YESTERDAY;

We went to rjc for u-14 debate training and briefing.
WOW.they were good.If i didn't go i wouldnt have known that we are lagging so much behind.
My team consist of ME, charis from PYMGS, nicolette from NYGH and max from HCI.
Obviously tey are all better and more experienced as compared to me :) Great people to learn from. Anyway this trip there has changed my impression of rjc.Better than i've expected.
However, i missed the NDP dance training.SAD.Seems like jocelyn and i would have to start finding our places next week.hahas.cus the weather was bad so the coaches mood was bad too.

TODAY;
Assembly cancelled for some unknown reason.Instead we got to watch their overseas trip video in class :) However most of the time i was doing my own stuff.Decided to give speechday rehearsal a miss since my nose was giving me problems.lols.Most probbably i'll go tmr to help out :) MOST PROBBABLY i will.
i just changed the skin.
haven't had much time to change the colours for the cbox and profile so bear with it :)
Ms Earth came today :) But the schedule was rather bad. I dont know what happened.
DEBATE. THBT organisations should be forced to place more women in senior positions.
the prep which my grp, the opp did, made me feel confident we could win, but we did not.
WHY? cus we didn't know what we were saying.We concentrated too much on our own opinions and whats the rationale behind it instead of listening carefully. Their case was filled with stats,darn boring, hence we were not listening.In de end we jumbled up the notes and everyone said the wrong thing. jiao1 ao4 bi4 bai4.Ended up covering each others' flaws instead of our main case.
OHYES, jane and ii werre cross firing behind ms bettyong and the coaches back.hahas.i shan't disclose the problem but it was crap.scandal debate.hehes.
Yesterday went to take neos after school.However, it started raining, hence i got drenched despite madeline's umbrella x( As a result, i was caught up with a slight fever and cold.

TODAY;
Much Much better in the morning, HENCE i decided to run for the 2.4km. In de end some guy from another class pissed Mr Thomas off, AND he just walked off with the guy ignoring our class. lols. Once again we did not get to do our 2.4km test. Being "hardworking" yuanian, timotheus, clara and I went to try out.hmm.. Not very good.Clara and I got 14mins plus.

LUNCH DUTY! i was late again cus mr liu let us off late. ARARARAR. Thanks shaoan,heshuang and jane for helping us get people out of courts.it is still back to the old method; take the basketball/soccerball away and they will leave. Seems like it is the one and only way to solve this problem. if shaoan never help i think we can just walk off lar..cus he is the only one who plays basketball. SO SHUAI CAN? to be able to shoot from diff angles somemore so far away is darn SHUAI can? hahas. and all the girls were like.. wide mouthed. electrocuted xP

NOW is history. Supposed to do some presentation but im here using yehyeh's LAN cable to go online and do stuff :P haiz..today is gonna be a long day.l8r there's ACC, which means that there is calligraphy. After school there is ms earth coming o.0 AND there's debate too! THBT organisations should be forced to place more women in senior positions :) i wanna be OPPOSITION. but it isn't about choice. hahas. impromtu team :)

YES; friday is speech day and school ends at 12pm.i wanna go iceskating! haven't been there for so long :/ who wants to go?

FRIDAY, SPORTS DAY;

HalfDay School.AND thanks o liangjian for helping us deliever our shirts to school and sending the lotus to sbmy:) Since the deisgn was a lil small, we used the painty markers to decorate it :) impromtu:)
Congrats to those who won themselves some medals:)
Alyssa; Short Put, 100m,4x100m
Madeline;4x100m
Yi-Xin;4x100m
Xinyi;4x100m
CherngYew;100m,2nd
ShaoAn;100m,3rd
Had to leave for debate with fellow senior debators,HOWEVER, we stalled for time to watch the tchrs race.it was super funny xD

JG's finals was at SRJC.c div was THBT sports teams shld be punished for their fans misbehaviour; which was bukitview vs queenstown. b div was THBT democracy is the best form of government.left for SBMY during b div floor debate.chao lame.peihua was going peas in a pod.LOLS.potongpasir was super dark lar..So i got brandon to come pick me up :) clever bahs:)Finished some forms over at sbmy b4 going home:) shack.

SATURDAY;
SBMY again.Went there for study group followed by a sharing session.MrEng was there:) Incase some people dont know, he is known to us as the kitkat guy :) long story. [i just realised that there are many flavours of kitkat: original, chunky,caramel chunky,white chunky,white,wine choclatier, strawberry,cherryblossom and lemon cheesecake.] hahas. Went up stairs to finish the remaining lotus. Surprisingly the house of mogallana has got 4800 lotus already :) We are second:) KASSAPA has got LOADS of lotus.

