Schwimming schwimming

Haro everyone, it's been so long since I posted something on Ah Pek and Ah Um's blog. I hope you didn't miss me too much...hehe. I've been busy throwing tantrums and generally making a nuisance of myself (e.g., like insisting on wearing my Princess dress when it's still hanging out to dry and going absolutely psycho when told that I can't). But last Sunday's schwimming schwimming was so fun I have to blog about it.

You know hor, kids like me are so gian to go gai gai I will lie just to go out. Actually I woke up with some kinda tummy bug on Saturday liao. I had totally no appetite, which was not only weird to Ah Pek and Ah Um, but a freaking anomaly lor. If there's one thing I'm never without, it's my appetite to mum mum. I thought it was strange myself when my favorite McDonald's kiddy breakfast failed to make me lao nua. I mean, not only did I not lao nua, there was actually no nua to lao. The sight of my favorite pancakes make me nauseous. But you know what, I'd much rather be whupped than admit I'm sick lor. Pass up my chance to go schwimming schwimming? Neber!

So I pasted on my bravest face and decided the show must die die go on. Tell me if I don't look to-die-for cute in my pink swimsuit? I think I do lor. Absolutely like bak zhang hor? Now imagine me in an itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny yellow polka-dot bikini. Hullllooooo....take a queue at the back of the mile-long line if you're thinking of adopting me. Me not shui bian wun lor. However, I will consider going home with you if you hand over that packet of chocolate Pocky. Keke.

Anyway, it was an early rise-and-shine. Ah Pek burst into the room and woke us all up in his usual bright and cheery manner that I sooo adore. I was sleepy as hell, but upon hearing that we were going schwimming schwimming, I flew out of bed in a hurry. Damn if I'm going to be left behind lor. After an unappetizing McDonald's brekkie which I forced myself to swallow a few pieces of pancake (entirely for Ah Pek and Ah Um's benefit, lest they think I'm too sick and cancel schwimming schwimming...horrors!), we headed for the new Sengkang Swimming Complex. Yipppeeeee!!!

Me and my favorite person in the whole wide world. Me and Ah Pek are like sooo tight lor. No one can break our bond. How much do I love Ah Pek? Hmmm, let me count thee ways...
1) I love Ah Pek for bringing me go gai gai every weekend, no matter how tired he is.
2) I love Ah Pek for buying me Yakult every time.
3) I love Ah Pek for feeding me Pocky every time.
4) I love Ah Pek for bringing me to McDonald's for brekkie and my favorite French fries.
5) I love Ah Pek for the expensive Baby Gap clothes that he buys me.
6) I love Ah Pek for bringing me to the movies and for the huge tubs of popcorn and giant Cokes for me to slurp on. Sorry I fell asleep at Wall.E...it was too chim for my puny head to comprehend.
7) I love Ah Pek because he spoils me silly and entertains me all the time, even when I demand he accompany me watch Doraemon and Barney for like the 10,000th time.
8) I love Ah Pek because he cheers me up and makes me laugh.
9) I love Ah Pek because he never says no to me.
10) I love Ah Pek because he bring me go schwimming schwimming.
11) I love Ah Pek because he is my one and only Ah Pek. :)
12) Oh yeah, I definitely love Ah Pek because he orders Ah Um to make Ribena for me. Ah Um is damn lousy. She is like sooo lazy she can't even run a simple errand for me lor *rolls eyeballs*.

Ah Pek lancing lancing wif me in the jacuzzi. Bet Ah Um is jealous lor. I mean, Ah Pek never even lancing lancing wif her. Ne ni ne ni boo boo to her lor. I have Ah Pek all to myself.

Ah Pek and I doing our NZ Samoan warrior thing. Ah Pek can give Gene Simmons a run for his money, but not me lor. All I have is a short, under-developed stump of a tongue. Neber mind, at least I gave it my best shot. I always have lots of fun making funny faces and posing wif Ah Pek.

Nabeh, I want to go that way; Ah Pek wants to go this way. I dun care! I die die must have my way, otherwise I will kao peh until the whole schwimming structure collapses. That's just the way it's gonna be. My way or the high way.

In case you haven't noticed, I happen to be Ah Pek's favorite arm ornament. He has me on his arm everywhere we go. Who ask me to be born so to-die-for cute leh? Boh pian. Ah Pek simply cannot resist the urge to pick me up and swing me to the skies. Weeeeeeeeee!!!

That's Ah Pek hitting the water feet up, making quite a splash there. Whooshing down the yellow and blue slides respectively are my cousins, Peixian and Peiyi. Nabeh, win liao lor! Everyone had tons of fun playing with the slides except me. Just cuz I'm little, the lifeguards see me no up and refused me access to the slides. Bloody spoiler! I was so furious I sulked and threw a hissy fit in public. How dare they!!

The first time Ah Pek and Ah Um took me schwimming schwimming at Tampines Swimming Complex. I was a chicken shit and didn't dare take the water slide by myself. After riding pillion a few times on their thighs, I decided to give it a go. Not so difficult after all. Now that I know how to slide on my own, I how lian yaya papaya and refuse to stick to Ah Pek and Ah Um liao...everything must do by myself. I'm an independent woman in the making ok...mai pray pray hor!

Anyway, Sunday's schwimming schwimming ended wif me lao sai in my pants (told you I had a bad tummy when I woke up). Orh-be-good...Ah Um was ordered by Ah Pek to clean me up. Not only she had to clean me up *sticks out tongue at Ah Um*, I earned myself a gorgeous new dress becuz I couldn't very well walk around wif shit in my pants, could I? Wooo hooo!

My take on Sunday Dragons

Had a discussion online last nite with Kennix & XP on the team. XP insisted that we are too -ve and it has affected the morale of the team. She can't understand why we set standard 'so high' and who did we base it on. Is the team consulted? And are we fair to the team when they failed to reach the standard set by just a few of us? She also claimed that the team feels louzy and pressurised to go for training as not all enjoys training.

I agree with her to a certain extent, but my Q is what the direction of the team is? Do we want to compete? When we race, do we want get whacked or do we want to be united as a team and put up one helluva fight? If we do not mind getting whacked all the time, I agree our training is too tough and we got to relax. If we want to see results, then we got to train hard. There is simply no other way to achieve results. XP commented on how -ve we are & why we can’t look at the +ve side of things. Instead of showing our disappointment that onli 3 turned up for training, we should be happy that there are 3 and look forward to more. Haha. That I can't agree with as db is a team sport and every1 needs to have a common goal. Every1 should try to work towards it hand in hand de mah. It is not that we do not want to encourage the team or look at the +ve pts, but the truth is there is not much +vity displayed by the team at all. I really dun understand the pt of saying 'well done!' when it is really crappy lor. It might sound lame, but before pple start complaining; maybe they should reflect on what they have done for the team instead of asking what the team can do for them.

I have to clarify that the committee is not the 1 that sets the standard of how fit or how hard 1 should train. The standard is set by the rowing community who is competing in the same sport as us. The team indicated that they would like to do better for future races after the June race and that is the onli way to do it. Work hard, put in more effort instead of complaining & living in your own world. The team wants to be better without effort. How can that be possible??? I am really tired and sian leow. I think this will most probably be Sunday Dragons’ last race if we are competing in the Regatta.