April School Reopen

NUUUUU the day where most people dread... I became the class representative once again which I kind of sabo myself. At first, when the teacher asked who wants to be the class rep and the class as usual goes "Kellinnn". I was defending myself by waving my hand in the air as a rejection but the teacher took this opportunity and he goes " Oh! You raised up your hand, so you're the class representative." He purposely mistook it lor! Maybe he knew nobody wants to be. I was saying "Oi don't sabo me hor!" then GGWP became class rep again despite me reasoning that I had already taken up the role for Year 1 and we should give the chance to other people. Obviously, teachers win most of the time! He said, " Year 1 is Year 1, Year 2 is different!". Me (in mind): "WTFFFUUUU, ITS NOT, PLEASEE". Anyway, got points so ok lah, fine I shall be it for the next one year or one semester!

The first lesson was just introduction about Arboriculture (Plants related) telling us about stories related to trees and to get our interest towards it. Next, after an one hour break it was our next design lesson and luckily it was a really brief intro and short distanced walk around the campus to take some perspective photos (OH NO GG! Time to do work next week) for our first assignment. See the word 'perspective' sounds so chim already, you can already foresee me suffering for the coming days! AH NI YO!! (An informal way of speaking in Korean: Nooooo)

Two of the the teachers for today I know them, one I had seen him before but he had never taught us before the other taught us during our first year, first semester.

We were released early at 1 plus instead of 4 pm so we headed earlier to the CCA fiesta (where all the ccas congregate in one area to showcase about themselves and pull 'fresh' (freshies/ year 1) people to join them, mostly is for year 1 but year 2 and 3 are welcome too I guess). It was damn hot and chaotic over there, I kept perspiring! Visited some of our friends' booth to chit chat for awhile. I signed up for 2 CCAs which are event base which means when they emailed you about certain events, you can sign up for it only when you are free, if you are not, you choose not to go. Good thing about them, I don't have to stick to a certain schedule which is more flexible for me as I don't know when I am free or not! Visited some of our friends' booth to chit chat for awhile

Went to visit my CCA booth ahhh look at those artistic photos with me inside! Memoriesss~

First day of lesson learning these stuffs!

Treetop Walk & Singing

On 15 April 2015, I finally met up with my poly friends for the first time during our holiday before school starts! It was also the day I finally got my new phone after years, my old phone had problems like memory low. I am a apple (iphone) user so for a change I decided to go for samsung (android) to see the difference. It was quite a headache when I first received it as it was really different from what I originally had. Due to the impromptu purchasing of phone in the morning, I could not make it for Korean BBQ (SAVE MONEY!!) so I went to join my friends for Teo Heng only instead, it is a karaoke place. Instead of singing for the first part of the session, we or me kept getting distracted by my new phone. As they wanted to have a touch of it and me trying to explore its functions. 

For most of the time, we talked instead of sing as we had a lot to catch up on since we haven't been seeing one another for quite long but there isn't any much juicy news just things like them being in camp trainings or going overseas during holiday. We had a 3 hour session in the LARGE room and it was big though YDS! After that we went to KFC to had some yogurt and this time round I tried passion fruit flavour and had some toppings for it. Previously, I thought adding toppings would have extra charges so I always go for just the yogurt itself. So we chit chatted as usual for awhile and went to Daiso for a walk and some of us got a nice box for ourselves to put our stuffs! As the box was nicely decorated with cursive words.

On 18 April 2015, VSSKYC went to da Treetop Walk YO! LOL the name just rhythms with this. We met up for McDonald's breakfast (AHH MY HOTCAKES!!) to fill up our belly before going. The 9am meet became like 10 plus or much later that I can't remember now (Nuuu no more fresh air to breathe in). The weather was rather hot when we were on our way there. Luckily, when we reached our destination it was not that sunny anymore.

