FYMC Renaissance: University Blues

Post29

2009-01-07T02:05:00.001+08:00

Happy 2009!

Junyi

Post28

2009-01-06T23:36:00.001+08:00

hey seniors!
we likely havin the class birthday at vinette's hse (v near sch) on the 17 Jan (sat). R u guys fine with the idea? It's not really confirm yet until we get most ppl's respond on this. We r thinkin of havin external caterer. So we need the numbers tt r goin too. Reply asap ya! :D

Oon Beng

Post27

2008-03-28T18:39:00.001+08:00

heyos all! :)

real sorry havent been getting to replying, but works a mess as the terms draws to an end (: nus's like 2 weeks away from end of term, so till then will be a crazy project crash!

really really glad to be in year 2! haha its like just the right amount to look forward too, without having too much excitement behind and work/further studies still far far away! as opposed to e girls haha who'd be like gradding in a coupla months (:

currently still not first class yet, a few pts shy, so still a certain pressure erps :( really hope to get it up and beyond safely soon so i can start taking the weird weird classes, like biosemiotics or political science modules or french etc, and not worry abt grades yay!

this sem has been really crazily packed too, with a lot of focus on research and independent study. i took a facebook app writing module, and am now in the midst of rushing out the final project application; it's a set of brain training games like brainage which we are betting the house that it'll go viral :( also, as part of the nus-usp programme requirement, i'm also required to do two independent study modules, which i applied under the facebook module and thus will also be doing a report and presentation on porting considerations of facebook apps to google opensocial!

on other fronts, am doing an AI related project on currency market movements, where i had hoped to use algorithms to catch trends, aka technical analysis. currently focusing on the use of support vector machines and bayesian networks, with price movements on various timescales as the feature space; as well as the more traditional indicators that signals momentum like MACD. wanted to put the algo into the "Interactive Brokers Collegiate Trading Olympiad" but really no time no time to get it out on time, perhaps i'll try again next yr! :)

under the undergrad research opps programme, im doing a project on computer vision, where my supervisor and the students would be figuring out an efficient way of converting series of photographs into 3d models semi-automatically. currently still figuring out the coding and perspective vision, but hopefully something good will come out of it at the end of the year!

hall-wise, i took up the role as the computer committee head this year, where we upgraded most of the paperwork for resident points and participation into an online system, and attempted to integrate the web experience more deeply into the overall hall exp. thru the use of photos, forums, groups, and chat rooms; we'll be trying to turn it into a social networking portal for all hall-lites this holiday haha, esp. for the alumni! also helped out in other minor roles in hall, such as helping out with the open house planning and promotion, doing the stage manager job during the annual cultural groups hall performance, and running for the interhall games!~

the only good thing with so many projects is that i've only two modules that are examinable hoho, and they're all introductory statistics (one more mathsy and formulaic, one under usp which is more artsy and intepretative), so hopefully the mugging will be like synergistic!

wanted to go tibet too this holiday with the family, but the riots and all made it impossible sigh! and very unfortunately dsta will be recalling me back to work so thats the rest of my holiday gone! :((

woah. what a mess of words haha. yupyup hope everyone's doing well, and hope to hear from ya'll soon! tc all and have fun! :)

cheers!~
junyi

oh yes haha yay jeremy i see u on the ohtwo site! after setting up ohfour through oheight but not even doing it for our class, i tot it might be time.. http://ohtwosixoh.blogspot.com! i'll be posting up the photos that i have currently only the first 2 events up, but if you guys have photos of any of the events pls do upload it up as sort of an memory archive =) do post ur mail there too!

Junyi

Post26

2008-03-27T01:12:00.001+08:00

Hi everyone, just thought i should say hi since i dropped by. this looks like a great site...great to see pics of what you have been doing :)

Jeremy Hor

Post25

2008-03-14T20:19:00.001+08:00

Great Great Thanks to Junyi for creating this blog!!! Hwachong hwachong s60 !!! yay !!!! feeling nostalgic now ... haha ... haiz ... those were the days :)

Tai An

Post24

2008-02-22T23:26:00.001+08:00

forwarded from ohseven~ :D

class birthday confirm this sunday. 11am to 4pm.

that's 24/02/08! :)

Junyi

Post23

2008-02-17T22:15:00.001+08:00

Testing post system!

