21 - 28 hours. Today was physical work, I was told to move books to create space for new books when they arrived. It was quite tiring when it came to the bottom rows. Anyway, I cleared about 13 shelves, each with 5 rows, finished at 3.10. It felt so hot in the library after that. And they kept dropping, frustrated me. My lunch was totally chocolate, I got so sick of it and took a long time to eat. Didn't even finish it. Brought the last waffle home. Anyway, after the book moving part, I had to make sure that the contents of a board game collection, meant for promoting team bonding, were in order. And there was really a lot of problem, miscounting in the contents. Well I didn't finish that part before 5 and it was a lot to count but I was let off. Tomorrow, final day!

I said that I would go at 2.30 for training today, but I only left home at 2.05 and I need 45 minutes to get to school, on average. Well.... I would have been late for 15 minutes only if I hadn't fallen asleep at the wrong time, which dropped me off 2 stops later. And this particular bus goes on its route infrequently, so it added another 15 minutes and overall I was 35 minutes past my target time. As I got into school I bumped into Dawn and friends on the staircase and they said hi and I walked past them with a responding hi but barely looking at them, I felt so rude after that (Sorry!).

Started with a match, with some AT girl. The first thing she asked was whether I was sheng jiao, and I told her I was Anti. The first set turned out bad for her, and she looked very upset, so I slackened a little. While we played, the rest of the AT girls came and told her I was Anti because they thought that she didn't know as she had not turned up for training recently, and they came one after the other so it was repeated quite a few times, and she seemed quite irritated after that because she already knew that before they came to notify her. Anyway, I lost the 2nd set, then when I found out that it was a best of 3 I gave no more chances, Primary School style (没杀球但也没乱打). I won in the end.

Then I had to 推 Julian and... I don't know what's her name, again. That one took about half an hour, I think. At first I wasn't doing it right (发力） for Julian was so aggressive that I decided to give him a harder challenge. It was more fun to do it that way though. But then I was asked by coach to not 发力, so I did that and it became a lot easier for him, but he still failed to reach the 50 that he needed.

After that, 三分. This took up a lot of time. 五局三胜. Dawn, Deirdre and Isabelle on one side, Hanzhi + Jerilyn and I on the other. I totally couldn't beat Dawn, I need to figure out a way, but I was grateful that Hanzhi wasn't on their side either because that would be a double death for me. We took the first set, they won the second, we got the third and almost won the fourth but Dawn made a comeback at the end, it was like 19 - 14, then she climbed her way to 20 - 20 and I asked Julian if there was deuce and he said yes but Deirdre was not for that idea, so we passed it and Dawn took the final point. At 2 - 2, they were sighing because I think Isabelle wanted to go home. Anyway, she was being a tyco queen over there, getting net-ins on all of us, twice in a row on me at one point. There was also this rule that if either side lost consecutively twice (6 times because there were 3 people), they would have to do 蛙跳. I almost gave them the honor twice, but Dawn and Deirdre both stopped it at the very last point. Well, I wouldn't have made them do it anyway, but it would have felt good. Last set, we won 21 - 14. Loser's side got to 捡球, then they went home. Dawn said bye before she left, and the sun was shining right into my face I couldn't see where she was and took a while before I found her and waved back. They called me a lagger. Then I was told that they had said it 3 times and I had supposedly ignored all of them. I felt even more rude after that. (Sorry again!!) But I really couldn't see and I didn't hear them.

Training hadn't ended though. I played against Julian after that (loser would have to pick 50 balls). When it was 2 - 0 with me leading, Julian asked for 七局四胜, so I agreed to that. But, I lost that third set even though I had a significant lead when Julian requested the extension of the match. 2 - 1, 3 - 1, 3 - 2, 3 - 3 and then finally 4 - 3, I triumphed over him once more. That 2 set pick up by Julian was amazing though.

Then Darryl offered to play me, to see my Anti Skills because he said that my ability was better than his (he used the word "Perfectionist", a word that was far too strong). It turned out good for me, but I was very impressed by his corner smashes on my forehand side because I normally wait for it on the backhand. It caught me off guard quite a few times. 至少他也有吃我几个发球. I won 3 - 1, but he had been really tired, so I guess it doesn't count.

2nd day of CIP was even more fun than yesterday. I was left alone almost all the way, and I was doing something more fun today. I was supposed to be writing out titles of the maagazines, state the date range of the issues along with the number of issues there were. It was tough to go up and carry the heavy bundles down then have to put them back onto the shelf again. And, I didn't know how to tie a nice knot, I spent more time trying to figure out how they tied it than writing on the list. I had to retie them after arranging the magazines in order, then return them to the shelf. The heavy sets were definitely not fun to tie though.

