HDB organised its inaugural HDB Community Week in May 2012 to celebrate youth involvement in the communities as well as to spread our messages on neighbourliness. The week-long event was well received, with more than 30,000 residents participating in the events. The Amazing Heartland Race was one of the key events held during HDB Community Week 2012, and it aims to encourage participants to explore and discover the iconic landmarks and unique features of the towns they live and play in, and ultimately nurture a sense of attachment and pride to the towns. Encouraged by the positive feedback received, HDB will be organising the race again in June this year during HDB Community Week 2013.
The race consists of 5 mini-races, taking place concurrently and independently in 5 different zones in Singapore - Toa Payoh (Central), Yishun (North), Queenstown (South), Bedok (East) and Jurong (West).Through the race, participants will get a first-hand experience in discovering iconic food and landmarks in their towns and uncovering their town’s identity.
Two categories are available for participants to sign up, namely the school and open category. The school category is open to Secondary Schools and Tertiary Institutions while the open category is targeted at youths, families and neighbours. Students can register in groups of five and they will be competing with other school teams within the towns that they have signed up for.
The event details are as follows:
Date: Saturday, 1 June 2013
Time: 9am – 5pm
(Including Prize presentation)
"No matter what happened, you are still my beloved sister in Christ, and I would hate to lose a friend like you."
偶尔还是会忍不住想打听你的消息。换来的只有眼泪。
You're a brother that I'll never wanna lose. But everything seems like as though I've lost you since 15th Sept 2012. Everything just feels so retarded when we actually bother to think about it. It all ended with a FaceBook status and a misunderstanding. How blonde.
It's been a long while since the last time I've posted. And guess what.. My holidays are coming to an end soon :'(
I spent the first half of my holiday on my event/project. Yea. The mid-autumn festival at SengKang West. The remaining of my holidays were spent on filming, part time work and watching dramas. Haha.
This holiday is lasted for 7 weeks. Come to think of it, 7 weeks isn't that long after all. It's merely 49 days. Yet, many things have changed. Including “到此为止”.
I've been thinking about all the things that happened but none of this explains what led to “到此为止”. I guess we're just tired of this relationship bah. Love isn't something that can be maintained just by compromising with each other's needs, differences, flaws, etc. But then again, if love can be explain by words, then prolly that isn't love.
Whatever it is, things have ended. No more counting down, no more sweet messages, no more.. yea. No more everything.
Mid-Autumn festival night was really an unforgettable one. Being a mascot for the first time is really fun. Oh man!! I had to put on heavy make-up to fit the "beauty-ness" of Chang-Er. Lol. But the funny thing is that I've got no idea how to put on make up. Haha. Had to get my other project mates to help me with the make up.
Oh!!! Tell you what's the most hilarious part!! I look like some weird alien/ghost when i put on that make up with my normal "mortal" attire. But I look perfectly fine when I change into my "deity" Chang-Er costume. Lol!!!
The part where I enjoyed the most about being this mascot is that people treat & look me as though I'm some famous celebrity. Heeah. *lika boss yo~* People rush to snap a photo with you. Aunties and young kids. Uncles don't dare cause they feel embarrassed or something~ Lol. Haha.
The most ridiculous thing is that all the "ah-ma"s rush to touch me cause they believe by touching "Chang-Er" will bring them good luck & fortune. Hmmm.. Number 1, common sense should be able to tell you that I'm a mortal, a human. Number two, does Chang-Er even really exist??
Haiz.. It's okay. At least it makes them happy~ The event was definitely a success. Then number of attendees turning up met our target audience number. Everyone was happy, kids smiling as they played with the LED lanterns, program running smoothly. Hahas. *clap clap*
After my event ended, I was thinking of slacking my holidays away till one faithful day, Lynette called me and ask me if I want to help her with the filming for Destiny Impact's annual year end camp promotional video. Hmmm.. I agreed. Cause I was thinking.. Instead of slacking my holidays away, prolly I can do something to aid in the establishment of His Kingdom.
Also, I wanted to experience of filming. Wonder if I've ever shared with you, I've always wanted to be an actress (if there's a chance to). The joy of acting is that you get to attempt to be all sorts of character. From doctors, to lawyers, to murderer, CID, getting married, etc. Don't you think it's super cool?!
However this time, filming was kinda tough for me. Especially the part about getting into the character. My character's characteristics:
-Soft Spoken
-Shy
-Low Self-Esteem
-In love with Nic
My real characteristics:
-LOUD Spoken
-NOT at all shy
-SUPER HIGH Self-Esteem
-NOT at all in love with any guy (especially after the “到此为止” thingy..)
I seriously think it's a huge challenge for me cause the character I'm trying to get into is the total opposite of me. But~ If I'm gonna act as who I really am, then that's not called acting anymore.. Whatever it is, as long as it pleases God, I don't mind trying any character.
What I'm most looking forward to is actually the last few episodes. I won't mind crying scenes as long as the filming crew don't mind wasting memory space. Haha. Kidding luh. I'm sure natural feeling would come cause of the plot/script.
Honestly, I'm looking forward to the debut of the first episode. This is because Lynette keep telling me, "I seriously think you and nic very sweet leh" lol. I'm looking forward to see how sweet is her sweet lo. But to be really exact, I'm more looking forward to his reaction to the 2nd episode when it's played in Sunday service.
By the way, filming have been put on pause button recently. I heard that it's because the leaders have some "issue" with the script or something.. But whatever the reason is, I hope that filming resumes ASAP cause I don't wanna loose the feel of the character. And I'm really anticipating to how the script would move on to..