Junyi

Post22

2008-02-15T10:43:00.001+08:00

Thanks for the posts JY.

Very melancholic. Brings back a lot of good memories. Really glad to see all of it again. I think one of my greatest regrets is not taking enough photos during sec/JC days, and always hoping that others will send it out. But still, thanks!!!

Sook Fen

Post21

2008-02-09T02:04:00.001+08:00

2002 02 23 - STJ!

Marina, with archery, pool and arcade, and Kenny Rogers, followed by grandsenior (00) led telematches after dinner?

Junyi

Post20

2008-02-09T01:46:00.001+08:00

JTS, January(?) 02.

Exact date has been lost in time, and I had the impression JTS came after STJ.

Wonderfully refreshing blank slate. I think I should make this a wiki instead.

But anyway, photos (: If anything memorable was triggered, do post about it :D

Dobson busy eating

Dobson looking cool

Grace and Sookfen

grace_looking_nothing_to_say

grace_melvin_and_xiaonan

jeremy_with_black_hands.jpg

jeremy_with_the_wind_in_his_hair.jpg
lotsa_ppl_at_the_food.jpg
many_people_2.jpg

melvin
melvin_and_chicken.jpg

melvin_and_dobson_analysing_the_bbq

melvin_enjoying_the_sea_breeze.jpg
melvin_looking_hungry.jpg
rex_and_yunqing.jpg
rex_sookfen_and_rex_cooking.jpg
sookfen_and_grace.jpg
sookfen_looking_cool.jpg
wah_food.jpg
xiaonan_and_grace_caught_unaware.jpg
xiaonan_and_sookfen.jpg
yunqing_and_melvin_cooking.jpg
yunqing_grabbing_food.jpg
yunqing_looking_stunned.jpgyunqing_lying_on_rope.jpg
yunqing_walking.jpg

Junyi

Post19

2008-01-28T22:29:00.001+08:00

Hello all!! Due to sudden rush, many people cannot make it, sorry for the false birthday alarm. Haha.

We shall make it on the
16th February,
12pm!

everybody please mark this date down on your calendar!
Thank you and have a nice new year! Haha
Loves loves, your junior

Hong Li

Post18

2008-01-28T20:52:00.001+08:00

hi, sorry i put the date wrongly leh ppl, it should be 3rd feb sunday..

Hong Li

Post17

2008-01-28T16:17:00.001+08:00

Pictures from Mel + Horse outing, taken on Xmas eve 2007.

Junyi

Post16

2008-01-28T06:57:00.001+08:00

HI everyone! I’m hongli here from 05 batch. Please spread the message!!

Class birthday celebration this Sunday, 2nd February, at 12pm at yuzhong’s house!
Exact address:
868 thompson road #03-22 (same as last year)

it’s a condo near the a hospital and the flowerist that got flooded last year.

Please inform me at 81833335 for any queries!

Please volunteer in helping out spread the message ASAP!

Exhibit the sixoh spirit haha all must come!

Hong Li

Post15

2008-01-17T14:29:00.001+08:00

Mandai Columbarium, followed by lunch at Lavender.

Junyi

Post14

2008-01-16T17:26:00.001+08:00

Fixed on thursday morning! [:

Junyi

Post13

2008-01-15T17:37:00.001+08:00

Test post by Junyi, for debugging purposes, since chris's nick has a space in it XD

but anyhow, here's another!

Chris Ng

Post12

2008-01-15T16:58:00.001+08:00

Free slots!

XN: Thursday morning, Friday
LN: Thursday morning, Saturday
WZ: Thursday afternoon
JY: Thursday mornings, Wed aft/eve.
AM: Thursday, Friday
CH: Thursday morning, Wedday.
TA: Unconfirmed busyness, check when otherwise confirmed with all else.

I think conclusion is Thursday morning ba...

Junyi

Post11

2008-01-14T17:36:00.001+08:00

it works on safari!! :D -joys-

Junyi

Post10

2008-01-14T17:21:00.001+08:00

this is so smart! haha one for the archive, hope it works :)

Grace

Post9

2008-01-14T14:08:00.001+08:00

haha ehh that cannot be me! i always have my camera lor :D

Junyi

Post8

2008-01-14T14:07:00.001+08:00

haha ok coolios :D i can't on tuesday night too... tt leaves tues wed days and thursday!

we'll check around ba still need to find out abt chris & weizhen & xiaonan ..

do weizhen and chris have facebook ah?

