Feeling a bit tired now so may not make much sense or remember much, but I'll try.
Gravical was last friday and I don't really know how I should feel about it. The girls' event was in the morning so everyone went early first. It was at Vivo so I had to wake up a bit earlier, but ended up reaching a bit earlier. Most of them were already there though, so it wasn't that bad. There wasn't really a lot of girls in the category so most of our girls team went in one detail, if I remember correctly. Joey and Sarah did really really well, and most of the rest did good also. Haha I remember telling Sarah before she start to give chance to everyone else and not flash every route, and do that for 5 out of 6 instead. Land up when she went for her round, she flashed 4, and almost had the 5th one, but they didn't count it cos she crossed the black boundary tape. And she did manage to finish all the problems in the end. Joey topped 3 and bonus-ed I think one more. She got 9th overall in the qualifiers, but still got in cos one of the ppl who finished top 8 was an Inter already. So yay for her :D Had lunch with the rest after that while waiting for our own event to start. I was in detail 4, so I had to wait about an hour from the start of my category before it was my turn to climb. Was actually pretty nervous but also psyched up before I had to go. Barny and Aniq were there again too, and Barny said the routes were hard but I actually didn't think much of it. Here comes the frustrating part. So it's my turn to climb, and I start on route 2. It's the easiest one and I can't even get the damn bonus tile. I'm so fucking stubborn that I don't see how people like Vincent step on the volume and thus learn nothing from it. So so so so so stupidly planned during this competition. The first route, shd have bonus-ed it too, but I refused to deviate from my own beta which WAS NOT WORKING. The rest of the routes I can honestly say I simply had not enough power. Route 3 might have been possible, but maybe only after a while, and if I wasn't so pumped. On the bright side, I took it that I was at least putting everything into making each effort count. Left the wall feeling really really disappointed, but still stayed back a while to cheer on the rest in the detail after me. Was a bit more demoralising after seeing and realising everyone was doing better than me. Haziq, Matthias and Jovan all topped one route. Vincent and Gabriel did super well as usual. Not sure how anyone else did, but they all got at least 1 bonus, with the exception of Boh also. Didn't help that Coach asked Boh "What happened" but not me, I think he expected me to not do well anyway lol. Then again, my bouldering has always been pretty weak, so I'm kinda looking forward to NSSCC, cos we'll be leading then. Gravical hasn't exactly been a morale booster also, so I'm still feeling a bit apprehensive about lead training, but I'll still try my best.
While waiting for results to come out, Haziq had the brilliant idea to start running people through the fountain thing outside Vivo and beside the venue. So here I am laughing at everyone getting wet, and then I get thrown in with the rest lol. After a bit, everyone is just soaking wet and having retarded fun, but fun nonetheless. Even the girls kena after all the guys got run through hahaha. Only Sarah escaped cos she had finals, and You Jing ran into the shopping centre itself lol so we didn't go to find her. Spent like an hour and a half just playing around in the water. Jovan got dunked in the most and it was fucking hilarious each time. We even played the MRT game which brought back memories of Air Cohesion in 2013. And midway through if Jovan was too slow to respond Haziq would just scream "TOO SLOW" then carry him off again LOL. Oh man that was honestly the best night of my life so far. I can't really explain it well here, but it was. I felt genuinely HAPPY. And it wasn't a form of escape like being in HQ and slacking/playing, but actually having fun with people that I cared about. And it was there and then that I realised that yes, I do care about them, and maybe there's something worth doing after all :)
I feel like ending my post here, because right now I'm actually feeling better after writing that last paragraph. So yes.
I have my fucking re-paper tomorrow and here I am BLOGGING. I honestly have no idea how the "priorities" part in my brain works. Maybe it doesn't exist. Damn son this post is so late. I'll try to finish as much as possible. Had a nap just now but I don't wanna sleep too late.
