malacca and back

From left: Vivky, Daniel, Edwin, Ah tan, Ronnie Yap, Daniel Loy, JUD, Ah peng, me, Bogay, Tiboo












Thats my team coach TIBOO fixing up the bikes on the rack















my boss- ronnie yap and his GALANT LANCER

hahah only 4 hrs of slp day b4 and must drive to malacca....
poor guy... can u imagine if i wasn't at the side blabbering nonsense to him... he could have just dozed off man






Breadfast at CLEMENTI
thats Daniel and Nakata at the backgrd




















Daniel is a clerk in the army... can you believe it... fighting fit clerk who can trash all the officers in running and of cos cycling









ROAD TO MALACCA









TUAS really empty on SAT morn man








if army is good in one thing, is teaching man how to organise trips
this is our convoy movement and it really helps man... trust me when there are 5 vehicles moving at 130km/h thru the highway.... its good to have a plan on the movement of the vehicles... so at least u know whr everyone is

we communicate thru walkie talkie and army qoutes are used like:

"say again over"

" hello bogay this is steven do you read me over"

" Bogay send"

hahaha COOL!

















The 2 stalions on the Hyundai
DAMOCLES 2006 (mine) and DAMOCLES 2005 (BOGAY)



























PEE break


STAND BY CAR




















the place we stayed for the night











3 bedrooms apartment style....
quite cosy i must say even though we did not do much things in the room














trg ride in the afternoon.



















singapore teams:
schroders and cycleworx












there we go!















Thats singapore no. 1 cyclist JUD
















dinner at a hawker...
wah food there really oily man....
i realise as u grow older...
no matter wat happens....
whether its a job or tmr is your wedding or race for that matter
stomach comes first

the wonder thr's a saying," a hungry man is an angry man



i realise sth... i don't sweat a lot compared to them
i need to prove "SOMEONE" that cyclists sweat a lot
sth i can't explain for that matter






daniel really sweats a lot man... even though he is wearing singlet and bums...he really looks like he is bathing

his noodles really got extra salt

and ya, vick is real picky bout food... food not nice... don't eat, no durian... no osyters



k this shows i am normal












really a spread...

i really feel like a family as we pass the food around


ate lots of food....

there were osyters, carrot cake, satay, sting ray, sambal prawns, wanton mee, porriage,
doesn't look like we have race tmr man

end of it all....



look at the mess 12 ppl left behind




















back to serious business man... team tactics and strategies talk at night
i was quite nervous after the talk man...

it seems that each of the the malaysian teams have 20+ riders with them... which really outnumber us... weren't e easy with only me, dan, darrel and jud fighting in the front.

team talk has nv been more up tight and nerve breaking
my first overseas race!

k for those who don't know much bout cycling... there are many diff roles in a team...
there is team leader.... climber.... sprinter.... domestic helper etc.

the game is played this way... each age cath (ie. 20-30, 30-40, 40-50, veteran, and ladies)will have 2 participants from the team

best timing from each cath will be added up to give overall time, and of cos the lowest timin of the team wins

and of cos the most challenging cath will be 20-30 age grp.
our team only has 4 of us....

and as i am the most inexperienced one... i was given the role of domestic helper....
give my wheel if captain's wheel punctured, block JUD and dan from wind.... chase after an opponent when team capt ask me to.
so basically i will nv win, will just help the rest to win

Tiboo warned me not to be so aggressive during the race as the malaysians may just end up using dirty tricks on me

















and shit... it rained in the morning...
damn... wet grd... really not to our advantage man.

some of the photos of us getting ready the vehicle to move off to the start pt
























no photos for the race itself yet... but was real thrilling

75 km in total
which include 25 km rollin start

rolling start means that all the cyclists will cycle behind a police car....
yeah it seems easy... but sometimes the car will just speed up and slow down... this yo yo effect really breaks our momentum...
then the whistle blow....

and the real race begins

from the start... we were sprinting already man....

i nealy died after first few slopes....
trying hard to catch up with darrel, dan and jud...

there were many waves of attack from the various teams as expected...

i was real impressed with the malaysians....
they made multiple waves of attack... pulling and pulling...trying hard to break away from the pack.... breaking the whole pelethon(260 riders) to 4-5 parts


some part of the race... i was really gasping my breath...had to drink water as i can feel lack of blood flow into the brain .... shag man... thats when lots of accidents occur... there were lots of accidents... one of the singpore rider i heard fell into a pot hole and flew like superman....