Junyi

Post7

2008-01-14T08:35:00.001+08:00

EHHHH?

This is TOTALLY not my phone number JY! Haha. Luckily i remember my old phone number very well. I haven't use this phone number since... 2+ years ago?

Anyway, maybe it's because i was looking through this blog last night, i had a dream about 02s60. I dreamt that i was in front of some airport, maybe LA airport or maybe JFK airport. Then i suddenly decided that i was to take a photo. I ask you to take a photo, and started posing. After a while, i realize you DIDN'T have a camera in hand. Then I was scolding you and you + lemon + chris + david were laughing at me. Finally, the 02s60 gang all stood beside me and we took a photo.

-End of boring story-

Sook Fen

Post6

2008-01-14T03:18:00.001+08:00

woohooo~

ok i'm only not free this coming wednesday night.

Amy Han

2008-01-13T12:04:00.001+08:00

My timetable this sem! :)

Junyi

Post4

2008-01-13T11:03:00.001+08:00

woot!! oh two es six oh! ohohoh! hohoho!

Chris Ng

Post3

2008-01-13T09:20:00.001+08:00

Fyi for us.

If any of your friends or you wishes to pay your respect to David, his niche is at Mandai Columbarius, Blk D, 2nd Level, Row 5, Unit No. is 410.

However, his plaque is not ready yet. There is a temporary one currently, but you may still visit anytime.

Junyi

Post2

2008-01-13T07:46:00.001+08:00

Ah yes, finally got to get it working :) Will try to get the photos in the archive up, but that's another story for another day!

Have uploaded the 08s60 photos on their blog, but the ones we took are put here...

of benches and bags

with mrs tham

mrs tam was there too!

couldn't find any of the other teachers though, comp staff room was surprisingly empty. don't tell me this year's cs intake is zero!

Junyi

Post1

2008-01-13T07:37:00.001+08:00

More Test!

Junyi

2006-09-26T01:32:00.000+08:00

Test!

2002-06-29T22:30:00.000+08:00

Date: 29/06/2002, Saturday
Time: 10.30am - 10.30pm

Who's there
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Dobson
Jeremy Hor
Xiaonan
Lennon
David
Yun Ching
Christopher
Yi Li
Junyi
Jiaqi
Tai An
Sookfen

Who's supposed to be there, and reasons for not
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Nankun - Ended up in Pasir Ris instead of East Coast - Ask him about his sad story
Jiejing - Was with Nankun :)
Grace - "Something cropped up"
Melvin - Lion Dance
Wei Zhen - Sing Singapore, Church Band, etc
Kenneth - Supposed to call us

Brief Summary of Day's Events
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10.30am: Last of the people supposed to meet at the class bench arrives.
11.00am: Finally sets off
11.29am: Arrived at City Hall
11.45am: Left for lunch
01.10pm: Walked towards Suntec to take bus 36
02.30pm: Arrived at Park
02.40pm: Settled down, played football

03.35pm: Some decided to go skating
04.50pm: Continued for next hour
05.05pm: Xiaonan fell while skating
05.20pm: The rest resumes skating/cycling/playing
05.50pm: Equipment returned

06.00pm: Left for bus stop
06.15pm: Caught bus 196
06.30pm: Arrived near Parkway Parade, entered a clinic
06.50pm: Advised to go SGH

== Group Splits up ==

Group 1:
06.55pm: Caught a taxi to SGH
07.15pm: Arrived at SGH

Group 2:
06.55pm: Caught bus 16 or 196, I can't remember. Jiaqi says 36.
07.18pm: Arrives at Suntec, walking to City Hall
07.30pm: Takes MRT to Outram Park MRT, walks to SGH
08.00pm: Arrives at SGH, meets up with Group 1

== Regroup ==

08.15pm: Queue number finally displays 118
08.25pm: Waiting for X-Ray
08.30pm: Finished x-raying, waiting for diagnostics
09.00pm: Fracture found, asked to see hand specialist. The rest went for dinner.
09.20pm: Hand bandaged. Paid up, and collected medicine from the pharmacy.

