#1 Instructor Goh: Erm, you all still remember your CAPsize drills or not? Us: ... ... Instructor Goh: Do you need me to reCAP? Us: Er... *sweats (Pun intended?) reCAP... for us to see again izit?
#2 Instructor Goh: Okay the front of the blade is called the? Us: Power-face. Instructor Goh: The behind leh? Call what? Us: ... Instructor Goh: Is not the no-power face ah... its the "back-face". Us: ... Instructor Goh: Wait later i ask you then you don't know then you "NO-face"... Us: wahaha *laffs
#3 Me: Sir, Macritchie got crocodile or not? Instructor Goh: *thinks for a while... You want to hear another version izit? Me: *Oh... so you not so blur after all Instructor Goh: Sorry ah. Joke tell once only no more effect already. You come 2* course i tell you more. Me: No thanks.
Here are the new records: Xingda capped 5 times (yesh, FIVE times) in a banana boat! W00t! So much for the unstable C1!!!! Mohandas capped 3 times (while trying to get the ball...) but its okay cos he kena banged like crazy... Keeguan capped while trying to save mohandass (o__o")
Updated@3:06 PM
Saturday, April 28, 2007
hey guys. what happened today? i zhaoed off early after training to go back to school for the ptm rubbish. before i zhaoed i put jiaolian's favourite loudhailer and walkietalkies in the bag shed in a red pail on top of his funky hat. then in school i met maggie who told me jiaolian is pissed cos the loudhailer ended up on the floor in a puddle of water. did anybody knock it out of the pail by accident? cos i'm damn bloody sure i put it in the red pail. and it couldnt possibly have dropped out by itself
tml im going to c sports doc. hope everythings ok la.
ytd we had 1 star canoeing course. Goh rox la. hes fricking funny. these are a few of his jokes
me: sir, this reservior got crocodile or not goh: no la. got no crocodile unless the crocodile take 1 star course
goh: hu wants to b the victim? me: meeeee. MEEEEEEEEE!!! goh: ok then we wait for kway teow. then can have kway teow mee.
goh: at sea when ure alone u dun do T-X rescue. u do the commando rescue. this rescue ah, is not u stay in the water call commando come in helicopter rescue u 1 ah.
me: eh sir, where u get ur jokes from ah? goh: orh, this 1 i go to the street and buy 1 then come back and say.
LOLX HUHURRXX sh1t man dam funny. victor laffed his ass off n opened his mouth so big he culd have swallowed a kayak. so we r going to compile GOHs hokes n make a booklet so we can remeber GOH. maybe we can sell it at ora haha. jus joking
listen to this song its aclled dark blue by jack's mannequin. it rox:
This is a true and touching story which i chanced on while reading through friends' blogs; though it's long, i wish to share it with you guys.
The Sandpiper, by Robert Peterson
She was six years old when I first met her on the beach near where I live.
I drive to this beach, a distance of three or four miles, whenever the world begins to close in on me. She was building a sand castle or something and looked up, her eyes as blue as the sea."Hello," she said.I answered with a nod, not really in the mood to bother with a small child."I'm building," she said."I see that. What is it?" I asked, not really caring."Oh, I don't know, I just like the feel of sand."That sounds good, I thought, and slipped off my shoes.A sandpiper glided by."That's a joy," the child said."It's a what?""It's a joy. My mama says sandpipers come to bring us joy."The bird went gliding down the beach. Good-bye joy, I muttered to myself, hello pain, and turned to walk on. I was depressed, my life seemed completely out of balance."What's your name?" She wouldn't give up."Robert," I answered. "I'm Robert Peterson.""Mine's Wendy... I'm six.""Hi, Wendy."She giggled. "You're funny," she said.In spite of my gloom, I laughed too and walked on. Her musical giggle followed me."Come again, Mr. P," she called. "We'll have another happy day."
