Caleb Chess Checkmate

16 march 2010 From the top of the diving block, I could see the clear blue swimming pool water. Suddenly, I heard the 'beep' of the whistle, and all the competitors for the 100m Free event plunged into the freezing water. As my head went underwater, I felt water leak into my goggles, followed by a Ifrantically with all my might. I kept swimming without nearly breathing, until I realised how much more air I would need. After that, I kept breathing continuously. Then, I found out that I would have to do my Freestyle turn now! I had two choices: Take the risk and turn and probably smack my head against the wall for I was pretty near to the wall already, or just turn without somersaulting and slower down. I decided to slower down. Anyway, I needed it. Surprisingly enough, I came in third! I felt very proud of myself for winning a trophy. 17 march 2010 ( mainly about the party ) After a long tiring day at my swim meet, we drove to Ian Kang, my good friend, birthday party. Unlike m...

27 Feb 2010 One day, at around 2:30 on a sunny Saturday afternoon, I left with the Rangers for Machrichy Reservoir. I was very excited, for we were not merely going for a hike there, but to kayak in the reservoir! When we finally reached our destination, a lady taught us how to paddle, the kayak. After this, together with my friend, Alton we climbed into a two- seater kayak, my heart thumping with excitement, and paddled out. At first we had trouble turning and hit the bank, but soon enough, we got the hang of it. During one of our voyage, we had spotted an eagle. It was perched high on a tree branch. One of the most frightening time was when the current slowly drifted us away from the border and into the fast flowing currents! As soon as I realised this, I immediately started a frantic paddle, as though my life depended on it. At first it seemed to be hopeless, but bit by bit, we paddled ourselves to safety. This is an experience I would never want to forget.

13 March 2010 One cold saturday morning, a convoy of cars gathered at Yiew Mei Green. Amongst them were a group of people. From my hideout, I could see that they were planning something mysterious. Who were they, and what were they doing? Were they criminals escaping, or agents on a mission? Whatever it was, I was going to find out soon... I followed them as the convoy of cars moved along in a long snaky line towards the Woodlands Causeway. As I followed them closely, questions flooded my mind. Had Mass Salamat escaped again, and was he hiding in one of their cars? There wasn't much of a jam at the Causeway, so I had no trouble in tracking them, but soon I made an amazing discovery, and that was, they were on a mission trip to Segamat! I'm sure that you fell for that trick and if you had read in one of my earlier blogs in 2008, I had gone for a mission trip too. Well, we were going back to the same place again, and I was in my dad's car, the leader of the trip! Once we cros...

5 march 2010 Finally, my birthday has arrived! Even though I was not so enthusiastic about it as last year. Probably since daddy has left on a business trip for India that morning, but still I had a great day. I got to do less work than usual, (it was on a Friday, a school day) which was a great relief to me. In the afternoon, we went to the Choa Chu Kang library. But the best part of that day was when we settled down for a mini birthday dinner at home together! I enjoyed the chicken wrap which we had with lettuce, and also loved the refreshing homemade watermelon soda drink. On top of all that, mummy also bought a birthday cake. This was no ordinary birthday cake though. In fact, it was two rectangular shaped cakes of flavors truffle which was my favorite, and black forest. So, in the end, it turned out to be better than I expected! This was my first time having a three day birthday celebration. The second day of my celebration (6 march 2010) I was elated to hear that daddy would be c...