Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Inter JC poomsae competition, 18 May 2008. Bedok Sports hall
Whooosh finally it's time. Woke up at 6am, and reached bedok mrt at 8am. When i was walking i heard a soft tap, i guessed maybe the strap of my bag was cracking or smth, so i daoed X) Then I realised it was songping when she tapped me again haha. I was too focused i think. Then i met up with my teammates. Glad to see that Zhiyi has recovered a lot. ALRIGHT LETS GET GOING!
My schedule was rather packed. Mixed pair semi then indiv semi early in the morning. Then mixed pair finals, indiv finals. After that team finals late in the afternoon. But no worries, i have bought lots of food :D should be able to sustain my energy! The gold medals were rather glowing at the stage. I have been dreaming of the moment I walk up to the stage with my partner and teammates to receive the gold medals and scream like crazy. I wanted that moment, not the medals only. Even if the colour wasnt gold, I would still be very happy and proud to share the glory and honour with my teams. I have been dreaming of that moment during lectures, during trainings, during my free time. I knew i may be ambitious, but at least i had a dream. and i knew it was not impossible to turn it to reality. Yes, 'impossible is nothing'- my favourite quote(:
When my time has come, i remembered what celestine had said, nothing shall cross my mind except the pattern, my teammates and partner. Well, i believed everyone had trained very hard for the competition in terms of techniques, accuracy, stances, wadever...but what really sieved you out from the rest is a calm, steady and determined mind. 'Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear'-Mark Twain. That's why i always visualised and imagined the competition to get myself mentally geared. A positive mindset will definitely yield a good result. To be a gold medalist, you shall think as a gold medalist.
HA there was a rematch for me, yong qiang and another guy who did indiv at another court. Before the rematch, i desperately ran to the toilet and practised side kicks :P though the score for semis was quite low,yq and i still got into finals omg. that was rather surprising! and yay we could totally forget about sajang liao coz we'll be doing samjang in finals xD
Rah after indiv finals i saw stars turning around my head. I was very tired, probably due to stress. Luckily there was some time to rest before mixed pair finals. Managed to take a short nap(: For mixed pair finals, we were the first team. We were so happy to be top of other 6 teams consecutively until the last team, who got a higher score than us >.< Aww so close! Well we know we are the imba pair team :D Silver on the list, first in our hearts!
Team finals. Haha Marcus was well-fed! He came early in the morning and waited till 5pm juz to do this pattern. Thanks for supplying me and zhiyi wif sufficient food, water and your love :D We ran out of the hall to practise a few more times to get the feeling. It was hot though, we sweated a lot outside. Coordination and chemistry were there already. It's almost time. ALRIGHT LETS MOVE OUT! After our performance, pple said our coordination was quite good. Well, there's always pple better than us. Forth place also not bad, our efforts are paid off at least! Though there's no next time, im very happy to walk up to the stage with you all. That's the moment i'll never forget (:
Thanks! and i'll never forget (:
Suffering from withdrawal symptoms nowadays>.< There's no more training everyday after school at the rooftop anymore. I think i'll study at the rooftop, a place filled with many fond memories, everyday after school (provided that it's not hot, else i'll hide in the library first :P). But I shall not forever live in the past. Bring the memories along to the future. ALRIGHT LETS MOVE ON! jiayou yusiang!!! Back to school. Back to life.