The next few days consisted of a group of unruly Boy Scouts, PTA meetings, and an ailing mother. The sun was shining one morning as I took my hands out of the dishwater. I need a sandpiper, I said to myself, gathering up my coat.The ever-changing balm of the seashore awaited me. The breeze was chilly but I strode along, trying to recapture the serenity I needed."Hello, Mr. P," she said. "Do you want to play?""What did you have in mind?" I asked, with a twinge of annoyance."I don't know. You say.""How about charades?" I asked sarcastically.The tinkling laughter burst forth again. "I don't know what that is.""Then let's just walk."Looking at her, I noticed the delicate fairness of her face. "Where do you live?" I asked."Over there." She pointed toward a row of summer cottages.Strange, I thought, in winter."Where do you go to school?""I don't go to school. Mommy says we're on vacation."She chattered little girl talk as we strolled up the beach, but my mind was on other things. When I left for home, Wendy said it had been a happy day.Feeling surprisingly better, I smiled at her and agreed.Three weeks later, I rushed to my beach in a state of near panic. I was in no mood to even greet Wendy. I thought I saw her mother on the porch and felt like demanding she keep her child at home."Look, if you don't mind," I said crossly when Wendy caught up with me, "I'd rather be alone today." She seemed unusually pale and out of breath."Why?" she asked.
I turned to her and shouted, "Because my mother died!" and thought, My God, why was I saying this to a little child?"Oh," she said quietly, "then this is a bad day.""Yes," I said, "and yesterday and the day before and -- oh, go away!""Did it hurt?" she inquired."Did what hurt?" I was exasperated with her, with myself."When she died?""Of course it hurt!" I snapped, misunderstanding, wrapped up in myself. I strode off.A month or so after that, when I next went to the beach, she wasn't there. Feeling guilty, ashamed, and admitting to myself I missed her, I went up to the cottage after my walk and knocked at the door. A drawn looking young woman with honey-colored hair opened the door."Hello," I said, "I'm Robert Peterson. I missed your little girl today and wondered where she was.""Oh yes, Mr. Peterson, please come in. Wendy spoke of you so much. I'm afraid I allowed her to bother you. If she was a nuisance, please, accept my apologies.""Not at all -- she's a delightful child." I said, suddenly realizing that I meant what I had just said."Wendy died last week, Mr. Peterson. She had leukemia. Maybe she didn't tell you."Struck dumb, I groped for a chair. I had to catch my breath."She loved this beach, so when she asked to come, we couldn't say no. She seemed so much better here and had a lot of what she called happy days.But the last few weeks, she declined rapidly..." Her voice faltered, "She left something for you, if only I can find it. Could you wait a moment while I look?"I nodded stupidly, my mind racing for something to say to this lovely young woman. She handed me a smeared envelope with "MR. P" printed in bold childish letters.
Inside was a drawing in bright crayon hues – a yellow beach, a blue sea, and a brown bird. Underneath was carefully printed:A SANDPIPER TO BRING YOU JOY.Tears welled up in my eyes, and a heart that had almost forgotten to love opened wide. I took Wendy's mother in my arms. "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry," I uttered over and over, and we wept together. The precious little picture is framed now and hangs in my study. Six words -- one for each year of her life -- that speak to me of harmony, courage, and undemanding love.A gift from a child with sea blue eyes and hair the color of sand-- who taught me the gift of love.
NOTE: This is a true story sent out by Robert Peterson. It happened over 20 years ago and the incident changed his life forever. It serves as a reminder to all of us that we need to take time to enjoy living and life and each other. The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.Life is so complicated, the hustle and bustle of everyday traumas can make us lose focus about what is truly important or what is only a momentary setback or crisis.This week, be sure to give your loved ones an extra hug, and by all means, take a moment... even if it is only ten seconds, to stop and smell the roses.
More an more of us are falling ill and getting injuries. (The nehthan unglam images have been removed due to the man himself complaining.)
*Guys, please take care of yourselves. We don't compromise on training, but as Mr. Go and the J2s have emphasised, we have to train smart, and regulate our own training as well. Don't compromise, push yourself to your limits, but do not overdo things. Remember that when we train, we should set our sights on whatever we want to achieve in order to forge towards next year's nationals. We certainly don't want to pwn ourselves rite?
On a side note, don't eat fast food. yeah.
Or potato chips. Double yeah.
