I was watching the YOG men's 3m springboard event, largely because my favourite diver, thomas daley, affectionately known as tom daley, from great britain is diving:) unfortunately, he had a small tear in his tricep from a previous competition some weeks back, and he had to pull out of his pet event- the 10m platform dive- but thankfully, he was given the green light by his physiotherapist to participate in the 3m dive- something he had not competed in since 2008.

there were fantastic dives, near perfect dives during the finals. there was one bad dive, a near complete flop, as the commentator puts it, that pulled him out of the race for a medal. it was his third dive out of five that was a disaster. yet he recovered, and went on to do two respectable, very good dives to end his evening, finishing 8th out of 12 competitors in the finals.

his spirit really is very commendable, and his attitude, even more so. there are so many things, i realise, that we can learn from athletes like tom. never say die, never give up. that one good dive does not ensure you another, just like how one bad dive does not mean you'll keep getting it wrong. it's like life isn't it, come to think of it- one bad grade does not make successive bad grades, not unless you let yourself be emotionally affected by it. understand where you gone wrong and how, find out how to correct it and we can move on:)

some things had gone wrong during the last common test, results i'm not proud of, though not spectacularly bad, its nothing good either. time to buck up i suppose, and study hard. seem to have lost a bit of gas for studying cause i got quite dejected after the common tests:/ putting up a happy face sometimes make it so much easier to get past life because pity is unappreciated. i promise to buck up now. tom daley, world champion at the FINA world championships in rome last year is a good example. we have our good times and bad, and there are two ways we can live through them.

1) dwell in the bad times and have occasional not-so-bad times.
2) learn the lesson from the bad time and store it, focusing on living in a happier time:)

it's our choice to make, our life to live, and our smile to share. i can't be everything to everyone no matter how hard i try, so i promise- i'll be something special to someone:) at least, to myself. i suppose i'll go do some chem nuggets with all the positive energy i'm feeling now, then go off to dreamland in search of my sunflower fields and that little cottage with a cow.

good night:) and i hope you get some of those positive vibes this post is radiating:D

one last thing before i end:

THOMAS DALEY, GREAT BRITAIN, WORLD 10M MEN CHAMPION @ ROMA 2009. drool ladies, drool. guys, appreciate:)