Friday, October 23, 2009 10:10 PM
Went into office today and didn’t know what to expect. We were supposed to be off today, but since Da Mao and Ken is not in the office yesterday and so nobody said we off today so we just went to the office. Checked mail and did our own stuff until about 9.40am when the guys went off to take bus to Taipei. After the guys left, me and jess was quite lost and didn’t know what to do. So we went to ask them what we can help, turn out that there is nothing much that we can help with except doing some research on OBUS.
Luckily after a while we could go to the CRC site to see how Niu Ge was conducting the program. He played a game which Allan had played with us during OL before so I and jess caught up with the flow quickly. We helped to give out the equipments to the kids and helped to check that they wore the harness correctly after Niu Ge taught them how to handle the equipments. We had to go back to office for lunch since there was no lunch at the CRC site for us as we went there last minute. After lunch, we saw which type of belaying method OBT used and soon after we helped to watch over the kids to practice belaying.
There was this kid, trying to by funny and keep imitating me talking. Probably to them when we speak there is this accent that we don’t realise because in the later part of the day he imitated jess as well. Saw how their giant swing worked, very different from the giant swing we have at ALC. Saw this high element ‘Two Ships’ that we do not have at the ALC, but didn’t get to see how it operates as both me and jess were at the climbing wall to supervise some of the kids climbing. We helped to keep the ropes after the program was cut.
When we went back to the office, suddenly one staff approached us to take photo as they were going to put it into their newsletter along with a short self introduction we had written after lunch I think? Ended up we told them that we’d take from our past photos to be put up instead. Ended work at 5.30pm but we stayed a while longer as we were sorting out our groceries list as well as think of what we want to cook so as to know the ingredients we will need.
We went on to have cup noodles for dinner as we both have the craving for cup noodles today and clyde uncle wasn’t here to nag at us for eating cup noodles. Hehe. Bought some tidbits to munch on as well. Oh yes, yyann! There is the type of cuttlefish that we both love here sold in small packets! I just realised that I forgot to bring the post it note back to the hostel that has our grocery list. Luckily we are not buying groceries tomorrow.
Hope that they will give us the code for the door so that we can go into the office on our own without having to press the bell and bother someone to open the door for us. No internet in the hostel and nothing to do causes me to sleep earlier as compared to being in Singapore. Also, the sun rises earlier and sets earlier here. I think my biological clock which is already koyak is getting more messed up here, but I’m a light sleeper here. Different environment or still new here? I hope I can stay as a light sleeper throughout the IIP and maintain it even till I’m back in Singapore. I don’t laze on the bed as long as I would in Singapore. Maybe cause got clyde uncle always come in and nag me and jess. But even without clyde to nag I will normally only snooze a maximum of 10-15 minutes here. Hopefully it stays this way.
i'm missing him, but there is nothing i can do. i want to tell him how i feel, but should i really? i'm afraid to lose the friendship that i have with him. or should i do it the way yyann did? tell him and after that tell him that i just want to get it off? will it work for me and him? sighs.Labels: iip, taiwan, thoughts
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a blog post i did yesterday night..but couldnt publish since there was no internet.
Taiwan has been good so far. I’ve only been here for the 4th day; the people here are very friendly. Sometime I also feel kind of awkward that they are so warm hearted towards us, but at the same time feel very heart-warming.
Typhoon is coming to Taiwan soon, drizzle has started today morning, and didn’t cease even after we ended work at around 5pm. Went to buy some groceries and attempted cooking our own dinner today. Ended with too much vegetable, too little rice and we forgot about meat totally. We had to open canned mackerel as meat. We also forgot to but a lot of stuff to bring out the flavour in the food, so some of the food was quite bland. It’s really so much cheaper to buy groceries and cook on our own then to go outside and eat dinner when we are not provided dinner here. Good experience though, and we can brush up on our culinary skills. LOL!
I must say I’m still adapting to speaking mandarin all the time as well as reading traditional Chinese characters.
I’m contemplating something in my mind for quite some time now. I don’t know if I should do it. And no it has nothing to do with my Taiwan mates.
Oh man. I miss my friends in Singapore!
Oh yes, me and jess getting our off day tomorrow(Saturday). but Bobby and Clyde will be at Hualien(if possible). I still have no idea how we are going to spend the day off.
