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Sunday, June 28, 2009

dragonboat festival 2009 (27 june 2009)

Was suppose to be yesterday's post but I was REALLY worn off, tired, & too sad.
Okay , have to wake up at 0600am & search bonkersly across the house to my REACH Dragon tee. Psycho was the last one who used my tee so I was expecting it to be in the washing machine. Yeah in the end, it wasn't soo the whole house was being alerted by me =)

Reached Marina Bay. Meet up with the team on the dot, 0730 am =DD It's early & I am still sleepy. Not really enthu abt this race bcs I though PA Paddle Championship would be my First & Last Race. Oh well. There's suppose to be 200 over pics. BUT yeah, should know the reasons why.
!!!! Marina Barage was nice & even the Portable Toilet smells nice! The Toilet Bowl water's BLUE & when you mix it with pee, it shall turn green. Woah, Technologies these days!!

FIRST PICTURE =) Using a Canon camera.

& yeah. We reached ubber early race starts at 1020-1030 am. The REACH girls intend to go up & snap pics!! Lovely~ness. Enjoyed the scenery, fun, laughter & insanity.

Caotic.

Meet. The lovely Darwina which dislike me calling her 'Kak Darwina' (ish feels awkward ya'know)

Kak Yaya. Pricilla. Natalie. Dian

Picture credits to Darwina.

This looks like a Penguin trying to fly =\

Yes! We are the "REACH" Dragons!

This will happen when you're force to take a Formal Picture.

Natalie - Innocent =)

We LOVE DRAGONBOATING!

AHAHA.

Credits to Wei Chong

Gonna Miss this Wei Ming Dude.

Oh yes, the heat raises and our team was being called up 'NUS ALUMNI' team. (combination of REACH & NUS Alumni)

The othe side of the sky became threatening. We till rowed 800m to the starting point & we were called to go back bcs of the weather -.- we rowed back & wasted our energy. Rowed for 1.6km ehk!!!

Going to the boat..

"Paddles UP!"

"......7, 8, 9, 10 & UP!"

& rest.
Went back to our tent since our race was being fixed. Biggy & Kak Teratai came! Woohoo, supported my team. Touched soo MUCH! Yeah... Blanja-ed me 1100 plus.

Finally! Race being called up. Rushed back vest on, & took nother picture ;D

Coach/Coaxer for our trainings Wei Hua & Miss Tay.

Girls in the BOAT =D Nat's not in the Race but she's kind-hearted enough to come down & support us =) While Darwina is a reserve. Pricilla replaced Jessica.

Raced started, phew! & hard 10 doesn't feel like hard 10 at all! but we came in 4th in position & not last =)
After the race. Guys went down for thier competition & Pricilla was suppose to be thier drummer, ran to the other side three times. Pity her.

The guys race was over. They were dissapointed but I am really proud though for them =) As long as they didn't 'Caterpillar'

"Your team spirit was there, you guys all did well, I am still proud of you" - Wei Hua.

Combination of both NUS Alumni & REACH Dragon Dragonboaters.

Benedict & me. Last Race with each other =( He's stopping & I would be MIA/stopping too.

Ben & Nat.

Darwina feels LUCKY! xD

Last time with each other =)

Went up to support the NUS team. & we camwhored like mad people. Jumping here & there. Lying on the grass, rolling around. ;D

Pure Madness.

Funny thing. Benedict gave me missed calls & I gave him missed calls too! vise-versa =.= Wanted to have lunch with us. & they waited for us without showering =( Girls are really sensitive abt it so it's a MUST for us girls to shower. Went down & FOUND THE TOILET! Wei Ming was actually standing infront of us but I didn't notice. OMG! I feel really guilty. Argh! Sorry Wei Ming!

Toilet time =) Btw, Marina Barage was such a pain. There's only ONE Showering room in eachtoilet which have TWO 'throwing-the-waste-inside-your-body' room! Bloody hell.

Body felt really itchy bcs we lied down on the grass. Man it was annoying!

Love this picure alot!

Serious~ness cannot/can never make it

Last time with this Mad Senior of mine D:

After showering, met up with Daryl, Kamen, BENEDICT =)

Lunch-ed & accompanied Benedict to NUM. Bough his mom's slippers with Kak Yaya's help =DD & also accompanied Darwina to Mac for Ice-Cream. We chatted, Benedict, Natalie, Kak Yaya, Darwina & Me =\ Hope this won't be our last time though, Wei Ming wasn't with us for lunch soo it was quiet. Man, I miss him! Took 54 home & didn't notice that Kak Yaya was actually in the same bus as me! HAHAH! Oh Wells ;DD

Dissapointment. Sad. Guilty. Eager. Happy. Messed Up.
The feelings I had when I got home. AM gonna miss the team alot. Alot of people are stopping, due to A Levels, O Levels, NS & education. I have to stop due to education. But I will still go for training one fine day to accompany my Darling Sean ;D & Poor Daryl Pek =DD Oh man, I actually cried in the bus! Ah Shucks. Miss them too much was one of the reasons. I hope before the NS people serve the country, I hope we'll have a short/long & memorabl meet up with them =D I seriously wanna meet them! Ahhh, Pric =) Shall make an outing soon before our dearest Wei Ming leave please...

To REACH Team:
It's been a Great long 5 to 6 month journey with you guys. I feel confident enough. Being with them was one enjoyable memory. Blastful indeed. Pretty much, every training, I can never forget all those incidents. Main reason why I have confidence in what I am doing right now & I can stand a little better on my own two feets, bcs of them! Intensive training won't be fun anymore. No more "Row & Smile" =DDDDD
Stay AWESOME & All the Way!
REACH Dragons.

With Love, I will keep on Flying High & Will never give up. Standing up for my rights!
`Dian