when the mind is strong, the body follows.
r o w e d l i k e H E L L
M A I N `
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L I N K S`
T A G B O A R D `
the pontoon.
E N T R I E S
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
2 cents. 3 cents. 4 cents
saturday marks the end of my competitive racing for now till i enter uni?
NCC is quite disappointing i can say, but the spirit in us was remarkable.
used the white stingray for both events- k2-10k and k2-1000.
!@%!@% we capped at the startline just when the horn goes. i was like WTF man?! ah nvm, i don't blame MJC guys. after all the shock and anger, we got onto the boat and started off with the K1 guys which was at least 2minutes later. for the first round our direction was like shit, going in and out of the lanes, getting sucked by other boats' washes blabla. i wanted so much to smash the hell out of this bitch with a sledge hammer. it was damn uncomfortable but i wanted even more to complete the race, as much as my partner would want. we rowed like dog and finished 4th.
don't want to comment about it anymore.
in summary, BURN THE STINGRAYS!
congrats to pjcanoeists again. well done, great year (: thank you all.
tommorrow asexual test. see you all.
rowlikeHELL
sprinted at 21:47.
Saturday, July 22, 2006
WARNING...*** This entry is a bit long....
whoooaaa it seems to be the IN thing to write something on my blog. so here it is, from ailing-
Hey guys,
The last few months were super eventful. There were up and downs, happy moments and disappointments. But I’m glad that all of us made it through and emerge victoriously as champions. Every one of us. First, I would like to take this opportunity to first apologize to every single one in the team, especially the senior team. Sorry for not being very active in our outings and the disappointing training I made during June. You guys totally gave your heart and souls. Now secondly, thank you speech as usual…..
First: To MR ANG.
Mr Ang, thanks for your guidance and tolerance towards us especially me during the past one year plus. Thanks for lending me a listening ear when I’m in trouble. Thanks for pushing me hard during trainings. Finally, thanks for all your encouragement and the faith you had in us.
Second: To SHAUN (NUS)
Shaun thanks for starting us off. Thanks for your patience and commitment in teaching us when you are not obliged to. Thanks for the opportunities, advices and the care you’ve given us the past few months. You are a mentor to all of us. I really appreciate it. Thanks.
Third: To MENG, my lovely partner
No words can really describe the friendship between us. We’ve really came a long way my friend. Today’s marathon really takes me back to good old times where we started off. Struggling. Meng, I don’t think I can make it through without you, especially in K2. Thanks for lending me the listening ear when I am down. Thanks for giving me the encouragement and affirmation when I doubted myself. And thanks for taking all my bullshits. Nothing can tear us apart partner. THANKS!
Forth: To KAH TENG
Hey, I really really enjoyed my time training with you. Your nonsense never fails to brighten up our day. You really changed a lot from last year. From an insensitive captain to such a thoughtful one. Thanks for pushing me SO HARD during trainings. You play a big part in my improvement. Like what MENG said today you guys are champion no matter what. Within a short time, I witness the remarkable improvement you guys made. The thirst for success really inspired me. Thanks for everything my friend.
Fifth: To ZHAN LI
• like to thank you for putting up this entry for me on your blog*
Zhan li, you are more than a friend to me. More like a brother, someone who guided me along, someone who inspires me and reminded me about important aims in life. Thanks for your understanding and believing in me. I remembered during one of the trainings in June, you told me “You can be a master of your mind instead of your mind being your master.” This phrase really stay deep rooted in my mind and pushes me on in whatever I do. Thanks for being such an inspiration to me.
Sixth: To LEONARD
Thanks for listening to me when I was down. When I was on the verge of quitting, you really reminded me about what I want in life especially when I felt that I couldn’t balance my studies and my cca. Thanks for giving me your opinion about my stroke. You really play a big part in my life. No words can really describe how much I appreciated and respected you.
*you know it in your heart can already*
SEVENTH: SZE EE
Hey thanks for being my partner. Really enjoyed myself with you, the gossips, the chit chat sessions, the sweat and the tears. Thanks for everything babe. You really pushed yourself very hard. You will certainly do well in k1. But now, hope that you also put more attention in your studies, I can’t stress how important that is.
EIGHTH: ZHI HAO (put you at 8th doesn’t mean that you don’t mean a lot to me okay.)
