Nike Human Race

a nice finisher band. i think the first few thousands out of an overwhelming 11,000 ppl? hahas
ok. my first 10km race. hahas. how shocking. HAHAS.


before the race. met new friend. reuben, jasper's friend. we met at swiss hotel lobby. ahhas. this photo is taken by a very very hot door lady. really. she was like mixed blood and wearing this sleek chinese cheong-sam thingy. then my camera strap got caught in her hands.. so when i helped her, her hands were super soft. no, i'm really stright. but if u'd see her, u'll be just tempted to look at her longer and marvel at God's creation.
should have taken a photo with her!



everyone's like "was congested but fun".
hahas. it was like 20mins delay! many bottle necks. racers not adhereing to rules and thus, causing a BIG BIG JAM. causing the ppl to u-turn in single-file. that was the only bad thing luh.

saw many ppl i knew on the way, and b4 and after. i think can like count to 20. hahas. the route was fun. ran on a highway. ahhhas. sua-ku. hahas. i actally aimed to finished the race in 1h10min, giving allowances to my pace of my 2.4km. HAHH. BUT. i finished at 1.19h.(according to my watch) boo-hoo. i thought that my pace of 2.4 could let me go far. NO. hahahs.

lesson learnt, know ur pace at the right distance and pace it well.

my first stop was at the 5km mark area. super sad. back killed. hahahs. continued. but after much while.. i realised that my momentum really broke and found it hard to enjoy it. ahahs.


ok. omg. its only 10k and i'm like that. hahs. enough.
i am just proud to say that i completed my first one with a very aching and sore back. so, *pats back literally.



after the race.

meet back at e fountain.
jasper finihsed in 52mins with the congestion. ahhas.


and then met them.


oks.


saw the familiar volunteers. today's volunteers' race shirt nice lorrs! black and nice. and have race card. hmph! AHHAHAHHAS. better that the race expo. i'm being cheepo as usual. hahahhhahs.

ANYWAYS.
hahs. next aim, the Great Eastern. hope to be better! thank God for great weather and blessed 100plus everywhere. bountiful. even after the race, had cans of them.


oh yes. for the Netball League, we achieve the MOST Improved team! AHHAHAHAHAHS. FROM 0 netball background, to no stepping and all. ahhas. the empires even commented that we're relatively gd. hahas. i think in a way, this award encourages the team alot. to me, big encouragement.








ok. tmr i'll be away till thurs. will be at mt. k in sabah, malaysia. (: pray for me and for gd weather! thank u! ahhas

happy tchrs' day

yep.


WTL. we won 4-3. luckily i made that decision.. coz my back's really hurting today. had probs walking straight. :/

not gd.

tmr's the nike human race.
abit worried for my back.


*cross fingers.


hahas. stil got qutie a no. of stuff to do b4 next wk. haha. i've been watching gymnastics on youtube. esp of Shawn Johnson. ahhas. she rocks max. has probably become my sports 'idol'. hahas.

chillo.

bible study became cell dinner again coz of attendance.
but oh wells.
i seriously think there's smth wrong. even with myself.


i'm struggling because i'm not struggling.


with my faith being discipline.
get it? hahas.



ok. those long walks really really made me look at the ground and walk slowly, with my ipod blasting at my humble ears.

caught this song. cant rmbr how i got this song in my ipod. dont even rmbr having it. some new song, emo; but it came through.


play this:




Almost Lover- A Fine Frenzy
Your fingertips against my skin
The palm trees swaying in the wind in my chase
You sang me Spanish lullabies
The sweetest sadness in your eyes
Clever trick

I never wanna see you unhappy
I thought you want the same for me
Goodbye my almost lover
Goodbye my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartbreak
Almost lovers always do

We walked along a crowded street
You took my hand and danced with me
In the shade
And when you left you kissed my lips
You told me you'd never ever forget these images
No

I'd never wanna see you unhappy
I thought you'd want the same for me
Goodbye my almost lover
Goodbye my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartbreak
Almost lovers always do

I cannot go to the ocean
I cannot try the streets at night
I cannot wake up in the morning
Without you on my mind
So you're gonna and I'm haunted
And I bet you are just fine
I'll make it there
You walk right in and out of my life

Goodbye my almost lover
Goodbye my hopeless dream
I'm trying not to think about you
Can't you just let me be?
So long my luckless romance
My back is turned on you
Should've known you'd bring me heartache
Almost lovers always do


credits: http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/a_fine_frenzy/almost_lover/

comex

got many things.

some needed. some wanted.

got my 320G HD. sis recommended WD. chio. AHHAs.
got a BagMan camera bag that i've always wanted. it was like $159? but at the fair, i got it at $89.
still alot of money. but i called mum for opinion. she said i'd probably need a bagpack coz my lens are heavy.
and, as of date, besides my kit lens, i have the xiaobai only.
so yes.




so today. after that. had trng. my backached! expected it. but thank God it wasn't that bad. so i decided that this sat, i should not play WTL if not i'd pro-lly die the next wk. coz next wk's the climb and i dun think i wanna hurt myself.

but, it was great seeing the girls and be back playing once again. i'm soooo excited again! (: YAYs.


my house got ppl fighting downstairs. opposite block. screaming and throwing ottles and chairs. ahhas. everyone from everywhere peeked through the window. ahhs.



oh yess. last night. i dreamt abt rapture. everyone's like disappearing. as for me, i felt like very apprehensive. i kept asking God if He would take me and stuff like that. i questioned my disciplines reflected if i have been faithful and stuff like that. it was scary.

