the ironman invasion begins
Sunday, September 30, 2007
moi printer>
arghh...my printer was jammed with a small tiny little piece of torn paper...
now i cannot get it out. and i got no working printer in my room!!
HELP!!
Saturday, September 29, 2007
more time more time...>
sometimes i wished things could be more direct
sometimes i wished things could be simpler
but things doesn't always go the way you want them to be
or maybe somethings are just not meant to be
or maybe more time should be given
now, i shall let the other things fill my life
i know this is not what i really wanted it to be
but maybe things will be better this way
Thursday, September 27, 2007
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"Each night, when I go to sleep, I die. And the next morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."
-Mahatma Gandhi
away from the harsh realities of the world>
.back to mugging.
.i yearn to ride on my bike again.
.this shall be done after my mid term test.
.i want to go for an ironman race.
.this shall be done when i go to france in 2009 for sep.haha... today i was watching youtube videos of ironman races during my adobe photoshop course. suddenly felt the surge of desire to go train for another ironman.. but with so many things to do nw, i doubt this could be accomplished by next year...haha... probably in 2 years time ba...need sufficient time to train...
felt so screwed today... actually thought today was tuesday instead of wednesday!!! haha... anyway, recess week is coming to an end soon. my mugging is behind schedule, but its ok... as long as i don't flung my mid - term tests and lynette don't come chasing after me =P.
so many blog posts le.. don't really know what to write...haha... yesterday while i was on the mrt travelling to esplanade for a meeting, i was reading mitch albom again.. somewhat this book is like my dad... who tells me that money is not the world. there are many things that money cannot buy... haha... and coincidentally i was reading this chapter which was discussing about money!!
an excerpt: '... i met people wanting to gobble up something new. gobble up a new car. gobble up a new piece of property. gobble up the latest toy. and then they wanted to tell you about it. 'guess what i got? guess what i got?' 'you know how i always interpreted that? these were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. they were embracing material things and expected sort of a hug back. but it never works. you can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for a sense of comradeship. 'money is not substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. i can tell you, as i'm sitting here dying, when you need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have.'
true enough, there is substitute for love. no amount of material things you have can make up for friendship. but then again, everyone of us will tend to indulge ourselves in a little passion in our life, something that we indulge in, that we enjoy, that will bring us away from the harsh realities of the world. the stress, the politics, the competition... for me, its triathlon. i've sacrificed much of the triathlon part of myself since may, for school. its time i find myself back. its time i start swimming. its time i start biking. and its time i really start running. its time to tri...
Sunday, September 23, 2007
no harm trying...>
wahaha...recess week has just began but my recess week is not even like a recess week!!! with 6 tests coming up right after the recess week, my day is packed hour after hour with activities that i don't even have time to breathe... but then again, i always ask myself if i am giving myself too much stress by mugging so hard, completing every available exercise in the textbooks, but then i would feel guilty if i went to sleep without being able to finish what i had tasked myself to do for the day... haha... nonetheless, i have to work hard... very hard... to acheive the target that i had set for myself.. all these targets that i had set for myself will eventually give me a better life in the years to come - better salary, better house, better car, better position... but are these goals of mine too materialistic? i want to own a BMW 5 series by the age of 30... then again, so what if i had owned one? its just another BMW plying on the streets of singapore. so what if i had a million bucks in my account by the time i graduate... there are many many more people with many many more times money than me...but back to reality, no one would employ you if you graduated with a 3rd class honours. therefore, there is a need to mug. and get good grades. but while chasing these materialistic dreams of mine, i will definitely not forget those intangibles... like family and friendship. these two are the ones which will bring you through tough times. when all seemed lost, these are the two things that will see you through your tough times. on friday, i was reading this book 'tuesdays with morrie' by mitch albom. it was a book wjhich my sec 4 form teacher gave to me