bad stomach pain

somehow i dunnoe how i got diz sudden bad stomach pain today at 1pm. It was like, my stomach felt like it was exploding inside. The pain was excruciating and when i finally decided to walk out of the computer lab and stop doing my lab assignment, i was alternating between slow steps while clinching to my stomach. Then while walking e corridor to the lift at S12, level 6, i was crunching my stomach n walking like an old woman.

I thought about the food i ate for the past 2 days and cant think of what was the cause of this sudden stomach upset. The pain was really bad and hence i decided to take a cab home. I thought the 40 min 198 bus ride home wld have really killed me, hence the haste decision to get home ASAP, where i'd be able to have access to Po Chai Pills n medicated oil to rub my tummy.

Dad was at home today coz he took leave. He always gives the 'I'm glad u are home' look. He says tt the only few times i spend at home is when i'm sick. Yup, its true. I think very often i take my home and all it has been for granted. But its not like i have a choice. All of us lead busier and busier lives as we grow older, and as much as i wanna spend time being home coz i love my home, i cant do so. I remembered the time when i had itchiness/rashes 2 sundays ago n had to stay home. If not for tt, i'd be out teaching tuition. He then asked if i was ok, and yup, he was really nice. I took my medicine and headed for the bed. You know it when ur father cares for u, even when he doesnt says it to u directly. I cld hear his footsteps to my room, glancing to see if i was nicely tucked in bed n resting. Aww man. Sweet.

Well, mum's really nice too. Well, ha, ok i think i bully her by making her wash all my stuff aft trg each time. She complains tt the wash load is a LOT every sunday[i soak e clothes on sat n she washes them on sunday morning], obviously coz it wld be aft water trg n there'll be 2 towels, sb, cap, trg tee, shorts, underwear . And i do help out, uhm..only to wash n rinse the cap. Ytd we were talking over dinner. Just made me smile when i thought back bout the conversation. It went:

Mum: Tengteng[cousin] asked me to advice u against teaching. She says its very stressful n got lots of extra workload.
Me: Oh..ok.
Mum: So, u still want to be a maths teacher ah?
Me: Hmm, maybe i'm considering switching major. Maybe major in economics.
Mum:Huh?? really? Major in economics come out can do what?
Me: Be economics teacher lor
Mum: *pengz* So in the end, still teacher lah!? Only teaching different subject. haha

Since i came home at 9pm aft giving tuition, Mum was asking if i was able to cope with all my stuff. Tuition twice a week, Dragonboating thrice a week. She asked if i had time left for myself, and studies. And then it was the deja vu thing again. "haiyah, i think u shd quit dragonboat. I see u like tt, so tiring" Then in my mind i was thinking, 'Mum, i noe u r trying, but..muz try harder. U've said tiz b4 havent u? In sec sch n in JC, talking me outta my time consuming CCAs tt i joined? It doesnt work this way mum. Try a new approach' And then she tried the peer pressure approach. She asked, 'Is juliana also in dragonboat? And wenya also? How about guimei?' And i replied, 'Juliana n wenya are also in.' Obviously, she was hoping to find friends who werent in it to make a comparison and to hopefully talk me out of it. Nice try, but its not workin.

Somehow i think i am a rebel. Ok not tt bad a rebel but still a rebel. I know tt my parents really care for me n their heart ache when they see me exhausted by e time i reach home, but e pt is, its tough yet i enjoy it. What do i want out of my life? Well, e answer is simple. I just want to be happy, thats all. Ok, in e process of seeking happiness, i hope i do not make the pple ard me sad. Think mum n dad will understand rite? Yup they will, n i think they do. Talk about the cooling tea they'd buy for me to drink aft trg sometimes. Ahh..i feel pampered, and loved.

row for each other

ahhh i am so exhausted. Shall sleep at 11pm and wake up early to study. I juz cant seem to study at night so i shall fully utilise e morning, where i feel more perked up.

today marks the end of our gek tutorial. i'm kinda relieved tt its over, yet at the same time i'm a little sad coz i did kinda enjoy e tutorials n sharing opinions n all tt open discussion. oh well, e saying goes--dun cry because its over; smile because it happened. Nah, not tt i cried lah. oh pls, i've got active tear ducts but i dun let tears flow over such stuff. Uhm, unless its like some really touching show tt i watched, or some really moving article i read.

shirley offered to pray with me aft advanced calculus lecture today coz i was so angry during e lecture itself. why was i feeling angry? Just feeling angry with tiz stupid module, e tutorials tt i cant do, e lecturer for gg on n on though there arent many who understands wad he's saying. I was just plain angry with the way things are. Shirley prayed wif me n den i think i felt calmer n much better n tt's y i somehow managed to finish up my tutorial at YIH. Yup, e power of prayer man. Ok, it was an easy feat n i got frustrated while doing but i managed to finish so i'm really thankful man. =]

Karma works in many mysterious ways. I think karma exists to remind pple to do gd n tt wad goes ard comes ard. Wont elaborate further, for fear tt more pple will start calling me tt name. tt name which is not my name. Oh well, its my name wif something added behind. I wont say its a horrid name, but i think my original name sounds gd. Just stick to calling me Cindy. if not..i will..hmm. Nope i will not whine. i will, frown. hah.

We ran the legendary route today!! How cool is tt. yup i resumed running today aft 2 weeks of rest. Just testing out if my legs r in perfect working condition. So, i guess they r. Uhm..pain, well, exists but its less intensed le. Kent Ridge Park, wow, e slope. I'm proud of my thighs, they didnt give up on me. All of us deserve a pat on our shoulders for managing today's run tt lasted 1hr 22min. I partnered meiping n i muz say, she's got motherly instincts. hahahaha. yah its meant to b a compliment, really.

Serene mentioned smth during debrief today. Aft wad she said, i was like, 'woah! i'm gonna write it down somewhere.' it was really inspirational. Yup, we row for each other. That's e essence n reason why we r doing all these n coming down trg aft trg. I think i'm so silly when i first joined n thought tt dragonboating is such a brainless sport. Yup, i had this thinking in my head. Like, how difficult can it get? Just rowing rite? Its juz a repeated motion over n over again. There's ntg much to it.

I guess e longer i stayed[ok not very long compared to e snrs], e more i've learnt n grown. It's really true, we row for each other. No, actually, we row for one another.

And then there was also the talk on MR500 n wad we learnt from this race. I wanted to say more, but at tt pt in time, juz cldnt think of anything to say, and so, i was like 'oh damit, dun call me' but in e end was asked to share bout wad i learnt. But basically, let's juz work harder. Every race i learn smth new, gain an experience, discover myself a little more, n of course, as a team, we bond tgt closer. Anyway, time is 1108, better get some sleep. Abrupt ending i noe, but pls bear with it.

TP--take picture, anyone?

b4 i start, juz wanna say thank u to cheez n wen for leaving comments for e previous entry.

ok so today, quite an exciting day. though its a monday, i bumped into 8 pple from e team n it was on a normal typical school day. wow! met pinxiu, geoks, wenya, jul, yunshan, meiping, mona n iso.