09.30pm: Went after the rest who were eating at the food court
09.40pm: Left for 7-11 instead, since food court closing
10.00pm: Settled outside 7-11, passing chips, playing guitar and eating.
10.25pm: Each left for home

Details
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10.30am: The CLAO people were already there, as we had a Listening Comprension and Oral this morning. Yunching arrived at 9.50am, Xiaonan arrived at 10.20am. Melvin, Mildrid and Weizhen were all there, but were occupied for the day, and so were unable to join us. The rest were then playing with the ball, and it took a long time before we were able to get them all to stop playing and change, around 10.40am.

11.00am: Everyone was dressed up and ready to go, crossed the road and took 66 to Newton, where we took the MRT to city hall

11.29am: Arrived at the City Hall MRT, but no-one was there yet. Tai An soon arrived, decked in black, from the escalators. Sookfen was then at Dhoby Ghaut station, Grace had something on and couldn't make it, Jiaqi informed us that he'd be arriving at 12.45pm. Yi Li arrived at around 11.45pm, and we finally set off for lunch at the food court.

12.20pm: with everyone's hunger appeased and nothing to do but wait, Yi Li came up with the game of concentration and challenged Jeremy to it. David also had his game of Concentration, where the group played happily, drawing much curious stares from amused passerbys. David's game was about each player picking an animal or two, and then calling another person by mimicing his animal's actions. All was going well, until Yunching chose an 'inappropriate' animal, the wolf, and using the wolf howl as the call. If it wasn't done properly, one might have seen it like a kiss, and Lennon's first call to Yunching caused everyone to dissolve into peals of laughter. Needless to say, Yunching was laughing too hard to reply and continue the game, and hence lost. Yili's call to Yunching yet again made everyone burst out laughing, especially as he didn't do the action the supposedly proper way. Jiaqi arrived at around 12.40, and Sookfen had then lost the game, so we all left for the bus stop outside Suntec to catch the bus 36. It took a long long time before the bus finally arrived, and was so packed, and while waiting some stoned, some talked, and one such interesting topic includes Sookfen sharing an interesting revelation about the highly-reflective marble floors in her school, which when left to the wild minds of teenages, conjured up plenty of scenarios and things which can possibly happen.

02.15pm: Got off at the stop and crossed the bridge. Bought two packs of chips at the 7-11 shop, and the whole bunch shared a slurpee through three straws. Arrived at the beach at around 02.30pm, and settled down to playing football at 02.40pm. Jeremy, Junyi, Yunching, Sookfen and Xiaonan didn't join in, but sat down at a corner talking. The girls seems rather interested in Yunching's FHM magazine too, pointing here and there, and the guys practically had to pull the magazine away from them to get them to skate. Nankun was trying to find us, and called us several times to check where we are and even enquire the number of the lamppost.

03.35pm: Decided it's time to skate, and Lennon and Christoper joined over from the football game. Only Jeremy, Christopher, Yunching and Lennon had some experience in skating, so the other three struggled to stay in balance and to move forward. The humps did pose quite a challenge for us to cross, and caused a lot of falling & cursing. The footballers were also joined with some other people, of which their identity the narrator is not really sure of.

04.50pm: Regrouped at the Rental Store, and decided to skate for another hour. Borrowed the pair of wristguards for each of us. Sookfen changed over to bikes, while the rest except Lennon ("Out of money!") continued skating. All returned to the bags to place our shoes, and then supposed to continue to skate to MacDonalds. Slowly skating out towards the main road when ...

05.05pm: ... Xiaonan fell at the slope leading out. Damage uncertain, no visible signs of fracture, other than minor abrasions to the skin, however was very painful, according to her. When the pain didn't subside, Yunching left to find where to get first aid. Upon knowing that there might be a police post somewhere ahead, Jeremy and Christopher sped off ahead. Supposedly Jeremy fell terribly when crossing the hump at a high speed, but no significant lasting harm was done, at least according to him. Later found out that the Police Post was long closed, and all gathered outside a rental shop. Sookfen stayed behind to look after Xiaonan, while the rest decided to finish up the remaining 20 minutes of their rental time, then go off to the nearest clinic.

