FRIDAY. Piano-ed away in the morning, till I realised I was late and packed everything in a rush and left house in a rush. What's new uh, always last minute! Haha.
SWIM. At SRC. Day 2 of drowning in the pool. Sets were pretty much better though! :) The day before was so frustrating when after one hour of swimming, i STILL couldn't find my rhythm.
After that, a busy day of being back at hall 15, to lee wee nam, to J.P. and walking up and down. Back at 72 for briefing, after which we went out to eat dinner at like 10+ to J.P.'s newest 24-hr coffee shop. Seminar room had like 7 of us -- geraldine, peiwen, xinyi, lorraine, jj, roomie n me! So it was pretty comfy cuz everyone had either mattress/sofa cushions + sleeping bag, both to sleep in and as pillows. PLUS the aircon. Except for the black self-made curtain that kept dropping. I really like them! Such funny ppl! They can find entertainment just likethat with a snap of their fingers. Imagine playing slugs in sleeping bags, and bananas in pajamas. (!!) But still, it really opened my eyes to how some people can just be SO materialistic and so....... base SO much on outward appearance. I'm really really surprised.......
I SLEPT AT LIKE 3+ am! (5hours past my bedtime!) With a VERY choppy sleep. Kept drifting in and out. So, woke up at 9am and baked at the pool for the morning. In the afternoon we were free! So, we stayed in seminar room (air con wor) and played asshole dai di which was pretty crappy and very funny since there were like 12 ppl using one pack of cards.
Bro fetched me home and I slept awhile before going for my cousin's wedding which was at Grassroots Club. Yes, that place where the last time I was there was about ten years ago and we took a pic with Goh Chok Tong and my crush talked to me for the one and only time. BUT ANYWAY. We waited for like ONE HOUR outside (till like 8.30pm!) after eating all the peanuts outside. VIP table we were at! Pretty cool experience. There were 2 red tables though. The bride is pretty. The food was not bad.
What struck me was when uncle lawrence came walking in with another lady. Sighhhh. His daughter is like the exact replica of her mom. So poor thing. She's so guai and cute and I like her alot. She's the only child, how sad. And I like her mom alot too cuz I think she's very nice and alot like us. She's a christian too :) SIGH. There're only like A FEW ppl over that side whom I think are nice. Jenny and Judy jiejie (the bridgegroom's siblings) are one of the nicer ones too.
AND, so what if all his genes' can drink? EVERYONE can drink. But not everyone DON'T drink. So there.
Senior camp day2. I was down at hall 15 before 8.30am. We had some pretty fun games (to me) in the function hall and then to Nanyang Audi for campus walk and then to ECP for beach games. We pretty much travelled in the lorry like illegal refugees throughout the camp haha. Pretty fun though. But very tired. 120seconds no NG was a fun game!
I actually had alot of things to say but I'm too tired.
So here's to another week ahead!
ENJOY FOLKS!
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Okay, see the word Solo ad lib. Well, it's suppose to be a solo which I refuse to play cuz I don't like this sort of things. So he said this solo too hard already. And so during yest's prac, no time to ad lib a solo yet so turned out it was like each bar one long note. LOL. Like what kind of solo is this! People throw eggs uh! And at L the last line, the rest of the band was playing on the first beat of every bar. And the conductor was going so fast. He was beating in 1 as well. So we were like struggling with all the notes. And he had to turn around and say: eh u all very easy larh we have so many notes. But like HELLooo, HE was playing on the first beat of every bar too!! Like what the..... *whack!* haa..... cow. But I know I need these sort of stand partners, cuz I'm too soft :( Anw, reached home past midnight and I was so tired! This morning went down to pandan valley for one make up lesson. And took 156 to Bishan on the way back. Well well well............. Guess what. I was waiting for 13 at j8's bus stop, when at around 1+pm, I saw this cool cyclist zoom by on a bike. I think, I trust my gut feeling and that less than a split second of realization at what exactly just happened. Only thing, I wonder why at this weird timing! Sigh. So I'm suppose to go for a 12+km run with leewei later. I hope I don't faint.
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Funny, how those two shows I mentioned, Juri Ueno (Nodame) actually acted in also! She was the lead in Swing Girls (playing tenor sax) and the eldest child in the orphanage in Engine! So cool! She got to act with takuya! haha. And I knew it that Eita (Mine) is also the head prefect guy in waterboys. Funny thing is, I didn't recognise Hiroshi Tamaki (Chiaki) in waterboys cuz he's the one with the big hair haha! Wonder why they must always have a big hair person.
Okay, I think his acting is good after all haha. Cuz in those game shows etc really very different! It's like the number of times he smile in nodame you can count on one hand or something. Watching NG scenes are really very funny! There's this game show where both juri n tamaki suppose to guess some word above them but she saw the word before the clues were given. SO FUNNY. And she kept depending on tamaki to guess. Makes me wonder whether it's all an act or for real. One thing I like abt them is that they have alot of outside the show itself kind of things. Like another game show about shooting. Eita shot 50 points, juri just managed a 200, and tamaki did a 400, bull's eye. Like WOW. HAHA!
