Jabba Ngo

Havent updated this in months, but shall start off with a themed post.

So it all started out when jay invited all the dance ics to do a combined performance for amplify, that i fell in love with this song. It was initially jay and xinde's choreo and i think they did a really good job for this choreo, so then I started to like it.

I've got a few videos here that somehow tells the story of how we practiced for amplify through this song alone. I remember one of the dance pracs, it was an all guys meet up, so we did a lot of crazy stuff. Like this:

But things just kept getting better, and everyone just looked more and more awesome doing this choreo

And so, after weeks of practice, it was finally the day of the concert and all our hard work paid off.

Haha, i know its a short post, but enjoy those videos!

what do i do at home

A lot of people don't think that I have a lot of interests, so they wonder what kind of stuff do I do at home. Especially during the december holidays, I didn't really go out much, and even if I did, it wasn't the type of stuff u would spend your entire day doing. So here's a breakdown on the different types of activities I do, and lemme mention first, all of it are classified as leisure activities. I didn't study a single bit, well, unless you consider elementary Korean something.

I've been telling a few people that I've been following kpop closely, but you may wonder, what the hell is there to do in following Kpop?? You mean like those no life jerks who spend time stalking kpop idol lives, and watching them perform on music stages?? Well, I do do that, but only for 10 minutes at most. For most of the time, I have been watching those english subbed Korean variety shows that do invite kpop idols on it. These shows are really entertaining and I have absolutely no regret in watching them, nor do I ever feel tired from them.

A few such shows include - Running Man, 1N2D, WGM, Muhan Jojeon, and other random shows that aren't as famous. These shows make you laugh really hard, and for a few times, I thought I was going to grow some abs just by laughing too much.

For other times, I spend time on my iPhone exploring various games and playing quite frequently a few such as Jetpack Joyride.

When I'm feeling really bored, I take out the guitar and start to look for tabs to learn and strum and sing along.

Also, I do ride my bike every now and then around the neighborhood, but that's mostly it on how I spent my time.

unit chalet 12

I still remember exactly a year ago, when I was the organising chairman for the previous Unit Chalet, it was during this period (just before the chalet date), where we were so busy tying up loose ends and making sure everything was going to be alright. We were wrecking our brains out but we did not regret a single moment of it, why? One simple reason - we wanted the cadets to have fun. And show them that hcinpcc was a fun cca. (author's note: don't comment about the cliche-ness please)

And a year later, I had fun. Free from the worries and troubles of finding logistics at the last minute, and confirming orders with the chalet and BBQ caterers, this time it was really my turn to sit back, relax and enjoy what had been planned for all of us.

Well, how should I describe this year's chalet experience?.
I'll say, it was a really good reunion, not only with the unit as a whole, but more importantly with the groups that I treasure most - my squadmates of Batch 42, and of course my forever young squad Sec 1s of 2011. I didn't waste the entire time emoing in the chalet or indulging myself in card games with the same old few groups for long hours, this time, we really had the chance to mingle with a whole lot of people.

So lemme start recounting the good times of this chalet (note: the fact that this is the first post on my blog after a  damn long time shows how much I want to share this experience & I'll start posting in a more informal Singlish tone)

Anyways, the chalet didn't come off to a very good start. The moment I read the email about the invitation to this chalet, one detail immediately caught my eye. I was like wtf, meeting point at mrt station, gotta be kidding me unless the attendance numbers are low. We did a recce last year, and the only place that seemed possible to hold such a large group of over a hundred people was the empty space at the ends of the bus interchange, not in the middle of a busy crossroads.. ahem, MRT station.

To make matters worse, I soon got notice that we would not be able to gain entry to the chalet until 3 hours later, which means spending 3 frking hours at a ulu ulu shopping mall (not e!hub) with only a library and an arcade. OK... never mind about that, things were only gonna be better I thought..

We took our lunch at the food court, and went straight to the arcade, and played a variety of games. It was my first time actually on Midnight 3, and surprisingly I mastered the technique of making sharp turns and accelerating quick.Same for initial D. For the basketball arcade though, it was quite embarrassing though cause even after like 5 tries doing a duet with me and Guan Xiong, cannot even get past the 300 mark until the last attempt. Then Darren and Shawn suddenly came beside us and zoomed their points up to 353. My face was white as pepper. I literally felt like fainting cuz it was so damn tiring. Aloy Loh started trying out Jubeat and got the hang of it, while I stuck to the other FPS and racing games.

Then HORROR! You see, I brought my guitar from home cuz I was intending to play at night and let Aloy Loh and I sing along to the different tunes, but just then as I was holding the guitar, it suddenly SNAPPED into 2 pieces. I was Horrified, omg! Damn it, no more singing, I lost like half the excitement I had when I first arrived.

Finally it was 3pm or something, we took the bus to Aloha Loyang Downtown east only to realise it was the wrong one, leading us the opposite direction. So in the end.. we arrived later than all the other squads (We refering to squadmates) But after carrying our heavy bulky bags for so long, finally we could deposit them and go hands free to E!Hub where the real fun begins.

