hello

yah we finally TP-ed.

Make a guess whose idea was it. No prizes for correct answer. Ok it was my idea. Pictures, u can refer to wenya's blog. Reason for TP session is so tt at least he knows our names and dun keep calling, '3rd rower from the front, elbow lift higher' or '2nd last left rower, rotation' or smth of that sort. We have names, so it'll be gd if he can identify us by our name.

After viewing the video footage, i can heave a small sigh of relief. Strokes wise, its together. I wouldnt say tt its due to video camera consciousness tt we actually row properly. I highly doubt it. Can see improvement in attitude.

Been quite drained aft the week. Twin says she has been seeing me too often in yih and ordered me to SLEEP. I thought abt it and realised i've been there frm mon-fri. Hanging out at the nerd's corner. On 1 hand, its gd tt i'm doing consistent reading, but on e other hand, its kinda draining. A case of early charge n den no energy to sustain? I hope not. It is xinku, yah, but its worth it. yunshan did tt b4, and its true. At least i no longer stare at tutorial questions every tues b4 trg, trying so hard to withhold those tears. I dun feel so helpless, or at least, i dun feel as helpless as compared to b4.

Can anyone explain to me why my eyebags are bigger than my eyes when i smile!? My eyes become a slit while my eyebags are threatening to converge with my cheeks to form a massive BIG eyebag[jul n yirang, dun luff!] Averaging 6hrs of sleep every night shd be more than enough rite?

Endorphins keep me alive, very alive!

irresponsible pple

if u told someone u wld be down to give tuition from 7-9pm, den jolly well keep ur promise and be down to give tuition. Dont be irresponsible, dun sleep on e bus and overshot and den cancel tuition! I hate irresponsible pple, yea i hate myself. No excuses, i have only myself to blame.

trg's gd, sch's gd. right ankle u better be gd also. Dont be loose during runs ok? No profanities aka slip of the tongue. The last time it went loose i made an accidental slip of the tongue. Opps.

Wenting's gone over to Hawaii, tmr Iso's flying off to Vancouver. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Aft race when we didnt see one another for 2 days or more, we'd ald complain tt we miss one another. Now, its separation for 1 whole sem for wenting, n 1 year for iso. At least i noe wenting is coping better now, ur blog tells me so. Do take care of ur ankle k? N my ankle, is it mere coincidence or some ex-pacer syndrome? Maybe it's some ankle telepathy?

Btw iso, if u r reading this, just wanna say pls take care k? U said u'll come back to see us race next july. Looking forward to see u. Wad is a chick w/o a rock, or a rock w/o a chick? i'm sure wendy will want to re-unite with u soon. Love ya.

return of the blister

its inevitable tt the blisters popped out aft surviving 2 sets of 30 min row. It was tough, no doubt, but wad fails to kill me makes me stronger Yah my mantra. A lot of things go thru ur head when u r in e midst of tt set, but once u have completed it, you feel like 'woah, i actually did TT!?' Satisfaction. Its abt not giving up on yourself, not giving up on ur team mates.

I've realised that determination is very important. I can see it very evident in some people, others sadly lack tt determination which i'd like to see. You may not be the best rower, you may not be the best runner, you cld get scolded by me or someone else for getting the wrong stroke, but ultimately u have this tenacity to want to do better the next time round. Others give excuses for not being able to do something, but a determined person would go all the way out to accomplish it.

Discipline is equally important.

We went to celebrate geok's 21st birthday at pasir ris aft trg. No boozing, but nonetheless fun. Listened to peiwen tell stories frm her hostel days and was laughing like mad. occasionally go here n there to listen to the latest gossips, wahaha. Not a very pro hot dog BBQ-er, considering i dropped 2 hot dogs into the burning charcoal.

Conversation with a friend(knowing wad we did for trg today):

friend: see u like tt train so hard, xin ku or not?
me: xin ku ah. but i plan/approve one, ahahaha ;)

You dunnoe how far you can push unless you test ur limits. 3 sets anyone?

