i read this email n i teared.
it's shem's report on forever5.
no1 may have e patience to finish reading.
but i just wanna blog down..cz it so perfectly sums us up! =]
iloveus.
through all e ups and downs, iloveus.
i am really blessed to have them. <3
This is the final evaluation report from an independant third party point of view of the phenomena of the group known as Forever 5, or for clearer distinction, the 'poorest clique in the whole universe'. As such, I would expect to recieve the total and full payment of absolutely zero dollars for the research compiled and collated in this detailed report and shall hold my silence from here henceforth.
Members of Forever 5 (6 to be honest):
Felica Chee aka Fe
Fung Yi Chee aka Fungi
Giriwan Wong aka Moi
Jing Wei Tan aka Jing
Wendy Tan aka Wen
Offie Tan aka Pikai
Individual evaluations:
Felica Chee. Forever polite and will always be. The most matured of the group.
Felica comes across as extremely polite, even to Forever 5. If she is the way she is with this group, one can only imagine how polite she is outside. With sports and school taking the bulk of her time, coupled with the tutoring of several students, one can only wonder how she manages her time. To the observer, it is almost mind boggling and he can only wish to have a slice of that ability of time management. Calm, cool headed and with the ability to micro-manage time, Felica has clearly mastered those aspects of her life. It would come as no surprise if she would triumph over other aspects of life in time to come.
Fung Yi Chee. Friendly, funny, thrifty
An outgoing personality coupled with friendly persona. Fung Yi thrives on the essense of people. She is friendly and funny, goofy at times although her goofiness will be overshadowed by a later mention. Fungyi comes across as an extremely thrifty person who saves for a rainy day and is always well prepared. There are no two ways when her studies are concerned, and at times been observed to been multi tasking, studying and hanging out all at the same time. Her eye bags are a cause for concern, often showing with her making no efforts to conceal them. Such is the life of a chem student in NUS. Note: She will not hesitate to relieve Offie from Wendy.
Giriwan Wong. The chinese dynasty that she calls home
It is scary to note that the observer knows two other cousins of hers. All in SIM. Such is the small world that we call Singapore. Most street smart of the group, Moi is quite the chatterbox when playing mahjong. Moi has a great personality and comes across as very pleasant to engage a conversation with. It is not difficult to get along with her and she has made life comfortable for the observer, especially in the inital few encounters with Forever 5. Somewhat boyish, in all honesty it is quite hard to see her as a lady but she is who she is and I respect her for that. Have I mentioned the museum she calls her room?
Jing Wei Tan. Baby of the group. Always early always wait.
Often bullied most of the time, not that she minds. Jing is most at home with Forever 5. With flashes of goofyness, the observer wonders where the real Jing went. It did not take long for the observer to realize that THAT was the real Jing Wei. Although she complains a great deal to Forever 5, there are no quibs between them. Jing being the only early one most of the time has had to suffer the consequences of waiting, and waiting and waiting for Forever 5. Something she has rolled her eyes at most of the time, only to be ignored. One would sympathize with her had she confrom with the clique's habits however her wont to be early still leaves her rolling her eyes while complaining to her boyfriend who is late more than half of the time.
Wendy Tan. Arse_al fan.
Sporty with most diciplines of sports under her belt, Wendy is the loudest of the group. Her piercing 'Wa Laus' is her distinct characteristic. She always has the strangest of ideas and has a room that leave even the most ardent of football fans drooling. As an observer, Wen seems to be the force pushing the otherwise stagnant Forever 5. She is the most daring of the lot, most willing to try different things and is considered the luckiest to have Offie Tan by her side 24/7. Her house seems to be place defacto when it comes to hanging out, shabu shabu-ing or MJ-ing. She is the most happy-go-lucky of the 5 and the most soccer crazy. Like seriously.
Offie Tan. Clearance puppy
Offie. Full stop. Here lies Inception. A report within a report. The observer will leave that to Fungi or Jing who could easily write a essay befitting for acceptance to a Fullbright scolarship.
