it is a strange feeling sinking to the bottom of a pool and looking up towards the surface. there is a circle through which you can see the sky and the area around the edge of the pool, while the rest of the surface reflects the bottom of the pool. my friend and i being the only two people in the pool at 9 am in the morning, the peace was fantastic. underwater, it was peaceful and silent, holding my breath as long as i can to appreciate the surreal quality of it all. strangely enough it did not hurt to hold my breath, nor did i panic. the sun benignly shone down and gave the surfaces a bright cast.

but i hate swimming. or rather i hate swimming front crawl, especially for the bi/triathlons. most efficient and fastest stroke, but i just don't like the swimming part. sentosa was not as bad as east coast, where the water was murky brown and i can smell fuel. sentosa was still cloudy and greenish but not as polluted. i was more fit during the NUS biathlon, and it was a shorter distance race as well. the singapore biathlon was olympic distance, and i was fighting off gastric and an irritating and painfully persistent stitch. sheer torture, but i never gave up, though that thought crossed my mind quite a few time. it felt good to finish the race, pain and all. to know that you can do it, and have done it.

and while trying to take an afternoon nap, i was bloody pissed off by the guys who lived in the room opposite mine. two grown men screaming while playing a damned game. felt like picking up the kitchen knife and going over to stab them, making them scream the last scream of their miserable life. not to mention the arseholes also sing really really off key in the middle of the night while playing their stereos loudly and as one of them live next door, i have to be an unwilling member of the audience as well.

Bertram awoke @ 12:54 PM with (0) flashes of inspiration

well i have not blogged a long time so i've decided to upload a pic or two of me and my biathlon pursuits... it has been tiring and already been through 3 of them. 2 olympic distance ones and a sprint distance one. now i am just slacking off, waiting for exams, and the dreaded ippt, and the next event which is the army half-marathon, followed by the NUS triathlon and the standard chartered marathon. am i absolutely nuts? maybe. haha.

Bertram awoke @ 8:25 PM with (0) flashes of inspiration