Er, yes, evolution of a secret. How long can a secret be kept? Only time will tell.

turning 20 on e 19th

yes today is my birthday. As i grow older, i'm so easily contented tt this day has just been a normal, typical, eventful day. Just like any other days. I dun seek comfort in extravagence, I'm easy-going and easily satisfied.

i am happy.

Wenya, smart gal! yes the pun was intended and u managed to spot it. gd one! i may not b pro in lit but hah, with my sec 4 knowledge i can still get by with some lit backgounrd and make use of puns. Sometimes intended, sometimes unintended.

Ok, so today is my birthday. A very ordinary day. Me waking up at 630am so tt i wld be able to reach LT11 on time for the 8-10am lecture. Aft lect ended, i went to yih to do some reading, and then hit the gym with yirang n wendy. Yah, the gym. Gymming. Aft e 3 of us went to sci-ence to have lunch and chee ling joined us.

Cheez is a powtou-ster. hahaaha. Unintenional one dat is. We were sitting at a round table and she sat opposite me, so she cld see what's happening behind me. When she saw wendy approaching me[my back was facing wendy] with a slice of cake, she gave e *gasp*/surprise kinda look. Instinctively a person wld turn back and see what's gg on behind rite? Which i did lah, and yah, so much for the surprise. hwahhahha. But thanks twin, cheez n yirang! Then twin took an unglam shot of me, hrmf.

Proceeded back to the nerd's hang out to do my readings frm 2-4pm. Headed down to LT11 for my econs lecture and had diz sudden brilliant plan. When the lecturer was drawing all e demand n supply curve and all the diagrams, a thought suddenly hit me. 'Hey, actually i can be an Econs teacher huh?' Yah..dun be maths teacher can still be econs teacher wad! But of course, i'm still keeping my career options open. Aft lect, i met jul and den we headed down to Dhoby Ghaut where it's supposed to be a Surprise as to where we were heading for dinner. The best prize is a surprise hahah. The venue was Fish and Co. This glass house and it was really cool. There was a live band but we sat upstairs where they had bigger tables. Yah like finally, the youngest in the clique is turning 20.

During dinner, i realised that our clique is damn super san ba(38)! I guess that's wad happens when u have 9 girls ard(sally could not come) meeting up on one another's birthday. Seriously, all e excitement was quite, erm..nvm. We nua-ed a little and then no, if u think they asked e live band to play me a bdae song, den u r wrong. They didnt. Why shd they? They cld sing far better. There came a waitress with an ice cream and a sparkler on top of it. I was made to stand on a chair, yah like seriously. which i did, and then jul, guimei, weili, yanling, kaiyan, lipin, wangwee, wenya broke out into the Crescent style bdae song. The waitress was prompting,'why not we sing it tgt?' and she was visibly taken aback when they sang. Coz we sang it so loud and yah, u wont get it till we demo. 4yrs aft leaving Crescent and we havent lost our power~! For tt moment, i think it kinda shook the place with the intensity of the decibels?

Yup we ate at PS swensen's aft tt. We r planning to meet up 1mth ltr, coz it doesnt mean no1's bdae ald den we dont see one another. "1st oct can or not, childrens' day?" wangwee asked. Wenya says, "ask cindy ah. she not free means we[jul n her] also not free"

I flipped my organiser. "Eh..1st Oct we in Tianjin. 2,4,6 u all noe rite, cannot touch."

We left at 11+. Really enjoyed e company of friends and dinner; one of the most basic things in life which is also most essential. Friendship. Thanks kaiyan, for being the organiser this time round. =] I received my present outside swensens, its a Nike sling bag, and a skirt. I'm gonna utlise it, dun worry.

So now i shall hand it over to wenting, who will celebrate her 20th bdae today. Hey if u r looking at this, i juz wanna say Happy birthday to U man! N pls take care of ur ankle, ur flu n all. Read ur blog, u really gotta take care and hang in there. It will definitely take some time for u to settle down. *bdae hug*

joke time

smth funny tt happened at home.

