Monday, April 25, 2005
not the best thing for a senior to say but I'm enjoying my trgfree life to its max ! =D
it feels super shiok to slack around after school and know that i dont have to train and exert myself a second time mentally. yay i wish the exams would never end x]
anywaysss all the best for exams and stop slacking around. 1 more wk of torture and it's over.
oh ya. i learnt this chinese proverb super relevant to x during tuition. here goes:
shang tai zhi shi fen zhong,
sia tai lian shi nian gong.
(s..omething like that lah)
translation: u only have 10 min to showcase your talents. but it takes 10 yrs to cultivate and train
direct translation: upstage only 10 min. downstage train 10 yrs of kongfu.
=) so yup. i shall end here and go back to logs
tiff
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
9:54 PM
Friday, April 22, 2005
we are pilgrims on a journey of the narrow road
and those who've come before us line the way
cheering on the faithful,
encouraging the weary
their lives a stirring testament of
God's unfailing grace
we're surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses
let us run the race not only for the prize
but as those who've come before us,
let us leave to those behind us,
a legacy of faithfulness passed on through godly lives
it's the turn of the tides....again.
-jen
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
9:28 PM
Monday, April 18, 2005
For those that didn't go for the x meeting or others that want the agenda;
Date: 18/04/05
Time: After school
Place: Canteen
1. Mr Ng's ****
-Dateline: 19th april
2. Post examination-nationals dinner
-details not finalised
3. Track natls?
-most are in favour. will consult mr ng asap
4. Unofficial Nationals debrief
-thanks for sharing!
tiff
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
8:32 PM
Sunday, April 17, 2005
HAHA JING!
remember the "mr ng, i didn't run coz i was sea sick"?
hahaha.
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
8:54 PM
Saturday, April 16, 2005
year 2004 cdiv: we all ran scatteredly with every indiv runner, a different race strategy. all did well
year 2005 bdiv: we followed e Kenyans and ran as a team
year 2006 bdiv: we shall still follow the Kenyans =D
Darn it, remember Mr Ng's debrief after we watched Kenya chiong throughout the whole damn long race? I believe we all were very inspired by them and he said we should keep them in mind while running. We should be running as a team. Every team member makes an effort to stay as a team. But very clearly i remembered he forgot to add, to stay in the front pack. Lol ok, i'm so kidding. MgX Bdiv did really well this year. Actually i would say Natls 05 was quite a good one for me, if I didn't look at the numbers.
We should try to be in the second wave as soon as we go down the first slope. Haha, what does the first wave look like? Does the second wave mean the second bunch of people or something?
Ok fine, tiffany is really bored.
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
8:51 PM
its all over now. xnats05 is history.
thankyou crossies for enduring all these while. from the long northern route runs to the short 1.30 track workouts, you all have done it all. well done. enduring thru nattionals has not been easy but yall did it! well done. this year's cross team has been the best for me. this season has been great for me. without you all, i would not be here. thankyou crossies. (:
i will miss you all guys. i will miss the training. the pain. the happy and sad times. the thought of it juz makes me wanna cry. may the mgx spirit live on forever.
Rachael: ay'e aye captain. thankyou for everything you have done for us. you have been really great and thankyou for going thru with all our nonsense and being so patient with us doing warmup. heh. thankyou rachie.
sann: hey sannsie. you have endured so much and made it to the team. you ran the race as hard as you could even tho you had a stomach ache. i salute you for that. thankyou for being part of the wonderful B div 05 team. you pushed so hard each training and showed us crossies the attitude of endurance. thanx sann.
tifft: hey junior. thankyou for putting so much effort during trg. i could see that you gave your 110% during trg and races. your perserverance has shown us wad crossies are made of. thankyou. yes keep running hard and training for next season. hopefully i will be able to run with you next time again. in ac maybe? heh. thanx again kayu.
