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todae oso quite slack..ltr gt sharin n exchg program..i tink i wil onli mark my att, den i go for exchg program..cuz earlier e cher told us is @ 4pm..den i tot i cant go..but now i can..
e exchg program is veri excitin..i reach LTS1 @ abt 3..aft markin my att..alot of ppl..den saw tt somebody had chged e amt of flowers put in front..reduced to wad i put in e 1st place bef sensei suggested i add more flowers..den saw e sakura droppin..so hurry to stick them back agn..but they keep droppin..sianz diao..den si ping tell mi fiona fr jmd takin 1 of e balloons..so i ask her y she take..she say she saw it lying on e ground..den ppl say she can take e balloons..so angry..dun noe who tell her..if i ever found out who, tt person is goin to b dead..lucky we gt 1 spare pair of balloons..so si ping pass it to mi to put in place..
den e exchg started late..as always, 1st gt ota sensei n mr sim speeches..den e principal n ic of shizouka province..den exchg of momento..1st fr us to e japanese, den e japanese to us..their momento all look veri big..but ours veri small..den we hav our sch corporate video..every yr e same..den our club gt produced a video for e 10th anniversary wif hamamatsu higashi high sch..den we had performance performed by e clubs in our sch..e harmonica n e indian cultural grp..all veri excitin..den e japanese students gt perform..some veri gd, some not..but still excitin..den had photo taking..suddenly, yasmine wan sok ying n mi to help her buy some presentable gifts..so we wen to fusion..sok ying ask e ppl to help find for 4 presentable but less than $10 in total gifts..lucky we gt see candles..they come in small drinkin glasses..looks veri nice..den we wrapped it up..when we go back to LTS1. everybody had wen to fly kite, except krishnan n azmi who stayed for a little while..nobody i ask to keep e decor was der..lucky sok ying n mi was der..so we jux keep all e things..
todae oso quite slack..but i need to do alot things..sianz..alot of things to tink abt..in e mornin i ask ota sensei abt e handover..but he say ask him aft e exchg program..
sianz..den i decor LTS 1 for e exchg program aft 6..i nit sok ying n ming li @ shoppin arcade..den we wen to LTS 1 1st to take e clubrm key..cuz i put all my decor stff der..in e end, help sok ying to wrap her presents..hafway, sandy called..ask gt sth for si ping to do..so i ask her to come to clubrm to help pump e balloons..sok ying bring mi e pink n purple metallic balloons tt we supposely bought for last yr anniversary..@ 1st we use e pump..but all veri lan..so in e end, we use our mouths to blow..but sok ying keep scarin si ping..laughed lk crazy..sandy called agn..say everybody gt nth to do..so i ask ming li n si ping to take e things 1st..den we wen to decor e lec hall..1st we put up e pink, purple n white streamers 1st..den i add balloons to e pts where 2 balloons mit..last i put up e wordings n e flowers, sakura n orchid..@ 1st i planned to add orchids n sakura to e sides..but i scared they wil fall off..when all were up, i began to make e box tt sensei wan..hav to calculate e size tt i wan..when i cut out e box alr, i tot i mis-calculate 1 side..turn out i forgot to fold 1 side..so i tot i measure wrongly..so make quite a satisfyin box..den when i was makin e box, i use e stage to make my box..as it is e onli place with a flat wide space..den adam was usin e mike to sing n dance..lucky my back is facin him..or i cant finish e box..cuz apparently he sang veri funni, den everybody was laughin..esp kian, calvin n sk1..i tink they laughed until tears rolled out of their eyes..n kian n calvin were practically holdin their stomachs..so i told them it is a perfect way to destress..while everybody is playin ard, ayshaf let slip adam lk who..i wun tell who, but can ask adam urself..den calvin ask him wad name he use to call e girl..aft some persuasion, adam say is sth lk black mountain..when i heard tt, e word hei shan lao yao came into my mind..den i jux say it out..i tink calvin oso gt e same tot..n he oso say hei shan lao yao..den everybody who know chinese laughed lk crazy..cuz chinese hav this word..direct tranlation is black mountain old demon..which can means old hag or old witch..so funni..den we were supp to end @ 9..but last min sensei arrive..den he wan to make chges to my decor..he say it is abit plain..ask mi to add more flowers..no choice, hav to add..den kian propose to slant e flowers..so we had to adjust..alot of effort is make e sakura n orchids slanted..esp e sakura..cuz they r veri heavy..i tink by tmr it had all collapsed..den i oso distribute some survey forms for them to do..aft tt when i tink i had nth to do, ming li n i wanted to go back 1st..so we said goodbye to everyone..den we left..but barely a few steps out of e hall, sandy ask us to wait..cuz she say gt nth to do le..so she oso left..tt time quite late le..abt 9.45pm..