Lunch was a very nice time. I went to the canteen and bought Fish and Chips for myself, and found that the meal included a bun that I had not eaten for a very long time since the Hawker moved off from the Hawker Center near my home. It tasted the same, and what was even better was, I could buy it separately. I was so yay! I finished that up and was wondering if I had to dispose of the plate myself, so I went to ask this cleaner for a location to place my plate, because I had seen a sign that implied that this was a self-service area, but underneath that was "Muslim only". The cleaner took my plate and told me that I could just eat and leave in the future, how nice.

I still had half an hour, so I went to explore the lounge-cafe above the library. I got a Chocolate Waffle there and it was so delicious, I'm going for it again tomorrow. The chocolate was hot and sticky, like fudge. After that snack, I returned to the library to continue my list, all the way until the end, 5pm again. I finished a couple more rows, there were just so many bundles, and I'll be doing the same thing again tomorrow.

I did my first day of CIP today, 4 days left. 7 hours each for a total of 35 hours. I arrived at 8.30am, then scouted the area for the entrance to the library along with the food court. It's a complicated building, I must say. They just couldn't make a staircase down to the ground floor, could they?

So I was started off with a list of books for withdrawal. Scanning through the shelves, I had to look for books with "codenames" that didn't make any sense to me, but they are codenames for a reason, I guess. It was tiring to kneel down for prolonged periods to look for one particular book, because they could differ in just one letter so it did take quite a while to find them. 3 of the books were missing, 1 was a CD-Rom although there was a book as well. Then there was this Hello Kitty book that had 2 copies, but the barcodes were different. Another huge book that could not fit onto the trolley like the other books had 3 copies, all with different barcodes. Then there was a book about some guy, 3 copies as well. They had different designs, then I looked at the titles again and found that they differed too. In all, I collected about 70 books, I think.

With that done in 2 hours, my next job consisted of three steps. With a trolley full of books, I had to run the same process through everyone of them. Pull out the barcode, scratch the label and stamp "Withdrawn" between the covers. It was quite fun, but my first attempt did not successfully scratch the label the way it was meant to be, so I had to run through the shelf again to re-scratch them all with the penknife as it had to cut through the label. Pulling out the barcode resulted in constant pinching of my own fingers and it started to hurt after a while, so I didn't exactly enjoy pulling out the barcodes, but I realized after a while that it could be eased by pulling up a little of the barcode with the penknife. And stamping was my favourite part because it's so easy, but I had a hard time getting a nice chop on it. It was visible, but not clear as I would like it to be. With repeated stamps, it got better, but still not clear enough.

I did this until 1pm, where it was my lunch break. I took McDonald's again, and I think I was ripped off on Saturday's dinner. That meal cost $6.60 while this was $4.90, and both are the exact same thing. I was looking for more game labels since we had collected quite a number last Saturday, but they didn't give it this time. Whatever, I finished lunch in half an hour and spent 15 minutes loitering around the area, then went back to continue the remaining 3 hours. I was tasked with the same thing, which I did all the way till 5pm and I managed to clear 1 whole trolley (about 60 books) in that period. I will be hoping to do the same thing tomorrow, but probably not.

Media Production ICT Enrichment course: I don't think I learnt anything at all, not that I didn't listen, but it's like everything was common sense. But, the really good part was that we didn't have to do a lot, it was really fun just listening to him talk about his experience and that caused time to fly through.

I just want to post about yesterday's training. It was not bad but not good either. Started off with a match against Isabelle. Then she had to 拉球. Deirdre joined in a while, and the first ball scared me because it was aggressive immediately. It continued for a while, then Ben Yang took Deirdre's place and when Isabelle left, some AT girl replaced her.

Then, doubles Sheng Jiang again. This time, I was paired with Deirdre. And I didn't do well at all in this part. Wasted 9 serves, so Deirdre says, along with about 5 nets, which could have resulted in failed serves too. We ended up in the table below our initial position, which meant that we lost more than we won. Benedict and Edwin were both paired with small kids, and to balance the game, both the big boys were not allowed to hit hard or give spins. As such, it was a game to see whose 搓球 was better. The result was that we were forced to play them once, and we naturally lost, because of me, again.

After about 5 matches, we played Singles again. I lost to Hanzhi yet again. That's thrice in a row. I'm upset, with a smiley face :).

