Hey.

It's been so long since I've last visited and updated here. This double update and upgrade package is for those who still visit this blog.

Just in case you didn't know, I've moved to face_thefear (click it!) so please relink me if you haven't.

Also I've changed my email address to face.thefear@hotmail.com so please re-add me on MSN if you haven't.

Cheers!

P.S. You never know when I'll move back here.
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Bye blogger.

face_thefear
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My butt muscles and my hamstrings are super tight! Stupid gym work. Thank goodness we've changed programme so we're not doing burpees (sp?!) anymore. Phew.

Finished my math exam. Got back my results already. Perfect score! It was a unit standard, sadly. So that means you either pass or not pass. Well obviously I passed. Surprisingly a lot of people in my class failed and they have to take a reassessment this Friday O_o Lawl. I took a number test today. It was harder than I expected and I nearly couldn't finish my paper. But I'm quite confident that I'd do well. Or at least I hope :/

My history project is still not exactly going anywhere. It's so hard to find appropriate evidence that I need, especially PRIMARY resources. Urgh. Must hang on in there. Bah. I even need to make a trip down to the Auckland Museum soon. If you know me well, usually I would never go to that extent to do a history project (or any other project for that matter) but for this project, it's absolutely necessary because the assignment requires us to do research on people who died more than 10 years ago -.- And they're not exactly famous -.- Pfft.

60% left on my sis's laptop battery. I better wrap this up. Anyway I don't feel like spending anymore time on my history project. My investigations internal went well today. My partner and I are off to a good start. We have 2 more periods to carry out our experiment(s) and record our results before we have to do our individual work of writing a report and evaluating our experiment(s). Mmhmm.

I realised I made a mistake in my previous post, I think. I'm going for my Winter Meet at Hamilton in 11-13 JULY not June. Haha. I can't wait to get out of town this weekend. I think training's gonna be tougher over at Hamilton during the camp but ohwell. Uh, we're gonna have 5 training sessions over the weekend and 2 of them are diving lessons! IT'S DAMN COOL I actually get to learn how to dive from up up upppp there :D

Okay, shall end off here. Just wanna inform all of you that my Singapore phone number has already been terminated, so please don't send any messages to that number! :P If you wanna contact me, you can email me or sms my NZ number. That is, if you know it. Yup.

Tag replies!
Justin: HAHA nah I don't think I'll be able to pull that off, cause how much more different can I look? Not much. Haha. I'm looking forward to scaring everyone in RW too! :D

Mariechong: Aww, don't feel small! I feel small in all of my classes cause I'm always the youngest ):< And alot of my friends can already drive but I can't yet! Boohoo.

Nurul: GASP! How could you get sick of cheese! I can never get sick of cheese (though sometimes I think it's better if I were XD) and YAY ARCHULETA <3 But yeah you WERE kinda cheesy :P

Amandatoh: Hahah no.. I wore my first knee length costume when I was p4, then after that I have never worn them again.. I plan to get one again sometime soon though (:

Amandayim: HARLOW! :D

Rachelyu: Yeah he is! But I think he mighttttt be better than Daughtry, because David Cook WON. And Chris Daughtry didn't. Hahah (:

Aliciafong: I KNOW IT'S DARN SLOW! I know what's going to happen. Jason's gonna be out, then Syesha, then David Cook wins -.- But I guess I wanna know HOW things happen so I guess that keeps me watching it. Though it kills the excitement :/ And no, David Archuleta sooooo does not look like he's trying too hard! Even if he did, it's just because David Cook looks like he doesn't NEED to try at all. (Aka OVER-CONFIDENT!!!) LOL.

Cailyn: HOORAY ANOTHER ARCHULETA FAN! HAHA I CAN'T BELIEVE DAVID COOK WON HIM BY LIKE 12 MILLION VOTES IT'S JUST SO UNFAIR! The results just don't reflect what he's capable of ):< (Quoted Mr Lau cause that's sorta what he wrote in my report -.-)

Yay I'm done with my post. And oh yes, I'll be moving to Xanga in a few days' time so people, BE PREPARED TO RELINK ME.

That's all for now. Goodbye!
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That is something ALL historians should learn -.-

Bloody history, it's seriously getting on my nerves. I'm literally sacrificing my precious weekend (which I usually spend by relaxing myself in the form of watching tv etc.) just for a stupid history project ):< The worst is, the teacher only gave us the assignment (WHICH IS WORTH 4 CREDITS, I MUST EMPHASISE) on the day that she informed us! WHY COULDN'T SHE GIVE US A WARNING!?

