YAY I'M EXCITED FOR CHALET 2007

CHALET TODAY! :D

Are you excited? I sure am! :D
It's going to be great great great!

I miss all of you, really. And I'm so so so glad we're going to catch up with each other! (And gossip and chitchat xD) Plus the barbeque and staying over, YAY! :D Please try to stay over alright! ( :

Meanwhile, jiayou to Sec3s for the final prep! :D I know you will do a great job!

Oh to Registration, Orientation and Induction ICs, jiayou too! :D I'm sure you will do a good job, like how it's done every year. No matter what obstacles you face, I'm sure you can get rid of it and learn from it! :D Like what they always say (esp. during Prelims and Os), 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.' ( :

Love always,
YUSIN.

(By the way, I think I'll still be blogging here in the future. Won't abandon this blog like how other PCs have! TSK.)

Hello all (: Ms Poon's being emphasising many times during COALs that we need to get our cheers right. To start, I've been trying to track down the original versions of By the Light and Moonlight Bay. Trust me, it's REALLY hard /:

Anyway, just for background information, the music for By the Light was by Gus Edwards, while the words were by Edward Madden. It was published in 1909 (hoho, that was centuries ago!). There was a musical film in 1953 made by Doris Day (artist of Que Sera Sera) named after the song. I don't think there's any original artist for this song, but I could only get the slow version by Doris Day and Gordon MacRae. They did some duet in the movie. Choir folks can do the harmony and melody for the Sec1s during Orientation, haha! (You can find it on Youtube. There's a jazz version by Little Richards on Esnips.)


By the light of the silvery moon
I want to spoon
To my honey
I'll croon love's tune
Honey moon, keep a-shinin' in June
Your silv'ry beams will bring love's dreams
We'll be cuddlin' soon
By the silvery moon

Place - park, scene - dark
Silv'ry moon is shining through the trees
Cast - two, me - you
Summer kisses floating on the breeze
Act one, be done
Dialog - where would ya like to spoon?
My cue, with you
Underneath the silv'ry moon

By the light of the silvery moon
I wanna spoon
To my honey
I'll croon love's tune
Honey moon, keep a-shinin' in June
Your silv'ry beams will bring love's dreams
We'll be cuddlin' soon by the silvery moon

Act two, Scene - new
Roses blooming all around the place
Cast - three, You - me
Preacher with a solemn-looking face
Choir sings, bell rings
Preacher: You are wed forever more
Act two, all though
Every night the same encore

By the light (not the dark, but the light)
Of the silvery moon (not the sun, but the moon)
I wanna spoon (not croon, but spoon)
To my honey I'll croon love's tune
Honeymoon (honey moon, honey moon)
Keep a-shinin' in June
Your silv'ry beams will bring love's dreams
We'll be cuddlin' soon
By the silvery moon
The silv'ry moon


Moonlight Bay's music was by Percy Wenrich, and the lyrics were by Edward Madden (same guy who did it for By the Light). The song was published in 1912, and also used in Doris Day's musical films. Actually, it was used in a lot of films, like Looney Tunes (Porky Pig was singing it while tormenting Daffy Duck) and Family Guy. I could only get a short clip from Youtube with John Denver. The clip's kinda rubbish, but that's all I can find. This song is really hard to get /: so I guess we'll have to look for a primary source of the song (since Ms Poon really wants to change the way we sing that song).

Oh, and FYI, The Beatles made a twisted version of this.

We were sailing along
On Moonlight Bay
You could hear the voices ringing
They seemed to say:
"You have stolen my heart"
"Now don't go 'way"
As we sang love's old sweet song
On Moonlight Bay
On Moonlight Bay

The big 'O' ends today! (:

And prom night's coming up really soon...

Hello PCs! Exams are finally over (: (: (: ok, so with a little free time, I went to search our holding site. I'm not sure if I was looking at the correct one, but I think it should be the one we'll be putting up with for the next 2 years. Don't ask me why...it just looks correct.

Anyway, here are some photos that I took while racking the place. Once again, I'm not sure if it's correct, but if it is, then this will come in handy.







Probably where morning assembly will be held.



The classroom block area.





The basketball court. It's bigger than our current one, but covered with leaves and coconut husks.



A big field.







The canteen. It's actually quite spacious and stuff, but there is little space for the stall vendors :/



The tennis courts, which are behind the canteen.



