Blessings from above=)

just broke camp that started on monday!didnt enjoy myself throughly coz that time of the month came.=(experienced the "oh shitty pain" cramps.so didnt go for the wet games. went to send my dad off at the airport, i now have the honda airwave officially for the whole of this week!but, since i was in sch from mon-wed, didnt get to use the car much. work in orchard will not really see me using the car.coz of the crazy parking rates plus the many many erp gentrys!=(

and yes, today was the first day of my part time job as a TOTAL promoter for the F1 season. didnt get to take much pictures on the job. didnt bring my cam, too heavy to lug around. its all happening in town, along wheelock to Hilton hotel. great photos.but the uniform.crap.i shant say much.the photos will speak for itself.

anw, it was my 2nd time in orchard ion, and yes, heard all the hype on Bread Society, decided to make a trip down and see how good isit!

reg and i were sooo cash strapped that we bought bread which we were afraid we didnt have enough money for. the total price was $6.90. i had $6.70 only.reg had no cash.the shop didnt accept card.so we had to dig thru our bags and wallets once more to squeeze the last 20 cents out.and it was a miracle that we managed to find 20cents!gosh.it was embarrassing having to dig thru wallet after wallet,coin purse after coin purse. and we left bread society with a bag full of bread for our lunch and dinner AND WITH AN EMPTY WALLET.


heard sooo much about the spinach bun, just had to try it!felt really healthy after eating it!

every mouthful has spinach and CHEESE IN IT!=)mmm


the mini tomato bun. wasnt that fantastic.




BEST BREAD OF THE DAY.dont look at its tiny size, but its chock full of flavour, bursting with cheese on top, and inside the mini bun, no bigger than a "siew mai"!=0

because this was the first bun we tried, our expectations went sky high, only to see them plummet by the time i ate the 3rd bun of the day: double cheese.(no biggie=()


reg, very very very very happy with her buy.


and something good happened today!

reg and i went to Dr Coffee, some atas coffee place which we thought would be cheaper than starbucks, but we were wrong. the minimum price was $7.50 for a tall cup. and yes, add whip cream, add $1 lor!=(reg was a little unhappy, but the guy behind the counter said, "nvm, for u free!"hahaha.must be her charms.

and while we were walking along wheelock, giving out the discount vouchers for engine oil change from TOTAL, i was bored, decided to give the guy behind the Orange Julius counter a copy. after i gave it to him, he asked if i wanted ice cream. i said i was gona buy it after work. but he said"nvm, i give u now".i was pleasantly surprised!!!haha.reg and i were betting if we would get anything from the stalls along the road today.coz we kept walking up and down!and yes, i enjoyed my very very delicious vanilla cone which would have normally cost $2.50!!!(God must have knew i was broke.haha)

and i wasnt sure if i looked very hungry and poor to the orange julius guy.

gona sleep soon. need to do lots of sleep catching up!!!!and yes, im halfway thru my mid term break=(didnt wish it would end so soon.

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

hahaha.i am so happy and proud that i have to write this down in my blog. history made on 18 september 2009!

MY DAD ALLOWED ME TO DRIVE HIS CAR WITHOUT HIM IN IT!!!!!!

oh my gosh.hahaha.eversince i passed, he has never allowed me to sit behind the wheel on my own=(i remember how i started driving his car. when i just passed. when i had the wheel.


these would be his habits whenever i was behind the wheel:
1. hand constantly on handbrake.
2. before i can step on the brake, :" slow down, brake,red light"
3."let me park the car"
4. "why u turn so wide?". "why you cannot brake earlier?"

he did improve on point number 1,2 recently.

but the biggie was when he finally let me drive without him last night!hahaha. although he made sure Jansen was with me in the car, the thing was he wasnt in the car!!hahaha.i was overjoyed. but it was really stressful, because i had to take my dads trust NOT FOR GRANTED!hahaha.i was driving pretty precariously man.i wasnt used to it, usually when i drive other people's car. i am SAFE AND COMFORTABLE.but last night, i was super not comfortable, i was too concerned over protecting the car man.hahaha.i had to make sure my dad would be able to trust me with the car alone in future. big reputation to maintain man!