Just kidding. In moderation guys! Not that we are banned from eating such things. Consumption in moderation! Erm. That means like eat them once every ten years. Yupp.
its not even black. its PITCH black. like blacker than black. aw man.
and next wk tues got econs test n napfa. wed got napfa. thurs got bio test. wheeee
me n chinx havent repaired e boat yet. n i realized that a gd kneerest is dam impt cuz now my knee hurts like SH*T. i cant kick properly. oh well chinx lets go c a sportz docc.
ytd i went to see benny hinn. the annointing was so powerful i fell down like 2 times n culdnt stop trembing after that, and felt supercharged. suuuuper man
tmls trng. and tuesday is napfa. die. gd luk guys. childrem of bodom rocks forever :D:D:D
Today during team run something damn funny happened. We were running on the outermost lanes when...
Mohan: ‘操他奶奶的, 在这儿跑得多跑一千五百米。 真他妈的，都快累死了！' Me: 'huh where got? its the same wad..' Mohan: 'no you see, the horizontal distance between each lane is 1m, so a distance of 7 lanes is 7m. Taking the circumference of a circle to be 2 pie r, the total increase in distance is 14 pie * 12，which is...' Me: '...'
I feel so noob now la pls to be around a true 'student athlete' lol. Made me laugh until I got stitch. But I also forgot the exact number which Mohan mentally calculated on the spot :p.
How you begin to appreciate the serenity of flatwater kayaking... Winnie... can you do that too? poohpoohpooh.
Updated@9:29 PM
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
BERNICE!!!! IM NOT A CHA BO!! ahahaha
if 10 more ppl say that im going to TOK TIAO.
anw today was a happy n nice day. i was a guaiboiboi and payed dam gd atention in class. and i talked a lot of kok with ppl. haha
anw, after lesson the fun stuff started. i had ISLE meeting. so i went there and for the lesson, our group was supposed to plan a service learning project that we can do in sch.
so me engwei wenyu nelson and weiqu wen out to canteen n planned dam hard, by drinking and eating. then we dint noe wad to do, so we went bak to class, and guess wad?
there was this group of retarded china man / china woman. and theyre not like the china ppl in canoe, hu are much nicer and who r reasonable. they wanted to use our classroom for ELECTRONICS CLUB..and they were dam serious. the leader, liu li (some girl) wanted us to get our bags out and said they booked e classroom
im sure la. ISLE always this class y suddenly got retards come and kaobei? so we called miss seetoh, and tha liu li person actually argued with her omg. and all the time we kept on lafing at the fact that a 8 man ELECTRONICS CLUB is high and mighty enough to chase 20 ppl out of a classroom
and liu li spoke dam funny. like she want to fight. i wanted to talk back,,,,
BUT!!!
i remembered i mus b a guaiboiboi and dun b bad with a capital B. so i just laffed in her face wen she asked us to siam. c im so nice :D
so miss seetoh came bak, and she decided to b nice to the ELECTRONICS CLUB and we moved. and then we had an inspirational idea for our Service learning project:
ANGER MANAGEMENT COURSES FOR STUDENTS (esp electronics club)
ahaha. so fun. so after ISLE i chiongged to trng. and then our C2 was spoilt so we used oompa loompas and shitto's C2.
so we trained. and i think we improved, escept my recovery was quite bad on one of the 500m sprints. but there was this time where we were chionging dam fast straight with no cap. i guesss we just have to perfect that till we can do that for 500m!
yaay. later i tried hongchengs t1 and capped. i felt n00bed.
then later i was standing on the pontoon and trying to grab our boat from drifting. and suddenly for no reason i fell into the water. means i capped on the PONTOON. demorale like sh1t.
lucky no sets i was dam tired alr. so we went to sch and had emo man 2 man talks. then i went home. the end.
haha how nice. o ya, there are interviews for J1s tml!! short ones. so just relax and talk! help tell e rest too!!
Here are the list of funny things that happened today which i feel are worth remembering and in certain cases, celebrating.
1) We found out Chiam capped in a k1 after 1 second. Jiayou! 2) Hong Cheng bettered Chiam's record by a second. Jiayou! Hong Cheng agreed that rowing a K1 is hard. DUH! 3) Sheng Hao thought he could do better and tied Hong Cheng with 2 seconds on a K1. Jiayou! 4) For all his stability on a C, Nathan capped in a T1! While getting in... *sweats. Jiayou! 5) William got to the 250 m mark on a C1! Hooray!!! *we are soooo happy for you willie! Jiayou!
and just very very recently... 6) A certain female canoeist whose name starts with 'B' and ends with 'ernice' remarked that Nathan looks guniang in this certain picture...
aiyah aiyah. its okay nathan that means you are in touch with your feminine side... haha. Quite a good comment depending on the way you look at it...