Just wanna mention smth bout today. Haiyah, i was walking out of central library n had wanted to walk to the study benches near e pc centre to meet jul to collect notes from her. Then when i was thinking of e shortest possible route to take to reach the pc centre. And u all know there's tiz main stairway tt leads frm forum to e central lib. I initially wanted to take tt route, so i walked out of CL, headed towards tt stairway, den suddenly realised tt 'hey, there's a shorter route to take actually!'. So i juz did a sudden brake, back-tracked and walked towards the AS6 stairway tt led directly to e PC centre instead. I didnt noe tt my action was caught by 2 persons wheo happened to be standing outside e lib n was looking at me. Then as i glanced to my left, i saw mona n meiping laughing at me.

Mona+Meiping: what were u doing?

Me: Why u all laugh at me?? i was juz devicing a route so tt i dun overlap distance. I was thinking of e shortest possible route to take so tt i can reach e pc centre. And so tt's y i suddenly brake u U-turned when i realised tt there's a shorter route.

Mona+Meiping: hahahahaha

Me: whey..why u all laugh at me? hrmp

yah but seriously, jul knows how much i detest overlapping distances. So tt really explains y i U-turned n back-tracked n hence appeared very silly indeed. But, tt's me really. hah.

Ok shant bore u with words. Here's 4 photos outta e 113 pictures i took within e 2 days. Enjoy. 

I know u may have seen tiz photo umpteen times. But, diz is frm me. Hey focus ur attention on e front row. Check out the 2 pple wearing white caps. Tt's Windy n Cendy. Dont u think we look damn gd? So not-shy rite? hah

The notorious Jurong pple--Yirang and I. I love diz pic coz she was ready to take e pic but i wasnt. So tt explains y my facial muscle seems a bit tight.. and expression a bit tensed. Muscle not relaxed yet mah. Now i really think i look funny here.

Is tt Ashlee Simpson?? Yea i tink so. Ashlee's in town. Haha. Nah, its yirang, Amy, and vic-ah-vic[who has recently changed hairdo but unintentionally look like Ashlee Simpson hahahaha]

Last but not least, tiz is a really great pic. Meiping jiejie captured e moment. Take picture of yunshan taking picture. Now, how cool is tt man?

Gd done ah

I just read someone’s blog. Haiz.. I cant find e appropriate thing to say. To hold back n fight back those tears is such a painful thing to do. Just like bottling up your feelings when u’ve got something u really really wanna to help a friend but cant say out coz u lack the courage to do so.

Well, I know u will definitely feel better aft a gd cry n u’ll need time n space for yourself so yup, I wont be bothering u for the time being alright? N I promise I wont ‘get u started’ again. *promise*. That girl I know is 1 damn strong ger..as a rower(physically), as a friend(emotionally)..and mentally as well. Yah..all those runs u completed time and time again. U sure deserve a pat on ya shoulders and..may I add, a BIG HUG! I still keep e SMS-es tt we send to one another everytime we go through an event when we feel we cld have very much done better and I do look at e SMS-es coz it keeps me gg when I’m down n out. Like hmm, our very first land time trial, e water time trial, e regatta. It’s saved in my hp in e 'sweet' section. =]

And yes, a smile does not mean u r happy, tt applies for laughter. But I don’t hide my feelings tt much. Maybe I bottle up stuff I wanna say, but I wont fake a smile, its too tiring for me to do so.

I realized tt when I’m sad, its written all over on my face. And so does it when I’m hungry---e ‘hungry’ look, or when I’m happy, it’s e toothy smile spread across my face. Yes, there are times when the ‘stressed’ look appears on my face when I cant get my stuff done well and done properly. And today, I realized..nono..it was Serene who pointed out to me tt I’ve got a ‘whiny’ expression. Big question gg on in my head—Am I getting more whiny recently? Hmm, I guess NOT..ahahahaha. No, really, I’m not as whiny a person as I seem. It’s juz uhm..maybe the weather or wad tt is the cause of my whininess recently. Hahahaha. No, seriously, I’m not getting more whiny. Like, seriously(in my tone).

The past 2 days have been great. I psyh-ed myself to be mentally prepared not to earn a seat for diz MR500 race coz I felt that there were many more worthy lefties who deserved e seat. U can say tt I doubted my abilities. I don’t deny it. Was quite surprised to earn a seat N b selected as pacer but I know with angeline aka lele to guide n help me out, I’d b fine.

Today there were 3 sets I rowed in. Yah, of course i felt disappointed after e 2nd set coz like, it kinda meant we were outta e Women’s Open Final. And I kinda felt guilty tt cannot pull long though I know tt in a sprint n as a front pack it isn’t tt possible to pull as long. But, erm, e longest I pulled during e entire race wasn’t even e length of e shortest strokes we do for normal trg( u get it?). I remembered wenya n meiping coming to ask me, ‘are u ok?’ aft tt set n hmm..i managed a ‘yah’ response though deep down inside, hmm..upset. Then we received news tt we actually qualified for Finals coz a team was disqualified for cutting lane n it was like, diz ray of hope for a comeback.

We rowed in e Finals n though the results weren’t spectacular, we did put up a gd fight. The Men’s team, from what I heard, did a brilliant last charge tt got them 1st place for Men’s Open. N it was quite funny coz we were doing cool down n ½ e team weren’t ard but was instead watching n supporting e guys team n yunshan said she felt a little ‘lack of love’. But the guys really did very well. Congratulations to all.

Prize presentation. David said to me, “Cindy, gd done arh” and I gave him the half puzzled; half ‘am chiou’ expression. I knew instantly that he meant ‘Gd job, well done’ but somehow when it came out of his mouth, it became ‘gd done’. And I giggled n told meiping bout it n she said, ‘don’t so bad leh, always laugh at him’ But who wouldn’t laugh at tt?

At e end of the 2 days, I realized its not e starts tt comes into my head instantly when I look back. It’s all e pats on e shoulder; e ‘eh jiayou ah!’; e passing of water/glucose b4 and aft a race, e hugs; e ‘are u ok?’; e focus-ing moments tt runs through my head. I could go on listing more but, e point is, it just feels so nice to be in a team, to feel as a team. To let one another know tt hey, we are around n we can help u out if u need it. To show concern n be shown concerm. Yup, I really love these people. E little things they do, e great things they do. Every little thing matters, really. Aww man.. =] Yup we do diz as a team, we do tiz for e team. Life is beautiful.

e 'am chiou' face

been wanting to blog since ytd. diz is 1 day due: ahhh..its so nice to take a nap. And diz only happens on weekends or public holidays. Yup today is Good Friday. So did u all have a good friday on Good Friday? ahaha..one of the lame qn i asked jul while walking to the shower room at National Stadium and she rolled her eyes at me. Hrmp.

Yirang, jul, wen and i were supposed to hitch a ride frm pinxiu's dad van diz morning but in e end, it turned out tt jul was e only one left coz wen had her dad fetch her to sdba while yirang n i both woke up late n in e end turned out tt all of took cab down. There goes my $15 and another case of expensive vitasoy. Ok diz time it wasnt vitasoy's fault. It was coz i slept late ytd aft watching such a gd show on channel 5--Men of Honour. I cried at the last part of the show. His sheer determination to complete the 12 steps was just..amazing. And he cried coz of the pain his body had to endure.

And tt explains why i had to take cab down to SDBA today. haha woke up late mah. But trg was really gd. We trained in 2 small boats den yah i felt tt the timing n coordination is better compared to e previous trg. =] And e transition as well. Yup.
It doesnt matter which boat we r in tmr. What matters is tt we ultimately row as TeamNUS. And yes, we will definitely give our best shot tmr.

