of leg raises, 4 laps of duck walk along basketball court, 200 jumping jacks, 100 pushups....

-_______________________________-


definitely a record-workout in the history book of xinyi.

after-training bonus: ice sticks treat! :D


yay we are happy again! hahahaha.

really killer but, accomplishment indeed :)
great job interns!! WE ARE SO DAMN STRONG.
lols.

had a gd dinner at dear's place after that! :D so nice to be eating yummy homecooked food and watching soccer with his whole family~ very family indeed :) but feel so bad for delaying their dinner til 730pm cos i ended so late! >.< slacked around until 9+ before it was time for home-sweet-home and fyp research and rest....

and woke up with a huuuuuuuuge body ache today =/
well of cos. look at when's the last time i even had a jog......
*gulps*

still wishing for the muscle ache in my thighs to miraculously subside before tmr! really super hard to walkkk. not to mention climbing stairs or even sitting down zomg x_x

but muscle aches aside....



I FINALLY GOT MY NEW PHONE!!!!

LG MINI ISH MINEEEE!!!



yeah kinda sudden rite?? i think so too. but i dont care also hahahaah :P *gives big bear hug to new phone*

yayyy!! :D

its currently happily charging on my bed and im also happily wishing this LG phone wont give me so many problems like what legends say~~~~ lol.
but frankly speaking, the design is really so sleek and pretty!!!
love it a lot :D
time to shop for new pouch (its abt time too) and screen protector!! XD

*ends entry excitedly*


another week passed!
time really flies nowadays. lotsa happenings these 5 days!

on work:

absence of devotion session on mon and tues makes me appreciate that 30mins everyday much more, and yes i miss it a lot. its really like the only time i get to rest my mind, to clear it of all troubles for a while, and an opportunity for me to pray for the ones i love, for the things i wish to occur smoothly for that day or week. its a rather spiritual time that i as a free thinker dont usually get, and i appreciate having this practice as part of my workplace culture :)

event of the week: YC IDOL!!!

had lotsa fun organising things with the interns (although i didnt really do much also =x) and i enjoyed the performances put up by the youths, and how the event encouraged the rest of the youths further. its a feeling that hard to describe here, but in a nutshell, i think the event went well and yep, cheers to our last-min-planning skills too! hahaha :P

and our highlight of the week......

MIKA CONCERT!!!!!

many many thanks to the organisation for the free tickets to the concert~~ although it was by this singer whom i initially have nv heard of, i got addicted to a few of his songs the day before the show (didnt wanna go to the concert without knowing NONE of his songs!) and now im addicted to many more of his songs because the concert was just A-W-E-S-O-M-E-N-E-S-S!!!!! love his catchy tunes and amaaaaaazing vocals and backdrops and uber-cool band members (drummer had afro hair!!) and basically just everything from the start til the end of the concert! :D

will share his songs next time. photos first!!


confetti!!!


artistic backdrop!
and interesting kilt haha :D


check out the afro drummer! XD
\m/






<3 !




the very nice flower backdrop in 2nd half!!!!!
really super a lot of flowers loh. see until i 眼"花"缭乱~~~~~~

hahahaha ok lame sorry :P


spot mika!
(p/s even the piano was flower-ed!!! so pretty!! XD)




junkapella!


finale~ :)
*cheers for the awesome concert!!! woohoooo!!!!!*


yup and that were some of the bits and pieces taken from mika's concert on monday :D
tired out from the whole day out but work continues as usual for the week~
and today was really fun :P

slackish with no one in the office again but us interns, and headed out for lunch at cwp jack's place! and somehow on the car journey there we started addressing sam as our "papa" and irritated him all the way there haahaha :P four psychos in the car and one poor social worker. how sad is tt!! lol. poor papa. so kind of him to play along and said we're actually his illegitimate children with different mums and we all have no birth certificates because he had no time to register us HAHAHA. seriously damn funny and im so gonna have abs at the end of intern!! lols.

