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Sunday, September 09, 2007
an end of Italy trip means start of school term!! just some updates on post-Italy events..
i had this science orientation week.. SOW.. basically some "camp" to let u noe more frens before school officially starts.. its a four-day camp and stay in.. but apprarently due to some other outside committment i cant stay for all 3 nites.. so first day we have this station games.. whereby games are allocated to different areas in nus.. so basically spend whole day walking around.. and there's this game which played on the field.. called the "hamburger game".. so each person is supposed to represent some ingredients in a burger.. and so when the station master said the type of bread he want.. we'll have to stack up (by lying on top of 1 another).. and we were like sian diao.. cause its after rain some more.. and its full of mud.... zzzzzzzzz... other games are so-so lah.. and surprisingly despite our og being the "not-very-on" og.. we got third overall.. how contradicting.. haha.. following days we have some cors briefing and mass dance.. its quite fun and i must say the lead male and female dancer dance very well and very competible.. third day i did not attend the activities because of some other committment haha.. flag day i did not go too because i was very sick and sentosa day too.. because basically all members in the og is not interested and so all never turn up.. lolx.. but the movie night with sp i attended.. together with the rest of the og members.. my sp is quite an outgoing person.. and she's from sajc.. for the last programme of SOW we have rag day.. its held at the padang and the weather is freaking hot and because i have yet to recover fully.. i feel dizzy most of the time.. and so science fac won abt 5 medals in total.. but still not enough to get the chancellor's shield.. very tired after that.. but i still go for badminton after that =) and so was totally "cui" by the time i played finish.. haha..
on the 12/8 we have this post Italy trip bbq session for all those who went to Italy.. its at east coast park.. me daniel and hs went to rent bicycles while nick and ben go rollerblading.. had some fun.. then awhile later went to set up the fire.. the pit was very camouflaged.. with the top covered with trees.. so quite a lot of ppl turn up.. and the catered bee-hoon is nice!! overall it was enjoyable..
we had a surprise celebration for yoke's birthday as well.. also a bbq session but this time its at pasir ris park.. the pit is better den the one at east coast.. and because our actings were so gd.. yoke's really got a shock surprise!! =) can see that she's very touched by what we've done.. it must be the best present she had before she have to leave for overseas for SEP.. on her boarding day we went to see her off too!! already at the airport around 2am plus.. we wait till abt 4am den she arrive.. so we took pictures and all that.. and den bid her gdbye.. my lesson for that day was at 9am.. i've got basically 3-4 hrs to spare and going back home and coming back was quite stupid.. sooo.. to maximise the time.. i suggested nick to drive me to yishun mrt (so he could go back fast and rest) and then at the same time i can go school from there by mrt.. and i reach school at about 8.30am.. haha.. but was feeling damn tired when the lecture starts..
jama is the new president for nusws.. congrats to her.. i believe she can handle this position well =) the welcome tea for nusws was gd.. many freshmen turn up.. for my section alone.. we have abt 15 ppl.. haha.. a BIG saxophone section.. but then in the end we have 12 who are joining us for Da Capo.. its on the 27th Oct.. University Cultural Centre.. and i was being "pushed" to be the sl for my section because the seniors do not want to -_-'' i had to say that being a sl is not easy.. firstly i am stil quite new to nusws and secondly i am just a yr 1 freshie!! hai.. but wads decided is decided.. we ended practice around 9+ for section interaction and food session.. i did not have the chance to eat the food as i was busy handling the new freshies.. the next practice was the committee election.. i was the run-over assistant librarian.. and the combination of sl + asst. librarian is really not very easy to handle.. but i will try my best and work well with the rest of the committee =)
school life for the 1st 2 wks were pretty ok.. though the 8am lecture for tuesday and friday is a bit irritating.. so coincidental that mon i had sectionals and thurs i had main band prac.. in which both days i will reach home rather late.. and the following days i have 8am lectures.. how coincidental!! third week comes the tutorials and lab session.. and i hardly have time to rest from the timetable i have now.. i've also got a hard time catching up my chem modules.. its just so physics.. and i hate it.. till a point that i actually wanted to change majors.. its still pending.. but i guess i must settle it soon..
problems just keep coming up.. study.. family.. and even frens.. my life is sooo screwed.. i need a break...
