Time flies and recess week's here!
The week's been pretty cool, getting to know new ppl, back at the track running. Thanks to Rod and frens for running company to finish my intervals!
Quizzes were 'let's not talk abt it'. Surprisingly my elective one 17/20. Many mcq guesses were uh guessed right thank goodness haha. But my aa205 one I hit slightly below the average score (of last year's 4.5) and scored a 4 :( But considering I really had NO confidence in any of my answers it's quite amazing.
Hall closing was pretty cool and decided to stay for the entire thing cuz this is gonna be my last IHG thing :(
Okay so today I clicked on the 'accept' button. And if I choose not to go, that'll be $300 down the drain. I think I'll go though. I need to get out of Singapore for awhile.
But it's pretty sad to think it's my last calendar year here in NTU. And the last sem seeing all those ppl going away next sem, like lols, suechee, xr etc! who to jio to go for runs and swims mann!
SWIMFEST 2009 :)
It was actually pretty cool. Met Sue and frens and Yanni at 8pm at Hall 3 and we walked over to shop at Hall 2's mart to shop before heading to the pool and realising there's no such dinner and so had to wait till 9+ before the hall 2 peeps bought food from can2 over.
We chopped like many many of the suntanning seats. (Which actually felt quite gross and oily)
10pm-7am, total number of laps clocked. 16 teams! They had this big countdown timer starting from 9hrs.
So we hung and chilled around till 11am when Kappo 1 changed shift, and it was my turn to swim for Kappo 2! When I started swimming, the thought tt ran thru my mind was 'how cool swimmers are' haha. We have tons of fun in between, but when it comes down to it, it's each individual person tt has to swim. No one else will do it for u. At the end, after all the playing, the work still has to be done, and we do it each to our best :)
Kappo 1 was our dearest family member, and hardcore coolest swim team, all out to win the imaginary tv. (*chuckles) Kappo 1's strategy was 100m all the way in shifts. Our strategy was first we go 1.5km/30mins each. So I swam from 11-1130, and then 1130-1230 was sue and huimin. 1230-130 started daryl and kimhock's shift, and we, the girls did 130-2.45.
So it was just nice that our shifts coincided so had Yanni for company mostly throughout from Kappo 1. After our first swim, we went into the badminton hall at 1230 and I decided it was such a nice warm place and after I splatted myself onto the mat I refused to get up again and stayed there till we had to go at 1+ to get into the pool by 1.30.
So from 1.30-2.45, sue, huimin and me did 200m sets for sometime before deciding 100m was better. Cuz u didnt need to sit there and wait for so long. The first lap into the water is always the worse, cuz somehow feel a little chill in ur bones and nose keep getting blocked (cold I guess).
2.45-3.45 was rest time, swam 3.45-5 again. 5-6 rest time, 6-7 all 5 of us swam! It's pretty morale boosting to swim in our lane since our lane partner was some old ppl team swimming breastroke for like 1hr+ straight. Super amazing tho.
Lane 4 was our Kappo 1 and NUS lifeguards. Life was more exciting there haha! Mostly when swimming, practised on turns and push offs and dolphin kicks and proper stroke pulling (average 41 there 46 back) and trying to overtake when I see ppl, and trying not to be overtaken too badly by lane 4 ppl haha.
Some pretty amazing small boy in lane 3. Small cute little girl in lane 8. The bi team's fatty frogs in lane 7. Had visitors like valmond lance and bekky!
At 6am+, we took our timings and I did a 1.37! :) Considering I was swimming like THAT mostly throughout I was quite happy. But anyway it's not that bad since you have alot of rest. Unlike our poor Kappo 1 friends, choinging hard. They're mAd.... Every 2hrs there was an update on the laps. Water sapiens caught up after 2hrs or so, but afterward xr n sl went into overdrive and the gap was pulled to 20laps gap as for 6am! THEN they started doing 100m IM. Hilarious. Even Marty did it! Oh yeah, I've to say, when Marty entered the pool, they asked 'which team do u belong to?' and he replied 'the winning team' haha. So funny.
So YAY, our dearest Kappo 1 won! With a total of 786 laps! :) Rod Sl Xr Marty and Yanni! Kappo 2 did not bad, we came in 5th (out of 16) with a total of 628 laps! Kim Hock, Daryl, Sue, Huimin n me :)
They were nice and shared their $200 taka voucher among all of us, so we got $20 in the end, to cover our registration cost haha. The sun rose very fast!
I hope I didnt kill Rod's tiger's heartbeat! But I seriously didn't feel anything!
