Last project of the 27th is over and done with... a lot of mixed feelings. It was a great time meeting up with all those people whom I have no idea exist in this world a year plus ago but have now become my friends. Looking back, it is really amazing how my social circle ballooned just within a short span of a year. Through arts club events and projects and activities, I met a lot of wonderful people and feel really blessed and thankful to become their friends. I also worked with an even better group of people who now feels like my family, I now have a lot of older brothers and sisters whom I longed to have which my parents were not able to give me.

I think that I have more or less come to the fact that 27th has stepped down and 28th has stepped up, as the tears are no longer coming when I think of it. No matter what, I will always miss the 27th. Luckily I have the 28th who is proving to be another awesome group of people to work with. I am anticipating the year ahead! Of course, I will still be working hard on my personal goal!!! 5 more kg of fats!!! :P

Yesterday was a very happy day for me, I really think that it has been quite some time since I last felt so happy ba. Went home in the afternoon and was awarded with my mum's cooking! Haha, how I love eating my meals at home, I believe a lot of others who stay in campus will feel the same way as I did! I ate the sweet & salty cashew nuts fried by mum too!!! Yummy yummy!!! Even though it is like super fattening and sinful, I really cannot be bothered as it is once in a long time for me! I also ate mooncake! Finally!!! Haha, yummy yummy again. Food makes me happy absolutely~ ;)

After that I rushed down to town for the 27th's dinner gathering!!! Oh my oh my, I did not realise that it was the 1st time when we actually go out togther as 27th management committee members!! Cannot cannot, shall try to organise more such outings! In the end there was only 11 of us but it's ok as it is the majority!!! We went to eat super duper nice steamboat! Yummy yummy again! But my stomach hurts again because I continued eating til late. Haiz. But still, the company, the meals and everything was just great! We just keep talking and eating and laughing and joking. Really love those moments.

After that we moved on to play arcade!!! Hahahaha, it was super fun can! Haha, we went to play the percussion machine where most of us anyhow hit and have fun watching each other trying our very best not to let the results too cui. :P Then we also played one game of car racing whereby there are 2 drivers and they can just change from one to another during the race. It was super exciting!!! Haha, me and Mei Ling and Mich were practically shrieking away from excitement throughout the whole race. I think a lot of onlookers think we are crazy already. In the end, me and Mei Ling was first!!! WooHoo!!! Hahahaha, super tyco loh. hahahah. :D Then before that while we were waiting for Mich & Tien Kwan to finish with another game to join us, we played with the video camera which will show our faces on a big screen on the wall in front of us. Haha, super funny when we do all sorts of funny faces!!!

After that 6 of us; Mei Ling, Tien Kwan, Michelle, Joshua, Chuan Seng and me went to Clementi KBox to sing!!! yea yea yea! yo yo yo! hahaha, 27th in the house! we sang til early morning after that we go back to school already. I simply love going out with the 27th! Thanks everyone for making my Sunday on 23rd September 2007 such a wonderful one!!! ^-^

Oh my oh my.. Time really flies!!! I am having so so so much difficulty catching up with th passing of time! Time really waits for no man! Why is it that time seems to pass faster and faster? Not too long ago, I was still complaining that I did not get to enjoy my holidays then school reopens & now, it is the mid-semester break already!!! Goodness gracious, it is getting too fast, so fast that sometimes I cannot catch my breath, will die one eh. Then what's even more is that I have not event started on my studies proper, I have done nothing in terms of readings for every single one of my modules!!! How bad can it get? Haha, I have no idea. I guess I will just try to make the best out of the 24hrs x 7days I am going to have from mid-semester break, which is filled to the brim with events, activities, projects, assignments etc. Totally overwhelmed, but I think I will handle ok because I am Xin Yu!!! Haha, so bhb. :P

Anyway, back to the past week, filled wit activites every single day once more. Monday the 28th did their 1st clubroom cleanup!! Haha, this is because the school administrative has been complaining the exterior of our clubroom so we must be nice to them & thus calls for the cleaning. I must say we had fun cleaning up the room as the new mc members keep getting amazed at the amount and type of things that are inside our clubroom. We did not manage to complete cleaning as in the evening we met up with a co-optee Naga who is now our deputy publicity director! Haha, the day just flew and at night I was rushing things like agenda plus R&R for AGM coming Friday!!

And then, Wednesday was our AGM! It lasted til late and I am really glad that the people which I have asked made it!!! Thanks Malcolm! Thanks Titus! Thanks Pearl! Thanks Kynneth! Thanks Justin! So thankful to you all for coming down! And to those that stayed til the very end like Bingde, Evelyn, Guan Jie, Remmy, Ju Ling, Wilkson, Hui Ting etc. thank you so much for being there with us for the whole thing, listening to us as we go through our projects and acknowledge the people which have helped us. After the reports, we watched the video which is done by Mich. Thanks Mich! The video sure brings back a lot of fond memories & it definitely turns on the taps in my eyes. Will post the video here too!!! (: Once again, I signed the pledge of commitment. As I looked on while my other 27th joke about throwing the piece of paper, the sense of loneliness which should be forbidded hits me all of a sudden. Now is no longer 27th in office but has moved on to 28th & I am part of the 28th no longer 27th... I should learn to let go. But it hurts, really... really... really hurts...

