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Econs and GP exam today.

It feels weird though. Because it didn't feel like what I felt during exams in secondary school. It sure feels weird having my first exam in JC.

Maybe it's because I've gotten used to taking so many exams that the feeling of excitement had disappeared. Haha. Weird.

Anyway, the econs paper was alright. I knew most of the stuff that was tested. So that's good.

The GP paper in the afternoon was... Hmm... I don't know what to say about it. The composition part went quite well. I thought I wrote a good essay. Should be able to get an A.

Then for the comprehension, I knew I blew my chances of getting an A. The passage was so difficult, I didn't know what it meant.

How to answer in my own words? How to do the summary? How to do the application questions? Ahh... So sad!

Haiz. No use complaining since it's over now.

Tomorrow we're having Chemistry.

I have 3 chapters left. Should be able to finish. Haha.

Hope I do well!

I've discovered ways to become a finalist in the nationals swimming competition. (To be taken with a pinch of salt.)

1)Take drugs

It could improve your performance. Or maybe not. I don't really know what it does though. But if you run the risk or being disqualified if you take it, it must be good for your performance. Haha. Don't ever try this at home.

2)Sabo the other competitors

Maybe you could put laxatives in their drinks. Make them lao sai. This way, they won't be able to take part. Then you'll automatically move on to the finals.

It'll help them move their bowels. (For those who suffer from constipation.) And you'll be able to get what you want. Win-win situation! Haha.

3)Train hard... very hard!

Or you could do it the traditional and "correct" way. Just train hard. But right now, when the competition is like 2 weeks away, I don't think it'll be effective for me.

When I first joined swiming as a cca at the begining of the year, my seniors already said that I'll probably have no chance of getting into the finals. Why? It wasn't because I'm that lousy.

It's because the other competitors have been training like since primary school or even younger still. They trained for more than 10 years and I just started training. How to beat them?

4)Take part in other events

This is the most effective way. Because I just found out today that most girls took part in short distance events.

Very few did long distance.

Need proof?

Well, 32 people are taking part in 50m breaststroke (my event) and we have 4 heats. 8 finalists will be chosen.

For 200m breaststroke, only 8 taking part. All will get into finals without heats.

There are also events where less than 8 people sign up.

Wa lau! Free pass to becoming a finalist leh. So wasted that people don't want to take part.

I think it's because most girls are not good enough to swim long distance for competition.

Imagine, if you are not good enough and still take part, then when people finish swimming their 200m (4 laps), you'll still be swimming half, have to swim another 2 laps.

So embarassing! When you come out of the water, unless you have super thick skin, you better put on a mask to hide your face.

People will be watching and saying that you don't deserve the title of finalist.

But deep down in their hearts, they must be wanting to do the same too. Haha.

So I guess I found a sure way of becoming a finalist. (If you don't mind that few minutes of ultimate humiliation that you'll "enjoy" while others wait for you to finish your last few laps.)

Try it! Besides, it'll look good on our testimonial and get a free medal. Quite worth it you know!

The swimming training today was at Bedok pool where we mainly did plunging and time trial.

After practicing my plunging so much on mon, I finally got the hang of it. At least I can plunge without making a big splash and spare my front a big slap from the crash with the water.

It's not perfect though. Still have have lots more room for improvement.

Anyway, I totally agree with what Kai Lun said on mon when we were practicing:

"Your plunge doesn't have to be perfect. Just make sure you don't make sure a big splash if not everyone will look at you, and you'll become famous."

Haha. Totally agree. If I do that, I'll never be able to show my face on this earth again. Too embarassing. I'll probably pack all my stuff and live on an isolated island far, far away.

Back to what happened. During the warm up, my plunging was good. Ok, at least it was the best I could've done.

BUT, for the time trial, I don't know why but I just couldn't jump on the "GO" command.

Everytime I stand on the platform, I will stretch myself a little, look in front, aim a little, then jump when I feel like it.

This time, we had to bend down when at the command "take your mark". Then, jump at "go".

But I just can't do it. If I jump at the command, it'll be a bad plunge. Then I'll make a big splash and fall flat. So sad.

Actually I think plunging is kinda fun. I feel really good if I did it right. But if I didn't, it'll just be super embarassing. Then I'll just pretend that nothing happened. Haha.

Plunging feels like flying. But more like falling than flying.

Moral of the story? Flying hurts.

Today we had 4J reunion bbq at my house. And only 14 people turned up. What happened man? I thought the response would be super good because everyone sounded so excited about it in our msn group.

It wasn't that bad anyway because we still had fun among ourselves. Just that it would be better to have a real class reunion.

Some of us met early to buy the food from Fairprice at Tampines Mall. Spent about $85. And I brought my Mum's linkcard to get points. Haha. Might as well, since you can use the points to exchange for free stuff. Don't waste mah.

We bought like 6 packets of chips, 8 bottles of drinks, lots of hotdogs, crabsticks and chicken wings.

At bbqs, I don't eat chicken wings, so I "encouraged" them to buy more chips. Haha. I think we spent about $12+ on chips.

During the bbq, the girls did most of the cooking, while the guys were playing. But I admit that I didn't help out a lot. Was also playing. Haha. Paiseh.

We played the table soccer, some basketball and later, tennis.

So far I only played tennis 3 times but I'm not bad, ok. At least that's what I think. Haha.

The bbq went quite well and I think we all enjoyed ourselves.

When we all finished eating, we played Truth or Dare. Actually it was only Truth because no one chose Dare. Don't know why.

The questions asked were all the same. 1 question with 4 sub-questions. So lame!

1) What are the qualities you look for in a guy/girl?

2) Who in 4J has the qualities of your dream guy/girl?

3) Who is the most good-looking person of the opposite sex in 4J?

At first we started spinning the bottle. But later, we just asked those who weren't "chosen" by the spinning bottle. Haha. Seems more like a sharing session to me.

The bbq wasn't really very good in the sense that we didn't have a variety of food but the main purpose of today's meeting was to catch up with one another.

I guess we all did that. In other words, mission accomplished!

I went for swimming training today, as usual. And something very unexpected happened today. In my opinion, a little scary.

After bathing, I started to pack and wash my stuff. Li Ling was still bathing.

As I was washing my goggles and swimming cap at the sink, I saw, in the reflection in the mirror, a naked woman!!

Yes, you didn't read wrongly. There was a naked woman in the Geylang East swimming complex female changing room.

You can go there to try your luck. I don't know if she's a regular swimmer though. Never seen her before.

Ok, before you rush down to the swimming pool, finish reading this post first. Or else you'll regret..

Back to the exciting part.

At first, she was wrapped in a towel, packing her stuff. She just finished bathing.

I didn't pay much attention and continued doing my stuff.

The next thing I knew, the towel went off. Her back facing me and I could see her butt!

Then, she turned around, and you know what I saw.

You must be feeling really excited now, right? Want to know what I saw?

But, sorry to disappoint.

The woman, wasn't some young chick with big boobs and a perky butt. It was an old auntie!!

Oh my God!! *heart sinks* Haha.

No, she wasn't some tall and thin girl with a model-like bod.

Nor did she have big boobs and a perky butt.

Of course!! What did you expect of an auntie?

Ok, I'm not going to describe what I saw. Too gross!! I'm trying hard to get this image out of my head! GROSS!

So do you feel lucky that you didn't rush to the pool now? Haha.

I guess if it was some young chick stripping like that in the changing room, the swimming complex would be full of chee-ko-peks trying to peep into the ladies changing room.

And not to forget, the ladies would flood the changing room to catch a glimpse of this girl.

Haha. If only she wasn't an auntie.