For what is worth

A few months (summarize)

2009-07-13T07:53:00.000-07:00

YES! i did make it to the Macau squad. but the team did not perform as we expected and all of us came back rather dishearted after all the trainings we had in Singapore.

after Macau was the Putrajaya International race, where we managed to win 2 golds and a sliver in the respective events. 500m 20 crew 500m 10 crew and 2000m 200crew. All in all it was a good race except for the part that we got to take a bus instead of flying.

Third stop of the world tour, was back home in Singapore. to be part of the first race at the marina Barrage. The Singapore Dragonboat Festival Race. i represented the Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association(SAFSA) and managed to win gold in the Mens Open category.

World tour continues, with the next destination in prague(Czech Republic) in end August.

I have already accepted my offer from NTU and i will be doing Sports Science and Management in NTU after i complete my NS. the only worry thing now is because im only enlisting in october, im afraid i may not be able to matriculate in time and i do not want to wait a whole year. :( but oh wells, there's nothing i can do about it now.

hopefully some how or rather i can try to disrupt so that i can enter university earlier.

kite flying was fun too! i just went to kite fly on Sunday after training with jeannie. haha.

2009-03-26T19:51:00.001-07:00

THANK YOU!

2009-03-25T08:02:00.001-07:00

it has always been my dream and all time motivation to be part of uni and experience the campus life at the local Us. not a really big dream, but at least a more realistic one?

recently, i received an offer from NUS, giving me a place in project and facillities management. i know i have been complaining bout it. like its not my ideal course, this and that. but deep down, i am really thankful to be even accepted into NUS.

"so which university do you want to go to?"
"i'll go into any that is willing to accept me"

my answer remains the same till today, and im just really glad that they have given me this opportunity to do so. At least in my next 2 years in the ******** army, i will have a direction when i come out.

NTU gave me an opportunity for an interview for SSM course which i did today, hopefully they will be offering me a slot. as i would really like to join them as well!

Although some posted remarks about i should be worrying bout my next 2 years(the army), well being enlisted is going to be imminent, so why be worried about it? i guess i'll have to worry on how to maintain my fitness level so that when i am out, i can rejoin the national team.
unless you get a clerk postition in the army, it seems almost impossible to be at top fitness level.

at the same time, im really glad that i have a bunch of great friends around who i train with everyday, making trainings less strenous to go by and i know that when im pushing they are pushing too. at the same time they push me.

train eat sleep eat train slack eat train train train sleep eat slack train eat sleep.....

living the moment.
living the dream?? if i get to go to macau. i'll be living the dream.

i guess thats it...

2009-03-17T13:31:00.000-07:00

Results were released today.
i didnt do that well... had a C for math.
but oh well... on the brighter side. i graduated from Singapore Polytechnic.

about time huh!

all the fun times and fond memories are all now consolidated in that stage of life. now im moving on to another stage. times really pass so fast, looking at the enrolling kids still reminds me of myself doing the same thing 3 years back.
being fascinated by the big campus, and foodcourts..

but i didnt get to really spend alot of time with my classmates. and i think i owe them quite alot cause i've always been letting them down due to my commitment in dragonboat. (but who ask them not to join DB, haha)

and also some other friends whom i've neglected laaa...

all in all... poly was fun.. SP was the place to be..
(DESPITE THE FACT THE Dragonboat TEAM never really was the best)
but hopefully will be someday la.. still cant get over that i didnt win a gold medal at SP.

but oh well. i guess thats it.. :)

PUSH PUSH PUSH

2009-03-01T05:23:00.000-08:00

theres no more time to macau race.
so i have lots of training to do if i were to want to be in the first team. or at least be brought along to macau with the team.

still struggling with all the planning and stuff.
alot of conflicts on what to do and how to build the strength that we need.
i dont really care so much now.

im just gonna push push push. but at the same time make sure my body gets the rest that it needs.
help me make sure i get enough rest ar! haha.

Graduated??

2009-02-27T06:03:00.000-08:00

hopefully!

im done with all my papers test assignments or whatever stuff that we have to do in the whole 3 years! im really hoping that i graduate from Singapore Polytechnic because the last sem(current sem) was just so packed! with the final year project and all the examinations which are of great difficulty and and and the maths elective!

despite all that i had to do above...

training was as usual, at a even higher intensity now, so i didnt have the time or energy to blog..

but now i guess its gonna be alot easier! train eat sleep. :)

MR 500 is coming up, and gotta go through the assessment for SAFSA to see if i can make the team. Might be representing SP still in the tertiary event as i haven officially graduated.hahah. and N team assessment soon for Macau race in June too..

i reckon this assessments are even tougher than writen examinations!

a whole new level

2009-02-01T03:29:00.000-08:00

training with the national squad was really a new experience for me.

from school level to club level (SAFSA) was already a great leap. but now from club to National! its another super big leap.

but training with those guys is amazing. everybody's running at the same pace. although its fast and everybody pushing hard and can be significantly felt.

but i guess i got alot to work on before i can be really considered a national paddler. those guys have strength of Hercules uh. even most of the newly selected guys. im just average. with a test coming up in March for Macau. i guess its hardwork hardwork and more hardwork. plus.

EXAMS ARE ROUND THE CORNER!

3 DATE LINES THIS WEEK

FYP PRESENTATION THIS SATURDAY!

guess its gonna be a crazy crazy week ahead. cant spend much time with my girl though. will be busy training doing projects and studying. but im sure she will understand uh. wouldnt she?

i saw the SP guys training today. they look quite good already. strokes and catch length all kinda there already. and they fixed the front pack back pack problem. i guess they just got to work on thier strength i guess thats why coach is pushing so much on those pull ups and core exercises. i see them coming up quite fine if attendance is good and the team spirit is there.

New challenages ahead.

2009-01-25T01:46:00.000-08:00

CNY WEEK!!!
slight tone down from tests and submissions. last week was a killer. fmrp test and the BMG test thingy. i guess all the teachers were rushing the tests so that we can really enjoy a good CNY. oh well. but after CNY its gonna be really crazy.. left with about a month of school and left with 3 papers to clear and 2 presentations. one of which is the MEGA ONE. its the business kind of Finaly Year Project called Business development. so yeahh...

got to prepare slides...
got to study for maths...
got to study for FMRP and PM.
got to train hard!

feeling kinda excited bout entering a new team. getting to know new people and getting to train with them will be a whole new experience. at least now theres more of a direction for me now. i guess the aimless days are finally over! :)

im rowing in SAFSA now too. met alot of new people and having alot of fun training with those guys.

oh ya. btw, sp guys. i tried the coach everyday programme that you are suppose to do. it was a killer man. im sure you guys will get alot out of it la. so just keep training. :) im sure you all will do just fine! all the best for MR500! remember we got silver last year! so keep heads up and work towards gold!

FMRP TEST!

2009-01-16T07:19:00.001-08:00

arghh. test test test submission submission submission...

year 3 last sem seems really painful uh!

and the feeling of left hanging really sucks.

paddling tmr... and sunday...

frmp on monday. argh...

live to die another day.

My first 1st.

2009-01-12T05:07:00.000-08:00

Took part in SCM 2009.
and came in first for Novice men cat T2, partnering Michael.
it was my first gold or should i say the first time i ever came in first in anything.
i must say its a great feeling to cross the finishing and telling yourself. yeah you have done it. after all the trainings in the morning before school and before dragonboat, im glad this time round i got something to justify for it. and i hope i did the SP canoe team proud too.

i wont be where i am with first position without the persons below.
Coach- for his words of wisdoms, technique training, power training and all forms of training he ever asked me to do.

Michael - for training hard and pushing himself, giving cooperation thoughout the race and of course helping me finish this race together.

SP Canoe Team- for allowing me to train with them and also participate with them in this competition. Thanks for everything!

SP Dragonboat team- for giving me the values and building me up with the right attitude towards distance. for rowing with me and clocking extra miliages.

Year 3s-helped me become the person i am today. good or bad, these guys were my peers and influences.

year 2s- Support and rowing together!
year 1s- watching them grow spurs me on to just train even harder.

My Family- Dad for driving me to macritche and kallang almost every other day and of course on the day of my competiton. Sister for waking up early. Mum for preparing my food for me.

Jeannie- for her tremendous support and care. :)

With the marathon over, it's kinda like an end of season for us for awhile. i dont really know what to look forward to. cause exams are coming and so is my final presentation. haha. and fucking michael just keeps playing his psp and rub in bout the exams that im going to have. hope to someday be able to row a K2 with him.

now im just eagerly waiting upon the selection results.
having a chance to just train with the team, is good enough for me.
either a start to a new start or an end to competitive racing for quite sometime.

Weekend from Hell.

2009-01-10T06:21:00.000-08:00

okay.
this weekend. starts today.
TODAY - National team selection trials
TMR- Singapore Canoe Marathon.

2 mega events in just one weekend.

yup. im finally done with the trials. it was really nerve wrecking to just wait for your turn. The way to count each rep during the test is super stringent. i think it wasnt my best cause i felt that i was kinda nervous and thus sometimes screwing up one out of my three attempts.
now i just got to keep my fingers crossed and hope they take me in..
(SPDB guys - haha.. better start doing pull ups properly then can do better in selection!)

now its all down to tmr's marathon. im gonna just do my best and hope everything goes fine.
wish me goodluck.

damn busy with schoolwork these days too. damn fucking alot of stuff to do.
take care people.

oh ya. damn proud of my friends at the main tentage in spinovex. namely wz, eq, andy michael.

