Gym Nationals '06- Trust Him and He will deliver
Well, last week was an interesting week,fully packed one as well..wanted to post abt it during the weekend but it was gone before i knew it. Hopefully my memory holds as to all that i wanted to post about ( i doubt so though, somehow i can hardly rmb anything now..OOPS)
Anyway, the week started with monday, had a tiring day in sch, learnt kick boxing during mass pe, soaked my class tee, went home after sch for abt an hr with isabel den had to drag myself out of the house and back to sch again. Then, we made our way to bishan sports hall, tried out the apparatus, it was quite ok i guess except tt we didnt get to try the vault out
Tues-chem mock..was bad..but nvm, its okay..wonder if i'll pass though..
Wed- Com day!!! Was like a dead zombie,slept late,woke up early,slept for 4 hrs, made my way to bishan with isabel. First was the 'C' div, it went well, except for the little hitch of shona's fear of vault..but im really proud of ya shona, u made it over!!woohoo! Next, was 'B' div, it started quite late so we stoned for sometime..saw A. Annie n 'saved' her from blurness..haha..den others including bernice,stef,eric,jiahao and cheryl came..wahh...but thanks to all for coming down!!! Many things went wrong on the com.. Beam was fine, floor was bad-slipped on my ankle guard and rolled on the floor instead of flipping in mid air, lez didnt manage to complete her last tumbling, vault started of quite interestinly-isabel crashed into the vault for the second one,looked really painful, bars was fine-jus went there to have fun ( comments later)
Thurs- HCL test..was really bad but nvm at least I cld say i studied for it..yup
Fri- Gym finals,slept late,woke up early,4 hrs again..stoned the whole day but it was sure exciting to watch the national team pple compete, beautiful routines!
Sat- EL prelim oral...it was quite okay, had a good chat with the examiner who was a really nice teacher, was abit emo during one part of the conversation but all in all, it was good i guess..we shall see real soon..haha
Hmm..this year's com was really different,from all the 8 yrs that i've competed. It was tough yet sweet at the end. The team faced many probs throughout the months preceeding the competition..Initially, we had 5 members, but we were down to 4 nearer the com,the bare bare minimum, one team member was out and i was affected by it, not because we're down to 4, but i worried for her future,i worried for her..
Next, i sprained my ankle,tore my ligament..was not supposed to cont training or compete but well, i still did..from my perspective, i didnt hv a choice, i didnt want to let the team down, somehow there was jus some kind of invisible pressure on me..i cont training, but i cldnt do much during training, it took me weeks to slowly get back into shape for the com again..
The team morale was low, really low ( we almost didnt want to compete)...some missed trainings jus b4 the com and i was still unable to complete everything i was supposed to do during the com, was really close with 1 wk plus to the com and things became worse, i sprained my ankle during training, i was smashed at that pt of time, i worked hard to regain back after mths n weeks and jus when i was abt to get it all back, i was almost back to the original position, it was all gone at that pt..At one pt of time i even blamed one of the team mates in a way,thinking why she was missing trainings when she was perfectly fit and fine when others are training so hard and some even struggling to get back again..I jus didnt like falling and falling (literally).Questioned God "why?", there's was nothing i cld do but trust HIM and true enough..
"And the Lord shall help them; and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him"-Psalms 37:40
The Lord helped me in miraculous ways.. I recovered speedily,within 2 trainings, i was back again. I saw God's purpose in all of this as well, God used my injury to be a testimony to my team mates. We had a good talk abt a week before the com, it was an emo one, but good one,things were settled once and for all, and we were all ready for the com. We wanted to jus compete as a team, not expecting to win anything but to jus go out strong as a team and finish strong as one..we did jus that..
This yr's com has really taught me many things, things i'll always remember.. Even when things of life seem so hard that we jus want to give up, God is still in control, everything's still in His hands and for everything thst happened, there's definately a purpose, sometimes it jus takes sometime for it to reveal..
Was looking at the past posts and came across a post- Who's in control? Truly, i was reminded that through everything God is in perfect control. Things may go wrong and they certainly have during this yr's com, practically everything tt cld hv gone wrong when wrong but nothing was out of God's control.. Man proposes, God disposes..its not up to us to control the situation, we jus need to do our part and God will take care of the rest. Whether things turn out the way there're supposed to, it is the perfect will of God. And nothing beats that, all things can go wrong in the eyes of man, but its always better to be in centre of the hurricane of life then to be slightly off the centre of God's will for us.
