28august
i've alwayz wondered if i was nt so mentally developed..u noe..as in..slow.coz when i went home dis aftnoon..poured evrythg out of e giant seiyu bag (which i've erm..stolen) ..take 1 look @ dem..n it hit me.hard.itz over.it didnt actualli occur 2 me earlier on in sch..or even when e POP took place..tt im almoz done wif life in cedar..n has in fact..reached e end of e long winding road in CRCY...i mn..certainly derez e elation part when all ur responsisbilities were lifted..n dere stil is no doubt..bt reading e autographs frm e jnrs definitely brot bac memories...nt 1 to dwell in e past..it izen my style 2 rake stuff up..for fear..i admit..of nt being able 2 move on...so rite now..im seriously considering putting bac evrythg in2 e plastic bag..put it aside..one..to clear my disorganized desk..n two..to let thgs move past n get on wif wad lies ahead...o but i'll c..coz i dun c e orange bag aniwhr...
2day's performances..im sorry 2 say..didnt xactly leave a lasting impression...bt dun get e wrong idea..coz aft 4 damn yrs..n seeing past dozens of such thgs..2day's juz didnt appear tt brilliant..e jnrs prolly wun understand..bt @ e end of 4 yrs..trust me..ttz e exact same thg u wld b tinking...well 2day was actualli 1 of my beta wkends..credit 2 e 2004-2005 ma'ams..2 evry1 in e unit..thx 4 evrythg..b it fucking us up wif ur nonsense..or blowing us off wif ur gifts..thank u..
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24august
i invented a new game.itz called superman.
22august
21/08/2004
Women's 4x100m Medley Relay
1 AUS-ROONEY Giaan,JONES Leisel,THOMAS Petria,HENRY Jodie
2 USA-COUGHLIN Natalie,BEARD Amanda,THOMPSON Jenny,JOYCE Kara Lynn
3 GER-BUSCHSCHULTE Antje,POEWE Sarah,van ALMSICK Franziska,GOTZ Daniela
21/08/2004
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
1 USA-PEIRSOL Aaron,HANSEN Brendan,CROCKER Ian,LEZAK Jason
2 GER-DRIESEN Steffen,KRUPPA Jens,RUPPRATH Thomas,CONRAD Lars
3 JPN-MORITA Tomomi,KITAJIMA Kosuke,YAMAMOTO Takashi,OKUMURA Yoshihiro
american swimming sensation michael phelps set e tone 4 an xciting 8 days of swimming when he dived in2 e pool on day 1 4 e final of e men’s 400m individual medley..finishing wif a world record n e 1st of his 8 Olympic medal haul..certainly e swimmer of e meet..phelps made USA history wif 6 gold medals n 2 bronze medals..making a medal winning appearance almoz evry day..his domination of e individual medley events featured a world record of 4:08.26 in e 400m n an Olympic record of 1:44.71 in e 200m event...jenny thompson became a swimming legend when she competed in e 4 x 100m medley relay bagging her 12th Olympic medal..more than any swimmer in history..although she has nv won an individual gold..10 gold medals 4 relay swims..she surpassed fellow americans mark spitz n matt biondi as e most successful Olympic swimmer...e much anticipated 200m freestyle final on day 3 wil long remain as a milestone in men’s international swimming..with ani 1 of e 8 swimmers in e final capable of winning..ian thorpe(AUS) powered 2 a nail biting win n new Olympic record (1:44.71) over e 2000 Olympic champion..Pieter van den hoogenband(NED)..wif phelps rounding out e top 3 to win bronze...despite a controversial overturned disqualification in e longer event..aaron peirsol was crowned Olympic champion in backstroke in both e 100m n 200m distances...e Olympic swimming program ended as it began..wif an american world record..e USA team finished e swim meet wif a flourish..setting a world record in e men’s 4 x 100m medley relay..e team of aaron peirsol..brendan hansen..ian crocker n jason lezak left e Olympic Aquatic Centre crowd of over 10,500 people on deir feet knowing tt dey had witnessed smth special on e final day of swimming...
e swimming events alone contributed 12 golds..9 silvers..n 7 bronzes 2 e US medal count..n e swim meet closed wif USA @ e top of e chart..1 gold ahead of china.talk abt american pride.
21august
b4 e olympic swimming games ends 2day...letz take a look @ e results...