charissa: hey girl. i just want to thankyou for pushing so hard during trainings. you are really fast and shown yourself during track workouts. you said that you din like cross training but im sure you do. deep inside you there is a calling for you to run. each competition you conquer, each run you take, i can see the true spirit of a crossie in you. dun give up running in jc coz you are build to run. runs end. running dosent. keep going okie! thanx charissa.
yihui: hey teo. i din noe you well at first. tot you were really dao and ya. ahha sorry. but since i got to noe you better, i realised that you were nice and i could see that spirit in you. thankyou for going thru all the trainings and enduring so much. really appreciate that. thankyou teo.
beth: hey beth. you are a really fast runner lor! even when you are sick, you can run super fast. haha anw thanx for putting in so much effort and hardwork during training. well done for xnats this year. you deserved that national medal. may you win more medals next time! once again, thankyou beth!
weilin: hey fast girl. thakyou for joining our training and running so hard for us and winning all those medals. really appreciate all the hard work you put in. thanx for running your heart out during this years nats. oh ya thanx for giving me abit of the fruitbar before the compettion. haha. thanx weilin!
c div: hey you babes. thankyou for training sooooooo hard this season. i think i have the best juniors mann. i love you all. i will really miss you when im gone. remember to keep training hard for next season. even if you din do that well this year or fin make it to the team, you still have next year. keep moving on and dun look back okie! thankyou are all your hard work.
all the supporters during nats: thankyou mg. thankyou ac. and all the others. thanx for all the words of encouragement druning the run. thanx for cheering for us!
and so its all ends.
mgx05.
we came all the way here to leave a legacy behind. and we did.
mgx spirit lives on forever!
__*humpf
`jing
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
3:23 PM
Thursday, April 14, 2005
nationals was an experience eh. all thanks to those who came to support. like the netballers and the mgpb(which i think only 3-7 came lol) i really appreciate u all. and like even jialin was there! i was so touched. and to all the acjc people, every single one who went turf ytd, thanks. a big gigantic thank you to every single acsian. thanks tchs for sharing your humongous track with us. thank you mr HCIcoach for offering to let us watch the marathon videos with your team. thank you mrqikopek aka NIE drink seller. i don't know where you've been, but thanks for sitting under the shade in the heat almost everyday, waiting for us to finish training b4 robbing us of $1s. thanks SBS and transit for waiting for us every mon wed fri at the bus stop to bring us to our destination for trg. thank you mr ng for being so patient with us during almost every training.thank you for your undying passion to put the fire in us. thank you mr ang, acjc coach, for agreeing with mr ng to have the trial with ac though it nvr did happened. thanks Ms Kon and Mrs Yap for coming down 'all the way' to support us :)
without all these, i still could have done a screwed race (no wrong grammer intended) what the heck was wrong with me. i was over confident. i guess that wanting something a lot isn't enough, action has to be taken. (duh) oh well. Nationals was a lesson for us. It was a painful lesson.
rachael: thus far, it sounds like i'm collecting an oscars award thanking the whole world. but really, thanks for being so ever patient as a captain. your positive attitude towards x has really an effect on me. sometimes what u say leaves me totally speechless and i cant help it but smile.
jing: hey senior, last yr in mgs and u did really well in natls. congrats. thanks for always(or most of the time) for being late for trg during hols or sat so that i won't have to do my warm up and stretching alone. i guess we weren't really close to each other since i started x. but you're a great stick senior and i'm proud to know a member of the stick family. continue doing your thing and i had better see u at ac in 2 yrs :) if not i'll cry.
beth: heard that you were really happy with your results. so proud of that. you've finally made your mark and wheee you're finally getting rewarded with a colours award for your hard work and effort.(i dont really know what's so great abt an sch award anyway) thank you for always being so cheerful at training and cheering us up. your many comical drama stuff b4 or after trg helps us to relax n not brood over a bad workout. mgx isn't gonna be the same when you leave.
