opening day of the ibg is over, with me running a 4×100m relay and a 100m leg in a medley race… it was fun.. and the block was happy. i was happy. that is the spirit of ibg. fun. freshmen. knowing more about each other's abilities. not winning.
so it was announced that my block got 3rd and 4th placings for the guys and girls teams respectively… we were overjoyed. kind of like we just didn't want to be last, and the change of 4th to 3rd placing for the guys last minute was eversweet.
but then they just had to burst my bubble when i returned back to hall by declaring our medley team disqualified because of an illegal passing of baton before the passing zone between the first female 100m leg and me… well as far as i was concerned i was within the zone.. 50-50 maybe but i was sure of it.
won't argue with the officials regarding the matter because it serves no point. the best way to go about a decision in sports is to accept and move on. more so for ibg since it is really in its essense a pussy battleground of sports no senior is really interested in (well except some)
i guess it is still fair, though, to say that the disqualification and hence making BOTH the guys and girls team 5th place = last… the move sucked. in my opinion it would remain a unthought, uncalculated decision totally not inline with my expectations for ibg. making the final decision to deal such a big blow to the block sours the competition and says something along the lines of "ibg is a competitve arena for sportsmen. don't mess with the rules. we are serious about the competition"
ahh, whatever. not my kind of thing.
all i hope is that my blockers don't give a shit about this like me… for the last 2 weeks i have been trying to instil a non-crazy-competitive spirit for ibg for everyone. why? because being in this block that is truthfully never meant to be close to winning ibg… being competitive would blow up a mist of negative energy between one and other blockers and you'll just get burnt. i'm very proud that the a-blockers have been very supportive of each other and stayed positive in the face of negativity. ku zhong zhuo le.. haha. lets hope that this keeps up.
but still can't deny the bugging feeling like its a damn sian decision. especially when the whole event is over liao then u throw this kind of spanner… and then you are stuck with the thinking like… is it my fault? i think i should claim responsibility for it so at least like everyone isn't WTF.. but yet its not my fault also.. this kind of thing is just screw up then screw up one.. not say blame who…
but people always blame. the human is crafted in a way to constantly find scapegoats. if i'm not the culprit for screwing up the passing, then its jason for disqualifying, if not its the smu guy who declared the foul.
truth is.. its no one's fault. from every angle.. you got to understand where everyone is coming from. everyone's got a job to do. for the smu guy, its to look for fouls. for jason, its to implement the foul, and for me, its to complain about the insensible decision. but at the end of the day, no hard feelings. we all got to be grown ups.
but the decision sucked lah 
i just hope everyone understands and stays happy.
but still.. it seems such things have their perks… look what xiuzhen gave me just to cheer me up! so sweet.. man.. i'm melting… its really nice to know how some people understand and really show it
