 it's official.. we're quitting. here are our letters of withdrawals: Ben's letter: dearest friends, there will come a time when people come and go. sadly our end is juz pushed earlier than all of you. firstly, i would like to say i'm truly sorry for the sudden news about our withdrawal. most importantly, our idea is not influenced by melissa so she has nothing to do with this decision yea. it might affect you guys in some way, it might not. what i want to say is, the reasons why we're quitting are: 1. time is against us and we don't have enough time to study nor train to regain our strength. we would continue training if we'd knkown this 2 or 3 months ago. and 2. we've lost all drive to compete anymore. i know this reason is somewhat similar to the rest of yours' but i'm sorry i dun think i'm stronger mentally than any of you guys. i know you guys have a strong mind and that should not stop you from carrying on. i have faith in you people. i would also like to express my thanks to all of my teammates of 2003-2004. to glenn and nicholas: i really admire your spirit and determination. i'm honoured to train with you guys for the past year and looked forward to going to thomson plaza/united square for our lunches on saturdays. it's real fun to have you 2 in the team. it's a real blessing to have you guys in the team and you possess the determination strong enough to win a medal for cjc. u guys can do it man! have faith yea. do it for charles and me k. to rebecca: hey.. thanks for all your chirpiness and fun-loving attitude. it's been great knowing you and having you as a close friend. thanks for all your kindness towards me and the team. i can't imagine cjc canoeing team without you. you've got the potential to win a medal too.. (dammit, everyone has potential to win a medal) so train hard and strive for that gold yea? thank you again for all of your time this year and the last. to daniel: you've done a great job as a captain. dun worry it's none of your fault that we are quitting. it's just us. thank you for all your sacrifices you've made for the team. i really appreciate your generosity and friendship. to denys: classmates for 2 years huh.. haha.. i guess we'll be seeing more of each other. but thanks for teaching me more about canoeing and to love the sport. you are like my bigger bro to me and i'll always look up to you yea? do well in your k1 and i hope to see you take home something for nationals! to zhen han: nzh, thanks for taking the train home with me after every training. you've been a great friend and a great partner last year. thanks to you, i've learnt many things. haha.. both good and bad. =P you too, are invaluable to the team. train hard and strive to achieve a medal! i'll be looking forward to see u receive ur prize. to yong shen: strong man! you are really good at canoeing. you'd better get a medal or else you treat me lunch yea. haha.. kidding. thank you for your friendship and kindness bro. to eugene: you are damn lame.. even surpassing my lameness. it's been great knowing you since first three months and you've been a wonderful friend to me. caring for me and all.. really appreciate it. study hard and train hard yea? to rachel: you too have the potential.. use it to achieve your goals yea. i'm sorry if i've been cold to you these few months. but thanks for your friendship and bus ride accompaniments during our last year's training. to joseph and jason: hey!! you 2 are a real couple haha.. that's y i put you 2 together. thank you both for your kindness and friendship. it's been a real fun experience with you guys in the team.. train hard in your t2s yea? really hope to see u 2 shaking hands with bro paul when u win in your event yea? lastly, both of us won't be leaving you behind for d boating race on sun, we'll be there. i'm juz so sorry we couldn't make it for any of your trainings.. really.. cjc canoeing team is like a 2nd family to me. i really hate to go, but i have to.. i'm sorry again. make us proud yea? i love you guys! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ charles' letter: Dearest Friends Well guys, when I first came back to canoeing, I never dreamed of this happening. Well, I probably wasn’t prepared for what was going to hit me this year. J2 really sucks… I can’t seem to handle all the work and stress. Canoeing has been a major part of my JC life… but things are gonna be different now. Maybe J2 is just so screwed up that I can’t even enjoy canoeing while I do studies. Some of you may have realised that ben and I kind of lost our drive ever since SDBA. Then the CTs start coming closer and so does the Nationals. Well, I guess everyone has their own priorities and so we chose studies. That’s why you never see us at land training. This attitude I had then led to me skipping some water trainings, not just because of studies, but because I simply didn’t want to go. Well, at this point of time, I have lost all my drive and I don’t feel like going training at all. In addition to the lack of drive, I am starting to see the results of missing training as my race is becoming slower. Well, I am not someone to blame my partner and I believe that we are slower because of the fact that we have been slacking… A LOT… My race is K2 500m, and for those who don’t know, this is one of the toughest races out there. At our present condition, there is no way that we can even make it to the finals. Well, it’s been fun training with all you guys. I will always remember all the good and bad times, the conflicts and the laughs we shared. You guys have been my closest friends in CJC. I’m sorry that this had to happen but things were just bad and so it had to come to this. Glenn and nick, train hard… You guys have improved a lot since SDBA and I know that you have a gd chance in the nationals. Do us K2 rowers proud… You didn’t have a chance to prove yourself in SDBA and so now is the time for you to show. Zhen Han, Eugene and Yong Shen, gd luck in your t1s. You guys have been training a lot too and let’s all hope it all pays off. Zhen han, you better stop slacking during races. It’s bad to follow us. Jason and Joseph, t2 500 is a tough event and so you guys better train hard. You have missed quite a few trainings due to your problems (injuries etc.) and so you better make up for it. Joseph, thanks for being a wonderful vice cap. Rachel, you have showed that you have the ability to win and so continue to train hard and upgrade that bronze into something better. Becky, cross country was over a long time ago so better switch to canoeing already. Go and win something. Denys, 3 years already…. better get something this year. Don’t be like me and play FFXI the whole day. You have the ability to win lah… just overcome that barrier and treat competition like training. Hopefully, you can bring back something. Last but not least, Daniel. This year was quite rocky for the whole team. The job of captain is hard and having people like me in the team doesn’t make the job easier. I just want to say sorry for all the trouble that I caused. Although there are some things that I do not agree on, if I have made your life miserable then I’m sorry. Train hard and make sure that personal training with cher will pay off. Well, I guess that’s it. Good luck in the Nationals and try to bring back 4th place. CJ CANOEIST WOOSH!!!! Sincerely, Charles ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ i hate to see things end this way, i'm truly sorry. KICKED ASS AT 6/09/2004 12:05:00 AM. |
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