having my 3rd flea market for this year!and i really enjoy flea markets, can get rid of stuff i dont need, earn money to make way for new ones!hahaha.where else can i do that?

for tomorrow, it will be at 8D Dempsey Road, from 1pm onwards!!!do drop by!im sure everyone can find something for a steal 2ml!esp at my shop.hahaha.i usually sell stuff way below its resale value la!i think.im just happy to be able to get rid of it. the value that i get back is a bonus.coz otherwise, i would just give it away.

more details here

finger joints hurting pretty badly recently. It doesnt affect me when im climbing, but it hurts when i finish climbing.i dont wanto end my climbing stint so soon!!!=(i still havent reached my peak yet.

the one week break is here!!hahaha.having a rockclimbing camp from mon-wed, and from wed-sun!i will be working as a F1 promoter!yay!for a brand TOTAL. not sure what it is though. and yes, hope i get to wear cool uniforms.pay is decent. can go into my savings for my year end climbing trip to INDIA! (Hampi)

shall stop here. i want to play with the stuff i bought from DIASO just now!!daiso rocks.

those childhood days.

had a good climb at Safra on saturday!though i only did 2 climbs, remind me not to bother queuing on saturdays, the human traffic is worse than a traffic jam on a expressway. there was an invisible queue system going on, which u either had to be super calculative or good memory to remember the order of your climb.sigh.

but i must have perspired enough to make me feel like i did quite a bit of climbing. managed to onsight a under 18 route on one of the walls. i was really glad i did not request to rest on the wall like i would normally do. i nvr really liked to feel pumped till i lost grip on the tiles, so i rather shout "tight" and just let go. i didnt like the feeling of getting so pumped that my fingers gave way and i would either fall a little or fall alot.depending on how much rope has been slacked for me. but this time round, i was feeling surprisingly "strong", didnt feel pumped enough to downclimb and rest.haha.Jansen's encouragement helped me a little because each time he cheered me on, i knew i was getting closer to finishing the route. and when i finally did end!i was pumped. enough to make myself rest!and there!i did it!my first onsight at Safra. though i ouught not to feel all proud and all. after all the route was meant for competitiors UNDER 18!hahaha.i am 21, so i shdnt be too happy upon finishing it. but its a good confidence booster=)

after a hearty lunch at Northpoint and went on my little date with jansen!haha.had free tickets, decided to watch the proposal at Marina Square!7pm show when we had bought the tickets at 4.40pm.we had just about over 2 hours to kill. and we were on our way to KILL TIME! you know at marina square, how they had one whole level dedicated to those "star catcher" machines, where you plonk in your hard earned money to wish with all your might that you might get something out of the machines?how those machines cheat you of your life savings?the ones where each time you tried and failed, but it made you want to try once more because u think u can get it IF you try again???

well, jansen and myself fell victims to it.

we must have spent about $12 during that 1 hour of killing time, yea we also killed our pockets during that fateful 1 hour!=(

it was interesting looking at other people play the machines, knowing fully well that the claw is super duper weak and cannot hold the weight of the stuffed toy for long. but the fact that each time u feel u are closer to getting it, makes u wanto try playing it again!brilliant inventors of this game.seriously. there was this group of girls, who were at the same machine as we were, they must have spent about 20 bucks but managed to get 3 puny stuffed sesame street figurines!?!?!while jansen and myself spent 6 bucks and got 2!ok.we were lucky.haha.



the movie THE PROPOSAL was really good!i give it 4/5!=)

as usual, i have always loved Sandra Bullock, theres something about her attitude that makes me wana be like her. shes gorgeous, not the normal sweet lil thing, but gorgeous but tough lady. something which reminds me of me.hah.okok.not that im gorgeous. but i like to think of myself as tough. i was telling some of my friends the other day that i want to get a subaru or Mit car in future. i especially love the sports rim and the super high spoiler kind, with an additional spoiler in front.haha.i know its totally AH BENG, but i am definitely not an Ah lian! winfred and reg said my kind of car was ugly=(.