Mum: cindy, ltr aft u bathe, we cut cake to celebrate your birthday ok? Benjamin bought u a wrist band as your present leh

Me: wahh, ok ah.

*walks to the living room where my brother n his gf are watching 'Lost'*

Me: Benjamin, am i supposed to know tt you bought me a wrist band as present?

Brother: Haalamak!! Mummy!! Why u tell her?

So my mum's a poutow-ster..

Had trg today. Chee Hong had wanted to video us doing pool row but it slip my mind tt i shd go and take e video cam frm Sean, so didnt manage video down. But i will remember to bring on sat! Wldnt it b so cool if you had a copy of tt video? Like 40yrs down the road, you see the tape and in it, its the younger U, rowing. So full of life, full of vitality, full of drive. Bet when i watch it, i'd probably wanna vomit from all the up-down motion. No matter how gd the camerawoman/man is, when u r on the boat, bound to have an unsteady shot.

Some things just happen when u least expect it to. Hmm..

Marina Bay

Yesterday we went to suntec to celebrate my brother's 20th birthday. No, not my blood-related brother, but my brudder. Quite nice lah, considering the fact tt he waited outside LT11 for my soci lect to end den go down tgt with me. [Now lipin n whoever it may be, dun misunderstand hor!] Aft dinner, we went to Esplanade to chit chat.

Yah, Marina Bay, 800m race course. Same old feeling coming over me. The memory is very much alive in me, mind you. The 'Are you ready?'; 'Ready?'; 'Go!' and then the starts, switching into maintainence, followed by some Ups along the way. Of course, vic's voice came into my head.

"Listen to me, you must trust me!"

We talked quite a bit. He talked bout army, and i talked bout school.

On my way home, Mum called my hp. She intends to have an early celebration for my bdae by having dinner tgt as a family tmr nite[thurs nite]. I said i've got training. 'Skip trg lah. 1 trg only..can be excused one hor?' and i'm suddenly reminded of smth. Deja vu. No, it happened once, it wont happen again. Plus, I wont let it happen. 'How bout friday nite?' she asked. 'Erm, i'm booked' i replied. Den dad comes and says 'wahh so taken ald?'

Yes.

I feel bad. Family. That's wad was covered in soci lect today. 'family is defined by wad they do tgt and not what they are' But i realised tt as i grow older, i'm not doing things tgt with my family. I told them its ok not to celebrate with me, or if they really wanted to do so, it'll have to be sunday night, a belated one.

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Sunday: went for 845am Mass, Fr. Ignatius is leaving for further studies in Chicago. He's a great priest and he makes me sit up and listen during his sermons. Damn comical guy and always keep me attentive during Mass. Today he preached bout praying to Mary to ask her to turn her eyes onto us, esp during moments when we r down, when the gg gets tough. Then he played the song 'If we hold on together' Damn touching lah, was close to tears.

Then went home, rest a while, and then off for trg. Reached Kallang stn at 1pm, saw the juniors waiting for one another b4 going. Kinda see myself in them and suddenly thought of wad meiping said tt time when we still waited for pple. 'Starting, we will wait for pple to come, den subsequently we juz go first.' Life comes to a full circle, i'd elaborate more on tt later.

We had 12 juniors down today and despite the fact tt we ald repeated it like Nth time bout counting during jumping jacks, some didnt. N so, they were introduced to the 100 over jumping jacks. Told ya, life comes to a full circle. Get a bitter taste of it, at an accelerated pace. Geoks was saying smth like, 'deja vu' aft we finished.

We rowed and i paced with Raine. Today's focus was on Pause. There was 1 more leftie den rightie so i opted to b drummer to watch the team row. 1st time being drummer, seeing the strokes, feeling e glide. of course i'd like to row. Most comfy when my hands r holding a paddle, not a rudder[bad experience] or a drum stick[havent tried but i think i'm too heavy to qualify being drummer]. Did pull ups, cool down, den debriefed. Yes, DB1101, why the need to Pause. I did not want them to b ignorant like me(last time) but to row consciously.

