Wednesday, January 23, 2008

hey all,

as kangjun said, its hard for some of the seniors...to some of us, last night was our last official training...i know its my last...and kangjun's...probably even ning's...

sitting on the stage last night, looking down on the very mats that i have been training on for 3 years, memories filled me...

the mat was there....

when i first saw hall 13 team training at the amphitheatre and i thot to myself, i will give chaang face and quit after the recess week....there were 9-16 mats then....

the mat was there....

when we started to train for HO intensively...it was there to cushion our fall when we failed in our stunts, in our gymnastics...the 9-16 mats were accopmanied by the judo mats and very old green mats which we destroyed by the end of that HO...

the mat was there...

when jianning, sokyin and nicole first came, helping out with our dance...coaching us to look sharper, more fluid...even kangjun had to go through ning's dance tuorials...

the mat was there....

one week before HO when yuxin slipped through our grips, fracturing her arm...mats were there supporting her til the ambulance came and rushed her off...the mat was there for all of us, to huddle with each other...

the mat was there....

when the new batch of freshies came in...wenfeng, sirong, angeline, kahxian, congyan, junhui...together with some lau jiaos delan, sumiko, lawrence, chuan yan, edward, kester...and with much persuasion, ning, our dance instr was part of hall 13 cheerleading team...sally too joined us...the last two was much to chaang'svdelighted (chee ko pek)...the mats were there, welcoming everyone, with the stench we which have become accustomed too...

the mats were there....

when Spectrum was borned...the mats were joined by "O'jump", our big soft cushiony mat..in times ofexhaustion, fatigues, we would lie down together, on "o'jump"...encouraging each other on...

the mats were there...

1 year on, welcoming yet another batch of freshies in yinxue, adeline, veron and jinru...laojiaos were present again in theresa, chin seng and kin wei...we had 17 in our team...we thot we could not do it...now, we are there, cheering every night, for ourselves, for oursupporters....the mat quietly watched us progress....we now have almost 50 mats....

last night, the mats were still there....

as we left to have our well deserved rest, the mats sat there..i sat there, looking upon the mat, for once, with nobody on it...it reminded me of all the times it was with us...through the sweat, the tears, the blood, and then the smiles, the cheers, the friendships....

the mats were there, are there and will always be there...just like Spectrum and everyone in it...long after the seniors go, it will be there for the many future batches ahead....

to the seniors, not just kangjun and regine, but to ning, delan, chuanyan, lawrence and even chaangru with his tough exterior, this will be the final time we are in the team for HO...and we all feel a tinge of sadness...i thank all of you for the times we have cried and laughed together...

special thanks to some of my fellow seniors...

to kangjun, for being a friend and brother one would always want, walking by your side...

to ning, coz it was hard for her to commit at first, but she did...and she topped it up with hard work and commitment, making her one of the best basket toss toe touch any cheerleading team in singaporeand as friend and fellow "face", knowing you has been one of the things i hold close to my heart...

to chaangru, you have been with the team all this while...the team was borned because of u...we are where we are because you started it...thank you for "bluffing" me into this experience one can only get through the good and the bad times...

and last but not least, to everyone else, this is not possible unless you were here...as one said, we are doing this for a team, without you there's not team...good luck all for tonight, we will do ourselves and our supporters proud...

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