Breathe it all in

Look straight dead ahead,
a mile of straight black graphite,
Like looking down a tunnel,
As the metal is blasting in your ears.

Tilt your head down and get ready to go.

When you see the lightning strike,
You rush forward to reach the sonic boom,
To run faster,
Faster than the speed of sound

Just breathe all in.
-Race down

Alright... Something I've been planning for quite a while is almost here! Saturday Poker night with the canoe junior guys! A night of poker, dai dee, pasta, pizza... vodka, tequila and wii! There's going to a huge session of talking cock among the guys for sure, cause thats what guys do.

Recently there was banner making for the Presidential visit. So people from different igs(interest groups, another name for cca) came down to design a banner to welcome the president for their ig.














Now....
Presenting the artistic talent of CANOE !



































































































































Well thats it for now... It's almost poker night and Batman: Dark knight is coming. Oohya! Here's a final pic for the rest. Where it makes fun of a common line used in canoe : PAIN IS GaIN!adieu to all! =)

-Kwan

Dream Personified

The clock is ticking,
Do you hear the tick tocks?
Its bearing down on everything,
C'mon lets perish those thoughts.

Nows not the time to retire.

Break that one way looking glass,
And make a death wish,
Because you go beyond the moment,
Creating the path with your two hands.

Don't forget to breathe.

Fill the thought in your mind,
Let the world around spin,
And surge forward with all your might,
Because this is the fight to save.

And because you save in order to fight.
-Dream's personification

Alright, the start of the week is here, and it beckons a training of the mind of body. I sit down looking at the joker card right in front of me, the music playing, like a clock ticking away, tick tock, tick tock. I feel the next level beckons upon me.

Time to climb that wall and jump off to whats beyond it. C'mon, what you waiting for? Push it to the next level. Mentally. Physically. I plan to do several things next week, train for 7 out of 7 days, create a new dish, acheive a new height in my physical performance. The clock is ticking, its time to become the monster in training. I like the power, the aggression, the stresses of life taken out in that hard core training. Thats my death wish, to push myself into overdrive.

Here's a photo of me, Catharine and Candy under one umbrella in the rain with a couple of canoe mates behind huddling under a wooden board which is supposed to be a danger sign. Heh, Thanks Jafir for the photo taking! =D Click on the photo to see it more clearly(It will be much bigger)















Alright, thats it for now... Next week, its going to be dream personified! I'm going to push it even more. Adieu to all!
-Kwan


Looking at my watch,
I think about my perished thoughts,
Where my choices break down,
In an evanescence of dreams.

Do you hear it ticking?

Don’t break the rhythm,
The wind is rushing by,
In your hair,
On your Face.

In your mind.
-Flight of senses.

Penchant for bacon

You know about the story below?
Where it floats down there,
Where he offers a baloon,
And gives that stare.

I don't take his offer.

Never reach in,
The drain is so dark,
Yet his face is white,
He smiles.

Don't put your hand in.
-The clown in the drain

Friday night! It was one long night... the poem is about the show I watched last night...Stephen King's "IT" Its been a while since I posted because I did not have alot of pictures, and I was lazy in the photo taking. Lets do a recap a little since the last post with the photos I've got.

Went to Sok Hiang's 21st, it was not bad, but I only had the mood to take the photos of the food recently... Heh. The following photos are the buffet spread, the cutlery and this interesting multi colored agar agar with a barbie doll in it.












































Also, went to Ben and Jerry's with Kenneth and Vanessa!














Here's kenneth with his botak hair cut! Hey NS BOY! He looks so "manly" with that bag...Haha, It's Van's.




























The decor was really nice... from the painting to the Lamp where there was ballet shoes designed on the base.











































Now going back to the most recent happening... Yi Shyan came over last night, So I cooked...we had spinach fettucine pasta with a vegetarian tomato based sauce.



















We went for a long walk after, going from the back roads of old holland road to jelita, then past sixth ave to holland V. Just us, two cans of light coke and the road =D














Yi Shyan had a craving for meat... since we had vegetarian... so we went to the cold storage to get bacon! Here's us in the kitchen... with her holding my cat...(It looks like its being tortured...) The bacon right next to us... Waiting to cook... to sizzle (I love the sound of bacon sizzling in the pan...mmm)






























We decide to do two types, a softer one which was more chewy, and the crispy type... (personally I love the crispy ones...It tastes so good!) This bacon was for our late night movie IT!














