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Nice Start to the Christmas Week

I've got a finger long scratch on my right wrist, swellings around my ankles and my head feels like hell. But I feel wonderful.

I was tired, annoyed and distressed today. But I felt happy.

I was defensive, territorial and absolutely stubborn. But I felt like a kid. Wait hold up...defensive? Territorial? Stubborn??? That is like a kid!!! lol

AFT went down to Su Lian Methodist Home today to celebrate Christmas with 50 kids there. Several friends of AFT were there as well to help out. I was unlucky yet lucky enough to become a facilitator of the group "The Nutcrackers". I suppose I was weary about heading down there. Exhaustion was still my company since I hadn't recovered from the week's trip overseas as well as having to wake up bloody early every god damn day since I returned.

So I trudged down to the car with my sis and headed over to several points in Sembawang and Yishun to pick up logistics stuff, food items and people. By the time we reached the home in Ang Mo Kio, I was ready to sprint right back on home into bed.

But I got out of the car and helped transfer everything into the canteen area. Then the horror began: I met my group.

If I had written the "CinderElla revamped" script after this event, my group would have been my inspiration for the misfits. Dude...there was a kid in a batman outfit, another kid who looked like he wanted to rip out my throat and eat it for dinner, another dude who so happens to be the tallest dude there who looked as though if I blew it him, he would topple over instantly and of course there's the dude who thinks inflicting pain on me is fun and by some amazing thought process, he thinks I enjoy being physically abused.

"I'm going to kill myself," that was the first thing that ran through my mind. But of course, never backing down from a challenge, I rolled up my sleeves and barged right into that group and laid down my 3 famous rules:

Rule Number 1: When I ask you to listen, you drop whatever you're doing and listen.

Rule Number 2: No vulgarities and name calling.

Rule Number 3: Have fun.

Hey it works...

Anyways, the kids actually took time to memorise the ruless...odd. Then began the biggest lesson of my life. I'm used to orderliness and rules followed. So when a bunch of kids start running around like headless chicken, I get stunned. I was so stunned, that I stood there for a good 5 minutes, figuring out my next plan of action to control them while putting on an appearance that they're running about was nothing more than the results of my cleverly planned actions.

It took me 3 hours but I finally got it.

At first, I thought wow...shouting will not get into these kid's heads and rules seemed too complicated for them to get.

But I was wrong. Shouting did get into these kids' heads. It was just that they refused to respond because they were so used to more shoutings that would come after.

And boy do they comprehend rules. The comprehend them so well that they found the loopholes between my 3 rules. Man normal kids are not as smart as these guys. Trust me. Half my group will either end up as Singapore's top lawyers or possibly end up as the greatest criminal masterminds to ever exist.

As the day went by, I fell in love with each kid and somehow became one of them to the point where I got so pissed when another group kept bullying mine. I became territorial and moody all the while standing around my group like an alpha female would with her cubs.

At the end of the day, I had 19 kids in my group. Why do I mention this? Because I started off with only 13 kids at first. The other 6 kids who joined were either from other groups or kids who were disliked by the others. I even had one who had saw eyes a day ago and was ocstracized for that....and the government worries about racism.

When it was time to leave, one kid gave me a heart shaped balloon...that's the kid who found hurting me fun and thought I found it fun as well. Another kid made me sign his whiteboard...that's the kid who had saw eyes. And of course, my entire team made me swear I'll add them on facebook which is what I'm doing now.

It was a beautiful way to start the Christmas week.

From Sea to Air to Land

10 AFT members boarded the Leisure World Cruise on Monday. We went there for our 1st ever retreat. For those who couldn't make it, next time guys. And it'll be fun ; )

Anyways, on board the cruise, we did alot of nonsensic stuff from attempting to do an online AFT show to watching the cruise's crew performing the emergency drill (although I doubt the crew actually wanted an audience. But they didn't chase us off so we watched) to stuffing our faces with food to gambling ( hehe yeah...for half an hour only) to sleeping at the Tropica Cafe.

Also, we attempted to make some beats on the stand on the deck of the cruise ship...yeah here's our sorry attempt at it : )

haha I'll post up the actual video some day soon ; )

It was a helluva lot of fun and thank you guys for the fun time. We actually sang Karoke with Naathan and Jason taking the lead...

Remember Backstreet Boy's "Everybody"? Wel now we have Naathan and Jason's rendition in our head...



