Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Hannah 8- says:
eh go update your blog yozzz
[mos.] says:
ha
[mos.] says:
you help me?
Hannah 8- says:
no please don't be so lazy lah sis.
Hannah 8- says:
learn how to blog on your own and be independent like me okay.

SUP HOMIES
I BLOGGED.

I SHOULD BE MORE INDEPENDENT RIGHT.
HANNAH IS LIKE SO AWESOME LAH.

[mos]

5:16 pm

Sunday, August 26, 2007

HELLO EARTHLINGS!

Hannah the COOL decided to blog for him.
*clears webs and kills flies*
Its been 200000 years since this was updated (if you haven't noticed)
I was racking my brains just to figure out Amos' acc details
which that irritating guy forgot, tsk tsk tsk tsk.
BUT I SAVED THE DAY, yesssssss, WAN SUI! :0)

Anw, a tip for all you churchies,
never sit beside Amos during service.
He'll start stepping on your lovely converse sneakers,
*slaps forehead*

Kkkkk
this is the short post for you luh,
"famous_amostan"


Hannah, out.
*clapclap*

8:58 pm

Saturday, June 02, 2007

The thirteenth Student Leaders Convention, SLC for short, was a pleasing experience. perhaps pleasing should be replaced by exhilarating. The four day convention that was held in Hwa Chong institution has had a thirteen year history and i am proud to be part of it. thirteen may be an unlucky number, nevertheless the convention proved it otherwise, bringing the best leadership course that i have ever been to. its not surprising, just watching the picture collage during the grand finale brought about mixed emotions about the convention. on one hand, i didnt wanna leave, but when i put myself into the shoes of the organising commitee, just the thought of it makes me cringe. deep inside, i wonder if they really hope the convention wouldnt come to an end, or they just hope it gets over and done with as soon as possible. but, benefit of the doubt, i think they did an awesome job. the finale wouldnt have been such a success without them. amazing amount of energy and hype from the facilitators and the OTs.

day 1: registration. 5 of us got split up into dfferent groups and i went to collect my AMOS TAN TECK WEI nametag. it was so embarassing having a disgusting chinese name printed in big font but i didnt make a fuss out of it so my group didn't really notice. perhaps only the orchid park ppl will understand. ha. my group was sabrina, management of pollution and under the main comittee of social responsibility. any idea what i just meant? i bet not. neither did i until the concept team's briefing. but anyway. that would be left for day 2. there was time for ice breakers and we played a game that was new to me. "honey, do you love me" should have been a really funny game, ironically the idea of the game was to prevent yourself from laughing. anyway, that was it for ice breakers. the most tiring game through out the convention was the orchard orientation. it was literally orientation cuz we walked to and fro so many times along orchard road. should have seen the map i drafted out after the game. haha. mentally torturing and physically back breaking games were designed to help the team spirit grow and to help the teams to be more encouraging to each other, helping each other in need. it reinfored the idea that winning isn't everything. its finishing as a group and doing well together that mattered.

day 2: finally, i had the opportunity to listen to the explanation of the groupings and consortiums. i was in the management of pollution, team sabrina with five other groups. it helped me as a 'leader' to aid my facilitator,dawn in discussions. but technically, there were others that outshown me. aye, who cares? they are better, so let em do e job! :) i think thats one key lesson that i took home that day.

day 3: in all formalities, with the blazer and main comittee meetings, it was just a small effort in making the whole day the most formal day of the whole convention. the VIP's address was rather lengthy. :( it was so difficult to stay awake in such a comfortable enviroment. and oh. it was the day my team made fun of my shiting habits. they think everytime i walk out of the consortium meeting door, i visit the toilet bowl. crap! but thats ultimately what gels the team together. i dont care if i'm the laughing stalk! who else will? ha.

day 4: the last day of the convention, the day emotions run high. even the chair, yu hui cried. day 4 is today! and i found out a couple of things. mr education minister's son was in the convention! oh maybe thats only one thing but aye, impressive leh, never had an upclose encounter with a minister's son. and he takes chinese! yeah, thats the other one. i felt such team spirit connecting the teams in consortuim together. and during the finale, the atmosphere was simply awesome! had ppl from all over the world talking about their country, a couple of indian dancers and of course, the consortuim, facs and OTs performances. add em all together with a picture collage and what do you get? half the auditorium sheding their tears and 7 months of hard work finally paying off for the organising team.no words can accurately describe how it was like. or maybe there are. its just that my vocabulary is limited. haha.

