Tanbo Chalet at Sentosa 2009 Pics. Part I

Hello
let me share with u all some of the pics i took during the chalet (: this is only a tiny bit of what i have. pls read from the last pic to the first pic.because the order is wrong.sorry :X

hope it brings back gd memories(:
chiuyin

International Convention for the Gifted in Snooker.

ce shun and yauxuan. ce shun:"disgusting green apple drink"

Proof that ce shun and me really walked up the slope to costa sands resort.(we didnt teleport there) haha

Jiawen's dream job is here. He should intern at PSA some day (:

Ce shun and me. First time on sentosa express.excited haha

Jiawen's favourite pic. He says he looks cool. Unfortunately, yauxuan was doing wierd stuff to his face. Sorry jiawen, i dont have the time to photoshop.haha

HCICO Tanbo '09 Outing

Dear Pipa and Liuqin,

I really really want to thank Chiuyin, Kenneth, Pingxi, Benedict and Jiawen so so so much. Thank you for coming and for staying over and making the entire two days so fun. Oh no i might be repeating what i said in the sms. But the past two days have been the best moment of my life honestly, I have never felt so happy to be around such nice friends before. Here goes another super super long post haha.

The first day, 25th June, I went to school in the morning to go src lab. I sat on the bench to wait for chiuyin. Then i saw his sms, he said his throat wasnt feeling well and he might not be able to come. It was the worst sms that day. But he still came at around 8.40am. We went to lab, then went to change in salt centre, put his pipa in 3H1. Then helped the others keep theirs also. Benedict sms me, he was alrd at bus stop while all of us were still in clock tower. Went to bus stop, everyone almost crossed the bridge without calling for benedict. And we realised everyone wore shoes except for benedict and jiawen, we were so stupid not to bring slippers. We waited damn long for yau xuan, in the end he called and said that he has reached harbourfront mrt. Kenneth also had to wait in harbourfront for a long time before we reached. Zhunsong had book circle and couldnt come. We went to dhoby ghaut by bus then to harbourfront. Ceshun chiuyin and pingxi were all squeezing in front, cos they want to look at the tunnel haha.

At around 11 plus 12, we reached harbourfront and found kenneth and yauxuan, then went to vivo. Kenneth had a huge black bag, which he asked "does this look like a bomb?" bcos many ppl were looking at him in the mrt. We stood in front of the signboard for quite a while, dont know where to go for lunch. In the end we went to superdog, joined quite a few tables together. After eating, we talked and chiuyin started taking photos of anything around him haha. At the escalator, we met shikai and tzeyong, quite awkward cos its quite rare to see our own ppl, and somemore we going to sentosa haha. Then they played on the escalator, benedict and jiawen walked so fast they went up the escalator before we could. So we decided to trick them, we pretend say that we havent decided where to go, so they came down, and we went up. After we went up, benedict and jiawen came up, but some went down again, while some stayed up there. So in the end, i think ceshun chiuyin and longpeng went down, then we quickly went up the next escalator and went into national geo. But when chiuyin ceshun longpeng came up, they cant find us and just continue going up and up haha. So we stayed in national geo for quite a while, everything there is so antique and so expensive, a small pencil case cost fifty dollars. Then we went to third floor to get to the train to sentosa. Each ticket cost three dollars. And we met shikai and tzeyong once again. We went in and waited for our train, jiawen almost lost his ticket.

When we got onto the train, we saw imbiah and beach station, haha we were stunned for a while, dont know which one to stop at. The train must always stop at the development area so waste time. We got off at beach station and we again kena stunned dont know where to go despite looking at the map, not sure to walk or to take the bus ride. But chiuyin and I we agreed that walking was part of our itinerary so we walked. Walk walk walk, jiawen laughing at one bar called the bikini bar... Ce shun and chiuyin were walking through some small little fountain on the floor, jiawen almost wet his paper bag there too.

