That feeling

That feeling

you know what's today?

Yes, Anzac Day.

But for me, today's one of those days, that I dislike and I don't know why I do. No, I'm not saying I dislike Anzac Day. It just happens that today I suddenly feel like that. Maybe it's the weather. Arghh!! I think there's just too much on my mind.

I think I need to go for a run. To clear the head. I haven't ran since the When U A "Pie" run. Ahhh! Netball tmrw, skit prac ... and then study after. And I think I'll run after study. I need it, I really need it. Run it all out whatever is inside me.

On a different note, I shall leave you with a war love story that I found when I was reading the newspaper this morning during my breakfast .... (it's not very often where you can see my readings the news ok :p)

Love letters in a time of war

Stepping into 7 weeks of hell

Stepping into 7 weeks of hell

There goes the mid-semester break. As I said previously, it wasn't really a break. I did have some fun though ... sleep, netball, foam party, flat party, sleep, lunch with friends ... And I also studied. Two days at the library. I did get some readings done, I did get myself organized. Well, more like turning on the panic alarm earlier.

Week 8 - 25% test, 10% report
Week 9- 7.5% lab report
Week 10- 25% assignment
Week 11- 25% lab test, 7.5% lab report
Week 12- Logbook due, 7.5% lab report
Week 13- 60% written analysis due - this is more like an exam!!! worth the most compared to other exams during the exam period!

And somewhere amongst those weeks, I will have a 20% presentation.

Oh tell me I still have time for work, netball, other sports, and a life ....

I'm sure I do! I'm Sher Mayne!!!!!

If i do blog, it will be to release stress. If I don't blog, then I'm probably dying.

That's it from me! Good luck to all of you out there who's in the same boat as me. I'm sure there's heaps out there in my position or even worst! Bwahahahaha... let's die die together :D

Holiday

Holiday

I'm on my one week mid-semester"break" now. It won't really be a break. It will be more like an opportunity to catch up. A 25% assignment and a 25% test will be due in after the break. And then there's still more readings to be completed, and catching up on my other two sports sci papers which I did really bad in for the mid-semester test. *sigh* If you think about it, it's kinda sad. It's like when people ask you:" What will you be doing for your mid-sem break?" and your answer is :"Ohhh... studying." What a freak! But one thing's for sure, there's many other people out there that will be doing exactly what I am doing this break. So, we're all in the same boat :) Stupid uni, give us one week break only. Ishhh!!!

Somehow I feel that I have hardly any time to just sit back, relax and just do NOTHING anymore. No time to emo too. No alone time. I think Swan would agree with me on this, yes? No? If it's not study/work, then it will be sports. Time is so precious now that I can't afford to waste any. I wish I do have some time to kill.

Looking forward for the inter-semester break end of june/early july. That will definitely be a break! It better be.

Nevertheless, I'm enjoying this. There's always something to look forward to. There's always something I can do.

Life is sweet.

whenuapai 10 km run

When-u-a-pai 10km Run

I did it! I beat my target. A rather low target I did set, but my time came out very very unexpected. Before I set the target of 1 hr 15 mins, my previous target was 60 mins, aiming to run at an average of 6 mins per km, which has to be faster than the Round the Bays run where I ran at an average of 6 mins 10 secs per km. I ended up finishing it in 55 mins 52 secs, at an average of 5 mins 35.2 sec per km!

The day started off with me having less than 6 hours of sleep and with the groin muscles still pulling, shoulders somehow aching. I so wasn't into the mood of running. Had two eggs for breakfast and rushed out of the house. Forgotten my Red Bull :(

Got to city at 8am where Shaun picked us up. Then the 5 of us (me, shaun, nick, ivan and sharvin) headed to the west of auckland for the run. Reached there around half past 8, drank some Powerade, and mentally tell myself I can do it! At 9am, the 10km run begins! Shaun, Nick and Ivan sped off pretty quick. Sharvin, who had a pretty bad ankle sprain yesterday, stayed with me throughout the run.

The route had more slopes than I expected. But, I kinda enjoyed it. It wasn't boring compared to the flat route around the bays. There were things to see, mainly grass and cow dunk!. There were things to smell, mainly... cow dunk plus the fresh air when there weren't any cow poo. And of course, the people zooming pass us! Haha! Reaching the 5km mark seemed like ages. I was waiting and waiting for it but yet not to be seen. But not long after my clock passed 30 mins, there I saw it. The water station at the 5km mark. The hope of hitting below 1 hr 15 min is super high ... unless, I KO half way.

