so, as i said, entabeni.

we went there on the second day and when we got there, we saw the open top jeeps lined up in a row, as seen in picture 1. and that was the entrance to the park, which really takes your breath away. then we get onto the jeep and it drives us 20 mins to the reception area, where we have a really good lunch. then the jeeps bring us to our lodges.

basically they drop us in the middle of nowhere, and we follow this path through the bush till we come to a cliff. the roof of the lodge common room can be seen, as well and the sky in front of you and it's quite, quite blue! haha nol joke. anyway, so i'm sharing the lodge with nick, dheraj, dewei, beverly and joanna, so we climb down steps and come to our common room, which is about the size of a classroom, with a fireplace and a bar. it opens up onto a balcony walkway, which leads to the rooms on different wooden platforms, at the same time overlooking a ravine(: so the whole lodge is like a damn big treehouse(:

then we dump our bags down and go back out to the jeep which brings us back to the reception area for a briefing, then it's safari time! okay, basically it's indescribable what we saw, but we saw gnus, kudu, zebras, and a lion at dusk. then we were driving back and the stars came out. wow. there was a bar in the sky unknown to singaporeans called the milky way. it's like a cloud of faraway stars which form a spiral in the sky, and is framed by the constellations we see. beautiful.

okay hello to everyone who thought i died or went to africa or something.
well i did go to africa.

so i reported to school with the loading team on friday night and loaded the big lorry with the flight cases containing possibly every single piece of electrical apparatus known to man. sat next to mark and kester on the way at the back of the van. got to the airport early, at 8pm, and realised our flight was at 2:/ so ohwell, waited for the rest of the trippers to come and got coffee in the meantime:D went into the gate and hung out with vinesh and gideon at the entertainment corner, and was beating gideon very closely in a nail biting nba match, then they shut down the game because it was 12. ohwell.

flight was okay, slept about 5 hours and watched august rush and hitman and friends for the next five hours.

reached johannesburg and went to jeppe girls' for breakfast. i've never eaten fresher bread before in my life, and i've never enjoyed a raisin bun before. attempted to make coffee, but failed, more details can be found out from gideon or becky, who both know very well what i did; entitled "john's coffee". then went to the hotel at mecure bedfordview and it's a very nice place, very spacious and everything. changed and went to the lesedi cultural village, realised it hadn't opened yet, then went to a flea market where i got conned big time. ANYWAY, after that unfortuante incident where my rather lousy bargaining got taken advantage of, liankim and farhana vowed to go shopping with me on the last day so i don't end up paying a million bucks for a bracelet or something. anyway, went back to lesedi and toured the place, followed be a dance concert thing where mohit was THE BULL, and then a dinner.

day 2 and 3, we were at entabenei reserve, an experience which i shall bother to type out tomorrow.

day 4 was at the singapore high commission, where some dances were performed and stuff, good stuff, there. then went to a buffet dinner, much like pariss in singapore(:

day 5, park town, played drums there, band was very very very good for our first show! :D

haha okay, that's about half the trip, shall continue the other half tomorrow.
goodnight everyone(:
thank you so much dear(: i love you(:

nol at the beginning of the week was fantastic! the audience on both nights were superb, and i guess that really helped to heighten the atmosphere. it's been great working with the cast and directors, with the fun and everything every rehearsal:D

went to cj on wednesday and thursday.

got called by ac on friday morning, one of the best wake up calls ever. so went down to schol and got my form, went to cj and got out for good. back to ac and did subject registrations and met my og! went to TTSH to get the vaccinations for south africa and then went with vinesh, farhana and liankim to watch ps i love you. got a first row seat, so the two girls went up to the back and vinesh and i were too lazy to move, so we sat in front and exercised our neck muscles. show was good, made me cry abit. hahhaah

then went to the legends to have dinner with my dad and sisters. arm started aching heavily then and i couldn't move it past chest level.
ohwell. got worship practice in 55 mins and i'm still at home.
i love you(:

so i haven't been blogging since olevel results came out!

