Term 2 Week 5

I m finally here to update! Coz it s a wednesday afternoon! I almost forgot what it feels like to be home on a weekday afternoon. Anyway it s been rather boring as of late actually. Just the same old thing over and over again, lectures, tutorial, lectures, tutorial, training, training. Oops, I lost track where i stopped last time.



>>> A typical track training that got my back all dirty.

Training has been pretty good so far. Even though i havent really decided to join sprints or long d, i ll just stick to long d first. I just feel more comfortable there. Maybe coz there s no coach to control or maybe coz there s ying lun. I just feel better with the long ds. Shawn has been persuading me to join sprints with him, but i know i m not the sprinting type, yet i m still tempted. Dilemma.

Pretty happy about the GP project even though it was mostly last minute. It was a team effort really. I didnt really prepare for the presentation, just typed out the script and read word for word from it. I figured out it s better to present the right ideas instead of trying to talk without the script and spout nonsense. The verdict from Ms Liu was that i was reading mostly from the script and was soft. but i tot i was quite loud actually. and the funny part was that she said i had a soothing voice. LOL. kk next time i shall go join a day care centre and sing lullabies to the kiddos for their afternoon nap.

400m finals last week was totally screwed. Ran 2.4km for PE that morning, got a time of 10.38 when i didnt push myself to the max keeping in mind that the finals was in the afternoon. That s a B, disappointing. Anw, gonna rerun and try to get around 10.00min, hope this time with the right shoes and no distractions, i can hit the target.

Completed the 400m in 65s. 3 worse off than the qualifying heats. When i just started, everything was fine. Then, everyone started to speed up, except the guy in lane 2. I figured out that he didnt want glory as well, just dun wanna finish last, like me. So i kept pace with him till the 200m mark. The track was wet and around the 200m mark, i tried to evade a puddle of water (being in lane 1, obviously) and took a couple of bigger strides. Then the lane 2 fella thought i was starting to sprint all the way from there and started sprinting as well. Since i kiasi, i sprinted with him and pulled my right hamstring and injured my left hip joint. THE EFFECT OF 2.4km. Should have known... Anw, tried my best to put up a strong finish but was really dying out, body couldnt take it, was panting like mad at the final 100m. That s how i screwed it all up. Should have not run 2.4km in the first place, what a stupid mistake, thinking my body can take it. There goes my coveted 7th place....

Recovered in time for PE the next day, but not fully, took 5 stations and got disappointing results again.

60 sit ups - A
sit & reach 51cm - A
9 pull ups - A
board jump 236cm - B
shuttle run 10.2s - B

I happy with my first 3 stations but not the last 2. Especially shuttle run. Two attempts, two falls, 10.2s. I doubt i ll be redoing the 5 stations. I gave my all for the first 3 stations, not sure whether i can do the same thing again. Not worth it trying get all A all over again.




>>> A typical lecture. [Weili woke up to spoil the nice view.]

Gym training was cancelled as the TAF people booked it. Strode 8 rounds with Shawn and Yew Tong instead. It was a good day to run, kept up with the pace and finished ahead of yew tong, achievement. Then, borrowed ball from PE department and played soccer with the usual peeps and yong pin. yay, gonna play again either tml or fri.

Took a shower and was intending to head for Junction 8 to meet parents for dinner but decided to go for Life Concert instead. Coz i tot i dun wanna regret anything in future after leaving SA. i ve decided to go for as many things as possible if i have the time. Life Concert s some Christian- Rock concert and it isnt that bad but for a non-Christian, it was quite mundane. Anyway the company of friends was good enough, new and old friends.



>>> Life Concert

There was suppose to be a match on saturday at bedok but was cancelled since the pitch was waterlogged. Went to CCAB instead to kick around. Played pretty well actually. Headers improving, but must practise more. People who went were Ryan, Zi Xiang, Jun Jie, Ying Lun, Jun Jia, Reuben, Jeremy and me. Met up with Jeremy at Tampines MRT and trained down to Bugis to take 170 to ccab. After soccer, washed up and went to Holland V for dinner. Had a hard time deciding what to eat, from Crystal Jade to Subway to Katong Laksa to some English pub (so that we can watch the early match at the same time). In the end, it was Holland V hawker centre. It wasnt that bad, really missed those times when Slayers hung out together. It was a good night. Had the ice cream yoghurt after dinner (forgot what s it s called) and went to Starbucks to steal some straws to fold stars. Jeremy is total ownage, one hand ful of straws, enough to build a straw house like the one in Three Little Pigs. Couldnt teach him how to fold stars in the end since his bus came first.

Sunday s even more boring. Studied econs and was called to help my grandmother carry stuff from the old house to my aunt s house. Yep, became a housemover for the day.

Econs test yesterday was pretty good, but i doubt it ll be good enough. i actually had ideas to write. Wrote a whole load of crap but hope it ll be enough to pass. Walked in the rain to the bus stop and went home.