SUNDAY;
didn't join the others @ PKS for camp publicity cus my parents wanted me to study at home.HOWEVER, i joined them for rollarblading in the afternoon :) BishanPark seriously has a bad ground.Let's count it as training.lols.

Tired now..Slack.
EVELYN <3 YIYAN!!!! =DDD.[by yiyan.hahas]
i made it through another day.thanks.
chem class. glad i understood though i was folding lotus :) i think erictan is getting like the dance tchr.NICE GUY;he explained over and over again till we fully understood.
geog class.adriantan is another nice guy.His lessons are darn nice too! interesting and humourous.
HCL class. TEST. ain't as bad as i thot but we go some lecture after that.A short one though :)
maths and lit and we are done with the day!

NDP Prac. at first it was okay.at least our time was right, our steps were right, we went to the correct spots without markings, we didn't fall, we didn't splash into the water.However the PA system was so bad that most of us couldn't hear the beats so too bad.it got worose when the others joined in.more people, more noise, hear less.Got the wrong command and did the wrong action at the wrong time.

On the way home, all the way till now, im still thinking, reflecting on the things that have happened arnd me.
clara, thanks for standing by me always :)
kaiying&yanling, thanks for your encouragement :)
madeline, thanks for telling me so much :)
alethea, thanks for being so understanding :)
girl, thanks for all the effort u put in for mogallana :)
brandon, thanks for everything :)
thanks to the people who helped in lotus folding :)
thanks to the people who listened to all my rantings :)
you all just made my day.i made it through another day.thanks :)

i just realised that im not a very observant person, hence it makes me even more imperfect. Most of the time, i don't realise things till they get very obvious.i don't see the problems till they are serious.i don't realise that my friends are sad till they almost lose hope. it is always the people arnd me making my day instead of me making theirs.is there anyway i can change?
so touched once again.twotwelvers were helping us fold lotus :) Yar, zhenfeng is correct. We shldn't be calculative(eg only fold for mogallana) even if other aren't gonna help us, we can still help them too, moreover, many others from other houses have already helped us! YAY-ness.
to girl; thanks wors.. u rest well and takkaires..
i think my blogging is getting more infrequent now.Do allow me to explain.
Life is more demanding nowadays. Loads of unfinished homework piling up on my table, Loads of unfolded lotus paper in my bag, Loads of expectations to live up to; NEVERTHELESS, there is still a force driving me.. LOADS of concern from the people arnd me :) thanks a million. I really appreciate it.

I understand mum and dad are worried about my studies; whether im able to cope with the syllabus. However that means more work for me to be done. if i cant even finish my school work how am I gonna do extras? i know im so-called "wasting time" on blogging and stuff, but seriously, i dont wanna go insane, i dont wanna be deprived of childhood.hahs.thanks clara&kaiying.thanks alot for helping me in my studies.

The lotus folding.I really hope that mogallana can meet our target, be it the first or last, i sincerely hope we are able to meet it on time, which is this saturday,22 April. It is not so much for the reward of i dont remember what, but more for the passion&satisfaction. Why passion? it came from the sariputta blog(coburn's post) which got me thinking. it made sense.If u dont like something, u would be doing it for the sake of doing.there would be no meaning in it.What's the point of folding 1million but no metta is spreaded? Why satisfaction? firstly, when u finish making ONE successful one, u will be very happy.im serious.go and try. How many time have u tore them? if u have this one, even if it is only one, which is perfect and nice, dont u feel happy? Secondly,it is our task to do it. Since we have been entrusted to do it, we should do it. I would be VERY happy if we can hand 5k of lotus in by this sat. Even if all the other houses hand in before us and we are the last, at least we are on time.I really hope it is possible.I know everyone is busy, but just try.Set aside just 1/2 hour or even 15mins, just sit there and do the lotus sincerely.u'll feel good. HUGE HUGE HUGE thanks to the twotwelvers would have been helping us fold.I know some are not buddhist but are willing to help.thanks.i really appreciate it :) May you always be well and happy.

