Friday, June 10, 2005
damn... just got back from perth... sigh.. totally suxs... from a place where u have natural aircon.. to an oven... doesnt tt just suck.. how i wish i could spend my whole life there... no stress.. no pressure.. no school... how fun... but oh well... this is reality... well.. guess i will finally talk abt e trip... looking back, left australia on the 28th... was looking forward to all the god damn fun... was a bit rush cuz we had to sail the day we arrived... was expecting good strong winds... but.... winds didnt exceed 10 knts... damn... it picked up towards the last few days... well.... tt was the wind for like 3-4 days.. until... we were too damn sick of the light winds... so... moved to fremantle... the open sea... where it started off really well... 15 knts on the first n second day... died down on the 3rd day... but it was ok... scared of the sharks there though... andrew told us tt there were like many sharks there.. the great whites... damn it was scary... everytime u sail... n u look into the clear waters.. u just think it is a shark going past... real scary mann... well.. tt was in the past... we stayed in like apartments... quite ok... mayb slightly cramp.. but it was good.. all the guys in one while all the gals in the other... though everyone would hang out at the guys apartment... mostly cuz briefing was there... so.. back to the sailing part... while we were at fremantle, we had our rest day as well... went garden city.. the norm.. shopping... spending all the damn money u have... all wasted away.. nothing much... went laser trek thingy... was ok... i guess... tt was mainly all... n lastly.. went for this home stay... at a australian sailor's house.. for 2 nights... haha... me tim n sherm with mark... n the worlds guys.. scott sean n paul with hal... n the 3 gals with belinda on the first night... n sanna on the second i think... or so i know... was quite good i guess... during tt stay.. we were still sailing at fremantle... one of the days.. we didnt sail in the afternoon... light wind... went on the powerboat... n watch the team racing competition... competetiion between clubs in australia like in singapore... except they use puffins instead of optimists... haha... quite interesting... got the 420 youth worlds champion there... or tt was wad they said.. he is pro... sail super fast... well... after tt day... on a monday... morining we sailed in fremantle... we didnt really sail our camp race... cuz there were expected storms blowing up to 50 knts... we sailed but came back... in the end got winds of like 30+ knts... cool sia... it was the start of the rain season to come... for the next three days.. well... tt day was super rust.. we came back cuz of the storm... n then we decided to go back to freshwater cuz there wouldnt be tt strong winds.... so.. pack all e boats.. in the rain... managed to get everything done quickly n got bact to freshwater at 2.30... from there we had to eat our lunch, rig our sails... get our boats down... n rig up.. all in an hour's time.. by 3.30... we did it... n managed to sail two races... our camp race.. got like double 6... haha... light wind... haha... tt was monday... on tuesday... the real good wind... finally came... 15 knts average... blowing above 20 knts some races... n was on fire sia... 6 races tt day... 3 in the morning... 3 at night.... managed to get 1,1,2,2,1,4... sia la... damn shiok sia... n i leapfrogged to 1st overall... just on tt day... haha... well.. the last day.. which was the last day of sailing in aus... we did 4 races... in the morning... was so so wind... 12 knts... didnt do tt well... only average... 6,5,5,6... n i dropped to third overall... so it was jov first in the end... n tim beating me by a measly point... damn.... oh well... tt suxs... but nvm... afternoon was all left to pack...n we had the normal briefing... did i mention tt this trip.. there was like a singing session every day... the first n the last person on tt day... frm training results would sing... any song... haha... interesting... can hear e gals sing... n ppl like paul n tim... haha... fascinating... haha... oh well... on tt day... we went out to sizzler... good food... n we watched a movie there as well... haha... real good... left the place at like midnight... went to the beach.. to have a look at the wind.. n it was blowing all right... prob 40 knts... i think... damn shiok sia... haha... tt was basically all... n .... we have pics of tim n gris hugging... god noes wad else they did... haha... wanna see... get from me.. or i will consider posting it.. haha... oh well... back to life in singapore... haha... wrote lots of stuff... think it is my longest post.. if u read until this... then it must be interesting i guess.. or u have nothing better to do... haha... ya... back to training on sat... with many important regattas coming up soon... hoping for the best... cao...
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