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"Another belief of mine:
that everyone else my age is an adult,
whereas
I am merely
in disguise. "
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This is me at my happiest :)Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil: For thou art with me.
Psalm 23:4
Anyways, trying to fill up my SGC 3 Best Achievements now. Feels awfully weird trying to see myself in a different light. I keep thinking This is not me, I'm an awfully flawed person! but of course we have been strongly discouraged from being reflective about our misdeeds and misfortunes so..Labels: canoobs, cool beans :), Gideon Jnr., occasions, Verses
I think the goal has to be meaningful to you, in order to truly dedicate yourself to it. I also think you have to have some fun along the way to make up for the times when it's not enjoyable, the times when you've had only five hours' sleep and it's five in the morning and you wake up with a headache and it's cold and rainy out and you have to go out anyway and just push through. You have to get enjoyment out of being in shape, of competing at your best level of performance, and in the training itself. Some days you know you're having a great workout, your paddle is flowing through the water just right and your technique feels like it's right on, and the boat is moving fast. It's like being on top of the world.
Greg Barton The Barton Mold
All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you're not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you're the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or achieve this. They will tell you no, a thousand times no, until all the no's become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. And you will tell them yes.
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Believe it or not but life is not apparently
About me anyways
But I have met the One who really is worthy
So let me say
So long, self
Well, it's been fun, but I have found somebody else
So long, self
There's just no room for two
So you are gonna have to move
So long, self
Don't take this wrong but you are wrong for me, farewell
Oh well, goodbye, don't cry
So long, self
So Long SelfMercyMe
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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! :)
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I love the subtlety :)
Apparently this is done by a Singaporean company! Woots! See, not everyone is as dumb as Mr/Ms One-Less-Reason-to-Diet :)Labels: adrant, cool beans :)
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loves all around! :) and omggxx elisa your arms are humunginormous!!! and is that mr hippening-math-tutor i see in the bg?
anyways after take 5 (i took a week to figure out why 5.. :}) we went into town! had subway (crap i just rmbed that the cookie's still in my bag! :D) at lido before making our way to far east. havent been there in like 132242318 years! haha cos now when i'm orchard i usually head for wheelock or taka only. ahhh i really miss those times.. before tennis club starts on wednesdays, we used to go to far east for chicken rice, kfc, neoprints, window shopping, &c :) it was v v crowded today and the atmosphere's sort of changed. but the distinct stale air remains, they really should get better ventilators. :S ah well, one of the shops we visited was Crest, and i think we spent like a good 1hour in there? just plonked ourselves on the floor and started reading random books on dating and stuff. my book (Dateable?) was hilarious! ask, or go away :D elisa was very eager to get her manly hands on it, tsktsk! :}
hmm nice long break ahead! can catch up on sleep, music videos on youtube, uh.. and do more of that uh.. whatchamacalit? oh right school work.. yayyy! :)Labels: canoobs, cool beans :), mush, tripping
et- from the Lord my strength says:
nana, I doh't really care already so hvm
yangster; t-one-d! says:
yannn!! tnat's the spirit womah! wneeeee!
et- from the Lord my strength says:
wanana!
et- from the Lord my strength says:
I snall nide witn nahhan tomorrow! muanana!
yangster; t-one-d! says:
*lno* nahhan!!
yangster; t-one-d! says:
pihks
et- from the Lord my strength says:
lol we souhd like we nave a blocked hose!
et- from the Lord my strength says:
*cnoked pipe*
yangster; t-one-d! says:
nana! tnis is very fuh!
et- from the Lord my strength says:
yes! but nopefully I doh't really get a blocked hose or I drowh ahd die
yangster; t-one-d! says:
ennn! doh't ahynow say!
et- from the Lord my strength says:
on yarn norn. cnoi cnoi. lol you'll nave your 3km dasn ahd I'll nave my 100 metre dasn to tne toilet
et- from the Lord my strength says:
gggggggg wnat if we become dyslexic after tnis?
yangster; t-one-d! says:
we woht lan! dyslexics read nahhan as nahhan!
et- from the Lord my strength says:
really arn. but I still a bit scared. if hot very cohfused ahd start writihg my ns as hs and my hs as ns
et- from the Lord my strength says:
*ahd
et- from the Lord my strength says:
how I'm cohfused
yangster; t-one-d! says:
onmygoodhess this is fohcusing
et- from the Lord my strength says:
O.o I'm feelihg so lost how all your fault
yangster; t-one-d! says:
u started it lan! doht come ahd ahynow blame a rahdom 'scaped goat
yangster; t-one-d! says:
in case u diht get it, i meaht scape goat
et- from the Lord my strength says:
nanana on fihe
[: jolene says:
talk rubbish
yangster; t-one-d! says:
i dont loh, i'm not anal retentive like elisa k
yangster; t-one-d! says:
she's full of crap
[: jolene says:
HAHAHA YESSSSS
[: jolene says:
agreed
van is officially the only person i can discuss music with in the team! :D cos this morning, out of the blue, A Little Respect/Wheatus sneak attacked me and got stuck in my head. unfortunately i couldn't recall the title of the song so i went around humming it to random people and they were all none the wiser.. until van came along. she recognised it and we went on to belt out the song with much gusto and angst :D andand she knows Breakfast at Tiffany's/Deep Blue Something (or Matchbox 20, if you prefer)! which is like my fave song 2432142947 years ago when i was in primary 5/6? :D along with Closing Time/Greenday, All Star/Smash Mouth &c.. ahh.. those simple days :]
I tried to discover a little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain from breaking my heart
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Child of God. 12th July 1989. RjcanYeist! 1/2 of Pundits of Pun. TIME Person of the Year 2006 ;) Orange! B&J's Chunky Monkey! Dark chocolates! Sleeping in on rainy days! Attention span of 600 goldfishes.
