Laundry... hero??

So I washed my laundry at 130am on a Sunday morning since most of the washing machines are unused then, and I was right.

I went down again after a couple of hours to put my laundry into the dryers and this time...viola! Somebody had taken my laundry out of the machine and placed them into the dryer for me. Even when he/she did not want to use the washer. Is this the new laundry hero who randomly helps clear people clothes from the washer to the dryer? Oh, laundry hero, you're so selfless! I wish you can identify yourself and shout your name to us soon so we may all worship you in unity. Thank you laundry hero/heroine!

PS: Sometimes when the "no spin" option is selected on the washer, it could also mean that some of the clothes in there are.... NO TUMBLE DRY.

I know I know. I'm the classic case of dog bit Lu Dongbin.

Block C Anthem

This is for when you're feeling alone and down when mugging aimlessly for those darned papers, and feel an overwhelming urge to belt into song.

The Block C Anthem, complete with lyrics and illustrations!

Smile! (:

C-Towner t-shirt 08/09

To all those who did not turn up for the Good Luck Supper (and hence did not see the t-shirt design), here it is. 

Kudos to Zhang Ren for his effort!

Don't you just look forward to wearing this cool looking shirt? 

Meanwhile, mug hard for your exams! (:

Suppers and T-Shirts

Exams are coming in around two weeks time, and everyone are (or at least, should be) mugging hard, but just lay aside your books for an hour on Tuesday night next week for us to wish you all good luck in exams...

Good Luck Supper

Date : 11 Nov (Tuesday)

Time : 10pm

Venue : Rooftop (or comm. hall if it rains)

Also we will be voting for the T-shirt design for our block on that day, so do take a break, do come down and join us in our last supper before the exams!

For those who are still interested in designing our block tee, do send in your design by soft or hard copy, preferably A4 size if hard copy, with maximum 3 colours(inclusive of the background colour, black in our case), and send it to any block commers:)

JIA YOU, C-Towners, for your incoming exams, projects, assignments, thesis, 30 pages lab report or 3000 words essays

"Luck are for those who grab the chance, and chances are for those who work hard for it."

Back To Sheares

Calling all C-Towners who are overseas on SEP or NOC!

If you're intending to come back to stay in the second sem, do contact jieshen or quin to inform us so that we can arrange accomodation for you!

We know you miss us! =)

Peeping Tom Alert!

Dear C-Towners, 

I would like to share an excerpt from an email received by all Kent Ridge Hall residents this morning. 

"Early this morning at about 3am, there was an incident of a peeping tom and photographing/filming of a female resident showering in the washroom. The RF together with the block committee launched an immediate investigation, but was unable to identify the culprit."

As Sheares and KR are neighbours, I think we have cause to be more alert as well. 

This is an appeal to all C-Towners to politely enquire into the identity of strangers you encounter along the passageways of the block. If they are unable to answer, please notify the nearest block comm-er / JCRC / hall staff. 

If they say they are looking for a certain C-Towner, ask for the name of C-Towner, and escort the person to the room (if you don't know the room number of that C-Towner, just ask around)! Let's not allow strangers to wander around our block. Block C is not a park for ahbengs and ahsengs to loiter in.

Finally, girls, please don't shower alone late at night (or early in the morning). Safety in numbers! And guys, please keep your ears peeled for any screams at ungodly hours - that's your cue to dash out of your levels to bash up intruders and save the day.

P/S: There have also been several reports of a flasher around the vicinity of the Shaw Foundation Alumni House and the Business School. A C-Towner has experienced this for herself, so please take this seriously. Perverts like him can be dangerous. So once again, safety in numbers. And when you're walking back to hall/jogging in the middle of the night, please keep your path to well-lit areas, and don't journey alone! 

Keep safe me dearies. 

Buaya Week closing

Since the closing, if you haven't phantomed yourself away, you would have heard many C-Towners complaining about suffering from Buaya Week withdrawal symptoms.

This photographer is also the soccer TM, and since half the soccer team seems to come from Block C, she has heard endless complaints DURING training about how they now have no more yummy food waiting for them when they go back to their rooms, and how their TM should start buaya-ing them during training. Nonsense, I say. Just kick those balls. Pun intended.

Nonetheless, hope all had a happy and memorable Buaya Week 2008!

The Buaya Week closing ceremony was held at the rooftop, with C-Towners seated comfortably in a cozy semi-circle. 

Our blockheads (pun not really intended) kickstarted the night with announcing the titles to be won that night.

