Canoe-polo

  In the taxi on our way to have breakfast, Mum asked me wad i'm doing aft church. I said.."I'm gg NUS ltr to try out a new sport..canoe polo. Taking part in IFG for Science" and her reaction was, "Siao ah, dragonboat not enough, u wanna join another CCA?" I reply, "No, i'm juz trying out a new sport..go see wad's it like."

  Den it was my brother. "Eh, u wanna play canoe polo ah? So boliao! 90% of the time u'd be paddling like mad to go get the ball, u'd be lucky if u get ur hands on the ball for the remaining 10% of the time lah!"

  Ok lah..i went down for the trg session right after church. It was frm 11-1pm. I realised i shdnt have worn my blue trg jersey. Like, wad if i embarass myself? Den pple wld probably blacklist NUS dragonboat again lah..juz like during sculling. They'd probably think we shd really stick to dragonboating n not try out new sea sports. haha.

  So here's a lil update. The glam part: Woohoo, started out by trying to canoe in a straight line. Ok can handle. Then some girls taut me how to pass the ball. Also can handle. Then tried my hands at scoring goals. Eh..quite gd at it sia! Hahah..bout 4 in 7 shots went in. Initially e ball couldnt go far when i throw coz i was juz relying on deltoids..den they taut me to throw further by twisting. Ok, so i can score goals..Wooohoo.

  Now here's the not-so-glam part. After e practice, they broke us up into girls and guys team. So we played a game with each other. Yea wad my brother said was true..90% of the time was spent fighting for the ball. ahahhaha. So they thought since i was quite gd at scoring goals, they kept passing the ball to me. BAD decision. Somehow there was bout 4 chances for me to score. All missed. Hahahaha. And then there was capsizing too. Hahaha paddled too excitedly den lose control, capsized twice, during the informal competition. Woohoo, yea i totally forgot all e stuff i learnt in my 3-star kayaking lah. If i remembered, I cld at least do 'the roll' to get myself back up and not do e wet exit. So much for kayaking skills which went down the drain.

  Left earlier coz i had to go teach tuition. If u all were wondering if there's any food available on Sundays in NUS, the answer is yes. Linger Cafe is opened on Sundays. The food was good..Nahhh..maybe i was juz extremely hungry from 2hrs of canoeing, so everything tasted good.

Anyway, here's a photo of us--Yirang, me, Jul and Wendy[aka Windy] at Marina after dinner on Saturday. Hah there's actually like-minded pple like me in the team who likes taking photos[and being taken photos of]. Ok i promised i will tone down in taking photos so u wont see Ixus 400 so often now.