can't wait for training tomorrow! weeeeee! heh. really, you year 1s have touched my heart! =)) nowadays i can't wait for trainings... whether it's physical training or water training.. i look forward to it. that's seriously what's keeping me going amidst all the shit i'm in and have put myself in for some reason or other...


thanks for making my life worth living for! you guys keep me going from all the fatigue... you just make me feel that working and slogging for the club is worth it! and i promise you guys the endless fun and joy in the club yeah! you guys rawkk!!! we're all like a family now. and thanks for all the care and concern you guys shower on me. i must say you're the pride and joy of my life right now. endure guys! you'll make it great! ;) LOVE YOU GUY!!! *HUGGS&KISSES.


lalala. it's always good to look at all the wonderful things in life and all the happy things when all things look bad/down. =))) it seriously cheers you up and makes you feel so so so much better.


i may not sound constructive right now cos i'm just writing this impulsively.. but what the heck. it's still heartfelt thoughts and yeah... just thought i should pen it down. ;)

here are the photos from SPSYC's sailing FO camp 2006

WHAT A BLAST!!!


this is the BEST camp ever! hahahas. cos 1) it was planned by MEMEME! 2) the seniors were just whackass 3) the participants were SUPERB!!!



i'm so high from camp but totally shagged out. but yea. i'll briefly run through what happened. i met bennett and jun khee at clementi mrt on sat evening.. went to get the next day's breakfast. needed the guys to help me carry the stuff... then we cabbed into poly marina. dropped off the stuff and teng lui hopped on and we set off to jurong east to pick the freshies up. waited till bout 5.15 before we left for poly marina. i was frantic when i realised i left poly marina with the money for the bbq with me. thankfully they managed to pull together enough money or i would have to rush back to pass it to them. STRESS. but it was alright.



once we got to poly marina, we got them settled into the rooms and then started icebreakers. x) meanwhile the seniors were getting the fire started. the bbq was good. the games were good. it was all good lah! hahas. but sadly, it had to rain. that kinda interrupted our plans but we worked out fine. but our treasure hunt had to stop halfway.



so during this period of time, they were free to do whatever they wanted to do... meanwhile, i went upstairs to check on jun khee, solomon and bennett. (oh yeah, we had some tequila!) me, melissa, amanda and a couple others came up. but i was practically the only one who entered the room and stayed on there. all for a good cause!!! i had a free show! the guys were trying to sabotage each other by pulling each others' pants down. it was totally hilarious i swear. solomon was the target... but they stopped awhile after a good fight cos solomon was smart enough to be kicking AND... PULLING PEOPLE'S HAIR!!! HAHAHAHAS. i swear it was damn funny. i have it all on video. and then the next target was bennett. they somehow managed to pull his pants down while he was sleeping face down.(not entirely sleeping, probably just resting) and yeah. we saw him OH-SO-WHITE ASS! HAHAHAS. and because of that, it sparked a fight between bennett and zixuan. they were all out to pull each other's pants down. and after that, i was the next target.. that was when bennett started playing with the lights. hahahas. and cos the guys weren't happy that i just sat there and watched them, taking photos and videos. but yeah. thankfully nothing happened to me lah. RESPECT guys! x))



and so... after that we got them settled into the laser room when we started the bonding session. introduced each other. and it was fun how we "suan-ed" everyone of them. hahahas. cool shit man. even the alumni were not let off. (of cos) ;) after that we went through the basics of sailing so that we could save time in the morning. i must say solomon was just really good at explanations. so it all went well. also.. credit also goes to the freshies who were just absolutely awesome!



after all that, it was "lights-out". hahahahahas. RIGHT. you should have seen the amount of people that went downstairs to gobble more food and still slack around. jun khee, solomon and zi xuan went over to the girls room with me. of cos lah. they wanted to sleep with the girls. tsktsktsk. and while in the girls room, cos there were two mannequins inside, jun khee and solomon started playing with one till the hand came off. so they tried to fix it back. and in the process, started "playing" with it la. totally hilarious. took a couple of photos of that. anyhows, in the end some of the girls went over to the laser room(guys' room) cos... 1) the room stank 2) due to the rain, water sipped in 3) the laser room is just much nicer la. so after awhile, we just went back to the laser room.



