Youth Formators:
Carl Siew Firmin Silvester Lee
Geraint Wong
Hector Lee
Juliana Teo
Adult Formators:
Philip Heng
Grace Cheah
Ken Chua
Karen Tham
Francis Lim
Members:
Arlana Tan
Arthur Chong
Brendan Michael Charmaine Lim
Cedric Chua
Cheryl Chong
Claire Chua
Georgina Tan
Ian Lim Jane Chua Jeremy Lim
Joshua Tan Kendrick Tan
Matilda Goh Matthew Chua
Melissa Heng
Nicole Nithiyah
Noel Tan
HELLO!!! MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS (: its been a long time since we actually went out as a whole group thing, we should plan something next year, haha(: i had a really GREAT TIME at vietnam, like when we were painting and playing cards and all. I want to thank all of you for the christmas gifts and for making 2007 such a fun and enjoyable year for me. 2007 is ending, which means school is starting ): so i wish all of you a good year ahead and im sure looking forward to hanging out with you guys! TAKE CARE
I want to say that i had a wonderful birthday yesterday! i would say it was the best? thank you cousins and friends for making my sweet sixteen so special! thanks for the presents! really sweet and nice. ahhh. but seriously, i really had no idea abt the surprise at all, so blur la! but oh well, not knowing anything is the best to be real surprised and i was last night! so thanks guys! love yall many many. IM FINALLY 16! can watch nc16movie ONLY. bahh. many birthdays are coming up! yayy, i love to plan! and give them a ginormous surprise like yall did for me! :D
ps: please continue to remember this date. 30th dec! once again,
THANK YOU FRIENDS FOR CELEBRATING THIS SWEET SIXTEEN WITH ME! <3
THANK YOU MELISSA HENG YI ZHEN FOR PLANNING THIS BIRTHDAY SURPRISE FOR ME! REALLY SWEET!<3
THANK YOU CHARMAINE CHEW XING YING FOR OPENING UP YOUR HOUSE AND FOR MAKING THE COLLAGE AND THE BIG BOARD WHICH SAYS GEORGINA IS 16! really gorgeous! <3
THANK YOU TIMOTHY GOH JIAN DE FOR HELPING TO PLAN THIS BIRTHDAY AND FOR BUYING ME THE BIG BALLOON! AND I HAD TO WALK ARD BUGIS WITH IT. <3
THANK YOU KOR KOR FOR BLUFFING ME SO MANY TIMES YESTERDAY AND MADE IT SO CONVINCING THAT I WAS REALLY SURPRISED! <3
THANK YOU COLIN HENG ZHAO JIE FOR NOT LETTING ME READ YOUR PHONE AND FOR CELEBRATING THIS SWEET SIXTEEN WITH ME! <3
THANK YOU DARYL AND CHELSEA FOR BLUFFING ME TIME AND AGAIN LAST NIGHT AND NOT MAKING ME SUSPECT THE SURPRISE! <3
THANK YOU MUM AND DAD FOR PLAYING ALONG AND FOR LETTING ME GO OUT AT NIGHT! <3
THANK YOU UNCLES AND AUNTIES FOR WRITING ON THE GINORMOUS CARD AND FOR THE LOVELY PRESENTS! <3
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE GINORMOUS CARD AND FOR THE SWEETEST PRESENTS! <3
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE SWEET BIRTHDAY MESSAGES! <3
THANK YOU THANK YOU, I LOVE YALL VERY VERY VERY VERY MUCH!
THANKS FOR MAKING THIS SWEET SIXTEEN SO SPECIAL AND MEMORABLE!
How have all of you been. Christmas has come and gone so quickly. Now as we await for the New Year to arrive, what are we expecting it to bring us? This Christmas was a bad one for me as i spent most of my time on the throne (aka the toilet bowl) as i had a diarrhoea.
Anyway hope u all enjoyed your Christmas.
And may you have a very Blessed and Holy New Year!
Hey EDs! i miss vietnam mann. I was looking a the 2006 video and im missing the kids alot. The old and current shelter kids. Haven't gotten my hand onto the 2007 one. argh. emo emo emo. Was just thinking life in viet was just so peaceful and wonderful mann. I MISS THE KIDS!
