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Monday, January 31, 2005

In a flick of an eye, or in Chinese, yi shun jian, a month has gone by. It seems that time flies by without us noticing it. Maybe it's time to reflect a little - Did you spend your time wisely? What have you done in the past 30 days? What do you plan to do in future? Why do I say that, plainly because time waits for no man. Alright enough of this... =P

Saturday. Training was pretty much alright, thanks to the lighter tyre that we pulled compared to that in Hot Leong's boat... After that, went straight down to Serangoon Gardens to study with Jasmine, Vivien, Joanne, Shu Rong and Sok Kim. Did study a little of BSTATS and before I knew it, we were at Chomp Chomp readying ourselves for dinner. I just ate a measly packet of Camel Sugar Peanuts... I'm serious.

However, the highlight wasn't the food. It was this guy. A guy without shame? Without pride? Without any dignity? What was he? He was someone who knelt down on the floor, begging his girlfriend for forgiveness, in front of everyone in Chomp Chomp. His girlfriend was with 3 other female counterparts, but they couldn't give a damn about him kneeling. It was quite a while when the fun part began. There was this uncle who just couldn't bear the sight of a man hurting his pride and dignity, went straight up to that poor fella and reprimanded him like his own son. He kept commanding that guy to stand up and not kneel down anymore whilst his presumable wife, was busy telling the girlfriend to ask that fella to stand up as well. All this went on for quite a while till finally the uncle managed to forcefully persuade that guy to stand. After the commotion was over, when we were just about to leave, one of the girl's friends shouted out to the onlookers, "See what see, you all no father mother ah?" Hahahaha... This statement was met with a straight "Fuck you" from one of the middle-aged man. All I could do was just laugh and return to the table... This isn't exactly every single detail but yeah, the overall gist is there... Over and out.

Sunday. Yeah. Was woken up, not by my alarm clock, but by some irritating mosquito which refused to drink my younger brother's blood and chose mine instead. Planned to wake up at 6.40, ended up waking at 6. Damn it.

What's so special about today? Surf And Sweat baby! Took part with Melissa in the Mixed Institutional Race. What could I say, beautiful sun, sandy beaches, gorgeous babes... Good day to be at Sentosa's Siloso Beach. All I would say would be that it was a good experience running the 3km trail. Tiring but endurable, except for the steps... -_-" Definitely going to join next year's one as well... Both Melissa and I ranked 25th overall, not bad actually! =D

Yeah sorry fellas for missing out on those crucial details about the event, don't really have the mood to type them out... Perhaps you could try looking at someone else's blog? Yeah, I think that's mainly what I have in mind. Monday's gonna be a brand new day, a brand new week, the Common Test week. Back to the books before Tuesday's paper and also, am gonna hit the gym with my new routine... Can't wait to try it out! =D Okok. Stop.

Peace ouT.

crappyjerk paddles up at 2:37 AM

Saturday, January 29, 2005

Man... Though it's just a little late, but since I saw Vivien's nick... HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO RONALD LAM WEN ZHEN! 19 years old already... Beware man... Muahahaha...

Alright, what do I have to say today... Haha, same as other days - NOTHING! Trained today in school with Jun Wei. Ran Kismis and damn those potholes by the road sides... Ran into one of them and yeah, bruises around me... BLEAH! Ok that's it. Short post. Training tomorrow at 1.30pm... Then to study at Serangoon Gardens with the peeps!

Jasmine didn't ask me to post this but I still will... JaSmInE jAsMiNe jaSMinE... LOL.

Peace ouT.

crappyjerk paddles up at 12:49 AM

Monday, January 24, 2005

Study week has begun. Have I started? HELL YEAH!

What is Economics? It is the study of how people choose to allocate, produce or exchange their resources, goods and services, to satisfy unlimited wants.

Muahahaha. Yes I started off with Microeconomics for the very reason that I don't have a BSTATS textbook... -_-" And I think I'm doing fine with it... Need more revision on it though. Tomorrow then.

Trained my shoulders and triceps today. Felt quite satifsfied. Yah nothing much to say. Just giving a brief update...

To buy list:
1) 2 pairs of swimming trunks (a.k.a tights) for my ASS
2) AIBI Lower-Back Support Belt
3) A new bag?

Yeah I might be getting those stuff soon, except for number 3... Considering still. That very much ends what I've got to say. Gonna turn in early today. 2 or 3 rounds campus tomorrow? =D

To ask or not to ask. To add or not to add. To say hi or not to say hi. Those are my problems.

Peace ouT.

crappyjerk paddles up at 11:42 PM

Sunday, January 23, 2005

56 minutes played. Chelsea's leading Portsmouth by 3 goals to nil.

I really wonder whether I just love or hate sea rowing sessions. Actually, it's a little of both. I love it for the fact that we gain lots of mileage (because we rowed with a tyre), checked our strokes and of course, FEEL THE BOAT AND TASTE THE SALTWATER! Haha! BUT BUT BUT! I totally hate the fact that I keep getting blisters on my buttocks. ARGH! Stupid abrasions. The skins on both my butt cheeks TORE when we were at the 1500m mark of our first triangle. IMAGINE THE AGONY! THE PAIN! THE !@#!%^@#$!$ ! Plus ALL THAT SALTWATER! !@%!!@#$!% Still, the positive points overnumber the negative ones so yeah.

