Saturday, May 31, 2008
Grrr. I played like crap! See. 4 days nvr play already. My arms, shoulders hurt so bad. And y hands too. Seems like gonna have blister but its not. Hmm.
I played doubles and singles. Doubles i partnered Jason against Ben and Mervyn. Wel ost 7-5. Basically, i had to cover like 3/4 of the courts. Coz i covered some of Jason's court. coz u noe lah. Jason if ur reading this, no offence yar. :D:D Anyway, they very bad. They never hit to me. They hit every ball to Jason. And end up Jason missed.
Then i played singles with Ben. And i lost 5-3. Coz i wasnt able to hit well and made many errors. Im juz not on my top form
Posted by Other Eden at 2:44 PM
Friday, May 30, 2008
Heya.
Im so bored. Dunno what to blog abt. HMMM.
Ok. Oh yar
Jason proposed sumthing. We and the other TPTFN members or i should say regulars are to merge with TSTFN group. So we become a bigger group to compete against other groups in singapore. What i meant was, we going to have some friendly matches against other groups in singapore. However, we need to train first. Coz other groups are very strong.
Anywayyy.. Im supposed to study. But im very tired. Juz now got stupid lab. ANd its a freaking waste of time. Waste my freaking 3 hrs juz to do some idiotic freaking things which waste my freaking time. OK. Enough. We were supposed to screen for recombinant DNA. And we had to wait for 1 hour 15 min for the PCR procedure. Grr. We waited for nth. IN the end, we didnt get the results we wanted. Grr.
Omg2. I miss tennis. I havent played for 4 days. Withdrawal symptoms is coming out. HAHAHA.
Posted by Other Eden at 11:58 PM
Thursday, May 29, 2008
OK so. I NEED a new racquet. There are a few racquets in my head right now. But its just that i dont have enough money right now. Unless i buy 2nd hand ones which is rare.
Head Microgel Extreme Pro
Basically this racquet is very powerful yet has a good control. I like the fact that it is a 16x19 racquet and hence produces good spin as well. Weight wise is ok. Slightly on a heavier side but i found that it has a good balance too. The cosmetics is nice but a lil too bright and attractive. And its a head racquet. I never used head racquet before.
Prince O3 Speedport Pro White
This is a very powerful racquet surprisingly for a heavier racquet. I tried it once and my balls went flying. But it has a very good feel and it feels very comfortable. Maybe i just need to adjust the string tension or change to a different strings for more control. But i enjoyed hitting with this racquet. And its Prince! Minus point is, its 18x19 racquet and hence it produces less spin and its a bit costly compared to the above.
These are the only two racquets in my mind. Really hope to get one of em. T_T
Posted by Other Eden at 9:21 PM
Phew. 50% of my load has been lifted off my shoulders.
Im done with my DDCT presentation. DDCT was a lil harsh on us. Coz interview, report and presentation had to be done at the same time. Whilst we need to study for term tests. Further more next term theres gonna be debate. However, on a positive note, im relieved that my presentation is over for now.
Lets skip that. I really hate irritating ppl. I meant, i was dealing with a buyer. I sold something to him. I gave 30% discount. And yet he asked me to travel. I was expecting him to say that he would come over to my place to collect it or at least nearby. But he suggested east coast. I know its in the east but its quite inconvenient for me. Hence, i had to be firm and said no.
So we were supposed to meet on Thursday which is tomorrow. We confirmed already u noe. Then suddenly at the eleventh hour, he decided to change it to today. Eventually today i cant coz i had religious lessons. And to make matters worse, he cant make it tmr either when actually the proposed date is tmr! Grr. I really dont understand these ppl. Hence, the last resort was, i had to leave the item outside my house coz he had already transferred me the money in advance. So yea.
I hate dealing with buyers that live at the end of the world. Infact there was another buyer who is so called my friend. And he expressed his interest on my item but he was late. The first buyer contacted me first. But i felt that its easier dealing with him coz i meet him quite often and he lives nearby me. Grrr. Why didnt he not have contacted me earlier so that i didnt have to go thru all the trouble. Grrrr.
