Why Is The Swim So Long?
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One Singaporean and his foolish yet modest dream: to swim solo across the English Channel.en-us2005-08-09T17:15:18+08:00Un Rêve Modeste et Fou
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Happy 40th National Day, Singapore! It's been a painful couple of days as I've tried to recover from my swim. It's been very difficult to get food down or to sleep. Ali Streeter, Queen of the Channel, told me it...pj2005-08-09T17:15:18+08:00Final Result
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England to France in 12 hours and 24 minutes. Thank you to all of you who believed in me and supported me throughout this journey. Will write more when I get my strength back....pj2005-08-07T23:10:06+08:00Here We Go
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Barring any sudden change in the weather, I will attempt to cross the English Channel on Saturday 6 August 2005, departing from Shakespeare Beach at 0830 BST. Wish me luck....pj2005-08-06T14:20:41+08:00Latest Update
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Weather's no good tomorrow, so the swim is off. And so the waiting begins......pj2005-08-03T04:30:51+08:00The Loneliness of the Long Distance Swimmer
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The weather is still holding up. Scattered showers are predicted for tomorrow, but otherwise it looks good, so we're still likely to go. As the end of this journey draws near, I've been looking back and thinking over how I...pj2005-08-03T00:32:15+08:00On Stand-by
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With nice weather scheduled for the next few days, my pilot has offered me a chance to swim this week and my sponsors and I have decided to take it. So I'm officially on stand-by to go on Wednesday morning,...pj2005-08-01T23:10:12+08:00The Relay
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Being rather tired and not having much time left on this internet connection, I leave the reporting to one of my teammates, Peter. I should just add that I had a great time, and I almost freaked out when I...pj2005-07-31T03:13:22+08:00Latest Development
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A chap I met on the beach while training one weekend had one of his teammates drop out of a three-person relay due to injury. Needing a substitute, I was offered the position, and I gladly accepted. Thus, sometime in...pj2005-07-28T02:23:43+08:00A Foggy Day In Dover Town
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I was a stranger in the city Out of town were the people I knew I had that feeling of self-pity- What to do, what to do, what to do? The outlook was decidedly blue..." -- Ira Gershwin, lyrics to...pj2005-07-28T02:20:18+08:00Step Forward, Step Back
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Swam very well this weekend. Also suay suay langgar into a mooring buoy. Why so blur? I also dunno. Now my hand si beh pain. Only can write a short entry. [Translation: I swam into a buoy and hurt my...pj2005-07-19T01:14:19+08:00Qualification
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In order for a swimmer to be allowed to make his or her Channel attempt, the swimmer must first provide evidence of a continuous six hour swim in water below 60°F or 16°C. For a swimmer who is just starting...pj2005-07-12T16:44:57+08:00Gibraltar
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Gibraltar is one of the last remaining bastions of the greatest of empires, a reminder of how Britannia truly once did rule the waves, and one of the few specks of red on the world map that ensures that, to...pj2005-07-06T05:24:58+08:00Warm bile and floating chunks
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The week of glorious sunshine we had abruptly turned bad on Friday as the sky opened up and a huge thunderstorm pounded down on us. Soaking wet, I stumbled to the bus stop and spent the journey down to Dover...pj2005-06-27T23:20:34+08:00Skinned
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Thanks to the cloudless sky, I've got a remarkable tan this week, which is made all the more remarkable by the tan lines that my swimming cap and goggle engendered. I don't just have a line running across my forehead...pj2005-06-23T08:27:50+08:00The Temperature's Rising
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The most wonderful words I have heard in the past three weeks were uttered on television last Thursday: "...and Friday will have a high of 29 degrees, with the weekend hot and dry and sunny. We're looking at highs of...pj2005-06-20T18:50:17+08:00