2009 Year Review

It is coming to the end of 2009, with just a few more hours to go. It has been 3 years since i started using this blog. Year 2009 is quite an eventful year for me and certainly a significant year in my leadeship skills and qualities after taken over cca and slb. In this post, i will just give an overview of this year and the pple i will like to thank in making me as a better person.

Start of the year. Went to class 3-6. Was quite wierd actually, a very quiet class. but after a few days of coming together, we started communcation and the real class spirit came. We have been through together, with the hws and exams, to the jokes to the lunch meet. I have enjoyed myself well in the class and hope all you had. Continue on next year as 4-6, hope to sustain the best class as what i feel, in terms of academic and intellectually. Let us shine among the rest.

Around may, i had taken over as the chairman of CHSNPCC 31st Batch NCO council. Top post, means top responsibility. Started out quite jerky, but quite okay with the settling down of my leadership style. Learnt a lot from the officers with the events going on and i looked forward for next year after the o levels CIBTC D10. I will be back as a CI. I promise. Gotten SSgt and proceeding with the next rank in 2010. 2010 will be a new working year. Hope to nurture the cadets and prepare them for nco-ship next year. I am the Head-of-training now. Putting on a new role, a test to my leadership also.

Around june, i became the vice-head prefect of the school's prefectorial board. With my prior experience during primary sch, and also my cca, i strive to serve the school better. Starting out with a different mindset, but changed to suit the different crowd. It also marks the starting of another characteristic for myself and become a better leader. Hope for a better work year and improvements had been made. I am no longer the rookie vicehead prefect that had just taken over. I am a changed leader now. Hope for better working relationship.

Around November, i met 28 unique pple and changed my point of view on some issues. I went for the NPCC HK trip 2009. It was the second OEV that i had taken part. I enjoyed this very much and had gained comething that i will nvr forget - friendship. This friendship has enriched my life for the past few weeks, with gatherings and talks on facebook and msn. I will nvr forget u all. 2nd Jan will be the gathering. look forward to see u all. And also had gained one close friend. Talking to him/her by sms almost everyday. I will not give up on the relationship. More to come in 2010 after our olevels. I will nvr forget u.

Thanks to these people who had set a path in my life in 2009. See u in 2010.
scroll down to see whether u are named.

PB:
Daniel
Changjing
the rest of the prefects

31st Batch:
Clayton
Andre
Noel
Jeffrey
Yi Herng
Angus
Hong Hui
Jasper
Zhi Jie
Andy
Ronald
Ting Wei
and the rest of 31st Batch

HK trip:
Jia Min
Vladimir
Ching Na
Rebecca
Eunice
Jacinth
Dawn
Aaron
Terence sir
Kevin Sir
Fathin
Faizal
and the rest of the hk trip pple

i hope this list can go on.

Aims for 2010
1. CIBTC D10
2. 10 A1 for O level
3. HCJC
4. Friendships
5. Better leader
6. Leave a Legacy
7. After-Os Plan (the plan that is a secret for now)


final note:
goodbye 2009, welcome 2010. It will be a busy year, but i look forward to it. No regrets 2009, good memories 2009, good experience 2009. Better memories 2010, better experience 2010, better friendship 2010.

pls tag for all my viewers.

let the countdown clock begin.

Last Quote of 2009
Always keep the torch in your heart Aflame, and Never let it Extinguish.

Science Center Visit

this morning, went to singapore science center for their new exhibitions. Not that new anyway, was available before the holidays. Went with my sis and my mum. Went into the body world @ $11 after discount. Body World is the exhibition which shows us the real human corpse and animal carcasses where have been turn into exhibits. It is real and those bodies had been processed before they are turned into long turn exhibits. Some of those exhibits are quite old, which means the original person are dead for a long time. Was looking from as small as an embryo, to as large as a giraffe carcass. Overall very enriching, manage to see all the organs at different angles. Recommend to all bio students, it is much better to see them live then on the textbook. It is REAL!!!

going to have annual hike soon, so need to buy some stuffs tmr. Annaul hike prep on mon, annual hike tues, and finally the bbq for hk trip is confirmed, on coming sat, but some pple not coming, dissappointed.

off to my hws, hope everyone have the best of the remaining holidays.

