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Tuesday, May 30, 2006

30 May

ok... finally made things clear le. it's impossible between us but we are still friends... still... there could have been better choice of words la...

ignore the above if you dun get what it means...

oh yeah... whoever said listening to music when you are unhappy helps is crapping man... i listen to my mp3 player which is on random and it just kept playing all those songs that are abt what i was thinking abt for some reason and only served to make me more unhappy sia....

sian liao la... no mood to blog about anything...

Last Barking On|10:09 PM|

Thursday, May 25, 2006

25 May

hmm... people are telling me that all my posts now is about training but that's like the only interesting stuff i am doing le leh. you all wanna read abt what i study or what hw i have meh...nothing much interesting happens in school nowsdays with everyday being so routine... i wanna do some interesting stuff!

this week has been another kinda crazy week, with the stupid gpp being the main problem. not that i am doing much la but at least i got contribute to it quite abit ok!

eh... sounds kinda contradicting but nvm....

Tuesday's training was the farkleg( still dunno how to spell) and the 60 sec stuff again. though this time was more hiong cos very little rest time for the running.

*trying cut down on stuff abt training

wed de was sea training. there was a skit during assembly and errol acted in it. and i regretted sitting in front of hj during it because she was going absolutely crazy and out of her mind le. like she always does when she sees and shuai ge la. still wondering how jiayong survives sia....

the training was mainly the longer sets today and we did the triangle course at the end. it was much much much easier then the first time we did it! first time do till wanna die when 1/3 through but this time still can tock cock and sing while rowing it sia! really improved!

alamak. the only stuff that i can remember is what we did during training and not what we did in school leh...

oh yeah, i realised that i always seem to be in a rather bad mood on monday and tuesday, all the way till training where my bad mood finally disappears. well, not really bad mood la, but like very very sian de feeling.

still wondering why is that the case...

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Sunday, May 21, 2006

21 May

Yay! I enjoyed the training for this two days because i can feel the people putting in the effort and we are rowing better le! I think somehow it's because these two days is mixed boat and I am not sure why but I feel better rowing...

Finally not the first pacer le! Now i can just concentrate on rowing and dun have to care about if i am going too fast or too slow le! not much fun if you screw up and sabo the whole boat.

anyway, for the first time yesterday, we were allowed to row past the second bridge, all the way to clarke quay. scenic sia. though i can't say much about singaporean's state of cleaniness sia... remember how much the water stink when you are walking pass the singapore river when you are walking to vch? we were rowing in that water lor. way too full of tour boats and the whole river was like oil la. luckily it didn't stink so much in the morning... we went to the mac there to refill water and after refilling, the boats got stuck sia. mr lee had to get out and push the boats out.

mr lee makes a nice db teacher, he doesn't lose his temper much and is quite good to us. plus, he has to sacrifice all his weekend mornings for us. and then like he says, he cannot go clubbing on fri nights. though the scene of mr lee clubbing is mentally very funny. thanks ar mr lee!

today's journey there was a bit crappy... forgot that today's the big walk and only realised it when i saw all the people outside dhoby gaout mrt. it's like 6+ and the whole place was packed le la. then when i took the bus, the usual route was closed off and it had to go one big round and dropped us off at some far off place and had to walk like 20 minutes to get in. and man, was it packed. people mountain people sea sia...

today's rowing was also pretty good, didn't lag behind the j2 much, like the day before. though it's mainly due to the fact that we got more ppl la. still, we did pretty good!

going home was another pain in the ass. our release time coincide with the end of the big walk and as you can guess, the place was flooded. waited for so many buses and have to squeeze to death to get onto the bus. worse of all, it started to rain heavily right after we failed to squeeze onto a bus and were standing infront of the yellow line, out of the shelter of the bus stop. we were not standing there by choice though. it's because we had zero room to move back as the entire busstop was full of people.

after eating, we went to watch over the hedge! wah... movie starts at 2.10 we start queuing for the tickets at 2.05 and only got the tickets at like 2.12? and eng wah cinema no commerical de sia so we missed a little of the front part...

