SINGAPORE YOUTH FESTIVAL 2008previous posts would have illustrated
how great this parade was going to be.
and true enough,
on 26 June 2008 & 27 June 2008
Singapore Indoor Stadium blasted with
the rhythm of the drums, sound of fan fare..
behind gate 4,
there we were all formed up and ready to go.
it was our show and you bet everybody was
prepared to give it all they've got (:
SYFOC 2008
certainly brought about new beginings for many,
including herself (:
its one parade that none of its participants would forget,
regardless of which Uniform Group they come from.
so 26 june 2008 was the preview.
thanks nas n gang for coming down.
thanks to sgt farhan for his special appearance.
n to zul, sorry didnt get to take pics w ya.
nothing much happened that day.
till before we start to march off.
'hey! goodluck!'
*grins grins grins*
who knew a simple gesture could bring about smile to another's face?
27 june 2008
eeeduh, phar-an and feeq came down!
haha pleasant surprise! ((:
so we reach the singapore indoor stadium a lil later than usual.
but something brightened up her day as soon she reached the location (:
you know what they say, its e lil things that makes a big difference.
special thanks to ahwei, sarahj, jimo n rifah
for taking care of the contingent during her absence that day.
COFFEE BEAN was a pleasant trip.
even though it was quite weird cause all of they had our swords on.
mark, jiahui, 2 ncdcc guys, fadhil, shamsul, syahmi, herself n khalis
were the partners in crime.
so they did get into a lil trouble. but guess it was worth the hassle.
chill at some corner till they finished their drinks.
loads happened then, given the time they had (:
came back to e function room. everyone asked where they went.
went back out and joined e rest. so they read the magazine.
thanks to nurin amalia n r.rupini,
things got so awkward. but thanks arh (:
she realised that her biggest mistake on that day was to give
her camera to the wrong people :P
pictures which shouldnt have been captured, were taken.
well, she just have these people to thank at the end of the day.
dinner came, and she had to tell the joke
about the rabbit jumping across the river.
thanks to reddy n accomplice..
weird blushed smiles. combination of everything.memories fade, photos wouldnt.
function room madness
the contingent commanders (:
all appointment holders
appointment holders before parade
SYFOC'08 Girls GOH Contingent
SYF'08 Girls GOH Contingent
e most impt part of the parade,
flag party ;)
Girls GOH Commanders
NCC SYFOC'08 appoinment holders
e ladies..
and the show begins...
and the individuals who made it all happen..
parade commander
zaz the great
parade 2ic
mark romario
Parade RSM,
Haiman (:
national flag bearer,
reddy
ncc flagbearer,
sholihin
MOE flag bearer,
sugarbaby
npcc flagbearer ;)
my syf sister cum boyfriend (:
Alvin and me (:
me and Muhaimin
me n shima
CEDARIANS (((:
Soulja Gang (with holmes in our hearts)the memories
try figuring what this is (:
dont you think they look alike?
twin brothers 1 (:
p.s: this is specially for sgt rusydi who is in denial tt
he doesnt look like e npcc flag bearer.
twin brothers 2she already miss SYF.
the trainings, the uniform
and the people especially.
haha whatever happened in SYF,
better stays within the people ya?
hint hint
to Sgt Rusydi, Sgt Firdaus and Lta Nadzir
especially the people who took e bus on Friday night.
big thanks to
Redzuan, JiaHui, Nurin, Sarahj, Rupini, Xiao Wei, Zaz,
Mark, Khalis, Fadhil, Hassan.
it wouldnt have happened without you guys.
well, all good things must come to an end.
June ended off on a high note for her.
hopefully, July brings about more pleasant surprises.i still have the strength to smile,______________________________________________
even when the heart is beaten bad.
maybe today sorrows covers me,
but rainy days dont last forever.
reply to tags:
haha my motivation is the lovely people who i get
to work with during SYF.
and being involved in the thing i love most (:
dont anyhow assume.
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when it comes to making decisions in life,
you cant only think about yourself.
no matter how insignificant you think you are,
the decisions you make in your life,
would affect those around you.
so make a decision for yourself WITH the ones
you care about,
and the ones you care about.
not FOR them.
Singapore Youth Festival is LOVEdespite coming home darn late after rehearsals
(partially cause of flyover madness)
there's still some energy left to share with the world
how FUN the past few days had been.
