♥ Gym

♥ Sunday, April 15, 2012

post comp! post camp, and pre elections

in the last week, competition was over on wednesday, and camp was over on saturday. Our term as exco will end soon with the upcoming elections to select for the next exco, and I'm not sure whether I feel nostalgic or not.

Comp was great, both guys and girls team scored team silver, and for girls indiv events, etinne and I tied for indiv silver, and for guys indiv, alden got the indiv silver (: I watched the videos, it definitely wasn't our best routines for etinne and I, we wished we had another chance.. But we shan't complain. All in all I think we fought hard under those circumstances and I couldn't have asked for a better way to end my gym career of 6 years (:

Camp was over friday and saturday, and it was the last thing that our batch is doing before we retire. Although many of our initial plans failed, due to delays and unexpected happenings, but I'm glad that we did achieve our objectives of allowing the juniors to get to know one another better, and I think they had fun, which was the most important. I'm quite thankful that as a batch we are all sensible and cooperative, we all seem to know what to do so there wasn't a time that we were lost. Communication was good amongst all of us, which was good. And even though not all of us are exco members, each and everyone of us is able to handle the situation even when exco isn't there, so I guess this shows that we have all grown as leaders (:

one thing i regret about camp is the ending, where we were quite confused by the teachers because they suddenly spring the news about elections on us, the fact that the results of the new exco has to be out by 27 april. that gives us approximately 2 weeks to carry out speeches, voting, interviews, and 2nd round of voting. Time is really tight on our hands, and next week there is art gym competition and the tramp gym's supposed rest week, so technically there wasn't supposed to be training. But due to the need to get the elections done, we have to ask everyone to come back for the rest of the week.. It's a little unfair, especially rhythmic gym got their week of rest while tramp gym was training for competition. but oh well. This is really the last thing exco gets to do together, I just hope that we all have fun and enjoy each other's company while we can, before we step down.

Its been about 5 years trng with etinne and the juniors, and 1 year plus with my current batch. We've done many things together in this 1 year plus, we started off with mothers day, then j2 farewell, ihc, teachers day performance, bbq, take 5, and we ended with gym camp. Although batch CIP was in our initial plan, but besides that, we seem to have achieved everything we wanted to do.. (: I'm quite happy for that and all the memories and good times, and the bonds we have forged. We started out in our awkward introductory circle talking about names, class, and subject combination, then we got to gym camp where we knew each other better and did retarded things like construct a gym family tree, then we grew together as we took over from the seniors went through all the experiences.. esp competition, the highlight of our year and what we have been trng for all year long, all the stress and emotions, sweat and pain, we all went through it together. Comp is really an emotionally binding experience, and I'm really thankful for the wonderful team we had, all the juniors and batchmates are ppl I really love and care about and would never exchange for anything in the world.

I hope, with the coming elections, we end up with an exco that holds promises and life for gym, and continue to carry on the spirit <3

10:48 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Sunday, March 04, 2012

its only march, and im alr swamped with a mega load of stuff.

comp is nearly a month away.. time to really buck up and keep the faith, encourage each other and press on. pray for all of us to remain in good health and continue to improve and peak on comp day <3

loads of stuff happening for cca too. camp planning, shirts designs, and not to mention all the team raffles merch. we're coming up with gym badges too! the j1s in our cca seem settled in, the tramp j1s at least, they seem quite bonded alr going to stuffs together, hope we can all keep the gym spirit going~~

cts are starting this week with gp, i really dont want to flunk but there seems to be a lack of time to study.. and now im supposed to be doing gp but obviously i got too bored.

biod seems to be rather slack, but nooo beneath all the picture spam ppt slides for lectures, we are expected to do our own reading.. a trip to the library landed me with huge textbooks that i dont have the time to read.

A level results got released last friday, and i must say im stressed. of course everyone has the desire to perform well, so our 12 years of education wont be wasted.. and then there are thoughts about the future, im in serious need of career guidance.

i just realised there are alot of things i wanna do but cant find the time to. to play piano, get and learn how to play the ukelele, draw a few shirts, bake a mountain load of goodies... those would go to the list of things to do after As. therefore, the only thing left to do now is STUDYYYYY O_O