Hey COACH, *happy? I acknowledge you as a coach already…* anyway, you really taught me a lot in the past few months and pushing me really hard. Especially during the national schools. Sorry that I disappointed you when I decided to take K2. But whatever it is, you really put in your hard work coaching us. Although you keep saying my stroke very ugly, I’m weak, whatever…. Still want to thank you…
(See I’m nice okay. Better treat me one day)
Finally, to Belle, Xiao Hui, Amanda, Lesley, Jeremy, Jian Sheng, Dorm, Wen Yang
Thanks for all of your encouragements. You guys really made training more fun and made me work very hard to what I have today.
Belle, really thank you for advices you given me
Xiao Hui, really enjoyed the challenge you gave me and the gossip session =)
Amanda, your really gave me a lot of challenge compared to any other people.
Lesley, really enjoyed your company
Jeremy, thanks for making me believe that I have a chance of making it to medicine. I will study super hard.
Jian sheng, STOP calling me ah lian lor…
Dorm, thanks for all the chocolates and understanding.
Wen yang, thanks for helping us take photos.
Like to end off with this:
My Hero
You may not consider yourself,
But you may very well be
A leader, a winner,
For all the world to see.
In the eyes of others,
You are a martyr.
You have received recognition,
And you have worked harder.
But why ? Why all the praise?
I have done nothing but kept my word,
To a dear friend who needed me,
In every incidence that occurred.
But friend, I tell you, you are a hero.
You helped me see the light.
When I had no eyes,
You saved me, and you were my sight.
LOVE, AILING.
sprinted at 20:23.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
this is from ongmengyean soooooooooo READDD (:
YAWNNNN, the title says it all. so here it is:
Hey zl help mi post this up k..thnks got free time nw so write alot
First the thank you list :
Zhanli- zl u alwaes sae I sae u all hai mi..nw I wana sae.."thnks for hai-ing mi" .. I realli appreciate that. I will alwaes rmb the day when I jus started out on a tiger k1 then haf to go for the marathon training then zl it was u who insisted that I took the raptor to use and u use tiger, it was u who made mi learn how to balance on a raptor. Thanks, if its nt for u, I wld not have to managed to balance, u gave mi the chance to use even though u need to use it n use tiger yaself.. u make mi wad I am 2dae thnks.. and also thnks for telling mi my strokes where got wrong like punching arms too high and leaning too forward I will alwaes rmb that thnks…I will alwaes rmb ya "dun be STUU-PID la" and the duno wad..duno wad sign the one u alwaes do one two fingers point at ya opponent wan.. hahax…thanks for forming up the small team also n giving mi all the guidance I need to be captain.. its wasn't easy being one.. but u alwaes help mi in every wae.. reminding mi wad I have not done.. thnks coconut head….
Leonard- And leo u alwaes find out why I pms on sum daes.. u noe I feel demoralised n alwaes encourage mi when I feel esp down during trainings… I still rmb the time when u ask mi to tell u why I "lian hei hei" on that dae I alwaes nv sae it out but u alwaes noe that I feel demoralised. It was u who reminded mi alwaes to train hard n not to slack n not to be scared during coms. Thnks a lot….i wld nt b able to pick up myself after every training if not for u thnks…. Thnks…muscle man…. Hahax…
Kahteng- Guy captain and the one who alwaes.. nv fail to smile everydae.. the daes that I have training wif u u nv fail to brighten up our daes n alwaes act stupid :P jkjk.. hahax… eh thnks a lot for being thru wif mi and also holding on strong to the team when the sch wans to close down our ccas.. u r a great captain n teammate n also alwaes.. telling us ya new invention like stokes muz how how how then more efficient … Thnks….u make mi learn more things abt the hahax…canoeing world when last time all I know was our tigers our white stingray k2s.u told mi wad was an ak n nelo hahax.. kahteng dat dae u ask mi whether I believed in u all will win yes I believe n I realli admire u all.. fighting jus for the team.. I feel that my race is nthing compared to u all.. ya courage n determination is realli great.. I think I will not have been able to tell myself that I can win if I didn’t come in 1st in my semis..