Thursday was the NUSSU AGM, one AGM after another... As I need to be present being one of the NUSSU Council Representatives, I could not join the captain rugby ball organised by Lionel even though I would very very very much loved to. Lucky the AGM ended pretty early then me & Hui Ying went back to look for them. We were just in time for the last game & I played in jeans plus blouse barefooted. Haha, it is the most glam one can get playing sports loh. I really enjoyed that game & it is the 1st time whereby 27th & 28th comes together in activities outside club stuff. I must say I feel real happy that this time the 27th & 28th comes together so easily with no awkwardness. The 27th say they will be nice seniors which they did & the 28th is willing to learn from seniors, taking initiative to go up to them. Really happy things turn out this way. ^-^

Friday was 28th's very 1st OM!!! Haha, my job officially starts! We talked about issues and discussed about project ideas. It got me quite excited as we're going to have new ideas for quite a few ideas which I can already imagine coming into fruition & being super successful at that!!! Haha, affiliates & 27th must come back and help ok? I promise it'll be fun as the ideas are real good man. ;)

Saturday was a day of project meeting & buying of stuff for Thank You dinner!!! Haha, went shopping with Shu Ping & Pearl, managed to buy clothes that I feel comfortable wearing, looking not too bad also. Haha, it was also the day whereby I first start my tuition job!!! I love my charge who is a shy girl from an English-speaking family. I hope for this tuition assignment to last so that I can earn my allowance. Really no money already. Haiz. After that I chiong down to UCC to watch th next wave where Ivan, Jennifer, Stacey & Denise were performing. It was the first time I was watching & I must say that I am dazzled by the dance items. It was definitely a good experience & next year I shall go watch with the Raggers!!

Later having 27th's gathering dinner!!! Haha, looking so so so forward to it man!!! That's all from me, I need to go type the very very very long minutes already. Give me strength!!

Yesterday was the 27th MC AGM. They day whereby the 27th MC steps down & the 28th MC steps up. Haha, as the sole re-runner, I am the only one that step down and then step up. It is quite a mixed and confused feeling I would say. But I also do not know how to go about describing how exactly I feel also.

Throughout the AGM report, there were quite a few times when tears well up in my eyes upon hearing the acknowledgement part. It is quite unbelievable to me even til now that the 27th has finished their 1 year term in office already. We have come together, 18 different individuals, not knowing each other very well at the start. But now, after being through so much things together, after learning and experiencing all the different stuff for the past one year, I believe the friendships which we have forged will definitely stand strong against the corrosion of time. Haha, and then comes the part when my tap just completely turn loose, the video nicely done by Michelle on her own initiative together with Joshua. Seriously, I was crying and laughing at the same time, how easy is that? A wave of nostalgia hit me during the short video presentation. I really cannot bear for the 27th to step down, they are the best bunch of people that I can ever work with. I am going to miss all the fun, jokes, laughter, crap, meals, talks, outings, sports etc. I am going to miss every single one of them... The thought that we may not get to see each other in school as often from now on hurts, especially since my major is like how off can. But I guess as the chinese saying goes: 天下无不散之筵席。I can only learn to let go.

To the 27th: 祝你们每一位天天开开心心、事事顺心顺意、身体健健康康、学业步步高升！Must remember to stay in touch & keep in contact ok?

After talking about the past, now is the future. I must say that I may take more time to warm up to everyone of you and really bond with you all well. It is my fault but 27th has really taken up a significant portion of my heart. 27th MC is just like my family where I grow up & mature in. I am sure the 28th will be able to occupy another significant portion of my heart too but that will take time. Afterall, my experience in 28th is going to be rather different as compared to 27th. I will be taking on a different role, having different responsibilities, experiencing different matters. It is still too early to say anything about 28th but I believe I will grow to love every single one of you too. ^-^

To the 28th: 让我们相互照顾、齐心协力、互相扶持，一同携手走上一段会让人永远无法忘怀的旅程！Together as a team!!! :)

A lot of things to update after quite some time, hah. The past week has been filled with a lot of activities and events. So this shall be a rather long entry as compared to my last few ones.

Firstly, Internal Elections for the Arts Club. After 1 year, I am the Honorary General Secretary of Arts Club for the 28th Management Committee. (: Thanks for every single person who believed in me, trusted me, supported me, advised me, encouraged me, helped me out & cheered me on! Xin Yu will never be where she is now without all of you. Serious. Anyway, the Internal Elections still took quite a while but it of course ended earlier than last year as there were only 9 of us for now. When I was outside waiting for the results to be announced to us, I was scared and worried for a moment. This is because I have no idea if history will just repeat itself. But after a while, I was thinking if it really happened, then maybe it's fated & I will just go back & do Welfare loh. Luckily it did not, phew. :P I was also nominated as the NUSSU Council Representative along with Caleb, and together with Samuel, the 3 of us will be the Arts Representative.