jun khee, solomon and me were just crapping around while bennett just fell asleep. hahas. we were just practically disturbing each other and talking shit. damn funny lahhh. and then we TRIED to sleep.. with no intention of sleeping actually. dale came up with my notebook to organise the next day's allocation of boats. so yeah. we got serious for a bit... before we got back to the nonsense. but meanwhile zixuan called from the prata shop to ask if we wanted anything so we placed our orders. after a bit i went downstairs to get my sleeping bag and inflatable pillow. and attempted to sleep then. but to no avail... we just went on disturbing each other. first, me and solomon were sharing my sleeping bag. then jun khee pulled it over. and then solomon pulled it back and then jun khee pulled again and then solomon gave up and started staring out of the window and just crapping. hahas. he was just turned on my LONG FINGERNAILS. hahas. so was dale man! tsktsktsk. naughty boys. anyhow, after waiting so long for the prata to come, solomon just decided to go downstairs to see if it was here. i just stayed on and lied down for a bit.jun khee just went on disturbing me like crazy lah.. saying i was disturbing him together with solomon earlier on while he was trying to sleep.. when in actual fact, it was solomon doing most of the job.



anyways, by the time the prata arrived, which was when zixuan came up to call me down... i just decided not to eat anymore and just SLEEEEEP. but it was a tough thing to do.. cos UNCLE larry was just snoring so loudly.. and there just funny noises in the room lah. hahahahas. you can imagine. uh-hem.



and so i managed to catch about 2 hrs of sleep before waking up at 6am... woke up with a stiff shoulder... =/ tried to wake jun khee up but failed. so i went down on my own to check out what the rest were doing. realised a lot of them didn't sleep at all. hahas. solomon was already rigging the laser 16. the rest were just "nua-ing" around. hahas. all dead flat tired.



by 630 i went up to wake all the helpers up. and got them downstairs. because we had to launch the powerboats already since it was high tide.



at about 7am, we got everyone down, prepared breakfast and started teaching them how to rig the boats. ;) this... "UNCLE", jun khee, did the honours. heh. he did a pretty good job i must add. first he taught them how to rig the pico, letting them have a hands-on experience. then taught kian tat and linus to rig the laser, but the others just stood around and listened and SEE. heh.



after that we let them have their breakfast, before we did a briefing. jun khee did the part on launching and recovery and the capsize drill. after that we allocated the boats and set them out. and then the tiring part of the day came. sailed and sailed and sailed. shout and shout and shout. and yeah. i lost my voice! before all the boats were launched, being on the boat that solomon is driving, it's dangerous.. and it's almost routine that he'll take up far out and do funny stunts la. sharp turns on shit. you've gotta hold on REALLY TIGHT. i must say that jun khee isn't as bad as solomon man. solomon is the KING! hahas.



came back for lunch shortly after... and then went back out to sea... jun khee had to go off so i followed him back to shore cos i had to collect $$ from him.. hahas. waited for him while he showered and almost fell asleep.. but he showered too fast for me to actually fall asleep la. after that i walked him out and came back. decided not to go back out to sea since uncle larry wanted to leave and there was a freshie that was sea sick. so i told him to go up to the room to rest since the aircon was still on. he went to take a shower and i totally fell asleep. woke up in a frenzy only when i heard him packing his things. hahas. i was sleeping on tables. so the tables shook! =x oops. and yeah. slept for a bit more before i decided to go downstairs to see if they were gonna recover anytime soon.



helped to put all the trolleys along the ramp so that it was easier for them to recover. i love FO camps! hahas. cos this is when we have manpower to help us scrub our boats clean! ;) nice. so we did a massive clean up. i decided after a bit to go shower 1st because it is the time of the month and yeah...



so after i showered and got them all gathered at the briefing area, i did a debrief and discussed club matters such as recruitment. the turnout was pretty good i must say. after that did a seniors debrief. yeap. i must really thank the seniors for all that they've done for us.. all the valuable lessons and comments and suggestions and endless support. without them, all these wouldn't have been possible!



after that, all of them went to shower. and we decided to go for dinner together. sadly we only managed to retain a bunch for dinner at jurong point. hahas. it was after a very very long consideration in fact.. that kinda turned some of them away. xP oh wells. whatever.



