Chunda
Penny
Siwei
Huaquan
Shiyin
Haoyang
Jason
Jason
Siwei
Weikai
Weikai
Penny
Ruth
Weikai
Jason
Theresa
Yvonne
Weikai
Jeremy
Huaquan
Haoyang
Weikai
Yvonne
Theresa
Marvin
Jason
Weikai
Haoyang
Weikai
Siwei
Chunda
Weikai
Alvin
Wenyi
Siwei
Wenyi
Wenyi
Siwei
Siwei
Huaquan
Alvin
Wenyi
Weikai
Weikai
Siwei
Chunda
Jason
Weikai
Chunda
Weikai
Weikai
Christina
Chunda
Huaquan
Chunda
Jason
Weikai
Chunda
Xinyan
Weikai
Xinyan
Ruth
Xinyan
Chunda
Siwei
Jeremy
Siwei
Chunda
Siwei
Penny
Joshua
Siwei
Yvonne
Joshua
Jason
Theresa
Penny
Chunda
Siwei
Alvin
Siwei
Jason
Shiyin
Shiyin
Shiyin
Shiyin
Xinyan And yeah, can't wait to see everyone again, especially the girls. Always see the same few guys on outings. Vivien write more in here! You write quality entries.
Wenyi
Fri Sep 7 10:04:25 2001 GMT
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Hey, quick update: came back, settled in after 3 long days WITHOUT my connection, classes began today (think it's going to be damn busy this semester but enjoyable...), bumped into Yuhua (guess what her nickname is??? =P)during a Japanese class and she is still as radiant and cheerful as ever. She sends her apologies for not being able to turn up but promises to next time. Gotta run, keep posting yah? 
Thu Sep 6 03:14:01 2001 GMT
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Hi guys, I'll be leaving tonight, going back to UK already. For those people that I've seen during say Sentosa and Op Nos and Odacia, it was really nice seeing you all again. See you all again in a year's time!
Wed Sep 5 02:53:40 2001 GMT
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I'm here.. I'm alive.. but I'm also busy.. will write when I'm not. Hope everyone's well...
Tue Sep 4 10:34:02 2001 GMT
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the conv is really quiet these dayz eh... everyone bz? or juz got nothing to write? I have so much to write yet so little. feel so much yet feel so little. seems like there so much for me to do yet there is so little. seems like my life is in shambles yet it really isnt.
suddenly miss the tranquil feeling of the wind in my face, the warmth of the sun barely felt, being above the clouds, on top of the world, w/o a care in the world except about how much i dun wanna go back down to reality.
Tue Sep 4 01:35:21 2001 GMT
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Harlow... It's me the mountain tortise appearing again... Wah so many things have happened since the last time I came here... U mean u all went to sentosa?!?! Checked my diary and found out that on that day I was playing hockey in school... 
Was looking thru my RJ school mag yesterday .. wah we all looked so young then!!! 
Seems like such a long time ago ... haven't gone back to RJ ever since dunno when ...
Fri Aug 31 20:15:28 2001 GMT
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hullo pple...
conversations is so damn quiet nowadays....no one really writes those poignant stuff anymore.....with exception of wen and his super long entry a while back.....
how's the rest doing?
Odacia was a fantastic getaway from all the damn bloody work in school and yada yada....never had so much sport and games for a whole day in such a long time....it was so great to have all you pple come back to play...
hey penny and xiufong...you guys should really work those old bones abit...if you dun use them...they will deteriorate u noe?
actually i just mean that we always go out to the beach or to RJ and you guys dun play the games....they seriously are fun and a very impt part of our youth that u have to regain i tink......dun sit on ur butts..get up and shake it yeah?...
and anyway all these weekly soccer sessions are really doing me good....i'm finally able to get some ball sense...but i still can't damn kick properly.... Jer....u really gotta teach me...i suck at kicks...
Tue Aug 28 04:26:36 2001 GMT
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Hi everyone, I am back in Cornell already.
I am sorry I had to leave early during Odacia.
Didn't have a chance to say goodbye to everyone because the floorball game was in progress.
The game is quite fun. I think I ran more during Odacia than I did during the outing at Sentosa =)
Thu Aug 23 10:09:04 2001 GMT
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I will be available on Saturday morning and afternoon. Can't stay for dinner.
Does anyone want to meet up for lunch at Ghim Moh first?
Thu Aug 23 04:05:08 2001 GMT
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I can't go for Sheares Bridge Run either (though I'd like to...) I'll be gone by then.. how come it's so late this year? I thought that in the past years, it was always a lot earlier....
Thu Aug 23 02:41:42 2001 GMT
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Oh yar, about Sheares Bridge Run. Don't think I'm going cos I'm taking IPPT in September (haven't decided on which day yet). If I go for SBR before IPPT, I'll probably burn my legs out and fail IPPT terribly, haha. If I take IPPT first, then I guess I'd have no motivation for SBR anymore! Hehheh!
So, to summarise, don't think I'm going 
Those going have fun!
Thu Aug 23 02:39:30 2001 GMT
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I'm going for ODACia! It's supposed to start at 3.30pm. I've got lessons in the morning until 12 or 1pm. So I can be at RJ at maybe about 2pm. Want to meet then? I don't mind playing something before ODACia starts! Handball, basketball, captain's ball, whatever. =) C'mon let's all go ok? Especially Jason, cos he's leaving for the states on Sunday.
Wed Aug 22 01:41:34 2001 GMT
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Hi, anyone going for odacia this saturday? I don't know what time it's supposed to start, but perhaps we can fix a time, then go play captain's ball or something if we're too eary?
Tue Aug 21 16:23:17 2001 GMT
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Hey, who wants to take part in Sheares Bridge Run? It's on 16 Sep. There are the 10km leisure and 21km competitive runs. I was just thinking of using it as a form of motivation to keep fit since i haven't exercised for long. So far, Alvin, Jeremy and I are taking part. Who else? Come come! Juz take it as a fun thing! Ok, those interested let me know soon. I'll be collecting the forms tomorrow!
