Friday, January 25, 2008

NTU CHEERLEADING COMPETITION
23JAN -it's a long day!!!

My dear friend Samartha invited me to watch her cheerleading competition.. So i went.. Yeah travelled from east all the way to the west ^-^''' Woots so far can? Haha.. But i arent working now, so i have time to go there..

1st time going to NTU.. going alone somemore.. hehe.. no wonder Ling shan say i'm so brave.. Lol.. Met Ling shan at around 6pm in NTU, she told me to take 179 or 179A from Boon Lay Int, but 179A is faster as it heads directly to NTU. So i waited at the 179A queue, luckily i took brochures of both bus services from the interchange as i walked past to be sure of which bus stop to alight... Realised 179A service is only available from 730-930am (-_-;'') gosh.. i'm like waiting for a bus that wont arrive until the next morning~

Happy to see Chee Yun, Wai Mun and Sihui in ntu^^ though i waved and waved to Sisi in the canteen.. she still couldnt see me hehe..


What's a cheerleading competition without stunts? haha.. here's some pics..

The 1st team to perform from i-forgot-what-hall (theres 16 halls in all btw)

2nd team's the winning team from hall 8!!! Samartha's hall~
I like their outfit.


That's how the girls get off the human pyramid.. jumping/flying off.. that's why they're sometimes called 'flyers'.. Kinda scary cos u cant see where u're heading/landing and u really have to trust your teammates

My dearie Samartha in the centre~ U go girl!!!


But she wasnt one of those flyers... hehe..

3rd team.. hall 3.. their bright yellow outfits are really striking


Took me some time to realise my sec sch as well as guides friend's in cheerleading too. Tiffany's the one in the centre, havent seen her since we graduated from sec sch, though she lives near my house. Arent sure if she'd moved now.



This is hall 15 i think... They got 2nd.. Demonstrating the classic move of the day.. Hehe cos i'd seen many teams doing this move.

They have got this retro 881 theme, playing part of a 881 song i think.. They even had their mascot dressed up as a getai queen with ostentatious feather ___ (whats that pink thing called?? cant rmb) and conical bra. Making a grand entrance shown below.. lol

Look darn er3 xin1 right?

After a wonderful performance, cheerleaders showing enthusiasm towards boisterous supporters..


Hall 7 had a wedding theme i think.. I thought the guys' outfit looked like one of a waiter's =p

They'd bouquets of flowers, got a few girls to sprinkle rose petals around and the 'stunt' that drew the most applause was the guys going down on one knee to propose to the girls (in pairs).. Nice sight wor! Mass marriage proposal lol.

The SRC's really packed with people, both of us got to sit on the floor as we came earlier, the rest got to stand to watch. Not that i mind standing, cos i have to sit up very straight yet i cant see very much while seated, so i kneeled to get a better view. My legs became numb and it hurted after kneeling for awhile. Woots.. It's amazing how the Japanese can kneel on tatami mats and 'enjoy' their meals.

Some of them were quite tensed up under the pressure to perform well that they faltered.
Witnessed some collapses -guys failure to lift the girls up, the worst i'd seen was the girl falling off together with 2 guys. (i was seated so i couldnt see how they landed on the floor, i could only see this empty 'space' at where they originally stood.

Watched around 12 teams' cheerleading performance, before leaving the SRC (student recreation centre if i arent wrong) to find jessica. While busy Ling shan left much earlier.
Armed with Ling shan's campus map, i tried to find my way to hall 4 where Jessica's staying. It was 9+pm and the roads were dark and quiet. Suddenly i wondered why am i doing here alone.. hehe.. walked faster.. till i saw a road sign which states 'hall 4, 5, 7' and pointed an arrow to the right side of the road. So i thought that i was at the nearest bus stop to hall 4 and called Jess. But somehow i couldnt get through, i tried sending an sms, but it took just too long that i gave up trying to wait to see the line 'message sent' So how how how.. OMG!!! I cant reach her..

There's a guy sitting at the bus stop so i tried borrowing his phone to make a call, he was surprisingly quick in whipping out his mobile phone =) Oohs thanks thanks!
Dialled Jessica's number at least thrice, but couldnt get through, there wasnt even any ringing sounds. Once the hp screen showed 'no network' and another time it showed 'not allowed' I almost fainted okay? Sheeeetsss.. I asked the guy about it and i think he called a friend to test whether his phone gt network problems, i overheard him saying 'oh 没有啦，打爽的。' before hanging up. Lol..