Then we came to a side gate that was coasta sands. Kenneth was alrd exhausted by then cos he wore a polo tee and a long pants, and didnt want to walk anymore so we climbed up to the gate, not sure to press the button or not. Kenneth was joking that it is right that we get the manager to come and open the door for us haha. We managed to get the door open by just pressing a button. But chiuyin and ce shun were far ahead, call them also nvr pick up, so longpeng and yauxuan went to find the reception to get the keys. Then we all went to find the reception counter too. But one big problem. It was 2pm by then, but they say need an adult above age of 18 to check in, we all only 14, 15 or 16. I had to call my dad. In the end, my uncle and my sister came at around 3.50pm to help us check in. Meanwhile from 2 to 3.50pm, kenneth and i went to play table soccer, my first time playing that haha so i kept losing. We also played snooker in the cafe. Some of them bought the bubble tea which didnt look nice haha. The snooker game, we played 3 rounds, in teams, first was sec threes against sec fours and twos. Second was random, i cant rmb the exact teams, the last round was jiawen bendict and I together. I only know we three always same team, and we have been losing to chiuyin and ceshun haha. But finally the last game we won chiuyin ceshun and longpeng haha. Jiawen kept gambling with chiuyin that he will skinny dip haha, but we always fail and he always win. Then my uncle and sister came, and jiawen kept saying yoyo haha.

We managed to get the keys, and then went to find our room, so dumb of us, we didnt realise there was a personal walkway leading up to our room at the back haha. Opened the door, and woah, all of us so shock cos the room was super small dont know if we all can fit inside haha. We put all our bags on one side nearer the window, then sat down. Chiuyin ceshun pingxi benedict and yauxuan were playing some board games on the bed, jiawen kenneth me and longpeng dont like these kind of games one haha so we were playing by ourselves in the little space on the floor, we were playing with the blankets, wrapping and bonding kenneth haha. Then we got bored, and jiawen was asking to go out cos he want to see babes haha. So after kenneth changed to his slippers, jiawen kenneth me and long peng went to the beach. Jiawen was forever looking out for girls aiyo... On the way to the beach, we didnt realise that there was shorter cut to the beach cos we only saw a lot of construction and areas cordoned off. We went to one spot where there were lesser people. Jiawen and kenneth went to play in the water, up to their knee level or so, jumping in the water haha. We built wells to collect water to wash our hands, and burried kenneth's and jiawen's leg with sand. Took quite a few photos and videos, then after about 1 plus hour of playing at the beach we went back to the chalet room. Washed our legs and hands at the pipe by the pool and bought drinks. Then chiuyin ceshun pingxi benedict yauxuan came down, their turn to want to go beach, so jiawen and i followed them and went again, the others went back to rest. Now we took the short cut to the beach, by then not so many ppl on the beach as before. Pingxi went straight into the waters. Then jiawen dont care also go in. Then i suddenly rmb i could wear my school u to geco concert so i could get myself wet too, so i also just go inside. Benedict also after kena splashed by water also go in. Then ce shun, i forgot how he came in, but i only rmb getting wet wasnt his initial choice. Chiuyin stayed on the sand with his camera and our belongings and shoes and slippers. The five of us were already in the sea with our clothes on, the water level at our necks. Ce shun grumbling he cant swim and he cant breathe properly haha. We had so so so much fun in the sea haha, making some failed star formation with our legs, jiawen piggy bag us but turned out to be us jumping on to him, benedict letting the current push him onshore like some dead body haha, ce shun keep on screaming help until the lifeguard use binoculars to look in our direction and he kept spitting saliva into the water. We were playing in the sea until the beach was almost empty and the sun was setting. Chiuyin took so many photos and he kept laughing at them haha. We kept going back into the water to wash ourselves and so reluctant to leave we just wanted to continue playing haha.

Got back to the room, everybody squeezed into the bathroom to wait to wash ourselves haha. All of us spray cold water around our bodies, without knowing that there was a switch to a heater haha, and squeezing and squeezing our shirts to make them dry faster. Few of us bathed too. The rest were playing board games, i think cluedo, on the bed again. We left the chalet at around 7 plus for dinner by then it was alrd dark. Yauxuan had left much earlier. Kenneth and benedict packed up and would leave us after their dinner. We took the train back to vivo and ate at Hans. Before that we couldnt find a place to eat, sakae sushi was too ex, pizza hut was full, and kenneth and i were leading everyone away from macdonalds haha cos we were sick of fast food. At Hans, pingxi helped us finished our leftovers haha cos he said he was very hungry and he didnt get his fruit haha. I was shivering like hell cos i was wearing my wet shirt and pants. We walked towards the mrt, benedict left halfway to go bus stop, while we continued finding the mrt, then we said goodbye to kenneth at the escalator then benedict suddenly walk past us haha, so we all said goodbyes and waved and left for giant, i was quite sad to see them go, even in the train back to sentosa i missed their presence a little.

