the last two days of my second term of my second year
Hockey girls finals, soccer guys semifinals, basketball finals, soccer girls finals. The next two days promise a lieu of exciting matches for victorians to indulge themselves in, halfday, fullday or not. Personally i'll be catching the hockey girls and soccer girls games respectively in the next two days, especially since fridays a full day (yea yea who doesn't already know?) and how my class is apparently dismissed at 12 tomorrow for hockey.
This year us guys (especially yeartwos) have evidently had our asses thoroughly screwed in variety of ways, we've suffered humiliation and condescending comments, smug remarks and disappointed glances. Well does that really matter? It hurts at first, it makes us feel like we have lost our last chance in life to succeed in bringing glory for our school. Then that feeling goes, it may be hidden under layers of comforting words or beautiful words but also because deep down you know you've worked hard, that you've pushed yourself over the limit again and again just to improve yourself by just a little bit. The end is for the records, for the rest of the country to judge us by, but all that really matters is that we are able to judge ourselves and be content with our effort.
On cosiety (that place seems so hip now, huh) a person mentioned how we shouldn't have the cheek to ask for days off considering our lousy performance this year in terms of sports. Apparently the performance of our (stellar) performing arts groups was not considered by this individual. This being despite the fact that SYF is a competition held only once every two years and that many of the participating schools have sent international standard bands/choirs/whatevers.
Why? Simply because sports tend to be seen as the more demanding, cooler, more publisized CCAs. Sportsmen train on fields, on the track, a typical student probably sees one sportsman or another training everyday. Compare this to the performing arts, who spend their time in limited areas (due to school rules etc) struggling to perfect their skill amidst a cacaphony of noise. We do not see them as they huddle in secluded corners devoting endless hours to perfect a short piece of music or dance, we only see them appearing for lessons then disappearing, as if they all went home to sleep. To quote a choir friend: "Choir is so much more demanding physically and mentally than kayak lor." To some extent that is true since the amount you can push yourself in such groups is greatly dependent on talent and to try breaking that barrier of potential is vastly impossible as compared to training a sport, based on Singapore's standards. Imagine trying to reach a note that your vocal chords simply cannot reach.
So when we get our full day someday lets remember not just the effort and will shown by the sports in their matches but also the unseen battles faced and won by our performing arts.
Four matches in two days, all important, all determining top positions in their respective national tournaments. Excluding the soccer boys, these matches are all finals involving the girls teams, who are keeping up with the tradition of owning the singapore schools sporting scene. People argue that in conservative singapore only VJ girls can train like guys, that their competitions are practically walkovers. Obviously these naysayers haven't seen them train. The blood, sweat and tears of girls are the same as guys and we shouldn't forget that.
So for all those who decided to spend their days sleeping, i persuade you, go support. Go cheer them on like you would our soccer boys, give your heart and soul on the stands so that theirs beat stronger on the field. Besides, there'll be drums. (for soccer girls, as far as i know)
Make the last fight the best fight
This year us guys (especially yeartwos) have evidently had our asses thoroughly screwed in variety of ways, we've suffered humiliation and condescending comments, smug remarks and disappointed glances. Well does that really matter? It hurts at first, it makes us feel like we have lost our last chance in life to succeed in bringing glory for our school. Then that feeling goes, it may be hidden under layers of comforting words or beautiful words but also because deep down you know you've worked hard, that you've pushed yourself over the limit again and again just to improve yourself by just a little bit. The end is for the records, for the rest of the country to judge us by, but all that really matters is that we are able to judge ourselves and be content with our effort.
On cosiety (that place seems so hip now, huh) a person mentioned how we shouldn't have the cheek to ask for days off considering our lousy performance this year in terms of sports. Apparently the performance of our (stellar) performing arts groups was not considered by this individual. This being despite the fact that SYF is a competition held only once every two years and that many of the participating schools have sent international standard bands/choirs/whatevers.
Why? Simply because sports tend to be seen as the more demanding, cooler, more publisized CCAs. Sportsmen train on fields, on the track, a typical student probably sees one sportsman or another training everyday. Compare this to the performing arts, who spend their time in limited areas (due to school rules etc) struggling to perfect their skill amidst a cacaphony of noise. We do not see them as they huddle in secluded corners devoting endless hours to perfect a short piece of music or dance, we only see them appearing for lessons then disappearing, as if they all went home to sleep. To quote a choir friend: "Choir is so much more demanding physically and mentally than kayak lor." To some extent that is true since the amount you can push yourself in such groups is greatly dependent on talent and to try breaking that barrier of potential is vastly impossible as compared to training a sport, based on Singapore's standards. Imagine trying to reach a note that your vocal chords simply cannot reach.
So when we get our full day someday lets remember not just the effort and will shown by the sports in their matches but also the unseen battles faced and won by our performing arts.
Four matches in two days, all important, all determining top positions in their respective national tournaments. Excluding the soccer boys, these matches are all finals involving the girls teams, who are keeping up with the tradition of owning the singapore schools sporting scene. People argue that in conservative singapore only VJ girls can train like guys, that their competitions are practically walkovers. Obviously these naysayers haven't seen them train. The blood, sweat and tears of girls are the same as guys and we shouldn't forget that.
So for all those who decided to spend their days sleeping, i persuade you, go support. Go cheer them on like you would our soccer boys, give your heart and soul on the stands so that theirs beat stronger on the field. Besides, there'll be drums. (for soccer girls, as far as i know)
Make the last fight the best fight
posted by slipperdan at 9:49 PM
1 Comments:
GRR!
RJ and MJ used drums for soccer finals!
OOh, u should have seen TYH's face when he saw supporters at the match!
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