RP Invitationals

Ta-tada-taaaaaaa~ And the winner goes toooooooo.......

.......No i'm just kidding. I'm not about to feature us. Only that this is the only pic i have so far of our LAST RACE OF THE YEAR! ...haha.

Will update soon, when i get my hands on the pics....

But before that.... A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO SAM ('the dumb dumb' - Damien)

Why? Go ask her. =) Or wait for the post.

Before I go...

JUNIORS- We might be the only team to actually send Juniors down for serious events, but i think we did awesomely. No Stress - when our own time comes, we're gonna sweep the medals... woohoo!! =D

SENIORS - I remember kinda us getting owned during NCC. Because of all the super high levelled people there, and inexperience. But this time, i think we gave them something to think about, don't you? (You should have seen how the other 5 K-2s stared at me and Kok Wei when we popped up in the finals. Haha....classic.) Anyway, you guys really are our greatest inspirations. So don't stop fighting =)

Well, I'm sure every one of our races was spectacular and memorable in its own way, so please add on your own personal event's experience to the post after i'm done with it (Should be up by tomorrow night) 

For now, take a good rest. You've earned it guys!! =D

OOH-RAH. 

Oh yes, Freshies, Arena Sale tomorrow. It'll be a good chance to get your tights, trunks, goggles, Rashguards.... and whatnots. In case you didn't know about this trip, and wish to go, you can contact us tmr

-Dion : you ought to know his number

-Me (Josh) : 92994469

And we'll tell you how to find us. (Its around Henderson road, but i don't know just where, yet...)

-Kiiro (STOMACHACHE AH. TOO MUCH TWISTING.)

POLITE

TO ALL

Boat shifting at 2pm tmr at reservoir.
Whoever can make it pls go down.

TO SENIORS and JUNIORS

NO ONE , I MEAN IT, NO ONE
who is competeing on saturday is ALLOWED
to go down on FRIDAY NIGHT to stayover
if u do i'll send MASS MSG. i promise.

TO Freshies.

Whoever wanna stay over at macritchie
to look after the boats,
talk cock sing song play mahjong
give me a call. u have my number.

Dion (woohoo! i got like 400 more free sms till end of this mth)

Getting to know TPKRT: Episode 11: Muhammed Hafiz
Wahaha... time to meet the other T-1 kayaker on our team - Hafiz!

The other being Bryan of course. But he would like to make known that HE CAN ROW NELO.

You know what the both of them have in common?

In spite of having problems with JK and K-1 before, they both could progress to the Nelo on their first attempt. They're only rowing the T-1 boats for their respective events during the POL-ITES, as we can only send 2 people for each event.... bummer.

Hafiz is a survivor - did you know that he missed an entire month of training with us during Ramadhan, the fasting month? 

He couldn't train because... well its obvious. What's the first thing you do after each training? (after showering too, of course.) 

On a sports team.... that's a lot of experience he missed out on.

But i don't think he was sitting around on his ass the whole time, because when he came back to the team after one month, it was as if there was no difference. 
In fact, he was one of the few who got the hang of our 'bandits' during our Round Ubin Recce trip.

When others went spinning round and round, Hafiz and Dion were the two who visibly, easily went straight... probably attributed to them being sea kayakers. That's where the stars come into play...

....but only once a year, ok xD

Haha.... that was the only time in his life that Hafiz could say he was faster than Damien. xD (He went spinning, too. )

On the actual Round Ubin, with just 1 month of distance training, he completed the full 22km pretty easily...... errr..... with a handy can of Red bull. ._.

Well you can usually spot him gymming, because his classes, sadly, crash with our water training times.

But then it wouldn't be too bad to have multiple Damiens on the team. har-har.

.............I've just realised that whenever i'm trying to be funny, Damien's involved somewhere.

Ok, next i shall make fun of Kok Wei. =D

Back to topic...

Hafiz is always ready to pose for a photo.

(oi. i wasn't ready yet.)

Ok... 3...2... 1

(cheese.)

Which doesn't really explain why i have so few individual photos of Hafiz. T_T

Who wants to stalk Hafiz? DSLR rental at ................

