On Sat, ss and I had breakfast at Mac's in Kallang. It has been almost a year, perhaps more than a year since I had hotcakes! Yums Yums. Its expensive though! Like one hotcakes+sausage+hash brown and coffee (refillable) cost $5.30!!! Yakun is much cheaper and nicer! Well, I doubt I'll have breakfast at Mac's for a long time yet. Then we went down to the Sports Centre next to the old Police Coast Guard. Perfect weather (for tennis that is!!!) !!! The sun was out, not too super hot, some breeze, many hot bods, water wasnt too super dirty, more hot bods, haha....
Anyway, waited for the rest to come, there were abt 20 of us. Apparently the boat was free but we had to hire a coach and a steerer. Had some briefing, geared up with hot pink life vests and armed with a wooden paddle, we headed off on the dragon! It wasnt as fun , not to mention the aches and pains i got after but the experience was good! I think the last time we went dragon boating was at the NUS orientation camp way back then. Sports camp if I'm not wrong. So fun! We cruised along the Kallang River, had great views of the ultra expensive penthouses by the bay (i bet some of those houses have indoor tennis clay courts.....am I obsessed or what!!!???) with gold plated temperature controlled jacuzzis with a super high tech massage system and 20 carat diamonds as control buttons, not forgetting the retractable roof to let in some sun over the olympic sized swimming pool. Sighs......
Had great views of the city too, our fav hotel, the Ritz was invitingly situated in the center of the skyline. Yikes! daydreaming while dragonboating isnt a good sign that evie would jump at the chance of being invited to dragonboat again. Reminded me of windsurfing, not to mention wakeboarding and waterskiing..... woohoo.....! Blah.... I'll be groaning in agony of body aches!
Bumped into Faz! Apparently he's some serious competitive dragonboater.
Anyways, I enjoyed the experience while it lasted. Had to reserve some energy for tennis later.
Tennis
Did some warm ups then conditioning exercises before we were drilled on the volley. As fun as it was, I never really liked approaching the net. I never used it in match plays or rallies. But its a basic technique and I love all things tennis so I HAVE TO MASTER IT....... waah hahahaha
I got the coach who went to the Bollettieri Tennis Academy http://www.imgacademies.com/tennis/jump.sps to train before. He taught me the serve. Systematic. As usual, they dont let beginners jump for the ball. " Easy serve, watch the toss and the swing, dont worry about power, relax, just hit the ball, remember to follow through" etc.... when will I ever learn to serve like Sharapova?"
Before we practiced the serve he asked the class, what must you do when u serve? The kids answered, pace, technique, toss, follow through, body direction etc... guess what I said?! I said," Ace the opponent" in a soft meek voice.... hahaha.... but he heard me anyway..... hahahahah
What I learnt
1) Body ppd to net
2) hand at side of body
3) ball held in hand by all 5 fingers on the last 2 digits
4) bring racquet to ball
5) toss straight up while bringing racq back
6) swing, hit ball, protonate body, follow through
Blah... long way from aceing. It was so humid that I finished 1.5L of ice cold 100+ all by myself!
Soccer In Robertson Quay
Mind you I'm still relating what I did in the same Saturday. After tennis practice, we stayed back till about 7 to rally. Fun! Then ss called and asked me to join him and Irwan in Robertson Quay. Chelsea and Man U. *Yawns* So trooped down to Cappadoccia Cafe, Turkish food. Had some Grilled Prawns and Pilaf (Food: 7.5/10 service 4.6/10), a lot of Tiger to rehydrate and some bunch of fools running for the ball as entertainment. Lucky I had baby Sonia to keep me company. Carried her around and played with her. She is so cute!!! Only a year old. Such a darling and she hardly cries!!! Rooney broke his foot! Poor chap. (not that i care that he cant play in the World Cup but he broke his foot!!!! Ouch!!!)
Anyway, the atmosphere aint that fantastic. I kinda liked the atmosphere in the London Pub in 2004. It was squeezy, cramped, smokey, not to mention I left ss to go shopping and crawled back to the pub grudgingly. But the support and cheering from the pub was strong! They have PASSION!!!!
Anyways, after Chelsea won 2-0, evenbefore the match ended, we headed for the dessert shop. Cant recall what its called, for sweets. Had Nougatine. Hazelnut praline ice cream. Yumms. Bumped into Sherlee, a secondary school mate.
Jln Kayu
Went there for supper, boy was I hungry after tennis! Had bandung and kosong. Met another couple, talked about the elections and politics and work. Boring. But the baby was such a delight. Love her so much!!! Cant stand it.
Thats all in a day folks!
After effects on Sunday
After effects of dragonboating and tennis on the same day under the freaking hot sun on a twenty four year old is not the same as an 18 year old. I woke up with aches and muscle soreness all over. I essentially ate and slept all day.
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