Normally, I would've just used every day of the weekend over the next 3 weeks (which is a total of 6 days) to do my history project. But, I have math and inv test this Monday & I am going for the dive camp next weekend. So if I don't start on my project now, I'll only have 2 days to complete the whole thing (which is utterly insane and impossible) so obviously I have to start now.. And apparently it isn't going very well.

Firstly, I have no freaking idea how to cite the source of information. THE TEACHER DIDN'T EVEN FREAKING TEACH US PROPERLY. What does she think we are!? Child prodigies!? Sheesh! ):< The only example she gave us for citing the source of a piece of primary evidence is: Petition 1893, First session of Parliament, National Archives LE1 1893 7A. Like, how the hell are we supposed to know what LE1 1893 7A is referring to!? The reference no.? The what?! The teacher never told us. And I am getting headaches just because of that.

Secondly, when we find a piece of evidence on the internet and when we want to use it, and the evidence is taken from a book, which one do we cite -.- Omfg lah. Cause if we cite the book, it's a must to put the page number. But if we found the evidence on the internet, how would we know which page that evidence was on in the book? -.- I mean, it would be reasonable if the teacher told us what to do if we came across stuff like that, but the point is SHE DIDN'T. This is all getting a bit ridiculous.

It's half past 12 midnight and I'm horribly tired and sleepy but here I am, trying to figure out what to do for a history project that I'm trying so hard to get Excellence for because it is worth 4 credits in NCEA level one.

Funny how I never seemed to mind projects so much when I was in Singapore with a whole group of friends who would complain about the PTs we had to do while we all slogged through it together :/

If only.. Sigh.

My life is filled with too many 'If only's. I guess my fate is that I'll die with tonnes of regrets. Ahwell.

Tag replies!
Amandatoh: WHOAH that's really quick O_O How time flies. Hahahah. I have a Winter Meet (Short course) in.. 3 weeks' time! Omg I just realised that I'm going for that competition 2 days after my history project is due. Argh. Good luck to you though! (:

Nurul: OMG YES ):< ):< I think! I was checking itunes for top songs, AND THEN I SAW THE FREAKING 'BANNER' THINGY ON TOP! It was advertising the songs performed by both Davids and then I saw the word 'WINNER' above THAT DAVID. ARGH!!!! ):< Tell me my eyes were lying >.<

Li Ying: Nooooo I found out by accident. Boo hoo I am sad. Sobs. Hahah I know how to do the pervo face! It's something like (:< Close to that anyway. That looks more like an evil face than pervo face. Oh well. Hahahaha.

Aliciafong: It just killed the whole purpose of watching American Idol! Today's episode just showed BROOKE WHITE was out. HOW SLOW IS THAT!? Nevermind, I shall just keep watching anyway. See how they performed. Lol. My hols don't start for another 5 weeks! *Pouts* Why do you like David Cook! ): He always looks over-confident and I don't like that. Heh :P

Justin: OH REALLY! DARN! Hahahahah if I had to go to that extent.. I guess your plan must be real good huh! Nah I'd be a gracious loser and admit defeat and applaud you people for your brilliant counter attack (: See how nice I am. LOL. Hmm maybe I should just turn up at APSC, looking totally different from last time so that no one would recognise me. Then I can pretend to be a new girl HAHAHAHAH.

Nickchew: NICKCHEW! Hello! Hahah what aly teo lah -.- Lol. I'm okay here, except for a few things which can drive me insane! (Some people here can't drive properly AT ALL and that pisses me off loads) Uh, I don't know leh. I was planning to go back and visit during CNY 09 but then I have major competitions before and after CNY so I don't think I can escape from training.. Trying to go back during April when I have a 2-week term break because that's my off season period and everyone's entitled to a 2-week break off swimming (:< Oh and I'm super happy man utd won. Yipee!

Amandakhoo: Yes yes I should right? But then 08-08-08 is a long long time to go.. By the time I would've forgotten to change to xanga already. Lmao. Maybe June 1st or July 1st. Heh (: I should hunt for xanga skins in the time being and come up with a new url.

K it's 1am now. Time for my (well-deserved) sleep. Night.
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"If I were destined to die young, I would want to die while I was halfway through swimming training, or a competition. Because sometimes that's the only way to show everyone how much effort I've put into training."

