Woke up early hungry and couldn't get back to sleep. So whacked instant noodles then the new pullups.

Think something wasn't awake cause stuff started getting dark after the 5th set, then the next thing I know the doorbell is ringing and quite a few hours had passed...

Went down to Jurong to meet J, Chris, Lionel, Brian, Ed, Jimmy, Faith and the rest. Was good seeing them again. Also nice talking to the ex nj and ex acjc canoeists. I think jc swimmer charbohs have the nicest figures. Not too bulky, not too anorexic. Of course, going beyond that into a jocelyn yeo killer whale is overkill.

Hung out and went to watch night at the museum in the evening. They really never change. No matter how many years have passed, the group dynamics and interaction is still the same.

Unfortunately, that means that it didn't advance, either. But that's fine. Sometimes you just want to have fun without thinking about too many things.

A bit difficult at first, because this is the group I hung out with when I was at my
most devious, so to speak. Old habits resurfacing, but managed to restrain.


Came home and had a match with zic. Zic's about the only guy who could think of a feasible strategy against me.

You can tell, who are the real "sportsmen" so to speak. Who have a real passion for something. Where they don't just think of the logical thing to do, or money.

You know when an ord'ing safsa rower goes through this phase of losing interest in training?

I've seen countless rowers go through this phase, ever since school. Only one other person had the reaction that he had.

When you looked in their eyes, you could see the desperation and sadness because they know that they are losing something important that they love, but they cannot understand why nor have any control over it.

This reluctance, is what sets them apart. I can relate to both Zic, and the other ord'ers because I've seen been on both sides before.

But what I respect about them, is the passion. Yes, passion will not bring you money. But there is a way to feed both. Because just working alone is a meaningless life. And it helps to pursue a relatively cheap passion XD. At times, I too think that its stupid to invest so much time in something that cannot contribute to my financial status, but I have to admit, that it is this passion for anything that makes me the person that I am today. Otherwise, I would be a shell of a person.

A wise man once said that man must not only feed his physical form, but his soul or spiritual form as well. If he neglects the nourishment for his physical form, he will lose his wellbeing. If he neglects the nourishment for his spiritual form, he will lose something far greater.


Being able to find this balance is what sets the truly successful apart from those who slave for nothing.