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Thursday, June 18, 2009

Band Investiture and Barbecue - 15/06/2009

2009 band investiture with MISB was the first ever band investiture I have ever been to. I didn't even know what "investiture" meant until I asked Abu haha.
Well the investiture was in LR1 and was carried out formally.
The emcees, Yong Fu and Natasha, started the event.
First it was Mr. Zachery Lim giving us a speech on how much the band have grown and about overseas programs for the band to give them more exposure to the public. Year 3s are allowed to go but I'm not sure about the guys because we'll probably go in NS in mid-December.
Then all the year 3s were given the graduation certificates since we were "graduating" from band. So Young was the only one not present -.-.
Next up (I think) was speech by Zane, our ex-vice-president of MISB during its growing stages. He kinda summed up what I wanted to say also. About how much the band means to me, and seeing how much we've improved over the years. Zane's a good speaker lol.
After the 2 long speeches, it was video time. They made a "video" (Powerpoint slides actually) of how the band progressed over the past 3 years. I got to relive the Novallennia days again as well as the days when we had our first ever public performance in school thanks to the awesome pictures taken. The chalets we had too. Thank God there was no picture of me drunk haha (Because I got drunk every band chalet LOL).
The presentation of the new committee members came next.
After everyone went up on stage, they all took the pledge!! Haha I thought it was pretty cool =D.
Haha and Hafizah took the Librarian post!! =D. Lets hope there is another January 27 baby joining the band so she can pass down the post to him/her LOL!!

Oh and someone catwalked in LOL ;)

That was about it for the investiture haha.

Next up, barbecue.

Barbecue was straight away after the investiture. We had to go change (no way in hell I'm going to a barbecue in school uniform) so Zane, Cindy, Yong Fu and I went off first because Zane and I had to get our clothes at our homes. Since Cindy and Yong Fu had nowhere to go, they came over to my place to change lol. Thought Cindy wasn't gonna go for the barbecue since So Young wasn't going lol. We kinda killed time at my place actually. Cindy was playing with the keyboard and Yong Fu was watching my brother play Left 4 Dead. In the end we all changed and headed to Westmall. Cindy takes damn long to change la!! LOL =P. Tsk and Cindy said I looked weird/funny wearing a hat =S lol. Plus she found it weird that I was wearing jeans to a barbecue. I always do!! Haha. Oh and not to forget her making fun of my luggage bag! Calling it a "kiddy-bag"!! Lol.
So we met Zane at Bukit Batok station first and waited for the rest so that we could all go to ECP together.
Had lots of fun telling jokes and all with Zane, Cindy and Yong Fu during the MRT ride.
When we reached ECP and our barbecue venue, it was like seriously about to rain. My lighter (Zippo) couldn't even light up because the wind was too strong. Plus we couldn't even play Volleyball properly!! Cindy's Volleyball "smash" is super funny!! Her's is like giving someone a bitch slap!! The ball flies towards her, and she just slaps it away to the side LOL!!
Since we couldn't do anything, and we didn't feel like sitting around while the barbecue pros were starting the fire, Cindy, Yong Fu, Anling and me went off to cycle/rollerblade. Anling convinced Cindy to go haha.
So, Anling and I skated, while Cindy and Yong Fu cycled. Damn fun =D=D. Cindy tried to race me then nearly lost balance =(. Should NEVER try that next time!
Anyways, Yong Fu is the only one on a bike whom I can't catch up to on a rollerblade. Probably it was because of the blades. I had piece of shit wheels which didn't even roll properly. Never gonna rent a skate from that shop.
Even Anling was complaining! Luckily no one fell that day haha.
I couldn't take much photos while skating because there were too much people and the road we were going on was too narrow -.-. Next time I will more =).
After resting at Mac for a while, we headed back to the barbecue. There, Cindy's camwhore session started using MY camera haha.
Jojo was there that time also haha. She wanted me to teach her how to skate. I swear, she just put on the skates and just started skating! I didn't have to do anything except like show her how I skate. Really fast leaner lol.
Then it was time for us to return the bikes and the skates to the shop so we went back.
On the way to the shop, I kinda bullied Anling by suddenly appearing right in front of her. It kinda scared her LOL!! Super funny.
After we came back to the barbecue pit, it was camwhore time again haha. With Cindy, Jojo Helmi mostly haha. Helmi kept on taking unglam pictures of me -.-. Haha Cindy took my camera thus, most of the pictures are taken by her like I mentioned in the Facebook album.
Soon after that, lots of people had to leave. Jojo, Helmi, Yong Fu, and lots more =(.
After a bit more of barbecue-ing, the drinks came in. CY started drinking with the others while I was trying to learn how to cycle. THEY STARTED WITHOUT ME!! =S. I gulped down half a cup of my Johnny Walker before we changed venues to this hut since it was about to rain, heavily (Didn't rain in the end though lol).
Then at around 10pm, Zane had to leave =(. Thought Eddy and Cindy were gonna leave as well but they stayed. Infact, Cindy stayed overnight!! XD. Plus Eddy stayed to take care of me lol. I still remember Eddy threatening me that he'll twist my nipples if I didn't drink the water lol. I think everyone drank abit that night. I drank 8 half-cups (Or maybe 7, not sure) of Johnny Walker, then for the last cup I mixed CY's Vodka with mine. It killed me lol. All I remember of that night is Cindy, Yvonne, Wei Lian, and someone (I think it was Aaron-Isabella lol) playing cards. The next thing I realise is I wake up on the bench, and realized most of the people were gone. Cindy was sleeping lol. So I went back to sleep also haha.

The next morning, Yvonne told me I fell off the bench I was sleeping on, then sat up on the ground, and just stayed there. I DON'T FREAKING REMEMBER THAT!!

Haha overall barbecue was awesome. I think some of you know why =). I was freaking happy/high haha!! =D=D=D. Just by thinking about it makes me happy =).

Oh by the way, Mei Hui, if you're reading this, I didn't say it that day. You know what I'm talking about. I could have killed the mood if I said it then. Maybe next time, on a date probably, I'll say...

SHUT UP.
3:59 PM