Thursday, January 24, 2008.

Hey to all, its been a long time since i updated my blog, well here is my story for the last 2 weeks.

Two significant things happened in the last 2 weeks. The more important one was that my darling's aunt had passed away. It was really sad at first, who wouldn't be. But as i look back at her life and the funeral, she was someone, who like Jesus carried the cross and mission even till death. She had suffered many illnesses and health problems, but it is through her sufferings that she brought her family close together. They came together more often and they talked more often. Maybe it was her duty and mission to keep thefamily together. Even at the funeral wake, she brought together her whole family. Like my dear said," that is my oldest cousin and i have not seen him for 15-16 years." Her cross was her family and she carried it willingly, even at her death. We all know that she is in a much better place now,but still looking down to look out for her family.

The other thing was the IH swimming. Ya we did not win the championship but we got 3 Golds and 1 Silver. It was a matter of administrative error that we got DQ. IF not for that error, there was still the other one which was truely a laughing matter . The organising hall can put all your trust and faith in a lane judge that does not even know how to swim. They stupid girl can DQ Amanda for a change of stroke, when the person do not know the difference between butterfly and freestyle. She doesn't even know what each stroke is. Our chief judge can summarise everything that went wrong in what he said,

" I, the chief judge, a national swimmer, an IVP swimmer, and someone who has a lifetime of competetive swimming experience, do not think there is a fault.The international Fina rules state that it is not a fault. But you as the organising hall, comes up with a set of rules to give the authority to DQ people to the Lane Judge,which surpasses my authority. And not to forget that you lane judges are not trained or know how to swim. If it is her call to DQ the hall, even with my advice, that is it."

But looking at the day,i am more glad about the team spirit the team put in.The effort and determination put in by the team is truely admirable. For a team that is completely new with no previous experience, you all put in all you got and brought home you Gold medals. This shows that it is not about the IVP swimmers that make a winning hall but all the people and team spirit. I am also grateful to eric for putting aside his differences to fight for the hall.