Monday, April 25, 2005!
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it is stressful and tiring times like this that make me reminise the old times. i miss the 10 days in kudafari, maldives. i miss it terribly.
while i was doing econs just 5 mins ago, i realised that i forgot many of the small details of the trip. and that saddens me. there will be instances where a memory of something rather insignificant that happened there that pop into my mind and those memories really are very heartwarming.
i miss the wonderful 10 days there. i really wish i was back in kudafari.
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i shall attempt to remember all the nitty gritty details of the trip! :)
in retrospect, it seems rather amazing that 35 of us strangers have so much in common! :) all of us dont mind eating with dirty hands, dont mind being extremely sweaty, dont mind being wet with sea water, etc. we were just so cooperative. :) we accepted situations as they are, and work together towards a common goal- the help the people in kudafari.
i remember cheering for each other whenever we work... and i remember how many stopped to help me when my i drop my sack, even though they themselves were heavily burdened with sacks of sand. and how many tried to teach me different ways of holding the sacks so that it would be less heavy. :) we just enjoyed the company of each other. and will always be there for each other.
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thinking back, if i had not walked past the student centre that monday and saw that there was still space for application to maldives, i wouldnt have went at all.
it was in an impulse that i went to look for mr sim and got an application form from him. it was god's grace that my edusave still had money. it was definitely a miracle that my parents allowed me to go on full price. it turned out to be wonderful.
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during preparation days, i got to know the people in food com and thought myself really fortunate to be in this commitee. it was fun sourcing for ingredients with the "halal" sign, and deciding whether eggs were halal or not. :) i can remember the people in log com laughing at us as we packed the eggs.
i remember rushing down to buona vista cc with christine and losing our way cause dency gave us wrong info. and how we scared richard & keefe by suddenly turning around. christine screamed. richard, keefe and i exclaimed. fyi, they were lost too! :X
i also remember rushing all the way to buona vista just to buy mushroom then rushing back to school for council interview. and how dency thought the mushrooms were lychee and thus bought an excess supply of canned mushrooms. :)
i remember helping meltu wrap keyboards. he said thankyou. so meltu WAS polite! ahah!
i remember richard dao-ing me when i asked him for riffia strings. :(
i remember being extremely awed by maeyue's organisation capability.
i remember jacky and his issue with cheese.
i remember mr low and his issue with eggs.
i remember mr sim and his issue with punctuality.
but most distinctly,
i remember counting down the number of days till we take off.
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we were still somewhat foreign to each other when we first met in the airport. i remember us comparing the weight of our backpacks, and how christine's bag was so light it was unbelieveable. (and she was worried indeed!) dency's bag was so heavy it was unbelieveable. :)
we did a food com cheer in the airport. it was embarassing and random...but who cares? :)
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i remember meltee breaking the ice at the airport. she told us that she thinks she's hot. it was hilarious. :) i remember us running in the airport, pretending that we were in the amazing race. believe it or not, keefe started it. :) it was the first time i ever ran in an airport...sadly, it will probably be the last.
i remember waiting rather long to check in...an remember witnessing the inefficiency of changi airport for the very first time. however it was good fun to sit in a circle, blocking everyone else's path and chatting with each other for the first time.
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my plane partners on the trip to colombo were keefe n prashanth.
keefe being keefe, slept.
prashanth being prashanth, talked.
me being me, watched tv. (the incredibles)
prashanth was saying something about dubai (sorry i wasnt listening :x) keefe was having a difficult time sleeping. ( he mumbled in his sleep that the seat was not comfortable :x)
chris n dency were bimboing.
gongjiao was complaining that he couldnt move his chair back cause prashanth was blocking. :x
i woke up with a flu and a oily face. :(
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the airport in sri lanka was bad. it comprises of a smoking room which emitted, constantly, deadly gas. it was torturous. zhimin, christine, dency, zhimin n i went to the cafe to sleep and seeing the j2s mugging there, we were EVEN more determined to sleep. :) (thats what the sec 3s did to us while we were mugging for our Os)
six hours crawled.
fortunately, miss chen, jolynn, meltee and jiali joined us. we found out that miss chen is such a bimbo! (in a positive way) :) keefe came to play some intellitual games...meltee kept getting trashed by him! :X jiali whined about her***** . christine sucks at origami!!! i banished her to origami ITE!! :)
* my flu got worse and my face got oiler...
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this is such a long entry. willl continue next time! :)
6:39 AM
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