Swim Trial

Today the swim trial was great. I met the timing thus is now eligible to participate in the coming biathlon. Was a close call though. I thought that it was my last lap already but was shocked when i was told that i still have one more to go and only have 3 mins. Of course 3 mins is a long time but i was just caught off guard. Gladly i still make it in time. Pheew!

However, my training does not stop here for there is still a long way for me to go before i am considered ready for the biathlon. Thus i will continue to train until the very biathlon.

I may have said this already but i will like to say this agn to all those who have wished me luck for the trial. Thx a lot..

Used books for sale at Bras Basah

Left house in the afternoon.

Waited for bus 980 for damm long.. 3-4 bus 167 passed by. there were lots of training transit bus though. Hope that there will be more bus 980 in e future.

The moment i reach Bras Basah complex, there is one shop called the evernew bookstore that sells used books. I went in to take a look. There were not many variety. Besides their shop seems quite messy to me. However they got some books that are really cheap. If you have the time to look through all their books maybe you can find something thats is really cheap and u like it.

Besides this shop, i found a shop that i think that is the best Used book shop in Bras Basah complex. Its called the Knowledge Book Centre. it is located at 03-35 and 03-37B. Currently it is having a discount up to 50%. There is also a vast variety of used books. The shop at 03-35 sells mostly textbooks and references. They sells both used and new books.

However if you are unable to find what u want in Knowledge Book Centre (KBC), you can visit another shop called the Book Point (BP) located just next to KBC at 03-15, 03-17, 03-19. Its quite similar to KBC but the books at BP may be more expensive than KBC. Should be still quite reasonable.

Both KBC and BP opens from Mon-thurs 10am-7pm, Fri 230pm-7pm and Sat, Sun, Public holidays 1030am-6pm.

In addition, there are quite a few Used book shops that are supposed to be in Bras Basah complex but cannot be found. This are e few shops; international book 03-19, new cultural org 02-99 and shanghai book 02-73.

Anyways i will be taking my swim trial tomo at Safra tampines. If everything goes well, i should be able to just pass the trial.

met e timing during practice

Today i went yo Yio Chu Kang swimming complex once again. My friend, Josh just came back from Japan so he joined us. Together with him, we swam 1.5 km non stop. We were neck to neck through out. Hmm... Its either we are both good or we were both as bad.. haha.. anyways both of us just meet the cut of timing which is 40mins. It my 1st time meeting the timing so i was quite relieve for my trial swim is this coming thurs. If everything goes well, i should able to pass.. :) Pray for me..

Im gg to Bras Basah Complex tomo to buy some 2nd hand books. Heard that its a good place to go if u are looking for 2nd hand books. Gg to check it out tomo. I will post my comments tomo on how everything goes.

Sentosa

I went to Sentosa today. There quite few ppl when i reach there. However we were unable to get a court due to the preparation for ZOUKOUT. Many nets were removed. Where am i to play beach volleyball in e future man.

Anyways, there were many chio bu s there today. i would say it was quite a worthy trip to Sentosa today. We played quite a few matches of volleyball. Plus i got to swim in open water to warm up for my Bialthon. it was quite a tiring day though.

2nd swimming practice

Today i went for another swimming practice at YCK swimming complex. I notice that there were children having their swimming lessons in the competition pool. They were swimming with their pajamas. I never had any swimming lessons b4 so its quite amazing to me. Apparently it is part of the swimming lessons.

My 2nd practice timing was not as good as i expected. I swam 1.5 km in 48.5 mins. It wasnt much of a difference but i is an improvement. I still hope to improve by 5 mins during my 3rd practice. Although it seems impossible, i will still try my best.

Besides that i went to make my 1st mastercard today. i hope to receive it b4 i go to japan so that i can use it in case of emergency. my japan trip starts on the 19 dec. they say that it will take 2-4 wks to process my card. So i hope that its not 4 wks. Anyone gg to Japan between 19 dec to 30 dec? Who knows we may CHANCE upon each other. i will be posting some photos of the japan trip on this blog. All the photos will be posted on my facebook so feel free to view them. But u gotto be friends with me 1st. :p

Swimming 1.5km

phew! what a swim man. didnt manage to make the timing today but i will say its quite close to the passing timing. it was just my 1st practice swim so i am quite satisfied with my timing. i swim continuously for 1.5km in 50mins. i am still 10mins from the passing timing. i think 3 more training should allow me to improve by 5 mins. and another 3 more to 10mins. however i think i should improve my timing to abt 30 mins cause its seriously not easy swimming in the open sea.

My first long distance swimming in open sea was in the GCC (GUARDS CONVERSION COURSE).
For all those out there who still do not know what GUARDS is, its a elite force that is said to be the trump card of SAF. Yes my fellow female friends out there, its not a vocation where we just stand guard of camps. For your info there is a vocation for that. They are called the RP (Regimental Police). As i was saying abt my 1st long dist swim, its 2 km. however we are given floats to swim so in a way its not so scary for you wont sink.

Therefore as compared to the swim b4, this will be more like a test of Strength n not Confidence. Anyway after my 1st practice swim, i am at least more confident that i can actually make it. oh ya, b4 anything i just wanna say that i was once a diver. thats what they call those who cannot really swim in the army. Yup, i am not a very good swimmer. but i am now training to be a better one. So for all those interested, lets wait n see the outcome of my training. i will constantly update my training timings on blog.

ONCE A GUARDSMAN...

ORD loh

finally i got to see my pink ic after 1 year 10 months n 13 days.... get to see that handsome face agn. however, the medical centre once agn disappointed me. i went to do my FFI today. the whole procedure was like so brief. the medics totally cut short every process like eye test, height n weight test etc. they just ask if i could see without my specs n when i say yes, they just gave me a 6/6. how ridiculous is that. i dunno abt others but i think its quite screw up. another thing was the blood taking, i have to wait for so long because they could not find the key to the cupboard. i wish all those future ord personnel all e best. ORD loh!!!!

Just registered biathlon

always wanted to try something as crazy as biathlon. i manage to register on the last day of the early bird. its 36 bucks. got to pay 10 bucks more if i were to register tomo. anyway i am gg to try swimming tomo at yio chu kang swimming pool. hope i can still swim... its been like dunno how long since i last swam. wish me luck. btw its 1.5 km swim and 10 km run. 1.5km = 30 of 50m laps. got to really train up man. its quite scary swimming that long in e sea. anyone care to join me at yio chu kang tomo morning pls feel free.... :)

hope to ord today

in just a few hours i will be gg to camp. it has already been a week from my actual ord date. sian... it is due to the inefficiency of the medical centre that till now i have gotten my pink IC. what piss me off the most is that the medics are totally useless. most of them are simply "bochap". i was told by the medic that they do not have the FFI forms for my ord medical clearance so i have to come tomorrow but in fact they do have. they just simply "bochap". how is it possible to wait for one whole week to get one medical clearance. haiz. anyways should be gg to sleep liao. Hope i get to finally see my IC once agn after 1 year 10 months and 13 days...

my very first blog... yeah!!!

morning was quite boring... im just waiting for time to pass... gg to swim at wei loong house at 5pm... kind of training for the biathlon at march next year... not very good at swimming so i guess i shld training more if i dun wanna die in e open sea... thats all for now...