todae quite sianz..gt workshop..3 hrs straight..aft tt, sk1 come n find mi..to discuss abt handover..cuz i wil b e ic..aft she told mi wad im supp to do..i sianz haf..veri stressed..thurs, fri n sat gt openhse..so i wil write abt wad happened..gt alot to tok abt..
thurs, fri n sat pass veri fast..cuz gt openhse..so thurs n fri i onli come in e mornin to sign in, den i wen to help sentiono sensei wif sushi makin for e ppl to taste..hopefully can lure them wif delicious food..thurs i wen @ 9 sth..acc sok ying to clubrm..den do some things der..ps sk2..we act wan her to call us..but she din bother..hapi wif sandy to acc her le..so mi n sok ying continue to do things..wen to our booth @ blk s n near TFA..decor e booth wif origami..reach sentiono side onli @ 10 sth..yasmine oso come n help..cuz calvin ask her to..help sensei fry eggs..she taught how to fry e egg in jap way..so e egg wil look nice n thick..den help wif rollin sushi..sensei veri motherly..always askin us who helped to eat..veri delicious..@ 12.30, we took e sushi n e ingredients to blk s lvl 1 for demo..veri fun..taught e ppl how to make sushi..gt cut e sushi..but aft little while, i giv up..cuz i dun really noe how to cut..so mr sim take over..e ppl lk nvr eat bef..a short while den finish le..i tink mr sim veri stressed..e moment e sushi appear on e plate, it is gone..aft e demo, yasmine n i wash e utensils tt we used..den i wen back to my stop to sign out..
on fri, i go early @ 9..cuz e demo is @ 11..abit rush..but it turn out ok..mr sim turn clever le..he say giv it onli to outside ppl..our students can giv them 1 to eal onli..aft tt no more..den he oso say wait until gt ppl..den giv out..we oso finish bef e schedule time..so its gd..when i go up..wad a shock..almost all e flc lec is gathered der..waitin to eat sushi..oso lk nvr eat bef..but sentiono sensei n mr sim still treat us veri gd..takin some for us to eat..esp e oni-giri (e jap rice ball)..i oso gt eat e inari-zushi (sweet tao pok skin wif rice inside)..veri tasty..den wash agn..wif yasmine agn..nobody help us..den i go down to help sok ying wif her origami demo..saw cindy n wei ying(e prev batch)..cindy brought a doll wif her..bought in japan..e doll itself cost 1300 sing dollars excludin e clothes..veri ex..den sok ying taught qiang long how to fold e rose..den cindy "bully" mi..ask mi to fold a miniature rose for her doll..usin one-quarter of e normal origami paper..so i fold lor..qiang long noe how to fold e rose le..he lk abit hapi n proud..i told him if he can fold e miniature rose, den i wil say he veri gd..cindy oso ask him to fold..den he blame mi for foldin e rose..i told him its cindy who ask to fold..so funni..cindy n wei ying veri friendly..den AAA gt a robot demo..rohenjo dressed in this veri big robot..even e rm door hav to open up, so he come in..veri cool..but veri hot inside..den i wen back my stop to sign out..aft signin out, i go to e clubrm..to reserve yukatas..but in e end we din..den all of us gathered outside..kian stepped in e shoes of e robot..so he suddenly became veri tall..we took photos..den ian n calvin carry him off..n play play wanted to push him off e parapet..so funni..kian muz b scared stiff..den we walked home..
sat i arrive @ sentiono place @ 9 sth..todae special hav to wear yukata..so i wore a shorts-skirt..so ltr i dun nned to fold my jeans..n it wil b much cooler..since we dun hav e card, we cannot go in e lvl 5 rms..so i call sentiono sensei to open for us..den we started to prepare e ingredients..@ 10 sth, sok ying, yas n mi went to wear our yukata..sk2 tagged along..veri kiasu, scared she cannot choose e pretty yukata..i told her her to help sandy den she say she dun noe how to fry e egg..den she say y not i help..tok to her, i wil vomit blood..i ltr need to demo e sushi..of cuz i need to chg 1st..in e end @ e clubrm, she choose e most pretty yukata(which i wan)..i gt e not so pretty one..den sk2 reserve it..den she wen back..den sy, yas n mi chg into them within 1 hr..we walked back to sensei rm..n quickly prepare e things tt we need for e demo..sk1, sk2 n andy wen to chg..den yas, sy n mi do e sushi demo..i dun noe wad sandy, sk1 n sk2 was doin..they took more than 2 hrs to chg(excludin takin photos)..