And.... the following picture is also archived as a classic.

This 'dance' wasn't planned. They just happened to be standing there, and doing their own respective rubbish.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.

HAFIZ AND BRYAN, you better win us back medals for the T category, man. Whooohoo.....!

-Kiiro (I lost my thumbdrive for the 16th time T_T)

Getting to know TPKRT: Episode 10: Goh Kok Wei

For some reason, till we cannot fathom to this day, Kok Wei bought the monster dog even though he wanted a Radar so badly. We went to all the shops selling Oakleys' around Singapore (i exaggerate) just to try them on. o_O

Before i continue with this post, i'd better stress that you guys better appreciate the value of this entry....

Just like watching the stuff on Discovery Channel.... you don't really pay much attention to what's behind the scenes, but...You have no idea how difficult it is to get Kok Wei on Camera O___O"

Alright... serious stuff.

I mentioned before that Kok Wei is now one of the 3 fastest Juniors on our team... but he wasn't always that way, to be honest.

Seeing you guys during the orientation, i really felt like laughing. Not because you guys are unable to do pull ups yet, but because you reminded us so much of US back then. Haha...

The first time Kok Wei tried pull ups, we were supposed to do 50, in as many sets as needed.

He did two.... then started screaming like hell was on fire. xD

Well, he's naturally loud....

And so, on that very fun day, he needed support to finish everything. (And i can't remember whether he DID manage to finish it or not)

And during one of our first land trainings, we were supposed to do as many dips as we could in 1 minute. Suddenly while doing his set Kok Wei shouted out 'WAH CB!!' I'm sure we all know what that means. Char Bor lah!! x)

(Lol Muchsin.)

.... I don't think the rest got that.

Well anyway, he got a hundred push ups. Which we spread among us and helped him to finish. That was our first incidence of teamwork.

Ah memories. Lol. Sounds like 20 years ago. xD

Well anyway, that was Kok Wei back THEN

(holyscarecrow!)

And this is Kok Wei NOW.

Incidentally, do you know what's significant about this pic?

Its the one day we got punished by coach. And Kok Wei specially came down just to get punished. He wasn't dressed to row or anything, but just came down to get screwed by coach. It was 5 of us who made the mistake, and he was one of the five.

I don't call that stupidity- i choose to call it Responsibility.

If not for his attatchment at the start of next year, Kok Wei would be the obvious choice for the next Team Captain after Weijie steps down for his own attatchment, because he is, by far, the most responsible guy on the team.

If its his fault, he'll absorb the blame.

If he's late he will call/message to make sure you know, and he will usually tell us to go ahead without him.

If he's supposed to train, he has always been down by hook or by crook, even during the time when his arm got injured.

And now, as his K-2 back rower, i know that the most, that if he said he'll be there, he will always come down and not walk out on you then message an apology afterward.

(Yeah, power of K-2. Lol.)

He may look like a small kid for now (especially when he starts doing retarded things) but if he needs to, his mentality is beyond his looks and age. Ever seen him serious? Its pretty scary, even to us. (during your trainings...)

Although....

(He does have his Kiddy moments xD)

He can also be our poster boy for now... because the nicest pic we have of one of us in a K-1 features him.

(Can you believe this was taken by a phone camera? Haha...)

Sometimes you have to watch out though..... his sense of humor can be.... awkward......

.....

Han Bao Bao.

Anyway, i mean.... stuff like....

Yo Momma's like a camera.

One Flash... And you're BLIND.

Ok, Joke's over, now, if you're done choking on your dinner, get that strand of noodle or rice out of your nose and continue reading.

I don't know how many of you ran into us during recruitment day, but like i mentioned earlier... Kok Wei sure didn't slack off on that day.

Familiar scene?

Well, you would have remembered if you ran into 2 mafia bosses halfway down the corridor. o_O

Yeah.....well..... he has his lazy moments, too.

(zzZZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZz......)

[He is literally drooling over a female model, by the way.]

To Kok Wei from me:

"If you win, you need not explain anything. But if you lose, you'd better not be around to explain" - Adolf Hitler.

