OCIP LAOS!!! THE JOUNRNEY STARTS NOW!!! LAGONE SINGAPORE, SABAI DII LAOS!!!
day 1 - 18 november - thursday - laos to singapore
looked forward to this trip for a long time! to the days leading to the trip, began to have doubts about the trip. like leaving at the wrong time. but.... it was worth it in the end. i would never want to miss this for anything else. went to the airport for lunch. burger king. fries!!! met at airport at 1. talked to ayilisha most. both of us brought emath and she brought physics whilst i brought lit. closest friend i have in ocip. sat with her for both plane rides. from singapore to bangkok. walk walk, walk, waited a long time at transit. bangkok to laos. food was okay.... love the bread on the flight from bangkok to laos. forgot to get immigration card on the plane. haha! actually, only teachers took it, so we all had to fill them in. saw all the people from the lodge. sat tuk tuk with team building group and ms vino who was so scared of falling off! ride was fun! so tired! checked into our rooms. gave the gift. washed up, saw a show on hbo and had no idea what it was about! tired! only missed parents and grandma when saying goodbye. we just talked and slept.
day 2 - 19 november - friday - nong ping primary
had breakfast. split into bread group and noodles group. drove in tuk tuk. was fun! windy! bumpy, dusty. met the kids. was a school holiday so its a mixture of kids that came. school was not too bad but old.... kids were welcoming! waited around, took pics and videos. went to the room and waited. played duck duck goose with the kids. formed teams, then whole group together. briefing whilst the cultural group went to buy flowers. was so tired! briefing, i drifted off. walked round the school with jamie and ayilisha. came back, talked. went to the festival that night. like singapore's pasa malam. well, no money to buy anything. they had sticky rice and bbq egg! told ayilisha to pack then we discuss what to bring, but slept before she could pack. she only realised when she asked if i wanted a biscuit or something. woke up halfway and asked her what is the alarm time. she told me 4pm! haha!!!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
day 3 - 20 november - saturday - ta lat sao and rehersal
breakfast was bread and butter and egg with drunk men. went to another bakery and there were two men who were drunk early in the morning telling us how to behave and talking and talking to us. irritants. walked to ta lat sao. seemed like it was a long walk although it was only 15 min according to ms vino. bought 2 sets of 10 keychains, a notebook, shared book marks, 5 each with Ayilisha. keychains for friends and family. bargained. didn't get the half price i wanted, but nvm. haha! first shop, from 45000, i didn't want it, so said 10000. thankfully shop keeper said cannot and left. second shop, keychains were 35000, got it to be 18000. Ayilisha and i got a notebook each to make the price lower. we walked away, then they called us back. the bookmarks too. talked and talked and talked till we walked away and she called us back! haha! last set of keychains, didn't have time. so 25000, got it for 20000. scared to be late. actually, was supposed to walk in groups of 4 or 5. but Ayilisha and i just walked by ourselves in twos. wanted to eat egg prata(or parata as they called it). waited 40 min or more for it! only like 4-5 others in front and all from our group. someone cut queue! some local! still had a lot left, cos changed 15 usd.
practised for performance. got the rap of we are the world by hearing it a lot of times! some of the them got their prepaid card. whole group learnt the we are the world and waka waka dance. learnt part of the cultural night dance, till the chinese part. kimberly said she was bored so she came to our room for a while. saw that our room had two chairs and wanted to bring one back. our room doors were side my side. 302, 303. so she dragged a chair from our room to hers, then realised that her room had no space so she dragged it back. prank knocked. isabella and kimberly knocked our door the first time, came out, no one. second time, saw kim i think she said she heard the knock too and was scared. debated on who it was with Ayilisha. came down and heard siti say she knew who it was. and it turned out to be kimberly and isabella!!! wth! would never have thought it was them! came up and wanted to prank knock on their door. aulydia and andrea was inside too. so ayilisha knocked and i closed the door. they all screamed! we ran to the bed and pretended to recite the rap. but the door opened cos it was not closed properly. and gave the game away! hahaha! ops! sorry!
day 4 - 21 november - sunday - cope centre
bread for breakfast. today was not filling. played concentration with 15 people, which started the game trend. concentration and forfeits in tuk tuk almost everyday after this. cope centre. saw the history of laos, actually, the vietnam war and its effects on laos. the types of bombs dropped, and the old and new fake limps made for and by people who came to the cope centre. they also displayed a home that was like the ones last time in the war. and they also help those who had club feet. mr poon kindly explained to me what club feet meant. sad life these people had. watched a long video. was next to ms vino. when the movie showed them eating a lizard, ms vino sort of screamed softly and jumped and hit me. and joy turned and laughed! they had to evacuate a village to destroy a bomb and one old man said that the bombs killed his wife, his children, his brother. so it was like his whole family. so sad! the show was about the vietnam and a team trying to destroy the remaining bombs that were left after the war. some children wanted to get money by selling scrap metal and therefore bombs but get killed instead. rehersal. finished the whole performance! yay! thanks ebigail and angel for your help! visited angel's room. farzanah and marianna were her roommates. ebigail was there too! first day of period. crap!