As expected, the guy who acted as stresseman, is the same funny guy in swing girls, AND I didn't know he was in waterboys and good luck too! It must be pretty fun cuz they're like doing so many movies and dramas always and it's with the same group of ppl mostly! Pretty cool I think.
TODAY'S SETS WERE HORRIBLE :(
no more rest for me anymore :(
I watched finished Nodame Cantabile! It's a good and funny show, but if u're gonna watch, please bear in mind the drama is an adaptation from anime (as I found out half way thru) and so there're some weird and funny things which happen in anime and not in real life. (Like the violence haha!)
For this show, I preferred the parts about the guy and the girl haha! You gotta admit he's super cute though! But I don't think he can act much. Watching the behind the scenes is funny tho! And you find out how they film those parts where she flies! VERY funnnyy! But I'm a more down to earth person, less anime haha. For shows like Engine, I like the show itself, not the lovey parts haha.
Well, the best music show I would say is perhaps Swing Girls? Or the Pianist. I prefer real ones haha. And well, a show being a show, it makes life seem to simple. Practise? And you can do it. To me, truth is, it takes a good teacher (good basics) plus talent to make it in the music world. Besides practise. And I wonder how those Conducting competitions work. To me, all the conductors make the most difference through everyday pracs. Only experience I had where a conductor made such a world of difference was NTU's trip to japan, where we were conducted by tohru takahashi. For the first time, I realised what it means by a good conductor haha!
But it's true that as a conductor u gotta respect the ppl. It's always a two-way street isnt it? Learnt that ever since in tkgs. Ironic, how the conductor that I've no respect for is a Japanese. What I love most about lin sheng is how he really respects every single one of us, and that's why we respect him too. And that's why tjband magic comes from :)
But it's a nice show, where all the various background music and stuffs they use are familiar tunes! Haha. But it struck me, with the oboe concerto and so much rhapsody in blue, plus the word cantabile. I went to check the score we discarded for tj alumni concert -- Classic Cantabile. And I concluded it's a collection of songs from this show! How sad I didn't watch it earlier and all now that we have shelved that score haha. But I wouldn't wanna play it anyway. When the oboe part comes in I always wanna laugh cuz it's so NOT fitting. And no wonder the whole piece is splattered with rhapsody in blue cuz in the show it's everywhere haha.
In reality, life's not so easy haha. But it was nice :)
I'm a little tired from all the runs and swim. I feel half dead like Nodame when she looks half dead.
Be careful what you wish for! Today, as I headed to kallang pool, I was thinking how sian, no company. Turns out, the cedar girls were there and I had too much company. They occupied the whole pool! Thank goodness the lifeguard was nice and I think he talked to them and they left my favourite lane (3) empty! And so sets were pretty okay since I had company of this guy whose pace was a litttleee slower than mine. So when I was crawling our pace matched. So up and down up and down. BUT I don't like ppl to eat into my lane. I was originally swimming on lane 3 on the right. But cuz he kept swimming so close (Lane 4's EMPTY!) i ended up on lane 3 left. Irritating.
So, life's pretty much been eat sleep run swim watch show prac clarinet. Barne's fourth symphony's second movt is KILLING ME! It's rather impossible.
Oh, half way through nodame there was new world symphony. I almost had a heart attack and puke blood hahhahhaha.
kidding.
oh, but the horrors.
Last sem I majored in sports and music and minor-ed in studies. This sem, I think I'll be majoring in studies, minor-ing in sports and maybe music elective. Or maybe double minor in sports and music.
Prioritise! :)
Saturday left me with a VERY sore butt. Sis was suppose to take bus! BUT she ended up wanting to use the bike too. And so, two of us, a total of 100+kg piled onto the poor mountain bike. Well, we used to do that alot a long time ago, but like a said, it's a long time ago, and that was when we were lighter. But it was equally tiring anw. 2 ways of transport. Since this mountain bike wont let me sit properly, one way was I stood on the wheels and cycle while sis sat on the seat and steered. It left my legs close to breaking! 100+kg you know! Another way was I sat behind like a motorcycle pillion rider and sis did all the work. Well, according to her, at least we were moving alot faster. HAA. But that was the one which made my butt somehow very very very pain tt when I sit down too fast too hard I'll be screaming away.
THE POOL WAS CROWDED. And I forgot weekend rates were more expensive. Hence there goes our sets. I was secretly VERY grateful. So we swam swam swam, and did a 10x50m 1min sprints.
GUESS WHAT! I did a 45/50/49/48/48/48/48/48/48/47!
MY GOODNESS! When all my life it's been like 48/51/52/53/55 or something! Even the fastest that day I ever clocked was a consistent 51-52! I think, I should train with my sis. It's so nice, to have somebody kicking bubbles at your face the minute they kick off haha! Makes you seem as though u're not trying hard enough! Although I claimed I never wanna swim again after finishing those.
