"I'm a high school player. I'm a team player.
I play with my friends and with some of my enemies, but I respect everyone
when it comes to my sport. I know I'm not going to get a multi-million dollar
contract to play professionally. I know I may not even get my name in the paper.
I play for love of the game. For the pride and honor, for the blood, sweat, and
tears it takes to make the team, to earn the spot, to win the game. I
play because I can, I play because I know that my life would be empty without
the sport I play. I would have a lack of everything my sport
gives me... integrity, courage, talent, fearlessness, pride, strength, stamina,
will, and the heart of a champion. If I didn't play, I would lose a
part of me.


I'm an athlete. I'm a girl.
I'm a champion, not because my team always wins, but because when
we don't, we learn from our mistakes. We try to fix them, and most of all
because we have fun. I have built lifelong friendships and memories because of
my being an athlete. I leave everything on the field or court and
continue to push myself. I am never happy with second place, but I have learned
to accept it. I have learned to get over and through my anger and be the athlete
and player I have always dreamed of being. I don't play for my parents, for my
family, for my friends; I don't play for my coach or my teachers or my school. I
play for myself but when I'm playing I represent them. It isn't about winning or
losing, but I hate to lose. I won't settle for a tie, and I am not satisfied
with 100%. To play, you have to sacrifice everything, your body, your
time, your sweat, blood, and tears, everything... for your team.


I am a player, an athlete and a champion.
Not because I know what it is like to win, but because I know what it is
like to lose. I know what it is like to feel the anger and pain that comes along
with "second best." I have been that girl with tears in her eyes, walking out to
receive the second place trophy and clapping as the other team, my opponents,
receive the first place one. I know what it is like to lose, to win, to
want to quit, to want to cry, to not want to get up. I know what it is like to
hear the cheers and yells for you. I know what it is like to feel the
pressure of everyone on your shoulders, and I know what it is like to choke
under that pressure. I know what it means to be an athlete, a true player, and
that is why I play. I am an athlete, a champion, a true player."

--- An Athlete's Pride

Lotsof stuff happening...so din really have the mood to joke around...but i guess the purpose of the blog is to cheer you pple up...so here it is... (=
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Hmm...today's training was...ehhh...grrr....rarg....arhhh...yups...tat sums up todays training. no i mean honestly...im usually a very civilised person(except when i see anime n hello pandas...) but today i was little on the brink of madness.esp the resistance...poor nat...coz i was making lotsof noises...if you record it all down i guess you cud make a cd out of it...(i promise to autograph it haha...)at one point i said to nat..."or-der whey",but it was actually all the way...think she understood me anyway...and wateva you do...dun look at my face when im training...it muz be really horrible...luckily the reservoir dun hav mirrors...think i may have nightmares...of myself...but i guess such trainin is really the best.like really THE BEST.
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Nat sch lineup is fixed...im gona whack k1 1tile.to tell ya the truth...i really dun think im capable of the gold medal in this event...mayb in another event i cud get gold.i did think of that for a while...but aft reflecting,i now fully accept this race.Being in this team,ive learnt that its not about me anymore.If its for the better of the team,im willing to give up the medals n glory.it wasnt easy for me to come to that conclusion,coz im compeptitive.canoeing is competitive.we train to win.but i guess in this team,its diff.when we whack n compete tgt,team becomes more impt than canoeing.helping each other bcomes more impt than being first.
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Im really thankful and grateful that im rowing k1.i wun want it any other way.its not coz its fast or anything,but bcoz of my craft-mates.aft not training w them for so long...bout 1 week,when we resumed yest...it was hard(i mean hard grrr! whacking) all the way.They waited for me at the expense of their own improvement for my improvement.when you are continuously behind,you tend to feel frustrated,or even hateful...rem a few days ago i mentioned wats the point of my land fitness if my water is relatively weaker?...i think its coz i wasnt feeling v gd about not being the best...but you noe wat?this is not the time to think of such nonsense.i have teamates that do their best to help me.i cannot complain,if not ill just be letting them down.i must get beter.i will get better.this nationals there will be no sane person that can beat me.you either have to be crazy or are able to take more pain then i can..
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and before i go...here's a requim to the previous qm batch...mq,fc,yj...thnx pple...it was a great n fun term i had...learnt lotsof stuff n manage to do lots of things for the team...really wanted for us to cont...but ahem...some pple think that others are beter qms then us...ahem...haha...okok...ill not complain...so anyway thx pple!n btw...the study ic is back...no more slacking...or you DIE!!!
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Su*

Heh loh~!
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haha today's training was to die for...i nvr knew i cud ever be tired within one 10 cycle take off...not juz tired...feels like my brain not connected to my arms anymore...Brain:"pull you idiot!"
Arm:"..." Me:"arghhh....." >.<