Today(26/03/05): i woke up at 430am diz morning to do maths. Yup i realised i cant study at night coz i get tired v fast so i'm trying out studying in e morning n so far its quite gd. That explains y i was ald in bed at 9pm ytd n e most ironic thing bout e sms mona sent out to remind us to sleep, was tt e sms kinda woke me up instead. I woke up to check who sms-ed me. hah but did manage to fall back asleep right aft tt.

So today we met at 830 at e entrance. Yea my camera can finally show its presence. Ok maybe meiping did try to confiscate it but she took e camera to take pictures as well. hah. Hmm, ok so it was my first time being e pacer for a race. It was quite an experience. Initially a bit nervous but aft rowing to starting pt den cant think of anything else other den to show our fighting spirit n give our best shot. We came in 2nd. Felt breathless when we ez-ed. Was it a gd set? Hmm..yup..But can be better. After tt it was more photo taking, and jalan-jalan(ing) n picnic..n resting, etc. We were waiting for time to past for e next event--e Mixed Open where 1/2 the team wld be rowing. I wore wenya's shade n act cool. N i was was enjoying the whole bottle of glucose to myself n gave a loud, hearty luff n den, i felt smth not quite right. N to sum it up in as little words as possible, i saw RED. Urghh. Enough said.

The mixed team event was so exciting. There was this boat 4 which cut through all possible lanes and we, as spectators were screaming like mad coz we feared tt they wld collide wif the NUS mixed boat, and hence hinder our chance of winning. Thankfully, NUS was the 1st boat n was leading in e pack so boat 4 was far behind n did not affect Red 2. It was darn gd to see them come in first! Woo hoo. They did well man! *pats shoulders*

Aft tt 5 of us went to J8 for lunch at pasta mania. I went to buy myself a cap n an SB. By the time i reached hm and washed my stuff, it was almost time to go for church. N i went with my brother. Oh my gosh, i didnt know tt it was mass held in chinese at st. francis church today! if i known i wldnt have went. Anyway, we attended a chinese mass!! my gosh. Ok dis time it wasnt juz him making me laugh but i was trying so hard not to laugh coz of the translation n all. I was practically giving the 'am chiou' face e whole time. In e end, i instigated him to leave e mass early. We made a quick exit aft trying hard not to laugh most of the time. Yup i realised i got diz habit of pretending to rub my nose to hide tt 'am chiou' look but it doesnt work! In e end, we'd look at each other n start laughing all over again. U shd have juz heard my brother trying to make out e chinese words n trying to sing it. wahahahhaha.

got quite a lot of other stuffs to type..but i better go get some sleep. hah. nitez pple. tmr another long day man.

Abstainence

i've juz had dinner. been thinking bout ytd..Abstainence from certain food stuff.

Coffee--not a problem, i dun touch tt. I'm a Milo person
Arse Cream--ok lor, can live without it one. though some pple owe me 25c Mac ice cream
Alcohol--not a problem also.I only drink on certain occasions
Coconut Milk--i can live without tt too
and..
Chilli[urgh..wad's dinner without my sliced chilli? Ate my seafood soup without chilli and it was such an incomplete meal]

Actually, it's just like abstaining from meat on friday. Meat seems exceptionally tempting n good to eat on Fridays. I walk past the Chicken Rice stall n juz have this great urge to order a plate of Chicken Rice though on other days, i dont even wanna eat Chicken Rice at all. And now, i go home and walk past this ice-cream vendor n feel like eating ice cream though i nv ever had tt craving even once. Oh well, i can abstain from meat on Fridays, wad's all tt man? Plus its juz a few days. Not the official abstain YET.

Ok i tink i am feeling slightly better today. I had my tutorials and realised tt i have friends who also searched n flipped thru their lecture notes n textbook ytd and yet, was not able to do any qn. Well, maybe only 1 question. So somehow, i'm not alone. But its not a consolation, definitely. I mean, i need to find a way out rite? Not juz be satisfied with the excuse tt since there r pple who also dunnoe how to do, i can also not know how to do.

Was communicating wif wen via sms today n found out tt she'd also sprained her ankle. Oh gosh. Like, seriously, i taut it was juz superificial bruises from e fall. Didnt expect it to be tt bad. N now she's limping. Yup more pple limping these days. Hey gal, hope ur ankle will heal fast alright?

sigh

actually i dunnoe wad to blog about also. I mean, life is so full of ups n downs, but mainly downs. And i'm so tired of telling e whole world how i get defeated time n time again. So might as well skip n delete n not write bout e unhappy stuff.

Anyway, i must say 'thank you' to iso for e slip of paper u gave me at YIH which read, "Hey Cindy! Cheer Up! Don't so stressted! *muakz* love, iso" when i lay my head down to rest aft staring at e tutorial for ages n flipping thru my textbk and lecture notes n still not be able to work smth out. Jerked up from e sleep, den found tt slip of paper in front of me. Sweet.

I realised tt many people actually care for me. And their genuine concern is truly smth tt makes me feel so, hmm..thankful for. I'm really not gd with words, but yah sometimes their actions n words juz make me feel tt hey, i'm not suffering alone. And the thing is tt, i never even asked for it. It came just like tt. Like for instance wendy who asked me how's my rash/itch n recommended her type of medicine shd it be a case of sensitive skin. And yirang, upon realising tt i'm not crapping ard today when i came for trg and juz asked, 'R u ok? U need a hug?' but stood at e higher step[outside e squash court] and expected me to be able to hug her? And i told her to take a step down to come to my level lah..tall pple..urgh. And there's Amy who casually asked me, 'How's my Cindy doing?' Aw man. Tt's really more than i can ask for. I cant possibly list everyone down, but yea, if u're not mentioned, it's not tt i dun remember. Or tt it was insignificant. Just tt, i'm not in e best of moods to list everything down.

Gym today was circuits..9 stations. I partnered Jade n we were at e sit-ups stn. I realised i need to warm up my engine. Once its started, i'm ok. And i'm not tt upset anymore. 3 pple did not run today--wendy me n pinxiu. sometimes i think i say stuff tt's actually shd also be directed at myself. ni shi shuo gei bie ren ting, hai shi shuo gei zhi zi ting? Like i say to wendy, 'take care of ur knee ah' without realising, hey, i muz take care of my own injury as well. No use asking others to take care n u urself dun take care. The rest soon returned from their 3.2km run. Heard pple calling for me to render first aid. Realised it was our dear welfare, wenya, who had grazed her knee n elbow. Fell down coz nv see diz pothole and slide. Ok same thing i need to say, it's not tt i'm rough. I'm a gentle first aider. If it hurts, it's because its e alcoholic swabs. I wished it didnt hurt too. I've experienced e stinging pain b4 n it aint a nice feeling. Anyway, i'm quite sure u r feeling ok ald. Small injury rite? Pick yourself up n be a stronger person aft tt. zhi zi die dao zhi zi ba.[edited n correct version. thank u wenya!zi ji die dao zi ji pa] =]

Quote of the day for March 22: I am responsible to God for the talent he has given me.

i feel e itch

wahhhh..save me somebody. I'm been itching non-stop since yesterday. the itch is everywhere ard my body including my butt[yikes] and i juz keep scratching it n now my skin is red n sore. even scratched e back of my ears till it bled. =[ I dunnoe if its some food tt i have taken or environment factors..but highly likely e env coz i dun have history of any food allergy. But darn..becoz of tiz i gotta cancel tuition coz i cant be teaching n scratching at the same time. I know i'm not supposed to scratch, mind over body n all, but try it when u've got it. Seriously, its not as ez as it sounds. Cant be e water rite? aft all it shd b cleaner den kallang water. n yah..saw cheez nick on msn..'chee ling's hands r itchy..i want to fly!'--juz when i wanted to stop scratching. hah.

i went to see a doctor ald. He gave me some cream to apply and some tablets. bill came up to $36.75..sooo expensive. but no choice lah..if i cld endure till tmr to see e doc at UHWC i wld. But the itch wouldnt subside so i taut it would be better to get help fast.

