~The Road Less Taken~

Friday, January 9, 2009

ok the last few days have once again been terribly jam-packed...

1. bintan
2. jric 2009

...but let's cover bintan first.

as you all may know, i went off to bintan from monday to wednesday, and let's just say i had lots of fun there. got to chat a lot with ex-classmates (mostly it was talkcock, but still it was good stuff), cracked and received a lot of jokes and much more.

i'm really really glad 2q'06 is still such a wonderful class to be around with. =)

the long and short of the trip was that:

i got pretty badly sunburnt after being in the sun (pool and beach) for a VERY long time on 2 days. so it wasn't a very nice thing to slap my back anytime between wednesday and friday, although i'm much better now.

i played A LOT of daidee. asshole daidee. and i was the asshole quite a lot. prompting a lot of jokes directed at me. haha but it was still funny. and i did rise to become king/queen a few times, so it wasn't that bad.

i realised how lousy my psychomotor skills are when i tried playing the wii. although they did show signs of improvement after getting used to actually playing the game as if it was in real life, rather than pushing buttons and waiting for the digital "me" to make a move.

i played quite a fair bit of pool/snooker. and i did quite well. =)

so all in all, wonderful trip, but a pity we didn't get to do too much else though. photos on facebook (some of them), so go see! =)

and poor zong yi. first it was talk about his fan club (HAHA. remember the haiku, limerick and the incriminating pictures!), then he got a sand spa treatment right on the beach. =)

my gosh 2q must have another class gathering sometime soon.

and after the bintan trip i (together with zongyi ernie and mr paul lim) tried to rush back to catch the 2009 orientation camp finale.

but we missed it.

=(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

never mind i still got to see my very accomplished psls. well done guys. =)

and in the end i would make up for it somewhat.

by going to jric on friday!

but before that by some wonderful coincidence i ran into mr lim in J8, who was there to check out the latest mini-laptop by sony. and OMG it looks really cool.

but back to jric.

although i did feel highly out of place wearing my black lasair shirt, i guess it settled quite naturally after a while, and i must say this:

the ceremony was quite fantastic.

the speeches were very very inspirational and food for thought, especially max's (i'm very proud of you, even if it's only for lugging that huge suit around), and it's the first time i got to see the new principal of this school up close. =)

and of course there was the usual high-ness at the end, with all the cheers and the dance. which is a really nice song to dance to by the way. very meaningful as well. everything on the day just tied in remarkably well, so kudos to you guys once again.

and afterwards there were various interesting events (taking photos on the auditorium stage! sorry if i didn't manage to take pictures using all cameras. i was REALLY overwhelmed) and of course,

there always needs to be a dunked person.

and this year it was max, but with a variation:

it was done in the canteen sink.

haha go read max's blog for more. terribly funny when it happened. =)

and then following that was a really nice dinner with the psls (who were still very high after all the action in school), and then truth or dare and lots of nice chit-chat.

and at the end of it, i guess even though i didn't play any part in this entire operation (except maybe on 1 dec - just a leeeeeetle beeet), like i told one of the psls, it's been really gratifying to see them through this watershed moment in their rafflesian lives.

all those smses i sent out may have been very predictable, and irritating even, but too much support never hurt anyone, and in the end they did great.

i guess it's just the feeling that in the end, this abstract thing called the rafflesian spirit is still burning strongly, after 185 years.

and it needs to burn even brighter than ever now.

i remember that just over 4 months ago i was talking to an eventual camp commander and an eventual spsl about this exact thing - being a psl.

and it's really gratifying to see that it turned out much better than i, the pessimist or practical optimist, envisioned it.

it brings back memories of my own 1 year ago and beyond, when i was busy with these exact details.

and it was a mind-blowing journey, and i haven't completely made sense of it yet. i even needed the help of my other psls to help me do that, and to that i'm very grateful.

so to the psls of 2009: to infinity and beyond? possible. way possible.

ok then that's a huge load off my chest.

pictures up later on i guess! (yes, it's ryan again.)

oh and speaking of ryan, i've found his new blog (well he told me), but for his privacy's sake it shall not be divulged. haha.

and orientation's going to start reallllly soon. wow.

o results coming out on monday! not sure what to feel about that.

I stopped to rest at 11:50 PM

Two roads diverged,and I-
took the one less taken...