CHRONICLES OF THE STUD MUFFIN!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 8:11 AM
Moth balls!!!

Didn't blog at all for last week and this week, so gonna just update what has happened for the past two weeks. Well, actually can't remember clearly what had happened, so gonna just type as i recall. Hmmm, all i remember is that i've been running and running again, since my injury is taking its time to heal. There was quite an important event that took place last Friday, yes, it was project nutz. I've been particularly been training quite hard for this event as it's a running relay race, which obviously utilizes the legs, which I apparently have not inured there, thank God. Hence was looking forward to it as I finally feel that I've a part to play in this event. Anyhow, I was the 1st runner for team A. There were 3 teams from DB that took part in this event, my team, Jun bin's team and the year 1s team.
Well, that Friday was a nerve wrecking day for me especially cos I was the 1st runner!!! I was really nervous till the extent that my legs were cramping even tho i had warmed up and I wasn't even running.
After warming up for the race, Ducky wished me luck and camwhored abit with me. Thank you ducky for being there =) Helped alot! :) Thereafter, I walked towards the starting line which I didn't get to last year. Was nervous like hell, told WeiJie to stand beside me. BbbPoooong! The horn blew! Off the teacher/alumni/old dudes category. 20 secs later, Bbbpooooong! Everything came down to this 1.5km, suddenly my minor cramps came to a halt, my mind was distracted with pure adrenaline rush. All i remember was Zha Mu bursting off and was leading at the start, followed by the 2nd tri-elite team and tailing behind was me! Hearing the crowd cheering for their own team and all the shouting as I ran pass them was quite a memorable feeling, as tho I'm in a Coliseum. Remember consoling myself at the 100m mark that Zha Mu's pace was comfortable. As we hit can2, i could start to feel that his pace was fast, but i kept psyching myself to lock on him, make sure he couldn't pull away. He cut through the curb, i mirrored him. Now he was just a few meters away from me, followed by the 2nd Tri-elite guy, then me, we were all so close like side by side. When we were about heading down the minor slope of block 23, there and then i decided to open up my legs even more and give it a sprint. My intentions were to use downslope which was against gravity, hence to my advantage to increase my speed. So i sprint, he too sprint, and cut the curb again, he also know how to play cheat, sneaky bastard. Anyways i was like tailing him so very close from the hump at the pedestrian crossing till the upslope at block 1. I was so close that if i reached out my hand i could easily touched him. Hmmm, maybe that was my chance to tripped or push him, just like Wen Wei advised. Anyhow, i decided that if i would take the lead, i should whack all out at the upslope. But i knew that Zha Mu still had alot of energy left, he was leaving it for the last 300m, and I? I was dying, seriously, my legs were killing me, but somehow I still could breathe. Weird. The only time I was on par with him, was on that slope. We were side by side, he kept looking at the side making sure that i didn't pull away. We both maintain the pace upslope. When reaching the leveled ground, he managed to lead by 1 or 2 steps. Shit, he was in front of me, i knew that he was gonna pull away from me here, right at the last 300m. No choice, luckily, my instinct told me not to sprint the upslope, knowing my adversary still had the strength to carry on for the last lap. Nevertheless, he pulled away from me once we hit the track, he kept pulling and pulling, that feeling sucked. I was helpless, I just watched him pull away, my legs couldn't take it, but my heart was still able to, damn wasted. In the end, he managed to keep a clean lead of 5 secs. He passed his baton, to the 2nd runner, I was looking out frantically for my 2nd runner which was like 10m away. In my mind, I was like WHAT THE FUCK! Why stand so far! ^&#$%&*^&! Haha, sigh, o well.
To cut short, I rest a little and went back to the race course to pace Denise. To my horror, as I was walking up towards the slope, I saw the Tri-elite girl running back, my thoughts were shit these can't be happening. Anyways, could see that Denise pushed as i paced her, when she passed the baton to Hai, it was quite a distance they were leading, like 20-30m. Anyhow, I'm proud of my team, tho we lost and managed to clinch 2nd. I'm glad that I didn't really disappoint myself as I manage to keep a fairly respectable distance from Zha Mu. Wow, quite an essay, haha, shit, i think i wrote too much again. This is like O levels compo! Haha. Oooo, Xiuling asked me to post that she love my moth ball sweets alot! Haha =) okay, shall stop here, this week is really a busy week, fully scheduled with tests and panel review!!

