Saturday, July 16, 2005
Okay. This has to be one great lag from the previous entry which i promised i'll talk about post-CT activities once free time arrives. But i guess i've been busy and lazy to blog about them. i'll make it up this time. Let's start with my application for the vocation of pilot in RSAF.
My laziness has extended its control over this matter as well. The RSAF application form is still sitting on my study desk. It has already been filled up long ago but yet to find its way to SAF Career Centre at Depot Road. How ironic! This place is only just a 7min taxi ride from my place and yet i'm taking such a long time to get it posted. The thing is, this application form isnt post-friendly. There is no doubt the postage fee is covered by the addressee since it is a government post. But what screws it up badly is that my personal particulars are exposed to the max. Cant put this into an envelope for it will cover the proof of postage paid by addressee. Man... i gotta figure a way out or else this application form will stay stagnant right where it is now till the form decomposes on its own.
Next up, Initial D. Great movie i must say, although i dont really enjoy watching Jay Chou act. He has got great improvements to work on in many, many areas. He should stick to singing, his absolute forte, but if he decides to continue considering acting, i'll say, "Go for acting lessons!". The drifting was nice. The cars were nice. i'm thinking of purchasing the DVD when it is released. This is the sort of show which you can consider keeping a video of it. Best if it is in DVD format. Watched "Batman Begins" too, on a Sunday. On that Sunday, i realised that those bastards have jacked up the price of the tickets to $9.50/pax. Omigosh, what the fuck. Although "Batman Begins" was a fantastic show, 950 cents for one show is still too expensive. i need to start saving to recoup my extreme losses. Fantastic Four was next, on a Monday fortunately. i watched this show on the spur of a moment, with Sam-leen and Yuxuan. Right on the following day was my Nationals Track event and i was feeling very nervous and disturbed. To calm myself down and take me away from reality temporarily, i asked for people to catch a show together. Thankfully, there were the people to spare me their time and company. We ponned the NUS Maths and Science talk for this wonderful activity. Fantastic Four isnt that great. It was quite mediocre actually. The usual "hero-saves-the-day" cliche storyline. But i noticed one thing. The character of Human Torch is almost exactly like Flash. A flirt. A show-off. Almost always getting into trouble. Stef agrees with me too! =)
i came close to hitting my PB for bowling. My highest score attained was 221 with a series of 5 strikes in a row plus some other spares here and there. This time, i achieved another series of 5 strikes in a row once again. But i did not really come very close to 221. In fact, my score was below 200. Oh well, never mind. i'm going bowling at Mt Faber SAFRA again tomorrow. i'll see if i can break my PB with some great focus and concentration.
Common Test. This time, it sucks even worse knowing i scored such lousy grades even after dropping one subject. DOO before moderation. COO after moderation. The change in grade occured for Maths but it didnt really matter. What's the point of having moderation right now? No facts will be changed on how ill-prepared i was for this Common Test. What makes me feel worse is knowing that the next test wouldnt be a test anymore. It is the Prelims. i can afford mistakes no more. It will be full steam ahead with incessant full-time mugging. As for GP in this common test, i do not know how i'll be faring overall but just looking at my essay result, i can make a good prediction. How much deviation will i get on my prediction knowing i scored 20/50 for my essay? E8 or F9 is such a great possibility! i feel really embarrassed. i dont see how i speak English most of the time at home and in school and yet achieved indecent grades for GP. It is not even a pass(C6)! i need help badly.
My Track and Field career is coming to an end. i can actually consider it to have ended right on 12 July, Tuesday evening, right at the finishing line after running 200m. i knew i wouldnt have been able to qualify so i didnt think about semi-finals. Everything ended right there and then. But what makes me feel sad was that i knew i didnt ran a good race. i felt i had ran a better planned race than before but definitely still not a good race. i could still remember how i actually became alert and concious of myself running a race only at the last 50m, when i heard my team-mates cheering for me. "Go Jason! Come on, Jason! All the way!" My mind switched on to maximum alert only at this point in time but it was all too late. Fatigue has only set in 60%, but i couldnt bring my legs to move faster. All i can say about this is: experience is vital in running a 200m race. To run a 200m race is very different from a 100m race. The latter is just a mad dash for the finishing line. The former, although just only a 100m more, requires great strategy and experience. To run 200m wildly will cause fatigue and lactic to set in at the last 80m of the race. This is very costly to the athlete in terms of seconds, and i've experienced that before. All in all, i've only ran 3 200m-races, including that for Nationals. This clearly reflects my experience and preparation for my Nationals. But, i'm still glad to say that with each 200m race i ran, my timing got better. From 26.70s to 26.53s, and finally to 26.41s. In other words, i broke my PB again. How great. Yay! *clap* *clap* *clap* Still, knowing that the state girl runners in our school doing a timing better than that, i feel embarrassed again. Yan Lin broke the 200m girls record with a time of 25-point-something seconds and Siao Mei broke her PB with a time of 25-point-something seconds too. i sound sexist, and i truly am one in certain areas of life. But, i shall leave it as it be knowing that they are STATE RUNNERS for Singapore. Come Wednesday at Choa Chu Kang Stadium will the 2005 National Track & Field Finals. It is also the day when my career truly ends. Why? Cos i'm the reserve for the 4x100m Boys Relay Team. i highly doubt that i will have to run on that day. And i'm praying very hard that our Boys Relay Team will be able to be in Top 3. i'll get a medal too if they are in Top 3. =) i sound damn cheapo... i'm looking forward to the post-event celebration with the whole track team. Surely, it will be a fun and exciting time. i can hardly wait.
