In the middle of the night
That's when you caught my eye
I chased you round in memories
Through the breeze and trees and you tease me
But hey

The clock's turning around
And you're still playing these games
It's such a waste to bring me down, down, down
Don't bring me down cause

Hey girl,I wanna catch your wave
Hey girl,I wanna drift away with you
Hey girl,you've got an undertow
Hey girl,hey girl, don't wanna let you go

When I turned sixteen
That's when I started to dream
I chased you round in memories
Throuh the breeze and the trees and you tease me
But hey

Well every princess has her night
And I'm still in it for the fight
Not givin in, I'm gonna win, win, win
I'm gonna win cause

Hey girl,I wanna catch your wave
Hey girl,I wanna drift away with you
Hey girl,you've got an undertow
Hey girl,hey girl don't wanna let you go

I'm never gonna let you go

Hey girl, I wanna catch your wave
Hey girl, I wanna drift away with you
Hey girl, you've got an undertow
Hey girl, hey girl, dont wanna let you

Hey girl, I wanna catch your wave
Hey girl, I wanna drift away with you
Hey girl, you've got an undertow
Hey girl, hey girl, don't wanna let you
Hey girl, hey girl don't wanna let you go
I'll never let you go
Alright

i was happily listening to that song and balancing on a very narrow pathway when i saw the scariest thing(animal) i've ever seen in my life. my shit. i think i'm traumatised for life. but hey, now i'll NVR look down again when i run :D (gee what a great way to learn to look up)

To realize The value of a sister:
Ask someone Who doesn't have one.

To realize The value of ten years:
Ask a newly Divorced couple.

To realize The value of four years:
Ask a graduate.

To realize The value of one year:
Ask a student who Has failed a final exam.

To realize The value of nine months:
Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.

To realize The value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature baby.

To realize The value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize The value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet.

To realize The value of one minute:
Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize The value of one-second:
Ask a person Who has survived an accident...

To realize The value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics

Time waits for no one. Treasure every moment you have. You will treasure it even more when you can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a friend:
Lose one.

(and may i boldly add one to this beautiful poem)
To realise the value of a mere National Champion trophy:
Fail once; once is enough.

Happy moments, praise God.
Difficult moments, seek God.
Quiet moments, worship God.
Painful moments, trust God.
Every moment, thank God. :)

hello. today was a crazy day. i almost cried in front of the public at people's park. but anger surpassed sadness. and i just finished reading percy article! share with you guys one of his phrases which he has so clearly put into words of what i feel abt cross :D

Endless running should be indulged in for the benefits derived from the sweat and pain of vigorous exercise.

(if i sound arrogant or anything, i'm not showing off or whatever. not saying i did a fab time lah. but i'm happy abt my time lah. AIYOH shh)
i really enjoyed trg on monday. being able to keep up with runqian(an rj girl that does sub60 for 12k :)) really motivated me a lot. and the fact that i could actually go faster.. :) but i didnt lah. i was too afraid. stupid me. i was scared if i was running in front of her (how much further can i go. i was going 75% already. if i pushed it'll be abt 5-10% only), she'll overtake me soon after. or maybe like after one of those markings. i'll get so demoralised. besides, i dont really like competing during trg cos theres a slight chance i'll 'lose' then die liao. try not competing as much as i can first =x comps are coming up soon. so i just paced her and tried pushing her a bit more when i found some energy from the air. hmm also, i wasnt used to my bouncy hair (GOSH IT WAS FREAKING IRRITATING) so i concentrated on the bounce of my hair. then run qian's hair was also short so it kept flying. i was wondering for e last 4km how short hair people could stand their hair. so my eyes were fixed on runqian's hair and that's it. slowly, the 0.5km markS came and passed. i dont know what's so interesting abt her hair but i was really 'fascinated' by them and thought i was passing the marks really quickly. then suddenly an rjc guy strided past us. (i rmb he wanted to run with some ta boh instead of renuka. but he was the only one that overtook us) i thought he must be damn good a runner who underestimates himself. whoa runqian was scary. she suddenly opened up her steps, seemingly to try to run with him. i thought siao liao..i'm so tired already. but i crazy crazy ran with her. it seemed like a 200m mark rather than a 500m one. it seemed that fast. i was running behind her most of the time so i dont have to endure the wind =/ initially when she overtook me, i didnt really want to run with her cos i was afraid. i was scared i wldnt be able to handle it. but then i thought i needed to prove myself and i really needed a pacer. (dan weilin n rjc girl in front were only a few steps away but it was diff. to catch them. and i dont like running in a grp. having a personal running buddy nicer :)) i also wanted to run with her cos i wanted to shake her hand after e run. hehehee. i get this weird satisfaction when i shake my running buddy's hand and say 'good run :)' at the end. heh i was really motivated by that thought. i'm glad i took e step of faith to chase runqian before she realised that bouncyhaired mgs girl is gonna be brave to run with her. she was so encouraging that i felt so bad a partner if i didnt cheer her on(which i rarely did). soon we reached 6km mark. sighh i was so sad it was gonna be my last 100m so i chiong kah liao. i saw grace1h and thought. i'm going to beat her. i MUST beat her. walao i sprint until like mad woman lah but i didnt overtake in the end. but from swimming and running race experiences, my timing shld be split secs slower only.ok maybe 1sec. but i heck care her lah. i was still happy i was finally over with 6100m. then after e run, runqian told me she thought finish at 6k mark so she slowed down but she saw me still running, so she cont ed and said i was pushing her a lot :) and she wasnt sure i was able to do sub60 then since i nvr ran with her. but she's certain i could do it now since i just ran with her. then 'must have confidence :)' so nice.

i was thinking, then, that athletes really follow their coaches. character, talking wise sense. hahahah. i thought mr quek got her to talk to me..but i doubt so lah. haha :) she was really friendly. i had a great last run there :) at least i made it count. i'm gonna miss there though :( but i've 2nd thoughts if i'd ever wanna go back there again hahahaha. ok i'm gonna meet jen in 7 1/2hrs for lit 'tuition' but i'm still awake. bad me shhh.

tricia just made me excited for sch/

hello. today was a crazy day. i almost cried in front of the public at people's park. but anger surpassed sadness. i just finished reading percy article! share with you guys one of his phrases which he has so clearly put into words of what i feel abt cross :D

Endless running should be indulged in for the benefits derived from the sweat and pain of vigorous exercise.

(if i sound arrogant or anything, i'm not showing off or whatever. not saying i did a fab time lah. but i'm happy abt my time lah. AIYOH shh)

i truly enjoyed trg on monday. being able to keep up with runqian(an rj girl that does sub60 for 12k :)) really motivated me a lot. and the fact that i could actually go faster.. :) but i didnt lah. i was too afraid. stupid me. i was scared if i ran in front of her (how much further can i go. i was going 80% already. if i pushed it'll be abt 5-10% only), she'll overtake me soon after. or maybe after one of those markings. i'll get so demoralised. besides, i dont really like competing during trg cos theres a slight chance i'll 'lose' then die liao. try not to compete as much as i can first; comps are coming soon. so i just paced her and tried pushing her a bit when i found minimal energy from the air.

i wasnt used to my bouncy hair (it was IRRITATING) so i no choice concentrate on the bouncing. run qian's hair also short so it kept flying. i was wondering for e last 4km how short hair pple can stand their hair. my eyes were fixed on runqian's hair and that's it. slowly, the 0.5km markS came and passed. i dont know what's so interesting abt her hair but i was really 'fascinated' by them and thought i was passing the marks really quickly.

suddenly an rjguy strided past us. (i rmb he wanted to run with some taboh instead of renuka. but he was the only one that overtook us) i comforted myself; he must be damn good a runner who underestimates himself. runq suddenly opened up, seemingly trying to run with him. i thought siao liao..i'm so tired already. but i didnt want to lose her so chase lah. i was running behind her most of the time so no wind to sway me.

initially when she overtook me at abt the 2k mark, i didnt want to run with her cos of what mr q said abt. but i decided that today's trg shall be determined by today's performance and not what we've done before. i needed to prove myself and i really needed a pacer. (dan weilin n rjc girl in front were only a few steps away but it was tough to catch them. and i dont like running in a grp. personal running buddy nicer :)) i also wanted to run with her cos i wanted to shake her hand after e run. hehehee. i get this weird satisfaction when i shake my running buddy's hand and say 'good run :)' at the end. heh i was really inspired by that scene. i'm glad i took e step of faith to chase runqian before she realised that bouncyhaired mgs girl is gonna be brave to run with her. she was so encouraging;i felt so bad a partner if i didnt cheer her on(which i rarely did).

soon we reached 6km mark. sighh i was so sad it was gonna be my last 100m so i chiong kah liao. i saw grace1h and thought. i'm going to beat her. i MUST beat her. walao i sprint until like mad woman but still not good enough. from swimming and running race experiences, my timing shld be split secs slower only.ok maybe 1sec. but i was still v happy i was finally over with 6.1k w/o walking. runqian told me after the run that she thought finish at 6k mark so she slowed down but she saw me still running, so she cont ed and; 'i was pushing her a lot' :) and she wasnt sure i was able to do sub60 then since i nvr ran with her. but she's certain i could do it now as i just ran with her. then 'must have confidence! can one :)' so nice.

i was thinking, then, that athletes really take after their coaches. character, talking wise sense. hahahah. i thought mr quek got her to talk to me..but i doubt so lah. haha :) she was really friendly. great last run :) at least i made it count. but i'm gonna miss there :( i'd have 2nd thoughts if asked to go back again anw hahahaha. ok i'm gonna meet jen in 7 1/2hrs for lit 'tuition' but i'm still awake. bad me

tricia just made me excited for sch/

hello. have a blessed merry christmas! :) i spent christmas eve eve by:
watching the process of braces putting (it was fascinating for the first 1hr only)
making a haste decision and cutting my hair
then i had to run some family errands

i spent christmas eve by:
going for chem tuition (it was super enriching as usual:) love it)
listening to a stranger spread the gospel (i was really touched by him. God bless him)
swimming 3k(i stopped at lap30 to go hot water. then at lap48 i stopped again cos apparently._. there was lightning. then i chionged the last 12laps. i feel accomplished :) heh. ya heck. i didnt do any work.)
going to ahma's house for christmas celebration and getting vodka forced down(it's legal in my family)

christmas:
i didnt go church :(
we went ywca for daddy's bday celebration lunch (i secretly booked the WHOLE restaurant for 1/2hr of peace and privacy then we decided to allow the others to come in. we stayed for the whole time buffet was available and messed up the whole place. i hired two personal waiters to clean our table every 15min so it was ok)
i'm back home and i'm gonna do work now. (wonderful way of spending christmas)
we're going to orchard later. (gonna be surrounded with maniacs jumping and screaming all over like they're a stage above e drunken stage. sorry but i get disgusted at that sight)
gosh the bbq smoke over at my neighbour's place is choking up my lungs and making me sneeze.

ok i'm bored. work time! oh btw for those people who arent me, i didnt book the restaurant. it was like barren land when we entered. and the waitors had nth to do(i presume) so they kept coming to clean our table.

Are you passing through a testing,
Is your pillow wet with ears?
Do you wonder what the reason.
Why it seems God never hears?
Why it is you have no answer
To your oft-repeated plea.
Why the heaven still is leaden
As you wait on bended knee?

Do you wonder as you suffer,
Whether God does understand,
And if so, why He ignores you,
Fails to hold you in His hand?
Do black doubts creep in, assail you.
Fears without, and fears within,
Till your brave heart almost falters
And gives way to deadly sin?

All God's testing have a purpose --
Some day you'll see the light.
All He asks is that you trust Him.
Walk by faith and not by sight.
Do not fear when doubts beset you,
Just remember -- He is near;
He will never, never leave you,
He will always always hear.

Faithful is He who has promised,
He will never let you fall.
Daily will the strength be given
Strength for each and strength for all.
He will gladly give you peace,
Till your tired and weary body
Finds its blessed, glad release.

When the darkened veil is lifted,
Then, dear heart, you'll understand
Why it is you had to suffer.
Why you could not feel His hand
Giving strength when it was needed,
Giving power and peace within
Giving joy through tears and trial,
Giving victory over sin.

So till then just keep on trusting,
Through the sunshine and the rain
Through the tears and through the heart-aches,
Through the smiles and through the pain --
Knowing that our Father watches,
Knowing daily strength He'll give,
Victory for each passing hour,
This is life, so let us live!

- John E. Zoller


i just went to cut my hair and i look like a little kid. my sister just went to put on braces. and the taxi driver thought we WERE TWINS. ??!?!?! i'm SO 3yrs older than her. and the hairdresser thought we were friends. gaaah. how am i gonna face my team!! eeee so embarrasing =/

today's trg was cool. i went there at abt 1.50pm and received so many smses and calls. 'where to meet?' 'are we still having trg?' etc ETC. so, sorry if i sounded pissed with any of you.

i was quite @#(@ when mr q said trg was 15 20 15. haha first 15 was okay as usual.. just that at one point of time when i wanted to make more way for the rest, i ran on the soccer nets thinking it wasn't dangerous. boy were the nets vicious. they tripped me. my left leg was tangled up so my quad was overly stretched. then my right leg lunged forward to gain balance with my palms sprawled on the ground. gosh the impact on my quadS! but it was good i guess. the left quad's pain overcame the one on my usual quad so i could run. it was so heart warming though. i heard at least a thousands 'oh no, are you ok?'. i was on the verge of laughing and had so many people concerned abt me. aww. so i decided to keep quiet in the end. 20 chris was in front with dan and jia. i was next to charissa teo and sheryl and maybe hoiyan. i went all out at the very last sprint so overtook dan at the last part only. i think i need to learn how to endure pain. and i need to raise my threshold level a lot higher.

