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ok, i must say, its really sooooo many photos we took lah. Shall limit to posting a maximum of 5, ok make it 6 photos in diz post. hahah
somehow i'm loss for words. Maybe its juz tt its quite overwhelming with so many stuff to talk about.
my room mate is none other den wenting. fun man, all e stuff we'd talk about, those heart-to-heart conversations; many moments where i'd say how i feel about a particular thing like race set or smth, n she'd be like, 'yah yah yah!! exactly!! tt's wad i feel also! i was about to say tt too' vice versa; n yirang popping by to gossip quite a bit. wahahaha
i've decided to just post an entry of the highlight for each day, starting with 9th June.
9th June: We had trg tt day. It was a short trg and there was diz particular race set where it was e c gin na's vs e old birds[oh i didnt come up with tt, i never~]. old birds won for both sets. They were damn power. N we were damn high lah. wahaha, and there was e overspilling effect when yr wen n i crossed e road back to kallang stn n yr shouted 'ready for charge...1,2n GO!' n we charged across e road. So much for safety on the road. =]
Went home to re-pack coz we were informed of last min clothes tt we'd need, like jeans n how we had to standardise our attire at the airport--e blue polo tee. rushed outta e house n yirang n i took e train tgt, den 'fetch' wenting @ JE stn, n jul @ redhill stn. I was fortunate enough to be assigned to a window seat in e aeroplane so i kept snapping pictures of the scenic view outside of e clouds. Didnt even bother to go talk to the guys sitting in e same row as me. yah TT guy. Aft take off we moved to sit in other seats. i sat in e same row as lydia n david n david was crapping so much tt there was lotsa sudden outburst of loud guffaws in our row. yes, mr david copperwire, self proclaimed brother of david copperfield. -_-''
10th June: we woke up early for a run. Yup a RUN. e mini circuits left many people with aching quads. Then there was this part aft lunch where a few of us decided to climb e stairs back up to e 9th n 10th floor coz u noe how e 3-pathetic-lifts-are-always-cramped-with-so-many-pple-and-stops-at-practically-every-single-floor-it-so-pisses-u-off. *deep breath* It was actually just wenting n i who decided to spend some quality time tgt hahah n take e stairs but turned out we had at least 8 pple joining us. vic was damn excited n she took e lead when climbing the stairs all e way to e 9th floor when she turned e door knob, shouted a 'F*CK, e door is locked!!' and den yup, all of us had to trudge 9 floors down back to e 1st floor. Somehow the door can only be open from outside. Aching quads ached even more. We went to Teluk Bahang Dam to test water and did about 4 sets in e big boat n 3 sets in e small boat. the water felt lighter compared to kallang water. went back to e hotel, bathed n had to attend e Opening Ceremony, *yawns*.
At least we were able to go Happy Garden for dinner and how can anyone forget the Magic Claypot Tofu with treasures at the bottom of the pot. We had free flow of rice but fortunately didnt have to finish it up with e playing of e 'number game'.
Oh how can i forget the main highlight for tt day! it was no doubt the cute guy for the royal australia navy!! *gush* oh my..hahaha. Come on Boys, make some noise, we're the red hot navy boys..lalala. woo hoo. Nice~
11th June: Race Day 1. i rowed in 4 sets--2 heats, 2 repechages. Main highlight of the day was definitely e last set, repechage for the 20crew boat. I know i repeated tis story quite alot of times ald but yah, really, the thought of it just makes me burst of laughing all over again. Jade was our drummer and somehow for the 1st set when meiping was our drummer, i did ald encounter slight problem with the string attached to e sausage. coz when she release e string it did get in e way with my paddle. For e last set..ok let me elaborate on it. First it was 'ATTENTION....GO!!' n jade released the sausage. 1st stroke: wenting's paddle got abit entangled. 2nd stroke:it kinda reinforced e entanglement even more. As much as she tried to grab hold of the paddle, it flew off from her grip. 3rd stroke:no paddle cum her cap was sitting on her head, threatening to come off anytime cum a bit of stoning in progress. 4th stroke:wenting's cap bade farewell to its owner n dropped into dam, geoks shouting, "grab the paddle in front!'[very gd ling2 chang2 fan3 ying4..split sec decisions involved] 5th stroke: wenting resumed rowing with a paddle as per normal, gd call from geoks for an 'Up 5!' to compensate, me trying hard not to laugh coz u noe how pacers always look at each other when rowing. I happened to capture everything in full view n it was quite, i dunnoe, tragic to have to lose 2 things, esp e cap which was so yuan wang. such a misfortune so i couldnt help but laugh. 6th-8th stroke:arm-chioued instead coz i had to quickly compose myself, finally at the 9th stroke: i shouted, 'FOCUS!' to myself n whoever else needed to focus. Den i wiped tt smile off my face n everything went back to normal.