lj

livejournal is super slow for my com.


today. went out to get stuff with suan and dickson.
felt tired for some reason.

the end of hols is approaching. my wk's getting exciting.
but e girls' monthly best friend's not coming! hahas. worried pls. dun want it to fall on climbing days pls!! my back sure die MAXX. better stock up salonpas.

b4 e race..

nice number. longest no. ever.

so ytd. volunteered the nike race expo. saw many ppl. many. we did a gd job. (: hahs.
stood from 7am till 10pm (besides gg to e toilet) one of my records. i reached bedok MRT at 11pm and for the record, i spent $4 on a cab home. i was like "er.. uncle... go straight, turn right and ya.. that block there turn left." ahhahas. couldn't feel my leg at home. hemstrings were tight max.


slept till 1pm. HAHS.
great afternoon sun despite dark clouds b4.


nice sky. did not photoshop this photo at all. brilliant skies.

went for dance today. getting tougher and tougher. still got so much to work on.
but guess who i saw? RACHEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! been 4yrs since we last saw each other. she came for hiphop. she's back in SG for hols. so cools la.

it used to be vk, rach, occasionally sam and i would go cold's storage to buy a e big chicken leg and 7-11 to buy slurpee after and b4 dance. ahahs. last time.. my sat schedule was like.. 945-11am ballet. 11pm-12pm tap. and 1pm-2pm hiphop. 3pm-5pm chinese lesson. ahhas. the schedule changed after we hit primary sch and change again in late secondary sch. so now, its like tue and then sat.



ok. and.. i got this from some cheap fair.

$9. $4.50. $3.50 respectively. hahs! just found out from mum that the white one's for the females and the other 2 is for the males. hahas. oh wells. should go there soon to take a look! i saw like those expensive perfumes right...eg.. Hugo Boss.. ranging from $40-$55. i think its relatively cheap right? ya.


came home. and psycho-ed my lazy self to go for a run. havent been doing that of own accord. too much at stake. so yea, i wanted to do a 5-rounds-round-e-estate. which would equate to abt 9.smth k. HAH. 2nd round, back ached. stopped to stretched and continued. momentum was broken. 3rd round was like mental stiffness. ahhahs. blasting myself with hillsongs. ahahs. aimed to run for 1hr. but i stopped at abt 40mins. HAHA. TSKTSK. super weak luh. i dun think i've got time to train. HAHs. we'll just see how it goes.


finally, thurs there's like a little trng for the WTL season. (: FINALLY. i miss the girls so much. it seems that its missing smth w/o them and the trng. YAY. (: HHAHs.

End of Beijing Olympics

a job well done.
"probably the best near-to-perfection Olympics ever". well deserved break for everyone and the atheletes.


ok. today raining whole day.
wasn't that fantastic to start off the day by seeing everyone in church in sports attired w/o knowing whats gg on. and later...found out that almost all the youths are gg for the snr ss sch outing thingy. ANYWAYS.

so svc was like.. me glen nigel shaun tracy eugene and... DANIEL WONG. hahahs. guest appearance. was a pleasant surprise. (:

i realllllllyy had a gd time with paul and nigel after that. we went to see guits and pedals.

caught these 2. i'm so gg to save up to get one of this for conveniece sake.



then.
i'm gg to sell my DigiTech- Digital Delay to get a Boss-DD7. whooooottts. excellent plan.
thinkg of selling my amp but as i looked at it, it looked back at me. hahha. I'll consider again.
after that, met up with av and went to paul's crib to play GUIT HERO. raining heavily. HHAHA. was super funny. cass accompanied us even though she had work to do. (: then like dinner, jam, watch olympics and stuff. the beef stew plus garlic bread was like... WHOOOOOOOOOOOTS. and then, jamming was like the Hosanna song and my fav- 'Found'. my fav version the one from Hillsong United- Above All Else CD.
anyways.


i really a gd effective chill out time today.



next wk. i must start trng alrdy. HAHs. 2 wks of lup-sup-ness is not gg to help with the 10k thing and the 8k climb and night bike trail after that. HAHAH.
fresh wk. goona be gd OTOT trng pls.

random

ok. dun really feel like bloggin much recently.

ytd. went to the fireworks festival. didn't get gd shots. too much smoke. missed the first few frames.

today, dinner with mum and sis and my usual stuff.


been watching youtube videos of shawn johnson and nastia liukin. shawn johnson really inspires me.

been hearing music that i use to hate. music by T pian, Flo Rida and stuff that u wouldn't think marian would hear.



ok. some random photos.
also recently, it feel that i'm missing my eye. just cant get the shots that i really want to get. boohoo.

dj max.

ahha. been so addicted to jovin's PSP. everywhere i travel, i play sia..
but i'm proud to say i've broken records and unlocked new stuff. hahas.

and that's the only game i play- DJ max.


nothing happened much today. wanted to swim. but woke up at a miserable time of 2.33pm and saw the dark clouds. after starin at e opposite block, the rain poured down like free.

hahas. so, spent the day d/l softwares into my com. trying to d/l in a way that i dun slow my com down.



so cell. abit disappointed coz turn out 3 members, 2 cell leaders. no wonder i felt lazy to go today. but! i'm glad we did the right thing! ahhas. as in like.. i think if cannot make it, should inform earlier and be more pro in time estimation. anyways! we had a gd time of sharing over dinner at kovan, e HK cafe. hahahs.
that's the beauty of Christ. everything happens for a reason. i'm not gg to try and understand the way how God works coz He's too brilliant and un-comprehanable. hahas. so yea. (:


zheng sent me to that bus stop coz it was on the way after sendg tracy. ahhash. i boarded the bus at 10.48pm and reach a record-breaking time at 11.09pm. ran home to catch the 11pm hk police drama.