Woke up at 9.30 today, then went for my dental appointment today to tighten my braces and clean my teeth. Tightening wasn't fun as usual, but at least it didn't hurt too much. It was very cold too, today. Then we went to Fairprice to get some stuff. After finally getting home at 1.30pm, I was feeling very frustrated because I wanted to attend training, but do some work before that. In the end, I didn't do anything. I ate lunch, took a power nap, then went straight for training. Started off by la qiu with Deirdre, again. Well at least we swapped roles after a while, but I couldn't do it as well as her.

After that part was done, it was already 5pm. Then was sheng jiang doubles, again. We beat Jia Ming and Marcus thrice and that was it. We lost so pathetically when we went up, skill gap was so great. We could have won the first pair though, we were leading 10 - 5 and we lost 7 straight points. Daryl didn't even know we were leading. That concluded training. At the fitness corner, I totally proved myself a failure at Pull Ups.

We threw some time to exploring Nex, which was incredibly crowded. Didn't think about it being a hotspot as it has only been out for a week. After looking around the place for somewhere where 4 could sit, we realized it was impossible. Even walking was difficult as it was so crowded. Along with that, the escalators were situated at un-favourable points. So in the end, we headed to MacDonalds (the one NOT at Nex). With the use of Maps on the iPhone, and the compass feature which Dawn totally didn't know about, we brought ourselves to a familiar place, the Bus Interchange before looking for MacDonalds. We had to climb over a fence at one point, where Deirdre almosy fell, found the Macdonalds and eventually took dinner over there.

On my way home, I dropped off at my usual spot, then 'outran' the bus to catch it. When I boarded the bus, the driver gave me a thumbs up and complimented me for my run.

So apparently, Sunday wasn't insane enough. Today was so crazy that Sunday wasn't even weird (it wasn't anyway).

In the morning, I left for school early to attend the ICT course with Julius. I expected it to end at 3.30pm (which shocked Julius) as it had in June. Upon arrival, I found Julius at the Media Studio, having warned him the night before that the teacher had sent the wrong message. We headed down to the PC Labs but to no avail, so we decided to search the Mac Lab, which proved to be the correct venue. I asked what time it would end and the reply was 12.30pm. Sounded good, and the lesson went on with just Julius and I. We thought the rest were late, but when they did not turn up, I suggested that Mr Lee had sent them to the Media Studio with his wrong message. So he went up to check. Upon re-reading his message, I realized that his message had been right, but he had not sent the notification for today's lesson to any of the students, which resulted in the empty class of 2. He was in a depressed mood after that, but we managed to get through the lesson and ended even earlier, which gave me a lot of time to spare.

With the early dismissal, I quickly made my way home and find the best way to get to East Coast Park, which was a really tough job and overall I feel the place is very inaccessible by public transport. I arrived at 2.25, waited for the late Daryl until 2.45. Then we headed to Bedok Interchange, when Kai Zhong decided to join us. So we waited, about 5 minutes. Then he came, and he told us that the girls would be late, so his next plan? EAT LUNCH. Starting with Ice Kachang, followed by Oyster and a bottle of Sprite. Dawn told us to be late and I said we would be. By the time we were done, it was about 3.40. So we continued our wait. After a while, I wondered why nobody was in the 401 line, because surely SOMEBODY would want to go to East Coast Park, so I looked up at the timetable board again and saw "Weekdays: NO OP". Feeling embarrassed, we got out of the queue and decided on an alternative route, which, during my research, had proved to be overwhelmingly numerous. The reason I said it was inaccessible was its ridiculous time required to reach the destination. So along the way, Daryl was blaming me for my stupid way to go to East Coast Park because he had been there last week and it had been from Dakota MRT, with a much shorter route. The bus that we took brought us to the stop that he alighted from last week, with a longer period, of course.

