Happy birthday Hui Sian!!!!! First kid to turn SWEET SIXTEEN in our squad!

hi(:
kay photo above is very ugly. i dunno why come out so dark. ugh, so annoying! will change it again when i got time okay? in the meantime, PERAK PICS FROM JULENE ARE UP!!(: thanks julene! and some from xueming are with me and some or them are with her. all on fb people, and xue ming still has about 200+ more photos i think..so yeah(:

CONGRATULATIONS PEOPLE TODAY FOR PASSING CC TEST AND 2ND CLASS!! YOU ALL DID A GREAT JOB!(:

kay bye
-dini(:

Hi, I'm going to be spending a month in Borneo this summer trekking in the jungle- can't wait! However, I have a very irrational fear of leeches and similar things. I know that I WILL get bitten by them at some point, it's impossible to avoid; I was just wondering if anyone has any tips on how to avoid bites as much as possible. Will gaters be useful? Thanks!



1. I haven't spent any time in leechy areas (yet) but a friend who has recommends the following (she's a primatologist).
Wear leech socks.
Avoid zip-off/sided trousers (they can get through the gaps in the zip).
Use DEET.
Avoid having a period there (eg time it or use birth control pills).
Check for them regularly.
Also, of course, take appropriate drinking-water precautions.

2. Well, I spent three months in Borneo, I stopped counting my leech bites after 3 weeks because my total number of bites was about 130 . Basically, your right in thinking you cant avoid them. Best bet is to wear shorts - that way, the leeches wont get too far up your leg before you notice they have struck and they are much easier to spot. Trousers are not a barrier, because they will go straight through the fabric. Most bites will be on your feet. Goretex boots are no deterrent, they can squeeze through the fabric so that when you take your shoes off you will find a sock full of soft pulsating leeches. Leech socks will stop them getting on your skin, but often you will find that they just make their way to your skin by crawling up to the top of them and into the sock.Deet will kill them and spraying your shoes with bleach will deter them, but if your trekking, you will have to do this every 5 minutes and its not really practical. Gaiters wont really help either, because they will just go straight through them. The most important thing to worry about regarding leeches is at the end of every day clean all of your bites with iodine and dry them with baby powder - otherwise they will just stay open and get infected. Honestly though. Dont worry about them too much. It is only in some areas that you will get leeches and if it hasn't been raining for a while you really notice their numbers go down.

3. In Nepal, I saw people sprinkling salt on Leeches. They curled and just fell down in no time. So take pocketful of ordinary cooking salt...

4. Agree with the salt. If you just pull at a leech then it makes it worse. Sprink some salt onto the bit that it's sucking and give it a flick and it should just come off. Though you'll need to carry it in a suitable container cos the humidity will make the salt clog. You can't really feel leeches either but once you notice they're there then you kind of convince yourself that you can feel them sucking your blood....

5. be careful about applying salt to leeches as this will cause they distress and they will simply vomit their stomach contents into the wound before they fall off, which can cause infection and/or disease (if the leech is carrying any) also try not to simply pull them off as they will leave parts of their jaw in the wound and will probably vomit into you too. a way that i was told is to break the seal of the oral sucker by pushing your fingernail along the skin against the leech, it will detach it's jaw and you can flick it away. Don't worry if the wound bleeds for a while, leeches secrete an anticoagulant which stops the blood clotting and keeps it free flowing for them to suck. if you are going to encounter ticks, my parasitology prof told us the best way to remove them is with a pair of tweezers, twisting them anticlockwise (to unlock their jaw) and pulling them out. again, distress will cause regurgitation of their stomachs and they can carry some nasty diseases. they will also leave their jaws in the wound if simply pulled out.

Thank you Sirius Ma'ams for attending our Campfire, being so enthusiastic, cheering so loudly, and making it a success! :D

We did it Nike! Annual Camp is over! Now go get your well deserved sleep people! LOVE YOU GUYS:D

omg, haha, sonya you loser.
the post below is so EPIC HAHAHA.

haha kay, i updated all our links already plus the photobucket thing, i changed the hearts although this one so ugly. feel free to change it.

