Get Together Camp

How nice would it be if it was a get together camp aka chalet instead of a group training camp. We wouldn't have to carry 7 meals and a ton of equipment. We wouldn't have to walk distances longer than a marathon and not get a shirt that says "I am a Finisher of 42.195". And we wouldn't have to eat sand.

But this is the last time I will ever get pumped/tekan until army comes. After this, I will be pumping others. Somehow it has been 4 years since I first got pumped. But at least GTC will be fun in a certain way. Not masochistic-aly, but just fun. Just like how kayaking was fun even though it's now causing wierd spots on my shoulder and neck that makes me look like the 2008 chair of info comm. But at least I got my 2 star without much trouble, and 3 star sounds really fun =)

After GTC, will be rushing the hike log, then going for vcord and hoping I pass, then rushing yet another hike log, then rushing survey area, then flying off for holiday, then coming back and planning some stuff for CCAL camp, then going for a real chalet, and facilitating CCAL camp, then planning acts for next year, and next year will start.

Holidays have ended

Spirit of the Marathon

Just finished watching that awesome movie on youtube, thanks to that kind soul who uploaded all of it. Being a runner myself, I can really relate to some of parts of the video and what some of the runners are saying. Watching them run the marathon and finishing it, crying tears of joy and hugging strangers they never knew before but who also had the same experience as you.

One part of the movie mentioned something about an event that has over 30 thousand people all doing the same thing and having the same thoughts that you are having. This is truly the only sport around where anyone can take part in. And while the journey there may be tough, I've no doubt that it is also very rewarding.

In other news, today was another really shitty day! The first part of the day was really productive. I managed to squeeze in a blog post, photocopied all the documents I needed for Pre U scholarship, went home and snuck off to the pool for a quick 30min swim. Came back home, wolfed down my lunch and went to school to submit the application.

First horrible thing happened. I boarded the bus, struggled to get the wallet out of the small pocket in the RI PE pants, tapped the wallet to the reader and wondered why there wasn't that "di!" sound that was I always heard. Then I opened my wallet and realised that I had taken out the card and forgot to put it back...thankfully I had a ton of coins and paid 60 cents.

After handing in the application, there was act which was sweaty as usual. PT was pretty managable; at least compared to last week's. After act, I took the bus back and I prepared the 60 cents to pay for the fare. Upon dropping the 6 10 cent coins that I had into the money thing on the bus, the driver gave me an angry look and I imagined he must be thinking something like "WTF WHY GIVE 60 CENTS ONLY YOU @#^&%$@*#)(&@!!!" Then he told me it wasn't enough, I told him I'm a student, and he told me where's your card. Obviously I didn't have it, and he tell me I need it to prove that I'm a student. I mean if I have my card why would I bother paying in coins, wasting 16 cents and having to speak to someone as grumpy as him. I don't think I look old enough to be an adult, and I boarded the bus right outside RI. And he also said something about now its the school holidays. I was thinking to myself what has that got to do with me being a student or not. Holidays or not, I am still a student and wouldn't make a difference to the consession rate. At that point I didn't have any coins left, so he grudgingly accepted the 60 cents and muttered some complains under his breath.

On the bus, I slept and...overslept. Missed by 1 stop. I walked all the way home and...the lift was spoilt.

I live on the 10th floor.

I was carrying a laptop.

Oh well my life sucks. Maybe the lost karma will be used during tomorrow's interview. Or on the run.

Imbalance of life

Last Saturday we had 2 star kayaking at Kallang Basin. The place is smartly camouflaged under a highway of some sorts, and being the good scouts that we are, some of us got lost a total of 2 times and we ended up being 30 minutes late.

Other than that minor hiccup, the rest of the lesson was pretty fun, with Tak being suay enough to capsize twice unintentionally, and Anurak who got targetted by Stanley due to his GLness. The instructors were all quite cool, strict yet fun at times. And the weather that day was unbelievably good, seeing as how the past few days were raining and it only rained during lunch time that day.

While we were kayaking, there were also the manly dragonboaters around, not just guys but also girls. We take comfort in the fact that the girls were doing assisted pullups, but some of the guys have such a sick physique. While watching them dragonboat though, I can't help but wonder; since dragonboat only requires them to pedal on one side, do they all have super imbalanced bodies? Or do they actually switch sides once in a while to offset the imbalance?

And to sidetrack, I was doing my Pre U scholarship essay yesterday, and inevitably I also thought that if we mug too much, will we become imbalanced? Do we have to switch sides, like the dragonboaters, and do something different (like triathlon)? Then again, maybe being imbalanced in life is not such a bad thing.

But I'm pretty certain it is a bad thing for the dragonboaters. Because then, they cannot camouflage into the crowd - unlike the WV outlet.

You have been in my life ever since I was born.

I have had a love-hate (ok mostly hate) relationship with you since Primary School.

I have neglected you most of the time, but the past few months have seen the most interaction between the 2 of us.

Hopefully I will never ever cross paths with you again.

Goodbye, Chinese.

the butterfly effect

a butterfly flaps its wings and a tornado happens in the other side of the earth. and its nothing to do with hasty generalisation or wtv cock

anw was just thinking of how if i screw up chinese next tues, i may not get a perfect grade, not get scholarship, not go overseas uni (if i want to) and my life will be a whole lot different.

and then again theres psle. what if i had made a careless mistake in 1 maths qsn, screwed it up, get less than 260, and not get into RI? then i wouldnt have been in 01, wouldnt have met a whole group of people, and again my life will be a whole lot different.

or maybe i would have gone hci and been in an even better cca (which i doubt it), make even better friends (possibly classmates), and life would again be different.

stuff like these are so cool, but thinking too much abt it can make you crazy. i had 60 laps in the pool today to think about it.

last day of school tmr, but it doesn't seem to mean anything to me. not sad that im leaving this class of mine, certainly not sad im leaving behind stuff like RE and random assembly programmes, but a bit sad to leave some friends. then again, looking forward to whatever RJC has to offer, which is quite a lot.

is it better to try and screw up and face whatever consequences there are, or don't try at all?

today i was repairing my bike, some stuff wasnt right, and i tried to fix it. while fixing it, i accidentaly caused a new problem, and the previous problem was still there, and now there were 2 problems. after much sweating and worrying, i decided to leave it and go to a bike shop tmr to get it repaired.

and chinese Os are in a week. i know i should be studying, but i dont feel like studying, as usual. but then again i will study, eventually. after chinese Os...woohoo!