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my last posting was on 30th july. pet has complained dat my blog is dead. even my frens ie. elise, pan, en..dun visit anymore. we're all busy human beings!!!

well, yesterday (Rag Day) was a glorifying day for BizAd! we won 4 awards: highest collection per capita, highest total amount collected, best float design n of cuz, OVERALL CHAMPION!!! finally we got our awards back! as my motto goes, its either we win or we lose. and i'm damn glad dat we won. all the hard work was worth it. and of cuz its worth my voice which has been almost inaudible for the past week for some weird reason. the BizAd spirit was really phenomenal even though we didnt have a lot of pple. when they announced the 1st award for best float design, i was so astonished. my seniors elaine and rosie and i were so stunned we kept checking if we really won dat award. and when they were going to announce the flag awards, we were all crossing our fingers cuz its so impt to win those awards. if we didnt win the flag component (60%), its impossible for us to win overall champs. but we did!! and BizAd wins for the 17th year!

i shall talk more abt flag day. it was insane. we were woken up at 4.30am, sent to orchard in a BMW at 6+, sat at bus stop to eat breakfast from 7-11 at 6.45am. it was so early dat we could cross the 5 or 6-lane orchard main road without any worries. we could even roll across n not fear getting hit by cars or buses. so flagging started at 7am. n i really asked for donations until i lost my voice. we went from orchard to city hall and finished at marina square at 9pm. dats a total of 14 hours. but somehow, i was still energetic. n ryan made us act in his video abt flag day. i've now been labelled as an agressive flagger. nobody goes past me without dropping a coin into my tin. (dats exagerating. but u get the idea.)

after rag awards presentation, we the boran-ians went back to the rag site n helped to tear down our structure. all our sweat n blood, torn down in a couple of mins. the rag site is really very dirty. clean like mad still dirty. really need to get some banglas in to restore dat place. after cleaning, the boran-ians went out for our pre-sem outing. sorry to those who weren't around to get invited. there were 14 of us: tom, shirley, jianqiang, weiherng, me, huiling, qinyao, JJ, gonglei, keith, jonathan, nick, chris. we had dinner at NYDC and then went to the area in front of parliament house to see fireworks. while waiting, we played our official OG game- 24. (its always good to have cards with u) the fireworks display by team holland was spectacular. their design was refreshing, very different from wat we have from spore designers. they had a wide range of different fireworks dat would burst in different forms. there's one dat goes up in to the sky in a small circle and then suddenly explode to form a circle of sparkling glitter dats twice the size of its original circle. their finale was overwhelming and beautiful, so much fireworks bursting in the sky at one go, i could only marvel. after dat was finally home sweet home, and i slept like a pig till 11am this morning.

two weeks at rag. only been homefour times. even sundays at rag. i think im gonna miss the rag rush. the eating of lunch/ dinner on the steps. the rag site looking like a war zone. only sleeping after 4am just to play 24 and listen to others' secrets in a circle of trust. stitching the never-ending costumes. sleeping in the audi. having starch on my hand (and sometimes, hair). the rag experience was memorable n fulfilling. lets go rag next year!