There's lack of signs to direct you to the location so we followed where our instincts brought us to and YEAP we were right! The place was rather ulu and the pavement was uneven and not properly paved so it's sort of like a nature let loose place. I will show some pictures so you can get a clearer idea of what I am saying. 

There were lots of climbing, up the slopes, down the slopes, wooden staircase up and down and many more obstacles like rocks, pebbles and monkeys (there were many of them appearing along our way) on the ground. Making it harder to walk and you should constantly looked at the ground to keep your balance in case there was this random huge block of rock protruding from the ground that intercepts with your way. Best part of the trip were us doing cheers to liven up the long journey so that it was not so bored to merely walked through the entire thing in silence. Sharing the cheers we learnt from camps and singing random songs like kiddo songs. There was only one toilet area after travelling a long distance and you would also passed by a majestic looking place in which they said looks like hunger games. Another part was, randomly stopping at some location to take nice photos (we spam, like having photo shoot) and asking strangers for help to take group photos for us. So far all the people we asked were quite kind. One group, which we assumed to be foreigners, even requested to take a group photo with us with my camera and their phone.

Let me share with you some of the epic things that happens as our journey continues. As I looked up towards the sky I saw a monkey holding a yellow water bottle filled with water sitting on the branch. I was like "What is it doing with the bottle up there?" My friend warned me by saying," Later it drop down ah!" Seeking the advice, I picked up my pace and swiftly passed by the danger zone (LOL sounds like composition). Upon seeing the first monkey, Pearl let out a slight shriek and the initially leading in the front her, went to take cover of the person behind her to avoid the monkey. AND the cool me just walked passed it bravely! I could sensed or see from its eyes that it was also scare of us, so all of us were scare of one another, so I guessed it wouldn't attack me or something.

After quite awhile, we finally reached the Treetop Walk's bridge which we had been waiting to see! It was quite a distance to walk before eventually reaching. It was a one way bridge so once you enter there's no returning back and you would just have to use the exit on the other side. It was the bridge I saw people taking photos with and was rather excited to see the actual thing for myself. We could only pause for a while as there were other people behind us who needed to pass by too as the bridge was narrow and can only fit one person in a line. On our way out, it started to rain so we miserably squeezed under two umbrellas that we had. Funny ah, when I got bring never rain and when I did not it rained. So we chiong for a nearby shelter with a sign saying, " No trespassing ", who cares so much when there was not a soul in sight and it was raining heavily. We turned out to be inside of Singapore Island Country Club and it was all high class inside. There were people playing golf and buffet ongoing too!! It was my first time seeing people playing golf.

Next, we went to replenished our hungry stomach after a tiring walk. We had a fulfilling meal at Saizeriya for a reasonable price at HomeTeamNS. The glorious food ahhhhh, thinking about it I want to have some again! Next next, we had a impromptu decision to play Laser Quest WOOO!!! At first I was against the idea due to my previously bad experience of it. BUT this time round was a comeback for me, I GOT SECOND PLACE!!! Although it was just 10 minutes inside, the tension was high as you needed to watched your back and everywhere around you in the dark to prevent getting shot. Heng it was a team game!! It was 3 VS 3 and occasionally we would face off so we head on attack haha! The feeling was really shiok when you shoot them from behind without them knowing.

Our last stop was to have some ice cream at Val's workplace! We stayed there till almost 9 pm to decide on the photos we should upload and chit chatted. It was a fun day!

Our colourful shoes!

Garlic taste NICE!!

Pineapple and Bacon Pizza

Potato Omelette NICEE

Must be drooping over the food! The chicken steak have a layer of cheese!

Yummy food and good atmosphere makes eating more enjoyable!!1

Rot at Ching Wei's house

We were too bored at home so we decided to go to Ching's place and rot(we're not actually rotting, it's just a term which means we are just chilling and not doing much). Ching ordered Macs delivery that includes nuggets, french fries and her Line toy! AWESOME now we could have a picnic while watching movie! I was excited upon hearing that Ching was going to order Mcdonald delivery because we would get to enjoy, talk and munch on something as well.

