Boulderactive and me

heyy im HengHong, nothing much too interesting about myself , but im here to talk about Boulderactive and why i still feel like part of Boulderactive,

  

ive been actively involved in Boulderactive 2008 - 2011, from PD to PD's moral supporter, both on-site and as part of the organizing comittee. of coz also part of the route judging, moving, building, slacking, competing, cleaning, ushering, thrashtalking group

2008 Boulderactive was themed Rated-X coz it was the 10th year of Boulderactive, it was the last year we could get the dhoby ghaut atrium area to hold our event. i was year one then and  i remember painting the walls and getting scolded by Ivan for popping T-nuts, all the year ones were super excited about having the event as our own, all volunteered to stay back thru the night, there were a huge bunch of us

2009 Boulderactive "Limit Break", was wet, very wet, i think everyone remembered the rain , but how come i still remember the chicken rice we had on the last day? and something else that i remembered, daniel walking rounds around the isolation area talking with his twin brother like 11pm at night the day before the event
"y dun u all sit down and talk?" - hh
"we like talking as we walk" - twins

2009 was really hard work, sweeping water, emceeing , competiting, i liked it alot cos i felt that i was doing alot that mattered. and above all i still managed to perform and win, novice and team event, it was a great boulderactive for me.

2010 Boulderactive "Prepare for Lockoff", the well thought out theme no one got, i have to explain again here: its played on the words prepare for take off, thats why you see all our designs have the speed tracks and our posters is the lined up chalkbags with the red "remove before climb" tags (tags turned out to be a nice bag accessory instead of the chalkbag accessory it was meant to be, yet another one of my screwups.hahaha.)

I remember lala and cass HARD selling the tags to people, too bad for those who didnt buy it, its limited edition now. hahhaa

i was a miracle we managed to get this one up. im definately not one to be a good PD.. wall painting throughout the night, and then change into working attire and back to office (on a side note, if anyone wants to work at Apple their toilet is super clean and nice to sleep. HAHAHA) and after work straight back for route setting. almost everything that could have a problem had one, but eventually we still managed to make the event not look too problematic from the eyes of a competitor/spectator.

Thanks for all the help!

2011 Boulderactive - definately the best Boulderactive at least for the nxt few days, excellent location and beautiful walls, great atmosphere. Jack and Fel did a great job at getting everything to fall in place, we totally showed the rest of the comps that we could bring Boulderactive to the next level . We attracted a ridiculous amount of crowd and everything seemed so perfect.  i think 2011 was the BA i was least involved in,  doing only work i was tasked to and hopping onto the music playing when i was free. but everything seemed to be going so well they didnt need my help at all. =)

and heres the end to that hh-cass love story..lol

HH's Boulderactive Hall of Fame

Best Boulderactive wall (technical) - 2011

Best Boulderactive wall (aesthetics) - 2009

Best Location - 2011

Most Memorable Boulderactive - 2009

Best Food - 2008 (2009 was great as well)

Favourite Boulderactive event organiser Tee - 2010

Favourite Boulderactive event climber Tee - 2010

Boulderactive is big now, its really big now, last year it was the biggest ever, this year its the biggest ever again and they're right. 

Boulderactive, the event, is the realization of a dream , and as all dreams, it can be as big as you dream it to be.

Boulderactive is also a school, rewarding you with new skills and knowledge, if only you will step out of your comfort zone to learn them.

Boulderactive is a place to forge friendships, i think the other posts talk plenty about this, 

Boulderactive is a service to the community , its a display of our NUS culture , and should be something that we want to do.

Boulderactive, is something that NUS can be and should be proud of

Boulderactive is in good hands, your hands. My time to watch over it is over, i just decided to stick around for awhile incase u all needed any extra help. 

Boob please?

Hello everyone! If you do not already know by now, I am Cass the boobie grabber! (: And because I am constantly doing it, it is a 99.8% chance that most of my pictures have me and boobs in them. This post is from a BA senior to BA junior to create your own fun with everyone. (: I am not discounting any other viewpoints but its just what I think! (:

 Year 2009, when I just entered NUS as a seemingly naive and innocent young pretty babe. I was assigned to do guard duty to look after the walls and i-dunno-what. My partner -- Heng Hong. You should know that I have never spoken to HH for more than 10 mins during my NUS time so I was afraid he would fall in love with me. OMG. In the end, we had a scary HTHT/zham movie playing/play-weird-question-games, with others who volunteered to stay over (like Kenneth, I secretly thought he liked me too) and slept overnight on the mattress beside the walls. We slept so late that we didnt wake up early enough the next morning. When I opened my beautiful eyes to see the world again, there were working adults walking around us. It was close to 11am ++. Damn weird and MALU. It was one of the times I truly felt like part of HH, I mean part of a team to share such experiences. (:

 Year 2011, when I am a veteran in NUS as a very sweet young lady about to mature. HAHA. We were being banglahs by carrying all the scaffolding from loading bay to the comp site. When you are tired, you say shit things like how D***** complain the volumes are too heavy when the girls can carry one of the same one on their own. But the best is when *aniel was supposed to fit the long pole into the sockets while standing on one of the poles. It was heavy so you must be careful not to lean back otherwise GGXX. He happened to lose his balance for a while and for that moment, the girls below helping him, including me, thought we were going to die. And afterwards, he shared with us in this sombre secret circle of trust that he saw his life flash past him in that 2 seconds. OMG. We laughed like hell and whoever that was still in Marina Square during that unearthly hour, can hear my laughter. 


Moral of a story: BA is not just that 3 days of event. Lots of background work has to be done to make it a successful one. Since we are spending so much time together and sometimes it can be damn boring,it will be up to us to make it fun! So for the juniors, when you work with the seniors, dont be PAI SEH! Do stupid things with us and create your own special BA memories. The real reason why I squeeze boobs is to create my own fun. A day can be so boring but I figured if I squeeze someone's boobs and make them shocked but secretly happy. Why not? Usually after the squeeze, the next few moments between the fortunate victims and the unfortunate bystanders, is about how ridiculous I am and that powerful squeeze. Every small joke/gesture can make a difference to bond us together.


 P.S. Having gone to Summit, a camp for all sports leaders, once as a participant and 3 more other times as a facilitator, I can tell you how envious other sports teams are when they find out we hold such a large scale competition yearly. Many of them would crave for such a chance because of its many benefits for the team. And so, we are really blessed to have this opportunity to bond as a team, work together and make it special. The one thing I have learnt from that camp -- the more effort you give, the more you receive. So look at our memories and draw inspiration to create your own. (: And dont forget to share the fun, the more the merrier.

Evidence of our FUN!

 Beloved, Boobie grabber