Beethovan

31 March 2010, Wednesday

A joke shared by Sakinah while we spent the night on board.

" Beethovan composed many music when he's alive, what did he do when he die?"

" He de-composed."

let me float

I wish that tonight, I would have my worst nightmare replayed.

FLOATING.



So that I can scream at the top of my lungs again. So what if it's done in a dream? That's the only place that a 20 years old can scream without being sent to mental hospital.

Freedom

23 March 2010, Monday

Another Break Up.

Freedom is costly. SO EXPENSIVE!
To a patient, freedom from illness and disabilities is worth all wealth.
To a prisoner is the freedom from the locks and bars.
To a sinner is the freedom from guilt.
To a loved is the freedom from love.

It lays on a foundation of the 6 alphebets, M-Y-S-E-L-F.
Why do you have to be that inconsistent?

I don't know if pretendence or acceptance is the best way to move on now.

Finally,how much did he pay for our freedom?
His Life.

THE END, shut up.

OBS- CUTTER EXPEDITION DAY 3

10 March 2010, Wednesday

This is the day we started our real sailing!

Captain( the who do helming-control of boat direction) stand at the stern(back of the boat).

It's about communication, speed of reactions, decision making, stregth, endurance, teamwork.

I love it when the strong wind tilted out boat so badly to a side that water start flowing in, that all the crew members unitedly run and hold on the opposite end, the scene right before the titanic sank.

Captain, "Prepare to Tack" (Shout)
Crew, " Prepare to Tack (Echo)
Captain, " Tacking"
Captain, " Dip now"
Captian, " Tack clear/ Tag fail"

OBS- CUTTER EXPEDITION DAY 2

9 March 2010, Tuesday

First thing in the morning- Diarrhea. TWICE.
Maybe it's the canteen food. More than half of our team gotten it.

I learnt to hoist a mizzen sail.
I learnt the different type of ropes.
I learnt the different types of knots.

1.BOW LINE- 'Rabbit, Tree and Hole.'

2.CLOVE HITCH- 'Cross'

3. FIGURE OF EIGHT

Before we set sail. We did a dipping. Jump into the sea from the side of the boat and swim forward to touch the bow head to bless a safe and smooth sail.

I love the sight of the person whose whole face creases up and redden while pulling the sail.
I love the sound of the sail flapping so hard because of the wind.
I love the touch of the rope. (Craftsmanship)
I love the smell of the sea.
I love being part of the crew. (Teamwork)

Difficulties faced:
- I had to wear long sleeve wind breaker, long track pants, caps and apply sunblock like every half an hour because of the scorching sun. Just look at Daxino's burnt at the back and Yi Zi's swell on the lips, like a hot dog.

- There was no corner of privacy. You know? to answer nature's call. The guys just stand at the bow head and pee it down into the sea while we sit facing the opposite direction. The girls have to go down to the baby Avon boat to pee. LOL. Open Sea, Open Space. I didn't' pee and shit at all!

But overall, I still like sailing!! I LOVE SAILING. LOVE LOVE LOVE.

At night we anchored our boat down and paddled on a half leaking baby Avon boat to a beach and pitched a tent for rest. Dinner was settle on canned food heated up on mesh tins. Food waste were all dump into the sea. ( ONLY BIODEGRADABLE STUFF) .And we saw wild boar running around when I urgently needed to go to the toilet for another round of diarrhoea.

OBS- CUTTER EXPEDITION DAY 1

8 March 2010, Monday

We took a ferry from Punggol Jetty to Pulau Ubin our camp site.

My Team: Rajaratham

My Instructor: Tracey

My Team Mates: KJ (Kelvin), Daxino, Khairul, Edwin, Kee Boon, Martin, Joshua, Jun Wei, Karen, Sakinah, Yi Zi and myself.

My Cutter Name: Semangat ( " Spirit" in Malay)

We did rock climbing for the first day. Very surprisingly I reached the top!! Even I myself couldn't really believe it. The last time I reached the top of a rock wall was in the P5 SparkC Camp I went with the goldfriends. Then as age increases, the number of rock wall panels I can reach decreases. I think this exception was only made possible by the support, encouragement and guidance from my friends whose holding my life line. Anyway, I am proud of Rajaratham because the entire group reached the top!

Climber, " Am I on belay?"
Belayer, " No, you are not." ( tighten the ropes)
Climber, "Ok, That's Me."
Belayer, " Screw check, pull check, instructor check."
Climber, " Climbing."
Belayer, " Climb On."

Rock Climbing consist a team of 5. Climber, Supporter, Belayer, Anchor, Assistant Belayer.

Evening we got our food ration for 3 days of sailing. To fit that food into that small air-tight bag, we had to compress the food. Like how? Like pressing the bread till so flat that 4 loaves combined into 2.

A tip for controlling sea sick- look far, look straight. and eat ORANGES.

Hong Zi Han

4 March 2010, Thursday

Alice in the Wonderland is officially in the theatre today!
Hong Zi Han (my taiwan cousin) arrived Singapore today!

It was rather an awkward moment when we first raised an eyebrow at each other at the arrival hall. We were both too young to remember each other then , I had almost zero memory of her. And I still have to try to identify her in the sea of crowds after more than 10 years of not seeing each other. I didn't know what to say, what to do and where to go. Despite all these, I am still very excited that they came!

And Hong Zi Han is going to stay in Singapore to study! Horray! I hope that she can get a school soon, I hope that she can adapt to Singapore soon. I hope that I can introduce her to all my friends, just like how I would introduce my sister to my friends.

Happy 22nd Birthday Edwin

28 February 2010, Sunday

I went for Edwin's 22nd birthday chalet at the Costa Sands Resort with Lloyd, Shawn and Veronica . This time I couldn't wait to blog (even without the pictures and the videos) because my I am missing it so much. I think by the time the pictures and photos appear in facebook, my this sense of excitement would have already subsided. Although I had just a short 3 hours of stay (40 minutes staring at the menu of New York New York, 90 minutes eating, and maybe just one hour of stay at the chalet.) It was such a great fun!

Much energy is required. Much jumping and bouncing on the bed. Video Record. Signings. And We've got a wide variety of talents there! We've go Veronica who's going for post-graduate degree in medicine. We've got Edwin whose going to study music in the states. And Edwin is really musically talented with his keyboard. There were solo performance, duet playings, trio signings, quintet dancing.

I am so naturally attracted to musically talented people
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"Heart & Soul" for TICE TEAM "HEART"

If You're Happy And You Know It", Carmen's "Habanera" and "London Bridge"

And we can't decide whether to laugh or cry over "Amazing Grace" and "Aura Lee"

Happy Birthday Edwin,
I wish that you will get into your music courses in the states.
I wish that you will lead a civilian life real soon.
I wish that you will attract so so many people and audiences who apprieciates you with your talents