8:32 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Tuesday, December 13, 2011

back from the alps! it was a really wonderful journey, with the beautiful scenery, and the entire experience with team 1. im really glad i got to know all of you, and lived with you guys for 9 days in the mountains. we got so used to somethings, like pitching and unpitching tents, hand san after everything, crowding around the pot and watching the water boil and helping to pump the fuel, squashing cans, keeping our trash, laying out our things to sun and dry, and sharing food all the time. wraps for lunch everyday, pasta for dinner every night, with us looking forward to instant mac and cheese and instant rice xD

and then our group antics. so used to mel waking us up everyday, and rumin and arnold really hard to wake up, yongx being the best at digging holes, kuang dozing off every time there is a flat surface, kuang and his teeth and his dentists parents, arnold and his noted and his tummy, the guys singing the china national anthem all the time, yongx and kuang and their china and indian accents, shaun and not eating fruits, heather complaining it was too cold at night and too hot in the afternoon, yifeng complaining everytime she has to dig out the first aid kit, cynthia and her chef tips, cynthia and her blisters, inez and her epic colours of her outershell and her track pants that would match her shirts, pamela and her chocolates, and all the melments xD and mr kwak and his yonder (i.e. a stone throw away which is actually 3 mountains away) and ms chan being so nice and always there (:

it was really amazing when you turn back and see the place you've come from and realise how far you have walked. like the middle of the second day where we looked back and saw the trout farm where we started, and MUNC hut where we camped for day 1. and also on day 3 when we turned and saw the camel humps where we had lunch the previous day. and when we were climbing towards basalt temple and we turned back and saw the quaint dibbins hut at the bottom of the valley. and on day 4 where we turned back and saw kilometers of flat plains that we had walked on.

so used to seeing the snow gums in snowgum land, and buttercups and mountain pepper and alpine mint above the treeline. so used to packing every night and morning and snuggling into our sleeping bags. so used to putting moisteriser and lip balm and sunblock all the time. and cant forget all our beanie hair!! and singing the man who cant be moved all the time cos we just wanna camp in our sleeping bags, we dont wanna move. and singing the batch song every time we dont have anything else to sing.

oh! and peeing and shitting in the bushes. not to mention the day when we summited, the guys got to pee into an approaching cloud and pee off the mountain.. best lah xD

all the NOTED and JUSSST EATTTT and good food or bad food, STILL FOOD, as long as it goes into my tummyy and SOUNDS GOOD xD arnoldify and mellify. oh and cant forget the YEAH KUANG YEAHHHH xD

chime of dandelions

blowing in the cold alpine wind

sparkling in the sunlight

reflecting sun rays, shining white

flutter of buttercups

bending in the wind, waving their wings

strong and bright, yet delicate

blooming for those who appreciate

frosty alpine mint

buffered by the wind, but firm

fragrant taste after stepping

resilient; still standing

echo of ancient snow gums

bent and twisted from the wind

fringe of old men's hair in the sunlight

eerie in the foggy night

calling of the mountains

wind on my cold face

sunlight that warms my heart

stowed in my mind as we depart.

________________________________________

blanket of fog shrouds all

but if you cant see the stars, it does not mean they are not there

coat of ice preserves all

but if something is frozen, it does not mean it is quenched

wave of heat burns all

but if the snow gums are on fire, it does not mean they are dead.

8:27 AMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Saturday, November 26, 2011

one more day to flying off for alps! whoo excited and packed ((:

sigh last trng before i leave wasnt a good one, i have alot of psychological barriers to overcome, i think i would take time during alps to reflect upon it. try first, regret later.

on a side note i havent had much time to do much homework. darn.

had so much on my mind lately, i keep forgetting things >< i better be more focused on stuff before more things start slipping through the cracks.

love 409ers, had a really awesome sleepover ((: but back to reality.

5:33 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Tuesday, November 22, 2011

sometimes, when things get too stressful, take a step back and breathe, you will see the bigger picture.

homg h3 chem lecture started yesterday, and that threw my entire study schedule off. the lectures were fast paced AND the tutorial has to be done before the next lecture the next day. my plans to finish geog holiday homework, differential eqns tut and halogens tut before i leave for alps is totally out. not to mention finishing the tut for genetic basis of variation..

why am i such a muggertoad.

checking my schedule i realised that i put down register for "SAT1?" i was supposed to decide by today whether i want to take it or not, but i think i'm still not sure.. well the deadline is 30 dec, i guess i still have time ><

on a side note, last week i watched and then there were none, a players production, and it was really really awesome ((: and i managed to get the ebook :D now i can read it!!!

sian one more gym trng before i have to leave for alps. have to make the most out of it!! and have bbq and cip to plan, wheee life is gonna be quite exciting though busy (:

6:29 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Monday, November 14, 2011

Don't dwell on something that makes you unhappy, because you might miss the good things that comes by.

whee slacked for 2 days straight haha. drew up an intensive study timetable though! meant to stress myself out to do work, but not sure how strictly i would follow it oops.

