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2007-07-12T21:58:00.000+08:00

HELLO HIGHFIVERS OF THE WORLD!

I hope all of you are in the pink of health. Anyway, good news everyone! Tapestry is just around the corner, this coming 28th and 29th of July! For Tapestry to be as fun and successful like every year, we'll need as many volunteers as possible so please feel free to get your friends to come join us for the day(HighFiver or not!). Obviously, unlike your many boring flagdays, Tapestry offers a whole new exciting experience of fund-raising! You could enjoy both the performances and fund-raising at the same time! Just 2 days in a year of fun, music and meaning! So come on down and give us your support for TAPESTRY 2007!

By the by, I extend my pleasure of posting on our HighFive blog to all HighFivers all there! You could post about your experience at any HighFive event, feelings about HighFive and anything at all! To post, simply send your name and email address to bryant.toh@gmail.com. However, do remember that you should exercise responsibility in every post, and that every post should be post-sensitive. Thank you!(:

Cheers,
Bra(:

Camp Vivant! 2007

2007-06-10T00:24:00.000+08:00

I didn't pop by enough to see it all.

I dropped by the first night to find an unprecedented first night. I'd thought unlike many camps, HighFive promises so much to each and every one of us - fun, friends, bonds, whatever it could be. It's perhaps the figures. It could be the weathered campsite. Well, then it must have been the mouth-watering camp food(peppered with sarcasm, of course).

Back in 2005, we had everything you could ever imagine - the air-conditioned dorms, great canteen food, immense fun, great facilities - you name it. But now, it's only the same old faces you see. A measly figure from a strength of 70-odd perhaps. Even the heaven-bestowed amenitities could not prevent people from saying their goodbyes - not even a single thank-you.

So we asked ourselves, 'Why is saying goodbye a lot easier?', or 'Why am I here?' I've made wonderful friends, and I can't have a good count of how many with the number of fingers and toes I have. They are special to you, you know they are. Haikel, Li Ling, Shuyan, Wanling, Boonhan, Haresh, Dawn, Nicholas, Sheqal, Ramesh and many, many more. I'm sure you know how useless vocabulary can be when it comes to describing how special these friends are. HighFivers - wonderful working partners, great friends(always there when you need a good hug). And I still remember tearing so badly with Li Ling on the phone after Cutter'05 for weeks. Right Li Ling, it's no longer a secret.

I think I've finally figured how we have come to love HighFive this much. The best way? Put your mind(ideas), body(commitment), soul(passion) into any project. Give it a shot. It could be anything. Only then you'll find out. To be honest, I've never felt obliged to go for any HighFive activity, event of any sort. The reason is simple: I'm just here to help. And I will try my best to(:

I browsed Friendster quite a bit, and I'm glad to find out bits and pieces about the new-found love of some great people. People who have come to share their ideas and journey along this road together. People whom I call, HighFivers. (:

Much love to each and every one of you,
Bra(:

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

2007-06-03T11:16:00.000+08:00

HELLO PEOPLE OF THE WORLD!!!

It's been a while for many of us since we'd last seen the familiar faces, and we miss them somehow. I do. That is why, I'm hoping that I could meet up with these familiar faces as much I can this holiday, I hope you will too. In fact, I'm popping by Camp Vivant! this monday night to check out new additions to our big, extended family! Just hope I could meet as many familiar faces as possible then so I won't need to make multiple appointments. (:

Meanwhile, I hope you guys out there stay healthy and happy!

Happy holidays,
Bra(:

TAPESTRY 2007!

2007-05-01T13:52:00.000+08:00

Thinking about performing 'live' along streets of Orchard?
Are you ready to showcase that hidden talent?

Tapestry is back for a 6th year and it is set to be BIGGER THAN EVER! Organised by the youth, for the youth, this street busking event will bring together talents from a wide range of genres for a 2-day charity fiesta, where all funds raised will be donated to our beneficiary, Boys' Town.

This is a chance for you to use your talent & make a difference! We are looking for:

* The Loud: (Eg. Funk, Reggae, Rock, Ska etc.)

