Dunno what to say about the trip...

Its sad, really. Recently It always seems to be the case that races that I train like hell and have high hopes for, usually crash and burn. But races that pop out from nowhere and I don't really have very high expectations of and just chiong with a gung ho spirit are the ones that bring the medals.

But at least coming in 2nd for the relay open osim thriathlon with thomas and daryl, and the k2 race with kenny felt good, because we beat alot of strong opponents. But try as I might, I can't feel proud for this one, because of certain circumstances.

Anyway, the trip was a real eye-opener for us and helped us to get to know the commandos faction better. Its a funny thought that if I had followed through with the interviews during the last year in school, I would be on the commandos faction, getting to know the composite faction better instead.

Alot of strong spirits in the team, some of which greatly impressed me. One of which was Bsn, who is very good at putting up a gung ho attitude.

I have one gripe. That is, everyone said that nasi padang originated in "padang". Well that seemed to be utter bullshit? Because all that was there was nasi goreng and ayam goreng with anorexic chicken! Its no wonder all of the population there is so small... how are they to grow with such little protein intake? Damn poor thing.



After one of the races, I couldn't switch it off. Had to knock it on a wooden surface to try to stabilize it before it short circuited.


Anyway its interesting how some singaporeans are so "gian" about standing stroke. Just because the overseas teams are doing it, monkey see, monkey do. Standing stroke originated because the rowers had experience in a C1, and they applied their stroke into the dragonboat to develop the kneeling stance. Squatting standing stance is tried and tested to be an inferior technique.

Nevertheless, ignoring all my calculations that clearly pointed that we were better off not using the standing stroke, I figured I wouldn't be a kill-joy and let them have their fun. After all, this kind of race is about having fun, right?


Everyone falling sick during and after the trip. Time to get some rest.