it was a very funny movie. sitting at the second row at the extreme corner wasn't as bad as i thought, at least i didn't have to strain my neck like the last time i sat in the middle of the first row for a movie. the movie got alot of laugh out loud moments, especially when it involves the hyper squirrel. anyway, what's up with funny squirrels and animated movies these days ar? though it was slightly spoiled by a little kid that was running around and screaming at the top of her voice at some parts of the movie... it was also kinda short... abt 80 minutes long nia. still, it's quite worth it to watch it la. actually wanted to watch da vinci but it seems to suffer from bad reviews and then some people dun wanna watch it liao... oh well. there's always the not so correct way to watch it... x-men 3 next week!

wah, expenses kinda heavy sia... movie every week...

Last Barking On|9:42 PM|

Thursday, May 18, 2006

18 May

Argh! What the hell is wrong with my specs? It broke again today! This time at the middle that part. I seriously think that it is the salt water that is corroding my specs la, so after i get my specs from the repair this time, i am not gonna be wearing it during rowing le. Instead, i will wear my old pair of specs.

Land training on tuesday was pretty ok. We did mobile curcuits, which involves running around the track 6 times while doing something at all the 100m mark, like crunches, leg raise, push-ups, dips, straddle jump and commando hops. I think it was easier then last week de. Dun like stuff that involves running...

had napfa test on wed too. zzz... got 25 points and got bronze... all because i got a freaking 1 point for standing broad jump, somemore is just nice E sia... wth happened? last year i got B for it de lor...

before the training on wed, we went to toa payoh stadium to support the volleyball girls from our school. quite a close game but in the end ny lost to hci by 3-2 la. kinda sad...

training didn't went that well... this time we were rowing in the 10 men boat. really must applaude the spirit of the girls team, which is much better then the guys. i think i dun really like pacing much leh... hopefully i will be moved a couple of seats back or something...having to think if your timing is too fast or too slow and rowing the hardest water at the same time isn't much fun sia... i think i like just following the pacing and rowing my full better...

went to eat mixed grill with a few of the guys at hougang plaza after training and rushed home to do the geo project. gah... not a good idea to leave it till the last minute. was freaking tired when i reached home but still have to do the geo till pass 1 am.

which caused me to keep falling asleep in school today and then kena suaned by the maths teacher. come to think of it though, it was the only lesson i fell asleep in despite the fact that i slept late the night before so it was considered quite good le lor...

oh yeah, my old ct went out to eat together during common lunch break today. actually we do that during every common lunch break but today got the most ppl! 15! wah... where you find a ct from the first 3 months that's still having lunch together with so many people and going out on gatherings? the simple fact that so many of us stayed in ny is a good sign liao lor.

didn't train all that much today but then for some reason the topics db ppl discussed today kept drifting to ahem so it was damn funny when you are trying to do weights then ppl say stuff that makes you burst out in laughter. we got 2nd for the inter-cca relay thingy, losing to track. omg... those track people run damn fast, like the wind liddat sia...

gotta lengthen my stroke!

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Monday, May 15, 2006

15 May

woah... this two days are super freaking tiring. i took my first afternoon nap for the first time in dunno how many months yesterday and followed up with one today.

yesterday's training wasn't good for me. got the shit boat( the old old with with barnacles all over) and only 15 guys came so even though i rowed till wanna die the boat still damn slow and lost to the girls in all the rowing la. can die sia...then because everyone was rowing till wanna die and the boat was still so slow some ppl's temper flared and started shouting. not a good encouragement when everyone is so tired.

must trust that everyone is doing their best le!

then after that we switched boats to the better boat the girls were using and started rowing better liao.

really can feel the difference sia! the boat was so much lighter and it was much much easier to row liao. then mr lee came onto the boat and i was rowing like shit cos i was half dead from rowing the previous boat so my form was all off. then keep kena corrected. sian sia...

maybe it was also due to the lack of motivation that day ba...

today's a rest day so finally didn't exercise at all. wah... like exercising 6 days a week liddat leh...

sorry, horrible post cos my brain is still half dead and very tired so i am not making much sense here.

should i just let nature takes it course and stop trying to do anything?

