CNY long weekend!

I haven't updated this blog since my last post, when I was still in the midst of my nerve-wrecking pulsating final examinations period. An overall assessment of the papers, I actually feel that the last AFA paper is the hardest. The theory portion is ... pretty unexpected and my answers were definitely not my most confident ones. Anyhow, with the ending of that paper my poly life has also came to an end. I used to hear them stories from Steven about how chiong and fun his poly life is, but now that mine's over I don't really feel that mine was even half as chiong and fun.

Still, David and I agreed on this, Poly > Secondary School ALL THE WAY. A better word to describe my poly life would be... relaxing. Everything was relaxing and cool and after 3 years of over-achieving I don't think my life will ever encounter a smoother period again. Primary school time was crazily easy but that's when I was still a kid. Secondary school is stressful with puberty and all and seems like a popularity contest sometimes. Poly is just do your thing and pretty much mind your own business and no one will bother about you. And did I mention the babes too? Lol. Of course not forgetting the babe that I "amazingly snagged" in year 2 and in someone's words, "cannot figure out how I actually manage to do it". C'mon she's not THAT out of my league...I think...I hope.

Haven't been posting photos for a while, so here's the "babe" in CoffeeBean after the AFA paper:

She thinks that she looks cute with this expression. HAHA OMG>>

The theme for the following 2 photos: Act Candid.

Started working at GNS last Friday thanks to Brenda's recommendation. I sure owe her a $20 orh luah for landing me the job. Work was alright too, not very difficult but hire purchase and cash flow statement can be quite troublesome. Only did collation and heck I spent an entire day on a case on Monday trying to fix the hire purchase and cash flow. Got me really fucked up and thankfully I managed to figure out just what the accountant was doing. Manager said I'm gonna start auditing next Monday after the 3 interns from SP come in. I guess it's their turn to do collation next.

And then there's CNY. I think I screwed my diet up big time. Anyway, I didn't mention here but I gave up on cutting cause I realised I still could lift heavy for all except for bench press. Back to bulking so my diet is not THAT strict but still, the CNY goodies are killing me. The Taiwan Muahchee and Love Letters are really my vices, not to mention the lack of HIIT and cardio this 2 weeks due to Sam the Hoe's absence from our weekly training. Been taking it easy with VC doing 2.4km and light swimming. Yes I gained weight, yes it's not (all) muscle, yes I'm pretty screwed. Meeting David and VC to lift somemore tomorrow, hoping for redemption from all the Muahchee.

And I finally understand the goodness of brown rice. Not only is it nutritious, it's simply the best food for a healthy diet because there is no fking way you can binge on your meals if you are taking it. It's so icky that you wouldn't want another bowl and it fills you up fast so you won't need the extra calories. I gotta mix it with white rice I'm a wuss.

Give brown rice a try, you won't regret it. Not.

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Bodyweight Circuit

Promised to post up the circuit I attempted today, so here it is:

Inclined walk 5 mins + Stretching as warmup
2.4km at 10mins (easier than the first time, but still hard!)

Bodyweight Squats (20 reps)
Tricep Pushup (10 reps)
Reverse Lunges (20 reps)
Side plank (30s per side)
Plank (1min)
Mountain Climber (20 reps)
Jumping Jacks (30/60/50 reps)

Completed under 5 mins, rested 2 mins and repeated the circuit thrice. My heartbeat was still ok, not really racing like when I did burpees but my sweat was dripping down all over.

So, thinking I hadn't had enough, I proceeded with the next circuit:

Chinups (8 reps)
Burpees (10 reps)
Inclined Situps (10 reps)
Inclined Leg-raise (10 reps)

THIS IS THA BOMB. Maybe it's because I did some work before that but damn I really felt giddy/nauseous (I can't spell this)/fucked up, like all the negative feeling come at once. Rested for 5 mins still cannot recover had to lay on the mat like a dead pig. Initially wanted to repeat 1 more set but really cmi so did another 8 chinups and called it a day.

Was so so so so so hungry and giddy after that, called dear to buy me a banana in school out of desperation while I was waiting for train. I'm wondering if I should just attack the 2nd circuit every workout since it makes me wanna vomit. I'll increase the reps for the first circuit next workout to see if it does the same for me and then decide again.

Anyway, was feeling overwhelmed by AFA last night, so much so that I decided to study just 1 day for MA and 1 day for CSP and leave all the days for AFA. There's like so so so so much to know! Until Mr Lye said those tested in CAs won't be tested again then I felt like a glimmer of hope appeared. Suddenly don't feel so overwhelmed, finished accounting for income taxes just now, maybe read up on hedging tutorial questions before sleeping later.

I can do it I can do it I can do it can't stop psyching myself. This shit is nothing!

Ripped to shreds ripped to shreds ripped to shreds (repeat until end of time)

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Agent Smith

Just had my C Law paper today and 2 more papers to go on friday and next monday. 2 heavy calculation papers AFA and MA, means ALOT ALOT ALOT of practice going to be done over the next few days.

I suddenly had this urge to watch the Matrix series all over again but couldn't find the vcds at the rental shop... will continue to try finding in the meantime. Found this stuff that Agent Smith said in the first movie that made a lot of sense:

I’d like to share a revelation that I’ve had, during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you aren’t actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with its surrounding environment, but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply, and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we... are the cure.

Doesn't this make a whole lotta sense.

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'Cheat' Day

Today was a cheat day. Didn't carry out my cutting routine as planned cause after resting for a week I felt that my shoulder could handle weightlifting again. Damn, I just don't know when to quit. But it was a good day for lifting, esp squats and deadlifts. Ok, I'll take extra care when benching but hey, it's damn hard to do something religiously for a few months and then be forced to stop.

Anyway, had my typical bout of flu which typically for me transcends into a full-blown phlegm-filled cough and scratchy throat. Saw the doctor after gym today to get medicine in case it gets worse during the exam period. It's the usual drowsy medicine and I'm so damn drowsy now that I've taken it.

I'm gonna start on CSP today, it's weird but I really don't wanna spend anymore time on MA and AFA until the day before the paper itself. I've read through all the theory and memorised most of it, did all the past year papers and fuck I just cannot stand the self-doubts surfacing each time I think about it. So yea, that's it. CSP from now on, which I've totally not touched at all.

Caught a glimpse of the time machine channel 5 was airing last night or the night before can't really remember. It was sort of the climax and the villian was saying that the protagonist is haunted by the 2 most terrible words - What if. True, this 2 words are really very terrible. They can make your mind wander off into the realm of fantasies that will never come true, and leave you blinded to the blessings that is already within your reach. What if things had never turn out this way? What if I had done that? What if what if what if. Thankfully, I'm not haunted as the protagonist is. I think of the future and not the past.

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