i had this science orientation week.. SOW.. basically some "camp" to let u noe more frens before school officially starts.. its a four-day camp and stay in.. but apprarently due to some other outside committment i cant stay for all 3 nites.. so first day we have this station games.. whereby games are allocated to different areas in nus.. so basically spend whole day walking around.. and there's this game which played on the field.. called the "hamburger game".. so each person is supposed to represent some ingredients in a burger.. and so when the station master said the type of bread he want.. we'll have to stack up (by lying on top of 1 another).. and we were like sian diao.. cause its after rain some more.. and its full of mud.... zzzzzzzzz... other games are so-so lah.. and surprisingly despite our og being the "not-very-on" og.. we got third overall.. how contradicting.. haha.. following days we have some cors briefing and mass dance.. its quite fun and i must say the lead male and female dancer dance very well and very competible.. third day i did not attend the activities because of some other committment haha.. flag day i did not go too because i was very sick and sentosa day too.. because basically all members in the og is not interested and so all never turn up.. lolx.. but the movie night with sp i attended.. together with the rest of the og members.. my sp is quite an outgoing person.. and she's from sajc.. for the last programme of SOW we have rag day.. its held at the padang and the weather is freaking hot and because i have yet to recover fully.. i feel dizzy most of the time.. and so science fac won abt 5 medals in total.. but still not enough to get the chancellor's shield.. very tired after that.. but i still go for badminton after that =) and so was totally "cui" by the time i played finish.. haha..
on the 12/8 we have this post Italy trip bbq session for all those who went to Italy.. its at east coast park.. me daniel and hs went to rent bicycles while nick and ben go rollerblading.. had some fun.. then awhile later went to set up the fire.. the pit was very camouflaged.. with the top covered with trees.. so quite a lot of ppl turn up.. and the catered bee-hoon is nice!! overall it was enjoyable..
we had a surprise celebration for yoke's birthday as well.. also a bbq session but this time its at pasir ris park.. the pit is better den the one at east coast.. and because our actings were so gd.. yoke's really got a shock surprise!! =) can see that she's very touched by what we've done.. it must be the best present she had before she have to leave for overseas for SEP.. on her boarding day we went to see her off too!! already at the airport around 2am plus.. we wait till abt 4am den she arrive.. so we took pictures and all that.. and den bid her gdbye.. my lesson for that day was at 9am.. i've got basically 3-4 hrs to spare and going back home and coming back was quite stupid.. sooo.. to maximise the time.. i suggested nick to drive me to yishun mrt (so he could go back fast and rest) and then at the same time i can go school from there by mrt.. and i reach school at about 8.30am.. haha.. but was feeling damn tired when the lecture starts..
jama is the new president for nusws.. congrats to her.. i believe she can handle this position well =) the welcome tea for nusws was gd.. many freshmen turn up.. for my section alone.. we have abt 15 ppl.. haha.. a BIG saxophone section.. but then in the end we have 12 who are joining us for Da Capo.. its on the 27th Oct.. University Cultural Centre.. and i was being "pushed" to be the sl for my section because the seniors do not want to -_-'' i had to say that being a sl is not easy.. firstly i am stil quite new to nusws and secondly i am just a yr 1 freshie!! hai.. but wads decided is decided.. we ended practice around 9+ for section interaction and food session.. i did not have the chance to eat the food as i was busy handling the new freshies.. the next practice was the committee election.. i was the run-over assistant librarian.. and the combination of sl + asst. librarian is really not very easy to handle.. but i will try my best and work well with the rest of the committee =)
school life for the 1st 2 wks were pretty ok.. though the 8am lecture for tuesday and friday is a bit irritating.. so coincidental that mon i had sectionals and thurs i had main band prac.. in which both days i will reach home rather late.. and the following days i have 8am lectures.. how coincidental!! third week comes the tutorials and lab session.. and i hardly have time to rest from the timetable i have now.. i've also got a hard time catching up my chem modules.. its just so physics.. and i hate it.. till a point that i actually wanted to change majors.. its still pending.. but i guess i must settle it soon..
problems just keep coming up.. study.. family.. and even frens.. my life is sooo screwed.. i need a break...
chris ~ Sunday, September 09, 2007
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Italy trip - Day 10 (10/07/07)
another super early morning for us.. omg haha luckily its the last day that we need to wake up this early.. and we set off to..... Firenze!! again its a 4-hr journey and so we make use of the long time to get back some of our sleep lolx.. Firenze is just a normal town to me and not as impressive as Venezia.. we visited another cathdral again and paid 2.50 euros for the entrance fees.. we had lunch at the MacDonald at the central train station.. and prices are about twice that of singapore.. but of course the size is abit bigger.. but i stil find that its not very worth it.. tonight is the last night of my stay here in Italy.. have some photo taking with our host family.. hmmm mixed feeling..
