This is a very sad period for the Dragonboat community in Singapore. The Nation has lost 5 of its best rowers. One of them is a fellow schoolmate from SIM. Though I know nothing about dragonboat and I know nothing about Jeremy Goh... I still felt very sad when I read about the news... Perhaps its because those guys were all about the same age as me.. that's why I can feel how much they've left behind and also the pain of their parents and relatives. There's still a very bright future ahead of them but now, without any warnings, they are gone. My heartfelt condolences goes to the friends and families of the 5 rowers... the 5 passionate rowers who dedicated their lifetime doing the thing they loved most... perhaps the only consolation comes in the knowledge that they died doing the things they loved... Rest in peace dear friends....
I received a SMS from Shao Wei... one of his ex-trainee passed away during a 2.4km run due to heat exhaustion. Another sad news that is hard to accept. It is hard to accept that a routine run can turned out to be a tragedy... Life is fragile and unpredictable... we can hardly know what is going to happen next. Cherish your life and cherish what you have.... for you'll never know when you are going to lost it all...
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"whoever does not have the stomach for this fight, let him depart give him money to speed his departure since we wish not to die in that man's company.Whoever lives past this day and comes home safely will rouse himself every year on this day, show his neighbour his scars and tell embellished stories of all their great feat of battle These stories he will teach his son and from this day until the end of the world, we shall be remembered. We few,we happy few, we Band of Brothers; for whoever shed his blood with me shall be my brother and those men afraid to go will think themselves lesser men as they hear of how we fought and died together"