A day in the park

Sooo we finally had our long-awaited squad outing!!

Today was really fun guys we should do this more often hahaha. Anyway, I'm too lazy (and tired) to write this into a long essay so I shall write this in point form

1) Couples couples!! It was a hmm interesting experience
2) Biking with the person with the clear voice, who's scared of darkness is calling for early death
3) Playing the human version of treasure hunt on bikes is fun
4) Singapore weather is really nice in November/ December 😊(the same colour as many of our faces today hahah)
5) FOLLOW THE LEADERRRR THE LEADER THE LEADERRR
6) 'I never known idiots who wore covered shoes to the beach'
7) The person who likes the sun, moon, stars and clouds home territory IS really nicer. The water is cleaner and there were OTTERS AND CHICKENS (coughcoughcoughcough)
8) The Durian should be sponsored by FBT (Side note let's actually wear the appropriate attire next time)
9) Playgrounds!!!!
10) 'Who wants to be the oolve! (I'M SORRY THIS WAS SO MEMORABLE HAHAHAH)
11) The bike rental prices don't make sense
12) Go to the beach if you want to make hair shampoo commercials
13) We're not complete when we're not fiffteeeeeen :'''''''(
14) Let's have a BBQ next time and sing Barbie songs HAHAHA
15) Tragically aunty and thankfully mum-ish
16) 'What animal do you want to be?'
17) Silence isn't awkward, it's beautiful and peaceful

Happy memories

Yo guys I have finally decided to post after so damn long. (I'm procrastinating my homework)

Anyway, it's been a damn long 3 years coming this far. I still remember wondering how the heck I ended up in NP but it turns out that it was the best decision I could have ever made in the 15 years of my life. Meeting you guys was the best thing. We may have misunderstandings (still do with so many ppl on a daily basis) but we still work it out in the end. You guys are the most understanding and supportive bunch and least judgemental people. And I mean it when I say all 14 of you are the closest people who are literally like my second family. All the shit we went through can't compare to the bond we have formed. I'm gonna miss every single person once we POP and part ways at JC :(

I know it's gonna be hard to meet up with one another in the future and some of us may even drift apart. But I really do hope that we can stay together and meet on the day Hestia was formed. HAHAHA so cliché and strange. But yea :) ok I need to stop I'm so sad now

Helluu

Heyo Hestians!

So, AC has come and gone just like that. And so has time, and I can't believe that now we only have about five months, effectively four months left.

What originally seemed like a four year torture in Sec one, is now only left with four months of happiness. 

We've come so far Hestia, proud of all of you, of us!!!

Let's burn bright

JIAYOU HESTIA!!!!!

I know everyone is just dying right now BUT PAIN IS TEMPORARY WE CAN DO THIS

and also it helps that we're kind of having fun while suffering....no? hahahah

BUT YEZ LET'S NOT DIE, LET'S BURN BRIGHTER THAN THE SUN AND STARS

finally overrr

HEY PENGYOUS

we are (kindof?¿) free now btw wHY HASN'T ANYONE POSTED WHAT HAPPENED anyway AC COMING UP yeyeyyeeyeyyeyeyy im excited ,, are u! one more month 💯💯

also goodbye astraia ma'ams we will mis you so so much ! :(

YEZ
your pengyou

Still in September

I didn't even know the date. Pish posh I'm still living in September

I only know 1 fact! 2 MORE DAYS TO FREEDOM FOR LIT KIDS N TRIP SCI N BIO PPL!

October the First

What the... it's already October??

I was so shocked when I realised that... a few minutes ago. The past month...I don't think it's considered living at all tbh hahah

The time left with y'all feels so short. I'm not ready to step down and leave y'all yet :(

POWER WEEK

NO ONE HAS POSTED FOR SO LONG

ok hestia SIX more days until we are free

and then ac (!!)

yes jiayou ok don't stay up too late oK sleep is important my children

and thanku to everyone (kid, father abraham, vic, pony??) for all your encouragement yall are precious hestians (i mean every hestian is precious just emphasizing the preciousness of five of u?¿)

ye ok idk what else to type here lmAo ok have fun studying ok!!

💪💪many hugs
uknowwho

LOO YOO HEE !!! (figure out what this means and I'll give you a prize)

HEE HEE!!! (this too) 

HESTIAAA Thanks for being so encouraging and being so cute with all the jiayou notes and all!! They honestly make my day and make me feel so much better. Kinda miss y'all, it feels like it's been a long time since I last saw y'all HAHA

Can't wait for exams to be overrr, SQUAD OUTING LEGGO!!!

- THIS IS REAL THIS IS ME I'M EXACTLY WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE NOW

(are the lyrics even right)

(no I'm not high)

(bye)

jiayous pengyous

hestiA!!
less than two weeks left till the end of eoys omy time flies ok jiayou ok don't stay up too late rmb sleep is important in helping you tHINK well during the exams ok also right we will all be together in the hall lmao yez vgood

ten puns to get you through the next ten days!!
1. little jimmy told his teacher he never saw a humming bird but he had watched a spelling bee.
2. i can never understand my trigonometry teacher because he always talks in sine language.
3. decimals have a point.
4. time flies like an arrow. fruit flies like a banana.
5. i used to be a tap dancer until i fell in the sink.
6. the short fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large!
7. he drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the mercedes bends.
8. marathon runners with bad footwear suffer the agony of defeat.
9. it was an emotional wedding. even the cake was in tiers.
10. seven days without a pun makes one weak.

das all ahhaha luv yall press on ok! 💪

maNy hugs
are u from bartley??

I guess jiayouz?

Whoooooo guess who's been slacking the past few days and staying up till 2am to do notes before sleeping and in between still can take short naps (I mean me dozing off and waking up again)

HAHAHA anyway I shan't say jiayouz since so many ppl say liao but I shall :)

Don't always mug k! Must take time off to rest and slack. Don't think bout life cuz u will juz feel depressed like me the past 3 days. Cuz everyone mugging then I'm here slacking and seeing no meaning to studying for exams. OK I shall not debate bout this here. HAHAHA don't do it k juz mug until u see the end of exams and collapse on ur bed to sleep before waking up to procrastinating all ur shits and doing what you love most (I'm sure it's gonna be sleeping for most of us) then u can also go hobo with ur close fren and then we can enjoy being outside!

(FYI! I'm so desperate to improve my chi that I set my phone to chi. And I don't understand much so let's hope my memory doesn't fail me or my chi doesn't fail me)

BYEZ KIDDOS! ANTICIPATE THE END OF EXAMS AND WE WILL BE SWAMPED WITH HAPPINESS AND.... AC!!!!

(Another FYI! :----) this is pinnochio's happy face HAHAHA) ok I'm lame byez

yo

hello my favourite friends :----) i havent blogged for so long but so many of you have been blogging this is so great and yikes exams are here soon but thats okay bc once exams are over there are so many things to do :---------) and as you can see im procrastinating HAHAH jiayou for your exams okk yall can do it we must promote yes and after exams we can all have fun together okk and right must rmb to keep up the hestia bond and keep our spirit going strong altho everyone eez busy with their own things but i think we are all squadmates so anybody can just help each other yea we will do dis together ^_^  love yall la

dis eez a clown :+)
dis eez a walrus :3
dis eez a angry >:---(
dis eez a smart >8---)
dis eez a happy :----)

SCHOOL IS STARTING TMRW

ok not actually tmrw because it's a public holiday BUT it marks the first day of term four which will fly past legit (´･_･`) ok JUST THINK two weeks fourtEEN DAYS before exams what why so fast ohmY ok good luck pls continue mugging¿? and sleep early im looking at all of you yez sleep is important for your brain to work ಠ_ಠ okk PRESS ON two weeks ONLY (is it a good thing or bad thing hmM bad bc too soon but good bc gonna be over¿?) look at this train wreck of a post oK bye have fun my little hestians ( ˘ ³˘)♥

Why is our blog so dead:(

hello hestiaaaaaa
I don't really know what to write except for the usual "jiayou for exams!!!" there is only 1 month less than 1 month to the end of exams which will end vvv soon((remember how fast our June holidays ended??yeah that fast)) so just press on its our last shot for 2016!!

