The Athlete

As an athlete, I will not let accidents or other events stop me from carrying on with my sport. Things which happens has its purpose. If something bad happens, we learn from it instead of finding the party to blame. If something good happen, we should work towards that direction. No point running away from something just because something tragic happens. Every sport has its risk and every athlete takes that risk every time they race or even train. If people keep running away, then this world would not run. I mean, things happen, but we can and must keep going forward. Humans learn from their mistakes and do whatever they can to improve themselves to ensure that it does not occur again.

Training camp

Day 1 started off a bit boring. We started off by trekking around the area near our campsite. Walk and walk and walk and walk and walk. Walked through swamps, marsh areas and along the coastline with our backpacks. After about 2 hours of walking, we came upon a river which led to the open sea. We then took the huge ocean kayaks a.k.a. monster boats. We rowed to a nearby island before taking a short break before continuing our journey to another island which is about one and a half hour apart. Over at the island, we cooked our food, sat around the fire, and taking a break before returning back to our campsite. Over at the island, it was freezing cold. Our shirts were wet and the winds were freaking strong. I think now I'm able to control my body more both physically and mentally. At about 2 am in the morning, we took our kayaks and rowed back to the campsite. It was killer. The sea current was against us. Not knowing that, me and my friend took short breaks in between our rowing. After a while, I looked on my right and saw the fire that we lit up meaning that we haven't moved a bit. It was quite annoying. Finally, we manage to go against the current and the wind and arrived at the campsite at about 3 am in the morning. Feeling really tired, we bathed, changed and slept by about 3.30 am.

Day 2 started at about 9 in the morning. After breakfast, we went swimming in the sea. It was basically just swimming up and down along the coast. Felt so hungry after that. Next, we had fun. We got onto a fishing trawler and instead of using the net to catch fishes, it was laid out and we could jump into the net from the roof of the boat. We had dinner when we came back. We played with fireworks after that. Launched quite a few of it. Everyone was made to launch 1 and for mine, i tied a note to it which contained my aspirations. Hopefully, it will take it to the sky. Day 3 came and it was basically the leisure day of the camp. Didn't do much. Just swimming and having fun. Came home today and that's about it.

im going off

Okay guys, i'm going off for my training camp. Hopefully i come back stronger. I'll be back on thursday. In case of an emergency, i can be contacted by phone. So, yeah,
Bye~

Friends

Firstly, welcome back everyone who came back from yltc/obs. Training had been really fun when you guys were away. Hopefully it will stay that way. No offence though. Anyway, after training today, I went to the CAGE at kallang to play soccer with the old timers. The place was really nice. When i got there, my friends was already playing. It felt really nice to run and play there. Met all my best sec school friends. haha. We played like how we did in sec sch. So fun. After that, we dropped by KFC for dinner. We went to the one which gives free flow of drinks. Shiok! We talk rubbish for quite some time. Basically just catching up with the old times. It really felt good to be hanging out with them. Next, we went to mac's to eat again. hahaha. Again we just waste our time away by talking and laughing. Basically, today was a day spent on friends, close friends. And I guess that people like them don't come by everyday. So yeah, thanks guys.

Nj 4

Okay people. Let me update you on the Nj 4. It consist of Aiman, Jared, Tim and Weishun. We look out for each other and also ensure that we don't cause anymore troubles for the captains. As of now, Jared is the team's captain. Haha. So yea. During training we try out new stuff. Recently, we tried rowing in the Diamond formation. Its a good way to train and also work on our teamwork. Today, we tried the french fry formation. Its basically rowing in a straight line one after the other following each others stroke rate and also stroke. It is also useful as we can see the effectiveness of our stroke relative to the other 3. Haha. It may look abit funny but i guess its a good way to make training fun and useful rather then rowing lifelessly around the not-so-big bay area. We have also decided to lower the intake of unhealthy food such as fast food and our beloved prata. After today's lousy performance, we realised that diet before and after training is important. And also, since we train when the sun is above our heads, i have decided to make it a point to wear a cap during training. I don't mind getting darker though. Haha. Don't know what the others think. Well, hope to see you soon.

Not that im bored

Today is not that bad. Study, train, sleep. What else is new?
Damn, I really have no life and it sucks. Tests coming up, competition coming up.
The future seems really promising. -_-'
Oh, and i miss you.

Give me a break

Finally had a day off. Somehow i feel that its a good day. No training, just pure peace and relaxation. Started the day in school with Jar. Studied till about 10 before taking a break for 3 hours. Had lunch and went home. The good thing about today is that i finally spent some quality time with my family. We went out for dinner. Good food. Talked to my dad about other things non-dragonboat/canoeing stuffs. Holiday plans coming up. hahah. Its been years since we went for a holiday. My dad's going to cambodia soon but before that he's going to help me with my rowing. I have to improve.
Like everyone else, i too have something to prove in life.

Enough please

Its been a really bad day. Shan't talk about it just in case I hurt some people's feelings. This is stupid. Why am i doing this? Arghhh. It just wont work. Im in a team of brainwashed people who cant seem to be flexible about anything. Just because I do things differently doesn't mean I'm going against the team. If being in this team means sacrificing my freedom then count me out. I do things my way. So what if you appear to care? I don't really bother much. Since i'm the burden of the team and all you big shots are running everything then wouldn't it be better if i'm not in the team. I'm only slowing you all down right? I'm of no use to a team like this right? Fine. Since i'm a dsa, i don't really have choice.