Nvmlah. This are the parts and parcels of selling/buying life. See ya
Posted by Other Eden at 12:53 AM
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Hey.
Sorry about my previous post. LOL
Anyway, yesterday, as usual, I was stressed up by the LAST practical. Now, we had to deal with rats. But the rats are so cute. Bigger and fatter than mice. And they squeak very loud. So cute...
And since they are bigger than mice, their poops are also bigger. Lol. Anyway, i sympathise them. Coz they had to be injected. LOL. We had to do the subcutaneous injection. But it was easier than mice. Really stressed. Jomer wanted us to do very quickly. I was like.. wth. How sia. This is our first time doing this seh. I felt like giving up at one point of time. Grr..
So yea. In the evening, i played tennis for the last time. Played with Dennis, Sam and Scott. I was happy with the way i played. I think ive improved in terms of pace. We played doubles. I partnered Scott and we won 6-4. I amazingly managed to volley well and won points by doing that.
I also played singles. Im happy that i won Dennis 3-1. Me and Sam even at 2-2. Played til i drop coz will not be playing anytime soon i guess. Due to term test. SO yea. BYE
Posted by Other Eden at 5:49 PM
Monday, May 26, 2008
OK. IM CRAZY! Im so bored. HAHA
Posted by Other Eden at 10:01 AM
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Heyya
So today i went to Adidas SALE at EXPO. I wasnt expecting to buy anything from there coz i wasnt expecting anything. Coz as usual there would be a huge crowd there and furthermore its the last day of the sale.
So yea, as expected there was a huge crowd. Went round and round. I wasnt feeling well. I was feeling very giddy. Summore the air con made me sneeze like mad. And i caught a cold. But nvm. My mom suddenly spot a tennis shirt. Its the orange adidas summer YOC theme polo. It costs $39. Its the LAST piece. So i quickly grab it. Below is the shirt :-
So yea. Then i bought myself an adidas toiletries bag for $9. Then i spot an adidas barricade IV (star and stripes) which only costs $59! I was like woah. So cheap. That time when i bought mine it was $132. But i didnt buy it of coz. Furthermore i dont think they have my size no more.
So after that, we went to Robinsons sale juz next door. I bought some stuffs there. My brother bought a Puma shoe which costs $39.95. Its nice. But he bought the black one coz the other colour doesnt have his size. The other color is cream/khaki color which is damn nice. But got my size though. But i didnt want it coz it dont need it.
So after that we went to buy some food at Bedok Corner there and went home. Coz my brother need to go back to camp. T_T. So yea.Thats about it.! :D
Posted by Other Eden at 11:41 PM
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Yay.
I got the group photos from Zach already!
I got the group photos from Zach already!
Posted by Other Eden at 9:02 PM
Omg. Blogger is so weird. Nvm.
Anyway, im feeling very tired. I played at TP juz now with the regulars. And halfway through, played a singles match with James. I played well surprisingly. I thought that i would be tired. I won him again 6-3 6-2. Was down 2-0 in the first set and 1-0 down a break in the second. Hope to get our group picture from Zach soon!
Posted by Other Eden at 3:46 PM
Ryan
Posted by Other Eden at 3:33 PM
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Argh. I chatted with Joel juz now. I got a reality check in a way. He said i swing the racquet slow and soft. I was like.. REALLY?
All this while i thought i was hitting fine. Coz its juz recently that this issue is being brought up. Hmm... I felt like giving up.
Ok no point talking about this.
Ok so, basically from my point of view, and for fun :-
In order of strength/pace of hitting. No. 1 being the hardest hitter.
1) Wei Wen 132 kmh
2) Samal 129 kmh
3) Justin 127 kmh
4) Dennis 124 kmh
5) Joel 123 kmh
6) Tim 118 kmh
7) Matthew 112 kmh
8) Kenneth 112 kmh
9) JC 111 kmh
10) Asriel 108 kmh
11) Samuel 102 kmh
12) Ryan Tan 96 kmh
13) Jiva 96 kmh
14) Gladys 92 kmh
15) Eleanor 90 kmh
16) Yu Jian 89 kmh
17) Ryan Ong 85 kmh
18) Thomas 83 kmh
19) Ghalib 76 kmh
20) Faiz T_T 70 kmh
OMG. Even 2 LADIES hits harder than me. T_T
Posted by Other Eden at 1:49 AM
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Yo~~
Juz now was stressful. I really need to video tape myself seh. I really dunno how slow my racquet head speed is. Ppl kept saying, "hit harder", "whack!", "swing faster". Grrr. Honestly ive tried my best.
