Sunday, June 04, 2006

ATC gogogo

2dae is atc... and i almost ovrslept. haix. went wif calvin to khatib slack slack, w8 4 his frenz and off we go to tampines the field beside e mrt stn.

reached by 7.15, go ther settle some admin matters. whoa, saw some familiar faces of cos! too bad only 2: dennis and henry. haix. hihi =D

changin into our ATC SINGLET. omg. tt's one of e 1st time i wearin this leh... look so "ah pek"... shyt! i tot is some kind of t shirt or wad la, but it turned out against my favour. haiyoz.. we look so weird in our singlets, even e gals la... is like thy wearing some shirt inside their singlet.. actually is sports bra.. haha.

our wave start at 9.20. ya. i tot is jog e way to e 1st stn? and so suay the 1st team in e wave; alwae hadda stop at traffic light to w8 4 us to catch up. the light is red ma! haha. n1 fate. we still had hope.

as time ddddrrrraaaagggg on, crystal began to slow dwn liao.. omg. my team goin slower n slower liao! shyt la, and we most of e time had to walk la, and then jus after e abseiling stn(btw is just stn 2 la) and following wave of ppl caught up wif us liao. we lost our chance of winnin le.

and we ended up walkin in our teams as a grp(mine & dwayne's grp) together thru e 2+km to e pasir ris park. haha. tt sounds slow huh? haix. tired. i can still run, but just tt we all dun feel lyk runnin. ya.

kayakin to ubin. omg tt's e longest distance i kayaked. ha. paired wif ming yuan to paddle all e way frm serangoon waters to sumwhere near ubin jetty. omg. and we 2 all go zigzag along e waters la.. covered like some 5km across e "channel". no wonder we r e last to arrive.

shyt. still hadda split up. cyclin 4 mi n ming yuan. omg tt's gonna b damn slow la. i alwae had to w8 4 ming yuan to slowly drag her bike down... she scared kena fall ma. of cos i oso scared la, but i like e spd of e bike and e "air resistance" tt make mi go terminal velocity. ha.

finished, w8ing 4 switch over. omg, and we w8ed like some 1hr for raj n crystal to come back. sianz. thy say e instruction X liao, den detour, wastin another like some 15-20mins la. n summore crystal had her feet dug deep inside e mud tt requires a rescue. and is REAL rescue. zzz. tt's how 1 hr gone liddat..

haiyoz, where got thy say so hard de? the stns r sooo fun la! play wif mud, commando crawl across e muddy water summore, n den jus swin instead of crawling... cool man! doh is like damn dirty but i like e "softness" of e mud. haha. of cos underneath got alot of hidden rocks, n haix.. few bruises 4 mi.

back to e meetin pt. and we r told tt time out. huh?!?! oh, means competition ENDED??? wth.. end at 3.30. n we jus made it back on time (but sadly not 4 raj n crystal) zzz. so sad too bad. haix... n we jus heck care liao, tok tok tok a bit, rest a while. n omg, c dwayne wif his gal teammate... omg, she hor, 2/3 face kena bruise leh!! and her hand n leg.. bandage la, bikin too fast den brake fall jus landed FLAT on face. poor thing. but thk god she is much alrite. she is strong enuf to complete. yeah.

ok la, enuf of rest la, go back. kayak again. dis time i try not to let ming yuan paddle too much... she is affectin e direction of e kayak too much!!! let mi. whew. kayak din go as much zigzag as when we both r paddlin. shows wad? ya la, i more pro than her =P

ok la, den slowly stroll back to finish pt. tampines. wth la, still got another 4+km to go lor... took abt 1hr++ to reach back. ya. and last bit we act enthu, run all e way. wif all e others w8ing, all cheered for us as e "1st unranked team" to reach e finish pt. yeah. at least there seems to b an achievement for us.

ya. we completed, doh is not officially registered. ya. 35++ km. tt's quite n achievement 4 mi. got our goody bag, n wa, 2 redbull drink n i jus gulped it down. 300ml only... i wan more...

rest a bit, w8ed 4 e others to arrive. omg i feel so dirty la... evrything is stained wif mud...

n mi, raj n dwayne go toilet wash up n change. eeks, my shirt... washed under e tap, water in colourless, water out dirty green. shows wad? goddamn dirty... worse case for my socks, water out dark brown. zzz

ok, we reach back e restin pt is alrd e mid of e prize presentation. ya. for e interschool. haix. HC team got 3rd, VJ team got 2nd, of cos CJ team got 1st.


reasons for their victory

1)thy trained damn hard 4 dis event. at least 3-4 trngs per wk la, and INTENSIVE trng summore
2)thy got teamwork: 1 4 all all 4 one. all will RUN de at least for the travellin to n from pasir ris park
3)thy have endurance. pia all e way until rest pt, and while running NO REST
4)thy got evry pro skill nided for atc. bikin, kayakin, mud walkin, all got skill de leh!!
5)their team is like all boys or only 1 girl and tt girl is damn fit de



reasons for our defeat

1)no stamina, run abit nid to walk liao, resultin in laggin behind other teams
2)inequality: some can tahan some really cannot tahan, and those can tahan de all split into diff teams; if all dese can tahan de can form to b 1 team den own liao =X
3)probs tt occurred tt greatly hinders e advancement. 1 team lost their "passport" required for e race, got casualty in other grps, causin them to pit-stop at e ubin, almost unable to come back...
4)loss of morale. e followin wave after us caught up and we feel like no hope liao zzz




some thing i brot back from the ATC

1)bruises(yeah! i quite like e bruises)
2)resurfacing of NP days(esp durin e mudtrekkin)
3)goody bag(actually inside is some shyt items like vouchers, sweets, soap n shampoo)
4)sunburns(nice 1, my thigh CLEARLY shows e burnmarks!)
5)alot of dirt(all from e sea and mud, ended up a thrashin from mom =( )
6)muscle ache(haix, all cos of e kayakin and runnin)
7)more stamina(ya, goin 35++ str8 la...)
8)bondin(ya, wif my teammates and other teams)
9)memories of ATC
10)experience of cos!!


yup. and i m lazy to make a comment on the orgainisation of e ATC. zzz. jus tink thy r quite disorganised. ya. spammin too mauch manpower on unnecesary stuff and too little for more impt stns tt determine e victory of participants. yup.


ok la tts all i tink. sibei tired leh.. achin all over..


My thought of the day: everyone has his limits. go ahead of your limits, u will end up like calvin, cramp and blister, unable to carry on. know your limits, and jolly well not exceed; it will be like overheating to explosion.

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