today's dinner :)ok my very first whole post- JCT day. haha. it was relatively boring though. was a gd girl n stayed home :). heh. bought my own lunch.. watched wimbledon.. read magazines.. read the papers.. yeah basically spent the whole morn like that. then took a nap :p.. woke up n headed to sch for the tennis dsa trials.. surprisingly the turnout was really gd! 10 guys n 7 girls showed up for trials. rather impressive isnt it. well but think some of them only had tjc as their 2nd choice.. ya know like a back-up plan? how disappointing. unlike me.. the previous batch of dsa tennis players! tjc was the only dsa trial i attended. haha. okok i wont elaborate.
had botakjones burger today! think its some famous food stall in ang mo kio? with really great western food. dad went allll the way there to buy it back for dinner today. so sweet aint it :) botak jones burger i had above! its pretty spicy. n its fries.. hav chilli powder over it!!! yumm.
2mr :)
ida posted at 11:38 PM
Thursday, June 29, 2006
JCTs are over!!!!!! phew. wat a relief. it's been such a mentally exhausting week. ok so the week isnt over. but it seemed like such a looong time. especially without :(.. sooo long. hmph. mugging out during the hols was fun!! n fattening. heh :p. I didnt sleep too!! fantastic. it takes lots to keep ida up during her nap time k ;)
econs n physics were so drainingggg today. gosh. my brain cells are officially dead. brain capacity is currently nil. i've been spluttering nonsense the whole day. haha. totally messing up my words n stuff. the stress n effects of the exams. sheesh. celebration today :)!!! hope i didnt distract :p..monday's a youth day holiday!!! perfect :)
hot fudge sundae. -licks lips- ;)
econs n physics were so drainingggg today. gosh. my brain cells are officially dead. brain capacity is currently nil. i've been spluttering nonsense the whole day. haha. totally messing up my words n stuff. the stress n effects of the exams. sheesh. celebration today :)!!! hope i didnt distract :p..monday's a youth day holiday!!! perfect :)
hot fudge sundae. -licks lips- ;)
ida posted at 10:30 PM
Saturday, June 24, 2006
ok shall blog.
JCTs.......!!!!!!!!!!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeek.
wad a wonderful way to spend the last of my hols isnt it. having to mug... ugh. i cant muggg.
shant whine anymore. bleah.
shall be back after the JCTs end on thurs!
im talking on the phone now :)).. help me relieve stress!!!! wat'd i do w/o you :)
thanks for being there :)
a weeeeeeeeek. doubt i'd survive.
lunch at miss clarity's cafe! yumm.
drool.
everyone's whining bout the JCTs just a few days away. its actually quite traumatising. come online to relax.. n u end up reading everyone freaking out bout the JCTs. how relaxing isnt it. heh. oh well i havent been studying. its so difficult to wanna balance making full use of the hols n trying to get decent results for the impending JCTs. well couldnt resist going out with mum n sisters yesterday. as much as i was quite sure i wasnt gonna go.. im easily swayed i guess. heh.
well took a train frm tampines with my younger sis.. saw caroline cheong on e train. hm the actress? oh well. she looks rather pale n anorexic in person. bad thing to say. but i guess tv really does make ppl look fleshier. met mum n elder sis at city hall.. then we headed to miss clarity's cafe! yeah been wanting to try out that place at purvis street.. the decor was quite.. startling. haha. bimbotic. but the food's pretty good.. prices are reasonable too! i've included a pic of my food for lunch. heh. salivate ppl!
after lunch... went to the popular at bras basah to get some much needed stationery. haha. then walked back to city hall. was walking past raffles hotel.. and there was the samsonite black label store!! gosh u shud see the suitcase on display. beauutiful. conversation b/w sis n me.
me: omg samsonite black label!!! so niceee.
sis: so what. i've got lipton yellow label.
me: -stares at her in utter shock-
haha yeah. the retorts my sis gives can sometimes really throw u off balance. heh. shopped around a lil.. had dinner then headed home.. saw this cat on the way back.. had another fantastic sis n me conversation again.
sis: i see this cat everyday.
me: its cute.
sis: think i wanna get a cat when im older.
me: eeek. i wont. got scratched before by one.
sis: so.. does that make u catwoman?
haha yeahh it was funny. oh well. just got singapore idol. some were bearable. some werent. k shant be evil. does tv make one uglier? judges commented on a few looking gd on camera.. being a babe... but.. didnt see it. hrm. oh well.
anyway tried out some demo rackets last sun.. tried the Wilson nCode nTour and n One-Six.. was torn between all the rackets i tried. more or less decided on the nTour i suppose. younger sis's gettin it too i reckon.
i wanna travel!