charissa: you've finally found yourself in running!! i feel so relieved. haha. the most whine-y senior i've ever known complaining to a junior about how running sucks. i'm really glad you're starting to like x. it's not too late =) thanks for your whineyness in training. it might be irritating at times but i guess it's really funny to listen to them.besides, it just makes me more motivated to run. i'm nvr gonna forget the starting line for me at natls 05. u were already having negative thoughts b4 the race! plus u were expressing them out for your dear junior to hear. oh man, i dont think i showed any expression but u made me even more nervous. oh well at least u find natls05 your best race ever.
yoon: goon-est senior. thank you for contributing to the many happy memories i'll cherish dear to my heart. whenever i think of u, my thoughts will run wildly to the NIE toilet. don't think the other way but if i'm not wrong, you're one of the crazy people that will laugh and shout and whatever in the toilet very loudly. stress relieving i guess. and in 04', we were running buddies :) i'll nvr ever forget that. thanks for going through the torture with me. facing it with the attitude i'd always want. positive, determined, never giving up no matter what and doing it with only one purpose in mind, for christ.
weilin: i still find it amusing when u have almost the whole team wearing the x shirt and you're the only one wearing the netball shirt. i guess things didnt really work out for you huh.though we're of the same age, i really look up to u. your attitude towards 13th is really the spirit of sportmanship. keep up the attitude and continue letting heads turn when u walk pass.
teo: you'd nvr come here but thanks for your support all this while. in sch, class, trg etc. glad to see u picking up from where u left last yr. we had better produce results next yr and do our seniors proud!
c div: don't be disheartened. it's your first nationals but i believe you guys have done well. whether or not u felt you've screwed it up, doesn't matter. you still have next yr. i'm actually kinda glad to see u guys taking natls so seriously.take this yr's natls as a lesson. pls don't chuck natls05 away, literately. i dont wanna waste another natls. i dont want to see the team depressed again.
to the rest of the team: from the bottom of my heart, thank you for always being here. thank you for making the quantity and quality of the team. honestly speaking, i've looked up to many of u all, whether older or younger than me. fighting the battle time and time again, under any kind of circumstance. u guys are a joy to have.mgx wld be nothing without u guys.
let's bid natls05' farewell for the last time and not look back anymore.
tiff t (i took 2-3 days to type this whole thing :\)
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
11:14 PM
!
wassup guys! guess who:)
i'm here because i really really need to write about the nationals somewhere, and i dont want to put it on my blog, so i'm putting it HERE.
okay. like to be honest, i used to complain and complain and complain about cross and running and everything.. (bet you know who i am now)
but anyway. nationals this year was a really good experience. i remember that before i stepped up to the line, i was still telling myself that i wouldn't mind being substituted and all that, and looking back now, i'm so glad i ran that day.
i read articles on Ee Ghim and Yvonne, and what i found was that both of them love running, and both of them love the feeling of pushing themselves to the limit. and i felt, who in their right minds would love pushing themselves to their limits?
i really wanted to love pushing myself to my limit too, but i just didn't. i mean, you can't force these things, you either love it or you don't. and for days i tried to find motivation to run, things to keep me going. i searched EVERYWHERE. i even cut out the yvonne newspaper article (which i'm keeping in my 'me' box) and yeah.
so going back to the race. i kept telling myself that all i had to be was MY best and not THE best. and that i've trained. i won't be able to hit yvonne or sophie's timing, but i know i've trained to hit MY timing.
and my goal was to run under 16 minutes, i ran a 16:17 by the way. boy was i disappointed. worse still? i came in 24th. my last chance.
and yeah. so during the race, i just kept going. hey guess what? no horrid thoughts went into my head that day. the acjc supporters were FANTASTIC, they really kept me going. and jen, christine, pin, feli, and christine again were really helpful. screaming their lungs out.
and as i ran, i really wanted to proved most of all to myself what i could do. and even towards the end, i didn't slow down. okay this part would sound pretty dumb but oh well. (this happened at the last stretch where i was sprinting towards the finish line)
i just imagined a conversation with God that went like
"do you trust that i'll keep you safe? i have plans to prosper you, not to harm you, to give you a hope and a future. would you trust in me, and let me show you what you can do with my help?"
and although i suspect that might just be my imagination, that kept me sprinting all the way. so yeah. and now i've kind of changed my views.
before, i was so set on not joining cross in JC. like THIS IS IT. NO MORE TORTURE! but now, i dont think i mind! if i get to ACJC, even better, their cross team's so bonded.
so yeah. when i leave i'll miss all of you. really. i'm so glad that nationals were pushed to april. if nationals were in february, i'd be long gone, and i wouldn't even have gotten to know the sec ones.
well. i shall end here. and maybe i'll add another entry sometime. for now, see you!
