Jerald’s Weblog

Things havent been going smooth sailing for these couple of days.

My IPOD Touch is Spoilt ! Totally ! Thanks to My Hasty Decision of JailBreaking it just by watching some Youtube Videos that brought about such an outcome. It Will be a Hassle to Send it Back to APPLE Customer Service Centre as  I doubt It’ll be Cheap sending it for Repair.

HP Labtop Is Giving me Loads of Problems. There Were a couple of times i just wanted to Sell it Away. ARGH ! Serious Hardare problems that took almost half an hour For the Operating System to Bootup. I had to keep Restarting and Restarting , to no avail.  until I Finally Gave in To Waiting 30 minutes .

A Quick Recap Of The Weekend Training. 6×1000m and 8x 500m on Sat and Sun Respectively is totally Insane. Although Coach asked us to Put in an intensity of 85%, I am sure ALL of us, even myself gave out our best each set, Trying to Beat the Timings of Every Set. I Am Totally Worn Out From The Weekend training I must say. Oh Yes, IVP this coming Oct will be held at MacRitchie Reservoir ! Whoohoo!  and there is K4 500m ! The Best thing was what our Coach said, Fill in All The Events, and JUST WHACK ! Yes Just Whack ! Beat that ! I Definitely Must Push Harder for K1, the timing i am clocking now for both 500m and 1000m is totally unacceptable. I Suck for Now . Well ,I Suppose I’ll Concentrate on K1 for these Few weeks, Or Maybe Months.

Gabriel, Come Back Fast! I await the day you Remove Your Silver Manicure and come join us again !

Sentosa. The Sprint Team made a visit to Sentosa Again ! It was a Well Spent Sunday Afternoon we had @ Siloso Beach. Chillout , Chit Chat , and Frisbee sessions at Sentosa. Not forgetting the Imitation Nachos ” Chachos” of different flavours, Prawn and Fish Crackers , Sugar Nuts and Pringles Bought @ Giant for our Unhealthy Snack Munching Session. In the Evening, i Left For IMM, Long Beach to Celebrate my Uncle’s 35th Birthday. It was a Blast ! Had one of their Signature dish ; Black Pepper Crab and Seafood , Brothers Playing with the Dried Ice, Had BlueBerry,Strawberry Ice Cream Cake from Swensens & Family Photo Taking Sessions . Gosh I feel FAT ! :/

On Side Notes , A few things to Mention, Few days back, I saw Sheena ! I must say she looked much Prettier and Sweeter than before. Although it was a short but close look, it was indeed a different look.  Mum trimmed her Hair ! She Definitely looks much Gorgeous with her New hairstyle & New Look ! Exams are around the corner, 3 weeks time. I have hell loads of things to complete and rush this very week before the Quizzes, Presentation Date Dues , Final LabTests and the Semestral Exams come knocking @ my Door. A Timetable to plan is Necessary or else I’m Doomed with my ” Aiya , tomorrow then do lah” Mindset.

I’ll end my post with some peektures taken @ Sentosa with the Team and @ Long Beach.

Ciaos

We TauPoked Andrew ! Some Became Victims too. Like Fuyou

Willy in a Handmade Lobster Sand Shape

Hello There

My Gorgeous Mummy & her 2nd God Daughter !

My Uncle Celebrating his 35th. I am so gonna drive his Car when I get My QDL !

The National Canoeing Championships have ceased yesterday. Over the weekend, I did not only have enough sleep but also not sleeping well due to the nervousness and excitement of the different distances held on different days. Sat was my 1000m race and sunday was my 500m race respectively. I must say it had been a Blast ! Not in the atmosphere at Macritchie Reservoir Itself but the people who made the effort to come down and support, My team mates & Seniors screaming their heads off when we paddle down the lanes as fast as we could and lastly, the Results achieved ! Although we did not make it to the finals for both the 1000m and 500m , I must say I am Elated and Glad that Our K2 Managed to clock an improved timing. A timing much better than the usual trainings, and a timing we did not expect we could achieve. From the usual 4mins and 20 secs we clocked during training days and the last personal best timing 4 mins and 26 seconds clocked on a K2 Tiger at National Juniors Canoeing Championship in June, We definitely improved this time round, and managed to get a timing of 4mins and 11 sec, getting 2nd in the Heats , making it into the Semis.

On the other hand, from the usual sets of 500m Sprints during core trainings, we’ve managed to get a timing of 1min 59secs as compared to the 2 mins and above timing we’ve usually clocked. On Side Notes, I am sure it must have been an milestone in our Canoeing Career for making into the semis, some making into the finals and for some of us, Breaking our Best Personal Record and Creating a New one. Upcoming Competition : Inter Varsity Poly held during October. A more Major , and Intensifying Race against all The Canoe Sprint Teams of the 5 Polytechnics ! Once again, We’ve to work extra harder for this competetion, although we wont be facing the National Team like Jori , ZhiQiang whose K2 Nelo Owned us Completely, We’ll still have to put on a tough fight in Maintaining our Men’s Champions. We are what we are left now, A Common Goal We share, Lets Train Hard for it !

Right. I have been spending quite alot lately. $_$ I must say i am really really broke that i dont even have enough cash to top up my ezlink card, let alone purchase the MRT concession. Recent Spenditures lately was a Oakley FlakJack shade that costed me 298 bucks ! and a New Samsung Mobile phone after a recontract of my plan. Dad upgraded my plan to the Sunsavers plan. 300 Juicy Mins of Outgoing calls ! Well, thats not all, eating and munching also took up a huge portion of my monthy spendings. Damn. If only my stomach wasnt that bigger. This Definately calls for a change, a change to lead a more frugal life. Yes i’ve got what i wanted, i should begin saving up some money.

Sidetracking away from my spending list, It’ll be the upcoming National Canoeing Champions held at Macritchie Reservoir from the 19th to 20th of July. I’ve got both Races on Both Days. K2 1000m and 500m. Its a sure lose anyway but Gabriel and I are gonna row both of our asses off. And i mean it ! We’ve been training for the past few months under an experienced coach, all the 4.8km runs, Sets of Hillclimbs, Crazy sets of sprinting,  and Last but not least MUSCLE ACHES. lets make all these worth the while. To my very own Canoe Sprint team of SP , We shall do our best . This race will be more than a gauge, but also an exposure and experience which is definately something important to acquire . Nevertheless , those who are interested to see what is Canoe Sprinting like, feel free to drop by I do hope my Juniors both guys and girls will be supporting us throughout these 2 days. After all, Its the Presence that matters the most, and the loud cheers when we race down the lanes. It means alot ! Not forgetting the upcoming Team Dinner after the event . Where shall it be? KFC !? PRATA HOUSE!? Above all, To every one Participating in the races, Tarmidzie, Mervin, Junyu, Fuyong , Junhui, Andrew, Gabriel, Michael , Willy, Pat, Joanne , Yanli and Me, myself and I , GOOD LUCK ! There’s no holding back !

On side notes, we’ve been doing 2.4km runs every tuesday and thursday. Still i am not used to the change of prog during thursday from circuit to gym. So far, I’ve clocked my personal Best at 9mins. My President got a timing of 8.33 ! OMG. Uber Fast and Good Stamina. There’s still so much room for improvement. I suppose there’ll never be one day we’ll be satisfied with our results, because everytime, we’ll still end the whole thing with ” Damn , Should Have Done Better”

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