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A seasaw mood this past few weeks.
Lots of set-backs plus a little victories.
But Owell, being human, the set-backs does drain and drown you in those sorrows.
I haven been feeling happy for awhile. Don't really feel like confiding in anyone also, don't like going for gathering, hate it when unpleasant things happen. Well, that's life, life is never like a bed of roses. Even if it's roses, there's torns.

Perhaps its another phase in life tt i am going into. Pressure of life living in Singapore.

Cheer up Rachel Chiam.

I had a dream. It was quite a horrid one.
I only remember bits and pieces, but anyway, I woke up and thought that it was quite scary. It shall not come to pass. There's this SI thing that i shan't elborate. Let those who know what is this know. the rest just keep num.

The all-time evil tester handed out muffins to students. A full muffin indicate that you passed the test,Hui got a full muffin and Sabrina got half a muffin because she just passed, it was my turn and I asked for the muffin, he told me you have no muffin because u failed. OH NO!!!!

Yeah, so the week has passed and i totally forgot about it until the real result is finally out! Everyone else got back the test result and mine took awhile. I had no muffins. Pretty upset with myself, I blame it on the tester who gave such unclear instruction, i fell for the trick. I don't usually blame on people or particular situation, but this time, I am pissed. They know that many people fell for that why did not keep num about it?! PISSED.

Anyway, yeah, NO MUFFIN FOR ME THIS HOLIDAY. I DONT LIKE MUFFINS!
D reminded me of this dream, and he said no not another dream? I said no, this is real! N he was such a sweetie to cheer me up! He bought my fav KOI! Dinner and breakfast! WOOHOO~

A replacement for Muffins; KOI

Every Job has it's stress and expectation.
That does not exclude a Freelnce Swimming Instructor like me
Like any other Job, it starts off good, fun, stress-free and you look forward to going for work everyday!

Soon you get farmiliar with this career, you begin searching for alternative, you compare how good is this boss, how well do they pay you, how they treat you and it's down to comparison, that's when politics comes in.

Skills comparison between staff comes in and that can be really disturbing. Stress level increases when new students come in and there is a need to look for new location and new slots for them. Condominium Management can be a real hassle when situations like that arises.

Hui Hui, who is my fellow colleague who can totally understand the kind of stress I am facing, Now, I am hoping that everything will work out well, even if i enter Uni, i would be able to reschedule the timing to fit my time-table. Stressful I am, but everything works out for good to those who love him.

Amen.

Hello to whoever that is left.

I am too lazy to update anything simply because I don't come online as often as I used to do some time back. I used to have a cyber life online before I met my Boyfriend. Now, things have changed a little.

I am lazy, very lazy.
I am grumpy, very grumpy.
I have plans to leave my job, it's very tiring and unpredictable.
Ok, I have no inspirations to a topic to talk on.
Yada Yada.

I have been rather busy.
Events after events and I must say I could hardly breathe. I like and I hate being busy. What an irony.
Previously It was SI course that got me really busy.First, the practical that i have to make sure my strokes were satisfactory.Then it was the theory, every tues and thurs would be gg down for theory lessons, then it was the test that got me really stressed up.

University Applications also took up quite abit of my mental strength. WOrk has been tiring especially when there is a time change in their class. I get quite irritated when certain routine is being interrupted. Impromptu stuff, yes i get irritated, who don't?
Right now, Asia Conference rehershals. It's almost every other day?! After which, work, boyfriend, disability course and finally school will start. It's like NO rest?!

I am really quite excited for Asia Conference, but running the show is another story altogether, queueing up for the event is also another thing that i am quite sian to do. Well, i should quit complaining, be more patient and stay happy.

But how can i be happy under stress? There's so many things that is keeping me in suspense. SI test, My students, Uni application, Who to handover!!! ARGH, driving me nuts.

Talk about being long enough in church, sometimes you just don't get recognized for your hard-work, all is said and done, it just becomes quite akward. Few years down the road, you see each other,showing that plastic smile, or worse, you don't even greet each other. Talk about being christ-like. It can be quite dissapointing at times.

A stressed up person is an angry person.

Facing me is the Singapore Flag.

It's passion and drive that brings this flag up. I am beginning to love Singapore more because it brings me pride.
It's amazing how I made my way to Sports School everyday to teach the little ones.
I must say it is an experience teaching 20 over kids in a class. Now that if YMCA and other places gives me about 6-8 kids, i feel weird. See, I said it's good. It challenges my soul and body.
It was challenging and yes my brain need to think of ways to teach a whole bunch quick and fast. They only have a crash course of 8 lessons, thus to keep them moving in the water requires some planning.

Other coaches may slack, but I told myself I will not, because these kids are here to learn and I jolly well make sure i impart something to them. At least that's all i can do as a good coach.

Over here, there are lots of good swimmers, I see them swim their buterfly, amazing, I see the synchronized swimmers do their stunts in the water, putting up a good show dancing and twirling around with the music, it is a good experience, favour with the peole here is earned and jollly well do well and you get rewarded.

There are basically 3 group of students that i teach:

1. Primary 3 Kids who are generally short and attention span is short. They are still very young and ignorant about the surrounding. I don't really enjoy teaching this age group especiallly at Sports School because they can't reach the ground! I have to carry them across one by one, which is physically tiring.

2. Secondary school kids who are growing up. They are very shy and don't want the boys to see them in their swimming costume. It's just quite funny to see such a sight, esp first day of class.

3. Child-care kids, 4-5 years old. Ultra cute, I have to sing and dance with them and they get very excited over the slightlest thing.

Nuggets here and there everyday, keeping my days as a swimming instructor interesting. I am loving it! :)

Hi to the world that i have kinda lost touch.



I am glad I spoke; I have no idea what gave me the courage.
It has been good and I am praying about it.
Give me some time, Give us some time.
Give me some space, We'll see how things turn out.
Till then, ♥

I was at the gym with Diana few days back and we were just wondering which is the proper way to land our feet so that we can be injury-free.

Some mistakes noted:
1. Bouncing up and down too much
2. Over striding
3. Not using their hamstrings enough
4. Landing on feet too heavily
5. Breaking action on landing
6. Not using arms
7. Twist midriff side to side while running
8. The head and upper body are bent forward
9. Jogging slower than you could walk!



The foot should strike the surface with the ball of the foot, in a dorsiflexed position (with toes pointing forward not downwards) otherwise this creates a" breaking" motion.

The heel doesn't touch the ground.

The foot on landing on the surface should be "light" not heavy, it then "grips and scrapes" the surface.

Now that you know how to go about running properly, go do it now.
Don't slacken, I just went jogging this evening. It feels amazing! :D

I bring praise report telling you, my fellow readers that i am officially working at Sports School and YMCA. Of which, I am happier at YMCA.

Sports School has a nice environment just that it's a tad too far and the sechdule they give is crappy. 1 hour a class and a long break and another 1 or 2 hours. It's kinda sickening but what to do. They are also a little rigid with their rules so it's quite irritating.

I have no complains for YMCA. Like it alot, the kids there are more adorable. Except perhaps the Jam i faced when i return home. It is good, i like the little kids, VERY CUTE!

Running around like a true mad woman, i have been travelling quite abit, thus i have been visiting the petrol kiosk quite a bit. Every other week it's about $50 just on the disel and not adding all my parking fees. I do feel the pinch, so If you can understand, kindly be nice. It's all from my own pocket.

I have been avoiding from many issues in life.
I am confused and I do not want to face it.
I escape and I don't want to talk about that.
I know I have to settle down and do something but yet, I am reluctant.
Okay for now, leave me alone and I'll be fine.

A trip that's worth some brain cells.

SKIING
We were utterly destroyed and dissapointed like you cannot imagined. That was the higlight of the trip. Well, it was called off there and then.The path was not ready due to the change in weather in China as a whole as well as the breakdown of the cable car.
As such, we did some hard-core trekking and went back city for the night, still feeling dissapointed, we paid quite a huge sum for the transporataion itself and it took us a good 8 hours just to transport ourselves there and back.

We decided to try again since we could go again[with little hope] a day before we head back home.(Singapore)
Thank God, on Sunday they called and said that the skiing path is open!
We head off Xiling Ski Resort on the Monday morning, keeping our fingers cross that nothing would go wrong during our 4 hours journey there.

While we were on the way, the tyre punctured. There and then, we were told to get off the vehicle so that the driver could do the nessecary. Right there and then, IT SNOW-ed!!

Let me repeat it snow-ed. WE WERE ALL JUMPING FOR JOY!SUPER HAPPY!
It was our first time seeing snow, no longer touching the snow that was left down previously. It was snowing heavily, one of the heaviest snow this season.
REJOICE! It was all our virgin experience.

Lucky cousins, it's their first winter trip and they get to touch real snow.
Yeah, dats dat, the highlight.

period. back to my hectic and busy rachel chiam's world.
let out a big sigh and goodnight.