* The Soft : (Eg. Acapella, Choir, Classical, Jazz, Pop ballad, Rap/beatbox etc.)

* Instrumental : (Eg. Harmonica, Orchestra, Percussion, String ensemble, Wind band etc.)

* Performing Arts: (Eg. Dance, Juggling, Magic tricks, Mime, Physical art etc.)

* Visual Arts : (Eg. Caricature painting, Graffitti, Portrait
painting etc.)

Some important details for you to take note:Event Date: 28th & 29th July 2007
Event Venue: Streets of Orchard Road

Auditions: 2nd, 3rd, 9th & 10th June 2007
Visits to Beneficiary home: 23rd, 24th & 30th June 2007
Registration Deadline: 25th May 2007

So if you've got a talent, any talent, you think will work on the streets, WE WANT YOU! All you have to do is fill up a copy of the application form(available here:http://www.centralsingapore.org.sg/site/high5youth/main.html), and send it back to thetapestryteam@gmail.com .

SEE YOU AT TAPESTRY'07!

GET SET FOR THE HIGHFIVE RUSH!

2007-04-01T16:32:00.000+08:00

HELLO EVERYONE!

It's been a long while since we've had anything exciting. This is because nobody sees/hears about the hard work put in behind every project! So do give your utmost support for your fellow HighFivers by participating in the upcoming events and projects! Here's a peek at what's coming up:

Recruitment 2007!

Applications are now open till the 16th April! So if you've got friends who have a passion for volunteerism, do invite them to join our family tree! Surely your experience in HighFive has been an unforgettable one, one that you would never regret having. You may forget about everything you've schooled for in the near future, but you would not forget about the smiles, the laughters, the tears, the hardwork, the camaraderie and the oneness you've all once shared. The greatest joy is to indeed, share these experiences with your beloved friends! In fact, as part of our publicity campaign for Recruitment'07, we're going to tell the whole world about HighFive at CLAP! this coming Friday 6th April at 730pm, Far East Plaza and Saturday 7th April at 730pm Toa Payoh Central Amphitheatre! So please, do come and give us your support! Oh and there'll be tea sessions on 5th and 19th May so HighFivers, you're welcome to drop by. Camp Vivant! this coming June Holidays 4th - 7th, HURRAH!

Act for Dementia, D-Act Reversathon'07!

Just last year, the D-Act campaign was launched with a skit put on by students from the Nanyang Girls' High at six secondary schools, allowing students to understand dementia as a disease pertinent to our ageing population. With the success of last year, the D-Act committee, coupled with confidence and determination, brings to you the Reversathon at the Esplanade Park! You may ask, why 'Reversathon'? As part of the walkathon, we're tracing our steps - backwards! This unprecedented Reversathon will happen on 27th May at 8am, with a roadshow from 9am onwards. Along with us, we have beloved Mayor Zainudin Nordin as our Guest-of-Honour! Leave your footprints behind by helping out, or simply participate in this unique Reversathon! (:

Tapestry'07

Town never comes alive without Tapestry! Known to many, Tapestry celebrates her 7th birthday this coming July 27th to 29th! Since 2001, Tapestry has touched many lives(including our own) in raising funds for our worthy beneficiaries with street-busking. As dictionary.com would like to define, a tapestry is 'Something felt to resemble a richly and complexly designed cloth'. Indeed, Tapestry is a representation of the rich culture we have in Singapore for the arts, music and dance. This year, Tapestry promises you a lot more variety of music and dance performances and for the likes of people like me - art appreciation! Graffiti, for instance. Bask in the goodness of music and dance with us, along the streets of Orchard this coming July!

P.S.

This month's April so it means.. my birthday is in 29 days' time! This is no April Fools' joke, mind you.. 30th April, people! :D

Much love folks!
Bra(:

A BEGINNING AND AN END

2007-01-30T11:57:00.000+08:00

Indeed, it's both a beginning and an end.

AGM was pretty good for those who made it down, I extend my thanks to each and everyone of you! There were faces we haven't seen for a while, like what Siew Mui said. It's just like Chinese New Year; you only get to see your relatives once a year. And some of us have already become distant relatives. What happened to the memories and the laughter? Have they become moments forever faded?