JCTs.......!!!!!!!!!!!!! eeeeeeeeeeeeek.
wad a wonderful way to spend the last of my hols isnt it. having to mug... ugh. i cant muggg.
shant whine anymore. bleah.
shall be back after the JCTs end on thurs!
im talking on the phone now :)).. help me relieve stress!!!! wat'd i do w/o you :)
thanks for being there :)
a weeeeeeeeek. doubt i'd survive.
ida posted at 11:11 PM
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
lunch at miss clarity's cafe! yumm.drool.
everyone's whining bout the JCTs just a few days away. its actually quite traumatising. come online to relax.. n u end up reading everyone freaking out bout the JCTs. how relaxing isnt it. heh. oh well i havent been studying. its so difficult to wanna balance making full use of the hols n trying to get decent results for the impending JCTs. well couldnt resist going out with mum n sisters yesterday. as much as i was quite sure i wasnt gonna go.. im easily swayed i guess. heh.
well took a train frm tampines with my younger sis.. saw caroline cheong on e train. hm the actress? oh well. she looks rather pale n anorexic in person. bad thing to say. but i guess tv really does make ppl look fleshier. met mum n elder sis at city hall.. then we headed to miss clarity's cafe! yeah been wanting to try out that place at purvis street.. the decor was quite.. startling. haha. bimbotic. but the food's pretty good.. prices are reasonable too! i've included a pic of my food for lunch. heh. salivate ppl!
after lunch... went to the popular at bras basah to get some much needed stationery. haha. then walked back to city hall. was walking past raffles hotel.. and there was the samsonite black label store!! gosh u shud see the suitcase on display. beauutiful. conversation b/w sis n me.
me: omg samsonite black label!!! so niceee.
sis: so what. i've got lipton yellow label.
me: -stares at her in utter shock-
haha yeah. the retorts my sis gives can sometimes really throw u off balance. heh. shopped around a lil.. had dinner then headed home.. saw this cat on the way back.. had another fantastic sis n me conversation again.
sis: i see this cat everyday.
me: its cute.
sis: think i wanna get a cat when im older.
me: eeek. i wont. got scratched before by one.
sis: so.. does that make u catwoman?
haha yeahh it was funny. oh well. just got singapore idol. some were bearable. some werent. k shant be evil. does tv make one uglier? judges commented on a few looking gd on camera.. being a babe... but.. didnt see it. hrm. oh well.
anyway tried out some demo rackets last sun.. tried the Wilson nCode nTour and n One-Six.. was torn between all the rackets i tried. more or less decided on the nTour i suppose. younger sis's gettin it too i reckon.
i wanna travel!
ida posted at 10:54 PM
Saturday, June 17, 2006
havent blogged in awhile. seems like i always start a post like that. i've been lazy.. the hols are flying by.. one more wk left. the horror!!!
the wk after camp.. trying to get by. before, ppl were whining bout having only a measely 2 wks left before the nightmarish common tests. how bout now. hm. ok shant depress anyone reading this entry.. heh. been going out studying this wk.. i dont normally do so.. but i gotta say.. studying out makes studying SEEM like a new experience... not such a bore.. esp the company!!!! helped lots ;).. studying.. then rewarding ourselves.. haha. yeah studying is such a chore... incentives are necessary.
eyebags been so bad since post camp.. mum's been wonderin why they're still so dark when i've been being such a pig and sleeping so much. heh. so desperate measures were taken.. on her advice, i just put on the skII eyes mask. we shall see how reliable those ads are.
