Tuesday, March 29, 2005
15 minutes. 15 solid minutes is all it takes. the next few mins/secs are just up there. that's all it takes to determine our decision made 3-4 yrs ago. a decision of quitting some other cca and coming into x.
defination of mgxcountry: rejects of the other ccas
our conclusion made after the 1st day of trg with sec 1s :)
can we just have a mind to give it our all for 15 mins? it's just 15 minutes of torture. run like there's no tomorrow. besides, if we screw up on 13th april, there'd be no tmr..literately.
even if u all heck abt natls and cant be bothered abt it, pls. think of it as running for your other teammates. pls your teammates want it if u don't.
tiff
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
9:04 PM
Saturday, March 26, 2005
TGIF. especially on that friday. x) anyways happy easter! have a great day and remember the true meaning of easter. dun get too indulged in the bunnies and eggs. heh.
cross country - it's tough
by anonymous
cross country:it's tough, real tough.
Ever watch a runner kick from behind and win?
Takes guts, a lot of guts.
Yeah, it's tough.
Watch a practice.
Runners collapse, stager,fall down, even cry.
It hurts that bad.
Yeah, Cross Country
it's tough.
But go watch a race.
Watch pain swell into pride.
Watch accomplishments ease the aches.
Watch foes walk away as friends.
Watch people become better people.
This is beauty,
true honest beauty.
And this is Cross Country.
Yeah, it's tough.
we came all the way here not for nothing
__humpf*
`jing
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
11:17 PM
Good Friday.
went to ccmc for their gd friday service ytd and thought i'd share smth i learnt from the sermon with the team. this story was frequently used but i've heard it since who knows when. it has no relevance to x at all but =) it's HIM who we run for huh.
why did God die on the cross? why was he crucified? why didnt he save himself and live on so that the future generations can know abt him?
scene: watch chinese dramas right? it's in the court during the olden times where the princesses and palace maids wore those weird hats with strings dangling down
situation: zhen ke lian, for the 4th time, has been caught for stealing chickens. zhen ai mei is the one with the chickens. the judge is deciding whether or not to punish her. mercy or justice?
so the story starts off w ai mei is complaining to the judge abt ke lian's wrongdoing and is telling him that they've already let her off 3 times but she still doesn't repent. then ke lian interrupts and told the judge that if she goes to jail, no one will take care of her 2 children. also, she has already paid for all the chickens she stole and has only twenty yuan left. after much pending and ai mei's whinings, the judge decided that he has been too merciful with ke lian and decided to give her the heaviest punishment which is a fine of 2000 yuan. if she fails to do so by idontknowwhen, she'll go to jail. then the scene becomes so drama where the atmosphere is so tensed. u could actually visualise a strike of lightning crashing down upon ke lian. but b4 ke lian left the courts, she was summoned back again by the judge. the judge gave her a pouch and asked her to keep it. curiously, ke lian opened the pouch, and with much delight, found 2000 yuan inside.
we have sinned against our father time and time again. we've neglected him, failed to do his will and to an extent, cursed him from deep within. God is a justice man and punishes us accordingly but He is the one that receives the punishment. he executes the punishment to us and died on the cross for our sins, in place of us. the price to pay for sinning is there but God takes the penalty himself. why u might ask. cos he is our father and loves us deeply. he isnt trying to act like some hero that saves the day as hanging on the cross? it ain't an easy thing. it isn't just like an x trg where all u need is mental power and physical strength to overcome it. ok i'm being lame here(for those who still doesn't know what i mean. cross, x, cross, x, get it? XD)..but it's true.
so yea, end of story. hope that story, in a way or another, spoke to u. so next wk DJW, hope u all seriously worship Him with all ur heart!