MX * Math = Crazy MX

2008-12-30T04:43:00.000-08:00

i barely passed my fking math mst. only got 27.5/50 but i see people getting full marks and my classmates scoring A's and stuff.
oh well. i shall look at it as a challenge to do even better.
try to prove myself wrong that, i can do math.
(haha, although i sucked at maths for 19 years of my life already)
i believe with substantial practice and help from my classmates and friends, i should be able to do fine.

well, words are easily spoken but it takes more than words to do the stuff. so i guess its gonna be alot of hardwork for me.

i did okay for portfolio management and FMRP.
but alot of tests and deadlines coming up. its gonna be really hard to cope this last 8 weeks of school?

but i have a feeling its gonna zooom pass as well, just like all the weeks in poly...

and i finally kind realized why year 3s usually just stop paddling most of the time. cause theres just this lack of feel, with the whole team, cause everythings different, and everything changed.
i feel very aimless right now. i dont know what i really want. or what i would want to do. leading a student/athelete life can be really tiring sometimes. i kinda lost the steam to study too. (although all my other classmates are using steriods to study cause their grades are sky rocket high!) i just hope i can squeeze my way into N-team, maybe then it will help me set new goals and new targets and i can get my life back on track.

hahah. but then again hoping is not enough. needs alot of hardwork and training to get in there.
which uhh.... currently im lacking of i guess??

singapore canoe marathon coming up too! something for me to look forward to. its another challenage that i would really want to take on.

my sister bought me dinner yesterday at HKcafe(xin wang) Pasir ris. My sister's the best sister,(not because she bought me,dinner and my oakley bag) she have been there for me and understands me reasonably well. although we kinda always quarrelled when we were younger cause she always tries to teach me math, but im so lousy at it, i piss her off all the time. she sets goals and targets for me which i sometimes find it hard to archieve, but i know its for my own good. I guess nobody knows one of the reasons why i would join dragonboat was because my sister strongly encouraged me to go. and that decision help change my life alot. she wants me to get into the national team,cause she knows that has always been my dream and she is even willing to help me out financially so that i dont have to work for that extra cash that i use on food and recently (going out with someone,haha).

my sister's simply the best. :)

Post xmas activities

2008-12-27T07:02:00.000-08:00

Featuring the no.1 Xmas gift.
my bag!!! hahhaaaa..

DIMENSIONS: 21" H x 17" W x 9" D (3200 cubic inches) / 53.3cm x 43.2cm x 22.9cm (52.4 liters)
Storage for your laptop (up to 15" widescreen) with side zip access
Shoulder strap pocket for your mobile phone
Pouch and headphone port for your media player
Compression molded internal organizer in back panel
Mesh pockets and side zip pockets
Integrated strap handle
Adjustable sternum strap with vertical sliding adjustment
Contoured shoulder straps with brushed poly-wick lining
Mesh eyewear pocket
Import

yup. thats about all it is.
i like it for its many storage departments. but some people find it a hassle. its really comfortable when you carry it. and if you have super many stuff just make sure you strap all the straps on. it lightens your load when its strapped on to you.

X'mas was spent. working. from 2pm to 10pm. not much a christmas kinda guy. but yea. hahha.

my dad ask me to quit my job anyway, cause he thinks im really tired. which i really am.so i should be leaving the restaurant soon i guess! hahha. kinda sad too cause the people there are really nice.

oh well.
just wanna concentrate really hard on my last term and try to get into a local uni.
be it
NUS
NTU
SIM
or
SMU.

've been watching quite alot of movies these days as well. lol.
thats about all.
new year's coming.
new term starting :(

sadd..
SP gonna start school already.. :(

christmas! (eve)

2008-12-23T17:26:00.001-08:00

've been really busy these days.
training as usual, kayaking sometimes dragonboat and a couple of land trainings.
and i've been working alot to earn the extra cash that i need!
have stopped on supplements for quite a while now.
i kinda miss that pump.

i miss the times when i could just eat sleep train. even studying's better then working.
got quite a few new people at work though. i hope they learn really fast and can help out with the workload, especially when its crowded at the restaurant.

thanks to Dom and Qy, they saved my ass one day at work.
i was fucking hungry, cause during work shifts like 4 to 10pm i cant eat anything and the last time i ate was at 2pm. so by 6pm i was really really really super hungry. and they passed by marina square and they help me buy a mcchicken which i ate in the toilet. really sad story though. i guess i'll job hop soon. :)
anyway thanks guys. i know i still owe you 2 bucks.

oh ya. and i watched ip man.(eep mun) too..haha. really awesome especially when he punches someone with his super mega fast punches. quite hilarious

haha. its the eve of christmas today. a really rainy morning. and yes i got to work later.
todays a 12pm to 6pm shift.
its only the eve today, but i guessed i recieved all the presents i will ever get already.
i got an oakley backpack (icon bag ver 3.0 or smth like that) which i really like and have been using it already! and also i got a package from someone.

so thats about all for now.
hope to really put in more fun posts when im not so busy at work anymore.
enjoy! :)

off daY!

2008-12-16T06:28:00.000-08:00

work work!

tmr got to work again.
haaha.
4pmto10pm.
super long.
drop by if you want to!
i'll try if i can give you discounts.

and dad cant send me to mac tmr. so that means i got to wake up super early. argh.
sad....

16km paddle today.
plus a bit of gym work.
(damn little la)

2 movies to end of the day.
quarantine and twilight.

quarantine is super dumb. you will just get sick of getting scared and find that the whole show is fucking stupid, a waste of your money and waste of your time.
so if you're planning to watch it.
please dont. :)

Fuck.

2008-12-13T07:59:00.002-08:00

got to work.

sad.

but thats life uh.

don work then go no money.

fuck man.

trainings have been greatly reduced due to work.

work like 5-6 times a week.

with N-team trial coming up plus im not even in full form cause of the cough and flu.

fuck fuck fuck.

fuck ar.

hopefully when i get my pay i can buy the supplements i need.

fuck ar.

life damn boring.

fuck ar.

fuck

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i need a sponser!

then i can focus on doing sports.

and lead the ideal life. at least until i enter the army.

Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2008

2008-12-07T05:56:00.000-08:00

42.195km

a distance i would have never imagine to cover.
but yeah i did it! despite being obese. im still able to complete the marathon. :)
it was really a very long run... and you got to push yourself km by km all the way to the end.

Aaron and Michael stayed over my place, before we cabbed down to the race site @ 3.30am.
reached at 4am, left our bags at the bag deposit, was suppose to meet up with the rest. but they just didnt appear. so we decided that we should just run.

i didnt start too hard. basically just got to jog really slow at a really comfortable pace, cause its a super long race and you dont want to be burnout at the start.
all the way to 21km, aaron was doing fine. but at about 22km he told us he needed to stop and asked michael and myself to carry on.

we wanted to wait for him though, but he was very persistant for us to go on. and so we did.

we ran till 28km haha at almost training pace and our legs got really fucking tired. so we walked all the way to the 37km mark before with finished our last 5km by running. towards the end it was really like the speed we would run.

its a super long journey, but when you complete it you feel like a twice the man you use to be yesterday!
haha. i dont know if i'll be joining next year. but i did a marathon in my life before and thats kinda good already. :)

to the rest of the runners, do take care of your legs and it was a super fun run today.

Thanks to all the supporters and helpers for the water, 100 plus, deep heat, cheering us on and baggage collection. :) really nice people uh! ( who would wake up at 5+ just to cheer on ppl you dont know!)

Happy Holidays!

2008-12-05T06:21:00.000-08:00

yupp!
3 weeks break!! weeee...

not so much of the happy part for me. i got to work. to earn money, to feed myself and to sponsor myself to do sports. haha. oh well. look on the bright side, theres income! but it means being more tired though.

but i met nice people at work, so i got to work hard and try to be a good waiter. its my first time being a waiter though. hopefully the customers are nice as well.

so its end mst. but yup. SUnday i have a 42.195km marathon to run! lol. hahha.. haven been training for the run at aLL! been kayaking though!. its really fun.. k boat! weee! got to start training on a T-2 cause most likely i'll wanna join the Singapore Canoe Marathon in january 2009 as well.

Bolt is one funny show.
the rhino hamster is super funny. haha.

okay folks. enjoy your holidays!

MST

2008-12-02T05:44:00.000-08:00

MST
1.) prolong period can be harmful for health
2.) not good.
3.) makes me really lethargic
4.) takes up alot of training time
5.) sian
6.) its gonna be OVER TMR!

:)

42.195km this weekend. die.

anyway! paddling on K boat is super fun. its nicer to paddle, cause you move faster! but the irritating part is the balancing and trying not to capsized. so far i only tried 2 boats. sunny boy and underweight! feels the same to me though. probably because im overweight
haha.

good luck mst peeps.

moving forward.

2008-11-29T19:22:00.000-08:00

misjudgement,
inexperience,
lack of form,
inconsistency.

cost me dearly this weekend.
didnt make it to the T1 finals, got knocked out in the semis and my glasses dropped in to the waters of mac reservoir. it didnt really go well for me.
but im just glad that the rest of SP canoeing team did well! and they got the mens Champions!
They are really good, and the K4 race was just simply amazing. its the first time i watched a k4 race, i dont really know how to describe it but it something you must watch for your own.

im really sorry i couldnt win you guys any points.

i just wanna thank them for everything, allowing me to train with them, using thier boats and most importantly make me feel part of the team.

the end of the race kinda really sums up all sorts of paddling offically for SP.
so its time to move on. MST starts tmr. its crazy and i haven started.
im gonna start on it now.

all the best everyone.

Banking or Finance?

2008-11-26T18:27:00.000-08:00

okay. basically in year 2.
the modules you got to take will be bout the same. for the first sem actually its exactly the same.
however, in the 2nd sem, finance will be doing modules like technical analysis, ( which means looking at a chart of price patterns and estimated whether the price will fall or rise that kinda stuff), while banking would go into learning CRAA, credit analysis, which involves memorising principals on whether you should lend the person money and stuff.

Investment banking and stuff are all learnt other Banking option. the core of banking option is that more memorising work is being done.

