been a real busy for the past 2 days.. with events lined up back to back.. CJC's rockafella, sports day, carnival and concert..

Friday
had a 3 hour break after the SPA briefing.. so went to the grandstand to kill time after having eaten.. Ming Wei called SA to check on his appeal.. dunno why he was given a appeal number and I wasn't.. was kinda what he expected it to turn out.. not sucessful.. there were also some other Cedar Girls at the grandstand there.. dunno if we heard wrong or were they really so happy that their appeal to SA wasn't successful? weird...
went to the Library to have a look see since we have so much time.. if you didn't know, you could easy mistaken it for the national library.. very modern and comfy..then went home to get my clothes after chinese lecture..
was running late already, so took a taxi there... told the taxi driver Nanyang JC.. he drove on for about 2mins then realised I wanted to go to NYJC not NYP... erm.. think he watched a certain video too much already.. hahaa.. anyway, he resetted the meter and I got there just in time.. seeing them perform on wed, I some sort knew what to expect already.. lets just say there's quite a difference in a Gold with Honours/Gold band and a Silver band.. coincidentally, they are also playing 1st Suite in Eb.. one of the few songs where a Eb clarinet is quite important..
changed into outside clothes and was just about to walk out of the college when the security guard stopped me.. thought he was gonna question me or something, but he just said "Hey boy... Bye..." that put a smile on my face as I walked out..
then took 105 to CJC's Rock cum Charity Concert, Rockafella or The Rockafella Skank 2 as it is officially known.. met Janis at the bus stop and it was 6.30pm already... all this was quite impromtu, so I was quite lucky that I met Andrea there and bought the ticket from her friend.. first time not seeing her in a pinafore.. met Carmen there also.. passed her some pics I printed out.. sat with Andrea and her other friends.. quite squeezy with all the chairs so close to each other..


the crowd rocking with the band infront..
quite ironic with bible phrases at the sides and a rock band rocking in the middle.. thats what you call juxtaposition.. most of the songs they played I've never heard before.. guess I don't listen to rock much.. maybe Holiday by Greenday and I Don't Want To Miss A Thing by Aerosmith I've heard before.. they even made Canon in D into rock.. haha.. other than that, I'm a rock concert virgin..
for more pics, you can visit this link.. http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=183072
Andrea had to go off early so I was left alone yet again.. went to Toa Payoh to eat as I haven't had anything to eat since lunch.. plonked onto bed almost immediately when I got home..

Saturday
had about 6 hours of sleep before I woke up.. didn't really feel like going out so early in the morning.. so took some time to start up my "engine" (think Brands essence of chicken ad), so my dad fetched my bro there first.. took 147 there myself..
met Joel Koh and some others there.. so basically just went back to my alma mater to help them out... first time for me covering a sporting event.. so I'll let the pictures do the talking...


the morning sun...



nervousness


a close finish


hurry, hurry...


a burst of speed


emotions..

met many of my old teachers there.. Mr Low, Mrs Tan-sin, Mr Tan aka Sgt Geok, Mr Llyod Yeo, just to name a few.. btw, if you didn't know there's 4 houses, Majella, Proulx, Gonzaga and Berthomieu.. they had the mass participation event next.. basically, its just get everybody to jog/walk one round around the track..


Majella

was talking with Mrs Tan-sin when she asked me to participate in the novelty race.. "You're an old boy right?? Come come, not enough people.." so just joined 3 other old boys and formed a team.. competed with the staff team, pcg team etc.. erm, technically I'm part of the school alumni already, though it was just last year?? so was the youngest there..


basically, it was a rely race, had to carry a bottle of water and not spill too much water along the way.. came in 2nd, not that bad for an impromtu thing..
ending off any sports day is of course the prize presentation ceremony..


the prized posessions


Mr Simon handing out the indiviudal trophies..

and the overall champion for sports day 2006...

Gonzaga!

then went with Joel to St. Nick's carnival.. didn't know the carnival existed till about 10am when he told me?? so another impromtu thing.. Addison called while I was shooting.. turns out he was there also and wanted me to come to take some pics.. met him there, but that person whom he refuses to tell me who she is, has already left.. coincidentally met Janis yet again...
saw someone wearing my class T-Shirt queueing up for something.. it was Alfred and the rest.. didn't know they were going out today.. Keck passed me some coupons they haven't used.. they had been here for some time, and I had just arrived.. so with Bernard accompanying me, we went to spend off that $10.. bought a drink, sausages and curry chicken to share.. didn't eat breakfast, so was quite hungry.. followed them to have lunch, but didn't have the appetite to have a full meal, so just bought a glass of sugar cane juice and 2 pieces of you tiao..
then had to rush back home to bathe.. met Wen Shao, Aaron, Jonathan, Sherman and Louis.. first time going for a concert that starts so early.. usually concerts start at around 7, but Polka III starts at 5.30..

St Marg's band had grown quite alot since the exchange we had 2 years back.. 2 bass clarinet, 3 bassoon? 18 clarinets? like cover 1/3 then that would be our band size... they played some pieces that we have played also.. like English Folksong Suite, An American Elegy.. oh yea, also need to pay a dollar for their programme booklet? to think that last time we printed so many and give out.. calendar style binding somemore..
Louis, being the rich guy that he is, brought out his $3000 HD videocam.. I think he can compete with the official videographer already... Jeanna and March came to the circle seats after the 1st half.. it was still bright outside during the intermission, normally it would be dark already.. Jeanna kinda lost her voice already after all that screaming for encore etc..
went to Marina Square to eat after the concert.. then played pool with Wen Shao and Jonathan till bout 10.30.. been a tiring 2 days..