20 Apr 07_
On the way home today I saw a shadow of myself in this little girl from ATS. She looks something like how I used to when I was a kid, tall for her age (Yes it's hard to imagine isn't it? I used to be one of the tallest in lower primary!) and.. not skinny, but lean, the kind of build that tells you she loves to run, jump, skip, whatever, just generally being active and stuff. In fact, she was wearing a red ATS T&F shirt with a white towel slung over her right shoulder and held 2 silver trophies in her hands. Yet she was just kind of walking along in a pensive mood, you know those tell-tale gestures? Looks into the distance as she replies to her chatty friend, vague smiles.. and when they went their separate ways, she walked with her eyes on the ground (But not quite like how Elisa does it, just you know, fixed on some spot 2metres away). The freakiest thing was how she climbed the slope that leads up to our apartment blocks, using the exact same route I chose everyday! I have NEVER seen anyone else do that, seriously, 'cause the way I chose isn't exactly the most convenient, though rather more exciting :} Here's an illustration of it:


(1) We avoid the long and monotonous climb up the path laid out for residents with the railings at the side and shelter overhead to deviate off onto the concrete where you're clearly not meant to walk, and
(2) she STEPPED ON THE EXACT SAME SLAB OF STONE I ALWAYS STEP ON with THE SAME DELIBERATE CARE!
(3) By the time she started climbing the grassy slope I was grinning away because somehow I knew exactly where she was going to go next..
(4) And lo and behold, she walked on the rectangular pieces of concrete laid out to form a path to the void deck of my apartment block!

The pink path is the route that other residents take. There used to be some who would climb the grassy slope (3) but not anymore since the No Entry sign's been put up. The orange route is exclusive, as far as I know, to me and this little girl :D Since we're on the topic of probability for math, let me demonstrate academic rigour by using probability to prove meself (Oh dear this sounds so Mr P_rvis):

Let A be the event that residents chose not to take the proper path
B -- what's described in (2) i.e. stepping on that slab of stone
C -- climbing the grassy slope
D -- what's described in (4)
P(A)=0
Therefore, P(A n B n C n D)=0 since they're dependent events.

Yayy Mr T_o should be so proud! :]

.. So for one surreal moment as I walked behind her, I felt like I was watching myself. How can someone I've never met till today be so similar to me in so many ways? Anyway, I hope she discovers canoeing someday, have a feeling she'll love it as much :)
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Speaking of canoeing, I think I'm not cut out for 1000s :C Cos like when I switch into maintenance mode, my mind tends to wonder off on its own even as my hands continue to move.. 500s are different, you know everything has to be all out and it's just burstmaintainburst before the race is over, so you kinda force yourself to get into the zone more quickly and stay there so that nothing distracts you, not even big waves and imba wash. Stillll, it's no excuse, I'll just have to learn to focus.
Reckon practicing math probs might help? :D
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Got tagged by ETee! :D

A is for age
17

B is for booze of choice
I don't drink! Haha but Bailey's are <3

C is for career
I could do a Mr P and go, "To those of you who know english, to career means to rush forward!" :D
Okok, it's gotta be advertising!! Pls pls pls let me land a job with the big names, like Saatchi&Saatchi :}

D is for your most dreaded
Bean stalked on the way to school :S Now I avoid bus number 54 like the plague! Ask Manda, the one time I was stupid enough to venture onto that bus, I had to make a distress call to her so that I can talk to her and not the bean stalk for the entire way to school :D

E is for essential item
My trusty Nalgene bottle, affectionately named the Ultimate :) Tho I've been harbouring thots of getting a new pretty orange one of the same model of late *ahemHintHintahem* :}

F is for favorite song at the moment
I'm still Here Vertical Horizon

G is for favorite games
Ermmm..Canal Control on my mum's (now mine) phone. And the other one's got a very long name: Finish-25meters-in-10-Strokes, I play it about 80X6 times every water training :D

H for hometown
Hmm. As in the place I was born/raised in right? So Singapore various provinces in China.. I was always travelling back and forth between my maternal and paternal extended families when I was a wee kid.

I is for indulgence
Only one? Ok I'd say B&J's Chunky Monkey over dark chocolates (tho if it were Anthon Berg's, it's a different story altogether! :D)

J is for favorite flavor of juice
Red apple-Orange PLUS SALT! :D As far as I know, only Van shares my passion, I wonder why.. Hmm.

K is for kids
The BPSS kids whom I tutor for CIP! :)

L is for last hug from husband
(-.-) The last time I checked, I'm still single.

M is for years of marriage
(-.-) Ditto.

N is for name of your crush
I'm a Canoeist, not a Judoka! And so I wash, not crush :D

O is for overnight hospital
When I was born?

P is for Phobia
Spraining my ankle / Seeing other pple twist their ankle, is painful is cringe-inducing is scary :S

Q is for quote
At the moment, "It's the 11.59pm moment of your life. It's turning over to 12. 12 is dark, but it's a new day."

R is for biggest regret
14/07/06, but that's in past tense.

S is for status
Huh? Online?

T is for time you wake up
0640, but ever since I found myself bean stalked I wake up at 0610 so that I can get to school some other way :S

U is for underwear
(-.-) Perv much?

V is for vegetable you love
HIGH-FIVE ELISA I LOVE BROCOLLI TOO!! And Sambal KangKong/Brinjal, but that'll have to wait -- No spicy food for now! :)

W is for worst habits
According to my mum?
1)Dashing out of the house without finishing breakfast, without fail. :P
2)"How do you study with your desk so cluttered and messy?!!" Haha, but it's easier to find my stuff like this! Besides, it's all v. subjective and there are many tables/flat surface around the house.. :P
3)Umm.. I take super loooong to bathe "for someone so short" (>.<) Welll by extension, the water droplets from the sprinkler take very long to reach me what! Haha okok actually it's because I do stupid things like lathering the floor and pretending it's a skating rink, or because it just feels super good to have hot water splattering on my aching muscles after trngs :)

X is for x-rays you've had
Twice, both on the right foot and right ankle

Y is for yummy food you make
UHH.. Cheese omelette? :}

Z is for zodiac sign
Snake/Cancer

I TAG: CheR!! :) And anyone who needs a break..

Labels: Gideon Jnr., quizzes and such

go to, then; your considerate stone.
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