Today is a monday, but I shall start writing from last Saturday- Mini Olympics. Woke up in the morning and went to school...met in front of the den which is under renovation and then moved to RJC track. PT first, did lots of random stuff, haha. And we were all complaining about how we were going to perform well later... Then, we got the list of events for the track part of the mini olympics. 100m, 200m, 400m (1 from each level), 4*100m relay (any 4), 800m (any 1), 1.6 (cancelled) and 3.2 (any 2). And since we were lucky to have quite a good attendance on that day, each of us could take on less events and also do better for each one! I took only 2, the 800m and 2.4km. Well, I must say that we did pretty well, winning a top 3 position for all of our events (except 1), haha. It was really quite nice to see all the members of the patrol put in their best efforts and really running, going on and on. And when it came for my first event, the 400m, I was inspired and ready and just tried to run as fast as I could, and sustain it for the whole of one round around the track. Haha, I think I did pretty ok, but wasted some of my energy trying to sprint too fast at the start. And when I was reaching the end point, Sarun was like telling me that I can slow down, and I did...cos I was tired la...haha. Anyway, I got first for that...but it wasnt much of a big deal, considering that that was my first event of the day... Then was my second event, and also the last event of the day, which was the 2.4km run. Well, it was quite tiring to try and run fast for this, and also because there was pressure from 'the challenger', Jun Jie, haha. He was really fast, in front of me throughout the whole race, but towards the end I increased my pace to catch up a little more, and just sprinted with whatever I had left at the last 100m or so. Ended up being just 2 seconds behind him, haha, missing the bonus marks by just a bit. Thank you so much to all those who were cheering me on as I ran...haha those words of encouragement really helped. Couldnt have done it without you guys... Like I remembered Kenneth going down onto the track to cheer on the runners who were running past...that left a deep impression in my mind, haha.

Then we went back to RI, for the rest of the mini-olympics part 1, which were badminton, tennis and basketball. The badminton team did well, they (though mostly a he lols) won a first in the individual i think... Then about the tennis, it wasnt that good, for a simple reason. We only had one tennis player in our patrol...Kenneth. So he single-handedly took on those from other patrols, in both the singles and doubles matches. I was playing doubles too, but dont think I have contributed much to that round...was just a physical barrier there, haha. So good job to our PL for tennis and APL for badminton! Basketball next. Fun one. It was one we all participated in together and just played, haha. We won a match and lost one, so went for the third-fourth placing match against KF, which we both drew at 1-1, and then proceeded to shootoffs. First one was scored by Tak Wei, which boosted our spirits quite a lot, but the second was really funny. Ming E scored. Right after he said, "I dunno how to shoot..." And so we won! and got third placing for basketball...if im not wrong...

Haha, again, I was touched to see everyone putting in their best, whether or not they were from my patrol! Congrats to those who know that they've tried their best, because they will get, at the very least, a sense of satisfaction, only when they have given their all! Hope to see more of the olympic spirit shown in part2 of the mini olympics! It will be on Wednesday and will include Frisbee, Soccer and Captain's Ball!

Went for a batch lunch after the whole thing, except those who went to watch The Dark Knight, then went back to school with Alvin, Anurak and Amos (AAA), cos Alvin and Amos wanted to watch Dramafeste. I went along and found out that there were still tickets available, but didnt buy them cos I felt quite tired and stinky then, and dont want to dirty/stink up the whole threatre, haha. But just as I went onto the bus, Alvin called and told me that the Koreans were there! Cos, I had actually wanted to watch the show with them, so was late in buying my tickets. But its ok, we wouldnt have been able to talk much in the threatre anyway.