hey peepz!
just had a db race over the weekend. and boy was it another rollercoaster ride.
thanks guys for all the support you have given us!!!! especially to shiying, janice, lin hui and jave. thanks for you encouragements!
it has been a very very very much anticipated event. we have been training our asses off. and for some of us, sacrificed literally everything for this one race.
in anycase, we won the mixed and ivp golds and also a bronze!!! very happy. especially for the mixed crew. it was our first mixed gold in like 2 years!!! it was a brilliant race for them! their charge was splendid!!! eugene was in tears and so was raine. keke. so happy for them, went to hug most of them!
the pm cup. haha. ah well, the pm cup challenge trophy. sad to say for us, we got silver. ntu won. truth be told. it was a heart breaking experience. i din know what happened. in any case, when i got on shore, and hugged tat, whom i told him we would bring the cup back, i simply cried. then sean told me to suck it up. and i did. but when we gathered and i hugged dr mel, who had been a source of inspiration for me, i cried again. i stopped and i walked back and hugged reuben and i cried. and yar. with every guy i hugged, i cried, sucked it up, and cried again. im just a cry baby. haha! but it takes alot for me to cry...
the worst thing was, my parents just turned up in front of my when i had tears in my eyes!!! argh. i just waved to them and walked away. but my mom very sweet. messaged me to not be sad and asked when i going home so she can brew black chicken soup for me. keke.
im all right now. the crying simply lasted half an hour. i always allow myself time to wallow in depression and self-pity. before i pick myself up again. keke.
i was sad for many reasons. firstly, cos i felt i disappointed many on shore, many of whom i care deeply for. melvin, especially, who made me cry even before i went down to the boat. idiot. second, i told myself, there was one person i really wanted to beat, which was myself, and somehow, i wished i walloped myself even harder.
in any case, i believe we had all done our best as a team. and whichever team won was the best team of that race. im glad the race went well. no collision of boats, no false starts. the day was good, the wind was blowing, the sky was cloudy. i thought i was a beautiful day to race. and i enjoyed the row very much. i enjoyed putting my heart and soul, my mental and my body in to rowing. i enjoyed called out names, encouraging one another. i relished in trying to defeat myself.
there was one small flaw though. certain individuals from a certain boat were deliberately and indirectly taunting some other teams before the start of the race. generally, we prefer to keep quiet and focus our energies in our own boats. personally, i thought the taunting was uncalled for and displayed a certain lack of professionalism. if it was part of the team's strategy, i feel disappointed. i think i'd prefer to believe it was just some black sheeps that do not represent their team. in any case, my felt my respect for that team dropped quite a bit.
other than that, it was a good and fair race. my friend from sim was complaining that their team had to eat nus and ntu boats' back washes they were unfortunately placed in between the two boats. in any case, i wholeheartedly congratulate ntu for winning the prime ministers trophy. wanted to shake hands with all three teams, but we din get the opportunity to. haha! we were too busy dealing and reeling in our disappointments. in any case, no one came and shake hands with us either. argh. we should all have shown a little more sportsmanship dont you think?
in anycase, the "season" has come to a close. the new season will officially start real soon though! keke. and hopefully, for the next year, we will continue to mature as a team, in blood and sweet, in victories and in defeats. we train together, we stay together, as a team. even if some guys are leaving the team for whatever reason, they have and will forever remain part of the team. just as i am a rafflesian, and even as i graduated, i feel proud that i came from raffles. same with the nus dragonboat team. we are all part of a bigger whole, called family.
just had a db race over the weekend. and boy was it another rollercoaster ride.
thanks guys for all the support you have given us!!!! especially to shiying, janice, lin hui and jave. thanks for you encouragements!
it has been a very very very much anticipated event. we have been training our asses off. and for some of us, sacrificed literally everything for this one race.
in anycase, we won the mixed and ivp golds and also a bronze!!! very happy. especially for the mixed crew. it was our first mixed gold in like 2 years!!! it was a brilliant race for them! their charge was splendid!!! eugene was in tears and so was raine. keke. so happy for them, went to hug most of them!
the pm cup. haha. ah well, the pm cup challenge trophy. sad to say for us, we got silver. ntu won. truth be told. it was a heart breaking experience. i din know what happened. in any case, when i got on shore, and hugged tat, whom i told him we would bring the cup back, i simply cried. then sean told me to suck it up. and i did. but when we gathered and i hugged dr mel, who had been a source of inspiration for me, i cried again. i stopped and i walked back and hugged reuben and i cried. and yar. with every guy i hugged, i cried, sucked it up, and cried again. im just a cry baby. haha! but it takes alot for me to cry...
the worst thing was, my parents just turned up in front of my when i had tears in my eyes!!! argh. i just waved to them and walked away. but my mom very sweet. messaged me to not be sad and asked when i going home so she can brew black chicken soup for me. keke.
im all right now. the crying simply lasted half an hour. i always allow myself time to wallow in depression and self-pity. before i pick myself up again. keke.
i was sad for many reasons. firstly, cos i felt i disappointed many on shore, many of whom i care deeply for. melvin, especially, who made me cry even before i went down to the boat. idiot. second, i told myself, there was one person i really wanted to beat, which was myself, and somehow, i wished i walloped myself even harder.
in any case, i believe we had all done our best as a team. and whichever team won was the best team of that race. im glad the race went well. no collision of boats, no false starts. the day was good, the wind was blowing, the sky was cloudy. i thought i was a beautiful day to race. and i enjoyed the row very much. i enjoyed putting my heart and soul, my mental and my body in to rowing. i enjoyed called out names, encouraging one another. i relished in trying to defeat myself.
there was one small flaw though. certain individuals from a certain boat were deliberately and indirectly taunting some other teams before the start of the race. generally, we prefer to keep quiet and focus our energies in our own boats. personally, i thought the taunting was uncalled for and displayed a certain lack of professionalism. if it was part of the team's strategy, i feel disappointed. i think i'd prefer to believe it was just some black sheeps that do not represent their team. in any case, my felt my respect for that team dropped quite a bit.
other than that, it was a good and fair race. my friend from sim was complaining that their team had to eat nus and ntu boats' back washes they were unfortunately placed in between the two boats. in any case, i wholeheartedly congratulate ntu for winning the prime ministers trophy. wanted to shake hands with all three teams, but we din get the opportunity to. haha! we were too busy dealing and reeling in our disappointments. in any case, no one came and shake hands with us either. argh. we should all have shown a little more sportsmanship dont you think?
in anycase, the "season" has come to a close. the new season will officially start real soon though! keke. and hopefully, for the next year, we will continue to mature as a team, in blood and sweet, in victories and in defeats. we train together, we stay together, as a team. even if some guys are leaving the team for whatever reason, they have and will forever remain part of the team. just as i am a rafflesian, and even as i graduated, i feel proud that i came from raffles. same with the nus dragonboat team. we are all part of a bigger whole, called family.