3 Dec - Oh! Biao Shu!

After the tiring Day 1 of the Games, it was an uneventful sleep for me before I went gym. Then I realised the two-week break I took from the gym actually brought down my stamina. I went for 4.4km for 30 minutes here and I last ran 4.69km for the same amount of time three weeks ago.

After packing our laundry, Kiok and I brought our laundry down to Shaffique while Vivian and Aunty were still upstairs. After breakfast, we went out to wait for the coach as it was bright and sunny again. We met Brian Richmond on the coach and had a chat. Alighting, he went off to catch another bus to the sepak takraw. Then I actually wondered out loud why he and JB is so different? Kiok’s answer was Brian is the gentlemen, and Vivian’s comment was that’s why I liked the son because it all comes from the father. Hahah!

My morale was quite low in the morning as I knew whatever I have put down in the lineup for the Live Belt will be thrown to the wind by Biao Shu later. I was so down that I almost wanted to cry. What’s the point of doing it when all the effort will be down the drain??

Vivian too, was stressed out. Mostly because of Biao Shu. We all wanted Alvin to come back. And his three days were up tomorrow. I prayed that his father will be alright and Alvin can come back soon.

Then ah gong called, asking what is the lineup for Live Belt. I told him Biao Shu hasn’t decided yet. After a few moments of slience, he said go with gymnastics. The people back home have been asking for gymnastics.

I got ready for my first Live event - Table Tennis Mixed Doubles (Round 1). Kiok and I sat in the commentators’ booth as we got ready for Live transmission. My spirits went up after being praised by Alvin. Haha!! His sms “Good girl, nicely done!” after two commercial breaks. The handing back at the end wasn’t as swee swee as we all wanted as I was a bit gan cheong. Still, it did raise my morale for a bit.

As usual, Biao Shu wanted to change the lineup as soon as he came back from swimming. But I put my foot down and told him it’s ah gong’s decision. On the funny side, “our” swimmers (Biao Shu and Dollah) could only swim in the heats, but they are well-trained in other sports as well. They also took part in events like fencing, and karate. Not bad!

As arranged, Conty will be going LIVE for the Table Tennis Women’s Final featuring Singapore and China at 3pm. Alvin and I have been communicating via smses, and I already know what to request from Jusri. Given the experience in the morning, I knew what I had to check to Jusri, line check and etc.


Kiok and I gossiped about Li Jiawei when play was going on. But with the on-going sms with Alvin, Kiok asked how come she never get any sms from Alvin? Hahah! I texted that to Alvin and his conclusion was, Kiok is jealous. Haha! Over at Singapore, Channel U conty people were trying to be "funny' with Alvin. But there's no messing around with the Doggies' Team! Alvin told Ah gong that I have been, and will be handling these ad hoc live events. Ah gong's response was good, at least she knows what's going on. I was on cloud nine after that. Though the same couldn't be said to our Women's team in Table Tennis. They lost the gold medal to China, which was probably expected.

The live belt was once again a big mess. I decided to let him mess up the live belt as he refused to listen to any one of us. Our live belt went from swimming to gym to volleyball to gym. And he actually showed prize presentation without showing the race, which of course triggered a phone call from Alvin.

TAG was nicely done, but the live belt was still in a mess. When is doggie coming back? Kiok queried. I wished I had the answer.

We reached our apartment with the main door wide open. Vivian went downstairs to complain. I wondered what’s going to happen when tomorrow comes.