It’s the end of week 2 already! Soooo fast!
I’m feeling so screwed. Everything’s just so messed up. And I overslept this morn, woke up in a shock at 10am, missing my 214 class. Haiz, 2nd time major oversleep. I seriously did not hear my 2 alarms, I didn’t even haf the slightest feel that I might oversleep, if not I would have asked my mum to give me morning call. So feel like slapping myself, woke up having a shock of my life, how I wanted to rewind the clock but wads done is done, felt so lost, dunnoe wad to do.
Haven’t been doing my tutorials nor paying attention during classes. It’s not that I dun wanna do it, I realli wanna, but I do it too slowly, wasting time in between. Sucky time management. Time to wake up my idea! So many things undone, I dunnoe where to start. Maybe by doing my tutorials would be a gd start.
Nanyang Arts Festival opening ceremony this wk on wed & thur. The committee’s a fun grp of pple, esp the biz mags which I work closer with. Despite the tiring days & the onli 1 hr sleep on wed nite, I did haf fun helping to prepare for the event. I feel the programmes for wed was very well done, managing to capture quite a sizeable audience. The onli pity was the lack of publicity. But all in all, it was a great success! If I had the time, I would like to try out being a programmer, which I tink will be much more fun experience, but a pity, time does not permit.
Mix training tmr at 9am. Better be off to zzzzz. And this time, I asked teddy to give me morning call, juz in case.
I want to sort out the mess!
Friday, January 18, 2008
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Have been rather sleepy lately. These day, have been surrendering to sleep at only 11 plus. And I just had a 3 hours nap after training juz now.
Todae’s training was rather sucky. Realli gotta thank my right side yingying for that reassuring hand and smiles. And also thanks emily (who was sitting behind me) for her encouragement. Couldn’t help it, I just felt so useless, I never felt so emo before during training. I’m trying hard to shadow infront, to row faster, but still I really couldn’t bring up the pace, my rowing suxs big time. And thur training, I couldn’t complete even 1 set of 12 clean & jerk with the 10kg weight without support, so shitty. May tmr’s training be a better one.
Todae’s training was rather sucky. Realli gotta thank my right side yingying for that reassuring hand and smiles. And also thanks emily (who was sitting behind me) for her encouragement. Couldn’t help it, I just felt so useless, I never felt so emo before during training. I’m trying hard to shadow infront, to row faster, but still I really couldn’t bring up the pace, my rowing suxs big time. And thur training, I couldn’t complete even 1 set of 12 clean & jerk with the 10kg weight without support, so shitty. May tmr’s training be a better one.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Removed stitches this morning. It was bearable, the wound kinda felt weird for a while after removing the stitches, but after a while it’s ok.
And so I finally went for training today! No swimming todae, yay!~ First run in the past 2 weeks. It was ok, except my knees cui-ed for the open-up at the end. Sometimes I find it easier to run after a long break from running, its weird, but haf felt that way many times already.
My studies are a mess now! And so is my hall room! My hall room mirrors my study life to quite a large extent. When once in a blue moon, my hall room is neat, it would be the time when my studies are more or less on schedule. But now, my hall room is in a huge mess and so are my studies. This is only week 1!! And the 2nd day of sch!
Time to get started with AB214 writing pre-test now!! Just released at 5.30pm today but haf to hand in by tmr 5.30pm!
Time to sort out the mess!!
And so I finally went for training today! No swimming todae, yay!~ First run in the past 2 weeks. It was ok, except my knees cui-ed for the open-up at the end. Sometimes I find it easier to run after a long break from running, its weird, but haf felt that way many times already.
My studies are a mess now! And so is my hall room! My hall room mirrors my study life to quite a large extent. When once in a blue moon, my hall room is neat, it would be the time when my studies are more or less on schedule. But now, my hall room is in a huge mess and so are my studies. This is only week 1!! And the 2nd day of sch!
Time to get started with AB214 writing pre-test now!! Just released at 5.30pm today but haf to hand in by tmr 5.30pm!
Time to sort out the mess!!
Monday, January 07, 2008
1st day of sch todae…Monday is my 2nd most slackest day and the only day with a 4 hr break in between…2 lessons todae, AA205 & BF307…
205 sounds rather scary with the very impt iCEE project & even the prof said that 205 is a tough subj…I think I’m taking a huge risk, taking 205 & 202 concurrently, especially since 205 uses quite a lot of 202 concepts…but no choice, gotta stick to this plan if I wanna apply for GIP…at least gekling’s taking 205 & in the same class, but diff project grp….& liting lent me her 205 and 202 notes…perhaps it’ll be ok…
307 sounds even more scary…the prof was trying to make us drop 307, haas…but wad the prof said does make lotsa sense, 307 is definitely NOT a subj tt can slack & resort to last min work…in fact, lotsa time gotta be devoted before every 307 seminar…but I decided to take 307 liao, since I also quite like derivatives & both belinda and ye en also recommend…decided & shall move on frm here…
Removing stitches tmr at 8am….hopefully it won’t hurt, don’t think it will….but still the phobia exists…
205 sounds rather scary with the very impt iCEE project & even the prof said that 205 is a tough subj…I think I’m taking a huge risk, taking 205 & 202 concurrently, especially since 205 uses quite a lot of 202 concepts…but no choice, gotta stick to this plan if I wanna apply for GIP…at least gekling’s taking 205 & in the same class, but diff project grp….& liting lent me her 205 and 202 notes…perhaps it’ll be ok…
307 sounds even more scary…the prof was trying to make us drop 307, haas…but wad the prof said does make lotsa sense, 307 is definitely NOT a subj tt can slack & resort to last min work…in fact, lotsa time gotta be devoted before every 307 seminar…but I decided to take 307 liao, since I also quite like derivatives & both belinda and ye en also recommend…decided & shall move on frm here…
Removing stitches tmr at 8am….hopefully it won’t hurt, don’t think it will….but still the phobia exists…
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Not again. It still comes even when I haven’t been training for almost 2 weeks already! And now it moves to the right side also. Realli dunnoe wad's causing it this time. The onli heavier things I’ve carried during these few days is the 6 tins of eggrolls, and the 4 textbooks, which is not really heavy to anyone. Why are my shoulders even lousier than normal pple who don’t exercise?? I’d rather it be muscle ache, tt’s more normal….but its not muscle aching, its hard to explain either….Freaking lousy shoulders, can’t u juz be a lil stronger for 1 more sem….arrghhh…after so many years still liddat, I tink its gg to stay forever, even when i dun row boat…its all the sec3 obs round-ubin kayaking & super heavy obs backpack fault!....booooo....
Friday, January 04, 2008
Sch’s starting in 2 days time!
I’m still in the lazy ‘dun feel like doing anything at all’ mood….lazing around the house, either watching TV or sleeping. It’s high time to start adjusting back to sch life. Time to start waking up early & stop taking naps during the day. 1st lesson on mon at 8.30am!
Been procrastinating a lot these days, & I gotta kick this old habit…For my new year resolution is to avoid last minute work….So today, I must finish up my resume & submit it by today! Been delaying it for weeks, ever since exams ended until now….the 7 Jan deadline is nearing, & today I must be done with it!
I’m still in the lazy ‘dun feel like doing anything at all’ mood….lazing around the house, either watching TV or sleeping. It’s high time to start adjusting back to sch life. Time to start waking up early & stop taking naps during the day. 1st lesson on mon at 8.30am!
Been procrastinating a lot these days, & I gotta kick this old habit…For my new year resolution is to avoid last minute work….So today, I must finish up my resume & submit it by today! Been delaying it for weeks, ever since exams ended until now….the 7 Jan deadline is nearing, & today I must be done with it!