05.50pm: The last of them all gather at the place where the bags were placed. Evidently Yi Li went in search of Nankun and Jiejing, and we didn't notice him until we were near the bus stop. His handphone was flat too. Caught bus 196 to some clinic near Parkway Parade. There was a TV inside the clinic, which several suggested watching the World Cup from, until we realised it was some kind of HeartLanders' channel. As it was taking quite a long time, the rest went for drinks at the nearby hawker centre, and some others also went to buy some stuff from the nearby shops, like Jiaqi, who got a windchime, and Jeremy, who got a present (shh!). When it was over, we were told that the doctor recommended that Xiaonan go to SGH. Yunching then suggested that they take a taxi there so that they can get the appropriate treatment faster, and Jeremy and Sookfen volunteered to go along. The rest then followed by bus.

06.55pm: Group 1
According to reputable second-hand accounts of the taxi, only Sookfen and Xiaonan was talking and laughing on the way to SGH. Yunching didn't talk much, as put in his own words, "lian3 chao4 chao3", and Jeremy was in "energy saving mode". They supposedly arrived in 20 minutes time, and settled the procedures before waiting for the doctor's consultation.

06.55pm: Group 2
Group 2 had a much more "fun-er" time, in a sense. Took 36 to Suntec, and for some reasons Jiaqi, Junyi and Lennon took to the first few seats on the upper deck while Christopher, Taian and Dobson stayed at the lower deck, at the backmost seats. Jiaqi then received several SMSes about Turkey and Korea scoring like mad, which prompted a rather interesting discussion of the football match. Got off and Suntec, where we sat in front of the big screen for a while (Jiaqi: Ehh wait until 25th minute then go lah!), and only reluctantly left at the 26 min. Even then we kept turning our heads back to the screen, effectively lowering our safety index by quite a few points, to make sure we didn't miss anymore of those wild goals. Didn't get onto the MRT until it was past the 34 minute. Headed to Outram Park, where we got off and walked into SGH, followed the confusing signs to the A & E department ("Huh?? A&E Dept is on the 2nd level?"). Met up Group 1.

08.00pm: Sat around watching the football match on the TV, and was provided occasional humour by Yunching as he points out various interesting parts of his FHM magazine.

08:15pm: Sookfen and Xiaonan went into consultation room, while the rest continued to sit outside doing whatever they were doing.

08:25pm: Waiting to be X-Rayed. It was quite a boring part, actually, other than Yunching buying the 70c prawn crackers and sharing it with us. Talked about the possibilities of the extent of the injuries, and no one really thinks that this injury would be more than "a hair-line crack" or "a dislocated finger".

08:30pm: Xiaonan's exposure to radiation jumped by a few curies after exiting the x-ray room, and again we waited and waited outside the consultation room. Jeremy and Sookfen had an interesting debate on what would happen if the hand x-rayed was interpreted as a foot by the doctors, and roleplayed their reactions. Talked so much and made so much noise that we ended up drawing black faces from the other patients and staff in our general direction. The rest were then deciding whether or not to go for dinner, and decided to wait for everything to be done.

09.00pm: Were told that the hand was fractured, as asked to see the hand specialist. Part of the group decided to go for dinner first, while several stayed behind. Jeremy somehow persuaded Christopher to press the "open" button next to the door leading into the room, and elicited some sense of curiousity from the staff inside. The doctor came and told her about what is going to happen, which was to be repeated by the nurse shortly after.

09.20pm: After some waiting again, Xiaonan finally got her hand bandaged. Paid up at the counter, and the bill seemed to be heavily subsided, from $200+ to $80. Collected the medicine and lotion at the pharmacy, where she expressed her confusion as to how to apply the lotion on the injured hand when it's all bandaged.

09.30pm: Went after those who were eating at the food court. On reaching, the food court was already closing, so the group decided to go to 7-11 and get something else to eat.

10.00pm: After buying all the sandwiches, cakes and drinks we want, we settled down near a bench outside 7-11, where we ate a pack of the chips we bought earlier on this morning. Jiaqi forgot to charge his camera, and hence missed the golden opportunity to take a photo of Tai An indulged into music making. This also explains the lack of photos today, as Grace didn't come and Jiaqi's camera uncharged. Just talked a bit and finally decided to go home at 10.30pm.