Daryl led us to the underpass, providing us with shelter as well as an exit at East Coast Park. Of all times to do so, it started to rain there and then. It was just drizzling for the first 30 seconds, then it evolved into heavy rain and we were forced to make a run for the closest shelter, a pavilion. Thereafter, we took frequent breaks before switching between the pavilions which were conveniently placed 50m to 100m apart. We all got soaked during that period, and Daryl kept trying to boost our morale by saying we were about there, we just had to cross a couple of pavilions, which was totally not true. His 200m became 500m and I was desperate to protect my iphone. When we finally got to the McDonalds at 5pm, we were wet while the girls were dry. So we went to rent the bikes. Dawn, Deirdre, Hanzhi, Daryl and Kai Zhong rented the 6 seater bicycle, of which 4 could pedal, but I didn't like the idea of at some point being the one not pedalling (defeats the purpose of 'cycling'), so I rented my own bike, leaving my EZ-Link card there. It was between drizzling and raining. I caught up with the rest and followed behind their slow vehicle. Daryl and Kai Zhong took the front seats first, but Dawn, Deirdre and Hanzhi wanted a chance at the front later on. They said it was difficult, but it was actually Kai Zhong's fault because he was deliberately not pedaling. During the ride in the rain, people were staring at us because of the huge bike that appeared to be used by us only that day.

So after about 15 minutes of slow riding, during which I was offered one of the girls' cookies, (it tasted fine by the way, pity Kai Zhong and Daryl, the way you describe the intake of the salty ones) I went up ahead because the slow speed didn't cater to my needs (or wants), so I sped up and eventually found a dead end. When I turned back, I saw that the rest were turning that huge bike in the opposite direction with the intention to head back, and it started to rain even harder. As such, I went back (they were actually trying to lose me) and called for someone to help safeguard my iphone, thank god they had bags. So on the slow ride back, we all got wet because the big bike kept spilling the water collected on the "shelter" that did nothing when Kai Zhong swerved it too quickly, and he kept trying to collide with me. I repeatedly went in front and behind them for the fun of riding the bike, I had not touched one in a long time. They were all having a really fun and everlasting chat throughout the ride. When Kai Zhong drove the bike past a tree, a branch got caught on the underside of the shelter, and it was a strong one. With combined efforts, we managed to snap it off and continued our ride back. At some point, Kai Zhong decided to push the vehicle instead of cycling with it because it was really heavy to pedal. Pushing proved to be an effective method as the bike sped up much more, at the cost of Kai Zhong having to run.

We stopped by this part when someone came up with the idea of taking a photo on a rock which had "2A" written on it (and I was asking "What 2A???"), it was a silly idea but they had the mindset of "since we're already wet, it doesn't hurt to get even wetter". It did not happen as Deirdre had trouble moving, with the load of the bags restricted movement. Daryl led Kai Zhong to pick seashells, which he had found interesting. Getting the bike back onto the road was a slightly difficult job as moving backwards was something bikes weren't meant to do, but we did get it up and running in the right direction. Back at the place just outside the rent shop, the road was filled with muddy water that when both bikes crossed side by side, the murky water splashed onto me. I looked like I had just dirtied myself, and the rain wasn't strong enough to wash it off, so I said that I needed a bath, to which Dawn's response was to jump into the sea. Complying with the suggestion, I rode the bike next to the closest pavilion and jumped into the salty water, full body in. I had my wallet and my earphones in my pockets (They didn't sound right afterwards), but the muddy spots cleared completely, and that was my objective. So I got back next to them and we continued a while more. Kai Zhong told me to jump into the drain below the bridge that we crossed, but I absolutely refused to do it because first, I jumped into the sea to clean myself up and second, I couldn't get out if I did.

After pushing a little later, where Kai Zhong and Daryl sat on the font of the bike, blocking the view of the girls who then took the front seat, we decided that we wanted to head back. It was 6.20pm already. As we made the cooperative U-Turn of the bike, the refugees in the nearest pavilion took out a camera and snapped a couple of shots of us, how nice. We headed back and saw this tent in the muddy water with it's two occupants in raincoats outside it, which Dawn felt was cute and "poor thing" at the same time. So, after crossing the same bridge with the drain beneath it, I helped to push for about another 30 seconds, then they said they could manage it. So I got back onto my bike and rode after them. I slipped.... and fell. I quickly got back up and rode after the five of them again, they didn't notice that I had fallen. Next to them, I notified them of my fall like an attention-seeking fool, then Kai Zhong took over my bike and I was offered the first class seat of the large bike. It was indeed difficult to pedal, took a lot of effort. Deirdre helped me to wash my wound temporarily. When we tried to reverse because we missed the turn, Deirdre mentioned that there was another turning up ahead, just 5 feet away. With a facepalm attitude, we headed back to the rent shop and returned both bikes. I was offered first-aid by Dawn who claimed that she treated her brother when he got hurt. The person who rented the bike gave me antiseptic to apply, a piece of cotton and a huge plaster. I totally felt like a well-cared for patient. Thanks for that, all of you.

