Haha, back to my blog! Finally have the time for it... Today was great... I spent a great deal of quality time with my parents today... I went to Queensway Shopping Center with my parents in the morning and early afternoon... As I reflect back on the intensive amount of shopping I did with my parents today, I can't really help but feel that I'm a rather expensive teen...

First purchase was at some sports shop... I've been looking for a pair of Nike Shox to replace my original ones... This shop was selling this new model for the apalling price of S$125. So it was after the discount, but hey, other shops were selling it for what? S$200+? Something around that... I'd say that this was a really good bargain. The only downside to this was that I had no option but to buy the women's version of it... The men's version had no such size as UK5.5 and besides, it was RED! Don't get me wrong. I like red. It's my third favourite colour after 1)Orange & 2)Silver. But the catch here is that I couldn't wear red shoes to school. So there. Hence, I had to settle for the female version of siver with yellow shock absorbers. Nike Shox rox~ They're the most comfortable shoes that I posess... And anyway, I traditionally have a preference for women's shoes since they fit my feet better than men's shoes and I feel more comfortable wearing them.

Then my next 2 purchases were both jeans. I never imagined the day would come when I actually would want to buy jeans. Oh well, the prices of those 2 jeans were rock bottom... Can you imagine S$20 for a pair of jeans? And so I bought 2 of them.

My God, I really think that I ate the wrong type of medicine this morning... I actually bought a pair of Levi's next! Jesus, that pair of pants set me back a cool 100 bucks... I expect them to be comfortable and amazingly durable. 'Cause you know, they are Levi's...

My last buy was a pair of track pants... By the brand of Topper... Bougt them at Sports Interlink, the biggest and main branch of Sportslink in Singapore... They cost S$20.

I tested the track pants out at wushu later on in the day. They were great... Much better than those pants with full linings of cotton. At least these provided me with a much more decent level of flexibility. I didn't have to adjust my pants even once! Cool...

I was stiff at wushu today... Partly from last night's training and also from sudden stretching without warming up by running... I deserved it... Anyway, training was good as usual. As fun as always... Wushu rox~

After that, my parents picked me up for a seafood dinner. I stuffed myself till I almost cried. It was good.

I realise that a great deal of money was spent on me today. Do you smell something burning? Yes, you do. It's a pocket. Do you know what's the best thing about it? The pocket belongs to my parents. =D

You can see that I am a person who knows how to make use of his resources. I also love my resources because thay have taken really good care of me. NiteZ, all...

>The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up
on a small, uninhabited
>island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue
him, and every day he
>scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed
forthcoming. Exhausted, he
>eventually managed to build a little hut out of
driftwood to protect him
>from the elements, and to store his few
possessions. But then one day,
>after scavenging for food, he arrived home to
find his little hut in
>flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky. The
worst had happened;
>everything was lost. He was stunned with grief
and anger. "God how could
>you do this to me!" he cried.
>Early the next day, however, he was awakened by
the sound of a ship that
>was approaching the island. It had come to
rescue him. "How did you know I
>was here?" asked the weary man of his
rescuers. "We saw your smoke
>signal," they replied.
>It is easy to get discouraged when things are
going bad. But we shouldn't
>lose heart, because God is at work in our
lives,
even in the midst of pain
>and suffering. Remember, next time your little
hut is burning to the
>ground it just may be a smoke signal that
summons the grace of God. For
>all the negative things we have to say to
ourselves, God has a positive
>answer for it :
>
>YOU SAY
>GOD SAYS
>BIBLE VERSES
>You say: "It's impossible"
>God says: All things are possible
>(Luke 18:27)
>You say: "I'm too tired"
>God says: I will give you rest
>(Matthew 11:28-30)
>You say: "Nobody really loves me"
>God says: I love you
>(John 3:16 & John 3:34)
>You say: "I can't go on"
>God says: My grace is sufficient
>(II Corinthians 12:9 & Psalm 91:15)
>You say: "I can't figure things out"
>God says: I will direct your steps
>(Proverbs 3:5-6)
>You say: "I can't do it"
>God says: You can do all things
>(Philippians 4:13)
>You say: "I'm not able"
>God says: I am able
>(II Corinthians 9:8)
>You say: "It's not worth it"
>God says: It will be worth it
>(Roman 8:28)
>You say: "I can't forgive myself"
>God says: I Forgive you
>(I John 1:9 & Romans 8:1)
>You say: "I can't manage"
>God says: I will supply all your needs
>(Philippians 4:19)
>You say: "I'm afraid"
>God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear
>(II Timothy 1:7)
>You say: "I'm always worried and frustrated"
>God says: Cast all your cares on ME
>(I Peter 5:7)
>You say: "I don't have enough faith"
>God says: I've given everyone a measure of
faith
>(Romans 12:3)
>You say: "I'm not smart enough"
>God says: I give you wisdom
>(I Corinthians:30)
>You say: "I feel all alone"
>God says: I will never leave you or forsake you
>(Hebrews 13:5)
>PASS THIS ON.
>YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MAY BE IN NEED OF THIS TODAY.

