its a different kind of christmas this year.
spent with many people doing things one doesnt do on a christmas eve. haha.

managed to finish painting the sunmoon.
good effort from those who helped. haha.
i cant believed my perfectionist self masking taped everything bit by bit.
talk about being conscientious. :p opps.
tiring, but im glad its done!!!
just that when the feet comes stepping and the volume goes up...
haha. goodbye pretty wall.
ive got the photos up on facebook. =)

after cleaning up, it was time for a well deserved dinner at 9pm at nydc @ holland v. :p
hungry hard working kids . haha.

and so its christmas day today.
hope christmas has been merry for everyone!
and the jc gang are surfing some waves at desaru...
and the nus climbers are going to CA to climb. (shd i?)

all i want for christmas

7.30am: wakes up to hazel preparing to go to work, check phone.
7.45am: sms comes in.
8.00am: on computer, go online, look for job.

haha.
despite all that, i broke my C curse.
i now do not have a record of getting a C every sem. (y)

i am an average student.

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on a sidenote, ytd's climbing session and dinner was Most Random.
not to forget that i almost forgot abt netball trng which thankfully was at 11.30. :p
but the day squished together was very much enjoyable and befitting of a Holiday.

feels good to be back home!
haha.
appetite is back full force!
holiday accomplished. heh.

climbing in chiangmai is a different experience from krabi! haha.
first time out of krabi and im missing the sandy beaches and blue green scenery.
here, its all green and cloudy, but the weather is definitely more awesome and less rendering of palms sweaty. haha.

to top it off, being sick the middle of the trip din prove well for the tummy and carbo loading.
think im quite a stick right now. :p slowly eating back my bowls of rice.
while my stomach churns in the morning and on the way to the crags, all i can think of is the BCM at 85 and the prata im missing at simpang. lol.
somehow the food here is just too oily for me and too salty.
lucky i had some fruity gummies to last me my climbs. haha.

did some pretty amazing stuff here anyways.
managed to finally send Free Blast, 7b after afew tries.
annoyed at the fact that the second try onwards are always to the last 2 moves and 'plop' off the rocks.
glad im able to make those moves.. can almost begin to close my eyes to do that route man. sheesh!
another awesomeness was Blood, Love and Steel, 6c.
like a krabi Lars & Lars! haha. super love it.
and lastly Alls Quiet on the Eastern Front, 7a, up at The Gatekeeper Buttress.
similar kinda small crimp dicey foothold kinda move. haha.
managed to do this with the help of fel and randall.
surely this trip made me know whats it like climbing with people who are just as driven as you are. ;)
never would be able to send these routes without the help of the guys being so psyched in what they do. haha.
of course, i managed to do other stuff as well. haha. some long, some short, overhanging, etc.
yeps. it was good! (y)

meanwhile, ive got pictures from chris..
this is probably my first few attemps at Free Blast.
almost gave up trying to send it anyways, coz i did it so many times. its just the last move that i cant stick. hhaha. this rest part is what makes this 7b a 7a. haha. how could i not rest here!! so tempting. lol.



this was on Incinerator, 7a. A route which i think get to go back to try again. :p opps. haha. but the first part was overhanging, not my kinda thing. haha. plus span. :p the second pitch was sharper and longer but a 6a.


did i mention that i brought my rockpillars. the first pair of shoes that ive ever owned in my climbing career of 2.5 years. LOL. its still surviving after 2 krabi trips. so ive climbed in that pair for this trip as well, but the rubber in the fronts already sliced off. :p i saved my precious miuras only for routes like require stepping on polished rocks. like free blast, or dicey non-existent footholds like Alls Quiet and Bloodlovesteel. hahaha. yea. my flower power must be reserved for the boulder season next year. :p its now more offwhite than it was when it first arrived. awww...

but the one thing i learned on this trip is that having lousy chui shoes on dicey routes are really ball shrinking! theres only so much ur shoe rubber can cling on to, the rest is up there mentally, whether you want to push urself to trust the step.. aahhhh.. scaryshites.