Ok so rewinding back through 2013. I don't know actually, what I want to say. This is one of those few posts when I have nothing prior in mind before I start writing. To be brutally honest, I hated 2013. It's not the year. JC just sucks the life out of me so much I don't care about so many things anymore. At the start it wasn't so bad. I still had some NCC to look forward to. I know what. I'll get all the bad stuff from 2013 out so I can focus and end on the bright side. Sounds good. Okay bad stuff. Most of my teachers hate me now, and I honestly can't find a fuck to give. The only teachers I actually cared about were Ms Sng, Ms Chia and Ms Ho, and the first 2 are gone. What a fucking joke. Mr Lim's okay I guess, but he doesn't get involved much. Ms Yeo too. I have the wonderful privilege (/s) of having Mr Lum and Mr Foo ohgodwhy. I swear those 2 alone pretty much made my life hell the whole year. To be fair, it wasn't without reason, so right now I don't hate them, they're (kinda) doing their job. Doesn't make school any better though. My results for the year have been shit too. I haven't kept up with most of my schoolwork. The only academic thing that I actually put any semblance of effort into was PW, and that isn't even really THAT academic. Chionging for promos 2 weeks before doesn't really count also, I believe. Not only that, but after a while, I could see why people like Zhan Hong were happy to leave. NCC felt so much like a tedious job after some time, having to put so much into something you cared about makes it hard to maintain a level of enthusiasm anymore. Not so much a "bad" thing, I just felt a bit disappointed at the way post-COC NCC turned out. But oh well, I think it's quite normal.
Looking through, the only negative of the year was school. But to me it took up so much that I couldn't. I don't know, I just couldn't. Maybe it's not even school that's the problem. So sick of everything now. Moving on to happy stuff. Climbing I think, has been one of the better parts of the year. I've managed to get to know some really awesome people, and kind of stick with that fagit Jia Zhi at the same time hahaha. The people in climbing have kind of brightened up training and made it so much more fun, and after finale night for VA, I realised that they're the ones I can stick with even when all this is over. Also, NCC has been really good actually, when I can go and lepak that is. It was more relieving than anything to go for the courses and camps, just to be able to enjoy myself with the 62nd and such. And as always there's the retarded antics with Saving Private Zhi Ming. I can't express how much they mean to me, and I really hope I never lose them. (GAYYYYYYYYY). There's been church peeps too, but thinking back I'm sad that we've drifted this much. Raya hardly shows her face anymore, Rachel never joins us too. Oen is sometimes too lazy to come for 9.30, and Sean is like on and off. I don't know what to do I just hope that church can still keep us together. It's one of the few constants in my life that I need.
Ok so after all that, this is NOT a happy post, I think. LOL. So much for ending on a high note. I think I'm slowly going mad. It doesn't seem like much, but it's gonna happen sooner or later. I'm too emotional over things I shouldn't be, and don't give a fuck about too many things I should. This whole great apathy screams of anxiety, but I'll just take it as it comes. I realise that through my life, there's always a person I counted on to keep me sane, to give me a reason to stay. I don't know. I still wonder if what I did was real or just a result of being by myself so much. Not sure how long before this year breaks me. I'm not sure how to put this also, so I left it for the end, even though I've already said this so many times because well. It never ceases to amaze me that I know someone so special. I think that's the high note I'm ending off actually, so yay :)
Went to watch Frozen on Wednesday with Francine and Edwin. The movie was really good :D It reminds me a lot of Tangled, but I still prefer Tangled hahaha. Apparently Flynn and Rapunzel had a short cameo in Frozen as well :P Didn't catch it at first but Francine pointed it out later and I was super mindblown lol. I LOVE TANGLED it still manages to get me even after all this time. Think I should re-watch it again sometime soon (as long as I don't cry). Chatted a bit with both of them while lepaking after the movie at the Macs downstairs. Bitches be crazy yo, there was this girl Edwin knew that kept drunk calling him during the movie also whuttttttt. And some shit happened to Francine so like, not just bitches be crazy, everyone is crazy. World too scary man... And I guess it helps to understand anyway, cos we're all in the same boat :P Oh I also didn't mention how I freaking love the songs in Frozen as well. Let It Go and Do You Wanna Build A Snowman are soooooo goood, and kid Anna is really cute hahaha. "Ok Bye..." Hope I can continue enjoying these kinds of movies with them :)
