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On Top Of The World - Boys Like Girls /

Look up, the stars are fading
And I am still here waiting
To see you again
Be with you my friend

finally,one of the days i have been waiting so long for.
finally,my wish has come true.
finally,the evidence of our perseverance,our hard work has been published to the entire world.

it may not have many photos of us,but just the fact that people can see at least a bit of what we went through together is great indeed.

The Hillary Challenge Singapore Chapter Genesis 2007:
http://www.howiephoto.com/force%20five/2007-07-13%20to%2015%20Hillary%20Challenge%20Assignment/index.htm

Thank you,for capturing one of the greatest moments in my life.

BOYS LIKE GIRLS
On Top Of The World

Look up, the stars are fading
And I am still here waiting
To see you again
Be with you my friend

When the moon is gone forever
I hope you're up there somewhere
I'll see you again
Be with you my friend

'Cause all the roads they lead to where you are
And all the streetlights shine like they were stars
That's where you are

Let's spend tonight on top of the world
And we can do anything,
We can be anything
I'll meet you tonight on top of the world
As real as it seems,
You're only in my dreams

Look out across the water
Faces of lonely daughters and mothers who care
But just can't be there
Swear that I will see you someday
I have to find a way
To show you I care
Even if you're not there

So I'm following the road to where you are
(Meet you tonight on top of)
The streetlights they will guide me to the stars
That's where you are

Let's spend tonight on top of the world
And we can do anything,
We can be anything
I'll meet you tonight on top of the world
As real as it seems,
You're only in my dreams

My heart is empty without you
Sometimes you don't know what you do
And I need you tonight
I'll fall asleep and it's alright
Close my eyes and I'll be by your side

Let's spend tonight on top of the world
And we can do anything,
We can be anything
I'll meet you tonight on top of the world
As real as it seems,
You're only in my dreams

Let's spend tonight on top of the world
(On top of the world)
As real as it seems,
You're only in my dreams.

ohyay MARCOPOLO went for breakfast,ohyay :D

might've been our last gathering before Seoul Garden + pool party + bbq,but we were really high & stuff,especially when it's shanna's birthday todayyyy :D fangying told us to hide while the prata man sang happy birthday to shanna when she walked past AHAHAHAHA & they bought her winnie the pooh ears & a cerisi cap in a forever 21 plastic bag.ironic eh HAHA xD

loads of people came late,including me hahaha.but the president was the latest! xD we gave him the Nazi salute & applauded for him lolol too bad lah he had to pay for all our drinks xD

we had choc-a-bloc cake xD SO NICE SO NICE but i ate a little cake + prata bomb(rocks i tell you,thanks gina for introducing ;D ) + ice milo & i was filled to the brim man.so full!

whoawhoawhoa we had another challenge:getting to school within 7 minutes.we chionged up the hill with 8 councillors' lives at stake & many leaders's lives too hahaha & we all wanted to puke & we told president to sack whoever dared to book us HAHAHA.

8.40am-
everybody:ey go up alr lah, later late.

8.43am-
wenxin:can make it anot?
jiajie:can,sure can one.
(NOTE: we are still walking across the road like our we own it)
wenxin:whoa honestly ah.self denial. XD

8.45am-
wenxin:okay we're gna be late,council run!
*council starts running,we look stupid walking behind,so we end up all chionging HAHAHA*
meanwhile kangning's bottle leaks,wenxin screams of puking,everyone dying lol.

everyone:hurry up,hurry up!
there we go-
MARCO POLO TIMING: reached school at 8.47am :D

it started off a great morning with MARCOPOLO! :D cant wait till i see everyone again [:

quite slack day,except for the chem spa,& i really fell asleep in the Energy Conservation Course lah.for the sake of a badge.sheesh it was horrible,except for the aircon :D anyway i randomly wanted to eat my cheesy curry chicken so i randomly queued for donuts as well [:

so i guess its one for mom,one for my sis,one for cj,one for me,one for dad & maybe one for oh gosh im so sorry i was very bad today i smsed ARGH I AM NOT GOING T USE THT NAME ANYMORE LOLOL in class & ARGH I AM NOT GOING T USE THT NAME ANYMORE LOLOL got caught by the stupid cher >.<>.<>.<

okay i was really inspired by jiajie's post, & despite the fatigue that im facing right now, im going to say my thankyous.

its been almost a week since we've come back from OBS.ive never missed something so much,never wanted so badly to return to where we shed loads of perspiration,got attacked by insects,where we went through so much.


it may just be 5 days,but these 5 days changed my perspective of life & the world.
& it wouldnt have been the best 5 days of my life if not for my watch,my team,my family of Marco Polos.

ZHUTING:

you are so tall lolol.thanks for being a great encourager,the loudest singer ever. [: an extremely fast learner,you made a great team with jiajie :D during the reflection sessions,i saw much of you & your thoughts on many things,immensely creative [: it was hilarious watching you guys pee out at night,made me laugh the whole night xD a busy but efficient leader, you make me look up to you in more ways than one. (:




MEIXUAN:

i didnt manage to talk to you much, but you got through to my heart all the same [: still the same face that i recognised back in p4,but now i know you better,as someone who remains utterly optimistic in the midst of problems,as someone who pushes everyone else on even if you're the only one left.you tried your best in kayaking, & everyone saw the effort you put into composing the song for us & making us listen to you :D you always manage to dig out extra battery,extra energy to cheer everyone on :D it would be greatly wrong to discount such a strong person like you [:


CHELSIA:

despite many problems you faced,you pressed on with the rest of us, & we did all we could to keep you away from being discouraged.you were homesick,but you stayed on with the rest of us & went through everything with us for the whole 5 days,all the way till kfc [: that was great endurance you showed,& thank you,for holding my hand throughout the nightwalk [:




GRACI:



TENGHUI:




FANGYING:


you crazy woman everytime say i talk rubbish when i really am talking sense.honestly,you're always the one doing the saikang with shanna & i really want to thank you for that,because even when everyone was tired,you came out to do the work for us.you gave us confidence to move on,& thanks for the loud voice,perks us up every day,makes us laugh [:



MEGAN:


meganny sim!haha thanks to you i didnt stink throughout the 5 days [: must have used up loads of your soap!i know you were so tired during the hike,but we went on anyway,giving ourselves oreos as rewards :D thanks for doing the washing up,especially on the third night,when everyone already changed & were kinda reluctant to step into the puddle of water again.thanks for being so sweet & whiny,just the way you are [:





GINA:


i remember you saying that you havent done most of the things we did before,& you adapted really quickly to everything,& now you've really learned so many new things,& you're doing great as always [: thanks for all the washing up every single night,for following through with us while being alien to camping,kayaking etc. you've been a great motivation to everyone [:






LEON:

its really funny to see you perk up & become enthusiastic suddenly the minute i mention Jordin or Katharine McPhee :D it's a good thing,seeing you so tired & then suddenly so happy to talk about the top hits in USA :D it was nonstop laughing with you while kayaking,& singing "My Two Things" with you was extremely hilarious xD i never expected you to say thankyou to me before jumping into the sea,& it was really touching to see you telling me what i never noticed about myself [: thankyou leon,you're a great talker,as well as a great listener [:




WYMER:

yet another guy i didnt expect saying thankyou to me [: ROAD CHAMPION :D you kept us on the right track,its all thanks to you & jiajie we didnt get lost :D i remember i kept on going "wymer!i know you got nothing to do,help me with this,help me with that" but really lah you got nothing to do haha okayokay i felt like i was bullying you,& i was really hoping you wouldnt take it to heart la haha.but thanks to me you learnt how to tie a "CROSS HITCH KNOT" aka a clove hitch(even though you forgot how to tie it 3 minutes later) & you figured out the timber hitch all by yourself! :D next time we must join up for campcraft lessons,so that you guys will really end up building legendary bashas xD




KANGNING:

i always heard about you,but i finally got a chance to meet you during these 5 days [: ive known you to be a really blur person,who seems to make everyone laugh even with the smallest actions [: its been great waking up with your "morning call",& belaying with you [: you've always been the clock of the watch,giving us the time everytime we call you,without fail.& dont forget,gerald still owes us Soup of the Day from Pizza Hut xD




GERALD:

i remember we said if not for OBS our lives'd be going in totally different directions,never crossing whatsoever.that's why i gotta thank OBS :D because it'll be a waste not knowing someone like you [: honestly you looked the daodao scary type,but you are one talkative singing funny guy :D you spoke up alot during our reflection sessions,& that really showed me how much you think & reflect on the activities,& how great of a leader you are [: as i said,you are an extremely interesting friend who loves quarries just as much as i do xD



JIAJIE:

of all the times ive seen you,this is one of the only times i havent been looking up at you while you stand on stage [: ive really gotten to know you better through OBS,& you are a great great guy who never fails to entertain me even when i was tired & dying.i must say that council has never made a better choice than to elect you for president [: i cannot stress how much you impressed me,whether for your crapping skills or for your leadership :D you have really influenced me as how to be a good president,i have so much to learn from you :D
P.S. you promised to stargaze ah :D

MOTHER THERESA:

the course wouldnt have gone on smoothly & on time without you,your emails & quotes everyday enlightened me as to how life should be.thank you theresa,Marco Polo is extremely grateful to you for everything you've done [:


it was the most touching moment in my life when we did the jetty jump,it really seemed as though you could finally say out how you felt,express yourself fully before jumping into the sea,& becoming a totally new person again when you came up.even though we were given 3 special people to thank,2 to apologize to,we all were thankful to each other for everything they had given to this course.

many people say that OBS is fun.
to me,the activities are simply things that ive done before.the biggest difference,is the people whom i do these things with.
it was Marco Polo whom id lived with for 5 days,& only the 16 of us will understand just how much we went through.it may not seem a lot,but we learnt so much within these 5 days,learnt to appreciate the breaking away from citylife,appreciating Mother Nature.honestly i was reluctant to switch on my phone,because it meant that i'd go back to reality,the place of technology(& zero stars) & stress.

give us some time,to slowly let our lives return to normal.this is something special to us.it may not seem much to you,but it means the world to us,to let us relive some moments in our 5 days together.

Chelsia.Megan.Fangying.Shanna.Vanessa.Kangning.Gerald.Wymer.Gina.Zhuting.Meixuan.Tenghui.Leon.Jiajie.Graci.
Wenxin. (P.S. i forgot my name =.=)

OBS Marco Polo Watch 3rd-7th September 2007.

never forgotten.







you guys made my world.

okay it was so random i went to watch the 9.15 show with my mom at GV last night HAHA.
we watched 881 :D its a nice show! haha okay i know im lagging,still in the MARCOPOLO! mood :D gna blog soon,let me finish up some work & clear away some of those guilt haha.

MARCOPOLO ;D

haha everybody loves kangning :DD

3rd September 2007:

took the boat from punggol jetty to OBS Camp 2-where we dragonboated in Hillary..so far everyone whos been to OBS always comes back loving it,but it seemed quite boring at the moment actually.we got our teams done,& AHS consisted of 3 teams-Livingstone, Battuta & MARCO POLO :DDDDDDDDDDD

it's quite apparent which group i got into lah :D

we had

chelsia
zhuting
graci
tenghui
kangning
gerald
wymer
leon
fangying
megan
meixuan
gina
VC
shanna
& PRESIDENT JIAJIE :D

the best people ever. [:

& INSTRUCTOR THERESAAAAAA :DDD

we played a really cool rope game,which helped us talk to each other haha since ive never spoken to quite a few of them before..
we did nothing much cuz it was raining,so yep quite boring goodness we were like,
"ppl cheat us man,obs is freaking boring lol."


4 September 2007

spent almost the whole day kayaking, kayaked from Camp 2 to Camp 1.
i got tenghui as my partner and DAMN we are 神 man HAHAHA we are freaking fast.

