wakeboarding
returned frm batam ytd. went wakeboarding with the recre canoe ppl (onli 8 went) - btw, recre canoe is now called Raffles Sea Sports - frm Sat-Sun. the cable-ski park at batam is basically just a huge lake (abt 780m circuit) and cables above the lake. cable skiing is like wakeboarding, only without the speedboat. instead one is pulled by a rope tt runs along a cable which goes ard the lake. the speed can be controlled by a motor. started off with kneeboarding, where we kneelon the board and just hang on tight to the rope. the 1st time is did it i was so surprised by the sudden jerk which is extremely strong. fortunately i held on and dint lose my grip. after awhile my arms were starting to feel tired cos of the steering we have to do when going ard sharp corners. at every corner the rope will slacken abit, after which there'll be an enormous jerk as the rope begins to go taut again. tt's when it's the easiest to fall off. then upgraded to wakeboarding where we actually stand on the board instead of kneeling. the first few times all of us fell the moment the rope took off. gradually we improved. it was gr8 to finally manage to balance on the board and actually go with it and not fall face-flat. several times i managed to go abt half of a round, then fell when turning a corner. so i had to swim to shore. unfortunately half a round also means the furthest frm the starting dock. however there were motorcycles tt r solely there to pick up any skiiers who fall such a gr8 dist frm the starting dock. so i got to ride a motorcyle for the first time! too bad it wasn't going v fast. when we were not wakeboarding we slacked. played pool and cards and basically nth else. cos there were no other forms of entertainment. jess kept wanting to play heart attack but there was no one willing to play with her. haha also had a swim on sun morning. was planning to swim around the lake (700 plus metres!) with beatrice and sam but we were advised against it cos it wld tire us out. instead we swam to the little strip of land in the middle of the lake and back. right now my arms are leaden. i cant even lift my arms above my head. i cant reach behind me to scratch my back. i have difficulty lifting my shirt above my head. my stomach muscles also ache. wakeboarding is a gd sport for bodybuilding. and also if u want blisters. i wanna go again
Halloween
went to SPC jus now & they'd put up halloween decorations. lots of the usual stuff like cobwebs (which i was v tempted to rip apart) and a glow-in-the-dark skeleton (wldn't mind having one in my rm) as well as fake spiders &c. ther ewas also thisgrinning skull with huge black pools as eyes and a cloth-body. there's a switch inside it & when u turn it on its eyes flash red and it starts cackling/howling/shrieking. at the same time its body shakes and trembles and it's REALLY CUTE! i cldn't help laughing at how hilarious it looked, trembling away and making funny sounds. i dun think it was s'posed to make ppl laugh, but... it wasn't scary at all. altho i s'pose if one wasn't expecting it, it wld be pretty frightful. i've nvr celebrated halloweenb4. there used to be a guy in the neighbourhood (some expat or foreigner or sth) who used to dress up on halloween. he'd wear weird costumes or masks and walk ard the streets in broad daylight (probably in preparation for tt nite) and ppl wld stare. cos he was the onli one we saw dressing up for halloween. whereas if this were not s'pore but, say, america, i bet no one wld take a 2nd look at someone in costume on halloween.
instead of going for chem today, went to national lib instead. initially wanted to go swimming, but then i'm going l8r so decided to go return my bks instead. cld have gone to the lib near my house but since my grandmother hasn't been to the nat lib, decided to take her there. and let her try the fun elevators! took the lift with the view and rode it all the way to the 14th floor. wandered ard at the top floor but there was nth to do there, authorized personnel only. took the lift back down (waited for 3 lifts before we got the one with the view). there's a huge waste of space actually. the entire 2nd floor is devoted to... toilets. wth!!?? and there's a huge empty space right outside the lib which is basically unused except for the 24hr bkdrop which does not take up much space at all. wanted to find Something Rotten but it was on loan. there was The Big Over Easy but it doesn't feature Thursday Next. borrowed 3 bks then went to bugis to eat. then went to fetch sis frm SC and now i'm here. hope the weather holds.
