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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

i was looking through some random pictures on the net and i saw some lasers going off on the start line. and somehow, i realised i miss sailing. though i was never and will never be an accomplished sailor like colin, calvin, nick or katja for that matter i guess i am accomplished in my own tiny sense. sailing has taught me alot. beyond the theory, tatics, rules, reading the weather and all, it has taught me how to be a better person. a much better person. be it the inter-personal skills when relating to people or simply the way i think and make decisions on the spot.

step into nsc and you will see the wide array of people. people who comes from all walks of life. it has really been an eye-opener mixing with the squad. to be honest, i have always led a rather sheltered life, mixing with english speaking people all my life who hardly swear in very colourful dialects and languages. i would like to term them to be the more tame and less havoc people. but when i first joined the squad, i was shocked. in fact, rather apalled at some of their behaviour. i found it hard to accept ghandi simply because of the way he carries himself, talk, walk and even eat. i thought ghandi to be one that was too outlandish and beng for me to associate myself with. i even hard difficulties accepting the st pats boys. namely nick and russell. i found them to be too rowdy and uncivilised and havoc. especially russell when i hear about his drinking escapdes. and the way nick got a piercing simply because he had nothing to do took me quite awhile to come to terms with. even someone decent like calvin lim, poh, shane or edwin for that matter were people i found hard to get along with initially. and then i met this bunch of people. seeing the diverse backgrounds we all were coming from, some from good schs like CRESCENT, acs, cat high and some from what we would normally term as neighbourhood schools and others from the sports school. and yet, mixing with them taught me how to make friends with people from all walks of life, those who are normally not in my usual social circles. and its amazing how the bunch of us bonded so well during trainings, races and the overseas trips. somehow, being in the squad improved my interpersonal skills. it taught me how to mix with more people from all walks of life.

and the sailing itself. ahhh i wont even begin today and bore you guys. besides i lost the mood to blog already. good night

Melissalost in [[fairytale]]-land
10:52 PM