Also why are 3 helium atoms so funny? Because He He He
please don't kill me

-you probably know who I am lmao

there there it'll be alright

helohestia

sep hols are here (and eoys are in three weeks oman)

now's the time to revise and catch up on work but it's also the time to catch up on SLEEP pls don't stay up too late ok!

you can do it don't worry okk just a couple more days 🌠 academics aside, pls also take a break from other stuff in school if you need to (and if you can)! jiayous hestia sorry idk what else to write lmao ok that's all for now children

many hugs your fav botak

post stc feelings and stuff¿??

heyy hestia

it's 10:36pm and im taking a break from mugGING lmao ok anyway this time last week we had just gotten home from pulau ubin (and were probably napping) i can't believe one week has passed so quickly i can still kinda feel the stress we had felt before stc HAHA ok anyway

jiayous for the upcoming eyes ok pls mug but don't mug too much rmb to get enough rest and drink lots of water don't fall sick 💪💪 just a while more!

left toe right toe keep up the tempo
left toe right toe oleholehoh
here we go again
same old street again
up and down this avenue
ONE MORE MONTH and we'll be through
leholeholeholeholeholehoh

i can't believe i wrote that whole cheer just for those three words but ok

also right
im reli mad bc i studied so hard for the blood test but i still got a B for the third time lmAo that was such a cold joke SORRY

many hugs (／￣(ｴ)￣)／
durian¿?¿

Last time on Ubin

I just wrote a freaking essay about this, and I don't feel secure enough to copy paste it here hahaha but I'm sure we all know how we felt about it :')

stc week!

hey hestia!

stc is in five FIVE days i'm honestly dreading it lmao but on the bright side it will all be over soon (?)

come to think of it, stc will be one of our last major area/hq activities it's (a bit) saddening lol

haha no who am i kidding

ok anyway jiayous for this week ok! hurry get all the things that you need for stc, label your stuff, pack your bag and go to sleep early on thursday ok!! and eat your gummy bears and ice cream and stuff before friday lmao ok have fun pls save your energy for friday - sunday ok yes

also yey two days of national day holiday (to mug or sleep no one will ever know) and jiAYOU SHEEM I WILL KEEP MY EYES GLUED TO THE TV TO SEE YOU MARCH OUT OK DAMN COOL VGOOD

ok bye pls go do your homework or sth

good night sleep tight
pep

Yoz

long time no see eyyyy as in i long time no write sorry sorry anw im super happy we still post altho we are busy whee good job my zai squadmates and this is super short bc i need to sleep BUT if any of u need someone to talk to yall can come talk to me okokok not a advice giver but much more of just here as a listener and a moral supporter (those of u who talked to me b4 will know how long i take to craft my response HAHA) who will attempt to make u laugh with my antics and dont be afraid of affecting me/us with your negative vibes ok we are all here for a reason i love yall duo duo and remember im ALWAYS here for YOU

- the one who super dao/angry(?) face in drills

hello hestians

I am guilty of not posting for really really long already... sorry:((
tbh i am procrastinating right now but i just wanted to say that jiayouuu for all your upcoming CTs/GAs/TAs and so on. To those who are very stressed, please give yourself breaks once in a while don't overdo it ok! Also remember that national day hols are coming up really soon yeah;)) but on a more serious note, ndc and stc are at our doorstep! But lets persevere and give it our best shot! I'm sure that together, we will be able to survive conquer this term and we will emerge proud!:) So atb for the upcoming weeks and lets look forward to the end of exams together!
Hugs,
Father Abraham

Hang on tight

We came out stronger than ever for the past 2 years. Now it's time to hang on tight again and ride out this tight spot we are in. Jiayou hestians and don't ever let go! The 15 of us will always stick by one another 😄

If you ever have problems juz turn to anyone of us 😉

to my little hestians

hello hestia!!

cts (for olvl kids) and ga/pts (for ip kids) are coming up in the next few weeks, along with stc and ndc :(

hang in there ok! just press on for two/three more weeks and we will come out of it alive (hopefully) (kidding i know we can do this!)

remember that 14 of us will always be here with you, cheering you on 🌟😘 don't get too stressed (out) ok! we can do this 💪

sorry for this reli short post

many hugs
🌟🌟

i love you

dear hestia,

thank you for everything,
from our first parade,
to our friday's deep deep bonding.

no words can express how thankful i got into np and met you guys.
i can't imagine how life would have been without hestia.

you make me happy everyday and im eternally grateful for every single one of you 💓

thank you, hestia 😊😌

14 hugs for 14 of you,
greenman

Letter to you

Dear Hestia,

Thank you for being my best friends in the world. Many say that Fate is cruel, but Fate can be kind too, and somehow it has brought the 15 of us together, and I have never been more thankful. Somehow, 14 strangers whom I never thought would ever play a significant role in my life, became 14 sisters in arms, who are one of the biggest parts of my life and source of happiness.

Thank you for opening up your lives to let me in, thank you for accepting me, bearing with me and growing with me.

You guys are my best friends in Cedar, in my entire life, perhaps in the entire world. Best friends are not the ones who only make you laugh and smile. There are there for one another during dark times and storms, and you guys have done all that and more.

Thank you, Hestia

HEHEHESTIA

HEY HESTIA

I LOVE YALL

ˎ₍•ʚ•₎ˏ

and dodie clark
https://youtu.be/bKOIG1sIr0o

HAVE A GREAT WEEK ILY

many many hugs
flashing man

one week down, nine to go 💪

hey hestia!

t3w1 flew by, and t3w2 has started (luckily, we have two days of holiday phew).

i think we've suddenly been put under a lot of pressure (being seniors and all), and we must really support each other so we can push on together!!

remember to
1. share your feelings (pls don't bottle your feelings up!)
2. communicateeeee (very important)
3. take note of the small things because every little thing makes a difference
4. have fun but be serious too hehe

pls remember to rest well and drink lots of water ok the weather has been very hot

also i miss hestia idk whY AHAHAHA WE JUST HAD PARADE LIKE three days ago

also i just want to say
thanks for always being by my side
and for not giving up on me
and for being siao with me (ahaaha)
and for providing a listening ear
and for being great people and friends and squad mates
i dont know where i would be without yall

many hugs
red man

hehehestia

Heyy hestia, it's been a long time since I've posted anything. Yeah it's been one hell of a week I feel so burnt out before the term has even started. I think of everything I have to do and I feel like crumbling. But I know I can't, so I won't.
AND HAH please that happened to me too
So anyway, right now I think everyone is going through a tough time and it's hard to be optimistic but let's grit our teeth and clench our fists and just barrel through the rain. Everything good or bad, will come to an end, and when the rain is over, a warm and cozy home awaits us.

You know, I've always looked at ma'ams, be it Iris ma'ams, Zephyr ma'ams or Astraia ma'ams and thought they all looked so confident and sure of what to do, so in control of their lives and I would think that oh when I get to Sec 3 or 4 I'll be like them, I'll know what to do. But hah like that's the case. I'm(we're) at that stage that they were at but I still feel lost sometimes, I feel like stopping sometimes, I'm not what I thought I would be.

And that makes me wonder, did ma'ams really know what to do all the time? Did they really have that much confidence? When we look at adults and they all look so organised and sure, but do they really know what's going on? Or were they like me (or us idk) now?

Maybe they did falter. They did doubt themselves. They did question their own decisions. They do regret. They do break down. They do everything that everyone does.

Then I realise, as I type this now, that no matter what age you are, no matter how much experience, whether you are 10,15,20,50 or 70, we will never ever always know what to do, what is the 'right thing' to do.

So what to do? If we will never know what to do?

We do our best. I'll give my best, my everything and I hope that it is enough. We are all that we are, we can't be more than ourselves. We are the limiting factors. So in that sense, if we give our best and stretch the limits, that's the best we can do, that's everything we have, and it has to be enough. Even if it's not enough, we would have done our utmost. No regrets. No looking back.

But I know us, Hestia, our best is boundless if we do it together. We may not know what to do all the time, we may not be right all the time, we will make mistakes and we will fall.Our fire will smother and it will falter, but don't ever let it go out. We'll feed on our mistakes like fire on fuel, we'll analyse our mistakes, internalise them and then we'll grow bigger, stronger, fiercer, brighter, brilliant-er than before. We'll face winds and water but we'll be that stubborn cockroach which refuses to die and burn even brighter in defiance. We'll take our victories like firewood, our supporting structure, our main source. When things go wrong, think of our victories, and that'll keep us burning. And it'll be enough.

Lucky or Suay?

Alright so after stepping out of my house today I went to take the mrt. Turned around and lol, saw a maam. HAHAHA. A little awkward and funny at the same time, but luckily it lasted for only a stop. Bye ma'am.