As much as we wanted our beloved Kiki & Lala fan to stay as our Queen, we have to let her go 'establish her kingdom in NWCDC'. To me, she's one of the best and the most amiable person I'd ever know. And there probably exist a few of such. I'm sure it's the same for you. Last Saturday, Siew Mui heralded, and our teary-eyed Queen Yenpeng said her final words in High Five. Her speech was armed with the odourless smell of onions, teasing the descend of several tear drops. While it seems to me that someone has taken away my tear-ducts, I felt a subtle sense of loss. Despite receiving news about her departure a couple of days back.

Here I wish Queen Yenpeng all the best in all her endeavours. We will always remember the good times we've had, the love we've shared and we'll keep all these close to our hearts and this would endure the weathering of eternity.

Love always,
Bra(:

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

2007-01-21T23:00:00.000+08:00

HIGHFIVERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!!!

THIS COMING SATURDAY 27TH JANUARY, IS OUR HIGHFIVE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING!

TIME: 11AM - 5PM
VENUE: JOINT SOCIAL SERVICE CENTRE, MULTI-PURPOSE HALL

COME ON OVER, CALL UP YOUR BATCHES AND BLOW THE MPH OVER LIKE HURRICANE KATARINA! JUST TAKE A TRAIN DOWN TO BRADDELL, THROW A STONE(AS SAID BY YEOW TONG) AND VOILA! YOU'LL BE AT JSSC IN NO TIME! HAVE A GOOD LUNCH WITH US, TOGETHER WITH ALL THAT GOOD FUN! WHAT'S GOOD WHEN IT ISN'T HIGHFIVE GOOD? :D

SO COME ON DOWN TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THIS EXCITING 2007!
P.S. TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHOM I STILL OWE HUGS, PLEASE COME SO THAT YOU CAN CLAIM THEM! HAHAHAHAHAHA!

EXASPERATED,
BRA(:

Retreat!

2007-01-05T23:28:00.000+08:00

CHRISTMAS :D

2006-12-24T14:42:00.000+08:00

Merry Christmas everyone :) though it's still kind of early!

Love,
Wen Jing!

Singapore Rock 2006!!

2006-12-14T01:43:00.000+08:00

Held: 2 December 2006,

Singapore rock is a joint effort between ISCOS youth wing, Rochor NPC and High Five in a bid to bring more fun and laughter to the old folks at Peace Connect and also the residents at rochor.

The brainchild was sparked recently when old folks at Peace Connect expressed a sudden interest in dancing. therefore *BOOM* the idea of bringing the disco environment to the neighbourhood was suggested and executed =)

Another highlight of Singapore Rock was the "makeover" for the elderly! To get them all ready to party all night long! =)

Now for some photos of the event =D (as pictures always speak louder than words!)

So all in all? How successful was Singapore Rock?

Beyond numbers and kpi, I think the best measure of success was the smiles on the contented faces of the folks at Peace Connect and Rocher! =) Their enthusiasm of grooving to the beat (I swear even us, the "supposedly" young highfivers can't beat their stamina!)! I'm sure we can all testify for their extremely high energy level! =D I have no doubts that sg rock did add more joy and flavour to the lives of these folks! =D

And this wouldn't have been possible without the efforts of ISCOS, Rocher NPC and of course the highfivers who all contributed to the success of SG rock! BIG THUMBS UP!

---End of short report by reporter hui luan! =) ---

*ps:
Anyone got more photos on sg rock? so I can post more photos here and also include in our PR portfolio? If you've got, pls email me at arielism[at]gmail[dot]com. thanks!

Also, maybe we can spice up this blog by some sharing by committee members who helped to plan sg rock? or ppl who attended the event? =D Feel free to post & keep this blog ALIVE!

HFY RETREAT 2006!

2006-12-04T22:29:00.000+08:00

YO YO YO!