Wen..yea it kinda slip my mind. Ytd weili said smth to wenya, it went like tiz, "wen, pardon me for saying this but i tink u r becoming more n more like *ahem*" -*ahem* is someone we know n i can display e name down due to some reasons.-
Anyway upon hearing e comment, we all started laughing n wenya gave the puzzled look but maybe deep down inside quite happy hor?

Today is Palm Sunday. But everyone went to take e palms such tt there were no more left when my family reached e church. N there was the blessing of palms[e plant] n my brother, as usual, had to make a lame comment. 'Eh cindy, since we dun have palms[e plant], let's raise our palms[hands] lah' Like seriously, there are some moments i'd really like to be serious n u have to make stupid comments rite? And while walking out of church we saw tiz dead bird on e road which was obviously ran over by a car n i said i feel sad for the bird n he said, 'maybe shd take picture with it mah.', 'Tag! U're dead..eh fly leh..y u dun fly!?'[he was referring to e bird which was dead]. This time i really burst out in a loud guffaw coz it was accompanied wif some actions by him which was terribly hillarious.

On the more serious note, today is Palm Sunday. Building up to Good Friday. N yea we read e part where it said 'Crucify Him' and i juz felt tiz tingling sensation down my neck. Yup, we were e reason tt He suffered and died.

Someone commented to me tt i'm quite silent at times when i shd actually speak up n voice out certain stuff. I replied tt 'Courage is wad it takes to stand up and speak; Courage is also wad it takes to sit down n listen' n i juz dun seem to have the 1st part of courage. 2nd part of courage[to sit down n listen]..definitely have. Yea i'm like e Lion in e Wizard of Oz who lacks courage. I think many of us are. Well its pretty amazing coz not many can pick tt up easily. Like, most pple will usually see tt i'm quite a noisy person but yea, it's juz amazing tt someone noticed e unusual silence. Ok i'd do smth bout it but it will definitely take some time b4 a change can b seen.

i will do my best shot!

And once again, david cracked us up with his, erm, english grammar. Shd b either "i will do my best" OR "i will give it my best shot" but he somehow modified it and it became this version--'i will do my best shot!' He said it during debrief n mona was beside him n when he said tt, she mouthed it quietly n was looking in my direction n yah, cannot take it man, so i burst out luffing. Subsequently he asked us to punch everyone in e arm n pass it down the circle to e person on ur right, saying to her, 'i will do my best shot!' wahh so crappy lah. It passed all e way down the circle to either iso or angeline, who cldnt take it anymore, so they said, 'david, grammatical error lah..hahaha'

n wad's with 3.19? i noe its today's date n 19 is my ever-so-favourite number, but yea.. getting 3.19 4 times in a row is kinda freaky man. So far i sat out in 2 runs ald n yah, i'm juz telling myself short term rest is for e gd of long term running. So cindy..dun do anything stupid. don't aggravate.

Anyway aft trg today e 3 of us went to celebrate yanling's bdae. n we were stinking up e whole house with tt smelly smell..eeeeww. so we bathed at her house but jul took such a long time in e cubicle. Bleh. But she had her reasons for taking such a long long time. Dinner started at about 730pm n we were like 3 very hungry pple who has not eaten for ages. Or was it juz me? Anyway, i didnt make a dash to e food[surprisingly huh?] Yea i served e food n poured pasta sauce on e pasta n made sure everyone got their food b4 really digging in. N yes, e food was gd. Esp e chicken wings. Woo hooo. N weili had to b lame, henceforth really proving the fact tt it's e Jurong air tt causes a large proportion of pple living in jurong to b extremely lame. Yea btw she also lives in Jurong.

Dunnoe why also but today, out of e 8 of us present, about 4-5 pple shed tears. Somehow tear ducts a bit active today. Yea some saw others crying n started getting emotional n shed a tear or 2. Under normal circumstances, i'd probably be kinda emotional too but today, hmm..yea juz didnt feel it coming. Maybe a bit tired lah. But bdae girl--yanling said e last time we did a group hug was at MacRitchie[wad the??] 4 yrs ago when we were in sec 4. Now tt's smth i dun remember. Anyway i was as usual, being a lazy bum n lying on e bean bag thing in yanling's room n everyone started tickling me. Lipin and weili started..tickling! Like suddenly running their fingers down my leg n all..i juz cldnt get to sleep aft trying to chase their hands away. But they kept on doing it n advanced to higher level of tickling n..suan le..aft trying to get their hands off me for 5 min, i was kinda like, very awake.

We left her house at about 1045 aft delaying for 15 min coz we got a bit fascinated wif her gym ball and started doing inclinded push ups in her room. tt's wad db does to ur brain..seriously. hahah. weird i tell u. ok but yah becoz of us..tsk..from overseas trip this june become chalet. i was quietly watching tv while those 2 talked them out into gg for an overseas trip coz of db commitments. Yea they werent happy of course, but wad can i say? well i shan't say anything. i cant thing of the right thing to say.

Anyway ytd i met up my 19 Aug pal..how cool is tt? we r born on e same yr, same mth same day. Yep we met up at jurong pt to have dinner n yes we splurge n indulge in quite a lot of good food. N we talked a lot too. N took neo cards[make me feel young again] Haha n she said i slimmed down. Woo hoo! Yes yes..esp e waist. hah she asked me wad's e 'secret formula' and in my mind i was thinking,'is it the twistings tt we do?' hah. Ok yes i lost weight since i entered uni! Ok but in terms of height..ehh..nil. But it sure feels gd to meet up my JC friend man.

fong seng, here we come!

Fatigue is setting in for everybody. Yea i'm not spared. Slept in yih aft studying a while and fortunately, either iso or meiping was alert enuf to wake us all up at 545 to go for trg. 3 of us KO-ed on e study table.

Oh u bicep curl machine, someday i'll conquer u! It's either i cant breathe properly coz it seems like e thing presses to ur chest[an excuse] or i have not-so-strong biceps[very likely]. partnered serene n jane. iso commented she wanna partner me some other time coz she n someone else seems to have problem with counting e no. of reps. hah, tt's when a maths major comes in handy! =]

And i juz need to say something. I got a new gym sheet today but then, but then, it's not tt i'm messy. =[ my 2 gym partners kept accidentally recording on e wrong gym sheet[which happens to be mine] hence resulting in 3 cancellations on a fresh new sheet of paper. Boo hoo.