so as my natural climbs come to a close for this year until next summer..
im gonna think about working on onsighting some stuff.
realised that projecting comes easy with beta and rest.. but onsight is the what gets the real adrenaline pumping.
lol. evidence from shaky legs when putting up clips.
yix does it quite naturally... so i guess one day its my turn to be clip-putting-bitch. haha.

i wake up early, climb the whole day, watch climbing movies at night.

thats the life.

its only day 2, many more to go.. =)

tomorrow im off to chiangmai!
where rocks call to me and i hope my fingers dont freeze and fall off!
haha.
exciting! long awaited trip since.. august? LOL.

my bags are all packed.
shoes not glued yet though. :p
gummies in stock, book ready.
geared up my long pants and handy dandy orange brush.
asked aarontan for the SKIPBO... (haha!).
(need bert's blue brush and Mallion of Assurance?)

drop me a heart!

i realised i cant fit my retainers anymore. :p
bleh.
tough teeth indeed.
just one month of more studying, less retainer wearing...
and ack! hurts like hell now.
oh wells.
cant wear it for more than 10 mins... :p

just when i start to notice my 2 front teeth protruding abit more than usual. :(
will i have straight teeth no more?? haha

and i did!



and i got new blog skin!
heh. free is like this.
makes me wanna post many many things.


3 days to chiangmai.

my exams are over!
not very long awaited... but long studied? haha.
yet i cant wait for the results to come out. heh.
hoping its a cap puller. :p

moved back home for good already.
i feel so accomplished!
because i packed my clothes and tables (not books. :p) and all before lunch time!!
in which im hungry now. :p
all quite neat now. except for mucho dusto. :p
plus i did what my mum asked me to do and a load off my chest! (y)

imma gonna fly kite now. really.


chiangmai soon baby! oh yea~
cant wait to touch real rocks. haha.

never felt so tight

dreading and yearning at the same time

thurs, 11 nov:
6pm: (start 7pm)
novice difficulty qualifying - chris and trier

fri, 12 nov:
6pm:
novice difficulty semis - trier might have clash
speed qualifying mixed relay - bert, randall, fel, hh & trier, andy, daniel, yuxin

sat, 13 nov:
8am:
open difficulty qualifying - dor, fel, jud, bert, winfred, brian, daryl, aaron, randall, cm, yixiong
1pm:
open speed qualifying - aaron, randall

sun, 14 nov:
8am:
open difficulty semis
1pm:
novice difficulty finals
open speed finals
speed mixed relay finals

i wanna do things i love on a public holiday!!
RAH.

as dor says: "werk werk!" :p

then again, i dont want exams to come too soon.

over the weekend, took part in 2 main sporting activities that have left my body feeling very tired and worn out. haha.

1) nike human race 10km, which i completed in my pb of 49:43mins.
massaging my heavily strained quads, i really wonder why i pushed so hard till the end. :p
maybe its cos the clock neared 50:00 and i wanted to beat that time. haha.
having a wee bit of problem going up and down stairs, walking weirdly. :p

2) climb on @ pasir ris, in which chionged down with yx, tpn and ed to make sure we get the whole days worth of endless climbing. haha.
im so happy our little elite womens team of dordor, janice and beeg-eyes-chloe got 4th overall. haha.
own the other all guys team. muahahaha. ;)
started off doing really well, topping the hard routes... but towards 3pm, started to feel sleepy and just plain tired. :p haha.

3) not forgetting, my human performance test the following morning, which i haven completely finished studying for. :p struggled that night to read my notes.. but failed. :p haha. somehow managed to survive monday mornings with spilled tea on my notes :( and hopefully gd performance on the human performance test. lol.

next up:
assignments and test.

