11 July 2008

the moon's below me



today had cross country.
currently over d moon now.
cus i fulfilled my wish of getting an award before leaving xinmin.
didnt manage to get any during sports heats and sports day.
since that day, i told myself that i would get one today.
which meant that i was aiming for d top 20.
i was wishing for a top 10.
n lao3 tian1 ye2 helped me a whole lot.
i must have done some great deed. lol.

cabbed to bishan park.
but apparently, i alighted at park 2.
in d middle of park 2.
so i walked,
n walked,
n walked.
n finally i saw d good damn road to park 1.
n so i walked,
n walked,
n walked.
n i got lost lah!
i was at d other side of d park.
so i crossed its breadth n within minutes i was with everyone else.
by d time i was already sweating lah.
after hanging around n taking my attendance,
d shocking news came.
b boys running first!
omg man. cham liao.
everyone not mentally prepared.
but nevertheless, we had to adapt to the situation.
it started to drizzle minutes before the commencement of the race.
but d event was still on lah.

at the starting point, i could feel the adrenaline pumping up in me.
i feeling that is both shiok n terrible to handle.
but within moments, without knowing it, d race was over.
n everyone was relieved.

through today's event, i realised something extremely crucial in a race.
im not kidding. i should think that its true.
my, um, "theory", is that,
one shouldnt be standing in front before d race, trying to get a headstart.
reasons being,

1) when people overtake u, u will feel demoralised n will go like " omg y this person overtake me sia." or like " omg shit im one position down" and psychologically, you will feel tired (i dunno y i always feel it when ppl overtake me)
2) when you overtake people, you will get a feeling of "shiokness" n ur self confidence in you will build up, and you can run better cus u have d determination to overtake d next person.

i came to this realisation only after sports day.
cus i always wanted to get a headstart.
but when everyone starting overtaking me d feeling was totally damn suck.
so, my conclusion is, start in d middle, nearer to the front. :)

happy :D


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