Tuesday, August 26, 2008
finally! after 11 days of procrastination, i finally ran. since i felt good, i decided to run further than i initially planned. and i did that twice. so basically i ran the furthest i've ever gone using that route. past science centre, past jtc, all the way to the aye flyover at the jurong town hall exit. and back home. discounting the about four times i paused to cross the road, each wait not more than 10 seconds i think, i ran for 60mins nonstop. i feel accomplished.
it took my mind off whatever was troubling me earlier. and again i realise i running can become a form of escapism for me. yes at the start my right big toe experienced pain. true that towards the end my knees and ankles were not feeling alright. but for that one hour, i felt good. all thanks to God for giving me the strength to run a good run, for the wonderful weather.
after my run, my muscles were aching, my knees still felt like it was on the way to being busted ><>
today i walked around in school still suffering from the consequences of running so long without having in a sense conditioning myself. but it hardly bothered me. iop is now over. i managed to go below 15 minutes for only the second time, but i don't think it was the best i could have done. yet i give praise to the Lord for it was good enough for me, given the circumstances. it could have been so much worse.
due to my late night, where i slept at 2. i died in school. econs especially. that was one of the longest lessons i have experienced in a long time. no surprises considering it is the longest period i'll ever have this year, 140mins straight of econs. can die. which i did. kind of frustrating. but i was yet to be surprised. what seemed longer was training. after discussion with garry whilst we watched a match of the interclass soccer tournament for year2s, we decided to go track work instead of go for a long run. managed to prise jet from his other commitments :P
track work. 800m warm up. and i was tired from that ><>
term 3 is coming to a close. rumours are floating around that the end of year exams are going to be brought forward. i am reminded of my failure at doing my ee. what the...
social, emotional troubles. get away from me!
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 9:27 PM
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Friday, August 22, 2008
whoo 1 more week of term 3. that's too fast.
i have 2 weeks to do my ee first draft ><
i have a week to finish econs ia
i have the weekend to do iop.
actually, truth be told, i'm quite pumped up over iop,
like i'm somewhat excited and raring to go!
not now not now. tuesday, the day i'm supposed to go.
any earlier and no. i need the time to prepare. just saw slim today.
now that my topic and most questions have been ironed out, most of them anyway,
i'm ready! RAWR!
went marina mandarin (hotel) for prefects dinner! went back as past council.
and for one of the few times, all 11 of us have been reunited together.
so.. nostalgic. haha seriously i miss last year.
last year is the year everything happened. ultimate.
i miss walking down the green level, wearing the nice blue prefect tie
all guys. being in a gep class. haha.
now it's just very different. not really saying which is better
for they cannot be compared. too different. ah well.
good to meet all of them again, ok no.
i see all of them in school save for johnny and wang. haha
but it was good to have all 11 of us back together again. (:
dr ong has declared a holiday tomorrow. or rather today. i shall spend the day pouring myself into my iop. i really want to give a good presentation.
i have to make sure i run though, over the weekend too. sigh.
ah yes, i must remember to study for econs test too ><>
bu gong ying de yue ding is super nice. i'm almost addicted to it.
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 12:31 AM
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
i must say today have been one of the best days this year. whoo thanks daniel yee! and joshua lim!
first, it's a friday. school is shortest on friday. secondly, lessons were a bit more slack than usual, and lighthearted too. which made it surprisingly enjoyable (: second, there was a screening of hedda gabler (and miss julie) after school. i went to watch hedda gabler. ok it was really old and all, but it was alright i guess. haha quite amusing, to see the whole play acted out, and actually seeing the layout of the house. sat with russell throughout and had quite a few lighthearted moments. haha seeing him play summer games 3 is so funny!
went home to sleep. like a lot of other people. i had a really weird, freaky dream. the kind Joker would love. seriously. scary stuff. thank goodness i woke up to see the singapore table tennis women team defear south korea and progress on to the finals, guaranteeing an olympic medal for singapore! historic moment. only our second, and our first since independence. (:
then guitar orchestra FOA. awesome! i guess the best part for me was daniel yee and peiyi playing and singing (yee sang, both played) daughers, by john mayer. aww they dedicated the song to prefect council 07. haha i miss those days. o well. daniel yee had another solo earlier on in the show. whoo guitar president for the win! :D
right after the intermission, joshua lim had a solo on the electric and accompanied by some guy on the bass and another on the drums. whoa the drummer is really good. i was stunned by his proness. heh. but then... i think joshua lim owns all! whoo go tony paul! he played er.. some song with x or y or z. can't remember. then after that he played... cliffs of dover!!!! whoa truly awesome stuff.
in general, today was good. now for the bad weekend. boo! ):
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 12:19 AM
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
first i was unhappy, rather saddened, by the most minor of things. of all the days.
then i became restless for some unknown reason, had an urge to call someone.
next, i reverted back to normal. yes.
now i'm pissed off with myself for my lack of discipline. i can't stand myself, seriously.
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 10:54 PM
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Friday, August 08, 2008
indeed i must say that the week that has just passed has been one trying week. rushing history assignment, rushing chem IA and history IA. thank goodness for the extension of deadline for history IA to next week. it really really saved me. if not i would have really been rushing all my assignments and stuff to do.
on a somewhat random note, i need to sleep earlier. sleeping at 1+ is suicidal! and i can barely get myself to crawl into bed by 12 ><>
training is supposed to resume next week. yay? i kind of miss trainings sometimes. when it has been a really long and dreary day, i look forward to trainings because the running is just so... liberating. whee! (:
i'm getting tired. time to sleep. what a physically challenging week. even more of an emotionally trying week. sigh.
and i know it's not over for this weekend and next week promises to be another ride on the roller coaster of ib life
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 12:17 AM
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Friday, August 01, 2008
school cross country today. at west coast park, for the first time. well i guess i have been kind of waiting for it the whole year. since i joined cross earlier. i kinda knew that getting into the team for cross nats was out of the question, and doing well for track nats was really unlikely. so the school cross was what i was training for intially. before my time in cross made me think on a more national level...
but i didn't train properly for it. the last proper training i had was 28th june. then after that i just ran track heats, tapering for track heats or on my own or with garry or other people. and too irregular for me to count as proper. darn... but i guess i'm quite ok with my performance today. must truly thank the LORD for my performance. the good weather and how i didn't feel so crap before the run. like i felt ok, i won't say good but good enough i guess. managed to get a 13th in the open boys category. individually. then my house thoburn came in as open boys champs! whoo! and i got an open boys team medal. that makes it a team medal thing for 4 years straight. 2nd in sec2 and 4, 3rd in sec3. yay! too bad i was 12th fastest in thoburn in sec1 when they were sec1 house champs. darn.
went to watch the mummy after that with friends. it's ok i guess. not say very very exciting. watching it on a weekend isn't worth the 10bucks.
whee!
sc
whimsical nonsense @ 11:49 PM
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Samuel Chan
7 January 1991
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shuqun primary school
Henry Park Primary School
Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)
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