AND CHIANGMAI!!! =)

today, i sent my first 7b... for a can of coke. =) haha.
thanks to yix.
did the purple one at yishun!
after 3 consec times, manage to stick that last few moves. phew.

its one small step towards an 8a, one giant leap of confidence!

allez jud! on to the next!

having fun playing with the sweets haz bought for me! haha. =)

1) study
2) get all B+ minimum
3) get a CAP of 3.5
4) save/earn money
5) yr 3 sem 2 with a CAP > 3.5
6) get to take honours
7) repeat step 4
8) go on a 3 months pre-grad trip
9) get my ass back to singapore by august to start my last year in nus.

i figured i'd rather go on a 3 month long trip than a 1 month grad trip.
so might as well do it during vacation 2011 than after i grad,
i.e. i have to kinda be able to take my honours first. :p

bummer.

(inspired by "Planning for the future by western scrub-jays" - C. R Raby et al, 2007. how jays are able to make provision for their needs in the future, with reference to future motivational states.)

and back to:
POLAROIDSSS of the week!

time to post up some nice photos i developed from the holga.
haha.

claud, st and me: one random day of running.


waiting for the bus to sentosa!
the lates and the nice!


climbing camp group.
the twist is classic..


now that my mid terms are over..
feeling a sense of relief somehow. haha.
but even more so ready to take on finals feeling 50% prepared now.
haha. duh.

trying to get the feel back on lead again too.
hope this all pays off nicely in chiangmai. (y)
but vertical takes the interest of bouldering. :p
opps. considering gravical coming up in january... hope i manage to pull thru then!

http://www.ladyironchef.com/2010/09/28/ramen-santouka-best-ramen-singapore/comment-page-1/#comment-18690

reminder to self: to try this! haha

SIM comp happened just over the weekend!
its a comp where i felt in between studies and climbing.. not exactly smth that helps u focus on competing. :p
anyways, managed to somehow get myself into the finals (target met!) and even finish 1 X route. (y)
learned to accept the ups and downs, although ups are more welcomed. haha.
but there should be more to come!
at least a sucky qfying ended with a not so bad finals. =)

now that this magnificient walled competition is over, its back to the books.
accomplished monday with 2 midterms, 2 more to go! :p
need to get my honours....
allez jud. somehow i like reading all my texts, but its the NEED to get As that bugs me and make things unfun. :(

getting ready for qfy..


shall post this photo here to remind me of my nemesis.
the great purple ball volumes of SCA. :p
sigh.. can touch, cant hold. nnooooo....


meanwhile, heres a photo weicheng took at sentosa during the climbing camp. haha.

updates with photos!
visuals always captures attention better than semantics. i think. :p
refilled the camera with more film!
haha. will take more in time to come!!

managed to burn the negatives into a CD!
so i got colourful pictures yay!
seeing it in colour is so much better. (y)
see how we've taken simple perception into deeper context?
interesting.

one of my favourites! haha. very pretty!
(and i realise the photo of me and lala is gone!! i.e. not even in the CD, and i have no negatives of that either!! :p)


anyways, here got one lahh. haha.


the people at The Hand Burger, which we ate with not our hands, but knives and fork. haha.
but i think the food was good. =)
filling and towering burgers.


writing the not so secretive birthday wish card in front of lala. :p haha.


lastly, photo from IFG road relay, have some taken with the holga, can see on facebook. haha.
arts got 1st!
dont know if this is the last IFG im ever gonna play. haha. :p

been playing with hh's holga with a not so fitting 36mm film that jw bought for me.
haha.
pictures on the negatives looking pretty.
still waiting in anticipation to find a shop that can develop the photos for me. :p bleh.

meanwhile, itchy fingers me went to scan the negatives to see what the photos might look like!
making them black and white and adjusting the b&cs seems to make it look visible at least.
LOL.

this was outside the gym when we were painting the climbnus panels.


tadah. looks simple eh


lala and me! haha. only visible scanned picture of humans. :p bleh.


anyways, a whole day of saikang warrior getting mattresses has made judith a tired girl.
plus driving the lorry despite cool and level-up-ing, is making my knee creak. :p
heh.
gotta wake up bright and early tmr again. :p

its CLIMBNUS time!!!