Then i used my own phone to call Yanqi, call home, call whatever... Alamak cannot leh..
In the end, i had to borrow that guy's phone again (cos he's the only one at the bus stop).. this time call Yanqi to ask her to call Jessica.
Yanqi picked up the call and she said 'ahh Jess' online, i tell her' But before i could finish saying 'i'm waiting for Jess at the bus stop nearest to hall 4, 5 and 7' she hung up on me =x I wanted to ask her whether it's the right bus stop, but when she heard 'nearest to hall 4' she ended the call. So Jess and i ended up waiting at diff bus stops. After waiting for arnd 10mins, i stared at the map again and realised there's actually another bus stop which could be nearer to hall 4 and walked briskly there.

By the time i reached Jess' room it's almost 10pm.. hehe.. Started webcaming with yanqi on jess' laptop.. yeahs so fun!~ Till i forgot about the time and i was still sitting in her room at 11pm. Oops! Even if i could catch the last train, i would definitely reach home after 12. Jess and Yq persuaded me to stay over, so i did.. though i didnt bring anything with me. I didnt expect to stay over in the first place~

Went out for a walk at 11+ with both of them.. Saw many students jogging around the campus. I overheard one guy saying 'i can feel my 菜饭 inside' as he dangled both hands in front of his stomach as he jogged past us. Lols.

Went to Meiling's hall at 12+ hehe the world is so small, all 3 of us happened to know Meiling!^^
The world is so small (part2) Meiling's roomie's from my sec sch and jc.. hehe.. I remembered seeing her around and even which class she was from in AHS. 2 girls staying next door were ex-tee jaycians too~ Their rooms were linked by a shared toilet and since they knew each other well, the 2 doors were open to create a passageway^^
A girl staying next door Xiangting, a cheerleader from i forgot what hall brought a lot of food for them, so i helped to eat the 星州米粉, which was quite oily and salty.. hehe so i ate a little only. Didnt like to eat fried chicken wings, so i didnt touch any.. hehe i prefer chicken drumsticks..
Watched how different the way Xiuhui and Meiling ate chicken wings... it was really funny how Meiling and Sansan pointed at uneaten parts of the chicken wing that Xiuhui was eating to tell her not to waste the chicken wing.

Should have taken a photo of us eating supper while seated on the floor of their room, hehe well.. i was busy eating too =p

Jessica and Yanqi .. yq looked a lil sleepy here..

Me and meiling.. hmm when was the last time we took a pic together? 2 years ago in vjc i think..


Xiuhui with her cute plush tortoise that Jessica and yanqi couldnt keep their hands off from


Chatted and chatted till almost 2am. Woots..
Walked to ADM (sch of arts design and media) with Jess and Yq, it's a really unique building with steep slopping roof, like a hill top (with grass patches surmore). Climbed up a long staircase leading up to the top of the slope, looking up from the bottom of the straight staircase is a lil intimidating. Woowahhh such a long staircase, probably 4 or 5 storeys?? There was a couple sitting at the top of the slope in the darkness, enjoying the cool breeze and nice view. It's a couples' fav spot in campus according to them hehe. Hmm but it's a pity it wasnt a starry starry night.

Walked Yanqi back to her hall before heading back to Jess' hall.. Slept at around 330am..
Woke up at 640am as i was coughing =x Surfed the net using Jess laptop and let her have her bed entirely to herself. Hehe.. 2 thin people can squeeze into a small bed and there's still space =p

It's been a long day~

A lil suay-suay cos of my hp's low batt and missing network, but i was really lucky to have
1) 179 and 179A bus route brochures
2) Ling shan's ntu campus map to navigate in a totally unfamiliar place
3) one guy who happened to be at the bus stop and waited for a bus that took forever to come.. he's not bad looking.. and i told Jess and yq he's a shuai4 ge since he's nice enough to lend his hp to a 'desperate girl in need' lol.. Yanqi offered to give me his number (from caller ID) haha but nvm.. i'd already thanked him that day.

CLOUD had a great time while staying in hall... love my friends~

yunn. at 6:56 PM