戏剧人－一毕业五年的校友

YingXingHui'09,
from a Sec4's point of view.


Date : 21st January
Time : 2.40pm

The day had finally come! The day we meet our new juniors and PRC scholars! No no, not sec 1 PRC scholars, Sec 3. Almost everyone wore black. The reason why we wear black is, not for funeral, we're gonna play wet games! Yay! Good time to get wet in this kind of hot and humid weather!

Enough about the weather stuff. XinTing, our CCA president read out our groupings out. I ended up in Group 2. No PRCs!? Awww. Two Sec1s in my group. Namely Jason and Ailin (did I spell it correctly). Rebecca, Melanie, QinHui, Cheryl and Eugeny were also in Group 2.

Ok 1st event - Lunch. Simple but WE all like it right? Also had bonding between groupmates. Like playing of the usual " Hai Nan Ji Fan" and the " Concentration " game. Must be more creative okay, play more different kinds of bonding games!

2nd event - Games! Peggy handed us our 1st clue.

1st station - Teams must now head on foot to the AHS Heritage Centre, next to the Tower Hall. Then, they must find the Station Master, where they'll find their next clue.

We ran. We stumbled. We ran more. Only to find the station master - missing? Oh no!
We waited for him to come, meanwhile played Charades. Aiya, I got them all right in a matter of seconds. (No kick hehehe) The station master finally came! He handed us our next clue...

And we kena "Detour".
This time, only 1 task, cannot choose.
Must play Caterpillar game, moving chairs to a certain position 1 at a time. Or smth like that.
I was spared the flourbomb as it didnt burst when it hit me! Yay!
(Looks like Sec2s need throwing-of-wet-bombs-correctly-training.)

2nd station - Teams must now make their way to the Swing, near All-Saints Church.

KarWing had abit of problem with flour. Held back to help her. Eh batchmates safety more important right. The station master was waiting for us. She handed us our next clue...

What!? Kena "Road Block".
Have to transfer water using spoon for a short distance. Without hands. Means the spoon must put in mouth. Z I didn't do it right. So I caused my group to do badly for this task. Aiya game only what right! What matters most is enjoy game can le.

3rd station - Teams must now run all the way to the Fountain outside the General Office. Two girls are waiting...

The girls were singing and refused to give us the clue! Arrgh! So we decided to correct their singing and sing the correct version for them. Easy peasy, lemon squeezy.

4th station - Concourse!

Ballz throwing time! Don't think dirty, not that "ball". Some basic oversized juggling balls. I was again the "hoop". and I used my body to deflect ballz into ze boxz. Probably the most easy and quickest challenge.

5th station - NPCC room (Outside)

YiLiang and Joel were emoing and playing guitar. Too bad we decided to disturb them! They were pissed and gave us a disgusting challenge.

Challenge - without hands, get sweets out of the container. With flour and few drops of vinegar.
Our brave ones were sacrificed for this challenge. Soon flour coated FOX sweets were spat onto the ground. And one Sec1 suffered greatly after trying to eat flour bread. Ambitious yet pitiful.

Last station - Wall painting at the Concourse

Charades. Finished in no time at all. It's because we kinda practiced it before Station 1, remember? Alot of points added! Yay!

PitStop - Make your way to the next PitStop - All Saints Church.

We weren't the last team to arrive! Heng ah! But thankfully this was a non-elimination leg so no one will be kicked out of the CCA...for now. (evil grin) We had a cheering competition in batches. I'm not surprised Sec3s were the loudest. So enthu. (Congrats). After that was the release of the results!

(drumroll).....(drumroll).....(rickroll).....

3rd - Group 3. 2nd - Group 2. 1st - Group 5.

Yay! Second! No prize zzz sian. Hungry sec2s had a taste of their buffet. Zzz I'm feeling hungry whilst typing this.

Final Event - Caps Ball!

Tradition. Played until it ended. It was fun yes!

Sec2s, you all did a great job! (Keep it up when organising future events hehehe.)
Sec1s and PRCs, welcome to the AHSCDS family!
Sec3s, even blind men could see that you all are a bonded batch! (This ain't sarcasm)
Sec4s, this may be our last YXH, but I know some of y'all will come back next year right!

/Wah, what a long post.

HAPPY CNY TO ALL! REFRAIN FROM SPICY STUFF. except moju

-Samuel.

