damai softball

Saw a guy in the sec sch house tee today as i was walking home. Reminded me of the 'B' division softball finals in sec 1.

Admittedly they forced us down to watch the match - we were defending the 'B' division championship title against RI that day. We brought down 2 set of flags to the playing field at kallang - Winners and Strivers. Strange words to have on a flag dont you think ? The boys have decided before the match that if they won, they'll run with the former around the field and if they lost, the latter. For they've strived and came far; perhaps not enough, yet even so, they'll still work on. For they're strivers that aim to be winners one day.

I think that day was one of the days we really felt very much a part of the school and really screamed our lungs out for the school. Not for the class, not for the house, not for the teachers, not for the friends. For the school.

We defended our title. And held it for another year - 1st runner up during my sec 3 year - before suffering an utter defeat at the very same school that we faced every year. It's quite ironic isnt it ? Watching how we thrashed them in the beginning of my school years there and watching how we were in their place at the end of my school years there. The 'B' boys only managed a 2nd for zonal; nowhere near where the seniors left them.

Nevertheless, it felt awesome to be down at the softball matches with them. The team that is not proud of their successes, not vindicative of their losses but instead focused on the solo motive of improving.

With that, we did managed to at least get back the zonal crowns for the 'B' and 'C' boys. But well, it's another year now, so work hard, team.