world cup fever's on now..for a non-soccer fan such as your truly.. it really doesnt matter i guess.. heh. guess i probably wouldnt really bother until the semi finals or finals? yeah.. cos then, history'll be made? i suppose. so guess its normal to be more hyped up bout that. heh.
went shopping with mum n elder sis today.. was very happy shopping. haha im far frm a shopaholic.. but.. guess just not having properly shopped in such a long while has taken its toll on me. haha. bought some stuff here n there. elder sis gave us a treat.. at ajisen! :).. missed my ramen. heh. ah. the joy of being self supportive :)
scary movie 4 n just my luck opens next wk!
e movie you've been waiting for! heh. i'll be nice la k :p
the wk after camp.. trying to get by. before, ppl were whining bout having only a measely 2 wks left before the nightmarish common tests. how bout now. hm. ok shant depress anyone reading this entry.. heh. been going out studying this wk.. i dont normally do so.. but i gotta say.. studying out makes studying SEEM like a new experience... not such a bore.. esp the company!!!! helped lots ;).. studying.. then rewarding ourselves.. haha. yeah studying is such a chore... incentives are necessary.
eyebags been so bad since post camp.. mum's been wonderin why they're still so dark when i've been being such a pig and sleeping so much. heh. so desperate measures were taken.. on her advice, i just put on the skII eyes mask. we shall see how reliable those ads are.
world cup fever's on now..for a non-soccer fan such as your truly.. it really doesnt matter i guess.. heh. guess i probably wouldnt really bother until the semi finals or finals? yeah.. cos then, history'll be made? i suppose. so guess its normal to be more hyped up bout that. heh.
went shopping with mum n elder sis today.. was very happy shopping. haha im far frm a shopaholic.. but.. guess just not having properly shopped in such a long while has taken its toll on me. haha. bought some stuff here n there. elder sis gave us a treat.. at ajisen! :).. missed my ramen. heh. ah. the joy of being self supportive :)
scary movie 4 n just my luck opens next wk!
e movie you've been waiting for! heh. i'll be nice la k :p
ida posted at 10:29 PM
Friday, June 09, 2006
back from camp.. laden with 'battle scars'. ok not like i didnt expect it i guess.. camp was real tough.
DAY 1:
we reported at tj at bout 7pm.. waited for bout half n hour.. braving the adverse conditions of the swarm of mosquitoes invading us. n realising of all things.. i forgot to bring my MOSQUITO REPELLANT. aw well. boarded the bus.. then headed for waterfront. on which.. the bus driver apparently didnt know where watefront tennis centre was -.-... we were secretly hoping he'd overshort.. but aw well. he didnt. settled down n the tennis centre.. bout 40 of us were divided into 4 grps randomly.. with 2 year twos as our leaders.. sam n johanan was mine.. played some lame ice breaker games.. had our camp intro done by coach n ms de.. then headed for bed. ahh. the comfort of the cold, hard concrete floor. shared a sleeping bag with may.. used her sleeping bag as protection frm the cold n the mosquitoes. talking made me feel loads better :) thanks :)
DAY 2:
woke up at 6.30am.. got ready for physical conditioning.. ran round jurong lake.. may was having breathing difficulty so it was really tough on her.. halfway thru the run.. coach shouted for me to lead the run.. but eventually glad everyone finished the run without stopping to rest or walk.. after that we returned to e tennis centre n did sets of push ups n leg raises on coach's count. did lunges across the courts after that too. was quite tough. had breakfast after that then back to the courts for training. did mini tennis consistency drills.. n if we didnt make 30 rallies in a min.. we had to do push ups.. some of the intermediate sch team players were pushed over to our courts to try out too. was pretty hard cos the weather was scorching.. dehydrated. after lunch, did volleys. coach wasnt in a gd mood. said we werent moving our feet. so all the sch team players had to take out our shoes initially. it was 1pm.. may, sarah, wendy n i were on the hottest court. then we were supposed to take out socks. it was utter madness. our feet were so burnt we couldnt run.. n the soles of our feet were all peeling.. i was rallying with may n she broke down crying. had to keep encouraging her to keep her going strong. kept moving n volleying on the scorching court bare footed.. really a test of our mental strength. after that some of them had to rush to soak their feet in ice.. n put lotsa plasters. poor wendy. e blisters on her feet were so bad.. it broke n there was pus n all. had bbq in the night.. it was quite a gd bbq i gotta say. gooood food. unhealthy as it may b. heh.
