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♥ Sunday, June 19, 2011

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Hi squadmates! Here are the pictures taken by myself on 17June, for the unit bbq... =)

A brief post on unit bbq... On my part, I was going to meet Shou Fong at Lakeside, then before she arrived, I saw Xing Yao. The three of us went up the platform, and when the train stopped before us, we saw Ken! Amazing thing was that when we stopped at Chinese Garden, we saw Yang Sheng board... 5 squadmates on a single carriage!

When we got to Clementi, we realised that Yun Hui was on the same train.

Squadmates who gathered at Clementi (Pei Hao was latest!): Amanda, Junianti, Kristine, Yun Hui, Shou Fong, Ken, Yang Sheng, Xing Yao, Freda... Did I miss out anyone? ^^

We took a bus to West Coast park, where Chloe and Michele picked us up and where Ying Ying and Seow Hwee arrived later. When we arrived, the fire wasn't up yet, so most of us went back to Area 1 to the pyramid area to play, while Ken stayed behind to help the sec2s...

There are some pictures we took while on the pyramid (if it is blur, please blame my handphone or my shaky hands. I dunno why but my fingers were shaking while I was taking the pics. T_T) and subsequently while we were wandering around in the other play areas. For the pics of the sand, try to spot the word sHotshots! as done by Shou Fong. =)

Later we returned to the bbq pit... Food included garlic bread, chicken nuggets, chicken wings (many of which cooked by Ken himself), marshmellow (I think Xing Yao had a big portion in helping to eat ^^), satay and otah... such like. Soft drinks as provided by the sec2s. ^^ But as the night wore on, the sec2s seemed to retreat to one pit for themselves, and then sec 3s (only 5) and Hotshots shared one pit. (Credits to Ken, Seow Hwee, Yang Sheng, Pei Hao, Xing Yao mainly for the cooking)

Around 9 plus (I think) we left for the area 1 playground again, so we see some pics of us on the pyramid again. ^^

At around 10, we retreated to Mac, and we part ways henceforth.

That's all for now I guess... See you all during act on Tuesday. =)

Jing Yee

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6/19/2011 08:30:00 PM

♥ Saturday, June 11, 2011

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Just realized now that Amanda had already posted! =3 Thanks Amanda! ♥ But anyway, I shall continue with my recount! =) I apologise beforehand for boring squadmates to death. ^^

Day 3 began horribly for me because apart from ITC , I never tried to stay awake the entire night. Even during ITC'11 we got some snippets of sleep… The consequence of which was that when we went for breakfast, I think I felt like dying. Mind buzzing kinda feeling. After finishing a MacValue Breakfast, I was on the verge of falling asleep when I laid my head on the table. ._.

We went back to the room to go catch some sleep before going to wild wild wet, while Xing Yao went to join his class for the last portion of 4G chalet. Shou Fong and Ruth tried to wake squadmates up afterwards, and the reluctance of squadmates to wake up was… impressive. They had to use coaxing, forcing, tugging of blankets, pillows and limbs to make people open their eyes and pack their stuff. One of the more impressive attempts was Shou Fong and Ruth pulling Yang Sheng off the pullout bed, and him clinging to the mattress and the bed frame to resist. -_- Seow Hwee and Kristine were going on about how 休息是为了走更远的路 or something which made me totally frustrated for Shou Fong and Ruth. Sorry squadmates for rubbing my foul temper on everyone. =_= Pei Hao and Yang Sheng were on the receiving end of pillows being smashed at them (their reaction was faster though) and Kristine and Seow Hwee having their blankets or pillows snatched away.

We had ample complementary tickets, so Kristine, Ruth, Michele, Seow Hwee, Shou Fong, Yang Sheng went. Xing Yao (who went on Monday) Pei Hao, Chloe and I stayed behind, sleep, slack, listen to music, play on the laptop and eat instant noodles (Xing Yao) etc. Later when Pei Hao woke up, the two guys played Plants vs Zombies on Pei Hao's laptop.

Squadmates returned sometime around 3 and went to take turns showering. By the time they were ready to leave for lunch/dinner, everyone was starving… We ate at Just Acia again, but Xing Yao and Pei Hao didn't join us for that. Following the lunch/dinner, Ruth and Kristine left. If I don't remember wrongly we went to pop in at the arcade a while, then we decided to catch a 11.15pm show of Pirates of the Caribbean. Later we headed back to the chalet- on the way there we went over to 4C class chalet to get mahjong tiles from Ken.

