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BOUT ME
Name's Ai Ling.
God's child.
Malaysian and proud to be one!
Currently in Melbourne, Australia.
Bachelor of Commerce, University of Melbourne final year student.
Birthday's 27th September 1987.
Part of planetUNI - ULU26!
Really love just spending time with close friends and family.
Truly believes in her Saviour and is very thankful.
Always cheerful, joyous and loud, or at least tries to be.
Wow, I didn't know this year's the 100th year since the first existence of Scouts, where Lord Baden Powell first started it, until I read my neighbour Kim Chew's blog.
I shall give my honour to him, such a wonderful man, who made history. Because of his idea to start a movement for youthful boys after his service to the military so that they can learn all sorts of skills, made many of us who we are today.
Scouts is the only thing I actually miss in high school. It was one of the best times of my life. I enjoyed every single bit of it. The tireless nights, the terrible camps which gave me no sleep for 3 days, the days when I was chef for like 50 over people, and we always estimated wrongly that I had to eat plain bread for almost every single meal for 3 days! The campfire days where we had to take months to prepare, all the minutes we had to prepare for meetings, every single little detail. The days where I have to beg my mum to allow me to participate in almost every possible thing and so much more. Experiences like these are the ones which build a person up.
Highlights of my scouting career at 10th PJ Troop Scouts of SMK Sultan Abdul Samad: 2000- Quit Japanese class at school to join Scouts 3 quarter way through of Form 1.
2001- Finally officially a scout, after the Tenderfoot exams. Made Assistant Patrol Leader of Kenyalang, assisting Jia Wei. (Gosh... Those were the days when I had such a shy and quiet leader! And look how he is today... So different! Hahaha) My first campfire at school - had to do decorations, and we did a dance called Reach by S Club 7! Omgosh... I really loved it. Everyone loved it! The crowd were so participative, and we were all so serious abt it, yet we had so much fun. My partner was Hon Wai, I still remember. Hahahha :) Also, we did this Magazine and published 250 copies? And I was the Secretary. Can't really remember. Oh no... Hahhaa. My first Patrol Camp at Templer's Park. :)
2002- Stepped down from Assistant Patrol Leader. This is the year where many people start quitting Scouts, for some reason. PMR I guess? Really makes me wonder why. It is JUST PMR...... Sigh. Anyway ya, such a quiet year for most people, but not for me. I kept myself involved in most activities, especially campfires and not missing any Troop Meetings! This year we had another dance for campfire, also my S Club 7 but we mixed 2 songs together and my partner was Jia Wei this time I think. Hahaha.
2003 - Made Patrol Leader of Megat Terawis (I had to ask Hon Wai... Omgosh I can't even remember the name!) Assisted by Wai Git. This year, getting less and less people in my year, but quite many potential juniors, which was not bad. We had Leadership Camp and the Senior Camp. It was great. Ruying and I had to sing for campfire, some campfire songs... A bit weird la. So many people (especially random scouts from other schools) kept coming near us to sing with us. I guess the audience were a little OVER participative... Hahaha. We had this sketch thingy and I remember I had to do most of the decorations, which was so tiring but worth it. Oh, we also had this Cha Cha dance. A bit weird la. Hahaha.
2004- This was our last year, and it was OUR year for campfire. It was so good. We had the biggest gadget, we had the biggest crowd among all the years (until we had to add a few hundred more chairs!). But, our performance was er... No comments. Hahhahaha. I guess we are just so sick of performing already at this point. But we had this Samad Idol thing, which was quite cool. My first time ever singing in front of a whole crowd of people all by myself. Was scary. But it built my confidence! :) This year was the year I had to step down, which was very sad but what can I do. Every single moment was treasured.
All 5 years, all 5 campfires rained. We used to say that we were cursed or something. Even if we have our campfires at different times of the year, it will still rain! BUT, it will always stop raining right before it starts. Which means, every year, we always must have a Plan B, which is to switch the venue to the hall (which means no fireballs to start off the event, and obviously a lot less impressive), but we just never had to do it. The rain will always stop right before 7pm. And we had to wipe all 1000 chairs dry and clean up all the water off the cement floor.
I will never forget every single time spent with my board, friends which I know share the same with me, no matter how many years ahead. :) I shall post some pictures up later. :)
*I know this is random for many people, but this was such a huge part of my life.
