Eventful day
Monday, August 28, 2006
Wad an eventful day today.. it's rare that I have activities packed to the brim.. haha
Comm Chair Treat
So the day started with Comm Chair Treat.. i.e. limpeh treated my Block Comm to Kuishin-Bo! Whoa lucky we went for lunch so it wasn't that expensive but the food was sosososososoooo goooooooooood! Really really fantastically gooood!!! whoa I really must go there again but that again.. I have 7 more days which is rather impossible. Haha
Block Comm 0506 (Absent: Yiyang and Karen who left early.. but still ate a lot.. Tris.. who suddenly had tutorial and of course Suz far far away in Shanghai) 
Shopping
And so after the lunch which made all of us sleepy and groggy I had 四大美女s to accompany me around Bugis to buy stuff for my overseas trips haha.. so for a change the guy was buying the clothes and the girls were lagging behind complaining they were sleepy (now you know how guys feel when we accompany girls to shop bwahahaa). Luckily I had them around though.. i must say that the 2 long sleeved that I bought were really quite nice and the jeans too.. haa
Oh.. good thing also they know where to check the clothes for defects. Haha if i shopped along I would have chucked whatever they gave me into the plastic bag.
JCRC Rally
Haha! Finally Su Kiang decided to be DOSP! whoa the whole world couldn't believe it when they knew that he was running.. but yeah.. I finally fulfilled the task of putting someone from Block D into JCRC.. at least my many days of staying back late in hall.. taking taxi back.. talking till I pekchek.. didn't go to waste =)
Since I pushed so hard for him to get in.. the only thing I could do was to go speak for him as a nominator (not that it really mattered actually.. coz sure get in one haha) But make him high la.. sing his praises in front of the whole hall.. sure get a lot of votes one like that. The funny thing was that I couldn't officially nominate coz I wasn't a resident already.. so I made my speech in the name of Tay Wei Ling.. haha.. but not like no one in hall knew who I really was.
But sir, I say you smoker la.. unless you quit all the meimei won't go to you =P
Jeffry Bday
Immediately after making the speech I rushed down to Queensway to celebrate Jeffry's birthday.. our birthday celebrations have dwindled from nerve-wrecking and extravagent to simple and pure silly hahaa..
And who said that these rides are only for kids?
Here's a 25 year old enjoying the ride.
Jeffry in the ride
Happy 25th Birthday
One week more!
I've just booked my coach tickets within London.. confirmed staying in Rongxuan and met with some cockups with booking with my debit card. bleah. What a hassle. Everything seems to be settled now except for setting up a bank account there and PACKING!
I just read Xiuying's blog on how crazy packing can be and I think I should start soon.. oh my but how do I start?? 7 days more..
IBG
Yes.. 1 week more and I'm still going back faithfully for IBG.. it's my 3rd IBG already.. from year1 being Sports Sec witnessing Block D losing everything to year2 being Block Head begging everyone to come down support IBG and comforting everyone about losing and now as a laochiao witnessing defeat for the 3rd year running.
But morale's super high this year.
It's the freshies la. I just love them.
Check out all the action at http://deeblockers.blogspot.com
Was just browsing through IBG photos when I was a freshie myself.. and chanced upon this video.. haha where I treated all of them to ice-cream after the whole ordeal was over.
(too bad this video didn't show the front part where I 'scolded' everyone for not winning haha)
Ahh.. the good ol days.
Pretty and Hamsome can already.
I'm so going to miss Buaya week.
Signed off at
10:45 am
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Freakking SIAN!!
Friday, August 25, 2006
whoa I stayed the whole DAY at home.. doing NOTHING!! really.. there's nothing on TV to watch.. i've run out of websites to surf.. run out of emails to reply.. and I can't go support IBG coz i have to pacify my parents complaints of why-don't-want-to-spend-more-time-at-home.
10 more days to flying off.. so guess what I did? I started my travel Blog!
Check it out at
http://clementchio-in-leeds.blogspot.com/
I'll still update this blog faithfully.. that blog will be more travel and serious stuff haha.. coz why? Parents reading that blog ma.
But I like that blogskin.. spent so much time doing it.. but oh so very apt =)
Signed off at
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Regrets
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Yet again I took a cab home after staying in hall for unearthly hours.. Monday I stayed till 3am to persuade SuKiang to be DOSP till like 3am to no avail.. last night I just talked to Weijian (together with Veron) to take up JCRC till like 1am.. and now.. till 4am with ChinTeng.. but still.. it was a blatent rejection.
Now it's almost 6am and my brother is almost waking up to go to school.. in fact my father just opened my room door shocked to see me still awake.. and I'm still up at this unearthly hour because I can't get to sleep.
I feel so attached to Sheares Hall.. so attached to Block D that it's hard to shake myself out of it. Frankly, leaving for exchange in less than 2 weeks I should be spending more time with my family but I never fail to cook up some excuse to go back to cheer for IBG the past few days (I don't even dare to tell my parents I'm going back to hall). I see so much energy in this bunch of year1s in the block.. I feel so happy for xuanjie and cailin to have chosen such a wonderful Block Comm.. to have notices suddenly all over level 4 and everything about IBG so in order.. I'm so happy to see seniors come down help play IBG.. And I just can't help being filled with regret that I'm leaving Block D at this point when everyone is warm and friendly to each other.. seniors.. juniors.. and the whole block is just bustling with activity.
