The two days of my swim meet

16 march 2010

From the top of the diving block, I could see the clear blue swimming pool water. Suddenly, I heard the 'beep' of the whistle, and all the competitors for the 100m Free event plunged into the freezing water. As my head went underwater, I felt water leak into my goggles, followed by a Ifrantically with all my might. I kept swimming without nearly breathing, until I realised how much more air I would need. After that, I kept breathing continuously. Then, I found out that I would have to do my Freestyle turn now! I had two choices: Take the risk and turn and probably smack my head against the wall for I was pretty near to the wall already, or just turn without somersaulting and slower down. I decided to slower down. Anyway, I needed it. Surprisingly enough, I came in third! I felt very proud of myself for winning a trophy.

17 march 2010 (mainly about the party)

After a long tiring day at my swim meet, we drove to Ian Kang, my good friend, birthday party. Unlike most birthday parties, his was outside the laser quest arena. The most fun part of the party was shooting down our opponents with 'laser guns.' First, we were splitted into two groups.(Adriel was with me) Then, we had to put on heavy vests which the 'laser gun' was connected to, and where all the targets were. The aim of this game is to hit the targets, and the players who shoot the targets, earn points for their team and whichever team earned the most points, will win the game.

(my experience)

It was pitch black in the arena except for the lights on our vests which shone in the darkness. Adriel and I went together to hunt for the enemy. Suddenly we spotted them, and shots rang out. In the end, we managed to shoot a few down. But more were coming to the rescue! We had no choice but to escape, separately. Along my escape route, I met up with Adriel again, and we soon found A secret passage way. It was spooky in there, and greet lights on the stairs cast an eerie glow. I was afraid of getting lost and we left the place, and resumed our gunfire. After 20 minutes, our game was over. Every team had to play two games, and for me both games were fun although the second game was tougher. My team came out the winner in the two games and I was the top scorer! I had an exciting and fantastic day.

Destination: Segamat

13 March 2010

One cold saturday morning, a convoy of cars gathered at Yiew Mei Green. Amongst them were a group of people. From my hideout, I could see that they were planning something mysterious. Who were they, and what were they doing? Were they criminals escaping, or agents on a mission? Whatever it was, I was going to find out soon...

I followed them as the convoy of cars moved along in a long snaky line towards the Woodlands Causeway. As I followed them closely, questions flooded my mind. Had Mass Salamat escaped again, and was he hiding in one of their cars? There wasn't much of a jam at the Causeway, so I had no trouble in tracking them, but soon I made an amazing discovery, and that was, they were on a mission trip to Segamat!

I'm sure that you fell for that trick and if you had read in one of my earlier blogs in 2008, I had gone for a mission trip too. Well, we were going back to the same place again, and I was in my dad's car, the leader of the trip!

Once we crossed the Causeway, our CG, yet formed another line of cars and we headed into the long long boring road trip to Segamat. Of course we had a 'pit stop' at a state called Yong Peng for a short break and a snack. My brother and I had a drink called milo dinosaur! The top of the drink was covered with milo powder, and the rest of the drink, milo. We had two cups of this and it was refreshing.

After a quick visit to the toilet, we set out as a group again to finish up the road trip. This part of the road was my favorite, as it was bumpy, the road uneven, and there were plenty of slopes and red mud. It looked a little like a dirt track. Finally we reached the Golden Lake Hotel which was the place we were staying in no time at all.

Our hotel rooms 106 and 107 were very ordinary, unlike those that we stayed in during our vacations. We had a bathub to soak in and the hotel rooms' carpet was pretty soft and soothing to one's wearily feet. No more comments about the rooms here.

After one last rehearsal in Ian Kang's room of our song presentation, we went to a chinese restaurant for lunch. Then came my favourite part of the day, our visit to the Childrens' Home. Actually, it wasn't really the going of the childrens home that really aroused my enthusiasm, but the thought of playing games with my friends and of course, the children there. First we had some ice breakers to introduce ourselves.

The first game we played was about getting to know one another better. We played this game by telling each other what we liked or what we do not like. Then, the kids who had something in common would have to swap places. Another game we played was throwing the ball, in which we had to remember each other's names. We had to throw the ball to one another, until everyone had the ball thrown to them except the first, then we did it again with the same sequence. This was fun because after awhile, two more balls were added. But finally, we did it. Last of all, we were split into groups of five. We were to go to different stations, to play diffent games, and from these games we would learn something. My favorite game was untie the knot. At first we had some difficulty as one hand had to be held onto the rope while another to try and untie the knot. From this game, we learned the importance of teamwork. My group did it! Now are you bored reading all these, but I just need to blog about it as the games were really fun and we go to know the children at the home well Dinner was KFC, then we wearily drove back to the hotel.

Day two 14 March 2010

Our CG helped at a new church service in Segamat. Our parents lead the worship and my dad preached the message. The children helped out as ushers. But instead of welcoming the people, we seemed to be scaring them away! We also helped the younger kids in art and craft, as well as sang our song. I was nervous, but eventually we did it. Immediately after the service, we had to drive back to singapore as daddy had to catch a flight to Egypt for his business trip. Along the way home, we stopped at Yong Peng again to top up our patrol at the shell station. Mom also treated us to ice-cream! It felt good after being cooped up in the back seat of our MPV for a while. We were glad to be back home again!

A three day celebration of my birthday

5 march 2010

Finally, my birthday has arrived! Even though I was not so enthusiastic about it as last year. Probably since daddy has left on a business trip for India that morning, but still I had a great day. I got to do less work than usual, (it was on a Friday, a school day) which was a great relief to me. In the afternoon, we went to the Choa Chu Kang library. But the best part of that day was when we settled down for a mini birthday dinner at home together! I enjoyed the chicken wrap which we had with lettuce, and also loved the refreshing homemade watermelon soda drink. On top of all that, mummy also bought a birthday cake. This was no ordinary birthday cake though. In fact, it was two rectangular shaped cakes of flavors truffle which was my favorite, and black forest. So, in the end, it turned out to be better than I expected! This was my first time having a three day birthday celebration.

The second day of my celebration (6 march 2010)

I was elated to hear that daddy would be coming home this morning! When he did come home,we were so happy that we gave whoops of joy! On top of that, dad also bought a camera for me! It was actually from grandma, but daddy helped to buy it for me as dad knew which camera would be more suitable for me. I went for my chess class that morning, followed by Uncle Basil's house. I had a great time playing with my friends there. Actually, we were there to have a rehersal with the CG on the songs that we would be singing at a church in Segamat. Anyway, since singing is not my cup of tea, I enjoyed more of the playing then the singing. In the evening, our family headed to grandma's house to have another celebration dinner. My favourite dish was the asam fish which grandma bought and after receiving my present, we drove home wearily.

Day three, yet another celebration, this time at Han's

(7 march 2010)

By now, my hand is already getting weary from typing, so I'll just get straight to the point...

This dinner was probably my first time eating an appetizer, main course, and dessert, at the same place, and all in order. At first when my parents introduced me to Han's, I had thought it to be Hunt's. They have the same pronunciation, but different meaning and spelling. For the appetizer, I had a generous helping of mushroom soup, and a slice of garlic bread. Then came my steak, the main course. The meat was tender, and soft as it was 'medium well.' I loved it. Although there were some parts which were too chewy for me to chew. Then came my dessert, which was a canned peach. The full peach was round and at first glance, I thought it to be an egg yolk! The meal was so delicious and for such a complete meal, they only charged our family around $53! Well, I am sorry to say that my celebration is over, but maybe there might be another birthday celebration next year, which would be better!