For finance, some memorising as well, but includes calculations and LUCK!
why luck?

cause in the finance option, you got 2 modules where you got to trade with your classmates. all of you will act as dealers and call each other. do buy sell that kinda stuff. and try to earn a profit at the end of the day. however, it requires alot of skill and luck sometimes. cause the prices fluctuate. (i dont have the kind of skills btw)

but anyway, both options will get you the same diploma. but some were saying that finance allows you to learn banking stuff, but banking cant switch over to finance. i remember there was this rumour going on during my year of choice, im not very sure about it and have no evidence to support it as well..

so in the end the choice is yours. :) its still school anyway. how much different can it be? oh ya! finance take lesser papers.

i hope this helps :)

Its Over

2008-11-24T23:09:00.000-08:00

With Regatta over.
it kinda just sums up my three years with Singapore Polytechnic Dragonboat Team. Seems like only 2 weeks we were only year 1s, last week we were year 2s and yesterday that we were year 3s.
hey, now i have my own juniors already. haha. im really proud of them, bringing home a plate in the plate finals for mixed, and giving the rest of the teams a tough fight in the mens heats. they look really promising, but as usual its always too early too conclude.

As for the seniors.
Well, i guess all good times got to come to an end.
Im really proud of you guys though, coming from all different backgrounds, different views, different thoughts.. we came together and we did something no one would ever expect from us. although we missed the gold. but we brought SP to new heights. we may not be the golden boys, but at least we are the sliver boys right? im just really thankful for you guys, for putting your emotions aside, sacriface all that you would and coming together to just give everyone of us a race we would remember for the rest of our lives. (e.g yuan feng missing his FTT, Dom and weisiong skipping thier school talk ....etc etc)

remember to listen to coach when im not around k? if theres anything i can ever help you all just let me know ya.

Thank you,
Left Paddlers: QY, Ras,Darren,Willie,Weisiong,Dom,Andy,Khim,Yong wei
Right Paddlers: Michael, fik, Roy, Scott,Charles,WZ,eQ,Big Shawn,Shawn,Yuan Feng
Drummer: Ambert
Coxswain: Aaron

SP! DRAGONS!
ONE STROKE ONE HEART
SP HOOYAAHHH!!!!

DAY 1 OF REGATTA

2008-11-22T03:51:00.000-08:00

its all good!.(for now)

SP JIAYOU!
well. drive drive drive till the end!
will try to update more and more often,
cause this days i was busy preparing for races and stuff. more over not feeling too good the past few days.

many pictures to be uploaded really soon!
see you guys at the race site! :)

Countdown in 5

2008-11-16T05:07:00.000-08:00

with sunday done.
we are closing in with 5 more days!

filled with excitement,nervousness and anxiety. i can see everyone ready.
we just go to pull this through together guys. cause its gonna be our last time.
before you guys start your own story!

madness pacing today, fucking many boats.
crowded like crazy. but its the time of the year!
but it was really unfair to judge of be judged. cause some teams were there training for super long. and others might have just came and stuff. moreover the different boats probably will play a part as well.

have fun with carbo.
sleep early.
train hard.
rest well.

all the best to the other teams as well, may the best team wins. :)

Drive Drive DrivE!

2008-11-12T05:30:00.000-08:00

basically you just got to keep driving till the end.
countdown. 9 days as of tmr.
need to study!
MST coming.
but still fucking unprepared. oh well.
haha.
shall think about all of that when im done racing.

500m

2008-11-09T04:48:00.000-08:00

yeah guys.
its over.
last 500m of SPDB 2008/09
probably the best we had?

Masters finally ended.
its a long long journey.i bet you guys have to agree.
race after race, masters after masters.
its all coming to an end.
then 2nd last has already ended.
we now left with one more.
not exactly ideal race site, but definitely the most exciting and emotional of races.

not only for us.
for every other team.
from MR 500 to Regatta.
we all know, we have all grown up. someway or another.
the ups the downs, the joys the sorrows.
it all comes down to the next 14 days.
every end marks a new beginning.

no time to let our socks down now.
everyone's gonna keep whacking till the end. and we are not excluded.
well guys. you ready?

"i will always remember, how we worked as one, how we stayed as one, as we accommodate each other, communicated with each other, relied on each other to the very end of that 500m, as a SP dragon."
Mingxiang

midweek!

2008-11-05T05:20:00.000-08:00

Wednesdays.
i love wednesdays.
cause theres water training!
(if everybody turns up that is)
well. today was a nice day of rowing.
weather was good, teamwork was there.
juniors trying their best, don worry guys you're doing great! keep it up.

juniors on our boat you got to share with the rest the feeling ya! that great feeling when everyone is rowing as a team. training has always meant to be fun if we are doing it as a team.
rowing in fact is my everything. being part of the team and being able to just drive that upper hand down and kick the boat forward just takes pain away.

i hope you guys feel the same way too.

"We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." found on shaker bottles supplied by nutrition park. i think its really meaningful to all of us especially when we are paddling cause its a repeated action, however every stroke you take is never identical to the one you just took, never the same angle never the same entry, so make sure every stroke you take you are making the best out of it. :)

well,
haha. i guess now you know why not rowing isnt really an option. its my life.
junior- you still got lots of time in SPDB i hope through your years you will feel the same way i do about rowing. no matter how much sacrifices,tears or bloodshed you every go through with us today builds you up to be a stronger person of tomorrow. i dont think any words can really describe this experience. cause you got to write your own story.

3 years in dragonboat its just like a race. your blistering start, your maintainance and then your final charge.

for me its worth it. cause i know i only can live through this once, and play a part in our story. and i will remember all the times we shared and had fun together.

ready for our final charge, team?

Long week.

2008-11-02T03:41:00.000-08:00

has been a super long week.
and super draining as well. alot of trainings alot of schoolwork.

had time trial one saturday. and completed my tutorials for the week on saturday too.

just to re-emphasize what coach said,
those who did well, please remain consistent and come down for all trainings as much as you can.
for those who didnt,
do not give up, cause theres still alot to learn and improve for everybody,
just try to absorb and put everything coach says into use,
and believe it whole heartedly.

juniors, i know some of you are quite disappointed with your results, but don be too affected by it uh. you still got 3 years of paddling to do! so stay strong, and keep pushing. theres still alot more to improve on ,alot more to experience, alot more to win. as long as you come down for trainings and stuff you are already a winner. dont ever keep your head down, and measure what is worth or not, cause it only makes you more miserable. just keep looking forward and aim to be the best that SP can ever have. focus more on your technique instead of just splashing into the water. remember what coach always say bout holding the water and pulling yourself forward. i hope you all still remember how i taught you all when we first met a about 6mths ago?
hopefully you all will remember and then next year teach your juniors well. you guys are gonna be seniors soon, so make sure you all behave like one.

and er, being good in the time trial shows that he has alot of potential uh. so maybe you guys can try to talk to him and change his attitude and stuff? cause it this rate that it is going, some might leave very soon.

my shin's like fucking pain today, i swear i never felt so pain before. i dont know what i'm gonna do to it. but don worry guys im gonna fix it! haha. i'll find a way la. any ideas on how to fix it except for not running?!
its crazy not to run la.

3 more weeks to go.
sigh.
i dont know if i am suppose to be happy or sad.
i know i should be happy.
which i am quite! at least im done with my responsibilites.
just sad that i cant row with you guys anymore.
or maybe i can?
haha. should be can la right?

Endurance Test Results- Seniors

2008-10-27T06:12:00.000-07:00

	Seniors	timing
1	Chen Mingxiang	10:39:90
2	Tay Guan Khim	11:15:76
3	Michael Seow Tien Sze	11:41:34
4	Laight Thomas	11:56:52
5	Tian En Qi	12:46:83
6	Tan Wen Zheng	13:17:96
7	Tan Yong Wei	13:33:96
8	Tat Yong Sheng Willie	13:46:35
9	Chua Wei Siong	13:56:53
10	Chua Han tong Dominic	13:59:61
11	Wong Kah Shawn	14:12:39
12	Zhang Ruilin Roy	14:30:52
13	Scott	14:46:80
14	Goh Qi yao	15:16:78
15	Charles Chan Law	15:22:16
16	Sim Kuang Sie Andy	17:29:50
17	Muhammad NurFikri	17:35:23
18	Ann Chun Fa Darren	17:39:51
19	Ang Yuan Feng	18:24:70
20	Muhammad Rasyidin	18:54:71
21	Jason Ng Jie Sheng	26:55:40
22	Ambert Cher	DNF
23	Aaron Wee Chin Chuan	Exempted
24	Jeremy Teo Jit Sheng	DNF

Endurance Test Results- Juniors

2008-10-27T06:10:00.000-07:00

	Juniors	Timing
1	Lim Kwoon Hang	14:39:17
2	Ang De yu	15:46:34
3	Mitchell Pooh	16:18:02
4	Lee Zheng Rong	16:26:36
5	Wong Kian Wee	17:05:90
6	Lai Qiu Xun	17:26:07
7	Lingeswaran Chandran	17:47:86
8	Muhammad Saiful	18:08:62
9	Daryl Tan Yen Wen	18:11:41
10	Chew Yi Sheng Vincent	18:11:47
11	Kan ming zhou	18:18:43
12	Lee jun xiang Daniel	18:42:14
13	Poh Jia Hui	18:46:61
14	Shanmugan	18:57:19
15	Chiang Zhi Wei Andy	20:18:91
16	Kelvin Boh	21:08:49
17	Azhari	21:19:02
18	Iwan	21:25:47
19	Choo Guan Hao	22:36:12
20	Koh Si Yuan	22:45:08
21	Muhammad Fashli	23:12:64
22	Gabriel Seah	24:06:01
23	Ken Woo Zheng Wai	24:49:00
24	Liew Xian Feng	26:18:50
25	Tay Hong Liang	27:33:00
26	Sharir	27:55:63
27	Dominic Lim	29:11:33
28	Heng Wang Cong	29:12:66
29	Tan EE Chun	31:20:03
30	Ivan Ho Thiam Joo	35:38:91
31	Muhammad Shareezal	DNF
32	Wong Cheng Ho	DNF

another long day.

