Friday, April 15, 2005
"Xiao di di, you mei you liang kuai qian ke yi jie wo ma? Wo mei you qian da di tie hui jia"
So as I was waiting for the train at the train platform, this old guy with giant specs staggered up to me and asked me that question. I guessed I looked at him for a bit and without much thought, replied. Then he walked away. Somewhere. I didn't care until a second or so later. It was too late.
I am weak.
Today was another IPPT retest. I'm still aching from the sudden burst of physical exertion two days back. I passed the initial four static stations with relative ease, relative being just able to pass. So it all boiled down to the 2.4 km run, which I failed again.
What was interesting was that during the run, there was this girl (who was part of my detail as we were doing the static stations) who was encouraging me when I was starting to slow down at my final round(something along the lines of "Don't slow down"). This meant that she was right beside me. And she started the run at the same time. The fact that she was going to overtake me was like a stab to my ego. Needless to say, I gave all my strength to sprint down the remaining length of the lap (nearly killed me though).
I thought about that incident throughout the boring afternoon in the office and realised that though almost losing to a girl proves that my physical well being is compromised, the greater surprise was that she would actually encourage a total stranger.
As I have stated, I am weak and I need to learn.
So as I was waiting for the train at the train platform, this old guy with giant specs staggered up to me and asked me that question. I guessed I looked at him for a bit and without much thought, replied. Then he walked away. Somewhere. I didn't care until a second or so later. It was too late.
I am weak.
Today was another IPPT retest. I'm still aching from the sudden burst of physical exertion two days back. I passed the initial four static stations with relative ease, relative being just able to pass. So it all boiled down to the 2.4 km run, which I failed again.
What was interesting was that during the run, there was this girl (who was part of my detail as we were doing the static stations) who was encouraging me when I was starting to slow down at my final round(something along the lines of "Don't slow down"). This meant that she was right beside me. And she started the run at the same time. The fact that she was going to overtake me was like a stab to my ego. Needless to say, I gave all my strength to sprint down the remaining length of the lap (nearly killed me though).
I thought about that incident throughout the boring afternoon in the office and realised that though almost losing to a girl proves that my physical well being is compromised, the greater surprise was that she would actually encourage a total stranger.
As I have stated, I am weak and I need to learn.
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