HAHA, kay, those who got no blog, go make blog then link yourself please.
kay, imma so bored man.

oh yeah wait.
HAPPY FIFTEENTH JULENE LOWWWW! YAYYYY! SECOND YOUNGEST KID IN THE SQUAD! :DDDD

kay, bye!
-dini(:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULENE!! :D

hahahahahaha!!! look at julene,eliqah, jorina plus kash! The trolley people! and look at Ying xin in the campfire structure!

Nike,
OUR EMAIL IS REOPENED! (:

All of the stuff are still inside!!!!

OMG NIKE!!!! INTERUNIT QUIZ RESULTS ARE OUT!!!
WE GOT 8th and 14th POSITION OUT OF 282 TEAMS!!! OMGGGGGGGG!
YES NIKE WE DID IT! WE GOT INTO THE FINALS!
here are the top ten schools.

1 Hwa Chong Institution
2Hwa Chong Institution
3Nanyang Girls' High School
4Crescent Girls' School
5Bukit Panjang Government High School
5New Town Secondary School
7Nanyang Girls' High School
8Cedar Girls' Secondary School (TEAM 1)
9Raffles Institution
10Raffles Institution

ma'am chew and sir anil says good job! haha.

-ying xin(:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YING ZHEN!!! :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELIWAH!!! <33333

good job nike for erecting the flag in 4 min 39 sec!!

hey nike,
rmb to bring all uniform parts. (:
jiayou for tmr, GOH!

Nike ...

CEDAR NPCC GOT ITSELF A BLOGGER !
Yes , we did !

Yay , its under construction and stuff ,
But basically its all updated for the june !

Hahaha !

Its empty , cos the template we still designing .
But.... its updated! Finally !(:
Ya so all the courses and stuff all there .
Where ?

Visit it at :
Www.Cedar-npcc.blogspot.com

Me (:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HWEEHOON!
ps. ytd nv get to use computer cant wish you happy birthday!
(like the green?=)

Hello people !
Don't think I forgot about you!

Heeee !
Good luck niza for tmrw ... if tentatively true (:

ANYWAY !
GOOD LUCK FOR STC OKAY !
WE ARE NIKE !
SO NIKE THAT WE ROCK !
SO NIKE THAT EVERYONE'S JEALOUS!

WHY?
COS WE ARE SOOOO NIKE .

ANYWAY , HAVE FUN TOMORROW.
DO YOUR BEST .
GOODLUCK !

NOBODY IS GIVING UP ON ANYBODY .
WE'VE DONE IT LAST YEAR,
AND WE'LL DO BETTER THIS YEAR !

GOOO NIKE GOO NIKE GOOOO NIKE .
WO AI NI !

GOOOOOOOODLUCK !
GO SLEEP WELL .

LOVE ,
ELIQAH (:

NIKE!

Please check our email for some updates.

Thank you! (:

Once you finish reading it, please mark it as unread.

Enjoy your long weekend! ((: You guys deserve this rest (:

Loves,
Niza (:

hey nike! :D

hey nike, change of plans!

for tomorrow, must fall in by 6.45am for uniform inspection, instead of 7am.
then right, for apt during jogging change to quarter u and not pe attire.
yah then after jogging if your class have phototaking then can change to school
uniform but if not then you remain in quarter u until POP.

remember to bring your thermometers with you in the morning!
(:

-izzah. (:

hello nike!
:D

in case you all forgot what i told you just now;
or in case you didnt attend the extra training today,
please be reminded that you are supposed to fall in by 7am on thursday,
for uniform inspection!

then right, for jogging can change to pe attire already, then after recess change to quarter u.
but if your class have phototaking on that day, then you all can change to school uniform. (:

remember ah!

-izzah. ((:

Hello nike .
I want to tell you sth important .
I hope you have rested well from nco camp ,
And whatever happened , just reflect upon it and think of ways to improve.
And not sulk and give up .
Anyth we discuss when we meet okay .
Not worth the world wide web .