onli a grand total of 2 ppl, including me, came for dance today. learnt lots of stuff. completed free mvmnt. i'm gonna be doing the character dance! yay just like the prev exam. it's s'posed to be the most difficult among the 3 dances (classical, free mvmnt and character). i so prefer char to free mvmnt, altho the free mvmnt dance is quite cute. the classical dance is v light with lots of jumping which i can do but there has to be one person in the exam grp (of 4) doing the char dance which i think will require lots of strength (looking at the promenade and how high i've to lift my leg to do it, i'm gonna need loads of stamina, esp when the char dance is right at the end of the exam!). who's going for chem tmr?
if only there were more wkends. more holidays. more time to do all the things tt exist only in our hopes. now tt exams [seem] eons away i've got loads of time on my hands. or so i thot. there're just too many things i need to but dun wanna do. and many things i want to do but have no time for. 2 mths (approx) aren't all tt long. i'm just glad i dun like gaming if not i'd have even less time. a very brief list: -EFR -dive at manado -surf in australia (i've nvr once experienced a summer there) -read all the unread bks i have on my bkshelf - and loads more i just dun have the energy to list instead of all tt, i'll be spending the first half of the hols back in home country. not exactly exciting. but i'm looking forward to the change in scene. for one, the temperature shld be ard the low 20s. nice. hopefully i get to experience a typhoon. haven't experienced one since i left more than 10 yrs ago. and i have no recollection of how it feels like. also looking forward to all the mountains i'll have fun trekking up. and of course, as i've said many times before, i'll get to eat. in s'pore i eat purely for survival [which is why sometimes i skip meals]. in hk i eat for enjoyment. i'll have to do lots of exercise to work it all off but it'll be worth it. i just rmbed: there's a gym at my father's house in HK. oh and there's the rough collie! hope she hasn't forgotten me. but then again there's tt other dog. (yy2 u do noe what i'm talking abt dun u? :-p) IT i cld do w/o. rambling on and on abt the hols when they aren't even here yet. my arms ache frm the 'weight lifting' i did over the wkend. carrying the dive gear (2 BCDs, 2 regs, mostly wet) can really do smth to ur arms.
never disturb a sleeping turtle
back frm yet another dive trip, this one just leisure. not tioman this time, but P.Aur. stayed on Atlantis Bay on P.Aur, which is a small beach with several huts and nth else. no tourist-y souvenir shops or little grocery stores. only a few huts for divers to sleep in, and one main canteen. the bay is owned by some diving company or smth, and used by several dive centres. P.Aur can only be reached by a 4-hr boat ride. at ard 12 plus AM on Sat we reached Mersing, where we took the boat 'Princess' to P.Aur, during which i dozed off, squashed across 2 narrow seats with my head on my bumpy and rock-like backpack and my legs raised way above my head. at ard 4a.m we stopped some distance frm the island and had to tranfer into a smaller boat tt took us to the bay itself (the 'Princess' was too large to enter the shallow bay). then we were alloted our huts and we all made our way wearily into bed. at ard 7am (such as short time we slept) we woke, took breakfast and boarded the small boat which took us to the 'Princess'. we set up our tanks, changed into our wetsuits and began diving at our first dive site. the visibility at P.Aur is considerably better than Tioman. however the surge is quite strong (whereas in Tioman it's hardly noticeable) and i cld feel myself being pushed by the surge underwater. but there was almost no current on the water surface. saw several turtles close-up. also one stingray. learnt sth new - never disturb a sleeping turtle 'cos it will die of heart failure. I'm serious. it's smth to do with the fact tt turtles alr have extremely low heart rate, even when they're exerting themselves. so when they're asleep