Sunday, November 27, 2005
this past two days have been insane.
Singapore River Regatta 2005.
sat.
rowed in mixed boat b. supposed to be in womens open b but had theory exam.
talking about my theory exam. i think i did alot better this time round and other than some organ chords which i have nvr seen before in my life i should have done ok. when i came back from my theory exam and nat told me that womens boat b came in 4th in heats, i was really shocked. we were really good during our practices and somehow on the race day itself it didnt turn out right. from what i heard we didnt race the way we trained, not at all. as for mixed boat b, all i thought of was "heck it la just go down there and whack our hearts out can already".and we performed much better than our practice sessions.. coordination, power and everything. it came as a surprise. but sadly we ended up 3rd, losing to the 1st boat by 3/4 of a sec.
i thought this was it. i was out of all my races right on the first day itself.
i was really hoping that mr y wld give me one more chance. just one more. in the semis. and he did.
sun.
mr y let me row in mixed boat 'a' semis and finals! yay. he actually told viv to let me take over a specific rower of the girls side and to reward bx for her hardwork or something and let her row again!! wow. thats really something mann. especially from mr y. our mixed boat 'a' had the fastest timings in the heats but somehow things didnt turn out right again today. we lost to the 1st boat by 47 milliseconds in the semis. we were all geared up for the grand finals but we only landed in the plate final. it just felt like shit. we just sat in a circle after the race and nobody spoke at first. it was like the circle of the living dead or something. you could actually taste the disappointment lingering in the air. we were first for our plate finals. then came the womens open 'a' boat race. the whole team ran on the bridge alongside them as they raced. i just really wanted them to win. and they did. it just felt so great. so totally fantastic.
i really like dragonboating. much more than canoeing i guess. in fact, i think sports is a rather sadistic activity. you go for the pain. take dragonboating for example. everytime i reach the second last buoy, i feel like giving up. all the lactic build up in the arms creates this excruciating pain which spreads to the rest of your body. its like my mind will go totally blank and all that i remember is "just whack". and once we cross the finishing line all that i remember is to breathe and nothing else. and then ill tell myself ill nvr want to go through this ever again and the moment i get back on shore and get my breathing in check ill think "i really want to do that again." ha.
ill blog about our b div team now. its dead mann. really. we are screwed for nationals. as of now. 3 ppl are quitting. and so we are only left with 5 iptwos. and only 2 have experience. and of this 2, well.. sad to say, we are not good either. so basically, i dunno how.
hui jun published at 11/27/2005 09:16:00 PM
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