It was all in all, VERY fun :) And I'm happy I did it. I got a nice cool shirt, good company, and a most enjoyable time of my life. Won't be around next year to do it anymore :(
I'm glad :)
Came back to hall, did laundry and stuffs till i KO-ed at 1030am and woke up at 1130 to continue packing stuffs and KO-ed on the ride home. Mis-set my alarm n so only woke up when mom said "your student's here!" taught one and KO-ed again for the nxt 2hrs+
Time to sleep again! Really not sure why the others were like so tired and all cuz I was still alive and kicking.
sue and me after our first swim!
the swimming pool from our sun tanning seats with ppl swimming!
before everything began. so peaceful. oh by the way, it was the very first time i saw SRC pool having wave breakers.
KAPPO 1 AND 2 :)
the giant strawberries in the fridge. just LOOK at them!
the poor car got into some accident :( some uncle drive until lidat. went to visit it when dad fetched us back.
the track. I like to sit there and emo at times. It's nice, and peaceful, to watch the clouds roll by
THE PRINCE! From the musical "Cinderella". Since the girl of my dreams (lea salonga) departed in a van and I didn't get to take a pic with her, the prince will have to do haha
Sis and me's jelly making experience
Gingerbread man plaster! For my poor blistered toe before I went for a run
The nicest dessert ever eaten, at Bakerzin. Actually, I think I'll just find chocolate syrup, sliced almonds, get my own ice cream and ta-da! Save $8.80 and can have more servings.
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Let's make this short, sweet and quick.
7th Feb Sat
IHG Swimming! Running on little sleep again. For the first time, I jumped into the water having day2 of my thing. EWWW. It was okay actually. But I had null/zero/non-existent warm up. (So did sis) So for like 7 hours in my swimming costume I swam a grand total of 3 laps! I actually forgot how to swim breastroke. After it ended in the afternoon, sis and me had massive clean-up session and cycled over to hall 2 to pass lols the stuffs she left behind haha! After which, I then took a shower and got out of the (by then) dry stuffs.
Quick dinner after which choinged down to smu to meet the rest of project for a few hours, after which got screamed at by dad, had to rush to the mrt back home, met darren surprisingly at potong pasir mrt, got a $10 angpao, and reached back hall around 10+ half dead.
8th Feb Sunday
No morning cycle cuz both of us were like ............... I was exhausted seriously. When I enterered the mrt, I realised I forgot to bring my keys, and cabbed back to hall and down to studio. Thank goodness I decided to go back cuz no one was at the studio when I got there. My very cute student sang twinkle twinkle little star while she played. I really wanted to video the entire performance but I didn't think she'll do it again. My last kid got a terrible scolding cuz she was AP-ing and I seriously had already no patience.
9th Feb Monday
2hrs project meeting + 6hrs school. Marketing lecture was spent people watching/gossiping with Marilyn haha! My first run on the grass with hall6 vs 7 soccer finals. I think I've a phobia for flying balls when I'm running around the field. I refused to swim.
10th Feb Tues
Paid for transcript, and ate executive cafe with marketing group. Met Hannah's marketing group then too. Met angie, and roomie afterward! Went for swim trial at Yishun SAFRA. Had a yummy yummy dinner at Bakerzin. Reached back at unearthly hours.
11th Feb Wed
I was early for PAP802 lecture like FOR ONCE. Training was hardcore 21x100m. Followed by a 30min hardcore diagonal fartlek grass running. Some ppl stopped me n asked 'You know where's mayflower?' apparently it's some place in ntu. I hate it when ppl stop me when I'm running. When I reached back met the others coming down for subcomm phototaking. If not I'll surely have forgotten. Dinner was sad sad.
12th Feb Thurs
Did not cycle. The early morning weather at NTU is not friendly to morning cyclists. After 4hrs of school, (and an aa203 presentation where all our answers were wrong!!) a short rehearsal for aa205 presentation and then I did my 6x1km intervals on the track. Sue ran too! This weird guy (wearing PESS shirt, playing rugby on field) came up to me n said 'are you dinah's sister?' I am really amazed. Do we really look THAT alike. I mean a total stranger? But he was quite nice and offered me water. Only thing I was in the midst of the sets (and dying) so the offer was ignored. A nice swim afterward with roomie there too. The lazy me was just waiting for the lifeguard to blow whistle to chase us out so I can get out of the pool feeling guilt-free.
13th Feb Fri
Slept at 2am rehearsing for aa205. (hence 5hrs of sleep) Thank goodness it actually went well :) Had YTF for lunch with Marilyn. And gave the swim a miss cuz I thought I was too tired. Was screamed at by the dad again. (But I was too irritated and screamed back too and took my own sweet time) Settled all the online applications and went for a 6km run where I was really so tired I was closing my eyes half the time, I thought I'd faint, and I couldn't breathe (I blame the breathless part to the terrible haze) so I gave up on statics.
