Cheerleading?

Didn't want to help them out at first because ykr cheerleading isn't relly a guy thing haha at least in our school.. Another reason was that I really not strong enough to lift people up (I think? XP) But Jesslyn kept badgering me asking me to help them out so in the I gave up and said, "Okay la okay la..."

Well, it turned out to be actually quite fun, especially the people in the cheer squad: Yi Huan (I always caught her awkward moments XD), Jesslyn (the crazy one), Gillian, Sharley, Lianne and Wen Jun (didn't really know her because she only went for prac once). They are damn nice. They actually wrote notes to thank us the guys. Was surprised haha.

My main role was catching .. Not the game running and catching but really catching people who are falling haha. Right shoulder muscle hurt.. So scared that I got injured but after using the counter pain that Amelia lent me it sort of recovered.. wow 神啊！haha

There were people who laughed at us who helped out for the cheerleading. Well, won't write down what they said here. At that moment, the only thing in my mind was that no matter what I won't quit because I have promised them and thus it is my responsibility. I don't want to disappoint anyone... unlike some people ... Let them laugh man this is an experience that I have in RJ, a unique one. Imagine that the few of us were the only guys who ever got to help out with the cheer squad, how special is that! :D

After all the suffering (muscle aching) fun moments, glad that the performance itself turned out really great. And the cheerleaders said it was their best performance :D Hooray!

Dancefeste 2012 - So You Think You Can't Dance?

Finally Dancefeste is over! It was really a very fun experience doing fun and retarded dance with a group of crazy people :D Guess this would be my last on-stage performance in my RJ life. touch wood. Didn't want to join this team at first because it wasn't the kind of dance that I wanted to do. Well, in the end I decided to because like what Ras said, "Even if it's for fun and not serious ... you can take your chance to work on your confidence cos every time you perform, it's a new experience." True enough, I didn't regret joining them :D

Due to the nature of this dance, we were supposed to have spastic expressions on our faces (Qiao Yoke was the best!). That was how my face cramp came about haha was practicing damn hard the night before XD Must be due to the lack of use of my face muscles, my face was still having spasm during the performance haha ... But.... I was trying hard kay :)

That night was the first time I saw RI Audi so full of people. There wasn't even enough space for people to walk through! Even the area in front the stage was fully occupied by people!! When the curtain opened, I was totally like ... "OOOOMMMMGGGGG!!! SO MANY PEOPLE!! @.@" Luckily the spotlight was strong enough that we couldn't really see the audience except the two rows in front.. x_x

Our performance (MR J2 Team) - So You Think You Can't Dance:

Didn't expect it to turn out to be this awesome :D

Another MR team's performance (MR J1 Team) - The sMuRfz:

This is one with higher quality:

MR got second though and BW got first (them again >:/). Hehe .. A lot of people said MR should have got first, being so entertaining and all that (The cheering was the loudest! So loud that we couldn't even carry out the "Surya where are you?" strategy!) and yet ... I admit that I was a bit disappointed but well BW put in hard work too and ultimately it is fun that matters :)

That's the end of the first ever Dancefeste. Like what Cheng Lynn said, "SUCCESS!!! Not determined by end goal but how much you have accomplished ... champs in spirit and always in my heart :D" Joel, Shi Rui, Surya, Dylan, Lynn, Qiao Yoke, Zhi Wen, Steph, Sulin, Edith, we rock! MR ROCKS!!

The not so lonely Valentine's Day 2012

14.2.12

It's Valentine's.. Wasn't expecting anything because no one would bother to give me anything anyway and not that I care.. "Forever alone".. Yea that is how I am.. Have been telling myself I am not gonna start a relationship while I am still in school (and given my personality, not like I can.. haha) My junior whose heart is already occupied asked me why not? Well, studies come first I guess? Getting into a relationship would be like digging my own grave. Can't underestimate the distraction.. So I was also not gonna do anything on Valentine's.. But he said don't want to start a relationship but still can do something what like being nice to girls xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.. OK all those rubbish we talked for 2+ hours on whatsapp..

