Day 2 - Opening Ceremony

Here's breakfast... scramble eggs again.. [really missed the breakfast prepared by my mom back in Singapore=)] Anyway... this dish is called the Farmer's Scrambler. =)

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Open Ceremony Dinner:

We went to this super huge hall where it has hundreds of tables... enough to fill a thousand over people i think =) ... I went in and saw many many rows of food [buffet style] ... =D .. yeah... cheered me up for a moment before i realize that in every row ... the food are all the same .... lol... I still tot they so nice.. give us so much variety of food....... Haiz...

Kind of forgotten what i ate already... think it was some chicken chop if i'm not wrong =) ... ahh... anyway.. glad it wasn't potatoes =)

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Opening Ceremony:

Arrived at another super super big auditorium again =) [haha... everything there seems so big] ... there was this performance by the drum troupe... seems to me like it is their traditional welcoming item [they march in with drums etc.] Quite nice la... but super noisy also .. :P ..

Then comes the boring part... where all the famous/important pple gave their speeches etc... first few quite inspirational though... but we all got sleepy after some time... can't help it =) ... eh actually i not bad already =) ... only slept for a short while.. [zhao ye , wei chao & david ... i think they like slept for 5 times the amt of time i sleep la!!! ] HAHA!!

Then it was time for all the countries representative to showcase their shout-out posters =) ... Zhao Ye and Wei Chao went up for us.. haha.. I was too lazy to go =))) ... anyway.. from far.. our poster looks quite nice la =) .. coz it's really colourful.. [despite the fact that David kind of turned the aeroplane into a dolphin :D... and pasted excessive amt of flower stickers onto the poster ......] lol...

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Back at the hotel:

• did research stuff =) .. haha..
• and figured out how to turn on the hot water =) yay! .. haha.. [but so troublesome la... must turn the tap so many rounds one...] ...
• practice a bit of dance too =) ...

Day 1

Woke up at 6 am in the morning... only to find out that some storm had hit Atlanta while i was sleeping.. Tornado warning was issued that morning.. News also reported that a tornado hit Georgia that same night.. That's something to be scared about... :/ anyway .. life still goes on.. Here are some pics:

Here's hyatt regency hotel =)

Temp there is really really cold.. though it's spring.. could hardly walk sometimes and the extremely strong wind can like cause me to lose balance.. HAHA!
Here's Georgia's aquarium.. the world largest aquarium... will be going there on day 3 =)

Some random statue

~ Zhao Ye, ME, Wei Chao, David ~

At Georgia World Congress Centre (GWCC) .. doing some registration =)

Here's breakfast at CNN centre... Scramble eggs... and some other american breakfast stuff...


Haha.. here's Wendy's stall!! =))

After breakfast we went back to the hotel for more poster presentation practicing... oh well.. that's the boring part.. Then, we walked back to GWCC to set up our posters.. The exhibition hall was like super super huge.. hmm... basically everything there was huge la...

Went for some shoptalk about communication skills... and i realize how enthu the americans are... when the speaker asked for volunteers.. there'll always be an overwhelming response... wow... that's like kind of rare here in Singapore...

At night.. we had some pin-exchange activities... all of us were given 80 Singapore pins for exchange... that's where i had the opportunity to meet like thousands of pple from all over the world.. it was really exciting and pple there were really social.. David met some familiar faces from RSI (MIT attachment programme) and he was telling me how smart they are... haha!! WeiChao and Zhao Ye too met pple there whom they already know before from some other international competitions... haha... I am the only one who don't know anyone from there at all... !!! haha... my first pin-exchange experience... =)

Oh and not forgetting the food served there... it was really good though i did not eat much as the teachers brought us for dinner earlier already... sad man..

Pics during pin-exchange:

People from brasil =)

err.. i guess here are pple from like many different countries =)

Went out at night by ourselves to explore the place a bit... night life there was really cool and here's one of my favourite resturants =) HARD ROCK ... haha.. hope we get to go there to eat =)

This is my room =) ... a bit big for me huh... there were like 2 queen size beds =) ... and i stayed alone though..

