Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Twenty-Eight
The worst has yet to come,
The worst has yet to come,
Wait for the speeches folks,
The worst has yet to come.
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Even though the speech was so called 'the worst that is yet to come', it wasn't bad at all. Shorter than I expected it to be, anyway, even though I was just aching to stretch my back. Literally, aching.
But after lining up, saying the pledge and singing the national anthem (thank you Mas), the contigents of the Inter-Madrasah Tournament walked past the crowd, waving our flags at them and smiling, parade-style. Me, I was laughing. It was hard not to. I'm not sure why, but it was funny, in a way! You kinda feel stupid, waving your flags and grinning like an idiot infront of everyone, but at the same time you feel this kinda rush to have all those people from your school cheering for you. Fun!
The weird thing was that, while I was laughing with Mardhiah beside me and walking down the track, this photographer with a huge belly, a huge camera and a huger smile pulled me and Mardhiah off the track! Well, not literally pull lah. It was more like he pointed the two of us out and beckoned us away from the walking parade.
Interesting, I thought. What was going on?
It turned out that we were going to take a picture with Yaacob Ismail and this other important guy! (Malu nye tak tahu name) I wonder if it's going to be in the newspaper or something. Tak mau! Entah-entah budak sekolah mane entah cakap: "Eh kite nampak budak ni that time! Seleneger ah die!".
Hahahah. But better me than them. :P Perasan.
After that, all us contigents stood in front of the crowd and waved our flags (which we got for free but had to return in the end) in tune to the Singapore songs that were playing. There was this one song called "Bumiku, Bumimu", and the only lines we all sang were:
"Bumi bumi bumi bumi bumiku, bumi bumi bumi bumi bumimu"; and
"Oooohhh"
Haha.
Then went to our seats.
The contigents all sat at the very top, although there were a couple of others who went down. There was a break, where everyone ate and drank while singing along to the songs played. Then there were the boys' track and field events. That was fun! Seeing them run made me miss running myself. Mas and I kept betting on who would win. I won a couple of times. Heehee.
The sad thing was when this guy, who was leading and running so quickly, started to slow down and actually fell. Not the oh-mak-pochot trip. More like the fainting kinda fall. It was scary.
I didn't think he would fall, but Mas knew better because she had seen one runner fall before. It did look scary.
After the track and field events were the football match between MUIS United and Asatizah United. Hahah kelakar title die! Cute. I supported MUIS, mostly because they were wearing nice red jerseys, and the won! 4-1! Haha. Not bad.
Thennn it was the time for all the contigents to come down and get their medals. I actually wanted to get on the podium (as did everyone else), but Kk Syahirah beat me to it. No matter. We got gold! ^_^
Aljunied won overall, which is good, because them and us sorta have this unspoken alliance with each other. That's what I felt, anyway. The cheered for us during the girls' track and field tournament, and we cheered for them.
The weird part was when all the contigents from Aljunied ran a victory run around the track. I mean, the boys run ok lah. Boys will be boys right? But the girls...
Ehem. Takmo cakap bende tak baik! Besides, they won, so what do they care, right? Congrats Aljunied!
Btw, a biiig thanks to Amirah and Mus for taking those photos for me.
And Happy Advanced 41st Birthday Singapore!
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4:00 PM
