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Hot, was the word for the first SSEAYP ‘09 Singapore Contingent weekend meeting.

HOT!!

It was not just the blazing sun of that afternoon, which was spurting tonnes of (heat) energy and vigour, that preluded what was to come, it was also the heat from the charcoal, burnt to fiery passionate red, underneath the wire mesh.(HOT or NOT!)

Clearly, the hot-and-very-passionate pathetic fallacy is very telling of the then-and-also-current state of mind of the PYs. But before things got really heated up (yes before the charcoal got red and before there’s any golden melted marshmellows to take) the PYs’ first challenge was to get to the first local port-of-call–Sims Ville, in the heat of the moment (pun intended). Trust me, it was worth the taxi ride. (HOT!)

Hmmmm Lost Sheeps?!

Then, some lost sheeps were found loitering around (as if we weren’t supposed to be there, which in fact turned out, we really weren’t!) some function room, and had to be brought to the just place, only to be told that they are expected to bring the food for the BBQ (Or NOT)!

The faux bunny "Fish-turns-to-sotong-magician" Malik and A FEW of the BABES! (the guys are in luck!)

Whoever believes that the only way to a man’s heart is through his stomach might be glad to witness that the men on board the ship this year from Singapore, surely know how to capture their own hearts, as they enthusiastically BBQ-ed all afternoon long by the pit. And it might just be of interest to the rest, there were other men who were parading around with the cooked food, posing as the bunny-boy (Rizal)(HOT!) and the faux-connoiseur-who-’magically’-turned-fish-into-squids-without-even-trying (Malik)(or NOT!).

Cecilia from SSEAYP ‘08 bagged the award for the most animated and captivating galvaniser of the afternoon. Her account was nothing short of Shopping and Eating (which translated to OMG-THE-EPITOME-OF-HAPPINESS for the female PYs) (HOT!). On the other side of the pit, was Tom, who was performing magic tricks of disappearing tissue balls! The competition for the award grew as Tom performed the ultimate stunt that sent the tissue balls flying all the way to Cecilia (or NOT!)! Boy, it was such a hilarious clash of the titans!

Then came the fateful moment, when all food was to be packed up, all fire to be distinguished and all people to be ushered to the function room(NOT!). But the night is still young and we had just gotten to know the tip of the iceberg for the programme (or HOT!)!

The talks went on, and a new member Garry was introduced, as the saviour-cum-official-chauffeur-for-the-Woodlands-gang! Then Lieja and Derek were assigned as the first pair of Leaders (though we know that ‘We are all Leaders’, but by this I mean the Leaders of the Leaders). They were to guide the team to prepare momentos for the Alumni who would be sharing on the following day.

It took everyone (because ‘We are all Leaders’) quite a while to finally agree on something, as there were just so much excess brain juices floating around.

I suppose Culture and Exhibition committee would love to get those brain juices for their creative process, except that nobody knew at that point who was to be in which committee yet. So it came the bonus question, ‘who is to be in which committee?’. Everyone put down their top 3 choices of the committee and our NL, Farizan, was to spend the night sorting out our priorities and assigning us accordingly. This task, he took it gladly, albeit with a tinge of despair for the lost sleep that is to come with it.

What is to come for the next day? Who is going to be in which committee? What are the unexpected changes? stay tuned for the next round of updates… (Note: it might not be timely and as concurrent though, but it serves as a good record).

SPY 09!!