den gt shockin news..ota sensei say e yukata im wearin is reserved..nt supp to wear it..esp when im doin e sushi demo..so unhapi..i feel surprised he din notice it earlier..cuz i earlier i gt wen down to our booth n he was der..bef we wear e yukatas, sok ying gt ask ayshaf whether all e yukatas can wear..n he say can..so i hav to chg out of it..den ota sensei say oso gt another dark blue one..i tot is e one sk2 is wearin..so i call sandy n tell sandy abt it..turn out it is nt..so unhapi..spoil my mood..all thks to sk2..all muz blame her..choose e yukata tt i wan..i earlier alr sok ying i wan tt..scared she look not pretty..den sensei gt acc mi to clubrm oso..as if dun trust mi lk tt..afraid i wil nt chg out of it..den he cant rem e yukata sk2 is wearin is reserved..in e end, call hassuan..so i need to chg..veri angry..no choice..den sensei dun wan to get out e rm..so i no choice..hav to chg wif him inside..lucky i gt wear sth inside..veri paiseh..den sth veri funni..normally e yukata is wear left over right..right over left is dead ppl..sok ying, yas n mi din noe..we wear it right over left..sk1 veri helpful..help mi to chg..she told mi is left over right..den i ask sensei to confirm..he say is left over right..so funni..we 3 were dead..ltr sensei even ask mi my sch n pem..so bad..my image spoil le..he wil tink bad of mi le..ayshaf giv us e form for reservin stuff in e clubrm..ayshaf say he oso dun lk this..but sensei is veri particular..ayshaf ask us to write down e details..but i gt no pen..in e end, sandy volunteered to write down her particulars..thks to sandy (sori i forgot to say thks to u)..i tink i was quite scared @ tt time..tot i was in some trouble..
aft chging, i quickly wen back to our booth in lvl5..den we took e stuff downstairs..sandy n sk2 veri bad..esp sandy n sk2..they promised sentiono sensei to help..but they go n see sly n oli..dun noe they wear e yukata for wad purpose..jux to look pretty i supp..we left yas n jolin to tend to e demo..den we went up agn..den i tink my obi came off..cuz sudd ota sensei's wife help mi to tuck in e obi..n she noticed sok ying's yukata wear e wrong way..she was oso shocked..ayshaf was der n he laugh sok ying is dead le..so sok ying n mi wen to e toilet..i helped to chg..i oso sok ying to help mi tighten e obi..feel uneasy e obi veri loose..aft chging i jokingly told sok ying she can told sensei she qing si hui sheng le..den sok ying really tell sensei n others der..den we wen down..sandy n sk2 wif sk1 is back..helpin e demo..den i help cut e sushi..leavin e demo to e 2 of them..sok ying help wif e green tea..aft finish all e rice, we cleared up e place..aft tt we took photos..den sandy volunteered to help washed some utensils..@ least sandy volunteer..sk2 stayed downstairs n do nth..den sok ying n mi chg out of e yukatas..cuz we need to wash e utensils..yas onli gt shorts under, so she dun wan to wash..helpin us to dry e things..den sentiono sensei ask us to bring some sushi n oni-giri for e ppl to eat..in e end, yas n mi giv e oni-giri to our club members..since mr sim is nt der to supervise us..
den we took some more photos..mr sim gav yas, sok ying n mi a roll of sushi each..cuz he say we gt help..n we oso eat some more oni-giri..n sensei mix all e ingredients left wif rice..veri tasty..but abit salty..@ 5 sth when we go downstairs, we discovered e club members nvr cleared e foam cups, plates n table cloths..so angry..dun noe wad they doin..so sok ying, yas n mi carry all e things up..lucky mr sim is der..so he helped us..den sandy has e cheek to ask mi where am i..y still @ blk s lvl 1..den i sort of scold her..say they din all e stuff..n we hav to clear them..sori sandy if u r offended..i was veri angry..den we hurry to e clubrm..when we were abt to reach..we saw all of them..they dun wan to wait for us..den yas need to chg out of her yukata, so we jux take e key to go to e clubrm..den we dilly dally..den we walked back to blk s lvl 5 for debriefin..took some more pics..wait for a long time..cuz e boys need to do sth..finally debriefin..kian ask us for feedback..i say nt enough helpers for sushi..