i felt that i was a fireman running home to break in the house. HAHAHS. literally ran up the stairs in the name of a HK drama. hahas. whoots. hats off pls.


so yea. (:

20082008

glen reminded me that today's 20082008. hahas!

had quite a gd day today. so i have a social life after all when i don't have trainings. hahas.

accompanied gq for a trail that starts at Clementi Woods and ends at HabourFront. approx 15km? but we started off at NUS and got lost there. made big rounds up and down and that tire us. hahas.

basically, its 'discovering the South Ridges.


it's really things that that are there in Sg and u dont see them everyday. hahas.


big black ant. and many other little hardworking ends. click this to enlarge pls.ahhas. they're moving so fast that i cant catch them in still motion. if u loook carefully, its like 20-30 little ants on one BIG MEGA scary looking ant. and in that troop, there's like 8-10 of this. super scary. ahhas.
yea, saw a big fat blue bee today. and i mean big and fat. as fast as.. 3/4 of an hard-boil egg.

so.. in a nutshell, we covered:
- Kent Ridge Park
- Canopy Walk
- Hort Park
- Floral Walk
- Alexandra Arch
- Forest Walk
- Hilltop Walk
- Henderson Waves
- Faber Walk
- Marang Trail
hahahhas. i dont that its supposedly made to cover all in one day. but these places are relatively inaccessible, not even for bikers. so yea. hahas.
we started off at NUS at abt 9am and ended at 1230pm. hahas. i thought i'd be v tired. but then. i think it was fun. ahhas.



eh Suan and Dickson. let go next wk! hahas. train for mount k. HAHAs. had to climb little gentle hills and steps. but was fun.


went home. bathed. played Jovin's PSP and i'm proud to say that i've broken many records- DJ Max. e only game that i like to play on a PSP. hahahs.

after that. had a social life with my classmates. ahhahhs. i think yr2 was the best ever. hahas. i hope NO ONE will attempt to create any seperation in this 2M02 thing. *winkwink. AHAAHHAs.

excellent food. lucky plaza- ayam penyat, LEVEL 4. go eat it.


made a new friend today also, sx intro him over dinner.. ahahs. was nice. (: ahahs.

came home mum and sis was like sorting out photos.
caught some of dad's and dad's dad's- nv seen b4. they really look like him!


haha. i think the photos are old and gd enough to be at the muesuem.

Creative Photography with Canon

They Make My Life Complete
my 2 best friends. Sara and Geraldyne. They're my best friends in those secondary school days and they really make my life complete. haha. (: This is camera is portable and hassle free. With this, i was able to focus more on the physical elements of my shots rather than meddling with my camera.

whoots. pls click this Canon website.
Live your Digital Dream with Canon.
seriously, Delighting You Always


you can trust me on that.

Creative Photography with Canon

Define Existence
What's reality? i remember learning something from my friend who does abit of Philosphical Studies- "What if no one else but you sees a certain object. does it even exist? so how can we explain the Law of Existance". whooots. i was like.. hmmmmm...
so for this photo. what say you? hahas.


haha. took this photo awhile back using my Canon. hahas. amazing how Canon cameras knows where's best to focus the images for the best, making shots that i want to create possible.

whoots. pls click this Canon website.
Live your Digital Dream with Canon.
seriously, Delighting You Always


you can trust me on that.

repaired

yays. now using my laptop.
got my laptop and camera back today.
gotta d/l alot of things.

OH YES.


my bowling SNR called me. HAHA. u know why....
SIP. whooooooootttttts.
HAHAHhs.
she works at that company. she saw my name and she was like... OOOHHHS. small world huh.
didn't really catch the name of the company.. its a Toy company some where opposite SimLim. hahas. gd location. HAHAH.




so.
its marketing for toy company.
mixed feelings. but i should be thankful.




ahhas.
last night. been watching Olymics Gymnastics on Youtube. got so inspired to kick in a new thing. but.. NO. ahhahas. shouldn't waste anymore time. HAHAs. no point trng in that for me. i love what i'm doing now. hahahahahhas.
nastia liukin, shawn johnson.. watch out for them!

hols

went swimming today.
didn't really hit my goal. was too lazy and not determined.


called ben from c2c today! e 2009 bikes should be arrviing in SEPTEMBER. whoots. early pls! wanna ride b4 SIP starts.


been lazy.
just so unproductive.

wanted to like play the guit today since i'm so free. but.. lazy to set up. wth. whole day just laze around and watch e olympics. really sorry to all muggers out there. but.. jia you! hahas.


dun like this lifestyle. not that there's nothing for me to do luh. just that my main laptop is still at the HP svc centre.. so now left with nothing much to do since this com is super slow. can't open more than 2 windows coz there's not enough memory. hahs.
watch e national Day Rally speech also. quite interesting. hahas. the graph of the birth rates is soooo funny when he added the dragon pics and stuff. hahas. he's such a gd speaker.



ok. yea. so this is my boring life for now and today.



i need music.

blast!

haha. whoooooooots.

i found out that the Kona Blast 2009 is BLACK.
WHOOOTS.
(:

the last black version was in 2005.

all this while, i've been searching for a black kona blast 05.. but cant!
almost wanted to get the GT coz its a super matt black-red colour. but didn't like the feel of it.

now.