Walked very long before we finally got to giant, where we bought koka noodles and heaven and earth drinks, chiuyin and ceshun's favourite drink haha. Jiawen was amazed at the size of giant, and on the escalator down to first level, he said since he not wearing school u, he put his legs onto the bottom side of the escalator and walked while holding the sides. While walking ce shun asked and begged if he could join me and chiuyin to sleep on the sleeping bag that night haha, sleeping bag to fit three people quite hard, so we decided to lay blankets or maps on the floor if not enough space. Went back up to third level to take train to get to sentosa. When we reached beach station, jiawen told me it was the last train going from vivo to sentosa, it was 10pm at that time, so heng, we tried to tell the others but they dao. Jiawen went to seven eleven to get slurpy, ce shun broke a toy in seven eleven also and quickly put back haha. Then we walked back to our chalet, sentosa was quite empty by then. We entered our room from the back door, i went to bathe, the others were playing cluedo again. I opened up my sleeping bag and we went to play cluedo, jiawen and i no choice, that was the only thing we could do. The cluedo game was quite sian, took us very very long to complete the game, from 11 to slightly past 1am. And while playing, we received a knock on our door, the indian guy from the other room angry with us cos we made too much noise. We watched mao xian wang and yu le bai fen bai while playing cluedo. Everyone distracted by tv thats why take so long to play finish. And jiawen went to toilet to pang sai halfway thru the game and he shouted out his answer from the toilet haha, so we all crossed out that thing from our papers. We finally went to sleep at close to 2am. I kept waking up at 2 plus, at 3.50 and almost 5 cos it was super super cold and i had to increase the temp of the air con from 21 to 23 to 25 then to 28. Oh and before we went into deep sleep, jiawen kept tossing and turning, telling to pingxi that he miss the girl he saw on the beach earlier and how he wished gladys had her figure haha. And in the middle of the night, we all could hear jiawen mumbling sth in his sleep haha, and someone was grinding his teeth so hard haha, but we still havent find out who.

The next morning, i woke up at 6, stood up to go toilet but almost kena tripped by chiuyin's and ceshun's legs cos it was dark. Then when i came out ceshun woke up, followed by chiuyin and the rest woke up. Ate noodles for breakfast, and watched tv, michael jackson died was the first thing we saw when we switched on. Everyone changed, jiawen gelled his hair, ce shun took the longest to change and pack haha. Then when we were going to leave, ce shun was just about jump onto the bed then he saw the blanket got one millipede on top, then he screamed. Jiawen poked it so that it curled up, and pingxi picked it up and fling it outside haha. Closed door, left by our walkway, put keys into box then ceshun went to play the mahjong game again, jiawen went to facebook, i went to see this blog haha i saw kenneth's tag "thanks" cos he told me the day before at superdog that he saw my post in the morning before he left home for harbourfront. We didnt leave by the side gate, we went by the main gate cos we thought the main gate would be closer to the imbiah station. We walked and walked, jiawen wearing school u somemore haha, chiuyin carrying our two 1.5L bottles of drinks, i carrying yauxuan's ruan, all of us kind of lost, all throw away our maps also haha. Then walk very far alrd, saw one signboard say imbiah, we thought we very near imbiah station. Continue walking straight, walked past so two bus stops, then finally came to an end, took a bus which went back the same way we came from and then to another bus stop which we still had to walk quite a distance to get to imbiah station. We kena tricked haha, walked so much, if we walked by side gate to beach station so so much faster. Jiawen called it our morning exercise haha.