Sun Aug 19 15:07:41 2001 GMT
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Once again efficient me has put up the Sentosa photos. I don't have photos of us sweating it out tho cos I only started taking photos towards the end. Anyway, we DID sweat a lot, get burnt a lot, and have fun a lot. 
With my aching thighs and worn out body 
, lazy me does not have the energy to describe the day. Waiting for some nice souls to do that (Howie Howie?) and also bring up some of the very constructive topics we had in Macs for discussion here.
Oh btw, lazy me brushed teeth tonight.
(sparkling white teeth)
So, click on the paint palette (misc) to see the photos. Remember to email me if you want larger resolution pictures.
Sun Aug 19 01:56:27 2001 GMT
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hmm... since we have no plans for the people who are meeting for dinner, why don't these people call those in Sentosa later? I believe we will have more concrete plans then...
heh... "volunteering" other people's handphone = ) hope to see more people today!
Sat Aug 18 13:34:20 2001 GMT
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Surprisingly, I have a volleyball, from donkey years back. Are we going to do swimming stuff? Hmm... am no more a student, just a professional bum.
Thu Aug 16 04:22:38 2001 GMT
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let's have a second time to meet for those who wanna go for dinner?
cause i'm not sure i can make it to sentosa.... have got tests coming up which i haven't really studied for....
ok ok? u think you'll want dinner in sentosa or outta sentosa.... then we'll know where to meet u all... okie? around 6?
Wed Aug 15 14:41:13 2001 GMT
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Ok then, onz, will be there at 11am! Please remember to bring ball, play clothes, etc etc. Else it would be so sian!
Btw I have received the photo prints from Fuji today. The quality is very good, you can't tell that they are actually digital pictures. Plus they are all printed on photo paper. Makes the price of $0.50 worthwhile (tho the $5.00 processing fee is not justified!).
Wed Aug 15 01:18:20 2001 GMT
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Hi everyone... Well..Thanks HQ for coming up with the meeting place and venue...11am at Tiong Bahru it is then. Sad to say, I can't join you all till about 6, so will pop in much later and join you people for dinner.
Tue Aug 14 10:28:05 2001 GMT
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can we juz fix a tentative timing??
like 11am this sunday, 19/8 at Tiong Bahru Macs? have lunch first then head down to sentosa... we can take Bus C down from there... but remb to bring ur matric/student/safra (watever) card so as to get discount k? those driving can meet us at the beach (siloso beach i believe) itself i guess... or the bus stop to the beach... I will be bringing the frisbees... can jeremy bring the soccer ball (pumped up one)... then anybody got a volleyball? if not we will hafta rent one... dun forget ur change of clothes plus sunblk or suntan lotion! will probly stay till the sun sets k?
Mon Aug 13 16:29:39 2001 GMT
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yo pple!!
we ARE going to SENTOSA this sunday rite??? rite?...
please tell me we are going ....coz i made plans to go all out for this weekend at sentosa..!!
so please tell me we ate going ok?
Mon Aug 13 13:20:39 2001 GMT
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If anyone wants to order the Op Nos 2001 pictures as physical photos, you can do so at: http://www.fujifilm.com.sg/html/publicBrowse.php3?id=3b77c359de3c7.
Simply select the photos you want printed, then submit your print request. They will mail the pictures to you in 3 working days (2 working days if you self-collect). One 4R print costs $0.50, and every set of prints incur $5.00 processing fee. Mailing is free. I think they only mail to Singapore addresses.
The above link will be valid for only 2 weeks from the date of this post. So order quick! I have ordered a set of 11 photos, now waiting for them to arrive so that I can check out the quality.
Shouldn't be too bad cos they are processed by FujiFilm.
Yep, let's go to Sentosa this Sunday. Jeremy, hearing from you? And hello Mama and Theresa! Mama, how's summer sch? So enjoyable that you don't even want to come back to Singapore rite? 
Mon Aug 13 08:24:43 2001 GMT
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hey hey are we really going to sentosa? this sunday?
let's meet up for dinner, lunch, hi tea on sunday's? or something one of these days anyway before averyone leaves? not sure if i can join you all at sentosa, have a test coming up but i'll try ya....
enjoyed op nos tremendously... though we did miss quite a few pple... i'm so glad for all of you.... theresa come back quick ok?
miss you too!
Sun Aug 12 12:03:21 2001 GMT
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Hey you know what! That painting was similar to the one Christina designed for the booklet of our first Op Nos in J1, with a fluid clock lying still. Amazing HUH!! Anyone remember it?? Good to see the photographs, feel really weird not being in them. Really looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.
Nice entry there (the thought-provoking one). There was this time where I visited this volcanic island and was terrified of walking in this pitch dark cave. I was really embarrassed about that cos I always was very proud of having done all those things we did in odac, and yet here I am stepping about wimpily in a harmless (though very, very dark) cave. It made me realise that there are things that would still scare me, regardless of whatever I did before. The same happened when I was going down a mountain and again, the hesitant steps; when I went swimming in a lake and panicked just 20m out. Well reading that entry made me remember that stretching one’s limits was something we spent two years doing, and therefore I can do it again. Thanks.
Sat Aug 11 17:38:37 2001 GMT
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Hi people,
After looking at all the photos and reading the entries about Ops Nos, I really feel sorry that I'm stuck here alone in my apartment trying to finish up Jason's Ops Nos present, instead of reliving past memories with my friends. Sigh... which reminds me,sorry Jason, I meant to indicate something via email about your gift before Ops Nos, but my laptop crashed. Your gift is still stuck here with me, because it'll be better to give it to you back in COrnell directly. I guess I'll do the gift exchange here then.
Anyway, Jason asked for "REVERSE TIME" and this is what i got him.
http://users.hartwick.edu/~dejardinf/20/dali2.htm (hmm how do you enable the link) It is a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle of the painting "PERSISTANCE OF MEMORY" by Salvadore Dali. I was thinking of all the ways to stop and reverse time - hourglass, something to EMIT (geddit? =p) , even buying a clock and reversing the motor so that the hands will run in the opposite direction. But I think what Jason wanted is to go back into time to relive his memories of ODAC. I thought of making a collection of our old photos, but they are all in S'pore. Hence I thought this painting will be very apt. I think all our wonderful memories we've shared together will always persist last for a very long time. Hope you'd like it and will remember all the times we've shared in the 5 years of friendship whenever you see the jigsaw, which is still not completed because of all the black parts. =p (Hopefully it will be by the time you get back )
Anyway, hope that everyone's not bored by my commentary above. Really miss you guys. Take care and enjoy yourselves in Sentosa.