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Good-bye 2007, welcome 2008! A fresh new start! =)
2007 did not start off wif a gd first half for me….yr 1 sem 2 was my worst semester, pulling down my gpa quite badly…internship at KPMG was one big big disaster, receiving terribly lousy appraisals of which all point to far far under performance which was a big shock & big wake-up call to me….
Fortunately 2007 did end on a much better note….yr 2 sem 1 was not an easy sem, with overload to 27aus, but thankfully it was also my best semester…
My 2007 resolutions were to:
1. Study hard consistently, avoid last minute work & aim for BnF 2nd spec…..This I feel I have not really achieved, haf not managed to kick off my bad habit, yr 2 sem1 was full of last minute work & getting BnF 2nd spec was more due to my A level results rather than my gpa.
2. Train hard for db….which I feel still needs much more determination, after 1.5 yrs in db, I still can’t row with the proper technique…
3. Practice seriously for golf & get my PC by Jul & handicap by Dec….this is not at all achieved, for I have stopped my sun afternoon golf lessons since the start of 2007 & I do not recall playing any golf during the whole of 2007…its quite a waste coz come jul 2008, I will never get to use the club under my dad’s membership anymore…
4. Run StanChart Half Marathon non-stop within 2.5hrs…it was quite a lot of long distance running for the 2nd half of 2007…mizuno run wif my bro though onli 10km was ultimate cui…but managed army half marathon in abt 2hr 27mins…& almost 6hrs for StandChart Full Marathon…thks to db teammates, would not haf survived these runs without them…
5. Blog everyday….I shall need to blog more often…I feel blogging helps reflect on wad u haf done for the day, which helps curb wasting time & procastination….
The chapter for 2007 has closed…And a new chapter has just began for 2008…
For 2008, here goes my new year resolutions (in order of importance)
1. Study hard consistently, do tutorials on time, pay attention in class, no more last minute work…Take more interest in studies, find back that drive & motivation to strive for first class honours (which seems still so far far away)….& Aim for internship at E & Y as well as Aim for GIP China in year 3 Sem 1.
2. Train hard for Dragonboat…watch that punching arm, keep it straight….excute full stroke, twist body at the end, to keep punching arm straight….watch that recovery, use top arm and not pulling arm….& Aim for 1 medal…I tink I’m the onli one in my batch who hasn’t rowed in a finals that haf won a medal b4….If I can get GIP China, this will be my last sem in DB, make it a good one.
3. Blog everyday….live everyday to the fullest!
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Happy 2008! =) Let 2008 be an even better yr!
2007 did not start off wif a gd first half for me….yr 1 sem 2 was my worst semester, pulling down my gpa quite badly…internship at KPMG was one big big disaster, receiving terribly lousy appraisals of which all point to far far under performance which was a big shock & big wake-up call to me….
Fortunately 2007 did end on a much better note….yr 2 sem 1 was not an easy sem, with overload to 27aus, but thankfully it was also my best semester…
My 2007 resolutions were to:
1. Study hard consistently, avoid last minute work & aim for BnF 2nd spec…..This I feel I have not really achieved, haf not managed to kick off my bad habit, yr 2 sem1 was full of last minute work & getting BnF 2nd spec was more due to my A level results rather than my gpa.
2. Train hard for db….which I feel still needs much more determination, after 1.5 yrs in db, I still can’t row with the proper technique…
3. Practice seriously for golf & get my PC by Jul & handicap by Dec….this is not at all achieved, for I have stopped my sun afternoon golf lessons since the start of 2007 & I do not recall playing any golf during the whole of 2007…its quite a waste coz come jul 2008, I will never get to use the club under my dad’s membership anymore…
4. Run StanChart Half Marathon non-stop within 2.5hrs…it was quite a lot of long distance running for the 2nd half of 2007…mizuno run wif my bro though onli 10km was ultimate cui…but managed army half marathon in abt 2hr 27mins…& almost 6hrs for StandChart Full Marathon…thks to db teammates, would not haf survived these runs without them…
5. Blog everyday….I shall need to blog more often…I feel blogging helps reflect on wad u haf done for the day, which helps curb wasting time & procastination….
The chapter for 2007 has closed…And a new chapter has just began for 2008…
For 2008, here goes my new year resolutions (in order of importance)
1. Study hard consistently, do tutorials on time, pay attention in class, no more last minute work…Take more interest in studies, find back that drive & motivation to strive for first class honours (which seems still so far far away)….& Aim for internship at E & Y as well as Aim for GIP China in year 3 Sem 1.
2. Train hard for Dragonboat…watch that punching arm, keep it straight….excute full stroke, twist body at the end, to keep punching arm straight….watch that recovery, use top arm and not pulling arm….& Aim for 1 medal…I tink I’m the onli one in my batch who hasn’t rowed in a finals that haf won a medal b4….If I can get GIP China, this will be my last sem in DB, make it a good one.
3. Blog everyday….live everyday to the fullest!
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Happy 2008! =) Let 2008 be an even better yr!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Long time since I last blogged. This is gonna be a super long post….since I am damn bored now, everyone else is at training camp…boooo….
Finally removed the mole that has been causing abrasion while rowing and even while running. It took 2 injections and 2 stitches on 27th Dec. And I was damn brave, I didn’t cry…I think I’ve sorta overcomed my phobia for needles at that moment. So its 10 days (damn long!) before the stitches can be removed and 2 weeks of no exercise-_-...the doc asked me if i needed mc, but i said no need, now sch hols mah...but my sis said shd haf juz gotten it, maybe it'll be fun to see how it looks like, nv gotten an mc b4 & i wanna keep my record tt way.....
no whole family holiday trips ever since uni started, not expecting any more forever, though I still look back fondly at those wonderful overseas holiday we used to haf…
Maybe its juz age that is catching up….Christmas no longer means much…Christmas this year was much much quieter, my cousins, uncles, aunty, grandma were all not here, no Christmas presents under the pathetic Christmas tree, just a simple lonely quiet family dinner….
Haven't been doing much this holiday, just slacking, eating, training, sleeping and the cycle continues. Perhaps, some of the more interesting things that have happened this holiday are…
1. Completing standchart marathon in slightly less than 6hrs, timing could have been improved, but juz glad to have completed it with no prior training nor preparation. I didn’t exactly plan how to run, I was just running, then see db teammates in front, then motivation to chiong and catch up to run tgt, then pple start gg toilet, then i jog slowly alone, then see another db teammate, then chiong to catch up, then they wan go toilet again, so alone again, so it was run chiong jog run chiong jog run chiong jog, not exactly a good way to maintain stamina for a marathon, haas…but tinking back it was quite fun meeting so many db pple along the way….I started off slowly wif ye en, then met the alumnis, then sheena ask me to run with xx first while she accompany ye en, then after that sheena caught up and we ran tgt…after tt met weishan & sooshuen….then lixian & gekling…then lost sheena,, & ran alone….then met da candice & xuewei….then tay chuan & fel…then winsten…then belinda…then yunci & cuimei….then xiaohong & joleen & sharon…then ah hee…then finally after running alone for quite a few km, finally met liping & lili & teddy…liping & I walked the last few km, while teddy & lili ran off….my first and definitely last marathon, I still wan my knees and my soles which have been quite cui ever since…
2. Cycling with qian yi, tay chuan and tiga doggie on 21st Dec. The longest day cycling trip I have ever had…from 8 in the morning to 8 plus at night, but of course wif breaks in between…..Cycled from my house to meet qian yi near west coast, then cycled to vivocity to meet taychuan…then we cycled to regatta race site, it was kinda weird cycling through the city during an office day, where the atmosphere is kinda serious office working…then we cycled past kallang, to east coast, then went back to lau par sat, labrador park, west coast park, pandan reservoir and finally seeking shelter from the rain at jurong east before heading back home….i wonder how many km we cycled…but it was fun, cycle until shuang, but also cycle until butt ache…haas…
3. Rockclimbing at Yishun Safra on 26th Dec with tay chuan, candice, soo shuen, qianyi, wanxian & nicole…first time tt really rockclimb such a high wall, & it was fun!! Rockclimbing is really tiring, climb a short distance onli, then my hands suan until cannot make it already, super cui… tink rockclimbing more effective than lifting weights, haas…. belaying was quite fun too….wanna rockclimb again soon….but probably will be many many months later, maybe after june race & PA…..