Guan Xiong, Aloy and I set off to e!hub, and we tried to jio the other squadmates out but they had already engaged themselves in some random boardgame, so the 3 lonely chaps walked to the place ourselves. At first, we entered the LAN shop and played 2 full hours of hardcore L4D2, GuanXiong no offense but you were the black sheep, and we never could reach the finish point. Everytime each of us died one by one, Aloy Loh was letting out all of the rage faces. But it was funny and fun, I LOLed the whole time. Especially when I would suddenly startle a witch, and ask everyone to shoot, but in the end, I still get killed, that was hilarious!

We then decided to head for the arcade, and Aloy wanted to play his Jubeat again, cuz he was addicted liao~ so we let him, then Guan Xiong and I went to some other random shooting game with moving seats, like a motion simulator, and everytime the seats suddenly moved, I would feel like I just got banged. But the HD screen and moving seats made the experience memorable. We 3 then went to another game, where all 3 of us could participate together at the same time. It was something like throwing balls at targets on the screen, except with a few twists and turns here and there. So we broke a few records I think, and got tickets - something I havent seen a while since the arcade in Genting.

Having enough of all the gaming, we wanted to try something different, and since all 3 of us loved to sing, why not? KBOX. IT WAS CLOSED, the whole top floor had been sealed off for renovation works. Damn, wrong place wrong time. But then we realised it was already 6pm, so it was time for GX to go home and so Aloy and I went back to the chalet cuz it was dinner time.

The BBQ Dinner was awesome! Way better than my year, even though it was the same catering service. There was that chocolate fountain which I instantly fell in love with. The satay was cooked to perfection and they had clams too. The pasta was tasty, but nothing could beat marshmallows with chocolate. I took my plate to a table by the pool, and sat with a few other squadmates, then suddenly Kai Siang told me the Sec 1'11s were going to e!hub for bowling. I was like wtf, I havent even started my dinner! So they went ahead first, but during this time, Mr Yong emerged from the pool and came to our table to chat with us. We had a pretty lengthy chat talking about a whole lot of stuff, but then he suddenly decided to take off his wet shirt. The funny thing was it was really windy the whole night cuz the chalet was right beside the sea, so I found it quite amusing when he took his shirt off, like wouldnt it be freezing?! but then, he lectured me on the physics I learnt and almost forgot that you actually become hotter faster without ur shirt than with it on.

So we continued the chat talking about last year's chalet and this year's, JC life, juniors, his experience our experience, so on.. Then Aloy and I finally decided to take our leave and walk back to e!hub. We met the sec 1s and kaisiang, zhucheng, donovan, yongkiat at the bowling alley and decided to have a few games. Aloy was really having a good day, scoring almost 6 strikes in a row and achieving a new high score for himself, while I started out pretty lousy, but improved tremendously thereafter, scoring my first strike soon after.

Then.. I grew tired of it while the Sec1s were still in their game, so Kaisiang Aloy and me went to Coffee Bean for a midnight chat. Talked about stuff, that I shan't mention and KS suddenly suggested watching a movie, so some sec 1s were interested and they met us at coffee bean. We talked a bit more, actually at this point, I really didnt feel like talking (dunno why), shy or something??, so I decided to catch up on a bit of my Youtube watching videos that I have missed.

It was soon 11 something, and we went to the 2nd top floor to purchase movie tickets for Sherlock Holmes. I was pretty skeptical of the movie at first, cuz it was just gonna be another Warner Bros feature, but it turned out better than I expected with smooth slick action scenes and mysteries at certain points that kept me awake throughout the movie. I'm not gonna discuss the movie here cuz I'm no expert at it. But it was getting pretty cold at the theatre, and wearing slippers, I had to wrap my legs around Kai Siang for some warmth.

Finally the movie ended, and I enjoyed it actually, so we went back to the chalet, where I decided to catch some rest. Played a bit of Sims on iPhone before that. But it wasn't easy sleeping, and I woke up quite a few times, one time was when Kai Siang entered our room to join Marcus on his bed (no sick please). They started talking about JC, teachers and girls, what they call man to man talk.. I remember hearing some of the convos, so if anyone's interested, PM me.

Before I actually slept, I took a trip to the bathroom to clean my body, but this will probably not interest you.

The night passed, and at 9am I woke up ready to start the next day. I found out that my other squadmates had went night cycling, so I was sort of regretful cuz I was looking forward to cycling in a chalet. But they were dead beat at 9am so I was also kinda glad I didn't go with them.

I started off the 2nd day, being the first one to wake up and boy was the room full of snores, especially Kai Siang with a signature loud snore. Oh, and did I mention Marcus's self mumbling during his sleep, kinda freaky. When I got up, I played Sims again and then Dickson suddenly came up in and said we gotta check out. Damn, missed time for breakfast. So we got all our luggage and exited the chalet. Got to do a bit of cycling when someone told me to return the bike for him, the shop was far away.

After returning the bikes and heading to E!hub, we stopped by KFC for brunch and went LAN gaming again. L4D2 wasn't as fun anymore after all the playing the previous day. Anyway it was time to go and I was sort of sad to leave but all good things come to an end, so I look forward to the next unit chalet or event  if we're invited of course.

As I type this story now, I start to reminiscent the good ol times of organising events in npcc. Even though my guitar is broken, the whole time together had been a fun one. Anyways, I got a new guitar today, first hand somemore, so not bad la.

Kbye.