Sunday, January 28, 2007
thinking back of the national canoe marathon championship, time passes fast when paddling 14km but in the process of doing it, i agree 1min=1hour. we were up against all the powerhouses in canoeing but nevertheless, we were determined to compete with them and our efforts paid off and received medals from the girls. 1st, 2nd and 3rd placing respectively ppl! =) hip hip hurray!! quite alot of drama during the race, ppl capsizing( including me but mentioned to clinch 5th postition out of 14 schools), paddlers ending up in an ambulance and on wheelchairs. drama day ppl! ahah! should recruit them for talent time or any programs that can groom them =) cheers! anyways, i paddled with my friend in doubles and take off from a flying start, leading the novice pack with other schools. but commotion happened when my partner imbalanced and jumped off the boat. Abandon ship!! hehex anyway it's ok ya..capsizing in a highly unstable craft on rough waters is common =) i wanna mention something..about the gals!!!! they brought glory to us! 3 medals ppl from national competition!! wooohoo!! 3 cheers and 3 cheers and 3 cheers for the gals!! hip hip hurray!! hip hip hurray!! HIP HIP HURRAY!!! muacks! love u people. haven receive the pics but will post them in time to come.
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Tuesday, January 09, 2007
oh my! it was so much fun i had in penang with my canoe teammates. it was penang pesta race and this is actually our virgin race debut =) . we trained quite hard for this and time actually flies. just in the blink of an eye, race day came and we took a coach all the way up penang. initially, we thought that we might be taking grassland express coach up and guess what type of bus parked at our complex? a 20 seater bus which is the common type we took to macritchie reservoir. can you believe that?! i dun wish to talk about it anymore. anyways! we reached penang 12 hours later and we booked into hotel. we were all tired but were excited about the race ahead of us the next day. we were talking so much bout our competitors, techniques etc.. we just could not sleep on the first night. Day 1 of competition came! we were resting at a tent near the beach and waiting to paddle our first ever competition heats and good to say, most of us entered semis and what's proud is that the females got into the finals where they were up against team NUS. for the females, it's just team Republic and NUS affair. from heats to finals, they were competing strongly against each other and we nearly got medals. but as for the guys, it was relatively tough as team NUS and the malaysian teams were very strong and i think given my standard, i dun think i can touch them at that point of time. malaysians were very fast, and were faster than team NUS guys! well.. i think it's a good experience competing with them and i can gauge how i faired in the competition. though this is our first ever race, i think we have done relatively well enough. all thanks to coach and ourselves! cheers! pat on shoulder* so after the competition, we went eating and shopped a while at KL. i mean it is really a while. overall i enjoyed my stay in penang and has gained enriching experience from it. Team Republic! Whoosh!!
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