We were supposed to reach school at 6.30 am, but i reached at 6:15 to find out that almost half of st john members had already arrived. I was told to pin up my fringe, by pin up i mean REALLY pin up, so i swept my fringe upwards and pinned it firmly. It was a pity I hadn't learn how to pin my headgear on my head yet, as it requires skill, so I'm realy grateful to Ming Yii and Jie Hui for helping. We got our name tags in barisan, so thanks again to jie hui for helping me fasten it nicely. I helped her fasten, she helped me. What a nice example of helpfulness. :) Thats what friends are for.
Cprl Ng, Pn Tan, Kelly, Thu Yuen(lance cprl Cher) and Sir Lian (referred to as Ah Lian by the seniors and comp.squad members) arrived ten minutes later, and Cprl Ng inspected our uniform. Kelly was very nice to go around giving everyone a vitamin sso we woudn't faint. We were told to not bite it. After a few minutes, Cprl Ng was like "thats meant for swallowing!" Sook Wei almost gagged while swallowing the vitamin which was bigger, but looked like an M&M (green coloured). Sok Kuan gave us permission to go drink water so i'm happy i won't risk choking on the vitamin.
We practised marching before hari sukan started. It all seemed like a dream (maybe because it was early and kinda dark), but i was wide awake when the drumbeat started. Everything was real now. All our practise, sweat, tiredness, and muscle aches.. Can we win? get what our practise was worth? I was highly alert while marching, my heartbeat was getting faster, sweat was trickling like a river from my forehead, I didn't care. All i cared for, is to do my best. Except for the three mistakes i made (thanks shi hui for reminding), I was quite satisfied with my performance. In the audience, we might look grand, proud to represent our badan beruniform, marching with ease, that was what i thought from a junior's point of view last year. In reality, everyone in our barisan was trying our very best to make all our practise worthwhile. We got some cheers while walking in front of the audience, and those cheers meant alot to me. They were like praises, vanishing my tiredness. So, I continued, hands 90 degrees, and double checked my elbows when I heard Cprl Ng say " your elbows!!!" Then, we came to a stop in the middle of the field, hentaking in the mud, splattering our polished shoes and black pants. The whole thing seemed so fast compared to our raptai in school. After orders for rehatkan diri, Pn Teh gace a short speech. Then a pegawai gave a SUPER LONG speech, ranging from Hari Sukan, Pn Teh's retirement, nyamuk Aedes, H1N1, pupils smoking at a rugby game, praised the kadet polis, scouts and PKR sth, and back to rasmi hari sukan. *phew* and all the time we were standing uinder the sun, sweat trickling, muscles aching, and he talked about what seemed 20 mins to me. (no offence pegawai but please keep your speech shorter next time..) Some people fainted in barisan, and, according to my friends most of them were from Red house. I'm so thankful i had that vitamin from Kelly..
After barisan, we were briefed by the OEs on our checkpoints,( there were checkpoints 1-5, ronda,stall and base)I helped the ronda team . There were two casualty with foot cramps. I was stupid enough to ask the seniors what happened to a person with foot cramp. I have never seen anyone with foot cramp before, i thought it was sprain .. whoops.. sorry seniors, that won't happen again.
10.30am, time to switch my checkpoint to checkpoint 5. I went there with Dinesh, a junior who is very semangat by wearing this year's OUG shirt. Our leader was Amelia. Only 3 cases happened there, so I won't go into the details. For breaktime I went to our st john stall and bought a root beer float. It was excellent. Nothing better than cool ice cream on a hot day.
After our shift ended, it was tim to announce the winners of perbarisan. First, scouts (as last year), second, cadet polis and i didn't hear the third one. But we were not mentioned. I was disapointed. I know my marching isn't good but i had hoped that we could win. I felt sad amidst cheers from the scouts behind us. We walked back to base with heavy footsteps. I felt sorry to dissapoint my seniors, especially those who are leaving school next year. the scene was very emotional as they sobbed, I felt my eyes sting and became blurry with tears. Nee Kee was nice to come and told us that we did well even though they were celebrating. Such a nice friend..hard to come by. Anyway, we did our best. I hope we get to win next year. I really hope for that. We are one team, one heart. That was all it mattered on that day.
We were supposed to reach school at 6.30 am, but i reached at 6:15 to find out that almost half of st john members had already arrived. I was told to pin up my fringe, by pin up i mean REALLY pin up, so i swept my fringe upwards and pinned it firmly. It was a pity I hadn't learn how to pin my headgear on my head yet, as it requires skill, so I'm realy grateful to Ming Yii and Jie Hui for helping. We got our name tags in barisan, so thanks again to jie hui for helping me fasten it nicely. I helped her fasten, she helped me. What a nice example of helpfulness. :) Thats what friends are for.
Cprl Ng, Pn Tan, Kelly, Thu Yuen(lance cprl Cher) and Sir Lian (referred to as Ah Lian by the seniors and comp.squad members) arrived ten minutes later, and Cprl Ng inspected our uniform. Kelly was very nice to go around giving everyone a vitamin sso we woudn't faint. We were told to not bite it. After a few minutes, Cprl Ng was like "thats meant for swallowing!" Sook Wei almost gagged while swallowing the vitamin which was bigger, but looked like an M&M (green coloured). Sok Kuan gave us permission to go drink water so i'm happy i won't risk choking on the vitamin.
We practised marching before hari sukan started. It all seemed like a dream (maybe because it was early and kinda dark), but i was wide awake when the drumbeat started. Everything was real now. All our practise, sweat, tiredness, and muscle aches.. Can we win? get what our practise was worth? I was highly alert while marching, my heartbeat was getting faster, sweat was trickling like a river from my forehead, I didn't care. All i cared for, is to do my best. Except for the three mistakes i made (thanks shi hui for reminding), I was quite satisfied with my performance. In the audience, we might look grand, proud to represent our badan beruniform, marching with ease, that was what i thought from a junior's point of view last year. In reality, everyone in our barisan was trying our very best to make all our practise worthwhile. We got some cheers while walking in front of the audience, and those cheers meant alot to me. They were like praises, vanishing my tiredness. So, I continued, hands 90 degrees, and double checked my elbows when I heard Cprl Ng say " your elbows!!!" Then, we came to a stop in the middle of the field, hentaking in the mud, splattering our polished shoes and black pants. The whole thing seemed so fast compared to our raptai in school. After orders for rehatkan diri, Pn Teh gace a short speech. Then a pegawai gave a SUPER LONG speech, ranging from Hari Sukan, Pn Teh's retirement, nyamuk Aedes, H1N1, pupils smoking at a rugby game, praised the kadet polis, scouts and PKR sth, and back to rasmi hari sukan. *phew* and all the time we were standing uinder the sun, sweat trickling, muscles aching, and he talked about what seemed 20 mins to me. (no offence pegawai but please keep your speech shorter next time..) Some people fainted in barisan, and, according to my friends most of them were from Red house. I'm so thankful i had that vitamin from Kelly..
After barisan, we were briefed by the OEs on our checkpoints,( there were checkpoints 1-5, ronda,stall and base)I helped the ronda team . There were two casualty with foot cramps. I was stupid enough to ask the seniors what happened to a person with foot cramp. I have never seen anyone with foot cramp before, i thought it was sprain .. whoops.. sorry seniors, that won't happen again.
10.30am, time to switch my checkpoint to checkpoint 5. I went there with Dinesh, a junior who is very semangat by wearing this year's OUG shirt. Our leader was Amelia. Only 3 cases happened there, so I won't go into the details. For breaktime I went to our st john stall and bought a root beer float. It was excellent. Nothing better than cool ice cream on a hot day.
After our shift ended, it was tim to announce the winners of perbarisan. First, scouts (as last year), second, cadet polis and i didn't hear the third one. But we were not mentioned. I was disapointed. I know my marching isn't good but i had hoped that we could win. I felt sad amidst cheers from the scouts behind us. We walked back to base with heavy footsteps. I felt sorry to dissapoint my seniors, especially those who are leaving school next year. the scene was very emotional as they sobbed, I felt my eyes sting and became blurry with tears. Nee Kee was nice to come and told us that we did well even though they were celebrating. Such a nice friend..hard to come by. Anyway, we did our best. I hope we get to win next year. I really hope for that. We are one team, one heart. That was all it mattered on that day.
A girl who loves to daydream. currently studying at SMK Seafield. Archieholic. Born on 19th February. Mixture of Aquarius and/or Pisces.
Loves my friends that stick by me through thick and thin, my family and everyone out there...
Dreams to go to the Louvre museum, Espana, and maybe travel round the world?? Oh, and meet David Archuleta in person..
My ambitions are.. to be a doctor. But if I can, I'd love to be a cardiothoracic surgeon. Have to work really hard for that.
sounds impossible.. but i might achieve it.. there's always a chance and time for everything.
I would love to have new friends as it is always nice to have friends.. so.. leave a word on my tagboard please.. :)
For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
-Leonardo da Vinci
"Don't ever let yourself believe that the role you play in the lives of other's is not an important one, especially in the lives of the ones you love and who love you. No matter how big or small that role is, or may seem, it's a very important one, and it is one that only you can play." Don't underestimate yourself. Someone out there may need you. -David Archuleta
Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.
Mother Teresa
Every time you see someone in distress, you have the opportunity to work as a team with Heaven's angels. You become the channel for your angels to provide loving care to those in need.-Doreen Virtue
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
- Groucho Marx
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-- Albert Einstein
缘分是本书，翻的不经意，会错过细节，读的太过认真，又会流干眼泪。
I have dreamed in my life, dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they have gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
Emily Bronte
Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.
Charles Dickens
SMK Seafield Hari Sukan from my point of view