It's easy to feel,
don't you know?


Can't you sense that,
there are lots of bitter people around?


I just wish that some of these bitter people,
they would open up and tell me something.


I just wish that some of these bitter people,
they would snap at me.


They just might get lucky,
and get a bite out of me.


Then they would know,
how sweet I am.


Why am I sweet, you ask?
the answer is simple.


Love is sweet.
And I am infused with love.


The love of God is real.
Let's be sweet people.


Bite me.

Saturday


Let's talk about yesterday, Saturday the 8th first. What a day... Had table tennis camp starting from Friday evening, slept in one of the classrooms overnight. Slept on the desks, yet slept well, sometimes, my body surprises even me, haha! I had roti prata for breakfast, pretty unfulfilling, but at least it lasted me until lunchtime, so I'm not complaining. One thing worth mentioning about was the curry. Superb, is was. Really. Ok, it wasn't bad. Comparable to other prata curries that I've tasted before. Then had table tennis "training" until 12 plus. Yes, "training"... So I'm lying, is that such a big deal? It was more like fooling around... The coach is never there... Think I should take over his payroll? I should switch to being a left hander, has an advantage... Then had lunch, when I broke the plastic spoon while digging into the chicken. Oh, (insert expletive here. Not too vulgar, please? Default is "crap", that would do nicely!).


Praise the Lord! I managed to get early dismissal from camp from Mrs Chang. I managed to make it to service! Yes, I'm real glad I didn't miss the special service. I was magnificently done, and I'm not exaggerating this time! Siew Luan and the all the other people acting did their jobs wonderfully. I could hear sniffing in the audience. I was trying not to be too touched too. Great job. Those who didn't come for service definitely missed out on something great. After the massively memorable service, I went home for a quick bath, and then a rest. Did I mention that I only had 3 hours of sleep the previous night? Before all you hardy people out there say "So what?", I must inform you that I am a guy that needs his 6-8 hours of sleep every night. So there. And I was tired, so I slept. After that, I went for wushu, wished Bri a happy belated birthday in person (somehow, it only seems sincere if you do that...) and trained. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that besides the usual gang of Chuanxun, Tingyew, Yao Ming, Jiayi and me, two other guys came - Songwei and Shu Han.