[sarah damn sad lah you havent been around. missout on e fun yaw]
tuesday's rehearsal was GREAT (:
march here and there.
ran everywhere.
girls did great and so did the boys.
everybody on parade did well, especially the
GUARD OF HONOUR CONTINGENT
(both ncc or nPcc)
post rehearsal was better (((((((:
fadhil, jim, hassan, reddy, her, rifah n ahwei
had dinner at jln kayu and afterwhich
we were under the velvet sky talking about everything under the MOON
as time passes by.
its been darn long since she woke up so early in the morning.
but surprisingly she could,
with the help of some motivation *koffkoff*
after two months of school, she still never manages
to come for class early bt is always ON TIME for it,
despite the first lesson usually starting at 9.
guess people do change..
she got to yio chu kang before 0730hrs on Wednesday
for rehearsal. (with the help of something called 280)
;)
today's rehearsal was BETTER than GREAT ((:
firstly cause GUARD OF HONOUR CONTINGENT
had 2hrs break as a reward for their splendid drills.
great time watching the other performances done by
other schoools. haha.
there were martians like things dancing to the rhythm that they figured
was inspired by high school musical. haha. some jellyfish-marshmallow
like things dancing around. and more other crappy stuffs that they
were showcasing. its crappy but COOL at the same time.
something she'd never wanna do.
but the best part of performance was definitely by the BAND.
haha but she like the Fancy Drill better, because of the song.
'you're one in a million'
fuhhlamak touching!
but the best part of HER day,
was something that happened in between.
and she owes it all to Reddy, ahWei n Rifah ;)
[i'd still love to kill you for that. but then again, YOU made it happen. THANKS EH! ]precious moments...SYFOC'08 Preview
26 June 2008
Thursday 1600hrs
SYFOC'08
27 June 2008
Friday 1800hrs
with pride and dedication
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time pass so slowly when you want it to fly.
but why when it flies,
you feel as though you're taken back in time?
along with time,
change is the only constant thing in life.
but even then,
it doesnt change everything.
a day in the observation.
who knew heat exhaustion was that serious.
guess you learn something new everyday.
thank God for nas and huda,
who were with her during that incident.
else, who knew what would have happened.
rehearsal on thursday was fine.
but the heat got onto a lot of the participants.
nothing serious happened except for one girl
who almost black-out due to the extreme heat
approaching lunch time. Alhamdulillah
but the fun part came after rehearsal.
having soulja gang in her life
is more than she can bargain for.
given her situation, they are her
God-given remedy for the pain.
the full moon, the peaceful atmosphere,
the colourful lights under the velvet sky,
just made everything ever so perfect.
but the picture she painted,
was left incomplete.
never could ask for a better weekend.
spent friday night busy with the wedding preparation.
no none of her family member decided to settle down yet.
but mother decided to cater for wedding.
so yeah, everybody came down to help.
even sufiyan, ali and fad was there.
so with the five of them there,
work was less boring but it was difficult to concentrate.
thanks to the lame jokes the guys cracked.
4 post-Ns boys. enough to keep her up all night.
washing the chicken turned out to be a very fun itinerary
with these guys around.
things just got worst when we started on the meat.
if there's one word to describe it,
'grossology'.
rehearsal prior to nation's independence celebration
was one that she'd always remember.
she saw one familiar face (:
seems like they've been bumping into each other during
such formal events. when green meets blue.
so she had to take over the place of nurin amalia that day.
marching from suntec city all the way to the floating pontoon
is definitely a memory that would stay with her.
rather weird seeing so many people looking at you as you march
pass them. but hey, its not always you become an attraction,
although it does feel weird to a LARGE extent.
wish the other bulk of souljagang were there.
it would have definitely be less weird (:
BUT they gave a surprise visit right after that.
it was GREAT having all of them there.
even if it was for a short while.
to serve with pride and dedication.
the motto thats instilled in everyone of us.
but sometimes when you forget to draw a line,
you pay a heavy price...
ahwei, zaz and herself went to get seats
for the soulja-gang at long johns.
ppg plus syimaholmes took darn long to come
over to marina sq given the fact that they were
at esplanade. didi and kakak decided to come
and meet her after not seeing each other for 2 whole weeks.
she bumped into someone she knew, in the midst of e chaos.
she knew she didnt react the way she thought she would.
she thought she smiled. but she knew she didnt.
she thought she wasnt affected. but she knew she was.
then again, thats her problem.