Jason: Are you sexual? (in a growling, metal rock kind of voice)

Naathan: Yeah Yeah. (in a squeaky voice that sounds as if he's so drunk)



lol. That ended at around 1am when the lights of the cafe went off. Then, we just sat around and played "I never...". For those who don't know how to play it, this is how it goes. The first person states a sentence like..."I never kissed a girl before". Then, everyone in the circle who has kissed a girl before has to drink from their cup. So we played that for an hour until our drinks ran out. Then Thana had to suggest slaps. Yeah we started slapping ourselves. Lots of secrets came out ; )



And at 3am, I slept on the very couch I was sitting on. At 6am when I opened my eyes, everyone else was asleep on couches as well. LOL it was like a refugee camp : ) Bettina, Naathan, Prabs, Jason and Thana. The others were smart enough to sleep in the cabins provided.



Now comes the hectic part. The cruise was on international waters. So, you have to change ferries twice before landing back in Singapore at Tanah Merah port. The moment we landed at 2pm, we dashed off back home. My family had a flight at 7.05pm to catch to Bali. It was mass packing and basically running at my house.



So we got to the airport and then passport troubles happened. My sis and my passport are expiring in June 2010. And as everybody knows, a passport has to more than 6 months before expiry to be valid for traveling. Hence a small problem at the airport. We finally got through but that was after sigining a form that said we'll deal with any problems arising at Bali's airport.



Once we landed there, my dad had to deal with the customs. And guess what? We had to pay the customs officer...basically it was bribery. Woohoo!

We then booked into a hotel near the seaside. It was called Kartika Hotel. Did you know that in Bali they have this one day in March set aside and it's called "Silent Day". Basically everyone in Bali stays in their home even the people in the city. They're not allowed to come out if not the security officers will catch them. All lights have to be off and if you're a tourist, you have to stay within the hotel. It's an interesting tradition and I realise I've just gone completely out of point.

Anyways, we reached our hotel at about 10.30pm so we basically fell asleep straight away. The next day we had several programs lined up so we had to rest.

And I don't think I can type anymore so in my next few posts, I'll include highlights of our trip : )

PS: Christmas is around the corner!!!! Presents, presents, christmas tree, Presents!!!!!

I'm Going To Hell

I'm completely and utterly mortified and I hope you'll can learn from my mistakes. Kanitha and I got into a cab and both of us were extremely tierd after rehearsing dance with the bride as well as spending the entire day out. Note that I was surprised that for the first time, the cab driver did not utter a single word. I mean if you had read one of my earlier posts, you would know that most taxi drivers like to talk.

That's beside the point but what happened next was that Prabs called and asked where we were. I pulled the phone away from my ear and asked, "Uncle which road are we on right now?"

No reply.

So I softly said into the phone, "My uncle's deaf."

And then out of the silence, came a computerised voice saying, "SLE".

I paused for a second and asked him to repeat what he had said and there came again the computerised voice.

I am such a jerk. Honestly. The man had his voicebox infected. I am such an imbecile. Hence the title of this blog. I am officially going to hell because of that. God I shall repent by being nice to all taxi drivers henceforth.

I visibly shut up in the cab after that stupid incident. Haiz. Anyways here's a Chris Brown song that I love very much. It's called "Crawl". And honestly to all those people who are dissing him, go ahead. You're entitled to your own opinion and frankly he deserves judgement from the public because when you are high up in the clouds, the fall is harder. When you're famous, you need to know how to manage your life extremely well so as to not taint your name with scandal.

HOWEVER, seriously people, burning his CDs and forgoing listening to his songs??? Are you'll crazy or just plain dumb? Music is music and should be appreciated for what it is. The Artist is responsible for the song but the artist's reputation has nothing to do it. God. Get it into your heads.

I know some people argue by saying: I forgo his music because I'm taking a stand. But buying his CDs and listening to his music, it seems like I'm validating his actions.

Think about it in this way,
1) Is Chris Brown a politician? NO
2) Does he influence any laws in society? NO

When NKF (National Kidney Foundation) in Singapore lost its reputation because of the infamous man who had golden taps in his toilet, people stopped supporting the organization as much as they used to. Now that's a stand because money as well as people's trust were lost.

And before you argue stating that Chris Brown is a well known artist and people believed in him and expected good morals from him, people he wasn't elected into his position. Plus people put him on that pedestal. So if he falls, don't over react.

Surprising how my brain works. I'm absolutely tierd and I end up writing this long post....anyways enjoy the song ; )

I Pressed the Emergency Button!!!!

Yup!!! : ) : ) : ) Okay first of all, I was completely concerned about the man who fell down. I was genuinely concerned about his well being.

But I got to press the emergency button!!!! And Kanitha spoke to the officers ; )

Yeah I'm kinda leaving you'll in the dark right? Okay from the beginning. Kanitha and I were heading down to Suntec City to purchase christmas deco for the Botanic Garden's 150th anniversary tree decoration event. So we were on board the train when all of a sudden this uber tall (yes taller than Yoga) guy just fainted and collapsed on the ground beside us. Everyone spaced out for a sec before this nurse (yes she was attired in the official nurse outfit. Lucky right?) rushed to his side and pulled him to his side in case he had the fits. Thankfully he didn't.

