today at Sergeants' Weekend we all played river crossing, and it came down to the point where we only had 2 rocks per group to cross this wide gap. Half of group 15 (famous forever, all of you) got stuck on the other end because their rocks were taken away. Right after the activity people just brought up the usual takeaways - teamwork, flexibility, perseverance - but Kenneth emphasised: No One Gets Left Behind. Before every crossing he made us tell each other "I will not leave you behind! I will not leave you behind!" but in the end we still did.

why I am writing this first is because for this whole week, it has been the most striking thing. Kenneth just shoved NO ONE GETS LEFT BEHIND so many times in your face and suddenly I thought of

we keep saying 45th is a family, but those who say it are the ones walking in front with the coy's progress. How often do we think about the ones left behind? Honestly, like Cherries emphasized that each. and. every. one. of the coy is important to 45th, and if 45th is to be a family then 45th must include every single member and not leave anyone behind. And honestly we're not doing that, batches sometimes exclude certain people, and those people therefore continue to exclude themselves, and what do we do? We complain about their uncommitment or whatever, and then exclude them somemore, so then it becomes a vicious cycle. Exclusiveness is a two way thing - a lot of times people don't come to us is because we shut them out.

nevertheless very proud of you batch 12 and 45th (((: I am just sayin' because it is true, it is something we always overlook and don't care, and honestly when Kenneth was speaking about it I was so filled with joy and realisation and shock and fear at the same time that I started tearing and it was God speaking to me. There were a lot more such moments during today (the talks are so good btw!!!) like singing a common strength when we are weary / a common hope for tomorrow and
:'))) the week has been azaming (which y'know, is cooler than amazing)

 

"Script: 
Group knocks on the door. Yen Siang opens it like really slowly with her eyes peeping through the side with an angry stare.
Y: (harsh whisper) SHHHH! WHO ARE YOU! My ma'am trying to sleep lah plox! WHY DO I SOUND LIKE A FILIPINO MAID
Group: uh...
Y: hurryap you come here sell cookies or help maam"

Mindee?: basically our station is about yifan being siao

"=> Don't laugh unless you have to in your script, same goes for smiling" - Kim's email
(during dry run)
Yen Siang: IT'S A BEAUTIFUL NAAHAHAHAHAIGHT~

"You will creep out one group each. Kailin does group 1, mindy group 8. " - Kim's email

(doing jumping jacks as punishment)
Mindy: and we must say in rhythm! I-MUST-CUT-MY-NAAAILS, I-MUST-CUT-MY-NAAAILS

(night surprise)
Ruth: /opens door/ COME IN. NOW!!! (group comes in) Who are you? How did you get here?!
Someone: uh...you let us in?

(night suprise explanation)
Ruthanne: you all are so strange! I'm like I'm gonna chop off everyone's head and you all are still OK I WILL HELP YOU

(skits!!! for devo haha every group was hilarious)
Annabel: have you seen my Niki shoes? They are black and they are made in India.

(a you-have-to-be-there moment HAHA)
Ruthanne: hello?
Winnie: HULLO!

(on Wanlun's maid acting skills)
Leti: you're a disgrace to all the Leticias.

(right after everyone walked into J block when we just cleaned it up)
Yen Siang: Ruth don't you feel like your hard work is wasted?
Ruth: not really la...
[...]
Ruth: EVERYONE DON'T DROP HAIR

Kenneth: now tell the person on your left and right, "CLARITY IS IMPORTANT!"
Ruth: /turns to Kailin/ CLARITY IS IMPORTANT!
Kailin: yeah, but I'm more important :D

(walking to MRT from Sergeants' Weekend while wearing mufti)
Ruth: Yen Siang can you stop shouting in public! You're an embarrassment to the Girls' Brigade!
Yifan: /turns around to Ruth/ YOU are an embarrassment to the Girls' Brigade.
Ruth: ...HEYYY

june dotsy says
Dear Ruth Lee,

You have been deemed assy enough to join the very exclusive Assy Friends Squad.

Your position: Senior Member.

Regards,
Letitia Chen
Head of AFS

june dotsy says
zhixin
sent me a message
that i saved in my "special folder"
it says: i just tore open my satchet and the pill is huge!!!!! i swear the doctor is out to kill me )x

june dotsy says
groce
y u so buangkoky

Ruth Lee says
eh you know everytime I ran up the stairs to the gallery
the signs keep saying
NO ROOF ACCESS
then I would feel a bit sad
june dotsy says
LOL
i know!!!
i see it all the time and i think
good job stairs people

Mindy ひばり Yeo
JUNE CAMP IS OVER! (it has finally sunken in) Cannot express how much I love 45th!! WHOO EXPLODING LOVE MY HEART IS OVERFLOWING!! \o/ BATCH 12, YOU ARE THE SUN IN MY SHINE!! GOOD JOB AND I LAAAAV YOU GUYS VERY MUCHLY.

Kimberly Chia
it's over; june camp 2011 ♥ thankyou batch12 and 45th for all the support (:

Anne Ng
GB I LOVE YOU.

 

I finally got down to doing FIX cards :P terribly late, but next up: JPSB'10 notes haha

anyway doing so has finally put me in the mood for this post :)
( more amor love )

( ...even more here )

:')
omgee actually I was gonna write more memories like ICYL and 106 classixs and 103 but...too long! too long! 8D another day~