Mega throwback

Mega throwback post!

So many random thoughts going through my head now and I started looking at super back-dated photos on Facebook and found these gems. I'm sure I have more epic ones somewhere in my disks haha! Looking at these photos really makes me miss the younger days.

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HPT

These photos bring back so many bitter-sweet memories. No idea what was in my mind when we went through the training camps (navy SEALS style no less), ropes training, cheering sessions, and all that screaming and getting screamed at. Looking back, I must have looked damn stupid and kuku. But those were also the best days of my secondary school life! Learnt so much which I'll otherwise never have been exposed to. Heck, I may not even enjoy the outdoors. Many in school would think that the HPT people are all very AYG (which I definitely don't deny haha), but I think HPT also helped sooooo many of us from turning into xiao lianzx and xiao bengzx. Thinking about how much we cried and fought when two of our own got suspended. So much memories I can't even... One thing I wish I had done was to spend more time on HPT activities. I had so many tuition lessons back then sigh.

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AJC CHEER
Never thought I'll join cheer-leading... but I did. It was so much fun! Remember those nights practicing our moves in the middle of the (dark) parade square and being the awkward ones out for not being able to remember the moves. :')

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AJC
Rachel and I weren't close to anyone in class (until today we still don't know why haha. Maybe we both have chaobin that's why LOL), so we only had each other. But I'm still very thankful for Rachel - although we hardly ever meet, we are still pretty updated with each other's lives and there's never an awkward moment between us. Here are some of the few photos I have with the rest of the class.

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ODAC
This is where I spent the better part of my JC life. With the crazy ODACians doing crazier things. From having zero stamina to running on the track everyday, from getting DQ-ed from our first ever adventure race to getting champion in almost all the races (this is truly one of our greatest personal achievements, beating our strongest competitor haha), from conquering mountains to sailing seas. They were the ones who held me together and gave me the push when I almost got retained in year 1, and saw me (crying) through my year 2. We did so much crazy things like building a house in the middle of the parade square and flying a kite at the back of our kayaks. We even tried to kill a fish (but failed terribly so we had to throw the fish away) to prove that we were real outdoor people haha. On hindsight, it's soooo cruel! :( I wished I had more time (and strength) with these people. I was really at my peak physically when I was in ODAC (surprisingly, not during my gym days, although I can't quite decide which training is tougher).

This photo deserves a special mention because... THAT'S MY FAVOURITEST SHOE EVERRRR. No idea where it is now but it has went through so much with me. No other shoes will ever be the same. Hu~ hu~ hu~ :'(

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FAMILY

Family will always be family. Look at how young we looked! 

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MY GIRLS
I think I have many friends in secondary school but this was the closest bunch. Had so much laughter and tears with them! Unfortunately, so much have changed over the years but I'm glad I still have the two closest to heart. Won't trade them for anything else in the world. :')

To many good years ahead,

xx

It's a neon party!

Went for a neon party at Que Pasa for Sue Ann's birthday. Great to see everyone loosen up from the usual tensed up work mode. People like these makes work more bearable, and life less depressing, somewhat. No doubt I made sure to don a million glowing stuff, I felt like the star of the night for awhile.

Happy birthday Sue Ann the Amazing Lawyer!

Home Team

“Everybody has a home team: It’s the people you call when you get a flat tire or when something terrible happens. It’s the people who, near or far, know everything that’s wrong with you and love you anyways. These are the ones who tell you their secrets, who get themselves a glass of water without asking when they’re at your house. These are the people who cry when you cry. These are your people, your middle-of-the-night, no-matter-what people.”

― Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet: Thoughts on Change, Grace, and Learning the Hard Way

Celebration of Love

 

 

20 degree Celsius water is not meant for diving, even with 7mm wetsuit. I thought I was going to freeze. Missing everything about Perth already. Third time there and still in love.

It’s finally the Christmas week! So much love in the air!
xoxo.

I'll never forget a single moment.

“The entire summer was perfect, the kind of summer everyone should have. How could I pick one moment over another? Poets often describe love as an emotion that we can't control, one that overwhelms logic and common sense. That's what it was like for me. I didn't plan on falling in love with you, and I doubt if you planned on falling in love with me. But once we met, it was clear that neither of us could control what was happening to us. We fell in love, despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. For me, love like that has happened only once, and that's why every minute we spent together has been seared in my memory. I'll never forget a single moment of it.” 

― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

thankful for a public holiday on a tuesday. can't wait for this exciting weekend to arrive.

xoxo.

The quiet sense of something lost

“But maybe you never really had someone, she thought now. Maybe, no matter how much you loved them, they could slip through your fingers like water, and there was nothing you could do about it.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

Finally made my trip down to RWS this weekend. ever since its opening in Singapore, I’ve only been to RWS once, and it was for a dinner event so i haven’t actually had the chance to explore the place. Was like a happy tourist the moment i entered the activity area, where USS, SEA Aquarium and Adventure Cove are. I must say Singapore has done a really good job in her continuous effort to keep our tourism industry booming. One more reason why I love Singapore!

So this Saturday saw me in SEA Aquarium! Really hope to return for Adventure Cove and USS in the very near future (although I don’t really dare to take the rides :x)

where all the tourists take like 50 photos with 100 others in the frame hahaha.

Glad that I booked the tickets online, so I got to skip all that queuing :)

This looks sooooo real! Good job in making theses reefs! Made me wish I was diving so bad :(

I wished I were on the other side of the glass instead.

felt really sad for these dolphins actually. They look so… domesticated :(

There’s something really therapeutic just looking at these little creatures in a gigantic tank. It’s just so… Peaceful.

MANTA! Hope to see you in the deep blue soon!

& Mr Hammerhead! The last time I saw you in the deep blue, you swam away from me so quickly I didn’t get a chance to take a photo of you. You made me make a sudden dive from 12m to 35m and had to do 3 decompression stops. Please be kind the next time! xx

Actually I do wonder if these sharks will grow up to the normal adult size since they’re now no longer predators of the sea but held in captive :(

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Returned to Sentosa to get some sun because I think I’m turning… yellow. Is that even possible? Well, I do miss the sun and it makes me feel kinda alive just lying on the beach basking in the sun.

This has a very “Save Heaven” feel!

And this sums up my well-spent weekend, plus a much-procrastinated swim, badminton session and more family bonding.
Monday again when I wake up, hope it’ll be a good week.

xoxo.