day 5 - 22 november - monday - embassy visit and nong ping primary
came down late! Ayilisha!!! everytime we are down late, or halfway going down, Angel will be there to tell us to come down or rush us. thanks a lot!!! :) you're a really good friend! went to the embassy and heard him talk about laos. had cookies and sprite! nice!!! bought dustbins?? and headed to nong ping. played around the world and what can i bring to school today! haha! team building was musical chairs and balancing game which failed. lunch, played where will i go next. got it fast! and people came pestering me about it! had digging and could not dig properly cos some people..... and ms vino... came to ask for clues and more clues! hahaha! digging, found worms, and idk what else! roaches? and hit an ant's nest i think cos a lot of red ants suddenly came out. there was this big whitish worm. a bit of screaming. joy came and dug it out, then threw it to the roosters area! they scrambled for it! sharmila wanted to take a pic of me. first pic, joy came in! haha!second one was okay. during lunch, we played concentration with fruits. i was berry! joy said mongo instead of mango. haha! forfeit!!! went to supermarket and spent all of my money. combined with ayilisha to get biscuits and chocolates! yay! kitkat, choc, rits, biscuits that were hard like rock! discussed filming with ms vino, sharmila and angel. ms vino and ms shivani came for room checking, stayed for 30min!
breakfast was bread and butter and egg with drunk men. went to another bakery and there were two men who were drunk early in the morning telling us how to behave and talking and talking to us. irritants. walked to ta lat sao. seemed like it was a long walk although it was only 15 min according to ms vino. bought 2 sets of 10 keychains, a notebook, shared book marks, 5 each with Ayilisha. keychains for friends and family. bargained. didn't get the half price i wanted, but nvm. haha! first shop, from 45000, i didn't want it, so said 10000. thankfully shop keeper said cannot and left. second shop, keychains were 35000, got it to be 18000. Ayilisha and i got a notebook each to make the price lower. we walked away, then they called us back. the bookmarks too. talked and talked and talked till we walked away and she called us back! haha! last set of keychains, didn't have time. so 25000, got it for 20000. scared to be late. actually, was supposed to walk in groups of 4 or 5. but Ayilisha and i just walked by ourselves in twos. wanted to eat egg prata(or parata as they called it). waited 40 min or more for it! only like 4-5 others in front and all from our group. someone cut queue! some local! still had a lot left, cos changed 15 usd.
practised for performance. got the rap of we are the world by hearing it a lot of times! some of the them got their prepaid card. whole group learnt the we are the world and waka waka dance. learnt part of the cultural night dance, till the chinese part. kimberly said she was bored so she came to our room for a while. saw that our room had two chairs and wanted to bring one back. our room doors were side my side. 302, 303. so she dragged a chair from our room to hers, then realised that her room had no space so she dragged it back. prank knocked. isabella and kimberly knocked our door the first time, came out, no one. second time, saw kim i think she said she heard the knock too and was scared. debated on who it was with Ayilisha. came down and heard siti say she knew who it was. and it turned out to be kimberly and isabella!!! wth! would never have thought it was them! came up and wanted to prank knock on their door. aulydia and andrea was inside too. so ayilisha knocked and i closed the door. they all screamed! we ran to the bed and pretended to recite the rap. but the door opened cos it was not closed properly. and gave the game away! hahaha! ops! sorry!
day 4 - 21 november - sunday - cope centre
bread for breakfast. today was not filling. played concentration with 15 people, which started the game trend. concentration and forfeits in tuk tuk almost everyday after this. cope centre. saw the history of laos, actually, the vietnam war and its effects on laos. the types of bombs dropped, and the old and new fake limps made for and by people who came to the cope centre. they also displayed a home that was like the ones last time in the war. and they also help those who had club feet. mr poon kindly explained to me what club feet meant. sad life these people had. watched a long video. was next to ms vino. when the movie showed them eating a lizard, ms vino sort of screamed softly and jumped and hit me. and joy turned and laughed! they had to evacuate a village to destroy a bomb and one old man said that the bombs killed his wife, his children, his brother. so it was like his whole family. so sad! the show was about the vietnam and a team trying to destroy the remaining bombs that were left after the war. some children wanted to get money by selling scrap metal and therefore bombs but get killed instead. rehersal. finished the whole performance! yay! thanks ebigail and angel for your help! visited angel's room. farzanah and marianna were her roommates. ebigail was there too! first day of period. crap!
day 5 - 22 november - monday - embassy visit and nong ping primary
came down late! Ayilisha!!! everytime we are down late, or halfway going down, Angel will be there to tell us to come down or rush us. thanks a lot!!! :) you're a really good friend! went to the embassy and heard him talk about laos. had cookies and sprite! nice!!! bought dustbins?? and headed to nong ping. played around the world and what can i bring to school today! haha! team building was musical chairs and balancing game which failed. lunch, played where will i go next. got it fast! and people came pestering me about it! had digging and could not dig properly cos some people..... and ms vino... came to ask for clues and more clues! hahaha! digging, found worms, and idk what else! roaches? and hit an ant's nest i think cos a lot of red ants suddenly came out. there was this big whitish worm. a bit of screaming. joy came and dug it out, then threw it to the roosters area! they scrambled for it! sharmila wanted to take a pic of me. first pic, joy came in! haha!second one was okay. during lunch, we played concentration with fruits. i was berry! joy said mongo instead of mango. haha! forfeit!!! went to supermarket and spent all of my money. combined with ayilisha to get biscuits and chocolates! yay! kitkat, choc, rits, biscuits that were hard like rock! discussed filming with ms vino, sharmila and angel. ms vino and ms shivani came for room checking, stayed for 30min!