it took me a long time to adapt to the terrain...eating of food was really hard...

just as i was about to take a power gel... another attack occuered and i had to try to chase it down...

i really couldn't do much but to follow the pack ....
couldn't create any breakaway opportunities or help dan to chase down any ppl who have created a breakaway from the pack.

dan and jud was like the only person in the front line fighting for his life as the rest of us try to push with the pack....
darrel was having some problems i think... i felt he underperformed... as he tried hard to create opportunities for a breakaway... but with no success



i finish with the 1st pack... together with ronnie yap, ah seah, jud, dan and darrel.

i was real shocked that the race ended... as i thought there was still round 10km more...
made a grave mistake man... bummer..
felt real bad after the race... like i did no contribution to the team.
totally new game concept man... i couldn't match up to the malaysian's aggresive attacks, calm and cool posture...

i think many of us were quite disappointed.
vick was crying at a corner...
you know one of the disadvantages about the only girl in the team is that there is no one to hug you when u are sad?
she told me afterwards that she was real scared in the pelethon cos it was way too fast and everyone was just shooting out from no whr... and the slopes were really killing

ya man.... this day will always remain a memory in me...
once i was scared of speed...fast corners....fear of being dropped.
today i was fighting hard to keep myself in the pack....flying thru corners at 45km/hr... trying to aid my team mates... it really hurts to see your team mate fighting out in the front with no support... when you know thr is so much u want and can do but haven't got the ability to do so












sad...













darrel and dan















Prize giving
















dan managed a individual 15,
vicky got 2nd for her cath.
ronnie got 5th for his cath and a pair of sunglasses for lucky draw



i really really in love with this sport man...
there are so much to learn... so much fun and speed left unexplored...
ya trg is pain... waking up 4am in the morn trg twice a day is a dread at times
but you know whats makes all these pain worthwhile...
is knowing that these ppl with you during trg will be the only blood you depend on in the competition.
and the ppl who will take care of you when your tube burst, when you are in a bad mood.
and the blood does not stop here
i am sure each of enjoy each other's company or we wouldn't sacrifice our sat and sun going up and down singapore while the whole nation is still in her bed
love u guys lots...


we are one
we are family
we are team schoders




(my mom knows from one look that vick and darrel are couples.... )


wow

i feel i must write this before i leave for malacca

mel

i know mel when she was still a booch
when she was still wearing her red glasses which resembles those fierce maths teacher
when she was still having a crush on jason(k not the one we all flirt with ahh)
the FUBU one....

however even when mel was still in her flowery yellow collar shirt and fubu jeans.... i always know her as a sweet cranky girl who always brighten up the days of ppl... cranky sms which makes you go huh? and online nicks which i really nearly write during my A LVLS---- STEVEN!!!(yah my name with 3 !!!)

everyone loves mel.
a good vivid eg will be the time when we went ACJC carnival together (yes she was in her flowery yellow collar shirt and fubu jeans). she went to visit her friend's booth... the friend was verge of crying cos her classmates did not sell any of the cookies her mom helped to bake for the carnival...(so sad right...those AC bastards)
i remembered mel bought her a flower and gave her a hug ... ( so sweet right!)
i was so touched by the scene i nealy shag a tear

you know why i remember this moment... cos i always thought mel was a heartless meanie till that day oppss!

then she had to go TJ cos her mom says TP very slack (all thanx to her bro) which is good also la.... you might have just rot in TP siah.

the first thing i felt amiss when mel went TJ was her ph and wallet...
which somehow always land up in my bag during 1st three mth.... sometimes tan en's one also la
50 50

and i miss her home made presents and doodling on my scrap book.
seriously, her presents beat anything u find in the stalls....
and of cos her notes... the habit of borrowing her notes started all the way from 1st 3 mths... i wonder if i will still use her notes during uni


however i thank god that we still meet up after she went tj (unlike the rest of the deserters)

i always remember the stressful period during choir finals when mel specially came out of her house, still in her TJ uni and met up with me at that Bedok jap restaurant just to hear me rant. i was so touched... seriously... it still remain fresh in my mind

and the silly things(some we do even till today):
climb sch gate
get lost
bring me to a BBQ whr u don't know like 99.9% of the ppl, but my cooking good right hahah
make fun of my cooking (celeste's b day)
shopping!! (i luv shopping with mel)
watch movies every thurs ( wat happpen to our weekly routine??)
exchanging of presents after korea trip... i gave her a book... and guess wat... she gave me one too... from the same stall!
watch movie with me even when she is sick! (siao one... fever some more)
watch DVDs at her place

the day she broke down and cry (which is like so recent, 1st time hear her cry i so honoured) i nv wanted any thank you note or gift from her....cos she always has been there for me....its really the least i could do

after so much ups and downs....
it really makes me wonder....