Saturday was AGM in the morning. Felt super reluctant to go in the morning but aiya just heck cared and went anyway. Apparently the DC wasn't around so we couldn't hold a proper AGM per se. We just sorta introduced the people around as well as the 63rd. Hafiz and Fazrin went up to talk for a while about their NS experiences to the 63rd as well. Was pretty meh overall, though it was kinda fun to kajiao Jeremiah while he sat beside me lol. Had the initiation shit after that which didn't seem as fun as last year, though hella lot of people got ponded. Maybe cos John wasn't there and Zhan Jiang was being a pussy hahaha. I even kena thrown in because of that Zhan Jiang UGH. The bottom of the pond is fucking slippery with all the algae and shit in it. Had some weird AAR thing before we left. The package was doing retarded stuff and THEY BROUGHT POLAROIDS WHAT? Me and Ze Bin ended up being like those ppl who pose for all the photos you take like idk, entertainment and shit hahaha. Was pretty funny actually, and then Jal said something so retarded wtf cos Ze Bin was trying to take a pic of the whole package then Jal went "Fill us up Ze Bin" WTFUUUU HAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHA I couldn't stop laughing it was fucking mad LOL. Went for lunch at AMK Macs after that then went back.
I think this is another one of those pointless posts again. I wonder you know, all the time. I just can't bring myself to it because in the end does what I do actually matter? And I was thinking too after the movie and realise that, getting over something means waiting for the time when it isn't the first thing that comes to your mind everytime it wanders off.
Going to start chronicaling everything while I'm over here so I don't forget. I cant possibly remember 2 weeks at one shot, so I'll start while in the hotel somewhere in Venice. The thing about going overseas, is that it tends to make you think. A lot. More so with Timo here and the only person he can think of is his Angeline hahaha. While waiting on the plane, in transit at the airport, eating some sandwhiches. Angeline LOL. But I understand. There comes a point in life where you stop thinking of the future in terms of just yourself. But well, moving on.
Day 1 has mostly been just travelling. Plane to Charles De Gaulle airport before we were due to transit to Venice. The only kinda interesting thing that happened was that the baggage handlers at the Venice airport went on strike LOL so we were diverted to Bologna. 2 hour bus ride brought us to the Venetian airport, and then we took a speedboat to Venice itself. Even at night when you can't see much, the place is really wonderful. It's exactly like how they depict it. The waterways, the bridges, the alleyways. Happy me is happy because OLD BUILDINGS hahaha :D I like thinking about the history of things. Too caught up in the past :P Pretty cool place (literally). Had dinner then we closed up for the night. Timo's talking to Angeline now and it's kind of amusing actually, in a sweet kinda way. Sigh my phone battery dies too fast :P Oh well now for the second day.
Wake up in the morning got my glasses and shit. Slept pretty early actually but woke up super shagged. Had a nice breakfast (croissants and ham and cheese yay) then we set out to explore the rest of the place haha. Went to St. Mark's Square. Ok wtf Timo is rly distracting now LOL. K back to the Square. The one thing I noticed about the place is that the pigeons are badass. In that, they don't give a fuck, walking around like they own the place (they probably do) and aren't scared of people. If you take food out they'd jump on you and try to snatch it away whutttttt. Went into this Basilica which was really nice, and just looked at the paintings on the ceiling. The thing that kind of irritated me was the blatant commercialism and shit. Like in the middle of the square there was this bigass LG advertisement which just ruined the view. There's also beggars that lie around. It's really really heartbreaking to see people just hunched over like that, but maybe I don't understand the situation in Europe. Then again, if someone was being a dick to them, I'd probably be too much of a shithead to help anyway. Pfft. The 2 moms did the shopping and stuff while Timo and I went around exploring the place and such. After that we went to Murano, which is where they make all the glass around here. Went to see a factory where 2 of the craftsmen were making this vase. The whole island is really nice, and the glass pieces are damn pretty hahaha. Too bad they're kinda expensive though, I thought of getting one. Checked out this old church, and the paintings inside were super nice also. Lit a candle for some people. After that we just went back and lepak-ed. Not rly having a proper dinner.