day 6 - 23 november - tuesday - nong ping primary
went to the swedish bakery, like the first day for breakfast. did the number cards for the games in the tuk tuk. cards kept flying everywhere!!!! haha! windy ride! :) teambuilding first. p4s. played spoon and egg and taught cheers. played dog and bone but was not there. did interviews. Angel did interview at the gate, Marianna and Sharmila outside the classroom. Ebigail at the gardening. when Ebigail was doing her interview, this frog appeared and people behind her was screaming! including ms shivani who jumped back 3 times and hit into mr poon, who continued to walk normally after that! haha! and Ebigail could talk normally! wow! had new group for team building games. all girls. great! :)at least have an idea of how being in a mix school feels like. was supposed to help p4 english after lunch but didn'\t cos of filming. lunch is rice with vege or egg or chicken. like normal catered food here. nothing much. briefing was funny!!!!! didn't call back.
day 7 - 24 november - wednesday - nong ping primary
bread with jam and butter again. okay, didn't eat the butter. was so tired! late again cos of ayilisha's watch. a few minutes. wacko and animal charats for p5 team building. lunch.... slept...zzzzzz haha! was that tired. slept on the table okay! woke up with left leg numb and then pain! not a good idea to sleep there. planting. :) did digging\, then filming, then digging. didn''t put the plants properly. the green ones were okay, but the purple ones, after taking them \out of the bag\, the soil just broke, so could not plant properly. so sad... became uneven planting on one side. one p3 girl came and gave me a flower! hibiscus i think. so sweet! yay! g\uess what, 10 years old and we can drive a motor bike there! 18 and we can drive a car! somehow, when i think or talk about some laos words, i think of jap. why??? haiz.. kept thinking then watching then spacing out. idk why!
day 8 - 25 november - thursday - nong ping primary and farewell
last day at nong ping. swedish bakery again! :) instead of noodles. went there and saw a performance by some of the girls. laos cultural dance i think. very nice. thought they were rehersing but it was for us! haha! p5 team building. spoon and egg and hand entanglement. cheers! gave out prizes for the p5. lunch. went to practice the laos dance. then practised Angel's farewell speech. suddenly, the principal, vice principal and a teacher came to give us friendship bands! so didn't finish practising. got 5 more from 5 girls, altogether 8 in all! :) thanks! went to get sweets for buddies throughout the visit there. zambawan gave me a sweet in return! and some other girl gave me a heart! gathered everyone in a circle. this p5 girl, i can't pronounce or spell her name, pulled me to her p5 class and asked me to sit down! haha! so sweet! but had to go to the p4 class to be with team building so had to leave. :( closest buddy there is that girl!!! <3 so we had our performance for them. took our bags and left. so many people cried!!! so sad. waved to buddies!!! hugged a lot of them. haiz.... never managed to click with small kids before this. break from 3.30 to 5. long break! practised. sang songs like baby, love story, i'm yours and others, including national day songs. sang along to Angel's guitar. haha! leaving laos soon! will miss laos alot!
Angel came over at night to help with math homework, after our debrief. suddenly ms shivani knocked and we thought it was room checking. but she just wanted to use our toilet cos her room toilet, well, was clogged again! ms vino and ms shivani came for real room checking. opened the door a bit only. they said that they could not stay to talk cos too late and tired. Angel hid behind the door whilst i was talking. then Ayilisha appeared. if not for Ayilisha asking the teachers 'what about her' and pointed to Angel behind the door, the teachers won't even know Angel was there. haha! they didn't suspect any one else was in the room! finished most of the math homework. followed Angel back and her room mates were asleep and the door was locked. banged and banged till they woke up to let her in. thanks a lot for your help!!!!
went to the swedish bakery, like the first day for breakfast. did the number cards for the games in the tuk tuk. cards kept flying everywhere!!!! haha! windy ride! :) teambuilding first. p4s. played spoon and egg and taught cheers. played dog and bone but was not there. did interviews. Angel did interview at the gate, Marianna and Sharmila outside the classroom. Ebigail at the gardening. when Ebigail was doing her interview, this frog appeared and people behind her was screaming! including ms shivani who jumped back 3 times and hit into mr poon, who continued to walk normally after that! haha! and Ebigail could talk normally! wow! had new group for team building games. all girls. great! :)at least have an idea of how being in a mix school feels like. was supposed to help p4 english after lunch but didn'\t cos of filming. lunch is rice with vege or egg or chicken. like normal catered food here. nothing much. briefing was funny!!!!! didn't call back.
day 7 - 24 november - wednesday - nong ping primary
bread with jam and butter again. okay, didn't eat the butter. was so tired! late again cos of ayilisha's watch. a few minutes. wacko and animal charats for p5 team building. lunch.... slept...zzzzzz haha! was that tired. slept on the table okay! woke up with left leg numb and then pain! not a good idea to sleep there. planting. :) did digging\, then filming, then digging. didn''t put the plants properly. the green ones were okay, but the purple ones, after taking them \out of the bag\, the soil just broke, so could not plant properly. so sad... became uneven planting on one side. one p3 girl came and gave me a flower! hibiscus i think. so sweet! yay! g\uess what, 10 years old and we can drive a motor bike there! 18 and we can drive a car! somehow, when i think or talk about some laos words, i think of jap. why??? haiz.. kept thinking then watching then spacing out. idk why!