Well, i don't fully agree with this quote.

But i sure don't intend to come in last.

I know we're probably going there as the K-2 with the least experience in the whole competition

But it doesn't mean that we have to hand a victory over to them. 5 days left, lets make the best use out of it! =D

RP INVITATIONALS UP - Lets go, TP Kayakers!

(By the way Kok Wei, you need modelling lessons =D)

as promised, i left out all unglam pics. =)

-Kiiro (Sorry about any spelling errors and typos in this post. I'm blind today)

Freshies, a little reminder that you guys have no land training tomorrow night. 

In other words, you're home free after school, and your butts have one more week of comfort before they die again ^_^ 

....ok, i'm just evil.

Juniors guys and Seniors.... 5 days left. Whether we go there to entertain or not.... these 5 days will decide.

But please... No Gymming. =_="

Episode 10 will be delayed because i'm really tired right now. But i'll make up for it with quality... heh heh. >=)

For now, look what happens when you take steroids:

-Kiiro

Getting to know TPKRT: Episode 9:

JOSHUA NG JUN XIAN

Okay now lets start with this guy.. JOSHUA NG JUN XIAN, height of 171cm, ?? kg... muahahaha. Weight is a sensitive issue to him... ask for his ezlink card and you'll know why...

HE originally came to our kayak racing team just cos i dragged him here. for the trails and the tryouts. He knew literally NUTS about kayaking. Learning from scratch one hot day at changi beachfront where i taught him what is and how to hold a paddle, this not-so-in-childhood prodigy has certainly come very far..

The absolute LAST to "graduate" from the sculling test in the T boat, he quickly learnt and improved his techniques and STRENGTH and progressed quickly , into the Junior K, before finally going onto the K boat.

Look at the shadow of his conciousness hovering behind him!!! near the sinful M... which tells u that he was eating.............................................and feeling guilty about it =P

Previously, he was a pessimistic guy -> "10km in hour is impossible!!!" lol... until his 2km time trail whacked 10.20, 10.35 and 10.45.... which under mathematical calculation gaurantees a definite 10km under 60 minutes going by his speed .. and he became alot more daring to try and do things. P.S. this timing placed him 3rd fastest in our team going by time trail timings.

You may have noticed his absence from the nelos... its because he has already been TADAA!!! promoted to K2 with kokwei.

ON ANOTHER , MORE PERSONAL NOTE,

lets list his personal accomplishments....

He can speak jap, french, english, chinese and god knows what else, and is currently picking up thai. He is a hiphop/bboy dancer, and he's a grade 5 certified pianist (kokwei and bryan still wanna kill me? )

He's a passive person.......

OOPS...

...until u touch those near his heart.. woooo... lol.... like ERHERM did that night on the tagboard. HOWEVER i managed to catch him doing this ==>

YES they TRIED to throw damien into the water..

Furthermore, he has regular beauty checkups to ensure his eyebrows are just the correct length, size and shape =) on our library's level 8 with our resident beauty expert arundhati neca. (*author's note. call to book 1 week in advance)

And was super shocked one night when me, damien and some of his friends went to his house, to surprise him, and didnt have to self dislocate his jaw... his jaw dropped =P LITERALLY.

AND AS USUAL, our SCANDELLOUS couples in the team ALWAYS gets caught =)

muahahaha... arun and joshua... MIZCOZY!!!

Okay. to end it all, the word for joshua is "DETERMINED". he would come down to train under the hot sun while having a fever from dengue raging on at 39 degrees, scaring me half to death cos he wouldn't let me tell coach or anyone -.-.... He is the one who would go home,dead ass tired after our land trainings, and still do more reps at home. He is someone, who when he sets his mind to do something, won't give up till he gets there....

SO JUNIORS. learn from him... SOME OF HIS POINTS. IF ANYONE dares to come down and train in the water with a fever 39 plus degrees i swear i'll KICK u go north pole sleep with penguins. Joshua is another person on the team who literally "FROM NOTHING BECOME SOMETHING". due to his hard work and zest to go forth. he started out just like the rest of you. but will you end up like him ? its all up to you guys.