Freaking charger won't charge my phone properly. Or maybe it's just the electricity here. Ferry rides are nice to think during, cos you get a look at the sea at the same time. And I realised that every story has that person. The Asami (which kinda changed to Korra, shocker). The Leo Valdez. The Nico di Angelo. The Gale. The Sokka. They're all part of stories with happy endings. But there's always something more. Everyone loves a good story. Maybe there's another Calypso somewhere. That's all for today I guess.
This writing thing is pretty nice. I feel like some travelling writer taking down my autobiography hahaha. Currently at a rest stop somewhere in the mountains and it's snowing :D Sian I cant really type properly with my fingers so cold but BEAR WITH IT. We're on our way to Assisi now. Breakfast in the morning as usual before we left Venice. My dad's driving us to Assisi and it's gonna take a while. But I think after a few Malaysia trips I think I'm kinda used to long car rides alr :P Timo's phone was playing songs so we just sang along to some hahaha. If These Sheets Were The States, Jet Lag and Tonight played one after another :O I THINK NOT. Oh well there's nothing much now, gonna eat a bit, maybe Enjoy the snow a bit... will update later
We're here in Assisi now and the wind is superrrrr strong. Got here at around 4pm like that, and the scenery on the way here was... perfect. The mountain range, snow-capped trees and lakes, the open fields... it was really like looking at a golf course except it was natural LOL. Assisi turns out to be this small-ish city on a hill and it looks like Minas Tirith from below hahaha. The hotel room is damn cool there's a staircase to an upper floor :O The room overlooks the rest of the city and the view is frickin nice :D Dinner was at the hotel restaurant downstairs and it was really nice too :) More or less wraps up today.
So TIL I'm a fucking hypocrite. but then again, hasn't that always been the case. SO woke up showered blah blah. Breakfast wasnt too bad, the croissant with jam inside was quite nice. My lips are starting to crack pretty badly though. Got one on each side and it hurts like a BITCH. Apparently I can't even lick my lips to keep them moist because saliva makes the cracking worse. Only thing left is lip balm which annoys me to no end but bopian lor. First thing this morning was the Basilica of St Francis. The place is sooooo nice, and the view from the top is even better erghmahgerd. Attended a short mass also, and went to see St Francis' crypt as well. Next place another Basilica. There's this really cool statue of St Francis with doves in the basket he's holding. Like legit doves. Coooooooooollllll. Having dinner now so I'll just babble a bit while waiting for the food. Came to me while I was outside for a bit. And you come to realise you hardly know what it truly means to be ALONE. To have only your thoughts for company and staring into a billion colours as the sun sets. It's almost poetic. And I learn that I'm degenerating into the self-pitying, craving for attention and the approval of others, kind of person which I detest to the core. Time to stop depending on others.
