mojojojo is a supervillian. but mojojoey is a superhero.

May 14th, 2008

WTH this weekend!

5/14/08 01:50 pm

WTH!! What The Hell! ...I mean, World's Toughest Half!

haha. I can't help it. they abbreviate it WTH and I keep thinking What The Hell!

it's like the weekend before, Wildflower. and when I see it abbreviated WF, I think WTF!

I am excited, because:

1. it is a triathlon race. my favorite thing in the world.

2. I feel like I am in great shape and ready to demonstrate it.

3. It is going to be hot, and Ironman China has made me tougher in the heat. only 95F and 29% humidity. bring it baby! I will be singing "I wish China was this hot!"

4. I will be travelling and camping with the Stanford triathletes. There's like 20 of us. This is going to be the really fun part because I have confirmed that I am by far the youngest Sheeper (in my local tri club).

(warning: short rant)
How is it, that after 9 years in the sport, I am still the youngest person in my local triathlon club? I am really starting to bond with them, but it does get to me sometimes, how everyone is like...married and has kids, or even retired. The younger ones are engaged, or married with no kids. All the cute boys, er...guys, are married, or engaged, or, well, balding. Ok, so I know it has to do with the fact that the club is based in Menlo Park. where everyone is like married and has kids (and are rich). or heck, that it's a triathlon club, and most triathletes are rich and married and have kids. oops, how did the rant about being poor sneak into this? :)

so I mean, it was understandable that when I was 18, I was the youngest. (Inland Inferno Tri Club) ok, even when I was 22. (Golden Gate Tri Club) but 9 years later! c'MON!

anyway, rant over. I'm making some new younger triathlete friends this weekend. It will be fun to hang out with people more my age; I think a bunch of the Stanford triathletes are actually graduate students too.

Current Mood: amused

May 8th, 2008

a new camera(phone)

5/8/08 02:59 pm

Last week I got a new camera(phone), just in time for Cayle & Brandon's international school's 10th Anniversary fancy-ness. Several of the parents had helped sponsor my trip to China, so I was invited as an honorary guest to the spring gala/prom kind of thing.

here is the new camera(phone), with me in my apple green evening gown I made myself a few years back and never had a chance to wear.

here are the little hobbits.

my first picture with the new camera(phone) is of my little dog. It's now my phone wallpaper.

quality's not too bad, huh? it's an LG Shine with a 2MP camera and a flash. My previous digital camera that a bunch of college friends got me for my birthday 4-5 years ago went kaput last year, it was a Powershot with 3.2MP and even 3.2MP could blow up to be ginormous photos. I can't believe the new ones are now 7 or 8MP. well, I came to realize that most of the photos I ended up taking were on my camera phone anyway, which had a really wimpy little camera, and I don't want to also carry a real camera with me all the time, but I do carry my phone with me all the time.

So I got a new (camera)phone. The camera part even has a flash. The other qualities I absolutely wanted in my new phone were pretty simple. It had to have a unit converter (for when I am overseas--Celsius and km's confuse me) and a world clock (cuz I'll be a world-travelling badass pro). I don't care much for the mp3 player. It's a little funny how difficult it was to find a phone with a good camera and also a unit converter and world clock.

but hey, that's what my important criteria were. and even better, I just realized that the screen has this really cool reflective coating on it. so I can always see if I have something stuck in my teeth. big concern. =D

I really like my new phone. It's been a while since I really liked my phone actually, ever since I dropped my pretty Nokia with the flashing lights down the sewer (accidentally!) and the stupid cell phone insurance company wouldn't give me the same one back.

best of all, more photos for the LJ!

Current Mood: happy

May 7th, 2008

what it took @ WF

5/7/08 12:53 pm

top 3 amateurs in both the long course & Oly @ WF qualified for their pro cards.

the womens Oly:
1) 2:20
2) 2:22
3) 2:25

the womens long course:
1) 4:50
2) 4:55
3) 4:58

I wonder what I could've done. drives me just a little crazy, y'know?

blogs are great and practically everybody has one. but maybe I should stop reading the blogs of all the other fast girls. and going over results crap.