Results were out on 28th Dec, was super worried that I may even get Cs or Ds, for last sem felt like my most screwed up sem, for I nv did such last min exam studying before….for all my papers I just started studying for the exam in that 1 or 2 days before the paper, & it was a damn scary experience….but surprisingly my results were veri much opposite of wad I felt it would be, wad I though had chance of doing well, turn out not to…wad I thought was screwed, turned out ok….except for investments which I really screwed both the exam paper & the coursework also, so undoubtedly investments was my worst subject, investments was really a disappointment, it was my fav subj yet my worst scoring subj, coz I din do the tutorials! Argh!…thankfully, my results were ok, great relief…I really gotta study harder and more consistenly nxt sem, its gonna be yet another challenging sem, and I really wanna go for GIP China in yr 3 sem 1, so jiayous for nxt sem!
Finally removed the mole that has been causing abrasion while rowing and even while running. It took 2 injections and 2 stitches on 27th Dec. And I was damn brave, I didn’t cry…I think I’ve sorta overcomed my phobia for needles at that moment. So its 10 days (damn long!) before the stitches can be removed and 2 weeks of no exercise-_-...the doc asked me if i needed mc, but i said no need, now sch hols mah...but my sis said shd haf juz gotten it, maybe it'll be fun to see how it looks like, nv gotten an mc b4 & i wanna keep my record tt way.....
no whole family holiday trips ever since uni started, not expecting any more forever, though I still look back fondly at those wonderful overseas holiday we used to haf…
Maybe its juz age that is catching up….Christmas no longer means much…Christmas this year was much much quieter, my cousins, uncles, aunty, grandma were all not here, no Christmas presents under the pathetic Christmas tree, just a simple lonely quiet family dinner….
Haven't been doing much this holiday, just slacking, eating, training, sleeping and the cycle continues. Perhaps, some of the more interesting things that have happened this holiday are…
1. Completing standchart marathon in slightly less than 6hrs, timing could have been improved, but juz glad to have completed it with no prior training nor preparation. I didn’t exactly plan how to run, I was just running, then see db teammates in front, then motivation to chiong and catch up to run tgt, then pple start gg toilet, then i jog slowly alone, then see another db teammate, then chiong to catch up, then they wan go toilet again, so alone again, so it was run chiong jog run chiong jog run chiong jog, not exactly a good way to maintain stamina for a marathon, haas…but tinking back it was quite fun meeting so many db pple along the way….I started off slowly wif ye en, then met the alumnis, then sheena ask me to run with xx first while she accompany ye en, then after that sheena caught up and we ran tgt…after tt met weishan & sooshuen….then lixian & gekling…then lost sheena,, & ran alone….then met da candice & xuewei….then tay chuan & fel…then winsten…then belinda…then yunci & cuimei….then xiaohong & joleen & sharon…then ah hee…then finally after running alone for quite a few km, finally met liping & lili & teddy…liping & I walked the last few km, while teddy & lili ran off….my first and definitely last marathon, I still wan my knees and my soles which have been quite cui ever since…
2. Cycling with qian yi, tay chuan and tiga doggie on 21st Dec. The longest day cycling trip I have ever had…from 8 in the morning to 8 plus at night, but of course wif breaks in between…..Cycled from my house to meet qian yi near west coast, then cycled to vivocity to meet taychuan…then we cycled to regatta race site, it was kinda weird cycling through the city during an office day, where the atmosphere is kinda serious office working…then we cycled past kallang, to east coast, then went back to lau par sat, labrador park, west coast park, pandan reservoir and finally seeking shelter from the rain at jurong east before heading back home….i wonder how many km we cycled…but it was fun, cycle until shuang, but also cycle until butt ache…haas…
3. Rockclimbing at Yishun Safra on 26th Dec with tay chuan, candice, soo shuen, qianyi, wanxian & nicole…first time tt really rockclimb such a high wall, & it was fun!! Rockclimbing is really tiring, climb a short distance onli, then my hands suan until cannot make it already, super cui… tink rockclimbing more effective than lifting weights, haas…. belaying was quite fun too….wanna rockclimb again soon….but probably will be many many months later, maybe after june race & PA…..
Results were out on 28th Dec, was super worried that I may even get Cs or Ds, for last sem felt like my most screwed up sem, for I nv did such last min exam studying before….for all my papers I just started studying for the exam in that 1 or 2 days before the paper, & it was a damn scary experience….but surprisingly my results were veri much opposite of wad I felt it would be, wad I though had chance of doing well, turn out not to…wad I thought was screwed, turned out ok….except for investments which I really screwed both the exam paper & the coursework also, so undoubtedly investments was my worst subject, investments was really a disappointment, it was my fav subj yet my worst scoring subj, coz I din do the tutorials! Argh!…thankfully, my results were ok, great relief…I really gotta study harder and more consistenly nxt sem, its gonna be yet another challenging sem, and I really wanna go for GIP China in yr 3 sem 1, so jiayous for nxt sem!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Monday, November 05, 2007
Regatta’s over….
Women’s open was quite cui…keep getting backwash…1 stroke water high, nxt stroke water low, and the cycle keeps repeating….row until quite pek chek, coz keep cannot zua shui…budden those on the shore said the starts was quite gd, but lost out during maintanence….hmmmm….I felt it was a total screw up set…
Mixed was quite nice I felt, coz I managed to pull water better than during women’s open….but I felt the boat was very panicky…maybe coz its all junior guys….they were like shouting panicky during load up and charging…and there was no communication in the boat, except during the heats when everyone was calmer….
We got into mix plate finals which came as a shock to all of us....din even know it until they were launching for the race, so we went down without warming up…despite the still panic mode in the boat and the poor communication, I still felt rowing mix was much better than women’s open…am more conscious of my stroke, of stretching forward for pointer 3, of twisting, of forearm pulling, etc., but onli during mix….womens open is the total opposite…..sheesh, always liddat one…I gotta try to be able to pull water during women’s small boat, gotta try to be able to pull water when the water’s heavy…
Race over, new appointment holders chosen…congrats chuanz, ash & jane =)….time to build a new, stronger team…looking forward to penang….
But for now its time to battle the exams…7 days left onli!!! Time pls pls sloowww down….sooooooooo deaddd…..
Women’s open was quite cui…keep getting backwash…1 stroke water high, nxt stroke water low, and the cycle keeps repeating….row until quite pek chek, coz keep cannot zua shui…budden those on the shore said the starts was quite gd, but lost out during maintanence….hmmmm….I felt it was a total screw up set…
Mixed was quite nice I felt, coz I managed to pull water better than during women’s open….but I felt the boat was very panicky…maybe coz its all junior guys….they were like shouting panicky during load up and charging…and there was no communication in the boat, except during the heats when everyone was calmer….
We got into mix plate finals which came as a shock to all of us....din even know it until they were launching for the race, so we went down without warming up…despite the still panic mode in the boat and the poor communication, I still felt rowing mix was much better than women’s open…am more conscious of my stroke, of stretching forward for pointer 3, of twisting, of forearm pulling, etc., but onli during mix….womens open is the total opposite…..sheesh, always liddat one…I gotta try to be able to pull water during women’s small boat, gotta try to be able to pull water when the water’s heavy…
Race over, new appointment holders chosen…congrats chuanz, ash & jane =)….time to build a new, stronger team…looking forward to penang….