Me and my suicidal random thoughts. Dangerous, but I like it.

I'm watching American Idol now.. It's )(!&#*^$*!&# effing slow! It's only at the top 5, what the hell -.-

My first project ever since I've enrolled in school in NZ. The bad thing is, it's a history project, and it's hell complicated, AND. IT. IS. WORTH. FOUR. CREDITS. So that means I have to put extra effort into the project. I have 3 bloody weeks but knowing myself well, 3 weeks is never going to be enough to do a project well enough.

My body is aching like shit. Shoulders hurt like hell, and so do my legs. I had beep test in school today. The same thing as the thing I ran in RGS last year when Tarbet was holding trials to look for long distance running. Omg I didn't even make it to Excellence ):< I only made it to level 7.7 and that's only a Merit. Bloody hell. I bloody hate running long distance.

Thank goodness I have the weekend to rest my overly exhausted body. I should start on my history project though, if I want it to be the best it can be. But then again, I have Inv and Math exams on Monday so... Ahh what the hell. Screw exams.

I am currently reading Ian Thorpe's Biography. It's a super duper wordy biography but it's completely worth reading! I've just starting reading it but so far so good! Some of the facts in it are really shocking and my eyes literally went O_O Hahahahah!

K I don't wanna make my eyes tired and add on to the physical and mental burden my body and mind have.

Tag replies!
Amandatoh: Not really lah, I still do free in main sets unless it's specified that I have to do form stroke.. I think I train more Fly than Back, ironically. Lol.

Aliciafong: Eh don't call me phoenix flower! It's not funny! Hahahah. On the other hand, FEHU is :D Just kidding! How's life! I really miss talking to you ): My dad's gonna get my laptop fixed in mid July when he stops by Singapore on his way to Glasgow for a conference. It's a shame that he can't bring food here though :/ I miss Singapore food LOADS.

Li Ying: SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP DON'T TELL ME WHO WON OR ELSE I WILL KILL YOU!!!! Aaah I wanted to visit your blog but then I'm scared that you posted who won so I don't dare to go until you tag back telling me whether you did or not (:< Hawhaw.

Jem: So mean! Bear in mind that I'm watching ALL OF YOU as well.. Beware cause I always have the upper hand as to when I'll drop by! HAHA I HOPE JUSTIN ISN'T THERE WHEN I VISIT APSC. That'll be super funny :D

Justin: NOOOOO WHY! I don't like David Cook! ):< David Archuleta deserves to win, not David Cook! Oooh how's the testing going! And how in the world do you test O_o Do you get someone to pretend to be me? HAHA! :D

Rachelyu: Yes dear! Shame on you! Hahaha it's probably typo lah.. I don't think you would have gotten the name wrong. It's highly unlikely (Thought not impossible!) I wonder what people can do to get better memories.. I would like to improve mine as well.. Hmm :/

Mariechong: HAHA omg yeah I never thought of that! My sis is going for the test soon. When I get Learner's, I can drive myself to training! WHEE HOW FUN. I wouldn't have to wait for my dad anymore. Wheeee!

Sahh: LOVE YOU TOO! <3

Amandayim: Well, DO YOU? HAHAH YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT CAUSE I KNOW YOU DO! YAY! :D

Kthnxbye!
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Okay! First time that I didn't post during the weekend. You might wonder why, but let me tell you that the reason is uber obvious. I'M FREAKING TIRED. And lazy, to add on to that. But that doesn't matter. The point is, I was super exhausted during the weekend.

First of all, Friday afternoon training was KILLER. Yes, seriously. 6.2km worth of backstroke. Tell me that's not tough and you can shoot me right now. (We all know you can't actually do that but again, THAT'S NOT THE POINT! :D) Anyway, we swam a total of 7km on Friday night but the actual programme was 8km! Well obviously we didn't finish it (Thank goodness!)

The main set was..
1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
1x100 on 1.40

1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
2x100 on 1.40 (Faster than previous set)

1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
3x100 on 1.40 (Faster than previous set)

1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
4x100 on 1.40 (Faster than previous set)

1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
5x100 on 1.40 (Faster than previous set)

Omg it took like forever to finish that. That sure looks like that was all of the main set, but you are wrong! Hahahaha.