hence,
many apologies, for she know not what she did.
so when the soulja-gang meet.
its something like an unwritten rule,
but they always have to do something
either really stupid or super duper fun
and EVERYONE is a part of it (:
there was this OSIM show in the middle of marina square.
and yes, they each got onto the horse-exercise-thingy
and started to go crazy.
she almost flew off that horse-exercise-thingy
thanks to trusting rupini :D
haha so they all made a fool out of themselves
in front of 987654321 people who were watching
from all angles,
but it doesnt really matter as long as they were all in it together (:
a great way to end her short break.
school started today.
first lesson was at 1pm
and school ended at 2pm (:
she got her results for the past tests that she sat for.
she saw A starring at her face.
Alhamdulillah.
self-declared break from school for the whole week.
guard-of-honour tshirt. no.1 uniform. sword.
girls contingent. contingent commander.
female parade commander. singapore indoor stadium.
talk about girl power.the singapore youth council presents,SINGAPORE YOUTH FESTIVAL
OPENING CEREMONY 2008
its finally coming.
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bryan: don worry. still the same person bloggin (: thanks for understanding.
new life already started since changes happened since 2mths ago. haha. i've been
taking care of myself. just that accidents occur ;)
i've lived without finding my definition of love for 18 years. i got lucky and
i found it for a while. but its gone missing. rest assured, i'm not in a hurry to replace what i found (:
nas: you just had to publish what happened right? i have been taking gooood care of myself eversince. dont worry. and yes, i'm thankful that you peps love me. i appreciate it a lot.
dah dont scold me anymore (: accidents do happen you knw. so its not entirely my fault right?
haha kk i'm asking for it ;) sorry for making u peps panicked.
i no longer am keeping you in e dark. you've been informed (:
syimaholmes n kG: yeapps, an update as promised (:
[nas, becos of YOU i'm gettin so much scolding over TAGBOARD]
huda: beb, i'm alright. really ((: haha you had to remind me. well yeah, those were the days.
then again, january was so long ago. its going to be july. many things in the world have changed,
so has the people living on it. distance is just a word not a factor.
even then, i just hope with distance,
i'm able to put whatever that has happened behind and pretend it was one of the longest dream i woke up from. haha. keep smiling! (:
passerby: vida means life. esperanza means hope. life is constantly filled with hopes and dreams.
whether it comes true, is a totally different issue ((: haha. thanks for taggin! take care and smile always.
syaz`: fooooooosball was love okay (: haha it was like the mini-euro. judging from the noise we made that day! haha even pick fight w e small kids beside. wth. haha.
thanks a lot! never had so much fun in a long long long time! take care and keep smiling. see ya in schoool.
safwanahbteshariffmarican: hahah just cause i typed your name in full doesnt mean u hafta tag using ur full name you know (: haha yes yes lets talk babe. but first we shall let you finish your midyears ayte (: haha. yes you make comment abt everyting abt everything. tts y its hard to rmb which is for which. hehe. joking! (: love ya beb.
nurin: yes an update as promised! (: haha well it was a mixture of reaction, so to sum it all up,
you guys did went crazy. i miss popeyes biscuit ): happy studying! ((:
eeeduh: yes gf. we need to talk. haha lets first find the time to alright (: better make it quick before its tooo late! haha e airport wudnt be a good place to catch up on things you knw. haha too many ppl wud want to that at the same time ;) haha love ya beb.
prem: hahah yesssss bro.
nurin, sarahj, rupini: helllo you three. pls go concentrate on yr studying. haha. this friday lets celebrate on your freeeeeedom from MIDYEARS okay? haha i knew how that felt. well, even though there's something called promos! haha but lets not care abt that for 2 days first ;)
fren: yeah, i found God (: thanks for the kind words. life's been great even though there's pain. love? yeah, but i hope that time wun come so soon. haha i'm tired and probably scared still.
lets just give the topic a rest aite. just talking abt it, kinda hurts. haha. thanks for taggin! (: take care and smile always (:
xiaowei: AHWEI!! had a great time today. cant wait for the shirt to be ready. haha ;) oh nooo,
i'm gonna see you for the next 5days STRAIGHT! hahaha. its a gooood thing (:
An: hey there (: haha lets hope you have something on and wun be anywhere near cthall ;) and stop imagining. take care!