As we were seated in the living room, Ching's grandpa offered us some fruits so we ate it as well while we were having Mcdonald. The healthy fruits balanced up the unhealthy food that's what I said LOL. I was getting distracted by the Channel 8 show 118 and Life Is Beautiful 初一的愿望 when Ching's grandpa was watching it. After finishing, we migrated into Ching's bedroom (air-con on already woo) to continue our soft sounding movie (when in the living room) so that we could hear it louder and clearer. Freaking out at some scenes of Jaws, one scene in particular that caused us to jump and let out a shrill was when out of a sudden a man's face looking blue-greyish popping out of a rock. We were expecting a shark but it ended up to be a man, so we thought why this shark had a man face which led to the shock and he was opening his eyes widely.

After the movie ended, we decided to take a look at Ching's wardrobe and discovered her old primary school uniform. It looked so mini!! It can become a crop top now! We went for 'star gazing' after that for a short while and went back home. The End!

The Story Of A Green Tea Cake

As usual we would occasionally receive pastries baked by Ching! She have passion for baking so she kind of bake as a hobby and at the same time experimenting with different recipes. SO TO SUPPORT, we would tabao back the pastries she baked and bring back home to eat. We too would give feedbacks and comments on how we find it. Once in a blue moon, when I got feel to try baking I would ask for her tips and advices!

I got to try two slices of her new recipe: Green Tea with Strawberry Cake
It has a slightly milky taste like Meji milk (the green tea cream flavour) and not too sweet, just nice. I also like the slight chao da brownish part where the strawberries that were in between the layers of the cake sort of make it more refreshing when you are eating them together. Not so dry! I immediately gobbled down one slice on my own before anyone could take them.

Although it might not look appealing here as it had been put in a plastic box and became sort of compressed. BUT the taste was great! I seldom compliment on food as I am a picky eater. Continue bringing your baking skills to a higher level!!

We went for a 3rd short gym-ing session at Ching's place, where we were chased out and all. The limelight of this post is for the cake so no long stories about the gym part!

Full picture of the cake

Grizzle Grind 2nd Anniversary

Grizzle Grind's rap workshop 

After registration, as I was on the way to find the News Letter Room, I saw Shigga Shay right before my eyes! His squatting down looking at some speaker-like thing, I didn't really saw what it was. The first thing that came into my mind was, "IT'S SHIGGA!! HIS JUST OVER THERE BUT I CAN'T TAKE PHOTO WITH HIM, THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT TIMING!"

Meekly, I went into the room and the first word that came into my head was, "SHIT!". It was all guys and they were all well donned, majority hip hop style. I was there like ok I am just in my slippers, t-shirt and jeans. DAMN PAISEH!! I was thinking so this workshop only guys interested but heng after that got a few girls came in.

Before they came, just as I stepped in and took a seat (beside a angmoh woo), they were half way through doing self-introduction. The one before me, introduced himself something like "...I am a stage singer..."  then I was like "woah siao liao all got huge background one, then I am like a nobody there". So with a few seconds to think before my turn, I quickly rehearsed a few sentences of what I am going to say. My goes like, " Hi my name is Kellin, I have no rap background. I find rapping quite interesting and cool so I came here." I guess my introduction was sort of like that.

Charles (when he introduced his name I was like "Wa Charles~~ it have a certain aura and impact when his name was said, quite a unique pronunciation and he got this ang moh slang) was the one doing the talking at the start and Lineath (his name also quite unique, I didn't heard of such a name before. He's involve in the producing of music) later on, they are from the Grizzle Grind crew. The both of them were in charge for the Rap Workshop. We were seating in a circle arrangement. Occasionally, some of the other crew members would come in and join in at the back, where they were listening too. There were two of them that took photos and videos of us in the middle of the workshop.