19/08/2004
Women's 100m Freestyle
1 HENRY Jodie AUS
2 de BRUIJN Inge NED
3 COUGHLIN Natalie USA
17/08/2004
Women's 200m Freestyle
1 POTEC Camelia ROM
2 PELLEGRINI Federica ITA
3 FIGUES Solenne FRA
15/08/2004
Women's 400m Freestyle
1 MANAUDOU Laure FRA
2 JEDRZEJCZAK Otylia POL
3 SANDENO Kaitlin USA
20/08/2004
Women's 800m Freestyle
1 SHIBATA Ai JPN
2 MANAUDOU Laure FRA
3 MUNZ Diana USA
16/08/2004
Women's 100m Backstroke
1 COUGHLIN Natalie USA
2 COVENTRY Kirsty ZIM
3 MANAUDOU Laure FRA
20/08/2004
Women's 200m Backstroke
1 COVENTRY Kirsty ZIM
2 KOMAROVA Stanislava RUS
3 NAKAMURA Reiko JPN
3 BUSCHSCHULTE Antje GER
20/08/2004
Women's 100m Breaststroke
1 LUO Xuejuan CHN
2 HANSON Brooke AUS
3 JONES Leisel AUS
19/08/2004
Women's 200m Breaststroke
1 BEARD Amanda USA
2 JONES Leisel AUS
3 POLESKA Anne GER
15/08/2004
Women's 100m Butterfly
1 THOMAS Petria AUS
2 JEDRZEJCZAK Otylia POL
3 de BRUIJN Inge NED
18/08/2004
Women's 200m Butterfly
1 JEDRZEJCZAK Otylia POL
2 THOMAS Petria AUS
3 NAKANISHI Yuko JPN
17/08/2004
Women's 200m Individual Medley
1 KLOCHKOVA Yana UKR
2 BEARD Amanda USA
3COVENTRY Kirsty ZIM
14/08/2004
Women's 400m Individual Medley
1 KLOCHKOVA Yana UKR
2 SANDENO Kaitlin USA
3 BARDACH Georgina ARG
14/08/2004
Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
1 AUS-MILLS Alice,LENTON Lisbeth,THOMAS Petria,HENRY Jodie
2 USA-JOYCE Kara Lynn,COUGHLIN Natalie,WEIR Amanda,THOMPSON Jenny
3 NED-GROOT Chantal,DEKKER Inge,VELDHUIS Marleen,de BRUIJN Inge
18/08/2004
Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1 USA-COUGHLIN Natalie,PIPER Carly,VOLLMER Dana,SANDENO Kaitlin
2 CHN-ZHU Yingwen,XU Yanwei,YANG Yu,PANG Jiaying
3 GER-van ALMSICK Franziska,DALLMANN Petra,BUSCHSCHULTE,Antje,STOCKBAUER Hannah
20/08/2004
Men's 50m Freestyle
1 HALL Gary USA
2 DRAGANJA Duje CRO
3 SCHOEMAN Roland Mark RSA
18/08/2004
Men's 100m Freestyle
1 van den HOOGENBAND Pieter NED
2 SCHOEMAN Roland Mark RSA
3 THORPE Ian AUS
16/08/2004
Men's 200m Freestyle
1 THORPE Ian AUS
2 van den HOOGENBAND Pieter NED
3 PHELPS Michael USA
14/08/2004
Men's 400m Freestyle
1 THORPE Ian AUS
2 HACKETT Grant AUS
3 KELLER Klete USA
16/08/2004
Men's 100m Backstroke
1 PEIRSOL Aaron USA
2 ROGAN Markus AUT
MORITA Tomomi JPN
19/08/2004
Men's 200m Backstroke
1 PEIRSOL Aaron USA
2 ROGAN Markus AUT
3 FLOREA Razvan ROM
15/08/2004
Men's 100m Breaststroke
1 KITAJIMA Kosuke JPN
2 HANSEN Brendan USA
3 DUBOSCQ Hugues FRA
18/08/2004
Men's 200m Breaststroke
1 KITAJIMA Kosuke JPN
2 GYURTA Daniel HUN
3 HANSEN Brendan USA
20/08/2004
Men's 100m Butterfly
1 PHELPS Michael USA
2 CROCKER Ian USA
3 SERDINOV Andriy UKR
17/08/2004
Men's 200m Butterfly
1 PHELPS Michael USA
2 YAMAMOTO Takashi JPN
3 PARRY Stephen GBR
19/08/2004
Men's 200m Individual Medley
1 PHELPS Michael USA
2 LOCHTE Ryan USA
3 BOVELL George TRI
14/08/2004
Men's 400m Individual Medley
PHELPS Michael USA
2 VENDT Erik USA
3 CSEH Laszlo HUN
15/08/2004
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
1 RSA-SCHOEMAN Roland Mark,FERNS Lyndon,TOWNSEND Darian,NEETHLING Ryk
NED-KENKHUIS Johan,ZASTROW Mitja,ZWERING Klaas-Erik,van den HOOGENBAND Pieter
3 USA-CROCKER Ian,PHELPS Michael,WALKER Neil,LEZAK Jason
17/08/2004
Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1 USA-PHELPS Michael,LOCHTE Ryan,VANDERKAAY Peter,KELLER Klete
2 AUS-HACKETT GrantKLIM Michael,SPRENGER Nicholas,THORPE Ian
3 ITA-BREMBILLA Emiliano,ROSOLINO Massimiliano,CERCATO Simone,MAGNINI Filippo
17august
i nv liked him 2 begin wif..n when he went head to head wif phelps n won him in e 200m freestyle..he nv looked more detestable wif his arrogant face when he stood on e podium...o well..bt i gotta admit phelps didnt swim wif e fluency he did in e 400m individual medley e day b4..lagging behind van den hoogenband n thorpe 4 al e 8 laps..damn.