Anyway, in the morning while I was walking towards the canteen, I could already sense the atmosphere: heart-shaped balloons, bouquets of roses... Well, nothing to do with me.

Below is the conversation I had with one of my OGLings, Ken, that morning:

Ken: "Eh Cheng Cheng today you confirm will receive a lot of stuff la."

Me: "Haha no la no one will give me anything la. Forever alone haha."

Ken: "No la you want to bet anot. If you receive 4 or 5 roses.......


Me: "Okay okay but those from the OG not counted arh.."

Ken: "Aiya....... -.-"

Ooops.. :P

I wasn't supposed to know that because they were planning to prank me like "Wow Cheng Cheng you have a lot of secret admirers arh" and I was supposed to be panic like "Sh*t who are these girls". Too bad :P

Still, the surprise wasn't exactly spoilt.. I was only expecting 4 or 5 roses when Shi Rui (secret santa) handed over 12 for me during break. OMG I was in the middle of a queue and all the people around were staring at me ._. What was I gonna do.....

After the break, I was asking my classmates to accompany me back to class. I was so not going to walk around the school alone with the roses. Even so, I felt awkward because I didn't know how to carry the roses! >< Holding the flowers downwards would be disrespectful; holding it up and I would look like I was going to propose to some girl. Soooo embarrassing x_x

12 roses were all I received (10 girl OGLings + 2 fellow OGLs) - and notes - but they made my day :> Even though the flowers were not from any particular girl that I like, my OGLings made me feel that this Valentine's I was not alone! :D I actually had a really good mood and smiled for the whole day even when I was training! One of the best day in my life. How rare was it when I actually sustained for one WHOLE day?! XD I was gonna get diabetes! My OGLings were too sweet :>

Orientation 2012 Batch Dance Video

I'storia Batch Dance Video

I'storia Day 4

3.2.2012

Time flies! It had come to the last day of orientation :'(

Today the three of us were really damn tired due to the lack of sleep last night. Nevertheless we still came to school early to continue writing our notes and making the gifts (had too many ideas for the gifts and now we couldn't finish, too ambitious ...) ...

So... finished teaching batch dance today and when we returned to the MPH we impromptu-ed the cross gender batchdance (basically means the guys do the girls' part and the girls do the guys' part) and batch dance karaoke version (Jody and Joel sang the batch dance sometimes fast and sometimes slow so we had to dance to their "music"... Glad that the J1s enjoyed it)...

Somehow the OGLings think that I am very slow: "Fast -> slow -> Chengyuen..."

Oh well after that was War Games again!! The most exciting game: Strip Me If You Can! MR not bad grabbed 200+ pegs while the second most house only got 160+.. But heard that this game is gonna be banned next year :( too violent.. Heard that there was one guy this year lost 2 front teeth, another 2 teeth broken and bone fractured... :S Sigh this game really unleashes the inner beast of the girls tsk tsk...

2nd game was "The Sock Game".. I had not have a single idea as of what was it about... Anyway, Yunan and I smeaked back to the MPH to continue... yea yknow.. Guess the OGLings had already realised our constant disappearance... Sigh felt so bad :( Glad that they were very understanding and told us that "it's okay you will be able to finish it..."

Anyway quickly moving on the O'nite! I missed my own O'nite last year and really glad that it was Owesome :D The atmosphere was damn high (so sad that my 2 fellow OGLs were still doing the stuff at the side ):) and guess what? MY OG MR03 GOT BEST DRESS (Bandage - caught the grenade for you and it exploded) AND BEST DANCE (Wei Hing and Dawne!) AWARDS!!! SO PROUD OF THEM!!!! :D

And this is our SnD item - Single Ladies & Roly Poly:

After storyline, everyone moved to the parade square for the finale of the orientation.. I will just skip the less important parts.. Oh yes! MR GOT FIRST WOOHOO!!! (So technically my OG is like trple win hehe :P) GOOD JOB MR!! And yes I'storia was able to be lighted up (heard that last year D'elchanto failed to burn):

It is damn nice ^^

So... after that orientation is over.. :/

^*^

Had debrief and my OGLings waited for us outside Marymount gate for almost half an hour.. Felt so bad to make them keep waiting for us. Gave them the gifts (Actually had some activities planned for them but due to time constraints we could only hand the gifts over to them ..just .. like .. that) and watched the video made by us together..

