Today is sports day for me. LOL.

Morning was gym and badminton. Met Joel at the gym at 9 and gym-ed for an hour till 10. Erm, cant carry too heavy weights le, cos didnt visit the gym for almost a month?! Yeah. Then played badminton with Jowell at the Sports Hall Court 1. Erm did alot of running, shuttling and rallying. Sweat quite alot and I could even see the "sweat molecules" on my thighs, arms and face. However, it was super fun. Im very into badminton now and Im gonna change my main racquet soon cos its so so so so heavy, according to both me and Jowell. =P So its the Yonex carbonex racquet next. =)

Spent the afternoon at Mustafa looking for a pair of reasonable priced and comfortable street soccer/indoor court shoes. Was choosing a few Umbro ones and tried on the various sizes. Though they were a little too plastic and restricting on my movements, I still picked them for their cheap prices. Until....I took a turn at the next shelf and saw a Diadora pair! Wow, it was cheaper by 50 cents but it had the perfect size! 9.5 UK size. And its comfort level was HIGH! It felt like a pair of school shoes so most of the composition is made of cotton and cloth. =)

Had Table tennis class at night. Held at the Toa Payoh Central CC. Erm though I had a few incorrect strokes and took some time to learn, I was quite pissed at the rate of the class, mainly due to the kids taking sucha long long long time to learn and there was this act-ang-moh b*t*h who was yaking her way off instead of playing it right. Im so gonna question the age-group of the class next time and Im only going to join those with age-restriction in place.Like they always say, ADULTS ONLY!

Oh and on the other hand, I might be getting a private badminton instructor soon, so YEAH!!!!

Wahahaha, going to officially learn table tennis le. Was browsing through the People's Association webpage a few days back and saw that there was a table tennis course ongoing at the Toa Payoh Central CC. So I went to sign up, though I had alr missed out on the first lesson. Im so lucky to have found the course ongoing at a CC near my house because the rest of the table tennis courses were just too far away, like Sembawang?!?!

Went to Mustafa this morning to buy my badminton racquet's grip. Bought the Yonex ones, and after opening them at home, they proved to be quite "solid" and steady. Felt quite comfortable holding it and the racquet looked all new after I cleaned it quite throughly.

Time-table came out a few days back. Yay, still in the same class, though instead of J2 the class's name has been to changed to L2. More aerospace modules upcoming, like avionics systems and human factors, which is what Im waiting for because it is these modules that makes the aerospace course stand out from the rest. And after going to the NUS talk last Weds, Im more convinced that Dip Plus will allow me to have a better chance of getting into NUS. =)

Alright, going to catch "I guess, I guess, I guess guess guess" (Pls translate into chinese and you'll get what I mean) =P

OMG!!! I was super shocked this morning to see my results!! GPA 4.0!! Yayyy.Actually I have to thank God for it, for blessing me through this whole examination period. I didnt expect to get a 4.0, maybe a 3.5 or somewhere around there? Yeah. Whee and dad gave me a hundred dollars for a good job done. Wahahaha, now I have some spare money to get my new pair of earphones and my badminton grip's rubber cover le. =)

Played table tennis and the first time I won jen kiat. 4 sets to 3. Well cos I brought my own bat along and since I was more familiar with it and I knew where my mistakes lie, I just played a "minimal mistakes" game by not trying to smack the ball and waiting for my opponent to get impatient and force an error. =D

Fun olympics today was quite okay. Took turns with Teo Huei to brief the respective groups about the game and helped to count the scores. Then while waiting for another group to appear, we would just grab a few balls and play our own game. Hahaha, super fun.

Loads of drama serials to watch now. " HELLO Xiao2 Jie3" , "Sui4 Yue4 Feng1 Yun2" , "Ba4 ba1 bi4 zui3". Clearing them 1 by 1 now. Its all the channel 55 shows but Im just too impatient to wait for them to show 1 episode by 1 episode on TV so I've decided to watch them first. Hahaha.

Manutd lost to Liverpool by 2 goals to 1 and I had expected it. Without Ronaldo's presence, the team is akin to a tiger without fangs. Sure, it has paws to fight, but it wouldn't last long. Ronaldo is still the crucial man to bring the team back to its glory. And just as well, I was at some chinese singing thing which my grandma had a role in so at least I didnt have to see the disappointing game play of manutd, as was described to me by my brother. =(

Last but not least, F1 grabbed my attention the most for this whole week. The Italian GP. Sebestian Vettel took it much to the shock of the other more experienced drivers and it was an undeniable fact that he drove in a very pretty solid manner. Taking the lead over Kovalainen for quite a few laps is an amazing feat for this young driver and he certainly deserved the first place standings. Next up, Singtel Singapore GP. My take would be none other than my personal idol, Lewis Hamilton!!!! =D

Okay, going to rest for now, long day tmr.

