every competition is aimed to bring out the best in yourself, your team and your opponents. people who are related to you.

the passion. the sweat. the hardwork. the time. the effort. the determination. the encouragements.

the above elements play vital roles in competitions. however, in order to have winners, there must be people who lose. those who lose aren't losers, as long as they are abole to prove themselves in the course of the race, they are respected as well.

however, i'm going through the stages of racing a losing race over and over again. without being respected that is. for in our real life, no one actually truely look into what's behind every champion, and those who finish behind him.

today's dragonboat training. our b division dragonboat lost to firstly, a c division dragonboat, its sji boat, secondly we lost to a chij dragonboat. i'm not sure which division but they're probably b division too.

yupp they might be just lucky for that race. but things didnt show that it was luck on their side, but something missing on our side during the second race in which we actually lost over a greater distance. it was one demoralising race. one that all mental was lost. there is no hopes pinned on the competition.

no one's looking forward to the dragonboat nationals after such defeat. sighs.