Sat Aug 11 14:08:25 2001 GMT
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Yup, Ops Nos was great. Jer, thanx for offering your house. Yvonne, your cheesecake was yummy... I don't mind gaining a few more pounds because of that
Chris, it must be really tiring to travel so far.
The street soccer game was fun, but we can do better with proper shoes
Let's all meet up on Aug 19th. We will invade Sentosa, right? I want to catch up with everyone, esp those who didn't turned up or came late 
Thu Aug 9 23:48:30 2001 GMT
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I could really appreciate that bit about kicking out with all your might and then totally missing the ball, cos I exhibited one of those yesterday
. But like you said, it's fun playing low-std soccer cos I could never do anything in higher-std soccer. Haha....
Thu Aug 9 19:23:59 2001 GMT
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I'm the second to write about Ops Nos I presume. First of all, i must agree whole-heartedly that the soccer game was the best. Never had such good clean fun without feeling silly (i'm saying all this in relation to all the FOCs i've gone thru)or stupid.
When playing with you guys,kicking with all your might and totally missing the ball dun seem so bad after all. I must say that we really really must do all this again. Low standard soccer with a bunch of old friends are the perfect antidote to our busy lives. Even better than sex and chocolate. Let's try to do this soccer or ball game thing once every month or so?
Except that being the old fogeys that we are becoming, we're just gonna collapse after a full game.
looking at all the past photos brought back those warm and fuzzy feelings. Our super geena faces, the speckies...tho some of us never really changed at all (HQ and Jer).
I remember a long time ago when i looked at odac photos from an even longer time ago of our seniors...they all had that 80s feel...bad hairdos and geeky dressing. I never thought that i'd feel the same way looking at our own pictures...they really do speak volumes of the changes we've undergone...just look at our girls...they've all... grown up! total make-overs i'd say for most of them. I must add that the changes so far are for the better... 
at least visually we all look like we've aged a lil.
a few years down the road we'd all be receiving wedding invites.
before i really crap on into howeyang-speak...i'd just like to say some sweet and decent stuff... a big and sincere thanks to you pple who've reminded me that old friends are like an exquisite vintage...
that no matter which new friends you make out there in life...there's no beating the bunch whom you've had several years of history to speak of...which is something that i've lost sight of ever since i came into NTU.
Suddenly, Siwei's bashing on my head and chiding my lousy grammar ain't all that bad....it's just my ego bruised.
Not to mention the crazy saucy antics that i get into only when Weikai is around. We make a dirty duo.
I had lotsa fun today. those that din make it...you really missed out...DUN WORRY..there's a chance to make up for it...
we're gonna go to Sentosa on August 19th rite? next Sunday...
for more sports and antics. hope to see you guys there.
once again. thanks pple!
Thu Aug 9 16:56:02 2001 GMT
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I'm the first to write about Op Nos 4.
Came back from Jeremy's house not too long ago. Had a great great time. Although we were missing quite a number of people, we couldn't even have enough time to catch up with everyone who was there. The illegal street soccer session, steady hand attempts at jenga, watching Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng getting fat and gross, prodding into each other's love lives, Yvonne's fabulicious New York cheese cake, gift exchange, watching Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, looking at photos (new and old), were just some of the things that made Op Nos so meaningful. It's not what we do, it's who we're with
Check out the photos under Miscellaneous (click the paint palette above). See you guys again next Sunday (when Jeremy is planning for us to go East Coast or Sentosa)!
Wed Aug 8 10:30:46 2001 GMT
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Hmm... actually.. I'm kind of surprised that there's all this confusion about date and time for Op Nos. I sent out an email to everyone roughly a week ago to tell you guys the gift exchange details and to confirm that it's on Aug 9th, and the time that I stated was actually 11 am, so that we can start off with lunch. Did anyone not get my email?
I wrote:
Op Nos will be held on 9th August (Thursday) , at Jeremy's house
Add: Block 56 Geylang Bahru #06-3587 S(330056)
Tel: 3925639
Wed Aug 8 10:01:22 2001 GMT
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Hihi... I'll be there at 1.30pm... devoted my tomorrow to catching up with the ODAC ppl... =P Btw, the PSC play sounds very... Long Vacation like.
Wed Aug 8 04:41:33 2001 GMT
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Hmm, no further news for Op Nos? Anyway I presume it's still on 9 August. Penny and I are meeting at Kallang MRT Station Control at 1.30pm. Anyone else wants, please be there too ok? See you guys tmrw!
btw, website updated: http://weikai.hypermart.net
Tue Aug 7 13:00:15 2001 GMT
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Hello! IS Ops Nos on 9th August? I've got to go NDP parade so I'll only be available late night. Will I miss the soccer session??? Boohoohoo... haven't played for soooo long!
I'd like to invite you all to attend a production we're putting up at Jubilee Hall on the eveing of 23rd August. The entire cast and crew are provided by PSC students: The Humans students wrote the script and are acting, the music students composed most of the music to be played, and the Engineers are in Logistics
Well.. not strictly so but more or less. I'll be working the lights... they wouldn't trust me with anythign more impt!
The approx 2 hour (with intermission) performance combines mime, orchestral music, singing and dance. The orchestral music is written by our very talented music students who have assured us that the music will be pleasing to the general audience n not just the arty-farty types.
As for the script, it was written with some help by Yi Sheng (for those who are familiar with Singapore's theatre scene, Ng Yi Sheng has written several plays which have received favourable reviews all round).
The plot revolves around a main character-- a music student who is having difficulties infusing soul into his music as well as a more easily identifiable problem of BGR. His muse deflects all advances, while inspiration for his art eludes him once again. The performance entitled "Longing" reflects the yearnings of our protagonist -- both in his personal life and his art.