2009!
haha! (: comingsooncomingsooncomingsoon. i duno how long.. but coming soon! haha. no wonder the shop at Tampines is giving an offer for e eeeky green konablast08. (: YAYS.

this feels gd.

stagg

today didn't perform consistenty. first game had 7 strikes in a game- 4 in a row. but the rest was OPEN.

was dumb.

the following games couldnt maintain it.. so my series was a dreadfull 624.
didn't quite understand the lanes. first time bowling there as well, btu it shouldnt be an excuse.


ok. the venue was at CSC-Westwood bowl.
i went to west bowl. took a 1.5hr bus ride and a 400m walk in rain with my bowling balls to get there. after realising that it was wrong, got to walk out again coz it was inaccessible to cabs. and cabbed down to westwood bowl at bukit batok.

reached there at the side gate. it was at level 3. lift spoil. carried up. things kept gg downhill.
made it on time. and when i reach there.. they forgot to oil the lanes or smth.. so they started oiling the lanes at 2pm when it was supposed to start at 2.

so anyway. congrats to marc and leon for the bronze in the u19 and u14 resp.




came home, watched olympics.


the gymnastic! whooots.
on the floor, IBAZA got gold, leaving shawn johnson and nastia liukin silver and bronze resp. the girls did well! (:


and for table tennis, as expected China got the gold and SINGAPORE got e silver. congrats in 48 yrs man.


ok. so 3 more wks of hols. when there's nothing to do, i complain. now there's quite a bit of things to settle, i also find myself confused. haha. erks. tsk tsk.

Ablaze

it captain ball went kinda well untill e third game.
it was 14-8 , 16-4 to us.. until we met COGS..
and lost 8-11.

league system. so top of the 4 pools each proceed to the semis. having lost one, we lost the chance.


i think it was really wasted. coz our opponent had tall players for both their captain and their blockers.. so even with our fast and jumpy boys, it wasn't enough.
possession and attempted shoots were mostly with us. it just lacked that bit of height.

but, it was a gd game.
looking at the semis, if we're like in the other pool (not the same as All Saints), i think we could emerge out as 2nd or smth.
haha.

we came in supposeldy-strongly.
but i enjoyed myself today. just with 2 wks, i got to know mengyang and melvin. AND, play with GLEN. have been trng tgt with the girls in netball... but for glen.. havent played with him for a yr?
yea.

enjoyed my team's company really today.
(:
want to thank God for such a gd opportunity. also saw sam- char's serve friend who's also so happpy...and daniel! - samantha's bro. use to swim with him and his sis when he was sucha small little boy. now he's all grown up and playing Contact. haha. oh yes, and MELAINE! (: could have seen zen (as spotted by letica) who was passing by..


btw, abit random, i think this is like the 12th or maybe even 14th daniels i've came acrossed in my life. i wouldn't be surprised if another guy come up to shake hands with me and intro-ing himself as daniel. haha. too many alrdy man! ok.. there's.. lim, bey, lum, tan, ong, see, wong, another-wong, ho, and i cant rmbr the rest alrdy.

yup. for futsal, the guys played well. but lost in the penalty shoot out in the semis. wasted. and yea, lost the playoffs.

ohwell.
COA WILL COME BACK STRONGLY NEXT YR. muahahhas. hahhasss.


after that, my usual sat classes.



and hanged out with ling,ping,calvin and alvin.
no matter what, our topic of conversation will be related to bowling. its been like that for 3 yrs and have nv changed. i enjoyed myself today. even though i was mentally tired, but its been looooong since i've hanged out like that.

i just got home also.


discovered 4 more bites on my neck. really itchy. the bites come in 4s. how interesting.


tmr- 7am in church with mum.
and. 130pm at west bowl. 4game series. figured out, i should make use of this opportunity. coz the next time, will be during SIP period, dun have time to train properly. tsk tsk.




enjoying myself now coz i know that i'm making the best out of my time left. though i dun have my laptop and small camera with me, i think its still not that bad. haha.






/

sometimes i feel that my strength has made me vulnerable.
sometimes i feel like there's this huge big black stopper stopping me from moving on.
cant seem to cut that rope off.
tried blocked tried blocked.
at the point of momentary release, i pull it back in again, wasting every breath of it. some have tried to enter and break in, and some are still trying. yet, i still hold on snugly to that rope. not knowing if i have the courage to pull it or just give it a slight tug. often, i'm reallly that close to let it all go, but i'll end up grippin the rope even tighter.
i cant give in. neither can i give up. i want to. but i dont.
it has all be pernamently altered.
so how now.

teehee

went swimming with joelle this morng. 1st time in swim in 4months? feel so unfit. on my 4th lap.. was like dying alrdy. aha. by managedt to swim 17 laps today though. ahah.

must swim more.


after that. went AMK to see GT bikes. HAH. tried it. didn't like the feel of it. it's a gd bike though. just that i felt that it was too bulky and smth i wouldn't like in a long run. the colour is whooooots though. matt black and red. hot. haha.

but i think i'll still continue hunting for my kona blast. either e 05 or 06 version. the 05 one is black and too gd to be true now. haha.



after that captains ball in church.
was fun.
tmr's the match held by Diocese. 9am at ECP. its like a league. yep.

that's abt it. nothing much.

still trying to enjoy these 3 wks left.


oh yes.
so expected.

