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you'll never walk alone

what a week. while my friends were going through exam papers, waiting to get back papers eagerly, i have been missing breaks/lunch/lessons and i go to class without knowing what was happening cos of the many preparations and discussions with teachers. my mind was preoccupied with cca cca cca only.its kind of weird cos everyone around me are more or less free from cca and worrying bout results. i have to admit that ive been neglecting pw and im rly sorry bout it! must rly thank my grpmates and ST for being so understanding:D

its a long tiring exhausted yesterday i must say.

our limited manpower was a restriction to us and i must say a million thanks to those who helped us in one way or another. i must rly thank my class guys despite not requesting for their help (: rly appreciate that! again, i must thank the guys who volunteerily helped move benches though i dont know them personally and liwen too! also, i must thank s09 for participating and supporting us in this event:D! of course to yifang for ur class participation (: i guess my credit list will not just end here.

vive o jogo has not ended and it is only the start. but ive learnt many lessons just from organising this competition with my team. while receiving a lot of help in the afternoon, i thought of how 5 girls could handle 40+ benches after the tournament. when i heard that the canoeists were helping us i was relieved. really. cos i was totally shagged from moving benches in the afternoon and from refereeing matches (i am a rly bad referee ><)

however, ms ho didnt want to receive help from others as it was a soccer affair. and told us to move the benches back by ourselves. i was afraid. rly. that we couldnt complete it as we had only 5 pple. she brought across that "being a soccer player isnt easy. being a soccer girl is even harder. you've got to train as hard as the guys and must be as disciplined as them. if you want to prove your worth, show others that you all started the competition and ended it well. you dont want to owe favour to others. and only by handling all these by yourselves will you then proudly say this event is organised by soccer girls."

some of you might think that ms ho is being very mean by asking us to move all the benches back alone. but, stand in her shoes, look from her viewpoint. i dont blame her for doing so, in fact i got to thank her as she taught us not to receive help so easily. and not be defeated by the fact that we are females. also, she allowed soccer guys to help us and that we only had to do 20% of the moving. rly big thanks for helping! while being in a very tired state, it takes lots of mental strength to perservere on. i rmb trying to carry a bench alone back to the canteen. my hands gave way halfway through and a whole row of soccer guys were obstructed cos of me. i tried to carry on, but i rly couldnt. im rly glad that i was given a hand and an additional effort by ur friend makes a big difference. despite not being able to carry that bench alone, i know ive tried my very best and will work harder to improve my own fitness.

this competition rly taught me a lot. though its not over yet, im sure that there's more to come in the near future. im very glad that i didnt choose to be in a comfortable cca where you have nothing to worry about but studies. it made me learn so much as a student and as a person. though i receive scoldings together with the team and experience frustrations many a time, it means that there's a lot more to be improved. it made me rmb what my sec1 NCO always told us "there's always more room for improvement". always tell myself that i cannot give up as my teammates are there to support. while things didnt turn out as perfectly as i wished, i hope things will change for the better. it wont be easy. but i'll never give in to frustrations.

from someone who disliked soccer (thought it was a boring game) to someone who loves watching the game to someone who enjoys playing it to someone who dedicates her life to it. im proud to say, im that someone. it is a life probably very little will dream of, but i dream of it and am living it.