Tixs are $15 each... All proceeds will be going to the Community Chest. Yes ALL proceeds. We're not gettting a single cent out of this, not even to cover our overheads. Alot of us have put lots of effort into this and we really hope our friends and colleagues will support us.
Anyone interested in coming?? The impt point is that this is for charity, so plz consider forming a grp to attend? Can email me woof34@hotmail.com or post on the online conv ok?
Hope to see some of you there
Mon Aug 6 17:52:04 2001 GMT
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... entries are frequently too long to read.
Mon Aug 6 10:08:00 2001 GMT
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Thought-provoking...
Sat Aug 4 11:24:09 2001 GMT
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I haven't been writing here as much as I'd have liked somehow, but today, sitting at home and watching the lightning storm outside, and thinking about meeting up for Op Nos next week, made me a little nostalgic, so I thought I'd post something here that I wrote last year for myself.
"Whenever the night skies over me are clear enough to make out the constellations, I am reminded of my short time in Nepal. There, we had the opposite problem. The stars, glowing with a fierce intensity, blanketed the night; it was hard to pick out familiar faces from the crowd. By day, the scenery was equally breathtaking, equally unreal. Rustic terraced valleys and winding rivers ran between snow-capped peaks, laid out before me all the way to the horizon. The skies were a cloudless piercing blue. At times, high up on a ridge, in a moment of silence, surround by sky, I could feel my spirits slowly start to soar.
Does that mean I definitely enjoyed myself over there? Of course not! I had altitude sickness and puked my way up, then it was food poisoning, and I puked my way down. Climbed up with a raging fever, and rode down on a yak because I was too weak to walk. The place was so darn cold your piss would freeze. I went 15 days without bathing, and worse, 15 days of eating potatoes and more potatoes. By about the ninth day instant noodles were a rare delicacy.
Still, it was an enjoyable experience, in a way. On hindsight. It was another semester of my outdoor education, a term I first learnt during an Outward Bound course when I was 15, and which has been important to me till today. To an average Singaporean student, “outdoor education” is a bit of an oxymoron. What has one got to do with the other? Ever since that OBS course, I’ve seen that some of the much-bandied-about intangibles that one supposedly can’t learn in a school can in fact be taught and learnt, or should I say experienced and learnt, in an Outward Bound School, or through other outdoor activities.
My trip, though only three weeks short, was full of little lessons. Nothing earthshaking, but lessons nonetheless, some of which were started earlier or reinforced later in the outdoors.
I learnt compassion, when I saw a little Sherpa girl who couldn’t be more than ten carry a full duffel bag with a strap on her forehead. Incidentally I learnt helplessness too, since, with the thin air, I could not do for her what she was doing for us. The hardships I’ve faced before in my limited experience certainly pale beside lugging huge bags up mountainsides for a living. The world’s a harsh place, and there’s not much I can do about it. I’ve been somewhat motivated to do what little I can for others, ever since.
I learnt just how much to appreciate friendships. In my various puking and fevered states, how much easier it was to carry on when there were friends alongside. Not necessarily saying or doing anything, but just… being friends, and being there. I’ve wondered before at how shared adversity makes such a marvelous icebreaker; in just three weeks, virtual strangers can become friends. Existing friendships are irrevocably strengthened; somehow, there’s something in the mountains and wilds that loosens the tongue and opens the heart. (Maybe it’s like alcohol.) The friends I’ve made through my outdoor experiences are like a good pair of old boots - I’m expecting them to last a lifetime.
Still, friends are often more irritating than my old pair of boots, although they’re also somewhat better company. Friends we may be, but sometimes when there’s a job to be done, and fast, and we’re all bone-tired, and a tropical monsoon is just getting warmed up, it can get a little difficult to stay warm and fuzzy. (Unless, again, you’ve got that alcohol handy.) Teamwork, laced with tolerance, is the American Express of the outdoors; don’t leave home without it. A simple life, back to the basics in the outdoors, also frequently strips down relationships to the essentials. Extreme conditions will bring out the best, and also the worst, in people. When shit happens, you’ll see your friends in a different light, there’s no doubt. And maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll see yourself too.
I have. I have ran farther than I thought possible, went without sleep until I started hallucinating, rowed like a galley slave, and ate more potatoes than humanly tolerable. Things that seemed daunting immediately cease to be once I’ve done it. Indeed they cease to be daunting the moment I take the first step forwards. I’ve learnt that human limits are often self-imposed, learnt to see the potential in others and myself. I’ve grown to enjoy taking up challenges for the rush it gives me when I clear them, and also for the knowledge that I never need to fear or face these challenges again.
Of course, there is a flip side to all this. I have also learnt that the impossible is, contrary to some inspirational one-liners, not a state of mind. This was made patently clear to me by the Sherpa porters who matter-of-factly went ahead of us, trotting over the hill to the next village to buy eggs and back in time to prepare lunch and wait for us to straggle in. That was, how shall I say it, a little more than difficult for me. I have been faced with my own stark inadequacies, more often than it is good for my ego. Still, what I have gained is a clearer picture of my own limits. As some wise guy said, a mind once stretched can never go back to its former proportions. What one has done can never be impossible again, and what one has tried and failed can hardly seem as fearsome and unapproachable as before. It could depend on just how badly one fails, though.
If I’m making it sound like it’s all been good fun and trite lessons learnt, don’t be mistaken. Some lessons I would just rather not have. I first learnt to be dead calm during an emergency when a friend collapsed with acute pneumonia in Nepal, and had to be evacuated first by horse, and then helicopter. I experienced it again years later when two of my juniors were rafting down a river and got trapped in the sluice gate. We kept cool, got them out, applied CPR, and were rushing to the medics, when she died, practically in my arms. She was alive when I was breathing into her, and she was dead by the time we carried her off the stretcher. Were we really calm enough, fast enough, I would always wonder.