Here are some photos from Project Nutz!!

Happy bunch of Fags. haha, chee kee didn't run btw! :)

Everyone changed their pose except for WenWei. Cos that is really how he looks.
Cant help that poor thing =(

Hey ducky! Thanks for supporting me! Haha couldn't
miss your DT in the crowd! Love you my pretty girlfriend =)

Tough times don't last, tough men do!!!

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 11:03 PM
Long Time No Bloggy! :)

Hello people! Been awhile since I've blogged! Sigh, let see what is there to blog. Actually there's quite a number of things to blog since the start of the month, but i can't seem to really recall what exactly happened. Hmm, let's see...oh ya, there was the team talk. It was exclusively for year3s only haha. Okay, the team talk helped us clear out some frustrations we had with each other, cleared our mind and break the barrier between the year3s. Also helped us to be more open minded and understanding between each other. Hope that all of us can keep our promise and show results.
Pray that everyone will get back on their feet and gain the trust and confidence needed to boost the team to achieve greatness! Wohoo, easier said than done, nevertheless, it's gonna be a rough road that we will ride on, but i believe that we will pull through the thick and the thin! Okay, soo yar, main aim now for me is Project Nutzzz, Sept trip with the team ( is it confirm? ) and lastly and most importantly for many of us....REGATTA! But the latter can wait, so now my main aim is really to whack on Nutzz. I finally feel useful to 100% cos Nutz is just all about running and Justin only can run. Right? Haha, for now can run, when injuries are finally not a hinderance, shall carefully yet swiftly build up for REGATTA! Yup, so anyways, can tell that the year 3s and a handful of year 2s are training hard for Project Nutz, which is good. I really hope that we will find the strength, endurance, and power from some Olympic dude, that will somehow inspire us or sell us his abilities. Yes, main aim is really to get back the freaking trophy we threw away last year, what a pity. It's not going to be easy but it's not impossible. I think that if i can be on par or ahead of the 1st runner for Tri-elite, we'll have better odds winning, if not it's gonna be hard and demoralizing. Haha, really hope that the 1st runner trips or get a false start like us last year. Anyways, been training my freaking legs for this entire week, not forgetting tmr's training..sian. Really feel like a track and field runner, no more dragon boater, haha.
Oh, let's see what other things I've been up to this half of July, hmmm, oh yar. Kok Keong (Hairy bear bear) and I worked as ushers for a one time job thingy for Omega, the official time keeper of Olympic, wow, sounds big right? Haha it was actually quite a big thing. Let me give you a rough idea, first half of the event was the invitation of Defence Minister, Mr Teo something something, i know how to say it but dont know how to spell it. Anyways, me and bear were suppose to greet him when he arrive. But nothing was according to plan as two stupid Ang Mohs stole our role, of course they were big shots, one of them were Swatch chairman for Singapore & Malaysia, the other was his colleague. But who gives a shit about them, me and bear were NPDB rowers, more renowned than them. We were ushers with background. Kok Keong was National and Ivp champion you know, who can say that? And me? Err, 3rd for Plate finals, dont play play. Haha, what were they? Only big shot with big titles and freaking rich, and one of them had a big boob girlfriend. So what? Anyways, it was quite an experience, we simply just stand there to...Stand there, we were paid $8 an hour just to stand with the omega shirt. During our 3 hour break, we were allowed to eat the food that was being served to the VIPs. The food was gastronomical and delicious from the tip of my tongue till the end of my throat, even though it was just finger food. Bear and I were astonished by the rest of the ushers, whom are our colleagues, they were greedy like scavenges ( just like some people in the team =P ). Despite given adequate amount of food, they went to the storage container and grabbed more food, like alot more, let's say twice of what we were given. Nevertheless, me and kok keong KIO SAI ( wohoo learned this word not long ago) haha, yup. So after our hearty meal, the bear and I decided to go watch a movie, yar 2 of us, damn gay...especially cos we went to cine. Cine...aha the amazing get aways for the unique people, like red boy or the recently know hell boy =). Anyways we caught the movie, Red Cliff, which was not too bad for a chinese film. Quite long winded, but luckily to salvage the film, there was action, with acceptable storyline and characters. Thereafter, we headed back to Paragon which the event was held, from 7-11pm. To cut short, more invited guests like celebrities and musicians were present. Celebrities like Felicia Chin, Alvin? Campus super star winner, and a few other chinese dudes were there, don't know their names, o well. It was quite sad to see and hear the musicians play their crap especially when no one's listening. It was really pathetic cos me and kok keong were the only ones clapping, and you could say that we were paid to listen. Haha, yup, the rest of the people were too busy gluing their eyes on the celebrities or too busy munching their served food, to actually appreciate the fine music.
Okay, anyways, Kok keong wanted to take a photo with Felicia soo badly, not me okay ducky, Kok Keong wanted to take! Anyways, I was supposed to ask in the first place, but my balls that night wasn't the size of a lamp post bulb, it was the size of a peanut. So in the end, Kok Keong went to ask for his photo to be taken.

