“Pain is temporary. Pride is forever.”
The second semester will begin on Monday. I’m nearly done with the homework I had to do for English class. I’m also nearly done with the Extended Essay – I just need to deal with grammatical errors and typos. College apps are a different story, but I still have time. I’m not looking forward to anything academic, but I am looking forward to the extracurricular and social sides of school. Next weekend I’ll be traveling to Singapore for a swimming exchange (its basically a swim meet with a school in Singapore, and a school in KL). It’s gonna be awesome.
And then two weeks later I’ll be heading off to Manila, to participate in the I.A.S.A.,S. swimming tournament – its basically a regional tournament with teams from my school in Jakarta, along with international schools in Singapore, KL, Taipei, Bangkok and of course Manila. This tournament finishes the swimming season, and is viewed by many as the highlight of high school swimming. During my sophomore and junior years, I not picked to participate in the tournament, which, frankly, made me feel bitter. After being rejected for the second time last year, I seriously considered quitting swimming. I’m not a year-round swimmer, but I do dedicate myself to training when I need to. I’m glad I didn’t drop swimming. I don’t know if I’m gonna win any medals, hopefully I do, but we’ll see.
I know a few people who dropped out of swimming, and many other sports at school, mainly because they didn’t make I.A.S.,A.S. I’m glad I persevered. What a great way to end my high school swimming career. All those grueling hours of training have finally paid off.
PS yeah i changed the custom image header (the pic at the top). i didn’t have time to steal pictures from the internet, so i’m stuck with “i bumped my head on the wall, now i got a bukol.” i’m trying to be funny here.
15 January 2008 at 1:41 pm |
I hope you’ll win at least one medal
It’s great you got there.. I quitted playing tennis years ago, because I was afraid of going to tournaments. Anyway, I hope you’ll have fun there and good luck for you. Sounds quite interesting at our schools we don’t have any sports besides 2 hours a week for every class 
17 January 2008 at 12:45 pm |
Good luck with the swimming tournament and have fun travelling! Hope you win at least one medal
20 January 2008 at 9:26 pm |
I wish i swam all three years of high school. i only swam the last two years.
Good luck. I hope your school acquires the most points
23 January 2008 at 6:38 am |
Good luck with all the tournaments! I don’t know you, but I know you will do fine!