Slaves, to Fashion, & then Some.

came back from a swim, and saw clothes strewn all over 2 deck chairs, and a wooden paddle.

i wonder why it's so fashionable to carry ard wooden paddles nowsaday. wasn't it not too long ago that they made ppl slaves to do that kind of thing?

and anyway, like i said to a fren before - i'd rather have the freedom of a kayak than the monotony of a dragonboat. there is absolutely no decision making to be done when u're a serf on a dragonboat - i speak from a little experience. the guy at the rudder ask u to row, u row. ask u to stop, u stop. sianz. no need to think, just use muscle. pls correct me if i'm wrong...

i think it was Foot 2002 - we had dragonboating and i got so bored i jumped into the water below benjamin sheares bridge! and zow got everyone to row off without me! heng i caught up in time.. hahha

Still... dunno wat's the draw of carrying a wooden oar around. want to tell everyone that u're buff, u row in a team, and it's the in-thing nowsaday? the fashionable thing to pose with, coz everyone's doing it?

But i guess it's wat the establishment wants anyway. everyone just row forward, dun worry, the guys who studied hard when they were in school and those know everything will steer the rudder and tell u wat to do. now and then one of them will go in front, beat the drum and tell u to row harder, coz we are in a downturn and will have to make painful sacrifices to keep the dragonboat going forward. in the event of a foreign investment going bad, or a foreign investor pulling out, the same guy will beat the drum and tell us no need to worry about anything or think too much, just keep rowing forward, let's move on.