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dragonboat trg
Wahh..i totally enjoy water trg instead of land trg man. Ok for everyone's info, we had land trg[gym trg] on tues n i dun lyk it coz we'd b pumping irons n i'm sooo worried tt i'd b big n bulky n have those muscles tt makes my arm v big n all. Yesterday was so much more fun coz we had water trg at kallang basin. This time round i chose to b a leftie instead of a rightie coz i have this presumption tt if i paddle on e right all e time, i've have an improportionate body. hahaha.
Initially i was sitting e 3rd pair frm e front n maybeline was my partner..so paddling was quite ok. And den coach asked me to change position to b pacer[ie e front paddler]coz i tink he tinks i paddle quite forcefully. Yah so i was in front n being e pacer means having to put in more force into paddling coz u r cutting e waves n e inertia experienced is much much greater. Oh n there was tiz once he asked if we believed we can try 200 strokes non-stop n u noe..it's those kinda situation where a yes or no will b unfavourable for u. Like for instance we said..'yes we believe' n he went..'ok since u all believe den u all can show me..' and if we said 'no we dun believe' he'd say 'since u dun believe i'd make u all believe tt u can do it' tt kinda thing lahh. Wahh..it was damn shiong. And it was worse coz i was wearing contact lens n e salty sea water kept splashing into my eyes n i kept having e stinging eye sensation.
Coach even arranged for his previously trained dragon boaters to compete wif us. So it was an informal race kinda thing. 4 boats lined up in a line n we were gonna do a 100m sprint..which amounted to bout 55 strokes or so. Yes..and..we won!! He said to us b4 tt..'my boat nv lose..n since i'm on tiz boat u all better not lose ah..' During e 'race' i cld really feel tt 'one soul..one spirit' kinda feeling n it was damn shiok. Everyone paddling together with one accord..n e timing by e coaxen[dun exactly noe how to spell by anyway..she's in charge of e rudder at e back of e boat]..it's too gd to b put into words.
Straight after tt we paddled back, changed into our running shoes n went for a run. And we saw tingting. Wah quite cool coz in future we'd b competing against one another for a different team. And it's motivation to train hard. After trg e seniors said they gonna do pull ups[yeh..pull ups..no joke] n asked if we wanna do also. And not surprisingly, we said 'No'..but we juz went to go kaypo a bit n watch them do. So jul n i were pretty happy standing at our spot watching them do pull ups. And tt was when boon chin literally pulled me to ask me go do. Yah i did 2 assisted pull ups. Straight after tt she pulled jul to go do..n den maybel did. It was quite fun lah..not as bad as i envisioned it to b.
Maybeline jul n i went suntec to buy ankle socks n since we realised we were running late to meet e rest for dinner at Raffles City BK, i dunnoe who initiated e idea, but in e end 3 of us were seen lyk participants of e Amazing Race. We practically ran frm suntec to raffles city. Wanrou saw jul n i running n sms-ed me to ask me wad's gg on. And we oso zoomed past allan but didnt managed to stop to have a conversation.
Long entry man..i'm quite tired. Muscles aching a little n muscles tt i didnt noe existed r aching as well. It's sum particular muscle at my back. I guess we 3 r quite set on joining db? I dunnoe..ntg's really confirmed but i kinda pledge my loyalty to db lah..i mean..it's really fun..new experience =]
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The above is the exact blog post which i posted 1 yr ago, 14/08/04. Cant get to sleep so i went to read ky's blog where we previously posted our entries. I found out that 14/08/04 is a special date, very special indeed, Coz..
tt was the day tt i officially made geoks blacklist me as being e irritating junior who'd want to switch frm rowing right, den row left.
And tt was the day where i made a decision. A 180 degree change in my decision. A decision that i never regretted. To stay. Because of the 'race set'. Funny isnt it? How something tt seems so insignificant can have had such profound significance on a person?
That was the day my butt first landed on the pacer seat. And then there was no return..
That was the day i did my first pull up. 'thanks' to boon chin.
Looking back, I see a change. Ok, maybe its not tt accurate if i judge myself, but i can feel the difference. A difference in perspective, a difference in maturity. Most definitely, we have grown up. It is a learning process. Sets u thinking.
Wahh..i totally enjoy water trg instead of land trg man. Ok for everyone's info, we had land trg[gym trg] on tues n i dun lyk it coz we'd b pumping irons n i'm sooo worried tt i'd b big n bulky n have those muscles tt makes my arm v big n all. Yesterday was so much more fun coz we had water trg at kallang basin. This time round i chose to b a leftie instead of a rightie coz i have this presumption tt if i paddle on e right all e time, i've have an improportionate body. hahaha.
Initially i was sitting e 3rd pair frm e front n maybeline was my partner..so paddling was quite ok. And den coach asked me to change position to b pacer[ie e front paddler]coz i tink he tinks i paddle quite forcefully. Yah so i was in front n being e pacer means having to put in more force into paddling coz u r cutting e waves n e inertia experienced is much much greater. Oh n there was tiz once he asked if we believed we can try 200 strokes non-stop n u noe..it's those kinda situation where a yes or no will b unfavourable for u. Like for instance we said..'yes we believe' n he went..'ok since u all believe den u all can show me..' and if we said 'no we dun believe' he'd say 'since u dun believe i'd make u all believe tt u can do it' tt kinda thing lahh. Wahh..it was damn shiong. And it was worse coz i was wearing contact lens n e salty sea water kept splashing into my eyes n i kept having e stinging eye sensation.
Coach even arranged for his previously trained dragon boaters to compete wif us. So it was an informal race kinda thing. 4 boats lined up in a line n we were gonna do a 100m sprint..which amounted to bout 55 strokes or so. Yes..and..we won!! He said to us b4 tt..'my boat nv lose..n since i'm on tiz boat u all better not lose ah..' During e 'race' i cld really feel tt 'one soul..one spirit' kinda feeling n it was damn shiok. Everyone paddling together with one accord..n e timing by e coaxen[dun exactly noe how to spell by anyway..she's in charge of e rudder at e back of e boat]..it's too gd to b put into words.
Straight after tt we paddled back, changed into our running shoes n went for a run. And we saw tingting. Wah quite cool coz in future we'd b competing against one another for a different team. And it's motivation to train hard. After trg e seniors said they gonna do pull ups[yeh..pull ups..no joke] n asked if we wanna do also. And not surprisingly, we said 'No'..but we juz went to go kaypo a bit n watch them do. So jul n i were pretty happy standing at our spot watching them do pull ups. And tt was when boon chin literally pulled me to ask me go do. Yah i did 2 assisted pull ups. Straight after tt she pulled jul to go do..n den maybel did. It was quite fun lah..not as bad as i envisioned it to b.
Maybeline jul n i went suntec to buy ankle socks n since we realised we were running late to meet e rest for dinner at Raffles City BK, i dunnoe who initiated e idea, but in e end 3 of us were seen lyk participants of e Amazing Race. We practically ran frm suntec to raffles city. Wanrou saw jul n i running n sms-ed me to ask me wad's gg on. And we oso zoomed past allan but didnt managed to stop to have a conversation.
Long entry man..i'm quite tired. Muscles aching a little n muscles tt i didnt noe existed r aching as well. It's sum particular muscle at my back. I guess we 3 r quite set on joining db? I dunnoe..ntg's really confirmed but i kinda pledge my loyalty to db lah..i mean..it's really fun..new experience =]
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The above is the exact blog post which i posted 1 yr ago, 14/08/04. Cant get to sleep so i went to read ky's blog where we previously posted our entries. I found out that 14/08/04 is a special date, very special indeed, Coz..
tt was the day tt i officially made geoks blacklist me as being e irritating junior who'd want to switch frm rowing right, den row left.
And tt was the day where i made a decision. A 180 degree change in my decision. A decision that i never regretted. To stay. Because of the 'race set'. Funny isnt it? How something tt seems so insignificant can have had such profound significance on a person?
That was the day my butt first landed on the pacer seat. And then there was no return..
That was the day i did my first pull up. 'thanks' to boon chin.
Looking back, I see a change. Ok, maybe its not tt accurate if i judge myself, but i can feel the difference. A difference in perspective, a difference in maturity. Most definitely, we have grown up. It is a learning process. Sets u thinking.
posted by Cindy at
12:30 am
2 Comments:
see... the edvidence that you keep wanting to switch here and there... wahaha
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Yuwei, at Thu Oct 27, 10:02:00 am
ha ya memories... how precious... shit when was the date that we wore the white cap that started out twin legacy... ha k jiayou and take care... (dee using dee to type this... lol)
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Anonymous, at Fri Oct 28, 01:45:00 pm
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