Hey Guys,just wanna wish u guys a belated Christmas and i noe that it is weired that i am blogging coz i never done it before lols.anyway school starting soon ya and hope that u guys have a good year ahead and those in secondary pls enjoy ur last week of the super long holidays haha!i didn't really do anything for interesting on Christmas so nth much to share.HAVE A GOOD WEEK AHEAD!:D lolssssssssss.......
Anyway! How was christmas? i guess those who went to Josh place for dinner would say that the gather was (: thumbs up. Yet to get photos from Josh yet la.
For those of your who is still having frequent trips to the toliet bowls? or are still feeling unwell after coming back from viet. Pls see a doc yey? You most probably have Stomach Flu and Food Poisoning (:
and for those who has no money to watch recent movies(eg.Josh) you can go to this site to watch it free but of cause at the expense of its quality, its all video cam taken. http://tvshack.net/movies so far this site have not failed me (:
i also have some damm nice youtube videos for your to watch!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL!!! blogging at4:52 in the morning...hahaha.. just finished packing up my room a little after getting home not too long ago. christmas rocks my socks la. went work yesterday till noon then met joshua to go out and buy stuff till 7 plus. went home to spped wrap some presents and zoom off to my uncle's place for christmas dinner then zoom down to church for midnight mass.. soo happening right?!?! super uper high in church with mat and nicole...hee hee... madness le la... can't believe fr.steven chanted the whole gospel.... amazingly _______ .... but it was cool... :p after mass zoom to jln kayu for prata with mark and gang... hee heee.... went siao over my teh chino and prata and CURRY!!! hahaha... rocks man!! then walked halfway back to yck mrt...hahaha before we finally took cab since mark look like he won't survive the walk home.haha.came home and bathe and xin xue lai chao and packed my room! amazing but true! hahaa..;) going into emo mood with my rocks my socks present Tommy Emmanuel cd.... sia la... dun feel like sleeping le... should i? see how la... still have josh's party tonight..must go ok? happening abit leh.... if my place sure all give chance one right...but my house not so steady la.... hee hee... sorry josh...;p nitez to all and sweet christmas dreams come true..... ho ho ho....
I didnt know most of us are sick until i heard from jos. Pls have more sleep and have your own water parade at home yea?
About the Pics, those of us who brought cams, pls zip up the photos and start spreading okok? The pics from Ju are with Firmin so we have to wait. Hopefully we'll get it soon(:
Was just wondering, since we have dinner on sunday at Charm's place, wanna go sentosa before that? just random thought la.
gosh i'm feeling really sick now mann. Have been sleeping like for hours and hours.
its a great day today.. you guys are finally back...loads of ppl to hug again... :p and my mio is back online again.. after 3 grueling weeks with no house phone and internet is damn boring esp without you guys around. sales staff are terrible,they have no clue what is happening and they get your paperwork all wrong. the techie today said, "no worries, i make a few phone calls and settle for you." woah... he got in done in less than 5 mins. and the sales side couldn't figure it out in 3 weeks. funny ppl. all the sales that help were female? does it say anything..hee hee... just kidding la!
so happy that you guys are back now... will have more exciting weekends... weekdays.... CHRISTMAS... on leave almost the whole week so dun be suprised if i keep asking ppl out eh.... must see your pics.. joshua made it sound so exciting on the car. by the way.you ppl better take care of yourselves, everyone seems so tired and sickly. rest more and drink lots of water ok? only nana and firmin looks fine...
eh paisehi never go airport fetch you all. later im having this farewell dinner for my piano friend, the one that won the compoetition. so cant make it ya.
you guys are coming back tml and i can't wait to see you guys. life is really boring and quiet here without you all. plssss be back faster. my internet at home is getting screwed up by singtel... so i have to blog from my undisclosed location. haha...shhh... finally clearing my leave so quite free le..haha.. but work is soo tiring eventhough we don't do much..hee hee...
was thinking of a christmas party or something..anyone has any ideas? december can't be that boring..its suppose to be the most happening month of the year...hurry..PARTY!!!! btw.. anyone need ppl to carol for their homes? there's this choir i'm in thats willing to carol for FREE!!! hee hee... but food provided will be really APPRECIATED!!! haha... what a deal right!?!?!
p.s. send me your pics when you get back from vietnam can?! pls!!!
my friend has won the national piano competition and everybody is very happy for him, because he deserved the prize!
matthew is back! and he says vietnam was very very fun for him. the he followed it by always get drunk. wth! i think when you get drunk, it is spiritual warfare. tsk.
and last time, i go to school practice is cause my house got many distractions. now the computer lab got all the games, and all i know how to play one. become now i stay at home cause school got many distractions. sian.