NEXt, Karina and I met at nex, and oh my luck, I saw a CI. o.m.g.
And she saw us. I think she recognised me.

And now remember good things come in 3s, and... so do bad things. I saw a teacher. WOW, okay, wow. But I doubt she saw us though. hahaha

okay end of story.

P.S. I love you Hestia! Thanks for being such a wonderful squad and yesterday's parade was da bomb with yall muacks.

-squad ic hahaha

One week down!!

OMG YES!!!! THE FIRST WEEK IS OVER!!!! so hectic and all omg kill me. I'm freaking tired zzz...

I still can't believe I've been sleeping late almost every night and chionging hw and sleeping in class for almost every lesson. And stuff happened too... so many things happened tt I'm juz rushing thru life. Plus most of us stayed back everyday of the freaking week.

To sum this week up, it's been bloody hectic and my nerves are frayed. This week might as well have been a week full of sorrys and clearing up misunderstandings and seeing things from many angles. I'm drained and I'm gonna make myself be zoned out from the world and just reflect. Tsk fwp may be stupid but it's bloody real and annoying.

O wowz I hadn't been expecting myself to sound so negative. But let's jiayouz and push on!! We still have many things to learn and do. Some things just has to be done even if u don't like it. Hang on everyone! It's gonna be one heck of a ride this semester.

ayyy

hello its been damn long since i posted anythn ahaha
and sem 2 starts tmr omg...,,..
BUT IM QUITE EXCITED TO SEE YALL AGN BC I DIDNT GET TO SEE THE WHOLE SQUAD AT ALL IN JUNE hehehe
i hope we all finished our work yes but even if u havent isok u wld finish it
also i saw all the previous posts aiyo yall so cute 💓
lmao sia our squad ig (ok we r damn late to the squad ig game) but which squad wld use theme dividers (or in our case dedi dividers)
now our squad ig damn aesthetic HAHAHAHAHA

oki anw term 3 gna b busy but ay we will get thru it

-"vic you're such a joke"

thankU hestians

helo hestia

thankü for
being great squad mates,
great friends,
great dept members,
great cls;
tolerating each other's angst,
supporting and encouraging each other,
finding the silver lining of every dark cloud, and
for coming this far together.
(and i'm sure we can go even further)
💗👣🌎🌟😘

p.s. artemis quite adorable sometimes + fun to take sometimes

p.p.s. treat you better by shawn mendes is quite good¿? been listening to it for 2 hours (while reading through artemis' reflection journals damn cute but wlao i commented so much now my hand ache)

p.p.p.s. brendon's coming in 64 days????¿¿? fyi his voice is damn good you should listen to it if you haven't  ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°

much hugs many loves
yer fav american horse
(◍•ᴗ•◍)❤

(hAha these tiny emoticons are so cute sorry if i overused them)

Long time no type

Hey hestia!!! I'm glad that everyone is trying their best and taking their role seriously now. For those taking squad like me, good job in maintaining ur sanity and let's push artemis and eos on!!! As for the rest, please do help too and let's continue giving our all for uopa gold!!! However, all I wanna say is that even as we aim for gold, let's not forget to enjoy ourselves thru this once in a life time NP journey :) JIAYOUZ HESTIA!!!

Ps. We should hv a squad outing at someone's hse
Pps. We destroyed many first impressions both as a squad and as an individual

-horse of London (I'm not sophisticated at all n never been there in my life)

gr8 day

hi yall dedication to atlas yall are reli reli cool people i feel so proud of yall when yall took your squad today your coordinated semulas and all are so cool i cant even
thanks for making my first taking squad training after understudies so awesome
i think i still suck as a cadet leader but i luckily still have some time to work on it before new sec ones come
thanks for giving me this opportunity :) i rely enjoyed taking squad '
thanks guys
much love

- kid

hi squadmateys

honestly speaking i cant believe we have come so far like look at all of us now :'----) everyone is stepping up to their own responsibilities and all of us are doing a good job (i hope) :----) i cant help feeling proud of all of you :--) all of us are so great in our own way and i believe all of us have equal potential to shine, and i am sure if any of us is given a responsibility, we will carry it out very well. like during understudies i am sure yall have seen how those who normally arent in the spotlight actually have the potential to do great things. i hope we can continue to believe in everyone of us because trust me, when anyone is given a responsibility, they feel important and they do their job to the best they can. they outshine their usual self. they shine really brightly. anyone can shine. anyone has the potential. all you need to do is give them an extra boost. ignite the spark an see how each of us can burn brightly. a simple ask for help, a simple act of trust can make someone unleash their full potential. and then we will be, 15 bright burning flames.

im just suddenly feeling very sentimental after looking at how much we progress from the past and cant help seeing how each of us have grown :'--)

hugs 

time for june hol (more like june hell amirit E)

hello hestia!

long time no post (??sorry vv busy sorting out my lifE but hey im back??) ay okay i really don't know how to phrase this la but i think maybe some of us are still adapting to our new roles (i think i'm still finding it a bit hard to adapt but can cope) (hopefully lmao) but i think we just need to give it some time and add in a little bit of patience and effort and it'll be alright! lmao sounds like a recipe HAHAHAH

A bonded and inseparable squad AKA '16-'17 Hestia (Makes 15 happy squad mates)
Ingredients
1cup Empathy and understanding
200g Hard work and effort
3tsp  Flexibility and adaptability
50buckets Discipline and respomsibility (make sure there is no eye power)
1handful Helpfulness and gratitude
A pinch of love and laughter
Optional: 15 drops of bad puns

Method
1. Whisk all ingredients together until fluffy (and bubbly and happy).
2. Microwave until WARM (and loving).
3. Don't forget to add in a pinch of scoldings (to taste, if necessary).
4. Leave to COOL and frost with bad puns.

yA that's all lah i think maybe we need humour to break the tensions etc and i really think we should be more straightforward in sharing our thoughts like if there's something you want to say about someone just say oK TBVH i would feel more hurt and disappointed if i hear it from someone else ya ok back to humour

knock knock

(you are supposed to say who's there)
(in case you didn't know)

who's there

hatch

hatch who

bless you hAHA GET IT hachoo bless you ok

many loves and hugs
horse of antarctica

erm hi

lol so we are all probably very very busy nowadays and all these department and squads and all isnt really helping us that much in bonding as a squad??? but its just the beginning and i am very sure there will be many more problems that will be hurled at us, maybe continuously, maybe sudden attacks. but you know at the end of the day, we are still a squad. i know some of you probably feel frustrated, annoyed maybe at each other because of differing opinions, and despite all those 'discussions', know that deep deep down in our hearts, somewhere, somehow, we still care for each other. and maybe if you take sometime to empathise, you will realise that maybe its not the same context, maybe its not the same people, but we all feel the same way, we are all experiencing the same thing. maybe its less significant, maybe its more, but just know that we are all going through this together. press on (or i will OI you)

- the person who OI you especially if you drop something LIKE YOUR LIFE 

We'll do it together. Not me, not you, US.

                 AND

ay after games parade

ay helo hestia

this is the second day after games parade and i feel quite sad because it's reay going go be the last time ma'ams are involved in parades with us but i'm happy we got to co-facilitate (??) games parade :)) it was really fun (thanku ma'ams) even thought i caught a cold because i was wet (cough thanku again) but i enjoyed myself and i hope you did too ☺

parades are going to start again and i'm honestly looking forward to it (even though i'll be missing it for a learning journey)!

jiayous hestia only a little while before june hols :)

ohman im running out of things to say on this blog AHAHHAHA

((no puns this week sorry i spent quite little time on tumblr this week))

have fun hestia i love you all a lot
horse of america (???)
🐴🐴🐴🐴

eyyyy

妈 your head lah

happy mothers day??

idk HAHAHA UM HAPPY MOTHERS DAY to da mothers of our squad ((which is q alot of people)) why yall so motherly lAmAo thanx for taking care of ur chicken cough i mean children ;-) AHAHAH anw MYES ((more like MYENO)) r ending soon YEz or have already ended for some people ((lookin @u angel) JIAYOU to everyone okzz we can get through dis ye side note i have tons of geog that i havent memorised yet and also i left 90% of my geog stuff in school i aM A GENIUS but yA we ARE only young once so :-))))) <das mi trying to console myself bc im gg to fail die ok dis q off topic but i like how everyone is like daymn on about the _~* thing on wa AHAHHA LIKE HAVE WE NOT BEEN DOING IT ON MICROSOFT WORD jokes im one of those people HAHHAHA okk anw jiayou ok we got q alot of things to do now but we doin it tgt ok drim hi rich far ok bye 

time to start!

