Ok this the last post of the year. Won't be blogging tomorrow because I'll be at Matthias' house to countdown... I don't sound very excited right? Of course, when school's starting and I'm still slacking away with my work. I realised that I kind of wasted my holidays because I didn't study as I had planned to -.- This means that I'll have to struggle with at least the start of year 2 already.

So a sum-up post...

Been looking at my archives and I'm quite glad to see that I don't talkx like dish anymorex ^.^! Now THAT is a sign of maturing (or ageing, up to your interpretation). My blog has been more goodboy-friendly because you see less 4-letter words and vulgarities which is good. Less complains to what happens in my daily life like what I used to do in sec 4 where a made so much noise and getting myself so stressed out over Band. Hmm maybe that was a long-term cause to my high BP. I've come to a realisation that IMAGE is very important because that's the 1st impression you give people. Anyone can read my blog, like you, people whom I've had friction with and is still having friction with... They'll be so happy (like I am to him) when they see my life turned upside down through my blog. And in conclusion, I'm glad to say that I was able to, in most of the times, keep my composure. In college, in the public, this blog, through my voice, etc.

I've experienced so much failures this year. Failures written black on white, imaginary failures, perfectionist failures, relationship failures, NAPFA failures and the list goes on. But I've stumbled on a famous quote that goes something like: "Failure is a gift that will open more doors for you to unlock all your potentials." Hmm. And since then I've looked at failures as lessons. Different failures to teach different lessons. Oh did I mention perfectionist above? You know why perfectionists never achieve what they want? Well even if they do, they aren't exactly happy. I wasn't happy throughout the year. There's no perfection in reality, not even in math. They can't define infinity so they just dump a sign in. No answer to anything divide by 0 (at least not to my knowledge). So many signs used as substitutes to the imperfections of math because many things just can't be defined. Perfectionists aren't happy because they want perfection, even though they already have things way beyond the ordinary, which life can't promise them. I've learned to be less or a perfectionist as the months went by and to accept failures. Nope, I'm not saying that I'll just let failures come to me or I won't do my best, but I'll learn to say "Yes I have failed. Now how to not commit this failure again?" and also "I've done my best. I deserve what I got." Keep climbing upwards, though.

I found myself having less companionship this year. Perhaps what Maestro said was right, the older you get, the less friends you have. But here's the catch; I don't feel lonely when I don't have lots of friends or am not going out a lot with people. Maybe afterall I AM an introvert. To me, I'd rather have a handful of really close and true friends to having many many ordinary friends. You'll probably frown or scold me after reading this: I have to admit that many ordinary friends come and go in your lives. Even all these fun people you find in VJC, VJCSB, etc. I may not even recognise you on the streets 10 years from now. So I choose to invest my time with my close friends (yes you JiaHao, Lynette and Amos) and my family. Of course, since fun and games are a complete waste of time, I'll stay at home and workout/study. Perhaps these can explain why many a times I choose to turn down outing invitations. You may say that because ordinary friends come and go, that's why we must treasure all the time we have with them while we can. Heh, sorry but I think I can put my time to more beneficial places.. Like improving my health. Go on, call me an anti-social/weird/lonely but I don't give a damn =) . My family can EASILY be put at a higher priority than my friends because they saw me grow from a zygote (not literally, duh) to now, a young adult. They were the people who saw me through the crises I've experienced. Now that my parents are ageing... I find more reasons to love them the way they loved me since I was still a toddler.

This year has also opened up opportunities for me and made me realise what else I like to do other than music. Through feeling fab'! I learned to rollerblade and ice-skate (which I think will come in handy tomorrow). Hmm.. Also watched TdF and found out how exciting road cycling is. OMG. It's kinda funny; TdF led me to LIVESTRONG.com which I had an avenue to change my lifestyle and make me exercise regularly to tackle my hypertension. It also made me interested in Triathlons because they're SOOOOOO exciting and satisfying if you can complete one, and that NAPFA failure which triggered my love for running and fitness. I took part in the SCSM which I didn't even think of joining and it was a great experience. Ah not to forget the performance in Carnegie's Isaac-Stern Auditorium and Esplanade Concer Hall (wee~ my 3rd time) this year. And the hospital attachment.