1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
4x200 on 3.30

1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
3x200 on 3.30 (Faster than previous set)

1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
2x200 on 3.30 (Faster than previous set)

1x100 on 1.50
2x100 on 1.45 (2nd 100 faster than 1st 100)
1x200 on 3.30 (Faster than previous set)

And ta-dah! FINALLY. I was done! I think I swam the most backstroke I have ever swam in my entire life that day. Phew! There was supposed to be 10x100 kick on 1.40 after that to end training but we didn't do it cause we ran out of time and the younger squad needed to use the pool (:< I wouldn't have made the kick set anyway..

Then, Saturday morning! Another very very tough training. It was quite fun, but it was terribly tiring. We had 30x66 'relays'. Yeah, well, sorta like relay stuff. It's really hard to explain what we did in words, so I shall skip it. Basically all you need to know was that it was horribly tiring and I am super glad that I got Corey for my relay partner. I would've died if I didn't get someone fast. Lucky Tessa got Cameron for her partner and her team almost always won the relays cause of that ):< Pfft better luck next time.

Stroke check with Gary later that Saturday afternoon was interesting.. I did some work on my backstroke and backstroke start. HAHAHA it was hilarious to do the 'drills' for backstroke start. Gary claims that Aaron Peirsol (sp?) did those drills for his backstroke and that they'll really help me. ROFL anyway I think I improve my backstroke more if I consistently try to do what Gary taught me that day. Really helpful. I also finally got my Fly stroke right. I got it right but then Gary left for Aust then I sorta reverted back to my old Fly. But I have the technique right now and I'm not letting it slip again! (: Yay me.

Okay school's been pretty much the same.. My exams are up next week and my Dive Camp at Hamilton over the Queen's birthday holiday is coming up too! (: Oh, and I've got Counties Winter League which is sort of a fornight-ly competition thing that I have to swim for my club. Interested to know what goes on during those competitions. I'm guessing it'll turn out like the Hi-Pop League that Singapore had years ago. Haha cool. My team is called HPK Firebirds -.- Don't ask me why it's called that. Luckily I have Liz and Jess in my team so I know someone whom I can ask questions. Lol. And I can't wait for Hamilton Winter Meet! Cause it's my very first short course comp and I wanna see what my 50 free timing turns out to be. Better be good >.<


Uh, nothing else I guess. That pretty much covers my life so far. Exams next week but I'll squeeze in time to post during the weekend before that. Yup I'm done.

Tag replies!
Amandatoh: LOL It's damn slow lah. My 50 free PB has been the same since 2005. I'm damn lousy now lah I bet you can win me easily hahaha. I'll tell you if I get a PB during a competition but until then, train hard! :D

Justin: Ooh sorry I didn't relink you earlier. I never noticed you changed url hahah. Blur me. And what the hell if you wanna ruin my plan then I don't go and visit APSC already! Hmphz! Lol the worst is I just announce that I'm going over lorh (:

Jem: Ah hah! Does that mean that if I let you in on it, then you'll be my accomplice and then you'll backstab APSC? No right? So what's the point of telling you -.- HAHAHAHA. Me and my warped reasoning. I am so ashamed of myself haha.

Rachelyu: HAHAHAHAHA indiv pictures! Omg it'll be so embarrassing if the pics were unglam! And gasp D: Rachelyu ruihua how could you have spelt Aliciatan's middle name wrongly! Shame on you! HAHAHA just kidding.

Aliciafong: Hah, see even YOU know how to spell Aliciatan's middle name! Lmao. No actually you can just ask suzie to call you Fehu and call Aliciatan Actoob. HAHAHAHAH JOKES. Eh rmb last year before an exam, this teacher found a piece of paper that said "Actoob" and he was like, "A-C-T oob?" or sth like that. HAHAH funny.

Mariechong: Haha I don't wanna stay 14! I wanna be 15 cause then I can get my drivers license! MY SISTER IS GOING TO TAKE THE TEST SOON! Unfair! >.<

Li Ying: No Hitler is not cool! He has a freaky moustache and he looks ugly -.- But he's freaking smart and that's what I like about him :P Hehehe. Sadly he's cruel, if not he could be remembered by everyone for the good reasons ):

Clement: Are you sure!? Nah I don't think so lah -.- Hahah.