their heart slows down even more. when u disturb one when it's sleeping, it will be shocked and expel all its air, and then it will try to swim rapidly up to the surface to breathe, and the sudden exertion will stop its heart before it can take a breath. another fact: turtles only need to breathe every 5 hrs or so. did 3 day dives, then returned in the evening to the bay. yy2 and i did not change out of our wetsuits cos we had our nite dive tt nite. the stars were amazing. the milky way was one large streak across the sky and u cld see every little star, even the smallest of the smallest. whereas in S'pore on most nites u're lucky to see even Orion's belt. saw a very large (abt 30-40cm) cuttlefish with huge round, shiny, unblinking eyes. dint catch it tho if not we cld have had it for dinner. at ard 9 we returned to the bay, changed and had dinner. on sunday we did 2 dives in the morning. the current was strong, and the waves were almost surfable. the boat rocked LOTS. as yy2 and i dun have a problem with seasickness, we climbed to the top deck of the boat and pretended we were surfing. gr8 fun. meanwhile some of the open water divers (probably cos they haven't been diving for long and therefore dun have much experience on a boat) kept vomiting. after the last dive we packed everyth and had lunch. then boarded the boat back to Mersing. I climbed to the very top of the boat (where there were no railings and one mighty wave could rock the boat so tt i rolled right off my perch) and sat there enjoying the breeze. obviously i dint roll off if not i wldn't be here typing this. i returned home only early this morning, at ard 12. i can still feel the rocking of the boat. when i walk i sorta weave to and fro, as if i were still on the boat trying to keep my balance. i wldn't mind living on a boat. =p
even tho u're near me i need u far away i'll be broken and i noe it but i just cant seem to find another way eradication of a loved one. jurisfiction. miss havisham. Agents Dedmen and Walken. Sue Long and Fairwelle. Coincidences took a nap ytd cos had a headache and was v tired. then when it came to sleep time i cldn't seem to fall asleep. tt's why i seldom take naps. they ruin ur sleeping schedule. so i got out of bed and read 'Lost in a Good Bk' which i borrowed frm the National Library which i visited for the first time ytd. i luv the elevator - it goes so fast (but not fast enuff for me) and is incredibly fun! esp the one where u can actually see the outside. took it all the way to the 14th storey and zoomed back down. wanted to go again but lyn was literally quaking in her (boots) white[-ish] canvas school shoes. so, in a rare display of pity, i decided to leave the elevator alone for the moment. then went to the basement to borrow some bks which the queenstown lib does not have. gtg fetch lyn frm her gep selection test. takes an f-ing hr and 15 mins to get there. stupid waste of time. almost as bad as PW.
monsters in your head need to fall apart when it's over you'll breathe again tmr's the last day of the sch wk. practically. shld i go? shall i fall sick? today's chem was really a waste of time.i hadn't done my Ksp tut (still haven't). went thru promo paper - the mcqs to be exact. as far as i noe, we haven't even touched the first qn in the tut. and we had 2 hrs... spent most of it reading under the table, following elsie's example. ponned PE again. haven't done PE in ages. i dun like the bio lecturer. even tho her notes have much less blanks now. lit lect: dun really noe wat went on. there was a short S paper briefing which onli confirmed my decision not to take lit S. dun think i'm up for it. my lit marks fluctuate like crazy. mostly in btwn B and C. so how's it possible for me to do the s paper and hope to do well? lit promos were a fluke. wakeboarding at batam next wk. after listening to jessica's experience, i have a feeling i'll barely manage to balance on the board for more than a second or two. diving this wkend! i seem to be doing loads of watersports. and nth else. swimming, kayaking, scuba diving, wakeboarding next...