But for now its time to battle the exams…7 days left onli!!! Time pls pls sloowww down….sooooooooo deaddd…..
Friday, November 02, 2007
Finally, its fri afternoon!
Hectic wk has come to an end…Investment presentation by other grps in class were interesting & funny! haas....but our presentation paled in comparision to the others....1st & onli formal presentation this sem, Tiffany case presentation was not gd, hope we won't get too lousy a grade, still gt the freaking report to deal wif when i have had enuf of TIffany case...
River regatta this wkend! Smth exciting to look forward to. This year feels different coz we are more prepared for river regatta. It feels different for me too coz I’m sitting so in front, like 2nd seat, not the usual last seat which I’m used to. Dun wanna tink much, just stay focus and row, feel every stroke.
12 days to 1st paper & I haven started studying for exams…..1 investment quiz & 1 finance report more to go….scary….
One by one…from now till mon, I shall juz focus on studying for investment quiz, argh, minus out race time & post race dinner, there ain’t much time....but sometimes, its during times of urgency that tings gets done better...
Actually this sem, I’m thankful to have nice frens in investment and acc II tutorials….& I realize there are quite many crescentians in nbs….
Hectic wk has come to an end…Investment presentation by other grps in class were interesting & funny! haas....but our presentation paled in comparision to the others....1st & onli formal presentation this sem, Tiffany case presentation was not gd, hope we won't get too lousy a grade, still gt the freaking report to deal wif when i have had enuf of TIffany case...
River regatta this wkend! Smth exciting to look forward to. This year feels different coz we are more prepared for river regatta. It feels different for me too coz I’m sitting so in front, like 2nd seat, not the usual last seat which I’m used to. Dun wanna tink much, just stay focus and row, feel every stroke.
12 days to 1st paper & I haven started studying for exams…..1 investment quiz & 1 finance report more to go….scary….
One by one…from now till mon, I shall juz focus on studying for investment quiz, argh, minus out race time & post race dinner, there ain’t much time....but sometimes, its during times of urgency that tings gets done better...
Actually this sem, I’m thankful to have nice frens in investment and acc II tutorials….& I realize there are quite many crescentians in nbs….
Saturday, October 27, 2007
nana & soso moved out?!!! Why doesn’t anyone tell me wad is gg on at home???
Hse is quieter….i miss nana…it feels weird not seeing nana at home….when will I get to see u again??
Nana always asks me abt sch, abt trainings…..sch suxs!! Especially todae….i can’t let my parents noe how screwed up I was todae….I would get killed…but I can tok to nana abt this….but where are u nana?? I miss u….
Hse is quieter….i miss nana…it feels weird not seeing nana at home….when will I get to see u again??
Nana always asks me abt sch, abt trainings…..sch suxs!! Especially todae….i can’t let my parents noe how screwed up I was todae….I would get killed…but I can tok to nana abt this….but where are u nana?? I miss u….
I sux big time! I am a total screw up!
How could u do such a thing?! Sleep sleep sleep, is slp tt impt? U wan to slp all ure life away then u happy issit??
U dun always get wad u wan in life...There's no second chance in life...Its ure own fault tt it's screwed up...its ure own responsibility....Dun expect others to give u another chance...No use crying...u juz suck...ought not to exist on this earth....
Feel stupid, study for tax quiz, but couldn't take it coz i overslept...stupid screwed up...luckily prof allowed 10% quiz weightage to transfer to exams, but then again i studied for the quiz, and it was an easier quiz, wad if i screw up my final exam...sighs...
Juz wanna pass the ethics quiz for now....stop screwing up everything!!
How could u do such a thing?! Sleep sleep sleep, is slp tt impt? U wan to slp all ure life away then u happy issit??
U dun always get wad u wan in life...There's no second chance in life...Its ure own fault tt it's screwed up...its ure own responsibility....Dun expect others to give u another chance...No use crying...u juz suck...ought not to exist on this earth....
Feel stupid, study for tax quiz, but couldn't take it coz i overslept...stupid screwed up...luckily prof allowed 10% quiz weightage to transfer to exams, but then again i studied for the quiz, and it was an easier quiz, wad if i screw up my final exam...sighs...
Juz wanna pass the ethics quiz for now....stop screwing up everything!!
Thursday, October 25, 2007
I got D for maths quiz =((((((( Damn sad.....
Haiz…D for 10% of final grades…how sucky…tink I got last in class…see so many pple get A+….haiz….
Lacking sleep…been staying up, but not effective doing work or studying…end up damn sleepy during the day…ineffectiveness throughout the day…tink I’m better off sleeping not too late and try to be more effective study in less time…
Training is always a gd break frm studies…forget those troubles & worries during training...feel more motivated to study after training also…but it lasts also a while b4 tiredness settles in…
Nite sea rowing todae...nice nice…always liked nite rowing…but keep getting breathless…shucks, tink my stamina has deteriorated…muz be coz these days nv realli run le…the run during tue training, felt damn breathless too…
Back to tax…wasted enuf time…study effectively or else no point staying up …
Haiz…D for 10% of final grades…how sucky…tink I got last in class…see so many pple get A+….haiz….
Lacking sleep…been staying up, but not effective doing work or studying…end up damn sleepy during the day…ineffectiveness throughout the day…tink I’m better off sleeping not too late and try to be more effective study in less time…
Training is always a gd break frm studies…forget those troubles & worries during training...feel more motivated to study after training also…but it lasts also a while b4 tiredness settles in…
Nite sea rowing todae...nice nice…always liked nite rowing…but keep getting breathless…shucks, tink my stamina has deteriorated…muz be coz these days nv realli run le…the run during tue training, felt damn breathless too…
Back to tax…wasted enuf time…study effectively or else no point staying up …
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Quite some time since I last updated…
Was busy wif accounting II report & maths quiz last wk….haiz…screw the maths quiz…cannot even pass…I can’t believe I forgt a simple differentiation and as such din even get any method marks for the 2nd qn...and yar, there’s onli 2 qns, of which the 2nd qn has more than 50% weightage….sighs…bye to 10% of final grades...the result of last min chionging, zzzz in class, not doing tuts…
This wk is relatively slack…except for sat…its gonna be a hectic day…tax quiz at 7.30am!!! Followed by ethics seminar n quiz till 2.30pm…I dunnoe if I should take the ethics quiz nxt sem…or shd I opt not to take the tax quiz and transfer the 10% weightage to the final exam…both choices are risky!! Haven started studying for tax, yet I doubt I much preparation for tax exam either…shall decide ltr…
Next wk’s gonna be a killer!! 2 presentations, 2 reports, 2 quizzes…I dare not tink how it’ll turn out…
Smth to look forward to nxt weekend….river regatta…I hope I can row a good set…left shoulder pls bear wif me…
Ohhh…& I realized I sweat damn easily, do 2min station fly or even squats also can sweat…sweat a lot too…grosssss….
Why take it up in the first place…& not manage it properly…onli to regret now…yet still not putting in extra effort to make up for it…wads the use of panicking…if u realli are panicking, u shdn’t be dozing off in class…yar, I’m damn scared for the exams…but haf I started?? no way, far far far frm started…so wad on earth am I doing now?….i’m so screwed…2.5 wks to my first paper which I noe nth abt…pls do smth abt it…now!!