hello hestia!

exams are over/almost over (i still have lit on monday ohno) so i guess that means we are officially going to start doing stuff? ey jiayou okay we can do this 💪 i'm honestly quite intimidated by the uopa2016 document but i'm sure we can do it if we work hard enough! remember to come for squad recess and don't leave out the rest of us in other depts!

we have a lot more responsibility now, and i think we can all say we feel the weight of the unit on our shoulders (and the fate of our unit is in our hands ay anatomy yez)!

let's give it our best, and push through the next year! cedar np mansae! 😊😘

ay look here's another pun for your laughing pleasure (????)
a motorcycle gang made up of ancient bisexual norse monarchs: the bikings oMg i stole this off tumblr but iT'S FOUR PUNS IN ONE DO YOU SEE HOW INGENIOUS IT IS yez

many hugs (and sorry for this really short post),
memetrash

ay time for exams

hello hestia!

ay I'm supposed to be studying but my head really hurts so i'm taking a short (???five minutes or two hours no one will ever know???) break to type this ahahha

okay so basically i kinda miss parades and i feel out of touch with np and i'm quite scared for when parades start again because we will be taking over?? even though it's myes period i feel like there's something missing in my life ahahhaa okay anyway

jiayou for exams!! only a week or so left ok you can do it! :) i'm sure all of you will do fine don't worry too much ok!

also

horses are so questionable?????
like
they run around on their fingernails??
what even
i need to sit down for a minute and
process this

anyway

many hugs and oreos (ahaha)
green man ay

OLD

HESTIAAAA I'm growing old, or oldish, I think. Or maybe I've always been oldish. Yeah that should be it yup. Today started out quite fun and all but after being in the stadium with a thousand screaming girls and 15000 or more other people screaming for action (guilty too), my head started pounding. Yeah so basically I was (am) super tired and grouchy later on, heh.

On the bright side, HPC WAS ON THE HUGE SCREEN (HOW DO YOU DESCRIBE THAT) but yeah that part was really cool and RACHEL WAS SO CUTE  CALMV AND COOLV I THINK I WOULD HAVE JUST DIED THERE AND THEN IF IT WERE ME HAHAHAH  

(did anyone take a pic of her on the screen)

i know the pain of having to study

Hello Hestiaaaa
our blog has been a little quiet lately SO HERE YOU GO
TBH
i find it quite interesting how we had 50+ posts in 2014 & 2015 respectively and we have like 90+ posts in 2016 and ITS ONLY APRIL hahahahaha
Anyway
We have taken over already ):)  <-- this is both a happy and sad face q cool right hahaha
MYEs have begun already
okay but they are ending soon also(we have only sat for one paper and i am alr visualising the end LMAO)
I know that everyone is very stressed but please don't be stressed because I said so
I am sure that you guys will do very well ok if not its ok we still have EYEs, Sec 4 and JC ok so chill.
Nobody is going to ask you how much you got during your Sec 3 mid years during your job interview, so yeah don't pressurise yourself too much
BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN DONT STUDY OK PLS STUDY
ok now listen to what i say(only applicable for those who are procrastinating)
point your cursor to the red X at the top of your screen (DONT CLICK IT YET)
Keep your eyes on the enemy(your notes)
prepare your army(brains) to start the attack(revision)
prepare your swords(pens)
take 5 deep breaths
Your attack will begin in 10 seconds
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BYE HESTIA ILY (may the odds be ever in your favour)
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OK NOW CLICK THE X and attack!!!!!

after pop

hestia!!

my previous post didn't get published for some reason?? but nvm i'm gonna combine it with this one lmao.

okay so we've officially taken over and honestly i'm a little scared that we won't be able to meet our expectations and ma'ams' expectations, but with hestia with me, i'm 98.9% sure we can do it ahahaha okay so jiayou (jiayoi yez) we can do this! don't be afriad to stand up and voice out whatever you think is right! to all the depts, do work well with one another and make your dept shine! don't forget the rest of us from other depts though ahahaha we are still squad mates ok!

also everyone is doing fun facts (on previous posts) so time to be unoriginal and post a fun fact ahahhaha ok so
diD YOU KNOW
you're living, you take up space, you have mass
tHAT MEANS YOU MATTER lMAO

and also i really just want to say i love each and every one of you hestia (and astraia ma'ams for everything yez)!

many hugs and loves
horse of america

who is praying very hard that trump burns and america doesn't go down

First Impressions Broken

Hahahaha I feel like I have broken a lot of first impressions of me by others. Whatever "cool", "strict", "boring", "stern" or any of such adjectives really do not exist anymore once you know me better. :D

The me you see in school is not the me you see outside of school.
The me you see on stage is not the me you see when I'm with those I like.
But most importantly, the me you see for the first time, is definitely not the only side of me you may ever see.

Fun Fact: Someone I knew was actually surprised when she found out that I listen to music （？？？？）

love you hestia and also thank you Astraia Ma'ams (for putting up with the bs I made in our group）

-RL

Phee

Hihihihi so ya new bkg how did yall like it thankult Vic I see your post with reference to bkg hehe BC whai so gloomy we need more warmth don't ya agree it's like all of our blog so it should represent all of us instead which is hearth sorry to the person who set the previous background


How's life

Life is sed

Especially school.

Rly wanna quit school and join circus//be jungle explorer but thhen I only want quit school I dw quit NP ahahaha np first school last

AND TMR IS MY JUNIORS SYF IM SO UPSET I CANT GO BACK BC STUPID IMAGINEERING IF NOT I COUL HAVE VEEN DISMISSED AT 1255 u know their performance start at 3:40 I could make it if I take taxi but price bomb I RLY wanted to be there for them esp when thhey took the initiative to message me the details and "looking forward on seeing you" and like nobody else is on as me so nobody is gg back OHMYGOD why is nobody enthu  and yes guys kid has a life outside NP even though I only talk about NP but omg CO

And sometimes I wonder what if I didn't join NP and joined like band or guzheng omg        

Fun fact I wanted to join NP since primary school and hopefully be good in NP and have achievements

Fun fact my phone password concerns NP

Fun fact I haven't been absent for any NP event I was supposed to go except UNARMED COMBAT AGSKSHHSJSHSHW

Fun fact I love the flag more than I love u jkjk love u

Reli tired by every single thing

Jiayou Hestia rmb that I'm dying here aswell

Yesterday was a good one after road marshaling with rachiebae and sun at first the truth or truth

Really learned to let people in on my secret feelings

Some people only tho still working on it one day I will

Also I'm collating to help all of u buy missing badges socks slacks as well as ma'ams list from the army market so just send me when I tell yall to. Get thhe details of prices from me bb


- kid

And recently I realised people actually read our posts omg embarrassing 101 but I alr have alot embarrassing stuff alr

I wonder if I should change name

Perry the platypus will be cool isha I'm sorry I'm a bad student who draws a big platypus when u teach me maths isha maths vv good guys go find her tuition

And thhen I just realised I can't change mie name BC it's on top alr ahaha 007 wyd why u reveal yourself

I wonder how many people know who I am this is vv scary

As well as next Wednesday is vvv scary Hestia pls when something is asked I know how to answer myself pls don't even try I will come and make you a mudpie I quite like playing with grass and soil I'll be sure to add extra grass foc and thhen maybe can put on your head can plant a plant maybe

Jkjk not so mean (ohya mean by taylorswift actl new romantics nicer )

But really don't even try 

Fears

Hestia, I'm afraid.

I'm afraid we'll let ma'ams down. I'm afraid the unit just rose, only for us to crash it. I'm afraid that we (or I) won't be a good leader. I'm afraid that I won't know what to do - did ma'ams know what to do all the time? I'm afraid I won't fit in. I'm afraid we'll grow apart, it's inevitable. 