to captain of ananda, alvin;
Hey there :) dont know if u would see this, but if u have fate with this msg then may u see it :)
i know u are experiencing many problems in life.Hope u are well and happy.Not sure if there is any way i might be able to help out, but if there is, i would be more than willing to do so. i may not be able to understand what u are going through, but i can be a listening ear for u to pour out your problems.If you ever need a listening ear, i would be there.Just call yupps? Even if im having lesson, it is fine.Can step out.hahs. Although im no longer in ananda, i still regard u as my capt derhs.. hahs.two captains..captain mogallana[zhenfeng] and captain ananda[alvin] :)
Quite some time since i last posted.
Thursday left school early and went to HPB for backbone check.YAY-ness cus it didn't get worse.Same degree.I have gave up hope of me recovering so since it didn't deteriorate I'm quite contented.
Went to PS to celebrate wanling's birthday!ZhenFeng treated us to swensens and we went to get a top for her.I got the same one as wanling so someday we shall wear it to SBMY :) it is nice. Went to take neos together! YAY-ness.The guys said it was stressful -.-" hahs.Nevertheless, it was fun.She shall cut and distribute it :)

Friday;
GoodFriday.
Went to SBMY at 10am to realise the dance is being cancelled.I think it might be a good suggestoin after all as it most of us are not familiar with the steps.Can't let this dance ruin the reputation of SBMY which was built over the years.Everyone agreed to the decision.10dancers were chosen to perform on stage.Jiayou guys! Somehow or rather i felt more relieved when i wasn't chosen though i felt like joining them.Apart from just learning the steps on the very day and not having dance background, i don't think i would be able to place enough commitment to the SBMY dance group due to many school activities.So we helped out in the million lotus project! JIAYOU! we can to it.
Went to grandma's place for dinner and got my relative to help in lotus folding.Managed to get a total of 279 in the few hours although we accidentally tore a few :P Thanks for the help!

Saturday;
Met brandon and forester for lunch before going for the study group.Got some stuff done but there is always still more waiting ahead.Seems like my sunday would be dedicated to my studies.Went to get hangqi's cake as his birthday is on the 20th.HAPPY BIRTHDAY vice capt!
As usual we had puja&meditation.There was a lil talk by Bhante about faith,mindfulness,right effort and wisdom.Following was some prequel camp issues by shixiong and hongli.It has got to be a good camp!
Continued to fold more lotus as our group is still far from the target.Yeps.I have faith in our mogallana family.We can do it!
im officially keesiao about sudoku. the craze has came to our class.LOLS.since monday when madeline made me and clara do the sudoku from the IN section of straits times, we got stuck in it.cus monday wasn't a really nice day, but sudoku really brightened the day.xiaowei in it too. go to www.arcadeonline.com , go to puzzles and find sudoku! AND i started doing it in maths class.hahs :) YAY-ness.solved! anyway sotongball didn't come for 3periods.As a result it was free time :)
i still owe three people birthday presents.went jp after guzheng but couldn't find anything.tmr is gonna be another busy day.im going to HPB at outram after assembly, before going to get some stuff and meeting the mogallana people after that.As a result, i would not be going for the maths warriors judges training and youth14 intensive debate trainning. o.0
liberty square this morning.timotheus was the best speaker.woots.twotwelvers rock :) his inpromtu was super good la..seriously should join council :)
it started raining so i wasn't in the mood to change for PE.hahs.sat on the bench and ate chocolate with clara which others were practising shuttle run.hahs.i think we were clever.cus we waited till it was our turn before walking over to run :)
although hist test was a spam,biology test was darn hard.im certain im failing it cus i didn't study despite being given pointers.hahs.
Ohwells, clara's HP got confiscated during english, as a result, i poned lunch duty to pei her find mr peter tan to get it back.YAY-ness, he returned it after half and hour of us standing there.LOLS
after sch there was debate.didn't do the mock debate which we were supposed to but did some practise exercises instead.Phew, cus i wasn't really prepared.Youth 14 training sessions starts on this thursday.However, i cant go cus im going for the backbone check.Hope it turns out to be fine. Yes,im trying to be optimistic although things may not seem as fine :| for me it is a nono to braces. loads of blesses. meeting mogallana people after that, hence, i cant make it for trainning. o.0 paisehx.i'll go for All the other sessions :| chose to be the second speaker IF i ever get in for the competition.hahs.

nanhuarians would know what have happened; may he have many merits dedicated to him and may he find happiness and peace.let's acknowledge the fact that he is now free from suffering; may he always be well and happy.those who are sad, like what yijun said, look on the brighter side of life :) life still have to go on. Through this incident, i have realised the truth of impermance. Value and treasure the things and people arnd u as u will never know when they will leave u.

