wad an October..

Oct's passed in a flash.

havent been blogging. or shd i say haven't been bothered to blog lolx.

Highlights of Oct:

Sports Awards 08

kinda feel we r like always a step behind the guys team. muahaha. i mean, they got sports team of the yr, n the following yr we clinched it. likewise, they were presented the president team of the yr, and yes..a yr ltr we are on the same stage receiving the award.

felt kinda honoured to obtain diz award. its pretty much the apex of wad u can possibly attain during the sports award. oh yes, there was alot of photo taking. a pity i dun have any pics to put up..hmm might wanna check out rang's blog for pix.

Great Eastern 10k Run

the Run was last sunday-26 oct. tiz time rd i ran with angela. met many along the way. to name a few: raine, wenyen, the current yr1 juniors(erm i dunno their names..i'm really bad with names), sarah ching, twin, zhenyi.

there's diz deep sense of satisfaction tt despite entering the workforce for a yr and a mth, i havent allowed my body to degrade and rot. muahaha. at least i'm proud to say i survived and ran decently. by decent, i mean not stopping at all. to keep jogging even if the steps are puny and insignificant. or tt walking strides seem far more effective tt the small jogging steps.

finished the run in 1 hr 15min. we then took a pic, the whole n*s rowers--past and present. looking forward to see the picture card which raine has.

Batch Dinner at Sukoudo

well we agreed upon a finalised date of 30th Nov but last min 2 cannot make it, which left jul, whenyah n myself. nonetheless, we pig out and talk cock over the meal. thereafter, whenyah was in a mood to spend, so we watched her spend on some pretty versatile dresses.
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Will be off to Malacca over the weekends for Team Bonding. Think Coporate style OBS..yea. some form of annual activity to get everyone together to set goals and mingle n stuff.

Currently i'm still letting my body adapt back to normal shift since i've been on graveyard shift for the past 2 wks. it's been tough man. pple who know me well enuf will know im not the type tt usually stay up.

tc meantime everyone!

Super seniors

i forgot to type the entry of last sat's trg (4th Oct)

was damn anxious to get to trg on time coz raine sms the night b4 asking us to reach by 745am, and i knew i was running late coz i was stalled at the petrol station. no thanx to my bro who occasionally uses the Rio and does not bother to pump petrol. prior to tt, i was stuck in the toilet and suffering frm a slight stomachache.

by the time i left the petrol kiosk at yuan ching rd (jurong), it was close to 725. so yea..i was like, 'wtf?' and juz floored the accelerator.

e last thing i wanted was to b late for trg!

and so my timex showed 748am (my watch is 4 min fast) aft i parked the car along stadium lane. i grabbed my paddle and barang, locked the car door and sprang to SDBA.

to my horror, i realised aft i stepped into SDBA, tt pple were leisurely applying sunblock, chatting and talking.

walau eh, cheat my feelings. i mean, hahaha cause me to worry for ntg. it was only ltr tt i realised trg was actually at 8am, but to take precaution, raine asked us to reach at 745. thanx yeh?

anw we were made to do legs and paddles, and lijun baby n theresa were the respective coxwain for each boat.

heart really require plenty of conditioning to juz marginally catch up with the gals. it juz makes me wonder how i actually survived thru tiz sh*t last time? i muz have had some form of extraordinary powers.

sir has a term for us--"super seniors"

When i heard the term, i was thinking, "wah, like the Gold 90 FM..only hear the gd stuff"

he muz have meant "super lousy seniors", or so i thought of myself.

Nah, its not the lack of confidence. physically, there lies a gulf between the gals and myself.

Mentally, i can only hope tt it can pull me thru these few wks of hell, opps, i mean..trgs.

On the unrelated note, i dun not appreciate tt the juniors (yr 2s) have diz weird impression tt i'm very fierce. they are oddly surprise when i treat them nice.

Who has been spreading rumours of me? Own up...now! muahaha

Trg drained so much energy outta me (we ran the Kallang Leisure Park route, and did pull ups) tt instead of driving out to meet my colleagues for lunch, i drove home and took the public transport instead.

well at least it gave me the opportunity to zzz.

and so tt makes 2 down..and many more trgs to go.

happy childrens' day

ok so today i went for trg with the only team i'd row for. and whom my heart is always with.

to begin with, the run was breath taking. hahaha literally.

it took all my breath away..ah well, glad i survived tt.

and so the row..yea the row. the highlight of course ;p

pretty alright, though i'm really very chui. damn disgusted with myself, or my physical state. i cant programme myself to move as fast, and kids these days. they focus on short stroke.

in summary, i cldnt:

-dip in
-pull effectively
-catch my next breath
-get my timing in sync with the pacers'

i was trying very hard to:
-get my timing in sync with the pacers'
-snatch back quickly in preparation for the next stroke
-push aside the thought of 'wtf..4 more min to end of the 15 min set?'

i love being the so called 'junior boat'. i love soaking in tiz attitude of 赤子之心. remembering the million-n-one things to be conscious abt

if its not the timing, then it probably is:
-dip in
-front catch
-pull fast
-blade angle
-glide
-默契
-etc

to work on.

"wtf, cant i juz get it right once and for all?"

its tt kinda desire of wanting to do better, getting frustrated not being abt it to get it right tt makes it so endearing to watch and re-watch, to see it unfolding one batch aft another.

so i choose to take the back seat (pun intended), let the young ones evaluate and figure by themselves what nds to b worked on, what IS the problem? though i know what the problem seriously is. muahahah

the problem is..there's no problem to begin with.

Somehow they'd figure it out.

I mean stroke, glide, feeling, passion-- all these comes naturally with time and practice as well.

i like it that thru them, i begin to see and to rmb the reason why/how i began to develop a love for the sport, or the team.

happy childrens' day ;]