Went for dinner at Imperial Treasure @Centrestage. was tired so we[jul, yr n i] didnt join the remaining who nua-ed at TCC.

Monday: went to sch to mug at yih. yes, yes. Read the Psychology textbk and it was really dry. a total of 41 pages, finished digesting within a span of 4 hrs. Wendy came, cheez came, and geoks came. All at different times. Went for Assumption of Our Lady Mass at Church of the Holy Cross with Denise. Ok when e 2 of us are together, there's inevitably loads of laughter, or controlled bouts of laughter. Cant help it lah, 1 of the chior member had diz really funny voice.

Came back to yih n geoks da-bao katsu frm sci-ence for me. So nice, and its her treat somemore. All Thanks to my throw-face request aft wendy gave e welcome gift to Arts n demanding a farewell gift from sci-ence. It was a fantastic meal! Yummy, n thanks geoks.

Watched Charlie n e chocolate factory wif my Aug 19 buddy, Huajie, at JP. It's really a damn lame show lah.
Whipped cream>> having the cows being whipped. "How can whipped cream be whipped cream if it's not whipped?"

"the greatest prize of all is a surprise!"

Like seriously..it was damn lame. N i gotta admit its a distortion of the story, though it was worth the laugh. Still prefer the story book though.

did u know?

And now for the 'did you know' section.

Did you know, that it takes the MRT approximately 4-5min to travel from Boon Lay stn to Chinese Garden. But it takes about 24 min to run the same distance. So since distance= speed x time, it means our speed is 1/6 tt of the train. Right?

Yes yirang n i[eccentric jurong pple breathing to toxic jurong air] met at 8am on diz beautiful saturday morning, dragged our ass outta bed to run. Db does funny things to ur brain. Or is it the jurong air? Anyway we followed the MRT line and ran. Mac breakfast was appetising, but the stupid 'Reach out for the skies' kept playing ever so frequently tt it killed e appetite n made us wanna finish breakfast faster n leave e place like IMMEDIATELY. Seriously..

Then it was the construction work gg on at e void deck. I stay on e 3rd storey and i cld not only hear the noise, i cld feel the vibration of the drilling. It was so loud that though my hp was beside me, i cld not hear it ringing when an sms came in. If you havent ald known me well, i hate noise. Had intended to study at home today, but the stupid noise. Urgh. So i decided to head down to YIH to study. Did my readings for EL1101E n SC1101E. Yah, must start well n end even better.

Having been thru a week in Arts, the qn tt u may b asking wld be, 'so r u coping well in Arts?' Lecture yes, food..erm no. Practically all my modules are held in LT11 coz exposure modules will tend to have many pple enrolling for it. They've renovated e LT so it's really condusive. The food is not as gd as sci-ence. Maybe its juz tt i havent explored enough yet.

Discipline. Its abt utilising the many breaks in btwn lessons to do readings. It's abt studying when it's time to do so, and to push really hard during training. It has to do with focusing as well. To devote equal time on both studies and dragonboat and not neglect either of them. The need to be serious when it's time to be serious, but play hard when its time to play. Being a gd example. Quote of the day: Your greatest gift to others is a good example

oversleeping

i was so exhausted ytd aft trg. Somhow aft bathing, i was supposed to go update my diary. So i wrote, and then i fell asleep. The next thing i know, its 745am in the morning.

What the *toot*!! I have lecture today at 8 lah. Ok, anyway, dunnoe y but i felt this calm, this steadiness. Didnt panic at all, just brush teeth and wash up den headed for sch by taking a cab. I mean, there's no use panicking rite?

Spent $9 trying to get my butt down to LT11 for EL1101E lecture--The nature of Language. Lecturer was interesting which kinda perked up my day. Felt the heaviness of the eye bags forming though. Not tt i havent been sleeping well, just e lack of it.

Aft lecture, i proceeded to sci-ence. I havent got used to arts food, and sci-ence food still seems very much more appealing den arts. Ate alone, den vic spotted me and den she joined me. Then, vic saw wendy and yirang who had also finished their lect, so 4 of us sat down n crapped a bit.