I need to stop worrying about who's doing what and how fast.

just do the due diligence.

in other news, I hope I get my economic stimulus check soon. c'mon. any day now. money's run down, but at least China didn't put me in a deeper hole.

Current Mood: curious

May 5th, 2008

...what it takes...

5/5/08 12:06 pm

Wildflower was this weekend and I went to cheer on my Sheeper friends, most especially Nori who was doing her first Oly, and did it quite awesomely! I'm so proud.

I bumped into various old friends, and new friends, most especially Amanda Balding, who is one of my new favorite pro girls. I met her in China and she gave me a really sweet pep talk 2 nights before the race when I got really nervous and wanted to throw up and/or cry. We had a small discussion on what it will take for me to get my pro card, and while she agrees it's a bit of a stretch she still thought it was possible, I will just have to really work hard for it.

what it takes to go pro:

top 3 amateur, ~sub 4:40 at Vineman 70.3. in 14 weeks.

...what it takes to go sub 4:40 at Vineman 70.3:

( a plan of action. )

things to remember:
1) the faster I get, the more people I will be able to help (prosthetically).
2) all the other pro girls had to pay their dues, working full time when trying to get faster, according to Amanda. so HTFU already.

Current Mood: contemplative

April 30th, 2008

on going pro

4/30/08 01:55 pm

oh, high, hello, I'm feeling wonderful, how are you?

life is great. I'm figuring what I'll be doing in 4+ months, my muscles are back, Wildflower is this weekend, and just yaaaay. Cardiovascularly I still feel a little tired, but I ran some trails yesterday and the downhills didn't make my quads feel like rocks any more. This week is fun because a lot of the Sheepers are doing Wildflower, so this is like their recovery/taper week, and I'm recovering from China so I get to hop in all the group workouts for once. I even bought my first official piece of Sheeper apparel! so that I will get to train

Boss Coach is thinking of having me do Ironman Mooooo before I go to training camp! that would be rad! Camp for me will be ~2 months, and IM Arizona part 2 will be 2 days before my birthday, after I get back from camp, so I asked, how about Arizona? and then, how about both? mwahaha. waiting to hear back. But excited! I will get to do another Ironman this year!!

....of course this very much depends on me getting the pro license at Buffalo Springs or Vineman. and if the competition is anything like last year, I need to go sub 4:50 at BSLT and sub 4:40 at Vineman to be top 3 amateur! That's 15-25 minutes faster. And it always depends on who shows up. Vineman lost its Kona slots, so there's a chance it could be less competitive, but I might as well go for the 4:40 and put a new sign on my dashboard that says "HOW BAD DO YOU WANT 4:40???"

sometimes I feel like I have no business going pro, and I'm sure there are people out there that think so too. I mean, I'm not the obvious choice. I haven't ever won a race (not even a small one), or even gotten top 10 in a big California race, or qualified for Kona as an age grouper. My fastest ironman is a 12:08. But screw it, I'm going pro, just watch me!

Current Mood: crazy

April 28th, 2008

I went to China, and returned home a (super)hero

4/28/08 03:25 pm

during the race itself, it felt like I was a long-lost daughter (granddaughter?) returning home. The crowd support was great--throughout the villages and in the homestretch I was cheered for like a big celebrity. Was it the same for the competitors that weren't Chinese? was it the award-winning toothpaste smile? who knows. what a feeling.

what I didn't expect was that coming home, I've felt like a hero too. For the first time, I think my family "gets" it. and by family I mean parents, grandparents, aunts. It's not the first time I've done an Ironman. It's #5. But somehow the fact that I went all the way in China to do it, and someone paid for me to go--I think that's what's sinken in. The grandparents probably don't understand the whole "going pro" concept, but Grandpa saw some video footage and asked me how long I had to do each sport. Then he says "hm." They were never interested like this before. He asks why I didn't win, even though I got top 10. But I told him I was the first Chinese girl and he says "hm."

but I think Mom & Pop are starting to understand. I've told them the other pro girls have done this longer than I have, and nobody else works a full time job.

it's like...somehow they know. and they're ok with it. They are smart folks, they are. Dad's been excitedly finding all the info he can on Ironman China on Google and YouTube, and splicing together a DVD special of all things

mojojoeyand Ironman China. Mom has told some relatives I will be going to the Philippines for training camp--what?!--I didn't even tell her yet! it's like she knew all along, but was in denial about it up til now. Well, all this sure takes some anxiety off my back.