Was busy wif accounting II report & maths quiz last wk….haiz…screw the maths quiz…cannot even pass…I can’t believe I forgt a simple differentiation and as such din even get any method marks for the 2nd qn...and yar, there’s onli 2 qns, of which the 2nd qn has more than 50% weightage….sighs…bye to 10% of final grades...the result of last min chionging, zzzz in class, not doing tuts…
This wk is relatively slack…except for sat…its gonna be a hectic day…tax quiz at 7.30am!!! Followed by ethics seminar n quiz till 2.30pm…I dunnoe if I should take the ethics quiz nxt sem…or shd I opt not to take the tax quiz and transfer the 10% weightage to the final exam…both choices are risky!! Haven started studying for tax, yet I doubt I much preparation for tax exam either…shall decide ltr…
Next wk’s gonna be a killer!! 2 presentations, 2 reports, 2 quizzes…I dare not tink how it’ll turn out…
Smth to look forward to nxt weekend….river regatta…I hope I can row a good set…left shoulder pls bear wif me…
Ohhh…& I realized I sweat damn easily, do 2min station fly or even squats also can sweat…sweat a lot too…grosssss….
Why take it up in the first place…& not manage it properly…onli to regret now…yet still not putting in extra effort to make up for it…wads the use of panicking…if u realli are panicking, u shdn’t be dozing off in class…yar, I’m damn scared for the exams…but haf I started?? no way, far far far frm started…so wad on earth am I doing now?….i’m so screwed…2.5 wks to my first paper which I noe nth abt…pls do smth abt it…now!!
Friday, October 12, 2007
Wooohoooo!! No more lessons for the wkk!! Ahhhh, sooo happy sooo relieved…
Finally got myself to do investment quiz last nite after training. Inertia to click the start button for the online quiz. Kept hovering around ehhh I’m not prepared to take it now, its soo late not good time to do quiz, then aiya juz do it now!! Or else tmr cannot go bbq! Many many thanks to kaixiang for helping me out wif some of the qns!! :)
Soooo don’t feel like doing any work now, although there are realli many things that need to be done: accounting II project, bf322 case, maths quiz, investment project, and the 5 elearning lects tt I haf yet to listen!!!
Oh wells, I need a break now!! I juz wanna do some exercise now!! Surprisingly sooo many pple wanted to run this wk but I din join any at all!! I wanna run now! Wanna play frisbee later! Come 5pm quick!!
Finally got myself to do investment quiz last nite after training. Inertia to click the start button for the online quiz. Kept hovering around ehhh I’m not prepared to take it now, its soo late not good time to do quiz, then aiya juz do it now!! Or else tmr cannot go bbq! Many many thanks to kaixiang for helping me out wif some of the qns!! :)
Soooo don’t feel like doing any work now, although there are realli many things that need to be done: accounting II project, bf322 case, maths quiz, investment project, and the 5 elearning lects tt I haf yet to listen!!!
Oh wells, I need a break now!! I juz wanna do some exercise now!! Surprisingly sooo many pple wanted to run this wk but I din join any at all!! I wanna run now! Wanna play frisbee later! Come 5pm quick!!
Saturday, October 06, 2007
2 down!!
Had spent the week getting frustrated over company law report, when I thought I finally understood, the next moment I realize I still don’t, and so its been back to square one many times throughout the week. Had enuf of co. law, glad to be done wif it! Hoping it won’t be graded too lousy a report, hopefully the grade won’t turn out to be like biz law report last sem which totally sucked. 20% of final grade…
Accounting quiz plus excel quiz this morning. Din really prepare for this. After finishing co. law report, juz wanted to sleep and totally no mood to study anymore. So many of those ethics qns come out, argh, hate this kind of ambiguous stuff…the mistakes I made probably all came from those ethics qns…then came the excel quiz, which was total gone case...no time, plus excel spreadsheet was a total mess, plus classified some costs wrong, argh…excel quiz confirm fail le…sighs…20% of final grade too…
Went to the gym wif my bro, my strength these days are seriously cui…tue training, the sand bottles felt super heavy, even 2 mins felt like forever…thur training, now 10kg also struggling…sheesh…
Next week gonna be project week! Mon gt tax presentation discussion plus corporate finance case discussion…Tue gt accounting project meeting…which I haven started preparing for…oops…then also got investment quiz…n investment project, which relatively not as urgent….
1 mth to the exams…sooo fast…barely managing to even deal with the presentations, projects n quizzes on hand now…argh!
Had spent the week getting frustrated over company law report, when I thought I finally understood, the next moment I realize I still don’t, and so its been back to square one many times throughout the week. Had enuf of co. law, glad to be done wif it! Hoping it won’t be graded too lousy a report, hopefully the grade won’t turn out to be like biz law report last sem which totally sucked. 20% of final grade…
Accounting quiz plus excel quiz this morning. Din really prepare for this. After finishing co. law report, juz wanted to sleep and totally no mood to study anymore. So many of those ethics qns come out, argh, hate this kind of ambiguous stuff…the mistakes I made probably all came from those ethics qns…then came the excel quiz, which was total gone case...no time, plus excel spreadsheet was a total mess, plus classified some costs wrong, argh…excel quiz confirm fail le…sighs…20% of final grade too…
Went to the gym wif my bro, my strength these days are seriously cui…tue training, the sand bottles felt super heavy, even 2 mins felt like forever…thur training, now 10kg also struggling…sheesh…
Next week gonna be project week! Mon gt tax presentation discussion plus corporate finance case discussion…Tue gt accounting project meeting…which I haven started preparing for…oops…then also got investment quiz…n investment project, which relatively not as urgent….
1 mth to the exams…sooo fast…barely managing to even deal with the presentations, projects n quizzes on hand now…argh!
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Bye bye recess wk….hello to sch once again…
Din manage to do much studying during the week….
Mon went to out wif my dad n sis to meet his American Express banker, coz standard chartered bought over the banking part of American express, so there’s gonna be some restructuring which might affect the investment funds...but main thing was the jap lunch…haas…then went to hotel royal to do accounting II project…took ages to find the ulu hotel…which looked quite cui…duty manager too busy to entertain us…so no choice had to go back to novena bk to discuss…but it was rather fruitful discussion I felt…but still long long way to go…not even one-third done…
Tue was training…finally went cycling on tue…went to watch my parents perform qigong at the cc…but as a result of tt performance, din manage to eat mooncake n play lantern at home like we always did in the past…no fun!!
Wed was training…first time since so long that it surprisingly didn’t hurt n I could pull water…nice.…after training had to chiong back to sch for investment seminar…thanks to my nice dad who fetched me =)
Thu went to Shangri-la for buffet lunch wif my dad!! Yummy yummy sushi!! Loads of nice food but couldn’t eat much…and its super duper expensive, total for 2 adults was like abt 100 bucks…daylight robbery…wouldn’t haf gone if not for the vouchers…
Fri was the sucky tax quiz…after tt was supposed to go for naf bbq at east coast…no mood to go…somemore so far, go there haf to entertain pple….so decided not to go…hees…budden todae receive an email frm naf director regarding attendance…oops…realized I haven been to a single naf meeting yet (tink I missed like 4 meeting le)…since it always clashes wif training…shucks, means I must go for cac nite this wed…no more excuses le…
Sat was rather sucky coz it hurt again for no reason…sianz… anyways was rather irritated at the first part of the training…coz when doing canoe twist…suppose to be 10min non-stop...then when juz started onli, haven even 2 mins up, then the junior keep on stopping, do a bit onli then stop again repeatedly…peng!...maybe its still early ba…last time when we juz started, 2 mins also seem like forever…anyways, after training had steamboat lunch cum dinner wif the team…the table beside us was damn scary…they ate all super duper lots of crabs…the steamboat was overflooded wif crabs sticking out of the crowded pot…sccarryy…
Today my sis was super enthu on detox…so we had 3 different types of fruit juices today: orange carrot, green apple plus celery, watermelon and apple….and also vegetable and tomato salad…yummy…I tink I’ll love detox diet…but too bad, back to hall le…
Din manage to do much studying during the week….
