Jerald’s Weblog

Its the End of The Exams Fiesta and Crazy Practicing of Past Year Papers.

Finally i could rest as much as i wish. : D

not forgetting Canoeing too.

Went for training early in the morning. Once again, Morning Peak Hour crowd, and i was late !

Bus 52 to Macritchie took just super duper long to arrive. I was waiting at the Bus-stop having some crazy Stomachpain.

Its been Happening to me every morning, Comes on and off :/ I suppose it should be because of Me sleeping super late like 5.30am and waking up 12 hours late, therefore, skipped my breakfast and had late lunch. Irregular Meals !

Training today was just super uber tiring. Did Pause Strokes, Sprint, Starting Burst. 100 m Sprint, 100m Pause Strokes. MADNESS. I nearly died. Did like 8km , Cool down by rowing to 500m Mark . By the time, i reached the Plontoon, I was just worn out. But it was REALLY Productive. Learnt alot from Ah wee once again and the harsh reality of the Junior Champs Competitiors from him ! Okay, i’m Determined to improve more ! Theres no such thing as a Boundary to mark the end of improvement ! KEEP IMPROVING !

YAY SPCT chalet 3rd to 5th at ALOHA LOYANG then 18th to 20th is DEEE 1B06 Class Chalet. Cool Events coming right up.

Not forgetting CNY

I’m super Broke for now. Spent alot of Money This week. I’ve got no $$ to buy CNY CLOTHES ! and i’m feel bad enough. Some idiot still smsed me to go shopping with her. THANKS AH. 

Just went to Enrol driving at BBDC , cost me about 150 bucks. Basic Theory Test is on April , FAST . Alot of Stages to go. After Basic, then Final then Take My Provisional Driving License ! Then Practical lessons, Driving simulator tests, Traffic Police then i’ll get my QDL ( QUALIFIED DRIVING LICENSE ) Aim to Get it in 6 months to 9 Months time. 

HAVE TO GET $$ for CNY clothes, Return Mummy 50 bucks that i owed her  , Expenses for Chalet etc. DAMN!  

Damn.

I havent been paddling on a K 1 for Days ! I miss My K 1 Tiger, 398 and My Bracsa II Paddle

Speaking about Canoe Polo, Its even been longer since i last paddled in a Vamp.

Holidays are Drawing near. What does that mean?

SPCT chalet, Class Chalet, Bintan Trip , Land Trainings , Water Trainings .. Blah blah blah

P-A-D-D-L-E !

and i have an aim . An aim to be achieved when next semester starts.

SPCT IS LOVE

so is Canoeing

Firstly , i’ll start the post of with Sorry Dudes and Dudettes whose been frequently reading my blog . Havent been updating the blog due to the Sessional Exams. Alas , Maths and Digital Electronics are over. I shant elaborate more about it. I’m just afraid of screwing them up . Actually i already did ! Damn. I missed out a 4 mark qn while doing it. How carless i can be ! Oh well, A consoling phrase for me is, Whats done is done, dont think about it. PEEE coming up next . Monday ! I would say i did not really concentrate much on revision for this module. My core module worth of 16 credit points ! Goodness. Gotta hit the Books Fast , this weekend to complete everything and get those question under my finger and toe tips. I hope.

Anyway a quick recap on My Birthday Celebration on 20th Jan 2008. It was a Blast. Fun filled day with both the afternoon and evening occupied with celebrations. In the noon , celebrated with My canoeing Mates. The same old people, Gabriel, Zhiwei, Michael, Lex , Jojo and Jiajie. Talked out hearts out, Ate pizza and laughed like Crazy Canoeists !  Sang the birthday song with a very delicious Birthday Cake with kokoKrunch Flakes on top of it. Nevertheless, The waiter was dumb enough to present us with the wrong bill. We ordered two Family feasts which costs about 40 bucks each, and the bill was only 50 bucks , having some unknown dishes we ordered like cuttlefish etc. HAHA , thought we could run away. And we really did. Paid the 50 bucks, ran off . Heehee. But was callled back. The waiter was fast enough to realise and we were stupid enough to stay in the shopping centre. And I Gave the waitress a hell of a time by scolding her ! What lousy Service ! She ’s speechless :X After the Pizza treat by Those sweet people, went to bugis for steamboat with Sarah, kaizhi , Jason and Huiting. Wha lao. I’m gonna be fat lah. Ate so much that day. Gotta hit the weights and gym after exams. Perhaps some running too. Thanks guys for making time out to celebrate and the wonderful presents. I do love them alot !