Things are starting to fall into place. I've even talked to the real boss, and part-time temporary work when I'm back from training camp is looking quite plausible. On the international development side, Boss Coach wants me to also look into prosthetic clinics in Vietnam and Cambodia (in addition to the Philippines). best of all, I'm not kicked off of teamTBB for doing a 12:44 Ironman. In fact, they are proud of me!

Current Mood: happy

April 25th, 2008

sunburnt, bruised, and blistered

4/25/08 11:00 am

oh, sick. my sunburnt back is peeling, and it's G-R-O-S-S.

both big toenails are totally bruised, and I'm very scared I'm going to lose my left one. Please hang on, little toenail. er, big toenail. I can't lose you! that's so disgusting!

the blisters on the ball of my feet are healing--I had scorched my feet running through T2 in my bare feet. yes, I have mastered both the hop-on-bike with shoes clipped and hop-off-bike with shoes clipped. hurrah!

me and G-dog went on an easy 20-minute jaunt (run) 'round the neighborhood last night and I felt decent. The quads felt like rocks, but other than that, it was good to get out.

I'll put the bike back together tonight and plan to go do the Sheeper ride tomorrow. if I need to take it easy, that's ok!

now that Ironman is over, I think I'll focus on my nutrition for a while. While it was pretty intimidating seeing how fit the other pro girls were, it was also pretty inspiring. I want to be more ripped like them. Nori passed on some info about Dr. Clyde Wilson that I think I'll try.

I can't believe I just did an Ironman in April. !!! now I've got a great base for the next series of halfs/70.3's.

Current Mood: sunburnt

April 23rd, 2008

IRONMAN CHINA PICTURES, BABY!!!

4/23/08 10:46 pm

judging from these pics, NO, IT WASN'T A MISERABLE DAY AT ALL!!!

#1 for Best Smile!!!

Current Mood: giggly

mini eval.

4/23/08 09:49 pm

the official results are up!

Female Pro Athletes

pCat: 9
Bib: 19
Name: Jocelyn Sui-Yee Wong
Nation: USA
Swim:   1:28:09
T1:         0:03:26
Bike:      6:08:00
T2:         0:03:14
Run:      5:01:45

the bad:
- see splits above.
- I was actually 20th woman overall. BOO.
- had I raced age group, I would've gotten 3rd. bleah.
- had I gone faster and still finished 9th pro, I would've gotten $600. bleah. (the cut off was 11:40, i.e. 10% of 2nd place time)

the good:
- I was the first Chinese female to cross the line.
- in fact, I was the first Asian female to cross the line. unless Jenny Kroon from Sweden is Asian.
- with such a strong current in the swim, one of my teammates said it felt like a 5k instead of 4k. if that's true, and I didn't even have anyone to draft off of, I don't feel so bad swimming so f-ing slow.
- I stopped two times on the bike and feel I am capable of easily breaking 6 hrs.
Going through halfway at 2:50 while holding back the entire first lap is more demonstrative of my ability.
At Big Kahuna I went all out to finish in 2:44.
- even though my run pace ends up being something like 11:30/mile pace, I was definitely not running that slow. Distance-wise I would say I probably ran 80-90% of the marathon, but I would stop for minutes at every aid station for the imperative cool-down (ice blocks stuffed down the sports bra, spray down with the garden hose, new sponges inserted in the visor and shoulder straps).
- I was by far the youngest pro woman in the field. everyone else ranged from 29 to 40. the average age was 32.5, 6 years older than me. somehow this makes me feel better. I'm just a little spud.

random:
all week long I had Cake's song "Rock N Roll Lifestyle" repeating in my head as I was hanging out with the pros. you know, "how do you afford your rock n roll lifestyle? how do you afford your rock n roll lifestyle? how do you afford your rock n roll lifestyle?"
and by the end of it, I decided that yes, I do indeed want to live and learn to afford that rock n roll lifestyle.

in conclusion, I want to come back again next year and give the Chinese people something better to scream about.