Suddenly received a call that SnD was having debrief at the canteen so chiong-ed back to the canteen..

Steph and Josh are great people. What they said during debrief really touched all the 24 hearts :') I wanted to hold back my tear because there was no point in crying right :/ But when I saw Yong Xin and Dawn wiping their tears, my tears also started to flow out of my eyes... My fellow OGL told me that the OG was still waiting for me. I wanted to tell them that they could leave first, but it was so hard to form a complete sentence then, because I was so afraid that I would really burst out crying if I were to continue talking. I don't know, somehow SnD really meant a lot to me.. It has occupied a big part of my orientation journey and I really appreciate everything that's happened in SnD.. :') Yes there are some people in the comm who are a bit err *** and whom I am not very close to but there are also a lot of really nice and awesome people... Can't believe that it was all over.. Yes Josh, "I believe that this will always have a special place in our hearts, because it's our Song, it's our Dance." Gave everyone a great hug before leaving to join my OG. Thank you SnD :'D

From SnD :)

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Had very serious withdrawal syndrome, affected me for the next few days. It was like so much effort and time put into orientation and *ding* it's over :/ Well every story has an end and that was the end of the story of I'storia.. Reality is cruel but there's where we belong..

Looking back, I think we OGLs have really done a more than awesome job in making this orientation a really great start for the J1s, giving a really huge impact on them. Like what Theophilus said, "Guys we did it!" Indeed, the magic worked to its fullest potential. It is really touching and heart-warming to see the posts posted on facebook by the OGLs about the OGLings' comments such as "... it is something to be grateful for because when else in your life do you have a team of people so dedicated working hard you happy for 4 days..." "... the first time since I came to Singapore I truly feel like home.. " :')

The experience was so great even for us OGLs that most of us wanted Jaslyn "The Miss Universe (China)" to make new wish that "we all could travel back in time to the day before orientation" instead of "all men can pregnant".. It was really the best memories in my RJ life..

The next day I wrote a super long facbook note for my fellow SnD members.. Basically I just recounted everything that happened and everything that I felt as well as everything that I appreciated from the day of release of result of accepted OGLs till this very last day of orientation... Thanks Steph and Josh for being such great and enthu ICs; Thanks Jody, Ariel, Xiao Tong, Rachael, Stef, Gi Won, Christine, Rachel, Nadia, Dawn and Shanxi; Thanks Ryan, Fu Kang,Yong Xin, Brandon, Marcus, Joel, Jia Lok, Azaac, Kevin and Benedict. For making my SnD journey wonderful.

"There is a reason why SnD is not exactly the initial of Song and Dance; And there is a reason why Song and Dance is SnD"

And how could I forget about my Owesome fellow OGLs: Elaine and Yunan. Without the two of them, a lot of things won't be possible.. Like gifts, prank calling, placard and videos.. And without them, MR03 might not be so bonded.. I am really very proud of them. Don't you guys think we really have done a great job too? :) Thank you guys :)

And of course, my beloved Owesome OGLings ^^ Guess this appreciation works both ways :) Without you guys, our journey as OGLs won't be complete and we won't have so much fun! Haha you guys are Owesome! (Didn't know Hui Jun dances too! He has been sooooo quiet during orietation... And I really failed ttm for not recognising him as one of the dancers whom we saw during Dec prep ><) Thank you Dawne, Trishala, Rebekah, Melissa, Lisa, Bella, Man Lin, Dayana, Jenn, Andrea, Wei Hing, Qiwei, Ernest, Ken, Yu Jun, Joel, Hui Jun, Haopu, Giles, Bong, Hongzhi and Zeng Ding. Read the notes you guys gave me. It was really sweeeeet :'>