day 8 - 25 november - thursday - nong ping primary and farewell
last day at nong ping. swedish bakery again! :) instead of noodles. went there and saw a performance by some of the girls. laos cultural dance i think. very nice. thought they were rehersing but it was for us! haha! p5 team building. spoon and egg and hand entanglement. cheers! gave out prizes for the p5. lunch. went to practice the laos dance. then practised Angel's farewell speech. suddenly, the principal, vice principal and a teacher came to give us friendship bands! so didn't finish practising. got 5 more from 5 girls, altogether 8 in all! :) thanks! went to get sweets for buddies throughout the visit there. zambawan gave me a sweet in return! and some other girl gave me a heart! gathered everyone in a circle. this p5 girl, i can't pronounce or spell her name, pulled me to her p5 class and asked me to sit down! haha! so sweet! but had to go to the p4 class to be with team building so had to leave. :( closest buddy there is that girl!!! <3 so we had our performance for them. took our bags and left. so many people cried!!! so sad. waved to buddies!!! hugged a lot of them. haiz.... never managed to click with small kids before this. break from 3.30 to 5. long break! practised. sang songs like baby, love story, i'm yours and others, including national day songs. sang along to Angel's guitar. haha! leaving laos soon! will miss laos alot!
Angel came over at night to help with math homework, after our debrief. suddenly ms shivani knocked and we thought it was room checking. but she just wanted to use our toilet cos her room toilet, well, was clogged again! ms vino and ms shivani came for real room checking. opened the door a bit only. they said that they could not stay to talk cos too late and tired. Angel hid behind the door whilst i was talking. then Ayilisha appeared. if not for Ayilisha asking the teachers 'what about her' and pointed to Angel behind the door, the teachers won't even know Angel was there. haha! they didn't suspect any one else was in the room! finished most of the math homework. followed Angel back and her room mates were asleep and the door was locked. banged and banged till they woke up to let her in. thanks a lot for your help!!!!
day 9 - 26 november - friday - Xaysettha secondary
I'M GOING TO MISS LAOS A LOT!!!! GOING TO MISS EVERYTHING THERE! THE INTERACTIONS WITH FRIENDS! after we left, the primary school is back to normal. after we leave the kids in both schools will continue their lives and so will we, but the memories will remain. guess dragon lodge will seem quiet again after we are gone. haiz....so today, everyone of us went to the Swedish bakery for breakfast. could choose between crossiants and baguette. chose crossiants. (can't spell both!) went on the xaysettha. got a buddy! Nouk! she couldn't speak much English so we had to use hand signals or ask someone to interpret. met up and exchanged friendship bands. went to the padi fields and saw them replant the rice. went back to a block and prepared food. actually, didn't do much cooking. played horrible
xaysettha secondary school
volleyball.... :( then talked to ayilisha's buddy, poppy. well, she helped us to interpret. oh yeah, nouk wanted to go to the toilet to wash her legs after planting, so just followed her there as didn't know what to do. and she thought i needed to go too! she tried asking me and i didn't understand, so had to get someone to interpret. omg! hard! walked around the school. quiet okay and advanced. science display, comp labs. ages 10-19 although poppy said that they were there for only 7 years. poppy wanted to treat us to drinks. actually, she said if we wanted to buy drinks, but we said that we didn't have any more kip left, then she siad she would treat us. so sweet! but nah, we didn't want to.
came back to the gathering place. saw some of them making the papaya salad which had chilli so can't eat.:( nouk wanted to make for me, but i can'\t eat. sorry!! had lunch. nouk was so nice! ensured i had all the cutlery, drinks, enough food. thanks! had food like pancakes and stew(which looked more like soup in the end) which stc prepared. and egg, papaya salad, sticky rice, sticky rice with custard and some other stuff which they prepared. nice meal! soft drinks too! and they gave us water.
presentation. their school and ours. then we performed. i'm sorry for getting angry at the performance.... ayilisha and i were supposed to be in the row in front, but no one else was there, only two of us, so went to the back. and --- well, won't say much. overall, it looked good. i think. had fun dancing! :) then they performed and taught us their dance. yay! went back to the room and had gift exchange. gave nouk a penguin pencil case and she was so happy! gave poppy a flamingo pen. also happy!! :) they gave us a potted flower. left the school. touched by them. really.
came back, had a long break. from about 3 plus to 6. long long long break! bathed, relaxed. went to angel's room. she tied french braids for me! :) nice!!!! went to the pizza place for dinner, just down the road from our lodge. next to swensens. thanks teachers! about 6 pizzas? tw or three slices each. and coke!! went back to the room. and off to the supermarket. for last minute shopping. caem back for briefing and apparently someone in the lodge had a birthday and they celebrated. got a cake and they shared with us! last night... haiz. went to angel's room again. talked, watched tv, went back. ms vino and ms shivani came with ms shivani's blue umbrella as usual. played the bang game. ayilisha is slow! hehe. they didn't stay that long. wanted to talk to ayilisha more but was too tired. slept around 1 plus? maye 2? laos time, 1 hour behind us.
