so I survived Tiger Training day...wasn't too bad actually...had quite a bit of fun doing it...

got there at like 6.45 in the morning...crispy had us in 2 teams to make the day a little more exciting...my team (team duffy) consisted of myself, greggy foo, chong zheng, aloy, nicole, eugene & wee jin...georgies team (team mardan) consisted of himself, gabriel, jason, ashwin, amanda & yuan min...kinda cool la...like surviver... ;)

went for a 2km warm up run then did kinda like a curcuit putting & chipping race...my team won easily...50 points on the board early on...then came a physical challenge (obvious disadvantage...)...kinda like run up a hill, around a tree, tag your partner and continue on until everyone finished up 3 rounds...georges team won comfortably...50 points their way...then some 7 up putting matchplay...even though greggy and I lost our matches the team pulled through and i think we had like a 25 point lead after the morning session...

hit the showers and got back to the range where we had to hit 150 balls in an hour (some of them were desperately scrambling to finish up the balls before time ran out)...after that headed out for some handicap matchplay...picked a pretty solid lineup as team duffy bagged the first 4 matches...aloy lost to jase though and i lost to george...drove it like crap, gotta find something quick...so anyway we had like a 75 point lead after that...

broke for lunch where we all stuffed ourselves with great homecooked food...jason had ALOT of food...after that back out for another 150 balls with simultaneous pitching challenges...I'm going to be completely honest with you all...I pitched it like shit...I really suck at pitching...honestly need to fix that quick...got like 2/30 and i missed the first 28...had to make the last 2 from 45m...gees...greggy pulled us through with 7/30 but team mardan caught back up with some impressive displays...i think we lead by like 41 after that...

final events...par 18 off the ridiculously sadistically desgined layout...managed it around in +7 in my first go and won 20pts for the team...trust me, crispy put us in some shitty spots! gees...came round the 2nd time with a slightly tougher layout and shot +8 with 2 doubles...ashwin like made an 8 on the last to come home with +13...greggy won us another 20pts but the other team managed to secure some 2 and 3 place spots so our lead was only 70 going into the putting...

since i didnt sit out all day long i opted out of the putting and thank God chong zheng managed to hold out and keep his nerve to finish in a tie for 2nd with gab in a putting contest that saw ASHWIN...yes you heard right...ashwin bhanu won...haha...good on him...but overall scores stood at 298 for team duffy and 276 for team mardan...USA forever! haha...great job guys! :)

anyway, saw my results sheet today...only failed chinese but mom was very dissappionted with the english again and frankly I'm getting pissed off too...havent even come close to getting an A since I came into the sports school...been slacking all the way and I really need to knuckle down and finish off the last few modules well so I can secure my spot in the AUT route and so I can breathe a little easier...stressed again! ahhhh!....

prayed about it a bit and really know what I need to do to get a fresh page in AUT next year...I've waited 10 years to start everything fresh and I'm not going to let some stupid procrastinating, lazy hormone in my body stop me from that...

future is so uncertian now...need some spiritual and emotional support...pray for me fellas k?...before I plummet into my little shithole of depression again...gees...pray for me...

damnit benji! stop fratenising with the chinese eunuchs and get your sorry butt back home! miss ya bro! could really use some decent advice and humor right about now...

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Rob Valentine