Graduation

Well... ok, not really. Tho it feels like one. Yesterday, I finish the last grp project I had to do for my University days and moved out from my room in the hostel. The night before that, my othello team threw a small, informal gdbye party for me. Though I'm really only leaving sch to go for practicum and I wont graduate till ard June. It feels like this phase of my life has already ended.

And so, as cliche and old fashion and mushy as this is going to be, I really would like to thank a few ppl.

Thanx to my ten classmates who were with me for 4 yrs. U people are the one who made my 4 yrs of lessons very enjoyable. Truly, I think it was very lucky that there are so few ppl taking our course, else we wouldnt have be such a close knitted grp. It was really fun being ur classmate, and I hope all of us will continue to keep in touch, even after we officially graduate and move on to become permanent teachers in different schs.

Special Thanx to my two gd frens, Jerine and JezC. We have been the trio in this odd number class for so long, and did so many projects together. Thank you for all the times we work hard together, for picking things up when I slack or mess up and for being more then merely gd group mates. Jerine, I'll see you on Monday, pls continue to look out for me. JezC, keep in touch, dun you dare disappear on me. Tho if i miss u enuf i think i will pop by the CC on Sunday to wait for you all to come down and meet u for lunch, hehe... Let's play table tennis again sometime soon.

Special Thanx as well to Kor Iceman who always looked after us. Keep in touch, I will be following ur blogs. ^^

Thanx to my othello team, both the seniors who have graduated before me and the current batch. U all noe i'm not really one for hall activites. But our team is really great. Thank you all for putting up with me and working hard with me. I dun regret a single moment or effort that I spent on the team, and each and everyone of u is someone I would be glad to call a fren (yes, even Rusdi :P). We won gold last IH! So proud of our team. Keep up the good work ppl, and may hall 15 othello team continue to reign. Hehe... :P

Special Thanx to Adi, Shimon and Anshu, who were in the same batch with me. Thanx to Adi for being a gd partner, and for assuming captain position in the first place. I'm really sry for being so weak to stress, and thank you for ur willingness to share the burden. Thank you, Shimon, for always being reliable support, even though u werent officially holding any post you always looked after the team. And tho no one really mentioned it, you were the one who found most of the new members who made up the current team. So it really thanx to you that we continue to have a team at all. Thanx to our joker, Anshu, even tho you are the one who provokes me the most. It was fun having you on our team. And truly, i'm really surprise when Adi told me you suggested the gift and all for me. That is truly a sweet gesture and i'm sry u weren't there so i can thank you personally. Tho its probably for the gd, since you prob make some wise crack at me if i tried to. :P

Special Thanx as well to Daniel, who took over my job as IC. Truly you absolutely outshine me. I was the IC for two yrs, but for the 1st year of that, I wasnt very gd at my job. I mainly relied on Wencong to tell me what to do. Yet you started picking up the role immediately, once you decided you would like to take over my post. And you did a gd job even before you officially became IC. I had no cause to worry at all after handing things over to you. At least, not about whether you can do your job. I was worried how were you gonna manage when you needed to pick up the slack. :P But you managed that as well. You're a much more capable IC than I was. Oh ya, make sure KC reads this. If he dares to neglect looking after you and not getting u a rm, I'll spam his email. :P

Belated Thanx to Zheng Xiang and Wencong, who taught me, looked after me and groomed me into leadership position on the team. Thank you both for being like Big Brothers to me, and I'm sry for not initiating any contact. >.< Maybe I shd email the link to this post to you all, But I could nv get any email thru to Zheng Xiang. I hoped both of you are doing well at ur jobs.

Okay, I got too ........ for my own liking. Urgh... gave myself goosebumps. Signing off. :P

Photos on 'D' day

Photos taken of the team on the day of Semi Finals and Finals. So happy we won Gold! Gd job guys. :D

GOLD

We won! Hall 15 got the gold medal for the first time! :D And I shall have a gold medal to add to my silver one. hehe....

2nd was hall 10, 3rd was hall 6 and 4th was hall 9.

1st in Grp today! Semi and Finals tmr. Why i nv join othello but help table tennis!?!

I nv join Othello this year but i came down to support my team. And help them to spy via umpiring other teams! Muhaha..... NOTS. Umpiring is boring. Nearly fell aslp once. And u gleam very little benefit from it oso. So dun try this method anymore, k ppl?

This yr's teams was all guys, cas i'm not playing and S went back to India. P is not interested either. Guess hall 15 is turing back into an all guys team.

But the Guys did very well. We beat every single hall in our grp! :D Tmr is semi-finals vs hall 9 and then against either 6 or 10, if we in finals. Actually, I quite sure we can make it. As the guys put it, if they are weak enuf to be placed as 2nd in the grp, we shdnt wry abt playing them. Tho this sounds super arrogant. :P

Even tho I nv join othello this yr, I agreed to help table tennis play female doubles this yr. It was out of pity mostly. Cas the sports sec approached me a few hrs ago to personally ask, and they sound prett desperate. Besides, my usual hall doubles partner did the taiji on me, saying "if she play then i play" so i cant do the taiji anymore. At least i will noe my partner oso. Last yr she wasnt playing, and the whole thing felt so crappy. I dun even remember what position i played and with who. Tho its most likely doubles. The hall people already noe i dun have the skill or inclination to play singles. If they request I prob wont play. And they prob hoping casting me and my old partner will help them secure game. I doubt so lah. I nv play so long and so physically weak now. My partner shd still be fit, since she's an all round sportswoman type, but i noe she hardlys plays oso. Table tennis is like one of her least faves. Hmm... so y am i doing this again?

Inter Block Games

My hostel is having out bi-annual inter block games again. My team is invovled today. We organised the inter block game for the game we are playing (othello), and use it as a chance to scout for new ppl.
Didn't see anyone who is particularly good, or has great potential, not like last year. But there are a few likely candidates. :) Its already better than the year before. Hopefully, this year we can keep a few more ppl. And I really hope we can train up a few more strong newbies to take over the team next year.

Sadly, our stupid rec sec decided to ban team one members, so my blk only got 2nd, since most of our players live in the same blk. Then he himself go play for his blk *roll eyes* (they got first, btw, so its like totally unfair >.<). Oh well.