Past few days went fine. Been going late for OB tutorials and LOL doesn't like it. Trying to improve and reach punctually at 9. Oh yes, did I mention the Dragonboat Booth at our Ngee Ann Polytechnic Open House? Yeah, we got FIRST for the best decorated booth! Thanks to all those who contributed (not me)...

There weren't many people keen on joining Dragonboat, nor other CCAs for that matter. Guess it wasn't a day where many would appear for the Open House. If I'm not wrong, we had a total of 25 people who signed up actually... Let's see whether they will appear... Hehehe...

Was fun lah was fun lah... Being there at the booth was fun. Ah shall stop at that...

Back to the sea rowing session. Yeah did the sets and did the pull ups and I found out that I'm beginning to like WIDE ARM PULL UPS. Guess it's for the very reason that it looks good (?)... Gonna train up for it. Bathing was a torture. Lucky I bought the OpSite patches for the blisters so yeah it's covered up, water-proof as well... =D

Nothing much to say yeah. Was contemplating whether to buy THAT bag... $20. Hmm... Might drop by Bugis to check it out tomorrow. Oh, I'm also joining Surf 'N' Sweat with AH BLIAN! HAHA! Running 3km. Hais. Sian! HAHA~ =P

Looking forward to JUNE... Race... LOL. 67 minutes and the score remains.

Peace ouT.

crappyjerk paddles up at 12:26 AM

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

It's been a long time. Really lazy to do any update actually, if not for LORRY... Yeah, guess I gotta pick up from where I left off last time...

Nothing much to speak of actually. The days went on as usual. Skipping lectures and not doing tutorials. Kinda screwing up my poly life. Hope to spend the study break wisely and not let this semester go to waste... BSTATS SUCKS.

Nothing really to mention about. Perhaps sea rowing? Yeah. Thought that the big boat would be easier but hell was I wrong about it. Totally exhausted after the first triangle. And there was even a second one. Whoa. Never underestimate the amount of energy it takes to row either the big or small boat... Oh yah, got my dirty green Topman basic jersey already, finally had my size. Lol. Yah.

Oh yes. Guys if you are interested to download songs from the internet, do download this software and try it out: www.aresgalaxy.org . I think that's the link... If not just type Ares in your Yahoo! engine and search for it. Downloaded it one night and by the next day I already had 126 songs downloaded. Haha! Not sure if it is safe though... o_o

Okok. Gotta get back to Bstats tutorial now. Mr Ho found out that my work ain't mine and warned me about plagiarism. Wonder what am I gonna tell him later during tutorial... Bah. Good luck to me...

Peace ouT.

crappyjerk paddles up at 1:50 AM

Thursday, January 13, 2005

Just finished my stupid MCI assignment... BORING! Damn that 800-word essay! Ah whatever. Just here to update a little on my life...

First sea rowing since don't know when. Felt real happy and joyous but the rain had to dampen my mood. Luckily, we were still able to row on that Saturday! HOORAH! Took a small boat and rowed the famous TRIANGLE. Wasn't as tired as I expected it to be, perhaps due to the twisting method Ah Huat taught us. Felt that I actually improved a little on my twisting, really threw my shoulders in front like nobody's business. Ryan told me I had to concentrate on the strength in the water. Wonder how can I improve my strength... Hmm...

Sunday was hell? Not quite sure. Went out with Hot Leong a.k.a Lorry to town to jalan jalan and met up with Treddy and Jas soon after. Did nothing much. Went down to Suntec together with Ronald for that stupid charity show. I know it was for a good cause but hey, it looked dumb lah. Waited there for like don't know how long before we could actually start doing the push ups but HELL NO, we had no air time at all, except for Ryan and Vivien! LOL! They made NPDB proud man! The bread and cakes were a little consolation to me at the end of the show... But still, it's dumb I feel.

Forgot to mention about some shit that happened on Saturday. "Abrased" my butt and blistered my right hand quite badly. Should have heard the screams in the National Stadium's toilet. Imagine all the salt water going into that open wound on your butt... YYYYYYEEEEEEOOOOWWWWWWCCCHHHHHHHH! That was how I felt. Haha. Luckily till now it has recovered very well, hopefully am able to row properly this Saturday. Should get a sponge or something... We'll see.

Guess there's nothing much for me to comment about already. Kinda enjoyed lessons lately for some reason. Oh yeah, I feel good too, good about... Shhhh. Lorry just told me to update because my blog's collecting so dude, here it is. Take it or leave it. Ah nothing much left.

PS: OWEN IS A WARRIOR! "I'm a warrior! Piss outside!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Peace ouT.

crappyjerk paddles up at 4:13 AM

Friday, January 07, 2005

Haven't been updating for some time. Didn't know what to update about.

That Melissa posted my entry on her blog! Argh! Made me so embarassed sia, letting all your friends read. But it's good also lah, to show that we have made our friendship stronger than before and I'm sure that's a joyous thing to share with others!

