Monday, January 29, 2007
my hip hurts... i don't know what caused it, all i know is that i can't run properly with that sharp pain bugging me everytime i try to lift my knee. meanwhile, the only thing (or things) i can do is to ice and rest and pray that it'll go away soon.
and to add on to my list of misfortunes, i suffered a phenol burn on my left arm during chem prac last monday. no, it wasn't due to my carelessness at all. in fact, i didn't even touch phenol because i know of the danger that lurks. but despite all my attempts to avoid phenol, it still somehow managed to get onto my arm because someone (whom i'll murder if i find out who he/she is) did not wash his/her phenol properly at my sink. before i realised it there was a white patch on my arm along with an intense pain which felt like... an ultra painful sunburn? i think...
anw, trainings has been fine for me. getting my form and fitness back steadily. as for schoolwork, everthing's finally starting to fall in place after that mad chase to catch up with the rest after orientation. tests and spas are starting to fall upon us like an avalanche but i should be able to handle them... i think... and the best thing is that i've finally found back my "studying mood", thanks to kap.
econs... argh... major headache...
well, some good news and bad news. our girls team came in 2nd in the under-20 category of the SAA national cross-country championships. well i must say i was impressed by their performance that day. a job well done. but the bad news is that out star runner is an ip and there's this new rule states that ips cannot take part in jc competitions, or 'a' division (something along that line). the thing is that this dumb and crap rule has resulted in a major crisis for numerous CCAs in nj since ip1s and ip2s take up quite a significant portion of the nj population. njcians, i'm sure you all heard the choir people's desperate cry for more people to join them. well, there're not the only ones.
teachers from nj, tj and vj are now writing in to moe to appeal for this dumb and crap rule to be removed and the results will only be made known at maybe like end of this week? really really really hope that they will allow the ips to take part. if not, i'll probably have to form a strike party and go on strike to overthrow moe or something. ok just kidding xD
well i'll just stop here for now. till next time then.
aaron | 9:32 PM
Saturday, January 20, 2007
this is gonna be a long post. i don't recommend reading everything till the end...
Alright, finally back to blogging business after stopping for about a month. Lots have happened during my one month absence from the blogging realm. Actually had the intention to stop blogging altogether but on second thoughts, i decided to continue. But one thing for sure is that my blog won't be updated as often unless my some unnatural occurance can happen out of the blue to stop me from flipping through my notes and pen down what has happened. Speaking of studies, i think there's still quite a bit of catching up for me to do. sometimes i just feel so lost in class. the good thing is that slowly, but surely, i'm catching up with the rest.
i'll talk a bit about orientation here.(i know it's long over and i sincerely apologise if i bring back the post orientation blues to the ogls, if any, who read this)
well, it was over in a matter of days. a week and 3 days to be exact. getting to know people and remembering their faces and names isn't what i'm good at at all, and i admit that up till now i still cant match the certain faces with certain names of those in my og. my bad. that's something i need to work on i suppose. that aside, orientation was no doubt a blast for me. ingstad's walk in was a success i must say. the two months of countless practises paid off well. every wave, pop, every move from the dances up till that final lift and the burst of flames were superbly executed. then there was that embarrassing orientation video, house sessions, og sessions, mass dances, station games, war games, external hunt etc. and speaking of external hunt, it wasn't that boring being a station master after all =) then there was this cheena cheer from one of the og in terra house and the trademark "what-the-fuuuuu" cheer for ingstad ogls which originated from the walk in.
and as for og10/s08, initially, they were super unbonded to the extend that when faizal was taking the attendance in the hall and called for og10, almost nobody cheered. me, tiffany, huiting and desmond tried our very best to bring them together as one. it wasn't easy and took us quite a while, but we still managed to forge this strong bond within the class. by the last day or orientation, we could see them coming together, laughing together, meh-meh-ing together, eating, chatting and crapping as 07s08. heartwarming? i can't find another word to describe my feelings then. dance party was err... no comments. the dance floor isn't the place for me. but that only applies for me. i suppose everyone else had a hell of a good time.
they were all in it together, and it wasn't just any public affair.
then there was ingstad pizza hut dinner at far east square to mark last time we'll be together as one ingstad.
that about sums up odyssey 2007. i'm glad i signed up to be an ogl. i certainly have learnt much from that short time together with everyone, and most importantly, i enjoyed myself thoroughly.
now, it's back to work and back to track. barely coping with schoolwork, especially for econs. but i know, this time, i'm not just gonna back down as say, "shit, i'm gonna get U for common test liao..." i want to do well no matter what. call me a mugger if you want, i don't care, because i know what i want.
as for track, some of us had lunch at vil'age not long ago. leon, sharon, changxi, jonathan, yujia, choonboon, thomas and justin definitely made my day. we actually sat at vil'gae, ate, talked, crapped, laughed, played all the way from 2+ to 5. i really miss those times when the seniors were there training with us. the crap from leon and gang never fail to make my laugh hysterically. oh well... as for the team now, we have quite a strong girls team i must say, but there is still much to work on. as for my own performance, all i can say is that i'm kind of surprised at my 2.4km timing the other day. other than that, i hope i can fully recover and regain my 100% fitness soon so that i can just go into full gear and burn the track down.
well, i guess that's enough typing for now... till next time then =)
the only way to best in something is to be obsessed with it. being obsessed with it means even when you breathe, eat and sleep, you never stop thinking about it.
aaron | 10:50 PM