yoyo...xmas party's yesterdae! We got bball games, mahjong sessions, cards sessions, pool games, kfc, pizza n PRESENTS!! Haha....who went? YEW, FAMOUS 4, Choir boys except yh in malaysia, boon, timo n ziwei! Of course huimin's e host! Haha... her house has a free pool in the games room... shuang! Can play free of charge. but e room ganna booked by others when we tried to book... sian... ganna chase out from 7-9. Lots of things crop up at the last min... sian... nvm... we still had fun.

Think the guys had fun with cards. We had our mahjong session, same here.. fun. Den i taught the gals a way to include many people in pool. Got a name... i forget liao. If 5 people play, every1 take charge of 3 balls. So every1 try to dunk others' cue balls. Those with all cue balls dunk are out. i always ganna sabo, ganna dunk! They paka against me... sian. But we also got our chance paka against the guys. At first i taught them to suicide, them all stare blank at me. Suicide means to scratch- hit white ball in, then let ur buddy after u to ball in hand, den they r free to hai some1. So we had fun... pakaing more than playing... haha.

After dinner, we played bball in the dark. Shuang. Huimin's condo de bball court v shuang. Beside a lang gao... just beside railway track. Middle in the night got train pass by... then in e dist, u can see the flickering lights of some1 living alone beside e tracks. Eh... ghostly sia. Anyway playing in e dark... can only kao feel. Haha... anyway just shuang lo. After tt, we got present xchange. Give every1 a report of who give who:
Kok Chong -> Meihui -> Timo -> Esther -> Zichao -> Wanlin -> Kok Yong -> Huimin -> Yuan Wei -> kok chong(i think)
Berne -> Boon -> Teck -> Ruyan -> Berne
Yanni -> eugene -> yanni ( this one is cos last min den noe they coming so mei ban fa)

Seems rigged rite? haha... not i pick one...meihui-> timo?! Dunno wad she giving him haha... esther -> zichao??!! Hahaha... zichao -> wanlin he keep bluffing give wanlin towel, even wrap present in towl. kok yong -> huimin'?!!! Hahah suspicious ar wanlin... how u pick one... n den teck to me... confirm rigged one. Where got so qiao! Anyway they all v idiot... i was like a big joke... everyone was luffing when i got my present. Sian diao.... u wun guess wad's the present! Pink colour flowery wallet!! Idiot wanlin was whispering behind me e whole day abt it i think.... wau lau... luff e whole day.... sian. for ur info, i hate pink... yep. Sian... anyway merry xmas! Cya next year!

CIP@Orchard
Still on, just go to the booth in Orchard park (beside Orchard MRT, opp Wheelock) to register, 8 hours per day, 2-10pm.

CIP@CAS
For those of you who haven't signed up, pls do so in one of the Yahoo Groups polls or notify rat. Think there are still vacancies. 21st Dec.
IMPT UPDATE: Those going pls meet in sch, class bench, 10am, this Sunday (19th). Attendance is compulsory for all those going on the actual day.

CIP@Renci
18th (this coming Sat) is the flag day. Our venue would be at Suntec City, and time is abt 9am-5pm with a lunch break in between. Those confirmed going are Alvin, Yu Ling, Kok Chong, Timo, Zhang Rui, Eugene and myself. Anyone else interested MUST contact me by Friday so that I can arrange to get the tins for you.

We are helping to clean up the old couple's flat on the 20th (nxt Mon, 11am @ Yishun), see details in my previous post. We have 2 more vacancies left, contact me if you are interested by Saturday.

22nd would be our 1 & only session at Renci Hospital. 10am-2pm. We would be teaching the old folks origami and simple plasticine sculpture. After tt, we would accompany them for lunch. Need confirmed attendance by Saturday, those going pls SMS me (only if you can make it for the full session).

i agree with dr on at least one count which is perception is reality. 'truth' is what's perceived, and our means of sensing is limited as it is (landscapes to bats are like what, barely audible echoes to us). people assume alot (which i attitribute to our habit of perceiving things as truth), and i'm assuming tt dr is being encouraging and not painting a 'perfect picture of happiness' of e world, but a relative one (i find tt fertilisation example abit overused tho lol), so..yeah we shouldnt take blessings for granted. But then only a fine line separates sanguine from delusional. I held the belief tt u'll find a way 'when there's a will right?' but what if another person has an opposing will? The 'way' is not definite. of cuz happiness is a choice and if u're shuang shuang regardless of pple's take on you, then u're cool. (strangely tho, i've never respected that ah Q dude)
as for the child in everyone, i think it never really goes away =) people can never be wise enough
just something i don't understand tho, what's tt appeal of 'innocence' when it's being 'unknowing of evil'? i feel 'childhood innocence' belongs on e same platform as 'dumb blonde' and 'filthy rich' - the underlying description aint appropriate.

anyways i think bug's reminder's worth repeating
"honour the spirit of Christmas...spread love and remember the pple less fortunate in this season of giving..."

hmm..anione happens to have watched the polar express?? Ok, this sounds childish, but i haf to clarify: I DIDNT WATCH IT OUT OF MY OWN ACCORD!!! but i digress.. ok, pt being, the poem yh posted reminds me of the movie..about how as a child we hold on to the belief in Santa n the spirit of Christmas but as we eventaully grow up, we gradually lose this belief n faith..n according to the movie, tis rather sad..
maybe i've grown to be cynical, but somehow, i dun totally agree..(sorrie yh.. :P) it's not tt i view life as sad n meaningless, but somehow over the years, i've come to deviate from the belief tt the world is a perfect picture of happiness. We can't change the imperfect world, but wad we can do is to accept them n then alter our attitude.As for the movie, well , i guess it does fine in preserving the innocence in children, but for me, it paints too beautiful a picture. Many of us honour the spirit of Christmas, but how many of us actually do spread love and remember the pple less fortunate in this season of giving?
But, one thing that i agree with the movie..the things that are the most important are those that cannot be seen..