aabb like the rhyme scheme of Stopping by Woods. urrgh y am i thinking abt lit. i'm a B average student. doesn't sound v nice, does it? oh well. at least i've improved for every subj except math. i'm esp proud of my chem, which jumped frm an o to an a! like wat happened in sec 4: did terribly for prelims which forced me to actually study for it for o levels. bio and lit both jumped one grade. math remained the same, altho the marks haf dropped :( enuff abt my results. hols soon! if onli OP and I&R and just abt the entire PW cld just go jump out the window and DIE. not instantaneous death, but sloooowwww and agonizing and drawn-out. for all the suffering it has given us. heard tt HC onli made the students hand in their WR this wk (or at least after promos). which is so unfair for us, cos we had to rush thru the stupid WR b4 promos and end up with such lousy results/WRs/both. PSLE marking days this entire wk. lyn doesn't have sch! unfair. altho she does have the GEP selection tests on Wed and Thurs. but since she doesn't care, why shld i? cant wait for this wkend. hope the weather and viz in P.Aur is better than Tioman. and for a place tt can onli be reached after a 4 hr boat ride, it had better be worth it.
wetwetwet weather. this wkend hasn't been exactly productive. no more promos, so no more studying (as yet). cleaned up my rm this morning, washed the curtains, wiped the bkshelves (all 6 of 'em). wanted v badly to do smth to my notes - burn/slash/throw them, but i must think of next yr. also have begun charging lyn for borrowing my bks. $2 per bk, refund $1 if she returns it right after finishing. must do this if not she'd nvr ever return the bks to their original place. surprisingly she's willing to pay. she must have realized tt my bks are way better than the bimbotic mary-kate and ashley bks she borrows frm the library. ytd after fetching lyn frm SC we went to chinatown to eat. wasn't exactly v nice. dun like chinatown much. then swimming cos lyn had her lesson. then to holland v atlantis diving for the knowledge review (adv open water). find it's better to do theory after the dives rather than before, cos then we'd noe more of what's going on. still find stuff abt apertures and shutter speed atc confusing. glad tt digital cameras exist.
got a wetsuit! realli wanna go for lit trip next yr. but it's like $3000+ for quite a short period of time, i think. i oso wanna go to manado/maldives to dive & accumulate dives, and tt'd cost loads too. Lit trip/dive trip? if i wanna become a divemaster the moment i turn 18, i haf abt 9 mths to accumulate 11 more dives. one maldives trip will mean abt 16-18 dives, which covers it. but manado looks real gr8 (n cheaper too) - the dolphins n whales literally swim with u - at least they did in the video tt my dive instructor took. went looking for an underwater camera case for our canon ixus cam but they're apparently not making underwater casings for canon cams anymore. smth abt plastic not being able to withstand the pressure. so my mom bought an all-weather case instead, which can only go up to 3m (underwater case: 40m). told her not to buy it, cos who needs to take photos in a pool? and they seldom go snorkeling so they'll hardly ever need to use it. and yy2 and i wont be using it either cos we'll be diving way more than a measly 3m. $180. oh well. used the case today at the pool and took lots of silly photos just for the sake of using the case. ytd when i went swimming the weather truly showed how much it hates me. i got into the pool. swam a bit. started drizzling. then pouring. so i got out. and the rain stopped. i waited awhile and the rain dint resume. so i got back into the pool. and then it started pouring again! i was like, wth, dun care, jus continue swimming. it was like having an acupuncture treatment or smth - the rain like darts/needles on my back. on the surface it was super loud; the moment my head went under it was dead quiet.
yy2 dig this:
EFR: $150 Rescue diver: $500, req EFR Divemaster: $1000, req Rescue Diver + 20 logged dives, 18 yrs old Assistant Instructor: $1400, req Divemaster + 60 logged dives, 18 yrs old Master Scuba diver: $200 (why so cheap?), req Adv OP, Rescue diver + 50 logged dives + 5 specialties, 15 yrs old wetsuit: v ex BCD, reg, dive com: even more ex in order to accumulate dives: even MORE ex (eg. Maldives, $1500, 18 dives) u noe the philippines has gr8 viz? average 20-50m! and pathetic l'il s'pore has v few dive sites (P. Hantu), wif viz of 1-2m, at best 5m. how lousy is tt?! and under the description of highlights, this was given: 'occasional seahorses'. when other sites (Thailand, M'sia, Philippines) boast whale sharks, tiger sharks, manta rays, sea turtles, even dugongs.