Dressed in Singapore blazer... [in my hotel room] =)

The Journey to Atlanta

Woke up at 3 am in the morning... and met the rest in terminal 3 at 4.15am... I was really super excited... for i have nvr gone so far from home alone before.. But when i entered the gate way, I felt a bit home sick though... haha! as usual...


Anyway... the journey to Hong Kong was 4 hrs... and United Airlines (UA) was quite disappointing la.. the food was kind of tasteless... the ear phones won't even working and so basically the TV in front was kind of useless too... Luckily David's there to entertain me for the first 2 hours.. haha.. =) ... then when everyone else slept... I stoned for the rest of the time.. coz apparently i juz couldn't slp... ...

Here's some pics taken at Hong Kong International Airport:

[couldn't stand my heavy glasses!!!!! =( ]

After about 2 hours of exploration at HK's airport... we boarded the plane again... this time... for a 13 hours journey... OMG! 3 times the duration of the trip from S'pore to HK !!! ... I wonder how i'd survived!! .. anyway... sat with Mr. Lim and David at the back row... well.. the two of them talked bout some rather 'interesting' topics and i really have no idea how it all started... haha... the statistics really scares me... !!

I managed to get some slp finally... but woke up and realized like there's 10 more hours to go... sigh... in the end .. resort to playing cards =)) ... i was like super blur as nvr had i played with 2 decks of cards before... tortured my poor brain =((...

So basically life there was like talk, eat, sleep and play cards... quite fun and relaxing la... not as bad as i thought it would be... ohhh.. and the eating part totally confused me!! ... they served lunch and lunch again... then maggie mee for supper [or dinner]...

Oh and the highlight for the journey:

The point between the day and the night... omg..... really cool man... one side was like in the day and the other side in the dark... =)))

Ice crysals on the window... =)) coz temp outside was like -57 degrees celsius.... can that be snow?? =)

Here's Zhao Ye in the plane =)

Well... after a really really long ride.. we arrived at Chicago and took their internal flight to Altanta =)... and from there... we took a bus to hyatt regency hotel =) ...

It's kind of a pleasant journey on the whole... found out more stuff bout David, Zhao Ye and Wei Chao... haha.. they all like take part in sooooo many international competitions/overseas attachments b4... wa.. super pro la... =)))

Remember the days...

It has really been sometime since i've last visited this place... Last few weeks have been rather busy for me... Haven't been dancing lately... Lots of homework to do... and endless amount of research stuff to prepare... and I'll be leaving next week already! It didn't occur to me that it'll be so soon... ... Time flies...

Let's see...

SSEF award ceremony was great! It was really grand and beautiful... I felt really inspired then too! aahhh... the feeling was indescribable... anyway... got some 400 dollars borders vouchers which will perhaps take me years to finish spending them as I hardly read... =)

Went to celebrate Alyssha's birthday that day too! Finally got a chance to meet up with my secondary 4 friends after such a long time.. =) ... oh... but guess what... i'm the only sole NJ girl there =( ... but it's ok... it's always nice to make new friends =)

Here's a pic taken in Neoprint shop =) .. haha.. but with our own cameras =)
Michelle, Alyssha and ME! =)

Then came physics SPA... =) ... really glad after it was all over cozzzz...... NO MORE SPA FOR EVER and ever!!! =)

Tuesday was like one of the greatest day of my life =) .. ran the 4 x 200m relay finals =)... shalom, wan ching and marrissa are super super fast!!! and i'm just there coz there's a need to fill up one more space =) haha... hey! i realized that more than half the class participated in track and field meet =) ... that's really cool =) ... our class is so sporting la! =) .... played basketball for a while after the race... and played hockey after that =) .... Haha... a rather 'sporty' day for me... seldom have such fun in NJ... one of the rare moments =)

Wednesday was vanessa's birthday... haha.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =) i see that she became like a big bird that day... with all the yellow fluffy stuff around her =) ... Here's a picture:

Well... guess that's all for the reflection part...

Hmm.. there's this strange feeling within me lately... and i have never felt that way before... ... nvm...

It's really late now... as usual... guess i've gotta go! =)