It was drizzling in the morning. Woke up at 7am , went down Kallang for sprinting sessions. It was the first time we rowed past the Benjamin Sheares Bridge and rowed to another bridge where we could see The Esplanade and a very Magnificent View of the Gigantic Ferris Wheel. There the water was kinda choppy. Nearly Capsized. Close Shave. Phew. Anyway went beach road for chicken Rice with the team then went home. Celebrated my 18th Birthday With My family. It was to my dismay that my Younger Cousin Angel was Sick therefore , Aunt’s Family did not turned up . I do hope she gets well soon. Ate at Warren Golf And Country Club’s Chinese Restuarant. It was a sumptous dinner with desert and of cours a birthday cake. And I would like to thank my parents and my uncle who bought me The Ipod Touch ! Its just freakingly cool shit. Slim, touch pad everything that a normal Mp3 doesnt have. Grandparents gave me an Angbao. 18th is knocking at me in  20 mins time, 1 year older means alot. A new year has started, so do new challenges and obstacles come in. Nevertheless, I wish Everyone around me to be healthy and Happy for every now and then ! And thank you to Gabriel, Asst QuarterMaster of the Sprinting side for buying me something super Practical. A Venomous Razer Dimondback 3G gaming mouse. Cool stuffs i received for my birthday this year !

 <- COOL SHITS .

In 4 more days i’ll be turning 18. LOL . Time flies !

Being 18 means alot ! I’ve been waiting for this to come. Fancy being chased out of DXO the other time, This time i’m gonna go in LEGALLY and let’s see what can those fat bouncers do to me. And Of course, Driving ! Signing up at Bukit Batok Driving Centre right after exams ! Theory, Practical Lessons, Traffic Police, I cant wait ! Cant wait to drive , so i can escape from the morning peak hour crowd on the trains. I hate being sardined ! Esp with my crumpler bag filled with lotsa stuffs and labtop ! Eighteen Eighteen ! Knock on My Door Fast !

Went for Maths lesson today. Did understand alot through this very productive lesson i would say. Bombarded our lecturer with questions. And only 4 turned up for the lesson. Hence , there was more attention paid. Finally, i Did my integration and some parts of Section C. More to Go.

Went for training after that. Did pullups, then 2 sets of 800m sprint. Clocked a timing of 1 min 23sec for the first round and 3 mins and 5 sec for both rounds. More room for improvement. Wasnt feeling well when i ran. Had a sudden cold surge running through me. Muscles stiffen , And a little giddy. I suppose it was due to the heavy Lunch i had ! The feeling erks me. I swear i never wanna have that kind of feeling when i run again, or i’ll just collapse any moment. Breathing was just difficult.

GYM !  it was Ah-Wee training us for gym. We concentrated on our leg muscles , back and Chests just like what we did last week. A different style of training as usual. Well, I Had a talk with him about my mistakes committed on the Kboat and learnt alot from him. Indeeed, hes a good alumni, a good senior and a good “coach” ! More to learn from him ! Will be rowing tomorrow at 1 at kallang. My Butt itchy for the K-Boat ! not forgetting Study. Its time i start with Digital Electronics and PEEE. Exams are just looming around the corner !

Boats Boats Boats ^_^

 Emo Moments .

We must somehow learn to find the focus of the Picture

Howdy.

End of Tests. Isit something to be happy about?

Essay writting was okay. Topic was : Tourist are not seeing country like what the inhabitants see the country as. It is definitely true, Do you agree ? State Your reasons.

Provide a Coherent and sound essay of reasons and opinions is what we must do. Yes argumentative writing again. Its not really a bore. I somehow feel High Arguing my way through. Maybe that explains why i was soo interested in taking Effective Use of logic in Arguement for my gems module. Will be taking another type when year 2 starts.

Isometric Drawing simply sucks. Drew my way through.Left uncomplete.

Back home, dozed off and now i’m up in the middle of the night , lazing around, doing pullups, and doing my maths questions. I seem to think that i still got alot of time to study for the exam. Shucks. Wake up !

Looking at the long blue study desk, was totally an eyesore. Especially with the Pile of crumpled notes placed in crumpled files and used up fool-scap paper just stuffed there. Whose good work is that? Yours truly. The sight of the Papers, excessive calendars, lots and heaps of papers and notes erks me ! Laziness had already fill me to the brim. Lazy to clear it. LOL and yet i’m complaning. like WTH lah. Exams around the corner, 23rd,25th and 28th. Started doing some testpapers. Yet there are some sections in which i have completely no idea what is it about, and how to do it. thats for Maths. For my Core module which credit points is 16, i’ve difficulty doing it. and for Digital Electronics, i havent seen the paper yet although i’ve print out Okay enough of rants. I’ll just gonna clean and wipe out all the worksheets and pack them nicely after my exams. Yes, EXAMS FIRST. Its the Exams Fiesta. WOOO.

 2 tests tomorrow. Essay writting and Isometric Drawing. I just pray that i wont stare on the monitor too long, and not knowing what to do for what peanuts are worth !