Camp 1 is NOTHING like Camp 2 man.it looks like the Chinese Gardens & its twice the size of Camp 2 & its prestigious haha because no field cooking at Camp 1 we get to eat cookhouse food omgomgomgomg its the best thing so far hahaha.

oh & we did a nightwalk through the forest,freaking long road that we walked alone damn haha.i was freaking frightened before my turn,but when i started i was actually quite calm,didnt really know what to be scared of anyway,just scared that id step on mud lol.cant believe i got through the nightwalk!haha yay :D

this is 色BIBI, the ultimate pervert who shone a torch into the girls' tent while they were changing, held wymer,& touched jiajie's butt :D

WE ARE FRIGHTENED OF 色BIBI! xDDD

5 September 2007

went climbing on the tripod & belayed alot haha.
GERALD OWES ME AND KANGNING SOUP OF THE DAY FROM PIZZA HUT BECAUSE HE INSISTED HE COULD DO A STUNT ON TOP & INSTEAD OF DOING ONE HE FELL DOWN HAHAHAHAHAHA
ah damn he cursed me & you know what im not going to show this too obviously but
i fell down twice ah damn thanks to him la & he makes me feel so fat now >.<


Sea Expedition!quite little distance covered actually,lol.the sea exp leaders were weiyang & 色BB from Clementi Town Sec,& Gerald & Jiajie :D
apparently this weiyang is a 2star in kayaking,so yep he took the lead.& i wasnt even paddling,& tenghui was just leisure paddling & we kept overtaking them omg they were so slow i couldnt stand it me & tenghui wanted to chiong all the way & they kept stopping.ARGH.lousy.but everyone led very well,lots of cheering :D
we reached the lousy campsite early despite leaving one hour late.
& we got the best reward of all man.

A FREAKING QUARRY DIP OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

clear water,sparkling blue,& we all jumped in :DDDD
best thing in OBS ever omg MARCO POLO WAS THE ONLY ONE OF AHS WHO DID A QUARRY DIP OMG IT WAS SO GREAT AFTER BEING IN DISGUSTING SEA WATER FOR SO LONG YES QUARRY DIPS ARE WONDERFUL BLESS THE WATER MAN THE WATER ROCKS

& for the moment in Gerald's life,
quarry dips are better than Borat HAHAHA.

6 September 2007

Land exp!we really were dying,covered about 14km-very little,but we were carrying bags of at least 15kg goodness our backs were breaking yet we pressed on.it was really challenging,but we did it in the end,with song after song :D we rock man :D there were loads of stars,& we had the perfect spot for pitching our tents.ate all we could for the last night,cooked 20 packets of mee haha,ate till we exploded man.

7 September 2007

were supposed to go for a jetty jump,but we were all reluctant to go.theresa got mad & forced us to go :/ gerald was complaining like siao haha but everyone started to smile when theresa taught us the WAKEUP song haha because wymer was sleeping hahaha~
mm so we were doing the jetty jump,where we had to stand on the plank & say thankyou to 3 people,sorry to 2 people, & set a commitment.

yep i said thankyou to chelsia for holding my hand during the nightwalk,jiajie & gerald for being so quirky & interesting to talk to,& for being great leaders :D
& sorry to vc for not being able to talk to her much as we were doing diff stuff,& to wymer for bullying him hahaha.i shouldnt have said sorry HAHA.
mm my commitment was to lead my squad well,bring them to be the best they can :D
& i jumped (:
seemed like slow motion,really.
super cool.
super salty.
lots of jellyfish somewhere haha.

& i was really touched when i heard people say thankyou to me!
haha really surprised as well.
thanks for the encouragement everyone,thanks.


i randomly mentioned that tenghui had a very 慈祥 face,& graci complimented it by saying "guanyinma face" & finally tenghui became the god of BIBILISM :D we are all BIBIs now :D our number one rule: eat whatever is given to you xD
& so we randomly decided on this photo,with the caption

临时抱佛脚 XDDDDD

ive got loads of thanks for everyone,will do a good one tomorrow :D
meanwhile,im going to celebrate with MARCOPOLO in msn :D

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