phelps stepped out of the spotlight on swimming's final day as he yielded the butterfly berth in the relay final to ian crocker. yeah if he was in there, he would have had his sixth gold medal in the athens 2004. he's really great.

"that is what this team is about," Peirsol said. "To sacrifice something of yourself for the whole team."

after all, phelps, who had already piled up five gold medals and two bronze, was conspicuous by his absence. even though he did not win mark spitz's 7 gold medals in the olympics 36 years ago, he's already a great swimmer in the US history.

oh yes. of course i did drool over him. =P ive bought the new paper and sunday times today jex to get his articles? hehes. anyways, it has been a beautiful week for phelps. (=

yesterday night aint good thou. went to visit mie cousin who is running out of time. i took care of him as he's having high fever. thats really bad. lucky, he managed to remember me. =D he's unhappy as his mum didnt take good care of herself. my aunts, my mum were unhappy too upon hearing him scolding my aunt fer not taking good care of herself, not sleeping well etc. i know my aunt has a hard time. sighs. he's only twenty. and looking at him in this state made me think of last year's incident. he has changed a lot over the years. now, a sensible and handsome boy. he said he was so 'lucky' as this kind of illness, only 1 out of 100 people will get it. it pains me. even thou i havent been seeing him over the years, but somehow, i could still feel the presence of family bond. wells. im trying to spend time visiting him after school. but i hope im able to cope with my studies though. i told him i'll score As in mie Os. he was delighted upon hearing my chinese Os results too. i feel happy. haha. he even said my sister looked like an 'apple face'. LOL. ayee. i cant deny i feel like crying. but im holding on. my mum cried. everyone feels sad for him. but we got to take it. and i hope that miracles will happen. (=