Quote of the day
Plan ahead, and the future will not be that tough.

Always Alfame, Never Extinguish

Merry X'mas

merry christmas to everyone!!! Just came back from malaysia. Ytd went back to celebrate christmas with my relatives. had a simple dinner, with some bbq and stuffs. Had some fun, got some new gifts also, thanks.

just counting something juz now. tmr is the 40th day which i had met the hk trip pple. nice event to celebrate. Hope to see u all soon and talk to you all.

Next week will be quite busy. Got annual hike and theres still much hw to be done. Hope for more tags on the tagboard.

Quote of the Day
Fail to plan, Plan to fail

Always Aflame, Never Extinguish

Sec1 registration cum last holiday training

today was quite hectic. it was the sec 1 registration and also the last bk training during the holidays. Reach school at around 7am, talk a while, settle the npcc banner, then went to take the sec1 prefects to help out in the registration. Was in charge of the usherers. help out awhile, talk to some parents from rvps, then went around to help. Actually wanted to help in the canteen, but return to hall to become QnA person with Chiu yang. answered some common question. after that went down canteen after the hall is cleared, then half way went off to go to last bk training. Andre couldn't switch on the uv lights and said that they are spoilt. Apparently, after my magic touch, all r working fine except for one, which the "spoilt" one was fine juz that andre put the starter aside. So, the performance was quite okay, not very nice, having very high standard on them. Going to have two more practice before the actual one.

After that, cleared the audi, went back to stall with hh and yh n andre, drank bubble tea. then went to buy my school pants, which i think was like buy one get one free for me. dun wan to eleborate much. after that went to play basketball at ISH, then the rest join in and continued for two hours. after that went to pizza hut and ate the student meal again, trying the pasta instead. quite nice also.

looked at someone's blog just now, i shall not say out whose it is. Just some word of advice here, if u are looking at my blog. Being a leader is not that easy. Not much to say being the top positions of a unit. It takes up a lot of effort and time, and all might just end up to be nothing. Even if there is minimal progress, or met with difficulties, no matter how hard it will be, we must move on. Even if others dun think like you, dun apprieciate you, never lose faith. Never give up. as a leader, we are bound to get tired, and has thoughts of giving up, its normal. But dun get trouble over it, get over it, use the remaining time to have an achievable goal. Leaders alway think big, but followers dun alway agree. Thats why, try to lower your goals, and create some breathing space for yourself. Don;t safocate yourself.

Quote of the day
Keep the passion in yourself, others will try to extinguish it, but you are the one who keep it burning.

Hope to see your blog with your happy posts soon. talk to me if needed.


Always Aflame, Never Extinguish

Training Day

today was the seond last bk training. The attendance still the worrying factor. Haven;t had any audi training yet, hope last training can used it and going to book the audi for the start of the year. Standards still okay, but can be much higher. Saw our two new CIs today, Ruijie and Jackson sir.

After training, went to eat lunch with squadmates. Noel, Tingwei, Jeremy, clayton and me. Went to pizzahut and have the student special. $5.90 for freeflow of pepsi, a soup of the day and a baked rice. The baked rice quite nice. after that, went home, reading the book, How to have an outstanding life. Still haven't compeleted it, around 3/4 done.

Tmr, need to go school to settle some pb stuffs. Tmr will be the next hw day. Target to finish 3/4 of the hcl hw.

Quote of the day
Mishaps and misfortunes are unavoidable in life. Misery is optional.

Always aflame, Never extinguish

HW day 2

today was supposed to be homework day. The morning and early afternoon was progressing, manage to finish quite a bit of stuffs. But juz now from dinner, was horrible, playing with fb games all the way. Still got a lot of english and chi stuffs still not completed. everyday have to do some liao.

tmr training as usual. This week will be hectic. With sec1 registration coming up, need to be present to help out. And then will be christmas. Hope to see hk trip pple soon.

