This Ramadhan wasn't too fulifilling. Most of it was spent on studying for exams, getting stressed due to it thus leading to major breakout on the forehead. But it was the first time I solat terawih 20 rakaat with the very long bacaan at Masjid Al-Kaff.
And there was Dreams and Teams which I think, no offense to Jannah dear, was hopelessly disorganised due to undefined instructions and roles to specific people. And misjudgement of manpower: enough or not enough? I seriously have to rethink doing this for a feature for next year's INK. But since they asked and it IS still a BIG news event (foreign delegates from Thailand and UK), I have no choice.
I stayed and participated for the first part and withdrew quietly after feeling unwanted. Hey, I WANTED to do all I can but I didn't know WHAT to do and no one wanted to tell me. I felt like no one CARED whether I helped or not so I reasoned that my help was not needed thus I made a peaceful exit. This camp thing made Fatmah pissed- but she's always like that, no worries. It made Mdm Faridah hot tempered- people couldn't ask her anything w/o getting a bad feeling that she hates you. IT made Jannah angry. I saw the foreigners feeling bored. Even the p6 campers were bored.
This dreams and teams camp was held to introduce and promote CEDAR GIRLS' to the potential cedarians-p6 students. So cos it was Dreams and Teams, an international community, we invited our sister school's Dreams and Teams team, St Edmund Girls' from UK to help us organise it and also Sriwithaya and Chak Ka Thorn(stg liddat) frm Thailand. I helped to be the photographer the first day they came to Cedar. I was under Public Relations Unit. I with my other sec 3 mates helped teach them campfire dances and some games. But I didn't sleep over nor attend the campfire. It was just during Ramadhan, I had no spirit to be so involved in worldy stuff. haha
THe only part I loved about it was the part where the schools had a presentation on what they do in their schools for Dreams and Teams. My favourite was the Chaka thorn school. The girl presenter was sooo polite and gracious. Then, they had a dance performance complete with costumes for the girls and the 5 boys. The boys sat one corner and sang and played the flute and the girls danced. Then both Thai schools combined and firstly danced together to some traditional Thai music like the Loikratong. And the boys were stiff in dancing. But they tried and were not ashamed. However, there was this one boy, NOOK, who could dance very well, imagine a boy adncing to the moves of the malay dance. very fluid. Then they taught our school the FUN dances they do in their school. There was one I loved soooo much. the chicken dance but I can't remember the words. I know there's one part which goes left, right and then HOT CHICKEN, HOT CHICKEN. Nook was telling everyone to stand up again and again and he did the dance with so much viour and happiness. Hahah. All the thai people did. THey look so HAPPY, like they were having so much fun. Which I din't see throughout the rest of the camp.
I was doing it with Charlene and Zona and Louise. Charlene and Zona totally destroyed the dance by turning it into Big Chicken, Small Chicken to replace the thai words that they used. I was with them throughout the day watching "Remembering the Titans" as a school in the hall.
And Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam came to our school and the Thai's danced for him. And we cheered for him. ahhha. Cedarians feeling happy.
Then during the week-long marking days break, there was Malay Remedial. I didn't attend the first day cos I woke up late and Fadi, Sade and Shahini were not coming. I attended the second day and Cikgu gave us LOTS of practice. I found out that there was a workshop by Cikgu Karmin who teaches WELL on the first day and because I missed it, I have to attend it on the Monday when school opened. I see this as a blessing in disguise because those who came didn't get performances by Cikgu Karmin and his group, Ulambra(or stg liddat) which consisted of him singing and Eddie on guitar( he's supposed to have won best newcomer and most potential Singapore artiste at some Anugerah Awards that was shown on Suria, quite grand) but why is he in such a small scale grp doing performances in a COMPUTER LAB instead of being in a RECORDING STUDIO recording his album??? But I must say that his guitar playing is well DONE!! One part he was playing the blues on solo, then he sniffled and my seniors went "ANTI-CLIMAX LAH hahaha". Then he laughed. I think he has a great personality. As in not sombong or whatever but we all know that he has mixed blood AND looks not too bad AND can play well AND has won an reknowned award. Well done man, well done. Loved that day.
Also during the break, i break fasted one of the days with my primary school friends, Shila, Nana, Adli, Danial and Rachel at Esplanade. All of us finished our exams except Dian so she couldn't make it. It was nice lah....ok. We walked so far to make it for Maghrib at Clarke Quay's mosque. Sounded very Indian the name. Burned a lot of calories and saw some nice architecture and sights. After that, watched some performances by BEATS SOCIETY. Fell in love with Freaky Z's performance and presence on stage. Saw Imran Ajmain himself..."sayang yang sudah tu sudah..." A lot of dance going around. There was a Salsa crash course. At the same place as Wade Robson, COOLER than COOL cheorographer but did not get to see him. GREAT DANCER...ABSOLUTELY THE BEST. PICS!!!
ya, we as a grp and all of us look spassss. with an equally spas background.
GASP! look at rachel and danial...they're holding hands!! haha actually no lah, Rach was taking a pic of them on her handphone and she's showing it to Dan.
see shila's VERY white smile and nana's act cute face AGAIN. EXACT same pose. haha. see Rach and Dan taking picture.
see nana...haha. SO Prettaye.
see adli climb over the railing....so dangerous man. then he sat on the ledge with the risk of falling on the rocks. lucky he climbed back soon again
NICE NIGHT lahh.
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ya, we as a grp and all of us look spassss. with an equally spas background.
GASP! look at rachel and danial...they're holding hands!! haha actually no lah, Rach was taking a pic of them on her handphone and she's showing it to Dan.
see shila's VERY white smile and nana's act cute face AGAIN. EXACT same pose. haha. see Rach and Dan taking picture.
see nana...haha. SO Prettaye.
see adli climb over the railing....so dangerous man. then he sat on the ledge with the risk of falling on the rocks. lucky he climbed back soon again