Current Mood: contemplative

singapore, part 2!

4/23/08 03:35 am

here i am in singapore, at the McCafe, McDonald's internet cafe. I haven't gone to sleep and my flight leaves in 3 hrs (it's 3:35am), then I get to time travel back to Wednesday morning when I arrive home. HAHAHA. sorry, I am reading the Time Traveler's Wife that I borrowed from

kavakarma. gotten through a few books during this trip.

i know you are dying for an update, the coverage on ironmanlive.com SUCKED and you are all like she did a 12:44?! i know, ech. the good news is i finished the ABSOLUTELY BRUTAL race and i got 9th place pro. learning a lot from the other pros and what it's like to now be on the other side. i am just going to post the quick email i wrote to family & friends back home:

anyway quick update to say that I am ok! they say it was the worse conditions for an ironman ever, the temps went up to 104, quite higher than what i'm used to in san francisco (45 in the a.m., 55 in the p.m.)!
the currents in the swim were pretty strong and everyone was swimming off course pretty badly. I was over 20 mins off what i wanted, and started the bike with a huge deficit as my bike was the last one on the pro rack.
the bike was great until i started overheating the 2nd lap and the wind picked up, damn aero helmet.
i hung tough and got onto the run and it was agony trying to keep my core temperature down. i was stopping at every aid station (2k) and every time there was a garden hose i got them to spray me down real good, but would dry up quickly as it was over 100 on the run.
it was great seeing so many Chinese people out on the course on the sidelines, i pretended it was all my family that came out to watch me as they weren't able to come with me on this trip.

i plugged along on the run and knew that if i just finished that maybe i would get top 10 pro woman (remember there was only 11 of us), maybe someone dropped out because for sure i was dead last. with 8k to go, it was dark already, i crossed the bridge as the lights came on, and sure enough, i spotted a pro woman walking. turns out that one other pro, the Japanese girl Maki, had crashed on the bike and broke her elbow, poor girl. so we pro women were tough, no one actually dropped out despite the 20% drop out rate for the race overall. I ended up 9th in the pro women! I would have even won some prize money had I gone faster, as the money goes 10 deep, as long as you finish within 10% of the 2nd place time. I've never been so happy to see the finish line, and although my time is phenomenally bad (only 25 minutes faster than my first ironman ever and over 2 hrs slower than my goal) I was incredibly happy and proud of how I did in the circumstances.

i ended up in the medical tent with an IV and proceeded to throw up for 4 hours, couldn't get a proper meal until brunch the next morning. yuck!! but hey i survived.

quite the educational experience, i got to learn a lot about what it is like to be a pro, what it takes to be the best in the sport, and all that.

I will post more later and a proper race report.
thanks for all your support!

Current Mood: awake

April 16th, 2008

China!

4/16/08 07:27 pm

so I'm here in China. we got here Tuesday afternoon, a big entourage as I was travelling with the mechanics and head honchos of the Bike Boutique.

it's like being on a different planet. Everything is so different and strange. and yet, strangely familiar.

there are water buffalo hanging out on the side of the road in the more rural areas, and Chinese workers with the stereotypical Chinese rice farmer hats. all the signs are in Chinese, and my first twinge of nostalgia brought me back to my elementary school days when my siblings and I were forced to go to Chinese school on Sundays (as all Chinese-American kids have to do, just like how the Jews have to go to Hebrew school).

everyone is speaking to me in Mandarin and I really wish I had worked on my language skills a little more. of course choosing to spend time training more or practicing Chinese more, well, you can see which I picked. The frustrating thing is that when I try to get the right words out of my head, I find that it's a mixture of Mandarin, Taishanese (my family's dialect), and...this is totally embarassing...but I think in Spanish also. I took 3 years of Spanish in high school and it seems all the foreign languages have gotten jumbled up in my brain.

the food is familiar too. It is a lot of the same Chinese food I am used to, but slightly different flavors.

today they posted the pro list and there are 11 female pros registered. So I have an excellent shot at coming in top 10! I am also the only American female that is racing pro. gotta represent! I am bib #19, which is obviously the lowest number I've ever gotten. I was actually #52 in my very first Ironman, because it was also the collegiate championships and they let the collegiates have the next numbers after the pros, going up by age and starting with the girls. Since I was the youngest college girl, I got the lowest non-pro number!

ok, I should go get ready to swim the course. yesterday I got to meet the big team of local lifeguards and took a picture with them. Caroline from Singapore said "oh, they are tall!" well, the tallest ones were my height, so I guess I'm tall for a Chinese boy??

more soon! my bike and luggage made it safely and I don't have traveller's diarrhea, so life is good.

Current Mood: cheerful

The Bike Boutique is REAL.

4/16/08 07:02 pm

I don't have internet access all the time but wanted to keep blogging all my adventures, so I've been taking some notes in my real paper journal and will try to post as much as I can.

In Singapore they drive on the wrong side of the street. The steering wheel is on the passenger side. It's a little disconcerting, but since I'm not the one driving, it's not so bad. it was, however, something I had to think about when I ran from Grace's condo to the TBB store downtown, about 12k (7.5 miles) and you have to look at which ways the cars are coming and turning whenever you cross the street. I got my first taste of tropical weather during this little jaunt, as it started POURING RAIN on me for 20 minutes straight, flooding the sidewalks and completely drenching me. then it completely stopped. I arrived at the Bike Boutique soaking wet, and just stared at the storefront for a while.

IT'S REAL.

I felt my heart flutter a little. it was only a year ago, that I began exchanging emails with the pro team based halfway 'round the world in Asia, and as it was all virtual, there was always the skeptic in me, the doubt that...maybe this isn't real. I've had sponsors before that never quite came through. with TBB, I was virtually coached, and I got put on the team website. The first tangible items I received were my team visor and t-shirt, some iron-on patches and stickers. several months later, a BICYCLE came in the mail. hm, now if that wasn't real, I dunno what is. then a team uniform. and finally, seeing the store in person, meeting the team manager.

this is it! this is the real deal! just seeing it with my own eyes, quieted all the doubts I had.

Current Mood: happy

April 14th, 2008

Singapore!

4/14/08 11:44 am

for my mini "Tokyo!" post, see the team blog. besides the funny toilets in the airport with butt-spraying options, there was also the squatting variety. I was impressed with all our options. I think it's FASCINATING! you could pick a) the plain American type, b) the one that looked like the American type but had extra buttons for butt spray, bidet, and "flushing noise" button (it had a musical note on it) for...my guess is if you get stage fright and don't like people to hear you peeing or taking a dump, and c) the squatting type that is right on the floor. I was adventurous enough to try the butt spray, but a little apprehensive about option C. I actually thought, maybe I'll try it after Ironman...and see if my quads will cramp up and cause me to fall in. HA HA HA!

also in the Tokyo airport my snack of choice was a little individual container of Haagen-dazs that was green tea flavor (the mini mini container, not a whole pint). I was impressed that this was...a normal flavor! I also got a bottle of Japanese Gatorade, which only came in one flavor, it is almost clear colored and tastes like one of the milder Gatorade Frost flavors in the US.

now I am in Singapore and it is warm. hooray! I have a whole week to get used to the warmness and humidity. Despite living & training in fogginess and (relative) cold the past several months, I'm confident I'll do fine in the heat. I've trained and raced well in the heat before (Las Vegas, Atlanta, Dallas, IM Moo & Dallas races) and have heard that if you race well in the heat, you race well in the heat. like a genetic predisposition. so there!

a bit discombobulated what with the time difference. I feel like I'm in a time machine. Get on a plane on Saturday morning and for many hours flew westward with the sun chasing us. By the time I got to Tokyo it was still quite light outside, even though it was night time at home (11pm-ish). How I only managed to pee once on an 11-hour flight beats me. When we touched down again in Singapore it was Monday morning at 1am. I kind of feel tired again, it is now 9pm at home but 12noon over here. maybe after a nap, I'm planning to run the 7 miles to downtown to THE BIKE BOUTIQUE (!!!), and hooray there are showers there!

and...another GO TEAM!! we had THREE ironman wins this weekend...Stephen & Bella both won South Africa, and Erika spanked in Arizona, taking 1st with Hillary taking 8th. I think that makes 5 IM wins for the team this year, and it's only mid-April. Boss Coach gave me my race "strategy" yesterday, which takes a lot of pressure off...he says my mission is to finish and enjoy the experience, and not think about it too much or it will cause me anxiety. yay!

