Tachikawa NO JIRETTAI BURO-GU!

I just had to do this:

HAHA! I just had to do something with that access I had to the race track!

I think I’m falling for her.

And I’m falling fast.

I’m not supposed to. I don’t want to.

But thats another story for another time.

ANYWAYS new timing! :

I kinda slowed down a bit, this is for the 30lapsX50m distance (1.5km, triathlon distance without the running and cycling), but an average of 1min40secs per 100m. I’m improving I guess. FASTER BOY FASTER!

Ooooh and I watched the 2nd day of F1 practices from the comfort of a restaurant overlooking a stretch of the track. SWEET! Nothing like enjoying a plate of Fried Chicken and Squid Kway Teow while Hamilton does his laps. I don’t know about you guys but the sound of the F1 engine just makes me wanna run CLOSER to the track and just STARE in amazement at those machines made for ultimate speed and control. sigh. I wanna be Lewis Hamilton!

You guys really have to check out this guy called Singindork88 a.k.a. Afraid of Everest (read his profile page to find out why :P): http://uk.youtube.com/user/singindork888

His covers are TOTALLY amazing and even more his originals! I’m totally flabbergasted, I’ve never been this stunned ever since Lisa Lavie and Terra Naomi busted onto the scene. Check him out! I’ll put 2 of his best ORIGINAL songs here, check him out, I implore you! I’m totally addicted to these 2 songs right now. They’re on my Creative Zen right now!

Afraid of Everest - Lonely Starship

Afraid of Everest featuring Isk & Hosni- The Hook

This original’s been done with 2 Singaporean Youtubers Isk & Hosni, who’ve played wonderful drums and guitars for this song, it totally made the song more appealing! I’ll put up the original (acoustic guitar only) and the one with the full band. I’M STILL STUNNED. Check it out!
Original:

Featuring Isk & Hosni:

Visit Isk & Hosni’s LurveMyMusic Youtube Page here!: http://uk.youtube.com/user/LurveMyMusic
They do damn good intepretations of pop favourites such as Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours and Secondhand Serenade’s Fall for You…IN PUNK ROCK AND SKA STYLE! and they TOTALLY sound GREAT! Check it out! (((:

Thats it for this blog post. Wow, drive by blog post. haha! Till next time, taaaa! ((:

OH.MY.GOD. Its been a long friggin’ while since I’ve updated my blog! So many things happened, I just don’t know where to start! Ok, lets see. Hmm. Was one of 2 project directors in organizing a ‘Yummilicious’ food tour for about 200 international students around Singapore. That went very well! So well, in fact, that they want a rerun of it next year! During the whole run of this event, I actually made so many new friends, its unbelievable! Students from the United Kingdom, all the way to Japan & China! Also, the committee that I worked with to make this happen were such great sports, we still go on a monthly food romp, trying out interesting cuisines in Singapore Pictures below! (((:

I also finished my Intermediate classes in 文化ランゲージ学校(Bunka Language School) and am well on the way to my 日本語能力試験(Nihongo nouryoku shiken, a.k.a. Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 3 (JLPT 3)) at the end of the year. WISH ME LUCK! Oh, and I just took my ABRSM Grade 3 Piano Exams last friday. It was quite a..stressful experience, but I should be able to pass (I AWAIT MY CERTIFICATE IN MY MAIL SOON :D). Jumped all the way to Grade 3, hoping to go to grade 5 next year! ((: The pieces were simple enough to play, but the technical aspects of the exam kinda sucked. But I persevered and practiced on. WISH ME LUCK!

Also, as for my studies…school just started again. and OH.MY.GOD. its madness!:

I’VE NEVER SEEN SO MANY INTEGRAL SIGNS IN ONE EQUATION, IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. That’s Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers, one of the core modules that my degree is based on. BUT IT HURTS SO BAD))): .. but I can’t say anything. I’ve been dying to get into this course. Must..maintain…Cap score average of 3.87… HAHA. LETS GET IT ON, YO. haha.

And I’ve joined this really cool new society in my school called the Original Music Society. The aim of this society is to promote the local music scene, and to provide a bridge of sorts between the scene and the student community in NUS. They’ve been really low profile these past few years, but they’re gonna re-establish themselves this year, and I’m gonna be part of it. SO HONOURED! (((: I even got to meet members of the Great Spy Experiment! HOW COOL IS THAT! The people in this society are so eclectic and funky, I’m sure we’re gonna make it so big, its not gonna be funny anymore:D A few pictures follow!:

Oh OH. And like, I’ve been training on my swimming more frequently these days. My tools of the trade include:

A pull-buoy (the blue and white thing), where you’re only using your hands to pull (thus concentrating your effort only in your pulling motion. Your body also gets used to the streamline motion general swimmers tend to ignore, making them splash a lot in the pool and wasting TONS of energy. You’re actually straightening your legs and tensing them consciously, which is a bitch to do in the beginning.), my paddles (the pair of weird contraptions), where you use it on your hand WHILE using the pull-buoy. If swimming without your legs to help you swim faster isn’t bad enough, these paddles add the resistance of swimming in cement to your arms. Finally, my goggles, without which I’ll be blind

I do 1KM runs (20laps X 50m (A standard pool length)), and DAMN I can now swim faster than I usually do WITHOUT my equipment. Usually takes me slightly above 19mins to complete that distance. MY NEW TIMING, FRESHLY TAKEN TODAY:

16 MINS AND 29 SECS! An average of 49.45 seconds per 50m lap. My original timing of about 19mins and 30 seconds (without the equipment) gave me an average of 58.5 seconds. HOLY CRAP. All I can say is that my stamina’s already there, but there’s just a little hand-leg co-ordination problem that I need to rectify to achieve that timing without the training equipment. AND I SO WANNA JOIN THE NUS SWIM TEAM! )): I’ll try for it next year. Till then, I’ll train hard. REALLY HARD! ((:

And and and. MORE PICTURES!

Yummilicious Food Tour 2008

GROUP PIC!:

Funky Facilitators!:

Some of the new friends I made:

More Pics HERE: http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=34253&l=ca0cc&id=555628939

Yummilicious Food Tour Facilitator Outing (Serangoon - Nepalese Cuisine)

ICE CREAM WITH REAL EDIBLE SILVER!:

More pics HERE: http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=36141&l=14ba3&id=555628939

Sentosa Outing!

Guitar Heroes MADNESS

As you can see, I totally rocked, and Lindy totally sucked. HAHA!

夏祭り2008 (Natsu Matsuri 2008, Japanese Summer Festival 2008)

For this year’s summer festival, I actually tried the Yukata on! A yukata is not to be confused with a kimono. Its somewhat like a bathrobe; and its much cheaper than a kimono as well! The girls had a chance to act all kawaii (more like こわい,for those in the know. HAHA) Pictures follow:

Kuala Lumpur Weekend Escapade

HAHAHA. I actually went on a weekend trip to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with some of the international students. Me being the ‘local’ (DAMMIT IM NOT MALAYSIAN YOU ASSES), I showed them around a bit. Pics!:

I love vadalism too. HAHA!:

Some of the nicest sceneries on the way back:

AND NEOPRINTS! HAHA!:

More Pics HERE:

http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39027&l=2e725&id=555628939
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39019&l=f54b7&id=555628939
http://www.new.facebook.com/album.php?aid=39025&l=0be1c&id=555628939

This had to be one of my longest posts EVER! HAHA! Hope you guys had fun loading the pictures I’ll try to update my blog more often nowadays. heh.

And before I leave, a cover of Ungu’s Kekasih Gelapku on Youtube. COMMENTS PLEASE: