impressions

I realised tt i have a tendency of leaving bad first impression for pple. boohoo~

Mona says her first impression of me was tt i was mischievous. When she said it, i thought i heard 'mysterious', which was at least better than mischievous. She said it was because during e run for e 1st land trg, i was jumping ard. Thus she began to keep an eye on me. Perhaps tt's y when i first joined, she'd monitor me closely n would ask me online for e 1st 2-3 trgs if i'd be gg down for a particular trg. Make sure i dun pon. wahaha.

Defence story: I was jumping ard coz denise happen to be running and lagging at e back tt time n so i decided to encourage her. But in e process of trying to encourage her, i recklessly ran out of e twos n left my running partner[i forgot who] to go to the back where denise was. N so maybe tts y i seemed mischievous.

Kaiyan didnt have a gd 1st impression of me either. I think she thought i was mischievous n naughty too, considering the fact tt i happily dripped wax on her skirt during campfire orientation nite when we were passing the flame frm 1 candle to another, while singing the song 'pass it on'.

Defence story: Tt was really by accident. i didnt do it on purpose. Really, i never.
Coz i think i tilted the candle n yup, tt's how e wax juz dripped onto her new school skirt tt she bought.

N then there is Meiping whose 1st impression of me was tt i was very dao. She said i used to be very uninteractive on e boat n never talk much, plus i didnt quite smile a lot, tt's y.

Defence story: I dun talk much on e boat last time, n even now, coz i've got ntg to say. Tt explains y we seldom give feedback when they ask, 'pacers, how's the set?' No, its not a perfect set, just tt, got ntg to say. N if u dun ald know me, u have to realise tt i dun have the habit of opening up to strangers, so i wont joke wif u. Furthermore tt time i was a newbie, n i always believe tt shd listen more to learn better, hence i dun talk much. Most importantly, its very difficult to flash a smile when i've just started rowing last time coz every water trg was torturous n tt's when the muscles were constantly screaming in pain n i was constantly wondering if i was in e right frame of mind to join this sport. U tell me how to smile?? How huh?

I do know however, tt though 1st impressions r lasting ones, truth is tt they'd subsequently discover the better side of me. hahaha the not-so-mischievous side, the not-so-dao side, the lame side, the c gin na side of me.

Heard my joints cracking while doing pull ups ytd. My body juz have a tendency to crack n make noises. Maybe it needs oiling. hmmm. proceeded to play captain's ball n the lefties won!! Woo hoo. Assigned to be a mid fielder coz i'm one of the shorter ones among the lefties.[me wendy n jul] boo hoo =[ short so wad huh? bleh. I still cant accept the strange taste of Accelerade. It makes me LS the next day in e toilet, by the way. Thankfully its juz 1 shot we need to drink now, compared to 2 shots a few trgs ago. Yes yes, asking me to drink Accelerade is like asking me to drink poison. My face scringe up coz it really taste nasty. I cant get used to the taste.

Lunch ytd was at Suntec Kenny Rogers. 9 of us went n some of us juniors commented tt fun row was really fun. It was wad triggered my interest, sustaining the interest came later. I thought it was really fun coz it was so relac, like for instance when we really 1st started there was LOADS of paddle fighting; every single stroke u just whacked e paddle of the person in front. So wad do u do in such circumstances? For me, i thought it best to stop rowing a while. hahahah. No wonder i had fun. E snrs were commenting during lunch tt they were e ones at the back n not having as much fun as we were. Slogging behind up-ing like mad.. They were practically rowing plenty of dead weight. Opps. Oh!! we taut it was planned tt we'd go on shore to learn how to row properly, e strokes. It was only ytd tt we realised it wasnt planned, it was because geoks cox-ed us there not by intention. wahahah.

Aft tt i followed jul to her aunt's place n yup, thanks to her aunt who did most of the work, i've finally gotten a paddle bag tt i can call my own. Plus there's cushioning below to protect the fragile paddle blade.

Somehow, somewhere in my heart, there's diz tinge of sadness though, knowing tt all this is coming to an end soon. strangers whom i now call team mates. Dont cry because its over, smile because it happened. Jiayou.

~We were strangers starting out on a journey, never dreaming what we have to go thru, now here we are and i'm suddenly standing, at the beginning with u.

-At the beginning.