Irene- thnks for being my k2 partner.. even though I not a gd back rower alwaes cant follow n like to do my own strokes.. thnks… I feel most comfortable rowing wif u… hahax like that kind dun need to realli tok n realli train 2gther but still can make it that kind not that we very fast la.. but it's the feel n we alwaes have the same goal in mind haha.. thnks… still rmb that time during acc time trials.. I nv tot we could make it I jus tot of piaing wif u n nthing else… n we got in!! n also rd ubin kayak marathon n …. Coms.. it was u who continue rowing so I cant stop…. Thnks… thnks 4 being a gd sprinting companion also… I have learned a lot of new knowledge frm u also…. Hahax…
Mr ang- thnks for being our best teacher in charge paying for most of our things quietly.. sry sry… we shld haf burned quite a big hole in ya pocket rt? And not giving up on the team when the sch wans up to close down n also being wif us thru thick n thin.. mr ang thnks.. I will promise to wear the cap u gime one dae k… THANK U MR ANG
Shaun- thnks for helping the team when it was our darkest moments… u taught us how to twist n how to row properly when last time we onli like use our hands to row… thnks… the effort n time u put in realli helped bring our team bk to place… thnks a lot if nt for u the team wld have closed down.. I still rmb the time u sit ard at the pavilion n tell us do 10km correcting our strokes.and giving us the pyramid prgrammes and ans to our enquires. it was u who made mi carry my own boat that I know how to do it now.. n helping mi empty water n also pushing me and constantly encouraging mi when I dun seem to get any faster. THNKS!
Zhihao- thnks for being a wonderful coach ya harsh training prog realli made us push a lot.. esp the circuits and the 12*500 8*1000 that kind… thnks a lot.. and alwaes haf to ans my stupid qs like cant catch water blabla thnks a lot…thks for helping mi repair my boat n tape my paddle that i m blessed to come in first thnks…..
The juniors- thnks for pushing mi when I doing my circuits.. hahax.. u all sae I also chao pia.. actualli is I cant allow myself to slow down becox.. of u all.. even though I alwaes scold u all but I wana give u all a award "MOST IMPROVED" hahax…
The rest wanyan n nadia n limin for alwaes listening to mi nag abt my problems…haix.. now com finally over le..hahax.. actualli b4 the com even though its hard hafing to train twice a dae with studying in bw but will nv forget how we alwaes slp at coffee bean and the haha crabs at j8… I was counting down on the daes that we haf left. As we get closer n better prepared to go for the com, I realised that we realli have nt much time left and the last dae of the race, our final dae 2gther as a team... nw when I go down for training sumtimes will feel quite lost when dun c e whole team training hahax..last time I used to wana faster finish marathon training so that can faster go hme wif u all . we have reali progressed a lot… at first, I was telling wanyan lyke after our team become small, like very awkward to train wif almost all guys… wif onli two gals mi n irene… but it realli got better, I realli nv expected can joke n talk normally wif u all during training cox.. I haf alwaes hang ard wif girl friends but u all alwaes take gd care of mi thnks a lot… n treating mi like ya own sister okie okie brother… thnks kt n leo for buying mi my bdae cake sry that I scolded u all haahx… thnks for helping mi in every area in every aspect that I feel that I m the most blessed n fortunate canoeist… it's "becox of u " that made mi wad I m 2dae. Thankews..:)
Meng, the gorilla
sprinted at 23:25.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
IMPORTANT
yeah, anyone who has teamphotos/event photos of us please send it to me. in case you don't have my email, please add me at zhanli__@hotmail.com thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!! especially AILING CHUAAAAAAA. i haven't receive any from youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
yes i'm not gonna blog about meng and sammy. getting boring. ahahha. YA AND, you pjcanoeing clowns better go STUDY NOW.
sprinted at 22:24.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
enlightened
before you read, i would like to apologise if i made it seem that i don't give a shit about medals. i do obviously. i'm happy that i've got my gold but it is not as superficial as what one may think. i'm not trying to be arrogant or haolian, i'm only giving my views.
so as i was saying, i just realised something. i've finally understood. it is not all about winning, not all about your gold or silver. the bitter part is the process but the sweetest part is not your medal. it is the PROCESS. i've gotten my gold and i realised that there's no big deal. serious. i'm not trying to act or what, i thought the ecstastic feeling would last longer but it didn't. what truly makes you happy, i guess, is winning for yourself, your team or for your school (doesn't apply to me though).
many fail to realise this point because they view winning as something far more important than anything else. and perhaps when you put in alot of effort in training and you lost your race, you will feel that the world is crushing down on you. that was how i felt last year when i got knocked out in HEATS for national schools. after the race, i was hanging between the decisions to either step down with the rest of the team or to continue canoeing.
i chose the latter in the end.
just feb, our k2 got silver in national kayak marathon. the feeling didn't last too long as well. i thought perhaps it was because i didn't get a gold. so what's the big deal about the gold now?
there was a gathering with the 04/05 senior team yesterday. had a little talk with euan. he too thought along the same line as me. when he got a bronze, he asked himself why didn't he pull faster harder to fight for silver or gold. then he realised that the medal he received was just a bonus.
it is for the team, for the ones who trained and fought so hard alongside with you. i know you will feel very demoralised very broken very empty when you didn't make it. now listen, every single one of the team appreciates your efforts. by training so hard and giving your best in the race, you've already done your part for us. because we're one team.
training together for a common cause is great. winning for the same reason is even greater.
guys, there's always another chance to get your medal(s) again. now that everything's over. sit down and look back. feel good because we did it, for you and me. even though canoeing is a more or less individual sport, we're training in a team, for the team. i believe such spirit is the best part of everything.
blood, sweat and tears.
sprinted at 10:43.