Ok aft gym we got ready to go for a run. By then it was ald about 750pm. N i taut i'd need to sit out for e run as erm promised[?] but den mona n vic asked if i cld run n i said 'erm....YES' n they said it was gonna be a short run n yah..so, off i went. And it darn feels so gd to run. It feels..so free, so liberated. Makes me feel so light as if i was flying. Ok, pain wass lurking but it wasnt tt bad. This is e truth. Really, remember folks? I went for confession last night. I shdnt and wont lie to u bout e pain issue. And yah, kept my hopes high while running. Turned left aft UCC..thinking to myself..'So is it fong seng? Cant be reverse 10km route rite?' B4 tt, there was this comment shouted, 'relax this run!' and all of us burst out laughing. It was meant to be 'relax n enjoy the run' but dunnoe y it became tiz shorter n distorted version. Muz be fatigue n lack of sleep ahh some pple.

running partner was meiping. yah for the first time somemore. asked her not to scold me during e run. hahah. we exceeded fong seng, towards pasta fresta, den U-turned back n did cool down on diz grassy patch. ah huh! kept my hopes high n yea it turned out tt e hopes werent dashed. it was fulfilled. Dinner isnt always bout the punctuality in which the food is served. if it was, i'd say dinner made me damn freaking pissed off. Of course, dinner was bout the company. The people. Yup, it was a gd team bonding session. wen was definitely living in a bit of nostalgia. 'don't ever give up on yourself when running ok?'--a comment tt affected her quite a bit during e last fong seng session.

my nasi lemak kampung took ages to come. Everyone's food was already served n they had almost finished their dinner and wad the *toot*..i dun get my food served!? And dat was when i started whining. Yea, attaining highest level of dimension--zui4 gao1 jing4 jie4. Haha first time yirang saw me whining. 'Wahh cindy first time whine ahh' yep. Tt's another side of me very lil pple have seen. woohoo. ok wen dun go telling the whole world bout tt incident at pgp. by then i lost my 'highness' n was turning to 'switch off' mode. tired n hungry. Not a gd combination. And for the first time, i was scared to go home with yirang n endure all e way to boon lay. She was still very high while i was ald, hmm, a bit cannot make it le.

shall end with this sms tt i occasionally send out to some pple. If u've received it, tt's when u noe i believe u need it but since i'm not physically present to offer it, i can offer it in an sms version. I feel kinda glad tt i was able to offer a hug to someone today. anyway, below is the sms version. Here goes:

Hugging is healthy. Helps the immune system. Cures depression, reduces stress n induces energy. So here's my hug for u.

yup. everyone feeling better already?

come back to me with all ur heart, dun let fear keep us apart

was at the yih cblc from 3.40-430pm..1 whole hr juz coz e printer screwed up. It ald spooled so many print jobs yet it juz didnt wanna print lah. den an hr ltr cheez went to get her stuff printed and encountered e same problem. yih cblc printer more n more unreliable recently man.

Anyway, today is 'lok kok day'..hah meaning dun-bother-to-dress-up day. juz wore my legs n paddles shirt, new balance shorts, and sandals to school. went to st. francis of assisi church for e penitential service at 8pm in preparation for good friday, which happens to be next friday. We had individual confession so technically speaking, i was a saint when i walked out of the church. Well at least, i was no longer a sinner. Ok, not a sinner does not equate to being a saint. wadever.

Was thinking how long i can keep the record of being sinless. Answer:5 minutes! like..wad the?? No, i really didnt want to. Really. Was at bus stop waiting for a bus to go home and diz semi-drunken guy who had slurred speech came up to me and said, 'Excuse me but can u spare me $2 coz i do not have any $ with me blah blah' and i said, 'Oh, i've no cash with me.' Damn. I lied. There goes my sinless record in juz..5 minutes! I dont wanna lie, but at the same time, i've had it with being kind. It really doesnt pay to be kind. I remembered how i got cheated by tt 'monk' who claimed tt he was collecting some donations for his temple building fund but upon giving him a measly amt of money, he totally gave me a black face, thus exposing his true colours tt he's a fake. This is what happens when u r born with a kind face. People think they can bully you. No way man. Not anymore. Ok well, i guess i'm still nice but dont take advantage ok. After all, I'm a Leo. I will roar someday. Someday.

Ok tt aside. Today's penitential service. This is an extract from the gospel. Luke 15:4-7:
Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the 99 in e wilderness n go after the one tt is lost until he finds it? When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders n rejoices..*skip a small part* Just so, i tell u, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.

While walking home juz now, i suddenly had diz great urge to march. Marching in march..ahaha. Yep. All e commands still so clear in my head. And all the scoldings also. The scoldings we received, and of course, the scoldings we lashed on our juniors. hahah.

"Look up; stomach in, chest out; watch ur dressing; clench ur fist; aft u salute cut down sharply; u tink wad!? strolling down orchard rd is it? when u march, look smart; lock ur elbows; lift ur arms to 90 degrees; look down for wad? floor got turtle ah!?"

-And the list goes on-

Something to think about: Come back to me with all ur heart, don't let fear keep us apart.

it's not always about the timing

legs n paddles 2005 *satisfied*

ok though e response was really poor this yr. lacking in numbers[both the no. of pple turning up for e event itself and e no. of pple who signed up in our team] but we still did have our fair share of fun. i thought i was on time when i reached chinese garden at 1115am n saw no1 there, only to realise tt angeline n yirang went to e toilet, n geoks went to cheers to buy some food. so, though i was on time, i was e latest.

e jurong pple started wif e usual crapping while walking to the reporting area n we even told them to 'breathe in e jurong air n maybe u'd get some of our crappiness' We didnt wait tt long for our event to start. There were 9 participating teams for the Women's Open event and to cut the long story short, we came in 5th n 6th position.

yirang n angeline were e 1st runners, so geoks n i waited for them to come back. they launched off on their kayaks first, n then yirang came in ltr n we launched off. paddled e 2.5km route n there was this part where e tide was so low tt we were practically rowing yucky mass of seabed. kayak moved quite slowly but other den tt the rest of the route was ok.

den it was our turn to run. Quickly put on our shoes and yah, run. Rules state tt there cannot be use of external pacers but heck it lah. We ran tgt. all i can say is..it's not always about the timing. yah, n furthermore..i'm told by cheez not to over-exert. yah lor. and so tiz 3.2km run marks the end of my running days..at least for 1 week. the pain shall n will go away, tiz i'm quite sure. Or maybe, i hope. *cross fingers*

yirang n i talked bout whose got nice legs(n loads more stuff which cannot b said here coz its too..hmm..interesting hah) in e team while angeline n geoks bathed in e cubicles. den e 2 of us went jurong pt to have lunch n i acc. her to do a lil shopping/browsing. eh there's this really nice baby G watch lah! yah metallic strap n its digital. Looks so gd. And guess wad? Xiao ge fei yu qing was in Jurong Point!! Now where's my ixus 400 when i really needed it? Damn..missed my chance to snap a few shots of him. Yah i noe he's e auntie kinda idol but it sure is exciting seeing him upclose. Oh yes, needless to say there was this big human jam at jp and we had a hard time going to the other watch shop to look at watches.

as u can see, today i'm a lil incoherent. i dunnoe y but yah..juz a bit incoherent. yirang u stop luffing lah. i cant seem to process my thoughts n say it out fluently today. seems like bloggin also like tt. maybe next post will b more..fluent.

staying over at the chua's/ng's residence

morning everyone..wenya's still sleeping, jul went to bathe, and i'm blogging. Seriously i havent encountered the problem of not being able to sleep for such a long time ald! i found myself tossing n turning in bed from 2-330am, at jul's room, and den i taut i'd go over to wen's room for a while instead. Wrote a scolding letter/journal to myself and soon after, i was able to sleep at about 3.40+am on wen's bed. She kindly offered her bed to me. Obviously these 2 pple r really gd hoster. trust me on tt man.