DO YOU REALLY THINK I MEAN IT WHEN I SAY YOU BANG SEI ME???

yah actually i do...
i give up one day to slack just to go JB with you... make sure i slp earlier the night b4 so that i will not be late
then you decided not to meet me... tsk tsk...

too much...

but thats wat i luv bout you
play hard to get...

i need to say this b4 i go malacca...
thanks for everything all these yrs...
might not be christmas or v day...
but just wanna let you know that you are still the only person i know who can just wake up, meet ppl and still look like you have bathe and put on make up...
speaking of which... you still owe me a home make present....
forget for which occasion last yr liao...
you can start making... thanks

and finally...

can you dress up in your flowery yellow collar shirt and fubu jeans again???
hahah i really need a good laugh :)

Thursday! 2 days more

i was zhenghan yest!!!
argHHHH after so long.

hahaha dude i miss u!

i miss raymond too... sigh... when are we gonna see each other again?

yest was fun... had buffet lunch with my office ppl... lots of jokes.... lots of funny moments

i realise that i have this prob yest.
i am really too nice... real nice...
i hate shouting at ppl... even when i do so... i will add a pls in front

i belong to the era of queens and kings whr everyone is polite with everyone else
side track: did you watch casanova....i feel in love with the set cos of the flowery language and ya u realise that in these films... no one says fuck... the most vulgar word i ever heard was bullocks
so my teammates say
i shd be borned a girl man... seriously...


sian... i will be alone today!
cos mel BANG SEI me


mel: tmr wanna go areo space
me: ok... don't mind

later on....

mel: eh don't want go already, cos must wear business suit
me: ok no prob.

as i didn't want to waste the day... i decided to schedule my lesson for speedboat course. man the 1000hrs slot was still there loh

then later on

mel: still wanna go JB?
me: ok can.... don't mind

so i didn't book the 1000hrs slot

and then just 2min later

mel: my friend flip coin, decided not to go
me: diao

and guess wat, the slot for my first lessson is gone too!!!!

sian!!!!

k la think i will drop by salvation army later...donate my pile of books there as promised.... then then.... wat to do ahhh?

3 more days b4 competition....

as usual... trg tough today


after weeks of trg... i still keep screwing up during evening mass rides

swo i decided to ride real slow today and study all the riders' behavior...

like wat dan say, use the brain not the str all the time

anyway i couldn't properly... real shag from morning trg....

morning train...

evening another round..

and i screw up big time again for evening ride man.
i swear the old men were cursing and swearing behind....
and yah they must saying things like my team schr... are bastards who cause thier hearts to pump up to 180


lt me re - narrate

scenario 1:

me: hey don't leave gap le... front grp pull off liao

unknown front rider: no response

me: fuck la!

and i pulled the whole grp to catch up with dan and our opponent team


scenario 2: Vick left a gap, don't know why she so tired nowadays... but really respect her man... she sure show the men how weak we are

so anyway cos there is a gap and i know the 5 guys behind her are all lazy fellows....i pick up speed, overtook her

me: hey vick! quick follow my wheels

vick: k!( 5 sec later) wait wait... u too fast let me catch your wheels first!

me: faster ! faster vick!

vick: k pull off!

and i whack at spd of 51km/h... guess wat... when i turn ard... no one behind me... i just blow the game man... damn.... it feels stupid when u try to pull the grp to catch up with the front brunch, only to find later that there is no one behind you

vick tell me i must learn to control my speed....

dan tell me i must learn to jump

hhaha but was fun.... can u imagine there are 30+ riders today...who i pulled 5- 6 times... and i only survive on 2 piece of bread( morn breadfast) and i had trg in the morn!

