Dialogue in the Dark

Experiencing Dialogue in the Dark for the first time was an experience I will never forget. The entire journey was filled with emotions. It started with excitement, followed by anxiety and then sadness. Excited - because I was about to experience something new. The anxiety started when we started on the journey of being in complete darkness. I couldn't see anything. I was afraid because we could only depend on our tour guide and a walking stick. As we walk on, sadness came. It occurred to me that there are people who have to go through this every single day. Our guide is the perfect example. It was a pity I was not able to meet our amazing guide in person. Our guide is a humorous person. Just from hearing his voice, I could tell that he is a very happy and positive person. For someone who is visually impaired, and could be this positive, it made me more appreciative of what I have now. It has also taught me how simple happiness can be. There really isn't anything I should complain about anymore.

Change, and Differences

So... what if both parties don't feel the same about each other anymore?
You know the other party don't feel the same. But you don't wish for it to be this way.. what do you do? Or maybe you're the one who don't feel the same about it anymore. Things are getting dull in between... Then what?
Do you talk about it? Do you leave it? Do you avoid it?
I mean, so what if you talked about it? Does it even change anything? Things will still be the same, isn't it...?

My First Social Night Experience

Wellll so yeah! I got invited by Jun Jie to his social night to be his date. Some occasion where by officers head off to different places from their friends in the company? I think theirs was air force? So they'll have this event to celebrate? I guess? Idk it's very confusing.
SO It was my first time being invited for such events and i actually have secretly always wanted to attend such occasions. HAHAHA. I was initially super nervous before the event because i didn't know anyone else there, and i was afraid i was too under-dressed, and i didn't know what to expect at all. Very thankfully, my sister was there as well because she was invited by her boyfriend and her boyfriend and Jun Jie was in the same company or smth like that. So their social night was held on the same day. Phew. If not i would've been super awkward and scared and everything else i cannot think of.
Anyway, on that day itself, my sister and i got dressed and ready, and Edmund (her boyfriend) and Jun Jie took a cab down to pick us up. We headed straight to the venue - Grassroot Club. And then Jun Jie passed me the bouquet of flowers. OMG HAHAHA. Okay like it was pretty unexpected but, most of the girls there had flowers in their hands as well. Apparently according to my sister, it's a tradition? It was my first bouquet of flowers i've received in my 18+ years!! So i very happy.
ANW the place was (kinda) filled with gorgeous looking girls and good-looking guys. I felt so overwhelmed i swear. Like i think i looked soooo erm.. meh....
Well, we were seated at a dining table. And after like a video montage, and a speech by their commander(? idk), we started eating and all that. In between, there were like performances by their different flights. Quite entertaining. I made small talks with some of the girls there, and yeah i realised that i was the youngest of my whole table hahhaha.
Overall, I wouldn't say the event was what i'd expected it to be, but it was still quite an eye-opener. I'm actually happy that i got a chance to attend such events!! I mean, who knows whether i could be invited again right?

台上一分鈡，台下十年功

I have always liked this sentence.

School & TYA

Okay, i just need to update about school. 

Well, school has been nothing but a disaster. Okay, disaster is too strong a word to use. Maybe it's like pretty horrible. 

The modules this sem are honestly not as tough as last sem's.. But it's just my laziness that is making me lag behind everyone so much. It's like i'm not meant to study at all. Week 4 of Term 1 just ended, and i actually FINALLY planned my schedule for the week. But i just had to be sick, so i had totally no energy and mood to study or do work at all. SIGH. 

On another note, my classmates are crazily smart. I feel like i'm at the bottom of my class already.-_- 

I constantly remind myself that i have to study and catch up on my GPA. But.... :((

So for now, i'll just catch up at my own pace. And get back to studying.

OH OH. Before that, i just want to say that, i FINALLY really really really enjoy volunteering at Touch Young Arrow via my CCA- BP-NP Mentoring. I used to feel that it was really hard for me to fit in because the kids don't seem to open up to me much, and i actually thought they didn't like me. :( However, as time passes, they opened up to me, and talked to me like a friend. And today, i was just, really happy. It's like everything I've done is worth it. 

The smiles they give to me, the little hugs, fighting over me to teach them (HAHA), simple gestures like walking out and shouting "TEACHER!! BYEBYE!" and then wave to me, the little "Thank you-s"... Sigh. :')

The weekly routine of going for session and not giving up on them, is all worth it. 

