from green to black

words and memories were all i had

looking forward to training camp and thought it would
be a great time to reflect and reminisce all the good
memories that i have that has brought me thus far.
ever so grateful that these words spoken into my life
has made a huge impact, lets remember them with an lol.

lemmie see, when i first stepped into the orientation
programme at the fishtank stairs...

i have a dream, that we will win the pm cup 3 times
consecutively - jeffery.

wow, talk about vision! cant imagine that those selfsame
words still inspire me to push on. its a powerful force
about reaching common goals when shared. i miss that
captain.

every senior like a father, every junior like a son.
- some agree, some, well, some just rebel.

the biggest difference between us and any other team
is the family culture and love that we have for one
another. - jeffery

another powerful statement. got me hook, line and
sinker. who wouldnt want to row for such a team? or
the people who will lead you thus and yet deliver
results. i definitely stayed on many more trainings
when i was down because thinking of something as
positive as this made me strong enough to believe
that i can just love, freely, unconditionally and
have it reciprocated. i always remember how yiwei
would TRUST me whenever i couldnt make it for
training because of my schedule. i could have lied,
but that trust meant that i always put in extra time
when i could not afford to train with the team. or
when he bought me 100plus. if there was anyone whom
i thought i counld be a bastard to it would be him.
how can anyone think of screwing with such a nice guy?
*crap i cant be a sith lord now lah*

dont conserve, see how the seniors train. everytime
they finish a set they will be panting. they have
no energy to laugh and joke around. - vijay

this was the training mentality i always kept. i'm
proud that when i finish a set, i'm coughing, puking
suffering because i know i have pulled my weight and
more. it helped me improve and sustained me when i
have felt like giving up in races.

we train like we will race. - joseph

and i remembered that, because when i was dead shack
after my 3rd race in m.r.500 when i went through my
4th set. i shut the tiredness out of my mind. i know
that i can push past the line strong because i've
done it before. and in a longer training set. what
is 2mins or 500m to me? chicken feet. i've always
managed to push hard during training, because i know
that if i give up then, then too bad. when it comes
to the race, its even easier to give up. but i have
determined in my heart i will not. i will go on
because i have people who have given me much, and this
is the very least i can do for them.

personally i also remember that i probably had it
worse then most other juniors because i kept
questioning and 'talking back". not the kind that
the team expected. i truly wanted to understand. well
i guess it paid off in the long run, but i guess
it caused the seniors some annoyance along the way.

your stroke is fucked up - teddy

maybe you are just not meant for this sport, you are
weak - joseph

why your stroke never pull long enough - zhiwei

got give everything anot? got conserve anot? - darren

haha and to think about it, joe gave me a one times
jialat jialat. lol. good time lah. but because of
these kind souls who bothered to pick me up and correct
me. i've managed to move on and improve with their
help. and for the tough love i am grateful. how can
i think of giving up when i have so much and so many
who are willing to carry me through and push me on.

i'm pretty sure there are more quotable quotes which
has just slipped my mind for now. well, at least i
have a memory of what has been said. at least this
may somehow help someone else to move on

posted by green unseen @ 6:01 AM