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wrote this on sat night at abt 3am? it was in point form cos i was dead tired but i didnt want to forget anything.


"race - we learnt sth... we didnt do bad i think, i believed johnson when he said it was a good set. i'm still proud of us, but i think we'll do even better in our next race...

we learnt alot, my race.... the pick up, the encouragement from the shore, felt like crying during debrief cos i thought we really did okie... but alas...

bryan... 5 mins... both teams swopping...destiny... what if?

the second boat, cheering, anxious, the worrying about our own 3rd placing

disappointed? not really i guess...

what i learnt abt my team today... the bonding during dinner, the car racing =), mac...

maybe we need to want it more... and do more.... everything was almost right, but not right too... we need more time.

see u for sava and regatta!"


till the next race la. emotions running high for me tonight, especially with the influx of emails and everything that's happening. I think it was a good wake up call for all of us. At least now we know why school teams cry so badly when they don't make it. It's all about wanting it enough and i guess we just didn't show that as a team? i dun know... too little time, too much hopes, too little commitment, too little trust, too much arrogance, too little communication?

i'm not gonna lie and say we did a fantastic job though i think those were really good sets and i haven't felt that good rowing for a while now. it felt fantastic rowing and that 4 mins and 41 seconds just whizzed by so fast.the adrenalin rush was indescribable.

but i was disappointed we could stay out late on sat and sleep in late on sun. i'd rather we had to go home immediately after dinner on sat night, be disciplined and sleep by midnight, then wake up at 9 am the next day, meet at 11 for brunch and then be at bedok again at 12 noon cos the first semi-finals start at 2 pm.

we just need to swear never to let that happen to us again. i'm not competitive, but i hate packing my bags on the first day. DUNCH LIKE. bleagh.

There were no tangible results this time, but luckily for us, this is only the beginning. 2 more big races to go... featuring our pet short-distance events.

and if anything, you guys are still perfect in my eyes. i know we gave it our all...

i saw the hope in your eyes when we came in third and you said we still had a chance.
i saw the hope in your eyes when you meticulously timed every following set just to see if we did have a chance of making it.
i saw how much u wanted to do more when you said you were almost tearing towards the final charge.
i saw how much you love the team when you started screaming from the shore knowing full well they couldn't hear you.
i saw the disappointment when you realised the team didn't make it.
i saw many things from many different people, and that keeps me going simply because i know we're still in it together as one. we want it and now we want it even more.

time to move on, pull up our socks and show everyone we're not done yet! =p

to infinity and beyond!

@ 8:01 PM

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