I hope that one day, when the kids that i'm teaching graduates from TYA, i would have made a difference in their lives. And that, would fulfill my purpose of joining this club, and my life purpose as a whole. 

March/April Holidays

I'm going to post about a few highlights of my holidays hehe. I've been contemplating to do it. But i finally got down to writing it up today.

First up,

PFP Asteria Camp 2015

This year, i joined the committee for the second year doing Welfare again together with both the loveliest, Ellen and Bo Yan. They are so much fun to be with! Ellen being her cute and bubbly self, and Bo Yan being his caring yet annoying and irritating self.

I actually kind of doubt my decision of doing welfare again because it means that i couldn't learn anything new. But, if not for doing welfare, i wouldn't have been able to work with the both of them. Anyway, i've learnt more doing welfare this year. And, i also took up a role of being a safety officer. Which was pretty fun. So it's all good!!

The camp this year was more or less good. Like, everyone in the committee are really friendly and nice, which made the camp more fun. Here, meet them.

Yeah, they are all very cute. :)

Anyway, all in all, i have no regrets joining the committee, and i had fun throughout the experience along the way. Here are the rest of the pictures i have:

Meet Geneva! She's soooo nice and easy to talk to, and so genuine. :') Sigh, I would remember how we tried watching Insidious in NPYA. HAHAHA.

"Let's pretend to laugh." Said Geneva.

And meet cutie Ruth!! Hehehe.

Anddddd, all the cuties.

And here's our full camp picture, consisting the Committee, Crews, GLs and all Campers!

Tree Top Walk with #VSSKYC

Soo on the 18th of April 2015, Valarie, Shi Jue, Siew Fang, Kellin, Yue Zhen & I went on an adventure to the Tree Top Walk located at/near Mac Ritchie. And it was so much fun! Yet, very tiring. It was a pretty long time since i went on a trekking trip so um.. that's why it was so tiring. Hahaha. But the view at the Tree Top was SO WORTH  the almost-one-hour trek!!! I think we covered about 8km? I think ah. AND we took A LOT of pictures. Here they are:

YESSSS. We reached the Tree Top Walk!!

Entrance of the Tree Top Walk

The stunning view

"Pretend to find smth"

And then we were sooo hungry, so we went to Saizeriya at Bukit Batok to fill our stomachs.

And after our "lunner", we went to play laser quest! Hahaha it was so fun! Felt like a kid all over again. The last time i played laser quest was maybe 3 or 4 years ago? 

Overall, it was an extremely fun and fulfilling day! 

Reunion of the Best Friends

So, Rachel went on an Overseas Immersion Programme to Tian Jin for 5 weeks. When she first confirmed that she was going for this trip, the first thing that came to my mind was "NO RACHEL FOR 5 WEEKS?!?!?!?! WHAT AM I GOING TO DOOOOOOOOO... NO RANDOM SHOPPING AND EATING AND SWIM AND JOG AND BLABLABLA TRIPS?!? NOOOOO...." Yeah, but anyway i survived. HAHAHA. My 5 weeks was pretty filled with people enjoy being with, so it's all good. 

SO, our first reunion after the 5 weeks was a trip to Sentosa (partly cos the entry was free hehe)!!! It was supposed to be a picnic, but i didn't bring anything.... cos i had no time. :( But Rachel brought sandwiches that she made, and we also bought Subway there. So it was still yumyum. Anyway, when we reached there, the sun was SCORCHING HOT i remembered. But we found an empty hut on the Tanjong beach, so we settled there. Thank God for the shelter. Phew. 

Yes, and we tried the Bean Boozled Jelly Beans. I actually thought those Youtubers who did challenges on these were exaggerating. But i was wrong. Cos they were REALLY NASTY!! We did a video on it, which will be on Rachel's Youtube channel soon,  i think? Yup, so keep a look out HAHAHA. Her channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCB7PfDP28pMSoY9IFLFWRQg

Needless to say, it was a greaaaat day! 

BBQ with the secondary school friends

On the 25th April (that's one week into the school term, but nvm la still consider holiday), we had a BBQ with the usual secondary school friends whom i haven't met in a really really long time. Actually it's the guys that i haven't met in a long time cos i still meet up occasionally with the girls. I came only at the end, so there wasn't much i could catch up with. But it was still good, because i got to see all their faces after so long! 

That's all i have to write for today! I'm too tired to continue.