blogging at 4plus in the morning? you are not seeing things, it is indeed 4plus in the morning. the 128km bike rally is gonna start in less than 3hours time, and leave me a sms if you want to encourage me or what, i can read them at checkpoints. thanks to some who have did.

see you at the checkpoints!

i think the choice is clear to me after today. i went to the NUS open house with my sister as she had lab meeting in the morning. there's this cool Polish dude in her lab. i asked around and talked to quite a number of profs. if i were to take Mechanical Engineering, which i think i might, i will specialize in Aeronautical Engineering in the honours year. so i will have 2 certs, hopefully a first class in Mec. Engin and i will also get a cert on the Specialization in Aeronautical Engineering. if not i will end up in chemistry, i dont mind either. just NUS will do.

then went to suntec to get my audio-technica headphones. spent like $115 on it. but its really very good. anyway, yesterday's dinner was full of jokes. what else could anyone expect with john and fiona around and we were at HOOTERS! thats the restaurant where the waitresses are dressed in tight sleeveless and flourescent orange short-shorts. sat there for quite long, the food wasn't bad. shared this vodka mix with melodie that we did not stir. well, it was a good night out with the peeps. without ocip, there wouldnt be such friends.

and happy birthday to val. xie. i think she deserves a spot in my space here. and now i know why black friday separates her birthday and melodie's. its a prelude. i dont think she will read this and she better not read this. if she comes by, john will just go crazy.

out to chill

finally, PART I of blocktest one is finally over. just pray hard and hope it wont turn out bad. results will prove if i had put in enough effort for this exam.

firstly, i would like you peeps out there, look out for this new dude. one day he's gonna make it big. i know this is a bit late, but congrats on being under the radar of maestro guitars. hope you get endorsed soon! for those who dont know him, he's zhengyi. my very good friend from anglican high now in vjc. here's a video of him, covering the song 'For you i will(confidence)' by teddy geiger.



i've been practicing rather crappy but fun songs recently. check yes juliet by we the kings. ridiculous song. still have to clap before the chorus. im gonna kill anyone who suggests that we should play that on any show. gonna start practicing very hard now, i've got the holidays to play my guitars and study PHYSICS!

im gonna rest and chill out tonight. the weather's pretty cold, so its really chill. a bit of alcohol once in a while is fine. (: see you doods tonight.

general paper's likely to pull down everything again. just hope for the better tomorrow.

skipped the practically useless math lecture to leave school at 1pm to study at home. will miss school tomorrow, self-declared study leave.

as usual, i dont get the sunburn fom the tryathlon. got tanned though, who doesn't? band concert yesterday was rather alright, but i think the conductor was rather interesting. he managed to tick off the whole crowd inside the concert hall. at least he has some potential that allows him to complain, the guitar conductor was just a pile of rubbish.

there were plenty of flowers at victoria concert hall yesterday, including a 'SPECIAL' species that usually grow in the fields and have pink flowers. i got a shock when i saw that weed/flower/plant in the concert hall. never knew weeds/flowers/plants listen to music. but it was still a good day yesterday.

so now will be shower, guitar, study sleep study and sleep. good luck for blocktest one, though your birthday falls on the toughest day.

tryathlon was a flop. the weather wasn't cooperative. heavy downpour at about 7 in the morning at Sentosa, i managed to get there at 6.30 by maxicab. after so much planning and stuff, things still went quite wrong.

gideon did not get the bike he rented. so he used mine.
parents should not be allowed in the transition area, but there were so many in there.
keep left unless overtaking. the latter would be possible only if the road was wide enough.
finisher's trophy? how 'bout a tin of milo powder.

cycled home from Sentosa. 50km, i completed it in 2h30min. average speed of 20km/h. managed to get home sooner than i thought. at this speed, i should be able to complete the bike rally next week under 7 hours.

im tired. sleep and study through the night. long day tmr. again.

sometimes, some things are just not within our control. i cant stop time although i wish i could. simple things are so tough to get them done. just like some simple words are hard to say because they can carry more meaning than what you think.

but, life goes on. 5days to start of bt1.

its been a hectic week. really thank God that its friday tomorrow, and i'll drag myself to school again. it hasn't been a really enjoyable week for me so far. pushed myself to the limits. got home tired and sore yet still have to study.

i was glad that there were some people around me that push me on. like my classmates. they never stop mugging. if i stop, i'll lose out. so i'll never stop and i want to try keep up with them.

after training yesterday, it was with the coach, i really start to hate him even more. last time was his lack of ideas. now he's lazy. i dont know what he is aiming for, but i dont really care since i'll be more or less gone even before the season ends. i got really tired after training yesterday, the hamstring strain is keeping me from walking properly today. i still have to cross the overhead bridge that has 2tiers to get to school in the morning.

i aint got much to say, rather dead from the day to day fatigue. i dont have much time left to revise my work, somehow the blocktest dont feel like an exam. milo tryathlon this saturday, bike rally briefing and band concert on sunday, bike rally and badminton training camp the following week. holidays will be doing balloon sculpting for service learning, after physics blocktest will be the actual service learning. i still have 3 more weeks to go till my good break.

i heard that there's plans to go back to vietnam during december period. hope it wont coincide with the canada trip.

anyway, for bike rally, the route is more or less out already. so it will be
1: East Coast Park
2: Labrador Park
3: NTU
4: Kranji Resevoir
5: Yishun Stadium
6: Serangoon Stadium
7: Changi Carpark
8: East Coast Park

total distance will be 128km, its no easy feat. so please support the cyclists if can. i'll be one of them.