If not for geoks very swift reaction to ask her to grab the xtra paddle in front, if not for everyone's God's intersession for Jade to somehow bring an xtra paddle[which we did not bring for e previous 3 race sets], hmm, things wld have surely turned out differently. I had even wanted to stop and pass wenting e paddle in front but den i stopped coz i thought, 'eh not right leh, for 2 pacers to stop rowing'. Thankfully, got geoks n her 'grab the paddle in front!' ok i did suffer consequences for laughing at my dear room mate cum partner, got smacked on e butt when i laughed at her repeatedly as i recap e faithful incident during tt day.
12th June: Race Day 2. Today's e Mixed boat event n e 20 women crew event. Our seniors rowed for the 3 Mixed race n today we had so much time in between race sets, yet at the same time at the last part it was 2 races back to back. We had time to do pull ups[like, huh? i really didnt plan to do pull ups here lor. got sabo-ed] n to sun tan. 1 race set today. I was calm despite e frenzy ard. Somehow i learnt along the way, i'm not sure how it happened but yah, i used to be gan chiong. Now i noe if i'm gan chiong its not gonna work in anyone's advantage at all. There were shouts of 'steady' and 'relax' etc. Vic was our coxwain, raine was our drummer. We rowed to the starting point, lane 6. 1st time, we GO-ed! Then b4 we finished our starts, there was a call for EASY EASY but we still continued coz we noe we only listen to our coxwain n not anyone else. They stop the race coz it was a false start by 1 of the team. Then we got into position again. 2nd time round, we went. Not sure what was our position, but mona said we had shown gd fighting spirit. We went up, n we had a hero's welcome by the NUS guys team. Was really nice of them. i'm sure it wasnt an obligatory display of concern.
Personally, for tt set, my front catch wasnt there at times. had to have wenting remind me FRONT CATCH while i reminded her to PULL LONGER. Somehow when we trudged up e stairs back to our resting pt, i didnt want to talk about it. A few of us shed some tears, for some reasons we know, others not so sure. Was it disappointment with personal performance? I told myself aft last yr's regatta tt i'd b strong aft every set, no matter what i wont let my tears drop. It was easy to hold back my tears, but i didnt manage to conceal tt tinge of disappointment i had towards myself. I know we were against national teams, i know we r in for the experience, i also know we displayed gd fighting spirit. Somehow when we were watching the exciting Penang International Mens Open Race, vic sensed my disappointment when she was sitting beside me. She asked if i was ok. I managed a 'yes, i'm ok'response but i guess it didnt seem convincing so she said some stuff with regards to e race set n it made me feel better.
What i really liked bout this race is the sportsmanship shown, the lining up of people to greet u when u come back from a race n them cheering for u despite e fact tt u may not have performed well in terms of position. N they'd tag n high 5, n yah, exchange of jerseys. Nice. i got the royal australia navy shirt. I believe our jersey has got strong appeal n demand coz of the chinese calligraphy behind--guo da long zhou. U noe how ang mohs get really fascinated with chinese words. N besides, our trg tee is really nice lah!!
T for Twins, evolved to Triplets. Yes yes, e yellow Adidas shirt do make us look like Bruce Lee.
Welfare!! Really timely gift man. Gd sponge to sit on, a frisbee, and a fan coz weather so freaking hot. Thanks Wenya n Geoks!
On our trip there, i was fortunate to have the window seat. Nice picture rite? My TP skills are gd!
Guess the c gin nas. ok, wenya n i r not in the picture coz we were the photographers. Will the blur one pls raise ur hand? 'Huh huh huh'--pinxiu. hahahahaha
yirang and wenya taking part in the nescafe tarik competition. yirang u r gd man, cmon with the split! Again, again.
