HEY GUYS! Today i'm goinna talk abt one more issue that struck me whilst reading the papers..NS! I know, im only 17 and some of u guys think i need a BREAK from thinking too far, but hey isnt it better to think ahead? haha... Hot topic for now, it actually came out in the Sunday Times: IPPT, do some of these stations REALLY judge our fitness level? Well, just in case you dunno, IPPT is the Individual Physical Proficiency Test guys have to take whilst in NS, its somewhat similar to your NAPHA test...

Well, this is the fitness test stations:

1. Sit-Up
Abdominal muscular strength and endurance

2. Standing Broad Jump
Lower limbs extensor muscular power

3.Chin-Up
Upper limbs muscular strength and endurance

4. 4 X 10m Shuttle Run
General speed, agility and co-ordination

5. 2.4km Run
Cardio-respiratory endurance and lower limbs muscular endurance

Now now, the main issue, it is agreed upon that those stations IN DEED measure our fitness level EXCEPT the standing broad jump station... Yea, cause there was this guy who was physically fit and passed everything WELL except standing broad jump due to his short height and he failed, thus making him complain to the government on this policy...

Hmm well in my opinion, I am goinna have to support him! hehe i myself have problems even PASSING the standing broad jump despite jumping almost 200 cm... wahh don't they have mercy at all for short people like me??

Well well, u wanna test the abs, sit ups it is... flexibility? sit and reach ... leg power and endurance, we ALREADY have the shuttle run and 2.4 km run... surely we don't need the standing broad jump to determine the leg power factor... I think its a little bit unfair!! =

I cannot do the chin ups too thanks to my weak arms, but i'll never give up and will continue to do so cause I believe in trying my best even if i dun make it... but standing broad jump?? i practically lost hope for even passing this factor, let alone the IPPT!

Haha, its somewhat like a student who goes for tuition and tries his best to study a certain subject but still fails .. yea, thats the case for me for standing broad jump as well as my chin ups! As said by an expert: "Some try their best BUt still cannot achieve their goal, and this is when they have to accept the fact, maybe they arent born to excel in it" Ohh, dont tell me I'm the one whose fated NOT to excel in sports and chin ups and standing broad jumps...

URGH! Forgive me, im now MUSCLE OBSESSED!

I WANT THOSE BICEPS AND THAT BODY! I WANNA BE FIT!! =

Laugh at me all you want, but I won't fall, i'll try to achieve my goal! and even if I DO NOT get that kinda figue ( I dun think I will, but i'll try) I just wanna be fitter and healthier than myself now, and lose those fats on me first... hehe...

CYA GUYS!!