Another year passes, here's a 2-in-1 post.

I had NAPFA test last Wednesday, which I enjoy a lot. It spoilt my plans for the Sports Day Performance, but after seeing what it was like, I felt it was better that I had been unable to attend. NAPFA test was, great. 24 of our 37 students were missing for valid reasons, only 13 were present. Of these 13, we were allowed to choose who we wanted to group with. I joined Boxin because he was just so awesome.

First station, Sit and Reach. 42cm, 43 for a B. Standing Broad Jump was a failure on my part, given that I had been doing that for 3 years now. I still could not hit an A let alone a B. 225 was my max, MAX, out of 20+ tries. I suggested Pull Ups before Sit-Ups, for stomach muscle was needed for Pull Ups. As I watched the rest get improved scores compared to usual, I feared myself not managing an A, which eventually did happen. I missed the A by 1 at 7, which was a de-provement. No matter, I was determined to try again later on, I had hung there, 2cm beneath the bar, for about 6 seconds attempting for the 8th after all, I believe I could do it.

Since I had not done hardcore Sit-Ups for months and during warm ups for PE had proved to be a problem recently, I thought that I would fail last year's 65, but I exceeded my expectations and did achieve that. But it resulted in a rather tired stomach after that, of course. Kevin was all for Shuttle Run immediately after that while the rest of us were still suffering the aftermath of the Sit Ups. We took a 30 second break and then started. The teacher randomed me since no one wanted to go first. 9.96 seconds on first attempt, thought it looked good until I found out that I was the slowest of the group. I went for an improvement run, which I did, by 0.01 seconds, still far slower than the rest. Well, I should be happy with the A.

Following that, we went back for another attempt at Sit and Reach and Standing Broad Jump. I could not improve my SBJ, 215. The first teacher also did not allow us to do Sit and Reach again.

Most of the group left, but I really wanted that B. 3rd time in the hall for Sit and Reach, I found an Indian Teacher who allowed me to do it again, 44cm, and I was happy before I realized it was just 46 for an A :(. When I heard that shoes could be taken off (when he tested Ming Xuan again), I almost facepalmed myself for not doing so, but it was already too late.

Boxin and I, we went to the Pull Ups Station once more. I managed the same streak again, 7 and counting. Mr Seow said that I was about there so he gave it to me. Happy much.

When I entered the hall for the 4th time, it was to help Ming Xuan for Standing Broad Jump. I myself did not believe the 225 was the furthest I could go, but as proven by the 20+ jumps that followed, 225 had been a very lucky max. The closest I got to that was 223.

With that, we gave up the improvement run. Got to thank Boxin for staying with me through all this, he could have left about 45 minutes earlier but he decided to wait for me.



Friday was Sports Day. I was really looking forward to it, but at the venue itself, I finally realized that the joy of Sports Day was not the event, but the time I got to spend with my friends due to early dismissal.

Ming Xuan and I, both being loners, decided to pair up for once, but had no idea where to go. I asked Boxin to join us, then San Zeng came in too. At the MRT station, Wang Lei Ashley and Ming Yao tagged along with us. We chose our random destination on the train, Singpost.

Unable to have a full agreement between Pastamania or Macdonalds, we split. Mushroom baked rice for me again, met Ee Jin and Xin Wei while ordering. They finished their food much earlier than us too, for we talked and laughed instead of eating, that's the usual thing to do nowadays anyway. Really enjoyed the company of Ashley Boxin and San Zeng.

So then we left for Hougang Stadium. Ming Xuan was still taking his time walking the 150m down when there were only 2 minutes left to the next train and we were running late. He still caught it somehow. Chose to drop at Kovan MRT and take a bus. Ming Xuan and Ming Yao were betting about where the bus would stop. Ming Yao lost, obviously. Haha jk, but erm yeah oversight and misunderstanding on his part.

We were a little late but so were many others. I then realized the horrible disadvantage of coming late, there was no comfortable place for us, let alone any sitting place. We were nomads thrice. Kai Xun helped me to move my bag to the reds but I completely forgot about Jia Hui's bag which had been left with me while he went for his 100m event. At Champagnat side, I found out the selfishness of the reds. They alone took up more than 1/3 of the stands, there were large gaps between them. Moving around this sparse area was much easier than maneuvring through one way traffic which caused inconvenience for an overwhelming number of people as their legs and bags were constantly kicked by the people walking down the one lane route. Eventually we arrived at the corner of the stadium, where my class was. No one cared about the house arrangement, my class was Champagnat dominated anyway. A ring of them were playing Monopoly Deal.

Sports Day started off with a March Pass by house members and CCA teams. Then banner competition. Lame as usual. I didn't really pay much attention to the 100m, but I know that I spent more than half the time in the tent waiting for my event. I had not known that I was down for it until Ming Xuan told me the night before. 4 x 100 relay. Given my failure in the heats, I thought I would not make it for the house, but I did. With that, I was set to wait in the tent for a long period of time without my phone. I really wanted to spam photos as it is my last year here. Darren and Darrel (slacking in the tent when they were not supposed to be there) could have looked after it for me when I went for the run, but I didn't bring it down. 

The time spent down there was not wasted, though it almost was. My 'teammates' were trying to replace me with people not even on the list. They let me back in right at the very end. The run was a disappointment. We placed last after 2 baton fails. Our first guy managed to drop his baton while I did not manage to pass it to the final runner successfully on the first try. Well, I didn't care anymore after that, I was happy to return to my class.

Sports Day ended at 4.30pm, much earlier than before. I then went with Boxin to the mall, to get some ice cream. Really appreciate him for accompanying me till I left for home. We got to talk and laugh some more. When I started my way home, he embarked on his hour run, where he just ran aimlessly around SG for an hour, then find an MRT Station to head back to his hostel.