after watchin the proposal, i went on to meet vincent,reg,winfred for another movie!FINAL DESTINATION!reg was cool,she went ahead with this movie without knowing much about it. and yes, 3/4 of the movie was spent seeing her burying her head in her shirt!she kept asking me what happened which i refused to.i wanted to make her watch everything, esp the gory parts!haha.i rmb how one scene scared me that i jumped and that made reg and winfred beside me jump as well.it was hilarious.it was a movie with good effects, but lousy plot. i thought it was something different from the previous final destination movie 1,2,3.but it was totally the same. different cast,different scenes but same plot.sigh.disappointing.why couldnt they have titled the movie final destination 4!?!?!

and yes, after the movie, as usual, everything we walked past or saw, we got sensitive and began scaring each other that we were gona die. guess the movie had achieved in scaring the audience that "IT HAS COME" ( death, in this case i think!)

ok.got tons of work to do!finally, work is piling up.haha.not like it nvr was.but its the 4th week.time to mug.=(

once again.....

okies.i finally found time to update my blog once again.

today,my lecturer was asking us whether we blog. very few replied. as usual, no one wants to say anything, either they are shy, or lazy or shy, or lazy.hahaha. then he said " those people who blog, alot of things to say hor".haha.not true. for me, my blog is a way of reminding myself of the significant events that happened in my life. esp since i have failed to keep a handwritten journal of my own. i think i tried a few times. but failed to enter the 2nd day in my diary.haha.typing is so much easier! and i can put photos to remind myself of the memories. you know how they say "a picture speaks a thousand words". so there.

school has just started. this final year for me is pretty easy goin. with 4 modules, though they all come with projects, i am glad i do not have school on Friday!yay!long weekend. not looking forward to ending my study in NUS. i think i will miss going to lectures with my friends. eating at every hour when i can with the cheap and good food all over NUS. i will definitely miss training in the climbing gym.sigh.

was thinking of getting my own car a while ago. saw this Mazda Funtop 121 that was priced at 8k.cheap deal.but maybe not, once u consider paying for road tax, servicing, petrol,parking, etc.haha.but it was nice going down with jansen to a 2nd hand car shop.gosh.they have got sooooo many cars on sale there!tsk tsk.and this is just one of the shops, there must be at least a hundred over in Singapore itself!saw this gorgeous Peugeot sports limegreen car.made me salivate!!!

and to be frank, having driven a car around for a month plus, i think back on my thoughts when i was younger. how i would not need a car coz public transport is good enough. and before i knew it, after getting my license and being able to borrow Jay's car for a while, i came to realise to joys of driving a car. apart from the woes i experienced. i guess its human greed.haha.one thing leads to another. but heck, i m free to imagine what kind of a car i want to drive in future!

okies.im getting a little tired from typing alr.Kenneth passed a movie to me he managed to help me get hold of

THE NEVER ENDING STORY!i watched it as a young child. and i still rmb the movie,bits and pieces of it.its a great show!if u can, try and get hold of it!=)

back from thailand!

I finally found the time to update my dear blog once again!eversince I came back from Thailand I was stuck with having to rush out my assignment due in 4 days time.cant believe I was stuck at home for at least 2 days doing it up.its not so bad when everyone else is doing it, but it sucks when only you are stuck at home with it.haha.but Im not complaining anymore.BECAUSE I AM DONE WITH IT!

Lets see what happened on my first trip to Krabi- Thailand!=)

On Day 1 arrived at phuket excited and not so happy with my bag load.but I couldn’t wait to visit the famous Tonsai island which almost all of my climbing friends have been to and I have not. Once we exited the airport, swarms of taxi drivers “devoured” Jansen and I with offers to take us to Ao Nang pier where we would take a long tail boat to Tonsai. We rejected all of them because we wanted to take a cheaper means of transport. Didn’t mind the wait, but along came this super super insistent cabbie who kept lowering his offer to take us to the pier. Finally, he ended giving us the offer of 200 THB to Krabi bus station!which was not too far off from Ao Nang Pier. Jansen and I looked at each other and said yes without thinking. Ok.we thought for a little, but it was such a great offer we couldn’t resist.

We were in the cab for less than 5 mins when the driver stopped us along the road and beside the bus stop and said we were here. Jansen was shocked because that was not the Krabi bus stop he knew.we clarified with the driver and he said he told us he would take us to one of the bus stop that we could TAKE A BUS TO KRABI BUS STOP!