nastasia liukin Gold. shawn johnson Silver and Yilin Bronze for the gymnastic-individual. i think the ladies did so much better that the guys. haha. they were more focused.

and yes. the table tennis ladies did well for SG. got into e finals and fighting for e Gold now.

hope that they'll do well on sunday. haha.

that's abt it.

repairs

sent my canon Ixus for repair.
my HP laptop is also at the repairs- the man said that i needed to reformatt my com coz the drivers dun work tgt. smth's blocking the sound system.

so now,
no camera.
no laptop.

haha.


wanted to send my llong-ago spoilt camera- e casio ex-p700. my best camera ever. but didn't have time.


everywhere i go today, the tv was showing the Men's gymnastic. haha. i want to see the ladies individual one! nv see! issit over?


met up with eve jov and jas today to just chill. been long since i've chilll. had to sacrifce time for my photogs at simpang! haha.

ayes.

mt k trip stil shaky. now rooms are fully booked (coz its the sept hols! arh!)
flights still not confirmed. most likely got to be on mon because of the race on sun. hahha.



this is crazy. literally squeezing time out b4 i hit my SIP.

clean.

nothing much today.

last sales tutorial.
final of everything.

had a gd time with estee and hakim (HAHA) just chillin out around.
planned the mt k trip with dickson b4 meetin suan. abit of flight probs now. coz.. CLASH WITH NIKEHUMANRACE.


trng.
for me, felt gd. had my release there most of the time.
hit a 217. was happy more so because i got it clean. (:
sam was super funnny. "aiya. (get louder...)bowl so well also cannot bowl league right.. why ar. why ar. " HAHA. targeting at cys.
was funny.

but just felt nice.




last bowling trng today. this wraps up my trngs in sem1. when trng resumes, SIP starts. scary timetable. *crosses fingers.


ok. bites are still itchy. more bites are appearing. on my hands and now, face! ahhhh. mum says its from the field! Aahhhh.



saw this at sixiu's.

whooots.



stephanie rice.
she's so pretty!. just watched her IM swim. Gold and World Record man.

and i think Phelps is mad. keeps breaking the WR and getting the gold.


also caught the gymnastic.
anastasia liukin is super elegent graceful and beautiful. long beautiful lines. born to do what she's doing.


for the qualifiers, the USA was top of the table followed by China.. but in the finals, China got the Gold but USA got the silver



shawn johnson is super cute and really positive. 16yrs. she's like the anchorman with all the pressure on her. she really takes them well.

money not enough

watched money not enough today with mum and sis at Princess theatre.
$15 for 3 persons! (: $5 on mon and tue. and other wkdays b4 6pm. if not, $6. $7 for fri sat and sun.
hahah. so worth it. haha


ok luh. very typical jackneo movie, taking all the current affairs, bits and pieces putting it into one big picture to reach out to the sg crowds.

quite touching. could hear the lady infront of my crying after the grandmother died. ahha. yea.
the moral or the story is more abt teaching us to tc of our parents and treasure them.




w/o projects and exams, abit no life. haha. no, i'm not complaining.
just that there's so many things for me to now but i'm feeling sluggishly lazy.
bah!




so this is the bites.
in rows.
abit disgusting. still itchy. through the internet, its showing signs of 'bed bugs'. but i dun think so. my mum helps me to change the bedsheet and stuff quite frequently. she also dun think its bed bugs. probably bugs from the sch's turf since i lie down there somtimes during trng. haha.




from one of the sites http://www.toronto.ca/health/bedbugs.htm


What do bed bug bites look like?
When bed bugs bite people, they inject their saliva into the biting area, causing the skin to become irritated and inflamed. Individual responses to bed bug bites will vary. The skin lesion from bed bug bites may go unnoticed, or be mistaken for flea or mosquito bites or other skin conditions.

Four types of skin rashes have been described in the literature:
1. The most common rash is made up of localized red and itchy flat lesions. The classical bed bug bites could be presented in a linear fashion in a group of three, which is called "breakfast, lunch, and dinner".
2. Small raised red swelling lesions are also common.
3. In rare cases, people may develop large raised, often itchy, red welts.
4. In people with high sensitivity to bed bug saliva, people may develop a lump filled with blood or fluid.

Bed bug bites most commonly occur on exposed areas of the body, including face, neck, hands, arms, lower legs or all over the body.






ok. noted. hahha.

the last.

whooots. brand paper was so easy!
hope my papper can be at e other end of the bellcurve.


after that, watched the Mummy with estee sx and mich. coz we just wanted to watch a movie. then, i went for sales lecture. my prediction was right. 3 people turn up for lecture. me, hakim and royston. i read the student kit last wk.. so i told hakimm ytd night. luckily i told him. if not, i'll be the only one in lecture! haah.

really. i think at this point, its more like giving the lecturers moral support. haha.


after that, headed home to rest. and headed back to safra for trng.

today is like wednesday. I'M SURE LEH. haha.
oh well.
nothings rreally change. just that i know that i need to work harder and harder. i think i'm alrdy giving out my best. but, i want to improve much faster.

assessments

COE assessments today.

well, tried to have fun for e 2hrs of bowling. haha. it's the case when u bowl well, they dont look. and when u fumble, all eyes on u. hahha.
that's life.

but well, it probably the best i could do, coz i'm still adjusting my timing.



vs PMC today. didn't make it. heard that it was a gd game but val injured her knee badly. pray for her.



nothing much today really.
just studied. and yea, had fun on the v dry house oiling of yishun lanes and seeing the friendly bowling ppl. haha.
everyone's growing up.



random.
olympic's awesome on tv today. saw yaoming and colby bryant playing against each other. michael phelps breaking the WR. tao li coming in 4th. US' gymnast girls are super gd. guo jinging's diving.
yea. planned to slp early. but they're so exciting to watch!


