Saturday, April 22, 2006
i woke up in the morning. with a mood of siansational. i'm scared. i have no confidence for nationals finals race today.
on the way there, its lonely and my heart just can't stop pumping so fast.i can;t sit still but i have to bear the 1hr long trip to gombak stadium.i listen to my mp3 player.but my mind is just picturing about what will happen to the race later.
finally i reach there and its empty. i'm just too early as i wanted to try out the starting blocks. but its not even out yet.lol.so i just lie down and rested, waiting for time to drift by..
i changed into jersey and long pants and sat down there staring at the track like some retards. one minute seems like an hour and time tt day really passed slowly..
its 2.30. 1and a half hour away from my event. but i went to warm up first.too nervous i guess. then i did my stretching and yuh ding and mr lim came.. along with caryn and alvina.. mr lim told me to warm up slowly as its very early.. then i saw chang ping and inez- my competitors. okay. hack. then yuh ding came and told me to calm down and all.
then did my strides and saw the sports school ppl coming out- 5 of them. scary.then went in and took a rest. many ppl came! yuh ding, melissa, caryn, alvina, chris. so nice of them. so i checked the list for today and i'm in lane 2. okay. not so bad. nt outer lane again.
then it was time to report. and all the sports school ppl- mei xian are all crapping down there. and i talked to amanda lee. haha. they're damm funny.
serious work now.
at the starting line, the starting blocks are there. and know wht, there's this AMPLIFIER behind. omg. the gunshot is loud enough already and there's even an amplifier. its damm loud okay. then i tried once. mr lim showed me a "thumbs up" sign.. and asks me to try for a second time. okay. i tried again and stretch and get ready for the race...
this is it. the moment i'm waiting for.
kirkarisan.
i got ready on my blocks.
sediya.. BANG
i shot off the blocks and aim for the finishing line. i overtook amanda at the 50 m mark.. but. i hate the ending. sigh.
i watched the video and realised tt i made a great mistake- i slowed down at the last 5m. so guess what. 4 people just overtook me and i gt 5th.
sigh.
if its nt for my overconfidence, it would be a total different ending. can u imagine? i slowed down ! i slowed down!! i slowed down!!!
i hate myself.mr lim said its a good race as i won the sports schools.but to me, its the worst race ever.
a little glamour goes a long way;
10:07 PM;
