YSaturday, June 24, 2006
Tribute to T2-2: The Bitch. (Adventures with Raymond)
I can still remember the first time I went down for water training at Macritchie. Tried to take a T1 but capped not far off from the pontoon. So Miss Lim sent me to take T2 with Ashraff who was kinda sad 'cause he was having fun in another T1. Throughout that whole training session we slacked and chatted, and that was the first and the last, because after that, Raymond came along.
Thinking back, it wasn't all that long ago when we first paddled together. Hmmm, 3-4 months? I remember it was right after road race, which I had to come in top 30 in order to sign up for canoeing. And at that race I actually came in 29th position! Anyway, after that we had mileage and seperate paddling training, and I still remember the times we shouted at one another. And of course, our first competition: MR500.
Haha, it now seems rather hilarious, how newbish we were at that time and yet we were able to whoop the polys, Raymond and I. clocking a time of 2:49 min if I remember correctly. If we ever got close to that timing nowadays, we'd probably be reliving those quarrels we had those days. But I must say, we really did come a long way into progressing today. If we now went back in time and entered MR500, I'd say we'd be able to pace those NUS & NTU buggers. LOL. Sadly, time does not permit so, and now we only have nationals to look forward to.
I still remember how each and every training our morale was quite low, as we never did manage to get close to the Fat Whore (Ivan & CZ). We gave in all we had, but it was never quite enough; we were always 3 strokes behind, if not more. But things started to change. Suddenly, we are able to keep up with them, but still we can't get complacent, as we still have one more target before we chiong for nationals: catch dharma wang~!!! hahahaha trying hard, trying sososo hard.
Remember that time we were happily drinking water from the reservoir, at the 1k mark, and we were talking about the future? How we said that maybe 20 years down the road we'd be in 2 T2s sitting with our sons, telling them our story, about how we strived to win the nationals... "to think back then, me and uncle raymond sat in the Bitch, and..." I wasn't kidding. Hell, I'd like that day to come. Too bad they aren't gonna have T2s anymore in the near future, or so they said. I still remember joking with dharma about how I would raise my first son. At his 4th birthday, I'd give him the Book of Muscles. When he turned 5, I'd buy him his first Brasca 1 paddle. Turning 6, his first K1~!!! wahahahhahaas! While other kids his age at school will be talking about the new episode of Hi-5, he'll be grinning to himself how he owned a national K1-ner 10 years older. LMAO. as if that could actually happen. Maybe I'd ask him to go learn C1, then can learn from my Dragon-Bro wk, or my favourite betting partner Benjamin.
Through canoeing my running improved tremendously too (or is it the other way round??) LOL. not sure, but it doesn't matter. At least now I'm quite confident I won't be 29th in school anymore, at least not in MJ. But i can still never quite catch zehou in long d, wk & vasin in short & mid-d. haiz.. so what's the point..? LOL. And I've since then given up on running as a sport. God damn it, I'd choose a slow 5k jog over a 4-2-1-1 fart-leg.
All of a sudden, our lives have been thrust to revolve around canoeing, and its not like I'm harbouring any regrets whatsoever. I simply love it! WOOOOHOOO~! Raymond & Fat Whore, let's get that 1-2 placing for MJC KAYAKING TEAM~!!!
From your friendly-but-psycho kayaking buddy,
The Bitch Back-man: Lai Laiguang.
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YSunday, June 18, 2006
oh gosh i just realised today was already the 18th. how fast time flies past unknowingly to us. tmr's the start of the final week, before we chiong our exams and competitions. hmmm. mom keeps asking me for a study timetable, and the only crap i could come up with which looks pretty much like a decent plan to me was: wake at 7, go for training, come back from training, sleep, wake up to watch world cup, sleep, wake at 7. and so world cup has become an integral part of my life too, under the influence of ivan i guess. currently at a deficit of $30, and if brazil and france don't do as well as i hope tonight, it'll become $45. on a happier note, tomorrow's our 1 month! =) and also ivan's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CKBRO~!!! (Hope you/we win big big tonight!!!) guess there's really nothing much to talk about nowadays, except that wk has recommended me some pretty nice chaps to listen to: fatboy slim, the strokes, norah jones, etc. had fun watching soccer at his house last nite with his bro, ryan/eric, although i lost quite badly. seems like the blacks are back in town for this world cup.
Song of the day: Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry
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YSunday, June 11, 2006
just planned out my studying and seems like it'll be quite a task to complete it. time and time again i find myself needing to find some peace and quiet. past 2 weeks has been quite cool i guess, what with training and stuffs. made neh-cheng & neh-cis scream like pussies; that was most probably the most exciting shit which happened. hmmm so some chaps have been saying i've been fierce and scared of being friendly with me. no comments to that.
Song of the Day:
A Static Lullaby - The Shooting Star That Destroyed Us All (not the one playing now)
Now Playing: Tenacious D - Jesus Ranch
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YSunday, June 04, 2006
This is the greatest and best song in the world... Tribute.
Long time ago me and my brother Kyle here,
we was hitchhikin' down a long and lonesome road.
All of a sudden, there shined a shiny demon... in the middle... of the road.
And he said: "Play the best song in the world, or I'll eat your soul." (soul)
Well me and Kyle, we looked at each other,and we each said... "Okay."
And we played the first thing that came to our heads,
Just so happened to be,
The Best Song in the World, it was The Best Song in the World.
Look into my eyes and it's easy to see
One and one make two, two and one make three,
It was destiny.
Once every hundred-thousand years or so,
When the sun doth shine and the moon doth glow
And the grass doth grow...
Needless to say, the beast was stunned.
Whip-crack went his Whoopy tail,
And the beast was done.
He asked us: "(snort) Be you angels?"
And we said, "Nay. We are but men."
Rock!
Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh-ah-ah,
Ohhh, whoah, ah-whoah-oh!
This is not The Greatest Song in the World, no.
This is just a tribute.
Couldn't remember The Greatest Song in the World, no, no.
This is a tribute, oh, to The Greatest Song in the World,
All right! It was The Greatest Song in the World,
All right! It was the best muthafuckin' song the greatest song in the world.
[2-part skat]
And the peculiar thing is this my friends:
the song we sang on that fateful night it didn't actually sound
anything like this song.
This is just a tribute! You gotta believe it!
And I wish you were there! Just a matter of opinion.
Ah, fuck! Good God, God lovin',
So surprised to find you can't stop it.
[Skat]
All right! All right!
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brilliant song which displays creativity and techniques unmatched by any song i've heard to date. i'd doubt anyone else will appreciate it as much as i would anyway. thanks perry for introducing it to me =)
Song: Tenacious D - Tribute to the Best Song of the World.
PS: note that the lyrics may not be exactly the same as that of the song round the middle.
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Other nice songs noted from searching:
The Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
The Crash Test Dummies - The Psychic
Tenacious D - School of Rock
Weezer - Say It Ain't So
Weezer - Island in the Sun
Weezer - Beverly Hills
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
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