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hello :)
Sunday, October 12, 2008
8:24:00 pm
DAY 2
I woke up early at 6+ and only got up at 7am. Reached the bus stop at 7.40+ and sat waiting for some time before I realised I forgot to bring my swimming costume so I ran all the way back home and to the bus stop. Thank goodness I didn't miss the bus. So I reached around 8.05am and only managed to swim a little before having to get up n over to the other side to swim.
The poor guy from first event 200m guys free heat 1, apparently the timer was faulty so he didnt get a timing. Sad cuz he was already the ONLY one swimming. Even sadder still cuz didnt get a timing! Subsequently there was some close to 1hr break while waiting for them to get the timers to start working. After that, decided can't be started, so will have to use stop watches instead. Strange they didn't use both to begin with. Then had to begin the whole long process of finding stopwatches. And there wasn't enough for 2 per lane. Even worse still, today's events were all 50m so u can imagine reaction time plays such a crucial role! But as there wasn't much anyone could do, the verdict was passed that all decisions on results will be agreed upon.
In the meantime, I went back into PAYSC room with hannah. Looking at the gym stuffs where I first started gyming on like 9 years ago. Aye. So long ago. The room seems to have shrunk alot. I think, I grew. Besides the fact tt they cordoned off one area for the coach. And then I slept for a while. The UV rays are super harmful. Both to the eyes and to the skin! So tired of squinting at the bright glittery waters.
50m breastroke. With a timing of 41.85!!! :) :) :) that placed me as 6th! :) THAT, was my actual aim. My actual aim for 100m was 1.32 but I did a 1.31! As for 200m, I had no idea and just hope to get below 3.30 or 3.20, but 3.21's fine with me :)
I AM PROUD TO SAY I AM NOW A QUALIFIED IVP-ER :)
Seeing that I managed to hit all the crazy timings for all 3 events for the fake qualifyings and also the real ones! :) :)
Altho I am a littleee disappointed with the almost 3rd place, the 100m relay which I can't sprint and the mixed relay which we got 4th haha. ah well........
But it was so fun and exciting. Since today was like 50m, less long n dreary and boring. With all the relays which was like SO COOL! NTU guys were like power houses and got 1st for BOTH medley n free! But medley was cuz smu dq-ed. Dunno why. They were dq-ing ppl like free lidat. Thank goodness no NTU ppl dq! Qing Xiang is like so amazing! AH i think all the guys r just so cool! look at them so power! and amanda toooo! She was like poWER.......
THe jumping blocks were like baking and SUPER ULTRA HOT I TELL U. That the lifeguards were nice and going around splashing water with pails.
NTU GOT SECOND OVERALL!! It was funny, how the nanyang chronicles guy came to interview us yesterday! So funny!
You know, I love NTU's swim team! :)
Hannah was saying how she misses swimming. How when she goes into the water she doesn't wanna come out and she just feels so happy. THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I FEEL. I don't wanna come out after every training. I wish I could be in there swimming forever. Yanni was also saying afterwards how she misses training. And how all of us wanna go for training again. Me especially so. But I don't think I can cuz I'm too slow altho I wanna be faster. Aye.
After the relays ended, we jumped into the water and altho it was like 1+pm and the sun was blazing hot, I just couldn't get enough of swimming in the water, swimming at tpy, swimming at that pool. That I just kept swimming! And most of our ntu peeps were inside too! :)
CONGRATS TO ALL WHO GOT MEDALS PLUS CLOCKING PBS! :)
We had a supER YUMMY meal at crystal jade afterwards. DAMN FULL I TELL U. It was a breakfast cum lunch cum dinner. NEVER had such a yummy meal before haha rocks. THey got super cute floats for our wonderful captains!
tjband might be love, but,
SWIMMING IS JOY :)
JOY!
pure joy.
but I guess all good things come to and end, it's time to study now.