Smuxgasbord : NiteBke'06

SMUX annual night bike was last night. Prior to take, went to get my bike from KH. Thanks a lot pal.


Yup, so a Saturday night of September 2006, 23th, we met at Bishan Park where the night bike is slated to flag off. Meeting at 1830 proved to be wise as there were late comers, as usual. And there was a slight delay in the flagging off also. Length of route is approx 65km.

Moving off from Bishan, our 1st stop is at MacRitchie Reservior Park. Stopped at the carpark and played the 1st game of the night, Taboo! The night proved to be an interesting night for 2 of my friends in my group. For those of you who understand, :D

Moving off, we rode down and arrived at the old SMU building. Passing that, we headed in the direction of 6th Ave and KAP. Finally stopping for supper at ard 2230. Although it is early for supper, the place was packed. Chatted and slacked while waiting for the food to arrive.

Supper time!

Setting off after supper, we found ourselves cycling down towards Labrador park. Past Ikea and the old SAJC, the ride was quite enjoyable as there are very little cars on the road at that time. Chatted, sang and stir some shit while biking there.

Arriving at Labrador park, we rested a while before commencing on our 2nd game of the night. Wasn't too bad, I mean, they could have made us play more lame and shitty games. :D

Labrador Park

Next stop, Marina City park. The space near Marina Bay train station. The entire CBD is so peaceful in the dead of the night. Nice. Last game station at Marina. Poor Louis is wet from the game. And it is cold water. Poor thing. But we had fun nonetheless. Sandwiches awaited us and there was Red Bull for those needed a little boost.

At Marina

Heading to our end point of East Coast Park, we needed to get over Sheares Bridge. The night line of the Bay area is nice. With the Esplanade and the hotels and banks contrasting each other. Passing by THE very nice bridge beside the Indoor Stadium, how can we not cam whore a little?

Eh, not pro enough for the night shots la. Some random shots instead.

Heh. ECP was within sight after passing DHS. Finally the well deserved break for all. And where else is better to chill but MacDonald's! (Actually it is the only thing that was open at 0530, haha)

Hang around for the debrief and then headed home. Gosh riding back to Ang Mo Kio to return the bike was darn shag. Rode with Zhi Hao and we even stopped at Boon Keng for breakfast 1st. Haha, a good night spent.

Actually the ride itself was not as physically shag as I thought it might be. Quite enjoyable and relaxing. It is definitely better than the SMUX camp's. No major hiccups in the organisation of the activity. Our group leaders were nice. Interesting people in my group.

The aftermath. My ass felt like it is going to crack into 2. Leg wise actually not so shag. Felt like a normal long distance run. The beauty sleep that followed made up for most of the fatigue suffered i guess.

Last note. Well, of course the night bike would have been more interesting if those who cannot join us, were present. It is always nice when everybody can have fun together and nobody is left out. Won't you agree?

Dreams.

Why do we dream in our sleep?

Answer to that: http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/dreams.asp

An extract if you are too lazy to read.

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Psychological theorists of dreams focus upon our thoughts and emotions, and speculate that dreams deal with immediate concerns in our lives, such as unfinished business from the day, or concerns we are incapable of handling during the course of the day. Dreams can, in fact, teach us things about ourselves that we are unaware of.

Connections between dreams that the human psyche have been made by many people over thousands of years. The famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle wrote in his "Parva Naturalia," over 2,200 years ago, of a connection between dreams, waking experiences, and emotional needs.

Others have delved into more complicated explanations for dreams, such as the prophetic nature of dreams written of in the Bible, which was and is a belief held by many cultures. Sigmund Freud, one of the fathers of modern psychology, believed dreams to be symbolic of any number of things buried deep within our minds and our memories."

I don't usually remember my dreams. Perhaps for that waking moment? After that, I'm sorry.

Is there really a message behind every dream? Don't know. How about the occasional Deja Vu? I really experienced it before. How to explain? Don't know.

Is there really the saying of you dream in the night, what you think of in the day? (some Chinese saying) Don't know. So many unknowns. How to solve?

Anyway, this feeling sucks. Some things are just not meant to be. I guess.

Sucky

School is beginning to show its ugly side.

Mondays are officially my homework clearing day. Math for Econ is killing me with all the cheem shit. And lets not forget about our dear beloved BGS. ^$%$#^^@$#^&

Work is never ending. I am so tired! I need a holiday.

I feel tired.

1 star kayak course. Burnt. Sun burnt.

While I was on the bus just now, suddenly just had this thought. I feel that everybody is here for a reason. Everybody has a role to play. There is really no surplus in the world. No matter what you have been told, there is really a purpose of you being here. Despite all the nasty things that others might have told you.

Pardon me I may sound weird in my posts, but I am absolutely ok. No worries. :P

Imagine.

I am sure many people have asked you, what do you want to be when you grow up? But have you ever really given it a serious thought before answering them?

Personally, I was not stranger to such questions when I was younger. Answers that I came up with, pilot, lawyer, doctor etc. Basically any prestigious job that you can think of. So naive back then right? Then as I grew older, I come to realise the various restraining factors in your career choices. Slowly, 1 by 1, my choices narrowed down. Until this point in time back in JC whereby I really have no idea what I want to be when I grow up.

Initially I thought my interest lies in Business. But after 1 year of pondering, I decided on Economics. Actually till now I still have my reservation about the course. How? *shake head* Let's hope that I made the correct decision lo. All the smarties/muggers in school are not helping in anyway. Am I in the wrong school?

Do you live under the pressure of your parents? Living up to their expectations, to their comparison with other kids and things like that? Or even, do your parents lay out this "career' outline for you? Ok, to a certain extent, my parents were like that, I mean, whose doesn't? But they gave me no pressure in studying. Always telling me to try my best, believing in me. They do not question my choice of study as well, telling me as long as I don't grow to regret it, they will support me. Given all the things that they have done, I am so afraid to disappoint them. Which is why there will come this 'break point' limit whereby I'll push myself to study lo.

Last question for tonight. What do you want your kids to be when they grow up? Will you say no to their careers, simply because you think that it is unconventional? Like artist? Musician? Theatre actors? Is career all about how much money you can make? How big a house you can stay in? How powerful a car u can drive? What is a career to you? Something which you truly enjoy doing? Or, something which enables you to live the high life?

Personally, I feel that in this modern world, it is very hard to strike a balance. Face it.

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2nd week of school was ok?

Went to Comex on Thursday and gotten my monitor and printer. Samsung monitor is cool and the Epson printer is worth the money. And gotten a thumbdrive also on the last day. The last day og Comex reminded me of the scene after Hurricane Katrina hit the US. Think refugee camp, u got the picture? Price wars are the thing on the last day and freebies are around.

Freshman Bash on 31 Aug was at MOS. Met my FTB grp for dinner and ice cream before heading to MOS. Did not watch the pageant though. Music was alright lo.

Watershock on Sat at Marina Bay, is not exactly the most exciting. Some things just don't feel right. Oh well. Let's see next year.

In the end, went for both ZX's and WC's birthday. Thanks ZH for the lift ard.

Tired and in the process of sick. ZZZ