Our ball is oval-shaped, and our heart goes out to it.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
11:37 PM
hey girls its the SANTOSA trip this saturday!!woohhooo!!!
Time: 9.30 at harbourfront mrt Attire: yellow camp tee n wear shoes Things to bring(compulsory):waterbottle sunblock unwanted socks(can throw away kind) slippers clothes to bring to bathe toiletries
Group B sarah step shimin phylicia hongzhen natalie
HOPE THAT U ALL WILL HAVE LOTSA FUN IN SANTOSAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
love kelly!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
9:18 PM
continued from last post...
delivery women
auntie kelly:kiasu to the max.wash hands not enough.must clean some more Ash demands food!! Rubbish auntie:collect rubbish also so happy:)shower,and home sweet homeFor more pictures,go to touch rug photobucket a/c.they will be posted up soon:)
12:37 PM
19th July 2008: THE TESTIMONIAL!!!Thank you to the juniors for planning the testimonial match for us! The seniors had so much fun. We know it wasn't easy at all for you girls to plan the event in such short notice. So thank you so much girls! Next, we would like to thank our seniorss(j3s&j4s) and our coach matthew for taking time off their schedule to come down for the match. Thank you for being so enthusiastic and spontaneous you guys always brought laughter to us!
People were supposed to report at 8pm sharp, but some of them were late,including our coach. So to past time, the j2s took many many pictures!!!
Games: DOG & BONE and Blindfold game
After games,had a bit of training before our testimonial match. The j2s were panting and whining after 15 minutes of dynamic warmup. We're old ready.
Referee for the dayTeam talkSha,jo,xiaowei.we love our senior:)we love each other too:joojoo and vane
our coach trying to act cool
Saturday, July 19, 2008
10:03 PM
Weets, Muddest Touch Ruggers.
I'd received the vedio today in a very prettaye disc. Would like to thank the J1s for putting in so much effort into making the short clip. I werent around during the camp and probably missed out aeroplane loads of fun and also probably miss out some torment. ( P.T etc HAHAHA. ) aiya, i dont know what to continue. Would just like to thank all of you guys :D J1s Go on! :D J2s Rock on!
PS: This is like a little too late thou...
With love, Wanjoo! (:
Sunday, July 13, 2008
9:09 PM
LTC was on 4-7 july.
DAY1
we did kayaking 1 star. It was very fun and challenging cus the sea at changi was very choppy. My kayak capsized like a few times and the worst part was the water was so salty! I had an overdosed of salt after glupping down like few mouth full! At night, we went for amazing race in the forest.
DAY2
kayaking 1 star again for the whole morning and afternoon. It was like super scary cus mine bwas filled to the brim with water while i was carrying it onshore, have to emptied it at a super fast pace while being constantly thrown onshore by the huge waves! At night, we went for dancing lessons.
DAY3
high elements the whole day(challenging ropes, rock-climbing, single pole, flying fox..etc). through that we learnt bout team work as some activities can only be done if everyone cooperate.
At night we have campfire where i was involed in a skit. We did the dance we learnt the day before and some others.
DAY4
land expedition the whole morning.we went around finding clues with a backpack and went for some dragonboating too. In the afternoon was pack up and home sweet home.
During the whole camp, we had facilitation time after each activity, from there we learnt alot like our weakness and strength and ways to improve ourselves!
KELLY!
THIS WHOLE CAMP WAS BASED ON THE THEME HARRY POTTER! by qiaoling(:
DAY 1!
for me, we had dragon boating first. it's was really fun!! we get to try to sit at the side of the boat. it was really scary at first. but we did it! and it was really really cool sitting there without falling into e sea. hee:D next we had land expetition. hmm..nt really dat fun we still enjoyed it. we get to play e "quiditch" (don noe how to spell-.-) cant really wat else did we do. haha!
DAY 2!
today we did rope courses. it was really a test of courage. and i manage to complete it! so proud of myself(: haha. there's absiling, high rope element, and the best thign was: the "boomstick"!! which really is jus flying fox. but e teachers were very creative to make it into a flying broomstick. hahaha! i love it. but e moment at e top was SUPER SCARY though. o ya. we gt one pic with kelly at e top waiting to slide down! haha.
