Not feeling well AT ALL. Terrible stomachache that won't go away. Travelled to Macritchie today, but then they wouldn't let me train. He had to walk me to the bus stop and flag a cab for me while wearing a lifejacket and no shoes. Oops. Gonna see my surgeon tomorrow.. hopefully will be able to pinpoint the problem this time. My crazy mother wants me to GO TO SCHOOL. We'll see.
The last thing I wanna do is to not be able to row next week. I think even if it kills me, I'll race. To come so far and watch everything slip away really hurts. Sigh. Can't bear the thought of not racing. Okay, won't think about it.
I guess today's speech was ok, apart from Mr Menon asking me to cut it short cos they were short of time. So I had to do some impromptu adjustments, but I'm glad it was okay. Some unidentified teacher came up to me and told me it was "really inspirational". Everything was sincere, and what Joy says is right - what sets a good speech apart from a bad one is that the former is from the heart. That's what it was. From the heart and nothing else.
To everyone who's msged/called -- don't worry, I'll try my very very best to get well soon.
Vanessa Lim 1:23 p. m.