ego really boosted up man....
and you know wat... i am using resistance wheels hahahah

i shall change back to my vigor wheels tmr....
enough of resistance wheels

hahah catch me if you can :)

i am 21 this yr

i am gonna be 21 this yr

sigh....

old man

feel kinda sad actually...
when others are busy planning for thier 21 B days...
i wish to forgo it altogether

total loser man hahah

random thoughts which are getting very sad

'i have seen this land more than others
i have gone the distance
i may be behind time and others
but i am going to finish my race my own pace, my own pace'


the friends you meet along the way will inspire you to finish your race

does that mean leaving your old friends behind?

yeah i wanna leave all my ghosts in the closet... i don't want to be reminded of the bad times... meeting them equals to facing my fear of failures and reject all over again

the suaning might have stopped.... but things will nv be the same again....
somehow i am always reminded of the past.
i am so sorry but i can't think of the good times, perhaps from the start there was nth to start with

scar in life has caused me to be more vigilant towards ppl... to be more introvert...

and it shows.... even the team is starting to complain i am too quiet and not communicating enough.

i love my teammates... every single one of them.

eddy and dan who i train with 4 times a week.
dan is always sharing all his crap and success in life... really admire that guy... $40 K a mth at age of 21, getting married at 24

eddy is jaded man...he is full of theories which are yet to be proven... always out to con ppl...

JOO is always on the look out for me.... always humble... sharing his knowledge and exp...says a lot for the no.1 in singapore

vick for always poking my ass with all her challenges

Ron.... though of a older generation.. all his sex life and stupid comments really make a diff in trg

chee kian's love for food brings humour all the time

coach is a nice chap who really looks after me... i always look forward to sat trg cos of him

then the more older riders like mal, sia, edwin(the cyclist cum golf members) who have lots of wealth and life exp to share. money really is the world man....

then finally.... bogay and john.... without them... whr was there a goal to work foward to in the first place....

i really enjoying myself now.... i hope this team will go on forever...
but somehow i feel neglecting my other friends in life is all wrong.... even though i feel is better for me

jaded

pain

I just argued with my parents...more like my mom
over some stupid money issues

why does my temper flare up over such matters

man its time i support myself and stop taking money from them man which i have been trying to do for very long

its very queer.... my mom will always give me money without me asking... some times i will reject it saying i have enough to spend which is not trure but i feel good bout it....sometimes i will gladly accept it... causing me to feel guilty there after.. sometimes i just pray she will just forget to pass me money even when she wants to so that i will not have mix feelings there after

my mother is so sweet! i love her lots
she is the kind of parent every child will be jealous of
she will always offer me money... when i really really need money and have to ask her... she nv ask why and will just pass me the money
she nv question who i going out with or why am i always out so late... cos she always says she trust me and my judgement

so i am really really guilty for how i behaved just now

man its all about this stupid driving test tmr... well thats one of the factors
i hate driving and the ppl on the rd
i have seen so many of my friends' temper rise cos of driving... sux man...
so didn't show interest in it all from the start
the only reason why i took up driving was cos my mom really really wants me to drive her and dad round the island one day...
i wanna do it b4 they grow real old man
its like they always wanted to sit in my car
and i really wanna take them round the island and neighbouring countries if possible showing them whr i have been on the bike

sadly i have exam phobia.... all the way from the start of my sch life... the only major exam i excelled in was the PSLE

another factor is that i am running short of time
sch term is gonna start in july....
i am frankly real scared of wat lies ahead... i tried applying all self help tips like planning for the future... askin myself why i am so scared of the future... but it just doesn't help

i wanna cycle... i wanna study
but who is going to be my gold mine once i am out of army man? i will not have money for maintainence like spare tubes... change wheel and stuff anymore.... overseas competition... who is going to sponser me?

i won't wanna get any money from my parents... its not right.... like they are paying for my pleasure.... i am enjoying my passion in life while they are slogging hard at work

is it true that in singapore... you can nv pursue your passion in life?

i really wanna cycle for singapore one day....riding along side joo and dan... but i am so so far from it.

so much to learn... so little time to succeed.

wat makes things worse is that my social circle is starting to fail on me
i am starting to spend less and less time with my friends and i am unfortunately... happier

sad? yah... of cos
after so many yrs of friendship....good times and bad times... i just wanna break away just like that? i feel its not fair for them man

does pursuing your passion in life equals giving up everything else?

