Wednesday, May 9, 2007
ytd was the very
1st day of rag!!! after
1 mth of stopping work due to exams,
rag is back!!! wooohoooo!!! haha, it was indeed a fulfilling and fun day indeed, from the start all e way til e end. before i go on to talk about what are the many things that we did, shall say a big word of thanks to those who made it down for the 1st day:
bryan, xiaoyan, pearl, kitgeok, qianyu, jackson, michelle, lionel and serene!!! thank you so much for joining me,
kenneth, nicholas and
applie at the very start of our long rag journey!!! it was really very much appreciated, really hope that all of you enjoyed the very 1st day of rag as much as we did!
we started the whole rag journey on a bright and beautiful
tuesday 8/5 at 9am! as per usual, there were ppl who came late but we still managed to start not soon after
9am with the pd meeting! haha,
kenneth's speech was inspiring i've to say, thou some may say it's cliche but these small little and seemingly unimportant things are actuali very crucial. for those who missed it, i tink when u all come down for rag can jus ask
kenneth to repeat. haha, i'm sure he'll b more den happy to do it de. :P after e short briefing, all of us den made our way to e rag hse! 1st taking e
A2 bus which we hav to run to catch early morning. den walking in frm e pgp terminal all e way til we reach e rag hse, which took us about
20 min.
upon reaching e hse, we started off by tearing down door nailed to our very own rag storage space. and after the wood was taken off, those of us who haven been to e rag hse all peeked in to tk a look at e room that is musty and humid. while
nicholas, bryan, kenneth and me sort out what is being needed for us to do what we want for the folllowing week, the rest hanged around and talked and laughed and joked and explored the rag hse. there was even once when an uncle came out of the hse next to rag hse and fed e pigeons there! haha, interesting sights u'll get to witness in rag hse. another thing that i must say:
the rag hse is full of termites!!! oh man, and they infiltrate basically everything that is made up of paper or cardboard! making nests in a lot of our boxes!!! they even went inside our cans la! haha, at 1st
applie din believe it and went to shake one can. not long after we heard her shriek and a can hitting the ground as termites really fell out of the can she was holding. it's e 1st time i ever saw so so so much termites before! it's lk they're white in colour and moving about, don't really look as friendly as black ants to me.
*shivers* nicholas and bryan also started work right on the spot by making a trolley to transport all the stuff back to arts club room. haha, but along the way the wheels came loose, diaognz. :P
after closing up e door, we made our way back to arts fac on foot. oh man, it was seriously a good workout and i think it is a good exercise for a long time for most of us. hahaha. ;) upon reaching back, we started bringing all the bottles to the toilet for washing and then sunning them along the corridor.
lionel cleaned bottles for the 1st time!! and he was so hardworking as to use soap so the bottles were super clean! haha. anyway, sometimes nus students really don't understand where they look when they walk around as they can still kick our bottles! argh... after the bottles were cleaned, we moved on to the cutting of cans! all e past memories of last yr's rag jus came flooding to me and other raggers who did can cutting last yr. cut until hand numb, pain and full of wounds... but it was fun nevertheless as we struggled with the cans, laugh at each other when we cut until cui and then getting concerned about one another when we hear 'ouch'.. with the music from handphones like mine and
xiaoyan, it was work and fun at the same time. must also thank
kit geok who conscientiously went to and fro toilet to clean up those cans that were still not clean inside. then there were the guys who are
kenneth and bryan who came over to help cut cans also. even though they "injured" quite a few cans, they learnt fast and we must applaud them for their effort! (: haha, really looking forward to can collection~! *gives an evil grin* cos it's an experience of a lifetime you wont want to miss.
other than cutting cans, we also did the decorating of the rag photos to be sold. actually only
3 people who did it who are
qian yu, pearl and pearl's friend
natalie! haha, i must say that their artistic flair far exceeds mine and i feel so inferior after seeing the collages that they decorated loh. so chio and arty sia! haha. we also did the rag banner painting! (: our own very dear rag banner!!! designed by
michelle!!! haha, i must say that the rag banner looks great! the colour combination along with the orientation of words just go along nicely.
not forgetting the tech side which is doing up a side prop! haha, actually only
nicholas and bryan doing most of the time as the rest of us are busy with all the other stuff mentioned earlier. hard on them le, but we managed to get the metal frame up! great job guys!!! ^-^ oh ya, we also had a big rag family lunch!!! hahaha, thanks to kenneth and jackson who went over to engineering canteen to help us da bao. before that we wanted to eat together so waited for
kenneth who disappeared. at 1st we thought he went toilet but it turned out that he went specially to the chuan stall to help
bryan da bao his lunch. welfare to the max! so sweet neh!!! hahaha, even though we waited until stomach grumbling, we din really complained much as all of us wanted to eat lunch tgt as a family. it was a really nice feeling. sitting down eating and chatting at the same time, enjoying the company of fellow raggers.
after lunch we continued doing the things and must specially mention
serene who made an effort to join us do rag for the 1st day even though it was only for a few hours! she came after something at around
4pm and has to leave at
6pm bcos of tuition.
reali, during tis long rag journey, even if u cant b ard most of e time w us, so long as u feel for rag & has e heart for rag thus make an effort to join us, it is more than enough. therefore, do not be put away by the fact that u do not reali know much ppl, cannot reali commit long hours or did not join us right from e start as all these do not matter at all. come down and experience the wonders of rag for urself. reali reali. we also hope to see more snrs and past yr raggers ya? like
rachel who came down and gave us moral support.
every single person, every single effort makes a huge difference, do not belittle it ya? there will be rag again on this coming
thursday(10/5) aka tmr at 9am onwards thus do join us if u can!!! we will be at arts club room for the time being. welcomed to stayover til
friday(11/5) where there's rag at
9am onwards also if u want! hope to cya all ard~! (:
so long as u're willing to open up to us, work alongside and have fun with us, i'm sure u'll have a fun experience like we did.lastly, for the photos taken from the 1st day of rag, you can visit the following url: http://s157.photobucket.com/albums/t61/artsrag2007/1st%20day%20of%20rag/?start=allenjoy~! ;)
` lets be raggerfied