2 more days before you all come back! and tomorrow, im going kboxing with my classmates! KICK BOXING WOOHOO!
hi guys.. although no one is probably reading this since everyone is away..haha.. missing you guys sooo much. my msn list is like so gray without you ppl.. you guys must take care ok? had a really boring weekend after you peeps left, went novena and shopping. Too many christmas presents and too little money, any sponsors?
Sorry i dun have many pics at the airport, jeremy flashed my cam till the batt was flat.waiting for you ppl to be back with more pics. Olympus cams are so useless.
by the way, i think those with the letters shouldn't take it too seriously..haha.. wrote it in the middle of the night with some emo rascal flatts playin.. hee hee..
wish i could tell you guys to get me something. but like real you can read this!HAHA!and kendrick can't say i didn't post~
we're actually leaving tmr, omg. HAAA, hope we will have a great time there, but at the same time always remember why we are going there, and our mission statement, TO LOVE,TO RESTORE, TO EMPOWER!
takecare, must must sleep tonight okay, dont msn msn all. tsk tsk. jerm and hect, ED WILL MISS YALL TONS. (:
I LOVE YALL MANY MANY! -NANA.
PS: SORRY, I JUST FELT LIKE BLOGGING STH BEFORE WE LEAVE. :D
heylos people... looks like happening stuffs have been going on with all of you! very interesting to read all your posts... =)
I just came back from a 4days outfield... it was very tiring indeed... battling with the rain, and the army of mozzies... thankfully im all prepared, with insect repellent plus mozzie coil, and 2 scrafs to cover me from all the "zzz" sound of the mozzies..
it rained all day long from wednesday afternoon till today in the area where i was at. my training area flooded badly! haha.. and it was damm muddy.... reminds me of the day when i was back at Pulau Tekong as a recruit. oh well, in excatly 2 months time, I will ORD!!! (Operational Ready Date)! that's on of the coolest thing to a Singaporean male. haha...
Guess most of you have already finished all your packings... i still do receive phone calls and sms on how to pack your luggage... well, i don't care how you pack with your buddy... as long as your check in luggageweighs below 15kg, i am fine with it.
please ensure that you have enough rest tonite and tomorrow night.. try to refrain from strenous activities. Do get enough sleep and rest, and be prepared to sleep less then 7hours for the first 2days in Vietnam, ok? People like me, who gets less then 2hours of sleep for the past 4days, need to SLEEP alot!
hey guys. really in love with you all although you ppl nearly caused me a heart attack at my void deck. lucky no poor old lady. you guys have probably given me the most memorable birthday i've ever had, too many surprises le, but i like it! hahaha. I'm sooooo gonna get back at you, every single one of you. I remember who was at my void deck ok. thanks for the cute little cake, my favourite strawberry! hee hee. remember to get durian cake for brendan, his favourite. :p
finally getting into the mood for christmas! but all the presents.... so many to give....and to receive!!! haha. So gonna miss you guys in vietnam, must take care ok? enjoy yourselves but remember the reason you ppl are there for. Must 'master your fears' and pull through to the end. haha. by the way, golden compass rocks! so cool and cheem at the same time. Can't wait for the next movie.. oops... was i suppose to reveal that?
once again... i love you all!!! so in love i think its gonna be an addiction.... eddiction...! Must control....! Nah! LOVE YOU GUYS ALL THE WAY!!