2008-10-27T06:01:00.000-07:00

half of the day was dedicated to training.
while the other half basically consisted of sleeping and eating.
super fucking tired today man.
but it feels good to train like this.
but then again.
im fucking neglecting on my school work.
week 3 already and im still not doing my fucking tutorials!

im gonna make it a point to do my tutorials every saturday after training no matter how late it is.
before going home after training.
got to do better this sem uh.
so that hopefully
NTU or NUS would wanna take me in.

lol. if only every after training i can be as relaxed and happy like that panda.
but this panda don do dragonboat ar!
one kind one ey. solo panda.

projects are fucked up

2008-10-26T06:19:00.000-07:00

yeap. sunday morning.
training.
video taking session.
haha. shit guys we cant run away now cause coach got it all up on tape!
but its good la, in a way you can learn and then improve. and now you can really know how you look like or what the hell you are doing when you are paddling.

after lunch everyone went off to play battlefield 2.
but i got to do my fucking project.
back at good ol place mowi wowi!

i kinda miss those times and fun we had there already.
even before i grad. i want to grad. but on the other hand there are alot of times that i would miss.
people as well i guess.
but oh well.
i will keep them all in the space stored somewhere in the back of my head.
or at least.
here.
so maybe someday,
i will be able to remember them again,
all the fun times,
all the lousy times,
all the crazy times,
all the people as well..

happy deepavali!

One Fucking hot afternoon

2008-10-25T05:01:00.000-07:00

endurance test yesterday
time trial today!

super crazy but still got to do it cause its coach's orders.
the finish for both 1000m and 500m was super classic, both distance, i finished with michael in the exact same time. we didnt go bother bout the 100th of a second part. but yea.
i didnt improve my timing, and michael was underperforming. so all in all, it wasnt too good for us.

a super fucking hot afternoon in deed.
joined the ladies for training, learned about their new strategy and stuff, still not really accustomed to it or maybe isnt to what i feel it should be. but oh well, as a young paddler theres still alot to learn. so whatever your coach says just follow and believe in it. :)

guys team underperforming, dunno whats the reason , thus mixed training was being called off.

my head fucking hurts now, and i dont know why.
take care people.

Have a nice Day. :)

2008-10-22T05:54:00.001-07:00

wednesdays with 5 hours of break

2008-10-22T05:45:00.000-07:00

as the title suggest, i have 5 hours break on wednesdays before training starts. so what happens during that time is just plain chilling sleeping some tutorials and thats about it.
school's not that funn.. but yea im enjoying every part of it cause i know very well i might not be able to feel the same way again. especially if i got to go to work after polytechnic.

wanna be in my seat???

one of my favorite snacks in the lecture theater. haha.you all know why dont you? haha. just kidding la, but this biscuits are really quite awesome. 50cents each at Fc6.

bus ride to training, ever so dazzy. definitely would miss these moments after next month.
work hard team, prove to the school why they are paying for our bus rides!

week 2 !

2008-10-20T07:23:00.000-07:00

Masters 5th series.
still remained 5th.
juniors tried their best(i hope) but failed to qualify losing out 1 sec to tp juniors.
seniors went into repecharge and then semi finals and through to finals.
but suffering the same fate, still lose to tp.

oh well. as we can all see everyone's training real hard. so it is almost everyone's game.
tough tough tough.

monday!
same stuff, training in the morn.
stupidest event, michael capsized, i tried to rescue him,ended up i capsized, looking like 2 losers. luckily teamNUS kayakers rescued us. and thankfully we finished our programme already.

lesson.
business development(fyp) not much development... diee..

maths- logratheremaicacnisa
whatever that is...but its log this log that.my brain also become like a log.
(will be needing alot of help, anybody wanna tutor me?)
yeah. :( i didnt take A maths in sec school, so kinda suffering now though.

training after school.
pull pull run run jump jump twist twist.

tmr's a new day. :)

Not so easy after all

2008-10-18T07:00:00.000-07:00

done with week 1 year 3 sem 2 term 3.
seems like a hell long of a week, with all that trainings and stuff.
the workloads piling up real quickly, with datelines to meet for my final year project, better known as business development and also another project for the module portfolio management. PLUS we have to submit a resume for communication skills for business in week 4.
so much to do and so little time.

week 4. would be super close to regatta already.
if im not wrong regatta would be in week 5.

hope my body gets accustomed and tuned for school by monday. so i wont feel so tired.

masters tmr.
lets all hope for the best.

just pull it through.

2008-10-14T17:45:00.001-07:00

do what is right.
try to be selfless and think of the bigger picture.
i know i got to.
just fuck care what others say or think.
cause in my last days.
i will make my stand.
like it or not.
and after this.
if it still stays this way.
im going at them. and it wont matter anymore.

if they got brains i hope they will think it through.
and look at the bigger picture as well, at least not for themselves.
cause when this ends. they can come at me.
and i'll be glad to take them on.

just pull it through.
not for me.
but for the team.

Last sem day 1

2008-10-13T19:23:00.000-07:00

yup. it has begun.
last sem, first day.
more or less everything was the same uh. just then a few renovations here and there in the school.
the day felt extremely long, it started at 8am all the way to 5pm. Friday will be worse 8am to 6pm.(and friday is my only off training day.) schooling and training at the same time is really quite tedious. had MY FIRST MATHS LESSON since secondary school. because this sem i had to take a module called Maths for Business or else i cant enter uni or something like that.
all the stuff looked super foreign to me uh. and it really brings back alot of the secondary school day feel.like for example.
Evaluate.
a.)
b.)
c.)
d.)
that kinda thing. and all the functions ,graphs.. more to come for sure.

felt sleepy throughout the day.
training was tough. worked on anaerobic training and core muscle works.
conflicts and disputes to be settled.
and but the team has to go on..

looking forward to a better training day.

end of holidays.

2008-10-12T07:09:00.000-07:00

kayaking in the morning.
greatest way to kickstart your day. :)

after that was lunch with the guys featuring wang peng.
haha. had it a kenny Rogers. chicken pot pie for most of us, got us almost all puking.its damn filling. best part was still the catching up with wang peng. all the army stuff that they have to share is always funny. same like QQ, slacking with them has always been all fun and it always brings back the feeling of the good ol days. hopefully next time if i ever go out with my juniors when i grad they will feel the same too.

from all the things wang peng shared.
feels like i still got alot to do now before i go in. (which is in 10mths time)

went home to rest.

then dinner.
SISTER's TREAT! Fish and Co.
haha. seafood platter for 2. cause she got a job and she's starting on the 20th, as well as a dinner to boost me up for my (hopefully) last sem. dinner was great. thanks sis!

i guess last day of holidays went quite well.
42 days countdown to regatta.
work work wrok.
train train train.
study study study.
play play play.
sleep sleep sleep.can never get enough of it.

the end is close.

2008-10-11T07:20:00.000-07:00

train train train.
time trial was today. and i finally improved my timing by 3 secs. :)
but school's starting. means less training. with less training, its hard to improve AND TO EVEN MAINTAIN.
sigh.

went to gym after rowing today with qy and aaron. i just followed what Qy did uh. just wanted to do some gym work. haha. then met up with qy's brother, QQ. for dinner. haha. it was just great to see him uh, seeing him just reminded me of all the times we worked hard together and all the fun we actually had, even when we were not performing as hard. but everyone then really trained hard. but yeah, last year was his turn. now its mine. as we close in to River Regatta, with only 43 days left on countdown.

jersey's already sent for the making.
polo tee and jackets are on the way for printing.
registration has started so hopefully the secretarial department have started doing thier jobs.

equipment have also arrived.

i guess, this would be last thing i can do for you all as captain uh. i already pleaded the school to get in the paddles and finally the paddles are in. so its like a dream come true for everyone, the day we all used carbon fibre paddles. i hope you guys appreciate it and work even harder to make the best out of it.

paddle 5. mx
MX-5

Standard first Aid course

2008-10-08T07:41:00.000-07:00

3 days of hardwork.
waking up early.
surviving with the crappy food.
trainings on top of that.
and alot of fun. meeting new people and learning new stuff.

thanks to the school i got the opportunity to do this first aid course, most importantly with many of my friends. the dragonboat people as well as the canoeists. it was fun but boring at times.(many a time actually). had a great instructor faili, taught us all the stuff we needed to know and was patient with us throughout the whole 3 days despite us making alot of (not deliberate) nuisance. but it was a memoriable 3 days.

its all over. but yeah, got my certificate. :) will last for 3 years. will renew till then.

back to training.
and then in a couple more days
back to school.

5 crew

2008-10-05T07:44:00.000-07:00

yup.5 crew challenge.
3 teams.
Singapore Polytechnic team A,B & C
3 went to semi.
only 1 went to finals.
Team C (eq,mike,Darren,fen & myself)

but sadly. couldnt make a medal home for SP.

oh well, i guess we didnt
1.train enough in the 5 men boat.
2.lane 1 is really super sucky.
3.we arent good enough.

i think 3. is the best reason uh. so we got to just keep working harder uh.
heads up Singapore Polytechnic team C(ute).
(Supporters,thanks for coming down to support us)

slacked.
shagged.

went to meet mom and sis.
and they got me this!
i know some of you out there really hate crocs. but they are super comfortable.
i think if my classmates sees me in these, i think they will kill me, cause some of them namely bernie and jaslyn are haters of crocs.haha. oh well....

10km Challenge

2008-10-04T04:53:00.000-07:00

yup.today's the day where all the distance we've been through during training are being accounted for.
the Singapore 10km Challenge @marina reservoir.

results
1. Mountbatten CSC
2. Singapore Polytechnic
3. Republic Polytechnic.

shocked? yup. it was a really surprising result for us. well. i think it should be credited to everyone. the juniors for turning up every training and pacing with us, the girls, the girls juniors and all those seniors who come down regularly for trainings but sadly couldnt row. especially those year 2s that coach mentioned are stronger then year 3s. you guys played a very big role in our victory today.
Fik, Ambert, Shawn x 2 and yuan feng came down to support us today, we heard your voices when we were rowing, although we didnt know who was it.but we certainly felt the spirit.

Big thanks to Aaron, our new team manager. for helping me alot in terms of registering and all the arrangements such as our bags and belongings.