7) It was kenneth Kong's bdae and his girlfren even came along to cho re nao... 8) Selwyn discovered fire. *ooooh! 9) All of us are happy. 10) All of us are happy. Really.
Continue to enjoy one another, build each other up, encourage one another in our endeavors and strive towards achieving success as a team!
nathan don't be emo! just join titration club and it will take your mind off things! i find myself most focused and concentrated when i'm doing my redox titration! give me your class and i/c no. by tomorrow yeah! then we'll be the titration club exco! and if we make it into a CCA, we'll get 11k bucks of funding a year, which means that we can get gold titration sets and used gold water to rinse our burettes and beakers! cheer up man, we still have to train hard tomorrow. ;)
hello everybody. I'm chinks, and i have some good news. For all those who didn't take part in NJCC, you'll still get to hone your rowing skills against many others at this rowing competition! It's on the 20th of May, and the distance rowed is 2km. It's going to be super cool, so do keep that day free yeah. and let me know if you're interested. One thing is that any rowers from t,k, or c can participate, as we will be rowing the rowing machines (you can find them at rjc gym) at UOB centre. Sounds highly exciting yeah? So do not hesitate to sign up now, it's something worthwhile to do when you have a free sunday to burn time on!
On a totally different note, my friends and I have been observing that many who take chemistry have not been coping with SPA very well, and in lieu of the upcoming SPA assessment which will contribute to your A level results, we have decided to set up a titration club. It is important that as canoeists, we also maintain a high standard of academic proficiency, so this club will be beneficial to your chemistry marks as well! It is going to be a SIG for the moment, so sign up with me if you wish to have a fun filled but at the same time educational and hands-on tuesday afternoon with everyone else! I'm going to get the start-up-a-SIG form tomorrow from the General Office, so give me your names latest by the end of this week, and I assure you guys that you all will score during the SPA! My chemistry tutor Mr Christopher Tan (Jiaqi and Soo's tutor too) has agreed to be the teacher mentor of this club, and he's super zhai at titration. We need at least 15 people to start up a SIG, so I hope for your fullest support!
life really sucks. i dunno la maybe its too bz or too tiring or too dunno wad, but theres a lot of crap to think abt and wen i tink abt it, its quite deepressing. nvm.
o ya chinx just posted abt the rowing comp on 20 may. lets all go! itll b fun n i think we can win sth.
the results arent out yet. i tink its on thursday. whatever happens well still be together anyway, so really guys dun feel so bad if u do not make it k?
my world by sick puppies rox. u all shuld go hear it.
goin to do work. arent i hardworking? haha work shuld burn...
today i was a good boy. i did the most hmwk i did in the past 3 weeks. real achievement.
this is wad i did: maths tut 4A (till qn 9) maths asst 3 econs case study (half) chinese worksheet 2
suuuper gooood mann. yay.
on a more serous note, tml is the day that a few people will b leaving the team. we all don't want this to happen but somehow fate isnt so kind. but to whoever does not make it, its not the end of the world. I found out that those who do not get into the team will still be in canoeing, but will be doing dragon boat instead. so dont fret ok guys?
sometimes its a question of morality vs practicality. morality tells us to fight to let more ppl stay in the team. but practicality tells us that if they stay, they may not be able to compete. its in in fact hamful...so i dunno. i feel ripped. im going to pray for everyone tml, n lets hope for the best.
ok lets dun b emo anymore. this whole week was emo n i feel so much better after church n trng on weekend. lets forget it n move on.
so cya all tml! or is that today? ahaha! 4.30pm at stadium steps!
To those who thought C4 200m was powerful, THIS IS THE BOMB...
* 1) Their strokes are really really fast (too fast) 2) Their muscles are really really big 3) They make paddles look like toothpicks/earbuds (from aerial view they really do.) 4) Jiao Lian's home team is featured: Pple's Republic of China. Jiao Lian, be proud! >_< 5) One of the guys so strong the blade snapped from the shaft (jacked)
To all K rowers: watch and learn *This vid has slo mo lah so its easier to look at their stroke and pick up some pointers
to day i woke up and went to water. i felt abit drunk-ey but nvm. we got the boats out and put on e lifejacs and went to row.
BUT!! BUT, there was no right side kneerest! looloo koped 1, timchow koped 1, and XD koped 1. so me n chiam were like stranded. jiaolian said use a lifejac. means ill b converting back to the n00bie times wen we used lifejac to kneerest. oh well.
the tilt was dam retarded, but me and chinx managed to paddle 2k despite that and the sun. then later my thigh cramped and i jumped off e boat. then i was saved by timchow
chinx was lind and let me take his kneerest. but it was a left kneerest, and the balance was even worse. aww man. i jumped out of e boat again.
so i dint achieve much today. later, we took e boat out..and realized....
THE BOAT IS BROKEN!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
the metla handle holding the boat together was detached from e boat. i think it came from capping too much. so jiaolian was pissed and said its our problem. mr go taped up e boat. its a temporary measure but i think itll work for now. we nid to go buy fibreglass glue chinx!!
ok then we had 1 star course. i met the funniest guy, the instructor. hes dam nice oso. if u wan to noe his funny jokes u can ask us got too many to type here hahaha. but one of them is...
why is the stern behind? cuz u turn to look behind. tuen sounds like stern. so stern is behind.
ha-ha-ha. and also got another 1:
i noe u want to go look at ur girlfriends or whatever paddling, but pls look at my ugly face for the next few hours for the course.
lol. hes dam nice la. so the course was dam fun. i capped for fun once and made him rescue me. then later we were doing bracing and my boat became the yellow submarine. and ppl had to save me again.
o ya for lunch we went to the canteen and there was a scammer aunty. she tried to scam us soyabean for $2.50. wth la.
so after e course i decided to b a guaiboiboi. i decided to cut hair WITH NO FORCING!! haha now mr park will think im a gdboi and wun thinki got AP anymore. i went to the one hairstyling salon n got an emo cut. i like it la...hahaha. now i can make emo fins at e back.
it was raining like sh1t and i had to run to the salon in e rain n i was dam wet. so i went home and bather and went to church and watched the emo drama again. niicee.
so from now on im going to b a good boy so ppl wun think i got attitude problem. the end.
Since dontpissinthewater has their own share of silly advertisements, here's a few:
Updated@9:25 PM
today was good friday. it was gd. i woke up n smsed the guys to meet at 1230 for LAN..n i overslept and had to pangseh them to go church. sry guys...really. hope it was fun ill go next time to get owned.
i went to church. the drama was dam emo. i cried. Thanks God...for the amswers to my problems. then later we went to spam chinchow and i drank like 4 cups of chinchow in the whole day. then later we drank beer and i drank a lot n got drunk. haha now i feel high i noe wad im doing but i dunno y im doin it..
went home. jie yang sent me all the hardcore songs i wanted. now can share with e guys...those that like metalcore.
tmls water. me and greg are going on th great canoe exodus. we r going to canoe over the dam and to malaysia. hope the dam isnt too high or we may die going over.
if u all wanna join us, pls pack 3 days worth of food n water. clothes dunnid, ure goin to get wet anyway. gd luck guys. cya in malaysia. rafflesrow!
Hey guys, juz wanna share with u'll some thoughts I have about this afternoon. I feel tht everybody did an awesome job today, not juz in terms of giving ur all but also encouraging your teammates in the process. Personally, although I wasn't fantastic, I believe that I've given my best, and tht would not have been possible without the encouragement I received today - be it Brian who was there helping me to count my pullups, Shenghao pushing me throughout my pushups (no pun intended :p), Maggie giving me the crunch I need for my situps, and most importantly all the people who've consoled and encouraged me after I completed an unfavourable 2.4 time trial. Frankly speaking, thts a station which means a lot to me, and having lost to Xingda and Eugene came as a shock and disappointment. But I realized tht although there are obstacles on the road to excellence, I'm not alone in my struggle, for we struggle together as a team. I thank all of you for making me realize tht, first hand. Losing has thus made me more aware of the areas I have to improve on, and more so the value of humility. To Xingda and Eugene: Well done! I am awed and humbled by your excellence.