i dread tmr. onli 3 ppl turned up for class today. learnt the first third of the classical dance, lejto, promenade and one free-mvmnt exercise. not bad. now the key qn is whether i can retain it all. the thot of sch depresses me. whywhywhywhywhy...
i might be an anomaly, but i really dun like pizza. this fact truly sank in onli ytd at the class thing. halfway thru the first slice i was alr feeling sick of it. i've nvr been a gr8 fan of pizza, but i think i'm totally swearing off pizza frm now on. major puke factor. the pool at yams' house was realli inviting. i was feeling terribly hot frm the long walk frm the mrt station, and when we arrived i saw the pool and was like, 'i wanna jump in'. even tho i'd alr gone swimming in the morning. and the pool was real shallow. i dun think i've ever seen a pool tt's not a baby one with a deep end tt's only 1.6m. ah well went for a swim again today. the water was so wonderfully cold and the place was empty and the sun was out (most of the time). so i stayed frm 8.30 to 10.30 just swimming away. when there's no one to disturb (a.k.a my sisters) one cannot help but swim nonstop to pass the time. next wkend going diving again! this time to Pulau Aur, near Tioman. who wants to go too? (promoting the ultra fun act of scuba diving)
went swimming again this morning b4 going to sch. like ytd. onli today was slightly more rushed. after the swim i hurried to the bus stop n fortunately dint haf to wait long for the bus. and the back gate was still open. but i hurried for nth! had to wait damn long for nair to arrive. zzzzzzzz now got nth much to do. still dreaming of going diving again. altho i just returned 2 days ago. realized i'm red. but i've yet to get a proper sunburn! if i nvr get one i'll nvr be able to empathise wif those who do get burnt ... and i'll onli be able to say useless things like, 'oh, tt looks painful/raw/awful. does it hurt?' cos i wldn't noe. oh well. they're back
blogged many times today liao. but anyways... next step: Emergency First Response course. then Rescue Diver. then Divemaster! following tt will be assistant instructor etc. yy2 wants to be a master scuba diver, doesn't wanna go pro, but it'd be fun learning to be an instructor, even if i might not plan to take it as a career. for divemaster i'll need abt 20 logged dives. i only have 9. which means abt 2 more wkend trips and for me to turn 18yrs old. so meanwhile i'll go abt logging as many dives as possible. and to take the specialty courses - like night dive, wreck, search and recovery, deep etc. hurray i cant wait! and for those interested: nope, i dint see any turtles/sharks. sadly. but i did see many other fish (which i cant name) cos i went to greater depths. and the nudibranches were really cute. very hard to hold, tho, cos they keep squeezing their way out frm ur fist. it's impossible to actually hold one btwn ur fingers. i tried.
PHOTOS me underwater (laden with gear):  puffer on one of the wrecks:  car wreck:  clownfish:  nudibranch tt we caught:  mememe... 
