For climbers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcKclzbY4Yo
see 05:25. inspirational. she reminds me of eleanor. can u imagine eleanor doing thoes tests tori allen was doing. hahaha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYuvUPolInI
see 05:44. chalk ur hands and soles of ur feet before watching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV7E64KGguY
bouldering. to psych up the night before bouldering comps.

Quote from Imran "i will climb until the day i die"

http://movie6.net/movie-/?p=193

i've just finish watching bring it on all or nothing.

and i find the main character really attractive. like how joey fawns over Ashley Tisdale and puts her pic on his blog. since im so lazy and im rushin for time to book in. lets do this chop chop kestrel platoon 3 way:

http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Hayden_Panettiere&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fp_ip=SG&vc=

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Panettiere

until i randomly went to wikipedia her name because my buddy GOH TZESAM gave me the wikipedia'ed of OCS. i randomly searched hayden on wikipedia too. and then did i realise....

"She is perhaps best known for her role on the NBC series Heroes as Claire Bennet."

SHE IS FREAKING CLAIRE BENNET ON HEROES. OMG. you dont fall in twice. first on heroes. now on bring it on. omg. what a crush. and guess whats. shes 1989 ALSO.


oh man i stand a chance!!!! =D =D =D =D =D =D







Back to the world... heres for you potential OCTs out there. After reading, it made me wanna go OCS more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Officer_Cadet_School_(Singapore)

I GOT GOLD FOR IPPT.

MAJOR SUCCESS.

BIG GLORY HONOUR ACHIEVEMENT WELL DONE DARREN IM PROUD OF YOU.

pullups 24

situps 65

sbj 260

shuttle run 9.2

2.4km 9.36

im esp proud of the 2.4km run. becos i freaking proved the whole world wrong. that i cant imrpove by MORE than 40s within 5days. PLUS thoes 5 days i didnt freakin train or run at all. MAJOR SUCCESS. i asked e whole world if i can cut 40s within 5days. the world say no. i ran yesterday for ippt like a dog. and i DID IT. the world can now kiss my ass for i have done the impossible. GOLD IS MINE.

but seriously. m really happy and proud of myself. like woah. in army. ive constantly been pushing my limits. my fist ippt in army was like 11.17. second one was 10.24. and my COY hardly did any endurance training. abt 2-3 sessions of AGR of 15 mins ONLY. (while others like ninja did 30mins agr already) and we only did one time of 30-60. (while others like ninja did 60-120 ages ago already). freaking hell.

WHOEVER SAID KESTREL IS SLACK AND WELFARE?

get tt reruit here and face me the KESTREL WARRIOR!

on another note. i've finished 16km route march! WOOHOO!! well done again darren!

i didnt fall out! im strong and i can do it!

but of cos. it came at a price. i got MAJOR IMBA abrasions. my bunk mates can tell you.

its so big. they compared it to a continent. and i feel tt analogy is freakin true. my abrasions are really really bad. you can bet on it. i'll show u picture next time u better dont puke infront of our com. dried blood, pus and red broken skin. YOU DONT WANNA KNOW. but! its better already and i fought through it durin my 2.4km. DOUBLE SMILES =D =D

FOR BMTC TEKONG DAYS IM LEFT WITH:

24km route march (uuh oohh)

SOC

POP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

8 more days and i'll be through! Go darren! survive 24km (WITHOUT ABRASIONS PLS) and do soc within 5.30 AND YOU ARE THE ELITE RECRUIT! WOOHOO!

imba long book out more den 2 days worth thanks to early book out for gold medalists and late book in of 2115. darren go enjoy this book out u deserve it! for now. its psp party!

MONSTER HUNTING!

ps: i wanted to upload random pics like the other time. but got no time gotta run to bels hse and plan climbers meeetin. wooooohoooo! go darren go darren!

i was looking through my photos on the com. actually, specifically thoes on my friendster the ones taken in chiangmai. by kelvin the pro. he took a few shots of me on bamboo finders 6b. one climb which gave me the most satisfaction for the whole trip.

and i realised.. ns really stole my life.

ns really puts a halt to your normal standard typical routine civilian life and really, you just have no choice. i would say no one can honestly admit they are fully prepared for it.

lets go straight to the point. i was scanning the climbing photos when it dawned upon me that i've stopped climbing for a reallly long time. and by climbing. a really small and insignificant part would be me missing and reminiscing on past bouldering competitions and past trainings or even past bouldering sessions anywhere around be it in sch (tj), climbasia (both new and old) or even Singpore Poly.

what i was really EMO about (just back then for that few seconds) was how much i missed climbing natural rocks. the stingling sensation of the fear of heights and fear of falling and the freaking irritating beads of sweats that form on your hand when you hang one second longer on that lousy hand hold than you actually should. ( btw as im typin this my hands are freakin formin thoes beads of sweat on my palm now. the exact same feelin when u're on e wall. ) yours hands start to feel a prickly feeling, which i assume is just the sweat trying to burst free from the pores on our palms that gives this funny feeling. ask me, for i've been to field camp and have gotten heat rash and endured for about 3days.

and then just before i got to use the computer. when i was switching on the main electric supply to power the computer, i saw my climbing shoes. like WOAH... i have a pair of brand new PEARL LACE. like... freaking... i thought to myself: when the hell did i have this new pearl lace? i've barely worn in twice and the shoe's suede material is so white like its just freash from climb asia's shelf.

oh man. how i wish kelly and philip can bring us to krabi. how i wish to go on a trip with e climbers again..













ok __ u darren. face reality and wake up. NS isnt that bad.

in fact. im enjoying ns now. and life in army is GOOD! =D

besides the fact that i dont get to climb or see my friends and hang out with them as often as i would love to and thats its ruining my social life....

ITS OKAY! youre getting fitter by the day and accomplishing things you never thought you could do!

like the freaking 12km ROUTE MARCH! WOOOHOOOOO!
field camp is over.
sit test is over.
BCCT is over.
2, 4, 8 and 12 km route marches are over... what are you left with?

GRENADE
RANGE
IPPT
SOC
16 and 24km route march.

wait ok that seems like alot.. but WAIT.

i just need to survive the remaining route march (ESP 24KM) and run under 9.44mins for 2.4km and im good.








...3 more weeks and we'll be through!

weicheng's imba big mirror
night cycling with brothers i never want to forget.

of cos there was part two with other brothers.

refer to past entries.

xinhui's hse joeweeeeee and me at some thai restaurant
i look like some european climber. im e only yr2 there. mass orgy
the climb im esp proud of. done with ease and grace :D
seniors, teacher and kelly. at e end of e day.
at the furnace with some hot aussie belayer behind us.
now u know why its called e furnace.

check out e sun rays shining against the rocks.

better yet. check me out. at some thai shoppin mall. im wearin prom king's cap.
cool girls. cool shot. taken by me. backdrop included.
streets of chiangmai. taken frm e hotdog stand
some parsam malam in chiangmai.

doin shoppin for friends back hme.

walls of chiangmai. mass orgy with spooooky visitor behind us. freaky.
now u know why i said it was spoooky in e girls room after some booze and hotdog.

i swear i kept my hands to myself.

like some backway alley kids shootout.
budget term. first day. The Chimp 5000.

act classic name for the toilet only.

there were rules to follow in there. zoom in to find out. shopppppppin mall.
a small bouldering area at the climbing shop.

bouldering walls smaller than back in tj.

ok. this time with philip. need i say more
e cooolest u can get.

chiangmai 07