Track and Field

I'm surprised that I'm still continuing this; staring into the computer and trying to form words to make an blog entry.. for the 4th day in a row. Just as surprised when I found out that Leonard blogs and that Daphne joined Track and Field. But I need to blog, or rather I think I should for I believe it may turn out to be one of those things that I'll regret 50 years down the road if I didn't.

But why? Well, it's beneficial on many fronts actually. Firstly, I get to keep in touch with writing though my grasp of the English Language isn't that good. Just a look at my Chinese writing tells me all I need to know about not "keeping in touch" with writing. Secondly, I get to show my inner self through blogging and people can get to know me better... if there are people who are interested. And most importantly, I get to record down my thoughts and feelings of that particular day or moment which I'm sure 50 years later (assuming I live that long), I'll be reading with a smile. In fact, I do smile when I read those entries that I blogged 2 years back. Though it's throughly embarassing, it beats having nothing to help you reflect on your life 50 years later.

I met up with Jun Wei and Daphne today for dinner at Old Airport Road. I thought i was hungry as always and ended up not finishing what seemed like a small bowl of wanton mee. Nevertheless, it was nice to meet human beings after being confined within the four walls of Transcab for so long. We were chatting as usual until Jun Wei asked me how long I think Daphne will stay in Track and Field. Though I don't remember giving an answer, but I do know it takes a lot of commitment to stay in CCA such as Track and Field. Afterall, I've had my own experiences in Track and Field too.

I never thought of joining Track and Field actually. There wasn't any soccer offered in Ngee Ann Secondary, so I was conned into making NCC my first choice. I have to say that NCC did a great con job during the CCA orientation day. Not that I really regret joining NCC actually.

Anyway, we had our first PE lesson in which we were all decked in ugly PE attire. I remember all of us got quite a shock when we were told that we would have to run 2.4km. I was pretty fit then, so it wasn't much of an issue to me and in fact I was already aiming to be the fastest. I've always been competitive, especially so during my secondary school years.

So we ran, and I came in second, beaten by a guy who's supposedly quite famous in TnF. I've always been first in primary school and though it sucks to be beaten, it would have been okay if Y (let's just name the guy Y) was humble. But reality is always harsh and he turned out to be an arrogant jerk. I hated him then (though we aren't exactly on talking terms, but he's now one of my mafia in Mafia Wars, ha), and wanted to be the faster one next time round.

And so our PE teacher (who happened to be in charge of both NCC and TnF), came to talk to a few of us and asked if we would like to join TnF. I didn't take up the offer initially due to the fact that I've already got NCC, and I wasn't sure I can juggle two CCAs and my studies well. Besides, NCC is good training anyway.

I didn't join until 2 weeks later or so I think. And the reason is very foolish. It's simply because Y joined two CCA, basketball and TnF. Being the competitive me, how can I NOT join now?

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Too much writing already. I needa play some psp right now.