Learning Journey, Part 2!

On to Labrador Nature Reserve, where huge 15 inch *monster* guns once stood to (defend) Singapore from attacks and furry little squirrels draw gasps of happiness from little kids running about. Another PHOTO MONTAGE 8D



A signboard! About Labrador Battery. Not the electric thingy. The guns.



The view from up there, to Labrador Park below. Anyone suicidal?



The great blue sea, also seen from up there. Anyone want a swim?



Dense, dense, dense forest. Like my smaller brother.



And another pic of the view. I do like doing this 8D



And one more pic of Labrador Park, way down below. Watch out.



Eensy weensy spider, climbing up the wall.



Another introduction! Hunky rugger. Josiah Koh Ming Jie, 15, Raffles Institution. Single.



The squirrel in question in my introduction! *OMG HOW CUTE!*



The... ohmygod what's this called. Right. The casemate. Thanks Wiki.



Nice little spider web. Lol.



Gun emplacement diagrams!



And a fire control system! How cool (not).



Now this is cool. Just the gun barrel.



Looking down the center of the gun. Scary.



The gun once more. From the other side.



The storeroom diagram! How enlightening.



And the great Calvin Khor, with his stolen poser Crumpler. How poser.



Benn's teppanyaki!!! Damn nice *drool*



Hunky Josiah. Drinking something. Milk tea? XD

That's all folks! You wanna see more pics, you convince RI to let us go on more learning journeys. Until then... I'll take more pics! 8D

What a waste of time.

Lols. I forgot to bring my keys, so I had to stay outside and stone. So I went to Toa Payoh stadium watch RG Sportsfest haha.

Cal was damn wuliao. Go there say hi say bye then go training. At least got something to do. I stoned there watching the races >< Gratz to Chern Hwee, 1st for 100m. And good try, Miin. 5th ain't bad. My standing 8D Anyway met up with a lot of familiar faces. So I left at 5? Which is when they ended -_- So go home with the other people living in the east lo.

Damn stupid la, go leave my keys at home. Dots.

Anyway. We played 3B! And I finally got in a good save. Against Ravins. With my legs. And everyone called for a foul ._> It was legit! My first half goalkicks were pwning. But the second half, I guess I was tired. So I screwed up a few. Luckily nothing bad came out of it. And from out of nothing, Ping Yen scored! Low ball that cut through a blur defense and a blur attack, and somehow found the bottom corner. 1-0, full time. Back at the top of the table!

3C got a walkover, 3M got a 2-0 victory, courtesy of a Calvin Khor brace. Lol. 3Asoccer Ftw!

3B.

Test of the year. We're getting way too complacent. Like Arsenal. I must work harder. Grrr. A loss is not acceptable. A draw is not good. A win is just about right. And we must do that.

Come on 3A. We have the quality, the depth, the prowess. We don't have the mindset. Fixate it in your heads, or else we'll lose the title this year. Don't.

Ftw.

Food, or Fun.

Which one first? My lunch... or learning journey XD

Learning journey first ba. Have to get started on it; I got over 50 pictures o_O

So here goes! Lols.

We went to the Old Ford Factory and Labrador Park/Nature Reserve. To learn things we had been learning for about 6 years already ._> But anyway. Was quite OK; at least we didn't have a total waste of time. The tour guide started off by telling us where the Old Ford Factory was o_O a bit of history, and then we were there. PHOTO MONTAGE!



The sign LOLs. I felt random.



History! See? I'm so nice. I teach you people stuff. >< style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hf18wEXrsZoXN-nuhyphenhyphen1nkjrJhZlKIXxCwrJksP1p0r-knbJuC8QA4e4RSpy8jSdAft_FBX2BzCrjHb1VHaE4l3wHr1qe3ztSfED0b0CD7IZk1a7a-AHg98KbYFAoonTwgt2N5davFxg/s400/183.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5185005670587230818" border="0">

The view from up there not bad. Bukit Timah haha.



Old Ford Factory's audiovisual building. Like our lecture theaters.



Another nice little bit of history. Not. Try reading it ><

Can you read the words..? They mean peace in English, but they're in Chinese lol.



Side view of the Old Ford Factory! Am I pro or what.