day 10 - 27 november - saturday - laos to singapore
sabaidii! last day! :( throughout the trip, played games like bang, around the world, um...., concentration, how many mama jumped over the wall. did math homework with ayilisha and angel, teachers came to talk, got to know more people, more friends. 9 days ago, it was sabaidii! today, its lagone. tuk tuk rides were fun, dragon lodge was great too! we sang songs like i'm yours, the climb, love story, the only exception, what about now. a lot more! will miss everything, like the interaction! :( 10 days seems long but i enjoyed it! well, woke up a bit late, meeting time was 9 instead of 8. laos time. got ready. went down to angel's room and got hair tied again. thanks! went to joma to eat breakfast. got into groups of 4 or 5. each person was given 40000 kip for breakfast. bought cookies and a brownie. filling! spent exactly 40000. sat with ayilisha and posed with the cookie box. teh lodge people also bought a joma cake for us. lemon pie or something like that. was nice! thanks! :) walk back to the lodge seemed so fast. last minute pack and went down. took pics with auntie sally. and of our room key, 303, that i shared with ayilisha. tuk tuk to airport seemed to pass too fast. well, said goodbye to mr khamla, our driver. waved goodbye to mr peter, auntie sally and joy, then off we went. some people bought stuff and just walked and shopped around at the shops there. cos no more money, so didn't buy anything.
from laos to bangkok, checked bags and threw away forks. so sad! thankfully mine was in the luggage. sat with christabelle and zann. slept from take off to the meal time, then slept till i didn't even know we landed. haha! bread was nice! transit. took a bus to the terminal and walked and walked to the waiting room. had to check bags and passports and they threw away things like sunblock? mine was also in the luggage. scared they throw away my knee cream. that would be bad.... took out math homework and angel helped me. omg. caused a stir. played with her stufftoy!!!! i'll miss angel a lot! <3 sat with ayilisha and jamie from bangkok to laos. food was okay. slept a lot too! saw the clouds but forgot to open the shades for sunset! :( it was very sunny so closed the shades. reached singapore later then expected. supposed to be 7.55 singapore time, but came out around 8 plus almost 9. waiting for luggage took a long time! then gathered and left. angel's dad gave us all flowers! thanks! and the airline also gave us orchids. whole of mum's side family was there! thanks!! dad didn't come cos had dinner. sad.... its finally over! goodbye! dear friends, keep in contact okay! i'll miss you. <3
I'M GOING TO MISS LAOS A LOT!!!! GOING TO MISS EVERYTHING THERE! THE INTERACTIONS WITH FRIENDS! after we left, the primary school is back to normal. after we leave the kids in both schools will continue their lives and so will we, but the memories will remain. guess dragon lodge will seem quiet again after we are gone. haiz....so today, everyone of us went to the Swedish bakery for breakfast. could choose between crossiants and baguette. chose crossiants. (can't spell both!) went on the xaysettha. got a buddy! Nouk! she couldn't speak much English so we had to use hand signals or ask someone to interpret. met up and exchanged friendship bands. went to the padi fields and saw them replant the rice. went back to a block and prepared food. actually, didn't do much cooking. played horrible
xaysettha secondary school
volleyball.... :( then talked to ayilisha's buddy, poppy. well, she helped us to interpret. oh yeah, nouk wanted to go to the toilet to wash her legs after planting, so just followed her there as didn't know what to do. and she thought i needed to go too! she tried asking me and i didn't understand, so had to get someone to interpret. omg! hard! walked around the school. quiet okay and advanced. science display, comp labs. ages 10-19 although poppy said that they were there for only 7 years. poppy wanted to treat us to drinks. actually, she said if we wanted to buy drinks, but we said that we didn't have any more kip left, then she siad she would treat us. so sweet! but nah, we didn't want to.
came back to the gathering place. saw some of them making the papaya salad which had chilli so can't eat.:( nouk wanted to make for me, but i can'\t eat. sorry!! had lunch. nouk was so nice! ensured i had all the cutlery, drinks, enough food. thanks! had food like pancakes and stew(which looked more like soup in the end) which stc prepared. and egg, papaya salad, sticky rice, sticky rice with custard and some other stuff which they prepared. nice meal! soft drinks too! and they gave us water.
presentation. their school and ours. then we performed. i'm sorry for getting angry at the performance.... ayilisha and i were supposed to be in the row in front, but no one else was there, only two of us, so went to the back. and --- well, won't say much. overall, it looked good. i think. had fun dancing! :) then they performed and taught us their dance. yay! went back to the room and had gift exchange. gave nouk a penguin pencil case and she was so happy! gave poppy a flamingo pen. also happy!! :) they gave us a potted flower. left the school. touched by them. really.
came back, had a long break. from about 3 plus to 6. long long long break! bathed, relaxed. went to angel's room. she tied french braids for me! :) nice!!!! went to the pizza place for dinner, just down the road from our lodge. next to swensens. thanks teachers! about 6 pizzas? tw or three slices each. and coke!! went back to the room. and off to the supermarket. for last minute shopping. caem back for briefing and apparently someone in the lodge had a birthday and they celebrated. got a cake and they shared with us! last night... haiz. went to angel's room again. talked, watched tv, went back. ms vino and ms shivani came with ms shivani's blue umbrella as usual. played the bang game. ayilisha is slow! hehe. they didn't stay that long. wanted to talk to ayilisha more but was too tired. slept around 1 plus? maye 2? laos time, 1 hour behind us.