THIS IS BRYANT, HERE TO REMIND YOU TO KEEP YOUR 16 DECEMBER, SATURDAY FREE! THIS RETREAT IS FOR ALL HIGHFIVERS FROM 1999 - 2006! AN ENTIRE DAY OF GOOD OLD FUN, NOTHING ELSE. (NO BRAINS NEEDED)

SO COME AND JOIN US AND YOUR FELLOW BATCHMATES THEN! (:

LOVE IS IN THE AIR,
BRA(:

NEWS FLASH! ZOOOOOOOOOM!

2006-11-12T18:59:00.000+08:00

HELLO ALL!

ALL HIGHFIVERS WHO HAVE A FRIENDSTER ACCOUNT, PLEASE ADD bryant.toh@gmail.com, A HIGHFIVE ACCOUNT ON FRIENDSTER! IF YOU ALREADY HAVE, START WRITING TESTIMONIALS! HAHAHAHAHA! IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ACCOUNT, GO CREATE ONE! IT'S JUST A FEW CLICKS OR MORE! :D

IN A MORE HAPPENING TONE,
SINGAPORE ROCK'06 IS JUST MANY DAYS AWAY ON THE 2ND OF DECEMBER! HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THEN!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, HIGHFIVERS!

MUCH LOVE,
BRA(:

WHOOHOO WOODBALL!

2006-11-05T16:07:00.000+08:00

HEY EVERYONE!

'YOU MISSED OUT ON THE
ZAINUDIN CUP THIS MORNING!'

Bryant reports after participating
in this fantabulous event.

Have you ever seen Mr. Zai swing
that mallet? Have you ever swing
that mallet across all 12 gates?
We did. Most people would
perceive Woodball to be a sport
meant for our senior citizens and
a sport that is simply easy-peasy.
Of course it isn't. It requires
great technique(acquired over
time and practice) and ball-placing.
The latter is extremely tricky as
people with Herculean strength like
me would probably see no value
in it. Sigh it sure isn't easy.
However, we did have a great time
especially for our Mr. Free-loader,
we got free breakfast!(no, we didn't
go just for breakfast) The game
itself has several rules. As far as I
can remember, we must place the
ball within the zone. Outside of the
zone would then be 'Out of Bounds',
in short, 'OB'. As we all had loads
of OBs, we became OBIWAN
KENOBIS!(nicholas' joke. brrr.)
Similar to the game of Golf, less
strokes mean less points and like
our O'level l1R5, lower the better!
(wishing all O'level and A'level
candidates all the best!) The only
Woodball court in Singapore,
situated in the very heart of our
motherland, Bishan. For the folks
living on the edges of Singapore,
travelling is all worth it. You know
why? Because Mayor's MP for
Bishan-North!(correct me if I'm
wrong) It's a really pleasant place,
with really nice people around.
And people there are just
especially nice to Highfivers. I
wonder why. Playing Woodball is
free. However, if you wish to
take up Woodball as a weekend
sport or something, a ball and
mallet would cost you about $100.
And it is quite tiring completing
12 gates. Phew.

Once again, this is Bryant
reporting unlive! (:

the As and the Os

2006-11-02T20:23:00.000+08:00

same picture as my blog. anyone to those out there doing Os and As.. best of luck! we're all in this tgt~!

21 days (for triple science people) and 15 days (for econs people) and dunno how many days left for the rest! mug hard, rest well, and good luck~!

- ali

NoiseSingapore contest

2006-10-10T23:59:00.000+08:00

Hey people!

I have been shortlisted for a blogskin designing cotest under NoiseSingapore 2006. The winner will be decided by online voting, so I hope that you will support me.

To vote:
1. Go to Ripplevox.com and click on the red and white NoiseSingapore icon.
2. You will be directed to another page. Click on Blogskin category.
3. Vote for Letters of Lost Love by Justine

Its one vote per day, so err if you can, vote daily! Yep, thats it. Thank you!

Justineee (who also designed this blog so voteeeeeee)

HEY!

2006-10-10T12:28:00.000+08:00

TO THE PR-ERS:
There should be a meeting this coming Saturday, 14/10/06.
We'll be doing up our portfolio and discussing about
School Outreach '06/07! Do let me know if you're
coming or not. If your EOYs are still on, no problemo!

