Long Day

Had a REALLY long day today. Woke up at 10.30, n started rushing to pack my stuff for kayaking. It's been more than half a year since i've last kayaked, thanks to the organization i bear deep hatred for - SAF. I was supposed to meet Zhihong at the Changi Village market at 11.30, but i reached at 12 juz becuz i missed a bus n had to wait for like 20 mins for the next. Zhihong had finished his lunch by the time i reached there, n he was juz standing there waiting for me.

Without any delay, we made our way to Changi Sea Sports Club. Quite alot had changed there. First, the construction site opposite the club has turned into an empty patch of grass field. I noticed that the partitions in the bathroom has been demolished as well, replaced by a new open-concept style. Administration-wise, there's no longer a need to sign the log book, and the kayak number will be assigned to u when u make ur rental. N Zaik seems to have lost weight as well. Mingteck, though, still remains the same. Naggy as usual.. wahahah.. but still the great teacher down there.

Soon, we got all our stuff n set out to the canal behind the club to look for Mingteck n to let Zhihong practise his skills as well. For mi, I've somehow lost touch of my hand-rolls. Couldn't manage to do any until later on. Lost my hanging draw completely. Wonder how i'm going to go for my 4-star river n 5-star open-sea..

At around 2, we left our kayaks on the grass-patch n went back to the club to rest n chitchat for a while, only to be nagged at the moment we got back for leaving our kayaks there n not turning them around n stuff like that. Luckily Mingteck didn't see it or we're gonna get nagged at for the entire afternoon there. Aniwae, we went out to the sea. The waves were like damn huge as compared to when I last came. Talk abt tsunamis.. Maybe the huge waves are just the effects of the recent tsunami.

Despite my problematic wrist, I could still paddle rather quickly. Did stupid things like chasing the waves, just sitting there and watching Zhihong, n talking cock wif him at the same time. Some rough sand got into my kayak and throughout, I rubbed my heels against the sand a number of times and ended up with a bad blister. I was starting to feel the sunburn, though my eyes were still rather resilient against the sea-water. I suggested leaving early to avoid having to squeeze into a crowded bathroom with the trainees. We left shore at around 4.30, washed up our equipment n went to bathe. Good thing we managed to finish up before the trainees even started to stream in. Aniwae, I juz sat at the bench to feed the mosquitoes and wait for Zhihong to finish shitting. After feeding enuf mosquitoes, we went to the market to grab some food, and to check on the Choon Huat gals at the same time. We were disappointed - cuz they weren't around.

I took a bus n reached home at 6.45, hoping to get some rest before meeting Ron n Ro later on in the nite. However, Laibao suggested going out, so I was like 'ahh.. okay..' Can never resist the temptation to go out, walk walk, see stuff, n have fun. We met the same time and place as we did yesterday. 7.45 at Aljunied MRT platform. I quickly took a shit n rushed out once again. We went Orchard today. Initially I wanted to go to the Bloomington at Heeren's to get the ant's nest, but decided that spending $40 on an ant's nest isn't that worth it after all. Wanted to buy some other weird 'artifacts' (like the coin shrinker or anti-gravity top), but managed to resist the temptation to spend the $. In the end, spent more on eating at KFC, den Mac. But had to control my calorie intake liao cuz I've eaten very heavily for the past few days, so I decided to be more forgiving at Mac's n had a simple ice-cream cone. We walked around till 10.15, and I decided it was time to go meet Ron n Ro, so we headed for the MRT Station. Talked more cock as usual, before Laibao went off the train. Next stop - Changi Village (or Tanah Merah + bus).

Ron, Ro n Jayson were at sitting at Airfield Restaurant when I reached Changi Village. Could tell they've just gorged on a round of Tim Sum, judging from the empty Tim Sum containers on the table, as well as chilli-sauce-stained plates n empty cans of Jia Jia Liang Teh. Decided to abstain from anymore eating, but didn't manage to resist and ended up ordering some chicken paus, shrimp dumplings n hakka tofu in the end. Good ting got Ro help me finish off.. wahhaha.. We sat there, watched soccer, made comments about a lady who looked like a pig, n bio gals (n bapoks) till 12+ den went around to see bapoks. Spotted the one who scolded Gary the other time, but the angmoh-like one was hardly around. 1 round of walking + 3 rounds of driving around the circuit was enough, and we decided to go look for some place with pool or billiard. Went Tampines and the K-Pool over there seem to have closed. The one at Katong Shopping Centre seemed to have closed as well. In the end we went to Megapool. Jayson was driving us, and I must really have sucked at directing him.. 'turn left, turn right, turn left'.. Almost directed him into the wrong place a number of times. Miracle that we reached Megapool in the end.. Really miss that place, considering how long I've not been there for. Hope can go there pak pool with Eddy soon, juz like before. Aniwae we played a number of games till the place closed at 3, den Jayson drove mi and the rest home.

Now my whole body is aching. Going to get some rest now.