i've moved! again! you don't have to come to this address anymore kids!

happy! i finished 22 kilometres/22000 metres/2 million centimetres of grueling waves, low-tide-ness, rubbish, oil and annoying competitors to get a bunch of cuts and blisters today! and i actually wore a cap.

so we started out at Pasir Ris sea sports centre, and when the starting horn went off, it was like a nuke blew up. if you were in the middle, you got most of the chaos of 200+ boats chionging at once, and if you were at the back, you would find yourself further back. everyone was either tertiary or in university or independent participant, with Hwa Chong Institution (bleagh) and TMS being the only secondary schools in it.

once things have sort of settled, a swarm of fibreglass and occasional carbon fibre insects skimmed towards the middle east side of Pulau Ubin. just south, or from our perspective, in front, of Ubin was this little mangrove island with a kelong attached to it. around the kelong and the east side of that island, through a channel to the west of Ubin, the distance of which made me want to cry already, then around the somehow freaking huge west end to the deceptively calm and looooooooooooooooong northern side of Ubin. then it was a lonely, lonely, VERY lonely row all the way until i reached the northernmost corner of the east side. sianness plus very big but elusive boat-controlling waves didn't help.

finally, after rounding the corner to the east side, i saw Zhiyin and Alessia's boat. i think Alessia was super tired, and they were resting until they saw me. overtook them, then waited, and went back together. yay! it made the even more freaking-er huge-er east end a lot easier to tackle with the company. went through the first kelong again, then back to Pasir Ris. too tired to think of details beyond that.

i feel like playing basketball now.

np: Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You