Right... so.., literally translated, the title would mean... "Let's advance Sports for our Country"... Would it mean that?? Haha... I don't know!
Anyway... you would know that Noel went for Tennis introductory session 2 Saturdays ago. For something different, last Saturday, I dragged myself out of bed to take him to the pool instead. My Uncle (Mom's brother) is an instructor at the local club (Waterpark a.k.a. Stampark) at BDC and he has been asking me to let Noel take swimming classes since 4 years old. Of course I'm all out to let Noel learn how to swim, but, but, BUT his classes are at 8am on Saturdays! Come on... Saturday is the ONLY day I can wake up a wee bit late and BDC from Matang is like... 45 minutes away! Can't blame me for delaying, right? RIGHT?? Hehe.. Excuses, excuses :)
Kung Kung had 8 kids for 1st class and 2 kids for 2nd class.
OK, so, knowing that it's the best for Noel, we went down to the pool on Saturday morning and he started his class. Since it's his own Kung Kung (grandpa), the usual 1 hour per session class went on for 2 hours instead.
Looks very pro here eh?
See the lines on his hand?
When we came back home that afternoon, Noel's uncle (my bro) unexpectedly asked Noel if he wanted to go watch hockey. Something like the old team is getting together to play against juniors in a friendly. Of course Noel said yes. Since I had other stuff to do, I said OK for the rare-almost-never babysitting offer. So Noel had a sporty Saturday. No photos since Mommy was not around :)Sunday came and when we got back from church, Noel saw his uncle taking out his hockey stick. Oh, I think I failed to mention that my brother used to play for the State team. I'm not sure how long it has been though. 10, 15 yrs? So it's this team that's coming back together for some games. Dad was not only playing, he was the State coach for so many years! Now... where does that put me? Hmmm... no comment! Hahaha.
Noel, obviously tired from the day before, actually needed to rest on Sunday. But he still asked if he could please, please, PLEASE go. Since these games don't really happen often, I said OK. And I went with him, since his uncle might be down on the turf playing.
And this will happen on the way to the Stadium when one gets too big hearted but is actually very tired....
We had fun watching the game. The seniors were.... well.... VERY good. That's the exact reason they were State players no? And though I've not met them for more than 10 yrs, they all still remember me :) The seniors were REALLY good and they basically thrashed the junior team from Unimas - till the juniors don't even want to play no more! Some of the seniors have put on weight, most have families and were tugging kids along but on the field, they were one. They played the exact same position, with the exact same graceful fluidity in which they played 10 yrs ago. One thing that struck me was they really helped the Unimas team while they were playing. Some had cramps, the goalkeeper leg pads fastened incorrectly, some went down for a save only to realise they need help to get up, one had bloody ears after a collision - they all were helped by the Seniors. I kept murmuring to myself - this is the exact reason they are called the State players.
We had a fun Sporty Weekend. Noel said he likes both tennis and hockey, but swimming is his fav. I'll be keeping a lookout on rugby games next!
i wanted to remind you when you sms you guys going hokey..please remember sun block eheheh..!
ReplyDeletei remembered when we went to hockey... coz it was really hot that time. but i forgot (or rather, i took for granted it will continue to be mendung) morning time when we went swimming. Nyeh.
ReplyDeletehihihi...like the pic yang noel tido dalam keta..hihihi...mmg betul betul komited oo..caiyok!! caiyok!!
ReplyDeleteiboh ko... bersemangat nya tok... harap not semangat to watch from the sidelines jak lah... hehehe...
ReplyDeleteswimming is a good choice. mau p belajar swim juga lah. and hehe, poor noel jadi hitam, but lelaki gelap looks macho-er bah. hehe
ReplyDeleteHehe... iya.. it's a good thing to take up. Erm... tall, dark and handsome punya description kah that pong? :)
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