Taylors

Currently studying in Taylors School of Hospitality and Tourism. Don't feel like blogging anymore. Bye!

Crushed

Things have been happening recently which made me not have the mood to blog. To top it all off. I got the results of my JPAE today. My hopes and dreams of becoming a pilot has been crushed by one word which is UNSUCCESSFUL!! Aihz! I feel really bad, sad, down, depressed, stress... anything that makes me miserable is more like it! Lost interest in blogging once again. See you when I see you I guess! Final blog shall be gray to show my sadness!! WHAT A DULL COLOUR!!!

Aihz! Next time keep quiet better... =(

New specs!

I got my new spectacles! Went to look at some yesterday. Was looking for a plastic one hoping that it will last longer than my previous spectacles. Found a rather nice looking one. It's quite big so they gave me a sunglassess' box instead of a normal box. Hope it looks nice on me! ^^

RYLA 2009/01

RYLA 2009 was excellent! Wasn't what I thought it would be though. I was hoping a fun and easy camp but it ended up to be one of my nightmares coming true. First day was as usual, reaching there and getting to know the new people around me. There was a Nigerian guy and a Taiwanese girl in my group. We got to talk and know a little more about each other. I was in the same group as Welson, a guy that was on the same IYE group with me to Korea. Richie, my GDL in interact conference two years ago was also in the same group as me. The only difference about him was his hair. He had a crew cut! Couldn't recognise him until I looked really closely.

Second day was slightly different. The whole day was dedicated to talks by important people. I find the first and last talk the most interesting ones. The first talk was about adolescent problems. It was a responsive talk where we took part in some questions by running around in the hall. The talk ended up in a small debate among the RYLA participants in choosing their own answers. The last talk was on a rotary experience by one of the past presidents of rotary but he changed the topic to "A rotary experience." I thought the talk would be boring but it ended up really fun. There were 5 talks overall and I slept through 3 of them. After the talks ended, we had some games. We played the clock game, people to people game and a game with no name but it required a lot of teamwork. We were then breached on what to wear the following day for kayaking and our expedition.

Third day came and I was looking forward to the activities coming up ahead. I was in group 1 so kayaking was today and jungle trekking will be tomorrow. We started our kayak training in the morning and learned a few simple rules on kayaking. We learned how to save a capsized boat and how to save ourselves when we capsize. We also learned a few simple signals for kayaking. After kayaking, we headed up to get a shower and came back down for compass and map reading class. We learned how to use a compass on a map. I found it easy to use. We headed out for lunch and then prepared for our expedition to our camp site. We were to kayak to Teluk Batik and then walk another 1 KM to our camp site. By the time we reached Teluk Batik, most of us felt like we had no arms. To top it all off. We had to carry our stuff to our campsite because the truck couldn't bring our stuff in. Our knapsacks were heavy enough but we had extra stuff to carry. 3 jerry cans, 7 gallon tanks, 1 rake, 1 hoe, 1 extra knapsack, 1 ration box, 1 wok, 10 pairs of shoes, 2 ropes and some other stuff. By the time we reached our campsite, all 14 of us were dead tired! We still didn't had time to rest. Upon reaching, we were instructed to tie up the ropes and clear the sleeping area. Even though we were dead tired, we ended up talking the night away till it rained and we all rushed back into our camps.

Fourth day started for us at 5 in the morning. The rain started 1 hour ago and that was when I got to bed. Woke up restless and feeling numb all over. Cleared up our campsite and headed out for jungle trekking. Took us 2 hours to trek up the mountain and 2 hour to trek back down. Headed back to OBS feeling sores all over my body. Took a nap in the pouring rain and bright sun the moment I got back to OBS. Slept on the field to be exact. Was feeling really sick that day and slept almost the remaining half day away.

Last day started with the whole "Tahan" dorm guys waking up 30 minutes later than what we were suppose to. We weren't handed out any scolding but were kinda embarrassed that we were the last ones. Had a special warm up by dancing. Seems like all of the RYLAIANS can dance pretty well. Had our breakfast, listened to a talk on what happens after RYLA and went for lunch. After lunch all of us headed back home.

That was pretty much how I spent my 5 days in camp. Not forgetting to mention that the food was edible although it wasn't that nice. The only reason we could have eaten so much was because we were so damn tired! The portion of the food wasn't that great because everyone is entitled to ONE and ONLY ONE of each kind of food. Examples are like ONE chicken and ONE toufu. If it's vegetables, we can have as many as we want. All the RYLAIANS were also victims of mosquitoes! So many mosquitoes that there were people starting to curse insects. Lol! Dorms were alright although there were only 2 fans for 16 guys. Not forgetting to mention that my dorm was the 3rd highest dorm and it was ONLY 148 steps away from where all the other activities at camp was being held. Friends at camp were really great to hang out with. Supportive and loving, treating each other as a family. Experience of a lifetime! Can never be forgotten!

There are actually a lot more pictures but I am just too tired to post them up. Sorry!

Camp

Tomorrow will be camp day. I will be going for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) being held in Outward Bound School (OBS). I won't be bringing my phone along with me so I won't be accepting any phone calls from 4th to 8th of March. I wanted to bring my dear out for dinner tonight to Pizza. In the end my mum said not to go out because she wants me to save money. She said that she will cook dinner for us. Haha! So my dear came over to my house for dinner. We had steak, tempura nuggets, baked potatoes, coleslaw and mushroom soup. I myself had an extra helping of fried fish and 3 extra nuggets. Made me so full! Haha! Anyways, I will update more on my trip when I come back on Sunday. =)

Change

During this holidays, many things have been changing. It's not the things or people around me that have been changing but it's me. The way I talk is different from last time. The way I look is different. The way I act is different. The way I think is different. The way I treat the ones around me are different as well. I guess i'm just not the type of person that stays the same? No way! It's time to change! Change back into the Juhann I used to be. Won't be easy though, because I don't really know what I used to be anyways. Will try my best to turn back into my old self. Leave me comments of what you think I used to be, it might help me turn back into my old self easier I guess. Thanks~ =)

Late post

Was suppose to blog about this 2 days ago. Was my first time celebrating valentines day with someone I love. Didn't really know how to celebrate that day so we went to Old Town for dinner. We went for dinner early because we wanted to catch a movie at 8.00! The name of the movie is All's Well End's Well 2009. It's a comedy movie. The show was funny and the actors made it funnier. After the movie we went to K.F.C. to try out the new Colonel Wings. It's really good. Slightly different from the other chicken. Don't ask me to explain how, it's just different. I'll post whatever pictures I have. The gift is from my dear. I like it so much. Thank you dear! I love you! My dear is so pretty! I really enjoyed that day dear! Muacks!