Well what to say, getting myself opened up to things have indeed benefitted me a lot. Not really opening up to God yet, I'm not ready. But anyway, this year has been really great. A lot of lessons learned, milestones set, discoveries, lifestyle changes, attitude changes but I can still be very firm and stubborn in what I want. That's the ol' Sean... 2008 passed really quick. Actually, I think every year does pass quickly too so seize the moment. My regrets this year must not exist at the end of 2009. Hopefully yours too.

So, have a great start to 2009 and may it be a smoother ride for you.

Give a pat on your shoulder, you read the whole post!

Still thinking,
Sean

Made some editions to my sidebar. Updated favourite sites, links and want-list. My Nike+ Mini looks cool eh? Of course, an average pace of 8'01"/km is definitely not cool... The other day I bought a faulty Nike+. Had scratches on the screen and can't connect to the sensor. Heng heng I spoilt it by accident, so I went back to replace a new one. And I am SO sure they sold me an old Nike+ because there weren't protective stickers and all. Then I told the cashier that I sian diao when I saw 'Made in China' but I regret it afterwards, because the lady who was taking a new Nike+ for me is from China and her face immediately change colour. Then I was like SHIT and just stfu and quickly take my new Nike+ and scurried off the shop.

I tested out the Nike+ today and to my excitement, it works! I think I accidentally ran too fast for my 1st 2 laps. My last lap I 'lao hong' already. And my heart started aching at 26 minutes and it was one of the more painful relapses. That forced me to walk for like 3 minutes before chionging my last 150m. If not for my heart, I would have finished running under 30 minutes. Z.

Well yesterday I went to Vivo for Band outing. Ate Subway Club (with extra lettuce) for lunch before heading to the theatre for Bedtime Stories. Movie Spoiler: Skeeto was supposed to manage a hotel as part of an agreement between his late father and Nottingham but NO. Then Skeeto was made to baby-sit his nephews for a week and he realised that the bedtime stories he told and editted by his nephews comes true (in the modern way) in his life. His wish was to own this new hotel that is to be built and to win Nottingham's daughter's heart, and at the last night, he told a story where he fought with his rival in outer space and won, which translates to him winning the management of the hotel. And anyway, he didn't get the girl of his wish. Well I skipped a lot of things but that's the gist of the story.

Look what I've gotten Daniel for the gift exchange? Told him it would be very useful =) I wanted to get the jumbo pack for him but I thought I should spare him.

For dinner I ate some Black Pepper Chicken rice. Not very healthy because I forgot they actually deep-fry the chickens. Oh well. Did a lot of shopping (doesn't sound correct coming from a guy, does it?) for post-x'mas and New Year. 2 shirts, a pair of pants and a pair of sandals all managed to be under $100. Woot. After that it was a boring ride home, having to be sardine-fied in the MRT from City Hall onwards...

Sigh, to my horror, 2008 is going to end real soon and my homework aren't even half-done. Tsk.

Chiong homework,

Sean

It's Christmas eve and I'm at home. Well, I think I chose to be at home today AND tomorrow because I think I can have better usage of the time to do my homework, workouts, spend time with my parents and perhaps do long tones. Just not really in the mood to go for outings but I'll show my face lah.

I am SO satisfied with my abs workout today because if I didn't remember wrongly, I passed 3 sets of the circuit without much rest in between though it was painful. But I love the pain. I managed to also do 3 sets of normal planks and a set of side with the last set held for over a minute. Yay. Such a good exercise to burn off all the cakes and chicken wings I've been eating. And that 3 McChickens that I ate unwillingly on the day of Variations VI.



