world of my own

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood,
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
two roads diverged in a wood, and I --
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

*loves *

the colour orange
the sky and the water (:

Friday, May 19, 2006

Invictus

OUT of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

-William Ernest Henley

thanks boonshing for posting this. its really meaningful (: tho not really that apt since it talks mostly about how we shall not succumb under unfavourable circumstances. maybe not for the team in general but for individuals (:

i still feel im on the boat.

we did 10km on the k2 today. sji boat. and we dint cap. tho there were many many close shaves and i still feel pretty unstable. its not my partner.. its me that has this mental block i need to get over. hope i overcome it soon. (:

we towed this 2 sji boys' k2 back cause it was damn filled with water. then we saved kane n shenglin. feels good to save people (:

and then. at the last part when we were going back to the pontoon, like 10 ms away, we capped. like wth! but yah anw.

yes. i need to stop worrying about capping. balance baby!

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went to watch badminton. they were against temasek jc. i really must applaud mj. her heart's really in the right place. anw, dint stay till the end of yun's match cause gotta rush off for training. but anw they won! yay (:

it was really exciting. colleen and yun are damn zai. and well, i think these matches are damn tough because u really gotta stay calm and do your best. like the second singles girl. she was totally calm and collected. just intent on playing a good game from start to the end.

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i got pre-u scholarship!

it totally brightened up my morning.

was just smiling for the entire time i got it till i got to the hall. (:

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council investiture.

what can i say...

caused such tumultous emotions within and outside.

how do u wake up the next day to find u no longer have council duties?

how do u take stock of all the friendship u've achieved, of all the growth registered in u?

how do u bear to leave?

different situations.

a different time.

but same emotions, same thoughts.

the passing over.

reminds me of our very own passing over.

one is so calm, so cool, so collected.

the other was so emotional, so strung high.

the dances,

the pledge

like the board song

like our batch dance.

people from diff background

with a similar identity/idea/passion/goal.

noble indeed.

and then again.

how much of it is really benefits, essentiall, important change, effective leadership?

how true are the hearts of all the 26th? or even the 25th.

its up to the 25ths of evaluate truthfully

and the 26ths to work towards. (:

best of luck councillors.

may the passion and desire to serve, uphold integrity in school and schl spirit in u burn strong (:

............................

throw a large stone in the pond

u get a large ripple

maybe even a wave that will crash gently against the bank.

but however big a disturbance u cause in the pond,

given time,

the water returns to its original level

its original calmness

and everything feels like it has

never changed before.

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