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Sunday, April 6, 2008
Then it hit me....NO MORE CAMPCRAFT!!/ 6:59 PM Haiz... I keep thinkning that there's campcraft tomorrow...i still cannot believe its all over. I want a Re-DO!! god!! now that there's no more campcraft every monday, wednesday and saturday, i'm gonna feel soo lost. like aren't i suppose to do campcraft, but then i'll remember that there's no more campcraft. I swear i'll burst into tears!! I feel like something has been ripped from inside me. Like i've lost something. Omg, i really want campcraft to continue...To tell you the truth, i was hoping that campcraft comptetition would be postpone due to SOMETHING, just so that campcraft would carry on another week or so...but it didn't!!! With no more campcraft, the team might drift further apart due to the upcoming 'o' levels...but its the way of life i guess. Good things have to come to an end sooner or later and we have to learn to let go. But seriously, I DON'T WANNA LET GO!!! Anyhow, since there's no more campcraft, i wish you guys all the best in your studies and work hard for your As!!! We knew that we were gonna be champions and we worked hard to get it. Now, we're gonna work hard for our 'o' levels!! LETS GO!!! Labels: campcraft, letting go |
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Saturday, April 5, 2008
Thank You/ 7:39 PM Tk CAMPCRAFT 2008!!! woohoo!!! Wow, time just fly by soo fast that the finals is over and we've emerged CHAMPIONS of the girls team!! Omg! I still couldn't believe that its all over. Theres no more campcraft training anymore...I'm sooooo gonna miss campcraft. I know i sound kinda geeky but i'm serious. Well, today was the IT day. The day everyone has waited for anxiously. It all started with us waking up at 3 am and went to bathe. All the campcraft members bunked in school the previous night at we all didnt want to wake up damn early just to get to school. But what the diff right? we woke up at 3 am. After waking up, Fatin, Gwen and I went to bathe before preparing the pitch for one last trial before we go for FINALS. It was really scary as we did not made the timing for the last time before going for the REAL thing. Wow i was about to pee in my pants lar...it was terrifying as our 4th component always sucks. So in the bus our instructors gave us a token which was a picture of us with remaks written on it behind. It was soo bitter sweet as it will be their last time taking us. It was all sooo surreal. We got to HTA and within seconds, we were in the holding hall and briefing and then the question to the 4th component was given. We got 30 mins to plan and decide which design to use. After all that is done we were brought down to the competition grounds where the sun was not showing any mercy. I swear that my legs were shaking and i was a little nervous. When the horn was sounded we shot out and did the best we could. I could tell you that we put eveything we've got into the final lap and with the adranaline rush in our blood, that was the best trial ever! We finished the tent faster than usual and everything was quite fine accept that we did not complete the 4th component. However, I was quite confident that we were gonna make it to Championship!! While the results were being read, we were soo anxious and the defining moment was when they announced "The team that has won the campcraft championship 2008 is.....TANJONG KATONG SEC!!" WE SCREAMED!!!!! i was like WOOOOOHO! we stood up and jumped like a freaking monkey. We did the cheer and suddenly the guys were surrounding us and we did the cheer at the same time. It was a really memorable moment!!It was soooooooooooo freking COOL!! Had our celebrations in school then we went home. I feel that Campcraft has left an impact in my life although its one impact or more, i'll certainly remember campcraft for life and i'll certainly miss it. Eventhough we did have our tough times like the stupid prelims being postponed 2 times and the changing of stuff. Well, I'll miss it all!! the easy part, the hard part, the sad part, I'll miss it all!! The the time we spent together, when we bonded, when we suffer together and when we cried together, I'm gonna miss it all. Not only that, but the instructors too. I'm gonna miss you guys. Sir kelvyn, Thank you for being there for us, for being our source of inspiration and motivation. For guiding us through the hardest times and for believing in us. I'll never forget all the encouragement you gave us. Thank you for being there for us always. Sir Zong Yao, I know i sometime irritate you or find you irritating but the fact is, your critisism has pushed me to do my best to show everyone that i could do it. I want to thank you for pushing me to the limit and truth be told for making me who i am now. You would not be our "SIR ZONG YAO" without your weird sense of sarcasm and humour. Your lame jokes and puns(haha) but i really want to thank you for being there for us and pushing us to be the best that we can. Sir Jonathan, your encouragements and praises always keep me in a good mood or brighten up my day. You've always been there when the team've got doubts about really winning the competition but you had faith in us and told us to do our best. We did and look at where we are now. Thank you SIR!! Maam Hazi, You've been with us since the very first time we took part in campcrafta and with our horrendous skills, you taught us patiently and not just critisize us. You've also tolerate most of our nonsense. I want to thank you for always having faith in us and not giving up on us even when we know we most deserve it. Lastly, to ALL instructors and teachers,esp ms nani, i want to thank you for beleiving in us and having faith in us. That was one of the most important driving factor for us. To have someone believing