XY Camp 2009
December 31, 2008 by edk

The topic of the day is AHSCDS. Nothing flashy, nothing gimmicky, nothing over-the-top. But even so, it has a magnetic pull towards me; I always go back after some time.

4 years. I spent 4 years, and some of my best times of my life in this Society. How time flies. Yes, I am sentimental. And all the memories just come flowing back after camp recently.


I don’t know why, but this year’s camp has a lack of feeling. Perhaps it’s the tension that’s in the air about the end of XY. Or perhaps it’s because of all the scoldings that’s coming around. Perhaps it’s the lack of games. Whatever the reason, this year’s camp felt different from all of the other camps I’ve been in. It lost the certain sense of… fun? Of excitement, perhaps? Whatever the feeling is, it’s gone for now.

There’s just so much things I want to talk about here that I just can’t wait to pour out, yet don’t know how and in what way should I express them correctly. End of camp always give me that feeling. It’s like you lost something very, very important to you, and the feeling lingers for a period of time, mixing up your other emotions. I’ll try my best to talk about each feeling I had one by one. I may sound a bit unsuited to say the following things, but based on my own feelings, observations, thoughts and recounts from seniors, I pieced together a little thought piece.

I’m a member of the AHSCDS alumni now. Suddenly free from the usual responsibilities, I’m wandering around aimlessly when I’m not in rehearsal.

Being in the alumni ju opened my eyes up a lot. Because the script’s concept varies according to different people, we share our experiences together. But there’s also so much you can learn from just being there. Through normal conversations with each other, I picked up on how JC, Uni and Work can change one’s life. But seeing how some groups of alumnis still find time to come back, to hang out together, I had an idea.

I decided to put together a group of CDS members. I fear that which happens in my ju actually happens to me. I’m gonna hold this group tight to the end, so that whenever there’s a CDS event, or whenever we need company, I, and the rest of the people, will never have to come back alone. I’m revamping WCG, to be more CDS based, now that I’m an alumni. I failed at most of my jobs in CDS; I’m not gonna fail this. I want to keep a contact list together. It may be hard, it may be fruitless; But I still want to try it out, at least. Interested parties, let me know.

While waiting for the tech runs to end, I sat in the dim light of the school concourse at night with Yeok Seng and Chen Yu. Somehow, the night time view of the school gives one a nostalgic and romantic feeling. I looked around and I suddenly became overwhelmed with images and emotions.And then I was up on my feet and talking about the past to them.

Flashback to Sec 1 Camp; Yeok Seng, Alicia and the rest of my group sat on chairs taken from the SC Cafe at the concourse. We discussed group names, I kept quiet, Yeok Seng tried to break the ice. My first impression of Yeok Seng.

Flashback to Sec 1 Camp Steamboat Night; I sat on the same spot with Gwen and both of us refused to give up our seat to the other. Chen Yu took a photo of that.

Flashback to Sec 1 and 2 Camps; We ran up and down the blocks playing block catching. Kiat Hoh hid in a recycling bin.

Flashback to CCA Days; We set up our booth in concourse and went around attracting new Sec 1s to CDS. We shared a common goal, a common background, and a common identity. We are AHSCDS.

Flashback to XiaoPinBiSai Day; We sat at the concourse, waiting for the lorry to come, so we could load our Props onto it. We wanted to sit in the lorry, and feel the wind blowing in our hair.

I could just go on and on forever about the images that went through my mind. There’s a certain magic to the stillness of night; like a picture, and you put the images in it.

XY 2009 is the last XY. 10 years of XY and XY preparations. 10 Years of AHSCDS members who toiled for it. Who lost sleep for it. Who sacrificed time, energy, friends, studies for it. 10 full years of Memories. Each member has their own unique memory of it. My first memory in secondary; This is my dream, to one day perform on stage, and make the audience laugh and cheer. I did it in 2007; I hope I can do it again in 2009.

Being a member who has been leaded and leading on both sides on the coin, the stable side of CDS with Ting Ting Yuyang’s batch, and WenQi and Yeok Seng’s batch, and the unstable side of CDS, who frequently caused worries to LLB, Trudy and Chen Yu’s batch, and my own batch, the contrast is very real. 2007 appeared to be last XY, but because the members who like me, having experienced the better side of XY, wanted to continue, XY once again soared.