OH YES. as of date, i have 15 BIG mosquito bites all over my body. its bigger than usual bites and highly itchy.
and when u scratch, it gets bigger and more unbearable. yes. WHY ARH.

43rd to SG. (:

last yr's shots:





wad makes me happy on national day is the march pass and all the uniform grps.
i guess as i grow older, things like this become more signaficant in life.

and then when i see MM being so proud of SG. respect max.

and. the Black Knights are tooo awesome. very very very amazing and heart throbbing.

by chance, caught e national day msg on tv mobile in the bus. wad striked me was the new university in 2011 at CHANGI! now all the Us are like far away from where i stay. changi would be too gd. haha.

alot of things triggered my train of thoughts though. its quite a detailed, short and sweet speech.

while watching the live telecast on tv, mum and i agree that in a way, thank God for SARS. it really taught SG to be more viligant and resilient.
haha. indeed. times like this either we make, or break.

glad to have confidence in our future as of now even though its like turbulant times now. we're doing well. but i just hope that the culture, morality and stuff like that will stay even as we move on faster to take on bigger international projects.



today. well. we had netball trng at Kallang. felt so net-ball-ish. first time i felt breathless while playing trng in netball. which is gd. coz i think then i'm really doing the right thing. haha. for me, netball takes time to really get the hang of it.
prefer touch more than this. x 100000.
but i think i improved by a mile today for netball. wahahhahs. after wks.



after that, i went queensway to find the bag i wanted at a cheaper price. dun have! instead, i bought a pair of super nice shoes (that were actually meant for street soccer) coz i really could not resist. called my mum first. after that, i then went back to funan to get the bag that i want. tsk tsk.
i spent material money today. ):
to console myself, i really needed a bag that is not so big. and the shoes... er. i really liked it. ahaha.
i saw the navy blue new PREDATOR SOCCER BOOTS. SUPER NICEE. super super nice. i really resisted myself, persuading myself that my current Topper boots is still doing ok. haha. :/

oh yes. my adventure kaki is now in pengerang- bringing tp nyaa comm for retreat. couldn't go coz of the tests and tmr' COE. tmr's last match for the netball league... BUT v sad that i couldn't make it coz tmr's COE assessment. abit scared but i hope i'd do really well.


ok.
some photos: from my handphone. camera is still malfunctioned.


so yea.. at kallang. the netball place.

stacy, our coach- adeline's friend. she's really patient and committed. we learnt like this box drill thing and she's really patient. i still cannot do nice chest and shoulder passes.

the toilet there. very nice. i like toliets like that. just like CCAB. even have hot water! hahas.

ok. the shoe that i got. apparently- after spending much time making up my decision, he told me that this is the only pair and the only shop that carries it. apparently, also the only pair in SG. haha. yes, my size. I'M SURE LEH. ahhaa. but i dun really care. i just like it. hahas. i think its v cool coz it has this chinese thing abt it. it comes with 3 different kinds of shoe laces! hahas.


ok. the big that i wanted to buy for quite some time alrdy. it'll be my FINAL sports bag.

oks.


mon last paper! (:

the 080808

yep.

start the Olympics.




had svc paper this morng. went on pretty fine. enjoyed it actually. (:
AHHA. b4 e paper... i was like. "hakim.. later really comme out the 8 challenges and ask to recomment with FLYER, i laugh ar..."

and indeed e essay q.
1ST ONE.
a) identify 6 of the 8 marketing challenges of services.....
b) and give recommendations in relation to your PBL problem (the Singapore Flyer).

i was like.
haha.
thanks.



after that. really like went out and eat with some of the 2m02 ppl. gd lunch. (:

then walked around TM with estee b4 heading to NYAA for e interview and then to church to play captain's ball and cell.


e NYAA Gold Award interview. it was sooo erm.. funny! my interviewer was ms Aileen Yap, Executive Director of NYAA. i saw her.. and i was like.. "HEY! so nice to see u!" coz i knew her through IMF as a photographer and she really gave us alot of enouragements tgt with mr. james soh and the lady from MICA. (:
it was more like a conversation and stuff. haha. was quite fun.




hie-hoe. it's probably my 19th day of sports and counting. probably till wed. touch has 4 wks break. so on thurs, will have ONE DAY w/o doing any sporty thing. hahahhas.
i'm carrying a shoebag wherever i go.
and really like. 0 life.



hahaa.
ok. mon. LAST PAPER.
then, i'll send all my faulty devices for repair- camera, laptop and older camera. HAHA.


SEPT's e start of SIP. i have 3 wks to play, rest and finish up undone work. oh boy.

bah!

i dun like corp. com ppl..


they always think that authority is priority.
i'll nv forget tt photographer when i first met him in 2007.. TP jam and hop. i was at the front first. he asked me to move away coz i'm shooting for VC (TP's photography club) and that he was from corp comm.

hellos. in IMF, i learnt that if i'm there first, i'm there first. unless u have special permit or outright shown priority that i have so called 'taken ur place'. ahhaha.

and today.


he was shooting some shots for marketing, and yea for corp comm.
honestly, as a photog, if u want to shoot, give us info first. we give u all e time u need to shoot all u want coz we would respect u as a photog. wad he did was to shoot DURING tutorial time, disrupting class time. and it was like during the grp presenntations luh! i can tell u- no one could focus. even the grp presenting. not only that.

happily using flash.. and even to an extent of adjusting all our desktops DURING the presentations so that he could have the shots he wanted.
bah!
so un-professional.

if u're really gd, take the shots as they are.
u're neither a fashion photographer or a photo journalist.



bah. i'm not irritated luh. just v disturbed.hahhahahs.



okok. trng.
heavy rain.
was ok. now sniffing.

