Notice: This story is purely fictitious. No penguins are waddling about freely in Singapore, neither were any penguins harmed in the production of this story.
Chap 1: Return to the South Pole - The ticket
Yay, I got my ticket to the south pole. Leaving tomorrow.
Chap 2: Return to the South Pole - Heavy rain
Heavy rain throughout the whole day. Flight postponed to 1 week later. Dammit.
Chap 3: The Capture - SPCA
Currently at SPCA. Some idiot thought I was a wild penguin and reported me to the SPCA. They caught me when i was sleeping on the bench.
Chap 4: The Capture - Release from SPCA
*Yawn* Now processing the documents for my release from SPCA. Stupid guy.
Chap 5: The Zoo - The adoption
Oh my god! Something went wrong. I am being adopted by the Zoo. What the hell?
Chap 6: The Zoo - Demanding kids
... In the zoo now... And the kids are demanding me to do happy feet. What!?
Chap 7: The Zoo - Happy feet
No choice. Now learning how to dance happy feet. Hard to be a penguin =(
Chap 8: The Zoo - Sore feet
Eeks. My feet are sore :O
Chap 9: The Zoo - The outburst
Me: I can no longer take it!
LifeAsAPenguin proudly presents, a parody of the renowned television series 'Prison Break'... ZOO BREAK!
Me: I shall escape! =D
Chap 10: The Escape - Planning the escape
Planning to escape with a couple of penguin mates. Penguiy, PenPen and GuinGuin.
Me: Okay.. This is what we shall do.. *whisper whisper*
Penguiy, PenPen, GuinGuin: Um. Yes. Okay.....
Chap 11: The Escape - Execute escape plan!
Me: Are we all ready to escape?
Penguiy, PenPen, GuinGuin: Yes! Let's do it!
Me: We shall follow the escape plan. Disguise ourselves at zebra crossings!
Chap 12: The Escape - Escape successful?
'Stealth Penguin' mode activated. Successfully in the zebra crossing.
GuinGuin: Yes! We did it!
PenPen: Not yet! Look! Hostile children ahead!
Chap 13: The Escape - We've been spotted!
Children: *screams* Penguins! Penguins!
Oh no! The penguins have been spotted!
Me: PLAN B! PLAN B!
Penguiy, PenPen, GuinGuin: Plan B? What Plan B!?
Chap 14: The Escape - Plan B!
Penguiy, PenPen, GuinGuin: Plan B? What Plan B!?
Me: PLAN B!! WADDLE FASTER!! O_O
All: Ahhhhhhh.....!!!
Chap 15: The Escape - The souvenir shop
Penguiy, PenPen, GuinGuin: Where! Where! Where do we hide!
Me: *points* There! Into the souvenir shop!
All: *waddle waddle*
Me: Up! Up the shelf!
All: *fumbles up into the shelf of penguin stuff toys*
Me: Don't move! And stay quiet!
PenPen: *whisper* Its warm in here...
Chap 16: The Souvenir Shop- The Kid
Me: *whisper* Just a while more PenPen, once its clear we'll get out of here
A mother and child enters the souvenir shop
Penguiy: *nudge* *whisper* Hey.. What's that kid doing?
GuinGuin: *whisper* Why.. Why he is looking at us?
Me: *whisper* Oh no! Here he comes!
Chap 17: The Souvenir Stall - Don't agree!
Kid: Hey mum! This toy is so realistic! *pokes and squeezes*
Penguiy, PenPen, GuinGuin: Oh! Oh! Let's go quick!
All: *fumbles off shelf*
*cue MISSION IMPOSSIBLE THEME*
Me: Alright! Let's continue with our original escape plan! Let's move!
Penguiy, PenPen, GuinGuin: Yes sire!
Chap 20: Outside Souvenir Stall - Spotted by a Baby!
All: *waddle waddle*
Me: Come'on people! Let's move it!
Baby: *points* Gagagugu?
Penguiy: Oh no. The baby spotted us!
Me: Halt! Stop moving!
All: *freezes on the spot*
Baby: *points*Pagugungofle!
Me: *whisper* Don't! Move!
Chap 21: Outside Souvenir Stall - Safe? Not Safe?
Me: *whisper* Don't! Move!
Baby's mum: *cuddles baby* Oooo. So cute my baby!
Baby: Babamisegofle!
Baby's mum: *hugs baby* Yes, yes, my dear. Oooo. Mummy give you a hug.
Me: *whisper* Okay. Quick! Take this chance to run away!
All: *waddles quickly*
Chap 22: Outside Souvenir Stall - The Hole to Freedom?
All: *waddles down the long shelter walkway*
Penguiy: What's that noise?
GuinGuin: Sounds like people.. From where?
PenPen: There! Right in front of us! A whole tour group! Now what?
Me: Quick! Hide! Somewhere! Somehow! Quick! Just hide!
Penguiy, PenPen, GuinGuin: Where!?
