Wednesday, September 24, 2008

thanks to a certain friend.. i'm beginning to miss my kayaking days:( I remember that those days, we...

1) had to wake up early for training at the kallang river (have to reach at 9am all ready waiting for coach:\)
2) proudly wear our jersey
3) run to PA club because late
4) always late kena pushup punishments
5) improved stamina drastically (my canoeing teacher was damn shocked when she reviewed our past and present timings haha)
6) had to smell the unbearable stench of the dirty waters but still capsize in it:\
7) had to endure the kilometers and more kilometers of paddling coach pushed us to row
8) had to race against each other even though we are friends
9) had to endure embarrassments when coach use his loud hailer to yell out our names to point out our mistakes
10) had to stay in the sun
11) had to walk on sand filled with oil when it is low tide
12) had to paddle harder after raining cos the waters are always too calm (on the surface) after a heavy down pour
13) alwaes pray that the lightning would not strike us cos we are holding on to (fully) carbon-made paddles
14) wished that Duck tours will just shut up
15) had to re-enact adventure races (FUN!)
16) had to run 5km after warm ups, paddle another 2K straight after? (can't remember the exact measures but just noe that we are all dead beat after that)
17) had to drag our boats n paddles n swim all the way back if we capsize in the middle of the river
18) got to dragon boat! yayys:)
19) had to do the 'McDonald's meal' warm ups:\ (set meal of pushups, cycling crunches and burpies)
20) had to wash every life jacket, paddle, boat
21) had to count boats n paddles n life-jackets
22) had personalised paddles with our names on the handle
23) had code names; mine's xiao wei ok DUN U DARE LAUGH
24) had bets whereby the guys had to do pushups because i lost the race against my team girls (haha:p im sorry.. I didn't know u all had such faith in me! ahah:p sorry to disappoint but thanks:) i'm much flattered haha:p)
25) had mini races where Evelyn (girls captain) will always be asked by coach to race with the guys.. haha:p

these are just only one-tenth of the things i remember from those two years:) there are many many more i still recall now and then but there are jus too many for me to type it out...

it has been a fulfilling two years (less than that actually) with my canoeing khakis.. nobody else understands y we are so hiong so enthu.. everything chiong chiong chiong.. some laugh at us, call us siao.. my parents scolded me upside down when i went home with sun burns, bruises, scratches, wounds, rashes etc. haha

but we dun care.. cos we have common goals we want to achieve together as a team.. we've been trained to do watever it takes.. we are determined to make it.. most importantly, we have each other to encourage and be encouraged:)

lately.. i feel that i have lost that zeal.. that chionging force.. i need to get that feeling back.. i need to wake up and stop wasting my time:\ i need to feel like xiao wei again...

by JW at 8:03 AM |

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