So this chinese aunty beside us went, "Push the button lah!" Kanitha and I turn to look at that green circular thing with a keyhole next to the door. Seen it before? It's within a rectangular shaped red portion. So I look at Kanitha and ask, "You can push that?" I mean come on!?! It didn't look like a button!!! But the aunty insisted and for some godforsaken reason, she couldn't push it herself but instead busied herself making a big fuss about everything else.

SO......I PRESSED THE BUTTON!!! And a soft alarm rang out throughout the entire MRT station. WOOHOOOO!!! Okay then, the train driver asked questions and.....KANITHA ANSWERED!!!

Okay that's as exciting as the news gets.

Moving on. Watch this advertisment...wait for it....wait for it...and check out the look on the guy in the blue shirt. Looks as if he won Miss Universe...

Worth Waiting For

Remember the video I said would be worth waiting for? Yes?

Well here it is. Actually there's 2 : )



I had a smile on my face after that one!



And I had goosebumps after that! It oozes awesomeness right? So get your butts onto youtube and subscribe to their channel if you want to catch this series first hand. It starts next year, 2010.

Children's Camp

CASE REPORT:
Date: 4th and 5th December
Time: 9am to 12pm the next day
Venue: Jelutong CC
Missing Item: Master Key to Toilets

Yup...I lost the master key to the Jelutong CC toilets...someone's either going to steal the basins from the toilets or start using the location as a hang out place.

Just got back from making a police report so at least that's over and done with. But then again, I have to pay for the key to be replaced.

But that aside. The camp went well. I was rather miffed at having to focus on the camp right after my paper ended on Wednesday but when it came down to it, the kids always make it worth it. We may have gotten a more crazier and more misbehaved batch of kids, but that doesn't matter.

Danish was there. The kid who was in my group the previous camp. HE HAD A SWEET STASHED IN HIS SHOE AS WELL AS ONE MORE IN HIS JACKET. Some things never change.

The theme for this camp was tribal and it was called "Camp Yapucha". The campfire had a really interesting concept thanks to Isaac who brought in drums and dancers. All the campfire songs were now backed up by tribal beats.

I was camp chief so sadly, NO GROUP FOR ME. But since it was only 40 kids this time around, all of us got to know the kids abit better.

So here's a huge thanks to all the campers who came down and made it fun.

A huge thank you to the facilitators, Naathan, Colin, Isabelle, Jason and Zahirah who handled the kids first hand.

A huge thank you to Prabs for handling all the logistics aspect.

A huge thank you to my sis and Kanitha who helped drive around the logistics stuff as well as collect food as well as....oh what the heck thank you for basically becoming the camp runners.

A huge thank you to my mum for handling all the food and drinks part.

A huge thank you to Ganesh and Jennifer for always taking care of the washing up parts.

A huge thank you to Henry and Thana for handling games.

A huge thank you to Praven for helping to build the net.

A huge thank you to Yoga, Mussie, KC and Sameer for coming down.

A huge thank you to Hans and Amanda for especially caring for the young kids who fell sick.

And a huge thank you to Isaac and the Pretty Boys for preparing the campfire and making it awesome : )

Alrighty then, on to other projects ; )

Legion of Extraordinary Dancers

Interesting title. It got me sitting up straight in my seat. Did I manage to get your attention? I hope I did. Because this is worth it.



I first saw this a couple of months back and I thought it was interesting that Jon Chu, a director, was assembling a team of elite dancers. I thought maybe he was going to do a dance movie...you know like the movies, "Step Up" or "Take the Lead". And then the dancers slowly started to perform on youtube through videos uploaded on their behalf. The group started increasing and the talent never ceased to amaze.

I remember watching this discovery program with my brother once; I can't remember the title for the life of me but maybe you'll recall it. It displayed the human body's ability to be amazing. The season featured various men from different fighting backgrounds showing off their strength in a studio that had all sorts of contraptions to test the extent of their ability. And at that moment, both my brother's eyes and mine were glued to the televsion set from start to end. I loved every moment of it as it made you believe in something that you once thought only superheroes could perform.

Well they exist. But they're not just martial artists. It was after watching this video of the legion of extraordinary dancers that I started watching them intently and I love every single one of them for the pure fact that I just can't even begin to comprehend what they're capable off.

If you want to know more about them, stay tuned because I've got an even more interesting video of them to show you. Trust me. It'll be worth your wait.

(I don't even know who the hell I'm talking to. The non- existent world of this writer's followers...hell yeah...)

Possibly the shortest post of my life

Final paper tomorrow...Public Administration...will be good.

Love the song below.

"No...L...O....V....E is just another word I never learnt to pronounce..."