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Thursday, October 23

today.
my dear ol' trusty badminton racquet died.
after so faithfully serving me for the past 2+ years.
i won't blame anyone for its death, since it just suddenly broke into two..
maybe it had had enough. maybe timothy was just too strong for it to take. hahah.
poor dudley and timothy.. i think they're quite freaked out.
but like i said, i'm not going to hold anyone responsible for anything.
it wasn't anybody's fault.
that racquet means a lot to me, though. it holds many memories of cedar and training..
many memories of the sweat and 'suffering' i went through with my teammates.
when dudley and timothy presented me with the (rather pathetic-looking) racquet, and while listening about how it died and their apologies, i almost cried.
i wanted to cry.
i think its because i was being too darn sentimental over the loss of my racquet's use.
its like. seeing it in two just broke my heart.
gosh i hope i don't sound stupid haha.
and thank God i managed to hold back the tears.. if not i'd just look really stupid crying in front of them.
besides, they probably would've freaked out even more.
mrwee thinks my racquet should be able to be fixed, and i really hope it can.
if not, the guys will buy me a new one although it'll never replace my racquet.
ohwell. they're nice enough to offer to pay for it. (:

training today was uber fun!
did some cardio exercises at the pull-up bar, then amir made us do some agility runs on the side track.
then we played captain's ball!
amazingly i ran a lot haha. was on the losing team so i ended up doing 100 over push-ups.
ohwell at least i worked out haha.
thankfully for the captain's ball game - it got my mind off my poor racquet.
and cheered me up a bit.
wasn't in any mood to do anything after PT, so i helped D Sen and fang come up with stuff for their campfire preparation for yangshuo.

when it was time to go, i placed my racquet in my bag.
it struck me that hey, i can actually fit my racquet in my bag.
and i laughed to myself sadly.
ahwell. at least i could still joke with myself.

its going to be a long night for me..
gotta finish up my WR,
further mourn my loss of the racquet,
and rest my weary and tired body.
worst of all, its going to be a long day tomorrow too.
with the getting back of the final results.
sigh.

prayed; 12:50 AM

Tuesday, October 21

today was fun!
the only lesson i had was chinese and so school ended at 10am for my classmates and i.
played badminton after that in the hall with them and it was retarded.
hahaha, huiling and fel are hilarious.
peiqi attempted to teach me a piano piece but i failed miserably to learn to play with both hands.
i think i'm just not cut out for musical stuff. lol.

lunched with dan at the coffee shop and talked about stuff,
which really got me feeling quite sian and down.
so i went back to school to look for jingfang while dan went home.
found that stupid girl at the boulder area and we sat at our favourite spot to talk.
training was fun too!
amir led PT and it was tolerable.
then everyone went to climb the high wall except the girls and i so we had the whole boulder wall to ourselves!
i was so happy.
so i climbed and climbed and climbed to my heart's content. (:
and now my palms are hurting because i haven't climbed in eons.
but its a good feeling, shows that i've been working hard. HAHA.
this should happen more often, man.
having the whole boulder wall to ourselves with no noisy guys is the bomb.
finally, a fulfilling training.

went to ubin last saturday with the yangshuo people!
mryong, msliu and mrkok brought us there for a cycling expedition.
it was awesome fun, felt really good to be cycling again after so long!
the terrain was not too challenging, and we had a good workout.
ah i just love changing gears. (:
the rained on us, though. and we all got wet. but we managed to dry off soon so it was alright.
cycled for 4 hours straight, and because of that my ass hurt so bad!
it still hurts a bit, even 2 days after.
it was so bad that i couldn't sit down properly lol.
i wanna go back there to cycle again!

got a nice pair of converse shoes after church on sunday!
finally i own a pair haha!

i can't wait for archery this saturday!
and wind surfing on dunno-when!
but i'd rather go wake boarding, though. it seems way more fun.
ohwell, beggars can't be choosers!
yay :D

prayed; 12:06 AM

Friday, October 10

the past week has been alright, with the post-promo timetable kicking in.
the long breaks in between lessons rekindled my interest in bridge.
and thankfully i have friends to play it with! not only in class but in rocmoc as well!
coolios. (:

its trainings 4 times a week from now on - mondays, wednesdays, thursdays and fridays.
well technically its 5 times a week, but tuesdays are optional.
4 times a week is mad. i obviously don't like it.
now i can't meet up with friends and stuff.
but ohwell, i can't do anything about it.
anyway it forces me to exercise and keep relatively fit.
so goodbye fats!