I’m not making myself out to be some sort of Crocodile Dundee. I’ve climbed a couple of hills out of thousands of mountains, spent a few months outdoors out of a lifetime indoors. I’m a city boy, through and through. Throw me in the jungle with only a Swiss Army knife and I’ll ask you where the cans for my can opener are. Battling mosquitoes in the humid heat is no more my idea of fun than the next person’s, and I doubt I would ever be totally comfortable living in the wilds, even for a few days.
I know I don’t belong there. It’s just that I’ve learnt some things out there, and I do like to visit now and then, that’s all."
Fri Aug 3 17:20:50 2001 GMT
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Play badminton!
Fri Aug 3 14:10:41 2001 GMT
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oh yah.. sorrie if people have things on the next day or whatnots (I don't have to work the next day..
Fri Aug 3 14:08:22 2001 GMT
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Hi people...
Any ideas for what to do on Op Nos? I was thinking we can meet for lunch (either order in or just eat somewhere near jeremy's place...) and then in the afternoon can play games (Yvonne can bring the balderdash game?), watch TV... whatever.. or go downstairs for some soccer? Jeremy, is there any place near your house where we can play soccer or something? Can you guys bring your old photos? I think it'd be nice to look through them again. And we can cook something simple for dinner.. (pasta? I'll cook.. =P Any other ideas? tell me.... ) Watch NDP (?) during dinner. Gift exchange after dinner. And then whatever else...
Fri Aug 3 12:20:05 2001 GMT
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Heyo everyone... think u guyz are probly sick and tired of me whining abt me and my girl... but it never seems to end (hiaz). and now tt me and HY haf gone on to another term of JCRC... we'll be bzbz for the coming sch year (again!). mebbe in a warped way... i like to be bz (get to boss pple around noe...=P) and mebbe... like the Wen put it... it's a case of a "misplaced sense of responsibility"... As usual, things between me and my girl are still not rosy, and itz not juz bcuz of the jcrc thing... but am really looking forward to Ops Nos... tho i still haf sch the day after tt i tink...=( Hope u guyz are having a better time than i am... seeya all soon
Wed Aug 1 14:03:21 2001 GMT
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Hi every1! Sorru I've been missing out on all the fun so far due to my extremely tight friend-meeting and computer game playing schedule
Today I visited Mr Tay at RJC... totally forgot he was head PE dept and was pleasantly surprised to see his nameplate outside the door! He & Ms Poon invites us to the mass busking session on Saturday, which should be quite an event! Also he's agreeable to us all going over to his place some weekend for a get-together and chinwag and all that
Bridge and Hearts players warm up yer fingers hehe... upz we can discuss this in greater detail at Ops Nos??
Mon Jul 30 14:05:43 2001 GMT
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Last Saturday Xinyan kindly hosted 9 of us (Hq, Josh, Yvonne, Haoyang, Sywei, Xinyan, Jason, Alan, me, and Carol from Batch 13)for Josh's birthday. Haven't had a largish batch outing for a long time, although we missed the presence of the East Siders who prolly felt that Boon Lay was just too damn ulu. (who can argue...) Anyway we ate a cake, sang a song, and all the usual. Got him a badminton racket so he has no more excuse to suck. Played a board game where we discovered Alan (and me) to be the biggest bullshitters (and bullshit detectors) of the group. Looked through Yvonne's holiday photos. (damn, anyone can take nice pictures with such scenary) Watched TMNT. (don't ask...) Got thrashed by Hq at puzzle bobble.
Mon Jul 30 06:41:30 2001 GMT
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New smileys added! Check out the help file or click on 'help' while adding entries to see how to use them.
Sat Jul 28 15:38:37 2001 GMT
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See pictures from Rafflesian Recall/ODACIA under Misc (the paint palette above) or here.
Sat Jul 28 02:40:27 2001 GMT
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Hello... sorrie that I didn't confirm this earlier... but the thingy at Xinyan's house tonight at 6 pm is still on. Meet at Boon Lay MRT.
Her address is
Blk 661D Jurong West St 64 #14-456 and tel number is 7913075, in case you need to come later, by yourself or something...
Fri Jul 27 15:38:23 2001 GMT
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Alas the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. I will be around at late 10+... hopefully can catch a few teachers there too.
Fri Jul 27 10:27:39 2001 GMT
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I will be there at 10am tomorrow =) Managed to get a long weekend
Hope to see more people around. I haven't met up with most of you.
Fri Jul 27 02:56:10 2001 GMT
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I didn't tape it but I watched it. Not as entertaining as how the press put it. In fact I thought the newspaper reports somehow cast shame over the Lions. The goals weren't great, the Lions fought hard, and the Devils played a fool. At least that's what I think.
Last I heard is that Op Nos is on National Day, 9 August. Siwei confirm please? And I just realised that college day only starts at 1pm tomorrow. I hope there will be odacians there in the morning cos I'm planning to drop by in the morning. By noon I would prefer to leave for lunch and movie already. So I'll still be at the rockwall/odac corner at 10 tomorrow. Jason, and whoever's going, I'll see you there!
Wed Jul 25 16:35:05 2001 GMT
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Anyone taped down the Man U match? Can lend me? Then again can we watch the match during some midmid night entertainment for Ops Nos? When is Ops Nos anyway?
Wed Jul 25 06:24:07 2001 GMT
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Okay let me try to organise things a bit.
Those who want to go back for college day, meet at the rockwall directly yar? I'll be there about 10am. Then let's go Ghim Moh for lunch at 12pm, and those who can make it can join us too. After lunch let's go for a movie, options still open (Jurassic Park, Shaolin Soccer, etc etc). After that, impromptu lar, maybe bum around, walk around, then go for dinner. If you are joining us after lunch, call me at 96230020 mobile to arrange where to meet, ok? Hope to see a good response...dying to see you guys!
Tue Jul 24 16:25:37 2001 GMT
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Sorry guys, some of you were wondering if there was going to be anything on Tuesday. I was kinda busy with my school stuffs so couldn't get down to organising anything. Also response has been pretty bland, on the conv at least. But then, shall we have one on this coming Saturday? I will most prob go down for college day, just for a while. Some of us can do that, then leave early and join the rest somewhere else and do something. How about a movie? Jurassic Park 3? Shaolin Soccer (i know it's a Stephen Chow flick but I've heard very good reviews
)? Anything lar, sounds good?