today first day of NEW duty.xia dao. they were so unlike twoten.nicely sitted before the expected time.PRO-LICIOUS.but please keep this up okay? don't change because i said this.it is meant to be a compliment.
Lunch duty is never gonna be the same.Most people didn't do duty today, nevertheless, i decided to.thx clara and yintong for accompanying me cus i think im the only one on duty.greg is on campus patrol so it didn't make a diff as i have to sit at side 2.HAHAHAHA.
Lazy to post.. off to do some other stuff.ciao!
Yesterday was a long day.got up early and went to mandai to pray respects to my late grandfather at mandai.it is the qingming festival once again.Although my aunts and uncles would go there once in awhile to pray respects, unfortunately im always not free be it studies,school activities or sbmy activities. Made up my mind to go this time round since it was a long time since i last went, even though it would mean that i would be late for rollarblading. Grandma was rather happy to see us there :)

went to east coast to meet the others for rollarblading.wanling and i would appreciate if u all would tell us if u all are able to go or not, no matter what activity it is.Even if u cant go we would be angry with u all, but please do have the courtesy to tell us so we would not have to call u like siao to find that there is no reply.ANYWAY, big thanks to victeo and ivan for teaching us how to blade.Can tell that they are doing their best.

Had lunch at potongpasir before the study group.However there were stuff to be done so we all helped out together :) everyone hepled to do the admin work for SBM. there is a 5000 lutus project which i do not have the details yet.michelle has already taught us how to fold a lotus already.those who wanna learn can ask arnd.we can teach :) finished us some work during the session :)

sharing session started off at 3.30pm as usual with puja followed by chanting then mediatation. It was a long time since i last meditated.Lack the self discipline and time to meditate at home, hence the first part of the meditation was disasterous.i could hardly concentrate.fortunately i got the hang of it by the later part and it was rather refreshing :)

sharing session was about the budha's life, by zeming and shixiong, teaching us who the buddha is filled with love and compassion.Many other things were taught and i really appreciated that.it ended with a songsing session.there was not tenough food prepare for dinner, so wanling and i decided to go out and buy our own, just like some others.sent yuanyi to the bus stop before going to eat.However, we decided to pack and eat back at SBMY in case we were late, so we wouldn't miss the meeting and those who are hungry can share. it is my fault that i had to leave so early.really sorry about it.Once again could complete the group photo.Dad and mum came to pick me up cus i forgot to phone them that i would be going back later.By the time i had remember to call them,mabel came in to say they were outside sbmy already.No choice but to leave.Can't expect them to come back to sbm to pick me again as they also have not had their dinner and are busy too.Really sorry guys, for not being able to join in the meeting and dance session. For more details about the dance and meeting, please refer to the mogallana blog MOGALLANA BLOG

once agian, i have to say, people out there please try your best to come for the camp ehipassiko prequel.it is a very interesting and funfilled camp where u will be able to learn alot, be it in the form of teachings or leadership skills. if u are interested do as me for more details and i would fill in. it is from 29may to 1june.
TODAY is the last day for me and yijun to take twoten and we would be taking different classes form monday.IMPERMANCE.conditioned stuff dont last forever.Hope it is a good change for everyone,them and us.Can see some people rejoicing not to be under the evil cluthes of the both of us :) *laughs it off* we know how it feels.sometimes we dont have the control of things.we dont turn the earth to get day and night.it just comes in our way and we will just have to accept it.new class councillors for twoten are SiIan and Cynthia. have fun :)

TODAY is also the last day of me being in lunch group two.Break duties will never be the same without u people arnd.thanks for allowing me to do my hmwk during duties and of course, teaching how to do them :) from mon onwards, i'll be in lunch group one.However, in this last day of duty, something happened.Walked out with shaoan to get people out of the field and courts when time is up.With a turn of the head, some guy just kicked the ball in my direction.hit my chin.OUCH.i think it got red according to some of them.felt like crying cus it was really painful.the guy was standing abt a metre away from me when he kicked the ball loh.Nevertheless, im on duty so it is tears aside. cheek bone still hurting NOW from the impact.hope it is fine :)

TODAY there was NDP DANCE.New steps, new arrangements.Had a super long break again cus we were done with the work before the other sec1 and 2s.As a result, we waited more than half an hour.Started to self entertain.Amanda and abbi took turns to piggyback me.LOLS.41kg and amanda thinks im light.SIAO.whatever.