aft debriefin sok ying complained to sk2 n mi, her back is veri cramped..den sk2 say she oso veri tired..somehow we broached e subject of workin e most..i say mi n sok ying work e most..but sk2 say she gt help..wo yue lai yue tao yan gen sk2 jiang hua, gen ta jiang hua, wo hav tu xue (shake head)..sometimes she simply dun understand wad u r sayin..now more n more..always misunderstand n giv u e wrong ans..but she wan u to listen to her..anyway sk2 say she gt help..den i ask her when i gav her e oni-giri to eat, she was doin nth..den i say bef tt, we had alr start washin..den she conceded sayin we do more than her..den we wen home..
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pretty borin these days..mostly busy in e mornin n slack in e aftnoon..borin until i dun noe wad to do..esp aft 4..todae gt exchg program rehearsal..sianz..den i was e decoration ic..till now still haven buy e orchids..dun noe where to buy..veri hard to find..sianz..den gt my openhse shirt todae..i muz thk sok ying for getting mi a S shirt..or it wil b super big for mi..onli a few ppl noes wad is goin on..thk sok ying..gt alot of activities goin on..1st openhse fr 19 to 21 jan..2nd hamamatsu exchg program on 25 jan..e nxt day den my block leave le..expectin it.. i tink when i get back gt handover..but dun noe when yet..dun noe i in ex com anot..e seniors keepin mum..sianz..
back to my project..XX veri fussy..onli noe how to tok..i dun lk him..dun noe how to describe..when he gt tt expression, he looks lk a pervert..lk XX fr my prev stop..i dun noe y e ppl in this stop is so bad..of all we gt 5 ppl in this stop incharged of diff areas..1 is lk a gay..1 is lk a pervert..den e gay, pervert n 2 other ppl is VERI naggy..esp 3 of them r male..imagine they tok n tok..sth small can tok lk half an hr..or can drag for more than 45 mins..onli 1 is ok..but i oso dun really lk e person..haiz..nt e perfect atmosphere..
todae gt ica 2..always my grp is e 1st to present..cuz my grp is team 1..sianz..but it turn out ok..2 ppl wish mi gd luck..sok ying n cant rem who..my ica is assessed by a diff stop super..when she came last thurs to giv a workshop on biz equiette..she appear to b veri strict abt it..lk e length of blazer and hair..my team gt si li, aaron n mi..we earlier on mon alr decide wad to do..den todae gt some minute chges..den onli mi n si li rehearse..my part is e easiest..i onli need to ans both myteam mates qns..so i dun really memorise them..onli briefly read thru e answers..veri easy to ans cuz our speech is veri short..in fact e shortest among e grps..so veri quickly we finish our roleplay le..e super onli hav comments for my team mates, good n bad..but she say nth abt mi..a gd sign..means im gd enough..
tonite i goin to live 8 screenin..@ gv plaza wif ai ling..goin to b abit of rush though..cuz need to tk ticket bef 6.30..dun noe how izzit..hapi yet weary..dun noe wad is goin to happen..its lk 1st time i got free screenin..but @ e same time, really dun noe is der any trick anot..well 1st time for everything i guess..
we reach juz in time..took e tickets..can onli go in @ 6.45..den in e end, e live 8 screenin is veri fun..veri long since i step inside a cinema hall..onli a few ppl turn out..den played some games..den e screenin starts..gt alot of artists..den know some new artists..gt 1 guy veri handsome..brandon flowers..1 look @ his eyes n im hooked..his eyes is veri intense..its lk fallin into a veri deep place..gt some songs i lk n some new songs i nvr heard bef..veri hapi i invited ai ling along..cuz she know abt e singers better than mi..veri fun..den some songs i noe, den i sing along..den gt 2 funni guys behind us..der is dis part where destiny's child is singin..den 1 of e guys imitate their singin in a girl's voice..oso gt other funni incidents..veri entertainin..their video oso drove mi wanted to put my name down..for live 8..i hope gt other movie screenin too..i sure wil go..of course i wil invite ai ling agn..thank u ai ling for accompanying mi..if not i dun tink i wil go by myself..e whole thing was quite short..since it was still early, ai ling n i went shoppin in ps..den we wen home..