hello there! Our blog is so cool!hehe! thanks charm and jing!i had to redo our ed banner because it was too small and when u enlarge its like very blur.So on Monday, i went all the way to some ulu place at bukit batok to give the lady the soft copy and hard one.Thank god i made it just in time because they were closing.Afterthat,i went to my workplace at douby gaut to collect my pay cheque! hehe i m rich at last nana! my boss was so rude to me for god knows why but oh well at least its all over.And after that i went to AMK hub to buy some things i needed for the trip.So i sort of travelled the whole red line today and i noticed that alot of ppl talk to themselves in the train,seriously!.HAHA.me and my friend were laughing so much! and then we were like,lets talk to ourselves really loudly on purpose and see what ppl do.but obviously we chickened out.i mean, who in their right mind would do that on purpose?ok so anyway,here's how the banner looks like. hope you'll like it ".oh yeah dont worry,i changed genisis to genesis ystd night,i went to mat's hse to put my things in the bag for our trip.i was having a very bad cold and was sneezing like every second.And well, i had alot of things and was afraid that we couldnt put everything inside but after all that struggle and sitting on zip loc bags so that the air would come out,we actually manage to stuff everything inside!haha but the bag is super huge!wow! i cant believe that the day's coming!!! so exciting lah! so fast!
have i mentioned that heroes rocks?! for those of u who have cable,Heroes season 2 will be airing on January on star world!!! hehe and for those of who don't,well,theres always the Internet! ".
and had a short lesson. and then evening time come liao, around ten people stopped playing their counter strike and warcraft 3 in the computer lab, and looked at the big screen projected movie being screened for the night: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning. wah piang eh bui tahan this kind of show ah, the whole computer lab goes alive. and also helps bond the students lah huh. like year 1 2 3 all can talk about it and insult the movie and scream together all this kind of things.
and then i went supper after the movie, at his indian shop quite below my school. wah piang damn funny this picture. bui tahan. wahahaha laugh until like one cow like that.
its my cousin's birthday today! her sweet sixteen! gave her two surprises, and yes, she was surprised. :D enjoyed today very very much! hope yall did toooo!
after school, rushed to beach road to buy my sleeping bag then rushed back home to bathe all and then rush off to mat's house to collect the pillows to give out to the EDs and the whole time, it was just raining!SUPER HEAVILY. it continued raining as brendan jos and i was in town. jos and i got our temp tatoo. omgomgomg. talking about it makes me angry! haha. jos's tatoo is nice mann. and he's cheaper then mine. his is some eagle's face at his leg while mine is at my arm saying EMMAUS DISCIPLES. haha. shouldnt have done it la. mine was 20 bucks ok and the person didnt do it properly. OMG. DAMM ANGRY!!! ARGH!
anyway! Aloy and i are packing tomorrow, totally exciting mann. haha!
this is my school! music actually consists of 1 and half floors of the building, and its damn pathetic. on the music-only 6th floor, there are like around 30 music studios with a piano inside. and the year 1s, have taken over a room!! haha i dont think its allowed, but oh well. every morning, around 8 of us will put our barang into this small room, and go for lessons etcetc. like 8 people living in this super small headquarters. COOL LAH WOOHOO! and we've tried to make it as homely as we can.
christmas tree and some smaily yellow ball on the piano! ahhh then got mirror, when got pimple can squeeze here in private, and smear the juice on the mirror too!
imprimtu noticeboard!! thumbtacks taken from noticeboards around the school! HAHA! brochures from everywhere! ahhh.
yah this is my school. its so homely.
and now's the holidays, got people bring movies and watch in the computer lab via projector.
like movie screening, and around 10 people would watch the movie.
and oh yes, i watched hostel last night. terrible terrible show whole day cut people. ahhhh.
one day can watch like 3 4 movies one lor.
andthere's this doctor in my school, music doctor lah. she woah piang since she started music education hor, never pay a single cent. all kenna scholarship. ZAI SIA! become so successful without even paying a single cent for the education.
okay blog finish already, going school soon already.
ARGH! Had a very very tiring sunday yesterday! continued moving my stuff over to my grandma's house. That includes all my tables, chairs and all. Finally finished moving everything at around 7 plus yesterday. Suspose to do my tutorials and project but was really really tired that i only managed to do my project. Im still worried about a few of my modules like ECONOMICS and STATISTICS. Its really horrible mann. haha. Yea. ANYWAYS! back to the topic. Im staying at my grandma's house now! its a 10min walk from Kovan MRT. So for the time needed to go school, its about the same as when i was staying in my old place (: it still feels kinda weird staying here. haha. Cause the last time i stayed with my grandparents was when i was a young boy. -WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, MY FATHER, HE TOOK ME TO THE CITY, TO SEE THE MARC.....- ok.