OP is over, which means PW has officially ended (: im really thankful for the awesome groupmates i had, they made pw so much more bearable, and even fun at times (: love you guys, especially towards the end, where every session was epic xD and all our pw quotes!

now there is time to think about other stuff, shall start planning for batch outing and cip and stuffs.. or cca will be too boring >< its so strange to not be doing various gym saigang, i think im a saigang warrior at heart :/ or too used to forever be doing gym stuff due to last year. oh well. and the gym is closed for maintenance because of some lamp that fell from the ceiling. rawrrr.

and congrats to nat team for winning sea games!! :D

3:23 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Smile, because you just might be lighting up someone's world with it (:

8:23 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Wednesday, November 02, 2011

"Do first, regret later."

-yuxuan

one of the few quotable quotes from yuxuan. actually, maybe its his only quotable quote hahaa. but its very true, and can apply to alot of things, esp gym.

will try much harder with this view in mind!! (:

8:08 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Tuesday, November 01, 2011

wow a whole year has passed since this place was last updated hahaha

i realised how dead this place really is. see the cobwebs in the corners?

a year has gone past since my last post. last year i was still concerned and stressed about gym concert, angry with the school management and their retarded policies.

the previous year was even funnier, i cant believe how childish my posts are hahaha. and i was stressing over pts?! seriously those were nothing compared to pw lolol. and i was such an emo kid sometimes xD im sorry to all those to whom i've caused undue stress and worry from my scary behaviour. thank you for caring, those smiles and hugs made the difference <3

i guess its the life experiences that makes us who we are today. cant say i've changed, its more like my reactions to things have changed. and i think rj has this lepak culture, i dont seem to stress as much as i used to over tiny things.. or maybe, there are too many things to stress over i stopped stressing. hope that doesnt mean i stopped caring.

reading my last post on comp made me rmb the good old days in rg gym <3 only etinne, gill and i eventually joined gym in rj. but i guess the gym journey for the rest didnt really end, because once a gymnast, always a gymnast (: i hope some juniors would join us, really miss them.. my batchmates are great but still, its different with the juniors.

zomg need to jiayou and train hard for next year comps. what happened to the goal of learning a div routine by end of last year? major epic phailll. but no more trng until after op!! D:

2011 was a really busy and whirlwind year, poof we're done with promos, pw is coming to an end, alps trip is upcoming, been to cambridge for 2 weeks and back, did loads of random cip here and there and probably alr forgotten the meaning of the service when the records come back for checking, participated in the strangest comp where i was alr tired and wanted to just compete and go home when i reached there, and the truckloads of mugging madness. love all the new friends i've made, hope we all stay happy and sane (or not) until end next year...

on a side note, 2012 olympics!!! <3 will probably have a new photo to replace the 16 year old shawn johnson up there.

8:25 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Wednesday, October 20, 2010

so angry with the world, so angry with this place, so angry with some ppl. with lessons that we did not choose to learn, or choose but we can rearrange to still learn at another time, and doing our work outside class time, do we still have to go for them? are they really so important that we can forsake everything that we have worked hard for and fought so hard for since the start of the year? so lessons that do not really help you in the future are more important than something that everyone in anticipating and have high hopes for, and you dont want to disappoint everyone. yes, they are so important, you can just forsake everything you've worked for, everything that people have high hopes for. yes, you can disappoint everyone, and go for the lessons. even if you are wasting time, even if you can negotiate to still finish your work, you just have to sit through the lessons, while you can be doing other more meaningful stuff. yes, disappointment, unhappiness, everything is just like unworthy nothings compared to the oh so important lessons.

11:20 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Sunday, April 04, 2010

tramp comp '10

Everyone seems to be doing a reflection on comp, so I shall do one too.

Funny thing was that this year's comp passed really fast. It was just stress stress stress and the suspense in waiting for your turn and then poof it just felt like nothing once you have completed your routine and posed your last pose for the comp.