Saturday, July 15, 2006
NATIONAL SCHOOLS CHAMPS
OMG......... we did it! we ended our last national schools champs with a BANG.
i'm very proud to say that we came back with 5 gold medals in 3 events and an overall FIRST RUNNER-UP team medal (girls) and a TEAM SINGAPORE BEST PERFORMER award (Most Valuable Athelete).
first event was k2-1000m girls. xiaoting and dorcas were the only JUNIOR boat in that race and they raced strong to get a 5th. THAT'S DAMN GOOOOOOD.
next was my event, k2-1000m guys. even though we got first in our heats and 2nd in semis (losing to NJC), we came in FIRST in finals. we began to take the lead during the 2nd part of the race. we pulled like hell for every single stroke. by the last six buoys (150m), i was already feeling high about my gold. the feeling of crossing the line first was really undescribable. all i saw was fuckoteng shouting like mad in front, as well as the esctatic team mates together with mr ang cheering like mad on the land.
shagged
joy
as we paddled towards the pontoon to get our boat weighed, i saw mr ang and leonard congratulating us from far. i felt very relieved because i thought we did it for the team, particularly leonard. my gold is not just mine, it is for everyone's hardwork and sacrifice.
soohui's race-
acting cute
she got 4th, around 1 second after the 3rd crossed the line. very gooooooooooooooddd
MENGYEAN.
er.. as usual...
K2-500m girls- irene and sze ee
another GOLD for us.
HCI girls banged into them and causing them to cap. tsktsktsk.
this is the last inter-school race for all jcs' canoeists before they step down to study for A's. i'm glad i ended it in the right way, in the way i wanted.
wanna thank alot of people. i owe my success to every single one around me. i'm sure everyone i've listed will get to read because people around me are kaypoh hardcore blog stalkers think i don't know!?! abit gay but i'll still say it ahhahaha.
the 3 key figures:
mr kevin ang (teacher-in-charge)
zhihao (coach)
shaun (NUS)
thank you all for your guidances. we really learnt alot of things from you and without you, we wouldn't be what we are.
the senior team:
fucko my partner. thank you for releasing your essences of your powerful leg hair by stroking your legs happily in the water everytime. thank you for that poor aimming spit of yours that landed in the boat and which eventually flowed to the back part of boat where i am. haha, ok lah. thanks for being such a greaaaat partner. so fit, so muscular, and such a good pace setter. yeah we did it. one more race to go - national canoeing champs.
leonard da gay shit- thanks for feeding us with entertainment, blog king. sometimes very extreme when teasing meng. hardcore. i don't dare. lol. we've been training together for 3 years and i did learn alot from you. you mentioned about your regret for not winning anything in K2, so we won this for you. we won GOLD for you brother.
meng our sister or brother?- although dinner has always been very boring with you, we will forgive you. you're always saying that you're scared/you can't catch water/strokes inefficient/very slow/no energy during dinner time and it is quite irritating lol. we wrote so many notes to you to encourage you but you never listened to us. so what's the point huh. aiya i've said what i wanted to say in that note i gave you already. just to add on, we will never HAI you, we will only HELP you. hahahah. thanks for being such a great team mate.
ailing- hahah, your strokes look so damn nice now. i hope i don't get to see you cry anymore ya. don't get so affected by people's comments lah. you are damn good although you always pangseh us, kaopei sia. watch out hor. you better join us for whatever shit next time. your achievements are already countless in this 1.5 year. i'm sure you will do very well in the future as well.
we did it! so now let us do the last thing for the team and for ourselves: mug our asses off. with the same focus and hardwork, i'm sure good grades are within our reach.
junior team:
like what mr ang said, we have left bigger shoes for you guys to fill. you guys got a heavy responsibility so make sure you keep that in mind. just have to train hard and harder. "train hard, race easy".
i think
we just did the impossible.
k2-1000m boys- GOLD
k2-500m girls- GOLD
k1-500m girls- GOLD
TEAM SINGAPORE'S BEST PERFORMER AWARD- MOST VALUABLE ATHLETE
notice the AURA.. oh that guy beside is none other than samuel. hahahha.
now for more photos..
team 04/05: shuying, xiaowen, leonard, me.
senior team with mr shaun ho, mr ang, mr hau, mr keeeee zhihao.
