ahhh back finally from all sorts of little jaunts and gallivants around south east asia (: after almost 2 weeks, its back to reality and work looks at us all rather nastily in the face. middies in 16 days and still feeling entirely laid back about it! oh no.

but WoW was sooo good (: in that our class honestly bonded really really well and i do miss them all and stuff now. i think it helped that everyone in our class has a genuinely lovable character and we all appreciate each other quite some? general camaraderie = awesome :D the most memorable things about WoW? (not gonna write a mother long story. me precious WoW memories can be stored in mah brain no matter what, and no need to place everyth out here hah)

#1 "DIE DIE DIE!" - bong, on trying to crack open coconuts

#2 "... squeaky!" - bong (again!), on the noise made from gouging the same coconut w a wee pair of scissors

#3 the subsequent class obsession with coconuts, esp jujimufu (! HAHAHA) and jr shimmying up trees to get the coconuts on survivor island

#4 class entertainment! - sloo and jujimufu toppling into the muddy water every 30 minutes?

#5 damnably cute kids with huge eyes in the orphanage

#6 the small guy i was "paedo"-ing and who kept scuttling away from me o.O

#7 being fashionably late on the first day at TMFT? :D

#8 way too much truth & dare for our own good. and shoot, shag, marry (:

#9 "HOU YUE!"

#10 *ahem ahem* suntanning on beach, wrestling with bong (eh she won okay)

#11 our sexy class sekrit

#12 committing suicide down the boat during boom-netting

#13 "lets just float to the other side of the net." like kiddies!

#14 having cool form teachers who can (1) pay for your spa treatment, even if you dont let them and (2) play guitar/sing and (3) confessions of an ex-druggie! 

#15 dressing up on the campfire night (even though stuff happened after which was a tad distasteful)

#16 going bazooka in the hotel room with manda and bong

#17 shopping for $3 tops (something we DONT do in singapore)

#18 camwhoring/taking videos (un-scandalous) with manda

#19 sleeping with the waves over my feet on survivor island

#20 Quiet Time with God on the pier outside the huts on a cool sandy night

save the best for last, i say. oh and i did not lose anything. take that! hahahaha :D

and then after that came LDC 1 2008 (: which is by far the best camp i've ever been to. honestly, even WoW. what was the camp like? a grand-slam of reuniting with God after pulling away for so long, reminding myself of what He would really prefer me to be doing, and taking care of those darling dear year 2s... among others.

being rather old Primers, you see, we had a wee bunch of even wee-er year 2s attached to us. one was the hike squad, one was the normal LDC squad. regrets: not getting to know my LDC squad better. loved doing devotions with them though (apologies to sam chan for pangseh on day 1 devotions)

loves: spending a grand 12-13 hours with my hike squad. xi min and i had this angelic bunch with us, and officer/mr shaun chan (: raphael see, zach young, david leong, thaddaeus, alex goh! those little darlings were honestly such an inspiration in moving through the day following the day 2 campfire thing with all their good-hearted cheer and obvious concern for each other.

i think for me, day 3 was truly the best. in that my greatest take away from the camp came throughout the entire day - realising that God is really with us no matter what. frankly, being able to survive a gruelling 7 hour bike hike on nothing but 20 minutes of sleep, a few cups of milo, gatorade (PIXIE) powder and a couple oreos was truly puzzling - until i rmbed: God must be moving through the camp! :D and those year 2 dears also played a part, in seeing how high-spirited and motivated they were to persevere no matter what - they really gave that final push to the finish.

all these little things i'll definitely rmb:

#1 david turning his head to look at shell station (or dubiously, the old dude standing in shell station) and promptly falling off his bike (!)

#2 alex goh trying to hypnotize us Primers

#3 night drills... and trying to shake off the terrible habit of ... catwalk :/

#4 slow march is funny! in my own little spastic way

#5 killing thad/shaun chan with my bike each time we crossed an overhead bridge

#6 catching zach's bottle which consistently bounced down the bridge's steps

#7 rousing worship

#8 FLORENCE the bomb! (you take the cake, accepting Christ that night after greg loh's sharing)

#9 john had 2 classmates who also accepted Christ about that time

#10 having a good talk with sam and cheryl in the 24-hour clinic

#11 camping outside girls' uniform room with pet flo zhuoer at night

#12 spending the entire night on day 2 with God and nature (:

#13 ... and fellow sleeping Primers in the canteen, looking out for the random juniors lying out in the cold :/

#14 joking around when it was okay to be joking around

#15 caleb's mini-birthday celebrations right after closing of camp

#16 playing with countless water bombs (and being pelted)

#17 making friends, forging closer bonds

#18 getting left heel stuck in drain, followed immediately by right heel o.O 

#19 night time walks across the grounds of ACS

#20 reminding myself that without God, none of the above 19 (and WoW) would have been possible... honestly, to God be the Glory, TBIYTB :D

oh and on a light side note, i still prefer barker sanctuary to living waters haha (: this is definitely one of those times... just one of those utterly indescribable moments when you feel ridiculously happy and you know it just cant be demolished (unless middies suddenly shifted 16 days early HAHA)

we lunched out for leb's birthday today... with pet, zhuoer and fellow pimp timtoh (: ate so much, laughed even more, shared jokes and memories of LDC. we all miss it so much, yes even the super-stressed-out chairman haha :D so glad for the possible prayer follow-up soon! *hints to karlo*

well here are definitely a series of thoughts, memories, dreams i'm gonna keep in a corner of my brain, lock it and never let go.

SATC/indiana jones tmr with manda and faith/mom respectively, and a buffet lunch in between with my best BB bitch buddies (ever seen quintuple alliteration?!)

kim! : i miss having chemistry classes with you too! (: lets meet up in sch sometime? and you must update me kekeke

charlotte: I WANT TO. but like, super busy much? :/ are you? poor things, those teachers, our class has quite a few IB people!