day 10 - 27 november - saturday - laos to singapore
sabaidii! last day! :( throughout the trip, played games like bang, around the world, um...., concentration, how many mama jumped over the wall. did math homework with ayilisha and angel, teachers came to talk, got to know more people, more friends. 9 days ago, it was sabaidii! today, its lagone. tuk tuk rides were fun, dragon lodge was great too! we sang songs like i'm yours, the climb, love story, the only exception, what about now. a lot more! will miss everything, like the interaction! :( 10 days seems long but i enjoyed it! well, woke up a bit late, meeting time was 9 instead of 8. laos time. got ready. went down to angel's room and got hair tied again. thanks! went to joma to eat breakfast. got into groups of 4 or 5. each person was given 40000 kip for breakfast. bought cookies and a brownie. filling! spent exactly 40000. sat with ayilisha and posed with the cookie box. teh lodge people also bought a joma cake for us. lemon pie or something like that. was nice! thanks! :) walk back to the lodge seemed so fast. last minute pack and went down. took pics with auntie sally. and of our room key, 303, that i shared with ayilisha. tuk tuk to airport seemed to pass too fast. well, said goodbye to mr khamla, our driver. waved goodbye to mr peter, auntie sally and joy, then off we went. some people bought stuff and just walked and shopped around at the shops there. cos no more money, so didn't buy anything.
from laos to bangkok, checked bags and threw away forks. so sad! thankfully mine was in the luggage. sat with christabelle and zann. slept from take off to the meal time, then slept till i didn't even know we landed. haha! bread was nice! transit. took a bus to the terminal and walked and walked to the waiting room. had to check bags and passports and they threw away things like sunblock? mine was also in the luggage. scared they throw away my knee cream. that would be bad.... took out math homework and angel helped me. omg. caused a stir. played with her stufftoy!!!! i'll miss angel a lot! <3 sat with ayilisha and jamie from bangkok to laos. food was okay. slept a lot too! saw the clouds but forgot to open the shades for sunset! :( it was very sunny so closed the shades. reached singapore later then expected. supposed to be 7.55 singapore time, but came out around 8 plus almost 9. waiting for luggage took a long time! then gathered and left. angel's dad gave us all flowers! thanks! and the airline also gave us orchids. whole of mum's side family was there! thanks!! dad didn't come cos had dinner. sad.... its finally over! goodbye! dear friends, keep in contact okay! i'll miss you. <3
Monday, November 29, 2010
How the time passed away? All the trouble that we gave
And all those days we spent out by the lake
Has it all gone to waste? All the promises we made
One by one they vanish just the same
Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain
In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end
Now it all seems so clear, there's nothing left to fear
So we made our way by finding what was real
Now the days are so long that summer's moving on
We reach for something that's already gone
Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain
In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end
We knew we had to leave this town
But we never knew when and we never knew how
We would end up here the way we are
Yeah we knew we had to leave this town
But we never knew when and we never knew how
Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain
In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end
i don't know why, i just keep thinking of this song. i think of stuff, i think back, and this song comes to my head. cos yes, what happened, it was worth it in the end. it may not have been in september, but yes, the years go by and time just seems to fly, but the memories remain. and i miss those times. some songs like this is enough to make me feel like breaking. i just think of it, and i just can't believe that things changed so fast..... lagone
And all those days we spent out by the lake
Has it all gone to waste? All the promises we made
One by one they vanish just the same
Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain
In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end
Now it all seems so clear, there's nothing left to fear
So we made our way by finding what was real
Now the days are so long that summer's moving on
We reach for something that's already gone
Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain
In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end
We knew we had to leave this town
But we never knew when and we never knew how
We would end up here the way we are
Yeah we knew we had to leave this town
But we never knew when and we never knew how
Of all the things I still remember
Summer's never looked the same
The years go by and time just seems to fly
But the memories remain
In the middle of September we'd still play out in the rain
Nothing to lose but everything to gain
Reflecting now on how things could've been
It was worth it in the end
i don't know why, i just keep thinking of this song. i think of stuff, i think back, and this song comes to my head. cos yes, what happened, it was worth it in the end. it may not have been in september, but yes, the years go by and time just seems to fly, but the memories remain. and i miss those times. some songs like this is enough to make me feel like breaking. i just think of it, and i just can't believe that things changed so fast..... lagone
Saturday, November 27, 2010
it feels like i've been away too long and missed too much. but then i ask myself again if i would rather be there or be here. then the thought changes again. oh well. i've got the songs 'i'm yours' and 'the only exception' in my head. think its the guitar that Angel was playing. OCIP was a blast! :) fun fun fun! :) don't regret it! but will miss the interaction. life seems so quiet now. and after effects of OCIP? can't sleep early, feel empty and quiet, miss so many things till live does not seem normal. and i've almost forgotten how to speak chinese after not using it for 10 days! haha! -.- well, its back to reality, there's no more escape route. i'll just have to take what comes. haiz..... will post about OCIP soon. its a bit too late for the long posts about OCIP. why is it when i am there, i think of here. when i am back here, i wish i was there and think bout things there? someone needs to cheer my up right now!!!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
yay! one more day! no wait, actually, this time tmr, will already be on the transit plane from bangkok to laos!!! LAOS!!!!!!!!!!! been asking around about how was it. i mean, people who just came back. thanks a lot for all the help and advice!!! <3 so hyper today. partly cos going off to laos tmr, and also partly cos watched harry potter this morning at great world!!!!! HARRY POTTER IS AWESOME!!!! i want to reread the book now! want to watch it again! no wait, will wait for the dvd to come out, then buy it.
on a side note, eating a lot of fast food. hehe. maybe can lose weight in laos?
on a side note, eating a lot of fast food. hehe. maybe can lose weight in laos?