Last Barking On|10:48 PM|

Saturday, May 13, 2006

13 May

k-boxed yesterday and i have comfirmed that my singing sucks! off tune for every single song sia. except for the super super low key songs nia...

actually, it wasn't that bad to have 4 guys singing. at least no one would feel embarrass and can just anyhow sing till shuang. if there were girls there i think everyone would be very constrained and won't sing much la.

oh yeah, k-lunch is cheap sia! $7.50 only, inclusive of lunch and a drink. only 3 hrs though, which felt kinda short.

went to xuewei's house after that. basically, we played abit of mahjong then watched movies. watched initial D and then 40-year-old virgin, which in case you are wondering, isn't all that nice actually. the tv is freaking huge though.

oh yeah, they ordered mac and for some reason, we ended up with 11 packs of large fries, which were all put on a large tray. it was the biggest pile of fries i ever saw! me and a couple of the guys kept eating but then it was really a little too much liao le. i think i ate 3-4 packs worth of fries myself sia...

then at night, we went to jalan kayu for the prata. long queue there and we had to wait for 40+ minutes before the food came. the curry was super spicy that day for some reason.

training today! didn't run this morning as my calves were still aching. sdba paddles really is crap la, you can't help but splash with them and the shaft is so short that you cannot even make a large sea frame lor. luckily this time round i didn't have to use it but got splashed by it instead.

thank god the june race is only 500m and not like 1km or something cos the j1 guys team really don't do well in that... even lost to the girls in the 1km de. comparatively, i think that the j1 girls team really have a chance of getting a medal in the national schs sia... though the j1 guys have next to no chance. partly cos there is less teams for the girls and partly because they really row very well, compared to most other girls team. they may not have the power but i think their techique, desire and will to win is stronger then us sia. come to think of it, their unity is better then us too. after training at least most of them are still together but the guys is like split into dunno how many groups sia.

sadded la, the guys team must really work hard!

then went to watch poseidon after that at suntec. quite a nice movie, though way too many people died... kinda a thriller.

waiting for da vinci to come out!!!

Last Barking On|11:39 PM|

Thursday, May 11, 2006

11 May

i am loving db more and more!

i think it's the only thing that's keeping me active in jc right now, or else it would be a horrible life just studying day in day out. seems like i didn't make the wrong choice when i choose to come and stay in ny because of db! and the people are really people that i can trust! told something to a few of them and it hasn't spread beyond the few of them! normally by the second day everyone would know le so it's a great feeling!

trust in your teammates!

and i am still waiting for the contact list!!! been asking for it for like a month liao and still haven gotten it sia...

got back my chi test today and miracle of miracles, i passed! 27.5/50 sia. ok, it kinda sucks but i didn't expect to even pass my chi la. failed my maths though.

had the tile painting stuff today. like abit con sia, db brought 80 pieces and it's so small only. class de i think 20 nia. no artistic talent at all so i eye power all the way because i was afraid of ruining the thing.

actually wanted to do gym today de but i got conned by bonn to go do the pull-up remedial stuff. ok for most of the stuff except the shoulder press thingy which i suck at. i think i do pull-up nvr use shoulder at all or something cos i was having problems with a freaking empty bar. grr... shall train my shoulders more.

oh yeah... something stupid happened during training.

we were jogging from station to station when gary suddenly asked us to sprint so i sprinted, with my head down and i rammed into an old man who was just jogging on the track. the old man rolled one round sia... felt so bad after that...luckily the old man was pretty much unharmed.

vesak day tmr, going to go out with my ex ct for kbox, though i still think 5 guys in a kbox room is wrong and then we all going to xuewei's house. no idea what we are gonna do though, though i suppose crapping would be just fine...