And I can't leave with unsettled business as a Block Head last term. I have yet to put a deeBlocker in this batch of JCRC. But what is it about JCRC that's shutting everyone away? It's a term that's scaring everyone away even before attempting to understand what it's about. Ya know, I've spent so much time persuading SuKiang, Weijian, Ivan to join JCRC such that I'm so tempted to join it myself.. so tempted to be part of the the next JCRC after I come back from SEP... (actually in year 1 it did come as a fleeting joke.. like all of us will join the 27th JCRC in year 4.. 27th JCRC? 27th Council? haha..) Ok but seriously as a year4.. it's suicidal.
Come on guys, the sail is up and the winds are blowing.
We need you to steer it in the correct direction.
For the Hall,
for the Block,
for youself.
Signed off at
5:40 am
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Post-IBG
Tuesday, August 22, 2006
Just back from hall.. went down to support IBG sepak but oh well.. we didn't manage to claim the title this year.. to think that I was so sure our Block would win coz I took in so many soccerkias this year. But oh well.. the atmosphere was exhilirating and it was a great start to IBG!!
And do check out my Block Blog at http://deeblockers.blogspot.com ! Now it's become a Block version of the IBG website haha.. and there are so many posts there no one visits the forum now! Keep the blog updated man.. I will love to see wads happeneing even when I'm in UK.
And the webcast thing is way cool.. webcast all block events to me OK?
Oh my.. it's 6am already.. should go sleep soon.. going down SRC to support Basketball.. of course to see how legendary Kaiwen is.. haha.
I'm beginning to love this batch of ~deeBlockers.. the guys are so wonderful and the girls are all so cute (ok they're more deh).. My why didn't i choose to go SEP in sem2?
Signed off at
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Back Home
Sunday, August 20, 2006
This was it. I cleared out D403.
Stepping down was exactly the same as back in those days when 27th stepped down. Nothing seemed to have changed except for the status. Though I admit there was some deliberate restraning myself when Xuanjie and Cailin were interviewing their Block Comm members-to-be. The only difference was during COBH when we met the new Block Heads then I realised that we are theo laochiaos of COBH haha.. Seeing these new punks that just take up position full of ambition, zest and self-confidence (some have too much actually) and great ideals for their Blocks.. I really wonder how long will it take for them to see the dark side of this job.
Nonetheless, it's a great learning journey ahead.
I can totally feel the difference in myself.. as compared to 1 year ago.
Back home is seriously more boring than in hall. Thank heavens there's still MSN.. and so i've been keeping myself busy with updating my Outlook.. clearing out mails.. uploading photos.. and of course.. adding stuff to my new iPod!!
Oh well.. much as I want to go back everyday for IBG (I could actually.. coz IBG ends 1 day before I fly off) but I think I have to pacify my family first.. after all I haven't been home for so long and I won't be home for the next few months. Somehow my parents like me to stay at home.. even if I'm not doing anything constructive at all.
Bleah.. nothing to blog about now.. tomorrow's going to be a jampacked day.. Tuition.. Rag prac.. then performance at Plaza Sing.. then sending Quek off..
15 more days till my turn at the airport.
Signed off at
3:38 am
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ORD lo!
Friday, August 18, 2006
Back from chionging.. after all the flaming lamborghinis and tequila shots and the booming Top40 tracks still ringing between my ears.. I'm now back to this little room in Sheares Hall where the wind blows silently into my room bringing the little bit of peace I need.
I've finally stepped down as Block Head of Block D 0506.
Much as I feel relieved of this post (together with it's many responsibilities) there's a certain tinge of unbearing as handed the 打狗棒 over to Xuanjie. It's already deeply engrained in my mind to be concerned about the block at all times and now to suddenly relinquish all these thoughts and give the next batch free play takes a little getting used to.
It's been a great tour as Block Head. As I mentioned during AGM, it is a journey of ups and downs, disappointments and heartwarming moments. But this past one year will be definitely a fantastic experience that I will always cherish deep within my heart.
Many thanks for all seniors who stood by me and my Block Comm's side, to be there as role models for juniors and just offer help without fail whenever I need it... Of course special mention to who I remember turned up for EVERY block event Meiqiang, Gabe, Dong, Ivan. Even more special mention to Matt, for being there at the early stages of my tour to be there to support me whenever I feel like I'm falling. (He was the one who started the pretty and hamsome cheers and the Block newsletters) For that, Sir Matt, I'm deeply grateful. =)
And of course, to Block Comm 0506.. you all are undeniably the BEST block comm any Block Head could ever ask for. Seriously. The best among the 5 blocks. I can't deny when the other 4 Block Heads keep on telling how lucky I am to have you pple in my comm while they struggle on with theirs. So yeah.. Comm Chair treat will be a good one!
