n the rest of the team present..
1 Day before Regatta- prep talk
1 day before the race...all of us gathered in a small room to be debriefed on what will take place during regatta..
the t-shirts, windbreakers n jersy were also handed out on that day...
watching the past year videos gave me a little insight of what i was going to expect during the race..
although it would not be my first time competing ,the feeling i had was rather different compared to dragon boating nationals during my JC days.
Seriously i was rather nervous n i reali dunno what to expect...
well luckily i wasn't the onli one feeelin that way...hahaha
Okay...as usual there were cam-whoring sessions..
the picts will tell for itself...
this is Adeline my bestest rower/supporter/partner in the team...
(also a loud hailer.haha)
the gals n the coach...
n the SIM team....
River Regatta 2007 (1 & 2 Nov)
Finally the day has come...
All the hard work, training 4 times a wk,
rushing to trng straight after sch ( laughed at by mr nageb),
showering at kallang more than i bath at home, eating dinner after 10pm ,
returning home at 12 n seeing my team mates more than my family...
Those were the days that kept us together, urging one another never to give up, pushing each other to our limit n the best that we can do...
n all the effort,time n sweat was all for this day...
these are the 10men crew boats...
our gears n weapons...
surprisingly..it was also a small reunion for the hai sing npcc members...
the gals team before we went for our first event...
okay..cam-whoring ..tis time is with jeremy...
down to serious business...briefing before the race...
the warm-up..
see..the guys strokes are juz so in sync...nice rite!!
at the end of the day...SIM came in first (minor finals) for mixed event
and first (minor finals) in mens open...
well there were happy moments to savour...
the pros of the team...
finally...i present u with the SIM dragons !!!
haha...after the race it was dinner at Riverisde Indonesia Restaurent...
the food was great...n the company too...
after dinner when everyone was happy n full =)
well after a month of hard work..we all deserve a break....
celebration at Brewerks !!!
Well...1 month easily flew past lydat.
During this mth i reali got along much better with my team mates
n i reali treasure those time we spent together training hard...
For now... i'm juz looking forward to Penang Pesta 2007
the team is going to Penang!!! seems a lot of fun to me...
well training has resumed n we are back to training 3 times a week...
haha...so lets train hard n bring back smth for everyone!!!
recently..i'm feelin rather mixed up...n i duno y...
i have no idea i'm lydat...the tot of wat i have become scares me too....
We were on the way taking the metro (aka mrt) to visit the tallest building in taipei ( Taipei 101). In the picture is me n hy holding the blue token ( like an ez link card). Interestin isn't it!! besides Taipei 101 we also visited 'New York New York' . These are juz shopping centres la..hahah
that's huiying with a 25NT ice-cream. it was one of our favourites while we were at Ximending. For the 5 day trip i had a total of 3 such ice-cream..hahahah
while shoppin we saw tis...well both me and huiying totaly agree to this...dun u too grace!!! hahah =)
well...tats me with the famous ' zha ji pa' from the Shilin Night market...its reali reali reali delicious...haha..it has the longest queue at the night market...n most of all after eating that..compared to spore one..its reali nothin man...hahah!!! kinda miss it now...too bad...
that is another desert we had at shilin night markt. it is mango ' pao pao bing'...ice blended with fruits..yummy...
haha...smthin interestin....this is smthin like potato chips..well actually it is... the potato is sliced in a spiral way n fried...so when we eat we have to eat from the bottom...hahah...its reali tasty too...
we came here to see the changing ceremony of the guards. it takes place every hour so luckily we were there in time....hahah..the place was quite nice. except it was raining..hahah...
tis is a picture of me and huiying on the ex-residence of one of the presidents of taiwan. it is actually in the rose garden...haha...nice rite...hahah
well this is the famous 'Huo Tian Lun' at amara. the ride is alright...except that the view up there isn't fantastic at all....well i believe spore ferriswheel ride will be much better especially with our city's lights up at nite...muahahah....
well finally by the end of the trip...i'm proud to say tat my nails are still intact...nt bad rite...haaha...its an accomplishment for me..i painted and decorated each and everyone on my own..haha
anyway besides the food mentioned above...there is also this famous 'Ah Zhong min xian'....its is a type of noodles and it is totally unbelievably tasty...ahahh...okay throughtout the trip it was food and more food. Also, we shopped at Ximending and Wufenpu...bought clothes shoes and bags...hahah at quite gd prices...
anyway me and huiying got qiute a nice surprise when we came back...jon, wei min n grace actually came to pick us up at the airport. both of us were shocked to see them...hahah...had so much to catch up even though it was juz 5 days... (i really thank God tat i have such wonderful friends)
well the trip was enjoyable..relaxing...still i think the next time i go on trips i want to do more adventerous things. Smthing more fun and maybe with more friends too...maybe climb a mountain, backpacking, camping, treking, diving...blah blah...lots of things i wanna do n lots of places i wanna see....hahah well still i'm glad this trip took things off my mind and i got a well deserved break after 7mths of work immediately after the exams last yr...hahah
damn long post sia...okay i muz tell myself to stop...further updates maybe another day..hahh...