So now i'm in yih doing my self study/readings. Ytd was e 1st official land trg. Quite a gd start. At 555pm wenya came to me and say, 'cindy, there's no juniors le. dun tell me..' and i went, 'oh, ok. but they'll come soon, told them at 615 we start.' Talked to the snrs b4 we started trg. Today we ran, the usual beginners' route. It's the 2.2km route...plus xtra. Well, at least everyone learnt a lesson today on non-anticipation. N also a lil more bout the hilly NUS campus.

Well, yah. That's about it i guess. The facial muscle is having a great workout and is kinda permanently there. The wadever look tt u all call it. The frown, the in-deep-thought look. It's normal, i assure u and i assure myself. Pizza, everyone goes for the Hawaiian. I went for the tuna and this other slice which i dunnoe wad was it. I wonder if wenting will be eating Hawaiian pizza in Hawaii everyday. Food for thought anyone?

i noe wad i want

yes i noe wad i want, and wad i definitely DONT want. i cant have this kinda shit happening in my life. my focus is only on 2 things--studies and dragonboat. I am mentally strong.

Something has happened, someone had asked me a question. I am moving on from there.

Professionalism in dealing with things. I have it.

u'll be missed, definitely

this post is for someone i'm seriously gonna miss for the next 6 mths. My fellow pacer, wenting, will be leaving for SEP tmr. Somehow on 02/04/05, David decided to let Wenting try out pacing, and me, always itching to b switched to the back, thought tt aft he moved angeline, the next wld be me. But no, he made me stay in my seat, rationale being tt i wld have to show the ropes to her n guide her in pacing.

I had doubts bout myself. Me teaching her?? I'm juz as inexperienced as she was. Perhaps only having paced in MR500. But in the end it turned out she taught me quite a bit, esp on stretching forward to catch e front water. U've got Nice strokes babe! What did i teach her? i think it was pulling longer, and to b steady.

The Penang race bonded us closer, definitely. Being room mates, she found out my secret, which somehow became abit of an open secret. hahaha. Evaluating race sets tt we did for the day, talking bout the next day's race, laughing so hard at how she dropped her cap into the water[classic]. Many moments where she laughed at me also. hrmf~ Of course, we got zhua-ed tgt as well. N the dreaded qn seems to be, 'Pacers, how's the set?' The qn we cld nv seem to have an answer for.

We are born one day apart n we have the privilege of facing each other 2hrs every trg. She can easily pick up now[i'm simply amazed] wad exactly i'm feeling based on my facial expression. I'm not an open book, its just tt u got the opportunity to capture my every facial expression coz we get to look at each other every trg. N i know when u are not feeling ok, when its e time of the month. Got tt look lah.

U'd say sometimes, 'Eh u better treasure me. When i'm gone, u r so gonna miss me n my laughter.' and i'll reply, 'No lor, i wont.'

Kou shi xin fei. damn it. I knew it when we hugged just now at Clementi. Its the last time i'll see u for now. Happy birthday in advance, gal. Holding back, u bet i was.

Take care. We'd row tgt in our 2nd July race k? Maybe no longer as pacer but as back pack?

i'm bad at names

I gotta admit, i'm reeally bad with names, or faces. This is an advanced apology in case u spot me[not the other way round coz i'm usually cock eye]on e streets in future.

I'm sorry if you will say 'hey cindy! do u remember me or not?' and i give a stoned expression. If i give u the 'huh' look, it means i kinda forgotten either a) ur name
b) ur face or worse c) ur name n ur face

Today something like tt happened. Someone came up to me and said 'Hey cindy!' and i gave the stoned look. "Do u remember me or not?" was the next qn she asked. Then she said, 'i'm frm Crescent, 4b3..' with this slight hope tt it rings a bell. But no, it doesnt even ring half a bell.

Then she said, 'Suan le' and then i cld only manage a 'sorry, i go home look up year book' Opps.

