On Sunday 19 January 2020, I participated in my first aquathlon. An aquathlon is a competitive race that involves both open water swimming and running in succession. Not only had I never done these two things together, I also have very limited experience with open water swimming. It was Brett Bowman, my economics teacher and […]
Swimming
Bangkok Feeding Frenzy 2019 // Swimming
My 5 and final feeding frenzy. It’s been quite a journey. I’ve grown as a person, an athlete, a team member. Climbed the ranks from looking up to seniors to being a senior. I’ve had my ups and downs in swimming but to me feeding frenzy isn’t about the swimming really. It’s about having fun […]
SEASAC Swimming 2019 // Swimming
My 5th SEASAC Swimming, held in Malaysia by Garden international. Hyped up to be one of the biggest swimming school events of the year, right up next to SNAGs. In my opinion, SEASAC is a team bonding meet. If we’re being honest our team trains the hardest and hence we are the fastest team… by […]
CNY Break Check In
CNY Break Evaluation More than half way through the academic year, I’m doing the second large reflection on the activities and services which I am a part of. I haven’t started anything new but I’ve kept with the same activities and services and further developed the skills and qualities within myself. I still enjoy all […]
Feeding Frenzy 2018 // Swimming
Feeding Frenzy is an annual meet held in Bangkok attended by the East Dragons swim team every year. I think this was my 5th year attending the meet, and every year I always say it’s probably the most fun of the year. For multiple reasons. One, the atmosphere of Feeding Frenzy is different from many […]
FINA World Cup 2018 // Swimming
During the middle of November I was given a chance to participate in the FINA world cup. This is kind of a big thing as the FINA world cup is an event held for some of the fastest swimmers in the world, world records holders and olympic champions. While I never intended to beat them […]
Swimdonesia // SurfAid GC
Swim4Life was an annually held event that raise funds for the global concern, SurfAid. This year on October 3rd 2018, it was reinvented as Swimdonesia, a collaborative event held by 3 different GCs: SurfAid, Jakarta Street Kids, and Gili Eco Trust. The event was based of the previous idea of sponsored laps swimming but this year […]
TTS Merlions Meet at OCBC Aquatics // Swimming
Recently I attended the annual TTS Merlions meet, this was held at the OCBC aquatics center. I overall thought it was a good early-season meet for myself as I don’t usually swim early season meets well. There were some disappointments, but my 50m breaststroke was really quite good scoring 2nd place and making a new […]
Half-Term Check-in
Half Term Evaluation As we have just finished the first 8 of 16 weeks of term one, I’d like to reflect on all my current activities and services which I’ve decided to partake in. In relativity to previous years, I’ve taken a lot upon myself, but my organization skills has also significantly increased. They have […]
Club Championships // Swimming
Club Championships is the annual event held by the UWCSEA swim team, it’s an small early season meet meant to increase team moral and to give an indication of the upcoming meets. The meet is held over 3 days, Wednesday morning (19/09), Friday afternoon (21/09), and Saturday (22/09), this makes it unique as it’s built […]