14th Feb Sat
Woke up at 530am for cereal breakfast and thought I left house late! But I managed to reach Bedok jetty on time! Cycled with Rod to Changi coastal area, a total of 53km! My most ever! :) Pretty fun, flying over holes and stuffs. I fell, ever so slightly only. I learnt more stuffs abt cycling, I saw many other cyclists! (how cool!) And was reminded abt alot of things sis always told me but I keep sub-consciously forgetting. Whenever planes take off, somehow I keep 'stopping' to look and then Rod will be like quite far in front and I gotta pedal hard to keep up again. I like that place, of planes coming and going :) The area was so hazy that I couldn't tell where the sea ended and the sky began :)
I came home and fell asleep. One student. Church. Home, dinner, sleep.
15th Feb Sunday
I am VERY SAD TODAY! Cuz apparently my sis poked me a few times and made alot of noise preparing in the morning BUT I DIDNT EVEN KNOW :( :( :( so, no cycle :( :( :(
13 students, and I'm still alive.
Cheers.
Woke up at 7.30am on the dot and had breakfast w roomie downstairs.
aa205 was more interesting than usual cuz the PwC guy was there. My group was caught under fire from two people shooting comments over our heads. hilarious though!
Praise the Lord I got my place at INSTEP! Just when I was wondering about it. Also, I got my thing, just when I was wondering about it. (Although this wasn't a good thing haha)
Our executive cafe plans for lunch did not come to pass :( But it was postponed to tuesday! So, we ate lunch at can B!
Initially was gonna watch IH polo finals tonight! But it was cancelled so sad :(
Cycled with sis to bike shop. Amazingly we were going at 30 PLUS km/hr for some part of the way! (except tt my cateye kept not registering) So I thought it must've been downhill cuz it seemed pretty relaxed. (Unless of cuz I improved haha) But I think it was cuz it's downhill cuz the hills (flyovers) weren't exactly easy for me.
Learnt how to wash my bike at the bikeshop! But the clouds appeared from nowhere and then it rained :( Was trapped there for a good part of the afternoon. Aunty jean fetched me back instead and the sky seemed bright nice and dry here in ntu. How deceiving!
Since I was all ready to cycle around in my gear and all, decided to cycle over to SRC to see miss hohweeming play her frisbee. Apparently, the moment I reached and got down my bike, fee-fa-fom, the rain fell and I took cover at SRC stand. My poor precious bike. Met marty and bud!
During a break in the rain, I cycled back. For once I was trying my very best to go slow so as not to splash water and all. Didn't realise it's so tough to go slow, cuz you just keep rolling.
Reached back and did bike damage control. It's still pretty clean and smells nicely of lubricant still!
Realised lols didnt bring her hp. Rushed down to SRC pool where she plunged real nicely for the last 10mins! :)
Accompanied her for dinner n met her frisbee friends at can2. Most entertaining company :)
Bought bread! :)
Went up to see hall 2 rooms!
Night cycled with lols to hall 2 to take the bag. It was an interesting experience leading someone instead of being led. I think I'm getting more confident on my bike! (which I love alot) haha.
Did alot of laundry.
Was sleepy all the way altho I slept for like 10hrs+.
Ate a yummy cai fan for lunch. For the first time I volunteerily bought spinach. Cuz they was NO other vegetables and I'll think I'll faint more without veggies than eating spinach. Turns out it's actually quite yummy! Must be cuz it's fried. Always eat boiled ones eww.
Class for 4hrs, and project meeting till 6pm, IH swim training at 6.15pm till 7.45pm. It was fun and not bad cuz we did plunging and passes and we had additional friends joining like Desmond, Marcus, Lance and Zhijie! Thanks much to ZJ for squatting for us and also helping w all the teaching! :) Without him, dunno what I would've done :)
Took a ride back from Su Ann.
Did a sprint to the bus stop all thanks to sis' fren.
Did not cycle, did not swim, got my thing today urgh.
Ate finish the bread ah!
Kept falling asleep.
Went to school only for Physics of Sports lecture. (I miss my astro days)
Scanned the certs and completed peer evaluation afterward in FAL.
Ate ice cream bread hence was VERY full.
Did not cycle out since the sky was getting overcast and in the end it did RAIN!
Cycled on the trainer instead.
Completed my first ever intervals on the trainer, with my heart rate going up to 180, and me almost =X
Did 2 sets of that.
Tried sis' bike with the shoes. I must say it rOCKS to have the shoes mannnnn! Everything feels so Right. Like you don't have to worry about the position of your feet and knees going in out feet going in out etc. oosh!