The Hairy Monster and Felicia Chin

After that i took the opportunity and got my photo taken with her =) Haha, was quite funny ocs there were fans waiting to catch a glimpse of their favourite celebrities. And here we are taking photos with them just for fun. Stupid fans, go home la, also not Hollywood!

See here, she isn't smiling with her teeth, so obvious she is faking a smile. She either thinks I'm not handsome enough to give a proper smile.....OR Kok Keong brush his hair onto her somehow, and she prolly felt violated just like that time when he brush his hair onto my mouth, it was phenomenal! But i believe the reason is the latter! haha =)

Okay I want to end off by saying that, being a dragon boater has really made me open minded and understanding on how others think cos everyone is brought up differently and have different backgrounds. Even though I've been in the team for 3 years, I just want to say this to all my fellow team mates.....EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED!

Tough times don't last, tough men do!!!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 7:34 AM
Shit happens!

Well, 28th and 29th of June was our last June race for the year 3 batch. Needless to say, it was an aching and our hearts were dampened with sorrow that I thought was endless. Sigh, shit happens, forgive and forget. Yes, that's the only way we can heal as a team, is to look forward to the future together. During race dinner, I wanted to play a song for the team, too bad my balls isn't as big as the lamp post, people thought it was.. haha. Anyways the song is "Here I Am" by Bryan Adams, the lyrics has a lot of sentimental values and meaning.

Here's the lyrics.
Here I am
This is me
There's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am
It's just me and you
Tonight we make our dreams come true

It's a new world
It's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day
It's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
Here I am

Here we are
We've just begun
And after all this time
Our time has come
Yeah here we are
Still goin' strong
Right here in the place where we belong

Oh it's a new world
It's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day
And a new plan
I've been waiting for you
Here I am

Here I am
Yeah

Here I am
This is me
There's nowhere else on earth I'd rather be
Here I am
It's just me and you
Tonight we make our dreams come true

Oh it's a new world
It's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day
It's a new plan
I've been waiting for you

Oh it's a new world
It's a new start
It's alive with the beating of young hearts
It's a new day
It's a new plan
I've been waiting for you
(Waiting, waiting waiting)
Here I am

Here I am
Right next to you
Suddenly the world is all brand new
Here I am
Here I am
Where I'm gonna stay
Now there's nothin' standing in our way
Here I am
This is me

Yup, i like this song, really has alot of meaning to it. New world, new start, it's alive with the beating of young hearts. Forget what happened, look forward to the races to come, esp Regatta, with our new and improved team, new goals and new hearts. Yup, looking forward to see what becomes of us for the races to come. Sigh, anyways, my injury is still lingering with once in a while stinging pain. Went to polyclinic today, waited for 5 hours and doc said no fractures but sprained or muscle tear, he said firmly 3 months b4 i can lift weights. He said that if i aggravated it, it would be another 3 months cycle. Sucks. Looks like I can't row for masters. Yup, life sucks, why did I have to get injured, why not other people like Mr Bucktooth. Okay nevermind, dont curse, looks like I have to suck my thumb real hard and go. =(

Tough times don't last, tough men do!!!