The log-cake looks nice right. Haha it tastes good too. Bought it yesterday and now there's only 1 slice left! Oops.

Went to shop at Marina Square yesterday before heading to VCH. Wah I want to buy 2 Nautica pants but don't have my size. Count them unlucky. But maybe there was a purpose behind this. In the end I found myself back at Royal Sporting House staring at the Nike+ SportBand. Salesperson said it costs $100 and because I cannot tahan already, so I just asked for one set. When she scanned the barcode she went, "Oh, there's a 20% discount for this." Happy only. Lol. So I got it for $80. But when I got home I saw that the screen got some scratches and I read 'Made in China' . *Disappointment*



Well, I really enjoyed PY's performance yesterday. Kudos to Kai Tze's solo and Simon's Symphonic Overture oboe solo. I found Kai Tze quite soft but every note is performed with ease and smoothness. Simon's solo was really really good. Sweet tone, dynamics and the intensity of his vibrato is just right. Someone told me that even Pan Yun and Kai Tze told him that they have nothing to teach him already. Power.

Ralph's and WC's Blue Shades solo was hilarious. Not the musically but visually. See Ralph rubbing hands, taking deep breaths and tension tension before the solo. The solo was quite nice lah considered that both are classical players. Then WC tension tension during the solo and then forget to bow before sitting down and shaking his head. Kum Fai and I were quite amused by them. WC thought he screwed up the solo, but hey, it was so much better than the one-bar solo that I cracked during Symphony No. 9 please. It was so quiet then *PIAK*. Sian my reed was too dry =/

There were lots of imperfections in the concert but I guess that was what made it so enjoyable to me. Is Adrian obsessed with speed? Lol. But I think it was really fun. Jia Hao really really missed out a lot man. Had supper with the PY members and got to know a few of them. Heh it's quite a happening Band.

Got people ask me to join PY to take over *cough* someone. I might consider joining their next concert because I heard they're going to play Extreme Makeover (Wah!). See if I can cope with year 2 first then I'll decide.

Hopefully I'll wake up early tomorrow to run to test out my SportBand and to burn off all the fats I've gained. Well I want to gain mass but not fat mass lol.

Merry Christmas to all readers!
Sean

Band chalet last Thursday. Free and easy. That day was like the most unhealthy day I had this whole year. Morning ate at Macs before watching YesMan. One scene reminded me of my first church experience... Hmm then slack all the way until chalet lor. Cycled and saw a lot of stylo (milo, babeh, yeah~) road bikes! Ate a lot of unhealthy stuff, like 50% carbonated chicken wings and hotdogs. Otak also lah. Some other shit as well.

Went to NSC on Friday morning. Did some fungus test to see if the acne are caused by fungus growth. To my contentment, they're not. When the medical officer learned that I'm allergic to Erythromycin, Doxycycline and Ampiclox, she had to call in a consultant. The consultant's like "Sigh, you are allergic to the most effective and common antibiotics for acne. How leh?" Then for the next 1 minute or 2 I was treated like a scientific specimen that is carefully scrutinised and analysed by the 2 of them. "Hmm yea you see his case is not the serious one.. Have a few nodules here and there...." Kinda weird lah the feeling. In the end he told me to consider the harshest yet most powerful oral medication for my acne, Isotretinoin (did I see this word in Chem Promo P1?), and gave me a leaflet about it to read. I read that it is 'used to treat severe acne that has not responded to other acne medicines.' Need to do blood test to check if I have liver problems and my cholesterol levels before I can start taking. Hmm isotretinoin has also been reported 'to cause serious harm to unborn babies when taken during pregnancy.' That's how strong it is!