Mahjong table? No need, don't have. Amazing actually- squadmates used the bedframe for the pullout beds to form a solid surface to play mahjong. The players were Seow Hwee, Yang Sheng, Michele and Chloe. Later, they played bridge while Freda, Shou Fong and I went to watch Tong Yi. We skipped dinner, for no one felt hungry. The next meal was popcorn and drinks in the cinema. ^^ The show wasn't bad, personally I quite enjoyed it. ^^

Day 4, we had popcorn for breakfast. Amanda, who had left on Tuesday night, came back to join us before we had a buffet lunch at Seoul Garden. Then as Amanda said in her post… I felt so full. ._. my shirt smelt of food afterwards, which may have accounted for why Amanda seemed to smell chicken even as we went upstairs for kbox. For kbox, we got one room this time- 8 of us: Freda, Seow Hwee, Chloe, Yang Sheng, Amanda, Michele, Shou Fong and I. This room was much bigger, and somehow we got the room from 2 to 7. Something like because there was no one else booking… The mood was a bit not there this round, probably because we were on a full stomach and feeling really sleepy, such like. Anyway, less high than Tuesday's session. But still enjoyable luh, like what Amanda said, being with squadmates. ^^

We went back to the chalet after dropping by the arcade again (after which Shou Fong and Seow Hwee went home), then watched half an hour worth of Tong Yi. Following that Freda, Amanda and I went to buy packets of instant noodles for dinner/breakfast. We watched 幸福万岁like Amanda said… It was extremely trying on my temper. -_- At the beginning I was like "WTH", and was really interested to know what ratings it was- at the later part, it was just the script -_-. I just checked it up- NC16. -_- *heaves a mega sigh* Anyway, there were parts in dialect that (because I didn't find the subtitles option) we didn't know what was going on. Amanda and Michele made some comments, and surprise surprise, that really happened in the later parts of the movie.

We were going to proceed with Untraceable, but then Amanda, Chloe and Yang Sheng had went to sleep, leaving only Michele, Freda and I watching, with pathetic subtitles. -_- had some people with hearing deficiency attempted to get the storyline based on the subtitles… *shakes head*

Next morning, we got up at 9.30, had instant noodles for breakfast and checked out. "Lunch"-ed at Long John Silver at Tiong Bahru, before we went our own ways.

Squadmates who went for squad chalet, hope it was a good experience. On my part, the turnout was seriously better than I thought, so thank you very much, all of you. =) Spending so much time with squadmates was really enjoyable.

Hotshots FTW!

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Jing Yee

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6/11/2011 05:52:00 PM

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Squad chalet.

Even before it started, I lost hope. The people who had replied me about BBQ and meeting at Pasir Ris was so sadly few that I didn't even want to think who would be there on the first day. The gloom induced by myself got so bad that I had given up organizing anything, BBQ included, which Seow Hwee and Pei Hao settled in the end.

I guess I should have had faith.

I was surprised when it was not only Amanda waiting, but Keng Seng as well. And later, Jing Hua came over. Surprise- if I had to guess who'd turn up on the first day, I wouldn't have wagered on them. Just that they never seemed to be in the middle of things, and of all who would turn up to make this a success… ^^

Then came the awkwardness, because I honestly, honestly didn't know what to talk to them about. I doubt we ever had a real conversation before. But we lived, we lived, and survived reasonably even in the absence of Pei Hao.

It wasn't tense as we played cards, and the two of them are extremely amiable. It was really interesting watching Keng Seng and Jing Hua play. I don't know how to describe it, but it was extremely lighthearted, and… cute? ^^ And I learnt something- we have been calling Jing Hua's name wrongly for ages. 0_0 I didn't know that his Jing is the same as mine!! 0_0 And yet I guess it is like what he says- since everyone calls him that, then like that lor. As I was going to call him, my first instinct was to read his name as jing3 again. -_-

Eventually Pei Hao came, right after we were betting when he'd turn up. I was saying something like 6.45, Keng Seng guessed 10, because Pei Hao kept saying "coming" when he wasn't here yet. ^^ In the end Jing Hua's bet was the closest.

Chloe and Michele turned up afterwards, and we left for dinner in the middle of Tong Yi. ._. Had dinner at Just Acia, and we realized that Pei Hao had brought only $20 dollars to spend at the chalet. -_- He kept going for more servings of ice cream throughout dinner. Seow Hwee joined us thereafter.

