observations

1st random observation: kids these days r really terrified of dogs.

i dun mean those big fierce german shepherd kind, i mean tame n mild dogs like sunny. -_-^ i feel sorry for them. wad else r they gonna be scared of in future? ants, snails, their shadow maybe??

sunny is so small, he doesnt even attack pple. he's juz a very inquisitive dog who sniffs ard, he doesnt even bark. yet kids run away or scream in fright upon seeing him. like seriously..

i like sprintin wif sunny. he cld very well be the best 'person' to help me in my sprints, smtg which i really suck at. anerobic is wad i suck badly in. wif him, i do fartleks. walk..run..walk. so far he hasn't overtaken me yet, tt's coz his stretch is shorter than my stride. wahahaha wad a cheaterbug i am.

2nd observation: old ladies on mrt trains

i get very pissed off with them. i hate it when they push n shove like i'm made of glass. they simply juz ram into me as if i dun even exist! i'm frustrated n seriously pissed off alright? do NOT intrude into my personal space, aka comfort zone. i appreciate tt u step aside, thank you very much. there's so much space for them to pass, yet they want to brush past, or shd i say ram into me to take the nearest dash to their seat. they make it seem like i'm gonna fight wif them for a seat. Thing is, no1 is gonna steal the seat frm them la, wad the hell!? U noe wad really amazes me? how they seem to b able to RUN upon seeing an empty seat. i'm not kidding. Some of the elderly folks r nice pple, but others simply irk me. do not be inconsiderate ok? just becoz we r younger n stronger, doesnt mean u push us as u wish. I do respect the elders, but with these inconsiderate elderly ard, it makes me withdraw the respect n high esteem i once had for them.

3rd observation: We tend to underperform during time trials.

be it nervousness, or blindly adhering to expectations that we throw everything else out the window, or...i dunno?

i wished i knew.

no, i dun juz wish i knew. instead i wished i knew, and then devised smtg to prevent it from happening. but if i cld do tt, den wouldn't i be God?

4th observation: As u grow older, u get less affected.

Wenya n i recounted how we used to get really affected aft our time trials results in yr1. affected meaning damn emotional abt it n stuff. not forgetting the sweaty palms n jitters that came at 1815hrs, @src squash court. nightmare man..

these days i still get affected, but not so much as b4. i still get annoyed with myself at times, coz i expect more frm myself den frm others. but i've come to terms wif the fact tt my body is not as agile as it was b4, there's not so much 'burst'. sadly, i cant do an <1.40 min for 400m now, like i did back in yr1. i probably can go <2min but b left wif plenty of pants n wheezing. pathetic eh? i talk as if i'm very old. no la, im not tt old but the fact is tt my body is no longer at its peak.

actually i take things in my stride these days. there's a difference btn accepting reality and laid back attitude . juz as it is for confidence n complacency. anyhow, i still believe that 'u r only as strong as ur weakest link' and no1 wants to b tt weakest link.

time trials nv fail to b a gd wake up call. at the same time, there's actually so much more it than meets e eye.

i'm thankful i keep a diary. someday when i flip back the pages, i'd b proud of myself for having done things tt i once thought was impossible.