After training, we took bus to Serangoon Gardens. Yes, all of us. In an SBS bus. Took 13, then changed over to 73. We arrived then waited for seats at Chomp-Chomp. Surprisingly, we didn't wait that long. I think the table number was 35 or something... So we ordered the food and drinks. Meanwhile, I set up the laptop at the end on the long table so that everyone could watch the wushu clips I downloaded while eating. The food cannot be described as less than mouth-watering. Indeed, it was more than fit for a salivating sumo! Many thanks to Shu Han, who ordered and paid for the stingray!!! ^^ There was also squid, black and white carrot cake. We had a smashing time. Oh yeah, Songwei ran back to his house and biked back to Chomp-Chomp to get his portable hard disk. Some nice stuff on it, we watched it while demolishing the edible objects on the table. A special mention about Yao Ming here. He's going to leave us for 7 months on a quest to get jaw-dropping and eye-popping (in a good sense, of course!) results for his "O"-levels at the end of this year. Let all of us wushu guys wish him (and Jiayi too, incidentally) all the best for it! Not forgetting Bri as well!


After eating our fill, most of the other guys went home. Only Songwei came to my house to see the rest of the clips and transfer some of his videos over. He left at 2-3 am. I crashed after he left.


Sunday


Next morning, I woke up at 8 plus, read the New Paper, found out that Manchester United and Chelsea drew, and fell back asleep again. Rewoke (if there's such a word...) at 10 plus, changed went to Suntec City Mall with my parents. Wanted to visit the limited edition shoe shop there, you know the shop named Terminal 1? Near Nike B.Y.R.D.? Yeah that's the one... Need to replace my ageing Nike Shox... Turns out that even the ladie's Shox don't have the correct size for my small feet. In case you were wondering, my feet are size 39. Tiny, aren't they? No, contrary to what you are thinking, I do NOT bind my feet. Besides, I'm a guy! Then had lunch at the Sudanese food retaurant near the fountain. Needless to say, the food there is always, always perfectly savoury. There wasn't much time left, so on the way back to the car, my parents visited a Swarovski shop on the way back. I saw a bird there. It was really elegant and costs a cool 230 bucks.


So we went back. I slept again, then went for wushu at Ai Tong. Teacher said that my later parts in broadsword were incorrect. I need to get them right. After training, I went home. Ate a fulfilling dinner. And now, I'm typing this entry.


On the way back from the bus stop to my house, I happened to glance upward. The sky, is beautiful this evening. Goodnight everyone...

I am way pooped. There was PE today. No big deal, one might say, but when school ends at 5, then your CCA starts immediately, I can assure you it is no fun. Wushu training on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Cool huh? Oh, and table tennis is on Wednesday and Saturday... Saturday is like, what? My most enjoyable day... Morning table tennis, afternoon church stuff ^^, and wushu at night. Only part I don't enjoy is training with the younger kids during the first hour of wushu... Downright noisy, they are...

I've got no life. I've given up going out with my friends, I've given up television, I've given up Friday night badminton, I've given up lots of things. Now, I hardly have time for basketball, soccer, squash, and all the other fun sports I used to play. I hardly blog nowadays too... I've got no time.

Surprisingly, I am not distant with my classmates. We crap together, eat together, go from lesson to lesson glued together like a unit. Wow. Rather unimaginable... The problem is, I like to sit nearer the front in lectures, trying to listen and understand what the lecturer is saying. The others like to sit at the back. I don't get it. What's so fun about sitting at the back?

I'm crazy, kept training for the 3 duan spear during wushu today. Warm up, then start training lightly. Just the arms, without the footwork. I did that two times. Then just the footwork, did that once, because it made me look like an idiot. Then a proper one, but slowly, showing all the horse stances and footwork clearly. I did this twice. Then I did a light, speedy one once. Then "competition mode" twice in a row, without a rest in between. Then did another "light and speedy" one. Another "competition mode" session was up. I did it four consecutive times without stopping. Nearly threw after that. I had a short rest, and then did a few more "slow and clear" and "competition mode" sets... Went home with jelly legs.

I'm mentally and physically fatiqued. The workload is tough. The trainings are tiring. I return home after 6 everyday exceot on Sunday. I don't go shopping, I've got no time for television. You know what?

I think I'm staring to enjoy JC life a whole lot more than I expected. NiteZ, everyone! =D