Well, ytd we celebrated weili's bdae. yes, we ate zu2 chao3 at the place tt serves really gd xiu1 tao pok. And den we proceeded to party world and sang from 8 all e way to 12. 3 love birds in our midst, fabien(lipin's other half) cld not come tiz time rd..if not it'll be 4 love birds. Yes it is indeed very wen xin to see them tgt. awwww. made e couples sing wu1 ding3--a duet to test their singing abilities. And there were many other songs tt we picked to sing. If possible and i manage to find ways to post tiz short video clip on blog, i'd show u how somebody got really high when singing alex toh's tuo1 diao4. Yes i will. *evil grin*

I liked the last part of the ktv session where we 9 of us(not counting the other halves) sat down tgt and we talked for 5 min. asking(not grilling but really outta concern) ky wad r her plans for e future. And yea, it was definitely a heart-to-heart conversation. we let her noe tt we really cared by letting her noe the many other options ard. it was a darn gd talk, though it lasted a short while.

So the 3 of us took a cab back coz it was ald 1150 when we left e place n all. had tiz radical idea in e cab and i mentioned it and we actually did it. i said, 'hey wanna go for midnight run?' n den it's like, 'yah ok let's go' and off we went aft putting down our stuff. chiong-ed up quite some hills but it was e downslopes tt killed me. i really dunnoe wad i am doing. as in, yah. shant elaborate. but run was definitely enjoyable.

*sigh*. we talked bout how it's so hard not to be able to voice out stuff tt we really wanna convey. it's like, so many brilliant ideas, so many things u wanna see change, but somehow, a force tt resist u from doing so. Like, some form of reserve. Anyway, shirley asked me during advanced calculus lecture today, 'cindy, are you happy?' aft she saw me sleeping for 25 min(for e first time) during lect and was, not joking ard like e usual. But i was really tired n u noe how i totally switch off n being extremely passive when i'm tired. I answered, 'It's interesting tt u asked. Actually, i'm not tt happy with the way things are now' she asked if i wanna talk about it but i said it was ok. but i thought she was really sweet juz by asking me.

I would like to thank chua and ng for their hospitality. wen--thank u for letting me sleep with monkey though its like, so precious to u. And offering your bed to me too. Jul, thank u for also offering ur bed to me, n also switching off the light coz u thought it might be the cause of me not being able to sleep. I thought maybe its a bad move to run b4 sleeping. I juz cant get to sleep! But yea, i'm juz so blessed to be able to receive such gd hospitality. gd hoster ard man. alrighty, heading to yih now for breakfast, den study, den trg. Woke up, stared into the mirror while brushing teeth n told myself, 'Let go and let God, cindy. And pls, let the healing take place.'

run without limping

i'm glad to see tt my 2 frens r enjoying themselves at pgp. Shall crash there tmr n stay over so tt can facilitate movement on sat since trg is in campus. Just thinking wad's in store for sat's breakfast..ahahha. U both muz b gd 'hoster'[insider's joke] ok? i shd b sleeping in wen's room since i'm quite a messy person n jul will surely not b able to stand my living habits.

i finally went to see a proper doc on wed, aft managing to find some time to be able to do so.i needed better n more trustworthy opinion bout e leg injury aka shin splint aka ss[for short]..uhwc is only there for cheap medicine but the docs there r like, erm..a bit chapalang lah, i muz say.

doc says dun run for 4-6 weeks. I asked for a compromise. "light running can or not?" n he said a stern "NO!" but added, "swimming is ok though." Yah, as if i love swimming. I'm okie wif swimming juz tt i dun understand y i take so long to complete 1 lap. Takes me bout 1.30-2 min to finish a lap.

So i was thinking if i shd stop exerting stress on e affected area n juz heed e doc's advice. thinking hard if i shd run today. in the end, i did. Coz i thought aft all, sunday's legs n paddles event also muz run 3.2km, so even if i rest now, i'd still aggravate on sunday rite? Might as well stop running frm next week onwards, w.e.f monday. i know i'm being reckless, i noe i'm being naughty, i noe i'm pushing my luck, i noe diz is bad for me. I really do. I remember how yirang came for trg today aft her lessons n we've juz completed e 10km run n she walked up to me n said, 'hor hor, cindy, hen huai dan ah? hai pao 10km somemore!' n amy says she'll 'tie my legs up if i still continue running next week'. but who can truly differentiate the thin line btwn when is it pushing urself n when is it tt u r aggravating an injury? Who exactly knows?

I share e same sentiments as yirang. i really wanna run without limping[haha =] pun not intended] too. and i'd like to bounce down downslopes without having to hobble sidewards n let my right leg take e impact. and it sure isnt a nice feeling when u have to stay behind n do circuits while others go for e run. They come back wif e shagged look on their faces, n their faces seem to say, 'u r lucky u neednt have to run' but..but..u darn wished u were there. Its this desire to row/run/do anything wif e team. Even if it is very shiong n u feel like u r gonna die in e process of doing it. maybe i'm nuts. high chance, yea.

run was fun. we were split into 3 grps. was in yunshan's grp. our grp consisted of yunshan, serene, meiping, jul n myself. so yea, definitely feel young. no lah, better not say, ltr got karma. i promised yunshan i wont start wif e 1900-112-8888 thing when running so she agreed to let me pace wif her. yah i kept my word. when we ran past e ucc i juz glanced to e ucc n grinned to myself but didnt utter a word about it. but ok, i did utter some nonsense during e run. Not exactly nonsense, juz smth light-hearted. we were running down e south buona vista road n on our right, i cld see e sunset. this magnificent sight of the egg yolk. so i said, 'eh yunshan, let's outrun e sun!' woohoo. -_-". ~lame~

i agreed ignatius to help out in tmr's css mass but realised tt i need to celebrate weili's bdae tmr. so in e end, i kinda backed out. sigh. anyway, hope tmr will b fun. singing kbox wif e gals. it's been a while since we sang..n hogged e mike. so..wad's e surely muz sing songs? david tao, mayday, liang jing ru, wu yi liang ping..list goes on. hahah will we be eating at e same place as last yr? this time rd there's one thing for sure. coincidence wont happen..coz..she's overseas. hahahah

ahh..time trial

Actually time trial turned out quite gd. The only not so gd thing was when we were told there's gonna be another land time trial. U cld juz see it in the expression n e unanimous reaction of 'HUH!?' in everyone.

I told ya..i cant sprint. I only managed to shave 0.6 sec off my previous time clocked during last sem's time trial. Talk bout improvement. Yes i noe, whether big or small, it's still an improvement. Nah i'm not complaining either. Made a bet wif pingxiu on who will be slower than the other coz we both claim dat we cant sprint for nut's sake! The person who runs faster will have to treat the other a 25c Mac ice cream. i thought i saw her finishing faster den me when i glanced to my side, but i clocked a time of 18.14sec while she came in in a time of 18.17sec. a difference of 0.03 sec. I concede defeat. Yea ok Mac ice cream on me. =]

E other stations were quite alright. Compared to last sem, definitely doing more reps in a minute. Timing for 2.4 run, hmm contented. clocked personal best timing. In JC i thought i peaked in sec 3 in terms of timing for 2.4km run. I guess i was wrong about myself. I juz wonder why 2.4runs cant be like juz 1 route by itself to replace the 6 rounds on the track. Maybe it's like some 'mind over body' thing? It sure is mentally challenging aft each rd tt u complete..lyk '3 down..3 more to go'. But yea, the key is in the breathing. Just breathe, hold ur heads high n run!