COACH is the main reason why we actually managed to come in 2nd. his rigorous training programme,his motivation throughout the race and his experienced steering skills. i cannot tell you how thankful and grateful to be taught under him. i bet we would still be losing if we havent had him as our coach. he brought us to a new level, and we should continue to work even harder to make him proud of us. coach is father to many of us and we cannot tell you how much we love him.

thats all for this years 10km challenge.my last one for sp as well.
thanks for making it a memoriable one.

lets all work together more as a team for our one last final race.

chill out.

2008-10-03T09:14:00.000-07:00

Morning :)
usual. lighter paddling today cause we were tuning for 10km tmr.
did a bit of C but capsized in a while.in fact almost immediately.

afternoon was spent re-energizing (sleeping)

waited for eq to end his fweep(fyp-final year project) then went to catch BIG STAN.was suppose to go with Denise and Pam,but one was in coma all the way to 4.30pm, so much for waking up the usual time and the other had to give tuition,so they both couldnt make it. so it was just eq,mike,aaron and myself.
the show was super funny.

we attempted to have hamburgers at mosburger for dinner. but they ran out of beef patties. wtf.

after dinner at estella77. we slacked at gloria jeans outside cineleisure.

this is the funny part.
when we order our drinks, we were suppose to give your name. so michael was michael, and i was ben for the moment. the baristas will actually call your name out when they are done doing your drink. so actually you can have any name you what.

aaron said that he would give his name as handsome. but he didnt dare to go buy. after one hour or so after much persuasion. he finally did.

barista:"may i have your name please"
aaron:"handsome."
barista:"huhhh?(giggles)
aaron:"handsome"
aaron:"can you just help me type it in, cause my friends want me to do it."
Barista:"laughes"

-when the drink is done.

Barista:cocoa loco.(instead of calling aaron)

hahah. we all laughed our asses off. that practically was the highlight of tonight.
childish stupid or immature-what ever you wanna describe it.
but theses moments are the ones that will stay with you the longest and when you think back about it, will be the most fun ones.

Changes in training dates next week.

2008-10-02T06:50:00.001-07:00

Monday
training as usual 8.30am with shoes
*khim,eq,mike,yuan feng and myself will not be around because we have first aid course

CHANGE IS HERE.
TUE AND WED WILL BE YOUR OFF DAYS

thur
training as usual 8.30am with shoes.

FRIDAY OFF

Sat
last training before school starts.

routine

2008-10-02T06:09:00.000-07:00

PART A
TRAINING

had fun trying to drink while rowing with coach's mighty camelbak pouch. its super hard to try to drink while rowing uh. (this is for the 10km preparation) haha. well, today's easy training for everyone. except for me and mike cause we already did sprints in the morning.
it was all fun during training today.

PART B
okay. i dunno why but some of our teammates went crazy.
i suppose they undergo extreme stress during trainings or either they were too bored with their lives they attempted to spice things up. (the wrong way.)

WONG KA SHAWN - never fails to change even after being warned not to come out with only his underwear, or worse the other time, naked! after being warned several times by me, fails to wear his pants before coming out of the shower.
i hope this deters him to come out without anything on.

ANG YUAN FENG- accomplice and probably the mastermind of coming out of showers,naked. too bad i don have a picture of him. but after being dressed, wears his pants up to his chest level with his shirt tucked in.

TIAN ENQI - being him, ecentric. promotes wearing pants up to chest level with shirts tucked in. but i cant really blame him cause he's been through alot of pressure.haha. cause he was forced to train with me and mike. so i wont blame him for finding a way to release his stress.
dudes with pants up high.
PART C

weights endurance training.
and home sweet home.

SUPER SLEEPY

2008-10-01T05:33:00.000-07:00

today i felt super sleepy uh.
and i dont know why.

morning-the usual-yup.did 10km
then helped steer during dragonboat training.

after training was supposed to go with eQ,mike and aaron to sim lim square,cause michael wanted to get some harddisk or something uh. but i didnt go, cause i was damn sleepy. hahah. i felt really bad not going uh,they almost dragged me out of the train but was persistant on staying in. i even had a seat on the MRT! so it was kinda fated for me to just sit throughout home. right??

went home and recharged with a mega bowl of strawberry post ceral before going into a coma.

holiday's coming to an end, and from the first week of holiday to the end of holiday,i witnessed how our juniors grew up. to now a much stronger and competitive team. with the right training for the next 6 weeks i believe they will do far better then any other year one batch(that sp has ever had)for my last river regatta.and hopefully these fellas will stay,even though they got to split up to form one more senior boat. and some will not get to row that often or in inter varsity races. cause if they start quitting which sometimes is inevitable, then it will be back to square one problem again. having a small squad. if they dont quit and stay on no matter what,with year 3 as thier target, then they will have a more positive outlook, especially under the guidiance of a mega super power coach.
this is the strawberry sweet which denise(fwb) got for me. haha!

busy.

2008-09-30T07:14:00.001-07:00

yup i've been busy lately.
with....
try guessing?
yup.
trainings.
usual uh.

i see alot of people training hard. GOOD.

but yesterday i met up with luq and bernie for dinner @ orchard swensons then after that walked around for a bit and had coffee and slacked at starbucks.

Denise bought me a packet of strawberry sweets from Genting. haha!.thanks.

tmr's another long day. with 10km challenage and 5 crew race coming up this weekend,hopefully will get some pictures to upload.

holidays coming to an end. kinda sad but kinda happy too, yea. its a mixture of feelings rather.

Fuck the thieves

2008-09-27T02:35:00.000-07:00

My sincere apologies to our ladies team whom have lost their cash and handphones to the mother fucking thieves.i will duplicate a key for you all.

juniors please take note to pack all your valuables and pass them to us to lock it up in the locker.
Kallang isnt safe anymore.
it used to be when i was year 1,never heard of much theft.but now,its getting worse. fuck those motherfucking people who come down all the way here to steal.

fuck you thieves.

time trial was today, i was the slowest.
so got to train harder. work the technique, work the stroke.
i will do my best.

Forward.

2008-09-26T05:16:00.000-07:00

4th week gone.
2 more weeks.
feels so fast, so much to do, so little time.

training's as usual, doing speed sets for kayaking and long distance for dragonboat.
gyms and runs after water works.

received my mindef letter for check up but yet to register.

F1 starts today with the practice rounds.
exciting ar. haha.

met up with my cousin today, his bloc leave from army. just sat down at gloria jeans coffee at Raffles city.(all ice blends at $3 from 2pm to 7pm only at Raffles city basement)
should go there and chill if you have time.

thats all for now :)

Priority seat?

2008-09-24T06:20:00.000-07:00

haha.
Aaron didnt get any priority seat on the MRT the other day though.
i guess no one really cares about it.
despite having a fractured leg, our strong friend had to stand from dover to tampines. rather remarkable step to recovery.

Training as usual,
doing distance on dragonboat now. and sprint sets for kayaking.
juniors are doing very well in distance now, really gave us a challenge. they are picking up real fast and if they continue to improve so much as a team, im very sure they can beat the senior team soon.
im still damn slow. and i cant really figure out why too. but thats not the issue uh. just got to keep working the stroke and the technique.

10km race and 5 crew race coming up. seems exciting. its one full year full of races now.hope to end of a them with a blast. :)

Random pictures for random thoughts.

-

2008-09-22T06:17:00.000-07:00

photoshoot yesterday.
probably one of my parents proudest moments of their lives. i hope to be able to follow the footsteps of my sister and someday or one day graduate from a university.

work work work.

2008-09-22T03:23:00.000-07:00

got to keep working on it. yeap..
technique,water works,land trainings and everything else.
Set up,spear-front catch,pull-holding of water,exit-recovery-2nd kick.

with time trial coming up, i guess everyone got to really work on it now. the ivp team for river regatta would be based on the best distance, to form up the best team i guess.
thats life.
even though im down to my final race. and after all that training. if i dont make the cut i dont make the cut.
thats life.
then again life has given me an option, to continue to work hard and someday maybe paddle again, or to just give up, feeling that its not worth the training,not worth the time.
there are many setbacks in life. i hope even if i get into one, i am going to have the strength to pick myself up and continue with it.

the world just revolves around these few theories doesnt it?although everything i say may seem dragonboat or kayaking related,but actually they are all principals of life.

from learning to balance in a kayak, to learn to move, to learn to speed, to learn to sprint
from learning to stand with your legs,to learn to crawl,to learn run,to learn to sprint.

you capsize,you swim back,you bail the water out,you try again.
you fall,you cry,you heal,you stand up again.

you run,you train,you train and run faster.
you paddle,you train,you train and paddle faster.

step by step,inch by inch you move towards your goal.
stroke by stroke,you cross the finishing line.
papers by papers you finish your exams.
spoonful by spoonful you finish your meal.
day by day you write your story of your life,personalized and customised only to yourself.

holidays coming to end of third week.
last semester of school, last river regatta, last days of poly.
i dont have many friends. or least i think i dont.
if you are reading this and you consider me as your friend.
i thank you.

its all coming to an end.
and we move on to our stage of our lives.
whats mine gonna be like? i dont know. just take a step at a time?

haha.HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

When i woke up today,

2008-09-20T01:28:00.000-07:00

i felt like dying.

my whole body was fucking sore especially the back and the lats and all the rotary muscles.
today's my first ever rest day.

and it came rather timely.

i wish someone can just fix me up. like change the parts or something.
im gonna be up again faster, stronger.

Jaded

2008-09-19T05:23:00.000-07:00

Paddle
2km with resistance
2 x 500 with resistance
2 x 300 with resistance

Dragonboat
3 x 500 (on/off resistance)
3 x 300(on/off resistance)
3 x 100(on/off resistance)

i dunno why, but the more i train, i feel like im not getting any better. in fact i really feel lousy. coach says i need a break, because when you're tired you feel lousy. i dunno man, but this training programme has been going on for me since even before exams started. i guess i just got to breach this barrier.i dont know if i should start my creatine cycle, but it will run out before my races and i'll have to go for a 2 month cycle and that will definitely cost!

tomorrow's my first off day, after 6 weeks maybe?

but i dont know what i'll be doing too. i've got no plans and no dates yet. sadly.

my catus bloomed a flower today.haha. i was quite astonished to see a catus with a flower, but when i shared it with my teammates they said they already knew, so it kinda made me retarded.

and one more thing.
we should always get dressed in the toilets before coming out.
it isnt good to walk naked in the public isnt it. i think this would all teach us a lesson to get dressed first before coming out or at least be your boxers or something.
THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
(i hope the person wont get crossed with me for posting his pic, i did my best to protect his identity)

try to guess who it is?

