A new life, a new beginning

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Just realised I have so much to say but just could not find the time to do so. So here I am to update. Went to east coast on 22 April. There was Lyrids meteor showers. It was my first time viewing a meteor shower, and I was quite fascinated when I really saw streaks of meteors flying across the sky. In total, I saw 5 meteors. Besides that, while we went to 7-Eleven to get some drinks, the cafe next door just happened to be showing the FA Cup match of Chelsea vs Liverpool. We were just in time to catch Riise's freekick which opened the scoring for Liverpool. I must admit that the southern sky that night was superb and we made full use of our scope to look at deep-sky objects. It was one of the rare times I could find so many deep-sky objects in a single night. So, I spent the whole night using the telescope, hardly sleeping at all, and occasionally cycling around east coast park. Then we had breakfast at MacDonalds before going home. I must say it was a successful trip for me and NJC Astronomy Club. I felt that I have experienced something new.

Had my NAPFA test today. As usual I failed my pull-ups. But I must mention that I pushed myself harder for the rest of the items. For 2.4 km run, I broke my personal best to achieve a timing of 11:02 as compared to 11:24 which i got last year. As for standing board jump, I jumped better on the last time and managed to get 236 cm. Overall, I got 3 A, 1 B, 1 C and 1 F, counting the scores, if I had done well for pull ups, that would have guaranteed me a silver or gold. Damn, why am I unable to do my pull ups? Why? I must start training hard for pull ups now. Anyway great job done for NAPFA, guys.

That's all for today
hellmos signing off...

My mind's unweaving/ 3:41 pm