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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

28 June

hmm... the exams are almost over le. left geo tmr and a stupid h1 which i am not even gonna bother about.

so far still doing ok, gp was fine, chi was... oh well, let's say i don't expect much out of it. chem was crap, couldn't finish but passable. econs was fine too.

wait... that really doesn't sound too fine does it? but comparatively, i think still will be ok la. at least won't be like last in class or something like that.

can't really say too much about this mid year cos i didn't exactly study alot for it but i guess promos will be better ba.

finally can look forward to some much needed R&R tmr.

Last Barking On|12:05 AM|

Sunday, June 25, 2006

25 June

gah, i think i started revision too early or something. kinda ran out of steam and slowed down liao.

wait... that can't be the case can it? after all, i only started revision like this week?

maybe it's just chinese. staring at chinese gives me a headache and pisses me off especially when i realise the fact that i can finish reading a passage of the same length in english in like 1/10 of the time i take to read the chinese one.

i would be glad when i never have to touch chinese again. at least the reading and writing part of it la.

i like speaking chinese and listening to it. i just don't like writing and reading it.

can tell that my chi teacher really put a lot of effort into her work(a 47 slides ppt for a 6 page passage. wth) but i still can't get around to liking chi la.

blame my p3/p4 chi teacher who made me hate chi.

can't remember what the person did or for that matter who is the person but i know the end result clear as day.

i dun like writing or reading chi now.

tmr's gonna be hell. 3 hrs of chi following by mugging for chem AND econs.

cham liao

Last Barking On|11:41 PM|

Thursday, June 22, 2006

22 June

finally got down to do some mugging this couple of days. found out that i don't hate studying all that much, i just hate homework, especially when i can't do them lol...

i think the period of time i enjoyed the most in sec sch was the couple of months before O lvls, where you don't need to do anything except studying and studying in a big group in an comfortable, aircon filled classroom while eating stuff like kfc and chips and chatting rocks!

yep, we got to do that in our classroom. and we even got to make milo and coffee and stuff when we went to the conference room to study. ahhh... the privilege of going for the O levels....

then after doing that can go to the nice coffeeshop and talk crap till 10 then go home.

best of all, no one ever ask you to do anything! everyone assumes you are busy studying for the o levels so you can do whatever you want.

ahh... i miss those days.

if someone would take away my hw, i wouldn't mind studying...

and i miss training already! feeling so lazy right now. wah, just a few days nvr exercise do some push up also got problem. i want training!!! though mr lee said that we are gonna be doing alot of running after awhile. and i hate running. gah, i dun mind training rowing endurance but i hate running!!! no idea why but i just hate it.

maybe cos i suck at running lol...

damn, i am really starting to miss my old ct.

i need ppl to crap with!!!

Last Barking On|1:24 AM|

Sunday, June 18, 2006

18 June

omg... i just checked my connection usage and guess what i saw.

The following connection usage is from 31-May-06 13:34:17 to 18-Jun-06 05:18:04 .
2
Current Month Usage Time for SingNet Broadband
280 hrs 55 mins
12444 MB

note the number of hours and the date.

crazy shit.

though i dun claim all the credit for it la, my sis use abt 1/4 of it for maple and my dad about 1/6 for checking on soccer results.

still, that leaves me using a huge portion of that time. no wonder i am so behind in my studies. -_-''...

Last Barking On|11:47 PM|

17 June

Woah. The race is finally over.

not in the mood to talk about the past week. anyway nothing much happened apart from our two training at bedok reservoir which was pretty ok.

now, though, a blow by blow recount of today's event. if you are bored of reading about this kinda stuff then dun read lor but i gotta blog everything down cos it's like one of the most important day to me and i never want to forget it.

First, we met up in school at 10 and then mr lee showed us some video clips of dragonboating. after watching the video clips, we went to have lunch.

oh yeah, i suddenly thought of something i wanna comment on. i think dragonboat's budget is crazy.

for a start, the cost of the boat rental itself is already alot sia. each training we rent about 3 boats and sometimes got small boat so each training cost about $100 for the boat rental fees. and we have about 3-4 trainings each week so it's about $300 to $400 each week and more then $1k per month la. and that's just the boat rental. we seem to have like a free flow of shuttle bus or something. go everywhere also got shuttle bus... dunno where the money come from sia.

ok, back to topic.

after eating, we took a shuttle bus down to bedok reservoir and then rested awhile and started our warm up.