Hold not pull

2008-09-18T09:24:00.000-07:00

Paddle
1.5km warm up
2 x 500m
4 x 300m
4 x 100m

Dragonboat
10km Mixed
4 x starts

Endurance weights

dont really have much time to blog today, got to catch up on some sleep cause tomorrow's gonna be another tough day.

just found out that holding the water and pulling the water is actually 2 different concept.so for teammates reading my blog do put some thought into it.

third week into holidays, havent done something really fun yet,other than the stayover in school and the movie thing before race.

how have your holidays been so far?

some pictures from the SS2008

2008-09-17T08:35:00.001-07:00

save me from me

2008-09-17T07:58:00.000-07:00

Monday
Paddle
2km warm up
500m 300m 200m 300m 500m x 2

Dragonboat
9km technique paddling work on drive

Tuesday
Run to esplanade
Dragonboat
8 x 500m (on/off resistance)

Paddle
t-2 10km

everyday just feels so fast with all that trainings, and my body's getting exhausted. i need some help, but i know i'll make it through.

oh well, nothing interesting theses days..

i got my results today, i think its okay with all that number of trainings that im going through while studying i think im doing fine.
hope NUS or NTU will accept me. haha.

for those that did well, good for you guys.
for those that didnt, dont be too upset bout it,just try harder,you know you can do it still.just believe in yourself.

im gonna find a way to stretch one's body to the limits. and if it succeeds i shall share it with you people. :)

train hard(for those that have to train)
study hard(for those that have to study)
play hard(for those that can afford to play)

SAVA SPRINTS DAY 2

2008-09-15T06:16:00.000-07:00

DAY 2
200m races.
Mens & mixed Plate champions.

of all my 3 years in sava sprints, i felt that i ended my last one the best. Plate champions for mens and mixed 500m and 200m races, is not a very big achievement but i guess it would at least count for something uh.. (pictures will be uploaded later.)

sadly, not Aaron did not take part in the races.(cause he broke his leg,remember?)
(he missed his first year, and missed his third year)

with SAVA over, im only left with one main event for SPdragonboat team as captain. River Regatta would be the end of my term and hopefully all will go well.

hopefully.

but today doesnt seem very hopeful itself.
Back to training, the senior team, more improvements, more faces,however we still face the problem of a shortage of left rowers, and is really disappointing that they all have thier sets of problems that they cant come down.

Dom-sore eyes
Wei siong-he's mum don let him come out.(some of them said he suffered a stroke)
Ras - couldnt wake up

even so with valid reasons,my team is being shorthanded by thier abscence. if this were to happen during race day, im going to have less left paddlers.which mean i cannot even compete on equal level terms with the other polytechnics.

for those regularly coming down for training, do not lose hope in the team. as promised i will try my best to find adaquate replacement to settle our problems. :)

juniors did well, in at least hitting into a plate final which was impossible for us during my first year.( we couldnt even make it past the heats). with sufficient training,the right attitude and a close bond between them, im very sure they can go very far.

train,train,keep training and train.

Paddle.
1 x 1000m time trial result: 5.24 (fucking slow)
6km technique

Dragonboat
9km focus on upper hand drive,leg drive and rotation.

SAVA SPRINTS DAY 1

2008-09-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

500m RACES TODAY.

well done SP. i think we did okay.

hope this makes you all come down for training more often.
mixed mens womens senior juniors.

work hard for tomorrow's 200m.

lets recreate history.
fresh start,clean slate and fresh water. :)

FRUSTRATION

2008-09-12T06:31:00.000-07:00

okay.
thursday
Paddle
4km warm up
2 x 500m (one with resist, one without)
4 x 200m (on resistance,off resistance)
4 x 100m (on resistance,off resistance)

Dragonboat
6 x 500m

Mixed
2 x 500m

short day for dragonboat, as Sava's sprints just tomorrow.

as training starts to intensify, and the fatigue starts to kick in on then end towards the 2nd week. Frustration sets in. tendency for tempers to fly, and minor issues become a real nuisance to me. i started losing myself during trainings and let my emotions control me instead of me controlling my emotions. thats why sometimes i wished i didnt have emotions.

anyway, i realized that being frustrated basically just kills the whole training off, you dont know what you're doing, you aren't working on your technique, you're just slamming your paddle into the water and there is no effectiveness in your stroke. you get pissed off, you're body tightens up, whole training just screws you up.

therefore,
im trying this out.
each time i feel frustrated i will remind myself that im not being productive, and if im not being productive makes me one training short
one training short makes me one training lousier.
and thus leading back to motivation to train,
and hence only way to be productive is to STAY CALM AND FOCUS.

for people who gets frustrated easily during training, try this out to!make training a better one for you and the people around you.
(people around me can help to remind me as well)

Coach had a talk to me regarding frustration, and i found it really useful and inspiring. his patience with his students and then moudling them into champions.

"no one is borned to be a champion, they are moulded to become one."coach.

i cannot paddle now, doesnt mean i cannot paddle tomorrow, or 2 weeks later or a month later or a year or 2 later. it all depends on the individual resilience and the coach's patience. so as long as you dont give up on yourself, you will still have hope.:) that makes me hopeful as well, cause i know right not im not a good paddler.

After training and stuff hanged out with the team for Babylon A.D movie. haha. i think its quite a rubbish show uh.maybe you'll just watch it for the action? some had fun, i tried to have fun, but basically i was pissed with the world the whole of thursday. i dont really know why too.

FRIDAY
Paddle
8 x 1000m 85%

canoist had to do 6 x 400m run after that. i felt really bad not being able to join them because race is tomorrow and we're suppose to rest.

yup. today, paddled 8 x 1000m. frustration problem still came in, today wasnt that good for me too, the whole water feel just wasnt there, but yup.somedays you get it somedays you dont, cause not everyday's a sunday. :) just got to accept it, keep working on it and learn from mistakes made.

to improve.
i must first accept that i am wrong.
work on what is wrong.
listen to whatever coach tells me.
do not be pissed with myself.
win or lose nevermind. (for training)

its easy to type it out, when it comes to putting it into action, it really isnt as easy as it seems. but i gonna make myself do it, cause having the right attitude is an extremely important aspect in self improvement.

had a haircutt today!@ yuan feng's mum shop.

pam(best friend) and denise(fwb) had thier haircut also, but all at different places.

went to find aaron for dinner, and thats it for today.

do you ever feel like you dont usually talk to a particular person(for some reason or so,eg.time constraint,hard to communitcate..etc), but you actually care bout the person,like hows the person doing and stuff, and when they are not around,you actually dont feel right? hmmm...

wednesday-

2008-09-10T14:34:00.000-07:00

went down to run with the team
sprint sets
4 x400m
2 x 200m
2 x 100m

Dragonboat
2 x 800m
2 x 500m
2 x 300m
2 x 200m

kayaking
4km warmup
8 x 1000m

On my bus trip home, i got a seat so i was watching everything moving past me through the window. and while doing so, i reviewed my life.
i realised that i do not have many friends.
i may not be really wealthy
i do not go out often.
i lead a rather boring life (as compared to others)

however,
im enjoying every part of it.
the feeling of paddling in the water,with a team or alone.
lunch after trainings with my teammates,brothers and sisters.
my family has always been there for me.
i have a group of friends/teammates i can always count on.
my classmates are nice people.

life's not so badd afterall. :)

New printer-

2008-09-09T02:01:00.000-07:00

Paddle
Resistance training
2km warm up
4 x 300m (with resistance)
4 x 200m (with resistance)
4 x 100m (with resistance)
2km cool down (without resistance)

thats pretty much all for today, still feeling very sore from yesterday though..

there will be more tomorrow!

after training had to accompany my sister to buy a new printer, cause the old one died on us. the New one's a samsung laser printer, but i only can print in black,but has photocopy and scanner function.INK CARTRIDGE ON SALE.

ANYWAY, we've got spare cartridges of our old printer at home and we're selling it away. contact me if you're interested ya! Price is negotiable, cause we just want to sell them away cause we dont need them anymore. its brand new.

HELL OF A DAY

2008-09-08T06:54:00.001-07:00

i think today would be one of the days i might remember for the rest of my life...

Training today was really really one of the longest,most tiring ones i ever had in my 3 years. but satisfaction in completing training has always been one of the best feeling as well.

Today's programme.
Paddle
Time Trial - 500m
4km warm up, technical paddling
2 x500m
4 x300m
4 x200m

Dragonboat (Mens)
3 x 500m
3 x 300m
3 x 200m
3 x 100m

DragonBoat (Mixed)
3 x 300m
3 x 200m

All the above occurred in the time frame from 7am to 1pm in the afternoon.
after all that paddling eq,michael and myself headed to school for lunch, cause we were going to hit the gym after that. Ate fucking alot, and i couldnt finish my food though. haha.
we slept in the clubhouse to recharge for training part 2.

coach encouraged as to rest and eat enough before every training, this is to ensure that we got enough energy to make training as effective as possible.

GYM
10 stations
4 set 15.

END of DAY.

we should always bring a positive attitude to training, and keep pushing ourselves and to improve ourselves. in times when you feel like breaking down, thats when you still putting your act together, only then will you improve and be stronger,faster and higher. remember what you did right and what you did wrong during training, improve on the wrong ones and keep the right ones. :) i cant say that i always go through the perfect training, as much as i would want to,which is only possible if i were really a machine, but thats not the case cause im only human, so i make my mistakes too, but most importantly is to learn from it, be open and try to stay cool at all times.(i have a problem with staying cool though.)
keep encouraging one another.
most importantly encourage yourself.
train hard.