See this! Yeah it my newest game in my PC collection. Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 VEGAS! Yeah I know this game was out a year back but I had forgotten to buy it until recently. And since the older games were at a discount, I got it at a much cheaper price. =) And dont hv the misconception that the older games are lousier, because this 1 never is. Its super exciting and it trains on 1 aspect, PATIENCE! Without patience, even SEAL team members cant complete the games. The terrorists are alert at the slightest sound of a gun shot and so the killings have to be done very very carefully after much planning. Im completing 1 stage at a time because it wont be fun to just rush through it all and what's more playing first player shooting games for long hours gives me disorientation and a want to ....vomit?!

Parents are not in town as of today which means......not all hell break lose lar, Im not some kid that goes to club. but more freedom le and yeah, quieter house. Going to the masterbedroom later to watch cable tv and yeah, until how late also can. =)

After a few sessions of peer tutoring, I can really see a difference in students in top schools and those in the neighbourhood ones. No Im not being elitist here, but seriously there has got to be a difference otherwise how would we know who are the better ones. Those I taught a few days back were just super rowdy and v inattentive. To think that they were praised by the teacher to be bright students and are going for entry into DPAE. Im mean attitude wise I would expect better but they truely were a rowdy bunch. Compared to those from top schools, they know how to handle their work and have a better sense of responsibility. Also, they are more attentive and even if they miss out on something they will find a way to get back to it. I doubt the ones in my class are going to pass the on-coming exam. I would say perhaps 80% of the class wont make it. On e other hand, the ones at the other class are v quiet and attentive. They come prepared and know how to ans the qns. I would feel confident for them.

Alright going to watch TV le. Bye! =)

Isn't it ridiculous?! Apple's most likely going to announce a new ipod touch and my guess is that the new touch could "take-in" the same design as the current iphone 3G, which has tapered ends and a plastic back. Oh gosh, I would prefer the newer 1 because I wont have to worry about the scratching of the back then. =(

I've been quite free these few days and its more of TV and sports, like as I mentioned in the previous posts, swimming. Played soccer for an hour today before going for my usual run. However, this time while running, I realised that I was better in controlling my breaths and knowing my constant breath pacing. To put it another way, I sorta can last a longer distance as compared to last time. Perhaps the swimming sessions showed a little results. =) Im gonna go swimming again tmr morning and this time Im having a shot at my lousy free-style technique. I keep forgetting to kick my legs everytime I focus too much on my breathing and movement of the hands. So Im gonna have to master it and perhaps by the end of the year, I will be able to swim a medley.HAHAHAHAHA. Okay Mervyn you are DREAMING!

Looked at my schedule and the next 2 weeks are gonna be quite packed. Peer tutoring, Work, Looking after the house and doing some housework while dad and mum are away, going to lay my touch on my poor long forgotten keyboard, swimming, jogs, table tennis sessions, completing my book and magazines, cousin's bbq, Chiong-ing the TV drama......And after seeing the police trainees kayaking during the 10pm channel U hong-kong drama, I have a super strong urge to go KAYAKING!!! But I wont do it in the open seas since Im not a pro, perhaps macritchie.

And I have quite a few things to buy and do,buy the plastic covering for my badminton racket, buy new headphones,buy tt book at e shelf at popular,cut hair, finish the peer tutoring solutions,buy new TYR goggles,buy new swimming trunks,buy new shoelaces.

Alright, going to catch up with my drama on dvd le, bai-bai!! Hehe....

Oh shucks, my ear-phones just spolit. =( And what's more its a Sennheiser earphone so I'd expect it to be more lasting?! Okay nvm so I guess its time to get a new one since I'd go crazy if there is no music entertainment when I take buses. Looking at cheaper alternatives like Sony or Creative and even Bose. And now I realise the importance of noise cancelling earphones because they really do block out NOISE! In science, noise is simply defined as unwanted sounds or signals. So since the noise coming out from the bus engine is not what I want to hear, then its good to have noise-cancelling ear-phone. Therefore, first priority, NOISE-CANCELLATION!! =)

Swam 1KM today, which is equivalent to 20 laps, and which is accumulated by 16 laps of breaststroke and 4 laps of backstroke. The water keeps getting into my nose when I was attempting my first lap of backstroke but it gets better over time. People say the best runners can also pant while swimming, because swimming is sport in another medium, in this case, water. Hmmmm...but I still dont feel tired after 20 laps, which took me about 45 minutes inclusive of rest-time? Yeah. And Im so gonna try swimming like 40 laps in a week for every week this holiday. It seems little to the pro-swimmers but to a beginner like me, quite hard. I might increase the number of laps if I get better with the endurance, who knows?

Booked the table-tennis court again this Sunday for the same old 2 hours. It was super fun last week and I tried out a new attacking move which proved to be quite successful in hitting the ball at the corner and the percentage of it getting out of the table was like only 5%?

okay, gg off to do some surfing for new earphones le. =P