Headed home to have piano lesson and then to sis' place where I finished quite alot of van houten almond nut chocs and spied on mok's training schedule. Not much use cuz half the time I dunno what all those things stand for.
TYR warehouse is such a ulu-ated place. We bought stretchcords and a pair of goggles. Lunch was at ABC Market where I ate one of the nicest wan tan mees ever! And drank a super refreshing cup of appleorange, the best drink on earth! :) All wan tan mees should taste the same way as that one.
Home sweet home where sis fell asleep. I only had like 20mins of sleep cuz I was doing rubbish things like going online. Mizuno was given up. After church, choinged down to tj. A dinner-less me, hence maybe the UBER SMALL SOUND last prac :( Dunno what's wrong with me :(
BUT on a much happier note, WE'RE EXPANDING! Wan shan sat beside me yest. Like WOW wahhahahaa. So, wanshan's playing (YES!), edmund's playing! (YAY A MARIST SLIME TO ADD TO OUR NUMBERS!), cuiyin's coming back n she might be playing too! (YAY MORE OF US!), but most importantly, and of all,
LOOKIT IS PLAYINGGG!!!!!!!
Now, come on, let's do the lookit cheer!
When I say lookit u say rock
lookit rocks lookit rocks!
When I say lookit u say pro
pro-o, pro-o.
When I say lookit u say WOO
lookit woo! lookit woo!
lookit lookit, WOO WOO!
TJ ALUMNI BAND ROCKS. We were rather BIG last sat! :) Altho clarinets only had like 5 of us? Haha. WOOOHOOOOO! :) excited here uh.
OKAY, maybe I'm not so unhealthy after all, cuz my heart rate is relatively low hahha!
SO, lack of food (decided I dun wanna eat macs), and exhausted from waking up at 7am, I was feeling really tired and wondering how I'll make it back home, and walking at Bedok interchange, when my hp rang, and a miracle happened cuz my bro called to fetch me back.
I collapsed in the car and reached home at a record of 11.30pm! Considering we left tj like after 11!
Instead of macs, I ate DURAINS! for dinner. Plus coco pops (with the double chocolatey taste) and choc milk + white milk for late dinner. Not bad :)
Woke up early today, with terribly nice weather to sleep in. Sis didn't go for cycling race cuz of the weather. For breakfast, it was 2 slices of bread minus one bite (which went to sis) and choc milk. Lunch was then at 4pm.
No swim tmr :( Cuz I end up having driving.
http://www.grassrootsclub.org.sg/paysc_docs/20th_JIC_Programme.pdf
Check this out! Page 3, picture at bottom, top left is my sis, beside her is me, both of us in blue caps and the cap I wore back then (10 years ago) is the same cap I'm wearing now.
TYR, the brand to get if you want long lasting products.
I think I should advertise my ancient cap.
I survived my 12.5km in the end! Thanks to leewei for the company! Makes running seems ALOT better actually and without it, maybe I might have been the one to collapse halfway or something haha.
TODAY! All in a day's work. I had driving at 8.30am this morning! My parking is not bad not bad! :) But I still think it's very trial and error and no confidence at all that I can get it right in one try! :(
Thank goodness I was at toa payoh for driving. So had an early lunch at 10am and then tuition from 11am till 1+pm. Off to ntu where I conked out on the mrt. Had a late swim from like 3pm till 4++. I was amazed with my sets timings! Didn't expect to improve THAT much and so fast! Makes my 50m sprints at 50s dream a little more realistic eh. Consistency!!
Went to NIE to meet sis cuz she was having some teacher's prep classes and dad fetched us back!
SO, tmr it's swim in morn, hannah and adel 10-11, then heading to nus and tyr warehouse sale. Followed by Mizuno at marina square for spending spree! And then church and then tj alumni band and then a VERY tired me. Followed by Sunday lessons!
Next week no piano! OH YEAH! :)
I was right. He didn't go yesterday morn.
Good news folks, I'm actually alive, well, and still kicking!
AND SO. Monday I was a lazy poke and refused to wake up to go swim. So, I ran in the evening 9.2km and I met the chicken rice uncle again, running this time. He smiled and nodded to me haa!
Tuesday morning I dragged myself down to Kallang pool. It was a rather crowded day! Pretty eventful. While swimming my very first lap, I banged head-on into some old lady. Oops! She was swimming breadth. (Asking for it in my opinion) So I had quite a sore head. Some lifeguards-to-be were having their test half way through my swim. So it was pretty funny to watch. How some pretended to drown and they had to do funny actions and shout some things (which I couldn't catch) before they jumped in to save them. At 11am there was also the NASSA Silver award test so many kids were milling around preparing in their PJs already haha.
Well, was very tired and lethargic and so I didn't do my 100m sprints. Swam only 3km. Seriously, I was crawling! Well, when I came up, this old lifeguard talked to me saying 'your freestyle very good! Each lap all less than one minute! very good!' I gave him a weak smile. Like ha-ha + polite smile, as though less than 1 min is such a great achievement. Then he asked me who I learned under and I was telling him like more than 10 years ago, and I only know him as uncle leong haha! at toa payoh pool. But since he's a rather old fellow, he should know all the old ppl. But I was thinking, it's none of him tt taught me to swim like that. It's paysc. He ended off saying 'only thing you lack power'.
