Reward for an Ironman

wat is the reward 4 being an ironman? no trophy, no medals, no cash, no honour, no media. only sickness. tat's exactly wat is happening 2 me 2day. i havent been sick since i stepped into gess. is this supposed 2 be an apr fool joke? not really. i felt very uncomfortable fr 8.30 last night, down with gastric n giddyness, n later, fever. tat explains y im not in sch 2day. despite sickness, i still managed 2 blog. heres a quote 2 inspire u ppl n also myself:

"Champions triumph, but will fall one day. If you have been a champion and triumphed, prepare to fall."

Sports Fiesta- Day Review

2day is the Annual GESS Sports Fiesta 2007. so happy, dont nid to bring any books. 0800, soccer match start. i was excluded fr the team, and witnessed the 1-0 defeat @ the hands of 3d, by a give-away penalty. the ref totally had no STANDARD. cant even tell when 2 giv a penalty & when not 2. received even shocking news tat our team lost 2-0, 1-0 in the other 2 matches, marking the fallout of 3h fr the championship fr the group phase. so, here is the standings 4 3H:
Pos 4/Played 3/Won 0/Drew 0/Lost 3/Goals For 0/Goals Against 4/Goal Diff -4 Points 0

road relay- tiring but we got 3rd
the 3h team ran 18 rounds in 30 mins, not hitting my personal tgt of 21. however, we managed 2 clinch bronze (3rd). i myself ran 4 rounds, n was very much giddy after the whole run. this didnt stop me fr missing the placing round 4 3G n 3f. i ran all the way 2 the hall immediately aft the prize presentation despite my fatigue, juz to witness the last part of the floorball final tat we lost 2-0 to 3f. review on the performance of 3h (many other info fr 3h blog):
netball-1st, floorball & table tennis- 2nd, road relay- 3rd (only medal in big 3*)
*big 3: soccer, road relay, basketball

april fool
the origin of apr fools day

Throughout France in the early sixteenth century, New Year's Day was observed on March 25, the advent of spring. The celebrations, which included exchanging gifts, ran for a week, terminating with dinners and parties on April 1.
In 1564, however, in beginning the adoption of the reformed, more accurate Gregorian calendar, King Charles proclaimed that New Year's Day be moved back to January 1. Many Frenchmen who resisted the change, and others who merely forgot about it, continued partying and exchanging gifts during the week ending April 1. Jokers ridiculed these conservatives' steadfast attachment to the old New Year's date by sending foolish gifts known as poisson d'avril, or "April fish" (because at that time of year the sun was leaving the zodiacal sign of Pisces, the fish)....
Years later, when the country was comfortable with the new New Year's date, Frenchmen, fondly attached to whimsical April Fooling, made the practice a tradition in its own right.

lets start with a joke

there was once a family tat had a pig. one night, a thief (riding motorbike) came 2 their village, saw the pig n decided 2 steal it. he tied the pig with 2 legs to the dashboard n 2 legs near the accelerator of the motorbike. he then ran away.
the family immediately reported 2 the police when they discovered loss. the police was very efficient and managed to be chasing the thief within minutes. the thief, seeing tat the police is chasing him, jumped down the bike, rolled 2 a side and hid successfully. however, the pig's leg touched the accelerator n the bike continued moving. the policemen immediately reported, the pig was not stolen, but instead rode a motor by itself.

life experience
children now r gettin more n more powerful in their vocab.
if u wanna takeaway food fr a rest, u would usually ask 4 a plastic bag.
however, at mac, i witnessed an incident in which a kid aged abt 6, asked," excuse me, may i have a plastic carrier please?"

tmr sports fiesta. cant wait.
ss test was cancelled. woohoo! btw, i didnt study at all
"thank you very much for taking care of us as your gays (guests)"----thai student

Term 2 Week 1- Week Review

Mon 19/3
-Got new timetable, no chg in teachers, PE 2 periods continuous
-Nothing else interesting

Tue 20/3
-Same, very sian......
-A Maths 10/25, not very satisfactory result
-Clocked a poor 2.4 timing in NCC trg

Wed 21/3
-1st Geog of T2, Zahara didnt check the hol hw (i must admit i didnt do)
-CME sex talk, who cares abt u, etc; my ans damn exciting....
-Ionic and Covalent Bonding.........sian but made fun by Mr TKT

Thu 22/3
-SS becoming more n more sian despite trainee teacher (btw, 2nd SS lesson 4 e week)
-Missed 2 crucial lessons, Chem & A Maths, due 2 range
-Didnt do very well either......8/20 (Fig 12- 2 Del Tgt(3/4, 3/4), 2 Snap(1/6, 1/6))

Fri 23/3
-E Maths test
-A Maths also another subj becomin more n more boring....due to 3 periods in a row
-Beh talked to us 4 the whole trg. no pt, no fd!!!!!!! We took trg fr 1645-1800, the pltn i was ic of did "modified orienteering", cadets feedback tat my 'duck walk' station was the most tough. Shud i reflect? NO.
-Reminder: BCl3 is special case, B atom in BCl3 molecule has only 6 valence electrons,
not 8, making the molecule very reactive.

Overall
life is getting boring, sch is getting interesting.

Quote of the week
"Success is a journey, not a destination."

