Today is 'Go Green Day' for the VSC, and so we went to Hort's Park for a nature walk. Woo! I didn't know that Singapore has so many jungles and it was quite cool walking on the steel bridge, from one place to another. The imaginative me had to think about what will happen to us if the bridge will to break apart in the middle of our walk. Will we fall into the jungle below? Will I be able to cling on to any pole? Will I survive? Yeah, that kinda questions. I mean, it's kinda interesting to just picture that scene and wonder what will happen next. Hee.:)

The mentioned bridge (connector)

Secretly snapped a shot of two dogs, only to find out they belong to one of my Sirs. They're so adorable!

The turnout for our squad today, with our Range instructor. :)

Then, I went jalan jalan with Liana, from Bugis to Far East, to Peninsula. I had wanted to get my brother his present, but I can't find the shop at Far East plaza! I think it closed down or something. In the end, I got myself a bag from Peninsula, for only 15 bucks. So cheap! Anyway, we had a nice chat along the way. We actually have quite a lot of things in common, and she's easy to talk to. I'm glad I decided to join her for shopping instead of going home to sleep. :D

My nice new bag. I chose it cos it's the only design that is found in only 1 shop, instead of the rest, which are found in every shop. Hope no one else has the same bag as me. Well, at least I hope I won't bump into them on the street.

I came home, to discover that Wan Hsin and Yimin are studying at Siglap and so, I went over to join them for dinner. Haven't met them for quite a while. Had nice sandwich at Coffee Club and then off to Katong side for Yimin's job interview. Didn't manage to spend enough quality time with them. Hope to do so next time, SOON!

Yimin, enjoying her baked rice

Notice the difference in our size of bread? Hahaha!
Trying to fit everyone into the photo, at the bus stop.

I played hockey yesterday! Not very satisfied with my own performance but I got to meet Shida! Yay! Finally! I miss you, Green Dino! Though we didn't spend a lot of time together, but I had fun. I want to meet the FATSSS again!

Then it was dinner at Plaza Singapura with Aditya and the Indian scholars, Sritam and Pratik. Rather interesting to catch up and get to know more about the boys. I'm glad the two of them are settling well in Singapore and our education system. Oh! Aditya sent me home after that. I'm quite amazed by him, I must say, for he was such a gentleman, offering to come to get me when I reached Plaza Singapura (I was late due to hockey), when he could have just asked me to go and find them. Great, I'm learning more about people each day and I'm happy for myself.:)

I had a fruitful weekend! Satisfied!

Yay! I'm EXTREMELY HAPPY today. Finally got to meet my FAVOURITE uncle for lunch. I miss him sooooo much! Short of Amin & Jackson. Must meet up with them soon together, the whole gang again.

My FAVOURITE.

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I'M BLESSED! :D

It's a long and tiring day..but all that, was definitely worthwhile. Being able to bring the boys down to East Coast Park to interact with the even smaller boys was fun. It was really great, seeing that all of them thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Many of the boys opened up today, I had the privilege to get to know some of them better. I believe they bonded even stronger as a team through the execution. There's so much that I wish I could do for them, to encourage them and motivate them to dream BIG. I had a great experience today and I hope, the boys will also gain an invaluable experience. I'm so glad to be part of this whole service learning. There's only a few more sessions left...I have to treasure them. I know when I look back, this will be something that I will be proud to be involved in..

Thank you, Trybe, for choosing to believe that I can be involved...

To the Boys, I'm really proud of all of you today...

Most importantly, Thank God, for the chance presented.:)

Introducing the adorable kids from Montfort Sec...

The toothpaste squeezers and retreivers: JunYang & Samuel

The garbage kids who were brave enough to walk the whole journey in their outfit (claps*)

Never thought anyone can stand the smell of the rubbish chute? well, the boys did..and they built this tower inside..:D

The boys, with their new-found friend.

I had such an enjoyable time today, with this bunch of playful boys. They were a handful at first, but they were subdued by me..MUHAHA..no seriously, I'm so proud of them, even though they didn't win the race. They are so amusing and adorable. JunYang just cracks me up. Guess what that boy told his friends about me..? " cher bought a big bowl of food but HE only ate 3 mouths..waste food! So...what's the moral of the story..ONLY EAT 3 MOUTHS!" haha.. It's so difficult to get angry with them...however, I really hope they learnt something today, other than to tease me..:P

I'm so exhausted..been a long day for me...

In the morning, I went to Girls' Brigade Centre to sit in for the coaching programme that Praise is doing with the officers. Seriously, I couldn't sleep well last night, just thinking about returning to the same place where there was a manifestation the previous time I was there for a camp. But I guess I was comforted by the prayer that Pastor Larry did for me during the Youth Retreat. Anyway, the coaching programme was really empowering and enriching. Never once did I ever have the thought of sleeping. It reinforces the training sessions that I've been through and at time same time, refreshes my memory about how to become a better and more effective coach. There were some things that really struck me...such as " The degree to which you're effective as a coach depends on your personal effectiveness.", "Don't let the grey areas in your life becomes someone else's grey area too." etc. It was really effective and useful for me, being able to share my experiences and also, learn from the experiences of other people. I'm so glad that I've made the decision to attend the programme today. I would have missed out on so much if I had decided to be lazy and just stay at home instead. Hahaz..:P

Then it was off to Khalis' birthday BBQ. Wow. It felt like as if she invited the whole world. Hahahz. I didn't hang around for long because my cousin's having his 21st birthday celebration too. Thus, I rushed home to see another big group of people...

Anyway..I seriously hope the whole terrorist thing's gonna be resolved soon. Oh! Edison Chen's issue too..people should seriously stop bugging him and get on with life. He has the right to his personal privacy too, even though I don't agree with what he did previously. But hey, he did apologised and he's the victim who has got his stuff stolen. So cut him some slack and leave him alone. That was random..haha..just felt like saying that. :D