What will we do? IF everything just goes wrong? Will it? Won't it? I don't know.

some motivation

hello hestia 

ok so we are taking over rly soon omg akjhfdsajs im sure there will be more setbacks and more disagreements but i know we can overcome it together yeah! and also don't be upset or feel negative about what department/position/squad you get anymore (if u are) be positive okiee and know that there's always a reason why we are placed there so maybe you just dont understand it now, but one day you will! and also we should rly try to be happier and just give our best in whatever we do and bring the gold back again for uopa yeh! 

here's a quote for y'all: 

"when you feel like quitting, think about why you started"

i hope it's motivating and yez even though it's gna be tough but let's not give up okay and i know our squad is strong enough to get through the upcoming challenges 

ok anw jiayoi hestia we can get through this okay :-) hurhur 

as one

i actl wanted to title it as we are one but then that would be too much kpop references as post titles

gna ruin our current mood on the blog with flowers (jk) but same thing la same thing

anw so squad hierarchy came out and its probably not ideal for us all, u might not have gotten the dept u want, the squad u wna take etc. and said before many many times, things will not go our way- but that doesnt mean it wldnt get better
at this point of time u may rlly dislike the dept u r in or ur circumstance, but give it a chance, u may end up enjoying ur time more than u thought u wld (like sec 1 mi wanting av and photog alot HAHAHA)
but also, dont deem urself unworthy just bc u r not an nco or u dont have any positions and dont discourage urself bc there is no one who isnt a leader and there would be no point having leaders without good followers yes (so whatever the position, member or head, we r all equally impt oki)

ohyah shoutout to us for being mostly positive, vv encouraging and sharing around good vibes :-))

i know this post is kinda late (i actl had this written earlier but just didnt post)

eh our blog background now quite nice ah

Keeping Everything to Ourselves Because We're Afraid that We May Hurt Someone

Never again.

-RL

Uh hallo

Okay so recently our squad tension is really bad altho I don't really have alot of idea on what is gg on pls stop it's making my happiness level drop to negative really please stop I hate it

But I'm also happy for some people who got over stuff good job yall

I am still vv confused about myself tho

Anyways

Let's just put our trust in ma'ams okay

And let's plan a memorable day

-frequenter

Hi

If u really want to say something but you forgot to say it and u are feeling vv annoyed at yourself just go and crush something loud okay like plastic egg cartons hahaah
Don't bbe like me I was waiting for food with my grandma and then I popped the egg carton lid open and close open and close in the middle of the hawker centre so many people stare at me haha ohno so I stopped hahahaha

Quotes from poorva " Karina you are the most hobo person I have ever met like yesterday u just sat in the middle of the canteen and started tying the flag structure "

Haha tb when we had to rush for pl challenge and I made all of u sit in the middle of nowhere to eat our mcs and all the passerbys were staring but it's a public space okay we were sitting at the side not in thhe middle of the path

Yes hobo is cool ahahah sometimes I feel like plonking down in thhe middle of the classroom block field
Tb CCC where I legit crawled all over the field and rmb me jumping around from one spot to another cos I no time run ahahaha and sliding is fun


Happy moments aye :) 

gogoogogo

im back again if u still feel vv sad pls go and watch new romantics music video on youtube by taylorswift bc it just came out haha best thing of today

"COS BABY I CAN BUILD A CASTLE OUT OF ALL THE BRICKS THEY THROW AT ME "

-KID :D

hi

hows all of u feeling AHAHA
what best describes my rn is a poop emoji.
and also the urge to do apt and crush newspaper balls.
and also i made a new pun
the world is literally unfair.
its blue and green.
today is one of the most something day of my life hahahaa
gonna be ambiguous bc why not
i now give up in believing that something something
u know like trees nomatter how much effort u put in to take care and water every single day rain of shine and put in passion it will not reap if its non flowering HAHA
im sorrry negative vibes
but someone really nice told me that i should let my feelings be known and thankuu someone for letting me rage to you haha much love duoduo
i feel that im so stupid hahaha for something something something
but i have to let it go because i need to do homework now hahaha

-not small but kid 

not the end!!

ayyyyy so our squad hierarchy got revealed today ye (cue cheers ornah))
 i know all of us want the best for our squad and are genuinely happy for those that got positions/squads that they wanted// it may not be easy for yall to be so selfless, especially if yall didnt get what you expected eue there's generally a mixed atmosphere in our squad and some people are sad, frustrated, disappointed and some are happy. anyway, whatever happens we are still a squad ok let's not let something as simple as positions bring us down, be it in terms of self worth or our bond as a squad. Let's continue to treat everyone equally and value every single person ok even if we face a lot of obstacles next time, lets just remember where we all started from yes seeing yall cry today was like a repeat of clc (jokes) but ye idk why i just feel like crying with yall HAHAHA

SPEAKING OF WHICH ma'ams are going to pop :-( and we're going to take over (yay ornay) i think our squad is rlyrly close to ma'ams and we've learnt so much from them and been with them for so long that i think we honestly would not know what to do after we take over lAmAO. ALSO games parade eue sed

anyway, i just vvvvv simply hope that everyone is happy and i'm glad and vv touched that all of you are trying your best to be optimistic even with your given situation. If yall need anyone to rant to text me ok ;') anw my point is that everyone is unique and yall shouldnt let a title define who you are ok!! after being sed and all lets continue to strive for even better results and improve ourselves ouo okok daz enough

-sun shining @you pls dont reject the light
SIDE NOTE: if yall want to cry and just break down just do oKAY yall can rant or post or talk to someone or anything but plsplspls dont keep your emotions to urself yes let us help :-))))))

hierachy nope

asdfghjkl tomorrow is hierachy announcement ohno grateful that tomorrow recess is a late one i dont ever want to know the hierachy pls no hestia lets not take over zzzz this is very scary although given up but still!!!! time please pass slower thanks much love
idek how to feel bc im vv excited theres a np based training but thinking that its pop rehearsal makes me dread it? why zzz

but games parade :)



- kidkat 

Awkward day

Ok so today on the 6 April, I had the most AWKWARD day of my LIFE. So first it was bumping into a ma'am (you can get the full story from me @Hestia only) after Chinese lessons, on the stairs. I was talking to Kim bout NP and then I turned the corner and oops, ma'am😮 It was srsly the face to face type LIK she legit suddenly appeared in my face. So I quickly leaned back and stared and I could actually my facial muscles go slack. My facial expression srsly changed from a smiling to the blank look!!!! 😂😂😂 Then she turned to her fren and awkwardly stepped to the side cuz I was on 'right' side (which is the left) and we continued walking. There was actually this awkward silence. Then after that Kim n I juz laughed cuz the encounter was juz too funny!!! Omg u shld HV seen the face!!! HAHAHAHAHA

Okay so the next one is during recess. I was right at the back of the noodle store queue minding my own business when I for some reason decided to turn around. And I saw 2 ma'ams eating together. So I quickly turned around while taking out my phone again and read wattpad. Anyway, this encounter was lame so not really much since we always see them.

Moving on to the third one. This was after school. I was in the canteen and needed to go to the toilet badly so I went to tt toilet beside the recycling corner. The first person I saw when I almost reach the door was a ma'am. So I actually thot to myself that no one else would be inside. But guess what. The moment I pushed the door open, I saw a ma'am!!!! N it was awkward cuz I actually went in w my earpiece in my ear and i was kind of watching a drama at tt time. HAHAHA OOPS.... 😵😵 Okay so I turned around and wanted to leave the toilet when out of the corner of my eye, I saw ANOTHER MA'AM!!!! OMG MY LIFE 😱😱😱 I srsly thot I was dreaming manz. I mean cedar got so many students put I juz so happen to see so many of them today 😧 Since I didn't wanna look dumb, I turned towards the toilet paper and took some. Then I walked into a cubicle WITH my earpiece still in my ear and my phone. O n I forget to mention that when I walked in, they suddenly stopped talking and it was juz this weird silence where I glanced at them and debated if I shld leave. Okay so today is my oh so lame class and life. Okay byes

Thank you Hestia~

Okay so a quick one. Just wanna thank all of Hestia for the constant support and encouragement! You guys are like my pillars of strength in Cedar because I know that no matter what, you all will be there for me :) Just like during my campaign, you guys came out of class early to come and support me and give out sweets hehehe <3 Then you guys were all there with moral, silent and physical support when some of the others that I actually liased with to come help me for the campaign just stood by the side (still thankful tho)

I really don't know why I'm so nostalgic all of a sudden. Maybe because it is CWSAP main conference and I realised that we are gonna say forever goodbye to our co-facils *cries*
But anyway, I know that whatever achievement (CPB or NP) in school will not be able to be successful without yall.

Just know that this lame ahma here loves yall to bits though I often show affection through my "violent-tendencies" and mean words ahahaha.

