National Interschool Cross Country video

I created a video of Team HI at the National Interschool Cross Country Championships on wednesday 18 April 2007. Enjoy!

Contemplative on Friday

At 6 p.m. I went running at Bedok Stadium. Tampines stadium was having a soccer match and the tracks were closed so that no one could run. It felt so good to run again... I ran eleven rounds on the track. I was so afriad that i could not do it... I was not tired when I came back. In fact I felt much better and started doing my homework... I have a lot of homework to do...

I know that i will never give up running... My mother again said that i could not run 10km this sunday... But I could run 8km next saturday at the New Balance terrain race... i had to recover fully first... Sometimes I think my mother is too scared.. Anyway Mr Tong said the same thing to me on thursday... He was concerned about me and my health. So was Miss Tan... At least the school cared about me. This is so different from last year...

I feel much better now. Things are not so bad as they seem. I want to study hard too... My school work has been affected by my running...

Thank god it's friday

Today is friday. Finally i have some time to myself. This whole week has been a disaster. I have been sick for more than two weeks... School is so stressful... And the exams are just around the corner...

What has happened this last week?

I had training on monday at turf city but i did not run as I had just recovered. On tuesday there was a geography field trip after school. Wednesday was the national interschool cross country finals but I never completed it as i felt heart pain and gave up halfway. Yesterday i had make up chinese tuition. I just feel so tired... I have to make up tests as i missed two days of school last week and the results are so poor...

The sunday is the mizuno mount faber 10km run. Many of my friends from the running club will be there. I was looking forward to seeing Uncle Kalai, Auntie Roda, Uncle Jo and his wife, Mr Chua and the lorry gang... But my mother said no running. I was so looking forward to it...

What is life without running? Now i just feel the urge to put on my running shoes... Who cares about school work and exams??

Our School Cross Country 2007

Thank you to the school and Mrs Wong and Mr Tong without whom I would not have been able to produce this photo slide show.

No. 16 is No.1 on friday the 13

There was an event which happened in school yesterday evening after 5 pm. Something really and truly exciting… How could I miss it?

When I arrived in school , I saw a team of men wearing orange colour jerseys Another team of men in blue colour jerseys. I also saw some boys from Bukit Merah Secondary. I saw a team of our school boys too. Guess what they were all together for?

I was looking out for my teachers. Every teacher wore blue except the one who wore orange colour jersey… He was the only teacher wearing orange but he later put on the blue jersey to play on the teachers side. The no. on his orange colour jersey was 16…



To me no. 16 can play quite well. He was adapt at tackling and kicking the ball…Maybe PE lessons are not the best judge…


Wow! Quite a few games were being played . And they all looked very exciting… I really enjoy watching… Maybe it is because it is people you know that is playing, so you hope that they will win instead of the opponent. Also, game was played in school and a few of my cross country teammates was there. I think the atmosphere is somehow different. Almost like family or home. I noticed a few women who came and sat together in a corner. I guess they must be the wives of the men of the orange colour jersey. Also they were a few children below 10 running about and kicking the soccer balls too… It felt so good just to watch the game that I forgot that I had just been sick. I felt so much better too…

Mr Ong was also playing I was surprised that Mr Yon did not come. Of course the usual teachers who played soccer were also there.


When the boys from our school played against bukit merah sec boys, the visitors won, even after our school boys had a disagreement with the referee.Score was 0-1. Teachers team against the orange colour jersey team. Teachers lost 1-2 even though player no 16 switched sides,put on blue jersey no. 1 and play ed on the teachers team.

I am sure you all know who player no. 16 is. No need to introduce… :)

Here are video highlights of the soccer games for my die-hard soccer fan readers. Enjoy!

American River College Cross Country Video 3

This is the last in series of cross country videos of American River College, California, in USA. It shows an actual californian cross country running competition held last year.

When I view the video i can actually imagine myselfrunning too...

I wish I was well enough to put on my running shoes and just run...I really enjoy the adrenalin rush...

I know that if we persevere one day we will be able to create a team that can win - just like american river college...

These 3 videos have really inspired me to create a team like that in my school. I know it can be done... and i believe i can do it ...

American River College Cross Country Video 2

I watched the movie Chariots of Fire last year and I really liked the theme song... The music was written by Vangelis who won the Oscar for best original music in 1981.

The movie is based on the true story of British athletes preparing for and competing in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.

The music in this video is this theme song from Chariots of Fire. The music is hauntingly beautiful. I can imagine myself running over the bridge too.
It really feels so good to run...