So then, wet from head to toe, we looked for a place to dry ourselves. First stop was McDonalds, which was crazy for Deirdre and Hanzhi who said it was cold, so we moved and found this Steamboat shop. A buffet started where they sampled every food the shop available and refilled their plates with those that they liked, at least 5 times afterwards. We had a hilarious chat. Kai Zhong used a lot of oil, which kept splattering and causing split-second pain when it came into contact with our skin. Deirdre, Han Zhi and Kai Zhong kept criticizing Dawn's cooking ability. Daryl was said to burn the food, proved by the blackened state of the aluminium foil on his side, while I failed to cook much. Dawn was said to be not cooking and purely eating, described by Daryl as a typical Singaporean. We changed the aluminium foil once while Dawn and Kai Zhong threw two eggs into the steamboat. The prawns were kept in there for at least 15 minutes, while chicken and beef and cow's stomach/intestine was repeatedly fried with burns and cooked ones in a 1:1 ratio (Dawn said she cooked her food medium-rare). They were used to compare each other's cooking skills and overall it was very funny. A couple of eggs were fried, which tasted good. Dessert was Ice Cream, which Kai Zhong shared with Dawn and Deirdre (food thief). We stayed there for a whole 2 hours, and while I was full after 45 minutes, they were still hungry after the whole dinner, which they said was probably due to the lack of carbohydrates, though Deirdre got some noodles. Deirdre introduced us to Black Magic, where we would tell one person what we were thinking of and she would point out random objects to another person and asked if that was what we were thinking of. First correct answer didn't convince me. I was bewildered when Hanzhi and Dawn got it twice in a row. Baffled when Deirdre got it the third time, we started to think up ways that they might have done this. Until now, I still don't know how they did it, but there is definitely something fishy in the way they work. It was an impressive trick nonetheless.

At 9.45, we finally decided to break off and call it a day. I took a cab home, dropping Deirdre and Kai Zhong first, while Daryl, Dawn and Hanzhi looked for the nearest MRT Station before parting ways. It was really a day where we behaved like lunatics, and my maddest one yet this year, possibly in my life. Thanks for the time Dawn Deirdre Hanzhi Daryl Kai Zhong. :D

Today was an insane day to start off. Woke up at 10.40, slacked until 2pm before finally deciding that I would go for training. Training wasn't as bad as last Thursday, but Deirdre was repeatedly putting that *sigh* face because of Darrel and my constant tycos. But she did a good job. Darren was asking me for a break when coach stated that the training would continue for 5 more minutes and we had to 坚持, so yeah, nice timing Darren. We had a good break after that, and time flew, really, because we only had time for 4 matches before it was 6pm already.

Then I had to wait for half an hour, before heading to Bukit Batok, it was so hot. After that, head to Bukit Timah Plaza, then home at 9pm. And I'm feeling displeased right now.

Exams ended long ago and I've been taking a really good break despite the crappy results compared to the class. It's above average in the cohort, but that doesn't count as good because of the majority.

So anyway, I've been happy and unhappy on and off for the past month, but more on the happy side, much much more, because what we should really do is enjoy life. Every part has a positive and negative side, regardless of how ridiculous they may sound. For example, a positive side of Global Warming would be that none of us have to worry about the future in life anymore because we would all die. But of course, I'd rather live. Also, everyone should be grateful for what they have and appreciate what their ancestors have done for them. I just realized the huge amount that has been spent on me is beyond me. I feel that I am unable to repay them and I've been a waste to raise.

It's time to buck up for next year, the final push. I've got a very strong feeling that God will help me, but I can't be sure and anyway, God only helps if you ask him to and you put the effort into doing that, not either one, so I'll try to make that happen.

2 days left, or make that 1, I'm being pushed to my limits at cramping stuff into my brain and being able to regurgitate it word for word, but from what I know, no one has used even half of the brain's capability, so this is nothing I should complain about. At this stage in time, the teacher has not gone through the whole Geography Syllabus, we have no more Geography periods on the timetable and the paper is on Friday. Last resort? Additional session in the AVA Theatrette tomorrow. Not exactly what I would like, but it's required.

Ms Wong wanted to "kill me" today because of a badly done piece of work, which would have been fine if I had just added in the 3 words "I can believe". Omission of those 3 words cost me the whole question, so all I got was 0. I had thought it was the test that she wanted to kill me for, but no, I did well there. I'm just happy that she accepted points that are ordered differently from the notes and phrased in my own manner, so word for word repetition is not required.

I hope to be able to study well in this last week I have