Talking about filming also reminds me about that scene that nic confessed to me. Haha!! It was really.. Hilarious/Ridiculous cause we spent the entire Sunday afternoon/evening filming that ONE scene. Haha. The main reason behind this long filming process is definitely partially because of me, the NG queen. Haha.
Spent such a long time before we could even hold hands normally. I guess it's really cause it's been a long while since the last time I held hands with the opposite gender bah (other than during prayer time).. In fact the last time I've ever been so close with a guy was prolly 2 years back when I hugged JX from the back (That was because we were playing truth or dare) bahz..
Haha. Heart pumping moments. I can never forget the shock-happy-embarrassed expression on JX face and how his face just literally turn red. Haha.
Memories, they're just meant to torture one for life.
Apart from filming, I worked with Lynette again. Some admin staff for events. It was just a 3 days thing. We were working for the same boss whom we worked for back in march. Fortunately, the experience this time round was much better than those in march. I guess it's because I'm more used to the way boss does things bahz..
What I'm more unhappy about is that boss keeps asking me to help her move this, move that (this & that refers to tables, chairs, cables, mineral water, etc.) while all Lynette does is just to guard the registration table. Haha!! I'm not really unhappy luh.. Just kidding de luh. Lynette did do her job too uh :)
Anyway there were 2 events running concurrently, one on level 4, the other on level 5. Lynette and I were situated on level 5 for day 1. Lynette remained there for the remaining 2 days while I'm situated at level 4 on day 2 and back to level 5 on day 3. Day 3 was the most exhausting day cause we ran out of mineral water.
The mineral water delivery was suppose to arrive at 10am but it wasn't there even pass noon. And boss got me to go to 7-11 to get 3 cartons of mineral water. Yea. She was nice enough to send 2 more guys along with me. We got the cheapest mineral water which is like.. $2.15 per bottle!!! It's like some daylight robbery. Each carton consist of 24 bottles, 600ml each. In short, each carton weights about 14.4kg. *faint*
Boss only sent 2 guys to help me. Which mean each person one carton, including me!!!! Can you imagine, I carried a 14.4kg carton from CineLeisure 7-11, all the way to Scape level 5. Thank God for lift luh!!!! Can't imagine if I have to take the stairs up. Anyway, I guess I was too concentrated into getting the carton of mineral water to its "Final Destination" that I used too much strength on my hands/arms and they were aching like nobody's business. I guess I've forgotten about my old injury bahz.. It seems to be like coming back again :/
In any case, it's over!!!! Spent the remaining of my holidays watching dramas :D Gotta go to bed now!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope I wake up in time for DI later =D
安静的呐喊
♥5:36 AM
Wednesday, September 05, 2012
Wrote this song sometime ago while I was mugging like some mad woman.. Wrote verse 1 while I was on some bus ride home.. The rest was completed while waiting for SadaGreen to appear at bugis square.
Didn't deliberately sat down and said "I'm gonna write a song now" or whatsoever. Was just thinking about some stuff, wanted to jot it down somewhere and somehow it became like that. Hurhurhur. Amazing yeah? Lol.
If you've caught the meaning of this song, yeah~ Thanks for taking time to read and understand it. Haha. I guess this is the first song that's written unintentionally.
Actually to me, songwriting is just to kill time and it's something I enjoy. Hmmm.. To really be precise, I write when there's certain emotion/things that I really can't help but to say it out.
I guess everybody's way of expressing themselves are different and for me, I choose to write them out. Honestly I don't bother if these songs are going to appear in the market or whatever, they're just simply for leisure purpose.
Of course, you can still give comments to whether you like them or not but yea. I'm not writing any songs to sell or forcing them into the market :]
Whether you like them or not, it's your choice. My blog is just plainly a place where I share my life. Hope y'all enjoy (Y)
Finally done with this set of lyrics. If you understand what I'm trying to communicate, I hope it impacts your life. Actually it all explains with the ending. Basically this song is somewhat of a "Split Personality" song where I am singing to myself.. Kinda thing~ Haha.
I decided to write this kind of song when I was going through this dark period of my life. Not that I've literally physically tortured myself but during that period of time I felt as though I'm mentally torturing myself. In terms of my thoughts, emotions, etc.
Also I've recently heard about how people physically abuse themselves. Example.. Those who cut themselves with a pen-knife, self abuse/torture, and even those who just waste their lives away by drinking, clubbing, smoking, etc. If you're any of these people, please. I urge you to stop what you're doing. God created you for a purpose and that purpose is definitely not to waste your life away just like that.
Stop torturing yourself cause there's this part of you that's crying out for you to stop it. I've always believe that everyone has this Good and Bad side of them. You can say.. The angel and devil within a person.
Many times it's really up to you to who you want to be. The Angel side? Or the Devil Side? Even after being a Christian for so long, sometimes I could still sense this Devil part of me arising from deep within. It's really important to notice it in time and pray against it.
Anyway, If you get the message behind this set of lyrics, text me, FB chat me or you can leave a message in my Cbox :) Stop this self torturing thing. It hurts.
*Name: Venus Lee Yan 李缘
*Date Of Birth: 20th Feb 1994
*Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=743058322
*E-mail: Venus_lee_yan@hotmail.com
*AKA: Retarded Over Turn Blonde Turtle
-Her Love
*Enjoying God's presence
*Reflecting
*Making song covers
*Making videos
*Looking at the moon
*Studying the meaning behind every song
*Singing
*listening to songs
*My friends
*Pursuing my dreams
*Writing phrases that speaks what I feel about certain matter
*Every talent I'm blessed with
*Listening to people
*Split personality
*Everything God has given me
