JYJY!

Friday, November 28, 2008 • 2:46 PM

i'm back! :D
i shall herby give a detailed recount on my past..
6+2=8days
japan trip and annual camp.
bit by bit though,
since i am currently on a 2-hours-a-day-on-com-only-basis.
......

19th November, Wednesday
went for guides in the morning,
can't really rmb what we did but i know we were preparing for our campfire item.
sapphire patrol's item was movie trailer on enchanted plus a song.
i am sharpey's (yingyan) assisstant in the level item about HSM! (:
left abit earlier during lvel item preparation,
and it was pouring really heavy a while after i exited school gates. great.
went home shivering well at least i had umbrella,
2 other ppl were stranded at the busttop haha.

bathed then did some last minute packing then dad drove to changi airport.
we drove to wrong terminal, drove to T3 but supposed to go T2.
went into airport about to check in then found out i forgot to bring my brown knitwear and the luggage strap. too bad.
anyway so checked in and unfortunetely no chance for upgrade, the flight was way full.

afew hours flight then stopped at bangkok for transition.
they made us paste an striking yellow singapore airlines sticker ha!
continued flight, had breakfast which i didnt really eat cuz i dont like the airplane food smell it makes me feel like puking.
but i ate the bread with butter and sugar(meant for the tea) haha!
i love butter&sugar bread okay.

reached NRT airport early morning the next day.

20th November, Thursday

Exit from the airport it was really freezing!
Weather forecast for Tokyo was 4-10oC.
Took “friendly airport limousine” to Hilton hotel in Shinjuku.
The bus even has a lavatory. No doubt friendly airport limousine.
The bus journey lasted 2hours, so obviously everyone caught up with their sleep.
Checked in into Hilton hotel, then we cheated, we checked in as 3 ppl so we can just use a single room and ask for extra bed.
there is my mum,dad,sis and me= 4ppl :x
Hilton happens to be the crew’s accommodation too, so we saw some of the crew on the shuttle bus
and when they found out we were Singaporean, I heard one of the steward say:
“Thank you for choosing Singapore Airlines, a member of the star alliance.”
Humor, har.
We headed to odaiba via subway. The ticket buying is quite confusing- most words are written in Japanese which we cant comprehend.
At the station, we ate at one of those stand-up stalls where we first had to buy a food ticket from the machine then proceed to get it from the counter and stand up eating. Their one serving has a bowl of soba/udon and a bowl of rice. So we only ordered 2 sets haha! About 580yen each.
At Odaiba we went to the Toyota exhibition which I wasn’t quite keen on at first, but later it was quite interesting,
I tried the “sports car” stimulator.
Obviously I crashed and ran out of time.
Now I can imagine how those sports car drivers (esp those who crashed) felt ha!
Hey, that was my first time okay! I didn’t even know left or right pedal was stop or go. But it was really quite fun. At least I didn’t regret not trying (which my sister did I presume)
Later went to a theatre which had stimualator chairs which moved along with the cars movements in the sports car race.
Before we entered they checked with us if we had high blood pressure, was pregnant or not or had blablabla symtoms.

After that went to a mall which allowed dogs inside.
No, I think it was a mall meant for dogs, since there was a special department store for dogs, restaurants for dogs to eat with their owners and a pet’s store. The animals were so cute!
Upstairs, I bought a puma shoe for at a discounted price :D
My dad’s shoe sole detached itself, so he had to buy one too haha!
Had dinner at mcdonalds since the restaurants there were way too pricey or allowed dogs- my mum absolutely do not adore them one bit.
Erm the food there was a tad weird so we never ate at macdonalds there again.
They had some really bitter tea, and a burger with potato like fillings.
By the way, there were loads of working men going around the station when we just got there since it was their lunch time. They all wore suits.
p.s. I think men in suits are hot :x
Singapore men/guys/women/girls are really really underdressed compared to the Japanese.