Flashback to last yr's land time trial. It was a disaster. Lotsa disappointment in personal performance. Somehow aft reading e archives in other pple's blog on last yr's land time trial..hmm..i feel like we've definitely picked ourselves up from there. The incident definitely highlighted the importance of an embrace, a hug. Such a simple gesture tt's so often taken for granted. But thanks again, thank u, for being there at tt pt in time. Yes we also learnt a big lesson on confidence n composure. Bet it was more present this time round. Woohoo

I'm not sure if i can mention it now, ok maybe i'd do so discretely. Our alma mater[sec sch tt is] cr**c**t ncc got best girls unit this yr!! woohoo! yes yes, i'm proud to have been thru this in sec school. to learn wad's it all about honour n glory, one-for-all, all-for-one. wad they go thru today is little of wad we've gone thru last time, all those tekan-ing sessions. ord-ed 4 yrs ago but still feel emotionally attached there. maybe its time we go back to see how those juniors r doing huh? ok den again, where got time!!? sighh.

Anyway this is a pic of last sem aft land time trial. I'm not in e pic coz i left early but i did pass e camera to jul to help me take pics.  This picture is courtesy of  Canon Ixus 400, who will limit making its appearance to about 2-3 times a month.  

another monday

Still thinking bout it on sat. Here's an extract from iso's blog. Totally sums up wad happened ytd lor. aft tiz episode, i'd not talk about it anymore..it's too malu-ating to mention.

So we're at ready position facing Benjamin Sheares bridge. We start rowing. We turn a bit to stay on course. We turn some more. Okay, I think to myself. We continue to turn somemore. We're not facing the condos anymore. We're facing the canal. We keep turning. No Signboard Seafood Restaurant. Police Coast Guard. SDBA. And we keep turning till we're at our original position.

Okay I admit, I was laughing so hard I could barely paddle, even with all the threatening commands of "focus!" and "keep rowing!". It doesn't help when back at original position we are helpfully told that we are starting out "for real" now.

Anyway in the end, we don't head to the condos. We head towards the canal and the floating restaurant, we head towards SDBA and the time trial area respectively; actually we head towards a few different places but we never really reach them coz we turn away at some point or other (or turn around... and around), but it's just incredibly hilarious. Actually, come to think of it, it's actually very good training. Really trains your endurance

-courtesy of iso-

Hmm, cheez, i noe u miss rowing, coxing[definitely not for me]..n kallang water..yah but for now u muz make sure u do well n be a pilot. Eh not everyone can fly leh..for me, my downfall is my eyesight n..my height[not again?? eh 160 is not tt short k..but not tall enuf to meet e requirement.hrmp]N furthermore, The only chance for us to 'fly high' is on e boat..hah.

Went to watch a movie wif lipin n guimei ytd at jurong pt. Hitch. A nice movie..laughed quite a bit. E seat tt i sat was G19..heh. Looking forward to watch a few movies coming up--Spongebob Squarepants movie, Winnie the pooh movie[i dunnoe e exact name e show], and Miss Congeniality II. But, if only i had the time. This yr if i get to watch 8 movies, i'd b more than satisfied. Realised tt tiz yr, we'd not b gg to some beach for holiday. There goes my chance to get back a nice, even tan. Yah pple, we gg to shop instead. lipin says hong kong is too high-end so we'd probably go KL or somewhere near to shop. Did i hear e word shopping??OH MAN..*pengz*

a rather[pronounced as 'rudder'] bad experience

"Erm, why not u row and i take over the coaxwing? Anyway, i tink its a gd try. let's up 10 for cindy!" -vic

"We are REALLY heading back to sdba diz time!" -mona

"This is the first time i felt motion sickness on e boat" -meiping

"It was very 'challenging' when we rowed n u were coaxwain" -yirang

"actually it's not tt bad lah..considering tt i was really focusing on rowing and didnt noe we were going ard in circles" -wenya

Hmm..after my very first experience getting my hands on e rudder n coaxwing..i'm kinda contented to be a rower. Period. I know diz happens to all first timers but i seriously think i have no sense of direction. Or maybe some hand-eye coordination problem. The rudder is rather interesting indeed. hahaha. Ok i must really apologise to everybody on e boat who were basically rowing n rowing n rowing n..rowing while i tried to pick up some new skills in coaxwing. N i sucked at it lah. N if there's any gd tt came outta it, it's tt e team went thru quite a bit of shit tgt coz they were rowing ard in BIG, GIGANTIC circles to nowhere. It is thru all these shit tt brings pple closer tgt rite? k but I'm really sorry. If i get to try again[if there's another chance] i'd work on it. But right now, i'm kinda contented juz rowing.

Today we also tried some fast strokes n we talked bout it as we were heading for dinner. We[yirang, jul, wenya n i] walked along e noisy longkangs towards golden mile complex for dinner.juz thought tt fast strokes makes it extremely difficult to breathe properly. ur breathing is cut short n b4 u can complete a deep breath, u gotta take in another. So it's like interrupted breathing. but i guess it takes time to get accustomed to it. Run was quite ok lah.

What's with the number 4 ah? For the past 3 consecutive weeks, it's always only 4 pple who goes for dinner! bleh. Sugarcane with lemon drink was refreshing and very affordable, definitely. We concluded tt today is a day to huai3 jiu4..a day of recollections. It started with e 3 of us taking photos n asking meiping to help us take[coz last yr on 24/10/04 it was her who helped us take tt same pic too.] We positioned ourselves in e same way but i reminded jul not to have food in her mouth when taking e pic. Just wanna have a before-and-after photo to see how we've grown physically, or maybe matured. hahaha. yah den aft while having dinner there was diz stall tt played some oldies CD wif all the really gd songs. There was 'tears in heaven', 'candle in e wind', 'the power of love', n e disney song frm e lion king movie. Many others, but we were amazed coz we thought we'd probably hear reports of the 4-digit no. or some chinese songs. We deliberately sat at table 80, e table where we used to share bowls of ah-balling last sem. It was a day of recollections lah. Yah n today, like last week, we walked to tt stall to buy e 10c sweet again. And *enters yirang* wif THAT song.

3 pple decided to go shop ard at e army market juz above e place we ate. Supposed to leave at 8 but we left at 840 in e end. Shopping..an activity which i find hard to appreciate till this day. They managed to get e shirts they wanted n i juz stood ard to wait for them. tiring man..but wad to do..hah.

Here's something to add colour to tiz post. Enjoy! 

This is us 5 months ago. Yes, jul has food in her mouth. =] [Before]

Yirang took diz pic. e advantage of strong deltoids n long hands. Can take gd pics.

Tiz one's taken by Wenya. Her photography skills r improving. woohoo.

Another shot taken by wenya. It looks like someone took e pic for us rite? got skill man some pple.

huai2 jiu4. meiping jiejije took tiz photo upon our request. Jul does not have food in her mouth diz time. [After]


This is Jade n Amy..eating bread aft trg. Hungry.

b4 trg..no one wants to take a photo! *sobs*. Anyway diz is a spontaneous photo.

