17 Aug 10: New Wheels

Brendan and I went job hunting yesterday. Troy tagged along. The three of us went to Kallang so Brendan could pre order his shirt, so we decided to have lunch there. After that we had frozen yogurt. This was the first time I'd eaten frozen yogurt and it was awesome! Some berry flavour. But it was kinda expensive. How come the best things in life are free, but the next best things are so expensive?

Anyway, we went to Parkway Parade to job hunt and we saw Adrian Pang! Lol that was cool. Brendan saw him from behind and said, "Isnt that Adrian Pang?" I didn't recognise him at first, because he was walking too fast. Then he turned around and I was like OMG it IS him. Lol. The funny thing was, Brendan, Troy and I walked into a CD store (cuz there was an opening) and saw him again. Lol what a coincidence. Anyhow, we couldn't work there cuz we needed to be 18 and above. Damn.

Ah well. 

We went to ECP after that, to see if there was work at the Skate places. I bought new wheels since we were already there. Gyro Titans. I wanted to use them today, but was too lazy to swap them in. :D Had a tiring day today. Went to TP at 11am, then went skating with Brendan at ECP, then went back to TP at 5pm, played Magic with Daryl and skated till 9pm. I learnt new moves though! Reverse Nelson and Reverse Back Nelson. Tough. My hips hurt. ;)

12 Aug 10: Editions to Routine

Skate Training again today. But it was at TP, not at Sembawang. Apparently, the court is closed, so we can't use it. Sigh. How is Team Micro gonna train us now?

Anyway, I modified my routine. Instead of Mabrouk-Great Volt-Crazy Sun-Back One Foot, I changed it to Mabrouk-Great Volt-Back Cross-Crazy-Crazy Sun-Back Nelson-Back One Foot.

This give me abit more stability, and is easier to transit from Great Volt to Back Cross. Need more practice.

I fell down alot. Now my ass hurts and I've got a battle scar on my left elbow. Sigh... Not to mention my wrist...

10 Aug 10: YOG Job!!!

Ah... nothing like another Tuesday. No SCHOOL!!! Whoo!! It's the beginning of an 8 week (roughly) holiday, and I only hafta go back in 3-4 weeks for 2 exams: BPM and SAS. That is pure awesomesauce. Anyway, today was the start of my volunteer job for YOG. I'm stationed at Changi Airport, and I basically have to provide tech support. My main job is to just walk around to check that the IT equipment is working. But today was super cool, cuz I got to hang out at the AIRPORT!!! And the provided free drinks, and cookies, and lunch (which wasn't that awesome, but I can't complain cuz it's free), and I'm gonna get a free ticket to Sentosa Universal Studios upon completion of my last day of work!!! Awesomeness. 

Okay skating now. My back one foot is getting smoother, I'm feeling the bouncing rhythm very well. And I started work on my routine. Well, just part one: the first 20 80cm-cones. I'm gonna hafta learn Chap Chap for the 50cm cones, but I'm not sure what I should do for the 120cm cones. Anyways, my routine is this:
Mabrouk, followed by a Great Volt, then into a Crazy Sun, then Back Nelson for 2 cones then Back Foot the rest of the way. Feels good, especially when I pull off the Great Volt into Crazy Sun. I still can't do Eagle, so what I'm gonna do now is train my thigh muscles by doing splits. I used to be able to do splits comfortably, but I've lost a lot of my flexibility. Skating has helped me regain some of it, but I still need more, in order to stuff like  Eagle, Reverse Eagle, Reverse Toe Eagle, the Foot Gun/Rocket series, etc etc. 

8 Aug 10: Revival

Wow I haven't updated this blog in a long while. I think I'm gonna hafta start blogging everyday again. So here goes:

Man this sucks. I've not been waking up on time to my alarm since last week. It's working- I checked. And I know I set it each night and turned the alarm on. I just don't get up. I mean, when I do, it's usually after the time to get up, and my alarm clock is off. I don't even remember getting up to switch it off. My only conclusion I that I've gone into unconciousness too deep. Zzz... I used to be able to pride myself in being a light sleeper, able to wake up at a moments notice, but now... No. Tsk.

Upcoming Events: I'm helping out with the YOG as a Helpdesk Agent Officer. How cool is that??? I'm an Agent AND an Officer. Hah! Lol. I get free bus rides from 10th to 28th August and after that the card can be used as an EZ Link. Awesomeness. I also got this waist pouch made of PURE AWESOMENESS. It's EXACTLY what I need. I'm gonna use it when I go skating, to store my drink(s) and stuff. I can also put my MTG stuff in there, and just carry my file. Whoo! I like.

26 July 10: Close call!

Wow today had a close call.
Business Process Management (BPM) project was due today and I was chionging since last Friday. I needed Microsoft Visio and the school labs weren't open on weekends. So had to chiong on friday and today. I was the compiler, which meant I had to arrange the whole report for the group. It would have been alright, but I (being my OCD self) needed the report to be in one format, needed the English to be corrected, and the charts to be all nicely aligned. I was in school since 9am today and all the way til 6pm, minus lunch and lessons, I was compiling. I finally finished it and it was 55 pages long. At least I got to practice my Microsoft Word skills. But whoo! That was close.

20 July 10: Not the best Tuesday.

This is not my favourite Tuesday. Not that I had a bad day, I just felt it could've been better. Today was so meh compared to my other usually exciting Tuesdays. Okay summary of last week.

I'm having skate trainings 4 times a week now. Tuesdays til Fridays. It's fun, but a little tiring. I took advantage of my 3 day rest (Sat to Mon) and allowed my legs to heal. My Crazy tricks are improving. I can do 20 cones a bit more consistently now, though I still frequently fumble with the Crazy Sun.  When I don't fumble, the whole thing is quite smooth, and definitly faster than before.

It rained today. Sad. We had to use the IITASc concourse, and the floor is really bumpy. Tough to do tricks or slides. I'm now working on back one foot, and I'm using back cross to enter a left back foot. I can only do 4 cones so far though. Grr... 

Kay school now. I FINALLY FIGURED OUT QUESTION 4!!!!! Our PRSP project consisted of 4 questions, and questions 2 and 4 were more challenging than usual. I figured out Q2 after a while of thinking and trial and error, but Q4 had me thinking the whole 2 weeks. *satisfied sigh* I love programming... I'm getting closer to my goal of being the best programmer in class. Let's see how I do for the exams. Wish me luck!

18 July 10: New Blog

Alright, i've made the new blog:
packtodeck.blogspot.com

This is all about Magic, the Gathering, so go there and read the 3 posts that Brendan and I have posted!