jointssssssssssssss.

pain. :p first time

20th august has passed
its always my favourite date, number kinda thing.
and when 20th august 2010 came by, it went pass very quickly.
haha.

so jud is now 21 years old. muahahah.
i din carry out my plan to ask my fb friends to donate $10 to my grad trip fund. :p
it would have been a hefty amount with 700 friends. ;)

lunched at Food for Thought.
then walked around city area till dinner with the guys. =)
kite flying was cancelled due to the non-stop wet weather.. :p
dampens the mood somehow..
thanks for the cake! in which we all had an enormous piece each.

divide this cake by 6!


yay! (ken took photo)


so this time, being 21, i suppose i have nicer presents too.
this time, all very handy and useable. =)







hand lotion simply wouldnt do. haha


went to the science bash ytd to support chuanli.
saw lala and arvin too!
haha.
i must say, ive never seen chuan dance.
and the veggieboy has been eating more than veggies from the looks of the muscles.
haha. (y) good job anyways!

YOG has started!
currently watching girls weight lifting.
am surprised to see how skinny some of them are!!
there are some really muscular ones too. haha.
with biceps and arms almost bigger than the guys in nus. lol
but oh my, i can only imagine the effects on their knees and possibly elbow. :p ouch.

mock comp carnival style at tp ytd.
quite fun!! =)
lots of routes.
had fun doing the hard stuff.. although finishing those would certainly make my day.
but my fingers are raw and my forearms were tired by the end of that 2 hours.
haha. :p oh well..
congrats to those who won!!
more tiles for the gym!! =)
woke up this morning aching in the wings and hips.
lol. too much heel hooking. :p
i feel like the only climber whose legs ache after climbing.. :p

trainings starting off next week!
been tiring holding the trials and picking the best few people..
and not to forget ive gotta start my runs soon. :p
stamina low now.. bleh

still in the dizzy kinda mood for school. :p
cant wait to learn, but dread to work hard. haha.

miss you cass! ;)

long time since ive blogged.
but got some happening events these pass few days, gotta note them down!

1) YOG flame
the YOG flame came to nus last friday.
coincides with rag day too. haha.
managed to catch the hall floats after dinner. =)
they were giving out yog goodie bags and stuff. haha.
got soft toy lion and light sticks.
and there was fireworks too!!
nus src track finally became happening man!

2) supper with reg
massive food hunt. 4+ rounds in total. haha.
went to toms palette, then dim sum at geylang, then chomp chomp, and durians at kovan there.
lol. seriously eat and eat.
(this was after mock comp, in which jud no lunch = hungry.)

3) mock comp
tp exchange! schedule went ahead of time.
but climbs were good. (y)
yay.

4) flykite at barrage
ndp day, expected crowd and zero carparks, but managed to find one nice one right in front.
woohoo!!
bought an airplane looking one, no streamers though. :p
cost quite alotzzZZzz, but its ok.
we flew it like a pro.
HAHA. coz the wind was strong and all...
then some bugger cut our string sia. it flew into the water.
lucky got some boat guy help us take.
seeing the kite go down really put me in a sense of hopelessness man.
somemore new kite man! pfft.
caught the jets and helicopters.
and of course fireworks!! =)

p.s. ken just showed me this link: http://www.airasia.com/sg/en/promotion/rr1170408.html
holy moley. i wanna go somewhere now!!

realise ive been looking at the wrong timetable all this while. :(
keyed in wrong mod into the timetable builder. boo.

when i saw this... :(



monday is a killer man!!
so much free time in the day, but no time to train :(

its a slack day today.
everyone needs one before school starts.
and that day, is today.
the dull and wet weather of the morning really makes me lazy man. :p
wanted to go roller blading but no mood. :(
oh wells.

schools gonna start again soon!
cant wait though.
this sems mods are supposedly more interesting.
lol. hopefully it'll get me going.. :p

p.s. anybody wanna take windsurfing level 1 course with me?
haha :p either 22/29 aug
http://www.nuswindsurf.com/

timetable this sem is abit, not to my advantage. :p
at least can go for morning swims!

