guess its my turn to blog, after reading all my friend's entries.
yeah, today was the first day of the dragon boat festival cum competition. we had two heats today, mens open and tertiary open. we did well enough to come in first in both our heats. we all felt good. however, even so, they do not mean anything. these are just stepping stones to greater battles ahead tomorrow. and the greatest battle await us at 1730. i hope to find more inspiration and motivation tonight as we race down the final throes of our journey.
i wanted to just stay at home the whole day. but i got persuaded to go for a once-in-a-lifetime dinner with my platoon from ns. its been about a year since i saw them. and was really happy and glad to see them. they brought back so many fond memories. i told them, that i will row for them tomorrow as well. cos they were by first family of brothers. here's to the guys who went today, shafiee, ron, ore, joseph, rizuan, chong and wilson. i will row for them as well.
and so while they were chowing on sambal stingrays, and satays, i was eating an exhorbitantly priced chicken hor fun. sigh... the smells were so inviting, but i had to abstain. and it took all the mental will to do so. haha! after that they went to east coast park to catch up, while i had to go home and turn in early.
really glad i caught up with some of them.
really nice to hear that shiying, my sp from the csc camp, might be coming down to support us tomorrow. thanks girl! hope to find some more inspiration from you too! and hopefully from the throngs of supporters expected to turn up tomorrow! thanks guys for backig us up!
of course the biggest source of inspiration is from the team. they are really the greatest bunch i have met. they are like my second family of brothers. the brothers i wished had. haha! they are such an inspiration, especially to tony, the mid pack caller and regulator, and also to dr mel, who at my weakest points, spurred me on by calling my name during the row. also to baby mel, who is losing his voice encouraging us and pushing us on.
from young, i always had a problem with religion and the issue of "belief." i never knew what faith was. life to me was a day to day affair. people to me walk in and walk out. i did not know what it meant to fight for something. i did not taste fraternity or universal brotherhood, and to trust in solidarity. i dare say, that today, i think i may have tasted a bit of what it means to know that there are people there with you, and perhaps able to trust your life, values and dreams and goals with them. to know that they are there to support you, to protect you, to fight for you. cos they love to, cos they want to. and i am part of that as well. its not something that I want. its something that WE want.
right now, i dun know what life is going to be like after tomorrow. i am so focused on what is going to come up in the next 24 hours, that that is all i can think of right now. my future seems to literally lie in a day. and i am living my future out now. it seems as if everything hinge on these essential races, the things that we have worked to hard for a year. its something a year in the making. its do or die.
of course, we will have fun doing it at the same time.
okay, its time to lay down and rest. i will see you guys at the finish iine.
yeah, today was the first day of the dragon boat festival cum competition. we had two heats today, mens open and tertiary open. we did well enough to come in first in both our heats. we all felt good. however, even so, they do not mean anything. these are just stepping stones to greater battles ahead tomorrow. and the greatest battle await us at 1730. i hope to find more inspiration and motivation tonight as we race down the final throes of our journey.
i wanted to just stay at home the whole day. but i got persuaded to go for a once-in-a-lifetime dinner with my platoon from ns. its been about a year since i saw them. and was really happy and glad to see them. they brought back so many fond memories. i told them, that i will row for them tomorrow as well. cos they were by first family of brothers. here's to the guys who went today, shafiee, ron, ore, joseph, rizuan, chong and wilson. i will row for them as well.
and so while they were chowing on sambal stingrays, and satays, i was eating an exhorbitantly priced chicken hor fun. sigh... the smells were so inviting, but i had to abstain. and it took all the mental will to do so. haha! after that they went to east coast park to catch up, while i had to go home and turn in early.
really glad i caught up with some of them.
really nice to hear that shiying, my sp from the csc camp, might be coming down to support us tomorrow. thanks girl! hope to find some more inspiration from you too! and hopefully from the throngs of supporters expected to turn up tomorrow! thanks guys for backig us up!
of course the biggest source of inspiration is from the team. they are really the greatest bunch i have met. they are like my second family of brothers. the brothers i wished had. haha! they are such an inspiration, especially to tony, the mid pack caller and regulator, and also to dr mel, who at my weakest points, spurred me on by calling my name during the row. also to baby mel, who is losing his voice encouraging us and pushing us on.
from young, i always had a problem with religion and the issue of "belief." i never knew what faith was. life to me was a day to day affair. people to me walk in and walk out. i did not know what it meant to fight for something. i did not taste fraternity or universal brotherhood, and to trust in solidarity. i dare say, that today, i think i may have tasted a bit of what it means to know that there are people there with you, and perhaps able to trust your life, values and dreams and goals with them. to know that they are there to support you, to protect you, to fight for you. cos they love to, cos they want to. and i am part of that as well. its not something that I want. its something that WE want.
right now, i dun know what life is going to be like after tomorrow. i am so focused on what is going to come up in the next 24 hours, that that is all i can think of right now. my future seems to literally lie in a day. and i am living my future out now. it seems as if everything hinge on these essential races, the things that we have worked to hard for a year. its something a year in the making. its do or die.
of course, we will have fun doing it at the same time.
okay, its time to lay down and rest. i will see you guys at the finish iine.