This is a staircase beside the "courtyard" area which appears to be leading up to the hall or something.



This is in front of the "courtyard" area. The area just beside the yellow block is where the General Office of the previous school was.

Ok that's basically about it yeah. I couldn't really take much because the other places were quite inaccessible with tall grasses and stuff :/ as dilapitated as the area can be, it's quite convenient still. There's a swimming complex further down the holding site, and there are other eating areas around it. As for the cleanliness of the school, I'm sure it can be handled quite easily (: most of the leaves and grass around the place was due to the rain too. When the sun's up and we've cleaned the place, everything should look fine (:

That's all for now! (:

Love,
A nice soul.

SITUATIONAL TEST WAS AWESOME!

Haha, all of us were really crazy and going nuts. I think all the PPLs were traumatised by us :O

The Take Over, Take Charge and Aunt Agony stations were really wild ((: it was so exaggerated! There was a High School Musical 2 performance and Slashing Symphony. Some had different shoes on, while patriots wore a red sock on one foot and a white one on the other. Some poor girls were sniffing markers and hallucinating, while 2 sisters quarrelled over who caused their mother to leave. D: Gosh, we really are insane!

Hmm, we can still remember how we felt during OUR test. The most vivid image was Grace Ang wearing a lampshade (folded skirt, which looks like a lampshade because of all the creases), a shirt which has ends seeing the world, a first button that filed a divorce with the hole and socks that sank into shoes. Not to mention that she was holding a broomstick and jumping around ((:

Someone tell us about the other stations, please (:

P.S. We miss you too, Yu Sin!

Love,
Us again!

HEY PCS (:

PRELIMS ARE OVER ! :D

HOW WERE THE SITUATIONAL TESTS?
HOPE THEY'RE FINE. (OF COURSE THEY ARE!)
AND YOU SHOULD BE FINE TOO.
DON'T BURN MIDNIGHT OIL AND GET SICK!

BE STRONG! DRINK MILK! (DRINK GROW! xD)

I MISS THIS UNIQUE FAMILY THAT OUTSHINES ALL.
I JUST GOT USED TO SITTING WITH MY CLASS.

FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS
I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE PPLS,
THE PCS ON DUTY EVERYWHERE,
THE FIRST LEVEL EMPTY CORRIDOR MEETINGS
AND I'VE BEEN THERE, DONE THAT. (:

AND PRECISELY BECAUSE OF THAT,
I MISS YOU PEOPLE.

OKAY THIS POST IS TOTALLY RANDOM.
AND I APOLOGISE FOR WORSENING YOUR EYESIGHT WITH ALL CAPS, BECAUSE I'M TOO HAPPY FOR POST-PRELIM.
(AND I TYPED ALL THIS HOLDING 'SHIFT' KEY -.-)

LOVE,
YUSIN <3

Today was the first day of the situational test
another session tmr!
and we are all going CRAZY!

attachment scheme is ending tmr
new pcs are coming in to the family very soon

TAKE A GOOD REST AND TMR WILL BE ANOTHER SESSION
RECHARGE YOUR ENERGY :]

love,
the unknown person

We're jumping up and down. We're running around in circles. We're doing star jumps. We're singing out of tune. We're prancing in the air. We are looking forward to tomorrow's

SITUATIONAL TEST!

Hohoho. Ok, we're just excited because it's our first time ((:

With love,
Sec2 PCs.

Hello everyone :D

Phew, 50laps@Cedar and Teacher's Day are over! Boy, that was a lot of hard work for 1 day, huh? But all the days of being locked up in the PR have paid off ((:

Anyway, we all know that the selections for pupil leaders are coming up. Every year, it's quite the same thing of sitting in a circle in the Aesthetics Studio and introducing themselves. So we, as Sec2 prefects, decided to have something different this year.

Now, as we all know, we have this tendency to stay up very late in the midst of preparations for exams and occasionally, we skip meals :O knowing that these aren't good for health, we can fall sick easily :/ so, to prevent this, we will make all new prefects drink a cup of GINGER TEA!!! :D Hahas, that is so lame. But did you know that ginger strengthens your immune system? ((:

Keep the Black Shoe spirit!
Love, Sec2 prefects.