CONCLUSION: we got “toked”

“toked” means to be cheated, especially when it involves money.

We could have easily gone to the bus stop on our own way cheaper.but yea.hard lesson learnt.

Routes that I onsighted:
1.Groove Tube (firewall), I climbed up with my whole bag of stuff and reached the first pitch!it was breathtaking up on the first pitch of groove tube!i could see the whole of tonsai beach! Perspiring and shaky me had to learn how to tie a prusik chord and abseil down!all learnt in about 10 mins???? And yes, on the way down the abseil line, I kept telling Jansen I didn’t want to die. And I didn’t!=)
2. climb of the ancient mariner (melting wall)
3. Schlingel Moritz (at the tonsai beach)

routes I sent!=)
1. Schlingel Max (Dums kitchen)

routes attempted:=(

- at the Nest wall.
1. Technobug: it was my first route I attempted in Tonsai. Was a total noob. Scared of this. Scared of that.gosh.looking back, I wish I wasn’t so lousy.haha.it was just a simple 6a that Jansen breezed past!
2. Banana hammock
3. Little fish
4. Britishly White. My first 7a!and yes, I hang dogged the route!Jansen very kindly offered me to clear the clips and yes I went up feeling butterflies in my stomach. The starting left me off the ground and overhanging!i didn’t want to fall before the first clip and break my back on the rock!haha. the rope drag on this route is freaking bad!it took two people to pull the rope down!it was a 7a route on its own to clear the rope.

- at Melting wall
5. Captain hook

- at Tonsai Beach wall
6. Lion king! My first 6c route!heard so much about it, wanted to challenge myself on this route. The beginning was alrite. But when I reached the lions head. I had practically nothing to step on!blame my lousy footwork and hole in the shoes!hahaha.i was afraid to even load any weight on my feet and ended up stressing my upper body. I took a long time on this route! But I want to send it on my next trip!something scary happened on this route, I was supposed to clear the clips for the person who left it up. And when I finally reached the top I realized I forgot to bring a crabiner to top out!i looked down on Jansen who was belaying me and asked him what to do. I was shaking up there by now. He told me to take out my belay rope and tie in again. I was scared when I heard it man!it was a totally unorthodox method and never tried before by me!he had to warn me that if I lost the rope while untying it, I would be stuck up there forever. To take out my belay rope meant that I was relying only on my sling which was clipped into the ring anchor at the end!if any of those gave way. I would say good bye to everyone. And so with my fingers shaking and my breath becoming irregular I untied the belay rope and tried in vain to tie a new figure of 8. The frustrating thing was I could not tie a figure of 8 at all while I was up there!i was panicking too much to be able to tie one properly. I kept looking down at Jansen for help. But he couldn’t really help much except just look. Desperate I shouted at Jansen for help!he told me to take the quickdraw and tie a double figure of 8 and attach it to my harness. I did it. And yes.strange enough, I was able to tie a double figure of 8!and so with my body still shaking, I was lowered down.finally!was alittle upset at myself on this route for forgetting how to tie a figure of 8. and Jansen thought I was angry. Resulted in a little misunderstanding. But we cleared it up.
7. Hang Ten.A 7C route which Jansen promised me a PRADA HANDBAG if I could clip all the way till the 3rd clip!i agreed. Did ok for the first 2 clips. At the 3rd clip. My left hand had to hold a lousy slopper and I struggled to pull in rope to clip.by the time I managed to pull enough rope to clip.my left hand gave way alr!dar.i missed the PRADA BAG!=(

Spent the last 2 days in Tonsai Bay resort feeding our bodies to bed bugs!had 2 sleepless nights in a row from bed bugs bite. Could hardly sleep. My whole body was itching like mad. I had like 5 bites in a row.wonder how those puny little disgusting things could cause so much damage to my body. The minute I closed my eyes, my body would start itching. At first, on the first night, I thought it was mosquitoes flying around.i got up in the wee hours of the morning to light the coil.couldnt sleep after that.played with my Nintendo DS till daylight. The next night was not better. Jansen spammed the beds with the NS repellent. The infamour green tubes which is reputed to burn through skin FAILED! We were still getting the bites. We gave up.slept at the beach.it was freezing and all. We experimented with the repellent. We caught a bed bug and put a circle of repellent gel around it to see if he could get past. At first it tried to avoid it.but after about 5 seconds, the bug happily scurried across the “line” of defense. I smeared more all over it. And the more I smeared, the faster the bug ran over the “lines”.darn. I should have know it didn’t work.haha.