3 very willing pple in e team who loves to take pictures. thanks wendy, iso n yirang!

b4 i sleep

I saw peiqiu in sci canteen today. And we started talking..we always find time to stop n talk. I mentioned to her tt we r still using her sunblock lotion n she was like, 'huh so long still havent use finish ah!?' It's nice to see familiar faces in sci fac, really it is. And den at 4pm when my lect ended, happen to b walking in e canteen n saw geoks. She mentioned bout a 'C' word tt we may b doing during trg coz of the rainy weather n i went..'Oei!'.

Slogged hard in e computer lab trying to do a programming exercise from 4-530pm. The qn is like this:

A marathon adventure competition consists of several miles of journey btwn 2 loacations. A digital clock is used to measure the total time elapsed for the competition. However, this digital clock can only display the total time taken in seconds. Based on the input supplied by the user in seconds, write a C code tt wld display the total no. of days, hrs, minutes n seconds on the screen.

So i had to be a human digital watch, do e conversion n write a C program lah. How interesting. yea rite. Staring at the computer, mumbling in front of the computer n writing a program. In e end i finished doing, but somehow the last part got a bit of error. For instance when i typed 86400 sec, it'll break up for me into 1day, 0hrs,0 min, and 1439 sec! But correct ans shd b 1day, 0hrs, 0 min, and 0sec. Got some compilation error in my C code. sigh.

Trg. haha i learnt from obs to always expect the unexpected. Gym today..woohoo. Added 1 more set, much to everyone's surprise, or horror. Challenging man..esp when i was feeling hungry. Cld feel my stomach growling each time i did a sit up. Then, it was The Run. 3 person went to e toilet--jul, serene n pinxiu. The remaining pple were asked to pair up according to their running speed. Almost everyone had a pair, n i glanced ard n saw a person looking ard to find a partner. She caught my eye, n i said, 'Dun look at me leh..' Ok lah..so in e end i partnered Amy. But it was a gd run..she made me break my personal best timing. But i tink i ruined her personal best timing. sorry gal. 1st few rounds we talked. I even asked her during e 2nd round, 'eh u havent been updating ur blog ah..' and there was still e 'jia you' n 'keep gg' encouragement. 5th or 6th rd..i experienced abdominal pain. So yah slowed down. 6th rd..she did all e talking. Pro man..she talked to me during e entire 400m remaining. 'Breathe..e key is to breathe. Cmon..let's do it tgt..almost there' We were 2nd pair to finish. I felt like puking but ntg to puke out lah..empty stomach. Felt better aft i caught back my breath. Yea it's another great experience running with amy. =]

Dinner was equally gd. 5 of us went--yunshan,serene,meiping, yirang n i. Yirang n i felt really young. hahahahaha. Opps. E uncle cock-up my order n served me kwey tiao mee dry, instead of my usual kwey tiao mee soup. All tt oil..yikes. Heart cannot take it man. Fortunately, there's teh-o ping tt costs $0.80 to save the day! Talked bout brothers, chilli, taxi drivers, lame stuff over dinner table. Nice.

Woo hoo

Hey b4 i start..check out who's been reading my blog man! Check tiz out..under the comments for last sat's entry entitled 'life is gd..sometimes'. It's our very own..leng lui ie ie Zhenyi who left a comment! Yes n she typed out the entire lyrics for tt silly song..haha. And yes, can hear u singing on e boat. =] The song lyrics makes me wonder..who's so boliao to go and catch eels[ni2 qiu1]?? And another thought..is Xiao Niu de Ge Ge, geok's brother?? Coz geoks is aka xiao niu..so doesnt tt ge ge refer to her brother. Ok..tt's a lame moment for u all.

Today, walau, a bit suay ah. So happened my brother n I had lessons tt start at 10am so we left e house at almost the same time[i left e hse first] n yes, it's another incident of me bumping into him in e same train. Have to put up with him all e way from boon lay to clementi. Coz he study in SMU den will also alight at clementi to take bus 154 mah. Was sitting in e green carriage n he happen to find me there n plonk his butt on a seat beside me. Huge sighhhhh. Then e conversation went:

Brother: Ey Cindy, y u nv chop seat for me ah. Nv wave to signal me to come..luckily i found u here ahh
Me: *thinking deep* walau..suay man. Tiz stupid brother seriously have a habit of embarassing me lah. When he gets a seat on e MRT, he'd always deliberately act like he's some kiasu uncle n chop a seat wif 1 hand, n with the other hand, wave frantically to get my attention, hoping i'll sit beside him.

Meanwhile, Train reaches Chinese Garden.

Brother: Cindy, ever wondered why it is called Chinese Garden and not Indian Garden or Malay Garden??
Me: Not again! *ignore*
Brother: Says some crappy remarks which is quite racist so i shant put it here. Hur hur hur..funny rite?? hur hur hur. *laughs to himself*
Me: Benjamin, seriously, it's NOT funny lor.

I wonder, do i see myself in him? I'm afraid so. Shucks lah. Who else laughs at her own joke? This is quite bad man. Fortunately i survive to reach clementi stn in 1 piece.

Ahh. Diz is quite cool. Today in GEK tutorial lesson, we had diz guy from e even wk grp coming to join our class and he's 204cm tall! And den he was e chosen one to speak in e grp aft e dicussion and aft he spoke, a girl raised her hand and asked, 'Can i ask u smth? What's your height?' And he replied, "204cm" and den another qn was shot by one of my grp member. 'I think i've seen u on TV b4..are u like the tallest guy in S'pore?' and he replied.."no..but if u seen me on TV competition, it's because i'm the 2nd tallest guy in S'pore." Woahhhh, e whole discussion grp was stunned man. And den there was other qn like can he do a slam dunk. So cool man. Woohoo.

Trg today. Haha i won e 10c bet tt i made wif wenya. but it's not counted coz she didnt agree on it. Boo hoo. Cheez n i happened to wear the same jersey n shorts so we decided to pair up tgt for gym. yah aft tt was e run. Yah i resumed running aft 5 days of rest. i heard we ran bout 8.2km or smth like tt. somehow by a twist of fate i ended up partnering cheez in e end. oh yah, iso muz take care k. go see a doc but dun see e doc from UHWC. They're gd to go for cheap medicine but i tink u need a gd diagnosis..not some chapalang kind. somehow i tink cheez have memorise e route lah..haha. She knows where there's a step n where there's a dustbin n caution in advance for us to 'watch out'. Woohoo. I made a comment..'woah cheez u memorise e route by heart ah?' and i tink e pair in front started luffing.

Somehow there were some very nice sea sports camp singlet which is red in colour[my fav!] tt were left for e juniors to take. So it's like 9 choose 4-5 singlets. Do maths..9C5 gives 126 possible combinations. Den we did a 'mini mani mini mo' to determine who gets it n who doesnt. Gotta admit..told ya b4. I dun have luck. If i ever had luck, it is bad luck. Haha. Wenya..we can really compete man. Whose the ultimate bad luck person. Must got different category one ok? Eg 'Who's worse at getting their turn in a queue', 'Who's worse at waiting for buses', "who's loses the most $ when gambling' etc. It was not a surprise tt both of us didnt get it. Hahahaha. But i'm ok with it, really.

I dont like wednesdays. I think it's a mid week crisis kinda thing tt occurs every wed. Maybe it's also becoz i have planned it such tt i've got 2 maths tutorials on wed. And everyone just knows how much i love it, right. Yea...right. But how is it ever possible to go thru a week w/o wednesdays? Oh darn. Better get back to doing my tutorials.