My Story

Monday, July 14, 2008

Ready for my next throw.

Ready to throw again.

Look! Where is my discus?

My breakfast. 2 half-boiled eggs and 1 cup of hot Milo

Looking at the wheelchair racers.

Its me with 111 number tag.

Setting up and getting ready for my throws.

My first throw.

12 July 2008..

My track and field meet at Serangoon Stadium. Arrived at 12pm and the weather is really hot. Scorching hot. I prayed hard that it will not rain throughout the whole event because I really want to perform my very best on that day.

My events started at 2pm beginning with my discus throw, following by the javelin and the shot putt. Just having about an intervals of 15 minutes for each events, I started to get nervous as it is my first track and field event for the disabled sports. For my class F54, I'm the only thrower for the throwing event. I'm all psyched up and ready to do my best in all my events.

After my warm-up in the track for a lap and doing my push ups, crunches and do a very good streching, the officials called all the throwers as it is time for the event to kick off. After setting up my throwing chair onto the field, I asked my coach to get a good tug onto the harnesses so that it will not move when I do all my throws. It is time for me to do my discus throw for my first event, following by javelin and shot putt.

I came with all my personal best. Discus: 13.04 meters, Javelin: 13.84 meters, Shot putt: 5.28 meters.

Now that I know all my personal best, its time for me to work hard to achieve more than my personal best in all my events. I treat it as my guide because I don't know what is the best results and what shall I work hard on. All thanks to my coach for teaching me all the techniques and my veteran thrower friend who is my mentor who always been giving me good guidance and tips on how to perform well on that day.

No doubt I have gold in all 3 events for that day as I'm the only thrower in my class. I have to work very hard from now onwards. Now I'm trying to try do pentathlon. 5 events. 3 throwing events and 2 wheelchair racing events. Well that is for my future aim. I will try my very best for that!

Saturday, July 5, 2008

me (left), Rizwan (center), Lee (right)

Rizwan trying to be funny. Hahaha

Guess that my trainer is not good with the camera.

My trainer, Dec Wel (left) and us again.

My new set of wheels. ProGeo Carbon.

Me posing with my new wheels.

One month had passed since I last updated my blog.

It's been a tiring and tedious month and so I have hardly enough time to update my blog. After my training sessions, I would come back home and rest as much as possible. The next day will be my own self workout at home. As usual, I'll do my weights for two hours and after that, I'll just rest before doing for another few more sets.

3 July 2008 was the most memorable date of my entire life. Why?

First, I have to go back to my previous workplace for its official opening. I reached there at about 8.30am. Then I met up with my old friends and colleagues and they always asking me about my training sessions and they saw alot changes in me. I got myself more tanned now. I simply loved it. Just like before in my old good times. Tanned, sporty and rugged. At the same time, I came down to my previous workplace with my new set of wheels. Fully carbon-fibred. Most of my friends were so jealous of me because its too pricy to get it.

Secondly, I was so shocked to hear that I will involve in the interview with the media. What?? I was so shocked! Unprepared & not ready for it, I have to keep calm, cool and maintain my composure. There are lot of people coming in and out & I just simply do the task which my trainer gave me in the very last minute. Oh man!! Lucky for me, it's just using Photoshop CS3 and I've to refresh all my skills and try to recall back what the most suitable tools are being use for the task given. Media coming in and out around my desk area and it started to give me the creeps. I was so nervous that all i can say to myself is to be normal and just act cool. Then the best part, the interviewer keep calling up my name because it's my turn to be interview by the media and the press. After a short question & answer by the interviewer, the cameraman is ready to take the shot and I was so nervous. I can't even speak properly and my voice is slowly becoming to get softer. I have to do it twice! One in English and another in Malay. After the interview, the cameraman want me to get a shot while I'm wheeling myself from the aisle up to my desk. After all is done, I was glad that its all over. Just wait for its results in the news later at nite.

Lastly, after all the interviewing sessions, I went to lunch at KFC in Tiong Bahru Plaza and give my friends a lunch treat by me. I was so happy to go out with them for lunch for the very last time. I don't know yet when will I be back to my previous workplace again. After the lunch treat, I went back home & rest for a while. Later in the evening will be my training session and the weather seems to be so good. Cloudy and windy. Great day for my training sessions. After my warming up sessions, its time for me to do my discus throw. Along came my throwing chair and my coach and friends help me to set it up mounted to the ground. Its time for me to show my true self in the field then. But then, I can't perform well on that day because I was so tired by my interview sessions and I don't have enough rest for it. I was then being advised and told to do the correct way until the very very end of my training session. That's when I get the correct technique for it. Now I got it and all I have to do is to think about all the mistakes and not to do it anymore.

Well.. That's all I can update with all my best knowledge.

I shall update further when I got thru my Track and Field meet in 12 July.