TINGSTINGS ROCK. we got 2nd. hahahah! 4th 2nd 4th 2nd. that's our graph for u.
u know wad. i just cant seem to do one thing one field. for yrs.. i try to do to much and in the end..."TOUUCCHH". the def's up alrdy. wad ruby told me was so so so true- i outweigh too much other factors. too much.


had the teams out today.
yea. ok.


haha.


and meet my blister.



ballet caused it.
bowling made it worse.
touch almost killed it.

the wound was open alrdy. but i just had to acidentally hit the steps of specs stand directly to cause more pain. haha.








whooots. OLYMPICS starts TMR.

NAPFA-mylast.

haha.

GOLD. (:


the last time i did NAPFA was like in sec 4.. 2005? haha. not bad. still can get gold. everything A except for 2.4km, standing broad jump and sit and reach.
haha. did everything with Jasmine and Estee! haha. for 2.4km.. short of 17secs to A! haha. should have just started striding earlier. jasmine did it in like 10mins plus?! yea. haha.
i fell short of 3cm to get A for sit and reach, not blaming anything.. but the metal thing didn't touch my hand b4 i went down. i was too rushed to get it done alrdy. ahha. wasted!
i think for broad jump. ok luh. my best. ahhahahas.

i think overall.. the happiest is shuttle run. 10.5 i think. one try. and it was my first station. so yea. i think if did it during my fitness phase... should be able to go for 10.1 or smth.







ok. ANYWAYS.

proud of myself jasmine and estee. we all got gold. haha.

after all of that, we all had our trngs. zai. haha.

did gym with estee for awhile after napfa b4 bowling trng. did 10mins of cycling straight. ahahah. made it like as if cycling uphill- gd trng mans! hahas.


for bowling. took me quite awhile to get my timing/whole execution right. kyle was there today! haha. pleasent.


after that, brought bowling balls home man. thank God for AUGGY who drove me home! (: i dare-daringly climbed up the stairs with my bowling balls and big bag full of stuff. in the name of trng for Mt K. ahhahahhahas.



ok. needed passport size photos. used dickson portrait shots of me to print this at DESIGN SCH for $2 - 250gms, gloss paper. 25 photos. so worth it. haha. ((:




i think i should come out with a book to save money. AHHAHAH.




my back is aching now. probably its because of the bowling-balls-up-the-stairs.

must study tmr!!!!

the Dark Knight

managed to find time to watch this in the morng with hm and jeff. haha. awesome plot although i found it quite complicating.

but i think for the whole movie, it felt like Batman wasn't really e key role.. The Joker outshined it all. ownage. salutes to Heath Ledger for playing e role so well.



articles said that he died shortly after e completion of the movie due to overdose of medication. speculations that desired for a darker story said that he was overly obsessed with his role.

but yea. gd movie. the intro was abit loong but i think it fits the whole thing.




my big toe has big blister!
poured dettol soap over it when i was bathing. with the wound opened, i screamed. it got hotter and hotter. haha.

and. tmr's NAPFA. haha.
oh wells.
havent run long distance for sucha long time.
should slp early tonight.


had trng today also. was ok. haha. my grp didn't perform as well. but yea! THURS we'll be back. HHAHA. go TINGSTINGS.




oh yes.
thank God for one BIG blessing today.
i dun usually take the train coz its expensive. but i was late today so had to take it.
then, i was just walking to the back of the cabin to find a seat. and.....

I SAW ALEXI! (:

there was a seat just beside him. so we chatted for the whole journey abt our lives now. he's my pri sch sch mate and co-prefect worker. haha. a sailor. he was on his way to camp- OCS. hahas.
just realised that my batch of boys are gg to serve the Nation. haha.
asked abt weiming.. national sailor. and he went to THE NAVY! hahahaha. was quite interesting luh.

i really had a gd chat with him and just felt.. refreshed from my action-packed life. haha.
(:



thank you Lord so much for today (:

ilovedustbins

haha. was the big joke abt dustbins luh.

but. today' was soooooo nice coz after lecture, we had lunch tgt! some of the 2M02 ppl and some more nice ppl ! hm and gang went brand hub to study though. hahha.


sales management paper.
i think i did fairly well. considering that its been sooo long since i've ever felt so confident for a paper coz i knew ALL the answers. just not sure of one. ((:
but b4 the paper start when we had the reading time, the ppl behind me were like discussing the answers luh!
seriously. friends should not help each other to cheat luh. if u did not study well enough to be confident of the answer, then u deserve it luh.
seriously. i was abit taken aback coz i didn't expect this coming from these people.


oh well. life isn't fair many times.
its really how we live our life as who we are, being sure of ourself.



after the paper, rushed for trng.
coach taught me e other system of sparing pin 7. e 25-25 concept. can luh. but i think there's not much area and space. not really comfortable.
so i think i'll just bowl the old 4-8-12 method.


ahha. had 4 splits in a game today, but managed to get a 170 still. haha!