"I don't care whether or not the reserves get a trophy, I'm still in the team! You can do it! *huge smile*"
-Rachael Xcapt 06'-
(rach if you're wondering, u said that to me in the toilet :D)
tiff t
WHO WAS THAT ANONYMOUS BLOGGER ON 20TH OF SMTH XD
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
7:05 PM
Thursday, March 24, 2005
so do you feel that you're getting more tensed?? since nationals are in exactly 3 wks :) yup. it's like FINALLY coming. so let's hope we get positive results ya. we've been training for one whole darn yr. and we've been anticipating nationals since i dont know when. i mean, i started counting down since 60 + days ago. and yi zhuan yan, it has been halved. pls dont get sick ya. and if u think your knee ankle or wherever is aching, just ice it. sounds stupid, looks stupid, feel stupid while doing it, WHO CARES. it's nationals we're talking abt. ok that was directed to me XD it's like 2.45am now..just finished my eng assignment. WOWWIEEE. it's a short story i'm writing which was done in...2h45min. congrats tiff. hmm, what else..oh yea. track heats 1. congrats crossies! woah, 3000m was done really well. and cute alithea forget how to do elementary math. she'll explain if you're confused. oh and the 400m, 200m trackers, you all ah. XCOUNTRY runners still do sprinting event >.< but u all were really really pro! okok i better sleep NOW. my record still stands at 5 am.just had...1 1/2 hrs of sleep. ahhh I DONT WANNA GET PANDA EYES!! okokokok nights!
tiffany TAN:D
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
2:42 AM
Sunday, March 20, 2005
B div-top 4
c div-top 6
Are we headed in that direction?
weneedtowantitasawholeteam.
everysingleoneofus.
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
10:12 PM
Thursday, March 17, 2005
time is short. less than a month and it will be all over. national cross country 2005. we have been working hard for this for a whole year. are you going to give up now? no. we have gone through thick and thin together. we have been been insulted by some people and praised by others. take a moment and think about it. we have trained so hard for this. it would be a waste if we just let everything go. we want it so much. every other school also wants it too. but who wants it more? us. winning is not everything. but the effort to win is. we know this even if some people think that we have not given our best. some days are just not our days. we run and run and run our butts and hearts out, yet we dun hit our timings. we have given our best that day yet its no where near our pb. why do things like this happen? we run just as hard, give our all yet we are 1 minute off the timing. its all part of the thing called sports. do we get all upset and give up? no. we move on. everyone fails at one point or another in life, but what is important is how we respond to it. run away or battle it. the tougher the experience, the tougher we become. just keep going and each time you run, tell yourself you are getting better. even if your timing is not too good that day, tell yourself that at least you have burnt off some fats. x) heh. we have made it all the way here. we are strong. this season has not been easy at all. we have trained so hard to get all the way to where we are. we stand a chance just as much as the other schools. so dun give up the chance. to be a winner, all you need to give is all you have. so press on!
we are not weaklings. we are not chickens. we are not losers. we are mg x country team 2005. we came all the way here to leave a legacy behind.
__humpf*
`jing
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
11:47 PM
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
we know the teams, we've heard the critics and we've seen the challenge at hand; now let us run.
-jen
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
9:37 PM
Saturday, March 12, 2005
heyall. if you did well today, well done! But if you haven't, and you feel like today was like the worst race, lets' move on. We have our good and bad days. We just have to keep on focusing on what we want to see..just gotta keep on reaching, straining forward toward the goal. Yup like what jen said, its the last lap..a couple of weeks to go, and there's no turning back.We didn't train through the school holidays, through public holidays and the eves of public holidays, school days, in rain, in sun, in mud, in mosquito-filled places, with monkeys, sometimes without monkeys, with deadly rugby balls bouncing around us threatening to end our lives to give up right now.No, OF COURSE we aren't.
nope,
we're not.
okay, okay, on a lighter note,
HAPPY HOLIDAYS :)
-rach
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
11:08 PM
hey guys. so its finally over. probably the last race before nationals. b div i know we dont know yet *fumes* but i know the c div team has already been revealed and im really really proud of you lot. you guys have trained hard so keep training, just a bit more like 3weeks?? then its all over. all all over. but hey those of you who didnt make it to the team dont be sad, be happy for those who are going to run because ultimately we're all headed in the same direction, we all fight for the same reason so it doesnt really matter who does it. take pride in knowing that those 8 are the best representatives that we have. they represent you!! but hey lets all stick together okay? things are going to get tough and we'll never be able to stand it all by ourselves. the team is here for a reason all right guys? so please, lets just hold on to our sanity for a bit longer and drive towards the finish.
you guys are awesome.
