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Glad she likes it. My first book for kids!

31.1.09

I haven't tasted such a bitter feeling of defeat for so long.

I cried. We all did.

Months and months of training, for this day. Countless friendlies fought on weekends, countless trainings under the sun.

And i finally know what the seniors mean, when they say they have been waiting for this day for so long. Years and years.

It's so painful.

But all of us must move on. There will always be even greater challenges awaiting us in the future. There will be bigger opponents, tougher fights everywhere in our lives. It's too early to give up.

We had been too overdependent on our seniors, who never failed to turn the tide for us. Now we must lead ourselves. i will have to grow and strengthen as well.

Yida and everyone gave a good closure to our softball year. We are, and still will be a team. A great team.

And someday when we look back on this softball finals on the 31st.Jan.09, it would have become a deeply precious memory for all of us.

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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
Michel De Montaigne

Knockdown

Sigh... Still incredibly stressed over programming. Can't feel the cheery spirit of CNY.. It's been an awful down period for me these few weeks. I keep trying and trying and the program just throws it straight back in my face. Seriously, it's sem 1 all over again. Perhaps worse than that.

I want to get back on my feet soon.

School just started

Third week of school, and it feels like the first week of school.

Loads and loads of stuff to catch up on. And despite that Maran, Jingyi and I still relentlessly throw ourselves into all kinds of activities. We finally completed round 1 for our L'oreal Estrat game. We also signed up for this resume/interview competition thingy. And I might be doing up a booth with Pramodh and Maran during a carnival event. Ned and the rest are thinking about joining a major programming competition, too.

It's always such a blast with these guys man. So full of passion for living life to the max, to pursue everything and anything we've laid our eyes upon. I am so thankful for having all these great friends around me, for livening every moment of school.

Waiting for the Hawaii environmental study trip thing to reply. If i don't get thru i'll be seeing if i can go work-n-travel with Pramodh, or whatnot. Gotta plan way, way ahead.

Oh, and we won our Softball semifinals yesterday, and are thru to the Interhall finals! It wasn't all that exciting and high. I think we definitely need more passion and motivation to stand as a decent contender for the gold. But captain Yida probably will have something in mind to rev up everybody. I'd pray, if i did.

Dear JH and i just used up our dating funds. We're aiming to canvass for funds during CNY angpow giving at our relatives' house :p. Haha. We've been going out every opportunity we can, and it's been lovely. Sadly school, jcrc et al will keep us apart very often.

I just want to be with her.

Save the cheerleader...

Cheerleading is finally over~ after one whole grueling week of training!

What a blast it was, jumping and throwing and shouting and cheering our lungs out. The atmosphere was very, very electrifying. Somehow the performance felt really short. We did make quite a few mistakes, but i still think it was a really good effort.

It seems like alot of ppl came down for the IH opening. Everyone talked to me about it today, ha. I guess i don't regret joining the cheerleading team. It's been quite an new and exciting experience, a glimpse into the vast world of hot, energetic cheerleading. I'm just disappointed that i had been so wooden and crappy at being one. And it wasn't all that fun for me. Well, back to studies and regular life now.

He misses her...

Softball thru' to semifinals!!

It's been an exhausting day. Woke up early to catch the girls' match, which we lost due to a difference in skill and experience. It didn't bode well for the guys' softball match in the afternoon... worried me to no end. And it was the thunder before the storm. We played a fiercely fought, heart-wrenching battle to the last inning!

The first round... We started off with a couple of errors that led them easily on base. And we couldn't stop the runs for going in till they scored about 3. We finally caught them out, and set off to hit and score. But somehow due to Jek being blocked by the opponent on his running back to home (a seriously dirty trick), our batting round ended shortly and off we were fielding again. They hit some good singles and just kept advancing while everyone's nerves were going down the drain.

The tide finally began to turn when we started getting walks and our big hitters started hitting huge homeruns! The runs just kept pouring in like the rain. And our supporters roared in thunderous cheers all the way! But everyone was still under the impression that we were losing slightly, and the pressure still weighed on us.

Last two innings... we held them to a clean sheet! I caught two popflys in a row and ended the round smoothly... even managed to give a smug look, haha damn zhuai. We didn't manage to score despite having like 2,3 guys hitting singles onto base... that was quite demoralising. But Justin caught yet more popflys when it was our turn to field again. That was thrilling. And finally, after our last batting, we found out that we'd WON! The climax of the day... i was jumping and shouting all the way with everyone else. It really felt good to win them... the girls' coach that we'd grown to hate, the old man with the shades, the talkative catcher. Ha.

But this is starting to shorten my lifespan, having to come up from behind amidst all the pressure of chasing the opponent. Man. Total pressure all the way. Glad i have a good team to share the load. They always seem to create miracles in crucial moments.

Well, i'm all bushed up. Good game, really. Love this team.