dragonboating today :D
"never say I'M DEAD until you have taken your last breath and you are cremated."
this was what boat three's friendly instructor said today :]
the five commands:
Paddles up
Forward row
Backward row
Easy
Hold water
dragonboating was real fuuuun. other than rowing and rowing all the way, we sat on the narrow edge of the boat and rocked it. we had to rock the boat till our butts got wet.
"If you're happy and you know it wash your butt..."
the instructor told us to sing while we rocked the boat.
while we rocked, we could also lean back (while holding real tight) and let your back and head dip into the water. challenging but fun.
poor sm fell into the water while doing that. well, only a few people dared to do that.
then, we tried something REAL fun. we rowed to somewhere that no one could see, and the instructor let us jump water. as in, really jump into the water. when i first jumped, i immediately sinked inside, then floated up because of my lifevest. choked some water too. again, only some people jumped. the others stayed on the boat to look at us float. hahaha. and as well prepare to rescue us up the boat.
so now i can tell everyone that i swam at kallang basin before. hahahaha. the instructor also wanted to teach us how to climb up a boat in case one falls into the water as well. so it's fun & enriching :]
halfway when we see either group 2 or group 1, we'll have a water war. splashed water using our paddles at each other. threw water using the secret weapon: the little bucket used to scoop water out of the boat. haha.
we even paired up with group 1 to attack group 2. we attacked their right while group 1 attacked their left. yay i think we left them panic- stricken. hehehehe. our instructor says that group 2 are kiasee, coz they stayed quite far away from us at first. chicken, she says. haha. jkjk.
then we had to change our clothes immediately after that. i was real dripping wet la =/ like some chicken in soup.
then had lunch at KFC with platoonmates. and the moment i came back i didn't hesitate to just lie down and SLEEEEEP. and i slept until 6pm. finallyy :] i'm dead tired, man.
yay :]
