Sunday, July 22, 2007

Au revoir, mac ritchie

i bade farewell to my 2nd home for the past 3 years this afternoon.

i'll always remember the:

1)crazy inhuman times i'll have to wake up, just to get there by 830am
2)long bus journeys on bus 59 or 93
3)overhead bridge with never ending stairs that i have to climb just to get to mac ritchie
4)crazy aunty after you get down the bridge who always asks for coins for notes.(by always ends up with the excuse of not having the right amount, so you'll just end up giving her like $2 worth of coins for free)
5)smelly shed where we keep our smelly equipments beacuse we never wash them
6)naughty moneys that stole wei kangs unopened bag of Doritos and 2 of my really cute pink tupperware bottles.
7)rotting fruits along the pavements that never fails to make me barf
8)pathway to the reservoir where you can choose either the ram or the stairs(i still dun understand why would anyone take the stairs???)
9)stupid bougeinvilla plants that poked me so badly once
10)the smell of unprocessed reservoir water
11)Paddle Lodge- that brings good and bad memories
12)that sacarstic person inside the paddle lodge. hope she breaks up with you soon!
13)china man that we sacked 2 years ago:-)
14)nice bulgarian national team coach that intimidates me a little.
15)MAC RITCHIE reservoir of course
16)floating pontoons that gets really hot under the sun and burns our feet
17)ants and UNHATCHED ants that called our boats home and built their nests inside
18)the slightly muddy yet surprisingly refreshing taste of the reservoir water
19)the poor tortoise that i once scooped while i was paddling and sent it flying in the sir and plop back into the water again
20)long forest 10km trail runs
21)the 1000m mark
22)500m mark
23)the finish line
24)the little fountain by the 250m mark that always causes a little wave
25)paddlers from other schools that i admire and detest(just the minority)
26)miss lim screaming by my ear telling me to not punch down and rotate more
27)me telling myself that i wanna stop but always managed to finish any monsterous programme
28)my purple Unfair advantage and blue on black nelo and raptor
29)Mr Sng
30)Miss Lim
31)the push ups for late coming(record of 900 contributed by priscilla)
32)warm up runs up the high and long ram
33)nice hwa chong girls
34)funny _nj people running and training like robots
35)funny _nj people punching and kickboxing air
36)the countless competitions i had
37)the SILVER medal presentation(i swear i will break the curse!!!!)
36the loud "meridian canoeing warriors" woosh

and the list goes on.........................................................................

you'll stay in a special place i promise. every piece of leave and drop of water stays vivid in my mind.
thank you for the wonderful time i had.
its goodbye for now