do you remember?

it was the 26th of March, 2005. the girl woke up early that morning for a group meeting at Vivien's house. she got lost, as was customary whenever she finds herself in the residential area of Bukit timah, but finally made it there soon enough. for the next few hours, they practised OM spontaneous questions. it wasnt all that productive but fun nonetheless. they then had lunch where viv's mommy bought the girl mee soto cos the food at home wasnt halal. O.o

it was raining when she left and she made her way to Buona vista mrt. He was late, which she soon learned was customary too. he had been working for his dad all morning and sneaked her a little something. she chose the No drugs ink pen over the bunch of highlighters..

they took the train to Somerset and walked the short distance to Cineleisure to check movie timings. upon discovering that there were no shows with suitable timings, they crossed over to Heeren, trudging through the crowd of girls swooning over a bunch of males performing on stage for a Cleo competition, to where her friend was queueing for a free makeover.

the girl then dragged the boy, half-willingly up the escalator to take neoprints. it was his first and it was theirs too. she then waved goodbye to her friend who was being caked on with makeup and they made their way out into the streets. they stopped by Old chang kee where they bought squidheads..

as they walked along Orchard road, they got free helium balloons. they walked some more and soon came across an adult shop. a bunch of lecherous-looking men were sitting across the shop, leering at people as they walked past. the mischevious two still held the satay sticks from their earlier consumption and thought that it would be fun to pop the balloons with their sticks and give the men a scare. and indeed it was. they walked on..

passing by Tangs, the two accepted a free cup of mineral water each from a random woman. after walking through the crowd for abit further, the boy suddenly claimed that the girl had blocked his way when he was about to get another cup of water from another woman.. -.-

they finally made it to Lido where they proceeded to stand in a long queue for tickets to The Eye 10. they listened to songs on his mp3 player while they waited, both not saying much cos there wasn't much to be said. it was strangely nice..

he offered her his jacket in the theater, which is huge and comfy and smelled of him. during one of the scenes, the girl got freaked when something scary appeared on the movie screen and promptly hid under the jacket. at the same time, he too ducked. (he was scared though he claims that it was only so that she wouldnt be embarrassed) they both stared at each other in the dark for a brief moment.

when the show ended, they walked over to the busstop to head on home. they found out that they were waiting for the same bus. the bus that came was quite full but soon after, two seats were available. she sat and asked him if he'd like to sit too. he sat, but as far away from her as he could, with his legs hanging off the seat into the aisle, and took out his geog homework to do. amused, she simply let him be. at Phoenix, he got off to catch another bus and they parted ways.
it was a sunday morning and she usually slept in. it was after her morning prayers when they started sms-ing back and forth. it was then that he popped the question. she was in shock. she deliberated her answer for abit and waited for her best friend to reply her urgent message. exhausted from all the excitement, she fell back into a deep slumber.

approximately 2hours later, where in that time, the boy had been tortured quite enough, she awoke and her answer to his question was yes.. hillary duff no longer rocked his world.. =)

Happy belated 34th, nw! 2 more months, yes? haha!

on a side note, training today was horrible. yet another deproved 2k timing.. how demoralizing..

aight i think i've wasted enough time, time to call it a night yup!

i love you//

circumstances

trg today was good.. hit another pb and jiaolian was happy.. im still blacklisted cos of my terrible attendance, but still, he has faith in me so im good.. not too sure what's gonna happen to the rest of teammates and it's really ugh.. we gotta do this together manz. we row as one.

right so econs test was.. do-able. i wonder why hmmm

oh yes napfa trials on monday. sbj was good but ipulls was horrid! super unfair la wth.. and 2.4 was pretty bad.. 13.02.. it's been awhile since i ran slower than 12 plus so.. =/ sucks.

other than tt, sch's been pretty fun.. quite mugger ah this week.. goodgood..

okay that's all i guess.

olivejuice//

time of your life

you know, when time seems to pass way too fast for you to think about your actions or anything else. when your very actions seem to have been decided by someone else. my life is spinning out of my control and im too bloody tired to take charge. dammit as if i even had the power to do anything about it. okay more like willpower ah but nvm.

i train my ass off. i know what i want, i want the gold. but it's consuming my life so much, i dont seem to have time to do anything else. i hardly have time for my friends. or they dont have the time for me, come to that.

my studies? god my grades are just dying and i know im the one to be bloody blamed but wth am i doing now? blogging! -shakes head.