Was walking home from the LRT station from this very day.Normal routine, normal route home always. but the walk home today was very different from the rest. Was reminiscing something while i walked with slow and heavy pace. Indeed, time flies. Its already 2008. 18 years old is knocking on me in a few days time. Yet i think i’m still living in 2007. I have yet to change, I’ve no idea for the better or worse, but i spot no difference in me since the beginning of the last year till now. Or should i say, i have yet to grow up, to mature. Sigh. I’m not rushy at all, i’m not impatient at all. yet nothing took place. Can anyone tell me whether can we see such changes in ourselves? or does it have to leave to our friends to comment. Many incidents took place in 2007. My best friend [ used to be] Jason seemed to Drift away from my social circle. He’s become this mysterious creeper whom i no longer know anything about him. Havent been talking to him for 1 month plus. Is this what Best Friends are made of? I do admit my bad, of being busy, bringing negligence, and potraying a “Cant be Bothered” attitude to my bosom friends. For that, I’m really very apologetic about that. Its indeed a very hard task to make ends meet, to be able to balance both canoeing, studies , friend and love. I’m still not experienced in doing really perfect stuffs. But i’ll try to learn okay. Still, I’ll catch up with you guys when i’m free. (:

On side notes, I find that Balancing is something that cannot be learnt over night. Yes its all about canoeing again. but some bikers just rode past me on the way home, did alot of stunts and the two wheeled bike. This brings me to the past when i just first started to ride on a two wheel bicycle. Its just saddening when my grandpa removed the two little wheels by the side of my precious bicycle which i rode on when i was primary 4. Practiced riding the two wheel bicycle unwillingly, i never thought of riding it, or rather upgrading it to a two wheeled one. Weeks of learning at the big void deck outside my house, i managed to acquire the skill of balancing. Goes the same of canoeing, on the K boat. Theres alot to learn. I’ve been learning to balance for the past few months. I would say my progress is really slow. I’ve no idea why. Maybe i’m too egoistic for speed and i’m not confident of myself. Capsizing just totally sucks and spoils the day. Its been like numerous months when i started off but still i’m still capsizing ! I’ve a question to ask myself and i’ve yet to find the answer for it. When can i every be confident of myself. I really want to master the Kboat. The A K MAC !I’ll just train like one crazy arse when holidays come. I’m hungry for improvement.

5th January marks the end of the long awaited 3 on 3 Canoe Polo Match organised by NTU.

Indeed , it was a long and dragging event with matches being delayed, and whats worse, nearly called off and postponed due to the thunderous shoutings , cheerings and jeerings at the pool which sort of disturbed the students staying at the Boarding School. I would say this is a very unforgettable match for my team and all of us who participated in it. It was a fruiful event and we acquired lots of in-game experience.

All of us had weaknesses and our strengths. My Team, Adam’s Apple which consisted of Me, Adam, JiaJie and Zhiwei, we played against NTU, NP, TP , NUS, NUS High, and even our own SPCT team-mates. Out of the 6 prelimanary rounds, we managed to beat 4 schools and lost 2. Lost to our own team-mates and NTU. During that crucial period of time, there was an immense drop in Morale after the first lost when we failed to maintain our winning streak. It was a period of down-ness and sadness. Even myself, couldnt help breaking down when i see us losing. Of course, it was our mistakes and low morale that brought us the lost. Nevertheless, After much cooling down and team talk, we managed to pick up our morale again. Like how we played for the first few matches, we did the same. We did our Part and we beat TP and NP, and of course, with astonishment, we went into the semi-finals for our group, together with NTU.

Our First Semi Final Match was with Yuan Feng’s team. Although it was a match against our own team-mates , we still played to our best . It was a lost to them after all. After which, we played against another NP team to fight for the 3rd position. It was a tough fight with a draw after 2 halves, and which they beat us, when they managed to score the golden goal against our team.

But still, we are glad we’ve come so far. Although we expected ourselves to get Top 3, but still, it didnt affect us when we failed to do so. It was a thrilling match played, with lots of experience, tactics and endurance thats being put into. We’re indeed satisfied and what more can we ask for, than a top 5 placing, having good team-mates who give good advices and the best part is to bring each other’s morale up by scoring against our opponents . I’ve saw Jiajie smile after that saddening moment. All of us who participated in this event did exceptionally well. SP clinched 2nd and 4th places in this event. I’m sure all of us have learnt something and all the trainings have not gone to waste. Our girls are indeed wondergirls. I salute and admire their “NEVER SAY DIE” attitude and mindset.

Once again, i hope everyone enjoyed this event and start gearing up for the upcoming Final Year Exams ! I’ll top this post up with pics during the match when Evan Kong send me . TATAS !