Hmm so what has happened since last Wednesday...
First off SIM Floorball Madness! My team consisting of the 4am nasi lemak girl, ubin girl, 3am laundry girl, and me (sleepat4amfornoreason girl) came in 2nd! =)) Not bad for a bunch of misfits huh =p HURRAY for the fun we all had and the 50 bucks we each won.. haha.. And personally, I hoped that the event would help to rekindle my interest in floorball, and it did =)
The four of us
All the winners =)
Well so let's fast forward to yesterday, where we had our first IVP training after about a month. While I left the last training demoralised and destroyed, yesterday was definitely a new beginning. Entered the court feeling happy and enthusiastic, and learned a lot from coach about mentality and attitudes. Many things to ponder about, but the bottomline for me?
TAKE CONTROL OF MY EMOTIONS, NOT LET EMOTIONS CONTROL ME
My main issues - fearlessness, confidence, self-control all thrown into that sentence. It's a lot more hopeful and controlled when someone in authority spells things out and guides us along, and I'm very thankful for a coach like this =) And as for the team, I really felt for what I spoke about, we must truly see this team as family, only then can we really trust each other. And cheesy as it sounds, we have to make a start by getting to know each other better. After all, how can you trust someone whom you don't even talk to? Which, I admit, is the case between some members of the team and myself now. They are distant, and I'm living in my comfort zone of the people I already get along with. But yes, effort must be made! *cross my heart I will.
And I had the wettest day today.
The aim: to meet at valhall at 1.30 p.m. to use the voucher we won in street challenge.
The conditions: erratic weather, no umbrella, no handphone.
12.30 p.m: I walk out of Changi General Hospital in a slight drizzle instead of taking the shuttle bus to the MRT cos I'm too lazy to wait for it and squeeze with all the auntie uncles. I make it to the nearest HDB block with only a little wetness.
12.35 p.m: Suddenly 'blahhhh' heavy rain and strong winds, I still had 2 roads to cross before reaching the MRT and I'm too impatient to wait around for the rain to stop. Result: drenched part I.
12.50 - 1.10 p.m: Safely on the MRT, where I was relieved as I saw the rain getting lighter as the train traveled west.
1.15 p.m: From Kallang MRT, walked to the number 11 bus stop in slight drizzle (sound familiar?), and decided not to take a cab since it was only a drizzle.
1.35 p.m: While on bus 'blahhhhhh' it started to rain heavily again.
1.45 p.m: Hopped down the bus and started to make my way to valhall in heavy rain, once again too lazy to wait for the rain to stop. Result: drenched part II.
1.50 p.m: Reached valhall! And I was the earliest there still. LOL.
Thanks to my trusty waterproof purple crumpler that my beloved friends got me for my birthday, my hair was saved from the rain =D
No harm done to my love affair with rain of course, and rain provided the perfect backdrop for my starbucks craving! Haha pathetic as it sounds, I haven't been to starbucks for months, and the perfect ambience at the leisure park starbucks was just impossible to resist. So I got a caramel frappuccino even though I'm supposed to be on a getfitforivpdiet. No regrets there though, haven't tasted it in such a long while. Coupled with lovely cushion seats, full length windows with rain pouring in the distance and streams of rain running down the glass, and something to read - Hey I think I may have found a slice of my paradise.