Back in the chalet, we first watched 精武风云 (whatever the title was) with the DVD player provided, then we proceeded to play cards (me, Seow Hwee, Keng Seng, Jing Hua) or use Pei Hao's laptop to create SIMS characters (Amanda, Chloe and Michele). Eventually Chloe joined our side in watching us play cards when she couldn't stand watching Amanda and Michele manipulate her character. =P

We stopped at about 3.30am, the latest I have stayed up for reasons apart from homework and reading. The guys tried to be nice and share one tiny pullout bed and even retreated to the toilet when we insisted they wake up (Seow Hwee even threatened to pour water on them if they didn't ^^). Because we had 5 girls, and I guess they felt that it would be extremely cramped if we tried to squeeze into the two single beds. (Uh, for the benefit of those who didn't turn up, we had 4 single beds. Sort of. Two of which were pullouts, and much less comfy.) Anyway, got them to move eventually. =P Keng Seng took one side, Jing Hua and Pei Hao slept on the other. Girls managed to fit, surprisingly. We slept horizontal. ^^

Seow Hwee woke us up at 9, and we took turns washing up. It was about 10 when we eventually went out to get brunch at food court, then we took lots of 自拍 group shots. About 13? ^^ We saw 4G outside the food court- somehow we seem to have an affinity of some sort. They were at Just Acia the previous evening as well- somehow we just keep bumping into them.

Following that we went to book a room for kbox then headed to the arcade, where we were joined by Yang Sheng, Shou Fong Madeleine Freda, and later Kristine Jie Min Ruth Yun Hui Ying Ying. No surprises there, but Jing Hua and Keng Seng didn't join us for kbox, and Kristine they all went back to arcade(?) and chalet after that…

For kbox, we split rooms as follows: Freda, Shou Fong, Madeleine, Pei Hao and I in one, Yang Sheng, Chloe, Amanda, Seow Hwee and Michele in the other. Our room was the damn cold one, but appears we lived. Shou Fong and Madeleine paired up against Pei Hao and Freda in some couple songs, competing with the other pair about who sounded better. Quite amusing, but I shall say nothing about the singing. =D

When we got back, the bbq stuff arrived, and then the guys worked to get the charcoal burning in due time. Not the first time we are thankful that our squad guys are effective people who are willing to help, but thanks squadmates. ^^

At some point, Shou Fong and I retreated into the chalet to watch Tong Yi like the unwavering fans that we are. == We were joined by Madeleine, Junianti and Freda… Sorry to squadmates outside? ^_^

Apart from those mentioned earlier, Xing Yao had come over from his class chalet to help cook, and so did Ken. From the window/sliding door, I think I saw Kenneth come at some point as well… We ended up with quite a lot of food left and too much fruit punch, but nothing went to waste eventually. ^^

We watched Insidious on Pei Hao's laptop at night. The people left would be Pei Hao, Yang Sheng, Xing Yao (who was complaining about his sunburn from his class wild wild wet) Chloe, Kristine, Ruth, Ying Ying, Seow Hwee, Freda, Shou Fong, Michele, myself… I didn't miss out anyone right? It was sort of scary I guess, the movie, at some parts, but I guess the thing about horror movies is that you don't focus on where the camera leads you to focus? ^^ Kristine screamed at least twice, which I think made us even more scared than we were of the scene. ^^

Then to remove that mood, we watched 功夫灌篮 that Shou Fong brought, then played UNO, which was like endless torture. We were at it for more than an hour. Xing Yao and Kristine were asleep by the time we began, but Kristine awoke from all our noise. Then most eventually dropped to sleep, but Yang Sheng, Chloe, Pei Hao, Seow Hwee, Shou Fong, Freda and I stayed up for quite some time playing cards. (I mean, there wasn't much space to sleep even if we tried) Pei Hao and Freda went to sleep sometime later, but the rest of us continued til morning, catching at most 20 min of dozing before the day started.

Oh and Pei Hao sleeptalked- sort of. ^^ Damn joke.