Quote of the day: "the only human tool a machine needs"
(done by eq and denise(fwb))

SUNDAY-

2008-09-07T07:17:00.000-07:00

Macritche's really quiet on a sunday morning. extremely nice to paddle. less stress,nicer view,less noisy... of course the N team people were there training as well. i think its off season for kayaking now, so its rather peaceful.

Paddle
10km (800m technical paddling,200m sprints)
6 x100m

Run 1.6km top speed!! haha.

100 pulls =
(10set x 10 )

Another visit to Aaron's today! but with the big boys this time round namely, WZ and EQ.
they've came a long way from their houses to tampines to visit Aaron, haha, but i think Aaron would appreciate it la, if he didnt, he probably break his the other leg as well.

yes, he's leg is still in a cast.

Had this time lap challenage using his new set of destop wheels and pedals.(if you dont know what im talking about please refer to earlier post, a visit to aaron's)

and i ranked first with the best timing out of 3 tries! haha. i know its crazy, 2 of them are learning driving and Aaron is a DRIVER himself. However, i guess its different in the game. haha. actually i think im just lucky.

BEST LAP TIMINGS
MX - 36.144
EQ -37.433
WZ - 37.693
AARON -37.940

Tried out all his other games like call of duty 4, GTA San Andreas...
then we watched love guru, pretty much just slacked at his house..

wanted to go for dinner, Aaron wanted to have pastamania but he couldnt make his way down to tampines mall cause of his leg so we had no choice but to order! i think we ordered quite alot, plus we went down to buy $8 worth of carrot cake to complete our dinner.

watched Never back Down, before we all parted ways to go home.

cause tomorrow's another training day. :)

wen zheng acting out how aaron would be at home.

grandma's birthday.

2008-09-06T08:08:00.001-07:00

Paddling
8km(technique 800m,200m burst)
6 x100m

Dragonboat
2 x 500m
4 x 300m
4 x 200m

:) less energetic... but life still goes on. haha. anyway time trial's on this coming monday.. hope to break the previous time trial record though.

after training and stuff, today was grandma's birthday. so we went out for dinner uh. actually was suppose to go out with friends for taohuey,but i only found out it was my grandma's birthday was today on friday night. really sorry bout that...

but dinner was family was super fun today. had super nice food at palm beach millenia walk(i dunno if i spelt it right,but fuck it).

the crabs there were really huge, i suspected they gave the crabs anabolic steroids. haha.. look at it yourself!

i chose my grandma's birthday cake though! (some of you would know the reason why.)haha.

good day to everyone.i hope you enjoy my post.
cause everyday's a training day.

Long Day Summarized post

2008-09-05T08:18:00.000-07:00

Rain
Paddle
Rain
did statics push up pull ups.
Paddle
(200m 300m 500m 300m 200m)x2 (4x50m)

Lunch

Power Nap

Weights(endurance)
Upright shoulder bicep tricep bench press bend over row flyers squats superman bridge.

Shower

Race briefing(wz,eq,pam,yunn sinn)

HOME.

AARON'S STATION

2008-09-04T08:10:00.000-07:00

this is how his station looks like. he wants me to post it up. so here it is!

Visiting aaron.

2008-09-04T07:01:00.000-07:00

PADDLE
5 x 2000m
Today was the first time, i ever did a T-2(t boat that has 2 paddlers). it was a not bad experience but the boat was real heavy, it kinda had a dragonboat feeling though. but getting the glide and having someone to talk to and encourage each other throughout the distance was much better than doing it alone though. although in a T-1 it feels that you are moving faster. im seated behind and Michael's in front. haha. we spotted the "water horse" this morning! fucking scary..

After the main training today, we were allowed to try to balance on a k-1boat. Although it means capsizing and stuff, but its really fun to try to balance on one. and today i managed 4 strokes before capsizing! progressed. not alot though, but at least there is. right? haha!

Db training
3km warm up
4 x 300m
4 x 200m

i didnt attend mix training cause i had to go for my annual eye checkup.(a badminton racket hit my eye 4 years ago back when i was in sec 3, it was a freak accident, but it was quite bad, so i have to go back to Changi General Hospital to do a check every year)

waited damn long for my turn as usual. they were serving 1352 or something when i reached.
went through the tests and seen the doctor. My eyes are doing great. :)

Main event of today.
visiting aaron.
he broke his leg for one of the most stupidest reason anyone can possibly have. being a nice guy i decided to visit him uh, together with best friend pam and denise(sfwb). for being the first guy to arrive he treated me with the nicest mooncake on earth, it has a white chocolate trufffle inside, instead of some egg yolk. and its from Raffles hotel. he only gave me one though. hahha!

Aaron,crippled for now,has fully equipped his room with all his necessities, his food,his entertainment area and his water supplies. At the first look it was damn amusing. He bought this new steering wheel for his driving game, it was quite fun uh, most amazing part is he can still play with his leg in a fucking cast! (sorry eq, im the second one to play with the wheel after aaron)

Denise and pam joined us later, and you can see from the pictures they were really enjoying themselves with his crutches and his wheel. hahha. we went downstairs for dinner, at a nearby coffeeshop. Aaron had to limp his way there, had fun watching him cross roads.

all in all, it was a rather enjoyable day.
haha.

eQ™ quote of the day: " LIFE'S JUST A GAME, PLAY ALONG"

Not just another tuesday. :)

2008-09-03T05:14:00.000-07:00

started off tuesday with the usual. paddling.haha. i think you probably are able to guess that by now.
4km warm up followed by sprint sets 3 x 500m, 3 x 400m and 3 x 300m.
most exciting part of training was that i actually got to try to paddle on a K-1 boat(which i cant even balance in). i capsized even before i can take a stroke, but the boat felt really light although very unbalanced seem to be a hell lot of fun if you can balance and paddle in it. hopefully, someday i will get another chance at it. Its very much sleeker than a T boat, and definitely goes at a much faster speed as compared to a T boat.

t-boat k-boat

after morning paddling, it was back to school for gym session.
had lunch first, took a nap then did weights 10 stations, 4 set 15. :)

observation being made.
PSP is rather absorbing.

haha, they look really serious when they are playing the psp uh. best part is denise actually sways to the direction she is turning to in the game and is really amusing to watch her play her psp.(they were playing need for speed carbon,by the way)

went with the girls team for dinner at Jurong point,boon lay. talked cock with eq, pam(best friend),denise(fob,pet) and yunsinn over dinner. haha. really interesting stories that we all have to share about. then we went over to the arcade, had a few games and watch people play games. haha. we lost dytona to girls though.back at school we slacked even more and then we played heartattack and stuff like that. crazy stuff. haha. but i think everyone had fun being hit and escaping the slaps. lion on the loose. haha.

END OF TUESDAY.

START OF WEDNESDAY.
wednesday was a blast. woke up in school,freezing. it was super cold in that dance studio place. eq,michael and myself went to Kallang for training.
started of with a run.

usualy route over sheares bridge.
feels comfortable.so its about time we go further? haha.

water works!
4km warm up
4x 500m(85%)
2x 500m(90%)

sun was bloody hot, and i got burnt!!

went back to school, slept and then went for kayaking with the canoist.it was raining the whole time though, suppose to have a time trial with michael today, but because of the lightning alert i think it didnt happen. we ended up doing weights though. haha. the atmosphere today was really fun,despite the rain, cause they kept making jokes.hah!

day 3 of holiday.. and im still enjoying every part of it. although every single day describes another training, but each training is never identical to another, always a new experience, always something to take away from, always something to improve on. and thats why we keep training. :)

for the fun people.
how have your holidays been so far?
what have you been doing??
share it with me,to make mine less machine like.

for the training people
keep training.
train hard.
rest well.
you know you got to.
cause in the end.
there is only one gold medal.one champion.

EQ wants to be the co owner of my blog.

2008-09-01T07:09:00.000-07:00

as the title already suggest. EQ wants to be the co owner of my blog.
i dunno hows that going to happen but im sure we will work things out. so maybe he will post soon?

NO MORE SECRET MSGS.

DAY ONE-

2008-09-01T06:28:00.000-07:00

Started paddling 7am at macritche today morning.
8 x 1000m.
after paddling it was straight to kallang via coach car for dragonboat training.
paddle 3km warm up and a couple of sprint sets
followed by mixed team training.
5 hours of non stop paddling! like some blockbuster thingy uh.haha.

oh well. after all that paddling in the rain and shine, went to suntec to have our lunch, the usual. before we parted ways. some went to nike to spent thier 20% vouchers,while some went home, while i went to school to do training part 2!

slept from 4 to 5pm in school.

5pm(accompanied by eQ)
did sprint training.
4 x400m
4x 200m
before hiting the gym for some light weights training. pretty much a very long and hard day already. 7 stations 3 set of 20.

some of my friends suggested that i am overtraining,some of them feel that i will breakdown soon. i guess i'll just have to rest enough,drink enough and eat enough. i should be able to do fine. right?? haha. if anyone of you would like to comment on my training schedule please feel free to do so uh, im rather open to suggestions and opinions.

conversation with eQ
eq:"my mom used to be very strict with me last time, but now she's all cool with it."
mx:"how come she's all cool with it now, funny ar."
eq:"i guess she grew up"
(clubhouse peeps went crazy, i think its fucking funny ar,maybe by reading it, it isnt so funny but i swear it was damn funny when we all heard it."

eq and i concluded on our way home that pain was very similar to energy.
According to the principle of conservation of energy, energy cannot be created or destroyed.
similarly for pain, it cannot be destroyed.so you should always channel your emotional pain into to physical pain. :) that is if you have any in the first place. then inflict pain to somebody else to channel out your pain. haha.

i should be camping in school tmr :)

for the fun peeps, hows the holidays so far??

TRAINING ON WEDNESDAY IS SHIFTED TO 830AM.RUN FIRST.
i wish i could turn back time, and start again.i wont screw up this time.