Past few days have been just slacking in school doing nuts. Either I'm fidgeting with my laptop, or else I would be playing table tennis. Come to think of it, it's really VERY VERY FUN playing table tennis. Although my opponent has consistently been Wai Leong, but he has been a competitive one. We play and practise together, fine-tuning our moves and even trying to find new ways to kill each other! I must say that I have really improved quite some bit since playing with him. I guess with a little more time, we could be the best tag-team players in NPDB! LOL! =X

Other than that, just had my NAPFA today. Didn't really feel any good about it. 17 pull ups. 44 sit ups. 10.34 for 2.4km. Yeah that was about it. Pull ups could have been better I know. Sit ups decreased tremendously due to the new standard Derick set us. 2.4km, although it was an 11 second improvement from the previous test, I somehow felt that it could have been below the 10.30 mark. What a disappointment. From now on, I better concentrate hard on training my stamina. I LOST TO SHUN DE AND XIAO PANG! ARGH! BUEY GAN! x_X MUST WIN THEM BOTH! Lol~ Pool rowing was fine.

Sometimes I wonder, what's happening to me right now? I feel at a loss at times. I go to school everyday but don't seem to find the motivation to study. I prefer spending my time at the snackbar or in the gym or even playing table tennis. Don't really know what my grades are gonna be like until my first test which comes in like February? We shall see. For now, I better buck up and pull my socks up and push myself and whip myself and bla bla bla bla bla bla...

Yeah. One last note to Melissa, PLEASE AH! WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A PHOTO TOGETHER YET! BAH! YOU OWE ME ONE! Besides, I owe you one too! Lol. Real sorry for rejecting you on the Amazing Race thingy. Really sorry. =]

What more can I say... Hmm... Been wondering whether I should change my bag to a Nike sling bag, the kind that sports people usually carry... Hmm... Comments anyone? =D

AACEEGGHHIIIJKLNNNNRTUU <--- 3 names. =)

Peace ouT.

crappyjerk paddles up at 3:10 AM

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

Alright I admit. I was supposed to have written this entry at like 1am this morning but sleep ensued me while I was studying Microeconomics so... Never mind... Anyways, here it is:

DEDICATED TO MELISSA TAN QI HUI =D

Let me see. Why do I have to write this entry specially for you? You see, it has been very long since we actually had a good chat and not only that, it took us a long time to bury the hatchet and be good friends again. Also, you actually talked quite some bit about me in your entries so yah, here's one for my special friend! =D

I've known this girl since the start of my polytechnic life, so to speak, because she was a girl who kept talking (???) to me on MSN (because I talked to her first). Wahahaha! I think we were the first 2 people who actually became friends as well as breaking the "boys-one-side-girls-another-side" barrier. We had quite a lot of fun chatting to each other till late and sharing secrets, although not many... =X Unfortunately, some incidents happened...

It was on this fine day when we were having Macroeconomics tutorial. I was happily teasing her for some reason and it all came down to a boiling point - When I threw her slipper away after taunting her. That almost marked the end of our friendship. From that day on, we were slowly drifting apart. The friendship that we once had was disintegrated. I was appalled. I didn't know what to do. No apology worked. I had to just let it be...

Furthermore, ever sinced I joined Dragonboat, the distance between us just grew wider and wider. We used to have mini class outings together, to town or wherever it may be. I do admit it was a bit boring, but then I knew you would liven up the atmosphere by pranking around with me. =) I remembered once where you actually had some Viriya Flag Day in Orchard and I went around looking for you. Hmm, why did I mention this? Actually no reason at all, it's just because I happened to remember it. =P

Ok, a little more info about how I picture you. Average girl. Average height. Short hair. Wears glasses. White! Looks sweet in a toga. SUPERB SINGING VOICE! Did I mention that she takes singing classes and SINGS AS WELL AS SUN YAN ZI! LOL! Nah I know you will deny it, but hey, your voice sounds great though! When will the next time come when you sing a song to us again? Really looking forward to it...

But luckily, after some time, somehow, our grudge began to dissolve... We became friends again! =D I really have no idea how we managed to settle the dispute but hey, we're back again! HEHE! Great to actually have you back as a friend. Really missed the times when we crapped together online and of course how I would prank you in class! Lalala...

Anyways, congratulations to you for graduating from LWSSOM! A great achievement there for you! May you fulfil great heights in the singing world! Happy New Year to you too! It's already 2005 and we have already been in the same class for 1 semester plus, hope that you'll have a wonderful year ahead~

Ok lah, think I type enough for you liao right? Hope you'll be satisfied with my lousy entry ok? =D PS: You know ah, I always wanted to talk to you one, be it casual or serious chat, but you just keep "ya ya ya" me or "ok lah ok lah" me, then I feel so left out sia. =( So please talk to me more ok? Hehe... OKOK! I SHALL STOP! bB~* =D

Peace ouT.

crappyjerk paddles up at 4:35 PM

Saturday, January 01, 2005

HAPPY NEW YEAR! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

crappyjerk paddles up at 4:24 PM


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