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Saturday, July 15, 2006

cable skiing in batam!

whee. spent thurs in batam with zhenjin, aileen, christine, raymond, yinghao, stephrene, jacob, kelven and gabriel! it was a stretch trying to get my parents to allow me to go, but zhenjin very nicely explained to my mum over msn how safe it was and stuff =) thankyoU! had a great time trying to cable ski, but ended up with VERY aching back, neck and arms. at dinner today i could barely reach out to grab food from the lazy susan. gah. and i cannot soap the part of my back between the 2 scapulas anymore bleah.

on the ferry! some of us caught some ZZZs, the rest chatted. i mainly listened to my ipod and tried to catch some sleep since the night before i slept late. didnt want to have no energy for the big day ahead!

zj and me on the ferry! =)

poor dude trying to row a boat in the sea. took this pic frm the ferry.

hot guys putting on sunblock =P

more hot guys

one of our guys cable skiing. some of the bunch - zj, kelven, and raymond had alr tried this before, so they were rather pro at it already. they spent their time trying out stunts and new boards and stuff. kelven even attempted a jump! haha but as far as i know he cldnt manage it. they looked damn pro doing it tho. the rest of us were newbies and spent our time trying to stand on the board haha. except gabriel who was DAMN PRO and managed to stand just aft lunch, and he progressed really really fast after that. the look of triumph on his face as he sat on the motorbike coming back after he fell in the water some distance away after FINALLY being able to stand on the board, unforgetable.

at lunch =) im absent cos i was taking the pic! aft this shot, all the guys started leaving because gabriel finally started standing, and the rest of the guys cldnt stand to be outbeaten. so off they went to try summore!

only the girls left at the lunch table when the guys all went off to try summore. steph feeding the dog, christine looking on. ai's gazing at the guys. hahaha

kelven in the water

yinghao - i was trying to catch a pic of him gliding, but unfortunately at the moment i pressed the trigger, he fell. so there. our day was filled mostly with loads of this kind of falling larh. i drank an insane amt of pond water.

stephrene n me!

and altogether now - AWWWWWW =P steph and yinghao =)

all in all, a really fun day =) the funnest part for me had got to be the part when zj and i tried to tandem kneeboard. on our first try, he went first, and went 1 round. i was supposed to join in at the 2nd round. unfortunately, he fell just ard the 5th bend before i got to join in, so off i went by myself. on our 2nd try, he made it! and i joined him. some near misses as weak me cldnt swerve right enuff and we nearly crashed into each other. we made abt 1 and 3/4 circuits as on the 2nd round (3rd for him), my arms were so tired they gave way alr. haha. really fun =)

HOWEVER, the highlight of the day for me has got to be the time when i managed to stand on the board for abit! made it just to abt the point between the 2 ramps before i misplaced my weight and fell. it was a long way to swim back, but the sense of achievement was great! i didnt manage to repeat that though =P haha... but at least i stood! =)

left on the earlier ferry to meet lawrence to catch pirates. the rest left later. and yes, i baked cookies for them which i hope they enjoyed =) went for lawrence's granddad's 90th birthday today too. fun =)

lin~*
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