tired...ZZZZZ

i am a schro.... rider!

k la represent them / singapore for malacca race.

but i don't intend to join them yet till i win a race.
not that i playing hard to get... but must earn myself a place in the team mah... if so easily join... the team will be a joke right?
aiming for the next SACA meet.

i nv get first b4 in any competition siah...
always 2nd.. don;t know why.

when i was in choir... we always come in 2nd

when i was in sch track meet... i always get 2nd placing.

when i joined my first singapore triathlon race.. i got 8th place

i hope to get 1st man....
make my little boy dream come true

k i talking a lot of nonsence now.

cos very tired... trg twice a day is no joke...
i clock 10 hrs in cycling today

wow.... total distance of 190km

my lifestyle

i luv my kind of life

so slack

and i get paid for it

i feel like a professional cyclist now

everyday i just train, eat, sleep

and get paid for it!

hahaha oh well all these gonna end soon

so better cherish it while i can hahhaha

a beautiful sunday

caught corrinne may concert yest
yay!!

was so so nice.

very very well done...
abit flat here and there for 1st few songs...
after a bit of tuning... there was no turning back...
the concert took off!
beautiful beautiful sound
definitely different from the cd man...

you got to see the real thing.

sigh i miss performing


really tired.... for first time in my life... k no make this the 2nd... i slept 10hrs str....

so so tired.... feeling is like getting knocked down by lorry

trg was tough... there were only like 9 of us...
eddy injured himself 1/2 way during trg....
i feel kinda guilty bout it... cos i am somehow the cause of it...
he was the lead man pulling at 34km/h i was drafting behind him... then i took over
and amp up the speed to 38km/h....
think was a bad mover man... by end of 4 rounds we were only left with 4 guys

i think we did a total of 16-18 rds....
i was pulling 3/4 of the way...

now i feel the pain
ouch!

mercy

I’m constantly reminded about how much I miss studying literature. It’s one of a few subjects in school, or perhaps the only one, where there’s so much freedom of expression and so much less rigidity and such.


saw this lying amongst my stacks of sec sch stuff today
merchant of vernice was my lit text when i was sec 2
i love shakespear
i love art


The Quality of Mercy.
The quality of mercy is not strained,

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath:

it is twice blessed,It blesseth him that gives,

and him that takes,’Tis mightiest in the mightiest,

it becomesThe throned monarch better than his crown,

His sceptre shows the force to temporal power,

The attribute to awe and majesty,

Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings:

But mercy is above this sceptred sway,

It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,

It is an attribute to God himself;

And earthly power doth then show likest God’s,

When mercy seasons justice: therefore, Jew,

Though justice be thy plea, consider this,

That in the course of justice none of us

Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy,

And that same prayer doth teach us all to render

The deeds of mercy…

-Portia
Merchant of Venice

a day with raymond and zhenghan

i was really really happy yest...

cos finally met up with raymond and zhenghan... my 2 himbo friends of camp!!!

was real fun shopping with them
they are real shopaholics man...
can beat any girl...
the wonder they are always broke

was a day well spent...
they bought lots of stuff...
ate pizza... so filling!!!


met up with mel in the evening.
so glad the girl is feeling batter now
we went shopping at bugis... shopping with mel was real fun....saw a shirt which i very gian to buy....

girl!!!

don't u every take up smoking k!

i will let u kick my leg if u want... but don't every pick up that stupid stick...
or i will really really nv talk to you again...

don't tell me wat other girls out there are doing...
smoking... having sex... abortion blah blah blah...yah society sucks, lets not follow them

u are mel...
and just wonderful the way u are

raymond told me a story which i wanna share with everyone

mother teresa is well known to all of us.
however there are some ppl out there who thinks she is a fake using her fame to bring money

so one day this photograper who is cynical bout her followed her on her journey to kenya
when they were walking past a town... they chanced upon a dead man who was lying on the ground. his flesh was feasted upon by vultures....
without saying a word or hestitating,
mother teresa carried the corpse with her bare hands and walked back to the town hall

the photographer commented," i will not do it even for a millon dollars.

she replied," neither will i "

my boring life

i feel so bored.

its like when it rains and cos i hate cycling in the rain, i wld just rot / sleep at home.

how fun is that.

i wanna travel overseas man...
not thailand..

if i have the money... i will back pack road trip to britain... france.. spain!!!