Merry Christmas :)

found a poem on the web, its very heartwarming...


Snowflakes softly falling
Upon your window they play
Your blankets snug around you,
Into sleep you drift away.

I bend to gently kiss you,
when I see that on the floor
there's a letter, neatly written
I wonder who it's for.

I quietly unfold it
making sure you're still asleep,
It's a Christmas list for Santa
one my heart will always keep.

It started just as always
with the toys seen on TV,
A new watch for your father
and a winter coat for me.

But as my eyes read on
I could see that deep inside
there were many things you wished for
that your loving heart would hide.

You asked if your friend Molly
could have another Dad,
It seems her father hits her
and it makes you very sad.

Then you asked dear Santa
if the neighbors down the street
Could find a job, that he might have
some food, and clothes, and heat.

You saw a family on the news
whose house had blown away.
"Dear Santa, send them just one thing,
a place where they can stay."

"And Santa, those four cookies that
I left you for a treat,
could you take them to the children
who have nothing else to eat."

"Do you know that little bear I have
the one I love so dear?
I'm leaving it for you to take
to Africa this year."

"And as you fly your reindeer
on this night of Jesus' birth,
Could your magic bring to everyone
goodwill and peace on earth".

"There's one last thing before you go,
so grateful I would be,
If you'd smile at Baby Jesus
in the manger by our tree."

I pulled the letter close to me,
I felt it melt my heart.
Those tiny hands had written
what no other could impart.

"And a little child shall lead them",
was whispered in my ear
As I watched you sleep on Christmas Eve
while Santa Claus was here.



As we grow older and more mature, as we leave childhood and step into adulthood, inevitably we would gain something and would lose something. Experience, memory, knowledge, and oso many troubles and worries and factors of insecurity in life we would gain. Lost are those innocence a child holds, sometimes our passion for life, sometimes the simple and pristine joy we once had, our dreams and ambitions when we were small kiddies, our wish to be a superman and save the world.

As we learn more about life and living, we would see many dark sides of life as the phrase we so often heard in GP suggests, "Life is not a bed of roses"

but to me, life is what and how u perceive it is. There is NO absolute truth abt it. A crisis can be a turning point. A failure can be a starting point. If we see life as full of roses, and it will be so.

whenever u feel down, dejected, depressed, feeling tt u r a loser, do not lose faith in ur life. u r not alone in these struggles (or challenges) in life. many of us are facing different problems in life everyday. And u r already a winner to have lived thus far (u r the only one out of the millions of sperm cells that successfully fertilese the egg, and successfully grow and learn from an embryo to a 17-yr-old life entity). continue to be a winner!

okay, i have digressed. regarding the poem, i think the take-home-and mull-over-b4-sleeping-message is that we shall always keep the child in us, no matter how mature we are, we muz not lose the very pure and pristine child that we once were.

*ok, it sounded very preaching, cliched to some of u perhaps. aniway, juz a rambling of mine. do comment if u have, and do blog more :)

hi everyone!

1) hc String Orch is having a concert with rj chamber on 9th December (Thursday). At chinese high drama centre, at 7.30pm. $5. It is a charity concert.

i am going. dun ask me why. But if u r interested tell me or u can get tix from any participating SO pple. But seriously i think they are quite good. Rotting at home? come for a musical treat! (okay, why am i promoting this for my fren? haha becoz i dun wanna go alone)



2) and band concert at 16th december. so far confirmed going is kc hm(huimin not HongMing) yy yl. Many expressed interests. Okay, if u cmi for this concert, it is okay, do not feel bad. Becoz next year there is THE concert - Capriccio 21. (21 is because it is the 21st capriccio since its advent, not becoz it is in 21st century if it reminds u of Singapore 21 or Tourism 21. okay. that was lame)!!

i shall start promoting THE concert now! the details are not finalised yet. But it would be NICE!!



3) CAS Cip and chrismas party coming up! cheers!

Yin How

hey there're bands performing at e youth park
i heard some good ones and they really do it like the real thing
there's originals and covers
and this band who did a LP cover pts of authority is MIND BLOWING
can hear them clearly from NYC and frankly i so felt like jumping out of the meeting room to see e chester sound-alike! couldn't concentrate at all...
by the time i got out (9 plus) it's some other so-so band (i suppose that's y majority of e audience are sitting...)

anyways here are the details, have a look sometime
Event dates: 3 - 5, 10 - 12 Dec at e youth park
e banner says it features electrico or something
let ur ears lead

exhausted. =)