-Rachel muack muack

Its me

Ok so idk why I even came here cuz I got nth to say but srsly I've been pushing doing noted damn long n I hope I can do it in time for MYEs. I srsly dunno wat to say lol but ya tmr is gona be a long day n everytime we have cca n I end up goin home like damn late, I feel like it's a Friday n it kills the momentum but cca is actually a way for some of us to release the pent up stress so YAY. Also I dunno y but I've been enthu for trainings sia like in the middle just start smiling( which rlly isn't good if we doin drills but I can't control it but ya).
AND I alr feel like I ddint see many of us for damn long, like mayb it's cuz a lot of us were understudying or couldn't make it for squad recess n stuff haiz sad.
Plus guys we should have a praising session too like the trashing one.
AND this week has been rlly weird also cuz like ermmm.... .

NO NEED READ THIS NOT RLLY IMPT
Kai is dating Krystal (idk y I have to mention this wherever I go but yas it's true not an April fools joke) n im damn sian even though I was supposedly over kai in like mid sec 2 but I JUST CHANGED my wallpaper frm bobby to kai n BAM one week ltr he's dating somebody... ok this is getting weird so let's end it.

third cons post hehe its been so long

anyways heres a quick announcement : army market cheapest legit 100% nylon sock is $2.50 (crocodile brand) bc apparently they dont sell the $2 one anymore cos no one buy ( i am sadzz) and also partly due to inflation ye so if yall buying socks pls consult me first later u end up buying the $3 one which doesnt rly look nice cos the lines are different and i feel that it is unlegit hue and we should save money !! crocodile one aunty say its good and anyways judging from the fact that most of us only wear once a week donneed get so expensive ones okay

kid 

Excited!

So yesterday I spent alot of time thinking about NP and all, and suddenly today I felt very excited for tomorrow! I actually was neutral and had no strong feelings towards tomorrow but I suddenly feel excited haha maybe because it marks and end to our hell week maybe after tmr i would have cleared 4 gas and one test :) maybe because npap preview is on Saturday but I think mainly BC tmr is gg to be fun like drills session and evac!!!!!! We haven't had chances to do evac for so long and I'm so happy we get to do it :D


-kiddo

Hallo Hestia!

I am very happy to see that so many of you have been updating this blog :) like do u know last time i always post consecutive posts bc nobody ever updates ahaaha and now i rarely post but its still constantly updated so im happy for yall!!!!!

pretty sure we all admit that school is super stress rn so many gas and pts and tests zzzz ahem math and mother tongue zz

and interviews and understudies and taking over zz

i cannot imagine when maams pop we all all probably cry haha idek how we are gg to do this what if we cry in the middle of pop parade

we need quality time with ma'ams!!

sorry for the negative vibes heh lets kacha all the negative vibes and turn them into kachang puteh pun abit fail HAHA do yall geddit

and do yall know why we can kacha them ???

cos we got black belt. NPCC BLACK BELT. haha throwback to clc that was my proudest camp moment when i said that i felt so proud

and tb to the joy of getting back our life that is the best thing in camp : the joy of getting back your life!


jiayou press on continue to publish onto the hestia press aka blog ahaah sorry


- kid :D




p.s. walrus emoji makes a come back :3 for those who read my old walrus post do yall geddit haha and this tooo @.@ and if u dont geddit its okay just know that this :3 looks like a walrus right so cute
PLS DONT SCROLL BACK AND READ I WARN U ALR BETTER WATCH OUT AHEM COUGH

jk ahahaha BUT REALLY THO.  *cool emoji*

taking over?

heLo hestia!

three more parades with ma'ams, less than a month left with them - before we eventually take over.

ohman it feel so surreal wtheck it feels like it was just yesterday when zephyr ma'ams pop-ed and astraia ma'ams are going to pop in three weeks ohno 😩

i think we can all agree that we don't want to see astraia ma'ams pop because they are such a big part of our np journey and they've helped us grow so much i really can't bear to see them leave 😞

but looking forward, we all have to work together and look past our differences in the future ok! we can do this hestia, i believe in us 👌💪

many hugs
you know who

Taking over soon!

HI HESTIA
Tbvh, I am really really really not looking forward to ma'ams POPing and us having to take over. I am not trying to be pessimistic or anything but being independent with the whole unit relying on us is just scary. The worst part is, we will soon be separated into our departments and we won't really get a chance to like interact very often???idk. I don't know how ma'ams managed everything but one thing is for sure, they really really helped us a lot. Plus we really bonded with them much more after CC com omg that was like one of the highlights of my year so far, even though we did not really live up to our and their expectations but the experience was super good. I am really going to miss all this and having ma'ams to keep our trust in:( We are like the leaders of the unit now omgggg. I don't mind getting scolded by ma'ams but the thought of us not having CLs to guide us just freaks me out even more. Before, when we made a mistake, ma'ams will scold us, at most knock us down but now if our attitude is not good it will affect the whole unit! Anyways there is like 1 year left out of our 3.5 years in NP what:( TIME FLIES and its like all the memorable and fun things are getting over so fast and all the annoying and frustrating things like studies just seem to drag on and on and on..... OK I just wanted to let my feelings out and now i shall go chiong my GA.... BYE GUYS and don't be upset by this post okay PERSEVERE BECAUSE HESTIA IS THE BEST OK BYE JIAYOU AND DONT BE SCARED FOR UNDERSTUDIES OKAY BE CONFIDENT DONT BE SAD OR SCARED OR ANYTHING OKAY we are all there for each other

https://youtu.be/bwB9EMpW8eY
I am super addicted to this song and its like super nice and inspirational and motivating OK so watch it when you have time:):)

byeeeeee

Shoots

OMG UNDERSTUDIES TMR N I'M SO NOT PREPARED. SO SCREWED!!!!

Let's not forget the interviews. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! ok I need sleep to calm down

eyy just a short post before i continue mugging!

hello hestia!

i've been listening to sO many covers (of english songs only sorry kpop and jpop people) ahaha and some of them are rly quite good (in my opinion which is mostly wrong)

here are a few of the 472772 songs ahaha hope you like them too :)

cool kids/riptide - less is more, the queenand king
chains, drag me down (acoustic mashup) - megan davies
little talks - julia sheer and jon d
hello - gardiner sisters
royals - jasmine thompson

im not sure if they can be found online but you should be able to find them on spotify too! :)

have fun on the last day of hols ok! term 2 is going to be hell but we can do it 💪💪 jiayou! 💞💯

:(

i just read your k9 unit reflections yall sent to ma'ams bcos i was sending smth to ma'ams

and now im SADZZZ

why why why the dogs whywhy why i have been waiting for that 1000 years alr why why why why why why why


why am i forever missing np events because of np events :(

kan cheong hurhur

our nicknames tho ahaha

i admit im vv kan cheong hurhur (only when it concerns np zz)

otherwise im slow poke heck care whatever

those in my class have to suffer the horror of me chasing all of u for np stuff zz when we still have 30 more mins and i tell yall we are late hurhur

BUT its good to be early okay we should always fall in earlier

kinda nervous for understudies bc my patience .001

and interviews omgosh its not during parade you are gonna be all alone

i have i dont say anything wrong :( cancer is in the shit talking squad guys

jiayoi


i need to send ma'ams my collated excel now zzz

quite proud of it .. threw in all my super detective stalking skills to find out who went what

which includes digging out our fetuses muaeheeeheheeheeheeheeheehee


bye bye

-the small child who needs looking after

which means please someone come interview with me

Confused

I'm srsly confused bout my squad. U guys r so cute but we srsly weird. But o wells u r my bestest ppl. Moving on to the real confusion.

SOMEONE PLS TELL ME WHAT TO DO FOR THE INTERVIEWS. Actually, this is not a good place. Someone pls find me. I need to talk bout sth n hear opinions. Cuz I really don't noe what to think n do. I hate being in the middle of stuff. Dumb brain for loving the middle. Okay so pls find k @Hestia I need ur help!!! Lik huge help to make decisions

sarang

no not the return of superman one

hello its been awhile since ive posted and only 3 months into 2016 and we alr have more posts than the whole of 2015
ok anw abit late la but gOODJOB for clc!! and campfire!! (tbh i still have random flashbacks of me screwing up HAHA) but honestly im vv proud of us :-))

also i was reading our recent posts and omg my squad damn funny but who made the squad names y only khin and xindy get good nicknames (user-friendly is btr violent okAY)
((ps we r apparently v zai HAHAHAHAHA)) ok la quite zai

time passes rlly quickly and we r alr at the understudies and interview stage omytian

JIAYOU
JIAYOI EVERYONE!!!!