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
what a day.
training. well, i don't want to elaborate. but i'll just say its not your fault. going to miss trainings! and the friendly? came home.... didn't get lunch cos was not hungry. thanks for cheering me up meiyi! :D leechin came over! :) supposed to run, but didn't. sat at home, watched tv, talked. and she just went home. thanks for the wonderful time! two of you have brightened up my day. :)
training. well, i don't want to elaborate. but i'll just say its not your fault. going to miss trainings! and the friendly? came home.... didn't get lunch cos was not hungry. thanks for cheering me up meiyi! :D leechin came over! :) supposed to run, but didn't. sat at home, watched tv, talked. and she just went home. thanks for the wonderful time! two of you have brightened up my day. :)
Monday, November 15, 2010
training today... haiz.. how to improve on sprinting? i don't want to do 6 rounds again for not sprinting properly. hmm.... ocip meeting till 3. not too bad. cultural night seems fun! working with team building is great too. :) can't wait for ocip! thursday, THURSDAY!!!!!!! yay!!!! results for combination today... i can't forget that day,last year... was out that day. and i got your call. you told me my results. what's my combi, who's in our class. who is with us. yeah, i still miss you till today, i can't forget how happy we were. thank you so much. then called another friend. we were so hyper together. i miss those times. so excited to be in the same class again. those were the times. i wonder if you remember? i wonder if you will still read this like you used to read every post? i miss you, miss you being there by my side.
Saturday, November 13, 2010
end of the week... not done with homework! help!!!!!
so.....
thursday
had ocip meeting again. rooming with ayilisha! :) went to vivo to meet meiyi for lunch. thanks for sticky sweets! :D walked round and round. came home.... had kfc for dinner!
friday
had training.... well, okay. but draining. more of the court work now. full court, played GA, C, GA. need lots more stamina. after playing C, well... not much left... then suicide runs and physical. died.... went home, bathed. met Amanda and went to the sogurt(is this how to spelll it?) had lunch there. was this set lunch with 200g of yogurt, pizza, ice lemon tea and brownie. yay! :) talked about lots of stuff. :D fun time! went home.... came out again for dinner.
sat
woke up late. went ------ had macs! cinnamon melts! <3 tuition, grandma's house.
i'm in no mood to post..... haiz.....
so.....
thursday
had ocip meeting again. rooming with ayilisha! :) went to vivo to meet meiyi for lunch. thanks for sticky sweets! :D walked round and round. came home.... had kfc for dinner!
friday
had training.... well, okay. but draining. more of the court work now. full court, played GA, C, GA. need lots more stamina. after playing C, well... not much left... then suicide runs and physical. died.... went home, bathed. met Amanda and went to the sogurt(is this how to spelll it?) had lunch there. was this set lunch with 200g of yogurt, pizza, ice lemon tea and brownie. yay! :) talked about lots of stuff. :D fun time! went home.... came out again for dinner.
sat
woke up late. went ------ had macs! cinnamon melts! <3 tuition, grandma's house.
i'm in no mood to post..... haiz.....
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
i miss it so badly!!!!!!
so... this week, half of it has gone and i've been in school for the whole week!!!
monday
had training. was stressed and a little late. first time playing as attacker for the defenders, attackers, shooters drill. new experience. went for lunch with abigail at clementi's subway! :) great time! :D went to vivo to get stuff before going home.
tuesday
had training again. rain... really heavy rain. did physical training. classroom block run.... sprints... endurance.... lunch with mum. western food! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) okay, going to get fat, cos next i went home to sleep!!!! hehe. went to grandma's house for dinner.
wednesday
supposedly free day. but! had to go back for ocip meeting. in school at 9 plus but it was delayed till 10.30 or 11. meeting time i mean. so waited and read lit text. somehow brought it. ms vino only came around 1. went to vivo after the whole thing to get stuff for the games. came home around 5 plus. so late! going out for dinner again so that's why its a short post.
bye bye!!
so... this week, half of it has gone and i've been in school for the whole week!!!
monday
had training. was stressed and a little late. first time playing as attacker for the defenders, attackers, shooters drill. new experience. went for lunch with abigail at clementi's subway! :) great time! :D went to vivo to get stuff before going home.
tuesday
had training again. rain... really heavy rain. did physical training. classroom block run.... sprints... endurance.... lunch with mum. western food! yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! :) okay, going to get fat, cos next i went home to sleep!!!! hehe. went to grandma's house for dinner.
wednesday
supposedly free day. but! had to go back for ocip meeting. in school at 9 plus but it was delayed till 10.30 or 11. meeting time i mean. so waited and read lit text. somehow brought it. ms vino only came around 1. went to vivo after the whole thing to get stuff for the games. came home around 5 plus. so late! going out for dinner again so that's why its a short post.
bye bye!!