Fri Jul 20 21:17:47 2001 GMT
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Am going to be back in Malaysia on 24th July, butif theres any gathering eg Ops Nos in Spore anything in August, like 9th etc, I'll be there!!!Can't wait to see everyone again!
Fri Jul 20 13:09:39 2001 GMT
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Can another day pls? I have Japanese lessons on Tuesday... plsplspls?
Fri Jul 20 13:07:05 2001 GMT
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Really havent written in a long long long time ... How's everybody? why so quiet?? us NTU pple oredi started sch liaoz... so damn bz now but the NUS pple still having hols now rite? or is it the time for FOCs?... cant believe me and HY are gonna do another year of JCRC... hiaz... There's juz never enuff time for everything... Life's full of difficult decisions... itz a feat to survive it with a clear conscience... I noe I noe.... i shldnt moralize... but juz felt like it all of a sudden...=P now with friends going on to work... recession.. rise in trend of men sexually harassing men... and us getting to the age where these things shld really matter to us liaoz... Hope u guyz are having better luck with ur lives then i am with mine...=P
Fri Jul 20 13:07:04 2001 GMT
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Fri Jul 20 11:03:45 2001 GMT
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Man U is playing on Tuesday night but I don't mind having dinner. Who cares about them = )
Fri Jul 20 08:06:21 2001 GMT
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Yes yes! What about meeting up next Tuesday? For dinner and then hang around. I don't mind a Jurassic Park in the afternoon as well! Who's game?
Thu Jul 19 11:39:17 2001 GMT
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Hey Weikai! Welcome back! Definitely want to meet you soon especially after having missed the opportunity back in Dec/Jan. Let's have a batch 12 outing with as many people as possible soon... =) Btw, I just watched Memento last night and it definitely is better than many movies I have watched of late (although my sample size is probably small anyway... heh). Do try to catch it if you have the chance. Not so good though is Jurassic Park III, which basically reeks of an overspun money maschine with staid scenes. Then again, it's my personal opinion and you be your own judge. Later~
Tue Jul 17 17:42:59 2001 GMT
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Where is everybody? I feel like I'm talking too much. Has anyone seen moulin rouge yet?
Tue Jul 17 03:40:51 2001 GMT
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I'm in Melbourne now, reading back on all the missed entries. Will be returning to Singapore on this afternoon's flight. Many things happened during my trip, shall whine my bit when I see you guys.
Mon Jul 9 22:52:07 2001 GMT
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I think we live in a mad mad mad world! I came across these really I dunno, creepy sites recently. I mean, I think there r lots of insane people running free. Check these out: www.alexchiu.com <- site of this really egoistic guy who claims he found the secret to eternal life, www.ishipress.com/index.htm <- site of this guy who is just plain weird. www.bonsaikitten.com <- site which sells kittens-in-bottles. as in real flesh and blood kittens. i thought the last site was the most nauseating. i think. guys'. heads. r. not. wired. properly.
Mon Jul 9 07:32:11 2001 GMT
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Hey!!! I finally logged in.... yah, toking abt the NDP thingy, i was training at Kallang river one day when I spotted the parachuters jumping off from the helicopters. They were having their rehearsals. Also saw the large Singapore flag cutting the sky wif a helicopter. So cool.... we must go skydiving one day...
Sun Jul 8 16:54:47 2001 GMT
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Yeah. Heard about the NDP ticket thing on news today. That shows that what, we Singaporeans really love our country? Quite patriotic right, us. I support whatever. Anywhere also can. I'm very supportive one.
Sun Jul 8 15:59:01 2001 GMT
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Personally do prefer Ubin but it will be a majority decision. And hey Siwei, you closing remark is copyrighted by me! =)
Sun Jul 8 04:15:54 2001 GMT
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Well... actually... the first person to line up was there on Friday morning. Yes. You heard me right. Friday morning. The tickets were being given out on Sunday morning. Anyway, we did go a bit too late lah. If we'd been there earlier in the afternoon, we would have had a chance, since they finished giving out the tickets at around 4+ pm on saturday. =)
Oh well.. too bad.
One more thing -- Jeremy suggested that we go to this place to watch the NDP parade. And I was wondering if you guys would like to hold Op Nos on National Day instead. Cause at least on that day, EVERYONE will definitely be free (as in there won't be any ECA or whatnots...). Then we can combine that with watching the NDP. That means no Ubin, but *sigh*... looks like a bunch of people weren't too keen on Ubin anyway... (though there were others that WERE keen).
ok? can?
lemme know.
Sat Jul 7 16:47:51 2001 GMT
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Harlow.. haven't been here a really really long time.. so I thought I'd pop an entry.. Went down with Siwei, Chunda, Penny and Jason today to try and get NDP tickets.. We did it in the true Singaporean spirit, preparing to turn up 12 hours before the official start of the great ticket giveaway.. But then.. well.. Apparently.. all of us have been caught out of the loop.. Singaporean development has advanced far beyond any of our expectations and roughly 16 hours before the START of the official opening hours, all the tickets have already been given away..so..tata... sighs.. but well.. we had a good dinner..a great chat.. and we got lost trying to get out of Taka... sigh sigh.. all alone now... all alone...
Sat Jul 7 05:40:22 2001 GMT
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Yes... this is last-minute, I know... I was trying to call people last night but didn't managed to get everyone. A bunch of us are meeting at City Hall at 6 pm tonight for dinner, including a little kumquat, a 1/100 of a pound that cannot eat cause of a wisdom tooth, and a Chun-Dan. =) (and possibly a bunch of other "yet-to-be-confirmed"s) Hopefully, Jason, Jeremy and I will be able to join you guys as well, but we're going to meet at Kallang MRT at 5 pm first, to check out the queue at the National Stadium, in case Singaporeans are really alot more kiasu than we think. =) If the queue is already decently long, then we might not join you guys for dinner. So don't wait. And if anyone wants to come to National Stadium to join us, COME !!! We don't really have enough people to help collect tickets.