I kept fidgeting in my seat especially my fingers. Like when you're nervous you would kept scratching your nails or touching your stuffs like hand phone case. Even the slightest movement, I felt like I was being watched under so many pairs of eagle eyes. AND I was the only one wearing slippers and the rest were in covered shoes. The workshop was rather short as it came to an end at around 3 plus from 2pm, I wanted to hear more from them. In their discussion, they were saying all sorts of weird terms or artists' names which I knew none of them so I was rather lost and confused.

I had more respect for the crew after today's workshop as it was not easy work to simply rap, rapping looks enjoyable but behind the scene it is actually tons of hard work, years of experience and efforts to it. Initially, I just thought that GGC was just a bunch of boys singing/rapping but it was more than that. They know their thing and put in hard work to all of their work. Most importantly, you could see the enthusiasm in them.

During the session, Lineath: "Any questions?". Me, looks into his eyes and used my mind to transmit the message that I have something to ask and open my mouth slightly. I rehearsed my question in my head too LOL cause I thought I did screw up my sentence if I did not repeat it in my head. My question was "For freestyle rapping, how do the lyrics just flow out from your head?" Lineath: "I am not really good at freestyle rapping but we have a pro at freestyle rapper here! (points to another guy)" which was Fakkah a comedian and he was asked to demo LOL. After that, they when into going in a clock wise direction where each person shows their rapping skills with songs they had written before or anything they want to rap. I guess you could already thought of what's on my mind, "Siao liao". As usual, Charles was the first to start off. Half way through his rapping I felt slight tears welling in my eyes (luckily never tears come out, how embarrassing it would be) as I got to experience a rap live in front of my very eyes from real rappers. I was in a room with many great rappers and I get to hear raps from them personally with my own ears, what an honour!! The groove and swagness of rapping that I always got the feels for them.

Lineath let us hear some of his random rap recordings that was in his phone. Woo not everyone can hear the raw recordings! Lineath: " Don't laugh ah!" One of the message they want to give us was just start by writing down the lyrics whenever you thought of one. Rapping includes, lyrics writing, production of the piece and performing it live is another completely different stuff. There are many different styles of rapping, it takes time for us to find out what kind of rapper we are. Like Charles, he focuses more on the lyrics with simple beats while Lineath and Shigga Shay does music that are more hyped. Some take a longer time to think of the bars, I am not exactly sure what bars involved. That's why I was confused even if they used simple music terms.

Here comes my turn, I just tried three sentences but not smoothly as I forgotten my lyrics that I came out with randomly in the past. I was afraid to share as I am 0% standard of a rapper. I like it but I don't have much real knowledge of what rapping is so I was afraid to rap in front of so many people. But I still did it cause I know I would regret not showing anything to them. Even though how paiseh I was feeling with not even half of the sentence said as everyone was listening intently to it. I even said shit halfway through. The attention was diverted to Fakkah when he sort of continued my song, it sounds not bad even though I can't really catch the lyrics.

As I was standing up and turning to leave for the door I gave him a slight smile as he returned a smile too (he was standing somewhere behind me), followed by "Why you so shy??". I told him I felt out of place as everyone was like... (don't need to finish the sentence, we kind of know what it means). After that he asked if I was going later on at night for GGC 2nd Anniversary celebration which I replied with a no as I came alone. I actually had some questions for him on our way out but the time seem rushed so didn't managed to ask. I had questions like "What do you mean by practicing? (He answered my earlier on question during the discussion. When Lineath asked if that answered my question, I just said yes as I don't really get it.) How do you practice your freestyle rapping?" and "How you guys do those hand gestures/arm movements when you guys rap?". After just merely saying that I am not going, I should have add on saying, "All the best for later!" I just said, "Thank You! Bye!". At least I get the chance to talk to him and see other crew members live!

Overall, it was a great experience to witness rappers rapping as I always find it really dope when people does so!

Charles ENERO

Lineath