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Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:51 PM

busy busy week!

haven't been updating much the past few days cos too many things caught up with me. =)

WESTZONE SUPERSTAR 2007
all I can say was, it was great! =D the turn-out at singapore poly convention centre was quite good, and I enjoyed the experience of being a backstage helper and being PA to 2 great singers! =DD not to mention witnessing the behind-the-scenes happenings as well. =D
anyway, zhiwen won both JJ Superstar and Westzone Superstar titles. =D I kind of expected it as well, as I voted for him as well. of course, I voted for both engtong and jerald, after I'm their PA! =D the final battle was down to jerald and zhiwen and everyone, yes, EVERYONE, was chanting jerald's name so loudly that even from backstage, I could hear it, loud and clear. and Fantastic Four's performance was sooo cool! =D the dance movements were like wow. =)

all hail jerald! =D one of the best singers I've ever known in JJ. =D

JJ LEADERS' CAMP 2007
the camp was inspiring in a way, in terms of what we'd learned, like teamwork, cooperation, interaction..

1st day: learning about social and dining etiquette was interesting. during the dining etiquette session, the speaker was showing us the different kinds of wine and champagne glasses, and she nearly broke one of the glasses. collective gasp from everyone in LT5. next round, she really dropped and broke a glass. and the lunch was impressive cos it was like meant for us to practise what we'd learnt during the dining etiquette session. =) social etiquette was useful to us too, hopefully it'll be a great benefit in future. =)

what we had for lunch. =D yum.

shiyun and yiqian were both in my group. =DD

me and shiyun =D
oh yes, and I must say..
BALLROOM DANCING ROCKS! I wasn't that hyped up about it actually cos I preferred mass dance. but in the end, when we learned the movements, we got so enthu, everyone was dying for more rounds of ballroom dancing. =D we learnt how to do the cha-cha and everyone was hyped up, we kept demanding for the song to repeated again and again. and if we get to do this for ACES day, along with mass dance, all the better! =D and literally all the leaders were like 'ballroom, ballroom, ballroom!' can imagine how hyped up everyone was about ballroom dancing. =D
afternoon games was fun too, we ran around the school like many times in a go, having a great deal of fun.
vision-casting was kind of an emo session, and my first time in seeing mr chua so emotional. in a way, I could imagine how he felt. we discussed the problems that was faced in leadership and in jj itself, and darren brought up a point that was qite tongue-in-cheek, and it's the kind of statement that not everyone would understand immediately. but when you think back again, what he said really makes alot of sense.
'WE ARE NOT GIVEN ENOUGH OPPORTUNITIES TO FAIL, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FAIL'
I agree whole-heartedly with his statement, because it's very true that we learn from our failures and our past experiences
and sadly, cos vision-casting was dragged on, bidding night was cancelled, where we could have bidden for foods that we wanted. I feel sorry for the councillors who planned so long for this segment, and that it got cancelled. I can imagine the disappointment they felt.
2nd day: happy birthday to sarah! as in sarah the president of jj 27th students' council. =D
after breakfast, I went back to the hall, and the music was going on at full blast. yes, everyone was at it again. BALLROOM DANCING! =D we went crazy with abit of mass dance again subsequently, I really miss mass dance and song-singing sessions alot, it brings back alot of memories from 01 and 02 shadows moments.
about song-singing, I think jerald might be tired of singing already, cos it's like half the time, everyone cheers and eggs him onstage to perform a song for us, and we demand an encore all the time. hahaha. =) but it can't be denied that he has a great voice. =)
the songs sung were all the same as both orientation periods, and it made me feel really sad sometimes cos I really miss the shadows periods, where we all were constantly waging war against the time which was rapidly running out on us. it was as though we were kind of mellowed down into more serious people during shadows period.
went for lunch with shihui at imm after we broke camp, and both of us were super tired. but not tired to the extent where we felt like sleeping over our lunch. at least it wasn't as exhausting compared to olympic dream.

Labels: ballroom dancing, leadership camp, mass dance =D, westzone superstar