Dear Diary,

It was a clear Saturday morning. I went with NUS dragonboat crew to Bedok Reservoir for men's open and mixed open 2009.
Despite of not being the rower, I was not disappointed as I understand that I am still a new breed in the team of 3 weeks. In fact, I was glad that I was given the opportunity to witness such teamwork, 'never say die spirit', enthusiastic and the optimism that the team portray even after knowing that our greatest rival, NTU had clocked the timing just 2 minutes and few seconds away. This timing is considered very good as it is slightly in par with the national team.

Let's see the size of the strength. NTU has 3 boats with full crew of 20 men, 4 boats of mixed crew while we only have 2 boats with full crew of 20 men and 1 boat of mixed crew. All of us got into semi finals that was held on the following day, Sunday.

The NUS women crews have always been the finalist contenders with both boats grabbing 1st and 2nd position.

another bitter escape
9:29 AM