In which RJ Ultimate ran up and got silvered / The end of an era.

Forgive the following post for being very disjointed, for my thoughts are hard to get in line.

A few times in your life, you go through certain events which leave an indelible mark on you, events which you recall and feel extremely content, happy and wistful all at the same time.

After the finals yesterday, while Team A was doing our post-game huddle thing, what I felt was completely different from last year’s InterJC. Last year I was tearing up after we lost in the final seconds, and feeling very sad and shitty, but this year, I felt strange that I was instead smiling, for all I felt was an immense sense of pride and happiness, for all our collective efforts. Yesterday’s finals has been the best game of ultimate I have ever played in my life, even though we didn’t win the match, but because the level of trust and belief that I held in my teammates was the most that I had ever felt. I remember feeling completely at ease, completely sure that all of us would try our hardest to do our best. And that was awesome for me.

It’s the everyday things that we’ll remember. Whenever I go back to Sengkang MRT , I shall sit on the pavement, stare at the field, and reminiscence about 11th July 2009. Whenever I buy a Soyjoy Hawthorn Berry bar, I’ll remember gobbling down about 8 of them, then getting a massive stomachache after InterJC. I’ll remember our 100Plus boat race, of which my team was damn powerful at. I’ll remember Finding The Ultimate Person of RJ Frisbee, all of us moaning after it was found to be Pek, and then us having a riotous time giving him his prize, by carrying him and dunking him into the biggest mud puddle we could find.

My cca-mates in Frisbee have formed some of the closest bonds that I have in JC, and I’ll miss every one of you. I’ll remember us having our wet and muddy trainings, and us being the only people who would scream and swear at the lightning alert siren whenever it started ringing on Wednesdays. During the last two years, I really looked forward to each training, instead of dreading them, as I did in my previous CCAs.

And to the J1s, you all have been awesome juniors. Before joining frisbee I never really talked to my juniors, nor did my seniors to me, so I love it that our batches are so close to each other. To my fellow J2s, I shall always remember you guys for being the awesome AWESOME people that you are.

I love you guys, Raffles Ultimate <3