I will continue with Day 3 tomorrow? Other squadmates post also can? Alternative perspective. ^^

Jing Yee

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6/11/2011 12:07:00 AM

♥ Friday, June 10, 2011

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Hey squadmates! Here to post about our dear squad chalet!(;
Yeap I had lots of fun these five days, not sure if you guys did.
Firstly, here's a big thank you to Jing Yee! Cuz if it wasn't for her (and her dad)'s generosity, we would have had to spend even more money than we did LOL.
Secondly, to be honest, I was really surprised at the turn-out at the bbq on the second night. I mean, if I'm not wrong, more than 75% of our squad turned up, which is really awesome. Even the guys who had their own class chalets came over to help out with the starting of the fire and the barbequeing of the food. Oh and btw, the food was delicious. Thanks Seow Hwee for helping to order the food! I loved the satays and the yakitoris^^
For those of you who missed certain parts of the chalet, here's a small recap on the major highlights! Though I may miss out some stuff cuz I wasn't there for the third day and I have stm :(

First day: After checking into the chalet, we played cards for a few hours cuz to be honest, with only four people, there wasn't much we could do. Then more squadmates started trickling in and we headed off for dinner at Just Acia! The food there wasn't too bad, except that some squadmates got their food spicier than expected and suffered terribly LOL. We then headed back to the chalet and started on our SIMS MISSION! Haha michele and I spent like, 3-4 hours creating the characters of the people who were there on that day(most successful one being our dear COORDINATOR, who ended up with a white moustache and HOT RED BLUSHER)PLUS our MALE LEAD! And we also saw the "Gambler" side of many squadmates! We didn't manage to accomplish our mission that day, so we gave up and went to sleep at around 3plus am.

Second day: We woke up quite reluctantly at around 9 plus, and then headed off to have brunch at the Food Court. We tried 自拍-ing, but with 8 people it was kind of impossible. BUT. After numerous attempts, we got some acceptable shots! Haha which was good cuz the guys were starting to get bored. We then proceeded to book a slot at KBox for the afternoon. While waiting for time to pass, we went to the arcade! Wasted some time(not to mention money) there. More squadmates started trickling in to join us and we continued to waste more time there. Then, we crapped a little more outside KBox and finally, it was time for us to enter! Split into two rooms cuz there were just too many people, but we jumped from room to room during EXCITING MOMENTS (for example, the duet between the LYSs and the dancing of two guys to a sexy korean song which I forgot the name LOL). Afterthat, we headed back to the chalet for our squad bbq! The guys helped to start the fire, which required a few tries but nonetheless, remained strong throughout the night. Throughout the night, we cooked, ate, talked, played and just spent time tgt as a squad. It was awesome, and to me, definitely a success. Although I left after that, I heard about the "CHECK CHECK" incident, which continues to spread as quickly as fire LOL(:

Third day: Wasn't there, but learnt that you guys went to Wild Wild Wet and got yourselves burnt LOL(which is still evident on many of your faces).
*Someone pls fill in the blanks of this day tyvm(:

Fourth day: SEOUL GARDEN! We had a competition between the two tables, to see which table could eat the most! Obviously 我们不相上下, with one table having 42 dishes and the other having 43 dishes even before dessert LOL. Then we went to KBox AGAIN! This time until seven though. But to be honest, I enjoyed the one on Tuesday more. Nonetheless, KBox-ing with squadmates is always enjoyable yeah?(: Then we had cup noodles for dinner cuz we were still full from lunch LOL. Watched 幸福万岁! Damn funny film, cuz it was quite stupid. Jing Yee's expression was also super entertaining LOL. Then I fell asleep so not too sure what happened. But apparently squadmates watched Untraceable for another ten mins before deeming it to be boring and going to bed too.

Last day: Basically nothing much happened, cuz we had to check out by 10.30am. Ate more cup noodles for breakfast, then packed up, took our last photos and then left the chalet. Travelled by mrt(where majority of us slept throughout) to Tiong and had lunch at Long John(:

Oh and I forgot to add, thanks Chloe for helping to take and upload the photos and Michele for helping to tag^^

Yeap so basically that's my recount of our first, and hopefullynot-last squad chalet. We may not have done much, but I feel that as long as we're spending time tgt, it doesn't really matter what we do. I had lots of fun throughout, and I would really like to thank all squadmates. For making time to come. For helping out. For just being there. Thanks squadmates(;
(Anw, can someone else pls post about the chalet too? Cuz my recount was quite incomplete yeah?)

Oh and anyone wants to wear squad tee to the unit bbq? Or is your squad tee still barbeque-smelling from the chalet bbq? LOL. See you guys soon!(;

-Amanda(;

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6/10/2011 09:09:00 PM