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Bad mannerism

The typical Singaporean "Auntie" attitude of forgetting etiquette when wanting to benefit oneself. Rushing to get free or discounted items, rushing to be the first in the queue, rushing to the free seat in the MRT,bus or hawker centre. Making "full use" of what they paid for ( i paid 20cents to enter the toilet, take more toilet paper, flush more often).
All these acts DISGUST me to the utmost maximum, they show how low one would stoop just for these small gains.

Sustained Injuries; However, A Great Sense Of Achievement

Perspiration trickles down our faces as we anticipate the oncoming ball, we're all panting and tired after doing the first 80 reps. Here goes another 80 cos we didn't do it properly. The training is tiring, but it's just at the lowest level. Our(or at least my) fitness level isn't there yet.
We finally finished what seemed like a thousand reps and immediately, it's tug jumps and V-Mans.

My knee cap feels weird and a little pain at the top, think it's my old injury acting up, i'm worried, but i dare not stop training for fear of being looked down upon. Finally, i get to play. I score just one ball, but i'm contented.

Tried jumping after everything ended and FINALLY, the elusive back board is finally mine to touch. The feeling of elation fills me as i go for a second jump. Only after 2 little trainings, my vertical has increased, i'm happy about it. I'm gonna train harder.

You can't please everyone, don't even try ; Adapt

Well, i guess i'm sort of assimilating into poly life. The headaches are still there, but i'm sort of getting used to them. The lecture speeds are forever fast paced and i guess i can't slow the whole class down due to my low level of intellect. Nevertheless i'm trying my best to absorb everything the lects are saying and trying to process every single thing in my little tiny brain.

It's like studying for my O levels everyday (if i hadn't mentioned it before) and i guess it's somehow taking a toll on my mental health.
There're so many personalities that i've to handle appropriatly and also holding back myself, this really does develop my self-control.

I realised that the world isn't what it seems from my Secondary-School-perspective and that there're so many things out there in the world you've got to face and overcome yourself, i somehow lost my sense of security as compared to being in my comfort zone during my Secondary School days. There're so many things out there waiting for just the right moment to grab you and bring you into the abbyss of no return. Just one moment of folly and you're done for, you'll have ruined your whole life.

Seriously, can i just take a break from this tiring life and revert back to my own little space where everything is warm and cosy, without the monsters hiding around??

Poly life isn't as easy as it seems. Independence is a must and self discipline is a need.

The lecturers don't give a hoot if you listen or not and will ask you to leave as you please anytime you feel like it. It's a total different life as compared to secondary school where the teachers chase you for your homework and get notes distributed to you during lesson time. Teachers will even re-explaine things for you in detail if you don't understand. In poly, you've gotta source out your own notes and search if the lecturers have uploaded any online and if you don't understand anything, it's your responsibility to find out more through your own means.

The school is damn big and moving from lects to tutorials are a hassle. We used to complain(in secondary school) about going to the D&T room on the first floor cos we were on the fourth, but now, just exiting the building to go to another lect or tutorial takes as much effort. True, this independence will mature us, but somehow, i'm not used to it, guess i'm still a child.

I somehow miss how teachers will handle everything for you and you'll be bossed around by them, cos they're really concern about you. It's literally, every man for himself in poly.

We were already bombarded by deadlines for projects and Lord knows what on the very first day when the lects haven't even started. They'll tell you where to get the lesson materials, but they won't tell you what are they and when they'll be released.

Today was fruitful, today was enjoyable.

Met Benson and Jazer in the morning and played ball, learnt some stuff from Jazer and he asked me to try out my 3pt shot(which i had zero confidence in cos i had never once shot it seriously.) Turned out rather good for the first time, i downed 4 consecutive shots =D. And i'm really sorry about sending my elbow to your face Benson, i swear it wasn't on purpose =s

Went to have frog porridge at S11 food court and i must say, it was DEEEEEEEEEELICIOUS!!

Met baby soon after that and caught Shinjuku Incident. I gotta say, it was quite gory and the fighting scenes were damn real. Wasn't really used to the fighting style where Jacky wasn't making the audience laugh. Overall, i would say it was only an average show.

Prawning Pawning.

WOOOO!!! Prawning is FUNNNNN!!! (when you catch a lot of prawns)
Ernest suddenly asked me out to go prawning with Bert and Weida. But in the end, pang sehed us when he went to sleep. _l_

Ended up with only Bert and me prawning, Weida and Josh and his bro came much later about 3++. Our catch was considered rather...reasonable is guess?! We caught a total of 16(including one badass big prawn) prawns. After barbecuing everything, it was about 4.30am. Went to Macs to slack.


Here's the catch of the day:








Waited for baby downstairs her place to surprise her, then went home to sleep. =D



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Oh yea, and thanks Ben and the rest for being such good friends and calming me down. Really do appreciate your care and concern from the bottom of my heart.