but my training days are not conducive though.
dilemma on which day to put my late tutorials on, given that i need my after 6pms on most days.
pfft. sian to think abt all this coz everythings so undecided.

finally im back from thailand and back with a supposed update!
haha.

went to krabi for 11 days,
then bangkok for 3 days.

krabi was great and sunny and wonderful!
did great climbs and send 7as!
im gonna go back to do more next time. haha.
Lars & Lars was the most loved. =)
tried hard stuff, lead fall backwards, slack lined, kayaked.
mini DWS while kayaking..
and played with saleebanoon!!
the cabbage patch baby in tonsai. awww...

bkk was 1 day of shopping,
and touring around by arvins new friends.
good food and...
a missed flight home. :(
aw man...
sat SQ back in the end.
served lunch made me happy somewhat. but still..
$200+ gone equals a lasportiva miura vs.
sobs.

some pictures!!

this was when i was trying GSP.
nice photo taken by jiawei. overhanging. :p


went multipitching


view from Dum's kitchen


fooling around at the bars in the afternoon


went out for dinner with shu and the tj peeps ytd!
haha. =)
long time no meet.
ate beefy stuff at sidewalk tavern. i like!
then hung out at udders.
woohoo..

RM was just over!
glad i made it to the finals.. =)
finals was damn cool.
although the routes seem much more do-able than the qualifiers.
really hope to get into more OW finals next time!

love my first route =)
YAY!


congrats to d!! finally officially promoted!
same to tpn.
and of course fel! 3rd for open womens!
very proud of her. haha. =)

was a bangla for today. :p
school in the morning for the sports camp showcase,
then shifting the planks in the afternoon,
then back in sch again for showcase.
tiring sia.
plus im aching and tired.
pfft.
but had a great dinner cum supper at simpang!
shiok!

just back from the awful long wait of 9 hours for the novice men to climb in sp for rockmaster.
its a killer really.
lucky we had slack lines set up and played until my sides hurt and i feel wobbly inside. :p
haha.
todays climbs were good though. (y)
the people who are reading this and never come support shd come down next week ah...
i marking attendance. lol.

got photos from D from the kl trip! haha.
thanks!! =)

me and chloe.. in putrajaya.
we brought in loads of snacks and food to keep our stomachs going.
they din exactly have facilities yet. haha.


trying the black and green 6c route. haha


group photo!


playing around..


another group photo!


at camp 5 nuaing about..


we celebrated shu's birthday. the horny things on shu's head are her present!


jiawei and bubbles!!


nuaing at putra.. last day alr.


did many cartwheels and attempts at handstands. haha. fail!

KL trip was very much different this time,
without bukit bintang and jalan alor.
there was an additional awesome putrajaya!!
and we had a driver to drive us around in a van. heh.

kami tinggal di rumah ibu daryl-nya. (correct me ely! haha.)
dia memasak makan malam untuk kami lah.
baik right! haha.
ibu daryl juga ada lima kuching dan satu anjing!
super fun to play with the cats lah.

so we climbed at putra for the first and last days..
and only went camp5 once coz the routes were sparse over there. :p
food was wonderful!!
had popiah party and steamboat! (y)

the lead walls in putra. this is the intermediate wall..


and... nus climbing will always be drawn to boulder eventually :p heh.


anyways, just nice after we came back, it was shu's birthday!
haha. happy 21st! =)



we went to this place near tkgs called With A Pinch Of Salt.
saw audrey on fb at this place. and bert went here before too..
the food was good! =)
and we had complimentary lava cake from the boss!!
i like the aglio olio & bacon description, although i ate smth else. HAHA.



aiya, din take a pic of shu full length!
she wore a maxi dress!
pretty sia!! macham her wedding day + birthday!
LOLS! =)

from my cardboard life again! haha.

and im off to KL now!
yay putra!