As I was inspired by Jianfa to become Block Head ever since 2 years ago, it became a personal challenge for me to do the same.. to inspire someone to become the next Block Head. Strangely enough, I think I just did.. though that person was from another block hehe. But still it was still heartwarming to hear that someone wanted to fill up this profile coz of how he saw Block D was managed. =)
So as of now I countdown to my final few hours as a resident in Sheares Hall Block D. I will try to come back for IBGs but it's time I spent more time with my family and other friends before flying off in a few weeks time. No words can describe the magnitude of unbearing I have now, and I can almost feel the tears welling up, but deep down beneath the gallows of my heart, I will always be a true ~deeBlocker.
Support Xuanjie, Cailin and their team in the next year to come.
There's much more to Hall life than points, responsibilities, girlfriends and boyfriends. More fundamentally, there's communal living, Block culture, neighbours, lifetime friends.
As always,
I love you all deep deep.
Signed off at
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Last week in hall..
Tuesday, August 15, 2006
The whole day was spent talking cock.. i went up to Ernest's room in the afternoon to borrow Dynamo and in the end spent time talking to him all the way till had to prepare for initiation.. After initiation was talking to block comm about freshies and elections.. then popped by Adrian's and had heated arguments about SWOC and ended off with playing the Island game... all the way till now.
That's the way hall life should be like. Play and tok cock. Zilch.
Oh well.. in the midst of changing hall cultures and implementing new structures.. traditions have to be compromised. This topic is something I'm constantly embroiled in.. partly as a concerned senior in Sheares hall.. partly as a person with so many ideas and want to do something but just can't do anything but share them and hopefully someone accepts them coz I won't be around anymore.
As I always like to share a story that my S3 told me once.. a story that I always remember not only because it makes sense.. it's very apt to the world around us..
There was once a red Indian chief that gave a talk to his tribe. Just so happens that there was a cat that kept on wailing and making a lot of noise nearby interrupting his speech. So he told his henchmen to tie the cat up the tree and make sure it doesn't make anymore noise.
The next year when the new Indian chief stepped up, he ordered his henchmen to catch a cat and tie it up the tree in the same way. When asked why, he simply said it's a tradition coz the last chief did so.
Point is, traditions are nothing without reason behind it.
As time goes by, reasons behind traditional practices are lost. Either find back the reason, or scrap the useless tradition.
It takes a lot of guts to do that though.. coz you'll be condemmed by the rest of the previous batches.
But I guess some of the seniors are too rigid to accept that.
Boys and girls, step back and watch the tides change. The world is evolving and so should we.
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Rag
Sunday, August 13, 2006
The Daily Express
We didn't win anything.. though it was rather expected, but I was more disappointed that I left the dance mat with regrets.
Despite the best Ferris-Wheel and Hey Baby and Elevator stunts I did ever.. despite doing everything else right.. I had to let myself cockup when I saw Yip marching in the same line as me when we entered the stage.. and I didn't manage to put on the so-called 'winning smile' from the beginning.. worse still I had to march on wrong-hand-wrong-leg. That totally spoilt my Rag Experience.
But I didn't cry like Waylon last year when I left the dance mat.. I didn't feel happy for Rag to be over either. It was a numb disappointing feeling.. something I didn't want to feel after practicing so hard for the past few months.. paying so much money for hall stay.. sacrificing work opportunities.. It was unlike when I ran off the mat for MidwayFair I felt truly elated and energy level high.. and though at that time last year I didn't expect we would win.. I felt extremely happy. I couldn't feel it this year. My glitch. My fault.
And so the atmosphere wasn't so tense during the results announcements.. maybe cos all the dancers were spread out.. the emcees major cocked-up.. and more so I guess, putting MidwayFair as the benchmark, most of us felt the slim chance of winning. Though losing the shields to our neighbour who built the 'same' float as us wasn't a good feeling at all. I'd rather KE7 win everything.
Still, much as I tried to control, tears rolled down uncontrollably when I cheered for the hall. Partly tears of defeat, partly cheers that I left the hall down.
What a rag experience. *sigh*
Post-Rag
Well, the dancers went out for some fun after rag.. and we went to catch Fireworks at Sheares Bridge! We were like late for the fireworks as when we got to the head of the bridge the show had already started.. and we only could marvel at the remnents of the fireworks behind the Esplanade and the trees that blocked us.. But some time later the kind policemen removed the barricades and we were running "all-hell-breaks-loose' on the roads.. catching our first class Fireworks Seats!
See the fireworks behind us!
We were standing on the road!
After the short fireworks we went out for tau huay at Rochor after a loooooooooooong period of indecisive discussion and searching for souls lost in the crowd.
Then we headed back to hall.
Where the comm hall is clean and back to normal.
The Daily Express came and left.
But I hope it left behind valuable lessons for all future Shearites not to shun away from responsibilities they should take up. The hall needs your Engineering, Designing, Creative skills. Dare to step up and flaunt your talent and you get a MidwayFair success. Shun back and you'd have to cower back at this year's defeat, together with the rest of us.
Quote Bona:
"Sometimes we have to lose to come up with a good rag."
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