in us and supporting us all the way made us work our asses off and determine not to dissapoint you or ourselves. We were determined to get champions and here we are today with the CHAMPIONS trophy in our hands. But i want to say that the win is not only for us but for you guys to who have helped us in getting this award. Without you guys, we will not even be making it this far. I seriously wanna thank you all. And i will really really miss all of you eventhough we might be at odds at time. To my team mates, I wanna thank you for sticking it through even though i know i might be hard headed sometimes or even mean. Thank you for tolerating me(hahaha...i know i'm annoying most of the time...hehe)But if only one person wanted to be champions, we would seriously have not made it this far. With all having the same goal, its made us stronger and more determined to succeed. I cannot have asked for better team mates. I love you guys and i'll definitely miss the times we spent together in campcraft. Specially to joan, Thank you for being there for us since the beginning. Eventhough you are not in the team, you ARE part of us, so in the team or not, you are with us all the way!! Thank you for the encouragements and efforts you've put in. Campcraft would have really be different without you! To the guys, i know sometimes i might have scolded you, i'm sorry because i have little patience(haha) but i want to congratulate you for sticking it this far and making it to finals, its really a great acheivement. The girls have learnt from you and vice versa(i hope) anyhow, i really want to commend you on staying and not quitting when you could have...we've all been through alot together, bitter sweet memories. I had no regrets having you guys to represent tk campcraft team along side with us. We have fun, we've put in our best, no regrets guys!! Lastly, I wanna say that i've not regret a single moment i've spent in campcraft and to be honest, if given the choice to do it all over again, i would! seriously!! i dont care bout the sunburns the sweat but its the memories that will last us a lifetime. I've had one of my greatest and most memorable moments in my life and i would never trade it for the world! TK CAMPCRAFT #01!!!! WE ARE #01!!!!! WOOOOOOHHOOOOOOO!!!!! Labels: campcraft, champions, competition |
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Sunday, March 30, 2008
TK CAMPCRAFT!!/ 7:18 PM Congratulations Tk Campcraft team 2008!!! WOW! It's all kinda unbelievable that we've made it this far but i guess seeing that both guys and girls team made it to the finals, it was all worth it!! Okay i know that the news is a good whole day late but still, i have to blog about it. Yesterday was really THE day for us after going through the postponing twice and eventhough we were mentelly prepared, we were still kinda nervous. I joked about at the holding area for the competitors. Fatin and i even made up a song. Siddiq, you should know about it...WAHAHAHA!! Okay anyways, i wanted to keep the mood light and everyone as calm as possible. So we did a little chanting. "badger badger badger badger mushroom MUSHROOM!! oooh theres a snake, theres a snake!" The girls team should know this best. Anyhow, the briefing was brief(lame pun intended) and that was it. We got to the pitch and got ready for our preliminary round. Long horn blast sounded, we got in, did what we had to do and got out. Judges came and went and it was all over. The girls felt happy and relieved and well, i couldn't wipe the smile off my face. We reached the exit and did a really really loud cheer as we were sooo happy that everything went quite well. Held the flag high up and ran to the guys.(this ended up in screaming as the ground on the other side was wet, muddy and slippery. hahah. Thank god no one fell) We wanted to do a cheer together but then we were blocking the way so we moved and well, did our cheer, for the FIRST time both guys and girls did our cheer together. "TK Campcraft number 1, WE ARE NUMBER ONE!!!!! WOOOHOOO!!" Now both teams are in finals. I CAN'T WAIT!! :P Labels: campcraft, CCA, Celebrations, competition, proud |
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
My Kaleidoscope of Feelings/ 9:00 PM Ben and jerrys is the best medicine to a really sucky day. Well i wont really get into the day coz i'm still kinda pissed(ben and jerrys can only do soo soo much) but just gonna type down my thoughts and feelings. Today was a kaleidoscope of feelings. Let me just break it down for ya. In the early morning, it was like a train wreck. In other words, CHAOS. Just these mixture of feelings. There was anger, pissy-off-ness, impatience and loads more. But then nearing 10 am or so, my feelings kinda mellowed down and it was all drive and determination all the way. At noon, i was hungy and well we went to eat duh. Calm and peacefulness was all i felt then. Nothing panicky or nervous just very relaxing. Then there was feelings of "yucks!" coz i had to take my medicine. And i choked on the third pill.