Hmmmmmm. Everybody says that about me when they watch me swim. Okay true I was like crawling that day. But how can you tell if a person is using strength or not?! Maybe when sis comes NIE and she can swim with me and tell me!
I like to cycle back :)
So I was a little lazy and tired, and if not for leewei and our plan to meet to run in the evening, I bet I wouldn't have gone to run. So 9.2km it was again in the evening. I guess running with company does make life less boring, and the distance fly relatively faster. Except that with the talking you're more out of breath. So, we actually talked all the way.
Wednesday, I headed to ntu to swim sets. I must say, I was rather proud of yesterday's sets! I finished my 16 sprints in the end! Although some sets the timing was horrible. But I was rather rather tired after it all. And was just enjoying the peace and silence (when you're covered under water) by resting my head on my hands, with pu buoy so you float. Then it started to pour. Thank goodness for the clouds during half of my swim, and the pouring AFTER I finished!
I met sis in the end at boon lay! Haha. Yay she's coming with me to hall 15! WHEE.
Saturday, went for the briefing. Scrubbed my clarinet. I should've done a before-after pic. Not really done with it yet though. Pamwam's using my ex prestige now! And neemo using pamwam's ex prestige haha! I opened the case and looked at it last week (hidden agenda to kope the swop larh haha) and can't help but admire it anyway. So shiny and new n nice still :) But this RC i'm using is like one of the nicest. It even made 377159 feel not so good. It's so nicely seasoned although black like anything. And doubt anyone else is using it so when the jnrs get back I can still use it I hope!
Went PL for service. It's like amazing. Pastor Dowdy was at PL! It seems to me wherever I go hahah! Service was interesting! Cuz it was parent's day! The kids from DL put up a song. SO CUTE OKAYYY! They were like bouncing away on stage. Then Ignyte sang a song. The girl's voice very nice! It was nice in all.
Choinged down to tj and waited for like 15mins for the freaking 229! But arrived same time as lols. Let's skip the topic abt prac. We went kfc for late dinner. I was starving like a hungry dinosaur. THE BEST THING, is the company!! From the usual group, it has extended, comprising now of kev mj neem pam ttk me luther lols! WHEEEEE.
I'm so excited! For pracs now! (HAHA.... lols will laugh) There's gonna be pamwam AND neemosupremo! :) :) :) :) Do you know how much I like it when they're there! Although they're like so far away :( :( :( And I'm like isolated. And the only time I communicate is by laughing to myself. (okay no I don't do tt) But looks like I am cuz I'm laughing at some thing me n lols found funny. AND SO, she looks like SHE's laughing to herself also haha. Across the room communication. Well, there's luther around too! And mj. So, not THAT isolated larh.
:)
Anyway lip is like dying dead and gone. Of all songs we worked on, it was count (I never see score before) and fourth 3rd movt (yes, I prac 1st and 2nd n not 3rd) AND we tried american graf 16 which was new and never see before also. So all in all, I had to do quite abit of squinting and sight reading. So much for practising.............. Hah okay it did have abit of use.
Me n lols were like UMCHO-ing when the saxes came in for some part in american graf. AHHhhh! :) haha. I think me and roomie see too much of each other for the past 1 year. Such that we uttered this long sentence EXACTLY THE SAME TIME AND SAME WORDS. mannn. Altho this happens frequently, it was by the far the longest sentence hhaa! Not forgetting how we do the same things haha.
I don't like sat pracs though, cuz of the fact tt by the time I get to sleep, it's usually close to 1am.
SUNDAY. Sis got me $500 worth of vouchers for mizuno products just by running 10km which prob took her 40mins or less or something. Haha.
After teaching, went down for philwinds concert at esplanade! Haven't been down at esplanade for a concert for sometime. AND SO, I fogot to reply msges before I stepped inside. Till I plonked down onto my seat (stall one) that I remembered, ESPLANADE HAS NO RECEPTION. What the................ So I still wonder why stall seats r the most ex and all the conductors sit there. The last time I was there I think it was for Kasetsart's concert and they were like SO GOOD :)
Philwinds concert this time round was a heavy one. Pretty interesting tho! Lookit! and danny were so funny. Pretty cool. But it was pretty obvious offstage tpts, which was lookit and which was danny hahha!
So due to the past few nights of lack of sleep. I woke up late today.
But I do wonder, how many ppl really think tjcsb is love.
You have no idea what listening to Fiesta 04 songs does to me. Listening to Impressions since it appeared in this comp :) How do you describe that feeling in your heart of nostalgia and happy memories and fun times, but so LONG ago.
So on Thursday I was actually at school in the morn (ntu) to swim and there were alot of ppl there strangely. I met tian haha. Stayed there till pretty late, and by the time I reached home, almost time to go to tj! Met ttk for dinner opposite tj.