Moved over to Railay beach just next to Tonsai beach.got up super early in the morning to trek over with our barang barang because it was low tide.could cross over all the barnacles and sand without getting wet. Had to make 2 trips coz we had too many stuff to carry. It was a move slightly more manageable than moving out of hall=)

At Railay Muay Thai wall:

Onsighted:
1. Nuat Hin

At 123 wall:
Onsighted:
1. king cobra.
This is a route which all the schools bring their students to try it. Good and easy warm up route. But the rocks are well polished.makes gripping hard.so smooth la!
2. Make a way.
good long route!28 m!we had just enough clips for this route.phew.

Sent:
1. short and savage.
Was about to give up on this route after failing to send it 2 times. But Jansen urged me to give it another try. And so I did, and I sent it!yay!i finally knew the feeling of sending a route which I thought was almost impossible.yes.i will always remember this feeling and always look forward to it!

I did a short summary of my thoughts while up on this route:

1st attempt: “where the heck are the holds?”
2nd attempt:” hmm, I think I know where the good holds are and when to rest, I know I can do it.” ---the next minute, “ jansen, can I rest?” darn.
3rd attempt: “ I know I can do it!—SENT!

Trekked over to the low tide wall

Onsighted:
1. walk in the park
- name suggests it all!

Attempted:
1. Narsilon!it was a 7a which I wanted to just give it a try with no expectations!i saw a good rest spot in the middle of the 28/30 m long route and aimed to go all the way there first. Did pretty ok for the first part. I didn’t expect to finish the beginning and reached the spot to rest!the crux was just about to happen. Tried for a few times and finally got it. And the second half of the route, I began to hang after every clip!ahaha.i suck!

We got stranded after doing these 2 pathetic routes because of the high tide. We slept around the rocks and I played with all the sand and water I could find.took random pictures of the sand,sun,sea. We were stuck doing nothing for 5 hours!i was never so bored.decided to pack up and leave at about 6pm because the sun was setting. I didn’t want to be stuck on this beach at night! We started to trek, the tide was still high.i slipped and fell and guess what.my beautiful havianas broke!darn.had to break at this timing. How could I continue walking barefooted when I could not see what I was stepping on?and mind u, the rocks at the bottom were sharp.i was scared.jansen was already waist high into the body. Just then a boat came and offered to help us!PRAISE THE LORD!we arrived on shore safe and sound and half wet, and I was still missing a slipper=(

Left Krabi for Bangkok on the 31 July 2009!

Stupid plane got delayed.we were stuck at the airport playin the Nintendo for 2 hours. Got onto the taxi to a cheap inn. Poor jansen, left his hp in the taxi and couldn’t do anything about it.

Finally, the day of shopping had begun!took a train and got off at Mot Chit station. The station that leads to the shopping heaven!haha.THE FAMOUR CHATUCHAK MARKET!the place is humoungous!3500 stalls!we didn’t know where to begin. We decided to split up for the good of both.and yes.i never did so much shopping in my life!


Day 2 in Bangkok saw us goin to platinum mall!another shopping heaven!but this time, its better with more people coz the prices become wholesale= sickly cheap when u buy more than 3 pieces of clothing in that stall! I could only buy so much before my pockets burned. Amazingly, jansen ran out of money before me!muahaha.gave him the rest of my money to buy him a spanking pair of white shoes!=)

We bought so much that we shipped a box worth 10kg back to Singapore because we were severely overweight in baggage from our climbing gears. Cost us 74 bucks but I guess it was worth!=)

MORE SHOPPING TO BE DONE in Bangkok

And yes, I enjoyed myself in this trip.i learnt a lot of climbing techniques and the dos and donts thanks to Jansen=) he taught me with patience how to abseil, top out, etc.thank you!cannot wait to go back to krabi again!

