Metal Memoirs
I'm aching all over now...from all the moving and cleaning. It was Operation Space.
For those who are not in the know, I have set out to redo my room, with the sole purpose to create more space.
I dismantled a shelf and used the display cabinet as a tv unit. I'm brilliant! I could have thrown it out and get a new shelf, but I guess I couldn't bear to do so. The shelf which I personally painted with stars have been with me since I was about 15.
In the midst of cleaning out all the trophies, it brought back many memories. Each trophy tells a story. Here it goes:
The first trophy I ever got.
That was teamwork at the age of 7! Its probably the primary school equivalent of the uni's dragon boat race, only its on land and instead of oars, we used our tiny legs.
The interclass matches. I didn't know the volleyball and netball look soooo similar.
The reigning champions for 4 years! Interclass competitions, unlike at national level, was great fun because there's no pressure from coaches to perform, and it was fantastic bonding sessions playing with schoolmates!
And when I'm so sick of playing netball and foaming at the mouth at the sight of a netball....
My first foray into Softball.
My last run/exercise/competition before I went for my first ACL reconstruction on my right knee. Thereafter, its painful rehab for 6 months.
The weirdest shaped trophy in my entire collection. No doubt it represents accurately the ball of the sport, rugby, it kindda resembles a vital organ from the male anatomy too! They should have just given out a medal!
After that it was yet another operation and thus hiatus from the sporting scene. This time, its to remove the torn meniscus in the same knee. So to date, I have about 3 screws, half a meniscus left, and an artificial hamstring-grafted ligament in my right knee.
Call me the Bionic Woman.
Ronaldo gave me the inspiration to start again after the mess in my knee. So, I joined soccer when I entered uni. It was great fun!! Hahaha....with SpunkIce and Smallfart, training sessions were hilariously outrageous!
This is the medal from the game with NUS.
I HAD TO stop playing soccer after about a semester. My knee was failing me, buckling all the time and it cried out to me to stop damaging it! Since then, I developed arthritis and when it rains, I will be almost bed-ridden.
Thereafter, no more serious competitive sports. Just the usual runs and swims to keep my weight in check. Occasionally, I still do take part in events. Like the Surf and Sweat's Surf and Run. It's a team event where one swims out on a surfboard and the other runs in the x-terrains of Sentosa.
In 2004, I did it with HamSam. In 2005, I did it with his brother, Joel.
The last competitive netball game. It was also the flukiest competition ever! Together with SpunkIce, Cutesy Pie and many others, it was a memorable ending to our university life.
The whole collection. If only they are made of real gold...
I'm not all brawn and no brains. My Young Scientist badges!
I'm an environmentalist, ecologist, mathematician and a chemist!
The partially remodeled room:
I will be putting some paint on the drab walls and removing the cabinet which is taking up unnecessary space on my very mini-sized room.
Bigger rug, but I'm in a dilemma. On one hand I will need it to prevent my CEO-sized chair from starching the parquet, but yet, I like the feel of wood under my feet.
I'm thinking a flat screen 17" plasma tv would so complete the look!
Much much more improvements!! I'm occupied for the next week!
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jeremy
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