Me: *points* There! That hole!
All: *waddles quickly and slides down into the slippery, dark hole*
Our heros find themselves sliding down at an increasing pace. Where exactly are they? What will happen to them?
TO BE CONTINUED...
Notice: As both the author and editor are busy, the frequency of LifeAsAPenguin update will be reduced. However, it will continue! So remember to check back often! (:
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Making this post fast if not I'll lose my train of thought...
First off, for all those of you who aren't awake around 6+am (slackers!), here's the details abt today's morning run...
approx. 0650hrs: Weather conditions looks as if a really massive rain is approaching CJC. From the inside viewpoint of the sheltered Grandstands (see CJC COLAC homepage for the img of grandstand), from your left it looks threatening but frm ur right it looks like the sun is about to rise...
approx 0700hrs: After quick self warm-up stretches, prepare to run batch run aka. lvl -1 18rounds for guys. Many in Injured Party so only abt 10 guys will run...
????hrs (lap 5?) : Infectious weather... The "sunny" area is starting to get covered up...
Lap "5.5" : Sun hides behind a building... Looks more like a sunset...
0712hrs (Time based on Leader of the Day, currently at lap 6?) : Sunny area becomes gloomy (totally obscured from view) ... The "left" side (stated earlier) looked xtremely ominous... Like some bad omen u see in a scary movie...
????hrs (1 lap after 0712hrs) : Rain begins to fall... Starts out NOT as a drizzle but as a shower.
???? (frm above) +1 lap : Rain falls heavier... Run is approx. at lap 8 - 10... considered ok at my personal endurance (not cold yet)... continue running, dont stop frm psychological barriers... (Abt 3 ppl fall-out from past affected injuries? Hopefully not from exhaustion..)
Lap 11 : Rain even heavier.. to the point where the track is starting to form 1mm depth of water. By now shirt sticks to your torso and pants stick to ur thighs...
Lap 12 - 15 : Rain becomes almost extreme (by personal standards).. Track now totally absorbed water and feet becomes "submerged" when take each stride..
Lap 15 onwards: EXTREME! Visibility becomes poor frm spectacles. Final 3 laps really test mental and physical endurance.. Felt cold and exhausted... To the extent that breathing in is challenging (because it adds to the "chill") and exhaling is warmth. Each stride that lands is like a thunderclap of water from an explosion.
Final lap: A handful of additional runners / cheerers frm IP support in last lap. I lagged behind frm the main guys' group for abt 5 - 7metres but didnt stop. Thanks for the support! Last stretch practically sprint to feel warm and breathing becomes difficult and caught up with the guys...
End Result? : Clocked a timing of 29min 42seconds! 3rd attempt of this run with a consecutive improvement. Felt extremely satisfied and exhausted (short term). =D
Naturally, since it didnt stop raining then till like 9 - 10am, there was no assembly. Ended the run around 073_am and went to take a shower. Could have been my imagination but I felt the acid frm rain causing my head and feet to ache temporarily. (Ended after showering) Rest of the day didn't really have much significance though...
Except that when Math Tutorial just started (last period) Ms Peh asked ODAC-ers in my class if we were the group of students that ran in the rain. Replying yes to her question, she responded back with smth like,
"Huh? Are you all crazy? Run in that kind of rain can die one leh."
Then suddenly remember "Feel like big shot or big shit?" question at that moment... appropriate time then? (Mr Lim brought this up during Semester 1)
Still satisfied with today morn's running achievement though..
I also managed to catch the montage that Mr Lim took 3 sleepless nights to create. Almost missed it last Fri because I had detention. Somehow, got lucky and postponed it to today's training. Seen a couple of earlier Batch members (like frm VII) and the J2s who also joined for montage. Really enjoyed it very very very much... Felt really bad for last week but very thankful for this training. Seeing the photos frm Batch II to XI is really really amazing. Views from M'sia, Indonesia, Vietnam etc and frm the mountain tops, waterfalls etc... You really wished you were there then while watching montage. Lasted for 20mins... Never even felt a pinch of exhaustion then...
Really...
really...
good...
Summed up everything I wanted to share with for now. Going back to EoM.. Then have to catch some zzZZ for sch tmr. Still confused and lost on what to wear for the whole day tmr becoz' it's Racial Harmony Day (celebrations) =P
.:Jeong Su:.
*Optional to read: After training, on the way back home (during the journey from Yishun to Sembawang on MRT) I sms-ed Mr Lim abt last week's detention and the "close shave" I had with the montage he created, also thanking him in the process. His reply about 1/2 hr later was (in exact words, typing out from my HP) :
"Yes, you lucky shit. Make yourself stronger progressively in all aspects. Now still weak"
I'm gonna try even harder now to improve... May have to become a day leader for 1 of the trainings soon because I haven't done it yet. Most challenging process is to maintain the balance btw. aspects of academia and studies. (physical too...) =)