- Dion (the starved one looking at an empty plate of char kuey teow on his table)

random quote from kokwei - If its not tough, DON"T call it training

Posts here are meant for informative purposes. I will not allow 'scoldings', nagging and 'websquibbles' or whatever you want to call it to happen here. Kayakers, please take your childish teasing somewhere else. That not only includes the freshies but the junior guys as well.

Sam.

P.S. Freshies/ Juniors, I will need help end of this week in moving boats. Will update when confirmed. In the meantime just keep on checking the blog.

Getting to know TPKRT: Episode 8: Dionysius Chia

I realised that Dion has a funny habit of borrowing other people's sunglasses. I have pics of him in Kok Wei and Damien's monster dogs, a pair of Jinmin's shades ( he has so many, i don't know which one), my Optic Nerve Savant, Weijie's Radar (above) and his own Optic Nerve. ( i don't know the name of his)

But it'll waste space, so i won't put all of them up. hahaha....

Well, he's probably the most familiar face to you, since you see him the most often. Well, he's got all your contacts. he organizes most of the events. he backdoors us into funny places.

Introducing Your Secretary-in-training-soon-to-be-official-secretary

DION!!

(hahahaha omg.)

Well, like i said, you've seen him the most because for now, he's your easiest link to the rest of the team, because you don't have our numbers. (hell, i don't have any of your msns! o.o But don't ask for mine. You'll laugh your ass off.) and he's the one who explodes his phone bill to message all of you every time even though we could simply leave you to check the blog and too bad if you didn't get the message..

He can be pretty evil at times, though.

(let's all dump flour on Damien when he comes! =D Ready? 3.....2.....)

He also likes to bully people.....

(OUCH.)

....okay okay, just kidding, Dion.

You've also noticed that Dion has a very funny hairstyle. Very..... very... short. I believe Coach has told you why before.

I give Dion this- he is a very Decisive person.

If you make a mistake and coach tells you to shave your head as 'atonement', we are not looking for this:

I think the other seniors will know what i'm getting at.

Its difficult enough to have the courage to shave your head, and still have to face questions about why you did it, and answer honestly, "My coach punished me, so i have to shave it"

But given the choice between Shaving bald and leaving the team, Dion opted to shave, even though he was in the Main Committee of Adventure Club at the time, and his CCA position was safe (Not that he actually needs any more SEAL points... )

How many of you would do that? We know someone who did..... PARTIALLY.

And later on, when the commitment level of the Canoeing team (yeah, again, we were still canoeing..) got too high, he was forced to choose between his position on the AC's main comm or just another member on our team.

Long story short, i dont have to tell you which one he chose.

That's the admirable part about Dion. He can take an achingly long time to set his priorities, but once he makes his decision, he doesn't change it.

Only... he's decisive in all the wrong places.

Wait till you try shopping for a birthday present with him xD.

Scandal-wise he doesn't really lose out.

Oh my goodness! Its like.... a Korean Drama!!

I actually have a video of this scene, and wanted to dub in the theme song for 'Winter Sonata', but i realised i didn't have it =(

Besides, an uncle got in the way while i was filming anyway >=(

And....this one just looks too good.

(EY, GET A ROOM, CAN? =D)

Funny thing about Dion... if you walk down the corridor of school with him, you'll discover a World Without Strangers.

Every ten steps he meets a friend. I swear xD(Sociable Hor!!)
(no, just lookin sexay in my blue suit)

............. Try not to kill me, please. I didn't post the more unglam ones, as promised. x)

Now here's something to learn from Dion.

He's been scolded the most by coach, and most recently, once by us. Issues with responsibility, you don't need to know too much.

But every time we do it, he doesn't give random crap excuses or fight for his 'innocence' (denial, denial... so easy to do) He just sits quietly and one side, and ponders.

And then he comes back even stronger. Like recently, we just found out he's been doing 'secret training' with SAJC in between lessons. zOmg. Suddenly i feel so lazy. @_@

Like Dion, don't let the words of other people get you down, or you'll just be proving them right.

If what comes out of other people's mouth is crap, then just treat it as such. If its a joke which goes to far, ditto.