DAY 3 AND DAY 4!
for this 2 days, i had kayaking lessons and exam for it. we all passed e 1 star kayaking course! yay. at first really afraid of the capsizing part lor. but after dat i realise it was nth(: haha. everyone shld give it a try.
as a whole, this camp was really tough and tiring. haha. but still, it's chance for all of us to learn. we get to reflect upon ourselves and know our strengths and weakness better. so i hope after this camp, we exco can serve e touch rug team better and lead touch rug to championship! hoho. a bit far fetch. wahahaha. sry for e short post! ltc was too far back. haha. nvm a pic speaks a thousand words(: enjoy!
love,
qiaoling
Thursday, July 10, 2008
11:46 PM
YAY! i'm sooooooo happy that exam is finally over. and we have gotten back our results!! (Although the results were not so appealling ahahaha.) But nevertheless we have endured through!! CONGRATS everyone.
The long awaited training has finally resumed today! 10 july 2008. personally i have really really enjoyed today's training. And i think everyone felt the same as i do cos we were talking about it while we were bathing in the toilet after the training haha! Today's training was truly enjoyable as we didnt have much punishments and we were very entertained by coach haha. All thanks to his clap push up and also the diamond shaped push up. COACH, pls train harder to show us ur single hand push up haha. i promise we will cheer u on with all our hearts(:
Also, i think we haven't lose our touch after the long break from training. hope coach is not disappointed with our performance today. i think we did (pause for a moment) p-r-e-t-t-y well right? haha. At least we were able TRY a few times despite the few drop balls here and there(: Dont be too harsh on us!! we promise that we will work on that:D (the above does not represent the whole touch rug team) DO NOT USE IT AGAINST US! hee. lots of thanks to coach! hip hip hurray.
o ya. everyone pls look forward to our LTC posts(:
signing off, qiaoling p.s counting down to the sentosa trip! nat pls try harder to become tanner(:
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
11:25 AM
Training should resume coming this thursday. If nothing goes wrong, there will be a normal field training. Year 2s, as always are welcome to come as well. Dont think just because you have stepped down means you have no rights to come, you are more than welcome to. As for the year 1s, i hope you have been doing your own running or at least a jog or two during your exams!
Any violent objections??
Reminder- Sentosa next week sat. Please try and make it. Its a chance to let your hair loose. Its a bonding session away from school. Its a great oppotunity to have a break after the exams at the same time, with friends who enjoy that same sport that you do too!
-NY Times Editor-
Friday, July 4, 2008
8:58 AM
For most of you, Exams are over, for some, today may be your last paper. On behalf of the NY Times, CONGRATULATIONS!!! You are all off the hook. Its time to put the books away and take out the boots! Shopping sales still going on, new movie releases, clubbing over the weekend(for those who are above 18). Say good bye to coffee and say hello to "im so free!".
Anyone miss touch? Dont know about you, but i already miss it to bits. Cant wait to play again! Once again, hope everyone has done their best in their exams. Dont worry too much about your marks. As long as you put your effort into it, you shouldnt need to worry much. Same goes with anything you do in life. Stay in the pink of health, look forward to trainings.
This is the NY Touch Times Editor, signing off-
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
10:08 PM
From the last update...
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TRAINING
The J1s learnt new moves in their training which is good! And as for the J2s, we trained on eagles and it took longer than what any of us expected it to be. 2 hrs in the atrium and 2 hrs on the field? Oh well, at least we spent quality time together! ... ...
Camp update III.
Farewell After a long day of games and trainings, it was finally time for another highlight of the camp - The Farewell! So the year 2s went to get changed and waited eagerly while our year ones got ready for our farewell party. They really put in lots of effort for this event and let's get into the fun now!
Waiting excitedly!
Well, What's a party w/o nice and delicious food?! The year 1s got really great food for the farewell that everyone cant wait to lay our hands on it. And from the moment when we started eating, we just couldn't stop munching cos the meal was sumptuous! (:
Yum Yum!
While eating...
As you can see, there was really a lot of planning and hard work put in it. Not only did we have good food, there were nicely sculptured balloons, hand made name tags, music, chatting, fun and yada yada. We had games that got us entertained all night! From musical chair to charades and of cos, to our unforgettable forfeit and dance game.
The forfeit came about cos the coaches and co. kinda got squeezed out of the musical chair somehow. Haha. And the forfeit turn out to be a pleasant surprise that got us all laughing and cheering!
