Review 2008, Receive 2009
2008 has been a fruitful and challenging year for me.I changed a new blog skin in Jan’08, perhaps symbolising a new beginning for me. Having had a wonderful first semester in NUS, made me look forward to an even more exciting semester(s) in 2008.
Jan also marked a random trip to Hong Kong for Joey Yung’s concert. I rushed off to the airport after Prof Chang’s tourism lecture only to find my plane delayed. It was a refreshing trip as it was over a weekend and the feeling of getting away during school term was shiok, seriously.
And the sex-scandal came out soon after.
CNY was fun, fun, fun. The whole idea of the 4 cousins – me, wendy, mavis and Terrence dressing up was indeed a novel and interesting one. The 4 of us were ALL so AA (Attract Attention) that everywhere we went, people were talking an extra look on us. The theme for 09 hasn’t been set yet, but stay tuned.
Valentine’s Day was spent with a dear friend of mine – michelle. It was a nice dinner (except for some unhappy incidences with the staff). It was rather funny as a relative of mine thought she was my girlfriend and was insisting me to introduce her to her. Both of us were like: NO. NO. We are only good friends.
Feb’29, a once in 4 year day, was spent with wenjian at the YEP’s Leader’s Networking Dinner. It was also the start of our involvement with YEP as their alumni mentors, inspiring new leaders and sharing with them our experiences and activities as new leaders.
Stayed till late in school to prep for GC Prelims in Mar. It was exciting and challenging doing all the administrative work before the event as I never thought that hosting such a big event can be so tiring and exhausting. BUT it was a success.
Huang Cheng Ye Yun 2008 – Nostalgic.
14th Mar – Drama Festival! It was so so memorable for me – being a main cast in one of the 6 plays and also the emcee for all the plays. Thanks to Audrey and Aeron, my fellow co-emcee for putting this into a huge success. Also to the casts and director of my play. I really really love drama-fest. Looking forward to it this coming year.
March’21 – My 22nd Birthday.
Pit-Stop Outing with Geographers was a fun-filled one. Playing games that ranges from idiotic to intellectual – it proved, with the exception of Matthew and Prof Chang that most of us belonged to the idiotic-range.
STB visit in April was quite fun. Tourism was a module that I love a lot - both the subject and the lecturer. On a lower note, I entered a ‘whiney’ depression syndrome near to exams - especially towards psychology.
Entering the examinations era - *bleah*. Last paper was tourism and like 1101e, the mentos came along as I was rushing my last few sentences for Prof Chang. I especially enjoyed my first question, where it was ‘design a new hotel based on new tourism principles’ (rephrased) and I drew and coloured a hotel. It was one of the most creative essay I did and one which I enjoy doing.
I like being a tour guide too. Hosting the NTNU students with geographers was a fun task. Being a tour guide enthusias, I love travelling too – May was spent with the geographers at Msia! It was a nice few days of rest, relax and rejuvenation. It also bonded us to the MAX, and I mean it because we saw each other more than 7 days a week, with only breaks of less than 12 hours.
Sounders tried to step out of our comfort zone too by engaging in more physical activities. Apparently, after that, we resumed our fattening acts by going to dinners. Klunches, nothing physical at all – hmmm maybe ice-skating.
Re-service in JUNE. Not a lot to say about that.
GC – right after serving my nation! Unforgettable experience indeed. Thanks to all who have made it possible. Special mention – Png Peishan, my co-emcee for GC Finals
FIC was also another memorable one.
Summer School was a wrongright choice made by me. Wrong in terms of grades (lets not talk about that) Right because of the friendships made and the whole experience was so different. Taking lessons with our Denmark and YALE UNI friends was so different. It felt like a local-SEP and though the workload was immense, it was worth the effort. When it came to the Thailand-Cambodia fieldtrip, everyone was so excited that no one really cares about the report BUT to learn more about the culture and enjoy ourselves to the maximum. Thanks to Ben and Shaun especially for being my bed-room buddies. And cheers to the clique – Me, Ben, Claudine, Lee Min, Jasmine, Stella, Brandon and Shaun.
On an interesting note, sounders changed our route by going pubbing in August. Trying to be all-rounders. BUT we definitely are. Haha.
Stepping down as the Hon Gen Sec from the 42nd is a sad event. I will sorely miss the 42nd and sincerely hope that this bond and friendship between all of us can last for a long long time. From the bottom of my heart, I truly love the 42nd MC. And life after stepping down was boring (common thoughts by most of my comm.) and suddenly school work seems very heavy. Official handover was in Sept, but 42nd still tries to help out by offering our ‘expertise’ whenever we can.
Kudos to my primary school friends! A reunion after 10 years! And I am looking forward to next year’s outing. Nadia maybe coming with her 2 children!
Congratulations to myself for attaining CLASS 3 too.
I became a poster-boy for the Geog Dept in Oct on a poster promoting Geography at King’s College London. Happy. Also because I topped the class in the Natural Hazards Midterms and received a ‘Journal of Cave and Karst Studies’ as my reward, and this spurred me to study harder for GE3231.
I became a ‘crasher’ in Nov. I crashed Prof Chang’s 1101e’s last lecture and also Changing Landscapes. Oh my, what am I doing when the exams are near.
Attended Xinwei’s 21st Birthday even though it was in the midst of my exams – BACK TO SCHOOL PARTY! It felt wierd re-wearing the old Hwa Chong uniform but it was certainly a fabulous party. Not forgetting the hazardous outings after the exams – congrats to all of us for doing well for hazards – we are indeed hazardous.
Sounders, once again decided to go physical – Ice-Skating. FUN but I came home with injuries. My toe-nail bled internally and my hand was sprained quite badly I think as now I am typing with a bandage. Then we went back to our usual self of engaging in fattening activites.
Happy Marraige Yirong too!
Christmas was one of the most fun! Time was spent with Ms Wong (crazy shopping), OG Clique, Sounders, JC Clas, Prof Chang and fellow Geographers! It was so fun-filled and so FUN! All of them made this special day so special, so memorable! Nothing beats knowing you people.
And due to my boredom and Peishan’s procrastination of her own personal geographies of fear, we embarked on a special journey to save the world. Hopefully this comes with a surprise! We do have powers ok!
Sounders, once again decided to embark on a different route, only to find themselves without the correct feel for things. We should seriously have met up more after our exams and not accumulate to many outings in just 2 weeks. Haha. And we are going to have an adventure tomorrow 1st Jan 2009
In conclusion, 2008 has been a fulfilling year for me. I look forward to 2009!
Counting down to 1st Jan and Happy New Year to everyone!
posted by 光光世界 @ 12/31/2008 09:32:00 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home