Went back to school for elections and co and later in the night for geco concert. I shall write briefly cos its getting way too long, its now 1.30pm alrd. Elections was fine, jiawen was the biggest surprise for me, he said he didnt prepare any speech but when he got up there, he did well, he talked about some coming together is sth, then working together is success, his philosophy haha. Chiuyin was very nervous for his chairperson speech, i kept him company in the yq room before he went out, it was the moment which you could tell he really was nervous of. Kenneth's speech was good, im not supposed to laugh at him but he was very cute cos he kept kicking up his leg during the qna. Benedict, i didnt rmb what i was doing, i only rmb i was waiting with him at the yq room door, and i saw chiuyin and kenneth did a standing ovation when he went up, i also clapped super loud but i was too far away so i guess i failed. Tanbo sl elections was interesting, the sections were split and went to different locations, then they have their own elections. We went to the back where kenneth leong kenneth tan and ceshun gave their speech. For xiaozu liuziwei didnt come, chiuyin says she got flu, went to check if its H1N1. I went to count votes, and you all kept trying to ask questions and peep haha. Dazu was okay, everyone could play cos you all practised hard the few practices we had before. We took taxi to SCH, played some random game to decide how to split, chiuyin pingxi jiawen and i one taxi, and benedict ceshun long peng another taxi, but our taxi we kena pass two erp gantries haha, extra 6.50, total 16.50, compared to the other taxi 15 i think. But after sharing the cost we still pay less haha. The SCH seating we got for our tickets is totally screwed, some of our tickets were opposite ends. I didnt really enjoy the concert because of that. After the concert, we saw jiawen and gladys together haha, before that we met he somemore say he sitting with another friend, she couldnt come. Then when we saw them together, he was acting so strangely haha, like a bit paiseh then want to zao away from us asap and as far.Then benedict said sth really funny, he went opposite direction from us, and he said his parents came to "collect" him haha.

Our outing plus chalet has come to an end, im so sad it's all over, but im lucky to have you guys as my best friends, and i have memories and pictures of this outing in my mind which i will always rmb and never forget. THANK YOU!! (:

Yours Sincerely From,
Yao Zhang

Elections

Evening!

Amidst all your packing for the outing and chionging hw, I would like to wish those who are running for elections best of luck!! Good luck to Chiu Yin (hope your dream to get chair comes true), to Kenneth (either treasurer or sl, treasurer is more fun haha), to Benedict (asst admin, get the asst treasurer, maybe you can work with kenneth haha), and to Jiawen (dont say give up, go get what you want jiayou!).

Dont be afraid okay, keep cool, and present to the others the true persons you all are. We are there to give you full support, dont feel nervous. May all your dreams come true. Good luck! :D

And this friday marks the end of our service to you all as well haha. And as we step down, we would like to thank a few individuals, and a goodbye as your ils and sl, and finally a heartfelt gratitude for being a wonderful section. Thank you to zhunsong for being such a caring and helpful and funny SL, and to chiuyin for keeping our pipa section so strong. We got the GWH under the guidance of you guys, a big THANK YOU!! :D

To the next pipa IL, liuqin IL and maybe tanbo SL, continue keeping pipa liuqin as the most bonded and happiest and fun section! Make everyone happy always!

final post as your lq il haha goodbyes,
Yao Zhang

Tanbo Outing Thursday

Hi all,
This is my first time posting xD.Well, you guys will meet Yaoz at 10am on thursday at HCI busstop, or other people can meet at harbourfront mrt at 10.30. If u have instruments at home then bring along. Our kind Yaoz will find a place to keep for u all. And if ur staying over pls like bring school related shirt, election scripts, cash, and a set of clothes for the concert and other necessities such as clothes and and etc. Lets hope that this outing will be a success!

Your good friend,
Kenneth

P.S: I hope i can edit this incase i make errors Lol..

No xiaozu by Liu ls on tues

hello :D
YAY! Liu ls is unable to come for make-up xiaozu on tues. She'll have another lesson the following tues :) do u all want to have xiaozu without her?

chiuyin

Pipa Liuqin Lunch Outing

Hello pipa and liuqin (:

Today was super fun! Thanks to Chiu Yin, Kenneth, Benedict, Jiawen, Zhunsong and Ce Shun (the guest from ruan who likes to stalk pipa liuqin all the time haha).

Morning we had xiaozu. Liu ls was half an hour late and she left early haha, but we also cant blame her cos we learnt the kentucky song so fast, cos we are all pro haha. Anyway, xiaozu was quite sian for most of us. We were meng practising kentucky song, dont know how many rounds esp the 1765 6532 3565 3565... part, that we got tired of playing that song and we switched instruments and anyhow play whatever songs we knew, until liu ls went to teach zhunsong individually haha. When liu ls left, kenneth and chiuyin left us in the room while they went to the lab to catch mosquitoes and plant some seeds for their smtp projects. People like jiawen and ce shun were alrd starting to grumble theyre hungry and asking to go for lunch haha. So we went off for lunch the moment chiuyin and kenneth returned.