first up were the 20 men race. our j2 were in heats 1 and we were in heats 2. the j2 got first in their heats and were leading by quite alot but we got 2ndin our heats, lost to nj by quite abit. anyway, we managed to advance to the finals.

oh yeah, we were the only j1s there lor. some of the other teams may have a few j1 inside cos not enough people but we were the only team with a 20 men boat full of j1s lor. so any team we win is winning the j2s from other schools liao.

then next is 10 men boat. ny got 4 teams and both heats got 1 j1 and 1 j2 from ny. we were in the first heats and got 2nd. lost nj again. but we won our seniors so we were damn happy at that time. 1st and 2nd from each heats advance to finals while 3rd,4th,5th go to semi finals where the 1st and 2nd from there will go to finals. the j2 and j1 in the other heats didn't do that well. the j2 gotta go semi but the j1 were out le.

oh yeah. the time in between every race is like damn short lor. we got off the boat warm down liao then almost straight away gotta warm up and go down liao. but this thing wasn't so bad as it was the same for everyone.

and i think if i drink everyday like i drink today i think will kena diabetes sia. drank a crazy amount of the glucose and red bull. sweet till crazy sia. then the snacks given also damn sweet. wah, after that plain water tasted damn good.

one of the j2 managed to advance to the finals for the 10 men boat.

then it is finals for the 10 men boat le.

got 4th for that but we don't have anyone to blame but ourselves. wasn't too composed and started to hurry abit when we saw that other boats were ahead of us. j2 got third for that. first is nj and second is acjc.

then is the finals for the 20men boat le.

here is where all the bullshit began.

first, we got boat 6, lane 6. ok, nvm that we are at the end with all the stupid waves but they dun even give us the freaking boat! boat 6 disappeared and we didn't have any boat and were stuck on the shore for ages la. then they told us to go to another boat but then the other boat was being used and the people from the race had an argument with the people from the other boat and in the end we had to use a boat that was meant for another race. by this time all the other boats have rowed the 500m to the starting mark and were fully rested even before we reached there la. then the moment we got near there we were hurried to the starting line and told to get ready. then suddenly without any warning we saw people from the other boat raising their paddles and start rowing before we even know what was happening. then we panicked and started rowing. turns out it's because the stupid idiots who press the horn decided to do something special for the last race and drive their speedboat in a circle around us and pressed the horn while they were still moving and were way too far away from us for the horn to be heard. cos the race before this we were also in lane 6 and could hear the horn. so we only started rowing when we saw lane 5 boat start rowing and they only started rowing cos they saw the other boats moving. i think only the first 3 or 4 boats could hear the start lor.

so by the time we started, the other boats were already more then 1 boat length ahead of us le. even the boat in lane 5 was 3/4 of a boat infront of us la. but then i think we rowed our best set so far cos we were so freaking pissed off and managed to catch up to become 4th. and we were only like 1 boat liddat behind the 3rd la. if we had a proper start we could have a chance of beating them and getting that freaking medal de lor!!!

wah. when the race ended, everyone was cursing and swearing like crazy. and the officals there still had the freaking nerve to tell us to hurry up and that we were very very late cos they needed to use the boat we were using for the other race that we took the boat from. whose fault is it in the first place?

then we did our warm down and started talking. in the middle of talking, some of the guys broke down and started crying, me included. cos we really gave it our all during the race and we have trained so hard and spent so much time and effort, only to be screwed up by the freaking officals. really felt very very bu gan xin lor. if you all know me, you know that i very zhong face one and for me to cry in public is like something impossible to happen de la. i really tried very hard to control but simply failed and the tears came out.

but now come to think of it, i am kinda glad that this fucking thing happened. all the guys are more closely bonded together because of this shit and we know what we can do if we really wanted to. also kinda showed me who is really passionate about the sport and the team too.

overall results.
A Division 10 men boat: J2- 3rd. J1- 4th.
A Division 20 men boat: J2- 2nd. J1- 4th.
A Division 10 women boat : J2- 3rd
A Division 20 women boat: J2 and J1 mixed boat: 2nd.

champion for everything was nj. really nothing to say, they were really really strong. but we saw their team b for the 10 men and there should be some chance at the gold next year if we work really hard. cos their team a and team b differences is really huge. their team a were leading in our heats like crazy but their team b in the second heats were 5th.

so now it's up to us to train hard enough so we get that freaking gold next year.