in the night, we played bonding games on the court. bob-sled n royal rumble. divided into 2 teams.. played a tennis match with bout 20 ppl on each side of the net. some didnt hav the confidence to hit the ball.. so it was kinda like "the red sea parting".. always ending up with some players at the back scrambling to get the ball. it was rather fun though.
DAY 3:
got up at 6.30am again.. all of us were aching so bad.. for the sch team players.. our feet were hurting so bad.. we were limping around. but still had to push on n do physical. received severe punishment frm coach for various incidents that happened previously like not cleaning up our sleeping area.. not taking initiative etc. did push ups.. n leg raises all on his count. did bout 60 leg raises all on his count. it was madness. some who couldnt take it n their legs dropped had to get up and do sprints across the 3 courts till we're done. utter madness.. we all really had to motivate each other n push ourselves past our limits. wendy was real nice.. encouraged me lots cos she was beside me :). after that, we did various skpping exercises across the court. required coordination n stuff.
had breakfast after that.. but it rained. so we played captains ball.. wendy fell n there was a deep cut in her chin.. received 4 stitches n she had to return home. poor girl. she was really determined though. really proud of her. so we basically stoned the whole afternoon since it was raining. some went upstairs to sleep.. sarah, may, zhihao n me sat in front of teik kheng's laptop n had a movie marathon.. v for vendetta n ice age 2. haha.
had dinner after that.. then voting for the committee commenced.. also for the 4 special awards. most approachable player, fittest player, most helpful player and most determined. the winners n commmitee members are below.
commitee
boys team capt: pinquan
girls team capt: ida
treasurer: sarah
quartermaster: wendy
intermediate team capt: zhiwei
committee member for boys team : kaijie
committee member for girls team : sophia chew
committee member for intermediate team : rimiko
most approachable: shaun
fittest: zhiwei
most determined: wendy
most helpful: kaijie
after that, to make up for lost time, we had our singles match play at 11pm. i was grouped with kaijie, sarah, pin quan n sophia chew on one court. first to 3 games.. was so sleepy n contact lenses were a blur. oh well lost to kaijie 1-3, lost to sophia chew 2-3, lost to pin quan 1-3, beat sarah 3-0.. then played against rimiko in the knock out round. first to 4 games.. beat her 4-1.. then reached the quarter finals.. played sohpia chew again in the quarters.. beat her 4-3.. then got into the semis. was the only girl left in the semis.. played against kaijie again. the other semifinal was pin quan vs kenny. i lost 4-2.. so finals were kaijie vs pin quan since pin quan won his semi.. in the end kaijie triumphed.. so he was the eventual winner out of the 40 ppl who played. all of us were so tired.. pin quan was having breathing difficulty after his match.. so exhausting.. n the sch team players had to brave e muscle aches n blistered burnt feet.. it was tough. the whole singles league ended at 5am in the morn. after that we bathed.. then stoned around waiting for daybreak. you woke up :).. made me feel so much more comforted.. :)
DAY 4:
everyone met at bout 7am.. cleaned up everything.. had breakfast.. then debrief. new committee had to stay back for a short briefing on our tasks.. then took a cab back with sophia tan, zhi hao n terrence.
basically.. j2s worked hard to organise this camp.. n it paid off since some objectives were kinda met. like training n increasing mental strength. dear im so tired frm blogging so long. hope ppl hav e patience to read this. heh. sorry no pics!!.. i had no time to take my phone to take pics or anything.. no energy either. heh. back homeeee.