Thu Jul 5 12:57:36 2001 GMT
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Hey wassup? Sorry I haven't been checking Conversations for a long time... will be pretty busy so it's really better to call me up for anything than posting here... thks!
Siwei: NDP should be okay but Ops Nos date doesn't look too good... there's a company function slated the wkend so I have to prioritise on tht one. I know it's really troublesome to change so pls go ahead with the original plans. Will try to catch up with everyone else slowly instead.
Jason: Yes I can make it for tomorrow! Give me a call to cfm?
later~
Wed Jul 4 11:56:42 2001 GMT
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Hi Penny... the gift exchange thingy can be anything. YOu can ask for something intangible, like some people did during our inaug -- someone asked for friendship and got a paper boat (from Alex, if I'm not wrong =P) called "Friend"
You know... things like that. Or if you actually want something useful, you can say that too. Or you can ask for something really ludicrous and see what the giver comes up with. =) yah?
And Jason.. I want to go out for dinner on Friday. Sorrie didn't reply earlier.
Tue Jul 3 18:31:12 2001 GMT
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stupid, i'm retyping this now cos the window i was working on just disappeared, urgh!!
I want to go NDP /preview too! Went last year, all the singing of 'national songs' at the top of my voice (along with Wing Git and Tony, the rj one?), got a few 'ang mohs' sitting in front of us, stared and stared like we were mad! Suzhen and Jill sure did think we were mad! =) But the mood was infectious lah. Anyway, point is, I want to go too!!
Siwei, ask you bout the gift exchange thingee. Is it meant to be a funny request, like 'I want more time." (and got a paper plate with a clock face drawn on it.) or a proper physical thing like?
And Jason, sorry, can't make it for dinner Friday, cos my wisdom tooth comes out on Thursday, and I don't think I'll be able to eat properly.. Can arrange something some other day?
Tue Jul 3 10:15:40 2001 GMT
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Tyre's flat. Stupid chicken.
Tue Jul 3 03:03:23 2001 GMT
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I'm back to nag again... First. NDP. Anyone else? I can't read your minds, so email me !!!
SO far, we have Jason, Chunda, Me, Theresa & Josh who want to go. But Chunda might not be able to make it on the actual day. In any case, at this rate, with only two people to get tickets, we can't go for the actual one -- each person only allowed two.
Then... Op Nos. August 4th. Ubin. only CHunda, Yuhua, Weikai, Jeremy have replied to me and told me that they were coming, WITH what they want for the gift exchange. Email me !!
Mon Jul 2 13:17:54 2001 GMT
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hellooo.... just back from the states last night and it's back to school again.... t'was a good trip.... loved yosemite and grand canyon.....
did a little bit of trekking if you can call it so... just walked up the trails in yosemite.... up the waterfalls... the view was breath taking..... rainbows and misty trails from the spray of the waterfall... it was almost like stepping into a fairy tale land.
you almost expect to see little elves walking up and down the rainbow and little fairies flying around....
maybe i'm just exaggerating.... pity i only had 2 days in each place though... will scan in some photos when i get my scanner working!
i so miss the old trekking days.... walking in the mountains..... the company... the huddling in tents and talking about everything under the sky.... sigh.... oh well i'l be back in nepal next yr... at least i hope i'll be... when things settle down after the royal massacre!
but guess it won't be the same... will not have you guys with me...
really hope that some day we can go on a short trekking trip again like the ones the dongs had in vietnam but with my schedule i dunno how realistic that wil be... but it doesn't hurt to hope huh? :P
just jolted back into school again... i foresee many sleepless nights monitoring my patients to deiver their babies.... i suppose where else will have such a chance todo some of the things i do now...
must be optimistic lar.... night calls are from 8am to 7 am the next morning! tiring but fun i guess...
just had lectures on how to deliver babies... how to cut the mother and sew her up later.... looks like a hecka a job but well hope when the time comes i don't bungle up too much.... as long as i don't hurt anyone... drop any babies i'll be fine huh? for the religious ones pray for me ya?
and tmrw it's back to KK.... King Kong hospital where i was born... hope to see my first life normal vaginal birth tomorrow!
lotsa bored people on holiday now huh?
arrange for stuffs lar.... let me noe what's going on? i'll try very hard to make it... just hope i don't have calls or church stuffs that clashes.... see you all soon huh?
sywei please don't have op nos on 16 aug! i've a confirmed night call then.... sat's can onlli join u all at night after 730... a stayover is good....
okie okie.... shall not hog the comp anymore.....
take care everyone.... enjoy your school, work, hols while it lasts.....
Mon Jul 2 12:12:49 2001 GMT
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My bicycle was attacked by a rooster today. Jungle fowl, now that I think about it. I cycled to Yuling's place (Yuling? Whozzat? Ask Jeremy to remind you) to get something from Jeremy. This rooster strolled out while I was wheeling my bike through a void deck. I admired his bright green and brown and other coloured feathers while he admired (I thought) my bike. So we were peacefully walking, and I stopped to watch the rooster watch my bike. Apparently he decided my bike was a rival rooster and he began to jump in the air and whack the rear tyre with both feet. I walked away and it followed. Then I tried to scare it away but roosters are considerably less cowardly than dogs. (Some people might remember me coming to school with some brightly coloured wounds in JC-after being chased by dogs while I was biking. Animals seem to have something against my bicycle.) Anyway I hurriedly got on the bike before he decided to have a go at me too. He let out a victory crow after I left. Quite malu. Defeated by a rooster. How to handle normal (tech) kids? Seeing them up close and personal during my 2 week attachment right now.
Theresa, those fireworks would still be some arbitrary distance away.
Mon Jul 2 12:12:08 2001 GMT
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Who is interested to have dinner on Friday? We can meet somewhere in town (City Hall?) at around 7pm. Email me if you are available.
Sun Jul 1 21:05:57 2001 GMT
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hey!! siwei!! i wanna go!! *much waving* always wanted to see those fireworks bursting over me rather than some arbitrary distance away. I might not be able to make it back for the preview, so I would rather the actual day. Huh i bet there will be a queue for a queue number. Then they have to give out Q numbers for those too.