Posted by Other Eden at 10:55 PM
Monday, May 19, 2008
Haha. My cat is so naughty. She always go up the dining table. Despite being scolded so many times by my mom.
Anyway, i feel that different people have different opinions. I just don't feel the need to argue. Its like pointless. Coz we wont be able to change their minds about one thing nor they able to change ours. Sometimes we feel that we are right and others are wrong and vice versa. So yea. I juz want to live my life and be happy. I dont want to live other ppl's life and suffer. Cheers! :D
Posted by Other Eden at 7:47 AM
Sunday, May 18, 2008
SIan
My yonex racquet's strings snapped on saturday too. So now i dont have any racquets T_T
Gonna restring it tml. If not, training i dont have racquet to use. Unless i borrow from coach but i didnt like his racquet. His racquet is Yonex Rqis 1 tour (Ana Ivanovic's racquet). It is low powered and a lil heavy. Its just not a racquet for me coz u have to swing fast to generate the power. SO yea. CYA!
Posted by Other Eden at 7:15 PM
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Omg. I hate BPharm now. Juz now we had lab. Then we had to do this assignment. I cant even finish it within 3 hrs. The lecturer is so unnegotiable seh. Nvmlah. So stress seh. Furthermore i have DDCT to think abt. And not only that, i still got LAST assignment. Grr.
Hence, i think RtechB is the most slackest. No assignments thus far. No PBL as well. Argh.
Posted by Other Eden at 12:11 AM
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Hey. Omg I snapped my strings again!
Its like less than 1 mth lor! GRRR.
Anyway, juz now i had my tennis team cut. And i made it. These are the ppl who made it.
1. Justin
2. Samal
3. Wei Wen
4. Joel
5. Timothy
6. Kenneth
7. JC
8. Dennis
9. Asriel
10. Ryan Tan
11. Samuel
12. Yu Jian
13. Ghalib
14. Matthew
15. Ryan Ong
16. Jiva (spelling?)
17. Thomas
Did i missed out anyone? Hmm.. ME! of coz. But nvm
Anyway i seriously dun wanna go to the top 11. Coach emphasized to me that i should start to hit harder and swing faster. Everyone said that too. So yea. I dun really understand. I thought he mentioned before that consistency is the most important. I won matches due to my consistency. If i am gonna start hitting hard, i guess i have to sacrifice my consistency. SO yea. But then again, i dun wanna go into the top 11. So theres no use hitting harder to prove that i belong to the team. So yea.
STRESSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by Other Eden at 11:14 PM
Hey
So yesterday i had a bad cold. T_T. I was sneezing like crazy.
Today im supposed to have RTechB quiz. But when i opened e notes, i understand nth. Omg. Im in trouble.
Furthermore today is my tennis team CUT! There is 50% chance that i might be cut. If im not cut today, theres still another cut at the end of this month. If i made it today, there will be a 90% chance that i will be cut at the end of the month. So yea. Basically im not hoping to stay in e team. Coz its stressful. With all the stress that i already am going through with school. Basically maybe i have a difficulty in coping. Hence im hoping to get out of the team as in not representing the team for the POL-ITE games. I bet its gonna be really2 stressful. U r representing the sch and everyone counts on u. If u lose then ppl will blame u and scold u. Grrrr. Dun wan lah. Bye
Posted by Other Eden at 7:51 AM
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Hey there
Omg. LAST lab was so stressful yesterday. Firstly we had to do subcutaneous injection on the mouse. This week the mice are new as in they just been brought from NUS. Hence they had never been handled before. And hence! They are very fierce and very fidgety. But luckily, me and caroline got the mouse that has already been handled. And its very tame. But for the rest of the people, they had difficulty in handling and restrain them. There were cases were the mice just jumped out of the shoebox cage. Lol. Scary. And once, Anil was holding the mouse, suddenly it flew out of his hand. Dang~ The mice are so naughty. And also, the mice fought with each other till they bleed. Eew.