Nice places make you think a lot :P
Ohmytian was too tired yesterday so didn't get anything down. Got to the hotel at like 12.30am? Back to the start first. Morning we went back to the St Francis Basilica but this time we had a guide with us. Learnt quite a few interesting things about the Basilica and his life from the guy. That day was really foggy though, could see like some mini-snow ice crystals in the air around. But the sun was out bright and nice so it wasn't too cold. Went for mass again before we went back to the hotel. Left on another ride heading to Rome, but planned on stopping by Lanciano first. Now this. THIS. Has got to be the most fucking retarded part of the entire trip so far. It goes like this. We drive. We stop at rest stop. Aunty Nat, my mom and myself get off at said rest stop to relieve ourselves. We get out of previously mentioned rest stop, and the van is no. Fucking. Where. In. Sight. I can't call anyone or text because there is no network, and I can't even get a data signal. So we're stuck inside blind and deaf waiting for something to happen. And after like 45mins of stoning LO AND BEHOLD THE VAN ARRIVES. AND EVERYONE INSIDE HAS THE SHEEPISH LOOK OF A CRIMINAL. Because guess what. They didn't realise we weren't in the van and drove off. YEAP. THAT HAPPENED. You can't imagine how fucking pissed off we were OHMYGAWD UGH. Went down to Lanciano after that to see the miracle. The one where the host and wine turned into live flesh and blood. It was quite... inspiring, I think. To see the actual thing in the flesh (2/10, I know that was terrible). Had dinner at some Kebab place and it was goooooooddddd, especially with the hot sauce LOL. And so I learnt that Middle Eastern Kebab is best kind of Kebab. And it was relatively cheap too :P Drove off to Rome after that and checked in. That's about it I think.
Started watching some parts of Naruto and finding out more about the different characters, and I think the Ame orphans of Nagato, Yahiko and Konan are easily my favourite. Watched the battle between Konan and Obito and I was really damn sad that she died :( Her post-death scene really shook me up ( plus she's kinda hot too :P ). I think that why I like the trio is because of the idealism bounded by their loyalty to each other. And maybe it stems from my sentimentality, but I really value loyalty a lot. The 3 of them are the true heroes, to me. Naruto is just a whiny shit, and yeah the Kage are powerful, but they just do their job. The 3 of them actually tried to change the world for good, and died in the process. That really got to me. Hopefully they can get revived or something, because they were true characters worth loving.
Waiting for dinner again so I'll get something down if not I'll be too tired later. My lips aren't as dry here in Rome but the cracks are bleeding and I can't even smile/laugh properly LOL. Hope it gets better soon. Anywayssss, went for mass in the morning after breakfast. Met up with a sister there from our parish and then we made our way to the Vatican. It was damnnnnn windy today like "sweep-you-away" kind of windy hahaha. The immigrants selling stuff are starting to get pretty annoying also, but I guess that's more or less all they have. Made it just in time to observe the Pope's address which was pretty cool :D He was quite far away though, so couldn't get a good picture. Went for lunch after that and then we went to the Colosseum! Had a short tour by this guide who had a super thick Italian accent but was mostly understandable. She kept saying "imagine ______" which made it sound damn lot like OP hahaha. Stayed a bit more at the Colosseum before we left. Next place was this fountain which was REALLY beautiful. Lotsa people were throwing coins in and I made a wish and threw one in too XD Dinner today was not bad, but not as nice as the meals we had at other places though :P Guess that's about it for today, quite full at the moment ._. Need to remember to start updating on schedule lol. Was distracted with my phone and book last night ._. So for 2 Dec (wtf it's Dec alr) we went to the Vatican museum for a guided tour thing. Oh wait we went to another church in the morning (too many basilicas here in Rome) before we headed for the Vatican again. Thank God the guide didn't have a super thick Italian accent this time. So went in blah blah and the first place we went was the garden. In the garden they set up some boards with pictures of the ceiling frescoes in the Sistine Chapel, so guides could explain them there cos you weren't supposed to talk in the chapel. Learnt quite a bit about Michaelangelo and the dick-ish pope he was working under LOL. Surprised to find out that the ceiling he did was he first painting gig, which is quite an achievement already. Went to look