16 Mar 07. HQ NCC Challenge Quest Central District emerged LAST, while West clinced the title from defending champions East. i played archery, but didnt contribute much 2 Central.

btw, i'm goin 2 start doin my hol hw 2day, which was left untouched 4 the past wk.

i got lots of things 2 say 2day, pardon me 4 misorganization...
firstly, GESS NCC Annual Camp 2007
Day 1
fall in @7.45, 2mins late but nvm says ncos,
whole day quite smooth, not much punishment.
Day 2
slept for 5 hrs in the previous night,
went 4 a long trek to east coast, had dinner and then come back, took a shortcut instead of given route (idea by my former nco)
Day 3
co nite was damn successful, night activitieswas the highlight of the camp.
i was the only 1 hu broke the secret of ppl hiding inside toilet scaring us....
Day 4
won the FD comp (tat's very natural)
break camp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

next, the news is irritating me once i turn on CNA- they keep saying 3 words, Pyongyang, Iran and White House.

then i have the reviews 4 the 2 days after GESS NCC AC 07
14 Mar 07
woke up @ 9 (a maths starts @ 10), n of course i didnt expect 2 reach sch on time.
i was 24 mins late, and i noticed the diff expressions of my classmates.
most were givin me the usual fucked-up look, but one caught my attention.
i would describe it as stunned, as tis person did not expect me to appear, but i did.
"Expect the unexpected change. When you think that something is not going to happen, expect it to happen."
i know you feel disappointed, but do i look like i have other options?

15 Mar 07
very lazy 2 get up due 2 fatigue again.....
reached tiong @ 0845 2 do proj,
then go 2 sch aft tat.
phy pract is damn sian, esp when u do the same expt over n over again.
i didnt expect u 2 settle scores w/ me,
by not appearin when i expected u 2 appear.
once again, i hav 2 say tat avoiding is not a way to solve a problem

lets keep in touch with the world.
1 Garuda plane crashes in Yogyakarta with Australian officials and journalists on board, Aussie PM Howard thinks it's a terror attack
2 Another 5.9 quake hits Sumrata, kills at least another 60
3 White House to release plan on Iraq
4 Singapore stocks bounce back for second straights session, reclaims more than 110 points in two days, STI up 63.34 points to 3122.49 points
5 Oil: $62.79, Gold:$653.90
6 Insurgents have sought to intensify attacks during a Baghdad security crackdown and additional U.S. forces will be sent to areas outside the capital where militant groups are regrouping, the new commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Thursday.
7 SGX to acquire 5% stake in BSE
Info from AP, Reuters, SGX, Yahoo!

LATEST IN THE NEWS
Ritcher 6.6 earthquake hits Central Sumatra, tremors felt locally across the island.

DAY REVIEW
0740 PE, run 2.4, my timing 11:15, 32 s clear of the 2nd place.
0815 EL, as usual....
0850 AM, still as usual....
1000 EM, also as usual....
1035 RECESS, 100% of it was devoted 2 my NCC shit
1110 SE/GEOG, still listen to the Zahara talk crap
1145, EL, again.
1255, PHY, a lesson gettin more & more sian...
1330 CCT, slackin around, early dismissal 1400 instead of 1415
1400 Lunch
1445 In processing
1500 Footdrill, and footdrill, and footdrill, and footdrill.
1715 Crap...... last minute notice abt performance durin annual camp...
1745 Brainwashing
1800 Go home,
and now, i'm here.

MARKET WATCH

Straits Times Index Summary
STI closed positive for the first session in seven continuous ones, gaining 54.23 points to 3,036.52. This also means that STI have rebounded back after falling below 3,000 yesterday, the first time since January 2007.

Forex
1 SGD:
USD 0.6537
EUR 0.4992
CHF 0.7983
HKD 5.1085
JPY 75.7419
AUD 0.8481
GBP 0.3401
RMB 5.0684
MYR 2.2994

1 FGN CURRENCY:
USD 1.5299
EUR 2.0033
CHF 1.2525
HKD 0.1958
JPY 0.0132
AUD 1.1792
GBP 2.9407
RMB 0.1973
MYR 0.4349

I was too tired ytd night so decided 2 post 2day

Firstly, the NCC trg was damn sian……..1 whole day all footdrill……did quite a no of punishments. Camp packlist given out, too many things 2 bring.

The activity rate in my tagboard is far above expected, which is gd. thks 4 all ur support.

Life Experience
On the way home 4 thai ppl where sitting behind my seat, so damn noisy.
They board @ UE Sq, Clemenceau Ave, 1905 hrs, alighted @ Boon Keng MRT, Serangoon Rd, 1925 hrs. I can say tat in my life of taking public tpt, tis is the worst exp. So remember, dun talk loudly in the bus as if its ur father’s, if u dun wan ppl tohav a bad life exp.

MARKET WATCH

Info provided by SGX.

STI ending on 2 Mar 07, Fri @ 1715 hrs
3078.74 -13.84/-0.45%
This brings the net loss of STI over the week to more than 7%.
But don’t worry, says analysts.

The price of Brent has started to bounce back, to more than USD 60.
Therefore there are changes in the petrol discounts in all petrol companies over the island.

Petroleum Company % Discount
Petrol Diesel
SPC 6 21
Exxon Mobil 11 21
Caltex 11 25
Shell No info

Lastly, USD rate has once again lowered to 1.526.

Smaller Slip At Today's Session But STI Continues Falling

Boo! Singapore continues to be infected as world stock prices continue to fall. STI closing index today plunged another 11.57 points, to 3,092.58 points today. This means that STI has lost 215 points or about 6.5 percent over the last three sessions.

PET Rocket stands for p************e*****t******** rocket.
The workshop was a very boring 1.

世界上最远的距离不是
“我在你身边，但你却不知道我爱你”
而是
“你知道我爱你，却对我一点感觉也没有”
i’m stil waitin 4 a reply.

(Annotation 4 sundram, vignesh, cobe, faisal, kisnaa and karthik:
The world’s largest distance is not
“You don't know that I love u, even I’m just by uyor side”
Instead it is
“You have no feeling for me even knowing that I love you”)