when that guy walked into the alley today. wahs i just got irritated again.
with that, i got a turkkey on the 8 9 and 10th frame. HAH.
it was just out of sheeer anger.


can i just rent one last time? HAHHA

ok.
to me, this is impt because masters is so freaking easy to qualify, plus there aren't any monster bowlers around this year. so plus the fact that it's at my homeground, it's really at my advantage. i've kindly worked out that i can bowl with if its against MJ or rp2. but u still refused. i guess to u, i'm avging like a 140 which is bull*star. i can now proudly tell u that when i'm down, i'm avging 160. when i'm up, 180.
i just think that u've proven urself unable to plan properly. even if so, u're still selfish.

u never give chances opportunites.

u're just so full of urself and plain bias to urself.

why i'm so worked up is because it can really help into my uni application.
this yr, i've got no choice but to only work harder to win smth to go into uni. even if i'm able to win POL-ITE, IF, its still not enough to be use it for my uni. thus, collegiate is impt to me and even more so- masters. thus, i'm trying trying hard to improve my accrucacy and consistency so that i can at least try and have a fighting edge in the national selections this yr also again- for my future of gg into uni.

that's y. sports to me now is as impt.

i dont owe u any explaination, cys. i just think that i should explain myself to ppl who are reading this of why i'm being so uptight abt this whole sh*t now.

now that i can safely confirm that u are such of a person, i can really forget abt how well our sch is performing coz it really makes me bitter at the end of the day.

so, i'm just gg to brush it aside for now, even though it still means to much to me since its my final year in the name of TP.
and u know what, i'm gg to work even harder.
not to prove anything to anyone coz no one but God is worth the effort. but all these is give to justice to myself and those who believe in me.

as well,
as the 2 team of boys that u've caused them to looose a medal. and single-handedly- 2FREAKIN YRS in a ROW.
yea, they can forget abt it for now coz they are nice ppl. but 15 20 40 yrs down, they'll look back and rmbr that a team mate has caused tt medal. yes, sh*t happens. but it cannot be an excuse. and i clearly rmbr u telling me that over at simpang when i asked u what happen abt a yr ago. yea, u said at that moment, u feel like sh*t. but after that.. ok liao. coz yea, sh*t happens. i was like. wth.

we train so hard is just to eradicate those room for excuses.
so yes.
pls train harder to improve urself. stop thinking that u're damn gd and just trying to improve ur consistency. the fact is, i dun see any changes in ur bowling at all.
ppl with high avgs still make changes. but u're still like that. i wont say that u'r bowling is bad coz it doesn't make sense. but from an outsiders point of view, u probably just think that u're so gd that u dun need to make any improvements to ur stance or whatever. to put it short. u're a guy w/o rev after bowling for so many years.

u told me once that i've got no rev. but now, i know i have. on/off- and i'm still working hard to make it a clearer shot that i can be proud of.




haha. i should stop and just thank God that i had a gd time studying today. and a gd trng.

steppin

firstly, i want to thank BERNICE for giving me this coooolios metal pencil box because she said that she thought i'd like it. AWWWWWs.
its really nice. its like filled with electic outlines of v-neck electric guit, ipod, earphones, radio, cassett tape and so on. the guit was e main thing and it had like a groove to it. super nice, black and electrifying. i dun dare to use it sia. later scratch. ahha.


nothing much today.
just that...

CASSANDRA IS BACK (:
whoooooooooooooots.
u dun know how happy am i to see her. i'm not like that close to her. but i do know that she means alot to the ministry. really. an example of a walking salt and light plus big shinning encourager.


just the match against TCC. my final netball game.
coz next wk there's COE assessment.

for some reason, i was just plain negative today. haha.
'your steppin not so much alrdy'. yea, and that's gd. but like coz i'm a WD who didn't get to play much and probably got the ball 3 times for the whole of today in 10mins. so out of the 3 times when i got the ball i didn't get a penalty step. yea. wow.

i think being a defender requires alot of positivity if u can jump as far or run as fast. all u do is to block. and block. and then, block. u can't really playmake or do anything.
and if u do ask for the ball, its becoing out of play. yea.


heck it. i shouldn't think too much abt netball. that's not why i joing that league for anyway.
i'm just not sure if i should continue with this the next time round. coz my though my objectives are met here and there, i cant seem to find the joy that i kinda like expected.


oh wells.
i miss touch. touch is so much more fun.
can't wait for trng!


after that. went macs to study. wasn't really focused. my mind just kept running away. wanted to leave at 9pm. but i punished myself and made sure that i finished wad i aimed to finished. so yea, i left at 1040pm.

i actually wrote this...

yet another collection to the pile of unsent letters. haha.


marian.
i have to started being positive again.
ppl used to actually come up to me and thank me for my positive smiles randomly.



ahha. some pics.
i picked up this nice white pair of oversized shoes at e astro turf last last sat. some guy probably used his shoe as e goal area and forgot to take it back. so i took the shoe home since its quite clean and looks white enough.

washed it, and added some drawings! (:





after this last pic, my CAMERA DIED. probably coz it drowned e other time round and survived till now. i guess its realy the time i should make a trip down to canon and send it for repair.

yea. and this laptop of mine still hasn't got sound. so i need to bring in to the HP centre soon to get it fixed. ALEXANDRA ROAD baby!


ok.
i have a big pimple inside of my nose and its freaking irritaing. its like outer block nose. and the air way is like restricted.










ook.. random. shocking to many old photos.




missing those days now. they're coming soooon! (((: