Awesome day! Reached raffles place at 7am, ate breakfast at mac. First race was 10am+, it was the mens open semi, went to warm up and did some simulations, but i didnt went for the race set. Senior boat got 1st in the semi, and went into the grand final, i was so freaking happy, saw coach jumping after hearing that NYP got 1st and will be in the grand final. Next was our mixed boat race, did our best, but finished with a 4th placing. Row with no regrets! We will do better for the next regatta and for all races in future. Gurls team did extremely well too, they got into the minor and plate finals, and got gold for both event. A clap for them! Well done gurls! Next up was the tertiary men final, NYP was against SIM,NP,RP,NTU. Tough race, but the seniors did damn well, came in 2nd place for mens tertiary. Mens open grand final was a nerve shocking race, me and my teammates was on the other side of the river to watch their race while running. We started to run when the race horn was blown. The boat in lane3 was quickly pulled away from all the other boats, NYP coming in strong from behind, about the 150m mark, NP started to push forward and were neck to neck with NYP, at about the last 50m mark, all boats was close, so close that all boat looks in line with each other. All boats enter the finishing line together, and i cant judge which team came in first, NP rowers which were also running with us thought they had won, happily shouting here shouting there. When we got back, the result was, NYP got 3rd, Safra 2nd, SIM 1st. And where NP?? Behind NYP! muahahahahah! LMAO! oh yeah, blogging what i wanna blog. Cool! :) Well done again seniors! WE gonna work harder for the next race, and get a medal back! SaaaAAahahahHHhH! LOL!

Yooo peeps! Just got back from Singapore River Regatta Day1.

Met Jack and ChengWee at 7am, and head down to raffles place. On the way, we met my fellow teammates. Bla bla bla! reached there about 7.45am, and there were already many teams gathering at their spot. We settled down, and did warm-ups around raffles place. First race was the tertiary open, our seniors came in first in tat race. Next up was the mens open. Coach picked me and benny to join the senior boat, for more power. We were sianz after hearing that, as we wanna row together with out teammates. Talked to coach, but still ended up in senior boat. Went down to race, all boats were quite close from what i saw. Well done guys, all of u did well! The ladies did well too, both nyp A & B womens got into the semis, very happy for them. Yeah, now to mixed race, the mixed race was the best race i did today, the feel was there, it was fast, timing was good. Got a 3rd placing, though we got 3rd, we managed to get into the semis for mixed. Erm ya, so theres about it. Tmr will be our semis, and finals. Gonna aim for a medal!! photos will be uploaded once i got them from jiexin.

Sunshine, thanks for coming down and support me. Although i didnt have time to entertain u, but i was thinking about u. Hehehe!
Few days again, me and my clique started our food trip, we went to bugis to have steamboat, ate alot sliced pork and crabby. then went gelyang for king of the durian. Nice!! Looking forward to the next food trip!

Wooohooo! nothing much to blog about. recently been busy with db training, soooo tired!! Singapore Regatta Race is coming very soon, next week 21-22nov 2009, held at Singapore river. Was actually pacer for our boat, but ended up at the back pack, coach wants me to provide more power at the back, as the back is kinda weak. tired of blogging about db.

Yeah! Im in a relationship with someone, yeah someone. Most of u may know who. I dunno how to describe her, but i really like her character and personality alot! Love ya! <3

stay tune for more interesting topic!

I shall blog today, requested by Amanda. hahaha.. Ermm recently i was super duper busy with things i do. Last sat/sun, went down to NUM office for 2 long days of training. Learnt about the num products, quality and sales techniques and what u can think of. LoL! was posted to city link mall outlet no.2 for work, am on standby on fri, and am confirm working on this coming sat and sun, 5-10pm. Hopefully it will be fun to work.

Last sat, we suppose to have training or rather time trial at kallang river. But we got a very last min call from the seniors and fengru that it had been cancelled. And me, jack, and chengwee were already on the way there. We alighted at seragoon station and called up our fellow teamates. SOon i headed home, and went out for num training.
Last sun, it was the time trial day. All of us were nervous, and some of us were afraid that we cannot do well. I didnt have much confidences as it was my first time doing this trial, but i just whack and did my best, it resulted a good timing of 2.32 mins, im very happy with it. ALthough my strokes were not perfect, but i was happy with it. Gonna improve in my strokes and catch of the water. Something happened when all of us were waiting for our turn to row. Before our rowing began, we ran 2 rounds around seletar, and there were those indian 'gangster' sitting at one corner drinking and chitchatting. Ran past them, one of the idiot shouted, 'left,right,left,right....' same goes to the 2nd round we did. But we didnt care about tat idiot. stretched ourselves, and rest. suddenly, tat idiot came shouting at one of the senior, was shocked. tat idiot buddy pull him away and went to the toilet to refill water. They came back with a hand holding a belt with sharp edges, i saw it and i quickly took a paddle to standby. One of my senior stood up and confronted him, face to face talk. More and more stood up, the idiot's fren came up. nice show mannx. my coach saw the incident and came up to stop the talk, and everything was settled. Think they are afraid of our coach. hahaha. and i bet they are not match fighting with us. and yeah that about it...
Bought myself a adidas bag, a very big one to store my db items, lappy, sch staffs etc. At a very cheap price, 30bucks. hopefully it will last long enough. Brought the bag to sch today, my fren said that i look like running away from home with the bag hahaha..

Yeah, thats about it. Happy reading. muahahahha!

This is dedicated to my best fren, Jackson.
Happy 18th Birthday, although it had jus past. I had a great time with u, jason, kj, lianghao and ur fren christin. Definitely looking forward for another outing with u guys. Friends forever mannx!

Its great to step into the lecture room, and tutorial room, to see all my classmates and new classmates. For this sem, few of other classes had swap with my previous sem classes, thus new faces, new classmates. From what i see these few days, the ppl from other class are quite funny and active, which i think its good, rather then a quiet lecture and when its time to pay attention we pay attention. Its been a week in sch, and tons of work/projects are piling up. Stress!!

DB training is getting fierce now, we got training everyday except for friday(restday). Every tues,wed,thurs, i got to wake up at 530AM, and leave house at 6AM for rowing at 630AM. Land training as usual on tues and thurs evening. Additional training on monday and wed noon. ALot Hor!? Hardly have time to rest and go out to have fun. Tmr training will be our time trial, solo for 300m. Nervous siol.. Created my own cheer for myself, 'LOUIS, SHHAAAAAAAAA!' aahahahhaa.!

Got a part time job for myself, guess where im working at.
At NewUrbanMale!
Kinda happy that i got in, can earn some money to spend, and work. But this job came in the wrong timing, as this month is my busiest time, i've got to study, go for DB training. One of the staff called me today and ask which day i can work next week, told him sat and sun evening shift. Know what he told me after tat, '2 days only ah?' I was like wtf! I checked my timetable and gave him another work slot on wed. And ShiT, after our conversation, i rmb i got rowing on wed evening, was totally sian 100%. Tmr will be a very long day, rowing first, then num training, then celebrate jackson's birthday. Haven even buy present for him.

Got to manage time well from now on! Study Hard! Train Hard!

This morning was a fun morning. Went to Pasir Ris Park for a river clean up. My dad fetch me and pick up sheila at hougang mrt station, head down to Pasir Ris Park. Reached there at about 6.45am, we thought we were first to reach before our teammates, but no, they were already assembling at the water venture holding area. Luckily we walked in, if not we gonna wait outside for nth. Put my bag in the room, took my tee and off to gather. Ate my mac breakfast while listening to the person in-charge briefing. Took our gears and off we go to collect our kayaks. Its my first time kayaking, forgotten whether did i kayak before in the past. Its fun kayaking with all my teammates. We kept crashing into each other, as we dont really know how to steer well, but after sometime, we got better. Gather on the water, awaiting for our VIP, Mr Teo, Minister of defence to arrive. He arrived and off we went behind him. My partner is Mendez btw, he sat in front, while i sat behind doing the steering part. We saw TV crew in a speed boat, and was following mr teo, so theres sure some shooting and probably appear on tv. Thus, we quickly paddle up to him, but we did not catch up till the place we were suppose to clean up. Mr Teo was cleaning up in the same area as we do, so the tv crew was following. Some of my seniors were being interviewed. We collected quite alot of trash, such as plastic wrappers, trolley etc. Oh yeah, the water at the river was damn freaking super duper dirty and smelly. Water was filled with foam, bubbles, and color was in dirty green. But it was really fun and full of laughter. After like an hour of cleaning up, we head back, on the way back, rain falls however only for a short while. Along the way, we holded on to a speed boat, and were dragged by it, relaxation mannx. ahaha.. Got out of the river, we gathered for a head count, then head back to our starting point. Me and Mendez did afew charge sets, and we dunno why and how the earth the kayak kept going to the right. Kept our kayak, gears and went to wash up. Took bus back to NYP, showered and went back home for lunch and a nap. Just now watched news on chn8, theres a part on our river clean up, how awesome is that, but i was not seen in the tv. Although i did not appear on the tv, it was just cool to watch all NYP dragonboater, kayakers and adventure clubber paddling in a big group wearing red. Overall, its a fun day!

Tmr starting sch already. Long time didnt see my classmates. Got my new timetable, i think my timetable quite good. I've got 3 days starts at 12pm, tues/thurs ends at 6pm. Which is good, i can go straight to training after class. And i can go home to rest abit after morning rowing and goes to sch at 12. For this sem, i think we got more hands on work, projects etc. Hope its easy, and i wanna get good grades. Was happy that i got German language for my complimentary subject, my 2nd choice. Next time can use them if i go to germany. hehehe.. hmmm nth much, just had to work hard, train hard, play hard. Ciao!

Its been a few days after Sava Sprint race, only now i got the mood and time to update. For the past few days, i was just relaxing at home and rest, went for dental appointment too. The last appointment was like 2months ago, suppose to have 2 appointments in 2 months, but i cancelled them due to training. A day after the tightening, its still tight on my teeth now. And i got to wear a rubber band on my teeth, order by my beautiful dentist. hahaaa.. Abit uneasy, but will get use to it soon.

Now let me say about my race. On sunday, i reached sch at about 8am, and suppose to leave sch at 830. but the bus driver was late and was delayed, we only left sch at about 9+. The gals team were told to wear their life vest and get ready to rush to the venue, as they were told their race will be held soon. They alight from the bus and rush there, while we took their bags and walk slowly for our destination. It was jus a rush, when we reached there, the gals were warming-up. We settle down, did some warm-ups and light run. Think all of us were quite nervous. When its our turn, we got our moral up and off we go. Our very first race began in quite a good start. Although we got last for the first race, but we had done a great job, our timing was 52seconds. Our rivals for was strong, such a team PMC, national team. Our senior team manage to get a slot in the semi-final, as they got first in their race. Waiting for our repecharge race to be called, we head to TP toilet to do business. Soon our next race was called, and all juniors head down again for our second race. Our rivals were strong too, but we only wanna beat one team which is ngee ann poly. Their team were suppose to be a junior team but they input 5 pairs of seniors inside. Race began, we gave a very good starts. Overall for the second race, i felt a much better feel, but timing was 53seconds, 1 second behind our first race. We was last for the 2nd race but in the end, ngee ann poly was given a 2second penalty for which i think was one of their rower scolded "CB" loudly just before the race start. How did the "CB" came about? Just before the race gonna starts, ngee ann boat shouted "ngee ann lai ah!". Seconds later i shouted "Nanyang Lai Ah!". And then, tat word "CB" came out loud and clear. And yeah, we beat them for 1 second according to the time. Woot! Im extremely happy when i saw the results. For the entire sava sprint, our NYP dragonboat won a medal, first place from minor plate, our senior got them. Well Done! After this race experiences, and after getting last place for the race, we gotta work extremely hard for our next race, river regatta 2009. Im gonna train damn hard, gym damn hard and try to make it into boat A. Jia You Louis!!

NYP junior team.



NYP DragonBoat Team.