title: kayaking rox!

woohooooooo! kayaking totally rox! yeah baby! n my skin colour totally rox now too! quite reddish, and its becoming dark! yeah! a short brief on yesterday.

morning: met shaun n tze wei @ ptp mrt station @ 8.30am and we took 133 to lavender mrt. met up the rest of the venturers n walked to kallang sea sports club. and i saw jonathan n xuan feng there. we kept our belongings in the lockers and went out for a short briefing. oh... david did not turn up, fer some reason... n so did charlie. to think they were so enthu when i told them about the kayaking expedition. haiz....

after some warm-up (which i led) and learning some basic techniques of handling the paddle, and of course playing some mass games, we got our kayaks n set off. i partnered wif yann kiat, n shaun wif tze wei. somehow or rather, yk n my kayak always went off course, and hence, we were always lagging behind others cuz we have to change our course every now n then. then, we had to learn how to escape frm the kayak when we capsized, and its not at all a pleasant experience fer mi cuz i m a noob swimmer and i drank lots of the smelly, oily, salty water. yucks! i muz go learn swimming nowadays or i will become a laughing stock fer the rest of my life. -_-"

kayaking was fun, albeit extremely taxing on the arms. my fingers went completely numb after kayaking fer an hr or so.

we had a short break @ 12.40pm. tze wei had to leave to meet her bf. so she gladly pang seh-ed her uncle (me) and her brother, n her new acquaintance, yk. hahaz... j/k... no offense! XD

shaun had to get another partner cuz his sis ABANDONED her. i still remained as partners wif yk. its now time fer the expedition. 3 clicks dist. to the merlion. n another 3 clicks back. after a short prayer, we grabbed our paddles, kayaks n set off. yk n i were the last few. cuz our kayak somehow went off course everytime. we had about 2 intervals b4 reaching the merlion. n we were the last few... always. but at the 2nd interval, we chiong-ed and we did better. we didn't come in last. n the coaches(?) were veri kind to row as slowly as us, and guide us on how to get our kayak to go faster. n seriously, i found kayaking to be a damn fun experience. n not to mention stranddling admist the singapore river, behind the esplanade to have our lunch! definitely my first experience. eating chicken rice on the kayak, on a river. hahaz... yeah... i luv the experience!

then, we were to take photographs, and played some 2pid games, like the first person of kayak 1 had to exchange places wif the first person of kayak 10! toot! crazy! fortunately, or unfortunately, yk had a stomachache, n i gave a lame excuse tt i "broke" my leg and we didn't had to do anything at all! hehe... XD

yk had a tummy ache. n the journey back was audious because of tt. he couldn't kayak as well as b4... n much less engage in the games. n we requested to go back to the sea sports club fer yk to relieve himself. n 2 of the coaches (?) kindly offered to bring us back. its a kilometre back, n it wasn't easy now cuz there were mani obstructions along the way, such as passing ships, which caused waves, and it was veri diff to go against them. not to mention us having to change our course every now n then. n its a kilometre back! finally, we managed to reach the shores. yk went to the toilet, n i went to wash the sand off myself. luckily, yk felt better after tt. we got our kayak n washed it. but later we were told to get the rest of the kayaks onshore, cuz the others were back. we washed the kayaks, got them to their racks (?) n after tt, shaun, yk n i went to bathe n change b4 we went home. yk's taking 100... so shaun n i were left to walk to the lavender mrt station to take 133 back home. n we crapped alot on the bus. hahaz... lol...

back home... i was simply too tired to do anything. fell asleep after bathing n got up fer dinner, watched tv and went back to slp @ 9+ till 8+ tis morning.

now... i have got lotsa work to do. school work! i have to catch up! luckily tmr's labour day, and i have one more day to catch up. hallelujah!