But if its true, and you know it, treat it as constructive criticism. LEARN FROM IT. Don't try to AVOID IT or protest that you're not blah blah.

I think the seniors will agree with me that Dion has changed a lot since he first entered the team. That's what the team does to you, as i said last night. Aside from last week's little slipup, he's pretty much a different person. That i know, since i knew Dion before we entered the team.

.....As a matter of fact, that's why i entered the team - Dion dragged me to the trials. -_-

I never regretted going though. (Only....the 560 push ups... and 560 sit ups..... were a little....excessive....)

He's also our resident 3-star holder by the way. If you want to see what an eskimo roll looks like, ask him. (if he drowns you must save him ok. =P) Although he wasn't very fast, speed-wise. In fact, on one of our first few trainings, coach scolded him for a 3-star losing to a no-star.

But every time he gets scolded, he trains even harder.

And as a result of all his training, he's currently among the top three juniors. He and Kok Wei keep clawing over each others' heads to see who's faster. Haha... (Kok Wei was another one who wasn't very fast the beginning, but just look at him now. Oh well, just wait till his feature. =D )

Anyway, you just gotta lurve Dion. Or at least appreciate him making his handphone bills explode for you guys at the very least.

So.... his birthday is coming up. *hint**hint*.

What can you get for him?

I shall give you a clue.

It stars with a 'P'

ends with a 'Y'

And it SINGS.

He'll be so happy when he gets it........

(He'll probably faint!!! xD)

-Kiiro (I got fever damnit. T_T)

TRAINING SCHEDULE

To : Juniors & Seniors
Training tomorrow (saturday) will be at
8am @ reservoir.

COMPULSORY, as paddle measurements
WILL BE TAKEN

To : Freshies
Training tomorrow (saturday) will be at
11.30am @ reservoir.

Bring running shoes
and water bottles....

Getting to know TPKRT: Episode 7: Bryan Loy

By now you'll be used to hearing Bryan's voice during training. That'll probably be because he's the one that gives the commands on Weijie's behalf, both during land and water trainings.

Its a good job that you guys make a quick job listening to him, because he can shout MUCH louder than that.

(Bryan: "Maybe i look better from this angle...?")

Probably the best quality to describe Bryan would be "Initiative". He does shout out Weijie's instructions usually, but he will be the first to take action if needed. For example, you'll always see Bryan doing the demo of whatever exercise we are showing you how to do.

Before training, he'll jump to the front to speed things up with a quick "I'll lead stretching"

And if he goes gymming, he'll make sure you aren't left out by dropping you a quick SMS (Provided he has your number of course. Quick, go swap numbers with him)

You can probably see that Bryan's a real team player, in spite of how he appears to stand out, because he'll always be by his team, and hates to be left behind. (He complains when i didn't ask him to row because i thought he was gymming, lawl. o_O)

For example:

(Bryan:"What about me? Where's MY hug? *sobsob*)

.....

I think Bryan's going to kill me.

Skip.

And he WILL complain about stuff which don't go well, because he has opinions about nearly everything.

But when it gets down to serious work, he has no qualms about getting his hands dirty over helping the team.

Like a true 'Sai Kang' warrior! =D

Bryan will tend to crap a lot, you might have heard him saying stuff like 'Damien row so slow' or 'I row 10 times faster than Damien!'. Try not to misunderstand him, however easy it might be to...

But when you hear Bryan saying all this stuff, i assure you that its not what you might call 'arrogance', because there is no space for arrogance on this team. There is always, of course, Pride in your own ability, which is the most important part of being a racer- you'll never be number 1 if you don't believe that you can be faster than your competitors- but never Arrogance.

Its a fine line, but you must learn where and how to draw it.

He's modest at the funniest of times though. Like when i was trying to get shots of him for this post....

(Bryan: "No no! Dont' take my pic! Go 'way!")

(Bryan: "Aaahh you paparazzi don't take my pic don't chase me arrrgghhh!!")

Incidentally, you might be interested to know that Bryan's currently holding the heaviest paddle on the team, AND using the heaviest boat (T-1) along with Hafiz. (to be introduced...)