anyways, i really enjoyed this camp! heh. so hyped in fact. just very very tired now. and i dread sch tomorrow. plus i've tennis...... SIGGGH. TIRREEEED!!! SOS!

and so... i only went for lecture today. MUAHAHAH. thanks to jean. i cabbed to sch, picked jean up from commonwealth mrt since it was raining and we were both running late for lecture. we got there just in time. seetoh hasnt started his lecture yet. ;)



after lecture we went to ikea... kaimun(don't know how to spell her name), jean's gems classmate, joined us for lunch and ikea shopping. she's burmese and really nice. x) omg... when we boarded 14 to queenway, there was this weird guy on the bus. he was like talking to himself. i figured he's been traumatised before or had some social problems that's why he was uttering shit... momentarily shouting stuff like, "women! die! mati!"... "prison! handcuff! police". jean felt he's got an imaginary friend but he never lets his friend talk. hahahas. it was freaky actually. especially when he said "women! die!". imagine if he got up from behind us and came up to us and started hitting us or pulling our hair? i was SCARED! LITERALLY.



had lunch at ikea. i swear we had a feast. jean had beef stew with rice, i had fish and chips just like kaimun. we also ordered 15 meat balls to share and a cheesecake. yes. you can imagine how much food we had. after that, walked around to look for jean's stuff. and of cos, as usual, other things caught our eyes. and so i had to tell jean not to buy cos it's just a plain waste of money and you'll never know when you'll ever make use of those stuff.. after that, jean and i decided not to go back to sch for lessons so kaimun left on her own. jean and i went over to queensway to buy our rackets. went hunting around for the best price. thank god we didnt buy impulsively and regret later. though eventually i did buy something and regret later.



and so we went on our hunt to buy our rackets. to cut down the details, we managed to get good bargains and were thankful we did not buy impulsively. jean got the racket she liked at a good price and so did i. both of us got it at 69.90. and if you're wondering how it looks like, scroll down and you'll know. i din get a pic of hers though.



i bought a nike singlet for 25.90, which i regretted later.. because with that money, i could have bought something else that i actually like more. a pity... but oh wells. it's over. no point brooding and regretting and hating myself for it. i bought a nike tshirt as well for just 22.90. it's really nice. see below. jean bought a white tshirt that was nice too. but sadly, they only had it in her size and it was the last piece. and after that, i went back to the exact same shop and bought the puma bag, black and pink, for 42 bucks. now you see why i'm so broke. sigggh.



but it's a nice shopping spree. i've only got to start wondering how i'm gonna survive the entire month. tsktsk. i always over spend.



after that we took a bus to town. got off at PS... intended to use the toilets and go back home. but we ended up walking around a bit before we left for home. ;)

sadly, i skipped a family lunch yesterday cos i had arrangements to meet shannon and hafiz at parkway already. so yeaps. i was soooo forgetful yesterday. i actually ran after the bus, boarded, and den realised had forgotten to bring my hp and mp3 player. i could have lived without my zen micro but not my handphone! hahas. so i alighted two stops away and WALKED home. got my stuff and as i left, saw my dad drive into the driveway.. hahahahas. and he was commenting on how i should have followed them and could have been home already.



and then.... my dad realised that the day before, he deposited 350 into my account.. but only realising after that i've already taken 50. hahas. so for this month i've got 400!!! =x and he knew he couldn't get it back already. HAHAHA. but yeah. cos my dad's business is doing better now he explained later at dinner.. no wonder he din quite bother bout the extra 50 i took.



and so i went to meet shannon at parkway, by cab! hahas. was too lazy and i was prolly gonna be terribly late hadn't i taken a cab. when i got there, shannon hasn't even boarded her bus! so i ordered a drink and waited at starbucks for her. sadly, haquem(shit i forgot how to spell his name. i know it has a "Q" in there) wasn't at working at starbucks that day. so anyways, shannon came shortly after. we decided not to look for hafiz cos after all he's just gonna play pool with his other friends. after i finished my drink and some bitching, we went over to ya kun's cos i wanted something to eat.