In the end they decided to give me topical treatment before taking anything. Now I have 4 freaking things to apply everyday#$%#^$&. For simplicity of the very complex things I have to do; A to be applied on the face in the morning. B to be applied on the face at night. C to be applied to body in the morning. D to be applied to body at night. -_-

Oh oh my mum bought for me the Nike+ LunarTrainer in Running Lab at Velocity. Damn shiok lah. Soft soft one! xD I think the sales person quite happy with me. Go in 15 minutes then settle the shoes. Good service. Explained everything in such great details and they observed the way I run on the treadmill to see if I'm landing evenly. Thank goodness the Trainers fit me because I've been eyeing it for quite some time. Haha. $179 =/

Finally found the place that sells the Nike+ SportBand. It costs $100 though. AND I've checked out AIBI and they do sell adjustable weights that an average set costs for about $100++. A bit expensive leh. Took out $50 from my saving box and I realised that it was the last thing inside! LOL die lah must start saving from scratch again. Got myself 2 shirts from Adidas which 1 was the running T that I've been wanting to buy since October. Happy only. Then another long sleeve from TopMan. It seems that whatever I wanted are not given discounts. $160 gone just like that.

~~$$$~~

Shah told me that I tire out so easily because I'm using reeds that are too soft. Hmm that sentence seems like an irony itself but I think it's quite logical. Too soft reeds means over-controlling with my mouth to get a decent tone. True true true. Should up back to 3.5 but it'll be a little bit hard to start out. Well for the sake of music, I'll sacrifice a bit. Push air until I get used to it. Man, I do want a new mouthpiece. zzz.

I've been busy the past few days with practice and have not been doing my work and exercises. Tomorrow's Alumni concert. Hope it's going to be good...

Hi Amelia I know you're reading, you stalker!
Sean

Feel the burn in the abs! Ahaha. Sounds sadistic.

Been working my abs for about a month already. Can see vast improvements but I want a flat stomach.. Now my abs looks like it's bulging out. Erm ok not exactly bulging out but it looks weird because my stomach isn't flat.

Just now I did to my 2nd set of bicycle crunches then my abs just gave way. I ended up lying down and not moving at all as it was too painful. It was only 2 minutes 30 seconds into the workout and I had to take a set of breaks. But I stopped at like 4 minutes or so. Switched to planks which weren't exactly a lot better. I dunno why but I just like the muscle tightness and pain. Shiok. I guess I'll take 2 days off for recovery. After that I worked my glutes. Lol no idea why but I just did it anyway.

Hmm yesterday was my post-10k run. I think I ran for slightly less than 5k in 31 minutes. Hit some slopes for fun. My heart started aching at 18 minutes but I just ran on. Geez. But I think the pain slowly faded off after 23 minute or so. I wore the wrist band that Gab and Gil bought for me. For Sean when he runs (wipe sweat) and when he plays O Magnum (wipe tears). Haha cool. But I think having a towel during my runs is more practical...

Ah I suddenly want to buy so many things. HRM, new running shoes, Nike+ Sportband (If I go to Malaysia at the end of the year), weights.

I recalculated my ideal daily calorie intakes from The Daily Plate of LiveSTRONG.com . Aiyer, "Our estimate is that you may consume about 2,479 calories a day to gain 0.5 pounds per week." Maybe everytime after I run I didn't eat enough to make-up for the loss. That's why I'm losing weight? Hmm.

Sian,
Sean

NSSN'08 is over. Time really flew while preparing for this concert. This 3-hour long concert could easily be the best concert in my life, although it wasn't a note- and rhythm-perfect performance with lots of unexpected problems popping up. It was really a meaningful concert put up by VJCSB. Preparation for this concert was only filled up with fun, joy and laughter, and of course all the inspirations by Maestro. Especially to the piece O Magnum Mysterium. It really is a piece of substance; the more you play it, the more you understand and like it. Just like Music For Prague. Though all the performances back in St. Pat's were of high quality and extreme technicality, they didn't feel as good as this one. Everything was approached with screams and stress. Even alumni.