Went for training and had a fun time seeing everyone at the pool since hall 8 was there and there was Baowen, Wilson, Pui Fun, MeiShan! Nice to always see everyone at the pool/track :)
We did 8x50m pulls [i had no buoy :(] but since we went in waves and I was in second group it was more fun cuz all u did was try catch ppl! Also I swam at the side and the faster ones were further away so for once it wasn't much pitted against them but more of catching ppl in front! Quite fun.
We did some sculling. Some useless weird stationary pulling. And our main set of bricks. Supposedly 6 sets but ended up only had time for 5. 200m swim, 400m track. 2 consisted of us going in 2 waves in 2 lanes. It's terrible when ppl turn around and come back. It was quite fun trying to weave your way though, and although I kept starting late I overtook! :)
There was this once we were reduced to 1 lane and I started like when they were reaching the end of their first lap so I switched lanes when everyone was heading back. Why would I want an entourage of war machines coming straight at me when such situations won't occur either in ivp bi or sing bi. So I did abit of lane switching and underwater swimming to avoid the mess.
After awhile I gave up with the shorts and was just running around in my swimming costume. (I must've looked quite a sight!) But I still pursued with the socks issue. So come out from water always early, but transition always slow! Tsk tsk haha.
Left earlier. Run was okay but while walking back right leg started to have a dull ache in the place where it hurt.
Slept early and had alot of thoughts before I fell asleep.
This is the way life should be. (and I need to study) --> it quite rhymes!
Continued stoning during aa205 at 8.30am.
Dragged my lazy self to the swimming pool and against all odds I jumped in and swam.
COMPLETED MY SETS! :) :) :) Not on good timings but yep it's a start.
Met Bekky at the pool and we talked for 20mins. Thus I was late, and had to da-bao food from can2 and ate at hall8 bus stop while waiting for the bus B which I just missed. Thought it'll come pretty quick but NO it took like 15mins! Cuz change driver to that irritating slow-pok-i-cycle-faster-than-his-bus-moves driver.
Showered in double quick time.
Wrestled with the iron to iron the new blouse.
Took a cab to J.P.
Visited One Raffles Quay! The place of Mark's dreams hahahhahhha. Together with Mark and Grace. I thought I could rest on the train ride there but NO Mark talked continuously about hair issues (and the barber incidents all through the way with half the train listening. It must have been one entertaining train ride for everyone haha!)
Used the Mr. Bean coupon and got a cup of soya milk at 65cents!
Tried Mark's watermelon soya bean and it actually tastes quite nice despite my initial wary-ness! Try it!
Came back to hall first cuz we ended pretty early and I just sat down when this guy from IH swim team called me and asked me to go down to SRC like 'NOW' to help him take his timing. He was demanding I go down now. After second thoughts I was like 'whatever' we don't need him.
Went down to SRC a little later. Met hall 2's entire barrage of hall swimmers. Including the ivp-ers.
Got myself wet by the pool for the second time in a day for no reason cuz in the end we had equal number of people for relay. We were chased out pretty early.
Frisbee-ed a little with roomie's new frisbee outside the pool while waiting for everyone!
Had dinner in can2 with everyone and I had ice milo, all thanks to alfred asking. urgh never again!
HAD A RIDE BACK ON JEREMY'S BIKE! (ahhhh so cool!)
Spent the morning finishing up PA applications and hence did not have time to prepare for afternoon's class.
Class was just me trying to pass time and clearing all the confusion for tax!
Ate an apple before lecture!
Fell asleep for a long time during marketing lecture while he was playing the levi strauss video.
Managed to swim my 30 laps in time! Already planned to do it and in the end lance said those who reach there first to swim that. So everyone was there and I had company. (but in the end they did time trial)
Banged into roomie in the pool cuz she was like a war machine with no GPS. (haha!)
Sue and Weishing were there too! Went hall 2 afterwards with Sue.
Lo-hei-ed with the swim team and was physically forced to take unglam pics. (haha!)
Dinner-ed at hall 2 afterward where for the first time I took note of what they did to make a cup of milo --> some milo powder, 1 SPOON OF SUGAR, 2 SPOONS OF CONDENSED MILK. I think I'm off hall 2 milo forever.
Did not wait for bi friends but walked back with Sue and Yanni.
Talked with guanhim and roomie till 12+am. (!!!)
Woke up at 5.20am and cycled with sis to Tampines and back. About 25km in total, average of close to 30km/hr and hitting a max of 42km/hr I think. (that's thanks to rolling down the hill which I didn't quite die climbing up! cool!)
Taught 11 students.
Pissed about the last 2 students issue. What a waste of time and all growls.
Read comments about the newspaper issue and researched on PA places.
Slept at 1+am. Awake, alive and kicking for 20hrs!