1) Block C Buaya King

2) Block C Buaya Queen

3) Block C Buaya Prince

4) Block C Buaya Princess

This year, we also had exclusive sashes fit for royalty. Block C royalty, that is. 

And following trends seen in Sheares MPSH during the recent JCRC rallies, AGM and EOGM, C-Towners jumped crazily for the chance to "second" everything said. Cheap thrills ftw.

Notice how all the raised hands belong to the less fair gender. Boys, tsk.

Nominations begin. 

1) Nominations for Buaya King 08/09

Grace nominating her buaya with a long, well-rehearsed speech.

Her buaya basking in the sweetness of her voice, oblivious to Xin Ying's "wth" look.

Kai Jia nominating her buaya. Photo attempts resulted in results like the one below, because..obviously very "moved" by her buaya's buayaing, she was "moving" non-stop. 

Okay, that may have been lame, but at least it got the idea across right? 

Her buaya looking oddly satisfied with himself.

Lai Mun nominating her buaya..

 

Her buaya choking up with tears at the thought of everything he had done for her. 

Sharon nominating her buaya..

Who acted convincingly bochup, even though those standing near enough to him realized that he was shaking quite badly (which is why Matt is looking around trying to figure out what was happening). Butterflies in his stomach? Nah, must have been all those cranes and peacocks he folded. 

Jiafen nominating her buaya..

While his fellow C-Towners are enthusiastically seconding his nomination, Jiafen's buaya seems pleased but not very interested. But who can blame him? 

I wouldn't. 

After all, his heart is miles away in Sweden. 

2) Nominations for Buaya Queen 08/09

Yong Lun nominating his buaya. He was visibly touched by his buaya's expressions of love during the week, declaring that "she did things that my girlfriend will never even dream of doing for me".  

Okay, fine. Maybe not in those exact words. But it was something along those lines, and it drove all C-Towners present wild with yells, cheers and wolf-whistles.

His buaya in the background, head bowed, looking shy and bashful.

Terence (old) nominating his buaya. 

Unfortunately, a photo of his buaya is not available 'cos she was too busy being behind the camera. 

Min Woo nominating his buaya, dressed lovingly in an appropriate shirt that made everyone present go "awwwww". 

While she stands quietly at the back of the crowd beside VK, the latter gives this photographer a knowing smile. 

Swee Foo nominating his buaya..

...for her now infamous "You Sweep Me off My Foot" buaya attempts. He says he knew who she was right from the start because "Emily has a very weird sense of humour that no one else can copy."

After the round of nominations, it was time for buaya/buaya revelations.

In line with the theme "C the Magic of Love", we came up with an ingenious idea to reveal the buaya/buayees.

Remember those primary school science lessons which showed you the magic of "invisible ink"? 

We did.

]The procedure was supposed to go like this: 

1) Call out a random person to the front

2) Pass him/her the piece of paper with his/her buaya's name smeared in invisible ink.

3) Have him/her hold the paper over the flame for a few seconds

4) Voila! He/she would be able to "C" the name of his/her buaya! (And hence in connection, "C" the Magic of Love, you see.)

As I said, that was how it was supposed to go. It doesn't mean it went that way. What happened was...things got a bit too hot to handle. Not surprising, given the fact that the average rating of a C-Towner on the "hotness scale" is significantly high. 

Sigh. Okay, fine. Things got a little awry...and some papers had holes burnt in them. But you know, we should always look on the bright side of life. We should have started praying to the papers.

Did I hear you say "Huh, you siao or what? Pray to papers? What's the link?"

Well...papers with holes in them are holey right? 

Did you just say "Uh huh...So...?"

Urm..holey holy! Get it?  

STOP ROLLING YOUR EYES! LATER DROP OUT THEN YOU KNOW!

Disclaimer: We tried the procedure out prior, but apparently different paper = different results. Sorry for any inconvenience/disappointment caused!

Oh, this Buaya Week, special mention needs to go to Zhen Lin, who took on the task of 2 buayees all by himself! Applause please! 

See that expression of his below? It's the classic "Handsome Pig" (or so he calls himself) expression, and this photographer is going to give you a step by step guide on how to elicit that expression from him. 

Step 1: Approach Zhen Lin

Step 2: Start a conversation with him

Step 3: Switch the topic to Buaya Week

Step 4: Say casually "Zhen Lin, I heard you had 2 buayees. Xiong right?"

Step 5:  Continue the conversation: "Heard one of them reciprocated your buaya-ing efforts with a delicious apple waffle."

Step 6: Use the punch line "And you wrote a thank you note and signed off 'Love, Zhen Lin.' Why did you reveal yourself like that??"

That's all it takes, really.