i've been really busy over the last few weeks, with school, and i've been coming back at about 9pm almost every night = no chance to blog. anyway, i've just been very busy with the j2s' IS prelims, which is basically a component of the DEP exams. i'm doing two IS pieces, one for kester and another for clarice, and we just had prelims today. both went very well:D

another area which drains my time is the upcoming night of laughter on monday and tuesday. practices are tiring, damn fun, and it just gives you experience and exposure i guess.

so, i had IS today, and it went well, as said(: then went for eleanor's birthday party at her house. good stuff man, her house is really nice by the way, with her cats that are afraid of me and the general layout of it.

and i'm just so damn tired of this, these unkind words, the sarcarsm, and i just want it to be like how it once was.

so, happy chinese new year everyone!

i'm now in penang, so forgive me if i don't respond to your messages. the week's been kinda good so far. haha i'm blogging from my uncle's computer (at myra and jordan's house:D ) and we'll be staying there for the night(: hahah then we're going to the rasa sayang resort tomorrow. and the inevitable food trail tomorrow, which guarantees an immediate addition of at least 2kg in a very short time.

jordan can talk now!!!! :D
anyway, time to sleep(:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BERNICE!! :D
and congratulations singapore slingers.

so had usual periods today and had a discussion on true love during gp, which vinesh gave a very intersting perspective. haha yeah then got the black collegiate which was rather cool. had NOL rehearsal which went rather smoothly.

rushed down to the courts for a match against temasek jc. saw ian lee from isow there playing for TJ and was like OHCOOOOOL! haha then we found out that we both were in the starting lineup and were jumping for the tip off together! hahha coolman. he's a really solid player though. marvin was just running and scoring so we led 12-6 in the first quarter. then they managed to shut down out inside game and find holes in our defense so we lost 46-33. not bad la, considering it's our first game against last year's 3rd placed team(:

went to the indoor stadium for the singapore slingers match. aussies were so so hyper. very good game, a lot of dunks and blocks and stuff. so singapore won in the end!
may God bless you on this very special day(: i love you(:

this is my 417th post.

so, went back to barker to collect my results today. blahblahblah.
anyhow, I GOT 12 POINTS!! :D because i was kinda muddled up and everything cause bernice called me in the middle of the 'announcing the top scorers' part and screamed that she got thirteen! and so i was kinda like damn happy for her and just like floating around somewhere.

then we lined up according to our classes and i got my slip and i just stoned there, cause i didn't know where to look. and then mrs wong came up to me and helped me calculate my points. and i got A1 for english and bio, A2 for emath and chem and B3 for PHYSICS, AMATH AND SS WITH HISTORY! and i'm like, nowaittt that can't be right cause i suck at these three. but it is! and it's right! and I GOT TWELVE!!!!!! :D :D
and i'm so so so proud of you(: (: (:
and 4+1+7=12(:

haha my new favourite song;) the chorus has some alternative chording which is damn nice:D

yesterday was fabulous(: had training in the morning, then went to meet bernice at vivo. had lunch and sat at the sky garden and stoned. simbian came along and we went walking. went for worship practice at church, then dinner. i realised i needed sleep because i couldn't talk at night.

so i slept and everything was fine in the morning(:

went to church and then went to ity hall to attempt to find chinese new year clothes, but there wasn't anything nice. ohwell. had turkey for dinner, grandfather's birthday:D

and there's school tomorrow, first day of tutorials. but i don't think anyone cares man. results out on thursday. and singapore slingers are coming tomorrow to coach us! haha i'm rather excited(: mike helms and ron grizzard! and of course, movement classes in dep as well, which'll make my thighs hurt for another 4 days:/ more groaning with vinesh; no matter how wrong that sounds. haha(:

a perfect ten with my perfect one(:

because for you i will(:

and today's finally the end of the week, lessons started, and some teachers are not bad, others just put you off learning. haha.

went for the first rehearsal of the night of laughter and acted an exerpt from alice in wonderland, to give them an idea about our acting styles.

then got a lift from bernice who came for badminton trials:D