Can someone who is reading this blog to tag on my tagboard. A bit empty there. Thanks in advance.

Quote of the Day
Never give up at any costs.

Always Aflame, Never Extinguish

HK trip pple gathering

was wondering about the title. today, was supposingly the bbq for the hk trip pple. But it was cancelled, and chingna and vlad came out with the salvaged plan, which apparently many people could not come.

Around late afternoon, went to toapayoh hub by train, and reached there exceptionally early, and waited for the rest to come. Vladimir was ten mins late while Chingna as usual was the last. But, good improvement from last time, by cutting short the late coming time to only 30mins. Dun worry Ching na, we r not angry for u coming late. after that took bus 31 to marine parade, talk along the way(mainly Chingna does all the toking) and some enlightenment to vlad. reach there, was confirmed that many pple last min cannot come, so juz make do with the remaining pple. Met Terence and Kevin sir there and proceeded on for lunch at Carl's Junior. First time eating there, quite nice though. Dawn n Johnson came shortly after that, together.

After lunch, went to ECP and went to the bowling centre. Never bowled in the end, with juz playing of some arcade games. Not proficient in those games. After that, dawn n johnson went off. Then tok cock with the CIs before they went for the CIBTC investiture. After they left, me ching na and vlad took bus 135 to AMK hub. Reach there, went to the arcade, see vlad play the music thingy. He pro sia. after that, eat at nebo club there. the food there also very nice. Tok alot there. Stayed there for around 2 hours. Then left for separate way home.

Meet u all up soon, maybe for group study or to welcome wiky back.

Tmr will be hw day, must complete a lot of stuffs.

Quote of the day
Yesterday will not come back, so look forward and live the fullest out of the current life.

Always Aflame, Never Extinguish

Be optimistic, tmr will be a better day!!!

been seeing quite a few saddening blog posts and statements on facebook. All quite saddening with their lifes. To those reading this blog, just rmb,think on the bright side of live. No matter how hard or how tiring a thing is, it will end one day. Grab whole of the opportunity, and make the best out of everyday. treat ytd hipcups as a learning experience, and make sure those hipcups wun happen twice. stay optimistic on the following day, a rainbow may appear, and things will be much smoother than before.

today had training with the BK. Quite okay, attendance still a problem. Did not get to use the audi due to some renovation there. So only one audi training afterall. After that, did a newsletter in microsoft publisher, a nice software. Completed almost everything, then went out to play basketball with squadmates and kairong. Played for awhile, went for a late lunch at KFC. Eat, took some photos and went home.


me and noel

Ting Wei's Funny look

Kairong & Ronald

tmr will be fun, with hk trip gathering. Although some pple are not there, hope to enjoy myself.

Quote of the day
Never underestimate yourself, you can accomplished something you will never imagine

Always Aflame, Never Extinguish

A better day ahead

Today, was my first hw day. Quite productive today. Just now just finished some science ws. Hope to finish most of them later on.

went to hougang mall with my mum this morning. Did some banking work then went to purchase some shirt for CNY. Bought a white top, quite nice, then went for lunch at KFC. had buddy meal with my mum, love the chicken, very nice. bought some grocery then went back home. then started my polishing for my boots and belt with the new kiwi. Last time polished was at hk. quite screwed up the polishing was. boots are quite nice now, belt completed like 1/4 of it. Polish another day.

later will complete some of the ws. next hw day will be coming sunday. Wanting to complete some of the comprehension and the cl work. Tmr got training as usual and hike briefing. Going to start on the projects soon.

Quote of the day
Losers will just say i can't. Winners will do what the losers can;t.

Always Aflame, Never Extinguish

I feel Sensational!!!

Just some update from the book I am still reading. Read around 1/3 of it. The book is certainly aspiring and mostly the quotes that I had put are from the book. Just as the title says, this may be one of the few methods to start your day. When you wake up, ask yourself, "how do I feel?". Reply one of this,I am feeling good, I am great, I am sensational!!!. Maybe this you perk you up for the rest of the day.