-jen
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
8:47 PM
all the best for todays race! hahaha it's too late but heck
and PLEASE LAH. if any outsider intrudes in here to insult any of our teammates, even if u DONT wanna retaliate back and support your teammate, ex teammate, future teammate whatever, just dont take part in the conflict. leave them alone. i mean LET'S SAY some other xcountry fella from another sch comes here and reads those insults, and then reads the supporting insults from a teammate..?!?! what kinda impressions do we give to them? even if you guys cant tahan, just wait till natls is over then talk all the rubbish u want la ok.
oh yes, for all those pple that didnt go for the MASS STUDY GROUP MEETING ytd(like 95% of you all), here's an update.
pple present: many pple comprising tricia, yihui, ME, pooki-teo's orange mandrin squishy personifies boobs toy!
what we did:
walk ard
look for digital watches
looked at all the pretty nice useless handicrafts there
looked at HUMONGOUS fishies and eels that look like ahem. hahahahaha teo is sick
went ALL THE WAY to the highest of the highest...stage? where we had a really magnificent beautiful scenery of turf city. it was soooo nice. just that the stupid (small)car racing track spoilt it all
ate macs! wings had nvr tasted so good
reaccounted the scene where jen and a few others were playing with their SALIVA and phlegms.(i hope jen still rmbs :D)
did hw
read finish a bk
spent abt 1/4 of the money my dad gave to me just ytd so i'm broke now :))
saw a really shocking sight of some tchs guys doing smth (dont think sick)
walked ard
and uh ya that's it i suppose
so much for a mass meeting. hmph.
oh well, that's all abt the updates i guess. and SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET. i gotta meet a grp of pple in 10 MINS at the barker bus stop. but i'm still home typing and i've not bathed, wore my contacts(i take yrs to wear them) change, packed my bag brushed my teeth etc. basically, i'm still in the same state when i woke up.
i hope u guys still love me despite me being abt 1/2 - 1 hr late :D God bless
-tiff tan ( i'm sick and tired of typing my surname. but oh well THE TANS REIGN :D)
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
10:01 AM
Tuesday, March 08, 2005
yo dudes trg cancelled on friday if u guys have not heard. but being the united and inseparable team we are, we've decided to have a mass studying group!! yup. the details aren't really that finalised yet >.< like where and where..and where. but just to let u pple know lah. but if u feel obliged to go, then it's ok :D study hard for it's just the LAST WK OF SCHOOOOOOL!!!!! yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
tifft
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
9:25 PM
Thursday, March 03, 2005
hello hello my dear teammates. im bored, actually i should be furiously studying chemistry like the rest of my class, or the level for that matter [sec 4s if you're still reading this and you havent studied chem you jolly well better switch your com off and MUG] but what the hey, i studied it already, just hope i can remember all the facts. i honestly cant absorb anymore!
ooooh. no training tomorrow because of swim heats and other various reasons. you all better go and do your own self runs yeah? cannot slack already, nationals are so close! keep working hard at it, once april 13 is over we'll be done. sec 4s we can studyyyyyyyyy =)
all of a sudden i get a sudden high from studying. its so fun. [theres something wrong with me]
but seriously, i was jotting down my o level paper dates and i realised that its really alot. for goodness sake geog and physics are on the SAME DAY. i tell you they want to kill us they do, want our heads for breakfast or something. they get some kind of sadistic high out of making us suffer. rarr. but nationals comes earlier that the main o papers.
im going to write in chinese simply because im so incredibly bored. i really should be going off to revise again because im probably going to do badly but i just need to write a teeny weeny bit of chinese; its addictive.
peng you men ni hao! wo xian zai fei chang men suo yi jue ding lai dao zhe xie yi xie dong xi gei ni men du.
okay enough chinese. it scaring me. study hard guys, train hard too. see you all monday for the *scary music* timetrial *more scary music*. okay okay im crapping so bad. electrolysis here i come.
-jen
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
10:44 PM