i'm baaaaaccck! the dive trip was GREAT. wanna go again... Friday evening: met at the dive centre. met the other ppl who were also going on the trip: a whole bunch of 7 lawyers and a jap lady, as well as the instructor and two divemasters. found out tt yy2 and i r the onli ones doing advanced open water - 4 of the lawyers were going to do the open water course, while the others were just there to tag along. spent ages waiting to reach the customs. the queue was terribly long. our speed was, what, five metres per half-hr? the m'sian side was much much more efficient. after customs drove up up up to Mersing. Sat: reached Mersing at abt one in the morning. checked into our rms. 6 plus:woke up, packed our bags and headed for the jetty. boarded the speedboat all the way to Paya Beach, Tioman. checked into our rms at the resort and then went for breakfast. after breakfast, changed into our swimming stuff and boarded the dive boat. headed for our first dive site. viz was quite low, but still extremely fun. fortunately i still rmb most of the skills. did our navigation stuff (for the advanced course) - navigated triangle, circle and straight line. then headed back to shore for lunch. then back on the boat to our next dive site. Wreck diving! visited 3 wrecks - relatively small boats, but still very cool. purposely sunk for divers to enjoy. they belonged to some thai fishermen who were fishing illegally. saw an enormous puffer fish. took a photo of it too! (photos will be uploaded soon). then went back to shore for dinner. (as u can see, the entire trip was mostly diving, diving and more diving). that night yy2 and i were gonna go for our nite dive (part of the advanced open water course). so while we were getting ready and all, the others were happily enjoying their beers and karaoke. 8pm: went to the jetty. realized we had to swim all the way out abt 100m to the boat cos it was low tide. totally dark except for the jetty lites. and occasional flashes of lightning which was actually very cool. when there're no buildings or hdb flats in the horizon, lightning can be extremely nice. the sea was terribly choppy cos the tide was going out or smth. a very tiring swim. the boat seemed so far away. but we managed to get there. eventually. at least we dint cheat - the instructor was holding on to a life ring all the way, while yy2 and i swm most of the distance on our own. ha. the boat was rocking like mad. had difficulty getting into our wetsuits, which r long sleeved and ankle length and v tight. once we got everyth ready we jumped into the water. cldn't see much except wat our torches shone on. we did, however, see an octopus and a cuttlefish. they squirted ink at us in a feeble attempt to get away frm our clutches, but being rather tiny their ink dint do much. managed to touch them. =) at the end of the dive we snorkeled back to shore and went to sleep (of course after washing our gear, or some of it at least). Sunday: woke up, had breakfast, then aboard the boat once again. the dive site was quite far away - a long boat ride. fortunately it wasn't as cloudy or grey as the day before, so managed to get some SUN! altho my lower half of the body is still the same cos i was wearing my wetsuit up to the waist. did our deep dive - 24metres (for open water maximum is 18m). swam out quite far (and deep of course). saw a blue-spotted stingray. there was this batfish that kept following us ard, very curious thing. at 24m, our instructor made us spell out our names on the sea bed to test for nitrogen narcosis. cos at such depth, nitrogen narcosis sets in and can make one display signs of intoxication. but yy2 and i weren't affected at all. it varies. then we turned ard and headed back to the boat. did a decompression stop at 5 metres, then surfaced. on the way we picked up a orange-spotted nudibranch which is s'posed to be a rare find. put the nudibranch in a bottle to be photographed at our next dive site. next dive site: very relaxed. wondered ard wif yy2 the the open water divers. realized tt lawyers really deserve to be joked abt. one panicked during one of their skill practices - mask flooding. she cldn't empty the mask, panicked and floated all the way to the surface. fortunately they weren't at a gr8 depth, if not there'd haf been trouble. another lawyer also panicked for some reason and kept shooting up to the surface. haha. saw clownfish - very cute! cuter than nemo. also saw a car wreck, all rusty and old. dunno how it got there, in the middle of the sea... then back to shore. lunch. packed. then took speedboat back to mersing. drove back to s'pore. today: went swimming in the morning. then straigh to sch. stupid idiotic pw. realized too late tt the back gate was CLOSED. i dint wanna make a huge round to the main gate, so i CLIMBED OVER. cos i saw some guys ahead of me who did the same. so i thot, 'why not?'. onli when i went rite up to it did i stop. and stare. up. and i realized how high the gate actually is. to get up i had to swing one leg up onto the railing at the side. then i stepped onto the railing. then i tiptoed and finally managed to grab hold of the top of the gate. swung my leg over the gate. swung my other leg over. my skirt caught on the metal. stuggled to pull it out. then turned ard, and JUMPED. all that in my skirt. luckily i had shorts underneath. then in the com lab i found a long slash on my calf. and i just (cos i've got my leg up on the seat) three more cuts on my thigh. clueless me. they look quite cool actually.
finally completed all the 'knowledge reviews' for the 6 dives i'm gonna do: deep,nite,navigation,wreck,dpv/fish id, and underwater photography. DPV sounds way funner than fish ID - hopefully i get to do the former. DPV = dive propulsion vehicle: it's a machine tt u grip onto and which helps u get ard easily underwater w/o having to kick ur way ard. like a motorcycle only it's small and doesn't have a seat =) there's still the prob of carrying my fins. they're not exactly smth i'd like to carry ard in full view. bulky things. but then again, a regulator n BCD wld be even more conspicuous... okok enough ranting abt diving really got nth much to say. except tt i realli do not wish to go to sch on mon. but my pw grp will not be happy with me.