2002-03-09T23:59:00.000+08:00

Summary of event on the day

11am : 1st batch of s60ers watched a movie (Jimmy Neutron)

12pm : 2nd batch converges at City Hall MRT

12.45pm : IT Fair

2.30pm : Lunch at Suntec, Burger King, takeaway.

3.30pm : Pool at Le Meridian

7.15pm : Dinner at PS, 6th floor, food court

8.40pm : Sing-a-long session at a deserted place

9.30pm : Outing officially ended.

Details of Day's Events

11am

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Who: Melvin, Mildrid, Yunqing

Right, as I ain't part of this batch, I can't really tell what happened, other than knowing that they went to watch Jimmy Neutron, and that the ticket attendant forgot to remove their ticket stubs.

12pm

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Who: Jiaqi (11.55am), Grace (12.10pm), Dobson (?), Xiaonan, Tai An, Junyi (all at 12.20pm)

Where: City Hall MRT, in transit to IT Fair 2002, Suntec City, Level 4
Not present: Jeremy, Sook Fen, David (Council event). Lennon (wanted to watch TV: Slam Dunk). Jeffrey, Jingting (as usual).

Went for the IT fair at around 12.30pm. Travel time approx 10mins. Tai An got lost while inside, but somehow found us. 1st batch met with us at around 1.30pm. Yunching was the only one to buy something (RDRam, $160+). Went for lunch next, had Burger King takeaway, picniced around Fountain of Wealth. Sang a few songs, with Tai An playing the guitar. Melvin was trying to persuade everyone to go to Funan, but failed due to overwhelming majority vote against the idea. Dobson kindly offered to accompany him to the Microsoft shop to get his optical mouse. Junyi tried to get the rest to go into the Fountain of Wealth, but noone seems interested, so he went alone while others went to the restroom. Mildrid and Yunching left after lunch. Walked to City Hall next, met Lennon, annoyed him loads by taking the train when he just got off. Got off at Somerset, walked to Le Meridian.

3.30pm

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Booked at table at $9 an hour, begun play with Lennon vs Tai An. Not exactly the best day of Lennon's life, he got the cue ball into the holes 6 times, but won in the end, after ?hr play. Melvin and Dobson soon returned, with Melvin holding on to his brand new $72.90 Microsoft?Optical Mouse. Grace and Xiaonan tried to persuade Melvin to accompany them to PS to look at hairclips, but Melvin, in a display of egocentrism and unwillingness to end up in a hairclip shop, turned them down, who then went themselves. Sookfen met the girls and tagged along, but didn't return w/ them for dinner nor pool. By then, a second table was booked, and all non-newbies booked another table to play, while the newbies (melvin, dobson, junyi) stayed behind, trying to learn how to hit the cue ball correctly and true. Jiaqi stayed w/ the table to help end the game faster and teach the newbies. Jeremy and David later came, with David subbing Jiaqi, and Jeremy at the other table. The girls returned at 5.34pm, a minute before the end of the 2nd hour, and subbed Melvin, who left trying to catch up with Sookfen, and Junyi. Game was supposed to end at 6.35pm, but as everyone was honing their skills on one table, it was extended for another ?hour.

7.15pm

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Left for the food court and Plaza Singapura, level 6. Jiaqi gave a long talk to the budding councillors on how to run for council and advice on campaigning, before our stomachs decided that it was time for dinner. Jiaqi then tried to kill off our appetite by asking questions related to computers that noone can answer.

8.40pm

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After more discussion on the details of campaigning, we left for some light-deprieved deserted place near the ex-national library, illuminated by high-pressure yellow sodium street lamps. The guitarists (David, Tai An, Jeremy) then led the group through a series of songs, before ending with the medley of school songs. This group of people might have drawn a few curious stares from occasional passerbys, but other than that, no one else was disturbed. Jeremy wanted to leave at 9, but we made him stay until we all decided it was time for home.

9.30pm

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Songs ended with Eyes on Me, which we sang as we headed for the MRT stations and bus stops, though it was broken abruptly as the MRT people split with the Bus-riders.