I AM SORRY.......

last saturday had a very very good dinner with reg,ken,jiahua,shaoting,marissa with surprise guest alvin and eli!haha.we went to Castel's Pizza! at Ang Mo kio. some ulu coffeeshop which u will never expect to eat good italian food. but I DID!=) THE FOOD WAS NOT ONLY SUPERB BUT VERY VERY AFFORDABLE AS WELL. i daresay i would be willing to fork out about $14 for my past. but guess how much i paid? $6 only!no gst no service charge!!!

http://sfigato-pizza.com/

heres the website.go check it out!=) this is a thumbs up recommendation. parking can be at 2 different multi storey car parks. or if you are garang enough, can just park beside the coffeeshop and wait like those ah peks. who park their taxis and eat and wait anxiously for the '"fatimahs" to come and fine them.hahaha.


Puttanseca! number 27!!!one of the chef's recommendation!

not too creamy and slightly spicy!the mushrooms and olives and anchovies were a great combination!

pity my camera was out of batt, else i would have taken more photos. my poor cam mustered enough power to last this one shot=(

i really cannot wait to go back there and eat agaiN!


anyway, reg was so amazed i actually bought PINK DOLPHIN to quench my thirst instead of just water that she insisted i took a picture of it.haha.the reason was, water in Cheers was more expensive than Pink Dolphin!call me a cheapo. but i had a whole bottle in the car. lazy to get only.but dying of thirst at that time. and hmm.Pink Dolphin didnt turn out too bad.haha.not too sweet.just nice. now i know where reg gets her water of life from. coming from the girl who hardly touches water. its Pink Dolphin that gets her going!!hahah.

but i will choose water over anything to quench my thirst!=)


anyways, im down to my last week of placement!!!!i cant believe 9 weeks has passed sooo quickly. i remember when i first started out, i was complaining about waking up so early and having to travel all the way down to Changi Prison. but actually, i am still complaining now.haha.i guess complaining is a way for me to vent off my frustration of not having enough sleep!!! but im still alive!very much!

this last week is gona be so hectic and crazy for me.trying to rush my assignments that are actually due 2 weeks later just so i can make it for my krabi trip enjoy it without worrying abt the assignments. but yes. my hair might turn white before i get to relax!sigh.

can you believe it!I ACTUALLY BROUGHT WORK HOME!

I AM SO SORRY TO MYSELF! I realised if i dont bring work home tonight, i might not be able to finish everything by this fri.

and this brings this post to an end.coz its WORK TIME!groans.

long long ago.

gosh.its July alr!and my last post was 10 june!sorry for not updating dear blog.haha.was lazy to even log in at times.

well, now that i have abit of time to spare.shall attempt to write some of the most impt events that happened to me in June till now!sit back,relax and enjoy!=)

remember to look at something distant or something green for a few minutes after staring at the computer screen after half an hour alrite!take good care of your eyes!

AYG
alrites!this is something new and exciting that happened in my life. i got the chance to take part in the opening ceremony of the 1st Singapore Asian Youth Games!yippee!my friend melvin needed skaters and asked me if i was interested.i knew it was too irresistable an offer to reject.so on wednesday, 24 june 2009, i went for my first rehersal. was new to all the other skaters because they all knew each other before that. they were trainers from Singapore Inline skating school!whoaaa.these guys and girls are really pro skaters. i took my hat off to them while i saw them skating.kinda made me feel inferior. here i was supposed to perform in the AYG ceremony when all i had were trainer skates!hahaha.those that had the brakes in them.so NOOB!all the others had like blades WITHOUT BRAKES!coz they could do the T-brake.i could do it too.but fumbling alittle.and yes.did i mention i felt like a noob with my old school blades?i bought them when i was in sec 2!can u imagine that!!!!learnt to skate better during the rehersals and i learnt how to blade in a circle!=)weeee.

