Racing against Self

Dragon boating is more than about team building. Recently, I learnt new thing about this sport. I learnt to appreciate the meaning of a wise sentence, that says " The biggest enemy is ourselves".

As we are preparing for our dragon boat competition, we started to hold a mock race between teams at our training place. I realized that when we were racing with another strong team and we saw that the other team is pacing faster than ask. We started to lose mentally and lay back in our effort. Meanwhile when we focus in our effort, there is a bigger chance for us to catch up with the race and reduce the differences.

It is really about fighting the mind and persevere to the end of the racing line. It is not about winning the opponent but it is about keeping the composure and persevere mentally

Long live Obama!

After watching the electrifying speech by Presiden Barack Hussein Obama II, I become one of his admirer. At least, this is true in term of public speaking. He is one that speak out of his conviction instead of the merely pre-arranged script.



That's not all! What I admire the most is his humble yet profound message to promote peace between America and the Islamic counterpart. The speech was delivered with dignity and sincerity.

I believe he is one with superb leadership, which has great vision and ensure action to realize his promise. Just like when he announced that US Government would not nationalized one of the big bank that was in the verge of bankruptcy (If I was not mistaken, it was Citibank or BofA). He delivered what he promised.

Lastly, I praise him for acknowledging God as the source of creation and asking God's grace and blessing for the people. This reflects his belief that God exist and indeed I am firmly convinced that Obama was saying the truth.

By the way, one of my colleagues, who is pursuing Law (Human Rights) as his second degree, told me this morning that he almost cried watching Obama's inauguration speech (Yes, We Can!)