At the beginning it was just rushing from school to henry park and to ccab, worrying about hair, glitter, makeup, comp notes, and wishing well wishes.

then close to tears when nanyang was jumping before us. this part was the hardest, the wait was the longest, for the 30 seconds of my life where i have to do my best, and everything depends on just that 30 seconds. trying not to think about huiru sitting there, trying not to think about the hopes the rest of the team behind us have upon us, trying not to think about how nanyang will do, and trying to visualise my own routine but trying not to think too much about it.

then suddenly nanyang finished and its our turn. and then its warm up. and that passed really quickly too. and suddenly warm up is finished and i have to get ready to jump. i dint dare to look at huiru or i will either start laughing or crying. and then it was only after i posed when i remembered im supposed to smile. and then climbing on the tramp and as i started jumping i realised that this is it, my last b div routine.

only when i finished, when all the nerves have dissolved and im sending the rest of b div good luck looks and them glaring at me cos my turn is over and theirs isnt, when i realised that i could have jumped higher, i shouldnt have traveled for halfturn back, and alot alot more things. but then under the previous circumstances, the routine couldnt be that perfect.

thank you all those who have wished me good luck before comp, thank you for the really sweet and cute writing comp notes that kept me from losing my head, and thank you teo for believing in my calmness that could keep the team calm so you put me first, and thank you etinne and simone for praying for all of us, thanks etinne for giving me the e-card that really comforted me when i wanted to break down in nervousness, thanks simone for the letter in the morning that kept me from breaking down even before we left school, and thanks basically to everyone who were there to support us.

now that comp is over, i realised that my last b div routine is over, my last competitive training for rg gym is over, and i feel like i've graduated from gym. this end makes me feel like i've lost something, but i'll forever treasure all the times that we have trained together. im really glad for such great seniors, juniors, and especially batchmates whom i've walked together in this gym journey.

ppl always say an end is a new beginning, i know we'll still have fun at gym and simone we are so gonna learn the a div routine by the end of this year! who knows if we will join gym in jc and our gym journey will have yet to end (:

and technically it will never end, cos gym has been a great part of our lives and will always be, and like teo says, conditioning is for life xD

well done c div, you guys have been really great and you broke the medal drought! well done too b div, i know you guys have all tried your best under those circumstances. love you guys always (:

good luck arters, jiayou for comp on thursday! <3

9:16 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Thursday, February 25, 2010

34 more days to comp. i hope im not at my peak yet, so i can continue to rise. and if i reach my peak before comp, i hope i can plateau.
good luck to everyone!

stress has dissolved me to a puddle of tears.
but i'm starting to evaporate and move about freely.

if i still can't get free, i'll try electrolysis.

8:17 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Thursday, December 03, 2009

CHRISTMAS ISLAND

On Christmas Island, I
landed in an airport smaller than the school hall
held a crab
shooed a crab off the road and out of the bus's way.
skipped stones
climbed onto a wavecut platform
stood on the base of a waterfall
saw caves, notches, stacks, and stumps in real life
had to check the sea water to be water and not blue food colouring
got as close as 5cm away from a thrush
caught a ladybug
plucked off leaves from plants and ate them as if they were chips
had phosphate in my hair
squished out ribbons of soil with bare hands
navigate our way through a forest with no marked routes
saw a natural spring
walked among corals
swam among corals
swam with fishes
had a non-canteen type of bird fly right above my head
had a crab crawl under my legs for shade
for the first time in my life.

I saw the most number of
playgrounds per square km
pinacle rocks
spiders in 1 square metre
giant clams in one area
and also the least number of cars on an island

In a week, I
had more than 1 picnic lunches
had more than 1 BBQ dinner
trekked so much in the forest.

And not to forget, the most beautiful of nature, I saw
the most beautiful sunset
the most beautiful night sky
the most beautiful beach
the most beautiful sea
and the most beautiful fishes.

8:13 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Sunday, November 01, 2009

sec 4 farewell

Wake Us Up When October Ends (To the song Wake Me Up When September Ends)

Summer has come and passed

This parting can never last

Wake us up when October ends.

Like the way you come and go

Four years has gone so fast

Wake us up when October ends.

Here comes the rain again

Falling from the stars

Leaving this place again

Becoming who they are

As my memory rests

But never forgets all that fun

Wake us up when October ends.

All of you we won’t forget

Your lovely smiles will all come back

Wake us up when October ends.

Ring out the bells again

Like we did when Spring began

All your love will always be with us.

Hope you return to see all of our moves

And cheer on us the way you do

To bring out the best in us.

All your dreams that left with us

And all fond goodbyes you called to us

We’ll always wish these memories last.

Summer has come and passed

But never forget all we loved

Hold those tears we’ve been crying through.

All the teachings you’ve given us

Through thick and thin, through sweat and blood

Wake us up when October ends.

12:08 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Friday, September 04, 2009

tears flow unrelentlessly.