nas: the noise around is definitely louder than you guys :P besides i was marching, cant be looking around right? :P sorry arh, cant blame you non-UG ppl. haha. faster go NS lah den u try looking ard while marching ;)
tell that somebody, i havent gone crazy to date ppl in uniform. and he shd stop trying (:
didi: haha why? i wanna start getting use to BRIT-english ;) haha.
zac.: omg. ur so irritating. doesnt mean i dont dress up like most girls means i'm not a girl okay. sheesh. i do dress up, for certain occasions only :P haha but they are talking nonsense. and no,
continue to fill ur saturdays with soccer and rockclimbing okay. cthall wud be crowded. you dont like crowded places ryte? :P
B: you are? haha sorry i turned down the offer. prolly i wasnt hungry that day. thats why there wasnt a need to go for dinner ;)
Jh: sugarbaby! haha yeapps. i'm alright (: see ya 2mr. take care!
bryan: haha macam faham ah you. hahaha neways thanks dude ;)
zac.: you seriously have got nothing better to do right? sheesh. thanks for sharing with me the song (: haha. no larh, who i am inside is who i show the world. its just that there's certain times where you have to step out from yr usual self and play the role of the third person. in order to see things in a bigger picture ;) take care aites!
nas: haha alright, i'm going (: ur saying that cause, you'll miss me right? hahaha.mohabbat ho gayi hai tum se,
yeh such hain.
'you're like a dream come true'to her,
a dream is a wish the heart makes.
as we all know,
dreams last, as long as you are asleep.
at a moment in time, you'd be awaken from the dream,
and you hit back into reality.
unless you plan to sleep and not wake up.
only then,
she understood that she was awaken from that dream.
and had to come back to reality.
life changed totally for her.
she spends her saturdays under the blazing hot sun,
but it was all worth the pain
cause she was with people who cared for her.
with beautiful scenery of the city, at a place which hold many
memories for her. a place she'd cherish all her life.
other than that, she's been spending loads of time with people who love her, more than themselves.
they made her realised things which she forgot,
in the midst of all her happiness before things happened.
prolly thats why its taken away from her.
cause she forgot about the One who gave her that happiness.
at least now she knows, she wasnt alone after all.
they are the greatest treasure she has with her,
her brothers spends exceptionally more time with her
since the past few weeks.
town-ing, karaoke, food galore, window shopping,
staying out late, etc.
just because she's the only one who wont be following them
to the long road trip.
their friends became her friends suddenly, and her friends
became theirs (to a certain extent)
fadz, yan, ali, zee, kam, man, fiz, sop, rad and many more.
thanks guys (:
and on top of everything else,
through everything that has happened,
after trying to put across whatever emotions
she's feeling, after asking so many questions,
she found the One that trully understand her.
besides that,
she's spending loads of time at the hospital,
along with her other family members.
in a way, its one of those events where you get to see
everybody's faces after a long long while. and you dont
need to wait till Eid. but to see each other at solemn occasion like this
doesnt really make things any better.
in one day, she has to travel up and down
the wards to visit several other people.
abg hafeez, uncle jamal, ahmy's grandad and shy's boyfriend.
good thing about this was,
she met her childhood friend after so long.
he's now serving the nation, at the Civil Defence Academy.
it was really hard to believe but he was wearing the uniform,
when she visited his grandad the other day.
she didnt attend his cousin's wedding about a week ago
but her parents did. err.. cause she was busy (:
and so that was how their conversation started.
catching up old times was almost impossible,
judging from the fact tt they havent kept in touch for so long.
she still remembers how they used to own the exact same thing.
same sweaters. same cap. same water bottle.
and how they used to argue about everything.
their family travel a lot together, once upon a time ago.
when they both were the only child of the family.
now she has a brother, and he has a sister.
time flies so fast now that
soon, she'd be receiving an invitation card for his wedding.
after he's completed serving the nation.
she knows for a fact that his girlfriend and him had been together
since they were in secondary school (:
lucky fella.
the thing she once loved doing, meant nothing more to her.
it used to be where she escape from reality.
but it doesnt seem to have the same magic it once had.
hence,
when the nation celebrates her independence later on,
that would be when, all the things she once love doing,
would turn into bitter-sweet memories.
and she won't be the only one.
and in about a week's time,
the biggest parade of her life would take place.
singapore indoor stadium. sword. no.1. gloves.
whole girls contingent. guard of honour.
girl power (:
and its probably her last parade.
she kept herself busy.