Something strange happened on the eve of the concert; we were having our rehearsal in the PT and were practising O Magnum Mysterium. Maestro explained to us this piece and really got us to free the soul within us and surrender ourselves to the music. While playing through from top, I did exactly what he said and I just started crying. I have no idea why or how this happened but the feeling was so strong, so powerful and I could do nothing other than to cry for it. It really was an experience that you can die for. Perhaps this was the transcendental experience that Maestro was talking about, the intimacy of sound meeting silence. I thought I saw Clairis cry too. Maybe I was really lucky to be able to experience this at a young age. But if something like this ever happen to you when you perform, and you feel like something is going to come out of your eyes, enjoy that moment which might never occur again in your entire life. Of course, I was a little bit embarassed and sorry that I had kinda disrupted the quiet sections of the piece with me sniffing away.

I am really lucky to be able to learn from one of Singapore's best and very inspiring mentor. Despite of the short time we've spent together, they were quality time and I've gathered a lot from Maestro. As an instructor, he had successfully inspired his students and as a friend, he is sincere. Definitely, his appearance had been integral to me and probably had changed my life and gave me a new perspective towards music. Not sure if I'll still be able to learn under Maestro in the future, but even if there won't be another chance, I have no regrets because I've treasured all the time spent with him.

Lastly, I hope that all the sec 4s had enjoyed your stay in VJCSB and that we have left a deep impression in you. Will hope that most of you can join us next year because you won't find a Band like this elsewhere.

Some of the photos are pretty dark. I'm a photoshop idiot so I can't do anything to them.

Uh.. Sorry about my disgusting look. Kinda forced to make this face-.-

I think I look more natural compared to Daniel haha. Open this up and you get...

NSSN'08 Clarinet Section =)

Spot the redundant people at the background...

Nicholas who came at first just to "kill time"

Maestro and I with O Magnum Mysterium

As you can see from my picture taken in Jan this year, I have lost much weight and yea, gotten much more pimples on my face. True, I think I'm starting to look anorexic. Shall do something about it.

Thanks everyone for making NSSN so wonderful!

Gain weight,

Sean

With Mr Tan life is honestly never a bore
When he tells his jokes, we laugh and we roll on the floor
But sometimes they’re so cold, the room starts to freeze
‘Like stop rushing you Russians!’ over there please
But we’re happy and proud
And we wish he could still stick around

Chorus:
So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in all honesty
What would life be, without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me

We still remember the times we've spent in New York City
The fun and the joy, the cheesecakes that were oh so heavn’ly
The sounds at Carnegie that made us go wow
We knew there was something special we shared
That was deep within us
Like the memories… we’ll treasure it all

Chorus

We are so grateful, for all the times we've spent with you
And cause’ you’re leaving we just wanna wish you
All the best, hope that we’ve, made you proud!

So we say
Thank you for the music, the songs we’re singing
Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing
Who can live without it, we ask in all honesty
What would life be, without a song or a dance what are we?
So we say thank you for the music
For giving it to us

So we say thank you for the music
For giving it to us

Morning I woke up with a sore throat, but it went off quite soon. Had some bun with pork filling which I had trouble digging out the fats. Haha, but I drank tea-O which is supposed to 'wash out' all these fatty things.

Left my house for my appointment at CGH. Arrived early so I went to CMU to take my ECG. This time the graphs seem to look different than the one I did previously, maybe they used a different setting. However.... I read 'Abnormal ECG' at the top and above the chart it says 'Unconfirmed'. Looks quite scary leh.

So we went back to clinic C and waited. Appointment was at 09:50am but I only saw my doctor strolling in at 10:20am. Slack sia haha. He said up to now there's nothing serious with me and he will find one day to monitor my blood pressure for 24 hours because he didn't want to label me as hypertensive yet. But all in all the staff acted pretty surprised when I told them I'm 17.

Here are my future appointments...

