CraZe

Hmm.. let me start from two days before today...saturday 20 Aug.

SAt 20 Aug:

it's pretty funny now, as we tried to remember what is it that actually motivated us to go for the entrepreneur competition, which all of us thgt was just a camp, giving us some crap in the end. I don't really remembered why we went...i went for the free food, irwin went for his portfolio, menghui went there for fun to have a look...and hon yiong, hmm i dunno. haha..anyway, when we reached boon lay mrt station on sat, we questioned the motive of ntu setting up this camp..and after breakfast, hon yiong and menghui said that they cant be that good as in to provide free transportation, free lunch, te break and dinner...after all, there's no free lunch in the world..not mentioning tea breaks and dinner as well...

hon yiong that it's advisiable for us to leave for ntu on a full stomach...chi bao hao shang lu...haha...meaning dying a full ghost or something..haha..the buildings were soo old..that menghui joked that it was a torture camp..to make things worse, we saw a man burning incense paper when we arrived...and menghui said that they are burning for us...so eerie...

the starting of the camp is boring...boring talk..but the second speaker was really good...ten failures and 1 success by his dad...haha..lunch was ok...and oh ya..did i say that irwin did something silly....he thgt he walked into the wrong toliet...and even walked out to see if it's the male toliet...crazy me..we all laughed like crazy..

then our group decided on
our group's name:Goal is Gold
slogan; Money without motive, capital to live.

we saw our mentor..he's not bad..he's a nice guy..but it's just that i nearly killed him on the train....

then after all boring talks, we brainstormed on our ideas..it's truly amazing..as we come up with crazy ideas...and even tried to scrap the shoe spray idea..but in the end, we kept with it....despite our mentor's disapproval...because that's the only workable idea that we had.

then..dinner...then...tired...and fainted...on the bed....


Sun 21 Aug:
going to step out of house..and knew that i didnt bring something....dunno why but felt that strong urge to go back and take my pens along...

went to Jurong Point with irwin for breakfast at long john..there's a briefing there..and we thgt that it was a secret society meeting..until we saw the team leader giving the briefing..breakfast is nice..and we saw a kailin look alike woman..but she's a malay...

went to the mrt station...stinky chocolate smell..didn't see hon yiong n menghui...thgt that they really didnt come..freaked out..but later realised that they reached there first...already....phew...

more talks...but we didnt listen. many teams didnt turn up for the talk...felt really that the competition was unfair...they are like at home brushing up on their proposal while we are here suffering...increasingly worried...but i guessed that it's the frantic rush for time that pressed us together as a team...working close...working more efficiently...

presentation is funny...but ok la....and we got into the finals! unexpected...but we didn't expect something more....

brushed up our presentation during the tea break...and presented it....our presentation is pale compared to the rest...but i guess it's doesn't really matter now..because we tried our best...and it's time we leave it to the hands of God...we were nervous...and got increasingly nervous, as the team before us....( we were 2nd to present)...it's a one man show..and that guy is super good la....sort of shake our confidence a bit..but the guys went on...and presented their ideas....which i really think that's good....

the judges were impressed and asked questions..haha..

and later during other's presentation...i made friends with the MCs...haha...they are nice pple....

then it was the most nerve racking moment : who's the winner??

3rd - SAJC
2nd - ACJC 3
1st- ACJC 5!!!! uS!!!

unbelievable!!!!!!!!seriously, at first, we thgt tat our idea is going to be crap compared to the rest, but never did we know that it is this same crazy crap idea that took us far...from the preliminary rounds to the finals....and eventually the winner....

from this competition, although it's tiring and all hard work, it gives us a chance to truly bond as a team...and it shows that nothing is impossible..even a crazy idea can become reality in the future......

and as long as you trust in God, believe him, depend on him for support, rest assured that our God never fails us.

He is one who stood by us, throughout the entire competition.

He is one who kept us going...who calm us down...who gives us support....

So...no matter what, as long as you have done your best,...just believe in God...and he will do the rest.

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Monday:
Still feeling a bit excited and happy abt us winning the competition..beginning to feel the strain..the mental exhaustion from the previous two days work...tiring stuff....wanted to sleep..but managed to keep awake.

went shopping with mum...and sorta regretted it. she said that it was a shopping trip...but in the end...it's like...she blamed me for arriving late...*( hello...it's like i took cab la...)...and we shopped for jeans..it's like she wanted me to buy the another pair of jeans ...abt 20 odd dollars....because it's cheap...but the truth is that i dun like it...so when you don't like something, why bother buying it and waste your money?? next, we went to buy shirts..but in the end, we didnt because i didnt like any one there....and then i wanted to buy pencil case..because my currently one is rotting liao..

it's so horrible...when she started cursing you...screaming and shouting at you in a shopping centre....why cant she just spare a thgt for u.....she didnt.

she scolded me in a cab...regardless whether there is a taxi driver there a not..
continued nagging at me in the lift..
and at home....and that's where i cant keep my silence anymore....


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She is forever like that...setting guilt traps with all the words like you dont appreciate me and stuff....but the problem is i do. I really wanted to hug her at times...but it's like everytime i do that...her shoulders will either turn rigid as though she's being attacked......or she will comment that im a grown up already...and that's the contradiction....im a grown up and a kid in her eyes.

it's like from young, i have been following HER way to doing stuff...she decides what i wear, eat and stuff....and it's like...she never really respected me to begin with....

imagin having a mum who scolds you...using all the crude words in hokkien and chinese...like bitch in chinese...and stuff.....FUCK her...

today is a day when i cant stand it anymore.

it's like everytime i go out she never fail to call...as though i will get kidnapped or something..anyway, to begin with, who wants to kidnap me??

it's always the case of 4 missed calls with 5 mins...or 18 missed calls within an hour...god knows what she has been doing for the past hour..

anyway, it's useless getting upset over a mum like her...you will only waste more energy.....so why not use the energy to do something more useful?

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Anyway, no matter what, i strongly believe that God has a plan for each and everyone of us...and no plan is the same...

Although the journey may be tough and tiring, but as long as you never give up, you will get to see the rainbow at the end.