Today just went back school for training as usual. BK finally on the rehearsal phase, but the attendance is not satisfactory. attitude is much better, but more are expected. Had half an hour of basketball in the ISH, alone, having some self training. Felt that my techniques have improved. After that, had lunch with squadmates and return home after that.

Today wasn't that productive, with no work done also. Been reading pples blog and picked up a habit. Setting a homework day. This idea was from jacinth. See whether it works for me.

BBQ this sat has been postponed. But i think there should still be a gathering organised by ourselves. Look forward to it. Hear from u all soon.

Tmr will be my hw day. Gonna complete some stuffs or else gooing to cramp up my remaining holidays with those stuffs.


Quote of the day
Pay it forward, help the others.

the starting part of the quote is taken from HO paul seah
ending part is i add in de.

Always aflame, Never Extinguish

A Day with More to Achieve

Today, was a rather peaceful day for me, but not quite achieving. Woke up at 0730 in the morning and went to school for some briefing on city venture 2010. Along the mrt journey day, continued with the book "how to have an outstanding life". Been reading that book nowadays. It really perks me up when reading it as it let me have different points of views on different things and gives me knowledge to handle other stuffs.

After that meeting, had lunch with hh n levine at S11 and tok about some random things. After that went back home by the bus and continued with the same book. Finished 1/3 of the book already. Reached home, did some proposal stuffs and was chatting with some pple juz now, nothing much was done.

Many things to be completed, but quite reluctant to do them. Tmr will have the next BK training, hope that there will be a change in the attitude and things will then be able to move on.

Now, I will try to update this blog everyday, as it marks my change in my life and other viewpoints. And ending off every posts with a quote that i had learnt.

Quote of the day:
Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
muhammad Ali

Always Aflame, Never Extinguish

what i am into until the end of the holidays

It will be quite busy for the rest of the three weeks of the holidays, with homeworks and quite a lot of things not done yet. Very busy in fact, with everything piling to the last and a lot of things to settle. As many can see, change the template of my blog, and changed my writing style too. Started to write in paragraphs rather then sentence. Hope to improve my english standard.

Things that I will be into

1. Homeworks

Until now, just completed like only one worksheet. Still left the 15 comprehension, english projects, chinese hw, bio essay, bio ws, chem ws, and much more to be completed. Going to have some motivation to do them.

2. NPCC

Completing the BK training quite soon, with the syllabus almost finished and starting with the actual rehearsal with the song. Problems still lies on the motivation and effort and of course, the attendance. Will be into city venture 2010 planning and some admin stuffs in the store. Going to assign duties soon to clear the areas of the store. Completed some parade sequence for next year, so won;t be too busy next year, and certainly prevent screw-ups. School orientation also coming soon, with our prep starting from the registration day. Hope to attract more people to npcc under our advertisement.

3. PB

Done with the duty list, with new iniatives coming up. More welfare and motivation will be given to them. Hope for a better work year 2010.

4. Self-enriching

Just now juz borrowed a book from library, called "How to have an outstanding life" by Paul Smith. Was like spamming the book juz now, and mainly talk about leadership and management of stuffs. Quite inspiring, going to find books like that to read. Felt motivated to do stuffs after reading it. Going to post more of this review of the books after I read them.

5. Self-training

Need to start to train up my physical and mental strength. Just set some new goals and hope to achieve them. Training up for my napha next year, want to get a very high score in total. Also training up for the shooting com next year, hope to get further than this year, as this year was definitely a screwup for me.

6. Friendship

Going to sustain the valuable friendship as I had mentioned in my last post. Hope to meet you all soon, which is this sat for the bbq and event, and hope for some group study or stuffs where we can get together.

Its going to be busy, definitely, but its achievable with the remaining 3 weeks. Hope to aspire and inspire others. Aim high, Achieve High.

