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submitting this for the sch newsletter...
opinions anyone?? and does any one know the name of that bridge... coz seriously.. i dun... Windsurfing- Penang Swimming Club Centenary Regatta 2003 5th of March 2003 saw my team of six, including my coach, packing our bags for the annual windsurfing Regatta at the prestigious Penang club. It is my first overseas competition and as expected, the jitters came on as soon as we crossed the Penang Bridge, famed for its architecture. Racing conditions there were very much unlike that of Singapore. The winds were stronger, the waves were higher and the heat, almost unbearable. But the thing that was constantly at the back of our minds were the jellyfishes lurking beneath the green-blue sea. Long ones, short ones, in small, medium or large. The extreme conditions got the team morale pretty low, but as the cliché goes, ‘unity in adversity’, it did bring our team closer together. One occasion that really touched me was when we sat for dinner with Japanese and Korean windsurfers. Dinner was fine dining at a Chinese restaurant, but as all hungry windsurfers are, we adjourned for more carbo-loading at the nearby food center. Although there was a distinct language barrier, we managed to converse over unusual topics ranging from chopsticks to earthquakes and managed a few jokes as well. As the Regatta was a prelude to a much larger event, the Mistral Asian Windsurfing Championships, many chose not to take part in the former, to save their best for the championships. Despite that, my team raced along with former Asian Games medallists from Indonesia and Thailand, and other local windsurfers. It was a great experience and we came back to Singapore, with lessons learnt, friendships strengthened and our hands, erm, blistered. ----Stef stopped rambling at 23:31 --Link to Post |
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