oh yeah, for some reason, we got the team champion for men overall. i think it's cos we were the only one with two teams in the finals.

then after that we went to tampines swimming complex to shower and then off we went to The Rice Table at suntec city for our post race dinner. it was ala carte buffet so we just sat there and ordered like crazy. at first the food were coming fast but then somewhere the food suddenly jammed. i think it's cos we ate up all the food they prepared in advance. kinda easy ordering sia. everything on the menu x2 for my table. i think we went through about 5 sets or so. crazy hungry people. though for some reason, all the veg remained kinda untouched and they were being passed from table to table with no one eating them. guess i am not the only one who hates veg then.

ate from 8+ to about 10 before we went out and started photo whoring. well, not really everyone but some were like taking with everyone and anyone they happen to see. took afew group photos too.

well, that's about the end of today. about time to switch to cramming mode liao.

siao liao le... i totally haven started on my homework except for 4 maths mcq qns and zero for my revision and midyear is in.... 5 days time? cos it's now 2am on sunday.

holy shit.

Last Barking On|12:18 AM|

Saturday, June 10, 2006

10 June

yay! got back from my chalet le!

went there after training yesterday and shared a cab with yuanting to downtown east.

just when we were about to reach there, i suddenly felt that my bag was kinda light then i felt that something was wrong and hurried to open it before realising that i forgot to bring my shoes!!!

left it at sdba there. panicked and called james and asked them to help me look for it. luckily, they were at the busstop and they went back and helped me to take it. hopefully it's the right pair though.

oh yeah, and i own them an earthquake for that -_-''....

then went to the chalet and did all the usual stuff, bbqing and crapping and such. got kinda bored and started playing cards, till like 6? then watched stupid but funny programs and dozed off for abit till 8+.

enjoyed this chalet sia. love talking to my old class cos everyone have so much to talk about. not bad sia... can drift from ghost stories to murders to religion to accidents encountered to family to dunno what else... laughed till peng at alot of stuff.

i really, really missed 0607. they were such a fun group of people and we had so much fun.

crap la, why must change class....

then after we woke up and checked out, we went to kbox to sing. damn funny as usual cos i can't hit any notes that's anything above base properly and so every song i sing is freaking low. i think everyone enjoyed themselves quite abit.

klunch is quite worth it sia.

oh yeah. i just wanna say something. jo and wy: sometimes you really must know what is shi ke er zi. i have known you all for at least two years plus le and while you all know i can take suaning, if every single thing you said is nothing nice and just want to put me down do you think anyone sane can take it? i have no idea why you two are always targeting me but i can't seem to think of anything that i might have done to offend you to such a state. everyone also has a temper de and there's only so much a person can take before he gets pissed off. if you say it in a good humor way i dun mind but from the tone you are using, to me it is more of trying to put me down then trying to just suan me.wy is now not so kuazhang and better then last time le but jo is like going on and on and on. so please know when to stop ok? i dun wish to ruin our friendship.

Last Barking On|12:05 AM|

Wednesday, June 07, 2006

7 June

uhoh... bad, bad time to get hooked onto games.

been playing the games i dled for the past two days, heroes of might and magic V and neverwinter night. dungeon siege 2 is about to finish it's dl too. i actually got the discs for neverwinter night but i seem to have misplaced it. oh well.

just realised how much there is to do. bunch of hw which i haven started on and add pw and mid year to that and you have a full holidays. worse of all, i haven started on anything. guess i should get started on them once i get back from the chalet on fri.

provided that i can keep my hands off my com first though.

the training yesterday was hiong sia. did starts, from 10 to 20 to 30 all the way to 90. whole arm was cramping up after that. then went back to plantoon then did some race sets. time really seems to fly when you are on the boat. it rarely seems like two hours have past when our training ends. guess your brain doesn't have excess oxygen to care about the time when you are rowing ba.

went back to xinmin today to visit mr ng. kinda crappy though... so little ppl turned up and we didn't even see him all that much. worse thing is that i had to drag myself up at 7 when i could have slept till like 10 and when i got there at 8, the time we were supposed to meet at, only 1 person was there . -_-''.... it took them about 30 minutes++ before everyone who was coming came. gah. punctuality ppl!

after that we went to broadway( the coffeeshop near xinmin) to have brunch. sat there and talked for quite abit but i wasnt in the mood for talking so i mainly listened.

hmm... i seem to be doing that alot nowsdays. guess it isn't in my character to talk too much... unless i am in a chatty mood, which doesn't occur very often i think.

went to play pool after that. woah, for the first time ever, i won weiying 2 out of 4 times! normally it's like 0-4 to wy or something like that... though the two times i win him were only by 1 ball and the two time i lost were by quite abit...

i dun like 9 ball pool.

training tmr! just 10 more days and 5 more training!!!