argh i realise how much i miss britain...
it was real fun the last time i went thr....

rome bath house... shakespear home....the headless ghost at dowling street...so many more!!!

mom always say if i have the money in future... i can do wat ever i want.
but it will nv be possible... cos by then i may be married... i may have kids and job to think about... how to do those crazy things i wanna do like actual rock climbing... sky diving....ski ing....snow boarding... so many many more... somehow i always wish mom was married to an ang mo instead... thats a nonsensical thought cos i may nv be borned instead!

sigh i wish i cld turn back time.... to days in VS when everyone was king and money / status was nv an issue... hanging out with tuition friends... girls met thru BBQ and parties were so fun then!!!
i miss those times.... hate us if u want.. think we are ugly if u want... admit it you guys are jealous we were having so much fun then.. hahhaa

now life is so much more difficult... being older... we tend to be more responsible for our actions thus thr are consequences to think about for everything we do...perhaps that is wat make us more introvert nowadays...

i remember vividly the days of carolling with VJC.
that was definitely one of the best times of my teenage life.
just slacking ard late thru the night...rowdy bunch of us singing carols in the bus irritating everyone... at end of it all we will make a comment... i am from changkat changi... sue me if u want!!
evil!
life was so fun then

somehow i still regret.
still regret and wonder how things will be like if i were to go VJ instead.

i keep telling myself its not worth it to regret man...but oh well i think its a triat in human don't u think? we like to regret and brood over it... thats the reason why self help books make so much money man... hahaha
but ya i really think iw asted my time in TPJC... totally crap place to be in

man i need to get rid of the ghost within...i need to be strong... i need to be confident...i need to be able to perform during crucial moments
i wish i was borned with athlete mind and body rather than a nerd....
somehow i hate my parents for nv letting try other things besides studying..
sigh..

i finally understand why some ppl will actually give up all the wealth in the world to go back packing with just $100
or even give up all the wealth to work in the UN

someone once tell me that i shd learn to drive a car...
cos its a good skill to have...

well i wldn't wanna drive car just so i can pick up chicks
or like show the rest of drivers how gd my horse power is
to boost my ego in short
hope license come on handy one day

now there are so much to learn...
but i willing to give up everything for it all...
even if it mean disrupting my studies for a while

i have a goal
it seems far reach...
but its wat keep me going.. but of cos i love cycling so so much


i want to win a SEA game medal one day... i really want!

I just bought a new wheel set...

guess how much it cost....

it starts with a 6...

i am broke liao...

i need a job

i got a gut feeling that mel is gonna start smoking soon.
better not or i will stop talking to you

i will communicate with u thru screaming


Mel ask me to do this....
so here it goes

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1) steven
2) boon
3) sexy legs

THREE SCREEN NAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1) ste_boon
2) stitch
3) forget liao or don't have

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1)legs
2)face
3)teeth

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS YOU DON'T LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1) Legs ( no hair, attract wrong attention)
2) face ( too cute... attract lots of old ladies)
3) teeth ( too nice... send too many wrong signals when i smile )

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1) my legs look like a guy's one
2) mel smokes
3) mel with her drunk face

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1) bicycle
2) portable hand pump
3) a morning round the island ride

( no need hp... don't like using it anyway, no need money can eat air)

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
boxers, watch, spects???

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE BANDS OR MUSICAL ARTISTS: [currently]
1) Jay Chou
2) Corrine May
3) garvin degrew

wow mel we are like twins la...2 out of 3 the same... shit that makes me weirdo no. 2

THREE OF YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS: [currently]
1) Belief by garvin degrew
2) heart that matters by eagles
3) when i see u smile by bad english

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP:

1) laughters
2) trust
3) belief


TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE (in no particular order):
1) i love performing
2) i cannot stand smokers
3) i am gay

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE PREFERRED SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1) Legs
2) hair
3) Eyes



THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1) cycling (actually its not a hobby la... its more like a life)
2) travelling with special someone... my bike...
3) finding more about the world.. my fave channel is discovery channel...i love the world, i love life. everyone shd stop watching those lame jacky big brother shows and turn your attention to more impt issues man.... if everyone takes time to learn about the environment, history and bout the ppl/neighbours around them, the world will be a better place



THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1) cycle ( quite duh right)
2) eat jap buffet at kuishingbo