OK. Vietnam's coming! Help me! Hmmm, reflecting a bit on whether we're ready for the trip? i dont know. Seriously.
oh, just to share abit about my studies. I've decided to apply for this thing called DIPLOMA PLUS in my school. Its something like an extra course that i'll take during my next 2 years, so when i gradute from Singapore Poly, i'll have something like 2 diploma cert. The diploma is called DIPLOMA in APPLIED BUSINESS PSYCHOLOGY. I have to go through an interview and i have to depend on how well i score for my second semester. I really hope i can get it! Yea.
just to let people who are going to wash the polo tee, the tee runs okay? the colour came out PINK! im serious!!! haha. my new tee turn pink cos of it.. ): maybe wash separately yea?
and oh oh! for some who werent at firmin's place that day, ken and i are making pillows for you all okay? those going and not going to vietnam (: i'll pass them all to you guys on fri hor. i squeeze into ziploc bag already.. so before you all squeeze it to hand carry bag or check in luggage just squeeze out the air okay? (: it's very soft and squishy! haha.
see you all around soon! (:
ps. happy birthday hec!!! haha. sry cant join you guys for the movie. i really wanted to go. but cant ):
im BACKKKK. :D let me tell yall my STORRRYY! MY bintan experience. HAA. im sorry, but i think this post will be damn long,pardon me for the grandmother story. (:
1ST DAY:
woke up at 6! packed up all my stuff and we left for the ferry terminal! met up with mel and colin's family, had nasi lemak for breakfast! shared with colin though. talked and crapped and soon it was time to board the ferry! so we went up the ferry found our seats and sat. (free seating) i sat with mel, and colin sat with my brotherr. the adults were somewhere around too. We had to wait for so long before the ferry left the jetty please. the captain then announced all the safety nonsense and said that the journey will take less than an hour. HOKAYYY THEN, it left. We all fell asleep until abt half and hour later, the ferry was rocking like MAD, seriously crazy. and colin woke me up for no reason, saying that he felt like puking. so he went to the toilet and suddenly many people ard me started taking out the blue plastic bags provided near the seats and were puking! I CONTROLLED. but after 5mins, mel and i couldnt take it. so we just took them out to be prepared! colin came back all pale and weak. mel started puking badly. 3PLASTIC BAGS. eeks. i didnt! I CONTROLLED AND CONTROLLED! and the CAPTAIN was like so sarcarstic! 'DEAR PASSENGERS, WE'LL BE REACHING CALM WATERS IN 5MINS TIME', EVERYONE WAS LIKE SO RELIEVED. after a few mins, 'dear passengers, please bear with us, another 10mins and the sea will be calm.' OMG, i buitahan alr! and the captain's voice was so gay. want to laugh also cannot! finally after 15 mins, we reached calm waters when it was actually the place itself. OMG, DAMN FUNNY. we got down the boat, still giddy and weak. no one talked, just got through the check in point, got onto the bus and went to the resort.
ONLY one room was ready, so both families went to that room to rest. the TEENS PLAYED TAIDI. :D adults were watching tv and yaddayadda. Ard 3plus local time, s'pore 4plus, we went to the beach! camwhored! and walked. the waves were like huge, RED FLAG. no one could swim. some pictures!
the adults were HIGHHH MANN.
JUMP SHOT! :D
okay anyway, then we went to swimm, no pictures sadly. swam for about an hour and went back to the room to prepare for dinnerrr. WENT TO JAP RESTAURANT! the prices of the food and clothes were not cheap at alll, its more ex than s'pore! but we still had to eat, so we ate. Each ordered their own set ate and talked. AND YKNOW WHAT! we planned to go disco-ing after dinner! )): but we could only go in with shoes or heels. we didnt have, so we gave it a miss. We ended the day in the room watching tv and continued our TAIDI, and slept.
