Thursday, July 21, 2005
"we may be hurting, we ain't dead" - Remember The Titans.
tomorrow, j u s t w h a c k.
we've got nothing to lose. love ya all.
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye
Listen, baby
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no valley low
Ain't no river wide enough, baby
If you need me, call me
No matter where you are
No matter how far oooooohhh,
Dont worry baby
Just call out my name
I'll be there in a hurry
You don't have to worry
Because baby,
There aint no mountain high enough
aint no valley low enough
aint no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you, babe
Remember the day
I set you free
I told you you could always count on me
From that day on I made a vow
I'll be there when you want me
Some way, some how
'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you, babe
No wind, no rain
Or winters cold
Can't stop me baby (no no baby)
Cause you are my goal
If your ever in trouble
I'll be there on the double
Just send for me oh baby
My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart
If you ever need a helping hand
I'll be there on the double
As fast as I can
Don't you know that
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you babe
Don't you know that
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
Chellie fought the waves at 5:29 PM
Monday, July 18, 2005
nationals coming. come to think of it, no reason why i'm so excited. this ain't my first inter schools. 5 years ago, i played in inter schools badminton tournament before. so did i 6 years ago. but it feels so different this time. maybe because i put in much more effort in canoeing than badminton. ahhh hcanoe. an experience i'll never forget the rest of my life. the people, the fun, the laughter, the tears. something that can never be replaced. even though its been a mere 5 months with the team, i've already built up strong bonds with you guys. that's why we're called a TEAM. yeap and i'm proud to be part of it. 2 days. i wanna put in my very best. i wanna be in my best condition. i wanna give it all i can for the team. i wanna gain points for the team. but no matter what the results are, it doesnt matter. cos it's the process that counts. thank you, hcanoe. thank you, jiayan ritchell beekee angeline lyanna yenzhi xinrong tzuyu nadia simin yiling yanneng yanye yanfang irene and wenyi (: jiayou and good luck! we rock cos we're always on the canoe XD -from your bestest junior-
`huiwen (:
Unknown fought the waves at 10:51 PM
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
To: Hwa Chong Canoeing Girls 2005
Hey hey juniors...
didnt have much of any chance to get to know you girls better, and i hardly know most of you, but i hope you girls can achieve what you all set out to do this nationals. I know training's been tough, all the sweat and blood and cuts and blisters, now that its leading up to the comp, hope you all can hang in there together. No matter the outcome, i'm sure this bunch of crazy ppl you got to know over the last 1.5 years will certainly remain one of your closest friends down the road. Some of you may have the pre-comp jitters, nightmares even; some may feel unprepared and feel that there's so much more you need to do before the comp, and you are running out of time, and some might already have a certain level of confidence and have expectations of themseleves to meet. No matter what, just stay calm and composed. Focus on what YOU have to do, like pre=race preps, carbo loading, drinking enough water, things you need to bring etc. And visualise! Keep visualising till your race is like second nature to you. Your comp set is just like another training set. It's nothing special, you just do what you usually do during trainings, what you have done many many times before. Of course, there will be alot of speculation about how other teams/opponents seem much faster, how they have such fast timings. But such things are not within your control. Instead of bothering unnecessarily about them, just focus on what's within your control, your race plan, your own mentality. Go into the race with a certain level of confidence, knowing that you have improved over the past months, and have faith in yourself and your partners, and in haoxia and junjie. I dont' think anyone will forget what they have experienced being a canoeist, and only other canoeists can understand what you girls have gone thru, the sacrifices you made, the hard work you put in. There's certainly something "special" being a hwa chong canoeist, and for me i never regretted being part of the team, and i wish i can paddle for the team again! Ha. Now it's your comp, your nationals, go out there and enjoy your races! Good luck! and Believe!
Shin
120705
Anonymous fought the waves at 8:17 AM
Thursday, July 07, 2005
after gg to bkt merah polyclinic fer our pills, yeeling beek jiayan ye and me went to queenswae. haha. din find any earrings to our liking. den we headed to ikea fer hotdog!! veh nise and cheap. haha. i ate two mans! den we ate star potatoes at bk! lols. so pig rites. den while jy gt her stuff frm ikea, da bored us drew up a list of quotes. lols.
"i'm so lazy i wear this (points to team's watch) to slp even." -yiling
"i thought i was fainting" - beekee after leaning against the unlocked toilet door
"haoxia looks so seductive in tt position" -yanfang on haoxia's sitting posture
"yanye OWNS me 200 pushups" -haoxia after yanye commented haoxia is "this size" tho' he saes he dusen eat much
"opposite of helpful is helpless" -haoxia
"swerve left and left" -haoxia
"haoxia got alot of retarded quotes" -yanfang "he's retarded what" -beekee in reply
"cum is something cum something what" -yiling
"have you putted the medicine" -tzuyu after cycling trip
"the udon can just eat lyk tt wan issit" -ritchell on uncooked udon
"why if we share a large waffle it is 4 bucks not $5.50" -nadia at gelare
"i was planning to msg your back at 9.30 the next morning to ask your why your not at the tree top trail if your did not send me back a msg" -confession of yiling
"rotate the bar is not like that mehs" -yenzi on rotating torso
"have you lost faith in love" -yenzhi to haoxia
"i am losing control of my boat" -nadia when playing need for speed
"i am tzuyu. oops i am ms wong" -tzuyu on the prank call
(: hcanoegurls0405.
Anonymous fought the waves at 7:11 PM
Monday, July 04, 2005
"my teammates ran the last lap with me, even though i was the slowest. the chanting helped. (i wont reveal the contents of the chant) but it helped. i felt that sudden burst of anger, determination n strength as the chant seeded itself into my head. nothing else mattered anymore. just to fight n fight.
thoughts of jac, dawn, shoe, my teammates n haoxia streamed thru my head.. keeping me alive, biting my every fibre of aching muscle. i wanted to give up half way.. i really did. then lyanna said "this is the worst time to give up. your last lap.. c'mon!"
"Pain is good." yep, i said it myself. i have to live by it now. there's always water n deep heating cream waiting at the end of the track. my only problem is getting there. but I've gotten there before.I won't falter, not when my entire team is more motivated than ever. the least i can do is stay in there with them but it's no longer the time to just "stay in there". i'll have to do everything i can from now on.
i didn't blog abt what haoxia said on sat. (macritchie talk) i still won't talk abt it here but all i can say is that now, I'm damn clear where i want to go. no doubt, it'll be an uphill race for now.. but hey, i've sprinted the uphills before. i did it. i can do it again.
n yanneng was telling abt this one episode with hx that she had not too long ago, when she started paddling T1 again.. felt strangely moved by that. even with everything changing from now on, i think what shoe said wud still hold thru, "as long as u show u try, u have nothing to be scared of."
let's jia you n give it our best shot. we can do it.
"as long as we try, you won't give up on us right?"
"as long as you try." - haoxia. "
that was about a year ago.. when the seniors just left, when we were pretty much on our own. till this day, I still remember the contents of the chant; the part of the track when yenzhi n lyanna, nadia n yiling started running with me... so much can change within a year, yet so much can still remain the same.
my dear hcanoegurls. as long as we try. :) keep fighting.
Chellie fought the waves at 2:00 PM