trying to avoid the dilemma she's facing.
she never liked making choices,
but she knows that if she doesnt make one for herself,
choices would make her.
a decision for the future is never easy to decide.
but sooner or later,
she has to take a stand.
she sort of already has made up her mind.
but she can't confirm it.
she's still waiting for her prayers to be answered.
she told safwanahbinteshariffmarican,khairul azree n souljagang
about this decision.
safwanahbinteshariffmarican didnt say nething.
khairul azree say he'll miss her, but still ask her to reconsider (:
and souljagang just went crazy.
which is making her more confused.
if she pick one of the two.
it would simply mean that
she's gonna go thru another memorable month of ramadhan
and definitely a whole new Eid
in her life.
and if she pick one of the two,
an invitation would soon be coming your way.
two varying paths, which leads to one destination
at the end of her journey.
the problem is,
which path to chose?her deepest condolences
to Ameer Hassaan, Nurull and family
for the lost of their loved one.
stay strong alright (:
to Jimbo and Azril.
keeeeep enduring for the AIRBORNE course.
and to senior azril, happy belated burfday.
gosh you're old-er now.
n yes,
get well soon yeah? need all e energy for the jumps this week.
and no, wasnt wasting time with khai e other day.
it was just a day where things screwed up pretty much.
but at least the hershey's sundae pie made it all better (:
see you guys when you graduate from the course
20th June 08.
reply to tags:
nurull: i'm doing fine (: thanks for asking. hope you're doing fine too. do take care and keep smiling aytes.
malia: thanks for dropping by (: see ya around hopefully.. take care and smile always.
maya: hey sis (: thanks for dropping by. no, i'm not emo-ing. take care.
souljagang: hey, as promised. and update on the 16th (: why on the 16th? u guys wud find out sooner or later.
huda: hey babe. thanks for the concern. she's better now. Alhamdulillah. i'll see you soon aite.
and thanks. i'm not angry. let just let everything rest ayte.
maybe we were just great friends. but i mistook it for something else.
bryan: thanks for the concern. grandma's gone past critical stage. well, she'll open her heart again when the time comes alright. now, all that doesnt matter to her. prolly cause she's afraid that history might repeat itself. besides, she can't live a lie. its unfair for the guy, to pick up the pieces for her. she didnt disappear, she just needed time off from everything. she needed to adapt to things. thanks.
zac.: its alright really. dont hafta apologise. and thanks for the concern. like she told you what her decision would be roughly. thank you for your opinion. she'll take that into consideration. haha. she was at the airport to send people off that day. soon it'll be your turn to send... (: she was from religious class, no time to change. and yeah, thats prolly the next change thats gonna happen.
dan: thanks for that sweet quote. you make her sound like a memory card and make him sound like a file in that memory card. everything is definitely easier said and done. he's more than just a file in a memory card that can be erased with a touch of a button.
zac. dan and bryan:
imagine a half filled glass. in one point of view, you can say that the glass is half-full. but in another point of view, you can also say that the glass is half empty.
point is, you guys only know her point of story, how she feels, what she feels and why she feels that way. but you dont know whats going on the other side of the island. what was in his mind, why he said what he said, why he do what he did.
in other words, you only knw why the glass is half full, but you dont know why the glass is half empty. the glass could be empty cause someone drank the water in it, or due to evaporation, etc. many assumptions could be made, but unless you see for yourself why that glass is half empty,
all you are left with are assumptions. nothing more than assumptions.
so please, dont go on judging him based on what you see. i think, he deserves tt much.______________________________its enough for me to know that
God knows
all the things that i've asked for,
all the things i've done in my life.
a soul full of sins,
i beg for your forgiveness.
for i know not what i've been missing out all these while.
during times of happiness or sadness,
thinking i could handle things on my own,
i often forget that all i needed was,
Your guidance.
and i'm glad i realised that
only God
trully understands how i'm feeling inside,
without me having to translate it into words.
only You know what's inside this heart,
how crazy the mind and soul have been.
and despite straying from Your path for long,
You still gave me the chance to
realise my mistakes,
and still gave me the oppurtunity
to start correcting it.
before its too late.
i'm just glad that
this world is temporary.
that means, all the pain, the tears, and even the laughters,
would come to an end,
sooner or later.
but it also means,
we all have to start preparing for what comes next.
and i know i'm far from ready.
you cant kill a person with a broken heart,
cause s/he is as good as dead.