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Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:40:13 GMT

080808

Today is the Beijing Olympics, and also the eve of Singapore's National Day
I can't watch the opening ceremony of the Olympics coz it's too late and I have to wake up for a run due to the Nike+ Challenge that is going on.

School today was good. hahaha
I got to skip 2 periods of classes, English and Bio. But we had an extended rehearsal and worse still I had double bass lessons in the morning so my hand ached A LOT. The strings on the bass is SUPER THICK. goodness me.
The concert is in 4 days. My first ever performance Oh, the violins and STANDING! hahahah. They don't have chairs for them. Only the cellos
And we seriously need more violas and violin2 people. There's just too many cellos. More double bass people would be good as well. But I think I have to play for the orchestra next term coz they don't have bass players. To think I wasn't very musical back in Singapore.
All because Mr Thomas asked me whether I would like to learn a 2nd instrument and I said double bass. Then the double bass teacher was somehow in school and he pulled me to see her.

Anyways, it's all good now.
I can go for squash training before the concert :DDD
Giwon, Georgina, Judy and Mizuki are coming to watch! But Ms Little is leaving the school

oh darn it, i have an assignment on flim music due next monday and i have 1 whole page left to do.
gotta get started on it

see ya

spoiler

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 06:49:04 GMT

this is badddd.
i know what happened in Breaking Dawn even before i read the book! All because i guessed it when jennifer asked me to guess what happened and somehow i got it right.
And today wanchi told me another thing about Breaking Dawn which was even worse. Mannn this sucks.
I should go buy the book this weekend if it isn't sold out. Giwon bought it alreadyyyy. Oh, she's gonna teach me korean and i'll have to teach her chinese! hahahahaha. She told me today that Chinese is very important in Korea and a lot of people learn it (which is reallyyyyy odd!).

Epsom Music presents
"A Little Farewell"
showcasing the orchestra, concert band, string ensemble and guest performers Adora Voce
Students: $5
Adults: $10
12 August, Tuesday, 7.30pm, Ray Freedman Arts Centre

pls come! even though i don't know who is gonna read this but i'll still put it on.
damn there's an extended rehearsal this friday and i hope shujun comes if not i'll be standing there all alone.

nights

Burning Up

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:15:21 GMT

It sucks when you have an injury but you only feel the pain when you're running. And I have to take a lot of time off just to not make it any worse. Worse still I have flat feet and I'm not used to the new shoe soles that were made for me.
I can't afford to waste anymore time, people are already catching up with me.

I wish I started squash earlier. I wish I hadn't spent so much time on swimming.

I don't want to talk about yesterday.
I feel that I really need to punish myself.
I need to run and lose weight.
I need to forget about everything and start all over again

wait till my injury is over
just wait

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:48:37 GMT

i went to the podiatrist(foot specialist) this morning. It's confirmed that i have flat feet and i have this condition below.

so i have to go to a sports physician next thursday.

Compartment syndrome is a painful condition that results when pressure within the muscles builds to dangerous levels. This prevents nourishment from reaching nerve and muscle cells.

Muscle groups in the arms, hands, legs, feet, and buttocks can be affected. Within these muscle groups are nerves and blood vessels. The muscle groups are covered by tough membrane (fascia), which does not readily expand. The whole unit is called a compartment.

If pressure within the compartment gets too high (for example, from too much swelling or bleeding after surgery or injury), the lack of oxygen to the tissue can damage blood vessels and nerve and muscle cells.

(Reproduced with permission from Gruel CR: Lower Leg, in Sullivan JA, Anderson SJ (eds): Care of the Young Athlete. Rosemont, IL, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon, 2000.)

Compartment syndrome can be either acute or chronic. Acute compartment syndrome is a medical emergency. Without treatment, it can lead to paralysis, loss of limb or death. Chronic compartment syndrome is not a medical emergency.

it sounds scary but it's not very serious. The shins get painful after intensive training or distance running coz of my muscles/flat feet. I'll have to go find out. Now i have to ice it everytime after i play.

bio and math test tmr.
gotta study

til the dawn

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:58:52 GMT

omg i haven't updated for so long.

school started already and i still want the holidays to come back I'd rather play squash all day and run than go to school and have boring lessons like geography. Speaking of which, i have an internal coming up

Fund raising tournament yesterday was quite fun. hahahaha
I had to play an extra game with the boys coz one of them had an injury and i "replaced" him. In the end i played 4 games instead of 3.
Me and Hayley played a spectacular 5 setter AGAIN so everyone was watching. I thought i would lose to her again but good thing i didn't. I heaved a BIGGGG sigh of relief after that game. hahahahaha

I have training with Carol tmr , i hope she doesn't say anything

funfunfun

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:27:09 GMT

i went to watch Narnia with Judy today. Yes I know I'm really slowwww. There wasn't a time we could go together so we had to separate.
It was good, just that Prince Caspian's accent is so annoying. WHERE IS HE FROM?
Then they went to my house to have lunch since they wanted to try indonesian food. hahahaha. it was fun. Too bad we didn't take any pics.

Greta asked me for a game but we didn't know who booked it so we ended up not playing we are playing tmr morning instead. I'm FIVE points to E1! YESSSSS! Then i HOPE i can be a national player.

nights

lalalalala

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:03:42 GMT

nearly 1 week of the hols has passed. Time travels really quickly. I haven't done a lot of things

1. get ready for the Nike+ challenge. My shin has been hurting these few days so i had to take a break from squash and running
2. do my bio hw
3. read finish the horse whisperer

but nvm, the good thing is that i got my learner's license alr, which means i can learn how to drive! :D :D :D
in 6 months time, i'll be able to take myself around without asking my dad (my mum refuses to learn, i have no idea why)

my dad has gone for a conference in Glasgow, England. Good thing he's stopping by Singapore so i got him to get me some grips, strings, pens, pen refills. I finally get good and new pens in 7 days!

okay, i wanna go watch my new drama serial now.
toodles

drama craze

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:28:07 GMT

nadal won federer in wimbledon 2008!

i was watching it live early in the morning then there was a rain delay so i went back to sleep thinking that nadal would win for sure and HE DID!

finally Rafa won him! YAY! my whole family supports federer and i'm the only one supporting nadal.

i just finished watching Forensic Heroes II and it's awesome. The ending was shocking but it turned out good. hahahaha
i think there's a third one coming out coz somehow the story hasn't ended yet.

i shall go back to prepare for my driving theory test on thurs!

In A Valley By The Sea

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:20:37 GMT

i haven't posted in ages.
superchamps just ended and we got 2nd place. Henderson won 1st. Ah well, we improved our ranking, so we can now do better in national graded champs!
hols just started :D it's the time for me to start getting prepared for the Nike+ Challenge. 10km a day!
try to win the NANO. hahahaha. And i can get fitter too!

there's Remuera Junior Open coming up in 2 weeks. And our Narnia olan is called off coz Judy and Ada are going SKIING. O.O

for all you've done

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:02:53 GMT

i've nothing much to post and i'm lazy to update about anything
maybe the next time?