Sunday, October 14, 2007

raya pics!

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well said.

aisyah's in a lazy mood. im so lazy i dont wanna unpress that 'align centre' button.

so lets just post pictures.

aisyah's supposed to be studying. mummy said dah masok nus asik online jer.

dont retaliate, u just asked for her forgiveness yesterday.

hari raya turned out pretty okay.

yay.

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that was me at geylang looking retarded as usual.

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that was my baju on the first day of raya.


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and my kasut raya. lawaaaa kan?

then on the 2nd day we turned the house into a studio.

SO EXCITING.

look!

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just check out my mum's face.

she's so semangat, takleh angkat seh.

and okay i know im pretty boring.

fine.

and sorry bout my nenek.

she looks moody,

she must be wondering why she's living witha bunch of hooligans.

baaahhh.

okay thats it i guess.

school tomorrow.

strawberry milkshake here i come!


Saturday, October 13, 2007

nokoraya.

hello.
today training was good.
i think i did pretty well, so much so that elsie gave a pat on my back.
woof woof.
i was tired but i guess i told myself that i wanted to prove them wrong.
im glad i did.
then after training we were packing our oars for our flight tmr.
i was pretty excited, honestly.
then my boss and my new coach said they needed to talk to me.
so i went to meet up with them after i had my shower.
guess what they told me.
im not going korea.
i didnt know whether to laugh or cry or shit or just die there on the spot.
i chose to cry. laughing will make them question my mental state of mind.
at first it was a tear or two.
i heard they were saying about
commitment
studies
hari raya
weight
future
gold
understand
then they had to continue
pain
strength
embarrassing
last
national athlete
lazy
taking things for granted
weight
weight
weight
oh god
tears were flowing out of my eyes like maaad
i cried and cried
i dint bother to wipe them off
until the front of my shirt was drenched.
then it was as if someone threw a shoe right at my head
and brought me back to reality.
look on the bright side, i was telling myself, as they were still at it.
weight
weight
eat
drink
less
fit
strong
weak
u were complaining a few days back u dint wanna go korea cuz u wanted to celebrate hari raya
then why the hell are u crying.
firstly i cried cuz i couldnt believe my wish would actually come true.
then i should wish to get a medal for sea games this yr.
prolly it'll come true as well.
oh wait, i should wish to be able to MAKE WEIGHT for the games this yr.
pathetic, aisyah.
this is not you.
u know u can do it but why didnt you?
nicholas is right.
what kind of athlete are u?
taking things for granted.
even wai mun and mimi who arent selected for sea games are still working their ass off.
what the hell are u doing?
he is so right
what the farking hell am i doing.

i was actually already looking forward to go korea actually
thats the second reason why i just couldnt stop crying.
oh well,
mummy said maybe ader hikmahnye.
too much hikmah, mum.
so im not all fully sad and depressed.
but im a whole lot disappointed.
i have to work harder i guess
u guess ur pantat!
u must u idiot.
make that weight by nextweek then i can go thailand
if not, i wont be going sea games at all.
hoho then if i dont get to go sea games
NO
i'll be going sea games.
i will.

again i ask myself,
is this what i really want?
is this all worth my sweat, tears and blood?

i guess theres no point looking back and regretting.
i know theres alot of people at the side lines cheering me on.
its just up to me to do what it takes to achieve it.
wee.
i took that pretty well, didnt i?
pretty well?
my eyes are like puffer fishes stuck to my eye sockets.
just dont ever mention korea to me.
i'll just burst again.
booyah.

i was so depressed i went for a baju raya shopping at geylang with shaik.
i got myself a purple baju kurung.
it took my mind off rowing for a while.
until i reached home and sat down and do nothing.
then i started to think.
gaah.
i wish i had a car and drive myself to laos or something.

Tuesday, October 09, 2007

pain

today i rowed in the doubles with elsie during training.
not being mentally prepared was a BIG mistake.
training was crazy.
when i couldnt take it anymore i screamed at the top of my lungs.
when the intervals finished,
i cried,
and cried like nothing else matters.
i didnt know why the fark i cried,
but i did.
for like a minute.
then i stopped, caught my breath and
rowed.

and this is only the start.

it hurts so much,
my mind went numb.

i chose this life, i gotta deal with it.

i went running after buka.
its been ages since i ran at the stadium.
woodlands wellington was having a friendly with a malaysian club.
after my run, i felt good.

i finally found what ive been missing these past few months,
a source of motivation.


eureka.

meanwhile,
im gonna endure the pain that will definitely come tmr.
its gonna hurt like hell,
but i have to hang on.
to overcome.

I HATE BEING THE WEAKER.

Saturday, October 06, 2007

rowing issues, what else?

