Sunday, February 4, 2007

MUSE CONCERT!

16th jan was the day that many including me have been waiting for ages! The build-up to the concert was really intense, i had a hard time trying to sleep strategising on how to beat the crowd and to be right in front of muse, how to sneak backstage and get autographs and maybe pictures with them..
sorry wrong blog.

hooray 2nd swakus post-orientation outing yesterday! It's the west side this time, at the jurong entertainment centre- singapore's largest collection of ice that doesnt melt away within hours. We were to meet at jurong east at 12, but me being me got up at 9.30 and realised how much stuff i had to do prior to leaving home, so i had to rush through the morning routines, as well as icing me shoulder and then deep-heating and massaging it (i preferred the physiotherapist's though), and topping it all off with strengthening excercises! And guess what, I got on the train at 12 sharp.

Got off at Jurong east and some random woman with no passes or certificates whatsoever came up to me asking for a donation for which i cooked up an excuse saying that my friend (jiawen) had borrowed cash from me and i was going to go get my money back so that i could return to her and pay some $2 to an unknown charity. Escaped the devil and met up with the 2 l'ruzes and peistick at kfc, then resorted to watching some leet guy trashing the arcade highscores with our jaws open. Machine. Sharm came about half an hour later, and so we proceeded to the rink, but not before lucasex's siblings arrived and gave us a preview of how skating on ice would be like. One thing we didnt witness though- speed. Not to worry, Farish's getting on the ice soon!

And so I did, with the others. Lucas, of course, had the honour of doing a half lap before the rest of us even got our grip. For the next 5-10 minutes, that was what did. Desperately clinging onto the sides of the rink for support; i even forgot i had a shoulder injury! Farishino got really bored, and since one doesnt learn till he falls, i summoned my courage and let go. Only to fall. But it wasnt all that bad ok! I did go off balance a lot, and to manage to stay on my feet (or on the sides of them) was no big feat anyone could accomplish. Ask either jiawen, peistick or kamala! Well the rest of the girls were not that bad actually! And that's cause they had prior experience in skating. I, as promised, was gonna speedskate on my very first.

I started to run, literally, all the while recalling how the ice hockey players did it as they were trying to chase the puck. The only puck i was chasing in this case was the sides, for support when i went a tad too fast the inertia (fine, i dropped physics already!) couldnt keep up of course. Hey but it was fun! i still remember imitating teemu selanne, though the rest of those who were watching me begged to differ. We saw some really pro guys though; a couple of them were scaring us off, braking right in front of us while we were trying to get our balance. Lucas and his siblings didnt help either. Trying to persuade me into jumping on the ice- something which i simply couldnt resist. Oh and there were a couple of instances where they sprayed foam from the top to celebrate the birthdays! Good thing i was wearing black, i had my top polka-dotted in no time. We also og-skated, only to have one of us constantly losing his/her balance. Flailing arms. haha.

Hoho, Alfred and Athena arrived later, and as they didnt want to skate they decided to meet us up again later after they, oh well, i was too busy speedskating. There were instances when my feet got really tired and my ankles were sore from the bad stance i was adopting, and thankfully after some really bad skating, i tightened the laces on my skates which were really loose and i found rhythm again. The rest were still trying to suan me saying that i was running instead of speedskating, not to mention skating itself. It was during my last round when lucas told us his duration was over (the four of us could stay on forever) that i really felt myself skating. too bad the rest didnt see it. At least I did more laps than the other 3! And i was fast ok! All in all, we had tons of fun! Some really good og bonding session. I mean it word for word. Jiawen and I suggested forming an iceskating cca, where the five of us could become part of the exco! Leadership positions! And we also would love to bring the rest of our og here as well. But not before we're able to skate like the pros though, and scare the crap out of you! so annoyinggg :)

Headed to town afterwards by bus against the will of a few, but especially since the thought of seeing that woman again made my decision. Caught up with daniuyongen and the ogls afterwards! they went to the non-halal hans for dinner, as i looked upon them and the thought of oldchangkee and the ora dinner keeping me from committing sins. I mean, fish and chips and spaghetti and soup and garlic bread! which non-anorexic could resist?

so i left them :( afterwards and caught up with my fellow softballers who were quick to ask me about the condition of my shoulder. i really miss playing with them! Thank god for sportzdoc and belgian physiotherapists! Went to hwee miem's place for some really nice dinner (halal of course) and socialising with the lads there. Watched videos of ourselves during the tournaments held over course of last year, where ORA softball firmly established itself as one of the biggest softball organisations in singapore. hooray! what a saturday!

farishino! :)

signing off -6:36 PM;