DAY 1:
we reported at tj at bout 7pm.. waited for bout half n hour.. braving the adverse conditions of the swarm of mosquitoes invading us. n realising of all things.. i forgot to bring my MOSQUITO REPELLANT. aw well. boarded the bus.. then headed for waterfront. on which.. the bus driver apparently didnt know where watefront tennis centre was -.-... we were secretly hoping he'd overshort.. but aw well. he didnt. settled down n the tennis centre.. bout 40 of us were divided into 4 grps randomly.. with 2 year twos as our leaders.. sam n johanan was mine.. played some lame ice breaker games.. had our camp intro done by coach n ms de.. then headed for bed. ahh. the comfort of the cold, hard concrete floor. shared a sleeping bag with may.. used her sleeping bag as protection frm the cold n the mosquitoes. talking made me feel loads better :) thanks :)
DAY 2:
woke up at 6.30am.. got ready for physical conditioning.. ran round jurong lake.. may was having breathing difficulty so it was really tough on her.. halfway thru the run.. coach shouted for me to lead the run.. but eventually glad everyone finished the run without stopping to rest or walk.. after that we returned to e tennis centre n did sets of push ups n leg raises on coach's count. did lunges across the courts after that too. was quite tough. had breakfast after that then back to the courts for training. did mini tennis consistency drills.. n if we didnt make 30 rallies in a min.. we had to do push ups.. some of the intermediate sch team players were pushed over to our courts to try out too. was pretty hard cos the weather was scorching.. dehydrated. after lunch, did volleys. coach wasnt in a gd mood. said we werent moving our feet. so all the sch team players had to take out our shoes initially. it was 1pm.. may, sarah, wendy n i were on the hottest court. then we were supposed to take out socks. it was utter madness. our feet were so burnt we couldnt run.. n the soles of our feet were all peeling.. i was rallying with may n she broke down crying. had to keep encouraging her to keep her going strong. kept moving n volleying on the scorching court bare footed.. really a test of our mental strength. after that some of them had to rush to soak their feet in ice.. n put lotsa plasters. poor wendy. e blisters on her feet were so bad.. it broke n there was pus n all. had bbq in the night.. it was quite a gd bbq i gotta say. gooood food. unhealthy as it may b. heh.
in the night, we played bonding games on the court. bob-sled n royal rumble. divided into 2 teams.. played a tennis match with bout 20 ppl on each side of the net. some didnt hav the confidence to hit the ball.. so it was kinda like "the red sea parting".. always ending up with some players at the back scrambling to get the ball. it was rather fun though.
DAY 3:
got up at 6.30am again.. all of us were aching so bad.. for the sch team players.. our feet were hurting so bad.. we were limping around. but still had to push on n do physical. received severe punishment frm coach for various incidents that happened previously like not cleaning up our sleeping area.. not taking initiative etc. did push ups.. n leg raises all on his count. did bout 60 leg raises all on his count. it was madness. some who couldnt take it n their legs dropped had to get up and do sprints across the 3 courts till we're done. utter madness.. we all really had to motivate each other n push ourselves past our limits. wendy was real nice.. encouraged me lots cos she was beside me :). after that, we did various skpping exercises across the court. required coordination n stuff.
had breakfast after that.. but it rained. so we played captains ball.. wendy fell n there was a deep cut in her chin.. received 4 stitches n she had to return home. poor girl. she was really determined though. really proud of her. so we basically stoned the whole afternoon since it was raining. some went upstairs to sleep.. sarah, may, zhihao n me sat in front of teik kheng's laptop n had a movie marathon.. v for vendetta n ice age 2. haha.
had dinner after that.. then voting for the committee commenced.. also for the 4 special awards. most approachable player, fittest player, most helpful player and most determined. the winners n commmitee members are below.
commitee
boys team capt: pinquan
girls team capt: ida
treasurer: sarah
quartermaster: wendy
intermediate team capt: zhiwei
committee member for boys team : kaijie
committee member for girls team : sophia chew
committee member for intermediate team : rimiko
most approachable: shaun
fittest: zhiwei
most determined: wendy
most helpful: kaijie
after that, to make up for lost time, we had our singles match play at 11pm. i was grouped with kaijie, sarah, pin quan n sophia chew on one court. first to 3 games.. was so sleepy n contact lenses were a blur. oh well lost to kaijie 1-3, lost to sophia chew 2-3, lost to pin quan 1-3, beat sarah 3-0.. then played against rimiko in the knock out round. first to 4 games.. beat her 4-1.. then reached the quarter finals.. played sohpia chew again in the quarters.. beat her 4-3.. then got into the semis. was the only girl left in the semis.. played against kaijie again. the other semifinal was pin quan vs kenny. i lost 4-2.. so finals were kaijie vs pin quan since pin quan won his semi.. in the end kaijie triumphed.. so he was the eventual winner out of the 40 ppl who played. all of us were so tired.. pin quan was having breathing difficulty after his match.. so exhausting.. n the sch team players had to brave e muscle aches n blistered burnt feet.. it was tough. the whole singles league ended at 5am in the morn. after that we bathed.. then stoned around waiting for daybreak. you woke up :).. made me feel so much more comforted.. :)
DAY 4:
everyone met at bout 7am.. cleaned up everything.. had breakfast.. then debrief. new committee had to stay back for a short briefing on our tasks.. then took a cab back with sophia tan, zhi hao n terrence.
basically.. j2s worked hard to organise this camp.. n it paid off since some objectives were kinda met. like training n increasing mental strength. dear im so tired frm blogging so long. hope ppl hav e patience to read this. heh. sorry no pics!!.. i had no time to take my phone to take pics or anything.. no energy either. heh. back homeeee.
ida posted at 10:03 AM
Sunday, June 04, 2006
last time im blogging before i leave for tennis camp!!..
im gonna miss everything here so much.. gosh it sounds like im going OVERSEAS or somethin. haha. but jurong IS pretty far. aw well. haha. at least i had a niceeeeeeee day today.. instead of walking around n stuff.. it was all goood ;).. too bad bout wats up on 6th june :p.. aw well. guess its just not fated. horror movies n me. heh. nvm there's always the fourth instalment of the movie u've been waiting for!!. heh. i dont mind that one :p.
trying desperately to charge my hp as much as possible now. i'll just switch it off at times during the day i guess. heh.
i'll try to survive on just that ONE..
im gonna miss everything here so much.. gosh it sounds like im going OVERSEAS or somethin. haha. but jurong IS pretty far. aw well. haha. at least i had a niceeeeeeee day today.. instead of walking around n stuff.. it was all goood ;).. too bad bout wats up on 6th june :p.. aw well. guess its just not fated. horror movies n me. heh. nvm there's always the fourth instalment of the movie u've been waiting for!!. heh. i dont mind that one :p.
trying desperately to charge my hp as much as possible now. i'll just switch it off at times during the day i guess. heh.
i'll try to survive on just that ONE..
ida posted at 5:34 PM
Saturday, June 03, 2006
oh well.. off to tennis camp 2mr... all e way till wed.. its gonna be like concentration camp!!!... supposedly. the seniors are organising it.. too bad my dear doubles partner aint gonna be there too. she'll be happy holidaying in phuket!!!! bleah. haha. lotsa stuff to lug too.. tennis bag.. cooler... sleeping bag.. n everything else!!!!! heh. hopefully i wont die lugging all the stuff.. ok so its not THAT heavy. a few days only i guess... hope my hp battery lasts too.. i want my connection to the outside world!!!!!!! and of course to the one n only :)..
wonder how sleeping under the stars are gonna be like. guess im just gonna end up staring up at the starry sky n thinking.. thinking bout.. mm.. yeah. hopefully i wont be feeling too lonely at camp. i'll blog bout my whole tennis camp experience went i return!!!
u'll be missed :(...
await my return guys :p
i'l be back. ;)
wonder how sleeping under the stars are gonna be like. guess im just gonna end up staring up at the starry sky n thinking.. thinking bout.. mm.. yeah. hopefully i wont be feeling too lonely at camp. i'll blog bout my whole tennis camp experience went i return!!!
u'll be missed :(...
await my return guys :p
i'l be back. ;)
ida posted at 11:44 PM
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