TO EVERYONE:
I really hope to do some volunteering so if you guys are
volunteering somewhere like at a home or something,
let me know! If not, when I have a lot more free time, I'll
organise a trip down to a home to help out! I'll let you
guys know more then!

Oh and I'm looking for a kaki for the Burn-That-Fat Scheme!
So please if you want to burn some fats, burn them with me!
BURN, BURN, BURN!

IF you need to relieve some stress, spare that stress ball!
Just give me a call and I'll make sure your stress vanishes
with a mousey-click! No money, no guarantee!

Cheers, not Cheers
Bryant aka your friendly bra! :D

randomm

2006-10-01T13:10:00.000+08:00

it's time to shop! go buy a cup. you'll mug better.

ok super duper random. must be the exams syndrome.

good luck!

- ali

2006-09-26T23:38:00.000+08:00

If you're looking at this now, please get back to studying! =)

towards a more ACTIVE highfive youth!

2006-09-20T10:52:00.000+08:00

2006-09-16T23:33:00.000+08:00

Hello HIGHFIVE!

I haven post before ><

Just want to say I had a great graduation and even though this time in highfive has been short, I have made great friends :) Thank you mentors and everyone for giving me wonderful memories of highfive! :D

To everyone mugging out there (i m mugging too :() GOOD LUCK FOR EXAMS AND PROMOS :D

Cant wait to start on highfive work :) Everyone KEEP GOING YEA :D

love bert!

Admin Issues

2006-09-12T23:47:00.000+08:00

If you are a blogger user and would like the HFY blog to be accessible from your own dashboard (as above), please email justiniechan[AT]gmail.com.

Heading: HFY Blog Invite
Content to include: your email address and blogger ID

Its much more convenient to blog this way. If you would like your link to be put up here, also email me.

Heading: HFY Blog Link
Content to include: Your blog link and name

I will make the changes asap (probably after promos).

HIGH FIVE!

2006-09-11T22:33:00.000+08:00

High FIve is very meaningful. it's all about the passion. We do community service because we want to (:
Well people! i hope everyone had fun at graduation! I DID!!! ((: So just a reminder. Whoever wants to post whatever you want, such as your feelings(heehee) or podcasts and what nots, (not anything offensive) Sooo, we really gotta get this blog alaive people. So just drop any of the PR members, or Bryant or Kavi or Hui Luan. (: ( And ME!!!)

The 2006 Batch Photo!!((: <3

-Sheqal

GRADUATION AND APPRECIATION DINNER 2006

2006-09-10T00:42:00.000+08:00

HELLO!

grad and appreciation dinner was a blast today! a big thank you to the organising committee who had put in so much effort into planning this wonderful night! :):):)

oh ya! do upload the photos somewhere and perhaps leave the link on the tagboard.. if any of you want to blog/post photos here, you can ask any PR person for the username and password! =D

last but not least, HIGH FIVE ROCKS MY SOCKS! xD

-xinying

2006-09-08T23:04:00.000+08:00

WHEEEEE!

2006-09-08T21:48:00.000+08:00

GRADUATION!!! LESS THAN 24 HOURS AWAY!!!! WOHOOO ((:

I LOVE HIGH FIVE!!!!!!!

-Sheqal (:

HIGH FIVE GRADUATION & APPRECIATION DINNER!

2006-09-08T19:53:00.000+08:00

WHOOWHEE! I LOVE HIGHFIVE!
DON'T YOU LOVE HIGHFIVE TOO?
(:

-BRYANT(:

Oct 2006

2006-09-05T21:47:00.000+08:00

Sept 2006

2006-09-05T21:35:00.000+08:00

2006-08-27T23:18:00.000+08:00

2006-08-27T23:07:00.000+08:00

2006-08-23T15:48:00.000+08:00

HEY PEOPLE THE HIGH FIVE BLOG IS HERE... not officially OPEN to public BUT WOOHOOO! WILL UPDATE SOON

-Sheqal