Trust Him, and He WILL deliver.
Anyway, the week started with monday, had a tiring day in sch, learnt kick boxing during mass pe, soaked my class tee, went home after sch for abt an hr with isabel den had to drag myself out of the house and back to sch again. Then, we made our way to bishan sports hall, tried out the apparatus, it was quite ok i guess except tt we didnt get to try the vault out
Tues-chem mock..was bad..but nvm, its okay..wonder if i'll pass though..
Wed- Com day!!! Was like a dead zombie,slept late,woke up early,slept for 4 hrs, made my way to bishan with isabel. First was the 'C' div, it went well, except for the little hitch of shona's fear of vault..but im really proud of ya shona, u made it over!!woohoo! Next, was 'B' div, it started quite late so we stoned for sometime..saw A. Annie n 'saved' her from blurness..haha..den others including bernice,stef,eric,jiahao and cheryl came..wahh...but thanks to all for coming down!!! Many things went wrong on the com.. Beam was fine, floor was bad-slipped on my ankle guard and rolled on the floor instead of flipping in mid air, lez didnt manage to complete her last tumbling, vault started of quite interestinly-isabel crashed into the vault for the second one,looked really painful, bars was fine-jus went there to have fun ( comments later)
Thurs- HCL test..was really bad but nvm at least I cld say i studied for it..yup
Fri- Gym finals,slept late,woke up early,4 hrs again..stoned the whole day but it was sure exciting to watch the national team pple compete, beautiful routines!
Sat- EL prelim oral...it was quite okay, had a good chat with the examiner who was a really nice teacher, was abit emo during one part of the conversation but all in all, it was good i guess..we shall see real soon..haha
Hmm..this year's com was really different,from all the 8 yrs that i've competed. It was tough yet sweet at the end. The team faced many probs throughout the months preceeding the competition..Initially, we had 5 members, but we were down to 4 nearer the com,the bare bare minimum, one team member was out and i was affected by it, not because we're down to 4, but i worried for her future,i worried for her..
Next, i sprained my ankle,tore my ligament..was not supposed to cont training or compete but well, i still did..from my perspective, i didnt hv a choice, i didnt want to let the team down, somehow there was jus some kind of invisible pressure on me..i cont training, but i cldnt do much during training, it took me weeks to slowly get back into shape for the com again..
The team morale was low, really low ( we almost didnt want to compete)...some missed trainings jus b4 the com and i was still unable to complete everything i was supposed to do during the com, was really close with 1 wk plus to the com and things became worse, i sprained my ankle during training, i was smashed at that pt of time, i worked hard to regain back after mths n weeks and jus when i was abt to get it all back, i was almost back to the original position, it was all gone at that pt..At one pt of time i even blamed one of the team mates in a way,thinking why she was missing trainings when she was perfectly fit and fine when others are training so hard and some even struggling to get back again..I jus didnt like falling and falling (literally).Questioned God "why?", there's was nothing i cld do but trust HIM and true enough..
"And the Lord shall help them; and deliver them: He shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in Him"-Psalms 37:40
The Lord helped me in miraculous ways.. I recovered speedily,within 2 trainings, i was back again. I saw God's purpose in all of this as well, God used my injury to be a testimony to my team mates. We had a good talk abt a week before the com, it was an emo one, but good one,things were settled once and for all, and we were all ready for the com. We wanted to jus compete as a team, not expecting to win anything but to jus go out strong as a team and finish strong as one..we did jus that..
This yr's com has really taught me many things, things i'll always remember.. Even when things of life seem so hard that we jus want to give up, God is still in control, everything's still in His hands and for everything thst happened, there's definately a purpose, sometimes it jus takes sometime for it to reveal..
Was looking at the past posts and came across a post- Who's in control? Truly, i was reminded that through everything God is in perfect control. Things may go wrong and they certainly have during this yr's com, practically everything tt cld hv gone wrong when wrong but nothing was out of God's control.. Man proposes, God disposes..its not up to us to control the situation, we jus need to do our part and God will take care of the rest. Whether things turn out the way there're supposed to, it is the perfect will of God. And nothing beats that, all things can go wrong in the eyes of man, but its always better to be in centre of the hurricane of life then to be slightly off the centre of God's will for us.
Trust Him, and He WILL deliver.