21st November, Friday
Woke up at 0530, met my mum’s friends Paggie & her sister, Ley Teng and Irene.
We headed for Hakone tgt, which was a 2hour journey out of Tokyo.
Obviously we slept again, considering we slept a little late last night.
We took a bus up a mountain, where there was a stall selling Japanese goodies at a slighty cheaper price.
I love red bean buns and green tea now! <3
I used to hate any green tea flavoured food but not anymore :D
We had our lunch there, soba and udon again. (my dad n sis like soba, I like udon, and my mum normally helps me finish my udon haha)
there really isn’t much meat in their dishes, mainly the fried potato-like thing floating on top of the soup, and a little bit of pork, or sometimes prawn.
After our quick lunch, we boarded a cruise which was quite cool.
Jiayi and me took some pictures on the upper deck.
There was one really unglam photo of me cuz it was seriously freezing up there and she took really long to take the picture and I was screaming whilst freezing, with my hair flying in all directions.
Later we took the cable car to another mountain where we had quite a good view of Mt Fuji. The top of Mt Fuji was totally white in ice.
We climbed up a smaller “hot-spring” mountain cuz there was sulfur coming out of a few lakes there.
Climbing up there was a torture, the wind was freakingly stroooooooong. if my footing wasn’t steady enough I could have flied off okay! Haha.
We bought some “hot-spring-boiled eggs” which were entirely black and delicious, but really not worth for money- 500yen, for a bag of 5 eggs.
Later we strolled in a park where there were red/orange/yellow/green maple leaves!
Really pretty. Jiayi and I couldn’t help but collect some to bring home. Though I have no idea where it is now :x
Had dinner near the subway station. The restaurant was underground and cozy.
The food was really nice too! Cheap and good :D
We ordered saba fish with cold soba, chicken fillet with rice and oyster rice.
Japanese are really polite, they greet whenever we enter or exit the store, and help readily. Of course they smile a lot too, there was only a few times I saw a frowning Japanese.
Whilst waiting for the shuttle bus, we talked to another Singaporean family.
Turns out the elder daughter worked in the same company as my mum and friends.
It’s a small world. They had 2 daughters too, younger daughter JC1- really chio, fishnets and all.
Yeah they were obviously rich with their branded bags and handful of shopping bags. It was their last night in Tokyo so they bought a lot.
They recommended the Donkey hole, but we went 2days later- the place was horrible to me.nvm.

Slept at about 11pm. (lack of sleep still)

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 • 6:17 PM

going to guides blog, i now only see the navigation= pictures! omg
all the photos are so unglam funny innocent and everything else!
just looking at them can revive love for guides <3

• 12:37 AM

annual hike:
pictures says it all
orchid+elephant got first okay!
<3>

here we walked the same path at least 6 times, and finally got the route right..

this is the most unglam picture lah! we are at a mobil petrol station eating our lunch due to the downpour!

this is where we went to marcus grandma's house ha!

showing off their braces :D add mine n mindy's braces-clad teeth by this december holidays!

combined patrol photo(:

collect our first prize :D

yup thats all(:

i'm still amazed we got first,

luck, perseverance and everything else.

Monday, November 17, 2008 • 10:47 PM

random quizzes which i started doing since hopping to kelly's blog..

You Follow Your Head

You're rational, collected, and logical.

Generally, it takes you quite a while to fall in love.

In fact, you've even been accused of being very picky.

While you're cool, you're not ice cold.

You just know what you want, and don't mind waiting to get it.

Do You Follow Your Head or Your Heart?

You Are 40% Boyish and 60% Girlish

You are pretty evenly split down the middle - a total eunuch.

Okay, kidding about the eunuch part. But you do get along with both sexes.

You reject traditional gender roles. However, you don't actively fight them.

You're just you. You don't try to be what people expect you to be.

How Boyish or Girlish Are You?

You've Been Bit By the Shopping Bug!

You're constantly adding to your wardrobe - and it shows

However, you can show some restraint. You love good deals.

Your love of the clearance rack has paid off...

You probably have only maxed out card or two, if at all!

Do You Shop More Than Most Women?

You Live in the Present

You take things one day at a time.

And it turns out, that's a pretty great way to live.

You aren't consumed by the past, and you're aren't obsessed with the future.

You live in the now, and you enjoy each moment.

While most people don't live in the present enough, make sure you don't live in it too much.

It would be a mistake to forget your past or neglect to plan for the future.

Do You Live in the Past, Present, or Future?

What Your Brown Outfit Means

You're not too classic, not too funky - just up on the latest trends.

You know what looks good on you, and you love to shop!

You project a smart sense of style, which makes people see you as competent.

Designer match: Rebecca Beeson

Signature accessory: A slim leather belt

How Your Favorite Outfit Tells What Kind of Girl You Are

You Are a Visual Learner

You tend to remember what you see, and you have a good eye for aesthetics.

You excel at art, design, and computer programming.

You would be an excellent film director - or the next Bill Gates!

What's Your Learning Style?

People Envy Your Compassion

You have a kind heart and an unusual empathy for all living creatures. You tend to absorb others' happiness and pain.

People envy your compassion, and more importantly, the connections it helps you build. And compassionate as you are, you feel for them.

What Do People Envy About You?

You Don't Need a Man ... or Want One!

Generally, you're very happy being a single woman.

And anyone who has a problem with that... well, that's there problem.

Not that you wouldn't share your life with the almost perfect guy.

You simply won't settle though. Your life is too good to share with some substandard man!