Some things i can really remember, like advertisement lines. Other stuff, i can barely remember. Its not tt u r not impt in my life, i dun mean to forget u in future, it just happens. Like how i juz cant get angela n joanna, 2 juniors tt i keep calling wrongly on e boat. I'm equally embarassed.

traumatised

i'm feeling a lil traumatised, but i wont be blogging y.

I think i shall write it in my journal. And forget about it aft some time. Yes I'm shy.

Alcohol is not bad, wad is lacking is the control of how much u take.

btw i'm sorry for leaving without a word right aft we packed up. Its not me to leave just like tt, but i really wasnt in e mood to stay. I dun wanna have to be one of e few who have to clear up e mess everytime it happens.

rock climbing n k-ing

went for the chalet organised by my thailand YEP friends ytd. It was at Aloha Loyang. wah nice pple like shen who fetched me down aft trg. hahah okie, we had a very late dinner at 1030pm. My gosh, bungalow house is damn big, quite fascinating. got abt 4 bedrooms and very spacious. woahhh!

And aft that we played the electricity game, and also Indian Poker. Drank down this concentrated vodka mixed with 7-up + 2 oreo cookies as forfeit for having the smallest card, for Indian Poker. Decided to sleep coz quite tired aft trg.

Using the medicine ball to practise twisting is smth new tt we learnt. there was pool rowing as well. Who comes into everyone's mind when doing pool rowing?? Ok no prizes for e correct answer. Yes, it's wendy n the infamous '7-8-9..30!'

Anyway today, i went rock climbing at climb adventure. Its been quite a while since i climbed, didnt noe my hands ald felt itchy. I think it requires quite a bit of confidence to take this leap of faith, to trust tt ur feet have a gd footing so u leap upwards to grab a tile tt was previously beyond reach. Still play cheat sometimes though, use hand to pull my weight up instead of stepping up, which shd b the correct technique.

Went home to catch some sleep. Had actually decided not to go K-ing at Party World but then i thought i shd go chill. Went to Party World and woahh, it was all e juniors[okie now we r seniors] there. lydia, raine, pinxiu, jul, wenya, wenting, yirang n i. there were also 3 guys who went. I believe i made e right decision to go, was really great seeing them all and then aft tt TP. Somehow i wished.. ah nvm. Seeing us 8 tgt, i had wanted it to last longer. Enough typed/said

And so this is the end of my eventful day.

Btw, in addition to wish list. I can do without a cake. And can i have a bible? the Jerusalem Version coz the one tt i have now, its the Bible in Today's English Version and the verses are not as well captured as the Jerusalem version. Well, many wants but limited resources result in scarcity of goods. I'm turning 20 in 2 weeks time, I still wanna be a teen, damn it.

wishlist is out

I've nv sent so many emails within such a short span of time b4. Its quite frustrating actually. Thankfully sch hasnt started yet so i can afford the time, but when sch starts, tt's another thing.

Champion paddles, grey owl payment..the list goes on. Argh. Anyway ytd was e 2nd land trg. Combined trg as a form of bridging the gap btwn 2 teams. Maybe it'll be a milestone in history someday. ahahah. nah, juz gotta get used to changes.

Some things i dislike doing, but i have gotta do it. Anyway new coach came ytd to correct our gym techniques. He was late, i was annoyed. You nv get a 2nd chance to make a 1st impression. But he had his reasons lah, so just looking forward to e next trg.

Dinners. e 2nd time rd with full strength. Unleashed the c gin na side aft trg. We are all c gin nas. The thing is about knowing when to be serious n when to play. Its about eating tgt as a team, but we had 3 tables, and though it was joined tgt, e girls stick to 1 table.

ok anyway, this is the wish list. Santa Claus on standby? Ok, i'm not being thick skinned here alright? Just tt wangwee said must state wad i want so tt u all wont get smth tt i may not like. I promise u all tt u'll be spoiled for choices, coz i've got alot of things i want. Not in accordance of the intensity of wants though. Wadever suits the budget, dun exceed budget k.