So while he flaunts his strength in a joking matter, bear in mind that it really isn't to be taken lightly.

Earlier i said that Bryan was a team player. In our context, this extends way outside competing and racing matters.

I mean stuff like eating with us after training almost every single time, going on outings with us... Hell, our team outings rarely need much organizing. They're mostly impromptu. Rofl.

One example- our Night cycling trip on Ubin..ohoh that was fun.

It was where our team got the reputation for 'whacking everything' (Nike run... Run For Hope... Salomon Run.... Standard Charted.... Night Cycling.... and Weijie represents the Lifesaving team on occasion too.) So if you see all our event shirts and think they look cool, dont be envious. You'll soon start up your own collection by being on the team =D

(Te Kai happy right. =O )

(Bryan: "Am i supposed to model?)

Author's note: Dion looks freakin' funny ahahahahaha. xD

(Bryan: "Omg its so dark... me scared.)

(Randall:"Don't worry, i'll be by your side protecting you for ever and ever.)

......... i got goosebumps typing that.

[WEIJIE, SAYS WHO OUR TEAM GOT NO SCANDAL!? =D]

It was really a night to remember...haha cycling overnight on Ubin in the pitch blackness until daytime.

-Moral of story: Don't miss team outings, cuz you get about a 100 funny moments from Bryan on each one. Especially when Kok Wei, Bryan and Damien are all present on the same trip. Wakaka.-

one more thing before i leave.

I was considering whether to put this up, because it might discourage you guys a little.

But after considering, i think it would actually be more inspiration to a select few.

Did you know? Bryan is also a success story. When he first joined, he got through the trials super easy, because he was already fit before joining and he KNEW IT (like some of you.)

So he probably thought he would row very fast, at first (Like Damien) But he didn't account for the difficulty in balancing (Like Damien) and so he capsized a fair bit more than the others (Like Damien)

Until he capsized on one occasion right in front of coach, who promptly asked him to bring his boat up and leave the team (as we were still reducing our numbers then, due to lack of boats)

We fought pretty hard for him to stay on, but ultimately it was his willingness to try harder and stay on the team in spite of coach's telling him to leave made coach change his mind and let him stay.

...which was unlike some of the other people who left, who merely walked away, or joined other CCAs in spite of their 10-year-series answers given when coach asked them why they want to join kayaking. (For passion? =O)

I think Bryan has demonstrated an important point - If you WANT SOMETHING, REACH OUT YOUR HAND AND TAKE IT, because nobody is going to OFFER IT TO YOU.

You want to BE THE BEST, then AIM FOR THE BEST, because if you merely come for training every time as an obligation, i bet my ................. teddy bear, that you ain't gonna get NOWHERE.

If you want something, fight for it. Don't wait for it to happen by chance. And when you DO get it, appreciate your own effort instead of saying things like 'nah, it was nothing' or 'it wasn't that difficult', because that's downright hypocritical, and an insult to the person who happened to finish just one position behind you.

That's one of the basic rules of this thing called 'sportsmanship'.

Only.....

Don't go for competition with this face, ok? Looks like you want to sleep anytime ahahahahahahaha. xD

By the way. did i mention that Bryan learn how to row K-1 in one day? =)

There's a record to beat.

-Kiiro (My ass hurts. Does yours?)

There was post here about a certain Cameron Highlands trip here about 5 mins ago, but i removed it because

a) Apparently, we're over the deadline. By quite a bit.

and

b) There's a... TRAINING PROGRAMME which i think is only gonna waste a little (ok, a LOT) of our time. And it doesn't sound very inviting to me.

So a mass team outing will be planned on a later date.

Oh, By the way, Episode 7 of 'Getting to know TPKRT' will be delayed one day because

1)I don't have enough unglam pics of our next celebrity (you know who you are. Heh heh)

2)I am ass tired today. Don't ask why.

3)I'm probably going to be ass tired again tomorrow, anyway. Wish me luck T_T

-Kiiro 

Getting to know TPKRT: Episode 6: Zion Poh
Hey Zion, you DO know that's a priority seat, right?