Labels: iip, taiwan
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009 4:00 PM
okay, i'm safely in taiwan already.
i've no internet access in hostel, only in the office.
for this week, we're having our off day on friday! probably going to leofoo village to play! (:(:
been there the last time i've been to taiwan, but still looking forward to it. hehehe.
sat & sun i'm going to tainan for programe with jess. clyde and bobby going to hualien! next month me and jess going to hualien for programme. (:
thats all for now. hehe.
Labels: iip, taiwan
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Sunday, October 18, 2009 2:11 AM
Something from today's sermon, that I think that it is really true.
你要注意你的思想，因为它将成为你的行动。
你要注意你的行动，因为它将成为你的习惯。
你要注意你的习惯，因为它将成为你的个性。
你要注意你的个性，因为它将影响你的决定。
English translation, for my hunny bunny to understand. (:
We need to look out for what we think, for they will become our actions.
We need to look out for our actions, for they will become our habits.
We need to look out for our habits, for they will become our personality.
We need to look out for our personality, for they will affect our decision making.
I find this very true, and our thoughts can really cause a snowball effect in our own life. That's all I've to share for now.
The flight to Taiwan is less than 40 hours away.
Labels: church, iip, sermon, taiwan
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Monday, October 12, 2009 1:02 AM
WHOOSH.
I know when and what time i'm flying already. We'll be off on 19th oct. Time will be 1350hrs. will be at T1 cause we taking JetStar. So those who want to send me off you know what to do. we will need to be there by 1150hrs as need to be there 2 hours earlier.
Going to dairy farm later (its after 12) with daniel and clyde to climb. daniel having lesson at dairy farm so we meet to go together. the only people climbing will me clyde, jess, bobby and me. the OBT people. feel quite lonely cause the IIP students all at camp and only we can go to dairy farm to climb.
i'm getting mixed feelings now about the people who are going to send me off. i do know that some people will be there to send me off, but its because i know who are coming that gives me mixed feelings. sighs. i'm going to miss all my friends in singapore when i'm in taiwan.
OH YES. please check my blog for updates when i'm in TAIWAN. don't ask me to tweet anymore yyann. i'll go on FB and update my blog regularly when i'm there.
Labels: climbing, dairy farm, iip, mixed feelings, taiwan
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 10:36 PM
I HAVE NO IDEA WHEN I'M GOING TO TAIWAN ANYMORE. ITS BEEN POSTPONED AGAIN.Labels: iip, taiwan
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Friday, September 18, 2009 1:32 AM
OKAY. I'M OFFICIALLY FLYING OFF NEXT WEDNESDAY NEXT MONDAY, 28TH SEPT.Don't bother asking me time, airline, etc. i'm glad that i have FEW things to buy for the trip.
Firstly, borrowed at 75 litre backpack from school, as well as a mammut head lamp. that's all for borrowing from school.
Things to buy:
1. my own day pack - decided that it will be the airwalk bag that jess has also
2. camera + waterproof casing
3. talcum powder
4. MORE undergarments
5. one piece swimsuit
and that's it! i'm so glad i dont need to buy a lot of stuff! cause i bet we'll end up buying stuffs in taiwan as well. i only pray pray pray that i will know the timing of the flight ASAP so others will stop bugging me about the flight time. i know a number of people are coming to send me off, and i'm also thinking of how to handle them. goodness gracious.
and yes, that's it for the end of this post. i'm lazy. i admit.
Labels: iip, school, taiwan
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Monday, September 14, 2009 3:07 PM
alrights. i shall do a proper post. else hunny bunny is complaining that i never update my blog. hehe.
received news from KM and Jess, visa has been approved, but not ready for collection, and we are being arranged to leave for Taiwan next week. please keep us in prayers (me, jess, clyde and bobby) cause H1N1 is quite serious is Taiwan now, 10 deaths and counting.
saw on tv about the Taiwanese doing river tracing, looks dam fun and cool. besides going against current, we'll be climbing up waterfalls as well. looking forward to that.
this week will try to meet up with some people. else wont be seeing them for quite some time.
i havent been really doing anything productive for the past week, basically just slacking at home and doing nothing since there was no news about visa and everything. oh ya. i went to cut hair. cut fringe only, but i think i look quite different. hahaha.
currently i'm having a headache now, as to what camera to buy. underwater cameras are alright, but then the image quality is compromised. if i'm to get a normal camera, then i'll need to get a waterproof casing. but i dont know which camera is good. any suggestions?
Maybelin's bday is round the corner, looking forward to it as a last chalet before i'm flying off to Taiwan. seems like there is a lot of things that i need to purchase before going off. will spend my free time this week to purchase them. (:
Labels: iip, meet-ups, taiwan, updates
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