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Amyway...im really excited about legs and paddles...running and canoeing...haha...its like my fav sports combo...yay....hoo cares if its a monster boat...hoo cares if my socks will most prob be dripping wet when i run...its gona be a painfully wonderful whacking day...okok...too much trainin makes my sentence structure wierd n dun make much sense...
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ok for once today i dont have a jap song to recommend...sobs*...coz totally no time to search for one...but its ok...dun worry..i can see all your dissapointed expressions facing the screen...ill still recomend a song haha...「Feel my soul」by YUI.yups its another YUI song...but her voice is damn nice...so most of her songs are really gd...
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Tats all for now...remember to whack harder...not juz hard...coz there is no such thing as enough.
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Su*

This will be the shortest entry ever:
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Yay we get to train...you have no idea how overjoyed i am now...im so overjoyed that im...im...im blogging!anyway...hope we'll all be able to be well behaved so we can train more...aft NWK...if you think we are strong,think again...im not saying this coz i want us to train hard...coz there are actually many other schools that took part in another category...so we din actually went directly against them.urgh...thats a scary thought...someone actually rowing faster than us but we cant see it...shivers*...damn i nid to train...NOW!...(get down on floor and did 20 pushups...)Hey...how about everyone that reads this post do 20 pushups now...come on...on the floor....(10min later come back and read this post again...gd training...)ok i guess this turned out to be a short but not the shortest post after all...and im juz adding to its length as i type haha...(more words)...hahahahaha....BYE!
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Su*

National Womens Kayaking
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Hello again...yup,since today was the NWK,i decided to share some of my experiences and thoughts about it...erm...duno where to start haha...describing it would be wierd...you have to be there to understand wat im blabbing about...but i guess we all have one thing in common...the motivation to whack...
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Different pple have different things they whack for...some for the spirit of competitiveness,some for fun,and some for pple(like some(or rather someone) for their ec...)haha...for me,i row for the team.ok...ill be lying if i said i row for everyone...more specifically i row for the k1 gals...i remember during my 1km k1 race,aft take off i was totally...(=.=) had to switch to long pull...then i tot of dee...coz she always asked me to use my legs...kick n pull...b4 reaching the bouy,ill think of the 3 of them...then do power strokes...last charge i dun think my brain is functioning anymore...so basically its blank...
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Anyway im really proud of the k1 gals...its an honour to row w all of ya...esp nat...i think today she had the hardest races...but somehow she managed to pull thru...i rem the last finals...when i was trying to shout at her...i was totally running out of things to shout coz she was doing so well...even if rankings wasnt the best,its ok,even if you felt it was a horrible race,its ok,coz we're all proud of you...nvr giving up during all the sets. Dee and Sze...eh...juz train hard and do your thing haha...but i hope youll find your motivation soon...
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Im not sure how the rest fared...not in terms of results,but how you all rowed...what were your thoughts...i just hope that all of you really pushed to the max...not just pushed to your limits...coz there is no such things as limits.Limits are boundaries you set for yourself to prevent yourself from improving...there is no such things as limits...we'll go to infinity n beyond...(omg this feels like maths cum toy story)
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One more thing...thanx to all the guys for comin down to help us.With you guys there it feels more assuring and really gives us(or at least me)moral support...when i heard last nite that none of you wud be comin i felt dissapointed...then last min i found out that you'll all be comin in the end...hehee...somehow i was really glad...so on behalf on the girls,i salute you guys!
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Recently,the atmosphere has not been very joyous exactly...so i din really have the mood to post any rubbish...not sure if it will be appropriate...mm...i guess ill try...so at least when you pple are down i can try to cheer you up...
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b4 i go off and devour hello panda...here is another recommended song:「Skyline」by YUI i especially like the lines:
I don’t know how to fly. I don’t even know if I can fly
but I’ll go
So that I will know how to fly
I have to fly out to skyline
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Su*

Yo!
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Just some songs to recommend...
ブレブストーリー：「決意の朝に」by AquaTimez (bravestory(movie):ketsui no asa ni by AquaTimez)
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タイヨウのうた：「Good-bye days」by YUI (taiyou no uta(movie):Good-bye days by YUI)
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Sometimes school amd training can get you down,but for me,listening to these songs help me to get my spirit up...and smile...hope this helps you boring/not too happy pple out there...haha...juz kidding...but honestly...jap songs are the best cheer-up stuff! =D
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Su*

Sports Heats

Sports Heats (but recently its been raining...so shdnt it be sports cool?)

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Hey pple...

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...got lots of studies to catch up with...so i'll make this short...

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...bye!

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Nah juz kidding...haha...recently there has been this Sports relay fever...lots of us participating in the races.I guess this is a great time to form mini groups for sprinting...except this time its on land instead of in the water...On land it seems safer...like you wun cap and drown....but beware! Warning:Do not fall down flat on your face or worse...get aimed by someone's spikes....doing so will lead to gory scenes that are not meant for those below 18...tat means you!(char/joel/sabu...and all those aft May pple) Putting that aside,runnning is really fun...my fav pace is 3min per 400m...but i guess that wont do haha...(non-lignum pple:"no prob suling!just take your time to run...")Like ill fall for that...anyway this will be the last sports day of my life...so its gona be all out!Ganbate for all of you running in the subsequent days...treat it as if its a canoeing race...its either 100% or nothing...but of coz...Must wish Lignum extra luck! =]

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Su*