My performance improved today, but I don't know if it's the bat or I just got lucky. Early in the morning, it's just to practise. But I did get a doubles match with An Qi and the twins, so that's 3 left handers in one match. Still won all 3 times though. Then I stroked with Yi Kar for a bit before leaving for lunch with Julian.
Same thing as last week, couldn't be bothered to get anything else besides a Hot Fudge Sundae. We camped outside the station watching the time. 3 mins on the board. I ate my ice cream and finished it with 1 minute remaining to rush into the station, down the escalators just in time to see the train pull over. Went back to school to continue part 2 of training.
Coach as usual put me at the last table. When I was about to start the 2nd game, he told me to go back down and let Yi Kar take my place. Then I let Xin Wei play. After that, Kai Shiun came and we played alternately. At about 3.30, I think, Coach made me play with Celeste. Celeste and Jia Wei wanted Doubles, but he said no because she has her tournament coming up. So it was Celeste vs me and Daryl vs Jia Wei. That's a 4th Daryl I'm mentioning in this blog. I was full on form then because to be honest, she looked quite tough. First set 11 - 0. 2nd set 10 - 12. Then I won the 3rd and 4th set. There were a number of lucky balls and I had to run around like I always do because of my tendency to fang gao qiu. Daryl won his match 3 - 1 as well.
After that, Coach called for a Doubles match. Si Min and I vs Daryl and Gerrad(is that how you spell his name?). Whatever I'll call him Carrot :D. We lost the first set and I think Si Min was quite pissed after that because I did not match their standards, but after that we took 3 straight sets to win 3 - 1, again.
And then in the final game of the day, I was made to play against the same pair but with a different partner, Benedict. I could just tell that we were going to lose 3 - 0 100% having played that previous match. And we did. I told Benedict that if we won I'll give him 20 cents (I'm a cheapo, I can't afford stuff) but of course I didn't try to lose.
Sunday, 11 April 2010
I had extra Social Studies lesson in the morning today. It was supposed to be 9 to 10:30am, but at 10:30 she said 10:45 and that's it, and naturally we were dismissed at 11am. I went to Xin Ten afterwards.
I am really eager to go for training tomorrow. I have got a totally new bat although with the same 2 rubbers, and it feels so much better than my old one, which I got in P3. Maybe the broken wood was the reason for my lousy playing, and people complaining about my "Pirated Anti" should stop that tomorrow, it's new and if it still doesn't act like it should, it's not my fault. And this is the 2nd new thing this week... and I have a 3rd thing in mind although I should stop getting new things.
I finished my Maths homework :D. 9 graphs straight, it was so pissing off and I needed to find Graph paper on the internet that could fit my requirements and it was so difficult to find. I don't have a Graph pad, but I should get one. Anyway, the ones on the internet are either in inches or their width is too small. But I finally found one which was almost like the Graph Paper that I use.
I am really eager to go for training tomorrow. I have got a totally new bat although with the same 2 rubbers, and it feels so much better than my old one, which I got in P3. Maybe the broken wood was the reason for my lousy playing, and people complaining about my "Pirated Anti" should stop that tomorrow, it's new and if it still doesn't act like it should, it's not my fault. And this is the 2nd new thing this week... and I have a 3rd thing in mind although I should stop getting new things.
I finished my Maths homework :D. 9 graphs straight, it was so pissing off and I needed to find Graph paper on the internet that could fit my requirements and it was so difficult to find. I don't have a Graph pad, but I should get one. Anyway, the ones on the internet are either in inches or their width is too small. But I finally found one which was almost like the Graph Paper that I use.
Teacher: Apollos, come out and do question 1 on the board now.
Apollos: *Gets out of his seat*
Teacher: Wait, have you even done it on your worksheet?
Apollos: *Looks at worksheet* Er… I do now. *Sits down*
Teacher: You haven't even done your work and you're talking to your friends like a busybody.
