Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 1:03 AM
Hail Princes and Princesses of 3/8!
I feel so proud to have witnessed such great character and strength in all of you during the Sports Carnival 2010! To have heard our class being called out as Champions in 4 different categories was something totally surreal... especially for the last 2 (Best Sportsmanship and Most United class - am I right?)!
Well done, the gentlemen of 3/8 for having won the Soccer and Basketball tournaments! I thought our soccer boys were brilliant in terms of teamwork and determination (which I hope you can transfer to your academic work)! Full marks to Fayyaz and Ilyas for their nerves of steel during the nerve-wrecking penalty shootout, Syazwi for his mesmerising runs down the right flank, and Keng Hao for his commitment in defending, and the others for your various supporting roles! (Sorry basketballers! I didn't witness you guys in action but I'm sure you were equally awesome! For your information 3/8, Kah Seng and George played their calf muscles out and ended up with cramps after everything!)
Despite winning the two games, my greatest pleasure today was to witness admirable resilience, class spirit and sportsmanship from all of you. Character is one thing I feel is more important than academic results! A couple of really notable characters today :
1. Kenghao and his Ultimate Frisbee team for not losing control of their emotions while playing with the hooligans from the Underworld. I had personally seen some of the opponents deliberately barging into Kenghao, but he did not react at all (ok, maybe he was too blur to realise) but continued on with his game. That was really exemplary to the RSpirit of professionalism!
2. Jason for his passion to win the Tug-of-War as he kept asking around to find out the best technique for the game. Although we didn't win that one, we definitely put up a good fight (and Kelicia is probably hobbling around Seoul, Korea now!).
3. Not forgetting our lovely princesses who belied their demure appearances and played like gladiators during the frisbee games (sadly I was involved in the only game we lost... >op). And for the support they all gave while our soccer team was slugging it out in the fields. No wonder Fayyaz was so charged up (despite an injured ankle)! And I'm sure we would have done well for Netball, if not for the rain...
All in all, it was an indeed victorious day for us, and we showed RS what we are capable of, if we put our hearts and hands together! I urge you all then to show the same commitment and unity then for our CD thru the Arts competition and give Jiayi and her team as much support as you all can! And also to Fayyaz so that we can start earning stars for Classroom cleanliness in March!
Cheers!
Mr Lim
P.S. Charlemagne was an 8th century King who embodied strength, pride, courage and dignity.