Prac was okay. It was self prac in recital room. So I just spent the time squeaking away on a million high notes, until I quite got a headache and my lip was pain. Thank goodness for ttk there to squeal away on high notes. You know, when he stops playing, there's SILENCE! wahaha. I didn't give up, and was like ALLTHEWAY marking tuition work and figuring out all the unanswered questions! Hard work paid off cuz I thought today's lesson was good! :)
Didn't go for swim today tho. Slept too late the night before, but went for run in evening. 6km slow one. At least muscles aren't so tight. Spent the day practising as and when can. It's been so long since I've been like so determined on a clarinet. And rightly so, cuz I've never seen so many high notes before. Squeaking away (I dunno why I keep squeaking!) and sCREECHING away. But I guess it's not so bad, cuz I asked my mom if it's very ear-piercing, she said: huh, I don't notice what u're playing. SO, if she doesn't even notice means it's not THAT bad RIGHT! (attempt at consolation)
It hurts. My lip, and thumb! Hope I can survive tmr's prac! PLEASE let's not play songs like count, or fascination, or pirates. Then at least my practise can be put to use. Aye not looking forward to trying american graf =X
I think I'm getting to like Saga Maligna! There's this part which sounds so primary school haha! The trumpets! Playing a happy tune!
Things are taking an interesting turn for hall stuffs. I decided let's not paint castles in the air and have too many hopes. They just equal to disappointments. I'm glad whatever happened did tho! Cuz I don't think I could've taken the disappointment if it happened now instead of last time. Let's just trust in God yeah, to open doors. Circumstances are SO beyond our control.
I think I'll never stop being a band-it at heart. Listening to all our songs! American graffiti XVI, Saga, Fourth, Jupiter! I think I'm starting to like them alot. And it makes me so happy! :) It's just the way the music gets to me, lifts twirls tugs! :)
OKAY! TIME TO SLEEP!
HAHA. Passion Run pics are out on sportsphotox. And soon SAAB city duathlon will be out too! And the same name but two different ppl. Who's the real one! Haa.
Anyway! First time having my pic on sportsphotox! wahhaha. Well, there're 2 pics of ME! You know how my dad always says I never seem as though I'm using strength. Well, one pic is that, I look so neutral, and totally like stoning hahaha. And well, the other pic is at the finishing end. Cuz we were running on some weird raised brown thingy, didn't feel very safe to me, so I was watching the ground for my footing. And like I said, I was flying towards the end right, I like that pic, cuz both my feet were off the ground!
FLY!
I ran 15km without breathing using my mouth and without drinking any water. I bet everyone's gonna scold me for not breathing through my mouth. ARGH. Too much of a habit. Conscious or not.
All in a day's work.
I had little sleep the night before. Trying my best to finish 700 mcqs on astro till I was seeing stars! (Now, you see, how not funny this is haa) The paper was okay. I walked one whole round till I found my seat which was in another section. I felt, pretty stupid. Turns out jas was sitting beside me, and beside her was gen haha! In front of me was chun kiat. Just felt it was pretty nice to know all the fellow nbs peeps around me!
Did a mini-duathlon-sort-of of my own! The other way around. I cycled a little bit like 1.5km. Then crawled for 3.2km. My right calf was really on fire! Then cycled the normal round around Bishan Park of 12.5km and back. It was pretty normal except that I just sped as much as I could and so, I think tmr my thighs might hurt. Abs exercise makes backraises feel like heaven!
It's time to HOLIDAY. Really, truly, it's time for a BREAK! Nope I'm off kitkats already, no longer my fav chocs. I dunno what is now haha. Maybe TSPs! I haven't had a proper break since after Alevels dec hols. 2007 was hectic beyond measure all the way, till NOW! No school, no work! So I'm gonna be pretty much splitting my time for the next 1 half months between training, piano-ing, band-ing, teaching piano, tuition, and doing CCSS Internship hopefully! Sounds good isn't it!
The subconscious. You know, I can tell when my bro comes back. The whole ground shakes. I'm serious! He has super heavy bones. (I know, cuz when he tramples on your feet, you'll never forget it) And I can tell he jumps down staircases and doesnt walk. But it's the thunder down staircases silently, land on heels, thingy. So heavy bones plus that, makes the whole ground shake, and the next few seconds, he appears at the door. I know, cuz last time during the days when I was terrorised everyday, your senses are most attuned to when he gets back. Or maybe, it's just the subconscious, feeling in the bones, where you can tell when somebody actually runs past you without consciously being aware of it. (I'm still very amazed over that!)
9 years 6 months? crazyyyyy
My toenail is STILL hurting really so. I hope it doesn't like fall off dead or something.
It's nice to have someone who stays near enough to you that u're able to discuss the weather with online. HAHA. When it like pours or something or have freak weather, or nice sunset, you know u're near enough to leewei tt his place is experiencing the same thing!
A miracle happened and I got a place in hall 15.
Yes, a miracle indeed.