Aliciatan: Duh I know you were talking to Rachel -.- I shall quote you: "You think I stupid ah!?" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Omg hilarious. You and your magmar! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA CAN'T. STOP. LAUGHING! I think you made your one week thing.. If I'm not wrong :P

Coolest: ARE YOU SERIOUS THAT ALL YOUR FRIENDS SUPPORT COOK!? Whaaaaaaaaat! No no no no that is so wrong! Cook always looks so confident and he always thinks he'll make it through to the next round. Irritatinggggg! ):<

Okay shall be nice and stop hogging my sis's laptop. Bye!
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Today's one of my uhm, more enjoyable days of my life. Haha.

To start off, I had a great training this morning. 60x33: 5 sets of (4 torpedo fly kick + 4 form kick + 4 free kick) on 1min. The aim was to break below 30secs for every single one of them. Although I didn't make that target, I was quite proud of myself for making 30secs with a few below 30secs for torpedo fly kick! Gasp, who ever knew Aly was in fact, quite good in u/w fly kick? LOL. For form kick, I did Back, which isn't such a surprise that I could make below 30 if I wanted to try hard enough.. Mostly I did 31s which was pretty okay for me too. Free kick.. Hmm, never made 1 below 30! Not a surprise though; my free kick is the weakest (if you don't count breaststroke XD) but I made a good effort to maintain below 35 for all. Yay me (:

There's also a rule now that no one's allowed to breathe under the flags, or the 1st stroke after push-off. Anddddd we have to do at least 8 u/w kicks before coming up to the surface. It's freaking hard! But the punishment is even scarier. If Gary catches anyone breaking the rules, he'll make them do 1000 turns. Apparently that punishment isn't something he made up to scare people into doing them - It's actually real. The other time, he made everyone in the squad do 1000 turns cause they broke the rules. Luckily, I left early for school and escaped it. Better make sure I don't break the rules (or even if I do, I better not get caught ;D)

I have gym later. Probably will be the only one. Oh well. Gym isn't too bad, if you stretch a lot after that. The first 2 sessions made me ache a lot but it's better now.

Stroke check with Gary at Pakuranga College this Saturday at 1pm. Damn it, Saturday morning was supposed to be the best session because it's the LAST! Gyah now I have to swim on a Saturday afternoon =.= Bleaurgh, hope Gary doesn't make me TRAIN HARD.

Tag replies!
Justin: JUSTIN!! How could you do this to me! Now I have to think of so many back-up plans! ):< Meanie! HAHA holey moley I don't think I can scare any of you now. HMPH!

Amandakhoo: LOL it wasn't lor sor lah.. It was just.. plain RANDOM! But random is good, and I tell that to everyone ;D Wheeee. (See that was random XD)

Huazhen: OMG, what was your reaction when you found it? HAHA I would've liked to see it (:< Lawl I can't help but giggle when I imagine you opening your bio journal and finding it >.< MISS YOU HELL LOADS ):

Rachelyu: WHAAAAT! That's impossible! He's like ten thousand years older than you HAHAHA jokes. Is he really that short? I mean, I know he's short but that was only compared to the other people.. If he's shorter than you then it means he's shorter than me too! YAY! :D

Amandatoh: Aiyo, did you join S'pore open on your own accord or did your coach make you swim? There's a difference you know.. Haha. I hope you get PBs but just don't be faster than me can already! :D

Siyan: AAH! Really! Omg why aren't you following her! ):< Hahaha just kidding. Yup it's really nice here but it's a lot colder compared to Singapore, even during Summer! (: The traffic here is really bad sometimes too, but I guess you just have to live with it :/

Li Ying: TOO LATE I SIDED BRITAIN! :D Eeyer who wants to side Germany in WWII -.- What with the Nazi things and all that. Rofl.

Jem: Nooooo you can't do this to me too! Hmphs. This is so unfair! The whole of APSC against ME! That's like 30+ vs 1! UNFAIR!

Amandayim: Yowza! I'll reply your email today but I'm not sure about what will happen to NZ in 10,000 years time or whatever cause I'm not exactly learning that.. Will do my best to help you though!

Nurul: Thanks dude(tte). Yes it really sucks big time, cause we have to take a sample and then we have to memorise the method and write it down for the test and do a lot more stupid stuff.. Sianz -.- Hahaha.

Clement: Hey! No lah where got sec3 stuff.. I don't even know what sec 3s in Singapore learn -.- It's probably more like sec 2 stuff. Yup!

Coolest: Yes better archuleta than cook! Cook always looks so cocky ):< Hee.

Kay, that's all for now. Ciao!
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