Sea of blue
Sea of blue
I'm "deviating" a little from writing on the "lessons from the island" to record my girls' Drill Competition =)
Finally, after months and months of hardwork and almost 2 times-a-week of practices, the Drill Competition is over! Since Nov last year, the girls had been training very, very hard and we can all see the tremendous improvement they made in this aspects of Drill, besides the strong bonding they create with each other over these times.
The Drill Competition was divided into 2 weeks - the first week being Format Drill (last weekend which I missed due to my mission trip) and the second week being Creative Drill (this morning/afternoon). I was told that the girls did really well last week in Format Drill - the contingent commander has to give the commands loud and clear and the girls will have to respond accordingly. Sometimes, wrong commands had to be deliberately given to see if the girls know their Drill commands well enough. One of my girl (Sec 2, first timer in a Drill Competition) from the Senior Contingent had her cap dropped during marching, and it was a good thing that she remained composed and calm, instead of picking up her cap, she went on with the rest in the team as they respond to the Drill commands. Well done!
We had Creative Drill today, combining Drill movements with music. I must say the girls did well, although most of them felt they could do better. Maybe because they were anxious ... perhaps also because they had witnessed some of the contingents before them and were "threatened" somewhat by those performances.
Through this whole espiode, I guess all of us can, and have learnt a number of things:-
1) When we are under-going training, do not be proud just because we have made improvements. Always strive to do better, reminding ourselves that there are others out there who's better than us, and so says the Chinese phrase "一山还比一山高".
2) When we are in the competition itself, that's when we have to tell ourselves "we are the best" so that our confidence will not be shaken by other competing teams, or we do not undermine our own ability and what we can do. Give it our best shot and leave the rest to God.
3) What's important is not so much the outcome, but the process - although being able to win something back would be a bonus - gold, silver, bronze are all tangible rewards. Through the process, precious lessons were learnt - teamwork, unity, coordination, discipline, obedience, etc - these are all intangible and invaluable!
For His glory, by His strength!
I'm "deviating" a little from writing on the "lessons from the island" to record my girls' Drill Competition =)
Finally, after months and months of hardwork and almost 2 times-a-week of practices, the Drill Competition is over! Since Nov last year, the girls had been training very, very hard and we can all see the tremendous improvement they made in this aspects of Drill, besides the strong bonding they create with each other over these times.
The Drill Competition was divided into 2 weeks - the first week being Format Drill (last weekend which I missed due to my mission trip) and the second week being Creative Drill (this morning/afternoon). I was told that the girls did really well last week in Format Drill - the contingent commander has to give the commands loud and clear and the girls will have to respond accordingly. Sometimes, wrong commands had to be deliberately given to see if the girls know their Drill commands well enough. One of my girl (Sec 2, first timer in a Drill Competition) from the Senior Contingent had her cap dropped during marching, and it was a good thing that she remained composed and calm, instead of picking up her cap, she went on with the rest in the team as they respond to the Drill commands. Well done!
We had Creative Drill today, combining Drill movements with music. I must say the girls did well, although most of them felt they could do better. Maybe because they were anxious ... perhaps also because they had witnessed some of the contingents before them and were "threatened" somewhat by those performances.
Through this whole espiode, I guess all of us can, and have learnt a number of things:-
1) When we are under-going training, do not be proud just because we have made improvements. Always strive to do better, reminding ourselves that there are others out there who's better than us, and so says the Chinese phrase "一山还比一山高".
2) When we are in the competition itself, that's when we have to tell ourselves "we are the best" so that our confidence will not be shaken by other competing teams, or we do not undermine our own ability and what we can do. Give it our best shot and leave the rest to God.
3) What's important is not so much the outcome, but the process - although being able to win something back would be a bonus - gold, silver, bronze are all tangible rewards. Through the process, precious lessons were learnt - teamwork, unity, coordination, discipline, obedience, etc - these are all intangible and invaluable!
For His glory, by His strength!
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