"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THEODORE ROOSEVELT (Paris Sorbonne,1910) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Friday, October 05, 2007

A quick one

Once again, it's a Friday, the end of the school week. That's really fast. Just last wk, it was only the recess wk. Now, we're one wk into the second part of the sem, which also means one wk closer to the exams. OMG..that's really a quick one....

Yesterday was BIS and IBG closing. All medals for the individual sports for IBG were given out. For me, I only got 2 medals. One for 4 (3) x 50 Freestyle, the other for 4 (3) x 50 Breaststroke. Of course, both of which are for swimming la. But I gave my medals away. Since e actual event was only 3swimmers each, there meant one spare medal for each event that we won, so a total of 2. I gave the 2 spare and my breaststroke one to e girls who came down to swim, and my freestyle one to Thai Ee.

Some may ask why did I do that?Guys medals for girls?

Well, the point does not lie in e medal itself. The point lies in e appreciation for em having came down and participated for the events. It's not so much about winning, but more on making an appearance. Everyone's a winner on that day, and I think they deserve a lil' sth. In a sense, by giving em the medals, it's a way of saying, "Thanks for coming down, and participate~" on my part.

Well, that's that. I'm now trying to study my Accounting for e quiz later. But nothing's going into my thick skull. *sighz*

"Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people."

By ben -There, and back again 11:59 AM

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