great job, alexis!

okay i think i just embarrassed myself horrifyingly in front of my juniors just now.
we ended training late and the back gate was closed, so being the extremely lazy, trained-to-death asses we are, we decided to climb outta the back gate.
but being the brave relatively wimpy soul who’s scared to death of heights, i just couldn’t get myself to let go of the pole after climbing to the top of the gate
made worse in the entire ordeal is the fact that the stupid gate had a barbwire and i couldn’t anyhow move!
in the end i think my juniors realised that it is to no avail shouting instructions from the (extremely faraway) ground below.
it was pretty amusing though, if you could see the humour in the situation at that time!

“lift your butt up abit and get you foot to the front!”
“move your hand in front of the barbwire okay! then swing the other leg over.”
“yes, use your hips, your hips! just like when you punch….” (yes honey, i’m glad you memorised our lines!)

thankfully jin and my juniors saved the day (after i was stuck up there for like.. 10-15minutes yelling my head off).
jin climbed halfway up the gate and clung there with one hand while i just dropped and held on to him for my dear life.
and after that i needed almost like… 7 of my juniors to support my leg while i wrenched the other free.
SO EMBARRASSING I SWEAR – NEVER AGAIN!

even though it was just 10-15minutes, it felt like eons okay!
after that my legs were so rubbery it was torture dragging one in front of another to make myself move.
well done, alexis.

“wah, that one our president ah? LOL”

bimbo ah carrie!

went running with carrie just now and that weakling got a blister after jogging 4 rounds round the track!
and the worst thing was, when i was trying to teach her how to kick, she found out about the blister and went crazy for a moment there!
bimbotic wimp that she is, she hopped around on one foot flailing an arm and screamed like a banshee “omg! shit a blister!? i can’t believe it!”
after she got over the initial near-trauma (i think she’s the only one who gets even remotely near this from a blister), she was pretty amused by the smiley face the blister presented…. and promptly drew a cat face on it.
tell me again why i’ve got sucha bimbotic, wimpy friendster comment-flooding chao ah lian friend!

p.s.
today’s 2-hour shopping spree between lessons with the bimbotic wimp was extremely fruitful!
spent $150 on a truckload of stuff and i’m a happy girl!
*bounces around*

my dreams can be made into a motion picture

staring out of the car window on the drive home, i let myself indulge in dreams.
foolish dreams; ones that i am almost a 100% sure will never come true.
and yet, the dreams, the pictures that flashed past my eyes – they seemed so real then.
it was as though a chance existed; and it made me wanna try.
snapshots of you laughing, of you lying beside me, and of the countless possibilities – they played out as i watched wistfully.

foolhardy dreams – ruthless in destroying what little of the fortress is left.

yah yah, whatever

you know how fucking annoying it is when people just wallow in self-pity almost 24/7?
“*inserts name* won’t be joining me, i’m so lonely”, or “should i join you guys? i don’t know anyone there, except you.”
blah blahing.

yah lah FUUUUCCCCKKKKKK.
get a life man.
it’s so obvious that you’re saying such thing just to get people to go “aww. poor baby, come join us lah! it’s okay”, or “don’t worry! you can always call/sms me if you get too lonely!”
but at the rate you’re going, who in the world will wanna keep in close contact with you!
it’s okay if it’s just a emo period or something, but being like that 24/7 just gets on people’s nerves!
i’m so sorry, but you’re getting too annoying for me to still be nice and say the things you wanna hear.
getting monosyllabic answers, with such apparent sarcasm, should be a slap to your face.
but either you’re too dense, or too damn caught up in your self-dreamt misery you can’t tell that people can’t be bothered.
oh, and by the way, “sigh”ing and putting sad little emoticons tens of thousands of times in one conversation is so not going to arouse any sympathy in me either.

p.s.
on a side note, friendster is so damn screwed up!
can’t upload the pics from beijing onto it.
URGH. *throws stones, rocks, scissors, knives, and everything i can find!*

keep your ethics, keep your honour

it sucks when you’re caught between 2 good friends.

it’s a love-hate relationship.
when you’re nice, you’re oh-so-sweet. i melt.
but do you know how much it hurts when you show an about-face?