and so we had our "fathers' day" celebration at jack's place just now and continued irritating sam all the way back to YC after tt. car journey to raffles city after work (ended work early today cos its volunteer appreciation day! XD) was also abs training but not as intense because we're tired out from laughing the entire day :P

haha i guess its been a tiring yet fun week for me! once again, i love my fellow interns :D


on life:

health hasnt been all that great, and on thurs i was finally tired enough and flu-ish enough to take half-day leave from work. it felt superb to take an afternoon nap XD and especially when u know everyone else is still workinggggg hahaahahahah ok i'll stop being evil. really dropped dead on the bed when i reached home and was in deep slp all the way until my phone rang at 5+, calling me up for dinner, which was with dear and parents :)

and tt kinda marked the 4th day i met him this week. woots meeting everyday! hahaha. compensation for last wk's shortage of meeting him i guess :P but still, time doesnt ever seem to be enough for both of us. somehow, i still crave his company a lot and feel like i can never get enough of this special person. ahhh honeymoon period really rocks hahaahha :P

and today on the way home from raffles place, siping was telling me abt how i frequently use the phrase "i have no time". hmm guess its kinda true huh? although i'll still say its becos i really have things on etc but.. or maybe its just a bad habit of mine to pack my schedule like sardines~~

ok i actually have the intention of blogging a lot more for this part but i suddenly feel super duper tired. shall update again soon. gdnights all!


yay feeling very happy!!! :D:D

maybe cos of slackish today, maybe cos of taking many happy photos, maybe cos of meeting up with happy friends (not happy tree friends) and maybe cos i just love fridays :D

or maybe its cos of the coffeee and tea (major infusion of caffeine) today =x

today was really slackish. my client didnt turn up for the session (sobsss) so my morning was free and my anxiety was for nth again.. maybe if i stop myself from feeling anxious, the clients will turn up :D

haha alrights lame stuff.

lunch at cwp breeks (yay student price!!) and once again, another hilarious 1+hr for us~~ office just us and winston today so it was super slackish hahah. waited for sp and gina to finish their counseling at 4pm, AND WE'RE DISMISSED FROM WORK!!

went for coffee at railmall after tt, chit chat a bit abt session 2... and off we go.

05s06 gathering!! not many turned up but it was quite an ok gathering bah. didnt go for aemi gathering cos just nice clash :(

took many photos tooo! hope they're nice :))

and saw the UBF photos!! yayyyyy nice nice. :D:D:D shall upload when allll photos are in! XD




ok shit im really feeling damn high. seriously think its the caffeine. AHHH IM CAFFEINE SENSITIVE TOOO?!?!?!!?

***

ok i decided to upload some photos that i've already gotten to "spice up" my blog cos recently v little photos
and also since im so super UNsleepy now -.-


flautists of Band Brio!!


not in this photo but i think its really nice! XD
(yah its becos im not in the photo tts why vry nice right. tsk. i knew u'll say tt >=( haha)






flutes at backstage! :D


and photos taken before the concert!!


practising in the dressing room before rehearsal. hardworking hor??


we love the lightbulb-mirrors! so broadway~~
but they're damn hot. melted someone's instrument case =/
ok lets not mention sad stuff so much.
yay lighting so nice!!!






erm ok retarded shot taken at underpass to esplanade hahaha. 天天向上 indeed~~~

many more such photos comin' up. stay tuned!!
hahahaha. ok im still high. HOWW I NEED TO SLP SOON!!! X(


first counseling session ytd! nervous and kinda jumbled up my own thoughts when it started, so the conv was kinda "messed up"? but things went smoothly in e end and it was nice to hear she thought counseling was fun today :) will improve for nxt session!

band last nite was =/ frustrated at the sound and at how some ppl can really just turn up for the last prac and expect to be applauded for during the concert next day. how ppl can totally ignore tuning problems. the headache that i got. the bad breath i had to tahan..... *i swear its super gross and im REALLY glad its all over now =/*
very tired too. briefing after tt and ended around 1130. holy cowwwww.
got home and slept like a pig.

concert today. rehearsal time saw many new faces. amazing how they even had the face to turn up. i mean, why join UBF when u KNOW u wouldnt be able to make it to most pracs and u'll only be coming back from overseas on concert day itself and will be sight-reading the pieces? if really can play professionally then ok loh, but apparently tts not the case cos it turns out u're just messing up the sound even more.
thumbs up for mr oura's comment. "disgusting right??"
haix. percussion. clarinets. horns.

not i want to say but, the problem ppl seemed to be all from "this certain sch near my house". they really think they're high up there and no nid prac etc huh? and still can laugh when they cant play a single note out when prof ho asked their section to play.
sigh.
this event was supposed to bond the 3 bands tgt. i think it more like separated us even more. seriously, it was b-a-d.