Having been together as a team for almost 4 months, I'm really happy to see our team psyche maturing and taking shape, and I believe it is indeed this synergy which inspired us to give our best today - even under unfavourable conditions such as the hot sun, the late timing, the numerous stations and with a number of us nursing injuries. Rest well everybody, and although the team selection will still have to happen, party based on the results, lets take it in our stride, for when we have faith in ourselves, we'll inspire others around us and grow as team. And when a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. As a young team we still have a long way to go, but I hope that we'll do it together, just like we did today.
trng was gd. we paddled abt 4km, then paddled with chiam and seetoh. so 1st they challenged us to burst to the pontoon and we did n we beat them, but they said they werent even trying.
then i went with seetoh n chinx with chiam. then we went out, and me n seetoh capped n i felt like a n00b. chiam kept making fun of us. then later we raced them to the pontoon. chiam n chinx burst but they capped. so we won.
then later i went with chiam n chinx with seetoh. n we raced arnd n all that. i learnt alot abthow to make ur strokes better balanced and stronger n more abt J-ing. i think thats the most i learnt in a long time
thats the gd part. the screwed part is that during trng mr go talked to me and said "ya nathan, u another one." then i said "huh? another one?" then he said "ur CT is mr chan rite." then i said "yes" then he said "he tells me u r bad. bad with a capital B. please show me that u can be good not only in canoe but also in class" then i said "huh sir? what did i do? wad did he say?" and he said "confidential"
all i wanna do now is train like a rabid dog n do well in nats. hope everyone can too for e team. and theres that trial test at 5pm tomorrrow.
so nathan has an attitude problem. i was dam emo after that n was pissed for the whole tnrg. im still pissed now. im going to ask mr chan more abt this tml. till then im going to b an emo piece of S***.
i am very emo today. i emo the whole day in lecture n tutorial n my class thinks im dam emo. so here is an emo song to sum my how emo i am.
My Heroine
The drugs begin to peak A smile of joy arrives in me But sedation changes to panic and nausea And breath starts to shorten And heartbeats pound softer
You won't try to save me You just want to hurt me And leave me desperate
You taught my heart A sense I never knew I had I can't forget The times that I was lost and depressed from the awful truth How do you do it? You're my heroine
You won't leave me alone Chisel my heart out of stone I give in everytime
You taught my heart A sense I never knew I had I can't forget The times that I was lost and depressed from the awful truth How do you do it? You're my heroine
I bet you laugh At the thought of me thinking for myself (myself) I bet you believe (bet you belive) That I'm better off with you then someone else
Your face arrives again All hope I had become surreal But under your covers More torture than pleasure And just past your lips There's more anger than laughter Not now or forever will I ever change you I know that to go on I'll break you, my habit
You taught my heart A sense I never knew I had I can't forget The times that I was lost and depressed from the awful truth How do you do it? You're my heroine
i want to thank everyone for supporting me and chin yee out there. i noe we dint race a perfect race, n we dint get into semis, but what the heck, we tried our best for raffles, and thats gd enough for now. we really appreciated it when ppl like jianrong tell us to jiayou b4 the race, and ppl like kaiyang and muddy hu tell us to go out there and do RJ proud, and shenghao n marcus n kenny hu helped us carry e boat, and everyone else who tells us gd job after that. thats the team i have grown to know n love. so yea
but this is also a wake up call. looking at ppl like ming shen and james goh hu r really experts of their craft i wanna say that we r really nowwhere compared to them. and knowing this we r going to work triply hard at every training, because evryone will be working doubly hard for nats, and we are not going to let them take that medal just like that. this year, and next year, are our years. and not oni for C class but T and K as well, today i have seen how stiff the competition is with national rowers and all.
but the strongest part of us is our spirit, and even thought we havent learnt rowing as long as them, so what. i tink if we train really hard, and observe the national rowers technique and learn from our stupid mistakesand their skill, we can really catch up. so lets dun die now, dun de-morale. lets fight. and lets win in july.
Luigi
Marcu
Bowser
Kennedy
Willie
Kee Guan
Xiao Bai Cai
Vic
Bong
Greg
Michael
Maggie
Mohan and das
Xing Da
Jerome
Jeremy
Hong Cheng
Powderman
Eugene
Feng Shuo
Nehthan
Beng Hong
Marc
Aaron
LJ
Shawn
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