7 posts tagged “school”

ah, the urge to blog has really left me. i daresay not for good, but for a significant time at least.

Conversation with my Dad:

Ummm. Life is good, June holidays really gave me the time to think, reflect and slow down. 

So today was RI(JC) Open House. 

School is a distraction, school gives me a valid reason to push other things out of my mind, to focus all thoughts and energy on work/cca/etc.
School tires me so much that I'm to tired to brood over stuff.

So I like School, because School gives me a certain kind of distance, a certain kind of "personal space".
School gives me a measure of reclusiveness, a choice for solitude when I need it.

Holidays are cool, but they give you too much free time to think, especially to think about stuff you should not think about.

I know what's best for me, I only wish things would be simpler.

Random: Training today was awesome. It was awesome for the pure simple fact that it's a sign that my life is going back into a routine, but it was particularly awesome because we just played a long match for training. And although so many of us have so much to work on, it was just nice kicking around. I played with no inhibitions, no expectations, just pure fighting spirit. I think this is when I love soccer the most. (Although my big toe is bruised because Adi stomped on it when we were tussling for the ball, but I forgive you Adi!!) :D

i cleaned up my desktop hooray!

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and look, my icons are all from peanuts! thanks to a fellow mac lover

AEB today, quite cool to be back at BTNR, and climbing all the steps was good training again, many random memories there came back to me. hk food for dinner with great company.

maybe i'm overthinking and all, but what i'm going to do in future bothers me. what bothers me the most is that what i enjoy, what i have interest in, what i'm passionate about and what i want to do are four different things.

i guess for each of the four things there's a little bit of the others, so how does one choose between the enjoy, the interest, the passion, the want?

"On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow." — Friedrich Nietzsche (1844—1900).

regardless, i know i want to keep climbing, in the various aspects of my life.

long overdue post on PSB Night,
truthfully, PSB might not be the thing that i feel the most for in school, but then again there's strong competition from OSL, ODAC and 209. but my experience in there has been enjoyable, and it's only from PSB that i got to know so many others, and i'm glad to have shared the spirit that makes psb PSB. the day when i cease wearing the SPSB badge will be most uncomfortable, not because now people have to means to recognise me as an SPSL, but because it's almost like a responsibility, a commitment and a spirit has been so obviously physically taken away. what matters most after all, is what's in the heart.

i think i haven't touched my mac since thursday and i don't even feel deprived (surprise!)

busy busy busy.

got to SAFRA tampines by 10am on monday for pre-race briefing and race pack collection; it's super far from my house. bused to bishan by 2.30pm and had lunch+yami yoghurt (happy happy joy joy!). was supposed to study math but ended up at the arcarde with rene, juan, viv and wei. fotohunt is extremely addictive, and even more exciting when 5 people crowd round the machine.

juan and i got to RI by 6pm to change into formal uniform, after which we hung around some random corner because juan had to wait for the arrival of her court shoes. dinner was served at 7.45pm and my table provided laughter and much saboing (with flowers ahem) :P

QOTD: "i'm beginning to notice a trend, boys liking boys and girls liking girls" - ORA Dinner Emcee, after choruses of "i love you paul!" by RI prefects and "i love you xiner/yanhan! by RG Student Leaders.

left early at 9.30pm with juan, packed for race and fell into bed at 11.30pm.
awoke at 4.30am (horror, only 5 hours of sleep on before race!), got to SAFRA tampines by 5.30am.

SAFRA AVventura 2007 Youth Category flag-off at 7am.
i can't describe everything that happened but i can say that it was all fun, muddy, sweaty and hot. there are so many things i could have done better and all but i'm quite proud of finishing it. after all, i had nothing to lose and could only gain, no matter the outcome. not as satisfied with my running, and i fear i might be facing the end of my long distance running "career", with my arch hurting after running 3km and feeling numb near 4km. it didn't help that the bagpack kept chaffing my neck, giving me nasty abrasions. found happiness in the biking sections, my first time doing xcountry biking; i think offroad biking is much more challenging and much more fun than cycling on asphalt, would like to do it again if possible.

of course there were logistical and manpower holdups, but there's no point dwelling on it - it's typical of most races with so many participants. personally, i am of the opinion that if you're experienced and really good, and you're in this adventure race to win, then you most probably would be ahead from the very start and hence able to be ahead of the holdups; especially since Youth cat was the first to be flagged-off. we were obviously not one of such teams, given we had only one major training.

overall i achieved what i wanted to achieve (for myself and for my team), and i think chao and i fought our own inner demons along the way.

no matter, this is my first year in such an adventure race. with more experience, it can only get better from here onwards.