overall the Italy trip was indeed very enjoyable and fun.. we got to learn more about Italian's culture and stuff.. if there's another chance.. i would definitely come back again =) some very special thanks to my host family.. for taking care of us all these while and preparing super ultra good food thats much much better den singapore.. i really love that haha.. and definitely not forgetting those who are involved in organising this Italy trip in one way or another.. thank you =) hmmm.. i think the first thing to do when i get back to singapore is.. to eat the bak chor mee!! hehe =)
chris ~ Sunday, September 02, 2007
Italy trip - Day 9 (06/07/07)
waking up at 5am is damn shiong lah.. but we've got no choice hahah and the bus came punctually at 7.30am and so a full 3-hr excruciating bus ride starts.. luckily there's a 20min break in between for our toilet breaks and stuff.. upon reaching Venezia we took a short boat ride to one of the station called S. Marco.. we did alot of shopping there.. bought souvenirs for my frens too.. and overall Venezia is really a city not to be missed.. when goin back that time.. we met cedric's grp.. and unfortunately zhe guang lost his boat tics and we decided to accompany him to walk all the way back to the main station.. very long walk plus super hot weather.. tiring indeed haha.. we bid farewell to those who are staying in Venezia and extending grp.. had our dinner at the break time again.. reach back host's hse at around 11.30pm due to traffic jams.. did a little packing and prepare for Florence tmr!!
chris ~ Sunday, September 02, 2007
Italy trip - Day 8 (05/07/07)
woke up rather reluctantly this morning.. at about 6.45am because both of us were so super tired.. we set off to Lake Como at 8.30am.. another bus ride of about 45min and we reached this ultra beautiful Lake Como.. but before that we went to visit another cathedral.. yes another cathedral again lolx.. and den we roam around the town until 11.30am before we take a boat to another nearby town called Bellagio.. boat ride was very shuang and enjoyable.. especially the breeze that blow past you plus the scenary on the both side of the lake.. we were sitting at the top part of the boat and there's this chimney that emits black smoke and some "horning" sound once in a while.. very loud indeed.. quite irritating though haha as we have to cover our ears and could not do anything.. joined jama's grp again while roaming the beautiful town.. as usual we had our gelatos for about 2 euros.. visited some roadside shops that sell glass silk and other souvenirs.. time really flies and its time for us to leave the town.. had hainanese chicken rice for dinner again!! lolx.. and there's this marching band thing going on in the Besana square.. we attended it but it was so super crowded.. and since i cant view much anyway partly because of my height haha compared to those Italian's and so ended up playing cards in a small cafe nearby while waiting for the fireworks to start.. the 20-25min fireworks is so nice lah.. so enjoyable.. and the last part is.. totally owning!! lolx.. last part of the day was bubble-wrapping our instruments and sealing them with tapes.. and again we have to reach back home early because tmr we will wake up even earlier.. 5am..
chris ~ Sunday, September 02, 2007
Italy trip - Day 7 (04/07/07)
for today.. we are basically free as there were no programmes allocated and so.. we spent time with our own hosts! we woke up a bit later den usual.. like 10 plus.. and decided to visit a town called Monza.. it's quite a cool town.. many roadside shops and selling many branded stuff.. and actually many old and rich families live over that area.. next we went to visit this big Monza cathedral.. but we are not allowed to take pictures there.. there are crowns and jewels displayed inside.. very specticulating indeed.. on our way back we oso visited this very very big and grand palace.. and oso a beautiful garden next to it.. which won the "best garden award" in some yrs lolx.. again we had carbonara spaghetti for the lunch!! *high* hahahha.. and then we visited a perfume factory next.. i bought some souvenirs for my mum and sis there.. we decided to cook bak kut teh for our host for dinner to let them try some of our local food.. so we headed down to the supermarcato again to buy ribs and a whole chicken for the Hainanese chicken rice.. and our host family like it alot =) when they ask us how much is a plate of the chicken rice we ans them.. about 1 euro.. and look at their expression!! they stone and stun at us for awhile.. kind of like unbelievable because its like so cheap and yet the meal is so nice.. anyway at night we went to watch the Band of Festival concert in Besana.. i would say the repertoire is not very entertaining.. but good job for all those nusws members who performed there =) came back quite early as we had to wake up early to visit Lake Como tmr!!