So, we felt very stressful. Coz we already had difficulty in restraining them, how is it possible to inject them. THey keep moving about. Only some ppl are successful in doing it.
Next, we had to do the intraperitonial injection whereby we had to restrain e mice and inject the stomach area. After inserting the needle, we had to aspirate it first, meaning pull the syringe. If theres nth, means we can go ahead and inject. If there's yellowish or greenish liquid coming out, means we had to re do it all over. Damn sympathising for the mice.
Hence, this is not for the animal lovers. Coz we tend to sayang2 them more. Grr.
What stressed us more was there would be an assesment on the injection NEXT WEEK. I was like..WTH! BUt luckily, Jomer changed his mind. Coz its like too sudden for us. Haiz..
OKla... Thats about it. Im also relieved that my CSAS presentation is over. Cya
Posted by Other Eden at 1:15 PM
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Hello
Im pretty stressed up. With school. Didnt expect that 3.1 got PBL seh. I wanna cry already. Maybe i've picked the wrong option? But i like this option. But PBL makes me hate it. Grrr. Besides PBL, theres debate! Wth. I donwanna debate. Grr. I hate DDCT due to that. Furthermore i dont really like the lecturer. She is so hostile. And very strict. Although i like the way she explain things coz her voice is very clear and loud.
But besides DDCT, i also hate CSAS. Coz got a lot of things to be done. And at the end of it, i have to go through a "job interview". Omg. Im so nervous.
For Recombinant Tech, it is so dry and boring. Esp the lecturer is Jason. He is so slow. He explains things slowly and i get bored over it. And he kept repeating the same things at times. Grr.
For Basic Pharmacology, I like this subject most. Coz its very interesting, no PBL or whatsoever and the lecturer is good. So yea.
HAPPY MOTHERS' DAY!!!
Posted by Other Eden at 7:30 AM
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Grr. I juz cant stop playing tennis. I wish to like stop for a few days.
So yesterday i was supposed to play with my frens. Pity me. Coz im the only one who ended at 6 pm. Malcolm, Ryan, Ghalib and Yu Jian hit earlier at around 3 or so. But Ghalib had to leave earlier. At abt 7 pm. He said he can ok. Then Yu Jian also. He said he will play with me at 6. But he left at 7 also. Coz he didnt bring shorts so he felt uncomfortable. Wah lau damn pangseh lor. Then i was left there with Rusydi. Luckily i invited him along. And about 8 pm, Sam came to hit with his frens at the other court. GRRR.
Omg. I love his Babolat Aero Storm racquet!!
Anyway, today i played again. But i played like crap. There were like 10 ppl altogether. Then i had a rematch with James. He was the who requested it. I seriously played terribly. But somehow or rather i won the match 6-0 4-6 6-0. SO im quite happy abt it.
Posted by Other Eden at 3:17 PM
Friday, May 09, 2008
Omg. Juz now training was terrible i tell u. A lot of physical. Grrrr. Thanks to the newcomers.
And we didnt get to play match. We played king of courts. Bcoz of some idiotic numbskulls who used up 3 courts. Irritating buggers. They didnt even need the courts la. We need the courts more than them. GRR. Priority should b given to tennis team! But its our fault too la. We didnt block book the courts. GRR.
But nvm. I played pretty well. Except i cant explain y i wasnt able to return serve! Hmm..
DANG~
Things to do:
1) CSAS Powerpoint
2) CSAS cover letter and resume
3) DDCT research
Posted by Other Eden at 12:27 AM
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Hello there
So yesterday there was another round of my school tennis team trials.
It was a smaller group. But i must say this group is much better. Especially the guys. There was only 2 girls la.