studies aside, what really bothers me is my messed up non-academic life. (not that my academics arent messed up la but ohwells)

sometimes you just think tt you've really messed up with the ppl around you. you've missed out on so much. then you think, it's okay you dont need them anyway. so you turn to that one person but you know you cant truly depend on just one person cos Man just isnt made like that. and after all, isnt it always 'bros before hos'?, to quote tt dude from Transformers, though perhaps it's not quite as suitable in this context. right anw, point is, friends are important, but what if you're just not important to them anymore? what if you feel left behind cos You've chosen to be left behind. and now perhaps it's just too late.

and as always, awesome timing to think about my emotional baggage what with looming As and all. time of my life? totally manz.

have i mentioned that i hate my writing skills? quite obviously i have reason to, no? haha wth. bloody school makes me feel so stupid. and everyone else in it too.

idealist

when your expectations of yourself and others reach the point of impracticality, you just have to learn not to care.

works well enough.

happy

yst was a very very nice day.. training in the morning was awesome. was kinda dreading trg since i hadnt gone for 3 trgs this week and was pretty much off form. but hoho i finally hit another pb since dec and it really was a superduper great feeling esp considering tt i capped before i could finish 2k timing last week. so YAY!

yup then walked back to sch with jr and bern, since the back gate is no longer climb-able due to the new shelter and fence.. -.- so yeah then i crashed Mcs orientation for a short while cos they had leftover food, then went for shower. then walked to faraway busstop to take bus to adam rd to meet nw. quality time ftw! =)

going out with mom no woo.. so much for mugging manz.

olivejuice//

placebo effect

i think my throat is getting better.. =/

very screwed up week thanks to my swollen throat.. fever on sunday and subsequent random attacks of headaches tt i may have taken advantage of and have since then done little studying. didnt go for the past three trgs this week too. took a blue slip yst and parents fetched me after civics on their way to the market. class comm reelections yst.. quite some changes but some of us stayed on.. fungs and i are still co-ct reps ooh.. so exciting. i should be doing ihist now..

browsed thru the startutor site tt lakshmi suggested and i might be getting an econs and/or physics tutor.. see how ah, gotta ask dad first..

water trg tmr, i should be able to go. i feel awfully guilty manz but im sick. yar.. =/

right ihist ftw.

wise words

i just read bim's blog and i just had to quote something that muddy said sometime back,

"In school we show them what a canoeist means. At macritchie we show them what a rafflesian means." =)

love you guys!

m18 ftw!

still aching from thursday's trg wtg.. so anw trg yst was quite fun.. concentrated more on my strokes cos it's allegedly the cause of my backaches. i think it's true ah so mehs. anws, yangyang came back to help out and watch our strokes and all tt.. very very helpful yay! oh and 2k timing was just horrible! i thought was making pretty good time despite the bloody wind and just as i passed the 500m mark back, and was tilting to fix my direction, Splosh! i was in the water. wth i capped! wtg! damn damn damn damn annoying! and i got saved by a cj k1 and rowed back with more than half my boat in the water. boos. but 200m bursts was good.. =)

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY ROS FARINA BTE R. FAUZI! sorry i couldnt join you guys for dinner but whee surprise present tmr, yes? =D

okay done updating my player. no longer hafta forward songs hoho! meh i need a new player.. =/

aights back to maths!

dieded

gym trg today was gg. well gym was alright actually but the sets before gym was hell. my quads are so freaking dead gar.

sch was okay. productive enough i guess.. lessons are kicking into full gear and gosh gotta gotta gotta mug. one of my resolutions for 2008 was to mug at least 2hrs a day on top of damn tiring trg but it hasnt really worked out yet.. like yst, i mugged for about 10mins before i knocked out. -.- wtg! must must mug!

i got round to using the money jar system and i've finally managed to get enough change for every pouch. yay to financial planning!

so anw, the holiday to malaysia was fun enough.. 2 days in Malacca and 2 days in Cameron highlands.. i didnt know tt we were gonna stay in malacca until we got there.. =/ yay to surprises! and also, we intended only to stay in cameron highlands for a day but dad realized tt a day there after a 1.5 hrs drive wasnt worth it so yeah tt's why i got back in spore only at 9.30pm the night before sch started.. mehs.

anws, Happy 2008 everyone! cameron highlands super tak happening sia. no countdown no nothing.. ended up watching xmen marathon to sleep.. =/

new year resolutions!
1. lose weight/eat less (we took height&weight for pe today. i shrunk 1cm and my weight is.. yar)
2. mug at least 2hrs a day (as mentioned)
3. dont sleep in tutorials/lectures (i almost fell asleep while rowing yst tho. strange!)
4. put in my all for every training plus dont kill my back
5. do 6 pullups by feb! (btw muddy says tt if i can do a pullup, i should be able to do lat pull-downs of double my weight.. nyeh)
6. do not be distracted by um, outside commitments..

i cant rmb the rest! i wrote somewhere in my diary i think.. owells.

time to mug~!