HEALTHY AND ACCOMPLISHED :D

i’ve been jogging religiously for all of… 2days!
decided it’s been waaaayyyy too long since i’ve jogged, so it’s time to start!
it’s rather torturous getting myself back on track, but hey, i have high hopes that it’ll get better soon!
jogging with peggy at school every monday, wednesday and friday, starting next week.
and hopefully gym every monday during the 5-hour long break with carrie!
next step – a tan to make me look more toned.

anyway jin and an are enlisting on the same day!
like WTFFFFFF.
there goes two lovely, pro people all at once.
and it sucks even worse cuz now jin can’t go learn muay thai wimme already!
BAH. who wants to join me for muay thai at hilltop?

and i’ve got a pretty ugly bruise

SERIOUSLY
these freshie guys are so mean!
i don’t mind the bruise, no, not at all.
but couldn’t they give me a nicer looking one? rather than this that looks like a splattering of some ailment kinda thing.
LOOK!

gross right.
yeah, tell me about it.
and i don’t wanna massage it though there’s actually a frigging lump there.
don’t you think the colour and pattern looks like some infected patches of cellulite?
urgh! UGLY TO THE MAX CAN!

anyway, today saw the 2nd batch of freshies coming for the trial session.
and i got a huge shock can!
even more than those who came on tuesday – about 15 more!
siao boooooohhhh…
look at the extremely cramped clubhouse piled with bags.
the clubhouse was left with some extremely limited space to walk.

scary, but i’m a happy girl!
i must say that the freshies this time round are quite alot better than the previous bunch.
the guys aren’t as chauvinistic, and they’re much more enthusiastic.
definitely more pleasurable to teach.
and that’s not to mention, loads of potential indeed – I LIKE!

i think instead of posting individual photos from beijing up, i’ll make a slideshow of them so you, voyeur that you are, can just look through the video.
saves me tonnes of trouble.

anyway, the first school has been an absolute BORE.
other than acting workshop on monday morning, and the cca fiesta the past two days.. i swear school has been so mundane i feel like sleeping 24/7!
that is not to mention how frigging hot and humid singapore is – i start sweating once i step outta the shower – and this contributes to the constant feeling of drowsiness.
yesterday’s first freshie training saw 32 of the first batch of freshies who signed up coming!
tmr will be the second session and i certainly hope the response will be as good.
it’s really heartwarming to see so many people turning up for the trial session – at least you know the effort put in is worth it.

i know that i haven’t really officially blogged about beijing. but forgive me lah!
i’ve been so tired and sluggish, it’s an absolute chore to have to sit and think through the 10 days there and blog properly.
so here’s an extremely condensed version about what i did during 2-12 april in beijing, the venue for the 2008 olympics.

in 2-12 april at beijing, i….
* climbed part of the great wall
* ate my first bing tang hu lu (caramel strawberry)
* witnessed a little girl squat in the middle of a crowded street and relieve her bladder of the immense load of pee
* shopped a little
* learnt to haggle reasonably well [although there's still lotsa room for improvement]
* ate a lot
* pubbed and clubbed at cheena pubs/clubs
* got fake nails put on and nail art done on all 10 fingers for only SGD24
* made many few FMS friends and 2 new singaporeans-working-in-beijing friends (CHESTER & MACUS!)
* learnt a trifle more about chinese opera
* eaten cow’s throat and this stomach/intestine thingy
* went to walmart for the first time [boring lah, it's just like giant in singapore]
* broke the glass cupboard in the hotel and had to pay RMB100 (SGD20) [yes, i know. so damn cheap right!]
* missed those in singapore like crazy!

i’m back!

and yes, i am!
i’m kinda caught between missing beijing and being glad i’m back in singapore.
i miss beijing’s cool weather, slower pace of living, the new friends i made – chester and macus!, and being away from the nonsense in kickboxing.
then again, it was such a relief stepping outta the shower today and not freezing my bare ass off. and finally, it’ll be back to training and seeing carrie, sheereen and everyone else!

i know i promised to blog everyday, but china did not allow wordpress and so i attempted to blog in MS Word everyday but kinda gave up after half of the second day’s entry.

BAH! tried posting the first day’s entry but goodness. what is wrong with wordpress!? i so do not know how to upload photos now. shall upload the trip’s pics onto my flickr when i have time k.

off to prep for cca fiesta! <3 you all!

bye bye singapore, hello beijing!

hello world,

in about 12 hours, i’ll be leaving singapore. i know it’s inevitable that you’ll miss me (*cough* *head swells*), but not to worry, i’ll miss you guys too.

then again, i think i’ll prolly have internet access there. so will try as often as i can to blog about my daily, mundane (or maybe not) life there. that is, if i have time from the immense amount of work to be done there.  geez. but still, stay tuned okay!

see you on 13 april!

with much love,
lexy