2nd day:
Wke up at 6.30 local time(s'pore 7.30) prepared for breakfast! went down for international buffet, but it wasnt fantastic AT ALL. the food was like so so. anyway, we ate and talked, the guys talked abt army! omg, for like an hour! after that, camwhored a little and swam AGAIN.
After swimming, we caught the 1plus bus to town for a little shopping. went there bought rings, keychains etc. then went for lunch at this place called 'hello hello'. wierd eh, BUT THE FOOD WAS SUPERB. :D REALLY GOOD. and as usual, took pictures,and bought instant noodles for the next day! pictures take so long to upload! omg. YA. WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL, changed and went to the beach! finally we could go there, when the waves werent that huge. (: played in the sea for abt an hour and went back to the room to shower. The sky turned pitch dark at 6pm! omg, so super dark, it was like spore 9plus kinda thing. okay and so we decided to eat at some western place, where the food was super ex. but the serving was big, and it was good luhh. then cut birthday cake! me and my momma. (: As everyone was so full, we(8pple) ate a quart and gave the other 3/4 to the waiters, HAA. Then, we went to the beach again! to walk. the breeze was just like neverending, felt like we were in australia or sth. damn shiok! :D pictures are in mel's cam. walked, took pics, then went back to the room! watched panic room, the haunting! freak. colin slept FIRST. then mel went back to her room to continue watching the scary show. i slept and soon, lights were off.
3rd day:
omg, very tired to blog alr! okay, anwyay, woke up ate magee mee for breakfast, watched tv, packed up our stuff and left the room. went downstairs, took a few final pictures before we left the resort!
ON THE BUS!
COLIN'S ADVERTISING FOR NIKE EH. :D It was taken at the ferry terminal ^.there was a clothes shop! mel and i bought a shirt. at least, while waiting for the ferry to arrive and it finally did after abt half an hour. As we ate a sea sick pill befroe we left the resort, i knocked out the minute we got onto the ferry. while colin still bought chips, omg. THANK GOD, THE journey was smooth sailing. the sea was so calm that the ferry didnt even feel like it was moving. maybe our prayers really did wonders. :D i prayed like every minute! for good weather, and hoping that the sea will be calm. PRAISE THE LORD!
AND YES, IM FINALLY BACK IN SINGAPORE, THE PLACE TO BE. haa, MISSED YOU GUYS! (: YES I'LL STOP, LIKE NOW. HOPE YALLL ENJOYED MY STORY CAUSE I REALLY ENJOYED MY SHORT HOLIDAY! VIETNAM SOOON YOO, CANT WAIT.
Genesis at Sentosa
Prep Camp
THANK YOU CHARMAINE CHEW XING YING FOR OPENING UP YOUR HOUSE AND FOR MAKING THE COLLAGE AND THE BIG BOARD WHICH SAYS GEORGINA IS 16! really gorgeous! <3
christmas tree and some smaily yellow ball on the piano! ahhh
the adults were HIGHHH MANN.
JUMP SHOT! :D
After swimming, we caught the 1plus bus to town for a little shopping. went there bought rings, keychains etc. then went for lunch at this place called 'hello hello'. wierd eh, BUT THE FOOD WAS SUPERB. :D REALLY GOOD. and as usual, took pictures,and bought instant noodles for the next day! pictures take so long to upload! omg. YA. WENT BACK TO THE HOTEL, changed and went to the beach! finally we could go there, when the waves werent that huge. (: played in the sea for abt an hour and went back to the room to shower. The sky turned pitch dark at 6pm! omg, so super dark, it was like spore 9plus kinda thing. okay and so we decided to eat at some western place, where the food was super ex. but the serving was big, and it was good luhh. then cut birthday cake! me and my momma. (: As everyone was so full, we(8pple) ate a quart and gave the other 3/4 to the waiters, HAA. Then, we went to the beach again! to walk. the breeze was just like neverending, felt like we were in australia or sth. damn shiok! :D pictures are in mel's cam. walked, took pics, then went back to the room! watched panic room, the haunting! freak. colin slept FIRST. then mel went back to her room to continue watching the scary show. i slept and soon, lights were off. 
ON THE BUS!
COLIN'S ADVERTISING FOR NIKE EH. :D