Next, highlights of the revelation...Where it became obvious which Buayas were the most zai in concealing their identities.

Samson's shell-shocked expression when he found out who "Sam Daughter" was made her double up in unrestrained glee.

And Sze Hui, who confidently looked at CK and pointed him out as her Buaya.

But no, she was so wrong. 

Imagine her surprise/shock when Chris walked up to the front and whipped out a bouquet of 99 handmade roses. 

He had to sleep at ungodly hours (if he ever slept at all, that is) cos he could only prepare the stuff when Sze Hui was asleep. And because of this, she was firmly convinced that CK was her buaya..for some reason involving CK's slippers that she will be in the best position to tell you about. Though I'm sure CK will also gladly tell you the story if you ask him nicely. 

Everybody go "awwwww" now. 

So sweet! (:

Kane's revelation present was a scrapbook of Jiafen's most unglam photos...ever. Check out her chagrined expression when he happily flipped through the book for the audience's amusement.

And then, Valerie's buaya - the infamous "fisherman" came to light.

Let me tell you a story between Val and her buaya.

Somehow, Val got the notion that Chris was her buaya. So she set out trying to trick him into admitting it. That night, while Chris was barely awake and folding flowers for Sze Hui, Val saw her chance and leapt into action (the trap: she wrote a postcard to her buaya that morning). The dialogue went more or less like this:

Val: Chris!

Chris: Uh..yea? 

Val: The postcard cute right?

Chris: nodding distractedly Yah, very cute.

Val: Hahahahahaha! Caught you!

Chris: Eh, wait. What postcard?

Val: Don't bluff!

So during revelation, Val strode up to the front, and announced: "Chris, come out lah!"

But Mr. Fisherman turned out to be none other than one of our two pageant contestants...Mr Kenneth Yong! 

Val whipped out a sack filled with UFOs (Unidentified & Fishy Objects). She screamed at Kenneth (to the horror of all C-Towners present): "I BOUGHT YOU A REAL, DEAD FISH". After which she proceeded to rummage around in the sack, throwing out balls of paper on the floor (and on people near her), while Kenneth looked on in trepidation (and other C-Towners started visibly edging away to give the dead fish as wide a berth as was possible).

In the end, a very, very high Val drew out a toy fish that when turned on, vibrated noisily. Please note the pun is not intended. This photographer is only an innocent and young girl.

No comments allowed. Next.

Reciprocation at its best. "I Love My Buaya" and "I Love My Buayee" shirts. So sweet!

Maybe too sweet. Mingyi & Liyong, where are you? For those of you who just went "huh" for the Nth time, Mingyi & Liyong are the resident C-Town dentistry students. Who else better to cure tooth decay from an overdose of sweetness? Keke.

Incredible Hulk also made a guest appearance in C-Town. He was topless because his clothes got ripped to shreds when he transformed into that big green thing. Poor thing.

And if you look closely at the photo below, you will realise that it shows not one, but many Incredible Hulks. Only the best for C-Towners.

Can't see it? 

Well...Many posing with Incredible Hulk = Many Incredible Hulks!

Of course, why else? 

You, you, you and you! Stop saying "omg let's pond her" with each line you read. That threat is getting too stale already.

And...revelation surprises...the 3 couples who mutually buaya-ed each other.

Fate decreed:

Pair 1: Tat Chin & Lee Ling

Pair 2: Yong Lun & Bei En

Pair 3: Alex & Shimin

Royalty crowned for the night:

Buaya King Swee Foo and his buayee Grace:

Buaya Queen (this photographer) and her buayee Terence:

Buaya Prince Terence and his buayee Kai Jia:

Buaya Princess Lai Mun and her buayee Yik Hung:

While the Buaya Queen is demure and gentle (and no, the Buaya Queen is not the Buaya Princess's mother), the Buaya Princess delights in showing rude hand signs. 

Then you wonder, why does her buaya (Horace, below) look so scared beside her?

Last but not least, to round this off, a photo of our beloved blockheads (no, no, of course the pun on "blockheads" is not intended), who have C-een the Magic of Love!

And this post marks the last of the incredibly long Buaya Week posts. This photographer apologizes for the belated post, but post-buaya week fatigue set in first, followed by inertia. But taking into account the fact that this photographer finally moved her lazy butt to blog this early on a rainy Sunday morning when everyone else is asleep and she could be nua-ing, but didn't - please do forgive her. 

Hope you enjoyed these Buaya Week reads!

More importantly, hope you had fun during Buaya Week, and ended it on a high note.

Till Buaya Week 2009, cheers! (: