beautiful disaster
this is starrystarrytwenty
"No, there is no escape.
There is no heaven with a little hell in it -
no plan to retain this or that of the devil in our hearts or our pockets
Out Satan must go, every hair and feather."
- GEORGE MACDONALD
"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen:
not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."
- C.S. LEWIS
Monday, March 13, 2006
a wonderful week
the week as an LO turned out to be the most enjoyable..
met loadsa people.. got to know loadsa people.. i forgot how fun it is to meet new people after being cooped up in my comfort zone of frens.. of cz it makes things easier when people are really frenly.. haha..
so.. at the swimming meet, i met:
1. lloyd
hez a volunteer ath the swimming meet.. his girlfren happens to be in-charge of all the LOs.. hahaa..
2. tommy
not so good to meet this one.. hez yu qing(sw classmate aka the "dao"wager)
3. bryan tay
who i think wasnt as frenly as i thot he wld have been.. hurhur..
4. daniel and paul
the legendary daniel wee.. haha.. jetz former bosses.. haha..
5. joseph phua
one of the 3 phua bros from church..
on top of meeting people i already know.. there were many many others whom i met for the first time..
first up.. the kazak team i was taking care of.. did u know that the russians have really beautiful eyes.. and the cruxifix they wear are really beautifully done.. they're catholic btw.. most swimmers are in kazak, as well as uzbek.. these 2 countries are muslim countries.. so yar.. really frenly people.. (: o yes.. theyre names are gen(pronounced jon), oleg, dima, toliy, and annestasia.. 4 guys and a girl.. brought the 4 guys shopping on 2 occasions in town and on their last day in sg, i brought them to sentosa.. we had fun there.. first time i dared to really go out into the sea to have a swim juz bcz big and strong russians wld be there to save me.. wahahaa.. they really do care abt me, haha.. which is nice.. when they found out that i stayed near the sports sch, the practically chased me off the bus that wld bring us back to the hotel(i usually send them back to the hotel, settle wateva issues and then leave, which by the time i reach home wld be 11pm).. they told me that i spent very long hrs with them, and that they wanted me to go home and have more rest.. hahaa.. so sweet rite.. haha..
the indonesian swimming team, they are really really frenly people.. will put up the photos in another post.. really funny too.. haha.. wait til u see the photos..
i spent quite a bit of time w the indo team bcz shawn and jerome were their LOs.. and whenever my team didnt need me, i wld hang w the indo team w shawn and jerome.. went shopping w them on one of the days as well.. closer to alvin, audrey and brian.. these are the ones i talked too..
the uzbek team.. this teamz really close to my kazak team, one reason bcz theyre countries are close together and they both speak russian.. met sergey, a korean whose family migrated to uzbek.. itz really weird to see a korean speaking russian.. dun think he can speak korean tho.. haha.. shall tell u more abt danil further down..
nicholas tan
a singaporean swimmer.. one year younger than me.. hez studying in rjc now.. thanx to cong, i met him.. haha.. and hez really frenly.. i took a photo with him.. and got him to sign my tee as well..
jermaine
shez in-charge of the LOs whose teams are staying at riverview hotel..
really cool girl.. shez really frenly and adds a personal touch on the "formal" event..
now for the closer bonds made
the LOs of uzbek.. liyana and denise.. they were the first LOs i met.. they are course mates at sp who juz finished a dip in some architechture course..
we sent danil off at the airport together.. yuppz.. hope we can stay in touch.. (:
danil.. an uzbek swimmer.. his english is fluent as compared to the others.. fluent enuff to have interesting conversations.. liyana, denise and i spent quite a bit of time talking to him.. hez sucha looker and hez a real charmer as well.. haha.. funny dude too.. he can joke and make fun of us.. haha.. sorry arh.. memories cant really be put down in words.. hahaa.. photos will come later.. (:
he taught me a bit of russian.. we taught him a bit of chinese.. and liyana taught him malay.. haha..
he flew back to germany instead of uzbek bcz hez studying there.. cool huh.. hez my age btw.. which is perfect.. haha.. had two kisses on the cheek from him when we sent him off.. that was a teary event..
can u imagine dating an uzbek.. not any other caucasian.. dating an american is so passe.. a british.. that still sounds fine.. but dating an uzbek.. like woah.. that sounds sO cool.. wahahaha.. dun mind me.. im juz dreaming.. hahaa..
dun think therez anyth else much to say.. except i wish for more jobs like this.. wldnt even consider it a job coz itz so much fun.. albeit the hours(7am to 10pm) were really really really lONg, 3 days seemed like a week, the experience was a pleasant one.. (:
for now.. im gonna go for soccer training.. the only thing i missed during the week of "work".. oh yar, one more thing i missed was sleep.. wahhaa..