Friday, December 28, 2007
An old phase has ended. A new phase has begun...

Today more or less marks the end of it all... It has been a really great 1.5 years. I will never regret it. Great people, great fun, great training! I have never envisioned myself in dragonboat. Small, skinny, weak me, trying to enter a sport for those that were very fit! Wow...

I would like to thank them for accepting me for who i was.

I would like to thank them for not ostracising me.

I would like to thank them for encouraging me during training.

I would like to thank them for giving me the chance to represent the sch, and the team.

I would like to thank them for being friends with me.

I would like to thank them for everything.

My life has changed quite alot since i have joined. For the better that is. May we still be friends after i quit. :) Off to a new beginning... Hmm.... how should i start... ?
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Thursday, December 27, 2007
Photos from the most recent race, River Regatta

My first experience drumming for the boat :)

Photo whoring
A grp shot after the race
A team shot! SMU Dragonboat!


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The last day.

Today, at 630pm, i will be carrying my paddle and life vest to sch. For prob the last time in a long long while. It started off as the craziest thing ever.

When i first registered, i half thought i was out of my mind. After spending quite abit of effort to opt out of too many physical activities in the army, i'm actually joining an activity meant for fit ppl only. The fit here refers to those of a different level by the way... It felt like a cruel joke to myself.

The first training i went for, small scrawy me did not keep up with the rest of the yr1s at all. It was a struggle to finish 2 of the 3 sets. Afterwhich, i could not take it and juz sat at the sidelines "observing" the rest. I then had great difficulty trying to write the next day. From the moment that some of them saw me, they were already betting when, in terms of number of trainings, would it be before i quit the club. (This was what many ppl told me, and anyway it's not surprising lah...) Somehow, i was thick skinned enough to stay.

The journey would be nothing short of an ardous one. I often took my own weights, not being able to lift even the lightest of weights used by the rest. I am really thankful that although alot of ppl (rightfully) think i cmi, they did not discourage me and ask me to "go home". Along the way, many ppl quit. My faci who joined together with me and was my main motivation quit after he had injured his shoulder as he did not what to risk having to go for another operation. Friends whom i had introduced to the club also quit after some time. Some of the ppl that motivated me along the way also quit. I wont deny that i felt sad when these ppl quit. But along the way, i also made many new friends!

The first race that came along was the River Regatta 2006. The team won 3rd for the men's category. I was really happy that day, so much that i could not hold the camera properly and the video that i tried to take of that race was very shaky. The first time i rowed was during the second race, MR 500, in mar 07. But fate had it that something wrong happened, and thus i did not row but had a very rare chance of sitting on a competition boat doing nothing other than keeping my butt to the seat and not falling off. June race came, and i finally rowed. I think June race was pretty disappointing, and we should not have lost so badly. River Regatta 2007 came and the race was really really close. Actually, i think i screwed up that race quite badly. I am still pretty confused abt it, but it's a past event. Nothing can change it.

Dragonboat is really like a big family. There are many different kinds of ppl. Very interesting mix. And the only thing that they all have in common? They are all stronger than i am, even till now :) I have truely enjoyed this 1.5 years, and i am sure i am gonna miss it. The team has been a really great one, and everyone's really nice.

I started off really weak physically. i think i have improved quite a bit since then, and would like to thank the club and the team for all this - the friends, the experience, the fitness, the wonderful memories, and many many more...
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Friday, December 21, 2007
Review of "Witch Yoo Hee"

Okies, be warned, there are some spoilers ahead... Anyway... this is not really abt what happens in the show, but rather what i feel abt some of the scenes in the show. You prob will not understand what i say unless you watch it though, yups!

I feel that if i were to be Chae Moo Ryong, i would definately choose Nam Seung Mi over Ma Yoo Hee anytime. Why? Firstly, she appears to have more inner beauty in the show, and more importantly cos she loves Moo Ryong much more than Yoo Hee. Moo Ryong was really treated badly, having to sacrifice so much, and yet Yoo Hee still left him for Joon Ha after he had "injured" his hands. Maybe that would have been a major flaw in the show. Seung Mi is just too perfect, while Yoo Hee is too flawed. Then again, as proven by some friends, love is blind... Think this again boils down to the question of being loved or loving someone.

Oh ya... the Johnny likes abit like William (from my camp and sch) Haha! juz a much better looking version that is...

Omg, i randomly googled on Seung Mi. She is 1983 one... And she is also born on the 27th! hahaha!! hmm.... Anyway here is the link http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Jun_Hye_Bin. Haha! this is so very random!

Tired...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2007
My 1st post!

Finally the blog is up! :) Yeah!

How long this blog is gonna last, i'm not too sure abt that... Haha! oh wells!

Back from my Myanmar OCIP and Thailand trip! Both were great! The Myanmar one was quite unexpected, with the great food and hotel lodging, but i still had really great experiences over there, which i will try not to forget. It really shows us once again that we should not take so many things for granted. Singaporean kids are really really spoilt!!

I still need to do the CIP report which has been due for like half a year?? and also send andrew some stuff... yucks! i hate doing any work now... :(

OKies! Off to grab some food!
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