But that's not what I want to tell you .
It has come to my attention ,that our blog contents have been violated by some people .
Ask me what in school .
Just know that its real bad .

Anyway ,
I would like to specially request that any of you don't upload pictures of
Anyone in nike in this or your personal blogs.
At least,just private that post .
And another thing,
Don't update about our schedules and stuffs like that anywhere .
And once again,private it if you need to .

Anything can be done thru sms or calls .
And don't relink anyone .

Why.?
I would explain to you personally on monday .
It is to protect our privacy and all .
Thank you and have a nice rest .


On the bright side,
Please visit http://shout-out-5f.blogspot.com
Some other idiots other than the ones mentioned above,
Took our blogskins and didn't even bother to change the roll call part .

So now we downgrade to p5 .
And apparently rashmi and vidhya still here ..
Have a great laugh peopl .
Swear to god the pics awesme .

Ps: FYI NIKE IS A SQUAD . NOT A PERSON .

-el

nike!!!

must send me the reflections for 15th april's npap training!!mustmust, nobody sent anything yet..it's training 10....

must okeee

thankyou!!

vijaya

sent to nike email also can

nike.
its the day tomorrow.
here's wishing you,
ALL THE BEST!
nike, we can do it.

p.s. get well soon,
to those who are sick.(:

HEYYYYYYY NIKEE

i'm collating npap reflections....so pls send them to me okee?

send to my email....(i noe tht u noe, so u betta noe)

yaayy!

vijaya

and why is this blog so freaking dead?! XD

LET'S ALL VOTE FOR NIZA!!!!!!!!!!

hi nike!

GO CHECK EMAIL ASAP!
EVERYONE MUST CHECK OK!


hhs :D

nike,
pls send in yr npap reflections by tomorrow night 7pm to my email instead of nike's one.
i'll be collating at 8pm thx
-hh

To Our 3 Ncos, Ma'am Cheryl, Ma'am Jazlyn, Ma'am Wileen


We love you.

-nike.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MA'AM JAZLYN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE LOVE YOU!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, XUE MING!!!!!!
<3

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EVELINE....

Loves,
NIZA

I love you!
jiayou for tmr people! parade and NPAP! yay!!!
and jiayou for huddle people on Saturday!!!
woohooo!!!

is VIDHYA'S BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!!
vidhya, nike really misses you.

When troubles come a callin’
As those gremlins often do,
And my spirit keeps on fallin’
Till I feel low down and blue…


When I look around for comfort,
My friends quickly jump to mind,
Those who always will support me,
And whose words are always kind.


Who will make my mood feel lighter,
Who’ll help beat my troubles back,
Nike makes the sun shine brighter
And gets my spirit back on track.


Who helps the road seem straighter,
And helps me get around each bend,
Who makes each day seem greater,
And those people are you, NIKE!!!

heyy NIKE!Tomorrow is officially our second birthday. Hope you all enjoyed yesterday and we'll enjoy monday as best as we can. Our third year in Cedar NP and still going strong, we've overcame challenges and there are more to come. So we have to work as one, united, squad to succeed,and finish our journey with pride and glory.

I wish you all a very happy birthday!
i love you all(:

Hey Nike!
The tanglin division trip thing is postponed to september,
if you dun know.
yeah and please and MUST check here for details:

password is Nike's email password.

Thanks!
JORINA(:

NPAP people,
remember to send in your npap reflections (training 6) to nike's email okay!
latest by 2pm tomorrow.
thanks!
(:

-izzah.

Nike, whoever sent the collated NPAP reflections can you please send it under the microsoft at least 2003 format? I cannot open it. thanks
glennis

W A I H A N says: ppl look at izzah's beret is a cap
Julene Low says: HAHA liike swimming cap
W A I H A N says: ya

HEY EVERYONE, ZOOM IN AND LOOK AT IZZAH'S BERET. haha.

Here's squad photo... I actually have somemore photos but auntie Wai Han can nag so much (somemore on msn) that even I feel so sian...... so here's the photoooo

happy bdae niza dear!