worked out a little...

my dad invited me for a short gym session. I was to lazy to run so it was only after he assured me it's just a weights session that i agreed to follow. doign weights is so much easier. there is no need to pant..haha

I do feel like going for a jog sometime soon but i think soccer could be just as effective in getting my heart pumpin although i didn't get to run much last saturday. which reminds me: i forgot to mention that i took part in the charity soccer fiesta after all. this is a competition to raise funds to build a library in a developing country. basically, every team has to pay money to enter the competition but gets nothing in return. that's why they call it charity right? haha

i was resigned to not playing in this fiesta until i heard my friend's team didn't have enough people. unfortunately i only knew about that the day before the competition so there was no time to train. that probably explained why we lost the 1st match. after that, one of our friends told us what tactics to employ and we all knew what to do. and we ended up wining the next 2 matches. it just goes to show how important tactics and teamwork are in soccer.

(WARNING: next paragraph is about soccer, those not interested please feel free to skip..haha)

i do like the physical and technical side of soccer but in truth, what i really like is when people use their brains and not just their feet to play soccer. anyone who says soccer is brainless is an ignoramus. soccer is in fact 80% intellect. all the time people are thinking of what to do, whether it is the right pass, the right player to field or the right tactics to employ. so i love it when my coach always seems to get the tactics spot on against his other teams during last season's champions league.

(and now we return to our usual progamming..)

however, i didn't get to run much last weekend cos we concentrated on defending. hope that i can do more running and dribbling this sunday when i play soccer with my church friends.

anyway the gym session felt good too. i actually had some muscles bulging out..haha.. long time since i saw that.. haha

i'm thinking of signing up as a journalist for my engin club again. after all, it wasn't all that much work last year and i love to write anyway so i might as well get some RHAPS points out of it.

the one week break is approaching. and i cant wait... finally get a chance to relax a little and consolidate all my work. actually this semester is really rather slack compared to last year. take manufacturing for instance: there are no tuts to do, no extra materials to read/practise and even during lectures we just watch videos, listen and understand. we even got to listen to the professor play his flute! (which was cool... although i still prefer the piano..not used to the way a flute sounds i guess..)

dengue fever seems to be on the rise again here in singapore... wonder if i really should go to my friend's house in AMK this saturday since it's supposedly a hotspot... guess i'll just wear long pants haha..and a scarf, cap, ear muffs ... my friend got dengue once so i know it sucks alot...so i really dun want to get it... but since my friend who stays there is fine i guess it shoudl be ok..=)

this friday is engin day.. the engin club has taken pains to make it as enjoyable as possible for us. there is the fave engin idol ( i think it's fave?) and the usual eating competition/treasure hunt etc..despite the funfair atmospher, i'm sorry to say that i'd rather stay at home... it's very hard to make any activity worth the long bus journey..

i found out during human resource tutorials that, according to a psychological personality test, i'm actually a shy,reserved person who does not need to receive / show affection and takes things easy...

hmm... yes and no i guess... on one hand, i do agree that to some extent i am a private person. i already find that there's not enough time doing my own stuff, let alone doign stuff with other people so i actually prefer to do things alone most of the time. doing things with othes always means you need to accomodate or worse get delayed...which is such a waste of time. on the other hand, i know that for the right reason or person, i would be the opposite and do lots of things /show lots of concern..

besides, all the personality tests seem to assume that a person is an individual living among other individuals. but actually alot of my motivation and drive is spiritual and God plays a large role in whatever i do, or at least i strive to follow HIM rather than this world in doing the right things... so i guess sometimes personality is besides the point...

that's the update for this week, stay tuned for next week ep.. haha..