21 Sep 10: Work started.

Alright! I learned the K-Slide, or Korean Slide, today! Fun fun! Now I have a cool way to stop. My power slide is getting boring.

Work is pretty meh. Yesterday I was folding cardboard boxes, today I was in the clean room with Troy. We had to put on so many pieces of clothing that I felt like a Muslim woman- everything must cover up, only eyes can be seen. I put on my lab coat and was like, Good afternoon, Doctor Marcus, is our patient ready? Then I saw us in the mirror and was like: Its day 21 of the zombie outbreak. We still have not found a cure. And then I went inside and was like, woah, we're all blue ninjas!

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17 Sep 10: Workforce Appreciation Day at RWS

7.50pm I'm at Resorts World Sentosa!!! And I get to go on all the rides free!! A unlimited number!!! And it's free!!! Whoo!!! Lol. I'm going on the roller coaster first. Related to Shrek I think. I haven't had dinner yet. Starving.

We went on a Dragon roller coaster. Not just any dragon, but on Dragon. Whoo!! That was exhilarating!!! But kinda short. ADRENALINE RUSH!!! I'm feeling good about my decision not to bring a bag. It would've been a millstone. We're going on the Shrek 4D Movie/Ride.

Shrek was pretty meh. Okay it engaged most of your senses except smell an taste, and it did have pretty funny puns, but overall boring. Especially after the ride. We had dinner. I had a Tandoori Chicken Wrap, which came with Lays potato chips and a Sprite. I wanted a Milk Shake, but their machine was broken. I settled for an ice cream sundae. It was $11.80 in total, but with my $10 voucher, I paid just $1.80, as far as I'm concerned.

Lol me and my food.

Anyway, we went on to Jurassic Park. The Canopy Flyer was first. Waited 40 minutes only to go for a 1 min ride. I was so bored I measured the intervals between each car that left. 25 secs. Lol. 

After that we went for the Revenge of the Mummy ride. Now THAT is a ride. It was the best ride by far, and we went twice! The first picture they took, I wasn't even aware they'd taken a photo. My hands were up and covering my face. Lol. The second time I did my best to look bored in the picture, but I'd angled my face a bit too much, and I just looked stupid. Sigh..

We wanted to go for the Rapids ride next, but it was closed due to technical difficulties.

Overall the RWS is quite fun, but it was too bad the Red and Blue Roller Coasters weren't open. I wanted to go for that. None of the other rollercoasters went upside down... 

I eventually left at 11.30, and I joined the longest que yet: the que for the monorail back to Singapore... Lol.

11 Sep 10: Asking a girl out for the first time

Today was... Weird, to say the least. I can't decide whether it was a good day or a bad day. I suppose a fully bad day would be better, cuz then I'd be able to be miserable in peace. Now everytime I think of all the bad things that happened today, I rememeber the positive things, and it totally spoils my negative mood.

I was playing in the Saturday Standard at Paya Lebar as usual, and I got the worst luck: land flood, land screw and colour screw. For those who don't play or understand card games, just know that it SUCKS. But it wasn't all about that.

I asked a girl I liked for a date. I was brooding about it since last week, since the post where I said "Begin each day as if it were on purpose. Live each day as if it were your last. End each day with no regrets." and I finally plucked up the courage to do it in a really stupid way. I smsed her. And that really screwed me.

Okay here's what happene in chronological order:
I registered for the tournament.
Sent an SMS to her, asking if she had any plans for this coming Monday.
Reply arrived: she said no and asked why. (At this point I was still feeling pretty good about it.)
Sent response: "wanna watch a movie?my treat"
Tournamnet started, match 1 finished.
Checked reply: she wouldn't allow me to treat, but sounded good, why not invite a few more people?
I sent back: "I was asking you out on a date"
Second match started, finished.
No reply
Third match started and it all went downhill from here. Got land flooded, then land screwed.
No reply
Fourth match: against Brendan. Sigh. Here I got colour screwed. And lost.
No reply
Then I got a BYE and that improved my mood abit.
Finally a reply: "sorry, I'm not keen to go on a date"
Devastation. (okay not really, but I did feel really disappointed)

Me = Stupid

Looking back, I should have asked her in person or over the phone. I mean, I wouldn't have had to wait for her to reply. But since I chose to sms, she could take as long as she wanted. I asked her later what took her so long to reply: did she recieve my SMS at the time I sent it, was she seriously considering it, or was she just busy? She said she was not with her phone until then. Sigh.

Strangely, I feel a mix of emotions: sad and disappointed, yes, but also... light headed and free. Like a great burden has been removed. At least, now I know she's not interested, I'll be able to put my energy elsewhere.

Lesson learnt: speak in person or over the phone. It's much easier to judge a person's response, and I'd get an immediate answer.

2 Sep 10: 2 Weeks???

Whoa crap it's been 2 weeks and 2 days since my last post. Man have u gotten lazy.

Anyway, it's about time I posted something, so here's a summary about what I've been up to lately:

JA Company is up and running. We're in the last 4 weeks of the competition and starting to feel the pressure. I've made 3 web pages for the company. Okay well not MADE in every sense of the word, but I copied some stuff and formatted it into a Facebook Page, a Blogshop and an Online Order Form.

Exams are just round the corner (next week!) and I'll admit I've not been giving my 100% to study. Sigh... I so can't wait til it's over. What kind of holidays are these? We get 8 weeks of no school, but 2 exams slapped right in the middle, at the 4 week mark. What logic is this? Lol.

Anyway, I've learned something last night (and that's saying something since I've not been studying :P ). I finishe reading this storybook titled Deadline. It's about Ben Wolf, an 18 year old boy who finds out he only has one year to live because of a blood disease. He decides not to tell anyone, and to make as big an impact as he can on this earth before he leaves. He'd really witty, and resourceful, and as the story unfolds, I reflect on how I would react if I was in his shoes. What would I have done given his circumstances? And it's not just the blood disease thing, it's his "projects" which he does to make himself known and remembered. It was very interesting and a wonderful page turner, and as I finished it, this is the lesson I took away:

Live each day a if it's your last.

I actually put a status update on my Facebook account a long time ago:

"Begin each day as if it were on purpose. Live each day as if it's your last. End each day with no regrets."

I have to say I haven't been following this philosophy, and it took me this book to realise it. I'm gonna adopt this philosophy (again) and I WILL make the effort to enforce it within myself.

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.