anyhoo, had lotsa fun during all the waiting time in the dressing room! learned a new hairstyle from cindy and valerie (she's gonna lend me a book on tt!! so excited and cant wait to read it!!) and "mass makeup" session before concert starts was fun too. girl-time rocks :D many photos taken today, and lotsa fun and some retarded shots taken with ntu fluties. cant wait to get e photos! heee. ntu bandies really make my day~~~~ and it takes the torture from all that noise away :P

concert finally over! really happy :)

came home and mom told me she saw ntu's president when she left the concert hall, and he actually spoke to her. hoho. i study ntu 3 years i dont even know who's the ntu president and there my mom is, TALKING to him. amazing. hahaha :P

ok im dead tired. work tmr.
heard from sp that one of my counsellees turned up for counseling today =/ did i send her a wrong sms? oh mann.
counseling tmr too. haven prepared anything. i feel so dead.
wonder how were things at work today! wonder how was captain's ball. heard sam sprained his ankle! hope he's ok =/
YC "photoshoot" tmr. wonder what spastic things we're gonna do! lol :P

ok sleep. really sibei tired.


i seriously have no idea why i feel so tired today -.-

the only taxing thing i did today was probably erm, table soccer??? haha. proper warm up is important. once u are, attack!!! goaaaaaal!!!!!! *cheers and hi-5s with partner*

lol. did i mention we're a crazy bunch there at YC?
:)

and this crazy bunch was reading my blog in front of me this morning lahh haha. a bit of a weird feeling but, hi? :D *waves feebly* welcome to my full-of-rubbish blog! lols.

anw, had a very ~romantic movie date with gina~ (hahaha) at cwp after work! watched killers and i think the number of "omg"s we said during the movie can be considered uncountable~ :P its like so awful to have to be wary of EVERYONE around u cos anyone can be a killer! quite a not-bad movie i think. and katherine heigl's still ever-good-looking :)) ashton kutcher's quite charming in the show too! XD

and we bade each other goodbye with a "cya in a few hours' time~" lol.
another long day tmr! must rest early!
but i still wanna blog >.<

***

dad told me to consider LG GC900 Viewty Smart Phone!



the specs are not baddddd but, the phone doesnt seem very "me" lol. i dunoooo! heard quite a few bad reviews abt LG so i wldnt say im thAt keen on getting a LG phone... but apparently its within budget so BY RIGHT i should consider... hmms.

but then i heard abt Samsung Galaxy S!



looks not bad (sorry but phone design is really quite impt to me :P) and specs quite ok too. shld i shld i??? have yet to check the price though. rawrrrr. i wish starhub is just downstairs >=(


i have until the end of the month before the voucher expires. think, xinyi, think!!

***

ok im tired and i shld rest for a long day tmr. i will slp by 11.30pm!!!

(oh no its 11.31pm already.)
byes!!!

***

i changed my mind.



I WANT IPHONE 4!!!!!!!!


this is a crazy, sudden, intense feeling for a phone that i have yet to see and touch but just want so badly. tsk. weak spot for sleek designs and gorgeous looking phones. plus the features are great!! (so is the price lah but, can i dont care abt tt now??)



*adds stars and sparkles and glitters around picture*

im gonna dream of u tonight :D


just heard from pw that the shirt devin got for me is with her.
really thoughtful of him to get shirts for everyone :)

i wish im as nice as other people.



<3



had a well-rested saturday spent fully at home, and a lovely sunday spent with love.
prince of persia's niceeeee :) the female lead's just gorgeous to look at and i love how the film ended too :)

it is said, that some people's lives are linked across time, by an ancient calling.

suddenly feeling very sleepy. shall blog in point form and head to bed.

- durian pancake at AMK hub was good. can be improved though, but it did satisfy my durian cravings so, im happy :)
- homecooked dinner at dear's place~ happily-full and finished off with 4 slices of watermelon hohoho. break record.
- im really damn full.
- it is so damn ma fan to apply for passport online. the requirements for the photo is just.... >=( later do so much liao they still reject how?? rahh. shld've done at ICA tt dayyyyy.
- can i ignore the passport issue and just slp???

rawrrr. sleepy xinyi = angry xinyi.

first counseling session tmr. ahhhh so scary! >.<
i hope we'll get through it well~ *prays*

nights all. nid to slp.