Dearest PC Exco '07/08,

We saw the looks on your faces this morning. We saw the red, teary eyes. Though we don't know what's the cause for all this, we still hope that you guys will hang in there (: We really love all of you and don't wish to see you guys like this.

It's just a last stretch before all the pressure will be over.

Smile a little while, alright? We are always standing behind you no matter what (:

With love,
Sec2 PCs :D

HELLO.

It's National Day Celebrations tomorrow!
Aren't you all excited? :D
I sure am.

Jiayou alright! We'll do a great job, as usual.
And please sing along during community singing!
Oh, and cheer super loudly for the video. xD

Sleep early! :D
I shall end off with something to spur you on:


THE CEDAR SPIRIT!

yusin (:

PICTURES! (:
At last, here are the pictures that were taken during PC picnic!
Tammy was the wondeful photographer!

(now you know who to shoot if you look funny in any of the pictures! HAHA. Just joking!)

The pictures were carefully hand picked! :D
(For more of the erm, not so sensored ones, you know who to ask (: )

HOHO.

see? i'm a nice soul who bothers to blog. (:

but i shall not go into detail about the picnic 'cause its the first day of school! and i, unfortunately, have Himalayas of homework! /:

anyway, how was your first day in school? was the change of timetable good? (like you didn't do some homework of a certain subject and the period was changed to another day. xD) or was it bad? (like how PE was changed to today and you did it all in uniform.) ohwell at least timetable has changed! and fresh new ideas are goooood for us right? if not life would be so boring. (:

term three will be exciting! as promised by ms sim. so yeah, lets enjoy the term! :D

okay lets go back to picnic! it was very fun! :D haha jealous or not? there was a password before anyone could enter the pavillion (blocked off by twine xD) and then a souvenir would be given. haha. the souvenir was nice, so well done souve comm.! (if there is one. (x )

then we had tea, literally. and it was rather nice. i mean, any refreshing drink would taste delicious after a long walk to ecp right? (: TUNA sandwich was GREAT! haha. okay i sound like a glutton but it was reeeeaaally nice. (: then we had some talking/interacting session, where we got to know some old and new secrets of arica! haha. (x

4-7pm was games! :D i love games! and phew it wasnt orientation games that we always play. haha. first up was 'twine' game, and we REALLY bonded. followed by obstacle course. and then i cant remember the order, but there was Charades - improvised, Guess-the-name, Find-my-flipflop, and Drama-mama. xD and i anyhow named the games! hahahahaha. pro right! organisers please pardon the games' names. (:

then dinner! but we decided to go cycling instead. it was really nice to cycle at night! and now everyone knows my weakness in cycling after that night. ): and arica's too! and vicky's too! sheesh how bad can we get? /: but it was some sort of bonding. (: yupp we returned to the pavillion to enjoy pasta! to be exact, spaghetti. it was love! haha i can just finish all the spaghetti. xD

then it was some crazy time cause everyone started leaving! and some crazy allocating of food for people to bring home. hey i could have, and wanted to, bring back the banana split. (:

overall,
Food was GREAT.
Games were FUN.
Cycling was COOL.
Walking home was NICE.
Organisers are INTERESTING.

and apparently i have limited vocabulary. (:
i think its obvious who i am! (for those who were there. xD)


oh. photos with vicky!

another nice soul is here to add a post!

if you can guess who i am,
then you are really clever

did you all enjoy your holidays?
manage your time well
and do your hw!

all of us can do it,
cos we are the BLACK SHOE GANG!

i know this post is short
but,
ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS!


the second nice soul

HELLOOOOO! :D

You know what! A really really NICE soul is here to dust the cobwebs away from this blog!
no, it's not yusin this time. haha. yusin, shhh! xD

Let's backtrack a little to the much-awaited Cedar's 50th Anniversary, shall we? And and and, if you all do not like reading long entries, sorry! :/

I must say that all of us PCs were really hyped up about it! Rehearsals themselves were much fun. From catwalking like models(sec 2 pcs!) to trying out the old uniforms, we've had much laughter in the process. (: yayy.

And on that significant day in Cedar's history, 19th May 2007, everybody was just so busybusy! Teachers, parents, PCs, Cedarians, school attendants, caterers, DJs, (okay, the list is really long) were all involved in the preparations to make sure everything was PRIM and PROPER. Personally, i've never seen such a large number of people working together on any other school event than this! Alright, DUHHHH its 50th Anniversary what.

