Saturday, May 05, 2007

NAPHA test - My Last

Finally, I'm done with my NAPHA test.

To start with, I got full marks for all my five stations!
Although i had never been doing well enough for my sit-and-reach and standing broad jump(SBJ) recently, i finally achieved it. You know i've never been flexible and therefore i was quite surprised that i managed to hit 51cm for sit-and-reach. Not only that.. for SBJ, i finally crossed the 250cm mark by getting 251cm. haha. 1 cm more only.
However, i paid a price during these two stations because it worsened my hamstring injury. So when it was time for the shuttle run, i really ran slower than slower. To add more misery, the track was slippery. I had 3 tries but 2 of the tries were not counted as i slipped during the run. I ended up getting 9.6s for the last try. Not only me though who slipped. i guessed 75% of the them who took the NAPHA test that day slipped and fell too. haha. So its not that i'm clumsy or anything.

By the time we had to prepare for the 2.4km run, i was already having a serious hamstring problem. Unbearable it was and i had a difficult time to even walk. However, i did pushed myself to complete it. I was literally jogging with 'one functioned leg'. So.. the timing was really nothing to be proud of. i got 11.45min. hahaha! C grade of 3 points to be exact. Therefore, i got 28 points in total.

Anyway, im really glad that NAPHA is over. It's been a long time since i played soccer in school. So PE is perhaps the best time to do it.

For now, i should just relax one corner and wait for the injury to heal.

Selamtz.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Reflection

Hello everyone!
Just wanna keep you all updated..
Recently i've won 3 golds from my school's sports day! =)

Woah.. isn't that nice?
Actually, seriously, sincerely, frankly, honestly, i had never dream of that to happen.
I was just hoping for a 2nd for my both 100m and 200m events.
Yes.. I had to admit that i was really nervous before the events because there were some good runners. Although i kept some hope and optimism to win both, i didn't put much hope for myself. I told the inner self of me that, since this is going to be my last sport's day, i should just go out there and enjoy every moment of it.

Fortunately, it ended up really really well for me. For a moment, i thought it was like a dream come true or some sort. haha. Maybe im still dreaming right now, but as i looked back at the medals i've got so far in my whole like participating in sport's day, it was true indeed. I've achieved almost everything that i hoped for.

Back in primary school, i aimed to be in the top 3 for every events i participated and i finished 2nd for all the events, namely 100, 200 and 400m. That was way back in Pri 4. As i moved on to my secondary school life, CCKSS gave me a chance to prove myself that im capable of doing long distance running. The first year itself i've won 1st in the Annual Cross-Country. I was ecstatic of course! I had never knew that im capable of achieving such feat. But somehow my stamina dropped as the years went by and i got 2nd in sec 2 and 3 and 6th in sec 4. haha! perhaps im too old to run anymore. After receiving my O's results and graduated, i told myself that im not going to repeat all those achievements i've made last time. You know.. sometimes when you achieve something great, you feel you have done enough and you are contented with it. That's exactly how i feel.

Therefore, after all these years studying in tertiary education, i realized one thing, we should not be contented of what we have.

We must always persevere on and continue to strive for bigger success. We may find it mentally exhausting and physically demanding as it goes on, but we will never know when our time will come. The time which may change our life permanently. I'm not talking about those negative stuffs, but the good ones. You know.. when i won the title of 'Individual Champion', it was not a matter of personal glory or something to be boast about, but the feeling of satisfaction and the sense the achievement are invaluable. It is something that is very priceless and only hardwork, endurance(and of course, abit of luck) can paid it off.

Anyway, although i've said that, to be frank, i was quite lucky to win these things because i've never work hard for it. Maybe soccer has helped me to become a fitter person all these years but other than that, i didnt really go for runs or have a little workout at the gym. I guess, maybe i've got a little advice for everyone of you out there.

-Put your mind to anything that you do and everything will just fall in place nicely-

That's what i believe. Focus on the things that you aimed for and insyaallah, dengan keberkatan ibu bapa awak jugak, you can achieve almost everything. Why i said 'keberkatan ibu bapa'? Because they are ones who will give us the blessings to do things the right way. So, do good to your parents today onwards ok adik-adik?

Selamtz. (",)