Friday, June 15, 2007
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busy, busy and even more busy. i'm totally packed up with activities this month ... with canoeing training practically everyday (except sunday), f.p.s sessions (which were most of the time cancelled due to whatever reasons kept to the group leader C.L), video editing (which is in sch and have to travel half across the island to 'play around' for 2.5h) + other personal stuff (like homework and working on my second album).
however, this week was rather fun-filled with loads of stories to tell everyone. but then, it seems like it's gonna be another long post if i have the 'feel' to post that long ... xD.
situation no. 1 | monday 11.6 | canoeing + video editing
went for training on monday. at macritchie as we conducted the huge movement from mac to kal. it took us approx. 3h to finally settle down at kallang in the end ever since the move started at 6.30am. s.T & I thot that train + 156 combination would be faster than the usual transfer to 93 direct-to-mac kinda everyday arrangement, but it turned out to be the same when i was walking towards the overhead bridge cuz i saw the 93 stopping at the bus-stop. it's so stupid ... woke up half an hour earlier just to take the early train ...
zoom zoom zoom to 7++ to around 8am ... we uploaded the boats and then hopped on for a ride to kallang, where all the lucky sec 1s were waiting. i was very fortunate to be allocated a front seat with the truck uncle by Mr. See ... then during this 1 hour-long ride (extended due to a particular reason), the uncle talked to me about people dashing across the road, not treasuring their own life kinda thing ... yeah, it's rather cool to talk to an uncle who also mentioned about even graduates nowadays don't have jobs ... so it's very important to be at least a University graduate in order to stay in the competitive society in Singapore - very political there. and the truck uncle, followed another truck uncle, who didn't really know the way and made a huge loop around here and there, JUST TO AVOID THE ERP. save $2 or 3 if dont pass the gantry.
keep it short >> we had a orientation around kallang and training ended at an all-time late of around 12pm?
Day Factor >> B+
situation no. 2 | tuesday 12.6 | canoeing + f.p.s (was unable to go)
it's our second canoeing training at kallang in 2007. we had to balance ourselves in the wavy conditions and they were rather crazy. the sprinting up and down was tiring and we almost lost track of our counting. overall grade of canoeing that day >> B.
when i went back home for shower, it felt rather tired and wanted to rest, so i sorta 'skipped' that session which was held in school. i scared if i go, i halfway slam my head on the table and enter dreamland, so i decided to just stay put at home, hitting for the bed. but my sleep was interrupted by C.L and W.S calls throughout my 3-hour sleep. i was so fed-up that sometimes i just continued sleeping, but my phone ringing volume was so loud that i could not avoid it.
Day Factor >> B-
situation no. 3 | wednesday 13.6 | canoeing
this was the extra training, which the 3 K2s went down for. it was a totally unexpected programme and extraordinary day. Mr. Goh told the 3 of us that we were going to row all the way to the Merlion and back. throughout the 8km distance, we had topsy-turvy moments when shaun and i almost felt like cap-ping several times ... like Mr. See said "front man enjoying themselves, but backman terrible time balancing the boat..." (of course not word for word lah... just roughly).
we got the chance to see the floating NDP platform upclose as well as the Merlion and the future I.R site/plot of land. the currents were typically wavy and heavy ... throwing us about ... with side wash, back wash and ... all kinds of right-smack into your boat with water!! we were trying to keep control of the boat and not just enjoying ourselves. in the end, we had to do several sets of sprints as part of the training programme for the day ... but ...
Day Factor >> (is as expected) A+
situation no. 4 | thursday 14.6 | dragonboating + donut factory...
we firstly had a new route for running ... which was totally terrible ... the scenery wasn't nice at all ... we have to run up and down, up and down, which was rather mental-block-ish. have energy, but don't have the mind to run at a faster pace. WEIRD. then, we headed for our d-boat. we split ourselves up into 5 boats (4 small, 1 big). Mr. Goh was corxing (aiya donno how to spell lah) our Sec 3 10-men boat ... we were in for a big treat. we had big laughs here and there, but had also put in our more-than-usual confidence, speed and power to the boat. it wasn't one of the very good small boats (i think), but we still manage to keep up with the other 4 boats. it's rather strange that we could ... cuz the previous sessions, we were still struggling to survive with the rest.
*blink, blink, blink* it was 11-ish, zac and i were at raffles city shopping centre (marketplace). we firstly went to the mph bookstore, before we queued up for the famous DONUT FACTORY. i didn't know how come i had this crazy idea, but i queued anyway ... the first 2h 20min, we were playing a game to pass time away ... of friends/family members we know ... starting from A - Z. then zac had to leave for a movie with mervyn and whoever lah ... so, he left me with his g.b to play for the next 2h 20min. for the first half with him, we barely moved much, but after he left, the queue was much much faster. i couldn't believe my eyes when the queue was shorter and shorter in front of me. the total waiting time: 4 hours and 40 minutes. i bet you would have ran out of patience by 2 hours!! haha, go beat my record of waiting that long ... and i shall reward you with a ... handshake for beating my record.
Day Factor >> A
friday, 15 june 2007
donut factory & more ...
Labels: it's a very, very long wait ...
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