at the Raphael rooms after that, done by Raphael of course, and then we went to the Sistine Chapel to see the actual ceiling. Gosh it was beautiful~~~ and the thought of observing a painting hundreds of years old in front of your eyes tends to catch you off as well. Went to St Peter's Basilica after that. IT WAS HUGEEEEEEEEE ERGHMAHGERD. One of the things I realised about Basilicas around here is that they're so freaking big they have like side chapels along the left and right sides. Saw the tomb of John Paul II which was quite awe-inspiring. Attended mass at the basilica also which was super cool, then went out looking for dinner. Saw this damn funny guy trying to get us to patronise his restaurant and he started shouting random stuff when we passed by like "KONBANWA" and "ANNEONGHASAEYO" LOL WE'RE NEITHER. Had dinner at the chinese restaurant again because we missed local food that much. Shopped for souvenirs at this shop manned by a pretty cool Fillipina and her friend. She could speak Italian quite well and then she told us 谢谢 before we left :D And I guess that's about all. Thought I should start on today at the same time, so I won't procrastinate later. Timo asked me to go to the hotel gym this morning but well uhm... I couldn't wake up WOOPS. So breakfast and stuff then we went down to the Forum, which is this HUGEEEEEE site filled with the ruins of ancient Rome. Overall it was quite nice, just that some parts were abit boring because :ruins: so yeah. The impressive ones were the columns of the old temples, mainly the ones of Castor & Pollux (And so TIL Dionysus' sons in Percy Jackson are named after 2 Roman gods) and also the one of Saturn aka ZEUSSSSSSS which was the coolest because there were still like 8 columns. Mighty impressive I must say. Walked around for quite a while, saw an awesome view, before we left. Went to St John Laterine's Basilica after that (another one LOL). Saw the holy steps which were said to be the one Jesus walked up when going to Pontius Pilate. You couldn't simply walk up the steps though you had to climb them with your knees. So one flight of steps later my knees hurt like crap, but it was a good experience actually. Didn't know what to pray for so I prayed for a different person on each step, which kinda helped me clear all my worries about each person at one shot. Had a small mass again after that then dinner. Last night in Rome so my dad ordered a bit more stuff hahaha. The lasagna was super good and the waiter here is super friendly and nice also :D hooray for nice and friendly waiters (Y) Having gelato also for the first time. I GOT THE LEMON ONE IT'S HEAVEN UGHHHHHHHH. It's so good wtf I could give birth to more lemons after eating this. It's lemon gelato inside A REAL LEMON. JIZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Oh man SO GOOD. Ok no more spazz, that's all for today. Alessio restaurant.
OKAY so I'm waiting outside the baths which I avoided thankfully LOL. I still want to preserve my eyesight and innocence so yeah, nope nope nope nope. Yesterday was just travelling. Woke up in the morning for the flight to Paris. Had a small lunch there before we took the bullet train. The train was quite nice actually, comfortable and all. Just that the ride was soooo bloooody long. 6hours of pure nothing-ness lol. There wasn't even nice scenery to look at. And for some reason the pressure kept changing and it was damn irritating tch. Arrive in Lourdes at around 9plus? The room is okay, just really cold because there isn't a proper heater per se. So yeah, about it.
Next day~~still freezing cold here. Went for mass again at a small chapel nearby, then went to visit the grotto of St Bernadette. Everyone else went for the bath thing first, but I didn't feel like going, plus i was a bit sick anyway. So yeah, came out and looked around the grotto. For some reason from the pictures I saw, I thought the place would be bigger lol. And there's seats there so mass can be celebrated there, but it's cold I don't know how people can tahan an outdoor mass. After that we had lunch at this asian restaurant which was not bad also, then went back to see the basilica. We were damn tired already so I basically stoned around until we went back to the hotel. The basilica is damn dark though, hard to see much. The crypt was okay also, but it wasn't the one with St Bernadette's body, just some "fragments". Had dinner at this super nice super atas place hahaha. Most high-class dinner of my life, but it cost a bomb. Quite worth it though, I think. Went back and crashed, and thats about it.