Best OG MR03 I'd catch a grenade for ya~ :)

Told ya this post will be long :)

I'storia Day 3

2.2.2012

Day 3 EA day!! Taught the batch dance in the morning again! Finished teaching IWEMA and AIL. WOOHOO I got to stay with my OG throughout the whole day!! ALONE!! :D

 I'storia :)

Everything went well today but it rained for a while.. Probably because we didn't do Sundance before we set off XD So we missed the 2nd station but luckily we were able to continue after that.. :) During the break when we were supposed to go for the second station, we just hobo-ed at some MRT staton (can't remember which) and OH MY OGLINGS SO EVIL MADE ME DO SEXY MOVES O.O

#'-'# Ahem.. Anyway my OGLings really damn Owesome!! They actually finished all 20 tasks plus found 2 star snatchers! How Owesome was that! :D And realised that one of my OGLings - Rebekah - has secret talent in sleeping! How many can sleep while standing so still! XD

Oh well we were supposed to be back in school by 5pm but my OG was just walking too SLOW!! And it was already 525pm! Haha told them that the whole Y5s were waiting for us so that they could walked faster.. They ended up running all the way from J8 back to school only to realise that I trolled them (It wasn't entirely intentional XD).. They were gonna kill me HAHA They finally got it back for bullying me jk jk

more photos :)

The OG dinner was really awesome.. They were actually having candlelight dinner at RI canteen.. #cool

nice right? ^^

Later all the girls left only left Dawne and a bunch of guys dancing batch dance in the middle of the canteen.. Really damn funny. WE WERE SO HOBO!! Little did they know that the 3 of us were gonna stay up late to make their gifts... stay up late is an understatement.. We didn't even sleep! (40min maybe)


Oh yea and today is EA day! ... like "Ernest Ang" day!! HAHA Happy Birthday!

I'storia Day 2

1.2.2012

Another exciting day!! :D Taught MR and BB the first (MLJ) and second (IWEMA) batch dance today. My juniors told me that I danced not bad hahaha just that I looked serious on stage o.O I thought I smiled! Really :/ But my junior said dance on stage the expression must be a bit exaggerated eh haha gonna work on my expression some time haha XD

Afternoon was War Game.. Got face-painted.. v

But I felt that it wasn't as fun as our orientation because there was no MUD :( "Mud is good for skin.." quoted from Lin Wen :P Anyway hope the J1s enjoyed it :)

 haha



more photos for Day 2!

Was so tired that night.. Went for OG dinner but wasn't in the mood to play with them.. sigh sorry MR03 :/ After that still had to discuss and get ready the materials to make the gifts.. WHY WE SO HARDCORE! :P

I'storia Day 1

Hey my non-existent readers, I finally have time (not really ^^) to update my long-forgotten blog ^^ My last proper post was on the first day of 2012! It had been very busy since school started because of the orientation and all the school work that I hadn't bothered to catch up. Now finally with orientation over, I've gotta spend more time on my studies so I won't lag behind :( Anyway, I managed to squeeze out a little bit of time from my busy schedule to finish up my posts on I'storia. ^_^

Guess we were the most hardcore OGLs haha started making the gifts and placard for our OGLings since the week before orientation and yet we only managed to finish the placard on the day before orientation itself, not to mention that we only managed to finish the gifts on the last day of orientation. Had been staying till almost 11pm in school every day. This showed how much we love our OGLings XD

The rest of the photos for I'storia prep can be found here :)


Okay now... I'storia Day 1!!  -31.1.2012-

I was really damn excited finally can see our OGLings >< But this day was a bad day because I didn't get to spend time with them! >< Had performance in the morning then deployed for station games all the way till 5pm.. Then still had to go for training :(((  (And I forgot moves and missed beats during Batchdance and Sundance showcase oh man FML... But glad to hear that a lot of the J1s were truly impressed by the showcase :D )

Batchdance showcase and Sundance

Storyline Opening Scene

Hope the pictures help to tell the story :P

More pictures for the first day :)