The killer clown that kills children! It can be freaky to watch, and since Yi Shyan's such a wuss, she was covering her face partially at certain times. It was 2am when the movie was over... And we were so drained. Ahhh, Friday night, pasta...walking...Light coke...Bacon...IT...Great lazy evening! =)

Thats it for now! Adieu to all!
-Kwan

Mark of infinity

Where that water droplet falls,
And causes a ripple throughout my thoughts,
Taking in a deep breath,
As the sensation fills my mind.

Can you see I'm breathing hard?

I wonder where I placed that pill,
That takes me pain away,
Hardening my will against your gaze,
Holding hard on to reality.

What have we gained from it all?

-From a drop to a ripple




















Well School has started, and so its back to presentations and group work. I've been having a little bit of trouble concentrating as I find I have lost alot of pace since the end of the first half of the semester. Guess I've got to pick up the pace and focus even harder to continue what I've been doing so well at. This is going to be a wordy post, that is probably reflecting of my usual writing style, to be honest, the amount I write on this blog is considered very little to me, but I'll try to not write too long...

Canoe camp has started to reflect the bond of the canoe guys alot, which reminds me of the old times, when a team was so close. Its just started, and requires alot more bonding sessions thats for sure. Its a pity the girls of the canoing have yet to bond like that, their still fragmented, but then again, they've not been around as long, only a handful of the girls have been around as long as us. I was the very first guy to sign up during the IG showcase and 2 and a half months later, I'm enjoying the choice I made greatly, perhaps it requires quite abit of sacrifices, but most things do, and it feels good to be in one of toughest IGs in RP, its truly not for the weak, this isn't leisure Kayak, its Sprint Canoe, where your lactic thresholds and mental thresholds are tested time and time again, I've seen how much sweat and pain the Seniors go through, and how much more they've done compared to the rest of us, and what is to come, the sheer accomplishment of pushing oneself to that level. Its been such a long time since I've had a hint of such a challenge, a chance to push my mental limit that doesn't involve martial arts.

Breaking that stick in my hand,
I listening to the sound as it cracks,
From the first fibre to the last,
Crushing away all that was there.

I take a moment to look at what was.

Its a broken peice that I'll keep aside,
To remember the choice I made,
The words written on it bears the mark,
Of the long time spent taking care of it.

And now I've broken it. -The broken stick.



















Recent times have put me a little off course in terms of my focus of studies, but fortunately has not affected my grades, I'd say I went through a tough time mentally during the final week of the first half of the semester. And after going through my mid sem break, meeting up with close friends, canoe training... I find I've pulled through something that would otherwise would affected me in a negative way.

I'd say, in my time in RP(which isn't long) I've met so many new people, whom I hope to keep close with for a long time, its not going to be easy, but its worth working on. At the end of the day, my strongest bonds are still with my secondary school friends which have lasted until today, and are still strong, I do hope to meet the people whom you don't simply forget after a while, I hope to make friends who last, and are worth your time and attention.



Where there is a reason,
To stare into the infinity,
You'd understand why I sin,
With the choices I'm given,
Living proof of what I uphold,
I am the one who bears the mark,
The mark of who I am.
-Mark of Infinity














Thats it for today. To all, I bid thee adieu.
-Kwan

Aerodynamics

A sign of affection in a private place,
Words once exchanged,
Mean so much,
If it was to come.

Waiting at the door,
With it ajar,
Is one ready for the choice,
Aren't we allowed to make it?

For we are products of sin,
Just living this pleasent dream,
Not knowing what the future truly holds,
Only knowing that we can do what we can.
-Lighting that candle

Alright, I've been away for the past 3 days for my Canoe camp which I must say, is truly what an orientation should be like, fun, exciting, dumb...(And when I mean dumb, so dumb you think its retardly[No such word I think] retarded...)

The reason why I went to poly? To stop uni and go for a poly course? I have several, one is passion and interest in sports and the keen interest in problem based learning, and lastly... the experience of poly life! And I have to say, in the time I've joined RP, this is the best poly experience I've had so far! I guess I should try other camps too, to have more comparison for RP camps.

Introducing... My Camp Group: AeroDynamics!















Alright, The top left is Baki, followed by Ester, Angeline, Julia... Then the three guys below are Tommy, me and Alzee... The girl next to him isn't our team(Very extra =X) Her name is mingdee or something...


Here is a forfeit from the many games we played... This is Jafir dancing with Fishy.














Here's the no.1 game played during camp. Its called Tonkat Ali















Here is a video to show how the game is like.


It produced forfeits like this...