These r the 2 who planned the gig. 2 rockers, vic n wendy. They make a damn gd pair tgt. Oh this is the official poster for their gig tt will be held on, i dunnoe? Maybe 4th July on wendy's birthday? hahaha
somehow i'm loss for words. Maybe its juz tt its quite overwhelming with so many stuff to talk about.
my room mate is none other den wenting. fun man, all e stuff we'd talk about, those heart-to-heart conversations; many moments where i'd say how i feel about a particular thing like race set or smth, n she'd be like, 'yah yah yah!! exactly!! tt's wad i feel also! i was about to say tt too' vice versa; n yirang popping by to gossip quite a bit. wahahaha
i've decided to just post an entry of the highlight for each day, starting with 9th June.
9th June: We had trg tt day. It was a short trg and there was diz particular race set where it was e c gin na's vs e old birds[oh i didnt come up with tt, i never~]. old birds won for both sets. They were damn power. N we were damn high lah. wahaha, and there was e overspilling effect when yr wen n i crossed e road back to kallang stn n yr shouted 'ready for charge...1,2n GO!' n we charged across e road. So much for safety on the road. =]
Went home to re-pack coz we were informed of last min clothes tt we'd need, like jeans n how we had to standardise our attire at the airport--e blue polo tee. rushed outta e house n yirang n i took e train tgt, den 'fetch' wenting @ JE stn, n jul @ redhill stn. I was fortunate enough to be assigned to a window seat in e aeroplane so i kept snapping pictures of the scenic view outside of e clouds. Didnt even bother to go talk to the guys sitting in e same row as me. yah TT guy. Aft take off we moved to sit in other seats. i sat in e same row as lydia n david n david was crapping so much tt there was lotsa sudden outburst of loud guffaws in our row. yes, mr david copperwire, self proclaimed brother of david copperfield. -_-''
10th June: we woke up early for a run. Yup a RUN. e mini circuits left many people with aching quads. Then there was this part aft lunch where a few of us decided to climb e stairs back up to e 9th n 10th floor coz u noe how e 3-pathetic-lifts-are-always-cramped-with-so-many-pple-and-stops-at-practically-every-single-floor-it-so-pisses-u-off. *deep breath* It was actually just wenting n i who decided to spend some quality time tgt hahah n take e stairs but turned out we had at least 8 pple joining us. vic was damn excited n she took e lead when climbing the stairs all e way to e 9th floor when she turned e door knob, shouted a 'F*CK, e door is locked!!' and den yup, all of us had to trudge 9 floors down back to e 1st floor. Somehow the door can only be open from outside. Aching quads ached even more. We went to Teluk Bahang Dam to test water and did about 4 sets in e big boat n 3 sets in e small boat. the water felt lighter compared to kallang water. went back to e hotel, bathed n had to attend e Opening Ceremony, *yawns*.
At least we were able to go Happy Garden for dinner and how can anyone forget the Magic Claypot Tofu with treasures at the bottom of the pot. We had free flow of rice but fortunately didnt have to finish it up with e playing of e 'number game'.
Oh how can i forget the main highlight for tt day! it was no doubt the cute guy for the royal australia navy!! *gush* oh my..hahaha. Come on Boys, make some noise, we're the red hot navy boys..lalala. woo hoo. Nice~
11th June: Race Day 1. i rowed in 4 sets--2 heats, 2 repechages. Main highlight of the day was definitely e last set, repechage for the 20crew boat. I know i repeated tis story quite alot of times ald but yah, really, the thought of it just makes me burst of laughing all over again. Jade was our drummer and somehow for the 1st set when meiping was our drummer, i did ald encounter slight problem with the string attached to e sausage. coz when she release e string it did get in e way with my paddle. For e last set..ok let me elaborate on it. First it was 'ATTENTION....GO!!' n jade released the sausage. 1st stroke: wenting's paddle got abit entangled. 2nd stroke:it kinda reinforced e entanglement even more. As much as she tried to grab hold of the paddle, it flew off from her grip. 3rd stroke:no paddle cum her cap was sitting on her head, threatening to come off anytime cum a bit of stoning in progress. 4th stroke:wenting's cap bade farewell to its owner n dropped into dam, geoks shouting, "grab the paddle in front!'[very gd ling2 chang2 fan3 ying4..split sec decisions involved] 5th stroke: wenting resumed rowing with a paddle as per normal, gd call from geoks for an 'Up 5!' to compensate, me trying hard not to laugh coz u noe how pacers always look at each other when rowing. I happened to capture everything in full view n it was quite, i dunnoe, tragic to have to lose 2 things, esp e cap which was so yuan wang. such a misfortune so i couldnt help but laugh. 6th-8th stroke:arm-chioued instead coz i had to quickly compose myself, finally at the 9th stroke: i shouted, 'FOCUS!' to myself n whoever else needed to focus. Den i wiped tt smile off my face n everything went back to normal.
If not for geoks very swift reaction to ask her to grab the xtra paddle in front, if not for everyone's God's intersession for Jade to somehow bring an xtra paddle[which we did not bring for e previous 3 race sets], hmm, things wld have surely turned out differently. I had even wanted to stop and pass wenting e paddle in front but den i stopped coz i thought, 'eh not right leh, for 2 pacers to stop rowing'. Thankfully, got geoks n her 'grab the paddle in front!' ok i did suffer consequences for laughing at my dear room mate cum partner, got smacked on e butt when i laughed at her repeatedly as i recap e faithful incident during tt day.
12th June: Race Day 2. Today's e Mixed boat event n e 20 women crew event. Our seniors rowed for the 3 Mixed race n today we had so much time in between race sets, yet at the same time at the last part it was 2 races back to back. We had time to do pull ups[like, huh? i really didnt plan to do pull ups here lor. got sabo-ed] n to sun tan. 1 race set today. I was calm despite e frenzy ard. Somehow i learnt along the way, i'm not sure how it happened but yah, i used to be gan chiong. Now i noe if i'm gan chiong its not gonna work in anyone's advantage at all. There were shouts of 'steady' and 'relax' etc. Vic was our coxwain, raine was our drummer. We rowed to the starting point, lane 6. 1st time, we GO-ed! Then b4 we finished our starts, there was a call for EASY EASY but we still continued coz we noe we only listen to our coxwain n not anyone else. They stop the race coz it was a false start by 1 of the team. Then we got into position again. 2nd time round, we went. Not sure what was our position, but mona said we had shown gd fighting spirit. We went up, n we had a hero's welcome by the NUS guys team. Was really nice of them. i'm sure it wasnt an obligatory display of concern.
Personally, for tt set, my front catch wasnt there at times. had to have wenting remind me FRONT CATCH while i reminded her to PULL LONGER. Somehow when we trudged up e stairs back to our resting pt, i didnt want to talk about it. A few of us shed some tears, for some reasons we know, others not so sure. Was it disappointment with personal performance? I told myself aft last yr's regatta tt i'd b strong aft every set, no matter what i wont let my tears drop. It was easy to hold back my tears, but i didnt manage to conceal tt tinge of disappointment i had towards myself. I know we were against national teams, i know we r in for the experience, i also know we displayed gd fighting spirit. Somehow when we were watching the exciting Penang International Mens Open Race, vic sensed my disappointment when she was sitting beside me. She asked if i was ok. I managed a 'yes, i'm ok'response but i guess it didnt seem convincing so she said some stuff with regards to e race set n it made me feel better.
What i really liked bout this race is the sportsmanship shown, the lining up of people to greet u when u come back from a race n them cheering for u despite e fact tt u may not have performed well in terms of position. N they'd tag n high 5, n yah, exchange of jerseys. Nice. i got the royal australia navy shirt. I believe our jersey has got strong appeal n demand coz of the chinese calligraphy behind--guo da long zhou. U noe how ang mohs get really fascinated with chinese words. N besides, our trg tee is really nice lah!!
T for Twins, evolved to Triplets. Yes yes, e yellow Adidas shirt do make us look like Bruce Lee.
Welfare!! Really timely gift man. Gd sponge to sit on, a frisbee, and a fan coz weather so freaking hot. Thanks Wenya n Geoks!
On our trip there, i was fortunate to have the window seat. Nice picture rite? My TP skills are gd!
Guess the c gin nas. ok, wenya n i r not in the picture coz we were the photographers. Will the blur one pls raise ur hand? 'Huh huh huh'--pinxiu. hahahahaha
yirang and wenya taking part in the nescafe tarik competition. yirang u r gd man, cmon with the split! Again, again.
These r the 2 who planned the gig. 2 rockers, vic n wendy. They make a damn gd pair tgt. Oh this is the official poster for their gig tt will be held on, i dunnoe? Maybe 4th July on wendy's birthday? hahaha
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