Day 15
It's swim test day!! finally get to dip in the water after waiting for 2 long weeks...decided to wear PT shorts over mine saf swimming trunks coz 1stly, the trunks alone are too sexy...2ndly it's damn paiseh to wear saf swimming trunks and 3rdly...the weather here is freezing to the core...wah lau dunno suay all wad...of all days that we have...the day we gonna take our swim test the winds is so esp strong and the weather is so damade cold...wak along boardwalk to mariner's landing gotta the feeling like anytime can get blown off...muz be somebody up der juz wanna put the brokebackers frm apartment 5 to the test i suppose...always giving us obstacles one aft another since we arrived...but come'on do wadever u wan...we are not called the brokebackers for nothing man
the test was not as easy as it seems...consists of 2 parts...the first gotta swim 10 laps across a 3m deep pool but spanning oni 25m in continuous breaststroke or freestyle...damn easy i tot to myself at first and comfortably swam freestyle for the 1st 6 laps...wahlan reach the 7th lap ran out of breath and i mean seriously ran out of breath...felt the currents pushing against me and the water pressure was certainly much higher than the pools in s'pore...struggled for breath on mine last 4 laps but lucky still completed it...got choke by the waters but heng in the end still made it...muscles stiff all over the pool...ok i admit mine fitness is pretty bad but i know i am defitnitely a much better swimmer den runner...i mean i won some medals back in acjs in swimming coms k...dun prey prey hor (p.s the medals are all inter-house relays none of them individual events)
2nd test was to classify u to deep water or shallow water guard...gotta dive in 3m feet first...picked up a 10 pound (roughly 4.5kg load) and den thread water for 2 full min wif both ur hands on the brick...wah lau it was crazy even threading without the brick in the pool wif such strong currents and pressure...the brick did'nt make things better of coz...gulped a few mouthful of waters...was finding hard to thread any longer and decided to drop the brick...btw only 3 pple frm s'pore passed this test out of almost 15 of us...underestimated the difficulty really...feel like taking it again the nxt swim test...but seriously was thinking pass liao deep water guard training will be more xiong...higher responsibilities and worse same pay as shallow water guard...so in the end no point lah...it's juz the personal issue to contend wif...esp wif one girl managing to do it...a huge dent to the egos of all the guys who failed
and of coz it's super duper cold...back home come out of pools already shiver like siao...here is 10 degrees lower and the moment u step out...u juz shake uncontrollaby and i mean uncontrollably...i have never felt this cold in my life before...wah lau everyone was juz jumping ard like madmen juz to keep warm...heng the pool is heated...if not i really cannot imagine wad will happen to 15 lifeguards from sunny singapore...
a few of us hop down to the cinema along boardwalk to watch da vinci code...damn interesting not the movie but the cinema...it's juz a one man show...he is the ticket seller cum popcorn seller cum movie operator cum toilet cleaner...basically he bao ka liao...movie seats still quite ok...one good thing is there r no irritating and corny adverts but they do show movie trailers here...a few times the screen went off during the trailer screening and mr bao ka liao has to come out and tell us to hang on while he fix the prob...in the end the movie was surprisingly smooth frm start to finish...thought-provoking...but rather draggy is all i can say abt the movie...most pple like me who have not read the book will find it hard to follow most parts...but still this show will go down as my 1st ever movie in the land of Hollywood...
It's swim test day!! finally get to dip in the water after waiting for 2 long weeks...decided to wear PT shorts over mine saf swimming trunks coz 1stly, the trunks alone are too sexy...2ndly it's damn paiseh to wear saf swimming trunks and 3rdly...the weather here is freezing to the core...wah lau dunno suay all wad...of all days that we have...the day we gonna take our swim test the winds is so esp strong and the weather is so damade cold...wak along boardwalk to mariner's landing gotta the feeling like anytime can get blown off...muz be somebody up der juz wanna put the brokebackers frm apartment 5 to the test i suppose...always giving us obstacles one aft another since we arrived...but come'on do wadever u wan...we are not called the brokebackers for nothing man
the test was not as easy as it seems...consists of 2 parts...the first gotta swim 10 laps across a 3m deep pool but spanning oni 25m in continuous breaststroke or freestyle...damn easy i tot to myself at first and comfortably swam freestyle for the 1st 6 laps...wahlan reach the 7th lap ran out of breath and i mean seriously ran out of breath...felt the currents pushing against me and the water pressure was certainly much higher than the pools in s'pore...struggled for breath on mine last 4 laps but lucky still completed it...got choke by the waters but heng in the end still made it...muscles stiff all over the pool...ok i admit mine fitness is pretty bad but i know i am defitnitely a much better swimmer den runner...i mean i won some medals back in acjs in swimming coms k...dun prey prey hor (p.s the medals are all inter-house relays none of them individual events)
2nd test was to classify u to deep water or shallow water guard...gotta dive in 3m feet first...picked up a 10 pound (roughly 4.5kg load) and den thread water for 2 full min wif both ur hands on the brick...wah lau it was crazy even threading without the brick in the pool wif such strong currents and pressure...the brick did'nt make things better of coz...gulped a few mouthful of waters...was finding hard to thread any longer and decided to drop the brick...btw only 3 pple frm s'pore passed this test out of almost 15 of us...underestimated the difficulty really...feel like taking it again the nxt swim test...but seriously was thinking pass liao deep water guard training will be more xiong...higher responsibilities and worse same pay as shallow water guard...so in the end no point lah...it's juz the personal issue to contend wif...esp wif one girl managing to do it...a huge dent to the egos of all the guys who failed
and of coz it's super duper cold...back home come out of pools already shiver like siao...here is 10 degrees lower and the moment u step out...u juz shake uncontrollaby and i mean uncontrollably...i have never felt this cold in my life before...wah lau everyone was juz jumping ard like madmen juz to keep warm...heng the pool is heated...if not i really cannot imagine wad will happen to 15 lifeguards from sunny singapore...
a few of us hop down to the cinema along boardwalk to watch da vinci code...damn interesting not the movie but the cinema...it's juz a one man show...he is the ticket seller cum popcorn seller cum movie operator cum toilet cleaner...basically he bao ka liao...movie seats still quite ok...one good thing is there r no irritating and corny adverts but they do show movie trailers here...a few times the screen went off during the trailer screening and mr bao ka liao has to come out and tell us to hang on while he fix the prob...in the end the movie was surprisingly smooth frm start to finish...thought-provoking...but rather draggy is all i can say abt the movie...most pple like me who have not read the book will find it hard to follow most parts...but still this show will go down as my 1st ever movie in the land of Hollywood...
the tickets cost USD8.50...same price as s'pore...but times 1.58...on a mon nite...and i can hear many "bo huas"
at the cinema waiting for the show to start...shireen, joy, me & ken in the frt row...mugan & greg in the middle row...
Self-made pasta wif beef sausages...confirm adding to my menu frm now on
The all-impt pasta sauce...America's choice...my choice...
Labels: USA WAT 2006
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