actually managed to wake up in the morning to go sculling. was so proud of myself. but was feeling pretty wretched though. i only slept less than 3 hours, while scratching my self because the usual allergic rash has started, and simultaneously obsessed in my the idea that need to wake up.
its a really terrible process. i would rather have just slept like baby with no care in the world like a certain drunk i sent home the night before.
ah well. all was fine i guess. in a way, relieved everyone is still alive and comfortable at home and not lying in the ditch somewhere knocked out by alcohol and has his wallet, clothes and valuable taken away by a passing garang guni man.
today's sculling competition was a memorable one, probably for its entertainment value really. haha! none out of the 6 of us got into the finals tomorrow. firstly, i want to apologise to jason, ah fu and alex for rowing too fast. you see, i was the first guy, so i had to set the pace. but basically i was pretty inexperienced. we could have beaten ntu, who beat us by 2 secs. which was a long way off compared to being beaten by the team from coral secondary and bukit panjang secondary by more than a minute. the boys were jubilant. for me, it just felt weird. i mean come on, we only came for 4 or 5 sessions max, and these boys have probably been training for a year or so. to be beaten because of the gap in skill, i understand. but still, to be beaten by a bunch of immature, kiddish boys, is still, hm, weird. then in the individual races, none of us managed a good enough position. two notable things, was one, when i was racing, the metal frame of my bolt lost a nut, and then came off, rendering the boat un-scull-able. i was like. damn! and i was ahead of this bukit panjang kid on my left. i knew i was going be beat him with brute strength and undeniable determination. well, was could i do? i guess god knew i was going to win, so he put a stop to me. haha!!! kiddin. the second thing was zhijun, during his own individual race, capsized twice. once at the start line, thereby causing a delay of half an hour. then while he was racing, he capsized again. apparently, it was because the boat was faulty. we thought he was going to catch up and win, but the oar got wretched out by zhijun's overwhelming power. because he was going at quite a fast speed, he capsize was quite a spectacular sight. he went in hard and fast. ah well. and because of the delay, alex, jiahe and me have a really bad tan. ah fu and his gf were lucky to have an umbrella. i can feel the heat radiating from my skin still.
anyway, its too bad that none of us got in. but the good news is that we can go straight to kallang for what we are originally trained for: dragonboating!
all in all, i thought the sculling experience was a very unique one. its not a sport i will pursue though, cos i like db better. but it can always be done once in a very long while as cross training, or when you are just sick and tired of db.
its a really terrible process. i would rather have just slept like baby with no care in the world like a certain drunk i sent home the night before.
ah well. all was fine i guess. in a way, relieved everyone is still alive and comfortable at home and not lying in the ditch somewhere knocked out by alcohol and has his wallet, clothes and valuable taken away by a passing garang guni man.
today's sculling competition was a memorable one, probably for its entertainment value really. haha! none out of the 6 of us got into the finals tomorrow. firstly, i want to apologise to jason, ah fu and alex for rowing too fast. you see, i was the first guy, so i had to set the pace. but basically i was pretty inexperienced. we could have beaten ntu, who beat us by 2 secs. which was a long way off compared to being beaten by the team from coral secondary and bukit panjang secondary by more than a minute. the boys were jubilant. for me, it just felt weird. i mean come on, we only came for 4 or 5 sessions max, and these boys have probably been training for a year or so. to be beaten because of the gap in skill, i understand. but still, to be beaten by a bunch of immature, kiddish boys, is still, hm, weird. then in the individual races, none of us managed a good enough position. two notable things, was one, when i was racing, the metal frame of my bolt lost a nut, and then came off, rendering the boat un-scull-able. i was like. damn! and i was ahead of this bukit panjang kid on my left. i knew i was going be beat him with brute strength and undeniable determination. well, was could i do? i guess god knew i was going to win, so he put a stop to me. haha!!! kiddin. the second thing was zhijun, during his own individual race, capsized twice. once at the start line, thereby causing a delay of half an hour. then while he was racing, he capsized again. apparently, it was because the boat was faulty. we thought he was going to catch up and win, but the oar got wretched out by zhijun's overwhelming power. because he was going at quite a fast speed, he capsize was quite a spectacular sight. he went in hard and fast. ah well. and because of the delay, alex, jiahe and me have a really bad tan. ah fu and his gf were lucky to have an umbrella. i can feel the heat radiating from my skin still.
anyway, its too bad that none of us got in. but the good news is that we can go straight to kallang for what we are originally trained for: dragonboating!
all in all, i thought the sculling experience was a very unique one. its not a sport i will pursue though, cos i like db better. but it can always be done once in a very long while as cross training, or when you are just sick and tired of db.