like wad steffie did to her blog... this entry is dedicated to all my fellow sailors. life's precious, treasure the ppl around you. this is khaiwan's nick on msn. its like everyones taken aback by wad happened on fridae. tpjc sailors, we must always look out for each other ok? a careless-ness can lead to a great issue. it happened on fridae the 14th of january. i was on my boat sailing... the wind was very strong, abt 15knots that dae. ben wasnt supposed to sail cos if his neck pain... within minutes, i capsized n cldnt upright my boat cus the daggerboard slided down into the water... i had to go underneathe the boat (cockpit) to push it back up... but the waves were big n choppy... it hit me n i was drinkin mouthfuls of salty sea water. i managed to push in the daggerboard abit n it slid down again. i was exhausted. benjaboo came down from the powerboat, helped me push the board in... and the waves hit me... i was flunked off. driftin in the sea... quite a dist awae from my boat. luckily benjaboo was still holdin onto my boat. i tried to swim back to my boat... but, the current kept pushin me awae... the powerboat had to pick me up. cheryl n steffie were on board. i was damn tired n eyes too pain from the sea water. then benjaboo cont sailin on my boat already... Mr Loey ( our new instructor) drove the powerboat awae after ben managed to uprite n sail the boat...


shortly, i was the onli one left on the powerboat. cuz steffie joined ber on laser, n cheryl joined shaoxuan on the other boat. next, it was Ziyang. HORRIBLE. i noe i shudnt blame him. but i cant stop myself. he was havin trouble uprightin the boat. so i went into the waters to uprite together. with Mr Loey's help, we managed to keep the boat uprite. the boom was off from the mast. the rudder has sunk into the big sea. (i've no idea how ziyang fuckin rig his boat. but the prob is HE DOESNT RIG HIS OWN BOAT). screw him. his boat was in a mess. no choice. mr loey had to tow the boat plus me n ziyang back. i used up 3/4 of my energy to pull the rope that was tied from the powerboat to the sailboat mast. ziyang, if u're readin this, pls quit the team on ur own accord. dun do such gay stuff. u noe how much time Mr Loey spent on ziyang? darns. he had to sacrifice the other eleven sailors... which means 9 other boats, to attend to ziyang? sucker.


when everyone was back from sea, we were all exhausted. the winds n tides drained our energy lvl. i was washing the MOE boats for duno who oso. den Mr Loey called for a debrief. i went to inform other sailors to meet in the classrm. sth was amiss. cos i saw onli 5 tpjc boats. i tot one more was outside at the beach. den they actually told me its not our boat... den ... nvm. went for debrief.


HEADCOUNT. one person's missing. FANNY. "maybe he's in the toilet?" "go check the toilets" "but there's onli 5 tpjc boats back... how can he come back without a boat?!" we activated a powerboat. vice cap n cap together with Mr Loey went out to search for him. we stood on shore. we tot the 'white thing' very far out was benjaboo's boat. but we saw the powerboat turned awae without a sailboat. at that moment, i felt helpless. steffie hugged me n everyone told each other, fanny will come back... no matter wad. i cried n cried. the onli thing i could do. we nv tot that such a thing wld happen. we were too careless. it was partly my fault. i shud not have let him sail my boat. he got neck pains... we all almost broke down when we saw the powerboat roamin arnd the sea, not able to find ben. kaiwei held me n hug me. gals were in tears, guys were panicky. ah tat was prob blamin himself, not being a gd captain. khaiwan was shagged. we activated a second powerboat... i wanted to go on the powerboat to help search ben. steffie too. but kaiwei went up instead. we were too emotional to search for ben. we stood by the sea. i was still in a state of shock n kinda dazey. winds blew on us. nobody complained cold. cos ben wld be much colder than us in the big sea. i dun wan sun to set... i dun wan ben to give up hope... i dun wan the powerboat to stop searchin...

we called the coast guards to help us find ben. we described to them that its a chn boy with ht arnd 1.8m and the sail number with saiboat number. i prayed to bhuddha or wadever god ok... that ben must come back safe n sound. he canot dun come back. i dun wan an empty seat beside me in class. i dun wana lose him... finally the coast guards called and said they found him!!! =)

tears of joy n we hugged each other as a sign of relief... when we saw him at the platform, we ran towards him n hug him tightly ... we cried again... but its really tears of joy. we're sorry ben... we shudnt have left u alone out in da big sea... like wad weilyn said, "fanny will come back n laughed n say eh bitch, dun cry ok..." true enuff, he came back sayin that... "i sang whole of mp3 player leh! twice 'yong gan' twice 'ji de'. he oso slept on the boat (it turned turtle) for awhile. shouted n waved for help frantially. vessels passed him by n onli 1 stopped n u-turned to save him...

the boat is ... i duno where isit. but more importantly, ben is back with us. SAFE N SOUND. we will rem to headcount everytime. =) thank you Ms Lorraine Lee, Mr Vincent Lee, Mr Loey (bet he's not gonna sign the contract with us).



it was the latest we left NSC tt dae. me steffie n cheryl went mp to have dinner at like 9pm++. we think alot abt wad happened... life's really fragile.

the next dae i woke up... my eyes were swollen. puffed up like nobody's business. argh. slept the whole dae... and onli went to meet lionel at nite. thanz dude.


i hope nth will happen to us. NOTHING. i wonder where's my boat now... urgh.

once again, treasure everyone arnd u... u nv noe wad will happen next...

love ya guys... =)