Warming up...
"The book is on the table, table... ..."
Just in case anyone missed this video in one of the previous post, here's it again!
For the prize presentation to be carried out that night, the year 2s moved down to the atrium while our year 1s helped to pack up the place first. Then we continued having our game which happened to be a dance game next. The dancers of the game were supposed to pass down the dance steps to the next person in the line. As you will see, the dance steps got quite messed up after that but i guess all the girls enjoyed themselves even just by watching them dance!
"Take a deep breath..."
"Right foot up, left foot back..."
"And then you end with this!"
The dancers in order of appearance: Janelle. Kwaihoong. Kimberly. Stephanie. Hannah. YanYi.
Anyway, just side tracking a little here:) Came to realize how we always include some dance elements to our event, be it for bonding session or during the farewell. Somehow, even though we cant dance as well, we just enjoy doing so. We have a para para queen in our midst (you know who you are! ;), a couple of girls who used to be from dance, some girls who signed up for the hip hop lessons organised by the school, and even some who secretly takes up dancing outside! Haha!
Chicken dance!
Its really one of their dance step. LOL
Point!
Okay, back to the party. Oh, and then it was prize presentation! The ceremony started with a video made by the juniors. Wanted to post the video up as well, but unfortunately, the file's too big. Anyway, the video really brought back memories for the year 2s. Looking at the pictures made us realize how we have grown, and how the team has changed till today, from the initial 30 over girls. So we all beamed widely as we look at our certificate of appreciation, knowing that each and everyone of us made up team NYJC 07/08. Our juniors were so sweet and what they have done for us touched us deeply! We know the planning, posing, editing and video-ing for the party and video didn't come easy, so a really BIG BIG BIG thank you from us to everyone involved! We've got our camp tee and pullover as well:)
Kelly!
Audrey!
Sha!
Coach Annabel!
Coach Matthew! AHA, our juniors gave us a each a copy of the video with our personalised name! And guess what, we each had a RUGBY-SHAPED-COOKIE! Really thoughtful of them to think of this! Then there were some gifts presenting by the captain and vice captain. :)
Credited to J. :)
From lesson to games to training to farewell. All the girls were so exhaustingly happy that night. Debrief, washed up and off to the sleeping bags we went!
Getting ready to sleep.
Good night all! Zzzzzz ... ...
30TH MAY 2008 - DAY 3 (The last and final day!) Lessons in the morning again and after which was training training training cos we had to prepare for the friendly matches in the later part of the day.
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To make sure we could have enough energy to last for the day, we rested whenever we could!
Okay, after all the fooling around in the bunk, off to the field we go for our games!
A word of thanks :D
To have a fun-filled successful camp, a lot of time, effort and planning needs to be there. There was certainly some significant figures we had to give thanks too because the camp wouldn't have been so enjoyable if not for them. From the bottom of our hearts sincerely, we would like to thank:
Firstly, thank you for giving us the green light to our camp! We wouldn't be able to have this camp at all if not for your permission to let us do so. We know it wasn't easy at all to oversee the whole camp with both the boys and girls rugby. So thank you so much Mr Singh! From helping us to edit our proposal to making sure we were all feeling well, we are truly very grateful! Thank you for the continuous support you gave us be it during the planning or during the camp. We hope you had fun in the camp just as much as we enjoyed ourselves. :)
We would like to thank the coaches for taking time off their schedule to be with us in the camp. Thank you for guiding us through our proposals and making the camp what it had been - fun, fruitful and memorable. Thank you for all the skills you all have taught us on the field and off the field. We really learn a lot from you guys be it about being a player or being a team. And thank you for being so enthusiastic and spontaneous in all our games that you guys always brought laughter to us! Thank you coaches.
And not forgetting the coaches' company! Thank you for joining us at our farewell party and leaving us with a great dance and jingle. haha. And thank you for all the help you guys gave in the camp from playing with us, training us and to refereeing us. We will always rmb the book dance ;) Thank you so much to all the coaches friends that came!
Last but not least, we all would like to thank the schools that came and had friendlies with us. The schools are National JC, Temasek JC, Millennia Institute and the coaches co. (rp). Thank you for willing to make the trip down to our school and thank you for the games we had. :)
Of course, and to everyone else who have given their support in a way or another, be it, physically, or morally. :)