Apollos: No… just… some people give the money already, some haven't.
Teacher: And why does that concern you, Apollos?
Apollos: Because I give my money already, then I scared my name not ticked (on the nameless).
That was part of Chemistry lesson on Friday. I remembered to bring my things this time :D. That 1 period should have been longer, because we had Chinese 听写 next, and I could just tell that I'd fail. So I was desperately but calmly trying to remember the words, then this teacher came in, and the class started to cheer and whoop because it was a relief teacher. In the midst of our shouting, our chinese teacher came into the classroom. The relief teacher looked surprised and they talked for a while, then he left. He was reliving the part of the class that was taking Chinese Literature, that is, our China Scholars (They don't take Higher Chinese). Then the class was in a moody state after that. Temporary moment of triumph backfired completely, it was an epic fail.
As mentioned, I am sure I failed, because I forgot at least one of the words in almost every one of them, just can't write the full thing correctly. This feeling of misery was enhanced in the next 2 periods as it was Maths. Mr Wu really went to check that he didn't have our E-Maths Book 2, so he assigned Homework, which is like 15 questions of which 10 require drawing graphs that are not linear, and that's what I hate the most. The flexicurve is one of the most hateful thing to use, it just doesn't cooperate with me and fit the graph nicely, so any part questions after that which involve estimation will be off.
Following that, Recess. Then double English period, where Ms Leng was absent once again. We were so happy for a relive period, but then in the last 15 minutes of the 1st half of the supposedly 1 hour 10 minutes of peace, Ms Wong came in to teach us whatever Social Studies information that she could in that amount of time. Then it was Chemistry, again as Ms Yeo took the 2nd period. I was dying for the day to end as I wanted to do my NAPFA test, it would be fun to see the results of the other students in my group. I endured the final period, Physics, in a depressing state. When it was finally over, my heart felt SO light.
But laughing at others about their NAPFA test isn't a really good thing to do in my case, as I'm not really fit myself. My group of 8 was comprised of 6 Scholars, Kai Xun and I. Of the 6 scholars, 5 had to do their Pull-Ups already. We started off with Sit and Reach, a D grade for me, 1cm more to C, which was same as last year. One of my scholars did not know how to do it and just pushed that metal thing as hard as he could and we were all laughing at him. When he did it properly, it was still 40+cm. Then my Inclined Pull-Ups was A, and 3 of the Scholars failed their Pull Ups, where just 1 was enough to pass. The scholar who did IPU was so tall that he could not lie properly and low enough as his hands were super long too, so he got a free A as the teacher did not know how to handle it either. Shuttle Run was A, Sit Ups A. I was happy with my Sit Ups result as I thought I would die from a weak Stomach muscle having not trained for it properly at all in the past year. Then came Standing Broad Jump. After wa tiao, I expected this to improve, but no, I did worse than last year. Another D. There goes my Gold. Kai Xun is guaranteed his, he has 4 As and 1 B, and that B was Sit and Reach, 1 more cm to A. Unsatisfied with this failure, I offered to retest, but the teacher said that I would have to wait for everyone to finish, which was likely to be at 4.30pm. At that time, my watch showed 3.30pm.
So I waited 1 hour for a retest with Jia Hui, Shawn and Ashley, they wanted to improve their results too. Jia Hui needed to redo sit-ups as I had caused him to get an E in the official test because Keng Wee shouted "Stop" near the end and I thought the time was over, but he actually meant that he was to stop, and I was confused so I stopped holding down Jia Hui's feet for him. He managed a D in the second try anyway, but 1 more to C. My Sit and Reach became C and so did my SBJ, by 1cm. "There goes my Gold" is history. Ashley still failed it after numerous tries and in the end he gave up. Now all I have to do is to get a nice timing for my 2.4km run and I'll have my Gold!
Apollos: *Gets out of his seat*
Teacher: Wait, have you even done it on your worksheet?