den todae is my 1st younger bro b'dae..act our b'dae veri close to each other..den hav e num 12 either in e month or dae..anyway HAPI B'DAE bro..
fri is ai ling b'dae n today is sok ying b'dae..goin broke le..i gt ai ling scented flowers..she say she lk it..when i bought i din noe wad to get her..onli on thurs i noe blue is her favourite colour n she lk snoopy e best..so i self made 1 card myself..it is blue in colour..n i draw snooopy in front..but onli e head look lk snoopy..
den sok ying b'dae prezzie is planned by mi a long time ago..onli i din tell e rest..den 6 of us share it..sk1, sk2, sandy, ai ling, xue lian n mi..e gift is eeyore, 1 of sok ying fav cartoon characters..she always wanted eeyore..but e eeyore is a bit special..it gt a three lvl drawer tt can put ath u lk..as long as it fits..den sok ying she lk it veri much..oso gt a card for sok ying..wif all those sharin e prezzie..den sk2 draw e forever frenz bear in front..but she had to borrowed everythin fr mi..includin e pencil n black pen..dun noe she bring her pencil box for..i tink im nvr goin to plan for such a thing agn..i collect e money fr everybody..den when sk1 wan topay mi, i gt distracted n forgot abt e money..ltr den discover i din keep e money..so gone le..i tt kind veri easily distracted..esp tt dae..tink i dun hav enough sleep..but hapi to celebrate sok ying b'dae..last time my b'dae, she say i gt alot of prezzies but todae she oso gt alot of big bags n small bags..
my stop is still veri sianz..wed gt ica 2..more sianz..now wk 4 le..still gt 4 wks to go..excludin block leave which is on wk 7..lucky they let e prev 2 days for us..if not, its veri unfair for e chinese students takin wk 7..cuz chinese public holidae need to visit relatives..so gt long break..
nth interestin todae..tt anthony absent agn..dun noe y gt so mani mc for him to take..can absent for so long..he bored oso cannot do tt..i tink his marks wil suffer veri badly..i tink most of us is goin to mark him down..den now e students @ ardc veri clever le..our rm dun hav enough coms..so we wen to ibrc aft briefin..den book e whole slot..so we can use e com whole day..den e other students hav to let e com..everyday veri sianz..gt sth to do everyday..sianzzzzzzzzz................
New Year le..time to reflect on e past yr..but first wad i do on new yr's eve..
sat i wen to sk1 church in novena wif sk1 n sk2..its act a bungalow..they originally bought it to built to a church but was not allowed..e bungalow was quite small..but it looks warmin..mit some friends of sk1..veri friendly..our table got 4 gers n 3 guys..gail, sk1, sk2, mi, jesse, johnathan n caleb..1 of e guys is veri handsome even sk2 agrees wif mi..n jux bigger than mi 1 yr..din look quite lk his age..den we had dinner, fish n chips n pie..e pie is veri nice..made by one of e parent there..though there is no meat inside, but got alot of veggies n little bit of soup..veri tasty..
den we played games..all taken fr taiwan variety games..veri funni..laughed lk crazr until tears threaten to come out..first we had someone to guess e song wif someone singin..they gt some adults to sing..n some cant really sing..so it turn out to b veri funni..esp when 1 song is spanish i tink n 1 adult cannot sing..it came out all wrong..den we had charade but in a diff way..5 ppl had to come up..e 1st person can see e topic..den he had to act out to e person nxt in line..oso veri funni..cuz usually e actions wil get twisted halfway..so e last person usually cant guess e action..aft tt, we had word puzzles..supp to guess e words..
aft e games, we watch a video of e youths in e church tt they participated in their church..den we had testimony sharin by some of e youths..veri veri touched..though im not their member, but i clapped loudly wif e other youths when e youths finish sharin..so diff fr my church..they r veri lively..they r more unify than mine..n their number is abt e same as my church..@ least 2 youths who shared r non-christians turn christians n they r veri rebellious n beng in e past..veri touched..gav mi a side tt i nvr see bef..im veri lucky to b born in a christian family but i dun hav their enthusiasm..
on sun, daniel mentioned why muz we wait until new yr den make new yr resolutions..i find tt i agree wif it..which oso reminds myself tt i wan to chg for e better..i cant remain @ e same lvl..i hav so mani things to chg..
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