-wallet
-sports sling bag (nike, adidas. anything tt suits me. my green reebok died on me n its living in the wrong era. like it lived in the 1999 era, n its 2005 now?)
-Lin Jun Jie CD
-metallic strap watch
-nike tee shirt
-skirt? (yah but u noe my taste rite? n give allowance for e butt thkx)

I've tried to think of more, but i also dunnoe wad i want. I wanna ba happy, but can u buy me tt? N if i do get birthday blues, dun freak out. I wont cry on my bdae lah, its not like in sec 3 when u all came to surprise me at my house n i gave the 'oh-ok-so-thanks-for-the-surprise-but-didnt-look-surprise-look. That one i can explain. I was NCO den n had brought my cadets down for the orienteering test which they fared really badly in, so of course i wasnt in the best of moods.

Btw i sent out email to e freshies, 1 of them was my cadet. Looks like she's not joining db. I think it'll feel weird for her to be under me again, though ncc n db are different.

fun row

Now i understand y wendy was looking intently at me when a few of us went down for the xtra 15 min row.

I opted to be a right rower n sit beside twin to feel wads it like rowing with her. I mean, i wont get another chance, or would i? I read her blog and i understood. Why she was looking at me in TT way when we easy-ed. When i asked, "Wendy, why are looking at me like tt?", she answered, "I wanna capture n imprint you permanently my memory' or smth of tt sort. Sounded cheesy at tt moment.

*Flashback and ponder while* Now i realised how she went quiet at tt point till i broke e silence as i asked her the question. I sensed tt tinge of sadness as she absorbed the sights n sounds of sdba, and us. No wonder she looked at me like tt and i found it strange.

Just feel glad tt when we debriefed the junrs, many said tt aside from the mini competition tt they enjoyed, wad they really liked was the snrs coz we made them feel welcomed, very willing to teach n its a nice feeling where they felt like they belonged. Had wanted to re-create e same thing i felt last yr during fun row, wad made me wanna come back for the next trg. Yup, it was abt feeling so loved, the snrs seemed to have so much to share, so willing to give pointers bout strokes. It was like 2 or more snrs coming to correct my strokes on shore, where i started out as a right rower. Now if i row right i just wonder how i did it for fun row.

Really thankful tt some snrs came down to help out for e fun row. There were 16 snrs to match 17 jnrs who came down. was supposed to be more den 19 but eventually a few jrns last min turned up n a few cldnt make it. yunshan, meiping, mona, cheeling, wendy, geoks, angeline, zhenyi, weiling, pinxiu, jul, wenya, wenting, raine, yirang and i. Somehow just nice 8 left, 8 right. Boats were near the wall for easier boarding, rudders tied, bottles filled, paddles taken out. Everything tt shd be prepared were prepared. -Trust- loss for words but just very thankful.

'Up' was rather interesting indeed. When they 'up'-ed they got excited(during the mini race) n tt's when the paddle fight/clash came in big time. For the row there were hardly any paddle clash. So r they pro or were we lousy last yr?

Concluded tt fun row was fun. Or at least i hope it was fun, for e yr 1s as well as the snrs. Of course i hope it doesnt end here, but tt they will come down for subsequent trgs n eventually stay. It's abt giving oneself a chance, it's also abt giving the team a chance.

gotta think 2 steps ahead every time. Even to the smallest detail, everything must be considered. Even planned for the 2 $1 coins tt we'd need to lock the locker. When one chapter closes, the new chapter begins[got it frm wendy's]

Went to wenya's house to shower, n den e 4 of us proceeded for nite cycling. It was fun, but nonetheless tiring. 10 of us went for nite cycling. I started stoning aft we reached cineleisure, coz i juz felt v drained. Perhaps partly due to the alternative route tt vic had in mind, tt was actually the bus 111 route to Orchard. Basically it meant many slopes, upslopes to be exact. This time round we covered lau pat sat, sentosa, newton, cineleisure den back to ecp.

Cannot tahan when we reached ecp mac, so a few of us just KO-ed on e mac tables. Really tired man.