I blabber on too much sometimes I think :P Timo's gone to meet his Angeline, and I'm here eating dinner at 10.30 lol. Ok I'll try to finish 2 days at once. So yesterday morning we left for Paris from Lourdes. The taxi driver was super friendly and nice chattimg with us. Learnt from him that in Europe mostly people chiong work for like 7 or 8 months then lepak during the rest of the year during winter time LOL. Sounds quite shiok sia, can go skiing and all, but don't know if the chionging months are worth it. Maybe, cos back home we chiong all the time anyway :/ Reached Paris after a 1.5hr flight, and got to the hotel. The hotel is the coolest I've stayed in, the design and furniture is super modern and artistic LOL. And colourful! :D Kept our stuff then we went out to jalan jalan for the rest of the day. Went to this pasar malam kind of place which was really vibrant hahaha. Was nice to see people enjoying themselves and having fun :) Walked down all the way to see the Arc du Triomphe (think that's how it's spelled) and then turned back. Spent A LOT of time there cos my mom kept looking at shit but not buying most of it. Saw quite a few street performers which really brightened up the street and vibe also. Tim kena pulled into one of the performances to do some weird dance shit LOL. Had dinner then went back.
Okay on to this morning. Woke up kinda late and we went to the cafe next door for breakfast (was sorta brunch already). Lol they're playing Blurred Lines now. Ok back on topic. First stop was Notre Dame! Looked impressive from the outside. Went inside and it was okay okay lah. Not much interesting stuff though. They were celebrating mass also and I was wondering how they could even concentrate with all the visitors walking through. Oh well. Went to the Saint Chapelle after that. Had to queue for abit before we went in. Adults had to pay so only my mum accompanied the 5 of us inside. The stained glass was jaw droppinggggggg. It was damn colourful and serene and made you feel nice inside hahaha. They were still restoring some of it so we couldn't see the whole thing. Still enjoyed it nonetheless. Went to the Louvre next. Crossed the love lock bridge and Timo went to find the lock Angeline placed there LOL. Sooo mushy :P It was a number lock so it wasn't hard to find at the side heh. Went into the Louvre after that (the facade outside is REALLY nice). Looked around the section the Mona Lisa was in. The place is HUGE. One section alone took quite a while. Finally saw the Mona Lisa. Was a bit anti-climatic though. Took some pictures and shit then we left. Last stop, and I think the best, was the Eiffel Towarrrrrrrr. The sparkling lights every hour were well... sparkly 8D The queue for the elevator was too damn long so we went for the stairs instead. Climbed up to the first (which had disgusting toilets) and second floor, the view was AMAZINGGGGGGG. But the best was the top floor which we took a lift up to. That was easily one of the best moments of my life. Took lotsa pictures then we went down. Had dinner super late then went back to sleep.
Woke up early because we were going to Versaille that day. Took a kinda long train ride to the small town and went for mass there. Visited the Versaille palace after that. The place is freaking big lol. The palace itself isn't really the main part, it's the gardens! Like don't know how many football fields combined. Like, 15? Maybe more. Found out some cool stuff about the place before we left. Went to Aunty Nat's friend's house after that for lunch. Not much this day actually was just like general lepaking and lazing around until dinner then we went back :P The friend's son plays quite a few games also though so that was pretty cool. DOTA, D3, SC2 (wings of liberty only but meh), but no LoL hahahaha. Played some MW2, like the good old times, and Fifa 11. Really felt like 2,3 years back :P
Last day of the holiday before we go back home. Had to wake up damn early cos we needed to catch the train to Nevers. 2.5hr ride before we reached, slept all the way lol. Nevers was the coldest place so far. When we arrived it was like -3 degrees like that. Got some hot chocolate before we went to the chapel and museum where St Bernadette's body lies. There's something about an uncorrupted body that gives you chills, and not just because it's cold. Maybe if I want an uncorrupted body I should suck up to Mary hahaha. Felt really strange, in a good way, after seeing it. And reading about her, I'm beginning to like her a lot too. She seemed to have quite the sense of humour :P Attended mass and then we travelled back to Paris. Went to the Chinatown area here to have dinner. Was quite funny when we wanted to order the food, because we tried talking in English. But the guy was like "You don't speak French, I don't speak English" so we tried Chinese which worked. Then he said something in Cantonese so Uncle Arthur, Aunty Nat and my dad just conversed everything in Cantonese. Amusing way to have our last dinner here in France. Went back to the hotel to pack up the shit then sleep.