Always Flame, Never Extinguish

follow up of HK trip

NPCC Hongkong Macau Trip was certainly a eye-opener for me, and certainly had given me plenty of memories and friendship that I will never forget. Apart from the nice experience of sight seeing at the various police depts and place of interest, I have brought back something that I valued the most - friendship.

After coming back from hongkong, my life is just going round and round with these hk tip friends. Maybe is not the all the 29 pple from different schools, but certainly some of them have given me many memories during the trip and the two weeks after the hk trip.

Before that trip, I don;t have much friends, or friends that I always wanted to hang out with. After the trip, the friendships that I had gained are certainly valuable to me. After coming back, I had been online every night on the msn, and only scrolling down my contact list with the group "OEV Hongkong and Macau" and see who are available to chat. On facebook, I had been looking at the different profiles and updates of the hk trip friends.

I value these friends that had been with me for the past few weeks. May the friendship last and thanks for the wonderful experiences and memories created with the outings/gatherings with all of u.

Although I don't talk much during the gatherings, or as what you all are saying where i am stoning, I am actually observing and listening. So sry that i dun talk much as I had tried hard already.

Thank you to this few friends who had set a path in my life and made me appreciate the power of friendship.

1 Vladimir
2 Jia Min
3 Ching Na
4 Rebecca
5 Aaron
6 Eunice
7 Jacinth
8 Faizal
9 Fathin
10 the rest

those mentioned were those who had accompanied me for the past few weeks. Hope to add to the list for more gatherings to come.

Hope to see all of u soon, and lets sustain this valuable friendship.

Friendship means a lot to me now.


Always aflame, Never Extinguish

Camps

This week was the busiest week during the holidays.
Went for two camps.
OAL camp and CHSNPCC Annual Camp.

Practically now i am still tired,
although after a long sleep ytd.

Monday
went to school in the morning,
meet up with 10 of the rest of the oal
then was briefed by mr han
then we took over and briefed the leaders to be

we r needed there to help to train up the leaders
then they can help out with the school activities next year.

me and nic wee was together with grp 1 as their ics
proceeded on with the hike to the changi campsite
after they had planned their route
originally, their plan was walk to yiochukang
then sengkang
then bedok,
then reach changi
luckily they changed and went to the easier track
like wat my grp did last year
had lunch at a canteen
quite okay de food
sms there to clear my boredom
continued on
went to marine parade to have a break
then behind us was a hdb flat
which was on fire
we were wondering why there were so many fire engines coming
continued on to ECP
walk down the whole stretch of beach and reach the campsite second
waited for a while for some other grps
had dinner
and played some team building games
then mr gohs group came back
finally, as usual
had debrief
then went to sleep
where some of them was playing true or dare
and i was like woke up then they spin to me
then had to played on

quite funny though,
beginning to like this game

tueday
woke up
had some stretching with the campers
had breakfast
then went down to sea
was the first to launch out
so fun for the rest of the day
with some the tired looks of the leaders
quite slack actually, did not paddle that long dist like last year
beach up for lunch
then launch out again
that time the wave quite big
so was enjoying the waves
was like going directly against the wave
then the kayak went up and crash down on water
love the sea seh
then went back
still quite early
played catching
using kayak
was like spamming the paddle everywhere
still got caught in the end.
then all oal capsize in the sea
with the thick kayak called dolphin
which was not meant for capsize
as the base was very big
capsize already then cannot empty the water
so beach up and clear the water
while the rest of campers went back up
had a hard time
then dragged our kayaks back
was pissed off after that
then cleaned up
and ate the last dinner
proceeded with some cameras
taking some photos
now all on facebook
then went back with the np guys for the next day camp

wed - fri
npcc camp
overall quite okay
certainly had improved my leadership skills
and planning skills also
also learnt a lot from the officers
and had some new views on leadership

"leaders have to sacrifice for others
leaders have to see the bigger picture
if things have to be done, no matter how harsh the conditions are, it have to be done."

always aflame
nvr extinguish