(ooopsie, i'm sorry i hate swallowing pills) Then there was a feeling of "i'm gonna die!" and finally i came through and it was all gonna be fine as the pill went down. But after the pill went down, i felt "EEEWWW!!!" coz the taste was still there and it SUCKED!! After, the adranaline started to pump its way into my head and i was hypied out! And then there was the feeling of "ahhh, we're finally gonna do this" All the was in the bus trip, i felt calm and honestly, i was picturing what i'm gonna do to my hair and what i'm gonna wear for farewell party. (to take my mind off the comp) hehehe.... Then at the waiting hall, boredom crept into my mind and started telling stupid and retarded jokes. Made the rest laugh so mission accomplish! Dissapoinment came when they announced that the comp will be postponed to like 4:15 pm or something. Nevermind, everything is going to be okay. More boredom and sleepiness. At 4:15pm they announced that they will wait till 5:30 pm latest for the weather to let up. Impatience and pissy-off-ness swept throught me. Then came the Shock! at seeing a freak lighning. (damn it was freaking scary okay) After it was just restlessness and piss-off-ness at the anouncement that they might resume to tomorrow which was sunday(WTF!?!?!?) but then it was going to be postponed to neaxt saturday(affing lar!!) I just felt anger and sadness at the same time so i was kinda weird. Throughout the briefing, i was on the verge of tears coz i wanted to show them all of them that we can do it but whatever. Found my control, and no tears spilled. The bus journey was a blur. I kept slipping in and out of conciousness. just felt numb all the way home. Finally at home, everything spilled, no more reserved control but just raw me. Everything that i held back just burst to get out and i had one nice,long, overdued crying spell. When it was all over, i napped for an hour. I feel soo emotionally drained right now. I dont think i could be bothered with feeling. i feel nothing. After the whole day and all the feelings bombarding me, i no longer have the energy to feel. (now i know how emo ppl feel!!) Anyhow, with a tub of ben and jerrys and a meal from macs, i'm on my way to recovery!! on the road to mending is not a pretty sight. Thank god no one is seeing me like this. pphheeeww! Labels: campcraft, competition, emotionally unstable, shitty day |
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Friday, March 21, 2008
A letter for my dearest team mates/ 9:56 PM Hey ya'll!! well, this post is dedicated to all of the campcraft team members. Dear girls, Well, i guess this is it huh? Funny how time fly by without us realizing it. just a few months back we couldnt even really pitch up a tent properly but now, wooahh...soo pro already. haha All i'm trying to say is that, we've done our best and lets not regret a moment of our journey towards our ultimate goal. God knows i do not. Maybe there've been some tension every now and again but i'm really proud that you guys did not let that get in the way of our common goal. i'd like to thank our trainers for always being there for us. it was your support and both of our efforts that brought us here to this day. I just want to let you all know that i really appreciate all the advice and tips you gave us but most important is that you believe in us and that was the most essential element for us. For someone to believe in us, to believe that we could do it. I'll never forget it. I personally wanna thank Jinyi, our captain for being there for us and for supporting us all the way. We definitely couldn't have done it without you. And I also want to thank the team members, i'd like to take this opportunity to tell you guys that each and every one of you are precious to the team. You yourself may not know how precious you guys are but i do. We definitely would not have made it this far without each and every one of you guys. Even the reserves, do not think that you are unimportant. You are important. You guys have the most work to do even though you might not be in in all of the action but you guys have the most important job of all, and that is to remember all of our roles. It is not easy to do that, so i do commend you for your efforts. I really respect that. We've had our highs and lows throughout our whole journey and that was what made us more of a team. We stick together no matter how sucky or how great the day was. And i guess by going through that, we've become more of a team than we've ever had before. I believe that we can do it, we can conquer any obstacle if we put our minds to it and do it as a team. We've put in our best, I have no regrets whatsoever for being in campcraft. I've made friends, i've gotten closer to others. This would be one episode of my life i won't forget. Tomorrow is THE day. Let's do out best and have no regrets!! Most importantly, have fun. Yeap that's what i said, have fun and don't worry, we're gonna make it through!! LET'S KICK SOME ASS!!!! WWWOOOOOHHHHHOOOOO!!! Yours with love, MEERA Ps: LOVE YOU GUYS!! MY OWN CAMPCRAFT FAMILY!!! Labels: campcraft, competition, emotionally unstable |
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Saturday, February 23, 2008
guys prelims and others!!/ 10:30 PM BOYS PRELIMS!!!!! Okay, god that was nerve racking...itwas really really scary...i'm really afraid...well, it's over but then we still have our prelims...the boys did good...and i really hope we both would make it to finals...really really cross my fingers.. Now, i'm a nervous wrack...i really can feel the pressure right now...and i do not want our batch to be the batch to break the TK legacy...i seriously do not want that for our batch... a brief history on TKs legacy!! 1998 – First Time TK took part in campcraft competition (Trainers: believed to be on their own) 2000 – Put in much effort to get into the Finals. Boys 27th place. Girls 13th place (Trainers: Sichuan, Peifen, Engkiat, Desmond, Kelvyn, Raja) 2002 – Boys 8th place. Girls 2nd place. (Trainers: Kelvyn, Sandy, Raja) 2004 – Boys 4th place. Girls 6th place. (Trainers: Kelvyn, Jamie, Viven, Huiheng) 2006 – Boys Champions. Girls 4th place. (Trainers: Kelvyn, Jamie and Viven) (new competition) 2008 - Boys and Girls.... hold on to your seats! (Trainers: too many.) Prelim Boys 23 Feb 530pm our trial starts Prelim Girls 1 Mar 330pm our trial starts All at Home Team Academy (HTA) at Choa Chu Kang See why i do not want to break the legacy...pressure sia!!! as long we make it to finals!!! Go TK!!!! Ps: not gonna get good sleep for the next few days.... =( Labels: campcraft, competition, stress |