Its meant for Kinky people, Fat people and Michael Jac- I mean, Paedophiles only.

S'not good to sit there... =O

Well Juniors, you just got a rare glimpse of Zion today. Although you don't see her a lot during your training, she's present for every one of ours, even though she joined not too long ago. About 2 months earlier than you guys.

And guess what? Her fitness level is already almost on par with Sam (Although the skill and speed gap is present). That's probably because Zion already had the background with the sport before joining the racing team.

Say hello to the Ex-Captain of TP Canoe Polo Girls Team!
And my basketball-arcade machine buddy. Haha.... we combo pretty good on that. (Although we couldn't get past level 2. Come to think of it, i've never gotten past level 2. Has any one of you done it? o_O)

Zion is the most amiable, friendly and humble girl. She already gave all of us that impression on the first day she joined, starting right from the bottom with no complaint in spite of her canoe polo background.

I explained to some of you the difficulty level of the various kayaks before, but for the benefit of  those who weren't present...

Racing Kayaks are classified according to the degree of difficulty in balancing, on a scale of 1-10. (10 being the easiest)

The Slaloms, Dancers, and other Sea kayaks you have used (or are going to use) during your one star course, are difficulty level 10. Its impossible to capsize unless you intend to, and even then you actually have to TRY.

The T-1 boats which you are rowing right now (and will be rowing for a while) are relatively easy to balance.... well, we don't capsize in those unless we're trying to do some funny stuff. Those are assigned difficulty level 8-9

The Junior K-1 boats which you have seen last Saturday (The one i rowed out to the 500m mark with you guys in) is a training K-1 boat, and is, at an estimate, assigned difficulty level 5-6

And while you don't need to know this just yet, the K-1 racing boats which you see us rowing generally have adifficulty of 3 and above. The white boats we are using now, the NELOs are probably in the range of level 3, because they are pretty stable. The red Swift-Racing boats the school provided for us would be about level 2, because the CG system, or balancing system, is kinda wonky. 

The genuine deal, the real racing kayaks, are so streamlined, it literally looks like a fat person won't be able to squeeze into it. They look like really large needles. Go to youtube and look around if you want to see one. Now, those would be difficulty level 1, and they can capsize if you let them float by themselves on the surface of the water, and a wave just nudges it.

You guys are currently capsizing in T-boats... which is a learning process, not to worry.

But Zion tried the T-boat for roughly about 30 minutes on her first training session, and subsequently progressed to the Junior K on the same day.

Which is not to say that you guys have to be like her. Everything has its own time..

But she didn't gloat or even act like it was natural for her. In fact, you'll notice that Bryan likes to poke fun or crap about everybody on the team (all in good fun, don't worry), but he doesn't do it to Zion.

That's 'cause she shows you so much respect, no matter what your position is, that you just feel that you have to respect her in return.

Speaking of her first day with us, she was so friendly, in fact, that...

We dragged her to Sentosa on her very first day on the team
And she bonded really quickly with everybody, including people we invited who were not even on the team.
Haha... kite flying.

If you ever need a friendly face on the team, you know where to look.

Anyway, to make up for her being less experienced than the rest of the other girls on the team, she trained very hard, coming for every single training during the 2 month break.

And proceeded to place number 4 in the Round Ubin Kayak Race 2008.

That makes our girls 3rd, 4th and 5th. Whooppeee. Lol.

Remember this Kitty? Check Episode 4 if you don't.

Well, Zion saved it, when it had fallen into a corner, injured its leg and was meowing pitifully in hunger. She Crawled under the gate, picked it up, soothed it, and gently brought it back out. Although... she does tend to have her evil side, too >=D

Sinful, yea? Special treat on Damien's birthday.... we fed him all sorts of crap like this. (Damien's gonna remember the trauma when he reads this...)

Zion (force)fed him chicken wings.

And she sure looked like she enjoyed it. xD 

Don't get on her bad side.....

(haha kitty in the picture)

Although its not likely you ever will, considering how nice she is. hahahahaha...

Don't mind the abominable snowman in the last pic.

-Kiiro (The ass who loves 'dangerous' birthday parties... >=D)