rounding up: youth involvement: making an impact on society, 13th student leaders convention was above expectation. i didnt realise how good it could get.

how can i miss out the members of the team? haha
FAC: dawn, who was born at dawn.(kiddin)
members:

the guys: wai keat, isaiah, mark and of course, me!
the girls: estee, hui hui, zhi wei, erin, pika(india), sophy(HK)

you guys rocked. thanks for the magnificent support you've given me as i led the team! woot! :)

10:33 pm

Sunday, April 22, 2007

oh my gosh i've no idea whats happened to the encoding. this web's language is all in boxes. this post is like the only thing in english. finally felt like posting. cuz the mini kayaking expedition is something really worth spending time on. on friday evening after a long and tiring speech and prize giving day 6 of us met at sembawang mrt station and sat there waiting at the taxi stand like a group of workers just sitting around chit chatting. we were waiting for everyone to be present before we set off to some ulu place at 9.30am. semb saf yatch club. so yea, booked into the army camp beside it, slept in the multi purpose hall, girls were on stage, the guys were on the ground. somehow or another, it felt youth camp-ish. anyway. we were woken up by the officers at 4.50am. they sounded like tribal warriors dancing round a camp fire celebrating victory or something. haha. reached the yatch club again and set off at 7am as planned. we reached pasir ris park at 10 and i felt like some illegal immigrant cuz its the first time i reached another beach by sea. ha. had a crappy indigestible meal of chicken rice and pudding and an hour's break before setting off back to sembawang again. it was really tiring. "mind over body" was the key and i didnt have that. i didnt make it to the next round. aww but aye, heck lah. cant be bothered, what for go through another 60 odd km after you feel like giving up at 20km? i still remembered touching pasir ris park's beach and forcing myself to walk 42steps carrying the crazily heavy kayak up. on the way back, nearing seletar island was the real test. my arms were giving up, my partner's style and method all affected the way i thought. i felt like just stopping. we were way behind the leading pact. i tried to pray and ask for help, it just felt so empty. what made it worst was the storm brewing in the distance and the flashes of lighning around the area, the tow boat soon came and we thought the worst was over, we were picked up and dropped off about two km off the beach-up point. the heart of all the lighning and thunder that shook the kayak everytime it crashed. this was the only point i felt energy and an adrenalin rush. the many news headines about people killed by lightning strikes in my head just made me feel more scared. my partner on the other hand was enjoying himself. till one bolt struck the water next to us. probably 5-6 metres away. i cannot describe the fear that was in me at that time. i cried out to God and i think through out the expedition, it was the only time i felt his presence, calming the fear and the storm in me. i was reminded or this song. with christ in the vessel i can smile at the storm, smile at the storm, smile at the storm, with christ in the vessel i can smile at the storm as we go sailing home. i really thank God for the faithfulness he has even though i often fall short trusting in him. though i didnt get into the next round, its been a really good learning experience for me. praise God.

9:44 pm

Saturday, March 10, 2007

check this out. my semi swollen left hand that i'm using to type half the alphabets in this post. haha. my lil bone from my pinkie is injured cuz of my first try at contact rugby. makes me think twice bout rugby in jc but i still hope i'll be immuned to it. =) haha. i'm getting really easily irritated now cuz of the pain. sick of it man. cant play piano and guitar especially. thank god i'm right handed. there's specialist course from monday to weds and a big portion of which involves both my hands. its so uncertain. what to do? have faith. =)

10:11 pm

Saturday, February 03, 2007

last week, 27th of jan, i had quite an experience in church on my birthday- i got surrounded by a group of crazy, yet nice people who sang me a birthday song and bought me a crumpler! :) deep in my heart i had been wanting to get a new bag for quite a while but since i didnt have enough $chikchings$ i forgot about it. i'm still happy and i could remember my reaction at that time when i saw the bag i was just lost for words and WOW! thank you abel,caleb,marci(lim and pereira),natasha,jess,sulwyn,vera,wei xiang!! today pastor jabez gave a short message about spending money wisely and giving an expensive gift to someone might not be healthy cuz someone in that group could just be obligated to pay, and different people can afford different amounts. and guess what? he mentioned bithday presents! i felt really bad after that for awhile but at the same time still thanked God for putting these friends close to me. :) shall end here for now! :)

10:11 pm