during my tspc. and it has definitely taught me how to be a better person in life... and here is one excerpt from the book which i found meaningful...'take any emotion - love for a woman, or grief for a loved one, or what i'm going through, fear and pain from a deadly illness. if you hold back on the emotions - if you don't allow yourself to go sll the way through them - you can never get to being detached, you're too busy with getting afraid. you're afraid of the pain, you're afraid of the grief. you're afraid of the vulnerability that loving entails. but by allowing yourself into these emotions, by allowing yourself to dive in, all the way, over your head even, you experience them fully and completely. you know what pain is. you know what love is...'no matter what the outcome is, at least you can say ' i have tried my best, and i have no regrets'
Saturday, September 22, 2007
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it has been 2 months since the start of the academic year. so much things has happened over such a short span of time. me being elected as the vp of scmc, having sat for my 1st french test and scored an average of 30/40... and now desperately trying to mug for my 6 mid term tests coming next week.. went for 4 x 3hr long practicals, stayed up till 1 plus to 2 plus am to mug, having really really late night suppers at fong seng, running up and down the hills of nus. doing surprise birthday celebrations for friends. guess i'm eventually settling in to the nus life. mug hard, play hard.yesterday, i was reading through my calculus notes.. haha.. i don't even understand a single thingy written on it. well, guess i really have to have a good 2 - 3 days of revision on calculus. but nevertheless, that was not the point. the point is when i went to tutor my student yesterday night, i managed to apply some of my calculus concept and teach him why gradient exists at certain points and at certain points it doesn't. wahahaha... it really felt good then. and i thought i chose the right career path - teaching.. haha... nus. here i am. the ironman is going to take you on. ironman - anything is possible.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
mug. mugging.>
3 years of non-mugging life. the switch back to the mugger life has been drastic. yes. a very big change. it time to bring back the mugger me=). haha. all the best to myself for my french test tmr at 8pm. then after i wil lgo for my long awaited run around nus, reward myself to a sumptuous meal at fong seng if i can find people to accompany me there... haha... or maybe go super snacks to find the pgp people=) and hmmm... do my lab report by tmr cos its gonna be a busy weekend coming for me!!! i want to finish my tutorials and lab reports by friday!!! haha... sounds like a ambitious aim. but i believe it can be done!=) nothing will be able to stop this ironman - anything is possible..
Friday, September 07, 2007
deep in thought>
why bother giving so much to the others? you should start taking care of yourself.
this was the same thing or rather the same idea that has set me thinking about a year back when i was training for my ironman. you see, there are times when you seem that you have lost your focus. thats when you stop, look back, and recollect what you have done, and start thinking whether those that you have done is worth it or not. but for me, i've never regretted starting doing what i've already done. i've always felt great swimming 3.8km, cycling 180.2km and running 42.2km. nothing beats the excruciating pain going down your nerves. nothing beats the feeling of twitching muscles. nothing beats the cramping of your thighs. afterall, when i see the finish line, i will look back and tell myself that yes, i have done it. and i will do it again.
same goes for whats happening in school. school work to cope, stress from other students, scmc work to cope, putting others before yourself...organising activities for friends to keep in touch with each other... yes. i must admit that sometimes i have thought why am i initiating such stuff... why not the others? but guess its just me. i love to see other people being happy. the smiles on their faces suffice to tell me that they appreciate what i've done. and will i continue doing what i'm doing now...yes of course. i have chosen this path and i will continue to tread on this path...
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
i think i need a girlfriend=)>
haha.
i chose to stay lonely in sec school, then jc came and i decided that i should just concentrate on my cca and mugging so as to get a scholarship and enter a good university which will pave a good career path for me.
now that i've got the scholarship that i want, entered a university i want, its time to get into a relationship i guess? i've reached the age of 20+.think i should be mature enough to handle the ups and downs of a relationship, together with my studies, scmc duties and tuition... haha... but then again, i need to find the right one somewhere out there.
hopefully she will appear soon.
