Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens
us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?

You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.

It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

Marianne Williamson

Having seen you, you, you and you and you and you in action..What can I say? It was just amazing. And most importantly, truly inspiring :)
Now I am all pumped up for the next race! And the BIG one after that!

GO CANOOBS! I'm expecting many many presents "of the gold-plated kind" for my birthday! :)

In other news, practically half of us are fresh fruit fans (imba alliteration)! :}

Oh and I realised I havent blogged about canoe camp as promised, so here're the highlights :)
1. Of Pokemons and other weirdos (j/k!! :D)
So in true Creative Canoeist fashion, J1s and 2s were divided randomly into 4 biiiig groups which were named after (don't hold your breaths) Pokemons. (>.<) There was Pikachu (my group), Zapdos.. and uh I cant remember the other 2. Haha. And of course we were creatively licensed to come up with hilarious cheers like "P-I-K-A-C-H-U, Pikachu, I choose you! Nanny Nanny Poo POO!" Oh go on, laugh like you want to.. I did!
2. The return of the Homeys and Dawgs
We watched Coach Carter again (again for the canoobs anyways)! Yayy! :)
3. Implementation of the Senior-Pump-Junior 'tradition'
4. Run of Hopes and Dreams
Really have to take my hat off to Ber_ard and Smell for their creativity. This item turned out a lot better than expected! Got me thinking really hard about why I joined canoeing.. And I'm still not sure. Maybe it's because I really enjoyed my OBS sea expedition (even though it was 10hours long and we paddled against the current the whole course) and wanted more; maybe it's because I thought it would be really cool if I could one day don the Raf_les Canoeing jersey I caught a glimpse of 3 years ago in the MRT; maybe I'm just crazy; or maybe God led me here for a reason. To be taught lesssons in faith and love that I wont get elsewhere? I think that's the most likely reason. 'Cause seriously, I just gravitated towards canoeing without any clear motivations in mind.. And yes I stayed on "because I love the team and I love bursting". :)
5. J3 & J12s' visit! :)
Thanks Joo for inviting the J12s down! They're like the only adults who advocate training as hard as you mug! Why can't all of our parents be cool like that? :{ Anyways, had nice chats with J3 girls :) 3/4 of the T-squad reunited! Tracy's in M'sia I think.. And yes I do still owe Sarah B&J's ice-cream :D Just one question, do I get to pick the flavour? :} I hope you like Chunky Monkey! Here's a virtual cone in the meanwhile: C)>
6. SteamBOAT!
Was having a splitting headache by then (moral of the story, don't get high in the shuttle bus on the way to the restaurant and DON'T at all costs, get owned continuously by Ray :{), but sufficiently conscious to listen to Jo's monkey stories and Joo's York Notes-esque scene by scene psychoanalysis :} We are talking about 11 lovescandal-starved canoobs (ok, with the exception of Muddy who was busy protein-loading) sitting around in a circle of trust on red plastic stools, eyes wide with wonder at Jo's rants on the highly entertaining topic of cheemanzees! This is us on intensive gossip mode! Never thought I'd live to see this day :D
Yeah well, so basically, we had tons of fun, and I am sleepy, which is random, but to end off, here's pictorial evidence of how happy we were! And how messily we ate! :)

Labels: canoobs, cool beans :)