iBIZa!

iBIZa 2008 is OVER!!!

you can't imagine my joy when the event ended. totally cam-whored. the last 8 months definitely haven't been easy. from taking up a post that i'm totally unfamiliar with, to getting a good start, to super frustrating few months cos nothing was going right, to the finalising of everything, to executing the event itself.

the weather was considered very kind ytd, though it could have been less scorching. but nonetheless, it was definitely better than if it poured.

i think this is probably the biggest-scale event that i've ever worked on, and it was really rewarding to see your efforts pay off in one day. even though the turnout could have been much better, but i just thought that the people there at least more or less enjoyed themselves. there were really a huge variety of activities to do there, and the nature of the event itself is already very unique. i guess i'd have enjoyed myself if i weren't part of the organising comm.

there were just too many frustrating points in this whole journey, especially hard when your working counterparts are from the other universities. i guess i did learn a lot from them too. but somehow, i'm glad i chose nus business school over the other schools. it sorta justified my decision i guess.

there were friendships forged in the whole period, and i'm glad i got to know smu and ntu friends. but i also know that working relationship prob destroys a lot more possibilities of forging a stronger friendship. i guess i really didn't put in my best effort in this project, and i prob made a lot of people angry cos of my working style. now i'm glad everything's over. and it's probably going to be weird having nothing to do except tutorials now.

special thanks to BLACK ROSE for supporting ibiza and coming down to play in frisbee and for training so seriously for it. i really really appreciate it. having you guys around ALWAYS make things a lot better. I LOVE ALL OF YOU!! WE HAVE CONQUERED ALL FOPS!=D


the entire committee!


nus comm!


the nice scene at the end of the event.


(starting with those with people) kelly; vivien; amelia; raheem; brent; luther; johnson; hsienyao; sarah; emily (mostly BR people lar.=P)


jasmine; mel; michael; wen kang (aka boss!); klar; jiali; ja; marcus; ja and marcus!


pius; elijah; xiujing; loreen; chinghwa; jieying; candice; yishan; cheryl


xyz; yawen; eugene; robin; olivia; seek; yu ping; samuel; layling

i'm too lazy to post photos one by one=)

poor toe

everytime i start doing tutorials, i'll feel super sleepy. so here i am trying to make myself less sleepy so i can do more work before i sleep.=X

today marked the start of tutorials. i realised i've lost all motivation to do work and to study. one excuse may be the nearing of ibiza, but yes, it's still an excuse nonetheless. i shud be able to find time.

it's such an amusing feeling to be a senior, seeing your juniors do the exact same tutorials that you once struggled with. it's just kinda nostalgic. i feel so much like telling them everything i know, but sometimes, i guess they need to experience it themselves too.

and i totally rammed my left big toe onto the stairs today while i fell on the stairs. looked fine at first till i pressed my toe nail and blood started gushing out from under my toe nail. i could totally see the whole nail turning from pink to dark red. and it was DAMN painful i swear. couldn't walk properly after that cos i totally can't exert any pressure on the big toe while i walk. doesnt help that pus keeps coming out from under the nail now.

and i just found out that other than my toe, i have this bump on my shin cos i landed on my shin when i fell. ouch.

now i have no idea to wear slippers or to wear covered shoes to school. haha. and my bro is scaring me saying that it'll heal only half a year later. ah well. my worry now is how to step on sand the whole day on saturday!

i need motivation to start doing work! gosh. and i think jealousy is a scary thing.

gala dinner photo-whoring

sometimes i wonder what should i do to make my life better again. i just received an email saying that i've failed in my scholarship application. you know my parents were putting so much hope in that application simply cos i did well in my exams for both sems. but that didn't seem enough. on top of my cap score, there were the numerous commitments that i am and was involved in. all these aren't even enough to get me a nus scholarship. what should i do next then? what CAN i do? seems like nothing's ever enough.

i'm slightly disillusioned. ok maybe that's an understatement. i AM very disillusioned. i dun even dare to tell my parents the bad news. so maybe i didn't try hard enough? or am i destined to be looked down on by my parents?

and why does it seem like i'm in a one-man team now? whatever happened to a 'collaboration'? seriously dun take up commitments if you are already so busy. give the chance to others who are more free and more responsible than yourself. it's no point joining a comm and then join everything else and use that everything else as excuses for not committing.

pls understand that it's not that i want to defend you, it's just that i dun think there's a point in pushing blame anymore at this time. you know, i've been trying hard to keep it going, but if nobody else is trying, i'm just gonna let go. it's really mentally draining to be taking all these alone.

ok. enough of the upsetting stuff. the past week was quite good, except that my one-day week somehow turned to a four-day week. luckily i didn't play badminton on wed, if not it'd well have been a five-day week.

at least the week ended on a rather good note! went for gala dinner. was quite excited over the whole week cos we can all dress up and also cos we can see each other dress up! it's like prom all over again. obviously, being BR, we all brought cameras to cam-whore! that will explain the many many photos below. heh.


flag team (aka BARE/BEAR team)


woohoo!


2021! (the background matches our dresses!=D)


mel!








johnson!


mel!


luther!


luther and johnson! (why do they not like to smile with mouths open)


haha i got scolded for saying that i'm part of outstanding club for once! it stands for ou xiang btw


dennis!


hsien! (doesnt he look amusing with the bouquet?=P)


vivien! i love this photo even though it's slightly blur...


dawn!


rinus!


emily!


brent!


sherlyn and val!


mel and dennis!


edwin!


shu ann!


wai!


lingzi!


ellen!


sherlyn!


yuan yi!


combined table shot!


the 主角 of the night!


kai wan!




dexter!




kelly!


val!


red gloves!


grp shot with amelia!


only the girls!


qiuhan!




the guys look rather cool lar.=)


the girls...


boss!

it's quite sad amelia didn't win anything, if not it'd have been a perfect outcome for us! but i feel it has been a real unifying experience for the black roses, so well, as cliched as it sounds, i think the process is more important than the final result. at least amelia got the most number of votes! and BR itself had like 2 tables!

now, the next thing on BR's agenda is to help hsien, sherlyn and kenneth campaign for their 22nd mc elections. lets hope we'll be more successful this time round! love the black rose spirit man!=D