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once upon a time.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
5:35 AM
Once upon a time, there was a squash team election. Many people took part & when the elections were over, a team was formed. There was Joanne, Jolene, Isabelle, Gladys, Abigail, Michelle, Melissa, Katrina & I. We didn't really talk much in the beginning, but we made efforts to get closer to one another. Although most of the members of the team were quiet, we could get along pretty well & it was fun being together. We always had to go for lunch before trainings & would take almost an hour to get back. Despite that, we still managed to stay the standard, making sure we work hard, telling ourselves to be positive, & that we have room for improvement. The quieter ones started to be more outspoken, & we got to know each & everyone better, a lot better. We played in puddles after the rain & had huge water fights, making sure that no one stays dry. Created innovative games we could play when we were bored after training, & laughed like we never did before. It was very much enjoyable going for trainings & it was nice to know that we weren't split up in groups among ourselves. Everyone liked each other, just the way we were. There were times when we couldn't get along & had cold wars. But those were just temporary. We always made up fast, & pretended like none of those happened at all. We thought that we could remain like this, till the end of our school days, which would be sec four. ' I'm impressed. About how this team is so bonded & not having much conflicts between one & other. Teams have never bonded so fast before among the past few batches. keep it up.' This was something we used to hear from our coach. & we were very proud of the team, about how we could be so bonded, although were so different in many other ways. We always celebrated each others birthdays on our training days & would chip in money just to buy a nice cake from bakerzin, & to get a present for the birthday girl. It was sweet that they got me a huge teddy bear from Toyrus, & a really yummy berries cake from bakerzin. It's definitely something really memorable. We had so much fun cutting the cake, mainly because we destroyed the cake, making it look so distorted. But who cares, it was great FUN. :D

It was a sudden decision that melissa (the team captain) had to leave for Australia. It was saddening but it's okay, because we told her that we would train hard to get that gold we were yearning for. Round robin was round the corner & that was when everyone started putting in their 100%, just to get into the team for c div nationals. there were 8 of us, who would be fighting for 5 positions, because the other two were taken by our juniors, who were dsa girls & were really good. (: Everyone became competitive & after round robin, the team wasn't close like before. Those who didn't make it to the team were very sad, & started being really a little pessimistic. We were sad that they didn't make it into the team, but we couldn't do much. They gave us their support during nationals & we tried our best to win our games, for our seniors ( who we promised to win for. ) & for the team. we made it into the finals, of what which seemed impossible to others. we proved them wrong. It was really devastating losing the deciding match which took me quite a period of time to recover. Mrs lee told us, ' every point, you'll have to think, who you're winning it for, if you wanna win the point for the team, do your best.' Things weren't really going our way before nationals because some of us fell sick & I sprained my ankle rather badly just four days before nationals. It got me really frustrated & angry at myself for not being careful, spraining my ankle just on the day mr tan told us about being careful & not training so much that you might injure yourself.' & to think we were like, ' wah, whos so unlucky man!' haha, speak about karma. It was a setback but i was hopeful that i would be able to recover in time, a little at least. I could hear my bones when i fell, it was scary. Went to the chinese docs, he was really good. It was painful especially when he twisted the bones back to place. okay anyway, thats not the point. So yeah, we lost finals. But it's alright, Mg was good. (: After nationals, we drifted even further, & they don't seem to be interested in training anymore. Also because they have many programmes going on for them. Team talks didn't seem to work out, & everyone was just not present for team outings. & now were all so split up, were just not what we used to be. Nothing seems to work out. Melissa left, Abigail left. & now with the rest, everyone being busy with what they have going on for them this holiday. Was on the phone with gladys just now. It's just hard to change the way they think about this whole thing now. Is it because I haven't been a good captain & didn't put in much effort to change their mindset? Haven't i just been trying hard enough, or maybe i guess the effort put in, it's just not enough. How we used to be, doesn't seem to be how we are now.