I will NOT take matters into my own hands anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FRqxtAlnFw
nice song!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntvh0VcG3ZE
Go catch forrest gump the movie, available on Youtube! :)
I was so strong that I broke one side of the stretchcord today. Ha-ha-ha.
Kidding. It was just old.
Certain ppl always make me smile
Been there, done that! Feel good inc.
:)
The following is all about yesterday:
AND SO, I tried to sleep before 9pm the night before but I kept waking up. Finally woke up proper at 5.15am to eat breakfast and move my butt down to the car. We left pretty late at around 6am. First fetched sis down to one raffles quay. It's really nice to see all the activity, cordoned off areas, police vehicles, ppl cycling to the venue etc! Headed down to ecp, reached pretty late, and by the time I reached the main tent etc it was like 10mins left to flag off for guys wave 3.... That left me like 20mins to stone alone.
So when it was our turn to go off, I forgot what a joy it is, to run with girls who run at a normal girls speed. It's been so long since I ran with people, and the times when I run, it's like with madly fast ppl (girls run as fast as guys speed get what I mean) that I've been feeling so sian with running cuz I'm so slow! haha. So I pretty much spent the first 5km there crawling through, trying to dodge ppl, and weave my way in between a whole bunch of ppl crawling!
I think the whole run was very well-paced. I went very slowly in the beginning, and when I turned around after the 5km mark, somehow just speeded up, and just spent the whole time overtaking, being overtaken only by the 10km guys whose wave was 15mins after ours. Knowing they were out to win, it's pretty cool to see them whiz by. (and secretly u go wow..)
I have to talk about the most amazing thing.
Okay, I was running and being overtaken by quite a number of guys. Then it was just another guy overtaking me. I somehow caught myself thinking: wah so cool. And I dunno for what reason Clement crossed my mind. But I was thinking all the action is taking place in the city at the SAAB City Duathlon cuz they should be there! It wasn't till he was like 50m in front, that I realised he looks ALOT like clement from the back! The height, the running way, the attire. But cuz it was rather a straight road, can't really catch his face. And so I looked till he disappeared. I was really thinking I was seeing things, cuz he should be at city duathlon! Anyway I almost hyperventilated then. (kidding!) Just got very excited, and you know, squealing away inside me.
It almost made me run faster altho it's quite impossible cuz I'll never be able to catch up. So anyway I just plodded on, overtake ppl, and never stopped at any water spots for 100plus or water all throughout the 15km! And I kinda went pretty fast (for my standard) for the 5km to 13km stretch... And the last distance or so I kinda flew. I guess that's what I tend to do when I reserve too much energy before. Your legs just have some adrenaline of it's own kind which you don't even know where it comes from and it just keeps moving faster and faster and yet you don't feel anything that kind of feeling. The feeling of might-as-well-use-up-all-the-remaining-energy. So I just dodged and flew by BUNCHES of ppl. Seriously I felt like I was flying. It felt so good.
And so I finished, 1hr35min. First time doing so long. Finally I can stop saying my longest running distance is 6km. I accomplished my 2 goals I set out to which is to NOT walk (hence I didn't even stop at water points) and secondly to finish before 2 hours hahha! AND I did the best of my ability to not pull down my sis' name TOO badly since I'm running under her name and ppl will wonder how come she suddenly so slow! HAHA. I wonder what's my position tho!
So after I returned my chip, and guzzled down one whole can of 100plus straight, I met winnie and angela! (sis' 2 frens) I went there only knowing yonghwee was going but I didn't meet him. So was mostly alone. Except I ran past chenyi. So I met sis' 2 frens and hung out with them awhile. They're mad and nice ppl :)
I tried looking for him and found him at the tent for prize winners (u'll always know where to find him). So I was really RIGHT, that was him. BUT i didnt. Maybe it was my last chance cuz he's going NS soon I should think. 10 years! aiyo. But it really kinda amazed me that subconsciously all those happened. Considering I don't even know him and haven't seen him much actually. Although I was seriously convinced he would've gone for city duathlon and wouldn't be here. Maybe it's cuz it's like half my life. In the subconscious already or something.
So I spent the next few minutes squealing away, as I walked out to main road to wait for dad. No, I didn't stalk him. HAHA!
All in all, I enjoyed myself alot surprisingly and the whole run wasn't a torture as I thought it would be. I guess I must've gotten very good at people watching, talking to myself, and stoning, and hence did it for 1hr 35mins with much ease. I guess that's what lance means partly when he said it's a very individual sport. It did help that I was running at ecp, and the weather was simply PERFECT! Cloudy, no sun, cool air. As much as marcus and leewei claim they're solar powered, I am, totally solar-UNpowered. I hope 21km would be as good.
I think, I like the atmosphere of taking part in such runs. With so many ppl, it's really no problem to find ppl your speed. But somehow, I keep having this panic attack when I realise I'm overtaking my pacers. I mean, pacers arent meant to be overtaken! Whenever that happens, it begins the whole long process of trying to find another pacer. For quite a long period of time, I was mainly running on my own, cuz the next ppl were too far in front.