after my hearty lunch, we went inside to shop! weeee... i think i'm such bad influence. you simply spend non-stop when you're with me. so i bought two lovely earrings from six at isetan, then bought two undies and a top from topshop. see below for some pics i took of shannon "trying" her undies. and us trying on the tops. we bought the same one but in different colour. after much shopping, with little money left, we decided to put a halt to our spree and go look for hafiz at classics. but by the time we were about to look for him (i was queuing to withdraw money), he came to look for us instead. and because hafiz lost all his matches and had to pay for pool, he din have enough money... so we all left for home.



nisa was an idiot and din answer her phone so i couldn't meet her. TSK! woman! so near yet so far lah. oh yeah. i saw shaz while waiting for bus. ;)



when i got home, thought my bro some maths. wanted to order kfc for dinner. but because of the rain they were not delivering. so we had no choice but to go out for dinner. my mom was at j8 so we thought we'd go there for dinner and can pick her up at the same time. but sadly, she had a stomach ache so we picked up her and sent her home. den after that we went out to eat. decided after a long consideration to go to marina square for dinner. we actually wanted to go to spagghedies to eat. BUT... the offer wasn't on cos it was a public holiday. SOOOO... we decided to eat at CARL'S JR! omg. my fave. xDDD guess how happy i was man.



and yes yes.. i was so glad dad took us out for dinner cos i finally managed to talk to him about at lot of stuff... and he cleared the air with my bros and explained everything in detail to us. at least now i can understand. however, if he should be covering anything up, i wouldn't know... but yea. i guess TRUST is all i can do. ;)



that's bout it for yesterday. a rather fulfilling day. at least i was smiling most of the time. ;)

and so we haven't trained for so long... yesterday was THE training before FO camp. we had to brush up on our skills so as not to screw up during the camp and deter our freshies from joining our club...


and so the 1st part of the training session was BAD. all of them were rusty and kinda forgot everything. so i had to really drill them. and even after that.. i simply got a headached and stressed out. so many things went wrong and we had so little time left. cos i had to leave early for work. in the end, i had no choice, can't afford to let my team go down like that, i cancelled work and stayed on to train them.


dale and i thought out a plan to train them and brush them up. so we got started on that. (i won't go into details cos the majority of you won't get it anyways, saves me time) ;)


and i'm so glad the plan worked out! and it was a very productive session indeed. i must say i very impressed with teck wee's performance. both dale and i agreed he'll go far if he progresses the way he did. the rest of them improved as well. so i'm happy with that. by far, it has to be the best session we've ever had.


however, we had an accident... human error. the boom hit teng lui so hard on his forehead, it left a deep cut near his eyebrow. he was bleeding so bad... at first, he shouted for help.. he was covering his eye. when we went near, we saw so much blood. seriously, it freaked me out... and i was very afraid that he hurt his eye somehow.. which may have made him blind. thankfully, it was just a cut at his eyebrow. a deep one though. so we sent him back to rsyc to seek help. cos we had to go out and look after the other sailors. he's one funny guy lah. he was still laughing and joking about it. he still said, "oh shit... i scared it will leave a scar" hahahas. imagine. at that pt in time he can still think of such things. i would have been crying man!


so yeaps. there was lightning and it started to rain so we hauled them up and asked them to return to shore and recover. x)) great day indeed. see below for photos. xD


after training. dale and i went to jurong point by bus 30... wanted to have seoul garden cos we were really hungry since we didnt have any lunch. but when we got there, we realised that seoul garden was already taken over by crystal jade. den we thought we'll have fish&co... but the queue was so blardie long.. so we ended up at billy bombers. i really wanted to eat there but dale was hesitant cos he eats there a lot. but anyways, we went there...


both of us took the half spring chicken glazed with honey SET MEAL. omg. hahahas. you can imagine the amount of food (sadly, i forgot to take a photo). but anyways, the food was sooo yummy. hahahs. i practically ate more than DALE. yes... DALE! hahahas. the guy that can eat a whole chicken, 4 chwee kuay, 1 goreng pisang and a drink. ahahhaas. i finished up my milkshake man! strawberry BILLY BOMBERS MILKSHAKE! wooooooooooot! xD see below for the photos i took.














president daryl after a tack.













teck wee, all cool as a cucumber.













daryl keeping a lookout.













daryl POSING.










the dynamo team!!











KC the SLACKER!










dale and i on the POWERBOAT. xD













dale at dinner













yes... my milkshake and ice cream!














look at my ice cream!! x)