after trg was the event of the day. with an approximate number of 15 of us crossies, we took mr q's $50 to get a treat at ngee ann canteen. obviously we didnt spend all lah. but it was fun. and longan with ice jelly is really yummy. and it's only $1. goodness i love longan. after the rest left :(:(, sheryl joy and i went to btp for the nicest kfc chicken i've ever tasted in my life. and everything came in threes :) hahaha. except for the tissues which came in four cos the cashier wanted to join us. lol jk. oh man i think i'm going mad. and i'm seriously gonna miss all these types of trg :(

oh ya. teo said my 'aaw qeh' is getting better yay. hahahaha.
bleh. i just made the worst decision i could ever think of. i told mr q i'd rather train on flat ground instead of terrain at mrr on sat ::: i think i shall go swim again tmr.

YOU GET ONE WISH OF ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD YOU ASK FOR?
i would ask for my quad pain to go away forever

WISH FOR 6 MORE WISHES:
discipline
perseverance
for God to tell me where to head after o's soon
go overseas with my family (e last time was in k2 ._.)
um haiyar world peace lah world peace :)
to be the best i can be as a capt for my last 4 mths.
(i think my 'wishes' are more like goals for the new yr)

WHAT ANIMAL WOULD YOU BE?
horse! they're so carefree :) and they run fast

SOMETHING YOU WANT TO DO IN YOUR LIFE:
do a tri (whatever the spelling); run round spore once. sounds fun

ONE SONG YOU COULD LISTEN TO OVER AND OVER AGAIN:
i cant rmb the title

COKE OR PEPSI?
none! both are as bad. gosh

SOMETHING YOU CURRENTLY DESIRE:
to be staying in bukit timah

ONE GOOD DEED YOU'VE DONE LATELY:
uhh. it's actually my way of life :) haha jk. um OH. i ate ben and jerry's ice cream few days ago. it's a good deed to me :D and indirectly to others.

A FUNNY MOMENT IN YOUR LIFE:
cross trainings :)

5 people to do: me me me me me (i dont know what use there is to get my brain to think of who to send this to cos 1. i dont even really wanna know :))

The word became flesh.
Master became servant.
Creator became a man.
Perfection became sin so that old would be new.

Death would be life.
Slave would be heir.
Sorrow would e joy.
And we would be His forever.

(since i rarely get such bad strains, i rarely give up so easily, i nvr felt more lousy etc) i'm gonna blog abt today's trg.

the night before, i was talking to sheryl abt our target timings for 12k. we finally came to a conclusion; i aim for 62(take things slow) , sheryl 62.30. we promised to run and keep pace with together at least for first 8km. i was so fired up by the time we said bye. then at night, God gave me a vision(i think lah) so cannot sleep. wanted to me talk to the team today(had no chance so maybe monday). i only kun at 1.30.

this morning, quad was OKAY! it didnt hurt at all when i walked.i was soo happy yet frustrated(now then only recover =.=) the pain came back anyhow. grr stupid complacent me.

warm up, pain still tolerable lah. then after that dont know what got to me i talked to mrq again and prob showed some uncertainty. so after my 12k khakis left :(:( (you've no idea how demoralising seeing your gang run off and you're still back there) i waited for 7min then together with the 10k people, proceeded to 2 rounds of 1km. cos i was quite new to this 10k grp, (chris and teo mainly in it) i guess in a way it was quite refreshing. two of them pigs kept 'tiff what you doing here. you're e freaking fastest etc etc' it was irritating lah but have to admit it was quite ego boosting. hahaha =P the upslope was bad. downslope..even worse. i decided to keep up with peishan cos i heard that charissa(sec1) usually runs with her. first 1km: 5.50. whoa i thought it was too fast cos chris say they usually do 6+ 7. i think peishan and i can communicate with our yian3shen2. we did a 11.55 for total 2km. i thought 10k can cheat a bit and take a sip before tackling e sicc route. but since peishan didnt drink water i no choice follow her lah. mr q was there too anyway =x so up the slope..happy happy. now in the comfort of my seat, i dont know what happened but i turned back before even hitting the opening of sicc. (what i rmbed) first; i was breathless --gee ISNT THAT NORMAL!??! argh. second; my quad. MY QUAD! hmph.