Flipping through old photos of the past brings back yet more memories. I always wanted to experience AHSCDS in the past. The past, where everyone was united together as CDS and less concerned about themselves. Friendships and bonds were made then; I still see them kept together. Audrey, 9 years my senior, still toil and participate in CDS, with that becoming a major part of her life. Alumnis come back to watch the Alumni ju, even though they don’t need to. Those bonds created in the past still continue to pull them back to CDS.

Seeing them come back brought one thought to my mind; Why can’t I have the same bonds as them?

That brought a question to my mind; Yeah, really, why can’t I? Even in this desperate times, I am seeing a little hope. Very little perhaps, but I see small traces of possible glory in the juniors. I hope that one day, they will rebuild that glory.

CDS is more than just another CCA of the arts. It’s a mixture of people, who like the arts, who dislike the arts. Of unlikely people to have been in CDS, but still are. With different attitudes, priorities, mindsets and lifestyles. Joined together under one single name.

CDS isn’t just a Society. It’s an idea. And just as long one person lives that idea, it will never fade, or never die. It will only grow, adding to its history, whether good or bad, long or short.

CDS and XY; Ideas that will forever live on, at least, in my own heart.

谢谢大家对Community Singing的支持!
这是当天晚上拍的一些videos，画面不是很清晰，但是，你们难听的歌声，和笨笨的手势还是能看/听清楚！=D


原来



恋爱ING



带我走

圣中，十年了-曹世明（转载）


 


1999年的1月2日，
我穿着超不合身的新校服，
和姐走上差点要了我命的山丘。
看见校舍的时候更夸张，
旧到好像会坍塌的样子，
可以在里头上课的吗？


然后我被安排坐在礼堂的第一排，
真实“太幸运”了！
校长、副校长、训育主任、各部门主任，
轮流上台演讲，
我还聚精会神地听他们讲那些有的没的。


在这样恐怖的氛围下度过了在圣中的第一天，
当时的我怎样也不可能相信，
后来的自己竟然会爱上圣中。


我一向不喜欢他人替我安排生活，
所以当我姐叫我参加那些制服团体好拿cca points的时候，
我坚持要参加中文戏剧学会。
结果很羞涩的我就走到staff room 4,
找了李立群老师请求转cca,
老师是答应了，
可是要黄超群老师同意，
结果给她白了一眼还念了几句。


我就这样渐渐忙与校内的许多活动，
不是我夸张，
每凡有节庆表演还是什么无聊比赛，
都会看到我的踪迹，
我和圣中的人、事、物，的感情就是这样建立起来的。


我想我说了很多遍，
圣中的日子如何地影响了我，
如何把我从一个青涩的小男生变成能独挑大梁的曹世明。


没有圣公会中学，
没有中文戏剧学会，
没有李立群老师，
肯定就不会有今天的我，
我欠圣中的实在太多太多了。


 


这两天回到圣中，
我少了以前的惆怅与感慨，
从前总会难过怎么又是一个人回来，
怎么这变了那也变了。


我想我看开了，
就像校友剧里的台词：
“释怀了，就不会难过。”


从1999年的《绿芽初蒙》，
到2001年、2003年的《翔鹰》，
我年年参与。
对05年和07年的缺席，
我对自己很失望，
我怎么可以抛弃陪伴我成长的cds。


今年我会来了，
不是因为别的，
纯粹觉得应该为学会做些事。
很庆幸赶上了最后一届的《翔鹰》，
也算是有始有终，
不然我可能会后悔一辈子。


我没做什么，
就只是拍拍照片，
观察周边的改变。
可是我很享受回到母校，
看见熟悉的校园与面孔的感觉。


圣中是变了，
现在的学生态度很不一样了，
感受不到圣中精神了，
感觉不到cds以前家的温暖，
大家都nua nua的，
事不关己。


说起来鼻子就酸酸。
或许我应该说学弟学妹们没我们幸运，
他们没有那么多有意义的活动把大家凝聚在一起，
他们没有我们以前有的自由，
更重要的是他们没有以前的圣中。


那么多的以前，
都生活在我用不变的回忆里。


 


走出校门的那刻，
我不由自主地回头，
看了看美丽的校园。


原来，
我认识圣中十年了。


圣中，十年了，
我很期待下一个十年。