Mon went to out wif my dad n sis to meet his American Express banker, coz standard chartered bought over the banking part of American express, so there’s gonna be some restructuring which might affect the investment funds...but main thing was the jap lunch…haas…then went to hotel royal to do accounting II project…took ages to find the ulu hotel…which looked quite cui…duty manager too busy to entertain us…so no choice had to go back to novena bk to discuss…but it was rather fruitful discussion I felt…but still long long way to go…not even one-third done…
Tue was training…finally went cycling on tue…went to watch my parents perform qigong at the cc…but as a result of tt performance, din manage to eat mooncake n play lantern at home like we always did in the past…no fun!!
Wed was training…first time since so long that it surprisingly didn’t hurt n I could pull water…nice.…after training had to chiong back to sch for investment seminar…thanks to my nice dad who fetched me =)
Thu went to Shangri-la for buffet lunch wif my dad!! Yummy yummy sushi!! Loads of nice food but couldn’t eat much…and its super duper expensive, total for 2 adults was like abt 100 bucks…daylight robbery…wouldn’t haf gone if not for the vouchers…
Fri was the sucky tax quiz…after tt was supposed to go for naf bbq at east coast…no mood to go…somemore so far, go there haf to entertain pple….so decided not to go…hees…budden todae receive an email frm naf director regarding attendance…oops…realized I haven been to a single naf meeting yet (tink I missed like 4 meeting le)…since it always clashes wif training…shucks, means I must go for cac nite this wed…no more excuses le…
Sat was rather sucky coz it hurt again for no reason…sianz… anyways was rather irritated at the first part of the training…coz when doing canoe twist…suppose to be 10min non-stop...then when juz started onli, haven even 2 mins up, then the junior keep on stopping, do a bit onli then stop again repeatedly…peng!...maybe its still early ba…last time when we juz started, 2 mins also seem like forever…anyways, after training had steamboat lunch cum dinner wif the team…the table beside us was damn scary…they ate all super duper lots of crabs…the steamboat was overflooded wif crabs sticking out of the crowded pot…sccarryy…
Today my sis was super enthu on detox…so we had 3 different types of fruit juices today: orange carrot, green apple plus celery, watermelon and apple….and also vegetable and tomato salad…yummy…I tink I’ll love detox diet…but too bad, back to hall le…
Friday, September 28, 2007
Flunked terribly for tax quiz…sighs….cannot even pass…onli got 8 out of 20 correct…there goes 10% of tax grades….
No doubt I wasn’t realli prepared for tax quiz…there were still many stuff tt I din noe existed, onli to realize when the tutor went thru the quiz afterwards…budden the format of tax quiz seriously suxs…it was in the form of true and false, but there were 2 statements….so it was like
(1) statement A is true
(2) statement B is true
(3) Both statements A & B are true
(4) Both statements A & B are false
Sooo…even if I got statement A correct but got statement B wrong, then the whole qn wrong…Zzzzzzzz…..wad’s the prob man…a simple true and false format would be ok, why complicate matters….sianz….
No doubt I wasn’t realli prepared for tax quiz…there were still many stuff tt I din noe existed, onli to realize when the tutor went thru the quiz afterwards…budden the format of tax quiz seriously suxs…it was in the form of true and false, but there were 2 statements….so it was like
(1) statement A is true
(2) statement B is true
(3) Both statements A & B are true
(4) Both statements A & B are false
Sooo…even if I got statement A correct but got statement B wrong, then the whole qn wrong…Zzzzzzzz…..wad’s the prob man…a simple true and false format would be ok, why complicate matters….sianz….
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Napha test todae...
Time flies…its been a yr since the last napha test, though it seems not too long ago…still struggling to accept the fact that I’m a senior already…oh wells….back then, we were ultimate worried abt the 14min timing for 2.4km (had onli clocked once below 14min…when I ran 4km every nite during 1st 3 mths of jc…was not crazy, back then was contemplating if I should join nj canoeing, haas, but stopped by that fear or hatred to canoe for causing that that will stay wif me for life)
Anyways, I still remember that last yr, it was seng kiet, my hall 2 camp fren, that ran wif me 2 nights b4 the actual test, to clock barely under 14min that gave me a lil assurance b4 the actual run…
But this time round, didn’t haf any assurance…my last timed 2.4km was last yr napha test...even wif 1 yr of training…somehow I feel less fit, less stamina than b4…
Fortunately, I did survive…it was a rather comfortable run…sighs, goes to show once again din not go all out…
started off with an ok pace, din chiong off straight away(usually I like to chiong the first few rounds…& tink abt the remaining rounds later…)…
felt quite high after the 3rd round…wanted to chiong a bit…budden decided to watch my pace, conserving some energy…BUT conserving energy failed…should not haf conserved…chuied at the 5th round…
din realli look at the timing…but tink its abt 12.20mins….1min improvement frm last yr…but dun realli haf that shiok feeling that I can say I haf done my best….I could haf pushed more…stop conserving…juz go all out now, and leave the rest to internal strength…
disappointed…nv doing anything right…
am not someone tt pple can rely on for encouragement, consoling, comforting, etc…somehow, I realli dunnoe how to encourage others, wad to say to comfort others, wad to reply when pple complain…sighs…always saying the wrong things...
randomness…somehow I’m always stuck inbetween conversations gg on ard me…yet not part of any…of awkwardness, of no mood to attempt to be part of it, of sometimes juz wanting to get away frm it….
Time flies…its been a yr since the last napha test, though it seems not too long ago…still struggling to accept the fact that I’m a senior already…oh wells….back then, we were ultimate worried abt the 14min timing for 2.4km (had onli clocked once below 14min…when I ran 4km every nite during 1st 3 mths of jc…was not crazy, back then was contemplating if I should join nj canoeing, haas, but stopped by that fear or hatred to canoe for causing that that will stay wif me for life)
Anyways, I still remember that last yr, it was seng kiet, my hall 2 camp fren, that ran wif me 2 nights b4 the actual test, to clock barely under 14min that gave me a lil assurance b4 the actual run…
But this time round, didn’t haf any assurance…my last timed 2.4km was last yr napha test...even wif 1 yr of training…somehow I feel less fit, less stamina than b4…
Fortunately, I did survive…it was a rather comfortable run…sighs, goes to show once again din not go all out…
started off with an ok pace, din chiong off straight away(usually I like to chiong the first few rounds…& tink abt the remaining rounds later…)…
felt quite high after the 3rd round…wanted to chiong a bit…budden decided to watch my pace, conserving some energy…BUT conserving energy failed…should not haf conserved…chuied at the 5th round…
din realli look at the timing…but tink its abt 12.20mins….1min improvement frm last yr…but dun realli haf that shiok feeling that I can say I haf done my best….I could haf pushed more…stop conserving…juz go all out now, and leave the rest to internal strength…
disappointed…nv doing anything right…
am not someone tt pple can rely on for encouragement, consoling, comforting, etc…somehow, I realli dunnoe how to encourage others, wad to say to comfort others, wad to reply when pple complain…sighs…always saying the wrong things...
randomness…somehow I’m always stuck inbetween conversations gg on ard me…yet not part of any…of awkwardness, of no mood to attempt to be part of it, of sometimes juz wanting to get away frm it….
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Messy messiness...Scared for tax quiz…No idea wads gg on for other sources of income…always doze off during draggy tax tut…Haven started accounting II & investment project…accounting quiz coming up…scared for excel quiz…322 notes a mess…gotta start on 322 case soon…nv do company law tuts…company law report coming soon…been slacking on 212…always zzz during genes r us....no motivation to even do tuts…super lagging for all subjects…come recess wk pls…
Suxs....It is hurting again. It is always hindering me. Why can’t it be a lil stronger, I’m not asking much of it, juz stop giving me problems, had enuf of it…Hate it…pls stop it!