-pangsai:)
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
9:15 PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Hey crossies. Today was THE day and its finally OVER =) We did great regardless of what people tell us all right? I'm so proud of you lot, I really am. You guys went out there and did your best and that's all that matters. Now it's time for us to take a break from the torturing training sessions but next year, next year it's going to be a new batch of divisions, new leaders, and new opportunities to shine even brighter. Don't lose hope guys =) always behind you lot, always.
MGS CROSS COUNTRY 2005 LIVES ON!!
`from one runner to another
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
11:42 PM
Tuesday, April 12, 2005
130405 (:
here we are.
mg all the way!
we shall run.
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
10:35 PM
Monday, April 11, 2005
down to the last 2 days.
this is it.
we have trained super hard for this day.
we are strong.
we know that.
now just go out there and just whack.
we run with the cross on our backs.
with christ in our hearts.
with the goal set in our minds.
do it for mg. do it well.
__humpf*
`jing
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
10:02 PM
Saturday, April 09, 2005
ya ya ya =) just whack LAH. let's run shoe-less!! inspired by Kenya and Ethiopia. then maybe we can come in together and break record x) ok i'm kidding.
anyway friend said something really inspiring and thought i'd share with u guys.
Do your best, God will do the rest.
=) tiff
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
9:39 PM
Friday, April 08, 2005
130405. its the day to set our minds on. stay focused and dun doubt. run a race you wun regret.
just whack lah.
running's a mental game and we are all insane.
__*humpf
`jing
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
10:15 PM
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
mind my language but
SCREW THE FREAKING RAIN.
hmph. so pissed with the rain. hahahahahha not literately though =) nvm if u don't get the connection. i'm feeling so...discouraged by the rain =( no reason why. and rmb during prayer he said," if it's your will, pls let the rain stop" and i was so heavily affected by it. cos obviously our father didnt want us to run today! why?? why why why?
yours truly,
ms tan XD
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
8:58 PM
Monday, April 04, 2005
Hey fellow teammates, long time no see eh? It's been what, two weeks since I've last been to training? Thats a heck of a long time. It seems so distant now, the thought of running a hard workout. Well, I'm speaking for myself because I know you all are training incredibly hard and I'm so proud of all of you for making it this far.
Been hearing things about training, the team, the c*ach [hahaha] and I really hope you all just hang in there. Who cares about what happens or what people say? You officially have exactly 9 days left till that grand finale, the day that you're all working so hard towards. Thats a really short time if it hasn't already hit you [which I sincerely hope it has] and things are probabaly becoming really unbearable. I know I'm really in no position to say anything about training or your attitude during training because I honestly havent't been back for ages and ages but let me say this;
If you don't keep going, no one will.
Keep going strong okay? Don't stop now. Always here for you lot, rooting you on =) Sorry I haven't been back to training. I really should be. Argh. Anyhow you all just keep going. I can't tell you how proud I am of every single one of you.
"A runner is someone who runs- it's that simple and that grand. Be that someone"
`from one runner to another
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
1:50 PM
Sunday, April 03, 2005
10 days
240 hours
14400 mins
this is it. its down to the final kick. we all have gone thru so much to get right here. we have given our best and we noe that. last race of the season. last big race of the year. do it for yourself. do it for your team mates. do it for mg. do it for God.
mgx 2005.
let us run.
__humpf*
`jing
[ `looked to the heavens for strength ]
12:27 AM
