Sunday, July 01, 2007
You Are All Winners.
The past week had been a really busy week for me. I was supposed to have guard duty on Tuesday, but swapped with Zhee Loong because I had to do standby for platoon 7 in place of Seng Yew. So I ended up doing guard duty on Thursday. And on Thursday morning, I received a call from the office, telling me that I had a guard duty on Saturday. So I ended up having guard duties on alternate days.
Well anyway, enough of the complaining. I booked out this morning and went to West Coast Recreation Centre to support Zhiqi, who was taking part in the 2007 National Junior, Men's Master & Classic Bodybuilding Championships. So anyway, for every different weight category during the finals, after they gave out the prizes, the MC would always say the same thing. "And remember, you are all winners, for you have all contributed much to the bodybuilding scene in Singapore." Or something like that. That started me thinking. There's the old saying that the journey (or process) is much more important than the result. But it doesn't really make sense when our country is so result oriented. The opinions that people form of you will all be based on your results. That's just the cruel reality, I think. No, not exactly paper qualifications. I'm definitely not one who thinks that a paper degree is almighty. There's many different results that can make a person useful besides paper qualifications. Like how Wei Yang can draw, or how Han Lin is proficient with cars, and so on.
So the thing I'm wondering is, what's the point of a bodybuilder who has a.. lousy body? What does a bodybuilder train so hard for? So that he can have a nice body and win at bodybuilding competitions, of course. I saw all the dejected faces when the results were announced. There was this guy, whose body also not very good one, (Pardon the use of Singlish. I had the sudden urge.) but then throughout the posing he damn wayang, damn noisy, damn show off, when the others were obviously better. So anyway, he was all smiles during the posing but when the results were announced and he got 4th, he just gave a glum look. Well I'm not really trying to mock him, but the thing is, he worked hard for his body, and he thought he was good, and when the results proved otherwise, I don't think it really matters to him how much he has contributed to the bodybuilding scene in Singapore.
Well anyway, Zhiqi got 4th too. But I believe he deserved better. He should have gotten at least a 3rd, if not 2nd. But well, I'm not a professional judge, so I won't have any idea why they picked the others instead of him. But honestly, his body really damn good. And anyway, there was this female judge whose arms are bigger than mine. Maybe can compete with Eugene Mui? Not too sure. But honestly, I don't really like the idea of muscular girls.
Anyway, the very sad thing about today is that I didn't bring along a camera, because I went straight to the venue from camp. Hence I have no pictures to post. Yuheng must be really sad. But then again, I'm not too sure if he'd like to see photos of bodybuilders.
And anyway, Today is Kasster's birthday! I should be there celebrating it with our clique now, but unfortunately, I don't have much time because I'm DS tomorrow. (Makes me wonder why the pioneers still want to get a DS when they get a new one everyday. Okay.. I know, I know.. It's lame..) And I'm super tired from guard duty. Or guard duties, rather. And I thought Zhiqi's competition would be a morning event. Didn't know that it'd drag all the way into the afternoon.
So anyway, I've been somewhat inspired by the competition to work towards a better body. I've been getting much fatter, and much weaker. But maybe I shouldn't bother, since in the end.. We are all winners.
(Note: Just kidding. I will NEVER allow my body to degenerate into a piece of fat slob that I must drag around like a.. bag of jelly. Okay, that's a rather bad analogy, but you get the point..)
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Well anyway, enough of the complaining. I booked out this morning and went to West Coast Recreation Centre to support Zhiqi, who was taking part in the 2007 National Junior, Men's Master & Classic Bodybuilding Championships. So anyway, for every different weight category during the finals, after they gave out the prizes, the MC would always say the same thing. "And remember, you are all winners, for you have all contributed much to the bodybuilding scene in Singapore." Or something like that. That started me thinking. There's the old saying that the journey (or process) is much more important than the result. But it doesn't really make sense when our country is so result oriented. The opinions that people form of you will all be based on your results. That's just the cruel reality, I think. No, not exactly paper qualifications. I'm definitely not one who thinks that a paper degree is almighty. There's many different results that can make a person useful besides paper qualifications. Like how Wei Yang can draw, or how Han Lin is proficient with cars, and so on.
So the thing I'm wondering is, what's the point of a bodybuilder who has a.. lousy body? What does a bodybuilder train so hard for? So that he can have a nice body and win at bodybuilding competitions, of course. I saw all the dejected faces when the results were announced. There was this guy, whose body also not very good one, (Pardon the use of Singlish. I had the sudden urge.) but then throughout the posing he damn wayang, damn noisy, damn show off, when the others were obviously better. So anyway, he was all smiles during the posing but when the results were announced and he got 4th, he just gave a glum look. Well I'm not really trying to mock him, but the thing is, he worked hard for his body, and he thought he was good, and when the results proved otherwise, I don't think it really matters to him how much he has contributed to the bodybuilding scene in Singapore.
Well anyway, Zhiqi got 4th too. But I believe he deserved better. He should have gotten at least a 3rd, if not 2nd. But well, I'm not a professional judge, so I won't have any idea why they picked the others instead of him. But honestly, his body really damn good. And anyway, there was this female judge whose arms are bigger than mine. Maybe can compete with Eugene Mui? Not too sure. But honestly, I don't really like the idea of muscular girls.
Anyway, the very sad thing about today is that I didn't bring along a camera, because I went straight to the venue from camp. Hence I have no pictures to post. Yuheng must be really sad. But then again, I'm not too sure if he'd like to see photos of bodybuilders.
And anyway, Today is Kasster's birthday! I should be there celebrating it with our clique now, but unfortunately, I don't have much time because I'm DS tomorrow. (Makes me wonder why the pioneers still want to get a DS when they get a new one everyday. Okay.. I know, I know.. It's lame..) And I'm super tired from guard duty. Or guard duties, rather. And I thought Zhiqi's competition would be a morning event. Didn't know that it'd drag all the way into the afternoon.
So anyway, I've been somewhat inspired by the competition to work towards a better body. I've been getting much fatter, and much weaker. But maybe I shouldn't bother, since in the end.. We are all winners.
(Note: Just kidding. I will NEVER allow my body to degenerate into a piece of fat slob that I must drag around like a.. bag of jelly. Okay, that's a rather bad analogy, but you get the point..)
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