8 Jan '09: Ambulatory Blood Pressure
They'll be attaching the arm-cuff and tracker to me while I carry out my daily activities. This is to confirm if I have hypertension. Sounds cool. Imagine walking around with a blood pressure monitor. Total duration: 24 hours.

9 Jan '09: TMX (Treadmill)
Go back to remove the monitor. Bring running attire and electrodes will be stuck on my body. I'll be on a treadmill and the pace and inclination will be increased every 3 minutes. Sounds fun. This is to stress my heart and figure out if any abnormalities are observed when my heart exerts excessively. Will increase the pace until extreme breathlessness or until a heart attack occurs (0.01% chance) -_-; Don't worry, there'll be a doctor next to me. Total duration: 45 min.

15 Jan '09: 2Decho
They'll be doing an echocardiography of my heart to see if there are any enlargements. Might be able to hear sounds when my heart pumps. So probably it's like what I heard last time when I visited TTSH's Vascular Diagnostic Lab. Total duration 45min to 1 hour.

Then I'll be going back on 17 Feb '09 for result analysis. Wah next year will be so busy. Dental appointments, Cardio appointments, Derma appointments. Siao liao.

Oh anyway, this sounds quite fun. Distance is roughly 6.2km and I'll be applying once the online application is working again. My mum agreed immediately when I asked her. Hope can see the animals but also must pray that the air will be fresh.

Cheers,
Sean

Today was a big day to me, like to some other 50 000 people out there who participated in this year's Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon. Woke up with a mild cold and was coughing away. Of all times to fall sick again.


Gun-fire was delayed by about 10 minutes and this made me lose a whole deal of excitement at the starting line. Thanks lah.



Okay I'll describe my run in kms so you'll be able to feel my run.

1 and 2km: Easy pace, over-taking people and vice versa. Kept to the left most of the time since I know I'll be a slow runner. Body felt very good. Forced myself not to start off too fast. There was a turning point at around 1.5km where so many people took their short-cuts. Wth. Maybe they'll shave off about 30 secs but that's about it. Don't think they'll be too happy when they finish the run anyway. Water station after the turn. Grabbed a cup and sipped as I run. Man, drinking while running is not as easy as it looks haha.

3km: Still feeling good, moderately easy pace. Another water station. Took another cup. The runners who started walking here were a bit irritating as I had to constantly manoeuvre myself to a clear landing to continue running.

4km: Aha, here is when it starts to get a little bit bumpy. For me at least. Turned to the expressway and then up Benjamin Sheares Bridge. The slope was shiok ok. The incline lasted for about 800m. Many runners started to walk which looked very tempting, and I planned previously to walk the slopes. BUT I just focused and ran through the climb, though it was a tad slow =)

5km: A reward! Down the slope we go! This one was fun. Breathing and legs were still ok.

6km: We're at Suntec already. Another water station, another grab. My breathing was starting to get a little heavy. Pace slowed down a bit.

7km: Flat surface, comfortable pace. Mr Wong sms-ed about Philwinds Concert here! Lol. Replied and I concentrated again. The route merged with the 21km over here. Cheered for them. Breathing getting hard and legs getting tired.

8km: All the nonsense started here, unfortunately. My chest (or heart, I can't tell) started aching and left calf got this cramping feeling. Some runners are letting out grunts and weird noises. Bet they're all feeling worn out. Grabbed a cup of 100plus at the water station and trotted slowly. Nearly half of the runners are walking and this was so damn tempting! I wanna keep going. At 8.5km I couldn't take it anymore. Chest was having this sharp pain and my left calf getting tighter. I walked for about 100m and used the time to finish up my 100plus.