Apollos: *Looks at worksheet* Er… I do now. *Sits down*
Teacher: You haven't even done your work and you're talking to your friends like a busybody.
Apollos: No… just… some people give the money already, some haven't.
Teacher: And why does that concern you, Apollos?
Apollos: Because I give my money already, then I scared my name not ticked (on the nameless).
That was part of Chemistry lesson on Friday. I remembered to bring my things this time :D. That 1 period should have been longer, because we had Chinese 听写 next, and I could just tell that I'd fail. So I was desperately but calmly trying to remember the words, then this teacher came in, and the class started to cheer and whoop because it was a relief teacher. In the midst of our shouting, our chinese teacher came into the classroom. The relief teacher looked surprised and they talked for a while, then he left. He was reliving the part of the class that was taking Chinese Literature, that is, our China Scholars (They don't take Higher Chinese). Then the class was in a moody state after that. Temporary moment of triumph backfired completely, it was an epic fail.
As mentioned, I am sure I failed, because I forgot at least one of the words in almost every one of them, just can't write the full thing correctly. This feeling of misery was enhanced in the next 2 periods as it was Maths. Mr Wu really went to check that he didn't have our E-Maths Book 2, so he assigned Homework, which is like 15 questions of which 10 require drawing graphs that are not linear, and that's what I hate the most. The flexicurve is one of the most hateful thing to use, it just doesn't cooperate with me and fit the graph nicely, so any part questions after that which involve estimation will be off.
Following that, Recess. Then double English period, where Ms Leng was absent once again. We were so happy for a relive period, but then in the last 15 minutes of the 1st half of the supposedly 1 hour 10 minutes of peace, Ms Wong came in to teach us whatever Social Studies information that she could in that amount of time. Then it was Chemistry, again as Ms Yeo took the 2nd period. I was dying for the day to end as I wanted to do my NAPFA test, it would be fun to see the results of the other students in my group. I endured the final period, Physics, in a depressing state. When it was finally over, my heart felt SO light.
But laughing at others about their NAPFA test isn't a really good thing to do in my case, as I'm not really fit myself. My group of 8 was comprised of 6 Scholars, Kai Xun and I. Of the 6 scholars, 5 had to do their Pull-Ups already. We started off with Sit and Reach, a D grade for me, 1cm more to C, which was same as last year. One of my scholars did not know how to do it and just pushed that metal thing as hard as he could and we were all laughing at him. When he did it properly, it was still 40+cm. Then my Inclined Pull-Ups was A, and 3 of the Scholars failed their Pull Ups, where just 1 was enough to pass. The scholar who did IPU was so tall that he could not lie properly and low enough as his hands were super long too, so he got a free A as the teacher did not know how to handle it either. Shuttle Run was A, Sit Ups A. I was happy with my Sit Ups result as I thought I would die from a weak Stomach muscle having not trained for it properly at all in the past year. Then came Standing Broad Jump. After wa tiao, I expected this to improve, but no, I did worse than last year. Another D. There goes my Gold. Kai Xun is guaranteed his, he has 4 As and 1 B, and that B was Sit and Reach, 1 more cm to A. Unsatisfied with this failure, I offered to retest, but the teacher said that I would have to wait for everyone to finish, which was likely to be at 4.30pm. At that time, my watch showed 3.30pm.
So I waited 1 hour for a retest with Jia Hui, Shawn and Ashley, they wanted to improve their results too. Jia Hui needed to redo sit-ups as I had caused him to get an E in the official test because Keng Wee shouted "Stop" near the end and I thought the time was over, but he actually meant that he was to stop, and I was confused so I stopped holding down Jia Hui's feet for him. He managed a D in the second try anyway, but 1 more to C. My Sit and Reach became C and so did my SBJ, by 1cm. "There goes my Gold" is history. Ashley still failed it after numerous tries and in the end he gave up. Now all I have to do is to get a nice timing for my 2.4km run and I'll have my Gold!
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