Took my new toy out for a spin .. hiak hiak hiak hiak ..
Venue is at Boat Quay, Singapore River.
A peaceful and quiet morning. Actually its because its still 0715 Hrs in the morning lah .. kau ..
The boarding point for all the teams. Walking on the blue pontoon is like crossing the Infantry Assault Bridge (IAB) .. difference is for this we need not charge across ..
Even before the races started, a different kind of race is already ongoing liao loh ..
It was already crowded with all the different teams by around 8am. Everywhere, people were gearing up for the races ..
Rowers seated in their respective positions for briefing ..
Warming up exercises ..
Dry run .. going through the whole sequence of the race .. its helps the rowers to mentally prepare for it ..
Some teams do it with their paddles and life jackets ..
Doing cheers to get the fighting spirit up ..
Teams were called up to load up the boats 2 - 3 heats before their actual heats ..
At the starting line at 0900 Hrs, the boats for the first heat was lined up. All rowers were on attention .. prepared and waiting for the air horn ..
GO .. !! ..
People sat along the river side to catch the action ..
The race distance is 300m. The time needed is only around 2 mins or lesser (actually when you are inside the boat it will feel like forever though) .. but there is a lot of waiting to do ..
Some people brought along comics to read ..
Some will look through the tonnes of photos they had taken with everybody .. just to make sure they didnt left out anybody ..
Some compare the brand of the sun block lotion that they are using ..
Some describe how they look in secondary school .. kekekekeke .. :p
Finally, our warm up session started ..
We were given an ID tag each for .. errr .. hmmm ..
Briefing .. yah dah yah dah yah dah ..
This is us .. !! .. hehehe .. :)
Photo from Pepsi
Inter - Corporate (Men) team
Photo from Pepsi
Off we go to the starting line ..
Photo from Pepsi
We managed to come in 1st .. phew .. close fight ..
Lunch time ..
Jason (our coach) came over to talk about the race ..
Over at another spot, some of us were having makan competition .. hurhurhur ..
Lunch's over .. back to business .. Amos and Olivia were race officials .. both had been our coxswains during our trainings ..
Inter - Corporate (Mixed) Team A
Inter - Corporate (Mixed) Team A
Inter - Corporate (Mixed) Team B
Inter - Corporate (Mixed) Team B
By late afternoon, our heats are over. The men team and mixed team A made it to the semis tomorrow .. *clap clap clap* ..
Some of us tried to describe what happened during the races .. must use finger to point then can be realistic siah ..
Our captain yah-dah - ing away debriefing us on the race today ..
"The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure."
Marcus Tullius Cicero (Rome, 106 BC-43 BC)
