Well worth it.

Last weekend suddenly felt like a thing of the distant past. I was roped in (last Tuesday, very last minute.) to help out (logistics and the what-nots) with a dragonboat charity (a President's Challenge) event. 30-hour round island row, with a 12km run in the middle. Although I wasn't in the boat, I felt a sense of accomplishment when the whole thing was concluded on Sunday. And much relief that everyone was safe and sound.


I didn't get much sleep that week. Used Dreamweaver for the very first time, came up with a relatively decent emailer. ('Very good for a 1st try!' Shawn, the guy in charge of publicity told me. hee) Lots of emails back and forth with people involved. Arrangements with the media, the SAFRA running club (some of the runners joined the team for their run to provide moral support). More emails on Friday night. Most of Saturday was spent selling slightly imperfect clothes donated by a boutique at the SAF Changi Yacht club. Joined them on their 12km run at 2am on Sunday morning, had a good nasi lemak breakfast with the gang, headed back to the club after they've set off in the boat at about 630am and set up stall (clothes) again after a 2-hour nap. Homecoming at 2pm was exciting with kayaks and lots of sailboats welcoming the team back.

The adrenalin rush over, everyone looked like deflated balloons. Our tiny land support group finally got a chance to sit down and breathe. It wasn't until early evening that we managed to wrap things up and go home.

It's been a while since I've been involved in the organisation of an event of sorts, so it was good; the sense of responsibility and the feeling of being in charge of something, doing something useful. The best part was, in the midst of the slightly mad week, I had fun! ^_^ Reunited briefly with an old schoolmate, met some really great people, whom I can call my friends now. :D