FINALLY...

...my last competitive race for canoeing has finally come to an official end.

sniffles :(

and it ended surprisingly well, both for myself and for the NUS team. we were all definitely less prepared, having trained alot less as compared to previous races. but we put up a good fight nevertheless. that's the NUS team for u. u guys rawwwwwwwkk.

honestly, i didn't really expect to go home with any medals having not train for 2 weeks due to commencement of work and i even almost wanted to pull out of this NCC. but i'm glad my teammates believed in me and i didn't let any of them down, esp those in the same boat as me.

to jasmine, whom i'm glad i didn't choose the wrong partner for when i had a crazy, last minute decision to join the 28km marathon back in Feb. even though we had a WOBBLY time trials for 500m and 1000m, the 10km race wasn't too bad in the AK and we manage to clinch silver (yet again) despite not training for it at all. hurhur. and u can now upgrade to k1 marathon cos u've mastered the art of turning fast. i'm so proud of u! ahahaha.

to yihui, who didn't mind taking the risk despite the possibility of having to pull my weight for 250m. even though we had done MUCH better sets during training, i'm glad we still showed the coach that size doesn't matter and emerge champions :)

to the k4 whom jen named us after retarded nicknames (so are we birds or teas??). earl grey cai/quail, jasmine/penguin, giraffe/chinese tea( hahaha ben say one), u guys rawwwwwk. thanks for giving me the opportunity to do k4 with u guys even though there were other more deserving candidates. it was fun though we only had one miserable, 15 mins training together. i still dunno how yihui's 'transit!' became 'follow!'. wahahaha. that was quite funny. still, it was memorable. probably my first and last k4 medal. so happppy :)

and though i didn't get to paddle with my beloved ex partner nio the pig this time round (sobsob), i just wanna say how proud i am of her for clocking her PB for k1 1000m and 250m. i don't think we'll ever get another chance to paddle together again or find out what's our PB for k2 500m since putra last year, but i would still like to think we're the fastest marathon pair (HURHUR) even though there are pple who don't think much of our puny arms and hamsterish weights. ahahahha.

and finaaaaalllllllllllllyyyyyy, to THE BOYFRIEND, whom i'm even more proud of, for clocking his PB of 49 sec in k1 250m and dedicating his gold to meeeeeee! and of cos, i was the only one who believed in his k1 500m too (shame on those who didn't. tsktsk. AHAHAHA. yay i got to whack jen). thanks for believing in me too when i had doubts in my own capabilities.

for those i didn't mention, u will be soon when i get some photos. don't worry i'm not biased. hurhur. i love each and everyone of youuuu! will be pretty busy this week though cos of daily tests. ultimate GROSSNESS. i should be getting back to studying.

so yup. stay tuneeeee for more.

ps: GAO WHERE ARE YOU. ARE U STILL ALIVEEEEEEEE.