Lunch, we had about 4 hours to dazu, but we couldnt decide on where to go, everybody didnt want to go kap, and we didnt have anywhere else in mind. So we ended up in west mall, and we also saw benedict's home on the way. But even in west mall, we still dont know where to eat, we went to the kopitiam but no place, then to sakae sushi but too ex, to kfc but too long queue, and finally in burger king, where we all got forgot theres the student meal, which was about 2 dollars cheaper. During lunch, ce shun and benedict talked the most haha, about school and how funny their teachers are, while the rest of us were entertained by their jokes. Then on the way back to school, while waiting for the bus, they were talking about jingpo and her armpit hair haha, then in the bus, ce shun met his friend from bsp camp who looks like zhen tao. Jiawen benedict kenneth and I were togther while ce shun and chiuyin and the girl were together, but chiu yin got bored by their convo and joined us haha. When we got off the bus at the opp bus stop, chiu yin saw a girl who was wearing a shirt with the name "yijing" and everyone laughed so loud that i think the girls were looking at us.

Back to xiaozu room, and we realised we didnt switch off the aircon, lucky all our stuff were still there. We had another round of practice, benedict learnt the entire huo ba jie song! And chiuyin and ce shun were playing with the liuqins, and they learnt tajike, huobajie, ce shun learnt the front part of shimianmaifu but using bopian not zhijia, and we still continued playing the same parts of kentucky haha. Dazu was next, and tanbo did well for the kentucky song cos we practised so hard haha.

Dazu was quite good, considering the poor attendance and it's our third attempt at kentucky song. It was jiawen's first time playing and hearing the kentucky song and he said he likes it, but he got freaked out by a black ant half way thru dazu haha. Benedict was saying that so many ppl didnt turn up bcos they were on strike against the kentucky song haha. We all like the kentucky song, just find it funny esp for the behind part that sounds a bit kiddy, but other than that it sounds nice. Actually after playing kentucky for dazu, I think that kentucky is actually a good song choice, i think chiuyin jiawen benedict zhunsong and kenneth would agree. It reminds me of gada, that time when the co wanted dadihuichun but was forced to play gada. Gada wasnt our first choice at first but it made us get the gwh, and probably the best choice piece. Likewise i think kentucky will help us a lot to stand out from the other co, and it really doesnt sound stupid, even liu ls liked it for its he yin and melody. It can be a good song as a closure to syf, even kenneth says we shouldnt have an emo song for syf closing. So continue working hard for syf closing, but dont forget to also practise gada beside kentucky.

Oh no i said so much i didnt realise im so sorry. But today was really a great great happy fun day. There wont be anymore co for this week. Reminder, we have another xiaozu with liu ls next tues same time same place, if there are changes we will let you know. Cya and have a good rest! haha cos ur all very tired after a whole day of co, can tell haha, and please leave a tag. bye bye (:

Yao Zhang

Make-up Xiaozu

On behalf of Chiu Yin, here's a reminder: there's make up xiaozu by Liu ls on this coming tues at 8.30am, in our xiaozu room. For those without instruments, i try to get them from co room if i can.

About what happened yesterday during xiaozu, it was a total disaster. It was a rare chance that ruan and pipa-liuqin could come together for xiaozu, because jing po and liu zi wei didnt come. But it turned out to be a bad idea, with zhen tao around. It was my fault. In the beginning i refused to talk to him after he kept criticising me for buying the chocolates for you all. He decided to vent his anger on kenneth by chasing and hitting him. Then kenneth hid behind me, and zhen tao strangled me, with kenneth squashed behind me. Everyone was laughing at us by then. When i managed to get his hands off, he felt onto me, and kenneth got squashed further, his face even got hit. Right now i am very very angry but i regret what i did even more. I just feel fustrated and bad that i only have about 10 xiaozus with you guys left, and i have to screw one up. To all my pipa-liuqin juniors, for all the unhappiness and my bad behaviour, I sincerely apologise to all of you.

Yao Zhang

24th Committee interview

Tomorrow is the first day of interviews. It will be in the co room, if not our xiaozu room. Here are your slots:

Chiu Yin: Thursday, 1045am (Kenneth Tan will not be coming tmr).
Kenneth Leong: Thursday, 1245pm.
Benedict: Friday, 1030am.
Jia Wen: 12th June Friday, 1045am.

Remember to be yourself, don't worry too much, because the four of you are nice ppl the way you normally are, naturally they wont find any problem in you, so relax keep cool stay calm and just show the others your true self. All the best! Make pipa liuqin proud (:

Yao Zhang