Current Mood: discombobulated

April 6th, 2008

goin' aero

4/6/08 03:59 pm

Ironman Oz: another weekend, another race, another win for Chrissie Wellington = another win for teamTBB!! damn we are good!! at this rate, there is Ironman Arizona and Ironman South Africa next weekend, and Ironman China the weekend after...

A small setback this weekend for me as I went to bed miserable Thursday night with a freak cold/flu. I was able to get out of work early Friday, so Friday, Saturday, and just last night I've been sleeping tons all weekend to beat this sucker. All that training and trashing my body seems to have caught up to me and getting ill just 2 weeks before my big race isn't ideal, but better now than the day before the Ironman, eh? The fevers are gone and my sore throat is diminishing to just a sore memory. I was good enough to go test ride my race wheel set-up today...

so as I was recuperating, I took on my "disc" wheel painting project. I ended up getting a new cover from Rich at wheelbuilder.com for my new rear training wheel. Thanks

effendi for your disc cover last season, it served me well (2:24 Oly and 5:04 half!), but that other wheel was heavy enough that I did a little upgrade. In honor of my two biggest sponsors responsible for getting me to China in the best shape of my life, here is my paint job in progress:

yes, it's teamTBB and who else but the Wong family, providing me food, shelter, and unconditional love.

no, it's not finished yet, I like how the pink pops out but the white really stands out on the black background too.

and my mini aero helmet (Sharpies work great on aero helmets):

Proud to be a Wong and proud to be a TBB girl. (...proud to be a superhero too!)

Current Mood: creative

April 3rd, 2008

I FEEL GOOD

4/3/08 02:25 pm

AWESOME.
SPECTACULAR.
FANTASTIC.

I feel super frickin' great! I am probably just high off endorphins from another hard swim workout this morning, but I've been feeling really good about my training. Things are clicking. I've been getting all the little things done before I leave. Picking up my Hed3 wheel from the shop today. Dad got my visa for me (thanks Pop!). I've been training in my new teamTBB race outfit for my long workouts and testing out the nutrition plan. I had the most fabulous massage yesterday for the first time in months. I'm officially registered and team management just told us which 4-star hotel we get to be staying at. For a Motel 6-ing, youth-hostelling, car-camping, couch-surfing girl like me, this is true luxury.

It's April 3rd and I've never done an Ironman so early in the year. This is the fittest I've ever been in April, and maybe just...the fittest I've ever been. I've always had the summer to play in the sun in order to get ready for Ironman later in the year--late August, early September, or as late as November. There hasn't been much time for holiday laziness and I've been disciplined throughout the cold rainy days and lack of daylight over the winter.

This weekend is my last weekend of training before I jump on that airplane for my first transcontinental flight. I'll be hitting the Pacific with Nori again for some wetsuit practice (hopefully hickey-free this time, otherwise the foreign pro boys might think I'm not available). Boss Coach says that this race will be all about the bike. "we are not lance," he says. Get it??? With Blue Steel I'll be able to run well off my steed too.

Goals for the race?

1. Meet hot single foreign pro triathlete boys.
2. Race well and get a massive ironman PR.

in that order...!

I also did a bit of geography research and learned that I am meant to be a teamTBB athlete and race at Ironman China. It doesn't get any better than this!

Current Mood: fabulous!

April 2nd, 2008

and I'm in!!!

4/2/08 12:48 pm

Event	Ironman China 2008
Category	Ironman China
Registration ID	25994614
Registrant First Name	Jocelyn
Registrant Last Name	Wong
Registration Date	04/02/08 12:45 PM

Race Classification	Professional
Age Division	W PRO
T-Shirt Size	Small
Will this be your first visit to China?	Yes
Would you be interested in seeing more of China after the race?	Yes
Significant triathlon accomplishments:	2005 Ironman Collegiate Champion
Have you overcome any significant hurdles to prepare for this event?
How many full-length Ironman Triathlons will you have competed in by April 2008?	4
List any past Ironman events in which you have participated:	IM Wisconsin 2002 & 2005, IM Florida 2003, IM Canada 2006

Current Mood: official

March 30th, 2008

the teamTBB buzz continues...!!