I think it helped alot wearing my sister's racers which was half a size too small for her. It makes running so much easier! But, cuz of the shape of my feet, my big toe is rather big, and so both my toenails are STILL aching now cuz they were a little jammed and I was rather afraid to tie my shoelaces too tight wait my feet get choked but looking back now I think I should have. Around the 10km mark there it started to get quite irritating. And the last few km could feel the balls of my feet getting abit too-rubbed and my toes quite horrible haha.
But I like the atmosphere so much. It's so much better than running alone you know! I knew after the run that I'll be going for more of such things in the near future! But now, there's still the problem of Sunday piano lessons.
Anyway, didn't have time to stay long. Zoomed home by car, and hurriedly left to pandan valley for first student at 1145. After which, taught all the way till 5pm before I had a little break and continued for one more hour till 645pm. Such a loonggggg day.
But it felt so good serious! :)
My sis was a noob, and cycled an extra loop for her duathalon. What a waste! I didn't know mok was at passion run till sis said after haha. Didn't see him! She said he won 2nd for 15km. Cool beans. If she was here, she could've won alot of stuffs too! But, since they're all vouchers, she said duathlon more interesting so she went for that haha. But I'm glad for the experience and for this chance to run! It makes me feel that running's not so bad after all. When you don't have to push running intervals that is HAHA!
I really thank God for the energy and the strength, cuz I know what happened to my 12.5km attempt run that day :) It's definitely all thanks to God for this nice run :)
I tried using a heartrate monitor for the first time yesterday! Quite an experience haha.
SO, tmr is........... 8th June.
I suddenly thought, what a pity, that i went Japan, only knowing a few ppl. Imagine all the fun, if I'd gone, knowing almost everyone, as would be the case if it was with tjband and US.
15km tmr! I'll be much alone. Besides the fact that I'm feeling pretty terrified, I wonder what unearthly hour I gotta wake up at, and the time I'll reach, and when I finish doubt I'll get transport home, which means I gotta fly home, and fly to teach piano till evening.
Wonder if I'll be able to take it.
Yesterday, I entered the lift with the guy from 2 floors above who has a very young n cute bro and an elder sis who's one year younger than me i think. So he pressed 13 (same floor) and these 2 other young girls (look like pri sch) entered. One was talking on her hp. I gathered they stayed at the other staircase side (listening to their previous conversation outside) and they just wanted to take the lift instead since they were at this side. So they pressed 5th floor (the lowest one). Apparently the lift door was being AP, and kept closing, then opening. It happened like 3 times. Those 2 girls (one STILL on the phone) got out, and I just stood there, waiting till the door decides to behave. Then the guy pressed DC (door close) and guess what, the door obediently closed, and we went up, opening at 5 (thanks to those 2 gals) but closing on try1 and going up again. He laughed. I was um-chio-ing also. HOW FUNNY!!!
Today's swim was horrible. Not sure why I'm always so tired and die on the train ride. Plus I forgot to bring my pencil box and library books so i still had to go home in the end. So dots. I dunno why. Maybe it's cuz I haven't swam for one week. But my arms were seriously lethargic and could barely get them to move. My sets were done HORRIBLY. Really bad. Till I started doing my 50m sprints. Then didn't feel that bad cuz the timings were pretty alright although I was feeling alright too. When I tried to do the sprint afap (as fast as possible) ones, THE TIMING WAS SLOWER THAN NORMAL. I think, I try to move my hands too fast and hence drown and not pull properly. I think that was what happened to my sets haha.
Then the cool american lady came, this time bringing a guy friend. He started swimming with me like the last 3 of my 50m sprints. And I stopped at 12 haha. Although I actually contemplated doing 16. He's FAST. I don't like ppl doing that haha. But, it made me realise, I quite miss having company. And thus, I'm getting leewei to swim with me tmr!
The lady smiled to me later outside the pool! Haha. It's nice, to know ppl recognise you when you swim so often. The lifeguard also knows me! That day he spoke to me while teaching the really AP china boy how to swim. The boy's really very AP.
Results are out! The funniest thing is, my gpa remained eXACTLY the same, including the many decimal places.
15km this sunday, my aim is not to run under 2hours, or not to be overtaken by old men, but it's just to, DON'T WALK! Such a difficult goal.
My bro is coming back tmr night! Sigh... why so soon.
When the clock strikes twelve,
I'll be sleeping in bed.
Lesson was short today.
Trying to burn prelude25 dvd, so I went to watch abit here and there. I so like that band. It was with that batch that I had my first tj concert which I enjoyed SO very much like never before. Fiesta 04! Then when the cam zoomed in, just suddenly felt very nice, to see gen hs n ttk together. (cuz they were seated tog) then, saw bernard n kev sitting tog. hM qtz mj playing CLARINET sitting together. luther and the whole cool sax sectn. ter ho on eng horn! It just felt so long ago and nice. I actually teared when watching invictus the ending last page. Everyone just seemed to be playing their hearts out. I'd forgotten how nice the horns were. I dunno. Kenneth n zhiying were like moving alot (in a v nice way) AND with lin sheng conducting most of all.