Oh, somehow i think school looked really pretty that evening/night! (: dont you agree? Anyway, Cedar Gallery was well-showcased, it looked classy! Kudos to the Cedarians/teachers who put it up. It was nice seeing the ex-cedarians meet up with their old friends and try to catch up with each others' lives. It must have been years since some of them even met! Like this group of ladies who couldnt even recognise their friend. "Ohh, its Ah Mok!" Haha. Amusing!

I'm sure everyone who was involved in the Homecoming Tour enjoyed their duty! It was fun taking the ladies around the school and talking to them about Cedar THEN and Cedar NOW. A good exchange of knowledge between the two parties, and of course, it was interesting yeah?

Oh, i remember them being really shocked that we dont have to run 2 rounds around the school every morning after assembly in our school uniforms! Thats what they used to do. See, you all shouldnt complain about our weekly twice Jogging! Heh. Anyway, i think they could most relate to our old school track. Saddening is the state it is in, now. Well, i guess it broght back good old memories for them as they reminisced about their house practices, sports day, Napfa and track trainings. Hmm.

As for the concert, obviously it was the most exciting and much-awaited part of the day! School hall looked really grand huh. I want our Prom like thattttt(oops, am i giving away my identity?) Not forgetting our GOH, Mr Tharman. He arrived with such big bang! Our dear SPORTY-LOOKING Peecees who walked in with the first dish, good job! Despite the little hiccups before that, yeah?

Didnt get to see all the performances, but talking about the highlights, the Cedar Video, Solei's Dance, Novabelle's song item, the Band performance, Bollywood Dance and the Cedar Fashion Show are worth-mentioning. Our Sec 2 PCs can really pass off as models, sheesh! Go get some contract in the media okay? Haha, its a compliment! Our Fashion Show was really awesome! WHY? Cos we PCs were in it! WOOHOO. So WELL DONE everyone who took part in the Fashion Show! No, i mean, WELL DONE ALL PCs who were involved in the 50th Anniversary! :D

So did you people manage to get a snap with the celebrities? Haha. I loved the last part where the Cedarians from the diffrent decades initiated our ever-rocking school cheers. I really miss that kind of school spirit. HINTHINT. MUST keep up the school spirit okay? It's kind of dying down :/

On that note, LET'S GO BACK FOR CEDAR'S 100th ANNIVERSARY! YAYY.

love,
a NICE soul (:

hey PCs!

its been long since the last post, and our archive will be so ugly without the month of March! sheesh. /: time passes really quickly doesnt it? especially to the sec fours, its just so true. ):

it is just four more short weeks to sec four mid years, and everything is just going so quickly. so just heed me, all you sec one to sec three people, treasure your time in cedar!

speech day went well today too! :D i sure hope pc duty was fun for everyone, cause being a PC is extremely enjoyable, right? xD i mean its a great experience you wont find anywhere else. organising events is just a time for bonding yeah? (:

keep rocking, and being the gang that abides by the rules. no road is smooth all the time, and as PCs, we face the toughest battle. but we fight on, cause we've got each other, and cause we wear black shoes. we are strong. (:

STAY STRONG, PCS.


love,
youknowwho.

hello everyone!

i just switched our blogger thingy to the NEW BLOGGER.
to think they actually term those who have not switched over to this 'New Blogger' as 'Old Bloggers'. tsktsk.

anyway, im here to say:
There is a meeting for all PCs right after morning assembly on Monday, 12th January 2007.

yeap. that's all.

and please do rest well and do not fall sick.
CPB needs you. haha. (:

with loads of love,
yourheadprefect.

hello

happy new year!

school starts tomorrow for all of us. enjoy the last few hours of the hols. you can play neopets(: , watch tv, finish you holiday homework. you can even SLEEP :D

have fun with your studies, with cca, with pc duties, with everything(: find joy in everything you do and things will be a lot easier.

whatever you do, no regrets okay? make this year a fulfilling one..

and sleep early! your bed misses you.

take care,
sining (:

happy new yr!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2007! (:

all the best for this year,make it a good one, special and worth remembering. all the best in everything,stay happy always, keep smiling babes! stay strong and stay together. cos we're the gang that abides by the rules x)

DHILSHAD (:

p.s: missing you guys!