10august
nope.i wasnt slacking in e SIS in e aftnoon..or having kfc/pizza hut along e cramped corridor of e SIS..or drinking myself bloated wif e bottles of mineral water forced down my throat..or joining e long queue inside e toilet 2gether wif e cadets of e other ugs..or complaining abt how much i stink n how uncomfortable e redx u was..or practising drills outside e stadium..or luffing @ e indian guy frm e civil defense..or concentrating hard 2 follow e drum beat 2 coordinate e steps..neither was i waiting outside gate2 forming up n ready 4 e march in @ 1830h...nope.
it suddenly occured 2 me how quickly a yr has passed..it didnt seemed 2 long ago tt i was juz pt of ndp'03..how much we fretted abt e umbrella drills..n how we dreaded each sat as dere wld b ndp training w/o fail..n how many aftnoons we stayed behind aft sch 2 complete e jars 4 e ndp instructors...e parade ydae sumhow wasnt as grand as it was a yr ago..mabbe bcoz i cudden relate personally 2 it..n e cedarians werent dere 2 put up deir pre-parade performance..or perhaps it was juz tt 1 of e colors nearly dropped his flag 4 a command.
ps/e candies in e jar shld b expired by now
6august
it aint fantastic i agree..bt itz nt horrible either...hu is he 2 critisize aniwae..?well 4geddit.ttz life...
e trip 2 town 2day wld hav been great if e pple hu went along had made less comments..n appreciate e finer thgs in life..instead of gawking @ e price tags n leaving me 2 feel embarrassed when e pple ard started staring...i mn..wadz e pt of saving $ n nt spending it..?i dun deny i used 2 tink deir way 2..bt it sooned dawned on me tt u cant brg e huge amt of $ u've saved ur entire life wif u up 2 heaven..or turn dem in2 credits when u meet st. peter @ e pearly gates...u only live once..so y nt live it gd?
4august
1 man iz flexible n compromises 2 much 2 avoid conflict.another man is so fierce he wins evry battle..bt so rigid he can nv noe peace.a man hu noes both iz e perfect one. e same is true of a blade...1 steel bends..n e other cuts..n whr dey meet iz nv perfect.
evry1 iz polite..evry nuance of behavior seems 2 hav a great mning..n increasingly i m convinced tt e lower dey bow..e less dey mn it...each dae i m confounded by deir strange beliefs and values..e hunger 2 succeed..followed by mildness...n i m sure dey regard my ways 2 b as confounding n unfathomable as i find deirs...yet e more time i spend wif dem..e less i understand dem...
25july
things may hav changed..4 e beta or 4 e worse..sum thgs dun...i realized tt while i was walking earlier..e rain didnt even bother me..it brot bac countless memories rather...i noticed tt while families n relationships does change aft a while...e tombstones still remain e same..looking @ u...wif oni god noes wad dey wish 2 tell u...
19july
the interview
the 1st training
the 1st camp
the 1st batch of ma'ams
the 1st POP
footdrill comp
footdrill comp training
squarrels n arguments wif e ma'ams
HNS course
sch ndp
yr 2 camp
2nd batch of ma'ams
2nd POP
backstabbing among squadmates
intense competition for a comm position
bootlicking e ma'ams
suspicion n seeds of discord
2-day day camp
interview b4 POP
ndp 2003
sch ndp
'D' POP
footdrill comp
cedar 1st for evry event including best commander
inter-sch rivalries
new frenships forged n enemies made
a more harmonious relationship wif jnrs
discontentment over comm posts 4 e sec3 batch
lying cheating n underhanded means
biasness or juz a plain eyesore
choc fudge cake
brownie
daisies
toblerone
choc-dipped cornflakes
170704 - POP
the end.
if u've realized..e paragraphs get more interesting as dey go on...well..wadeva it iz..itz e end of e road 4 me as a redx cadet in cedar...i can say dis over n over again n nv get sick of it..
"itz strange..u wk so hard...u do everything u can 2 get away from a place...n when u finally get ur chance 2 leave..u find a reason 2 stay..." - 23 aug 03
yimin hui2 eileen gwen grace meredith fanyun jasmine yasmine teresa weiting elizabeth..nt 2 4get al e cadets...u're my only reason.u're all my reasons.no lies..no holding back..100% truth..i dare say our batch rocked e most.
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