***


hadnt dreamed for a very, very long time, and i finally had one last nite.
dont remember the contents of it much but, there was u :)

still missing him a lot. rawrr!
>.<




enjoy ur day at sentosa dear!
heartts.


love the music through the earphones :)
(laptop speakers really suck)
super-love the basslines!! XD

Do As Infinity - Desire




Tokyo Jihen - 能動的三分間 (Noudouteki Sanpunkan)



***

its been a lazy day at work today, with the morning zooming past, us laughing our abs out once again during lunch and post-lunch nwah-mode which extended all the way til 5pm. but one thing that i rmbred from today is what was shared with us during devotion today, about putting margins into our lives.

rmbr how we used to draw margins at the side of the page for workings etc when we're in primary school?
this line formed the boundary for our work back then.
similarly in life, we can draw a margin and set aside spare space and time.
this buffer is the one that gives us time to think, relax and enjoy life, and can even be a "free slot" for last minute appts, like listening to a friend in need. it can strengthen relationships, because relationships take time. when we're always hurrying and worrying, when we're overloaded with activity, we can only think of ourselves. we're in survival mode, just trying to make it through another day. the margin provides the time to sit and talk with our loved ones, to listen and enjoy one another, and to provide the comfort we each need.

honestly, that is something i think i need.

"when you're overloaded with activity, you can only think of yourself.
you're in survival mode, just trying to make it through another day."

this sentence struck me hard because it applies in my case so well, that many times im already thankful that i have enough time to complete all my work and to-do stuffs and catch a pathetic 5-6hrs of slp, that i dont have much time and energy left for the ppl around me. is this common? hahaha but anyways, its time to do sth abt it and not wait for terrible consequences to occur before i notice my negligence towards the impt ppl ard me.. i hope i'll really be able to give more time to the ppl ard me from now on! *crosses fingers* :)

***

i see a blue moon tonight! :D

dad actually asked me if i wanna change my handphone!!!

usually i have to plead and beg and go on my knees and strike some form of bargain with him before i get to change :(
ok im exaggerating lah, but u get the drift.

and YAY i got my eyes on this!!!




HTC HD Mini~~~ :))


should i really get???

with the voucher that dad has, it should be much more within budget... and after the short chat with jane, im more motivated to get it!!



C a r n a g e says:
HTC MINI.
`xinyii says:
hahaha
ur fren has it??
gd???
C a r n a g e says:
lim peh has it ---> LOL THIS IS SO JANE
not bad.
`xinyii says:
REALLYYYYYYY
how much u buy??
C a r n a g e says:
23
AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAHAAHHA



23!!!!! can i buy at 23 too??? hahahahaha. i can wish and wish and wish and it wont happen~~ if 100+ i'll be very happy le! :P

still considering! or any other phones i shld consider???

***

hadnt met melvin for damn long le :(( MISSES!!!!!

and i miss my one more stop too :( sucks that our schedules ALL clash... can only meet on jam date i guesssssss *sobs* booo. unless we're all turning up for streetfest tgt! :D

i miss euflomba full-strength too. TOTALLY horrible tt we're not even meeting for dinner before band pracs cos so many of us are working and cant rush down in time :(((

and i miss hanging out with my ntmb gang and jj gang and aemi and istas tooooo! rawrrrrrrr. look at what i've missed out in this entire mth >.<

gonna catch up with everyone soon!! cant take it anymore!!!
lol.
nights all :)


random: woahhhh this is post #888!! huat ar!!!


(back to normal)

rach saluted us early in the morning for conducting a baking workshop the day immediately after camp ended. well, it wasnt like we had all the options in the world lah (:P) but yeah, i guess it really needed a lot of our energy to do this after a tiring 24hrs the day before. kudos to the whole team for making the workshop a success!! :D

was initially feeling a lil messed up cos john wasnt here to help with the demo-ing part and i was kinda "left alone" as in-charge =x frankly speaking, i was really scared tt the whole workshop will screw up and all the cupcakes will be chao ta-ed and ppl will be bored and maybe there'll be no more tmr for me! >.< thank god i have dear siping, joy, gina, connie and sam to help me out with each table and with the logistics and organising etc. wouldnt have been able to survive the 3hrs without u guys!! thank u so much~~~ :)

really glad that things went rather smoothly after we started, and seeing the youths enjoy the whole process of making a batch of cupcakes tgt and learning sth new today and telling me they had fun was really heartwarming! :D having the whole grp sing along to the songs that some others were playing on the guitar was like so nice too! totally love the camaraderie and the entire 3hrs spent baking with this whole bunch of ppl :) they made baking so much more fun! wahahaha. now i cant wait to bake again!! :D


