working in a retail shop really makes you wanna shop more. :p
its getting boring nowadays, no climbing of shelves and whatnots.

plus seeing this everyday doesnt make it feel better:

RAHH (already chosen, reserved and hidden nicely in the cupboards. haha. purple ftw!)



opps. endless advertisement. lol.

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so retail therapy this month is sky high.
gulp.
really GG this time. haha.
"shopping" increase by 180% since last month, as did the amt spent on food. :p haha.

(oh my, sudden downpour while im typing this!)

i had a strawberry headed friend once. ;)
named rachel keok.
haha. miss her!!



managed to get SRC to support the registration fees for national trials.
heh. ;) well.. its a good thing to ask, and its good to know the school supports us. :)
anyways, who pays to go for trials.. seriously.
so i guess im going for lead (originally decided) and speed with dor!
haha. hm.. hope my legs dont tangle! haha.

epic things rarely happen in my life.
or maybe because it happens rarely so i fail to notice it.
negligible salience?
anyways, monday was nearly faint at fishsoup stall day.
haha.
it was a horrible experience.
with a gleaming bowl of rice in front of me.. i din have the energy and heart to eat it all. :(
lucky got bert to the rescue. haha.
after a nap, ribena and some veggie slicing, i was upon my feet again!

update of my competitions:

1) we won RP although i cant remember the score. :p abit of a tough fight.. but somehow we managed to pull thru.

2) won SP 60-43 to get into the semis. =) gonna be on tues against TP. gotta get ready!

3) Gravical finals. got 5th.. maintained my standings. :p not exactly the goal i had in mind.. but a satisfactory finals for me. =)

got lots of nice photos taken by the hardworking photographers! =) this time the plain walls with the colourful volumes make the pictures look great! (y) haha.

i think this finals will be the moment when i'll look back and smile to myself thinking abt the climbs i did. haha. managed to overcome the physical obstacles of injury and tiredness. overall, happy climbs with happy new purple and blue pants. (y) it was good, it was good. more to come, allez! will post a video around here soon, once i get them! haha

photo from facebook by Guo Jingyang.
this was the last route for the finals. the purple undercling crimp really quite horrible. but more horrible-er is the next greenwhite sloper tile. urgh. :p


this is by yiming. very cool shot!
(of the only route i finished. :p heh) the last minute jump on the wall and conquering the purple ball. oh yea~ happiest moment. (y)



(edit)
heres the video of the finish. woohoo! all smiles baby.



lastly, taken by chris.
(thanks daffy for the finger tape!) but taping the thumb only served to collect more sweat at the palms. :p gave up and took it off only to encounter pinches on my next route. -.- haha.
this is also to shout out to dor to tell her that she will always be my inspiration. =) (no matter lousy comp or not)

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.

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.

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.

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 :(

just had level 2 over the weekend!
it was great fun with the other peeps! haha.
enjoyed it loads.
plus there was lead falling.
shiok! (y)
countering my fears (although there is not much. haha)!
can go multipitch at krabi loh!

had a random dinner with the northeast ppl! haha.
met up with lala too!! =)
havent seen her in awhile. awww..
ate at dominoes pizza coz the thai place was packed. :p
then we went to arvins hse to play taboo!
lol. lots of laughs too. =)

climbed at yishun today.
pity is a dreary wet, rainy day.
very little climbs for today. haha.
my endurance needs to up more levels in the following weeks to come if not go krabi sure chui. :p
i must go back and try that green route again!!
then wanna run when i got home also hard sia.
pfft. :p
spoil my "all exercise" day.

tried uploading the jamming videos.
but mega fail.. haha.
its taking super long lah.
just get them from me then! haha. ;)

rainy day today, din have a "school" feeling. :p
but my lucky day today to meet up with arvin and peeps for lunch at arts.
squeezed in between bio and adolescence.
haha.

then i supposed i had a rather non-mcube dinner.
maximum money, minimum food. :(
because...
got bert to fly over dinner from science,
but ended up gg to wcp with jw, d and shu for fish & co. =)
as of now, i only know that wcp outlet lets us have 3 coupons per table!
just nice coz got 3 of them eating and i printed 3 coupons.
haha.
$1 fish & co power!! sangat murah eh.
(i think they got sick of hearing things like: can we have 2+2+2 tables? =))
and lucky we split cost: jud is having a zero-allowance day. :p

then we stood outside some video shop and watched Astroboy for 10 mins?
haha.

we had desserts! strawberry cheesecake!
sour though. :p jelat sekali!


me and shu!


now must introduce:
the TARA couple! we already act like they're in the show and stuff..
haha. but so exciting leh!
amazing race yo.
watched their video! haha.
since i know got many ppl reading this, must advertise!! (y)


"we're total opposites of each other" - angel and devil? haha

anyways, i changed my blog skin! haha.
not really. just kinda added colour and stuff though. :p
wanted to make it more livejournal-ish with the extra photos at the sides instead of my labels.
so everyone will know that mondays are red..
but oh well.. too much work. :p
dont know how either.
haha.

speaking of the randomness of food,
some places i want to go to after exams.
its been on my favourite tabs since quite some time already!!

1) the garden slug. again. haha
http://blog.thegardenslug.com

2) everything with fries! saw on fb that tpn went! Most Cool. i thought i was the only one who knew. muaha.
http://www.everythingwithfries.com

3)Kim's Family restaurant. alvin posted this on the team blog the other time! wanting to go all this while. haha. (y)
http://www.ladyironchef.com/2010/01/18/kims-family-restaurant-favorite-korean-restaurant/

4) TCC. to have an actual meal there. =)
http://www.thecoffeeconnoisseur.com/

as u can see from the labels,
it is not monday today.. but even so..
stressing week this is. :p
plus i have no time for free b&js. never had.

bio test was a flop.
the late entry and realisation that we actually have all the time in the world to complete it really makes no difference.
plus the mark coverage per question is huge. :p

finished lesson and chionged thru my 40% report due this friday.
all i can say now is:
i have exceeded my word limit and my brain is exhausted.

i am tired.

anyways, good news is that the lights in the gym is up.
we have a nice round disk in the middle of the ceiling.
and i cant wait for trng tmr. =)
even more exciting that there are things i want to train for!

and i cant wait for this week to be over. :(

and i finally found the fame song thats been playing at wcp everytime im there.
(like the "spirit" song in OC.. haha)

There's a somebody I'm longing to see
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me
I'm a little lamb who's lost in the wood
I know I could always be good
Someone who'll watch over me

Although he may not be the man some
girls think of as handsome
To my heart he carries the key
Won't you tell him please to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh, how I need
Someone to watch over me

- a common sound made by siyao.

impromptu meet up day!!

was on my home to get some stuff and go home for once.
haha.
when: 1 message received from daryl tan.
apparaently, nat is back!!
hoho. (and i din even know coz someone told me its 7 dec :p)
so being in the east, i thought it possible to take some time off to meet up.
tried asking arvin along but he got exam on wed. :p

siyao was shocked.
haha.

managed to persuade them to go harbourfront,
where we had sakae buffet.
hmm.. i spammed like lots of salmon sashimi for the win.
super full now. :p

group shot attempt 2317283921 by nat.

suddenly itunes plays olivia olsens "All i want for christmas is you" from Love Actually.
and i cant wait till christmas!!



p.s. caught zx on skype today, long time since i heard her laughter! haha.