We have all heard talks from the authorities that a capsize drill should be conducted now and then to familarize our members on the “safety” procedures when a boat overturns. But nobody ever told us that you could be pinned under the 300kg boat while wearing a life jacket, until we came across this article reported today [...]
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October 26th, 2007
All peace on the ‘war front’
I guess everyone has been busy hitting the gym in preparation for the upcoming River Regatta. To lighten the mood, I have decided to put up a posting of a trip I made to Lahore (Pakistan) in early Apr this year. Although we frequently read/hear of media reports about political and religious dissent in the [...]
March 30th, 2007
Dragon Boat Cut in half
What in the world? Now why would someone do such a thing? From an exerpt of Langly Times, 28 March 2007 : Fort Langley Canoe Club has been left with half a Dragon boat, thanks to someone who stole the vessel, took it across the Fraser River and cut it in two over the weekend. [...]
March 27th, 2007
Ski trip to Villars (Switzerland)
As some of you are aware, I missed training on 18 Mar (Sun) as I was making a trip to Switzerland. The company I worked for (Belgacom aka Belgium Telecom) was hosting a global meeting for all sales staff in the ski resort of Villars, which I attended together with several colleagues from the Singapore office. I [...]
March 2nd, 2007
Beat this
While you guys thought your running route was the toughest & meanest ever, you might funk out on this. “Holly Molly!” That’s right – Zahab, 38, Kevin Lin, 30, and Charlie Engle, 44, ran across the 4,580 mile Sahara Desert route in a little over 3 months! Though this is totally unrelated to dragon boating, [...]