Secondly, after just being nominated as the representative, the next day is the NUSSU Council Meeting. It was really an eye-opener for me I must say. And it was also a challenge to me as I have to step out of my comfort zone and be active in engaging the student leaders from other clubs etc. I also witnessed for myself an even higher level of bureaucratic system in work when they were electing the people for the NUSSU Exco Constitutional Posts. I also saw my Hwa Chong senior Jia Ho who is the Assist Hon Fin for Engineering Club. Even though the thing was pretty long, I guess time passes quite fast as some of us started adding each other inside this mass MSN conversation whereby we just crapped and joked around. There was even once when we use powerpoint presentation on our laptops to spell out NUSSU COUNCIL and face it to the front during a proposed toilet break. It was really crappy and funny, made the time pass faster.

Thirdly, there was the IFG on Saturday whereby I went down to help out as timekeeper. It was a fun time with all my friends from Arts Club, something like a gathering loh. It was also Sandra's 20th birthday!!! Haha, so the group of us namely me, Juling, Zhimin, Michelle & Sandra just stood in the sun most of the time to take time for the swimming competitions. Kenneth & Amanda were with the organisers most of the time whereas Rosni & Zheng Chuan were announcers plus Chuan Seng was the runner & Caleb was the photographer. We had a fun time discussing about the events and the swimmers! Haha, it was a fun time even though most of us got sunburn in the end. ;)

Lastly, it was the annual Mid-Autumn Festival for Hwa Chong Junior College!!! Haha, I rushed down from RVR and was thankful that I made it just in time for the light-up ceremony which will kick start the whole event! I must say that the council put in more effort this year as the light-up was more impressive and more extensive this time round. I was impressed I must say, good work 34th Student Council! ;) After that, we went up to the reading room to look for teachers and savour on the large variety of mooncakes and snacks displayed on the tables inside. I managed to talk to our form teacher Mrs Tam and she is still the same old self. Other than that, I met up with my class 04S73, my junior class 05S73 and all my Huang Cheng juniors here and there. It was great meeting up with friends but I must say I was a little disappointed as fewer people seemed to turn up this time round for MAF. Never mind, there is always next year I believe.

That's all from me, I will be super duper busy once again as Arts Club will start to occupy a huge portion of my life once again. I will be busy and at times tired or stressed, but I believe I will be happy & satisfied. ^-^

haha, finally had sufficient sleep & even manage to go home for a few hours to burn incense and paper money for the spirits that are going back to where they belong. whole body aching like nobody's business, especially areas from the waist and below. but, i must say that i am proud of myself during rop as i did not once ever fall out throughout the whole thing! i think i am stronger both mentally and physically as compared to last year. even though i must say that i am disappointed still with my performance at times for not stepping up enough to lead and guide. my mentality throughout the whole camp was confused and it is super obvious to the people who are evaluating us. i was struggling with myself to come up with a decision. i ask for nothing except that i contribute to this year's management committee in the best way that i can be.

i have more or less come to a decision on what i will be running for, thanks to ROP. i must say that it really shows me what i am and what i can be plus of course the other side too. i am very touched and grateful to every single person who planned and helped out in rop this year. i do not know how to put it down in words but having and seeing you guys around definitely made rop more bearable & enjoyable for me. i am also very proud of my 28th mc members as we made it through the whole thing together. together we made a difference. the journey ahead proves to be hard as there are only 9 of us in the committee but i believe we can make it through so long as we stand by each other. :) let's jia you tgt!!! ^-^

In a few hours time, I will be away from everything that is happening to the world. This is because I will be at my 2nd R.O.P as a re-runner in 28th Management Committee. Memories of what happened last year came flooding back to me, time really flies!!! This year I shall emerge stronger, I hope I will not have to step out at all this time round! I must tahan til the very end! I will hang in there! I will take care of both myself and the freshies who will be going ROP with me de!!! ;) So do try not to contact me over the weekend, can sms but I may not reply ok? ^-^

How do you know when you become stronger? When things that used to make you feel depressed and tear for at least a few hours or even a day no longer has that effect. The most is just a few minutes of stoning, or maybe even a tear or two, but after around half an hour you will be back bouncing and smiling and behaving like nothing has happened. I became stronger.

Life is never a bed of roses, it is full of ups and downs and we spend our whole presence on this world dealing, handling, solving and resolving all sorts of issues. even the best plans is vulnerable to sudden unforseen circumstances, so we must learn how to do contigency preparations. I believe things will get better. Afterall, 否极泰来不是吗？

A long journey ahead awaits me. It is not going to be easy. I will need all the help I can lay my hands on. I need to be more self-disciplined. I must stay strong and rational. I will survive.