Do You Need a Man?

muahaha! true! :D

Sunday, November 16, 2008 • 2:06 PM

after so many days i'm back -.-
busy week much?
tuesdays tent-pitching with scouts was fun (:
i love tents haha!
unfortunetely i wont be there to do it during annual camp :(
nvm i've done it before last year(:

wednesday and thursday 2d class chalet <3
first day was..
messy? unplanned.
went bowling wiht claudia celeste & her guitar friends.
ltr kx bennett wm louis oso come play at next lane
ok lah pro then pro lorh XD
after slacking at our very small chalet for so long,
watched midnight movie at ehub
HSM3 haha!
thanks to guides i already knew most songs(:
came back chalet slept at about 2am,
then wake up again at 4am
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
2hours to sleep only!

we went to watch sunrise,
guess where?
at the NORTH OF PASIR RIS PARK
so clever right? XD
nobody realised until we headed back and the guys found out -.-
and our shoes were soaked in mud :(
i didnt like the going there cuz i had a weirdly creeped out feeling,
geez not so often a go pasir ris park in the dark right?
wait, thrice alr?
1b chalet night games,
1b bbq
1b bbq again,
then this time to watch sunrise which failed miserably anw.
oh so its 4times alr.

okay then afternoon water games! :D
fun (:
our group managed to solve the murder mystery!
<3 marilyn edna claudia audrey amelia me
yay we got bombed as a group once only haha!

after half-bathing at public toilet and slacking in chalet again,
we started bbq(:
we used one more extra pit :x
the food took really long to cook,
until ms ng came and saved us all
cuz she made a big fire and cooked as many chicken wings as u possibly can squeeze on the wire mesh.
ms ng even bought us icecream!
shes so nice <3
which reminds me,
i havent eaten my icecream, its still in my freezer :x
celeste is probably gonna get shocked and dies.

left slightly after 10pm,
next day wake at 7am go sana course

i was seriously dying lah,
serious lack of sleep
yawned for uncountable times.
sana course is really really boring.
all other UGs went thru it before right?
oh crap the 5 person test! arghh
nvm later.

monday is annual hike! omg
i am hoping my legs dont die on me XD
last year we walked from paya lebar to sengkang 26km according to fangying..
nvm if mindy is driven to craziness by some scout or do sth insane again, i think orchid will survive (:

tuesday meet with sapphire patrol do our chio camp fire (:

wednesady night i'm leaving for japan(:
i wont be back until 25november,
so DO NOT CALL/ SMS ME THEN.
and annual camp 26&27 nov,
so u wont be able to contact me then either.
the only chance i can probably reply u is 25 nov night.
yup so thats all(:
theres loads of people going japan too!
wonder if we'll meet(:

10 random things i found out this week:
1- i like nice people and nice scouts haha!
2- i like 2d and we're bonded mostly unless we're throwing water bombs at each other.
3- i like bowling, if i can strike or spare (:
4- i dont really enjoy staring at the computer, my sister sure does.
5- mud makes our skin feel smooth afterwards
6- caning is horribly disgusting and cruel , so dont try drugs or inhalants (haha! i'm trying to be a transfer agent -.- )
7- sleeping on the floor isnt that bad unless people step on your hair or sth -.-
8- talking and discussing things with new people is cool, you get to see people from all walks of life.
9- other school's girl guides arent as hiong as our school's! unfair! they play games pretty much every week and they dont know whats changing parade even!
10- my reading books speed has drastically slowed down.

bye for the next 2weeks!

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Thursday, November 6, 2008 • 6:58 PM

i decided not to waste so much posting time,

including doing draggy quizzes.

(should i wipe out the tagboard? :D )

and find out other useful relevant stuff instead haha!

i hate planning

there was 2 things a hand today

and i was sms-ing like dunno what.

and annual camp is coming! torture time girls!

sapphire patrol sounds so cool right? *self-acknowledgement*

but being a sec2 guide is no fun.

you're supposed to lead, take care, and be responsible for your juniors.

sometimes its okay, when they co-operate,

but other times when the seniors take them for comparison with our sec2 batch its so argh.

okay, they are supposed to respect their seniors, in other words, us.

i hope they do.

i suddenly realise i have been absolutely wasting my past 2 or 3 weeks of holiday!!

crap.

i wish i had the self-control of audrey when it comes to studies.

which reminds me,

the audrey-and-jiayan-relationship.

from jiayan's blog thru loads of ppl's links.

she wrote sth about meeting audreykum,

and i know theres only one wonderful audreykum in this world where i'm concerned.

and i found out jiayan is going to vjc!

*shocked for more than a few seconds*

*checks audrey's blog*

okay confirmed.

i feel pathetic cuz i dont know a single person going to njc ip with me next year.

seriously. plus i dont thinks theres any orientation. which is beyond weird.

school starts on 12january!

i shall start finding out what i need to know.

internet is a huge supply of information and connections,

isn't it?

bye