wake up at 645am.I have to set 2 alarm to make sure i wake up.Cannot be late for IPPT test..I have to reach bedok Guard camp at 730am.I have a quick breakfast and grabbed my bag..About to leave my house ..my parents then stop me.They want to send me there..Jiaqing sms me telling me that he have reached ..he is going inside to wait..Actually we plan to meet outside the camp main gate for the guys..Jiaqing,me ,chinsoon and jeffrey are taking the test..
I personally feel i wont do well..Cos frankly speaking i never train hard for that..i did a dry run last week..my 2.4km totally cannot make it..i think it abot 11.30min.....Nvm..i will try my very best for today..
once reached the camp..i entered the main gate..I signed beside my name...I then went to the podium ..Actually i taken my ippt here b4 ..last year..Quite like the environement here..Close to my house and the fitness stations all electronic and high tech..Giving us no rm for cheating...hehe...The only bad thing is that the 2.4km run is well known to be the longest around the whole of singapore..Cos the rest of the other testing ippt camp are those running on roads..Which was thought to be shorter..compared to the bedok camp which is running around the trackes 6 lap .
i collected my number tag with the rfid chip in it..later all my results will be recorded in it...we are made "fall in" and sit in rows according to the no..
the chief PTI come liao..he briefs us on certain rules and procedures..he say a few jokes..but i notice the jokes are recycled ..cos he saying the same thing the last time i come...hehe..
anyway he broke us up into our groups to the various stations..1st station sit up..this a station on brute force.haha...just do more than 40 situps in a min..u will get ur 5pts..this station is ok..
2nd station is standing broad jump..i never figure this one..never seem to do well...since NS..This station and 2.4 are the critical stations for me..My best record is 234cm...I have never jump better than that..i admire ppl who jump 243cm without seeminly no effort at all..to get gold..must jump at least 234cm..it my turn now..i just jump...both attempt also 225cm..alamak...there goes my gold..no more gold...in fact the last time i gt gold..it becos of my 234cm..
was quite sad with that..nvm...
next station..hehe..chin up..that my favourite...u need to do 12 to get 5pts..btw the chin ups is electronic...the computer will count and read the no of chin up u do..Actually my friend make a very casual remark..he was saying how come the voices of the computer all guys..u mean there are no female computer..i was like..what!!!!..He then say if gt sexy female voice..maybe all the guys will do more chin ups...erm...no comments...haha..
The 4th station is shuttle run.This is also a brute force event..just run as fast as possible...This should be ok..I just run loh..gt 5pts for that..phew..
The 5th and final station ..the killer of all stations ...2.4km run..Chief PTI want all of us to sit at the grand stand..to make sure all the guys have finish the all 4 stations..he brief us again..and again cracking a few old jokes..Basically this event just run 6laps as fast as possible..
I am counting inside my heart...to get 5pts..must run 9.45min ..That means must come in 1.30min for every round..Wah that like very fast..I seriously think its almost possible..Cos last time when i hit that timing ..i am running every day for that timing..hehe...NVm..just do with whatever i have..just run...
We have to wear the tag on our shirt..the com will calculate the timing...my turn comes..once the pti say go..I just dash...and 4get about everything...i making an extra effort to run faster..i want to pace myself for the rest of the dist..u cant start too slow initially...When i come in for the 1st lap..i look at the timing...what 1.33min..Even at that speed i am 3 sec..behind time..gdness..tat it..i knew no chance..liao..I just tell myself finish the run...the timing just get farther away from my target..the last lap..just run my heart out..haha...final timing 1030min..alamak..at least it much better than the prelim i have last week..But i think can be better..I think i will let to come again in the future to make another attempt..
After the run..I saw the guys waiting for me liao..I went to them.They run the first leg..i am doing the 2nd leg..they tell me to collect my result slip..i went to the counter..give them my no tag..they give me a receipe..gt a silver..happy with that..$200 richer..hehe..