chris ~ Sunday, September 02, 2007
Italy trip - Day 6 (03/07/07)
today is Milan day!! we took 1 full hr bus ride to get to there.. first we visited the Science and Technology museum.. where they display all the works of Leonardo da Vinci.. lots of pictures were taken there.. there were hardly anytime to sit down and had a proper lunch and so our host pack fos us "pocket lunch" consisting of 3 sandwiches.. some drinks and an apple.. very filling indeed.. Duomo was our next destination.. its one of the grandest and largest cathedrals in Italy.. some silly and unexpected incidents happened at that area.. as there were tons of pigeons flying outside the cathedral.. we wanted to take a pictures with them and so there were guys who were giving us corns and helping us take photos and guess how much they demanded.. 20 euros!! omg.. cheated like hell.. damn pissed off because 20 euros is like 40 bucks singapore dollars.. this lesson learnt cost me so much.. argh.. enough of this incidents.. we went back to Besana and had fish and chips with our host family before we perform a final concert in Brugora.. the place was not very good for performing though.. our sounds were quite messed up partly because we cant really hear what the rest of us were playing.. luckily the Italians enjoyed it =) we packed our instruments and quickly rushed back to Besana to listen to the Lithuana band that is performing.. they were playing some pop and jazz pieces and i must say their players are very zai.. i was so impressed by their sound.. after which me lifei phobe and yongkiat went to play cards at the seating area.. reached home at about 2am.. totally "cui" by then..
chris ~ Sunday, September 02, 2007
Italy trip - Day 5 (02/07/07)
i had a very sweet dream.. something that i would never imagine to happen in real life.. how i wish i can just stay on there and not wake up =) this morning our host bring us to visit this second oldest church called Le Basillica de Romantica.. it was built in year 1000 and scenery inside was fantastic.. a wedding ceremony was about to start when we get there.. and tt means we must get all the photos there fast hahaa.. and we were very lucky as they showed us the priest's room.. we left not long after before we visit the supermarcato to get some cheese and limonecello.. lasagne was what we have for lunch.. it really rocks and melts inside my mouth hahaha *thumbs up* again.. after having such great meals.. we set off to Milano.. it was a 45min journey.. first we went to Univerita Catholica and we actualy have to seek permission to enter it as there were some exams going on in the hall.. we still got in and as usual.. photo time!! lolx.. we were free to roam in Naglivi after we left the university.. joined jama's grp and went to this two-dollar shop and bought a coffee maker for my mum.. we ate our dinner buffet at a mini bar.. and when it reach night time.. lots and lots of mosquitoes (battalions) were flying around us and all of us were trying our best to leave the place afap.. we headed back to Besana in the end and realise that the performing band there were playing Vesuvius.. its so power and nice.. haha..
chris ~ Sunday, September 02, 2007
Italy trip - Day 4 (01/07/07)
Had a very gd sleep last night thanks to the beer drank after the concert.. woke up at about 9am.. as usual biscuits and coffee for breakfast and off we go to attend a Catholic Mass in Besana.. the 1hr ceremony was quite enjoying.. with singing here and there and although i am not a Catholic.. we had carbonara spaghetti for lunch!! so damn nice lah compared to singapore.. its not too creamy as those in pastamania and most of the western restaurants that served.. *thumbs up*.. next we had this marching session in Besana and about 7 bands were involved.. like from Lithuana, Colombia, Italy, Olanda and Belgio.. it was a very hot day.. and this Colombia band.. although their attire everything are so cool.. but their marching are really very slow.. i would say slow step dancing instead.. all the bands tt had gathered were all waiting impatiently for them to reach the Besana square.. when all had gathered there.. we played our own national song and hymn of the nations before we march out from the square.. meet our host again and for dinner our host brings us out to have pizza!! so the serving for each of us was 1 whole pizza.. it was huge and filling and our host taught us a way to eat it lolx and its so cool.. quickly we finish the pizza and prepare for the concert at night.. although it rain during our concert time.. we can still see alot of audience watching us perform and i think they are quite impressed by some of our pieces like the merry widow and ban frei.. had some red wine before i slp..
chris ~ Sunday, September 02, 2007