I guess TLDR; Went to some cold places, saw models everywhere, spent shit ton on food, saw lotsa churches, and had a good time.
Stupid title. One of the rare times I'm not really sure to title my post so I shall call it Details.
There's not really much to post about just that I wanted something in before I leave. I think I can start with... training?
OKAY so I overslept on Wednesday... yeap. Kept thinking that training started at the usual time 4.30 (or 3pm cos Friday training started at that time), but AS IT TURNS OUT, I woke up 30mins after training started. So that happened... waking up at like 11.30 for training. Which I kinda told them I wasn't feeling well. (If any one of you read this I apologise for lying. I'm kinda stupid that way). Well since Friday training was in the afternoon I couldn't really oversleep for that so YAY I MADE IT. Bumped into Boh and Jo on the way to CA so we went together. Boh was telling us about 3 Peas in a Pod that movie and how weird the plot was LOL. So training was actually relatively easy. Nich gave us the mock comp format so we had like one route the whole training. Which meant a lot of resting time. The route was pretty hard though even Nich struggled quite a bit, especially with the finishing tile. I was super weak, didn't even manage to easily get the cloud shape tile most of the rest could. Oh well :P PT was super hiong as usual though. So much leg shit urghhhh like 80 dynamic lunges and squat-sumos?! Can die sia. All the guys were groaning and moaning and shit it sounded damn wrong but was fucking hilariousssssssss. OMG it reminded me of the previous training where we were doing PT in the corridor which led to the lifts and these 2 girls like walked... then RAN past us to the lift HAHAHAHAHAHA. Guess we pretty much stank up the whole corridor, and the weird sounds coming from Haziq and Matthias weren't helping either LOL. So yeah, training goes on. Really hope I can improve more, my bouldering is really shitty right now, though I'd rather count on leading, but Gravical :P So yeah, need to focus more and GET SHIT DONE. #YOLOSWAGBLAZEIT420
OH watched the midnight preview of Catching Fire with Ernest, Keefe and Ernest's friend Gene. Haha damn funny I actually met her at Ernest's SOV this year but she totally forgot so its kay. Was a bit weird at first also cos I haven't seen Keefe for SO LONG, but we warmed up after a while hahaha. The whole thing started at around 9.15 when they showed the first HG movie, then after that they showed Catching Fire at around 12am. And Oh. My. Gosh. IT WAS SO GOOD. THE WHOLE CAST WAS JUST SO... I was like speechless after the movie. During the movie you didn't really feel it but once it ended I actually realised how bloody good it was. The plot followed the book almost to the point so I was super happy with that, but all the acting was super good. J. Lawrence did perfecttttt <3 span="" style="line-height: 19px;">The cast was absolutely perfect and the acting was DAMN ON POINT. Liam Hemsworth and Josh Hutcherson were like meh, but still not bad. The real jewels were Jena Malone as Johanna and Sam Claflin as Finnick omg I'm going to cry when he dies. Freaking astounding job by the actors and actresses in bringing out the characters so SO well. The plot itself was already good to begin with because it pretty much followed the book religiously. Overall movie was just fucking awesome, 10/10 would watch again
Starting to try the Campaign in Starcraft 2 Heart of the Swarm. Pretty nice so far though after playing multiplayer with David and Jian Hui, I'd rather be doing that more. Lately, they haven't been online much though :/ Watched all the cinematics for Wings of Liberty and HOTS and it's really damn good also. I think they should make a Starcraft movie, I would totally watch the shit out of that. The battle scenes would be epic. TERRANSSSSSS. OH and I wanna see if I could watch IEM Singapore, they'll have lotsa pro teams for both SC2 and LoL, but it's gonna be held when I'm overseas so oh well :( Maybe next year
One more thing, I think I might start doing this for future posts. An Askreddit thread each time :P Fragility of life
Haha I guess that's all for now until I come back from Europe. Toodles :D