2nd time in under an hr. good luck to the econs ppl tmr! (pretend u do not hear me laughing in an evil way) in every grp off ppl who go out together there shld always be at least one super-decisive one. so we wont spend time stopping everywhere to 'contemplate', as farah puts it. we stopped after crossing the road, outside macs, inside macs, then outside again after eating, then at the cinema, then after the movie, etc... one wld think we were a whole conference of ppl n not just 14, lol. anyway corpse bride is quite a gd movie, esp the soundtrack (i've said this before). altho it's weird how victor n victoria took to one another so easily. i mean, they just met, rite? and only shared a few words. i shall refrain frm stressing over the results. i shall refrain frm stressing over the results. goodbye s-papers... altho i wasn't sure of them in the first place... must rmb to bring the camera tmr and to take photos underwater! hope to get interesting pics. hope the water's clear. hope visibility's excellent (altho it can nvr compare wif the 50m in the maldives!). no rain, pretty pls (sense the respect? the weather has smth against me. i shld try to be at my politest towards it/It). i'd love some (ok, lots) sun, too. it was so sunny this afternoon, i happily went swimming. only to find the sun hidden behind the clouds the moment i stepped into the pool. wth? tt has happened too many times for me to believe tt it's mere coincidence (altho wat else can it be?) okok i realli shld go pack. feels like no one knows what it's like to be me sometimes i fall so far that i just cant get out
whoohoo it's finally over. FREE... leaving tmr! if u dun see me on mon/tues/wed it's either cos i've a) drowned b) been eaten by a shark c) or i'm just too lazy to go to sch. stupid pw. hope tioman will be sunny and hot. not rainy like it is now. raining practically everyday... i like the corpse bride soundtrack. should go pack my stuff. where can i put my fins which stick out like a sore thumb? and where's my mask? must rmb to bring contacts if not i'll be almost blind in the water. wont spot a shark even if it were a metre away. speaking of sharks, hope i see bigger ones this time. not the 1 metre-long ones i saw the prev time. and turtles! and stingrays! n mebbe triggerfish? wat can i do tmr? now tt promos r over i'm at a loss as to how to spend my time. not tt i wanna mug, thank u v much.
only one more to go. can i help it if i'm alr in 'slack' mode? the past-yr promo papers r horrid. i hate complex no.s. spent ages trying to do a stupid trigo qn. still can't do a complex no qn. took more than 3hrs to complete one paper. ohno ohno Bio: issit me, or did many of the qns seem unrelated to bio at all? seems like wat i studied was of no use. total waste of time.
bio tmr. then math. i sense imminent doom. if it hasn't arrived alr. spent entire morning reading bio notes. done reading them, if a mere cursory glance counts...? by the end of tmr's paper i wont be in the mood for studying. why must math always be the last paper (in SC)? i always end up feeling as if the exams have ended... result: blanking out during the paper. friday pls come soon. wanna go swimming. haven't gone for a long long time. since saturday.... wait. tt was 3 days ago. tioman here i come! been mths since i last went diving. cant rmb how to use the compass. the last time i tried it i was so intent on looking at the bezel marks and keeping to my course tt i went gradually ascending. instead of keeping horizontal. back to bio.
haven't blogged in ages. gp: dun wanna think abt it pc: totally disorganized. crapping all the way. chem: nonononono.... lit: i doubt the Frost will be with me. more updates to come. only 2 more papers (for the lit ppl)!!! three more days (for the lit ppl)! now gtg fret over bio and math...
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