(woohooo so cute hor! XD but this one obvly from net de lah :P)

yayy tired today but ended on a happy note :)

met peiwen after work for dinner too! ONE THOUSAND YEARS NV SEE THIS GIRL ALREADY!!! im losing touch with all my frens :(:( feel so saddd. haha hopefully der'll be enough time for meetups soon! suddenly in the mood to organise outings with all the ppl i know but my own schedule is like... =/ sigh. i'll try my best!

maybe i shld start with the ones nearest to me.
WEIJIE!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!! starbucks just called to tell me they miss our presence there leh~~~~ hahahahaha :P meet up with me soon k girl!! i place my order first. i wan java chip!! XD


its been awhile!

last weekend had been pleasant! and yes, it was that one special person who made it great :)

was actually a little sad tt it'll be a home-alone weekend for me cos my parents both went to malaysia on sat morning, leaving me in the empty hse for 3 whole days :( yes im more or less independent and can survive the 3 days well on my own but, its just different when u compare busy/doing own things/neglect family mbrs to zero presence of family in the hse. somehow, i still need that human factor within the 4-walls i call home. so being left alone can feel really sucky :(

and its been 2mths since i last touched my flute and as expectd, my tone sucks. desperately wanting to get back the original tone quality isnt easy cos of work in the day and the inconvenience to others when u practice at night. time is so limited :( first practice with my flute on sat and even i myself cldnt stand how i sounded. hurrrr i seriously wish for a miracle on next thurs! >.<

so yeah, mood wasnt all tt great, but thank god i had gd company over the weekends! :D thank u dear~~ original jogging plan got scraped off cos nwah-ing seemed like a much better alternative just before supposed-evening jog :P cooked dinner ourselves too! (dont worry my kitchen is still intact) lotsa quality time spent with my love makes the weekend seem extra pleasant~ :)


back to work on monday, and had camp ytd til this morning. seriously shagged out but i think the efforts are worth it, and the experience was good.

the group that we're in charge of was the "quietest" group, so initially there was some difficulty in warming them up to each other and getting them to open up more to each other. from all the checkpoints that we went through from admiralty to sembawang, we could see the group becoming closer and more chatty, and also got to know our counsellees better as we spoke to them. i guess the turning point for our grp was at the most challenging checkpoint, which was actually a low-element obstacle consisting of a row of tyres hung on ropes and the grp's supposed to get from one end of the row to the other. being pushed out of the comfort zones for some of them and challenging them to take the first step in trying something they've nv tried before made the whole team work tgt to help each other complete the station. encouraging each other, helping each other to hold the tyre firmly so the other person can step on it more steadily, supporting each other so they wouldnt fall, and even plucking up the courage to get up on the first tyre for one of the girls who was so afraid initially. the observing process was interesting, because one can see so much more beyond the actions the youths were doing :)

and yes, the grp became closer after that. challenges rock. hahaha :P and thanks to someone, me and sp had to complete the station after they did lol. and im surprised it seemed so easy this time round compared to when we tried it during recce-ing! i thk i wldnt mind trying it again because now i see the fun after overcoming the challenge. but no tt doesnt mean u shld purposely invite me to do tt again lols. still recovering from muscle aches.....

anyhoo, the other game that made their individual characters stand out more was the candle war that we played. the competitive game between the 3 groups brought out the characters of individuals not just in our grp, but also others. from the game, we saw who were the ones who were more easily aggressed, taking the game more seriously than others, bearing more grudges, even harping on the game even 1hr after it was over. but that wasnt our grp :P maybe im biased to some extent but, i saw so many gd points about the youths in my grp through this very simple game of candles and raffia strings. the small boy who didnt seem to be able to articulate his feelings as well as others and who always kept quiet, was the one who fought til the end and didnt complain even though others had played the game unfairly against him. the "leader" who knew many things were unfair against the team, and the girls who even had their hair pulled during the game, also were willing to let the issue go, because they all recognised that at it was just a game. "ok so u won. wow u're great at guarding ur raffia string mannn." lols. in my opinion, being able to let go of all the unfairness and not taking the game too seriously is a sign of maturity at that young age. and im really proud of my team for their team spirit during the game, their encouragement to each other, and for how they chose to see things in such a positive manner post-game. they're a quiet, slow-to-warm-up bunch of teens, but are strong inside. feel really lucky to be part of this group! :D


well thats abt all tt i wanna say abt the camp i guess. truly a nice experience with the youths and it further opened up my world too :)

ok i suddenly feel super sleepy. shall continue another time. time to slp and prep for work again tmr!