The guys, hmm.. pretty good. The thing is, ppl are always good in their forehands. When i see their forehands, i was like woahh.. Then when it came to backhands, i was ..hmm.. ok lah not that bad. But when it comes to serve! Totally screwed up. But only a few that was pretty good. So those few that have the total package prevailed.
There was one chinese girl i was very impressed. Very very good forehand. Definitely have experience. The other one cant even hit a ball. I thought, she was good coz she was using Head Microgel Radical racquet. But to my horror, she missed so many balls. As in the ball didnt even touch her racquet. Tsk3.
So yea. The trials ended before 7 pm. DANG! Coz this time the group was small. And as a result, we have to run! GRRRR.
We did alot of running today. SIgh. And we didnt get to play. Except for last 30 mins of training. When i looked around, suddenly got so many ppl in my team. Wow. I will definitely miss the days where we spent time together in a small group. But its ok.
So, there was an incident that happened at the end of e training. My coach needed to talk to the seniors abt something. So, we gathered. And its regarding the key to our locker. Ryan has lost it. There were three keys. Joel, Wei Wen and Tim are supposed to hold the keys. But then, the keys that was held by Joel was passed from Malcolm to Ryan. Then Ryan lost the key on Saturday. So coach kinda fired up. He shouted at Ryan's face. He shout damn freaking loud la. Coz he said that Ryan should have informed Joel earlier blah blah. So yea. But after a while, we settled the problem nicely. We got a new lock and key, and Joel, Wei Wen and Tim are not allowed to pass around the keys to anyone. So yea. Thats abt it.
Posted by Other Eden at 6:23 PM
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Hey!
So yesterday we had our first LAST lab. Ok sounds contradicting? I meant Lab Animal and Science Tech lab. Mwahahaha
So we had to deal with mice. We watched a video. Then theres this part on gavaging. I was like omg. We had to do that?!
Then yea. But first we had to know how to restraint the mice. It wasnt easy i tell u. The mice kept moving about. But it was fun. So, it took very long time for my group to learn how to restraint. We still couldnt get it right though. Hence, we didnt do the gavaging. Haha.
The thing abt gavaging is, if u do it wrongly, the mouse will die. Omg. Later i cant sleep the whole nite. Haha. But nvm. Hope that im able to do it well in the next lab session. Jiayou Aili!!
Posted by Other Eden at 8:32 AM
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Omg. Nowadays the weather is so warm. Even now, at night the temperature is 30 degrees.
Juz now, at about 9 am, there was a group of guys from TFn played at Temasek Poly. There were a total of 12 ppl. Inclusive of myself. :)
So we almost died on court due to the heat. But i put alot alot of spfs or sunblock. I hate putting sun block prior my journey to places.
Coz my face will look oily and dull. Then ppl will look at me one kind.
Grr.
Anyway, juz now i was late. Haha. I was so tired. I woke up early but i rolled around at my bed til like 8.10 or so. Then i bathed, had my breakfast and pack my stuffs. hence, i arrived 10 minutes late.
Surprisingly, Xris was early. Maybe its bcoz there was a big grp! If she plays with me she always come late one. Lol. So yar. But i kinda had fun. But my strokes was terrible today i guess coz i was tired. Hope to play at future sessions.
Posted by Other Eden at 7:56 PM
Thanks Keng Seng for the great matchplay.
I didnt expect to play singles when i arrived at RP.
But its good. I wanted to play singles. Mwahaha
Basically Keng Seng is a very consistent player. He rarely makes any errors. During that match, i made a whole bunch of errors. I was most of times, 40-0 up or 40-15 up on my serve. But it would always go to deuce, and end up, Keng Seng won the game. I was pretty frustrated.
But he doesnt have a big serve. But his serve is all flat and low. I hate those kinda serves. I cant really kill his serve.
But overall i made a lot of winners and unforced errors as well. But however, i feel that i played well. I lost the match 6-1 6-3 6-2. The reason i felt that i played well because i made him run all over. He also made me run. :) But its a good experience.
Posted by Other Eden at 12:41 AM
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Basically i was really really upset juz now. I didnt even talk to anybody out there.
Posted by Other Eden at 10:07 PM
I HATE PLAN-DESTROYERS!!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
