Sport is for everyone to compete in and for everyone to enjoy. Sportsmanship defines how you interact with others and how you interact with the sport, on and off the field. It is your character, your practise of the sport, and your skill as a sportsman or sportswoman. On and off the field, sportsmanship promotes the sport and encourages participation.
As a competitive sport, the inevitable tensions and frustrations test the best of players, but everyone admires those that channel these distractions into the game. Stay cool, stay in control, and be a role model for others. Little is achieved by venting off. During play, be positive, talk to each other, compliment each other, and talk up the play. Avoid yelling and be careful not to criticise poor play-- it only leads to hurt feelings and distracts from the job at hand. Remember too that referees and officials are there to provide a safe and fast moving game for everyone to enjoy so accept their directions gracefully. Show good sportsmanship and, win or lose, be confident that you can shake hands with competitors, teammates, and referees at the end of each game.
Tingan rode the Shrimp Boat.
6:25 PM
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
today was an AWESOME day. :D
firstly, i went to school at 10am, just to find some chosen SLs rehearsing the NDP marching :) michael was the parade commander. wonder why they pronounce "left" as "lub"??
then emman was training the other people, and jehon came late and saw emman hollering at him. haha. then i saw chye and tiong playing cards at the bench... and chye told me "eh this is not a canoe polo table, it's a gambling table" LOL.
then hao came, then hengfoo came. and he didn't see us. then i was like doing starjumps then he turn his head and saw then saw us. haha. but then the concourse super noisy lah! so we went down to the canteen to be seduced by food.
went down, and hengfoo bought soyabean. he bought the non-low sugar one. then i say "hengfoo!!! that one not low sugar!" then he was like "why i need to buy low sugar, i so skinneeee~~" LOL
then we took out the sprayskirts, and started to sew. fishie came moments later. followed by lianhan/randy and karyen and jehon, and only randy got a sprayskirt to sew(we only had to mend 5). hahaha! i dun think i'm bad at mending lah... but then chye and hao both know how to do the intertwining thing(duno if i'm talking bout the correct thing), i really wanna learn man. this kind of things supposed to be girls' forte. haha.
i nearly cut the wrong sprayskirt lor. nearly cut a properly mended sprayskirt as the material sprayskirt... o.o
anyway i finished mending my sprayskirt first then hengfoo started to glue, then for one of the holes i went to cut the brand name of the material sprayskirt, then i said "yeah! now the sprayskirt got brand!" then hengfoo was like laughing.
anyway, we talked bout a lot of stuff. now i really feel as though we're one big family. very sure hengfoo enjoys times spent with us also. so today, we were suddenly talking about death sentences. =/ then talk about singapore-hanging... it's to break the person's neck... and yeah... that's really sick 'cos it's really painful at tt instant... and then in china it's the gun... in other places it's the electric chair... hengfoo knows a lot sia. o.0
then another topic we talked about was names. i was telling karyen about this girl my ballet teacher talked about, and she had a name, i was laughing so hard i couldn't say it. then i said "her name is Peppermint". and karyen said it was okay. but i asked if she could imagine next time when she grows up, what my teacher will call her? Pepper? Mintie? she said mintie sounded nice. LOL. then hengfoo was like "Pepper lor. there are a lot of people with very funny names one." then he talked about last time when he worked in a bank(UOB), he met all sorts of people with all sorts of names... and that there were people with names like "Ah Kau"(dog in hokkien) and karyen said it was because people in the past thought that the devil will not go after their children if they named their children badly, and hengfoo was like "yeahyeah!" then he was like giving more examples... "Tan Zha Bor..." then i was like "Tan Zha Bor?? Wah then her Chinese name is 陈女人??" then Hengfoo was like "hahaha chen nv ren..."
then we started to ask hengfoo bout his name... and we found out... he is not ah fu2... supposed to be ah fu4... wowowo.
interesting leh.
then start to talk about dialect... hokkien... hengfoo can speak cantonese if he directly translate from chinese... but karyen said you're not supposed to do that... i asked hengfoo: hengfoo you know what's joo? hengfoo: 猪 LOL. then i said i know a cantonese swear word... and i spelt it out: D-I-U, then chye was like saying it so many times(asking wat is was). damn funny.
okay then i left... and i left my wallet & ipod pouch behind... had to come back to get them 'cos doc appt card inside...
went KKH... waited about half an hour... jus to find out that...
MY KNEE IS OKAY :D:D:D it's just internal bleeding tt's why still swelling... everything's still okay... just need to rest a bit now...
CAN KAYAK. :D he(dr lim) signed my 2star form for me. so i've passed medical examination :D
then... went shopping with mom... i really wanna go shop more at velocity... wanna go buy something from the Animal shop when there's 50% storewide discount(there was... but tt time i didn't feel like buying..)!!! IT ROCKS.
bought new slippers at AMK hub too! at $10! AMK IS A DAMN GOOD SHOPPING PLACE! 'cos cheap and nice!! :D
i know wat kind of clothes i like now. i like OP... Animal... etc :D
Tingan rode the Shrimp Boat.
10:28 PM
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
today's "training"... was not a training for me. lol. though i acquired jong's boat after he got out(back hurts i think). and i was just rowing at the other unused half of the pool. practising my stern turns... not bad i think. in the sense that i can go down a bit now. i THINK. but i think i leaned back, and you're not supposed to rely on leaning back in stern turns.
anyway, i noticed one thing. when you're injured you tend to be more conservative. scared you'll cap... can't get up... hurts to push your legs agst the thigh brace etc... and it really sucks.
it's no use complaining or being upset over my injury since it has already happened. but it has counter-effects on me luh. like now i keep imagining the feeling of spraining it. hadn't thought about it for more than a year! like... 8 months... and wow. before it's a year i just had to get injured again. something worth regretting about man. and the stupid feeling of that kneecap twist just gets back in my head every now and then. really sucks. 'cos it's like really scary ok.
anyway, yeah, no use complaining. it has already happened. instead of having only 70% during training, i rather get well till i'm 100% well and i'm sure i'll be able to do all my water stuff again with confidence and ease. so, i shan't get upset that i'm missing training on friday, because i'm going to see the doctor and ask him for help. and i am going to get well.
i am going to be 100% well and practise all my boat skills and row fast too. i'm going to continue with all the upper body training during gym trng as well as at home. i hope this makes sure i will still have a certain level of rowing fitness.
we need aerobic and anaerobic fitness as well... and i think that is mostly acquired through running. this is one thing i feel regretful about though. i really really really wanna run, but my knee doesn't allow me to. (hengfoo doesn't allow me to either) but i guess i'll do some light jogging. shall follow my physiotherapist's advice(i'm not discharged from rehabilitation yet thank goodness i can still have a follow-up appointment). i still remember the days after my wheelchair... rehab was very difficult at first but it became easier later on. it's because of running that my knee got stronger i THINK. and a lot of things. i have to keep practising... like squatting... going slow-mo down the stairs. yeah. and then going back to canoe polo. the best times of my life.
to myself: get well soon! 100%!!!
Tingan rode the Shrimp Boat.
6:14 PM
Monday, June 02, 2008
i'm injured... thanks for all who rushed up to me. i remember squeezing someone's fingers(or hand) real hard... think it was grace.
i couldn't really recall very clearly what happened... just remembered i stepped on tankuan's foot but it's not his fault. i was running backwards to dodge the ball. but my knee just twisted... really scary. could hear what some ppl were saying though. ppl kept asking what happened... karyen thought i hurt my face... xuanhao asked "knee sprain ah...?"... hengfoo kept asking "are you okay?"
but anyway i couldn't see all the people who were crowding around me... i just collapsed and curled up like a prawn.
i jus wish this will never ever happen again. thought the surgery's supposed to fix everything and i really didn't expect whatever to happen today. really upsetting.
i guess i am taking a break. not sure if i have anymore energy left also. i'm really tired now. i guess maybe not from today's training... but this whole kneecap thing. stupid!!! anyway... taking a break from training this week at least... until doc certifies that i am able to move again. i wanna take an x-ray to find out what's wrong, and then consult my doc and physiotherapist. i'm sure my physiotherapist will be able to help me. li feng!!! counting on u.
and i hope this will never EVER happen again. it's awful.
btw, today all the yr5s came. haha. it's really fun today. warmup run was very "noisy" also. i like this kind of team spirit. the more the better. ^^
randy, get well soon. rmb to buy plaster for your cuts!!!
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i am thinking of designing some canoe polo theme based stationery. so cool leh. cos i saw this milk carton correction tape in minitoons. i can probably design nicer ones :P
oh. i want to try the new mangosteen juice... and we have 13 red taiwan mangoes at home now. they are really nice. and i think my cp teammates are really nice. lol. (most of them) ya. me and tankuan share a favourite drink: soyabean!!! LOL. but actually, i drink it for protein and sometimes for refreshment. but i actually like to drink juice ^^ :D but must learn to drink water le. hahaha.
Tingan rode the Shrimp Boat.
10:57 PM