Last Barking On|11:32 PM|

Wednesday, May 10, 2006

10 May

hmm... i think i am really growing senile sia... can't seem to remember the everyday stuff.

forgot to bring my training stuff today and was actually planning to go home and take during the 1 hr break de but mr quek choose today of all days to make that announcement that we are not to go out of school before 12.45... ended up getting my mom to bring it for me and got a horrible earful. luckily, i couldn't make out what she was saying as i was holding the phone like 10 cm from my ears.

anyway, training yesterday was pretty interesting, though super tiring. did farklegs first. not sure what the spelling is for that la but it's sprinting 800m, rest 3 min, sprint 400m rest 3 min 400m rest 3 then sprint 3 x 200 then 4 x 100. wah... the impact on your legs is damn crazy. my calves were hurting like mad by the start of the 200m and then it was more of a slow sprint.

then did our endurance training, which was training with light weights and doing as many reps as possible within 60 secs. those 60 secs feel extremely long! my group kept huh-ing when they said stuff like 40 sec more or 30 sec more as it felt like more then 1 min has passed.

had napfa test today. part of it at least, the 2.4 run and the sit and reach. i clocked my personal best of 10.39! ok, so it's still pretty slow compared to most guys, especially in dragonboat where i think only like less then 5 guys did worst then me.... my stamina sucks la, but hey, less then 5 guys did more pull ups then me too so it kinda balance out. only talking abt the j1 guys here though, cos the j2 guys win most of us in everything -_-''....

argh! only 9 more seconds to A!!! i think i could have done better if my calves weren't killing me and if my shoelances didn't come undone. no idea how since i tied a double knot liao but then those are just excuses. really should have pushed myself harder to get that freaking A!

calves burnt after the run and i was having problems even walking la. pain like shit. then did the sit and reach and got 52cm. i think i am gonna get like 24 points this year and still fail my napfa la. cos i like totally cannot jump!!! and i got b last year leh...

anyone has any idea how come will deprove so much?

then all the boring lessons and such and then assembly, which was some music thingy again then chem retest. kns la, didn't even feel like doing so anyhow finish le then i zhao and asked shunjie to help me mark.

then sea training! today did race sets so time passed pretty quickly. also raced with nyp again. wah... either they today was the actual team or last week they really give us alot of water(pan zhui) sia. totally owned us. but then our boat this time round was mainly j1 guys la so can't really blame.

note to self : i need to pratice more to keep my pacing constant.

then after training we fooled around and did stupid stuff like singing the school song while keeping our head above the pull up bar and such. there were only a few of us around as it was very late and everyone else has left le so it was pretty fun.

i love sea trainings alot more then land training!

Last Barking On|11:06 PM|

Monday, May 08, 2006

8 May

hmm... sometimes i really wonder why in the world i am thinking so much over every little thing... it's just me i guess.

anyway, the previous two training has been pretty good! apart from the rain on sat, everything went like clockwork. and we managed to beat nyp in a friendly race on sun! and that's with them with a full guys boat and us with a mixed boat of some j1 guys some j1 girls and some j2 guys and j2 girls!

that race really felt good course i can feel our boat people giving their all! and i was not the pacer so i didn't have to think about anything except to pull hard and following the timing of the pacer instead of having to think if my pacing is correct or not. wah... pacer really abit stress sia... didn't have so much fun in a while.

found my water bottle le! apparently, i forgot to take it on fri and harris(db senior) found it but he keeps forgetting to bring sia...

now, to clear my mind. sleep!

Last Barking On|11:12 PM|

Friday, May 05, 2006

5 May

i seem to be really down on my luck recently... breaking my specs, losing my water bottle, losing another one today after just two days and knocking into stuff and being knocked by stuff.

suay sia!

anyone got a 4 leaf clover or rabbit's foot or something that i can use?

db's election for the new exco was on wed and all the exco members are out!

hek ming's the new guy's captian and caroline's the girls one

yi he is the new vice cap

james and yvonne's the new quatermaster and quatermistress

kam fung is the new secretary

pretty happy with the new grp of exco, although there were a couple of surprises here and there.

gimme back my luck!

Last Barking On|9:20 PM|

Monday, May 01, 2006

1 May

GAH!!!! my browser crashed before i finished typing my post.

too lazy to retype it liao...

basically sat's synergy was quite fun and sun's training didn't go very well

Last Barking On|10:15 PM|