Inspiration

I pray not for a lighter load, but a stronger back to carry a heavier load.
- Reuben Kee

There are not many people who touch so many lives, and inspired so many others.

Dedication

Farewell

In The Straits Times today, there was a heart-wrenching photo of the dragon boat team members kneeling by the Tonle Sap river, paying their last respects to the 5 departed paddlers.

I had not know the 5 paddlers personally. But I seen them around enough to recognize 4 of them. In fact, I had been admiring 2 of them for a while...

The sense of loss was really close to heart.

I could not help but reflect on how fleeting life can be.

We are but paddlers in the sea of Samsara. Perhaps we may yet paddle again together in lives to come.

I shall hold you in my heart.

无缘

《莲的心事》 席慕容


我是一朵盛开的夏莲
多希望
你能看见现在的我

风霜还不曾来侵蚀
秋雨还未滴落
青涩的季节又已离我远去
我已亭亭　不忧　亦不惧

现在　正是
最美丽的时刻
重门却已深锁
在芬芳的笑靥之后
谁人知我莲的心事

无缘的你啊
不是来得太早　就是
太迟！

After the River Regatta 2007

Finally, the Singapore River Regatta was over.

It was a tiring weekend. But it had been fruitful nonetheless.

Over all, the FLUS team performed beyond my expectations. The hard work the team has put in for the past few months had really borne fruit. While we still made a couple of mistakes and still fall short the goal of getting into the finals, we had made good progress compared to where we were at the beginning of the year and at the June race. Even in terms of timing, we did pretty well. The mixed race showed us what we were capable of achieving and it was a great morale booster.

However, there were still many things we did not do well, and earned quite a bit of scolding from our coach.

Moreover, in terms of management, I had made quite a number of mistakes and bad decisions as well, and probably hurt quite a few people in the process. I was really sorry about it.

I just have to learn from there and pick up the pieces and move on.

We aim for even better results at next year's regatta!