And then, there was the invictus beginning part, where gotta hold the high G while ttk plays the flute solo. I could still remember how he's always FLAT on his F and so whenever he lands on that note at the end of each phrase it's clash-mania. You can hear it so obviously going flat! dunno what's his problem, always going flat! So whenever play same parts must always drop like mad haha. So obvious that when I heard I remembered.
Haha.
Looking at it, I still CANT understand how some ppl can have SUCH bad taste in fringes. Seriously, the hairdresser's quite impossibly lousy :(
The sun this morning was hot and I haven't woken up so early for some time haha. I think whenever I try to run in the morning, somehow I'll feel like fainting! howhow!
Yesterday I attended this ABRSM talk by Bill Morris, the guy in charge of ABRSM in SEA. It was held at YMS. (That horrible place haha) But the talk was beyond good :) He gave many ideas on how to inculcate aural into everyweek lessons, how to make learning more fun and useful! Made me wish I had a teacher like him. Apart from the good speaker, everything else was quite horrible. They didn't send me my receipt and ticket and caused me abit of panic at the booth. The audience was horribly rude. And filled with too many aunties (which I suspect can't play the piano and are those horrible lousy irritating old lady piano teachers who probably ruined many students in their path). BUT not say I'm very good anyway. But I cherish my youth.
SO, too many aunties. One even answering calls (which rang very loudly) while she was sitting right in front. I think many ppl also thought she was iNCREDIBLY rude. And they kept laughing away in that high giggly way only aunties can do. I mean, come on larh, it's not THAT funny.
But, I've had many ideas planted, and I pretty much look forward to trying it out during lessons! Although it will be abit more tiring than usual, and it'll take much planning before I can organise my thoughts and become a natural.
I think, I'm still a music person through and through haha.
But, I'll still train hard :)
a little more encouragement would be just what i need.
Seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God
How depressing.
I can't run, I can't swim.
Then, what can I do?
:(
Where's my motivation?
It takes SO much, so much.
Sacrifice? Nope, not ever.
I just want the motivation back.
Lost in my world of own thoughts, and books.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME.
Woosh. Sunday was yet again 6half hours without walking out, 930 straight through to 4pm. No food, no sunshine. 8 students. Never again please. The exhaustion!
Today, was a long day. Wasted time in the morning. (Let's not talk about it) Did stretchcords instead. Yummy lunch! Went to doc and cut hair. I can't believe how can ppl do things to their hair for hours. I had my first experience today. (and last hopefully) about 3 half hrs or something. I was fidgeting so much at the end. I think the hairdresser thinks I'm weird. Well she asked me (in chinese): How come you never do thisthisthis.... I thought all girls will wanna look pretty.
ayeeeee. Not that I don't want to, but it just struck me that this wouldn't work. Just a whole load of wasted money on temporary things. And I think she was amazed at my ability to stone for the whole entire time. Everyone else was reading magazines. I dunno. I just like to be wandering around in my own thoughts, talking to myself, observing ppl around. I think I people-watch best. She asked how come I never ask a friend to accompany me. Well, cause I like to travel to places alone and do things on my own.
That's me for you.
It made me realise how I'm so................. uh weird? Haha. And I've no intention to be anything otherwise but me. So there.
Anyway, saturday's church service was really good! The pastor from Australia, Richmond Assemblies of God, came. He's so funnnnyyyy! Oh and we had super funny video to watch. And we all drank the grape juice during communion abit too early. We were so in front, and it was so loud, I can't even hear anyone else singing around me haha. (that means ppl can't hear me too! yay)
Steph: Where did you come from?
Me: uh... home?
Steph: Oh... Are you going anywhere after this?
Me: uh... nope.. home? hahha why?
Steph: Haha. cuz i never see u wear skirt before.
HAHHHA! It really made me think: you mean I never wear skirt to church before! Makes me feel like so long ago back in DL. Have I ever mentioned, I like them all alot! :)
ANYWAY. It was cineleisure for dinner! I'm SO amazed I found my way there. I remembered checking the board seeing Somerset, something, Orchard. And lols said alight at somerset mrt if mrt-ing which means it's somewhere btn somerset and orchard. SO, I anyhow alighted and tada! realised cine is IN FRONT! phewwwww. Dinner with a weird bunch of people. Well, lols john n me to discuss FOC. Then there were 2 others from our block, plus 2 of john's bball frens. So quite a random mix for dinner! Bbq chicken at cine b1. Then, walked ard wisma abit.
HOME. Is the best place to be.
I'm SO GLAD my mum didnt scream. Phew.....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ud0kaWLHEd4
How Great is our God
The splendor of a King
Clothed in majesty
All the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice
He wraps Himself in light
And darkness tries to hide
Trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice
How great is our God
Sing with me how great is our God
All will see how great
How great is our God
Name above all names
You are worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God