Suxs....It is hurting again. It is always hindering me. Why can’t it be a lil stronger, I’m not asking much of it, juz stop giving me problems, had enuf of it…Hate it…pls stop it!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Never realli liked short distance races…
Rather off today…strokes wasn’t realli there...there’s major problem in my technique, esp during races, rock too much, motion not smooth, same old punching arm prob, recover too slow, not effectively pulling water, more like zamming the water…shit…
some talked abt giving all out…somehow, I haven’t felt that inner strength...somehow, yes I feel guilty of having some reserve...why why why…all tok but no action….yyyyyyy….can my arms & body pls listen to my head…
Rather off today…strokes wasn’t realli there...there’s major problem in my technique, esp during races, rock too much, motion not smooth, same old punching arm prob, recover too slow, not effectively pulling water, more like zamming the water…shit…
some talked abt giving all out…somehow, I haven’t felt that inner strength...somehow, yes I feel guilty of having some reserve...why why why…all tok but no action….yyyyyyy….can my arms & body pls listen to my head…
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Juz a quick update b4 I hit the bed…There’s so much to say that I muz say b4 I slp & wake up for tmr’s race…
Today was my first time racing so many times in 1 day!! =) Usually I onli get to race once or at most twice for each race day, coz yar, I’m like the freaking lousiest left rower.
First race of the day: Women’s 12-crew Heats
This race was particularly significant to our boat. I was pretty worried for this, & I guess the rest of the boat were too. So damn worried that how if we couldn’t even make it thru the heats, we can juz go jump into the reservoir then. Sooooooo nervous that hands start numbing, right after the starts, first the pulling arm, then the punching arm, so afraid that I’ll lose grip of the paddle, body stiffens, but die die muz row damn hard for this race. Fortunately we made it to semis! =) Phew, it was realli such a great relief!!
Second race: Mixed Heats
I pretty much like rowing mixed (if I manage to keep up wif the pace that is). Mixed races are one of the few times during races that I can really feel that I stretching forwards, focus on executing technique properly, feel the boat gliding, feel that I’m pulling water.
Third race: Women’s 12-crew Semi-Finals
Pretty worried as we set out for the race, not sure how we’ll do, juz hoping we won’t end up last. Starts was not that fantastic, but rather ok, then came maintenance, huiqi called for hard 10 & could really feel that hard 10 =). Stroke rate starts building up, liked the pace, felt the pulling water, felt the boat gliding a bit, then came the best part, for once I liked our charging!! =) But still, we din come in the top few. No doubt it’s the process that’s impt but u can’t deny that the results are impt, or at least meant smth too. Quite sad thinking that it ended juz liddat…UNTIL, it was announced that we got into plate finals!! Like WOW! It’s nothing spectacular for many others, but it really meant smth for me at least. I felt it was like a breakthrough for our batch’s small boat.
Fourth race: Women’s 12-crew Plate Finals
Pretty worried once again, hoping we’ll not fare too badly. Starts was super gd, like for once our starts got a bit of power feeling! =) Liked the pace, a bit faster than previous set, keeping the boat gliding. Thought we had a chance…ok, that was like being veri veri ambitious…couldn’t maintain, we kinda punctured mid-way…wasted wasted…Haiz, I was at fault too, recovered slower than the person in front of me, & so the boat was not really in sync…soorryy…
Fifth & last race of the day: Mixed Finals
This is the few exceptions when rowing mixed was miserable. Was juz trying to keep up wif the pace, didn’t really manage pointer 3, my strokes were a mess, argghhh…sorry, I was more of a burden on the boat….sorry, I noe that was such a gd chance for a medal…process is impt, but a medal would be nice…
Tmr’s race is 200m. 200m would be more difficult than 500m, realli need charging & power…rather worried abt how our batch’s small boat will do. Prays we’ll make it thru the heats at least…
Better go Zzzz le…bus at 7am tmr!!
Today was my first time racing so many times in 1 day!! =) Usually I onli get to race once or at most twice for each race day, coz yar, I’m like the freaking lousiest left rower.
First race of the day: Women’s 12-crew Heats
This race was particularly significant to our boat. I was pretty worried for this, & I guess the rest of the boat were too. So damn worried that how if we couldn’t even make it thru the heats, we can juz go jump into the reservoir then. Sooooooo nervous that hands start numbing, right after the starts, first the pulling arm, then the punching arm, so afraid that I’ll lose grip of the paddle, body stiffens, but die die muz row damn hard for this race. Fortunately we made it to semis! =) Phew, it was realli such a great relief!!
Second race: Mixed Heats
I pretty much like rowing mixed (if I manage to keep up wif the pace that is). Mixed races are one of the few times during races that I can really feel that I stretching forwards, focus on executing technique properly, feel the boat gliding, feel that I’m pulling water.
Third race: Women’s 12-crew Semi-Finals
Pretty worried as we set out for the race, not sure how we’ll do, juz hoping we won’t end up last. Starts was not that fantastic, but rather ok, then came maintenance, huiqi called for hard 10 & could really feel that hard 10 =). Stroke rate starts building up, liked the pace, felt the pulling water, felt the boat gliding a bit, then came the best part, for once I liked our charging!! =) But still, we din come in the top few. No doubt it’s the process that’s impt but u can’t deny that the results are impt, or at least meant smth too. Quite sad thinking that it ended juz liddat…UNTIL, it was announced that we got into plate finals!! Like WOW! It’s nothing spectacular for many others, but it really meant smth for me at least. I felt it was like a breakthrough for our batch’s small boat.
Fourth race: Women’s 12-crew Plate Finals
Pretty worried once again, hoping we’ll not fare too badly. Starts was super gd, like for once our starts got a bit of power feeling! =) Liked the pace, a bit faster than previous set, keeping the boat gliding. Thought we had a chance…ok, that was like being veri veri ambitious…couldn’t maintain, we kinda punctured mid-way…wasted wasted…Haiz, I was at fault too, recovered slower than the person in front of me, & so the boat was not really in sync…soorryy…
Fifth & last race of the day: Mixed Finals
This is the few exceptions when rowing mixed was miserable. Was juz trying to keep up wif the pace, didn’t really manage pointer 3, my strokes were a mess, argghhh…sorry, I was more of a burden on the boat….sorry, I noe that was such a gd chance for a medal…process is impt, but a medal would be nice…
Tmr’s race is 200m. 200m would be more difficult than 500m, realli need charging & power…rather worried abt how our batch’s small boat will do. Prays we’ll make it thru the heats at least…
Better go Zzzz le…bus at 7am tmr!!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Naat is pretty interesting…Though nothing much to do yet, juz the beginning stages…Still it was rather fun today….I wanna be an auditor in 2 yrs time…But the bad memories of my screwed up attachment still haunts me…sighs…I wonder if I’ll be able to survive the working world…
On a lighter note, this sun is my grandma’s birthdae =) And my elder sis is coming wif her boyfren!! Woooo! I wonder how he’s like…
On a lighter note, this sun is my grandma’s birthdae =) And my elder sis is coming wif her boyfren!! Woooo! I wonder how he’s like…
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Maths quiz is over!!! SOoooo relieved… Stared blankly at the qn paper for a few minutes…Din realli answer the qn properly, dunno wad was I thinking at that point in time…Supposed to explain how to get the solution…BUT I blurly thought the qn wanted me to inteprete the final ans…ok, tt was a stupid interpretation of the qn…sighs…1 qn wrong out of a 2 qns quiz…
Been having this urge for night runs…argghh…Onli had 1 nite run wif sarah since this sem started…Nowadays so diff to find pple for nite run...So many pple gt leg injuries…out of our batch, can onli ask soo shuen, tay chuan, sarah n candice…pple take cares…
Super no mood nor motivation to study now…dread fridays coz of 322…sighs, time to start reading the loonnggg case for tmr…
I wan a new reebok running shoe!!! Hoping for my dad to buy me one soon….
