Agonizing Leg

Ugh. Remember the muscle ache on my right thigh I mentioned last post? Well, say hello to its friend Lefty.

As I'm writi- Sorry. As I'm typing right now, my left thigh is throbbing with pain from a pulled muscle. At least I knew what happened to it this time.

I had a captains ball competition today at Kuo Chuan Pres, near the MOELC. Went immediately after ARC training in the morning, which i sucked, by the way. Surprisingly, I saw Joey at the competition too. Turns out she was from True Way. Who we were playing against immediately.

I was the catcher (because boys were not allowed to score =/) and did preeetty ok. Caught 7 and the other side only scored 3 so we won. There was a looong break for 40minutes after that, so I was slacking around.

Actually, me and the people from my church were observing the other teams. We wished we hadn't

The next 3 (and there were ONLY FOUR) games was played against very very good teams. Three guesses about the results, and the first two don't count.

My "accident" happened quite early in the second game. I stretched a little too much to reach for the ball but didn't make it. I dropped off from the chair and my leg ached. And ached. And ached. Bad.

The ref stoppped the game and I hobbled over to the side. Didn't feel too good about getting such a lame injury. Pardon the pun.

However, at least I got back in the second game, and we fought a little harder - but not hard enough. Lost 12-16, but it was a close one, so we were pretty much satisfied.

The true fun, however, came in our last game. It was against the strongest opponent around, and since we figured it would be impossible to try to beat them, me and Josiah (a guy from my team), decided to goof the whole thing.

I can't name the way we changed our playing style, but there was a difference somehow. We started to play a little more loosely and didn't care much about the score. We spent most of our time laughing and encouraging people even from the opposing team, and soon i think it caught on.

Our team mates started to do the same thing, and there was a different atmosphere into the game. Sportsmanship replaced competitiveness. Newfound friendship took unfamiliarity's place. Most importantly of all, laughter filled the air, instead of shouts.

And guess what? We didn't win. Duh. But we truly had fun there. Probably because we were playing the game, rather than competing with a team. We tried our best, we did what we could. Win or lose, that's not the point. It was more about having fun.

By the way, you know how many stories love to end their stories with a cliffhanger? Here's my try, though may not be that good, but like what I've said, we should try our best.




VJ interview on 21/6/07.

EOS

Huh. Six months passs pretty quickly. Ever since my first holiday in primary one I was always couldn't wait for the holidays. Every 3 months, I would be sitting in class and staring at the clock, hoping it would go faster.


Not this year.

I have no idea, but I've been feeling kind of sad since this morning. The talk from Mr Sng didn't help either. He throws down another piece of sad news - That Mr Fong is leaving Dunman High. That reallllly brought my spirits down further. Only good thing that came out of it is that we didn't need to present our science project and I wasn't going to fumble my way through an impromptu talk again. And it wasn't simply on "My so-called perfect day", but on GM Food. That was lucky.


I got even more sad during recess, when we gave the albums to Mrs Chu and Miss Yap. The only other time that I felt so sad about a teacher leaving (actually, Mrs Chu is just not teaching us. At least she's still in DHS...) was for Mrs Liu. TNS people, now you know how much I like these two teachers. Screw it, I'm willing to change my science and LA grades to F if only they will continue teaching us for the rest of the year.

-P.S. Miss Yap, if you are reading this (and I know you are), remember what I written in the album for you. No, not the part where I enjoyed your lessons. The last sentence is more important xD. And try to come back someday soon. Wearing a T-shirt, so we can play basketball.


Anyway, the time when we got our report books was the worst. Didn't make the top 25 percentile. As if I wasn't depressed enough. Oh well, at least my percentage improved, though only slightly. I still feel kinda disappointed with myself more than anything else.


Remember my friend the muscle-ache in the first paragraph? Don't bother to scroll up. I actually didn't put it there -Gotcha xD. Anyway, because of that, I couldn't go for training because it hurt while walking. Couldn't imagine standing for two hours in those shoes. Now I feel - on top of sad and dissappointed - guilty, because I'm not going be able to train for a week for my overseas trip.


Speaking of which, I'm leaving for Japan on sunday morn. If you want a gift, post in the cbox on the left. I'll try my best to get something for you. No charge. Except for you, Nicholas - the shirts are not very cheap there. Well, this is probably the only thing I'm looking forward to during the hols, so I'm gonna make the most of it.


Back to the point. Well, even after feeling sad, disappointed and very very guilty, something that's making me feel so unwilling to leave school is still missing. I've though about it throughout the day, and I still can't give a definite answer.


It seems like a sudden break. No, not the rest break, as in the literal one. It's like losing your momentum after building it up for so long; For musical people, it's like forgetting how to play the very first piece you learnt by heart; for shooters, it's like losing your shooting rhythm after successive 10-point shots; for drama people, it's like forgetting your lines all of a sudden even though you went through many smooth rehearsals.


Or maybe I'm getting emotional in my old age, I don't know. Still, I really feel kinda lousy right now, with no way to comfort myself, or getting someone to do that. Well, hopefully the trip cheers me up somewhat. And by the way, I wasn't joking about the gift request. Just make sure you do that by Saturday night :)

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