im getting super addicted to eating mint sweets.OH NO! got brinjal de chiobu a.k.a clara's influence.Now madeline is getting influenced by us after sitting beside us for a whole week.it is like some infectious disease.HAHAHA.AND YES, i have finally got the choc mint thanks to clara's mum who got it for me :) the box is VERY CHIO but the mint is okayokay la.HEHE..Nevertheless, im still glad to have it :)
council meeting after flag raising.
new protem has been selected :)
AND of course, new arrangements are made.
ARARARARA..
tmr will be my last day taking class 210.
from monday onwards, i'll be with 202.
Switched from lunchgrouptwo to lunchgroupone
New partner: elena :)
ShaoAn got promoted to i/c wors..but not my grp.HAHA

sotongball was in a PMS mood.shan't elaborate,cus it ain't fun.
Mass SpotCheck during assembly.Phew..
mr edumund ng checked us.i thot i would fail but i didn't :D
didn't go back to class for spotcheck as i would most probbably get it. xD
alot of people got caught.A WHOLE LOT.

made perfume in biology lesson.YAY-ness.
zi-high with clara.LOLS xD
*off to maddie house..*


LALALA~ We went to east coast park today! The main objective was to practise/learn rollarblading so that all of us can rollarblade together during the vesak celebrations. wanlingx,forest,john,weiqi,ivan and i met at bugis before going down.Saw HannQian,HannBin,Alyssa and YueLi.hello!
Took 197 to marine parade and walked there.Ivan brought his own blades while we rented ours.Rather unstable at first but so we got the hold of it.Fuzhong was pro can? it was his first time rollarblading and he was doing VERY well.Maybe cus he has good balancing skills and he dares to try.JIAYOUS guy.u will definitely be able to skate well by vesak :) Forest gotta jiayou kkx? mogallana family will support ya :)
victeo came rather late.At first fuzhong,ivan,weiqi and i went to find him.However,it started raining and we were super drenched.Chiong all the ways back to macs for shelter as we realised that we were actually going in the wrong direction.LOLS.After getting forester's blades, we went to find victeo AGAIN.this time it was wanlingx,fuzhong,ivan and me.Luckily the rain wasn't as heavy as before but it was still raining.The floor was wet.Some places even have huge puddles of water.Anyway, we managed to find him in some faraway place.And bladed back together.
Learnt some stuff today.At least i can go down a slope which is NOT too steep and also cross the humps without falling.HAHAHA.Can also move faster :) Can brake abit but no guarantee.LOLS. TRYING other methods of braking and turning though i always end up unstable.HEHE.
OhYes, we found a lil bird.Fortunately didn't injure it.After some care by the guys, we set it free:)
walked back to marine parade and realised that i have not gotten my EZLink card back from the rental shop.LOLS.jialat.actually i wanted to run back, however, the ever-so-nice and diligent vice captain,victor teo rollarbladed back to get it for me :) THANKS GUY <3<3<3

ANYWAY, DID I METION THAT THERE IS A MOGALLANA BLOG? CLICK HERE!!

Next week we MAY be practising again.those who wanna go can tell me or wanling or just go la.HAHA
SBMY-ians went to do some voluntary work @ renci today. Most of the patients staying in there are caught up with long-term illness.Some are suffering from stroke after accidents and many others have depression.Rather sad to see them in this state, but on the other hand, I think they are considered to be quite fortunate as at least they are in singapore, a country which isn't too poor and also filled with many kind souls to take care of them. If they were in some poorer country in which everyone do not even have enough for themselves, where would they be able to get the treatment from doctors and care from the society?
I was a lil afraid in the beginnning as
-this is the first time visiting a home for the elderly.don't know what to do.
-can't speak dialect.Communication problems.
-the first guy i went to was rather reluctant to accept our lil gifts so felt a lil extra.

But after a while i felt better and started to go arnd talking to the folks.Most of them were quite friendly and chatted with us in simple mandarin/english.A very enriching experience for me today, to see the less fortunate people in the society and also appreciate the things i have now :)

Took some photos;

Mogallana family pic :D fuzhong a.k.a john helping to piece the puzzle

jowell helping to piece the puzzle :)

the patient trying to show yinghui and wanlingx his toy :P

raymond interacting with the patient

jowell and I in a picture with another patient

liangjian conversing in dialect :D

forester and wanlingx with the same patient :D Sorry, a lil blur.

HangQi playing chess.OPPS,didn't win.HAHA.good try :D