and on the day of the full dress rehersal, my good ole blades had to break the first strap of the blades!leaving me unable to wear them further!i was so pai seh, but thank God my friend lent me her blades.the PRO ONES!and yes, u can guess, they came WITHOUT BRAKES!haha.they were so much lighter!i could hop around in them!i was given the role of the one skating out to the middle and lying down waitin to be "killed".oops.take it back.waiting for my friend to jump over me. suffered a few bruises because my cool blader friend "decided" to only jump when they hit me.so i suffered la!haha.but they were all sooo good!jumping over 5 bodies!gosh.i wish i could do it.

on the day of the openin ceremony, we all got psyched up for the grand opening of our show. it was a flop.not on our part. the organisers last minute told us they had been giving us the wrong music all this time to practice on. we now officially had an additional 12 seconds to do something!my leader michael went crazy. he was so mad with them.but nothing we could do. all we had to do was to think of something to do for the 12 seconds. the kids at bendemeer and bukit panjang had practised for too long to try out new stuff. so my boss, gathered his lil kids and they did the extra 12 secs!phew.

crowd was disappointing, im sure many of u have read the reviews on the newspaper. the poor emcees were tryin to make the crowd cheer, but sad to say, their voices on the mike were so much louder than the crowd.so much for the supposed 7000 crowd present at the opening ceremony.so little publicity was given.even my friends didnt know there was an AYG opening ceremony when i told them i was involved. they only started advertising for it on saturday, probably after they received the footage from the full dress rehersal on friday!

the best and most memorable part of the opening ceremony!!?!?the 2 most pro skaters who bravely jumped over 5 bodies were not captured on camera!gosh. the camera man had to move his filming over to the dancers who were just coming up for the next performance. whats there to see when the dancers hadnt started their dance yet?the fireworks on the bladers lighted up so late that the whole performance was delayed. probably causing the cameraman to shift his attention as well. and best part. i couldnt see myself on tv.haha.not that i was dying to be.but at least a glimpse would have been interesting=)and yes. it was a huge disappointment for us!but through this, i made many new friends, and reignited my love for skating. new blades here i come!this time without the brakes=)

FLEA MARKET
had my very first flea market on saturday!=)went with 1/4 of my wardrobe excitedly with keshin to get rid of them. the venue was sweltering with heat!the air conditioners couldnt work coz the crowd was way too big.good for them and us, but bad coz everyone was perspiring like mad. i managed to sell off close to $100 of my 2nd hand clothes!=)very very happy!looking forward to more shopping in BANGKOK!cant wait for the nxt flea market!haha.

and speaking of fleas, my next topic.

STUPID ELLIOT'S TICKS
spent the past few days removing ticks from ELLIOT.gosh.the amount of ticks he had, i believe could cover his whole body one shot!poor boy. only we were capable of removing them.hada pinch the bodies and just pull it out.along with abit of Elliot's hair.haha.i hate them.those horrible bloodsuckers.jansen and i had a fine time removing them yesterday!got rid of so many, we didnt feel like counting them anymore.i wonder how it feels like to have so many ticks on your body?hmmm.

MUAY THAI COMP
didnt get to take part in my muay thai comp which i had trained and waited impatiently for almost a year!!!=(due to the horrible fall i had in school 2 weeks ago. left my left shin and right thigh horribly bruised!so bruised that everyone almost died when they saw it. my shin was swollen, my ankle was affected as well. sad sad sad.but NUS won overall for the school championship!so happy for them=)looks like i got 1 more year of training at least!=)

ROCKMASTER
didnt do very well for my last bouldering comp!didnt have a good chance to train coz of work and my stupid finger injury from pumpfest. and so wasnt hoping for much.but i have to admit the walls were big and beautiful!

HANDPHONE DYING
and yes, my poor samsung D900 which is almost 4 years old is dying. its lifespan is less than one day!gosh.i apologise for not being able to return smses and calls because very often, my phone dies when im out!so if i dont reply u! or reply u real late. time for you to get me a new phone=)haha

MY MOST SLACK DAY EVER.
i think i might have just set a record for the slackest day every!was at jansen's hse. woke up,read ARCHIE COMICS.slept.woke up.ate a bun for breakfast.read another ARCHIE comic, watched TV,had lunch,read another ARCHIE comic, slept,woke up to leave for FACIAL!haha.my most unproductive day ever ever.