9km: Breathing heavily, legs freaking heavy, left calf twitching away. When I saw my watch hit 1 hour my heart just sank =( Well, those people at the side cheering away did help a bit in forcing me to run on. Had to stop at the side for awhile to stretch my left calf before it really does cramp up. By this time I just wanna cross the finish line already. So I didn't care if I had a shit timing. When we're getting close to the finish, the route starts to bottle-neck but there were more people cheering for us. When I saw the 150m sign I was soooo glad that it was going to end. Forced myself all the way. 100m. 50m. Then raised my hands, forced out a smile and slowed down when I crossed the finish line with a timing of 01:13. Saw a runner being carried onto the ambulance, hope he's ok.

Actually, I am still happy that I was able to finish this run. At least I ran more than 95% of the time which was longer than I had ever done so. Removed my Championchip and took my medal.


Met up with Amos and then it was where I got to meet Nicholas and Natasha. Cool.

Grabbed some drinks and went to cheer on the rest of the runners and trying to spot Sharon. When we saw her we screamed like some mad dog for her ok. Well, all in all it was a great experience and I'm glad that I actually signed up for the run. Who would have thought that I'll be able to run a 10k?

I guess to me the timing isn't important for now. What's more important is that I had developed a sense of liking towards running and built up an exercise routine. I couldn't even run 2.4 properly last time. Haha. This is my maiden race but it won't be my last. I plan to run a few more 10ks before moving on to 21, a sprint tri then a full marathon. See how things go la...

After the race I rushed home to sleep. Was developing a fever already, but luckily I still had some pills. Took them and slept. Went for Philwinds concert in the evening. They sound, as usual, fabulous. Only didn't like most of the entrances of the trumpets cause I thought they sounded too cracky. Upper horns slightly off-tune too. Solo saxophone was great! Good technique, great tone. I dunno if it's my block ears or what, but his altissimo ranges sounded a little bit thin for my liking. All in all, a concert worth shouting a "Bravo!"

Okay... Such a long post. I deserve a long sleep too. See ya guys!

An achievement,

Sean

Wah I've been so busy!!! I'll be busy all the way up till NSSN and even after that. To make things worse I'm not even halfway through my homework and haven't start my revision yet. Lol whatever man, too busy with Band.

No wonder Daniel want to pass me some of his things to do. If not he'll go crazy. I'm going siao with what I have already lah. Everything I just delegate to everyone and hope that they'll do a good job.

I went to collect my race pack this afternoon and the mood is like quite exciting already. Can't wait for the actual day! Though I'm a little bit nervous as well. Visualise crossing the finish line happily and easily. Right.

My race bib. I guess I'm one of the last who registered.

Ok, back to work...

It's coming!
Sean

Sectionals today. Supposed to start at 10am but dragged until 10:30am. VJC like don't have good places to have sectionals. Was like shouting at the section cuz the canteen was too noisy. Hopefully they didn't think I was very fierce. Hehe, I'm very nice one =)

After sectionals we ate at Han's Cafe. I did my best to order a healthy meal. Ordered Spagetti with Chicken. Uh actually they have vegetarian dishes but I didn't want. Ultimately it didn't turn out to be as healthy as I thought. The chicken was grilled. Heh, next time eat pasta don't order salmon or chicken already. Should order some shroom and corn pasta.

Took a photo after eating without Charmaine, Alexa and Yan Yao.

From left: Claire, Laura, Dionne (aka Alexa The 2nd), Me, Yi Xiang, Gabriel, Junzhe, Matthias, Nicholas, Lee Guan.

Well as you can see, my section is boomed with TKGS and VS people (Hello sec 4s I know you are reading this). Why only 2 schools. Tsk tsk. But not too bad a thing either.

Benjamin took a photo of me while waiting for alumni to start. Yuck, such a weird embouchure. For those who still remember Quan Li from last year's NSSN, you can spot him playing the horn at the back.

Anyway, ran 35 minutes today. I think ran for only about 5km+. Was so pissed off with the weather because it rained and stopped like every other 10 minutes. Rehydrated and ate some oatmeal crackers after the run.

This weeks is going to be busy. What's new?

Busy busy,
Sean