9:34 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Sunday, August 30, 2009

FREE AT LAST. for now.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO slacked for the entire of yesterday and friday afternoon and this morning!!! its good to feel free for a while. enjoy the freedom while it lasts.

after orals on friday me and yuqing went down the spiral staircase shouting "FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, THANK GOD ALMIGHTY WE ARE FREE AT LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAST!!!!" hahaha thank martin luther king for this line xD we went quite high and i was even higher cos i got to go home when yuqing has cca HAHA xD then i went home with jazzy =]

when i got home i bathe really quickly and straight away watch Fated To Love You! haha thanks niqian for lending me the cd =D (mr tan still doesnt know we dont have school on tues, so cant carry out our lesson =/) and i watched and watched, break for piano lesson, and then eat dinner, and come back and watch some more. watch until 11.30pm and then went to sleep.

next morning woke up at 6am, for no reason, and just couldnt go back to sleep. lie there and waste my time until 7am, cos it seems like a more appropriate time to wake up xD and then i eat and watch fated to love you again xDDDD watch until 11.30 and eat and go training.

training was terrible cos i was so tired. but then im jumping higher for half turn back already! =D hope it lasts =] but i lost my front pike and kept screwing backsomer. but hahaha we prepared presents for the coaches and my tramp batch disappeared for a while during training to prepare the present =D we went down to the toilet with the vanguard sheet and markers and the notes everyone there wrote for the coaches. stuck them on the vanguard and drew stuff around it. (people who dint come and hence dint write, you can always write next time and stick onto the sides or something =D its a combined present from everyone =]) and then we sneaked back upstairs again xD and then after backsomer we gave teo his teachers' day present, consisting of deloba biscuits and a tub of 1kg honey. dont ask why give honey, etinne's reason was that its to wish him many golden years ahead, and i think its just healthy xD and haha it'll be weird to dip the biscuits into the honey cos the biscuits are already sweet enough xDD

before training ended we called everyone together and shouted "jiao shi jie kuai le!!" and presented the coaches the happy teachers' day vanguard sheet. and teo stuck it on the notice board =D (haha shirlyn says the card is nicer than the one the seniors gave him last year xDDD sorry seniors xD) but well, everyone contributed to the card, so duh its nicer xD

haha then i went to my cousins house and since i forgot to bring the fated to love you cds, i went online to watch x.x watch until the internet connection broke and then i went home xD

this morning i woke up at 7am and ate and watch again xD finally finished watching xD HAHA yes, the ending was damn lame xD

so um, i think i have slacked enough and should start work. bye =]

1:56 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Tuesday, August 18, 2009

i really dont see the point of trying so hard when you dont improve anyway.

9:46 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Monday, August 10, 2009

stress

this is a product of stress:

carbohydrates: involved in cellular recognition, energy storage, structural components of cells.
protein: may be strucural (collagen), or catalytic (enzymes), may be involved in movement, message signalling, internal defense and transport, or storage.
lipids: major components of cellular membranes, provide insulation, and is a concentrated source of energy
water: provides support and turgor, major component of cells, many substances dissolve in it, metabolic reactions occur in it.

biochemical lab tests:
-reducing sugars: benedict's test
reducing sugars reduce soluble blue copper sulphate ions into insoluble reddish-brown copper oxide.

-starch: iodine test
a polyiodide complex is formed with starch

-lipids: emulsion test
lipids are immiscible with water. by adding water to a lipid solution in ethanol, gives rise to the emulsion of tiny droplets of lipids that reflect light and gives a white, opalescent appearance

-protein: biuret test
this is a test for peptide bonds. in presence of dilute copper sulphate in alkaline solution, nitrogen atoms in the peptide chain will form a purple complex with copper (II) ions.

stress is like some reducing sugar, reducing me to a puddle of tears.

1:59 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Friday, July 31, 2009

i realised that it was difficult to vote for someone from the same batch as you, when all of you have the opportunity to be the one. it was much easier to vote for someone from a different batch, whether its a senior or a junior. but now, being sec 3 and next year's leaders, you have to vote for someone among you.
i guess that shows how much we love our batchmates. we'll be together for the longest, spending a full four years together. its tough to make a decision to choose only a few of us.
at least, its over now.

and training starts tmr =)

4:30 PMGymRocksMyLife

♥ Sunday, July 19, 2009

tiredness

i feel really really tired, and i associate it to the undone pts. or it may be a symptom of the hini flu. gah. flu symptoms and cough.
havent started on geog pt, and have no idea how to. and its due after next weekend. which means that exactly one week from now, i'll be panicking if i havent finished it.

8:10 PMGymRocksMyLife