3/30/08 04:37 pm

congratulations to my teammate Erika Csomor who SPANKED a STACKED field yesterday at Ralph's (California 70.3).

the buzz is really building up now! on the tail of Chrissie's win in Hawaii...quoted from the blog of the senior editor of Triathlete magazine, "TeamTBB's For Real":

"Brett Sutton is a guy who has not gotten the credit in his career that he's due. This guy can take average talent and make it good, and good talent and make it great. He's a champion-building machine, simply put."

Average talent, that's me! Champion-building machine, that's him!

wow. I'm so proud and honored to be a part of this team.

Current Mood: impressed

March 27th, 2008

the Wong stroke

3/27/08 03:53 pm

the guy with the cute smile in the next lane said hi to me this morning in between 50's as I swam hard enough to be worthy of swimming in the same lane as Nori. But as

effendisuggested, let's save the cute boys for after IM China, like at the big after-party. In the meantime, race day approaches and I finally got around to getting some videotape action of me in the pool for the dreaded Boss Coach (thanks Nori!)

I gotta get under 1:05 in China (no, not for a 100, HAHAHA) so he will stop calling me a horrid swimmer. anyway, here is me swimming: front view and side view. In my new hot pink swimsuit (no, it's not team issue but might as well be), which I got yesterday to get me a little more pumped up about swimming. if you do want to see my hot pink team issue race suit, I posted some pics in my teamTBB blog.

as for a quick 100 time, I think I proved my worthiness of swimming today with Nori as we went 1:14 and 1:15 going balls to the walls. ovaries, whatever. she went faster. hehe. but I don't think I've ever swam a 100 that fast before. Not in practice. and I'll fix everything wrong with my stroke now that I have clicked "sent" to the former Australian Olympic swimming coach.

cheers!

Current Mood: cheerful

March 25th, 2008

best. movie. ever!!!

3/25/08 01:00 pm

in tribute to my first overseas adventure...one of the best movies of all time: The Chipmunk Adventure!

Hey don't you know that
we're off to see the world
We're off to find our dreams
Why are our hearts beating so fast?
Why is there suddenly a brand new hope
inside us that will surely last...?

circa 1987. We had an old VHS copy of a video rental that we watched over and over and over again. I just learned that they had it digitally remastered and released as a DVD in 2006. And next week on April 1st they are releasing another new DVD version. I'm so getting a copy!!

Current Mood: silly
Current Music: We're off to see the world! We're off to find our dreams!

March 24th, 2008

zing! zing! zing! zing!

3/24/08 12:13 pm

I got 2 shots in each arm this morning to protect myself from possible diseases in China. my vaccinations:
-Polio (which I thought I got as a baby)
-Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis (which I did get as a baby but only lasts 10 yrs)
-Hepatitis A (which I had the first round of previously, now I'm immune for 10-15 yrs)
-Influenza aka the flu shot, which I had not gotten this season yet and is probably worthless.
then I'm supposed to take my typhoid vaccination via pills.

wah. my arms hurt. and not from the crazy butterfly workout we did this morning. (i <3 fly)

back in the dating world, I am realizing again what a moron I can be when I actually care. You know how they say when you are in a relationship, that's when all the guys start coming after you? but when you are single, they disappear? well, the theory is that when you are taken, you don't really care what the other guys think of you and are able to be your normal cool, casual, fabulous self around them. Only it's not a theory.

see, this also works in that you are also your normal cool, casual, fabulous self around guys that you are SOOO not interested in. Which is why I keep getting asked out by guys that I am SOOO not interested in (I'm just being friendly dammit!) but now there is this guy that I am sort of a moron around. Like freezing up at the perfect opportunities, blanking out, and figuring out 5 minutes later the perfect thing I should've said. but oh, it's too late, I will go bang my head against the wall now...

I feel like I'm in middle school again.

Current Mood: STUPID