Benn Chua walking down a dark and desolate hallway. Not. >_>



View from the window. Nice no?



Smoking is prohibited by law. Fine $1000. Which smoker would go to Ford Factory?!



Is it just me, or is the hallway green ._.



And a nice little plague.



What attentive little boys!



Wow. So (fake).



What a stoner. Don't blame him.



Benn Chua is some random person >_>



More attentive little boys!



Benn Chua's glowing Crumpler. Rich.



Lieutenant-General Arthur Percival. In bronze.



Lieutenant-General Tomoyuki Yamashita. In bronze too. Compare.



Some random person. Also in bronze.



Map of Singapore haha.



Some random person by the name of Derek Yeo Zi Hiang.



Cal and Leeni enraptured by the... magnificence of the talk. Cal concentrating on his worksheet.



A map of Malaya and Singapore. How... cool! >_>



A piano. Donated by Raffles Institution! Wow. How holy.



Guess who's this. Behind the file, duh.



And who's this? With his poser Crumpler 8D



The answer revealed! If you still don't know who's this, let me introduce you. This is a hunky, single 15 year old from Raffles Institution by the name of Michael Lee Han. From gym. XD



Benn with his poser Crumpler once again, with better lighting. 8D



Random pic. Security camera in operation.



Michael, one more time lols.



Kids, playing history tic-tac-toe. Fun history. What an oxymoron.



OMG! (Fake) grenades! We all gonna die!



Guess who...? Nice flash, btw.



Calvin Khor the Winning Eleven 2008 addict.

And that's it for the Old Ford Factory! Come back tomorrow, Labrador Park coming up. Got some damn cool pics. And some damn lame ones. 8D

P.S. Chern Hwee dam bad. Say dun wan me join her coach personal training. Bleh.

Track...

Was not to be.

Stupid la. Tell me go down twice, then say cannot. Sheesh. Vincent Quek said he assesses people who want to join on time frame, potential, and current timing. My current timing isn't too shabby. I'm quite sure I can improve much more. The only problem is that there's not enough time. I left it too late. And there are already so many people in track. So I was damn sad. Been training so hard.. all for it to end like this.

What do you think I did?

I cried lo.

Expect me to do what, beg? Grovel at his feet? Not his fault, not mine either. Just fate's.

So cry I did. Really damn sad haiz.

Cried, stopped. Cried when I was walking away from training, then stopped. Cried again when I thought about it, then stopped. Then cried once more about it when other people brought the subject up, then stopped. I know I'm weird, don't rub it in.

I'm gonna get my own spikes, with my own money, and sign up for my own races. In your face, Vincent Quek. Personal coach too, if my parents allow.

And sorry to all those who helped me try to get into track. I wouldn't even have stood a chance without you guys. :)

Freaking sad. Now in NPCC. Do drills everyday (no offence guys).

Wasted opportunity, wasted 2 years of my life doing nothing. Worked so hard, and it came to this. Damn.

I don't care. If my dad doesn't buy me spikes, I will. Using my limited pocket money. Right back at you. I'm so gonna prove myself.

Watch out next year.

Too sad to post anything about LJ. Shall do it tomorrow, or the day after, or any day after today. Sorry all. Got the pics though. All by my hand, except some Benn took of me. Studying ><

Benn...

Is damn rich!

Don't ask me why I posted this. I just did >< Random me.

Tomorrow's learning journey day. Somehow I have this feeling that it's gonna be a waste of time, and I'm gonna end up watching my fingers dance. Lols? Honestly, the RGS LJs seem to be much better than ours. Going around boring places that survived WWII. Don't we know nearly everything about it already? I'd much rather go to the New Supreme Court, or Lower Pierce Reservoir. At least we learn something NEW. Compared to revisiting something we've been learning for... oh... the past 6 years.

Ah well, can only hope that my intuition is wrong (again). I really don't want to waste my time. Sheesh.

There might be photos. Depends on Benn's mood tomorrow XD His camera damn shiok.

Headache.

Crap. Had a dammmn bad headache during Chinese class today. Couldn't even do my composition for the competition =.= And Cai Ying Hua tells me never mind, can hand up tomorrow, but must still minus 10%. Wtf la.

I hate her I hate her I hate her.