Last Barking On|11:31 PM|

Monday, June 05, 2006

5 June

wah...finally watched i not stupid too on vcd after missing it in the theatre. really a nice show sia, can relate alot to it and ended up crying after watching it. can't even remember when was the last time i cried lor... not bad sia the show...

busy day today.

to start off, i dragged myself to school early in the morning for h1 maths. thought that they would be going through something impt but they just spent 1 hr teaching like two qns about functions? wth la, waste my time only...

kinda a waste to wake up so early and not do anything so i wanted to go to the school gym to exercise but alas, it was closed.

so i went to hougang stadium there de gym after grabbing a bite from mac. haven't been there for ages le so i was curious to find out how much did the training from db did to me and tried out the weights.

and woah. i improved like at least 4-5 plates of weights for most of the machine without really pushing it. shuang feeling sia...

more shuang to see some of the ppl who looked older then me go try the weight i did after seeing me do it and can't even move it :X

still, i see some of the ppl there do the weights is still damn scary. saw an angmoh who is at least 1.9m and huge doing the full stack of weights like it's nothing at all and i was like O.O... then i go and try i hang my full weight on the stupid thing it didn't even move lor... crazy sia...

then after that i went swimming with wen qin. actually is more of him teaching me to swim. kns la... i still got kinda a phobia of swimming, even though we were only in the medium pool and there's no way i can drown there... i think i still haven gotten over the fear of having nearly drowned a few times...

now can move ok in water le but i still can't do the most impt part: breath.

oh well, just gotta keep on trying then.

Last Barking On|10:36 PM|

Sunday, June 04, 2006

4 June

wah.... tired sia.

just came back from the class bbq, which wasn't too bad. crapped with some of the people and had some fun discussing some "interesting" topic.

the training for these two days were mainly long race sets which were freaking tiring sia... still, it's all preparation for the race!

still, i need something to focus my mind and allow me to hype myself up during training...

went to the IT fair after training today. omg... was so tempted to buy so many stuff but due to a serious $$$ constraint, ended up not buying anything. still, we hovered around the nokia booth quite a bit.

no prize for guessing why.

anyway, went to a clothes warehouse sale as well, as it was just below the IT fair. damn, the clothes were cheap. quicksilver and billabong shorts were going for like 20+? and i was looking for shorts too! prob is, dun have my size.

sian sia...

i thought i would initially be like more then 1 hr early for the meeting de but as luck would have it, i met some people who were going to the bbq too so we were able to walk in early. played cards awhile before starting the bbq itself. changting's bf was "hired" there to start the fire so i didn't have to do a thing lol... but i made up for it by bbqing for quite a while. there were some new stuff which i have never tried bbqing that were suggested by mrs koh though. we got stuff like hashbrown and yong tao fu de tao pok? new sia...

13 more days!

Last Barking On|11:23 PM|

Friday, June 02, 2006

2 June

hmm... these few days passed without much incident, although this week is like the week where i am late more time then i was for the past 6 months sia... i am waking up later then the usual school time but for some reason, i still cannot wake up and end up being late for school twice have having to take stupid taxis on two other occasions to avoid being late.

i realised something too, like a lot of taxi drivers dunno where's nanyang jc sia... both the taxis i took dunno where's ny.

kinda weird location for a school anyway... in the middle of an area of flats with the main gate along some ulu road....

feeling quite slack this few days because didn't do that much training. wanted to go to the gym on two occasions but both end up not going.

now hooked onto stephen king's the dark tower series and is now about 2/3 of the way through book 3 le. not a bad read, try reading it if you are bored.

anyway, finally completed the stupid geo game project le. at least it didn't take too long. but pw is coming hot on it's tail and i am now starting to hate projects le...

what else happened ar... oh yeah, training on thursday. pretty good training session, we rowed long sets. having a senior rowing behind you is stressful sia... stretching like crazy but still keep getting hit in the back cos they are stretching more then you. bleah... infront of me no one for me to hit...

just 15 more days and 9 more training till the june race! Give it your all everyone!!!

Last Barking On|11:16 PM|