SBIO

SBIO officially ended on sunday after the closing ceremony dinner.. and it is by far the most interesting tournament i have been to! at this tournament, i had learnt lots and gained precious experience, and more importantly, i learnt valuable lessons from the athletes themselves..

and guess who i met?? Teri from Canada, and Kerry from New Zealand!! Was totally surprised to meet them at the competition.. they were in Spore for classification.. and Kerry never mentioned that she would be at the competition la!! I knew that the new zealand team could not come over and so i wasnt expecting anyone from new zealand..

the competition was held over 3 days, and it was an eye-opener for me! there were 9 participating countries, taipei, macau, korea, japan, thailand, malaysia, kuwait, hong kong and singapore.. it is the biggest tournament i have attended so far.. and i had a glimpse of what it is like at a major event.. many different styles of playing and many different languages.. but what was common was their desire to win, their determination and perseverance, and their never-say-die spirit!

i've learnt lots from the other referees.. their steadiness and how they were able to focus completely on ensuring a fair match, and even though we had to stand for hours and referee in consecutive matches, their stamina really amazes me.. they're a fun lot, especially fauzi and zakaria! they never fail to make me laugh with their actions and words!

Although it was mentally and physically tiring.. i truly enjoyed myself at the competition.. and i hope to see all of them again if there is another competition held next year!

There was a Singapore tour organised for the athletes on Sun. The tour brought them to the Spore flyer, Merlion Park and Vivo City.. it was quite fun being a tourist!! too bad i did not go on the flyer as the tix cost 30 bucks!! super ex la.. so in the end fauzi and i juz walked around and were randomly snapping pics.. haha!! the merlion park was super fun.. had lots of fun snapping pics with the hong kong and spore athletes!! totally felt like a tourist la.. brought kerry and fauzi around vivo city and this made me feel like a tour guide.. haha!! from tourist to tour guide la.. wad a huge difference!! but it was fun spending an afternoon with them!! gonna miss them lots la..

Went back to the hotel so that the athletes could rest and change for the closing ceremony dinner.. it was during this dinner that made me realise how fast time passes, and there seems to be a special bonding between all of us.. but we would prob not get to see each other for at least a year?? haiz.. reminded me of my darling frenz in new zealand.. spending 1 semester with them.. but wont be able to see many of them for quite a while.. sigh.. hope they are all doing fine!!

after getting involved with boccia in Dunedin, and now here at the competition in Spore.. i have kinda committed myself to helping out in wadever i can with the local boccia team.. did not realli want to commit myself last year after the competition as i could not really make up my mind.. and i was also gg for exchange prog.. but now tt i'm back.. and getting myself involved in Dunedin.. i find that i do have a passion for the sport and do want to help in wadever i can..

school starting next week.. timtable seems alright.. luckily since i have no hostel.. already have a goal in mind and hopefully i will work towards it!! =p and stick to some sort of routine for the whole semester la..