Friday, November 5, 2010
lalalala.... bored now.... its 1am! now i remember that i forgot to call someone.... sorry..... hmm... thinking about locking this blog. should i, should i not?
nothing much today. went to someone's house for deepavali. nice!!! :) came back and slept the afternoon away. went out for dinner. did tuition homework! can't get to sleep now. :( guess its the aftermath of too much math!!!! playing a game online that i've not played for years. trying not to be addicted to it! o levels next year... constant reminder!
nothing much today. went to someone's house for deepavali. nice!!! :) came back and slept the afternoon away. went out for dinner. did tuition homework! can't get to sleep now. :( guess its the aftermath of too much math!!!! playing a game online that i've not played for years. trying not to be addicted to it! o levels next year... constant reminder!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
i'm sorry.... it broke me to do it, but i had to. and yeah, you're still hurting me. i wish you would talk like normal, like last time.
last day of school for us. last day of lessons as sec3. next year is going to be tough, even tougher then now.... i know i'm going to miss this year.
weekend was the usual... nothing much happened. only one thing... you're so sweet!! thanks! :)
monday
lessons! started on new chapter for bio. excretion. tough!!!! lit was just an assignment. she was not here. history, we watched a movie. sch---- list. can't spell the name. recess.... went to the netball court. english we did one word topic... which i probably won't do in exam. amath. ms wong came in to teach. not too bad. went to koufu with sheryl and helen for lunch. came back to do ocip planning. team building games. so funnny!!! had fun!
tuesday
lessons. the killer math day. watched the show again for history instead of sbq. chinese was okay... chem, we had experiment! :) more bio after school ended. to finish the tough chapter. went for investiture briefing. left halfway for local cip with jamie. cab to toa payoh to get there in time. we took route c. took a bus and walked. want to do it again! its so fun!!!!! went door to door to deliver food for the elderly. most stayed alone. only one had a couple. so sad actually. if i had the chance, would do it again. finished in about an hour. went home.
wednesday
lessons. let's not elaborate. had chem experiment again! its fun! lit was like free time. talked to sushan. so much homework!!!! went home after school to bake for mum. came back to school early. thought it was 4pm, instead of 4.30. so in the canteen. talked to jiayi and ayilisha. abigail came. put our bags in the council room and went up to the hall. talked to abigail and ayilisha. :) finally got seated and did a rehersal. had a break. was in the canteen waiting. lined up again. went up to the hall. talk by mrs wong. then the real investiture. parents came up to pin badge. lin lao shi helped us to take a pic! went back. olivia's speech was great! finally........ after going for ocip, would have finished the 3 leadership modules. :) had macs for dinner with parents. great day today. except.... too much homework. did homework, napped for 5 min, the homework again! could not keep awake.
thursday
more bio! its bio every day. was so tired. late night and long day yesturday. well, doing homework was worth it! after school, went to find ms aida. going to miss the friendly. went to find ms vino. took a long time waiting for her! handed in stuff. did another group discussion for the ocip activities. saw the cultural night dances for both groups. fun!!! took quite a while, until about 4? had to find ms vino again. why is she so hard to find! found her in the library in the end. went home..... called twin. then slept. so tired. not feeling okay now...
on a random note.... here's my fb status. 'time just seems to fly, but the memories remain. sec3 life, its been a journey. ups and downs throughout the year. at least, it started and ended on a high note. thank you, to all who made this year wonderful! ♥'
i;m not posting the round up of this year here. decided not to.....
last day of school for us. last day of lessons as sec3. next year is going to be tough, even tougher then now.... i know i'm going to miss this year.
weekend was the usual... nothing much happened. only one thing... you're so sweet!! thanks! :)
monday
lessons! started on new chapter for bio. excretion. tough!!!! lit was just an assignment. she was not here. history, we watched a movie. sch---- list. can't spell the name. recess.... went to the netball court. english we did one word topic... which i probably won't do in exam. amath. ms wong came in to teach. not too bad. went to koufu with sheryl and helen for lunch. came back to do ocip planning. team building games. so funnny!!! had fun!
tuesday
lessons. the killer math day. watched the show again for history instead of sbq. chinese was okay... chem, we had experiment! :) more bio after school ended. to finish the tough chapter. went for investiture briefing. left halfway for local cip with jamie. cab to toa payoh to get there in time. we took route c. took a bus and walked. want to do it again! its so fun!!!!! went door to door to deliver food for the elderly. most stayed alone. only one had a couple. so sad actually. if i had the chance, would do it again. finished in about an hour. went home.
wednesday
lessons. let's not elaborate. had chem experiment again! its fun! lit was like free time. talked to sushan. so much homework!!!! went home after school to bake for mum. came back to school early. thought it was 4pm, instead of 4.30. so in the canteen. talked to jiayi and ayilisha. abigail came. put our bags in the council room and went up to the hall. talked to abigail and ayilisha. :) finally got seated and did a rehersal. had a break. was in the canteen waiting. lined up again. went up to the hall. talk by mrs wong. then the real investiture. parents came up to pin badge. lin lao shi helped us to take a pic! went back. olivia's speech was great! finally........ after going for ocip, would have finished the 3 leadership modules. :) had macs for dinner with parents. great day today. except.... too much homework. did homework, napped for 5 min, the homework again! could not keep awake.
thursday
more bio! its bio every day. was so tired. late night and long day yesturday. well, doing homework was worth it! after school, went to find ms aida. going to miss the friendly. went to find ms vino. took a long time waiting for her! handed in stuff. did another group discussion for the ocip activities. saw the cultural night dances for both groups. fun!!! took quite a while, until about 4? had to find ms vino again. why is she so hard to find! found her in the library in the end. went home..... called twin. then slept. so tired. not feeling okay now...
on a random note.... here's my fb status. 'time just seems to fly, but the memories remain. sec3 life, its been a journey. ups and downs throughout the year. at least, it started and ended on a high note. thank you, to all who made this year wonderful! ♥'
i;m not posting the round up of this year here. decided not to.....
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