1000m guys with bigmuscles and mr ang
3 gens of nanhua -_-
pjcanoeing team 05/06
look at meng. big lah big. don't show off! look we're soooo happy.
played with zhihao's nelo. coooool.
this guy, depressed after losing to me in k1-500m.
there's always a finishing so here it is, 2 photos of the captains:
sprinted at 09:57.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
DAY ONE- National Schools Champs
ok so the heats and semis are over.
those who got into finals are:
mengyean (K1-500m)
irene + sze ee (K2-500m)
dorcas + xiaoting (K2-1000m)
soohui (T1-500m)
kahteng + me (K2-1000m)
i think this is our best year already. there were disappointments though. it is ok, you've done the team proud nonetheless. just that other people trained harder and so they're that bit faster. no matter what, i'm proud of you guys, especially the senior team. yes, each and everyone of you.
besides that however, there were some gentle surprises as well. i am very VERY happy for the juniors namely dorcas, xiaoting and soohui who made it to the finals. very gooooood.
in school, we stand out from the rest because we're canoeists. on water, we're special because we're pjc canoeing team. it is the things that we went through together as a team that made everything so precious. i'm so thankful to have experienced it. not everyone has the chance to. so, i'll gladly live my life with these wonderful memories you guys have given me.
tommorrow will be the very last race. i want to get a gold for the guys. everyone's fair at the start-line. may the best win.
sprinted at 16:38.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
O N E
ooooohhhhhhhhhh, it's like 14hrs 40min to my race. hahah, ok as requested, here's one.
lol, er, i think the bodybuilding mag one looks nicer, right?
anyway, there's a 180deg change in mrs leong ever since her first lesson after the june break which was yesterday lah. she has stopped putting us down and has been so encouraging. not very used to it, haha. even rovin says she's very nice now. well, i guess that's a good thing. i shall try to yawn in class for the next lesson. she normally STOPS you almost instantaneously, like in 0.1s (i don't know how she ever trained to that level) with her ultimate lines- *music* cover your mouth when you yawwwwnnn. how cool is that. it sounds almost like music i swear. just ask anyone.
nowadays' been rainy, so don't let that dampen your mood. have a positive outlook in life and things will get better. life's not all about SOMETHING and it shouldn't revolve around that ONE THING. ok i sound like a DJ on some crap FM.
as i've said, tommorrow is the day. the BIG day. i believe we will make a difference in PJC history. yeahh, it will be our batch.
just do your best tommorrow guys. see ya.
sprinted at 20:02.
Sunday, July 09, 2006
warning
nonono maybe i shouldn't warn at all. they must be punished.
ZIXIONG WEARS UNDERWEAR BENEATH HIS TIGHTS.. AHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA
can see the bloody line. soooo retarded. please don't do it anymore. look at fucko. he has learnt his lesson and he's such a fine young man now.
next, have you read the papers? oooooo PJC,acsi and some other schools were featured for starting lessons late tommorrow because of worldcup finals. crap, our lessons are pushed down 1 hr later only.. other schools = 11am. at first i thought it was so great. aiya, better than nothing. maybe tommorrow being a smart-and-casual day makes it slightly better. so that we can go school in our sleeping clothes! cool.
ah, i am still contemplating whether to watch world cup tonight or not. firstly, i might get killed if i do. secondly, i am damn tired and i will be sacrificing rest (sleep). and also, i need to sleep alottttttt so i can recover from fatigue and muscle aches FAST, so that i'll be in tip-top condition for the coming race.
let's see. FRANCE will win yeah!
sprinted at 19:16.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
7 days to nationals
oh how time flies.
they drew lots today. we were told about the line-up, we'll be against TP, NJ, HC, RJ, VJ if i'm not wrong.
i'm not really bothered about the line-up. whether it's a good draw or not, we'll meet them sooner or later, in semis or in finals.
best of luck (:
oh well, only 2 more trainings for me till competition i think. cause of my math paper tommorrow and bio mcq on fri. so i can only make it for evening trainings for both days.
hey, let's just whack hard this time round. no regrets.
sprinted at 21:08.
when the mind is strong, the body follows.
r o w e d H E L L