Sun Jul 1 15:04:03 2001 GMT
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Hey all, I'm back in Singapore too! Can call me at 96907919... hope to see u all soon! (Well, not too soon, must get a tan first, otherwise kena laughed at..)
Sun Jul 1 04:39:22 2001 GMT
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Hi folks... just touched down in Singapore today and safely back home... I would love to meet up with anyone as soon as possible and yes, will be interested in the preview parade... don't think I'm free on the actual day itself though. Just fyi, I'll be working from tomorrow at spanking new Capitol Towers (!) so if anyone drops by lemme know too... and my hp number is 96588636. Tht's all, ciao!
Sat Jun 30 08:39:17 2001 GMT
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Hi everyone... Just wondering if anyone is interested in going for the NDP parade this year. THe preview is on July 28th, and the actual parade, of cos no need to say lah.. =) TIckets will be given out on Sunday, July 8th, and they'll only announce the venues of the distribution centres on the day before. Apparently, you go there and take a queue number, but you don't have to actually stand in line all the time. But I don't think you can leave the premises once you take the queue number. I think you'd definitely have to stay overnight to be able to get tickets, but i'm not entirely sure how early on Saturday you'll need to go. Anyway... for the actual day's parade, each person can get two tickets. For the preview, each person can get four. People who are interested in going, please say when. I think I'll definitely be going regardless, so just post a reply on the conv, or email me at sy.wei@cornell.edu. Tell me:
Whether you wanna go to the parade (which one)
And whether you can queue up with me
We'll see how things go.. yah?
Do come... I think that after this year, I'm not ever going to be so free or so on to go and line up for tickets again, and I think it'll be a nice outing for our batch, yah?
Fri Jun 29 10:54:24 2001 GMT
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Hiya! I'm back from my holiday
Back in college that is... I'll be touching down in Singapore in a few days. Hope to see you all!
Thu Jun 28 17:10:35 2001 GMT
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Hihi.. it's me again.. =)
Jason.. you should get out and do something what.. ask people out for dinner... go watch movie... play badminton, etc etc... BUt then again.. I'm a fine one to talk, considering how I was just complaining about being bored. Oh well...
I still haven't watched Tomb Raider, so if anyone wants to watch wif yours truly, gimme a call. =)
And Wen... since YOU'RE the mobile one.. what with your Phantom. I'm sure you wouldn't mind helping out this poor girl who lives in the Ulu Punggol, would you? =) I have yet to catch a ride with you yet. =)
Xinyan... if you didn't live in Boon Lay... (???) I think I'd take you up on your offer. =)
And guess what? Maybe I have a job after all.
Thu Jun 28 10:51:47 2001 GMT
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hallo, haven't written here for quite some time. Haven't been writing because there is nothing much for me to write. Can't write about work because it is not so convenient. My life is pretty boring, 5 1/2 day week... everyday just wake up, go to work, go back home and sleep. It's horrible to know that we will be doing that soon.
I am always available after work and during the weekend, so if anyone wants to catch a movie or do anything, just give me a page okie? Haven't been into a cinema since returning
Shiyin, we should leave your double entries untouch... and spot the difference
Oh, Miss Saigon is a good musical. Everyone should watch it!
Thu Jun 28 09:54:21 2001 GMT
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oops, i did it again .... should be correct this time ... heee .. sorry ah .. just bear with me for a while ...
Thu Jun 28 09:52:03 2001 GMT
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Eh paiseh ... I typed the smileys wrongly then went back to change .. and now got 2 same entries!! can remove or not ah???
:P
Thu Jun 28 09:47:14 2001 GMT
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Harlow .. managed to add an entry at last .. think I'm getting old and my memory is failing and I can never remember all the login IDs and passwords for all the different websites ... alwez end up having to click on the "forgot password" link .. heee...
Anyway .. me also ORD from Singtel and I'll be using back my old number ... 96345727 ... sent an email to all of u last week but almost half got returned back to me ... looks like i need to update my address book...
What's this Tommy guy thing???
And er Xinyan, your phone number has 8 digits .... looks more like ur IC number ...
Hmmmm.. haven't gone for college day ever since 1st year ...
which is 3 yrs ago!!!! yikes!!! we're really ageing!!!
Thu Jun 28 09:44:37 2001 GMT
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Harlow .. managed to add an entry at last .. think I'm getting old and my memory is failing and I can never remember all the login IDs and passwords for all the different websites ... alwez end up having to click on the "forgot password" link .. heee... =o
Anyway .. me also ORD from Singtel and I'll be using back my old number ... 96345727 ... sent an email to all of u last week but almost half got returned back to me ... looks like i need to update my address book... =p
What's this Tommy guy thing???
And er Xinyan, your phone number has 8 digits .... looks more like ur IC number ...
Hmmmm.. haven't gone for college day ever since 1st year ...
which is 3 yrs ago!!!! yikes!!! we're really ageing!!!
Thu Jun 28 06:41:41 2001 GMT
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Yeah, I read the odac mailing list stuff. I tot the whole big hoo-hah about the virus issue and tommy's tone was quite fun.
I think I'm a bit abnormal, coz I got this warm fuzzy feeling from the whole thing. It's like "oh, tt's just like odacians, to jump to each other's defense" that kind of thing, and to have this thing about odac being one big family, etc. Who the heck is this tommy guy anyway? (I'm starting to sound like him) He claims to be in batch 16, but tt's not possible if he's a uni sophomore as he said, coz the current batch of j1s are batch 17 right? He doesn't sound local also, coz his english is like, a little weird. Just a thought=>are we sure that he's from rjc odac?
Siwei you can come and ka cheow me lah. I'm rooming with Carol, and Wuiling has just moved in for awhile. We've been having these late night discussions about your-batch my-batch stuff. You can come join! We talked until daybreak today.
It was quite fun, like j1-j2 all over again. Call me lah. To show you how serious I am: phone-79130975, pager-95682409, carol's hp-96918367.
Thu Jun 28 01:01:44 2001 GMT
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Hey Siwei - if you're willing to travel a bit, eg. to the west *hint hint* to do stuff eg. play badminton It'd be easier to hook up with the Uni people.