No chance to slp at home this wkend :( Missing tiga doggie, missing family warmth & comfort...loneliness of hall life....
Been having this urge for night runs…argghh…Onli had 1 nite run wif sarah since this sem started…Nowadays so diff to find pple for nite run...So many pple gt leg injuries…out of our batch, can onli ask soo shuen, tay chuan, sarah n candice…pple take cares…
Super no mood nor motivation to study now…dread fridays coz of 322…sighs, time to start reading the loonnggg case for tmr…
I wan a new reebok running shoe!!! Hoping for my dad to buy me one soon….
No chance to slp at home this wkend :( Missing tiga doggie, missing family warmth & comfort...loneliness of hall life....
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Starting to get excited about sava, the race feeling is starting to set in, reading the pre-race emails on yahoo groups…It’s been 1 yr in db, first race as seniors, expectations expectations ar, a test for our batch….lil fearful of how we’ll do…argh, dun tink too much, juz row a simple set, juz like training….pls pls left shoulder pls dun let me down…
Getting freaking worried for maths quiz on thurs. The thought of maths quiz has been haunting me day in day out, I sooo dun understand the matrix stuff, coz I wasn’t really listening during lessons plus din do last few tutorials, super unprepared for it, sighs, last min again…pls let me survive maths quiz…pls pls I realli wanna be a better student this sem…
Off to maths again, shall sleep soon…Tmr I promise to keep awake during lessons…pls let tmr be an exception, let tmr be a better one…
Getting freaking worried for maths quiz on thurs. The thought of maths quiz has been haunting me day in day out, I sooo dun understand the matrix stuff, coz I wasn’t really listening during lessons plus din do last few tutorials, super unprepared for it, sighs, last min again…pls let me survive maths quiz…pls pls I realli wanna be a better student this sem…
Off to maths again, shall sleep soon…Tmr I promise to keep awake during lessons…pls let tmr be an exception, let tmr be a better one…
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Its been quite long since I last updated. Life’s been very messy lately. Time is passing by toooooo fast, and yet I’ve not been making full use of it. Sighs…
Last week was one of a big mess. Rushing 2 presentations till late plus the many db activities gg on plus the falling asleep in almost all of my lessons (which I only blame myself for the lack of motivation, drive & interest towards my studies). Sighs… I realize that I spend onli 1-2hrs maximum per subject per week, and most of the time, I spend even less than 1hr on certain subjects (especially my accounting subjects). The cause of all the mess now to add on to the quizzes, projects & presentations that are starting to stream in. On a lighter note though, recess week is nearing in a few days time. Feeling relieved to finally be able to sort out the messiness, yet not at all relieved to know that 6 wks down the road are the exams once again. Sighs…
Yet, there have been many little things that make me smile along the way: going home on weekends :), going out for lunch wif my family, seeing my fat little tiga doggie, going for trainings, being wif my teammates, gg for nite runs which haf become rather rare these days, and the once in a blue moon being able to keep awake during lessons.
Sava’s coming up. A few seniors haf asked me if I was excited about it. To tell frankly, I dun feel excited, I dunno why I feel rather indifferent. Perhaps it’s the knowing that I may not get to row much, the feeling of being juz a reserve, the fear that we’ll probably not even make it thru the heats (like the small boat june race, those who weren’t in that boat will never understand how we feel, its just different. You all can juz tap water in the finals while we try to row hard during the heats, yet I guess the timing’s abt the same).
Last week was one of a big mess. Rushing 2 presentations till late plus the many db activities gg on plus the falling asleep in almost all of my lessons (which I only blame myself for the lack of motivation, drive & interest towards my studies). Sighs… I realize that I spend onli 1-2hrs maximum per subject per week, and most of the time, I spend even less than 1hr on certain subjects (especially my accounting subjects). The cause of all the mess now to add on to the quizzes, projects & presentations that are starting to stream in. On a lighter note though, recess week is nearing in a few days time. Feeling relieved to finally be able to sort out the messiness, yet not at all relieved to know that 6 wks down the road are the exams once again. Sighs…
Yet, there have been many little things that make me smile along the way: going home on weekends :), going out for lunch wif my family, seeing my fat little tiga doggie, going for trainings, being wif my teammates, gg for nite runs which haf become rather rare these days, and the once in a blue moon being able to keep awake during lessons.
Sava’s coming up. A few seniors haf asked me if I was excited about it. To tell frankly, I dun feel excited, I dunno why I feel rather indifferent. Perhaps it’s the knowing that I may not get to row much, the feeling of being juz a reserve, the fear that we’ll probably not even make it thru the heats (like the small boat june race, those who weren’t in that boat will never understand how we feel, its just different. You all can juz tap water in the finals while we try to row hard during the heats, yet I guess the timing’s abt the same).
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Survived Army Half Marathon! 21km! Ye en stayed over at my hall, fortunately, if not I wouldn’t haf woken up in time. We set off from school at about 5am coz the bus driver was late & he still keep complaining abt us…dots...
Running in the wee hours of the morning, as though the whole road belongs to us! =) Fun! Running wif the team more fun, different experience from standchart & mizuno run, budden i can't realli click wif them...k lar, i can't click well wif pple in general...change topic..
Kept wanting to go toilet during the first few km (super irritating!), but finally had toilet break at abt 10km. Actually 21km din seem so scary afterall, glad to haf completed it, though I muz say kinda disappointed wif my endurance & stamina, & most importantly attitude….Din stop except for toilet break, budden was a bit lagging behind liping(whose leg was injured) even though I was perfectly ok. Din give 100%, din push to the max, but gave in to slight tiredness, allowed myself to lag a bit for most of the time, even though it onli takes a bit more effort to keep up wif the pace…No wonder I always ganna reserve for races…wake up! Where’s that fighting spirit & attitude (to both training & studies)…
Running in the wee hours of the morning, as though the whole road belongs to us! =) Fun! Running wif the team more fun, different experience from standchart & mizuno run, budden i can't realli click wif them...k lar, i can't click well wif pple in general...change topic..
Kept wanting to go toilet during the first few km (super irritating!), but finally had toilet break at abt 10km. Actually 21km din seem so scary afterall, glad to haf completed it, though I muz say kinda disappointed wif my endurance & stamina, & most importantly attitude….Din stop except for toilet break, budden was a bit lagging behind liping(whose leg was injured) even though I was perfectly ok. Din give 100%, din push to the max, but gave in to slight tiredness, allowed myself to lag a bit for most of the time, even though it onli takes a bit more effort to keep up wif the pace…No wonder I always ganna reserve for races…wake up! Where’s that fighting spirit & attitude (to both training & studies)…
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Super accident-prone! Fell while walking down the slope near hall 1 on sun nite. Fell infront of my parents…super maloo..
I’m super lousy at pain endurance. Pple can run wif a torn ligament, hurting sheen, etc. Physically disabled pple can row dragonboat. Wat am I to complain abt a small cut (at a super wrong position though). Freaking foot…stop it!! STOP IT!!
lousy mood....
I’m super lousy at pain endurance. Pple can run wif a torn ligament, hurting sheen, etc. Physically disabled pple can row dragonboat. Wat am I to complain abt a small cut (at a super wrong position though). Freaking foot…stop it!! STOP IT!!
lousy mood....
Sunday, August 19, 2007
SBG meeting at pasir ris early morn, prevented me from enjoying the much-awaited once a wk long nice sleep. Argh, haven been keeping up my promise. Negative thoughts…hmm, pretty frequent. Improving communication with pple…hmmm, still suxs big time. I’m really in a big mess now, & its snowballing fast, even though its onli starting wk 3 now…But I’ll clear the mess by this sat. Must!
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