2008-08-31T07:25:00.000-07:00

Training Review
Attendance Absentees
Scott:couldnt wake up,overslept
Jeremy:still missing.
Dom:high fever
Aaron:leg fracture

started off with a run today followed by 7km distance paddling and just 4 sets of 500m. very interesting 4 sets though. just forget about the bad stuff and try to improve on what we can ya. :)

so today's 31st August 2008, which is also the Nike human Race day.
it was super crowded before the race started and the number of people in the Nike tee was super alot, it was even hard to tell who is your friend if he's 5m into the crowd. the run was quite fun though, waited for each other and had hell a lot of water at every water point. and had 3 cans of 100plus at the end point. haha, didnt know that those who finish with shawn(big) didnt have any 100plus left cause they ran out of it. i thought they had unlimited supply though. sorry bout drinking down so many cans. haha. i think pictures who have been a better way of relating about the race, but i didnt bring my phone along for the run, it was in my bag in yuan feng's place. we left our bags there and walk to the race start point and from the end point we walked back to his place. all in all, im sure all of us had fun.

monster training starts tomorrow. i hope i can get the best out of it. :)

i just talked to jeremy a moment ago, and he's taking a break from training and stuff. oh well. from my experience of 3 years in the team, you got to learn to part with even your closest friends, cause thats the nature of this sport. i still hope they would come back someday and help the team though, i probably wont be around by then but i would still want the team to reach even high heights.

the finisher bracelet thing they give after completion
i hope you're doing fine.

Quality Time with mom.

2008-08-30T05:18:00.000-07:00

Training Review.
Attendance absentees:
Charles - had something personal to do.
Scott - had something on
Fit Shaun - missing probably had food poisoning
Aaron -Leg fracture
Dominic - High fever, suspected Dengue
Jeremy(fats) - missing.

well.. everyone counts, as we are a small team already.
cant fault them for the reasons above i guess? except for the missing ones at least i hope they would at least explain to me why they are not coming or why they did not come,if they still respect me as captain.

Juniors are improving! paced for them for the 6km, could feel a rather good glide for the first 3km but the next 3km they did farely well too. They've got quite a good attitude and im really proud of them.

during the 5 x 400m sets, the seniors didnt really pull away far from them too. so... great job guys.

after training i decided to spend some quality time with mom. and she sure did spend quality money on me. haha!

Bought 2 fox tees, one arena singlet, one Billabong tee and broad shorts. :) thanks mom!
went for dinner then back home to slack and enjoy the rest of this nice Saturday without studying.
-arena singlet

fox tee.
billabong top and shorts
i miss you,still.

COACH POACHED

2008-08-29T07:22:00.000-07:00

hey guys.
just remembered that coach told me today that he has been approached to be SMU's dragonboat coach.
so i think if we really want coach to help us and to stay with us. its about time we pull our socks up and show him that we are still worth his time.
think about it.

(once again im sorry for the fun readers,if theres any.)haha!

7hrs/24hrs of this day. i was asleep.

2008-08-28T13:50:00.000-07:00

yupp.. 4.50am. Time to wake up and get going.

I've got to leave my place at about 5.15am so that i would be able to reach Macritche Reservoir by bout 6.40am?Kayaking Training over there usually starts at about 7am. But its always better to be earlier! for Pasir Ris folks if you wanna get to Mac, you can take 53 then change to bus 156 at Serangoon.

Today's Training Programme
8 x 1000m

Haha. the funny part was we thought it was 1000m sprint, easy back up to 1000m mark and sprint down again.that would hit a total of 16km. But coach idea was only 1000m sprint down rest for 2min and sprint up again.we were doing what we thought was correct until about the 3rd set. haha.

" Like that is a total of 16km!!! how can it be?"

haha. i was thinking, why not? anything is possible from coach.
no matter whats the plan.just shut up and do it. :)

C-1 Flatwater.

After the 8x1000m today, i was slacking at pontoon waiting for the rest to finish the programme. and coach allowed me to try the C boat (below, different model though) today! total madness. haha. but it was a good experience the boat felt light, would be much nicer to use than a T boat. But i capsized with the first few(one) stroke(s). went to try on a SP T boat, manged to balance and stuff. i would definitely want to get on that C boat again.

After all that, went to discuss training programme with coach.

TRAINING PROGRAMME
WEEK 1

MONDAY 10-12 mens 12 -1 mix

WEDNESDAY 10-12mens 12-1mix

THURSDAY 10-12mens 12-1mix

SATURDAY 10-12mens 12-1 mix

(THIS IS OF EFFECT FROM MONDAY ONWARDS)
TRAINING WILL BE TUNED TO HIGHER INTENSITY AS WE GO FURHTER INTO OUR HOLIDAYS. THOSE THAT NEED TO WORK OR WHATSOEVER PLEASE DO SO IN THE EARLY WEEKS OF HOLIDAY.TRAINING PROGRAMME ABOVE IS ALREADY EXTREMELY TUNED DOWN FOR YOUR BENEFITS.PLEASE APPRECIATE IT.

yup so uh, team mates viewing my boring blog. do take note of the stuff.

For other fun people viewing my blog. Thanks, but sorry to bore you with all my boring stuff day in and out. However if you still constantly view my boring blog. i just want you to know that it is very much appreciated. haha! maybe you can share some fun stuff with me!

i slept the whole fucking day away from 12-7pm after i got home, to make up for the lack of sleep during exams. :)

for all those that ended thier exams today. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
i havent got over you.

Finally done with it.

2008-08-28T07:07:00.000-07:00

9am - 11am
Fixed Income Analysis BA2091
(LAST PAPER!)

got it done and over with, although there's a lot of uncertain answers and plus some of my own nonsense inside the paper. But im just glad its over :)

Okay, lets see what should you do after your paper?

i couldn't think of anything else to do except to train.(not very normal but yea)
and so i did.
walked past the swimming pool while coming down from business blocks and i saw khim and pam inside. And thus i asked pam to wait for me to finish gym, when she started at 930.

Today's Programme
4 set 15 8 stations.

i ended at about 1230, showered then went with lunch with pam and denise,bumped into yunsinn and Zak at Fc3. FIRST TIME AFTER SUPER LONG,i could just slack after eating and not rush off to study. feels damn good to just slack though.

At about 230, i left school for my favourite place, Kallang. haha! yeah. i went there alone and borrowed a Kayak from team NUS to practice on my C-stroke. just rowed out to sheares bridge. rested at the beach for awhile and rowed back to the pontoon.

(C stroke also known as the Canadian stroke, is the stroke used to paddle in a C boat.a C boat being a canoe paddled with a kneeling stance and a mega super long dragonboat look a like paddle.but i kneeled in a T boat to practice though)

After paddling, i went for a run! hahah. usual route from SDBA to under sheares bridge.

ended the day with Kenny rogers dinner with my sis. just some bread thingy with garden pasta and potato salad.but it was dam fucking filling. visited Michael at mowi, where i got a Waikiki and then i slacked even more,while michael had to study. (no offence man)

yup. thats what i did after my papers. not very interesting. i know. thats my life :)

if you want to be at the top, you got to train hard,theres no other shortcut.
-coach.

Stretching the number of hours one can have in one day

2008-08-26T18:17:00.000-07:00

Woke up at 8.30am today. its super late for a normal day. FIA(Fixed Income analysis) exam is tomorrow and i am still not done studying with it. probably left with about 8 more chapters. Not looking very well for me at the moment especially when the papers is at nine on Thursday morning. ,

but i know i have to run.(on the very least)

Run Route House(Pasir Ris st 11(loyang ave)) to Tampines Flyover through Tampines back home.

Although it exams period and stuff but we got to work with our training programmes and not just skipp it totally. 24hours a day. just taking maybe a total of one hour to run seems fair right? You cant possibly study the whole day, so just take time to run from the time that you're supposed to rest?(although i know jaslyn studies almost 24hours a day) Try to enjoy the run instead of dreading it. Fastest way to not procrastinate just put on your shoes and Go.

Rest of the day is spent studying at maui wowi Suntec. Exams ends at 11am Thursday 28/08/08. Holiday begins 11.01am Thursday 28/08/08. If it all goes well. I would be left with just one more semester in Singapore Polytechnic.

2 weeks into holidays and it would be my secondly last race for SP before my term ends.

"when you guys are ready to row again, with your hearts this time round, you know that i have always been ready to lead.we may have fallen, but only then will we be able to rise again. we came from nothing we are back to nothing,but you know we can be something,there is a choice. There is always hope, only for the ones that are hopeful.believe in ourselves. There is only so much i can do because i am just one man,where my strength would count for nothing in the boat without you guys. I can show you the path, i can walk that path, but i cant make you follow me if you dont want to. Once again, the choice is yours. yours alone. one stroke, one heart."

For what its worth.

2008-08-26T09:31:00.000-07:00

The idea of this blog is to hopefully inspire my teammates and others out there who wants to be somebody in life.

My name is Mingxiang, as the name suggests, im nothing more then just a typical Chinese boy. What you are about to expect from this whole blog issue may be of very very boring events that occurred in my life.Just like many others, i want to be a somebody in my life.However, my life may not be as colourful or as fun as yours, but i would still want to share it with the world and to inspire some and to be inspired by others as well.

Paddling-summarizes about 90% of my life. I've been doing Dragonboating for the past coming 3 years and recently started a little on kayaking (t1). I enjoy paddling, learning how to catch every stroke and making the most out of every effort driven into the water,pushing myself to the limits day in and out.I will never forget whatever that i've been through when i first started the sport and all those friends that have trained hard alongside me until today.For they have played a role in my story like how i have been part of thiers. Being greatly motivated by my coach,Mr John Goh Poh Soon, i am determined to be a better paddler.For i am my own worst enemy.

I wished i was a machine,only then i can just keep going and going,with no pain,fear,sorrows and any other human emotions that i would be vulnerable to. That was how i came up with the name for this blog.

"Is it worth it?" a very popular question asked by many regarding my way of life. i leave it to you to judge.
to you i maybe a no lifer.
but all that is taken away from this would be part of me which i know i will never forget.