ok the end.
i'm too angry to continue. anyway just want to ask you guys to please pray for my leg. i really want to start trg again. i promise to do my best at every trg. i promise to always run For Christ.

oh man so cool so cool!!! i'm born on the same day as seb =D gosh do I feel honoured! now i'm gonna celebrate my bday properly and make sure to sing an extra bday song for seb :D

COE'S CAREER

1956: Born, 29 September
1979: Broke three world records in 41 days
1980: 1500m Olympic gold, 800m silver
1984: 1500m Olympic gold, 800m silver
1991: Awarded OBE
1992-1997: Tory MP for Falmouth and Camborne
1997: Private Secretary to Tory leader William Hague
July 2004: Appointed London's 2012 bid leader
London beats Paris to 2012 Games

Seb Coe's gonna be my new inspirer (lance armstrong forever inspiring me)

"If we win I'll carry the flame home, if we lose I'll carry the can."
-Lord Coe

(those who doesn't know who seb coe is,[gosh. you countrybum... haha actually i didnt know who he is till today ] go check up on him! he's worth it ;))

HELLO!!! :D as tiffanys com is dead i shall be blogging on her behalf.
As tiffanys com is dead and her dear fren whom she (and rachel wang) will miss SOOOOOO much is going to spain. So dear fans of tiffanys blog plz go entertain her! and guys can go jiu her now coz she is bored and she wld prob go out wiv u if u ask nicely and pay for all her meals/movies/everything :D [im SO going to get killed for this]

anyway tiffany has a booboo on her leg coz she walk walk walk then see longkang but brain not working so she juz step into the longkang then *ploop* now leg injured. she very sad coz she cannot walk properly therefore cannot run therefore cannot train! the horror the suffering and the pain!!! that reminds me any guy who wants to date her now muz also be prepared to give her a leg massage, do her chores, sort of be her maid! but its worth it since ull end up getting tiffany! very glam dating her one u know

qouting her "i'm super scared i slack now next yr no time to study" therefore i infere tht she is getting influenced by rachwang the queen of mugger :D oh therefore she wld aslo need a smart bf ah

sooooo to sum up all, tiffany is looking for a guy who:
1) can entertain her while paying for everything
2) can massage her poor hurt foot
3) can be her maid
4) can help her in her sch work
oh yah muz be hot and nice and single (very impt) etc.
anyone interested plz submit your application via a sms to tiffany and she will shortlist some b4 it goes into a round of competition where applicants will have to take tiffany on a series of date b4 she choose the one to be her bf or if she decides to reject everyone in the end.

by: shawn [1989 - (once tiffany finds out i wrote this entry)]

it's not my fault we dont go out much ok. i think his words have been instilled(more like drilled) into us; and you can blame no one but yourself. i do want to go out for team bonding!! boo. see lah. neither senior nor junior nor retired capt wanna take the initiative so we're gonna have a camp-welcome-farewell party all rojak together. wonderful job done, father duck! :)

standard chartered was great. just that the other 3 a bit serious today =x they dont wanna play with us. aww. danielle was a fun playing companion though :) too bad she had to leave early. we did have fun though; running around with balloons and splashing water at each other before that.

heyy. my mum has a new name for me! (or more like it just dawned to me) JUN!!! okok. i'm going to eat supper with mummy now. (ya that late. i slept for the whoooole afternoon just now man)

i was trying my hardest of my bestest of my ultimatest to go against clarkson's screaming. but alas! it still didnt work. maybe it's those grinning faces of my juniors in front of me... hmmm

guys are so full of themselves. evidently, right in front of the screen, the top girl's score was higher than the top boy's but they still had a defending speech for themselves; which didn't work at all for me. but i just gave in anyway, his muscles were bulging o.O weight lifting. hahahaha. stupid guy. oh, the previous paragraph was abt weight lifting too.

haha i'm such a disgrace to my juniors =P today was REALLY fun though. hahahaha. oh myyy i was mixing ard with 100%pure juniors! with people younger than me. wow and it was exciting. i shall commerate them then, grace lee(the one who keeps competing with me to get a lower score), grace lim(whiner), dan(the FIGHTER. the girl who's pack with MUSCLES) standard chartered doesn't seem so scary anymore :D and and and it's so cool when scuba divers wave at you. but it is super scary. sad tricia had to go home to watch the stupid tong xin yuan.

grace lee's afraid of MR. SOFTEE :) haaha. his arms were so short! hahahaha!

2nd lamp post;
information counter
we had to camp behind everybody just to come up with those words. hahaha literately had to CAMP there lah.

junior vice capt! we just had our fair share of team-bonding eh? :)