Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:35 PM
university life is scaring me. the work load, tutorials, lectures and assignments is keeping me on my toes. the datelines are tight and i dont know if i can ever make it on time. university is like a life saver's float on the water. you have to cling tight on it to survive being washed away by the strong currents. all they give you is a float. nothing else. all you can depend on is the float and your survival instinct. my survival instinct is to the bare minimum. i hate my spoon-feeding in secondary school. self independence takes a while to get the hang of it.
i tried out for the rowing club on sunday. i knew my sense of directions was bad without a map but i didnt think it was going to be that bad. i lost my way and took an hour of so asking for directions and walking myself there. by the time i walked there, there was no seats left in the 8 seater boat which had been taken up by others. i got myself the inistructor himself in a one seater boat. 45 minutes to whats remaining of the lesson while the rest were out into the waters. i was still struggling with my oars and steadying of the boat.
canoeing and rowing is miles apart from one another. one paddles front and the other rows backwards. canoeing requires only one paddle in which you switch from sides to move the boat while rowing needs two oars to be seated into the metal lock at the side of the boat. for rowing the oars only need to skip the surface of the water whereas canoeing needs your whole tip of your paddle into the water. differs a lot. i took quite a bit of time adjusting but the coach said it was remarkable for a newbie to row so well on her first try. woohoo!
there was a bbq breaky after all the rowing and washing of the boats and putting them back into the storage. i got a ride back to curtin by a friend and met michelle right after in town for lunch ( pancakes!!) for once, i preferred their pancakes to mummy's ones.
rowing's on saturdays or sundays. the thing is, i cant wait till it!
