oh my GOD. pre u seminar camp is the most AWESOME, ENJOYABLE, INSIGHTFUL, EMOTIONAL and VALUABLE experience i have ever had. i am so proud to be a part of it. when i first saw the name list, i was wondering if they were all gonna be arrogant, stuck up, bitchy people. but im SO glad they aren't. it was with fear that i first opened my room door with trembling fingers, wary and uncertain of what the (near) future held. i mean, i REALLY wanted my roommate to be a nice, friendly girl. not intimidatingly cold and distant. i guess wishes do come true =) angel is the best roomie on the planet. she's from SR and she is like a model roommate. haha. she's friendly and silly and SO not stuck up. we clicked great from the very beginning =D which i suppose we SHOULD, considering we would be sleeping in the same room =p dont want to get drugged or chloroform-ed in my sleep. haha.
gosh, so many amazing things have happened, i just dont know where to start! EVERY SINGLE DAY ROCKED!!! well, i thought wednesday sucked, cuz there were 2 panel discussions and 3 parallel presentations, and all that had to take place with blazers on. anyway, we sorta slept late on tuesday because somebody had this bright idea to have a ghost story telling session. i have to admit that i do NOT have the guts for such activities. so like, me and eunice bunked together in her and jana's room on the same SMALL bed and for that, i had to leave angel in our room alone. she claimed she would be fine. she's so not scared! she didnt even cry on the last night! when buckets were being filled with tears.
on the third night, we called in to carrie chong!!! charles called, and he passed the phone to kaiqi. haha. so shy =p (yeah right!) and kaiqi said apple was hot and sexy on air!! apple is kinda like the emcee guy. he's really good! gets the group all enthusiastic and high. we had to make a kite to fly on thursday, and thanks to amanda, our kite got second prize!! it was the prettiest kite!! and in MY opinion, nicer than the first prize one =p haha, but thats a biased view. from a very unreliable source. it was jonny's group. i really liked flying kite! although i needed help getting the thing in the air in the first place. i like feeling the tension in the string, the tug of the kite empowered by the wind. what was frustrating was how the thing kept getting entangled with other kites! and there was once where our SUPERIOR kite twined round 3 little kites! so like, we were indirectly the cause of the 'conflict' with the kite owners. haha. well, what can i say? our phoenix kite was merely exhibiting its superiority and majesty, asserting its well deserved power!! =D go phoenix!
i got sunburnt while flying kites! as usual. went back looking like an exceedingly embarrassed cooked lobster. amanda said i was positively roasting. haha. which brings me to my next point =p the people there talk superbly well. i mean, they all spoke so fluently and their english rocked and stuff. i hope, through our interaction during the last 5 days, that my english has improved? haha.
last night was very depressing and nostalgic. for the last part. come to think of it, it was kinda weird! initially, they got everyone all hyped up and high and cheering, and there was mass dance and all, but then, the solemnity of the ending part of Seminar Night really overshadowed everything else that happened earlier. it was REALLY touching what some of the SLOs went through just to make the camp a success..apple cried on stage..can u imagine? we sat in a circle with this ball of rafia string. someone would start we were supposed to throw the ball to someone we wanted to thank or 'seek forgiveness' from, as chitra put it. haha. so in the end, everyone would be interconnected with that same ball of string, which projected an accurate portrayal of how closely we had bonded over the short period of 5 days.
i really liked the part where apple asked, 'how many groups are there in this hall?' and everyone shouted 'ONE!' we were divided into 27 groups, but ultimately, we all belonged to one pre u sem group. =) and its comforting to know that everyone realised that. it was true, how everyone put aside their differences and got together to be the best camp cohort i have witnessed thus far. our spirit and enthusiasm were the main ingredients for the fun that we had.
last night was like this mass crying session. even raf cried..shedding his mr cool image for a split second. =) raf looks like a waiter! all smart and prep school. haha. he started calling me Kiddo today =) so cute. he said i looked like a kid. or something. then after we'd all dried our tears and held the remaining ones back, we met up after showering =D joshua gave this lesson on bridge playing =p it was like bridge tuition. i never understood how to bid before =p sorry, winnie, im not implying that ure a bad teacher. haha. it was cool, i think i was on a lucky streak!! me and my partner kept winning! woohoo =D but THEN josh wanted to go at 3!! hmmph. so like, we all retired. he was so funny. angel asked him if he had bathed, and he was like, oh shit i havent!! and i THINK he would have gone to bathe a second time if he hadnt remembered that he already did! haha. hes nice, but i only got to really know him like, yesterday and today. he's funny, in a cute way. =p
today before leaving we all did the last group 14 cheers. man, we totally rocked. its a nice feeling, this unity which held everyone together. like the rafia string. =) and everyone went around hugging everyone else in the group. gender differences were not of importance, as we are mature youths. haha. really, i mean, if u asked us to hug one another in like, sec 2, i think it would have been awkward. but i guess we've realised that its actually SO not a big deal anymore. i didnt really like to hug people, but today was exceptional. hugged everyone, except for pp who already went off!! =p
i thoroughly enjoyed the camp, not to mention all that insighful minister talk. met tharman today. we wanted to do like this tharman cheer! haha. the THARMAAAN..THARMAN (clap clap) THARMAAAAAN..THARMAN (clap clap) haha. but it would have been inappropriate. =p i, for one, enjoyed the pre u sem camp. i am SO glad i didnt quit it last time. i would never have got the chance to make such lovely new friends and to interact with so many people from ALL THE JCS IN SINGAPORE!! ALL HAIL PRE U SEM!!! WOO!! i love you, group 14. ure the best group in the world. =)