Here is Jafir and Kumar showing their brotherly love...


Here is a pic of Dominic being licked by Bob the builder.


This is Jafir having his hairy belly licked by Melvin!


And the last video... The best cheer of the camp presented by NGC


Here is the close group of canoe bros, who work hard together.















That was it, the photo was taken when we broke camp. It was a tiring camp, but something to remember and cherish. It was a time that allows bonding that can't be done simply in a non stay in orientation. Thats it for now, Adieu to all!

-Kwan

Say a line, in this sunshine

Counting the seconds has the hand moves by,
The thoughts beating against our hearts,
Of the choices we'll make,
Of the path we'll take.

There's an empty photo frame on the floor.
-Choice to make


Tuesday was good, went to Vivo city with Samantha and Victoria. Victoria wanted to shop... So samantha and I went around with her.

Shopping at Vivo














Samantha, Victoria and me














The retarded way of wearing a cap...















The correct way of wearing a cap.














Victoria's Hairdo.














A moment at a mirror outside the changing room














Here's an interesting display of shoes














We met up with Dao Qing and went to shop even more... hours later... We find ourselves in the skypark at vivo.

Victoria, Dao Qing, Samantha and me




















Dao Qing with his retarded pose














Samantha and me














It was a long day, we went to peninsular plaza there to look around and then had dinner at Funan food court...(When you follow people's ideas of finding food.. you find yourself going in circles) After that Samantha and I split from Dao Qing and Victoria to go watch a movie... Samantha wanted to watch Kung Fu Panda... So I watched it again. The other two went off to do more shopping...(I really thank god I went for a movie...)

As for today, I met up with Teena for awhile at Novena square at TCC and she bought me a drink and we caught up. I had a kenyan AA coffee which was alright while she had some jap sounding coffee drink. It was good to catchup with her before she leaves for Africa. Thanks for the coffee! =)

After that, went to the gym and for the first time in a long time, burnt 1000 calories on the cross trainer. If you think it melts away fat, it melts away stress too! After that, dear sis picked me up from the club and we went back to change and go to bar bar for dinner. Tried the olive rice from the new thai stall.. It was alright, along with my pip squeak cider(Its a really strange name for a cider) Dad joined us for dinner and we all caught up. My family's been away most of the time, the whole of last week, I was the only one in Singapore. Dad and sis was in Belgium, Mom's in vietnam, Bro's in Australia, and poor ol kwan's stuck in Singapore, but then again it was still good! Thanks to people I met up with =) What a great mid sem break so far! Canoe camp tommorow!

All right, thats it for now. Adieu to all! I'll update when I'm back from camp which starts from tommorow to Saturday.

Fingers across the piano

I draw a figure eight with my finger across your arm,
Guiding your mind in the right direction,
Listening to everything you mention,
Savouring this sweet connection.

Mix it up and let go.

All those words coming from your lips,
Dancing in this poetry of motion,
Holding you at your hips,
I reach down and kiss your lips.
-The dance

I woke up to a breakfast of hard boiled eggs, vegetable juice and olive oil drizzled spinach fettucini! Went off to the school gym to work out as I needed to use the heavier weights there(Also to put my extra stuff in my locker for the upcoming canoe camp!)

Met up with the canoe seniors and a few of the juniors and we all trained there. It was a nice quiet day, and its so nice to have a non crowded gym, with no one to contest you for the weights. Samantha had dancing training, so we met up after she finished and we headed off together to bukit batok via mrt(She's off to her dad's clinic, I'm off to home to prepare to go out).

She's a stubborn little girl if you ask me...I think she needs to be educated...In the virtues of making good choices :P Well, lets all work together to help her stop smoking people! I rushed home and went to town to meet up with Shen Yong. We went to starbucks and she bought me a Hot chocolate grande(I just love hot chocolate!) and we shared a cheesecake.

Da jie Shen...(Thanks for the hot chocolate!)





























Shen and me














She looks emo in this pic...














As usual, we did not have enough time to finish catching up. She wants to meet up next week at Timber for a drink, never been there... Have always been a wala wala goer...(I prefer pubs over clubs anytime...I like to hear the people I talk to and enjoy a proper drink...not some watered down glass of ice...Unless its the members area... but then its still crap compared to a bar!)

On the way to bus stop after sending her to her workplace at nydc... I saw a really nice building... and I just had to take pictures of it. I wonder if its a condo or something...I wouldn't mind living there.




























Look forward to tommorow! Adieu to all!
-Kwan