We then went out of the camp..went to the nearby hawker centre for a drink..We are still discussing the ippt itself..The hawkere centre has undergoes renovation..used to be the very old old..kind..I used to like to eat here..It a jem..alot of gd food..the famous hokkien mee,wanton mee,ching teng ,pisang goreng and kangkong cuttle fish ..I went to look around.Most of the shops are still around..luckily ...i tot i will lose all the gd food...cos of the renovation..I ordered a ice milo dinosaur..quite nice...servings quite generous..gd thing for a glutton like me..
After the drink..we decided to go home and changed..We are meeting later for our volunteering session..I went home..Feel like going swimming to cool down..my father also go down and swim.My mum bring the dog for a stroll below..
I was getting ready to swim..when i think i saw a grp of ppl coming in..i tink i saw 称之财 and 祥云 coming in..Haha..what are doing here?doing a shoot here..Actually last time when i just move in..happen to see 南星 and zoe tay filming here too..for i think the drama 我家三个包.称之财 and 祥云 are coming here with a broker..I think they are looking for house around here...They are very friendly..start chatting with my parents..I just wave to them..too shocked and surprised ..Erm 称之财 was making a comment on my father..He says my dad gt a gd body..he asked if he is a sportsman..haha..I think this makes my father his day...My mum even best..volunteer to show them our house...haha..They say ok immediately..They went to look at the showroon..and will come to my house later..My mum went up and 'touch up' the house..I asked my mum if she need help..she say ok..i just continue swimming with my dad..Cos my house is quite small liao..if we go up..will be over crowded..
After swimming ..went up...I ask my mum so how..she keep telling me...damn interesting..she says 之财,祥云 talk to her like long lost friend..gossiping about their son and my sis..They are saying their son study in TKSS..which is very near my house..THey happen to stay at guillemard.之财 also say my sis she is very hardworking..cos she is studying in the living rm..made a remark that his son never study without somebody looking at him..He also say he give up liao..
lastly the most impt..he saw my toy collection in my room..My mum was complaining to him that i am crazy to spend so much money on such a stupid hobby..he say its a decent hobby..at least he dun pick up bad habits..haha...finally someone is defending me..
I eat and listen to my mum talk..After i grab my bag and head towards parkway parade to pick up low yong for session..Meien sms me she will be late..I wait for her loh..We are bringing the kids to Katong swimming complex for swim..
Low Yong was making quite a bit of noise on the bus..Everybody are looking at us..I am quite used to it liao..So not so stress..Finally we reached the pool..Some of the volunteers and kids have reach liao..
I bring low yong to the gents to change..he simply refused to change..jeffrey come along and help me..he just stand in the toilet and refused to do anything..Low yong like swimming session alot..he like to stay at the baby pool and sit there..I think i want him to do something more today..maybe get him to go to the middle pool and do some walking and play some water gun games..
We coaxed him into changing..he still bo chup..after much persuasion..he made up his mind to change...I still remember there was this once at MINDS camp..i waited one hour for him to change to take a bath..Actually he is not used to the environment ..that y he took a long time..
As usual he will only go to the baby pool..i want him to go to another pool..he tall enough to go to the middle pool..besides all of them are playing over there..i want him to mix around...
I was not successful initially..later after much persuasion..he recluctant go over..He only want to sit at the steps.do not want to go into the water itself..I just pray water on him..making him very frustrated and get back to me...he gt so scared that he went into the water himself..i teach him some bad stuff..like how to disturb other volunteers like splashing water on other volunteers and spraying the water gun on them..Strangely ..he learns pretty fast...
I then made him do some aqua walk around the walk..he have to lose weight..getting very overweight liao..
About 430pm..we have to leave liao..We take turns to bring all the guys kids to change up..Wah i thought that's it..low yong is going to give me a hard time again...In fact he is quite guai..i tell him to change..he just change..no more tricks and patterns..phew..We then send him home..He seems very happy on the journey back..
After that i go home..I have to give tuition later in the evening..receive a call that tuition is cancel...I cant take it anymore..i am too tired..i sleep at 8pm..for once i sleep so early