SARANG SARANG
💖

(update: i reread the squad names thing again and 1 khin is both kind hearted and kia si 2 rachel is retarded twice 3 wheres farzanah)

??? Xeno WHAT ??

Xenodochial is an adjective describing something – such as a person, place or software application -- that is friendly to strangers. “Xenos” is a Greek word for “strangers;" according to the Oxford English Dictionary,xenodochial means "hospitable."

In agile software development any project manager or architect must be xenodochial to be able to deal fairly and reasonably with many different stakeholders and customers. New developers and clients may be incorporated into a project, putting a high premium on the manager's ability to be friendly towards strangers. In a broader context, a xenodochial style of project management is crucial to deal effectively and appropriately with people from different cultural backgrounds and perspectives.

In user interface design, xenodochial is somewhat synonymous with the term “user-friendly.” Public terminals, kiosks and websites should convey information quickly and easily, with a minimal number of clicks or screens and be accessible to users regardless of ability level. Icons and universal symbols are both often used in well-designed interfaces, especially those that may deliver services or information to international travelers.

Operating systems like Unix that depend upon a user's foreknowledge of text commands can be fairly said not to be xenodochial. Linux distributions with a graphical user interface (GUI), by way of contrast, make that open source operating system considerably more xenodochial.

Credits to http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/xenodochial 

...................

Congrats Xindy, you're user-friendly :)

SQUAD NAMES ONCE MORE

Warning *All names are made up for fun and isn't a testimony to our actual awesome selves* 

Valerie the Vicious
Angelina the Arrogant
Isha the Idiotic
Victoria the Violent
Kar Wai the Ki siao
Sheemyi the Stupid
Jannah the Jealous
Rachel the Retarded
Khin the Kia Si
Poorva the Pathetic
Pei Xuan the Pitiful
Kimbery the Kia Su
Karina the Kan cheong

Xin Yi the xenodochial

Rachel the Retarded 
Khin the kind-hearted

Distracting

Hi Hestia,

I don't feel like doing homework these days at all i want the hols to go on forever.

SIGH.

I am so sad BTW, i am bored at the same time so I am reading the classic book the journey to the center of the earth. It is quite interesting and kills time. I spent 3 hours at the library yesterday and didn't do my homework at all and just read a lot of books. I was starving for books literally.

I was searching about undergraduate courses --> V irreverent but I wanted to know the pre-requisites.

I searched for NUS then Harvard, Cambridge Princeton and back to NUS because the other universities seemed impossible  so i went back to NUS to realize that I needed to first do my homework to get the pre-requisites.

I lost my motivation again because I saw the blogger and wanted to post something new.

MY LIFE IS SO DISTRACTING!! HAHHA!

Yours (incredible) squadmate,
Isha

march holidays ahahah more like studyin@homedays

hello hestia!

haven't posted in a long time ahahah

also who was the one who posted five puns in a row wyd don't try to take my position ok ahAHAHAH jk

this is quite late but good job for clc! i'm really proud of every single one of you ok my heart is bursting with pride ｡◕ ‿ ◕｡

march hols have been quite hectic ahahah saturday-monday clc, wednesday npap, thursday went aLL the way to choa chu kang to collect goh uniform and finally friday yes time to mug homework and gas!1!1! we'll be understudies during the next few parades (quite nervous ahahha) and have inTERVIEWS (even more nervours ohman) and then ma'ams will pop :((

i just started homework today ahaha help sorry im supposed to be studying instead of typing this now

ok have fun for the last three days of hols ok please
sleep well
and eat well
and watch lots of drama or whatever you watch to destress

term 2 will be hell but it's okay we're all in this together fml i keep thinking of hsm every time i see this ahaHAAHA did you hear about hsm4 wtheck my otp is not going to be in the new installment together and wtheck it has been 10 years since the first movie this is a trainwreck wtheck

ok baSICALLY jiayou hestia we can do this! fighting (◕‿◕✿)

also

look at this elephant shrew

i cried for 10mins pls prepare yourself

thank



many loves
your fav meme trash ;)

Someone gimme insipration

As u can see from the title, I really don't NOE what to say. All I NOE is tt hw back n life has been a lie in camp Cuz once I got out, I see hw n projects. But before that, I SEE MY HEAVENLY BED!!!! I hibernated for once in my life!!! WHOOOO proud. But I'm stuck polishing boots for tmr n M sleepy. N I see my pile of hw  n don't wanna touch it... argh life is hard when u r a student but worse when u r an adult. I THINK I'M IN A FREAKING MOVIE OR BOOK. CUZ THIS CAN B REALITY OR A DREAM. NOTHING FEELS REAL. OK NITEZ CLC IS STILL HAVING A TOLL ON ME. MY BRAIN IS STILL FRIED N MUSHY but u miss camp. The good old days where hw is not in front of u. Lolziez

P.s. PLS VOTE FOR RACHIE FOR HPC THX CUZ SHE IS RLY GOOD AND THE BESTEST LEADER N SQUADMATE EVER!!!! SHE V SACRIFICIAL K N ALWAYS ENCOURAGING

P.p.s. U PPL MUST LISTEN TO HER PEP TALK!! IT GIVES ME GOOSE BUMPS JUZ READING IT. DON'T EVEN TALK BOUT LISTENING MANZ. TT ONE WILL GIVE U MOTIVATION DE.

hip hip hooray

three cheers and three cheers and three cheers for hestia! hip hip hooray! hip hip hooray!

we did it guys!!! good job for getting through all those shits together

altho im really sad for not being there and doing stuffs

but good job yall! yall were great i hope of of us get our desired positions and depts okay no matter how impossible it seems  :'(

we must not separate!

tmr is k9 unit visit and im not gg because stuck in npap :( tell them theres this kid who dreams to be a dog handler in their unit okay and tell me what happened

npap is hell our water breaks are so limited i dieded so many times arms and all feel like dying
worst of all im stuck next to a person who always instructs me i got so annoyed
and third rank omgosh why cant i be first rank :( third rank cant see anything lor i feel unsafe not looking at the commanding trainers and hearing problems zzz and now im in hestias last rank sigh

BUT tomorrow we are most probably gonna use the cedar FLAG!!! so i must perseveere and hold it there bc nothing should happen to the flag and it must be high up there!

jiayou to us all

btw vote rachel for hpc (quotes my extended abbrievation pun in the whatsapp group go read bc lame101)


- kid who is secretly a propagandalist for rachie

POST CLC DEPRESSION

Post clc depression actually exists.
I miss ma'ams. I miss the CIs.  Yes I miss them, even though camp was TOUGH cuz of them it's cuz they want us tk improve so WE UNDERSTAND MA'AMS. If you are reading this Ma'ams, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US DURING CAMP MA'AMS.
ok nxt it's VAL TAN'S BDAE GUYZZZ.  happy occasions after camp yay. Btw I have always thought that reflections are a waste of time cuz its basically us pouring our thoughts that are alr in our head in print.  But it's more than that okays. It make us think more like legit. I'm doin clc reflections now dats y the sudden approval of reflection. BUT WE HAVE GOT TEN THRU CLC N LIKE EVRYBODY KNOWS WE KNOW OUR WEAKNESSES VV WELL NOW.  so the nxt step now is to get rid of those weaknessessss tgt. SO JIAYOUU HESTIA
P.s we don't have 1 year left. We have forever as long as cedar np exists
P.p.s SO SORRY IF I WAS MEAN/ANGST TO ANYBODYY(it autocorrect itself to "any bobby" wth) DURING CAMP OGAY SOZZZ
P.P.p.s I welcome myself into the world of leisure by watching these extremely nice ppl kim jiwon is (i dun wanna say the word)

We made it

Hi Hestia,

so we finally made it through CLC! Are all of you sleeping???? HAHA I'm aching all over and I just woke up from sleeping and decided to post something. Ok so, after two years of dreading it, awaiting it with bated breaths and fearing what would come during it, CLC is finally over. I have to say that though it was *tough* (HAHAHA), it was quite fun and I have never felt closer to any of y'all than during these past three days, and I actually found it more fun than AC (when we weren't dying).

So I suppose I just want to say thank you for always being there for me, and for each other. Though we all may have our differences and we get irritated with one another very frequently, whenever someone needs help and support, we are always there for each other. 
Unwaveringly, unstoppably, unconditionally. 