i've been reminiscing quite a bit during trainings too.. about the old badminton trainings in cedar.
i really reeally reeeally miss those trainings!
with the girls - leng, chris, sab, huiyan etc.
and with mrwee and mrgoh! omg i miss them.
i miss the footwork, the drills and the shuttles. i miss my racket, i miss my badminton shoes. i miss the 4 plastic boxes of equipment. i miss the nets and the poles. i miss the hall. i miss the feeling of awesomeness when i practiced doubles drills with leng and we moved in unison. i miss smashing/netting/dropping/tapping/lobbing/serving.
i miss the sense of belonging and comfort of being with the team and mrwee and mrgoh.
because they were my mentors and showered me with so much care and love!
omg, i miss the (very) entertaining chats i had with the both of them too! AHHH.
i miss the feeling of being in control and the confidence in myself.
i miss the feeling of being useful.
ohman, what i will give to be back training in cedar last time again.

anyway the GCE meetings have been kicking off, and with more details about the trip, i'm so excited!
i like my group (: i think we're a fun bunch.
gonna be rooming with the 4 girls in my group too! its so cool.
i'm uber excited to take pictures in yangshuo too!
i hope God blesses me with many opportunities to practice my photography skills..
i really hope to take home some awesome shots of God's creations and use it to shout His fame in the photography competition that's gonna take place after all the GCEs!
i hope! (:

brought kwang to boulder at yishun safra on tuesday!
stupid ben invited himself along but in the end he didn't go.
anyway sabbie finally got a taste of what bouldering is like!
I AM SO PROUD OF HER (:
hahaha we had the whole place to ourselves man!
it was totally rad. :D
until the end, some VJ climbers came and made a lot of noise and acted very big and mighty.
whatever.
we laughed A LOT, took some pictures and climbed!
yay, we have memories of sabbie's very first bouldering experience! HAHA.
i sound like a proud parent.
sabster let's go back sooon okay?? :D

prayed; 11:49 PM

Friday, October 3

promos are finally over, whoo.
judgement day's coming soon, though.
and i'm so not looking forward to it.

after promos fel, huiling, miang lin and dan came over to my place.
slacked around for awhile before heading to plaza sing for lunch and then j8 for a movie.
it was the cheapest movie i've ever watched - $1.70!
but that was because my mum gave me 4 free movie tickets, so we split the cost of the last ticket among ourselves.
watched the house bunny and its awfully funny.
in a bimbotic way.
i do have a point to pick with the board of censors, though.
wth is a show like that doing with a rating of PG?!
it should be at least NC16 man, like seriously.
but anyway we enjoyed the movie.
after that.. went to play in the playground before heading home.

my relatives from down under came for dinner that night.
my uncle married an aussie who's a VET there.
her name's tanya and she's really cool.
chatted with her about vet stuff..
and she gave me some really frank opinions.
like how its not going to be easy, and that i really have to be sure that its what i want.
and even so, being a vet there is demanding and doesn't pay that well.
so its like OMG so much info to digest.
ohman.

went out with leng on wednesday!
so happy that i could see her again.
went to bugis to help her pick out a present for her FRIEND, and we saw many people there!
joy and louise were among the few. HAHAHA it was so coincidental, goodness!
pity we didn't get to see yaya, it would've been nice to see her again. (:
saw that stupid jingfang there too, lol.
well we spent the whole time looking high and low for a suitable jacket and our perseverance paid off.
YAY (:

leng! i realised something..
even though we still keep in touch and fill each other up with our lives,
it will never be the same because i can't share your joys and sorrows with you!
i mean, yeah, you can tell me about it, rant to me about it, but its by your side that i want to be.
sort of like experience it with you.
instead of hearing it as a recount.
haha sounds so gay and mushy but well, that's how i feel!
after reading your lastest post i came to that realisation.
and it makes me so damn sad! because i can't be there for you first-hand.
while your other friends can..
I WANT THE OLD TIMES BACK, LENG!
when we were in the same school, same class, same CCA.
when we hung out everyday, every single minute.
ohwell, i guess i should be contented with what i have now.
LOVEYOU LENG! <3

i love post-exam timetables. :D

prayed; 12:49 AM