YOU'RE NOT WEAK, bitch.

im not supposed to be here cuz im supposed to be studying.
but whatever.

last week was faarking hectic. there was the psych test then the deadline for the psych essay. psych 100 qn mcq test was tricky. the negative marking scheme's really cunning. aisyah so bobo dint ans 30 qns. i couldnt think what was the best choice, to ans or not. then the guy next to me introduced himself to me at the end of the test just to tell me that he calculated the chances of him having right or wrong answers and the probability of him having what shit what nots. he was giving me FIGURES, i swear. i was kukufied. uhh. malaysian scholar. what do u expect. HAH!

the psych mid term essay qn was given to us ages ago but i didnt bother doing it until 2 nights before the deadline. the earliest i went to bed last week was 1am and the latest at 4am and i wake up at 5am every morning, without fail. i try not to complain.
still trying.

OH! the new coach's arriving tomorrow night. i know my fellow teammates are so looking forward to having her around during trainings but sorry, im not. maybe i am, a little but not excited at all. the first thing she want us to do is to push our training sessions earlier. early this yr, we start at 8, a few months back we start at 7.30 and recently, we have been starting training at 7am and now she wants us to start at 6.30am.

if u're feeling that way, imagine how i feel.

just thinking about it makes me wanna cry.
i better make sure all this shit loads of sacrifices are worth it.
i better.
dont even mention hari raya to me.
im flying off to korea on the night of raya itself.
will be back a week later and flying off to thailand the next day.
once im back here again, exams will be round the corner.
so much for raya.
ive been going for physioterapy with elsie at the sports council. cuz we're having co-ordination problems in the boat.
i do realise that me and elsie are totally 2 different people. we're of the same ht but i have longer legs and she has a longer body. we're humans but she's way stronger than me. but that doesnt make me weaker. its 2 different things.
in physio, ive learnt to use my lats muscles instead of my biceps to row.
ive learnt to control my pelvic bone.
ive learnt to balance myself on a swiss ball using my lower abs.
and ive also learnt that no matter how good i am, elsie is always better.
i know its not the best thing to say after attending like a gazillion and one motivational talks but sometimes the truth just hurts. and u just have to accept it.
the first time my physioterapist called me weak, i felt like whacking him to pieces, i swear. he almost made me cry, in fact right after physio when i was changing in the toilet i shed a tear or two. but this, u dont tell anyone cuz its embarrassing, but to think of it, why paiseh?
talent without humility is wasted, bebeh.

eventually, i took it as a form of motivation for me to work harder. okay, he still does call me weak but now, everytime he says that four letter word, i'll roll my eyes. I'll prove you wrong, you wait and see. goes out to the world as well.

dont EVER mess wimme.

dont say i dint warn you.


i went geylang the other night with shaik, which was one of those very few nights i dont feel like shit and not dying. i was in fact so bloody energetic right till i reached home at 12 plus and hoho mum wasnt angry i rached home after 12. im a good girl, it seems. im happy. okay so u all know that aisyah can never buy an already made on the racks baju kurung cuz it'll never fit me perfectly. i can never find baju kurung with sleeves that covers my wrists. so i went hunting for raya shoes and i actually found a pair that i adore and it only comes in MY size. it was like a dream come true. huhu. and its lawa. i like. im happy.


i went for the sea games preparations workshop this morning. it was exciting cuz u get to see all the national athletes altogether! i was sitting next to the rugby boys. TELL ME ABOUT IT! haha. ho-ho-hot stuff.


they had talks about lots of stuff. nutrition, recovery, admin matters, media talks, doping tests, motivational talks, lalala. i managed to keep myself awake truout the whole 4hrs event. i mean, seriously, if u have ruggers sitting next to u do u think u can fall asleep? HAHA.


oh and the motivational talks were pretty interesting. one thing's for sure, it made me feel grateful for being there, sitting with the rest of the national athletes, being among one of them going for the sea games, hey, representing the nation, bebeh. of course thats just the surface, thats what the masses see, thats what u see. like WAH national athlete. WAH free travelling. WAH prestige. its WAH in a way or another. i sometimes think that way too like WAH i never imagined i get to go to germany without paying a single cent. what they dont see is the kind of shit, pantat and taik goreng campur babi floss we have to go tru to get that WAH status. one way or another, yeah, not anyone can easily take my position or even wanna be in my position, not everyone wants to wake up in 5 in the morning to train for 3 hours when ure fasting and wait hor 10 hours till u can eat or drink. not everyone would want to put sports before everything else like education, family and hari raya. not everyone's willing to sacrifice. and whoa to think of it, i did it.

they call it love, i call it passion.

well sometimes i call it CRAP but just dont tell them. haha.


lets see if i can survive next week.

i need to find a source of motivation.

and a support group.

shaik said that if training really starts at 6.30 every morning and i continue sleeping late, i would be dead the next time i see him.

i couldnt agree more.

the rower,

the masochist,

aisyahhh.

prove them wrong.

PROVE THEM WRONG.


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