That being said, I think there are some underlying conflicts beneath that love we have for one another, and during CLC, the cracks and conflicts sometimes got the better of us. I think we really need to open up more to one another and have a confession session or something (like what ma'ams suggested). We have to clear away the barriers we still have separating one another before we can truly take over the unit.

But I'm very proud of Hestia for pulling through and I hope we can all remain as perseverant and strong-willed and tough as we had been during CLC and do our best to live up to ma'ams expectations.

Moving on to other stuff, I think the few most important things we really have to improve on are our communication, planning, attitude and hard skills. During CLC, our communication was really bad at first, and though we are slowly improving on that, we have to put in more effort in this area and always remember to answer and acknowledge whoever asks questions or give opinions. We have to learn to shut up sometimes and listen to someone else (I'm guilty of this too haha). 

Our planning for campfire was quite bad. I think many of us assumed that someone else knew something, so we didn't bother checking, and in the end the whole squad wasn't sure. We pulled through this time and CF was a success because of our combined efforts, but we may not be so lucky next time and we should learn to go though everything and think through every step carefully one by one and what possible problems there could be and clarify when in doubt. However, it was our first CF, so I suppose that it wasn't that bad for or first one because all of us were quite clueless? And thanks to everyone for putting so much effort, from decorating, to dancing, to acting, to cheering.

We also have to improve on our attitude and give our best every time. As what ma'am said don't give your half effort the first time round and end up having to do it another time. Do it once, do it well.

Finally, we really have to improve our drills Hestia. We should think of something to quickly improve our standard!

Ok I'm ending this soon, and I'm sure many of you won't read this long and ama ass post HAHA. But thank you Hestia, for everything and let's continue to work hard so that

Cedar NP will continue to shine bright with the legacy that we leave behind

Heroes Always Get Remembered But Legends Never Die

Hestia, MANSAE!

:)

HELLO GUYS IF YOU WANT TO CHEER UP YOU CAN READ THIS :):)

1. what happens when chemists die? We BARIUM
2. Why do people from Rome like Lady Gaga? Because they are BAD ROMANS
3. Why did the people panic at the disco? Because the bachelor died.
4. Simba was walking too slowly so i told him to Musfasa.
5. Yesterday a book fell on my head. I've just got my-shelf to blame.
Ok i will stop now I am sorry if i ruined your day i just couldn't contain myself HAHAHAHA

we are nearing clc!

hello hestia!

exactly one week from now, we'd be in clc... time passes really quickly!

we're gonna be really busy in week 10 ya! oac from monday-wednesday and clc from saturday-monday phew! jiayous ok! we can do it together yeah we're all in this together cue hsm ahahah but really i think we'll really bond after clc ok!

it's very important to stay healthy and be sure that you stay on task so we can get through this week well okay!

also i'd just like to bring up somethings i've wanted to say for a while ahahaha maybe i'm just too sensitive? but spending 99% of my time on tumblr has really taught me about things i never would've learnt without it ahahah so
1. please please please don't use 'gay' as an insult i know maybe yall think it's funny but i really don't think it is and more and more people around me are using it (not pinpointing anyone ok!) and i always cringe because 'gay' is a gender identity and i don't think it's wise to use it as an adjective to describe inanimate objects and/or people as an insult ya!
2. please also don't use 'depressed' as an adjective to describe your feelings ok! depression is a mental disorder and i don't think this word should be thrown around or used lightly ya! depression should not be taken lightly, and no one ever wants to be depressed. maybe it's a poor grade on your math test, or an argument with a loved one, but depression is a persistent feeling of sadness which constantly affects your daily activities. similar to the previous point, i think no one except those who are depressed should be allowed to use this word ya!

that's all ahaha if it goes against of views (or maybe even offends you?) then it's alright you don't have to remember or agree with it because it's just my opinion ok!

also again jiayou and press on for the next week ok! and good luck to our oac noms (sheemyi, peixuan, farzanah and jannah)!

many many hugs and kisses
your favourite pepe :)

Up set

Sorry for breaking the positive posts. Upset rn because upset aksjdjdhgd


Why npap. 

JIAYOU

HELLO HESTIA!
This is probably one of the few extremely stressful and difficult times of the year where we have to deal with so many things-OAC, CLC, projects, tests, homework etc. But being angst and stressed out is not going to help us AT ALL, so whats the point?? Close your eyes, take a deep breath and think about all the things you have been through. There have been many tough times in the past but we survived right? So why not this time? We might have our own  goals and we might not even achieve them, but we can't get everything we want right? If you go for one, you might miss out on another one. Nobody is perfect, nobody has everything they want but people still stay happy because they are able to find happiness in everything that they do! If you are doing math homework, think about how much positive effort you are putting in by using your brain cells and challenging the process! See? There is always something positive to think about, no matter how frustrating the task you are doing is.(yes, I mean that math is frustrating) Now just put everything down, smile to yourself and give yourself a confident pat on your shoulder. You will live through this.

some un-emo stuff

HELLO HESTIA AHAHA i just read our blog bc cts are much burden and stress AND I REALISED THAT 80% OF OUR PREVIOUS POSTS CONSIST OF DEPRESSING STUFF AHAHAH idk whether its a good thing or nah bc like more people are updating the blog and sharing more stuff other than our np events(!!) bUT then what is the main point of this blog anyway. ALSO WHO CHANGED THE BACKGROUND TO SUCH A DARK ONE HAHAHA WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GREEN AND BLUE // at least red lah bc FIREEE HAHAHAH

ANW ON A MORE POSITIVE NOTE we have rly come very far since the first day ((also this phrase is v overused in our np life)) and some v un-encouraging words for yall HAHAH we only live once ((#yolo right)) so i hope that yall will live your life to the fullest!! dont be afraid of doing things that you want to do yes we are only young once and give up the things that you thing are important in your pursuit for good grades!! ((note i accidentally typed "grades" wrongly and my phone corrected it to grapes lmao good job phone)) HAHAHAH let us all not leave any regrets in this life yez love and hate to your heart's content!!

ALSO JIAYOU FOR COMMON TESTS all o level kidz AND CLC hestia HAHAHA

-dreamhighreachfar

Dead to the world

LIFE IS BORING.

PEOPLE ARE ANNOYING.

PLS KEEP QUITE,

I NEED SOME PEACE.

GO FIND OTHERS.

I DON'T WANT YOU HERE.

STOP BOTHERING ME,

I DON'T NEED ANOTHER PROBLEM.

Me right now with school and some people.

ZZZZ

So. Tired. Of. Everything. Sighzzzzz.

:(

Really really sad right now because I want to go for k9 so badly akdbjsdbh my ambition since like primary school was to join the k9 after NP :((((((((( or a zoologist but now I have npap like it's making me miss out clc day 2, k9 and so many stuff I don't even know anymore

-hooman whose primary school dream is to join np and k9

Cheer up

I just wrote down some depressing shit jn so I shall try to cheer myself up with... ya
So this guy is rlly gd at rap n his name is ....... BOBBYY yas gd job
Ya he's rlly cool n stuff but his rapping n dancing n smile and evrything is ze best (i shldnt use this to rant but ya this is necessary procedures) he's frm this kpop grp called ikon. Ok I lack at using vocabularies to express myself with words so I will give up and go study for History

Us

I wasn't really reading the posts for a few days but thn just read today and I wish I hadn't. Everything is too relatable and although I had those exact same thoughts in my head, it was bearable because I can choose what I want to analyse in my head and what I choose to ignore. But when it's all written plainly, it just hits me hard and suddenly and it's all just sad. That people have to leave you eventually. Like humans are suppose to stay away from things that threaten our survival and so it only makes sense that we protect ourselves from getting hurt.
But why is that even though everybody knows that everyone will eventually leave you, be it because of death of separation ir whatsoever, we still let ourselves get close to each other and subject ourselves to the inevitable pain that comes after?
Even though we will all be leaving each other eventually, we still choose to ignore that because this moment is what counts. The fact that you have actually let down your guard and let yourself potentially get hurt by someone is you letting people in.
Hestia is a squad and it always will be. No matter what happens. So guys whatever time we have together lets all cherish it and make the best of it. I can predict 2 occasions when I'm definitely going to cry because those 2 times, it will hit me again how much I love you people and how close we are to the end of it all no matter how much we deny it. At the end of CLC, it's going to mark a new beginning for Hestia and Ma'ams will POP almost as soon as CLC is over so even though I cannot imagine a life without Ma'ams, I'll try to survive. Thanks Hestia for everything.