THREE CAREERS YOU WERE CONSIDERING/YOU HAVE CONSIDERED:
1) bike mechanic
2) teacher
3) social escort

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1) Thailand... cycle cycle cycle
2) france... catch tour de france... rub shoulders with jan ullich, ivan basso
3) England... i wanna watch a musical there b4 i die

THREE KID NAMES YOU LIKE:
1) philedell
2) mitch
3) shibble

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:

1) Visit all the theme parks in the world
2) cycle round europe
3) show ppl how beautiful they are

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A BOY:
i love speed
i love anything which can bring me around like bikes... planes, cars
i don't wear skirt

THREE WAYS THAT YOU ARE STEREOTYPICALLY A GIRL:
1) i love to make up
2) i hate ppl who speak hokkien / smoke
3) i hate getting scars

PEOPLE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW:
1) anyone who is cazy enough to brun brain cells for this

process, product

when i was in x country during JC...
at the start pt with all the eager participants, the ACJC coach was telling the AC team
'remember the process and the product will just arrive'
some yrs later when me and the ACJC x country captain became good buds... he told me frankly that the phase was of little effect to them during the race that yr... perhaps it has already being tune into thier blood stream already.

today...
i decided to do some soul searching again when an almost similar phase like this appeared in the straits times:
enjoy the process, not just the product....

feeling innovative... i came up with my own formula :
enjoy the process and the product is irrelevant

cos i felt at the time that if one is to cling on to his goals too much and long, he may be disappointed end of it all if he does not achieve wat he initially set out to be.

today's trg was alright....
there were only like 8 of us.... quite a disappointing show up actually.
when we reach the lim chu kang trg circuit... it was only left with me, joo, ronnie, tiboo, and melvin. the rest had been dropped

at end of 1st round... was only left with me and joo.
for next 9 rounds... we took turns to pull,draft,pull, draft.
shagged.... can u imagine for whole circuit... with the lowest speed of 36 and highest of 45... and average of 39.4 there were only 2 person.... insane... yeah but i made it.

at end of trg coach tiboo taught me and joo how to counter a steep slope.... well this is quite impt as many terrains in asia competitions are sloppy terrains...

i came to a conclusion with my fear of a 'jump'
no matter how strong an opponent is... if he is not able to sprint at the crucial moment... he may nv have a stage win...
so yeah... from tmr onwards.. i will have to start from grd 0 again training my techniques.

of cos, with the thought that i want to overcome this challenge...there is fear that i may not suceed

Coach Tiboo taught me that without goals ... one will never suceed cos he has no aim. There must always be an end in mind. if u aim high to catch the moon, even if you fail, u will land amongst the stars.

in perspects of a rs... if u enjoy the process of dating... the rs will be left dangling if there is no decision on how to move on from there


thus i finally change the quote to:

enjoy the process and the product will just arrive

road trip in thailand

k dudes... i will be away in chiang mai from 13-17/ 3/ 06

the only way that i will not be able to catch the flight is:
my boarding pass reads ong hock boon instead of ong hock boon steven....
someone tell me that i will not be able to board the plane cos my passport has steven on it...

wat the feck...

stay tune to find out if i do go to chiang mai


things to bring on the trip with me:

bike bag

tyre tubes

floor pump

tools for mech repair

extra spare parts like bolts for seat post

helmet for night and day (heh not the same u know)

did i forget anything else?

spin spin spin

this is me taken not long ago

i was like wow...
k not that i bhb...
but i almost couldn't reg myself...
so much changes that i did not take note of..
hiaz


i realise i am getting very tempremental...
very small gas with my friends

don't blame me yeah...
i am going thru some rough transition in my life

yeah i am not the steven you know yest...
no more jokes...
not of a punching bag either
i going to put singapore on the map one day

giddy... headache

i gonna talk rubbish again

today's trg is damn shag...
still very burned after today's trg.

started at 6m... ended at 12.30pm...
covered around 121 Km in total

from long house

to mandai

to orchid country club

tto seng kang

to pungol

to hougang

tampines rd

pasir ris

changi

coastal rd

nicole highway

keppel rd

west coast

lim chu kang

bukit timah

end at adam rd

and there were only 5 of us and we were going against head wind

shag siah

i have an uneven tan now...

even joo... the only malay in the grp is like blacker than black....
u can see the diff by the markings left by the shades.