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Wednesday
July 27 2005>
todae gt jap roleplay..turn out ok..luckily joseph managed to memorise e impt points..we prac veri hard yest..even skipping lec(but oso dun wan to attend)..den woke up early cuz wan to come sch early to rehearse..but meng boon was late..but turn out ok lah..joseph part was e longest n complicating..den his jap is ok ok..so had difficulty in memorising..my part was e shortest..@ least we r not e worst grp..some grps need kaburaki sensei guidance..but we dun need @ all..kaburaki sensei even praised joseph & meng boon..hope e marks will b able to make meng boon & joseph pass jap..
Monday
July 25 2005>
fri i do e decorations for e exchg program wif wei ling, sandy, sok ying, sk1..n other SJCC members..i put all e blown up balloms together..when suspended in e air..look veri pretty..cuz got alot of colourful balloons together..
sat i wen for e exchg program..organised by SJCC..e sch is shizouka gakoen high school..reach sch @ 8.45..come veri early but nth to do..@ 10 e jap students arrive..all look veri trendy..den gt some boring speeches..xcept one..by e high sch vice principal..though english is not so good..but to mi gd le..he veri funny..say something abt keepin his speech short n sweet..n he did it..veri funny..*clap* *clap*
den lecturers goin to shizouka to look @ automations n mechantronics(i tink..cant rem veri well)..though interestin bit veri long..show us jap robot..tt look lk real human..den e jap students become veri restless..even own nyp students fell aslp..den e jap students performed for us..gt one lk jay chou(pic on e left)..e song he sing..veri movin..den photo takin..
den had lunch..took a long time to choose..at last some chose ban mian..i ordered yun tun mian..aft lunch, we had games..play skipping rope 1st..took a long time for us to skip even 1 round..at last we skipped 10 rounds..YEEEAAA..den gt ice breakin games..ahd to memorise every1 names..managed to..den e jap girls performed skipping rope for us..look easy but actually challenging..aft tt we had interaction n refreshments..exchg our gifts..i giv my jap partner a bracelet with her name on it..spend over 10 dollars..1st time po fei buy so ex gift for a person..gt a chain back..gt alot of refreshments left..so da pao abit home..
enjoy myself veri much..though my partner n i can onli speak a few understandable words to each other..but a veri gd experience..cant to participate in another one..
Tuesday
July 19 2005>
cls start @ 5 odae..cuz dun hav fs n mm..tot i could slp longer but still wake up @ 7.30am..oso need to mit for project @ 2..spend my time watching fruit basket..veri funny..oso a bit of educational..watch until nearly late for sch..todae oso veri haizzz..finally efma and biz finance ica over..so can relax a bit le..but exam comin soon..still gt jap test, jap roleplay n mm project to present tmr..can wait until everything over..gt 2 mths break aft tt..so muz make use of it..
Monday
July 18 2005>
wen for SJA sports carnival yest..met a work fren..veri surprised..she was late..so saw her..she fr SP..n they are sittin on e mat nxt to us..carnival veri fun n exciting..onli mi n sharon go..cuz sok ying gt focus camp n sandy gt work..@ 1st onli sok ying n sharon goin but sok ying not free..so sub mi in..19 of us go..5 fr kendo..e carnival was @ a field @ west coast rd..everybody need to participate..i took part in 2..dash n relay..startin onli aft lunch..lunch was fab..oishi neh..gt chicken, shrimp, beef, egg, fishcake, unagi, mash potato n egg(for appetizer i tink) n peach(for dessert)..all these for free..thkz to SJA for inviting us..had lunch..veri full by e time i finished..den time for dash..was 2nd last..veri paiseh..gt notebook n pen for COP..even gt fren notice i 2nd last..den gt relay..wif sharon, ian, su heng n hazuan..e 2nd runner..i supp to run 50m onli..when lining der..veri confusing..cuz dun understand jap..e whole event dey speak jap..hav diff startin pts..gt separated fr team..so i watch my fellow running mates..n follow dem..i abit slow..oso 2nd last..but ian n su heng run veri fast..so gt 3rd..got an elle paris towel..green in colour..sharon gt pink..when e jmd girls saw it..they screamed..say veri cute..we oso gt free drinkz..every1 gt 4 coupons to exchg..sharon n kuan yi pair for e obstacle race..kuan yi veri lousy..dun noe how to turn e wheelbarrow..den sharon oso gt a white face..fr biting e mochi fr e wheat flour..carnival end @ 3..go home by ourselves..dun noe which bus to take..saw one bus 143..e board say go jurong east..but actually toa payoh..den on e way saw orchard..so alight @ orchard n took e mrt..see a shop gt cd warehouse sale @ $1..wen in n find onli selected @ $1..but sharon n i still bought 2 cds @ $1 each..den wen home..reached home abt 5 sth..veri tired le but enjoyed veri much..aug got summer fest organised by SJA again..so can hav fun again!!
Thursday
July 14 2005>
wed..we had law seminar yest aftnoon..had to wear formal..we wen for biz law cls 1st in e morning..ms wileeza say we look veri smart..said she shd ask us to come in formal every lesson..immediately i said dun wan(n several others)..n she jus laugh..aftnoon had mm..ms ooi let us go early for seminar..we have 3 speakers..all in prac expect 1(but goin back soon)..veri interestin n short..came e q&a session..1st qn had us clapping n cheerin..e qn was can we sue nkf for deceiving us?(cant rem wad e qqn exactly was..but sth lk tt)..e ans was no..but was interestin..n some other qns were asked..got 1 qn oso caught my attention..but cant rem..(in case u dun noe..i hav veri short term memory)..nvr study for efma ica..dun noe y i do jap quiz..but nvr occur der is ica tmr..n i heard it is difficult..
thurs..had ica..study for less than one hr bef onli..dun noe y..study for sometime den dun wan to study alr..ica was fine eventually..but dun noe correct anot..all got diff ans..tmr oso hav bf ica..dis one muz really study..or i will surely be dead..last time was bad enough..i rem i score quite well..but still hav to study..muz earn every mark so exam easier..project on e whole got a..but dun noe how my group grade mi..anyway..genbatei..i hope to pass more than border..den veri happi le..e higher e better..
Wednesday
July 13 2005>
yest had ict presentation..din do veri well for my presentation..last min finish speech..so a bit messy..veri terrible my speech..tutor say i speak superfast..den when jack take over..he say jack lk suddenly pull e brakes..hiaz diao..ok lah..i admit it..i try to finish speakin..cuz mine lk veri long..wen home to watch my fav drama now..e negotiator..but i tink dey started to put some pl havin affairs..so i tink i not so interested alr..dun lk to see..not cuz veri sad..but veri tired of dis kind of story..n not gd to see..well tt is for today..
Monday
July 11 2005>
4 days nvr blog le..fri..nth interestin..sat..wen shevon home..her mum veri gd..made jelly for us..although she not home..eat prata for tea..shevon treat us..got alot of curry..cant finish..den finish abt 5..see her photos..wah..she go alot of places since young..all veri cute..den see some cls photos..saw her prezzie(shevon word for present)..n some other photos..sun..same as bef..well dun noe wad else to write..signing off..
Thursday
July 7 2005>
yest i wen for a jap musical performance..fr 3 to 4.30pm @ theatre for e arts..tot i was late but dey haven start yet..performed by nagoya college..e 1st performance is very noisy..cuz dey got 3 small symbals clanging..i sat quite near so veri loud..e rest of e performance is ok..got dis female drummer..veri active..dey got a solo performance wif a little bit of drama..veri funny..dey got perform one song..sakura which is used by jmd for dance..e rhythm is quite slow but veri dong ting..den the female drummer ask us to follow e rhythm tt she beat out wif a tiny gong..when u beat it..it goes "ting"..she beat e beat n we r supp to follow..veri interestin..by e time it finish..my hand was red..but worth it..nvr got see such an interestin performance bef..aft it all ended e mc ask if we wan to come out again for encore..some started shoutin encore..den strted clappin their hands..n dey came out..i tink we got tricked..cuz dey got another performance for us..not last min prepared it..so dey started playin..den everyone come out to bow to e audience..everyone clapped loudly..i nvr regreted comin..so glad i came..or i wld hav miss it..hope nxt yr dey will come again..n i will surely go..aft tt wen home to finish mm project..hope can finish soon..still got biz law oso haven finish..hianz..aft tt den exam..hiannzzz.....
Tuesday
July 5 2005>
todae had fs presentation..a mess im..1st leave my diskette in eplaza..2nd forgot to do table of contents..try to do n get problems..dis cannot tt cannot..3rd ask kenneth to print e toc but when printed..it say bookmark not defined..not onli once..so wasted 2 paper..den got limited time to finish projec..a bit long..lucky ict project finish in time..bad dae..still need to go home to do jap quiz..n e assignments is comin up..rem last time used 6 hrs to do..hianz dun noe dis assignments how..signing off..prob blog tmr..
Monday
July 4 2005>
back fr retreat..mit @ church 1st..onli mark, immanuel, lincoln, hermann, houston, darius, timonthy, shaun, daniel, my bro, lydia, beckie n i..rest comin on 2nd dae..we wen to aloha loyang..e place is very big..n hav kitchen, 4 bedrms, dining rm, living rm..got upstairs and downstairs..e girls chose a room upstairs..wif double bed n e onli balconey..1st nite was ok..worship n sharin by dennis..veri sad =(..he leavin us to study startin fr todae..daniel will take over..ltr watch jacky wu show "wo chai, wo chai, wo chai chai chai"..wei wen say i like to watch tv izzit..i tink i say ya..but i admit lah..im some kind of a tv maniac..muz watch tv..den go to slp..onli beckie, lydia n i was der..veri gd enough space for every1..so beckie n i slp on e bed..lydia wan to slp on e floor wif sleepin bag..
2nd dae..wake up @ 8..mark knocked our door to wake us up..den maung, sherrie, jearlene, verena, pam arrive in e mornin..had breakfast of fried mee..den we had 1 hr of qt..a bit of long..some girls din bring bible..so sherrie say come back haf hr ltr for qt together aft praying alone..i n beckie walk to e beach..prayed some..den go back for qt..go thru daily bread on e bed..veri interestin..den we talked..den mark knocked n we ask him to come him..but i tink he nvr hear..den he knocked again n tell us to go down..ltr we open e door..but he din come in..one of e girls(cant rem who) say "he tot we are all naked so dun wan to come in"..veri funny..all e girls laugh....so we wen down..n bryan came..den dennis shared abt "runnin e race"..abt he passin e baton to daniel..leading e new youth ministry..referring himself as e prev youth ministry..had a discussion abt the goals..abt how dennis lead bef..den we wen white sands for lunch..chris join us for lunch..share lunch wif beckie..hav fried fish soup wif milk..we din tell e stall helper..dey juz add in..veri totful..den go ntuc to buy drinks n milk cuz not enough..rush to e bus back jus in time..play indoor & outdoor games..divided into groups..mark, lincoln, shaun, houston n i in one grp..call ourselves saints..play scrabble, risk n monopoly..each member assign to one..end up play scrabble wif mark..expert he is..help him some..finish e game first but turn up 2nd..tied score wif exodus..led by bryan..play frisbee ltr..got hit by frisbee on e chest..lucky far away fr u noe wad..aft e game jearlene ask mi pain anot..i feel e area n discover no longer painful..so i told her nothing serious..she say she heard it veri loud..but it onli hit my bone..so not serious..veri totful of her..thk u jearlene!!!lost veri badly 2-8 to maung's team..win 3-2 to sherlene's team..wen for swim aft tt..cuz got xtra time bef dinner..some boys alr der..din brought costume..so jus wear spag top n shorts..lucky lifeguard nvr notice..long time nvr swim le..slightly rusty..started rainin..got bigger so go back to bathe..dennis bought dinner..hobart came..got my fav char siew rice..aft tt we had worship, games n bonding session..for bonding session we supp to share why we became dgl n our struggles..but too big a grp..got 21 ppl..n limited time..so divided into grps again..dis time daniel, chris, lincoln, beckie n i..not enough time i tink..so i din get to share y i became a usher n dgl..but fr e others experiences..got a bit of ling wu..we had e last worship for e dae..veri meaningful..time where i really prayed for my members..den watch movie "fang shi yu"..had cup noodles..maung wan to share..so left a bit..bryan n maung showed magic tricks to mi..bryan say i look veri surprise..but i nvr see such tricks bef..den wen to slp..slept on bed again..verena, sherlene n jearlene came in..jearlene veri funny..twisted n kicked in e slping bag..veri funny..verena n i laughed like siaoz..onli saw e other side of jearlene in dis retreat..pity sherlene din see it..she ask y we laugh like tt..din ans her..so sleepy den..so aft dey wen out..fall aslp le..until mornin..
3rd dae..wake up @ 7.30..last to wake up..lydia din slp cuz we din leave enough space for her to dlp..so sori!!!so she slept lttle while..den she, verena, sherlene, bryan had to go church early for band prac..i bathe n wen to church @ 9..had last prayer bef we go..had breakfast @ coffeeshop..den wen back to church..took all e ushers things..a bit of mess @ offerin..cuz not inform of e arrangements..but overall ok..den wen home to slp again..5 hrs in e aftnoon..but still not enough..but it was worth it..enjoy myself veri much..thk u dennis!!! =)
hope nxt yr oso so interestin..daniel u muz learn fr dennis..not e same way..but as interestin..=P
Friday
July 1 2005>
got cls..haf way wan to slp..dun noe why..very boring..den tonite i goin chalet..@ aloha loyang..YEAHHH!!!! i tink some ppl will tink i siaoz..1 month to exam still go play play..but dun care..i wan to enjoy myself..long time nvr enjoy le..play until sun..den go combined service for youth sunday..goin to be interesting..cuz i hav juz started to take charge of e ushers..get to coordinate..last yr i was on duty..dis yr on duty again..very hapi!!! can c e BB march in..oso havin BB presentation..cant WAIT!!!