Forever Five
Likes:
Arsenel, Shabu shabu, KOI, Mahjong, Satay Beehoon, Offie. Procastination
Dislikes: The other 19 premier league clubs. It is not wise to say anything bad about Arsen_l. Period
Concluding Report as observed by Shem Moo
After over 1.5 years of observation and interaction with the abovementioned subjects, I have come to a conclusion that without a shadow of a doubt, the group deserves and holds proudly title of 'poorest clique in the world' high above their heads. This however, does not accurately reflect the true financial status of every individual within the group. While the spending threshold of the group varies, the group is percived as stringent and thrifty ONLY when together, fully maximising whatever mininal fundings that each is willing to put in. While this behavior holds true for most groups of friends across the board, the dedication and levels this group is willing to go to is an eyeopener for the reader and truly is astounding! The expense that they go to not spend money makes the scrouge looks like Santa Claus!
Every aspect of projected spending is carefully scrutinized and discussed throughly before put into action and more often than not, leads to procastination that eventually tethers off into oblivion and is duely forgotten. A quick look into the chronological history within the past 18 months can atest to that. Without a full clique, the mentioned title becomes false and unconclusive until the point of report. Since the my induction into the group, this clique has never had a full attendance when dining in places other than a hawker centre locally. (East Coast Food Corner being the only recorded location and Thailand not included).
To help explain in detail the economical poweress of the group, I shall bring to attention the favorite activity of Forever 5, the Shabu Shabu dinner. A typical dinner together when without the help of Wendy's mom usually consist of the Shabu Shabu themed hotpot dinner with a mish mash of cubes of chicken stock, the mandatory chicken franks and slices of pork belly and other various ingredients. All of which the total cost of the dinner should come to no surprise at not more than $7 per person. Surpringsly through the invitation of dining with Forever 5, I have found and learnt that it is an extremely fun and cohesive way to dine, not to mentioned the economical 'lightness' on the wallet. Having been a convert of the DIY Shabu shabu hotpot, I have always looked forward to future hotpot sessions.
Generally movies have always been considered as a healthy group activity yet Forever 5 has never caught a film at the movie theatre together, within the last 18 months at least. Strangely they however will not hesitate to come together to watch another form of 'movie' that consists of another type of film stars whose names come attached with numbers with an astoundingly vile looking logo sew onto bright red and white jersys. Some of their names include Farbagas and Ven Percee.(Author's note: The true and correct spelling of names is considered blasphemy and is considered a serious infringement to the validity of this report). This phenomena is best left as another story for another time. The two examples serves poorly as evidence to show how economically effective Forever 5 are as a group.
While this might be viewed as a negative construct by others, it has however lead me to belive that the group has a depth of cohesion second to none. The name Forever 5 which the group derives from is both befitting and is as genuine as it gets. With basketball as their common denominator and their roots stemming from primary school till date, this report simply fails to show how deep the bonds go. With a decade long friendship growing strong, it is without doubt that it will contiune to grow and grow it will. This group like any other have had it fair share of ups and downs, yet they will continue to ride the banana boat of life together as Forever 5, each member of the group somehow a reflection of the other four. Although as an observer, it is not difficult to see the true and unabashed characters of this group of friends when they are together.
If there would be a story out of this report, it will be told in a form of two liquids of contrasting properties. Oil and water. Chemical bonds and molecular structure aside, if you were to place 5 seperate oil droplets into a bowl of water, given time and without any external force (in a form of blowing or shaking the bowl), these oil droplets will magically pool together and form into a large oil 'puddle'. This puddle is now nearly impossible to seperate completely, sure one can easily swirl the bowl and break up that puddle into small droplets, but no matter how far apart the droplets may be seperated, at the end of the day, the original oil puddle just forms back. And if troubles and difficults of life are figuritively a flame of fire, it could boil the entire bowl causing the water will evaporate but yet the oil still stays. The solidarity of the oil is all but a poor analogy of how tight Forever 5 is, but if I, the casual observer could be an oil droplet too, what an honor that would NOT be.
Regards.
Asso. Prof Moo Wei Siong.
thanks er jie fu for this report.
for this, we shall discount ur ang bao fees a bit!
hahaha =]
take gd care every1!
nitez!~
][.10.fe.15][
][.lifetime friends.][
