This blog is created to honour the end of my Nationals Inter-School Canoe Championship 2009 and the end of a Canoeist Career in Junior College.
The 1st few post will be dedicated towards the setting up of this blog and will convey my thoughts and feeling over the 4 days event to honour the Sports
which I really believe in, fought for, bleed for and gave my life to.
The GrassSweeper
Tuesday, May 26, 2009 @ 5:15 PM
I need to release! I rejected all pleas from my classmate to play soccer to complete my desired 6 rounds standard canoeist circuit. It wasn't easy of course, nobody said it was. On my 4th round, on my pull up station, I'm dying. I stop to catch my breathe and I saw this uncle, sweeping all the leaves and the synthetic rubber away. So I approached him
ken: Hey long time no see.
uncle: Yes yes, how you doing. Long time no see you
ken: Competition's over. Not showing up in the morning already
uncle: Oh.
ken: Can I ask, why do you bother sweeping everything away
uncle: That's my job
ken: You can still do your job, by just sweeping the top layer away, it's not worth it to sweep even the synthetic rubber. I mean you can, but they'll still pile up the next day
uncle: Everyday is a new day. My job here is to ensure that everyday starts clean, no matter how awful they get. And, do you do things because its worth it or because you desire to do it?
ken: ...
uncle: how many things is there that you can get maximum result through minimal effort. even if you do, the outcome won't be the best either.
I guess it's true. There's no satisfaction in giving minimal and attaining the optimal. And just how many people out there that is willing to go the extra mile, to put in maximum effort and reap little or no effort. I guess what's important, at the end of the day, we just can't let ourselves down and at the end of this chapter in our lives, we mustn't regret. Everything is worth fighting for. Everyday, everything should start clean, like the area near the pull up bar, the school and every thing, no matter how minute, how insignificant, how worthless. Earlier on, I said the worst thing on Earth is having to fight a battle you know that can never be won but you still have to fight it. I have an answer to it. That's not the worst thing.
The worst thing, is not having any chance to fight any battle.
uncle: Yes yes, how you doing. Long time no see you
ken: Competition's over. Not showing up in the morning already
uncle: Oh.
ken: Can I ask, why do you bother sweeping everything away
uncle: That's my job
ken: You can still do your job, by just sweeping the top layer away, it's not worth it to sweep even the synthetic rubber. I mean you can, but they'll still pile up the next day
uncle: Everyday is a new day. My job here is to ensure that everyday starts clean, no matter how awful they get. And, do you do things because its worth it or because you desire to do it?
ken: ...
uncle: how many things is there that you can get maximum result through minimal effort. even if you do, the outcome won't be the best either.
I guess it's true. There's no satisfaction in giving minimal and attaining the optimal. And just how many people out there that is willing to go the extra mile, to put in maximum effort and reap little or no effort. I guess what's important, at the end of the day, we just can't let ourselves down and at the end of this chapter in our lives, we mustn't regret. Everything is worth fighting for. Everyday, everything should start clean, like the area near the pull up bar, the school and every thing, no matter how minute, how insignificant, how worthless. Earlier on, I said the worst thing on Earth is having to fight a battle you know that can never be won but you still have to fight it. I have an answer to it. That's not the worst thing.
The worst thing, is not having any chance to fight any battle.