I got happy. Started running faster, taking more and bigger strides. But .... it only lasted for 2km. The last 3 km wasn't too good. Kinda struggling. Thank goodness Sharvin was running with me, kept on asking me to go faster. There were so many times where I started running faster and then died off and then picked up the pace again. Lolx! For the last km, the watch showed 50 mins. Bwahahahaha! Confirm can be under 60 mins la! I sorta slowed down then since I know I can hit under 60. The body and mind was giving in as well. Haha! But anneh still said to go faster. Sprinted towards the end. And... we clocked a nice 55 mins 52 sec :) Big thanks to anneh actually who pushed me towards the end.

After the run, it was some lucky draw thing. None of us were lucky. Lolx! And one thing we realized was .... we were the only asians running!!! Hahahaha!!! Headed to westgate for lunch after that. Chinese buffet! I was so hungry man. But yea.. no guilt at all after the run. Teehee :)

Now, I'm suffering from sore feet, sore thighs, sore knees, slightly burnt face.... but, i'm one satisfied bugger!

Pre-run

Pre-Run

Judging by the condition i'm in .. i.e. sports non stop since wednesday, a slight groin strain AGAIN ... sore calf muscles ... sleeping late ...

My target time for the 10km run in 8 hours time will be 1 hour 15 minutes. Slow, I know. But taking all of the above into consideration, can la!!!!!!

Gnitez! Daylight savings has ended. So turn your clock back 1 hour. And to those in Msia, NZ is now 4 hours ahead instead of 5 :)

Sports and Report

Sports and Report

Ahh! Finally finished my first report for my practicum! Finished it earlier than expected. I wasn't planning to sleep at all tonight. For 10%, I spent so much time on it. It actually got me wondering if it's worth it. I have two tests next week on the same day, one after another, 20% and 25% and I have touched nothing for them. Talk about priorities huh? Hence, the very end of my report wasn't written well. I skipped a lot of facts that I have read up so far and decided not to put them in. Hopefully what I wrote is sufficient enough.

And now.. to sports. Just had netball today. Again, got thrashed. Today was the day where I really really wished I am taller! Seriously, their hands were literally right on top of my ball when I was getting ready to shoot. It's like I knew it for sure that once the ball leaves my hand, it will touch their hand and won't even reach the hoop! I managed to get a few balls in nevertheless but still!!!! *sigh*

I also realized one thing. From yesterday till this coming Monday, I will be doing sports every single day.

Yesterday (Wednesday) - jogging ~6km

Thursday - netball

Friday - jogging

Saturday - super sports

Sunday - Whenuapai 10km run.. jeng jeng jeng ...

Monday - netball

I can finally call myself a physically active person now.

of balls

Of balls...

Bersatu Games this year... many team sports, mixed team, giving more opportunity for us girls to play.

Here's just a few definition of the sports at bersatu games this year down at welly...

handball = how hard u can force the ball .... \

basketball is how well u can handle

netball is how accurate u can shoot...

futsal = how hard u kick the ball

pingpong is how much u can spin the ball..

badminton = how hard u can smash the cock

Had a good laugh? I'm sure I did. Or are you just speechless? And oh! I did not make all of that up. Only two. The rest of the credit goes to ivan. sicko!!

Man, if one can master all these sports, they'll make one hell of a good ball handler :p

april fool's

Happy April Fool's Day to all of you!!

Talk about the pinching and punching in my tagboard ... and the people who were TRYING to fool me... seriously, seriously!!!

10 more hours till april fool's end. Gotta watch my back for the next 10 hours. But all good coz I'm at tamaki today, not getting into city till after dinner so I'm pretty much safe! I just hope the kids at swimming aren't cheeky and get up to something. Fingers cross!

Mum's gone to sydney today for a week. Party time ... NOT!! More like..... late nights at library!!! Need to get my report done. At least I started.... 400 words. A couple more thousand to go.... how many thousands? I have no idea. I asked the course coordinator and all I get was...

"Just as long as you need to cover those six points listed in the course outline. Perhaps a couple of thousand words?"

The word JUST and a COUPLE THOUSAND WORDS so do not go together. Joy!!

Shall bring out the Red BULLS tonight and start BULLsh**ting.

I am so NOT stressed... really. I am good.... not...:p

Walalalalaalalalallalalalaala!!

Sorry this not proper blog. It's called... destress-ing. Wakakakakakakakaka!!!!!