here are some pictures of our newly painted wall. :D hard work okay!




































took the ippt at Bedok Camp with the guys that day.. out of the five of us, only Limzy emerged with a silver. Junyu passed while the rest of us failed, mainly at running. joke! haha. my timing was 14.04 min, 1 min 34 s from pass. Never in my whole life/ army life did I run that kind of timing before.. lol.. looks like I need to attempt it again! :)

after the ippt we went to Park Royal Hotel at Bugis to try their buffet dinner.. it was not bad! :) around $40 per pax after paying with UOB debit to get 20% discount. There was sashimi, oysters, soft shell crabs, prata, roast duck/pork, chilli crabs, cheese, salad, various local dishes, fresh mussels and prawns, and a huge selection of delicious yummy desserts like mousse and fudge cakes and brownies and fondue. imba! :D we really ate our fill. haha.









sashimi and oysters!




















fresh seafood selection









Rockmaster was much better this time for me. Managed to control my nerves and planned my time and routes better so I didn't get as pumped. Flashed three out of five routes in the qualifiers! felt proud of myself. :D first finals spot for me! but the finals was far from good.. haha.. yes the routes were difficult but I made some mistakes that I normally wouldn't have made. Too nervous or too relaxed? I don't really know. haha will aim to get into the finals again next time! it was a refreshing change from the flash format. but three and a half minutes is really quite fast! just some planning, one good attempt, and boom, one minute left. lol. a different experience, I must say. :) a job well done for Joel! came in first despite not climbing in competitions for so long. the NUS climb team will be proud to welcome the new addition to the team haha.








qualifiers results
















finals results

what an eventful past week! helped out at Pumpfest for the whole of last weekend.. it was a tiring but pleasant experience for me... learnt a lot doing route judging and other stuff. Millenia Walk was kind of a little too high class, with not much entertainment /foodcourts in the area. thankfully Marina Square was just nearby. :) I didn't manage to qualify this time again, endurance was really bad! and bad route planning too. lol. tried some of the Opens qualifying routes and they were really sick. there is really a big difference between the Intermediate Mens routes and the Open Mens routes. it's like a whole new level really. haha.

it was a pretty scary experience being the route judge for the Open Men's category too! thank you boonsheng and winson for letting me overcome my fear. okay this was what happened. I made a little mistake in judging a false start on a Novice Men's route earlier on, but luckily boonsheng spotted the mistake and pointed it out to me that it wasn't a false start. so we edited the guys climbing slip and counted it as one less attempt. from then I was a little paranoid that I would make the same mistake again so was kind of hesitant about judging Opens. but boonsheng and winson wanted me to learn something so they asked me to judge Opens, and it was really scary with 300 plus people standing around watching. lol. Ponti held an illegal tile and had this killer look on his face when I had to ask him to come down. like some Maori tribe warrior. haha.

after that it was a 4+ hour sleep and then off I went to tampines one at 4.30am to meet lew and company for breakfast at macs before our bus ride to Genting at 5.45am! the bus was pretty comfortable. :) hotel room was not as fantastic as the previous one at Resort Hotel though.. this time we stayed at First World Hotel.. kenghao wasn't feeling too well so we did not go to the theme park.. spent most of our time at the casino, like a true blue AHS-ian. :D haha!
bought some snacks for the family from the local produce shop at the foot of Genting. kenghao bought RM60 worth of otah! lol.







comfortable bus seat













Kenny Rogers. the macaroni and cheese was nothing compared to Singapore's!


























our shanghainese dinner, courtesy of the big winners. thanks again! :)


and then we worked as bangalas for the almost the whole of yesterday... went back to NTU to paint the walls and wash tiles. thanks to my mum for allowing me to borrow the car! here's an appetiser. forgot to take a photo of the final wall! anyway, minor touches still to be done. lol.