Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Oh my poor bruised big toe. :(
Rammed my toe into the wall during squash this afternoon and it hurtttt like crap. This means that i either need new shoes, or i need to improve my rusty footwork, or i am just plain suay. PROBABLY ALL THREE. Squash was good today though, i was glad i could still play after months of leaving my racket untouched. And i've never seen the nie courts with so much activity, guess every hall is putting in their last bit of effort before the games start next week.
Every IH season i ask myself why the heck did i join so many sports. (This year i have squash tennis badminton and volleyball) I miss sport. It used to be such a big part of my life. In secondary school i would watch the clock tick down in class, i couldn't wait for class to end and training to start even if i knew it was gonna be a tough one. I miss competing. The anticipation leading up to a match, gathering all my thoughts and focus on the match, the thrill of stepping onto the court preparing to play the game of my life. There were of course ups and downs. I looked forward to the tournament period every year, to the draw, then to each match, and up till today I totally remember how I felt when we won the crucial match in Sec 2 and lost in Sec 4. That ecstatic, wonderful, uplifting feeling of team victory and that immense disappointment i felt deep in my stomach and with every breath i took. No matter how much we ran, perspired or how hard we hit, there was the feeling that we could have, should have done better. We celebrated and cheered as a team and we cried together as a team.
People often ask, isn't badminton or squash a lonely game(compared to team sports like netball and hockey), don't i feel alone and all by myself on the court? Some people forget that there's such a thing called doubles(lol), but even if it's singles, all i can say is, a singles player may be the only one on court, but he or she is NEVER alone. Badminton, tennis, squash and other racket games are very much team sports as well. When on court you are competing and battling together with your teammates and your coach, without them you are pretty much nothing. This is the reason why i don't appreciate people who regard themselves as the superstar of a team, who put themselves high up on a pedestal and distance themselves from the rest of the 'commonfolk'. This of course doesn't only apply to sport, it applies to basically everything else as well.
But I digress.
IHG gives me a chance to remind myself of what competition feels like. And may I emphasize, FRIENDLY competition. There was an IH basketball game last year in which we got our shirts tugged so violently in all directions we ended the match seething in anger. Not to say that we let ourselves get pushed around or that we couldn't stand up to bullies, but it was just an inter-hall game and there was certainly no need at all of shirt-pulling of that extent. Grrr. I digress again. Whether in familiar sports to me like badminton/squash or new ones like volleyball, which has been a really interesting experience so far, IH allows me to experience a little of what i truly miss. Maybe i SHOULD have joined a club after jc. Sigh me and my stubbornness.
Anyway! I heard a song today on class 95 that made me totally happy and hyper in the car haha. Love these kinda random moments. :) K off to watch show and sleep.
Take my hand
Tell me what you are feeling
Understand
This is just the beginning
Although I have to go
It makes me feel like crying
I don't know when I'll see you again
Darling leave a light on for me
I'll be there before you close the door
To give you all the love that you need
Darling leave a light on for me
'cause when the world takes me away
You are still the air that I breathe
Monday, December 07, 2009
It really is the small little things that matter.
Those that nudges your emotions and captures you in the tiny corners of your heart, those that are so plain in its simplicity, those that make you smile even when you don't realise it.
Yeah, one of those days.
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Hello wisdom teeth,
You sneaky little thing. You really could not have chosen a better timing to make known your presence. You've been around since like, forever and you had to choose this period to say hi in such a painful and swelling way. Just to let you know, it's exam time for which our owner still has 5 more papers to go. Now she has to plan when to remove you in a way that affects her activities the least this coming December. Who knows, she might even get rid of you in Nov. She REALLY does not want to bring you to Europe where you might get too excited and flare up further. It's a pity that us true-blue molar residents and our owner still have to suffer even when you're gone, for as long as a whole month. I mean, we're supposed to get one whole month of local/Asian food before we do 6 months of Western! How wonderful is it that because of you, we might be seeing Porridge and Congee everyday instead. Meanwhile, while you're here, do try to keep your annoyance level down, do less of that throbbing so that our owner can focus on her notes rather than on you. Thanks.
No love at all,
Your molar neighbour
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Omgggg. The Killers are gonna be here on Jan 24 and i won't be here to see them.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very :( about it. It would have been really awesome!!!
It's been a rather cold day by S'pore standards. Then i think of the subzero temperatures im going to be facing in 2 months and i feel a lot warmer. Tried on coats and jackets at Zara today in preparation for December's shopping spree, it was fun, comfy and warm haha. I was walking around the store and going oh i need to get this, oh i need to get that! Gawd. So much things to get in December it's not even funny. What if i miss out something?!
Im secretly looking forward to the shopping actually. Whee.
And in high-stress periods like these we all need something to look forward to.
So here we go, exam season again. :(
Song of the moment: Spaceman - The Killers
Monday, November 09, 2009
Yeah, right.
It's been an utterly exhausting weekend. What with collecting my laptop only to find that there are still problems, coming home to discover that my desktop pc cannot open word documents, frantically scrambling around to find alternatives and to settle at least half of my to-dos, it wasn't the most pleasant of weekends.
Butttt Saturday wasn't too bad because:
- Ice cream buffet with the hall mates was fun, though it left us a bit out of love with ice cream for a while.
- Watched Paranormal Activity, discovered it was a crappy show, but at least i came home and didn't get spooked out or anything. Thank goodness.
- And and and, lastly and most importantly...
WE BOOKED OUR AIR TICKETS! :) Managed to snag a good deal and we jumped on it immediately. Things are more settled now, somehow. At least we now have a confirmed departure date. Gonna fly to Copenhagen (Denmark!!) and then train to Jonkoping after that. I think. We were all getting very excited in the office. Haha.
Ok that was just a short update for this much neglected place. Now back to my list of to-dos which seems to be getting longer by the second. Gah.
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Typed a long entry out and cursed when i clicked a random button and everything disappeared. Pretty much what life had been having in store for me these few days. Ah.
Just back from ah lian bee hoon with the hall mates and about to go to the games room to study in a few moment's time. Maybe throw a few darts, play some boggle. :) There's something about sitting in my hall room and listening to light, breezy songs that's really nice. Makes the world seem better, easier. Like no shit happens in this world
Thanks for listening, really needed it
Back to work work work
Sunday, September 06, 2009
Can't believe it's September already. At home now trying to complete my 206 photo montage, while keeping score on Federer vs Hewitt and England vs Slovenia. Rooney just hit the post from close range!
Been feeling bluesy for the most part of this week. Perfect mood to play squash in. It's been kinda long since i last played. In jc i used to go down to the courts to play during my breaks, sometimes alone, and i'd feel better after that. There's something about whacking the ball against the wall, hearing its sound reverbrating through the entire court and working up a sweat that can do some real good to a gloomy soul. No courts this time though. Oh well give me some oily crispy youtiao, some takeaway Venezia ice cream, and i'll be fine. I see a pattern going on.
Big week coming up. All da best to yall taking part in hall elections. Phenomenal amount of people runnng this year, apparently. And... instep oh instep, do be nice to me....
Ladeedum shall go to bed now and decide whether i should go dnd shopping tmr. The theme is mystery so if i turn up covered in black cloth no one can fault me right? Hahaha nah, i won't do that to lynn. :) good night everybody.