November 29th, 2007 
Caron They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them- From For the Fallen, by Laurence Binyon (1869-1943)
Our hearts go out to Reuben, Boon San, Wei Cheng, Stephen and Jeremy. We will remember them as fine young men in their prime. May their souls rest in peace.
October 26th, 2007 Raymond Ho 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 country (especially recently), Lahore was surprisingly peaceful. Still, my mum froze for a second when I told her I’m going there. Lahore is about 6 hrs away from Singapore, and I was there to attend a conference for APAC mobile operators, hosted by Warid Telecom (SingTel just bought a stake in this company).
Aside from the meetings and presentations, the conference delegates took time off to visit several attractions in Lahore. Lahore Fort, a structure constructed between 1566 and 1673 A.D., boasts a grandeur of Moghal Architecture. I took a close look at the walls, and found it nicely well-preserved!
But the highlight of the trip, was a visit to the Wagah Border. Wagah Border, about 25 km away from Lahore, is the check-post separating the hostile neighbours of Pakistan and India. 2 heavy gates (1 at Pakistan’s side, 1 at India’s side) define this sensitive border, and every evening at 6pm, 1,000 Pakistanis and 2,000 Indians will gather here to watch the flag-lowering ceremony. This ceremony, which is replicated on both camps, demonstrates the standard of pomp and precision expected from 2 nations of military might. It is difficult for me to explain the process of flag-lowering, with just a few happy pictures of me. You can watch it from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18QFTStzimM. Now, why doesn’t Singapore and Malaysia have this at the causeway too?
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August 18th, 2007 Caron This team has always been fortunate to have many ’crouching tigers’ and ‘hidden dragons’ in its midst. Just browse through the archives to discover some of Kiyah-Splashh!’s latent talents for yourself. But right here and now, we turn the spotlight on Haikang, whom some of us know affectionately as ”Kang Kang”. Besides being a jet-setting financial engineer and loving hubby, as most of us know him to be, Haikang is also one of a few ex-varsity dragonboat team captains we have in the KS family. I bet most of you didn’t know that right? ;)
Do check out Haikang’s cheeky response to our Hard-10 interview questions below. And if you can’t get enough of him, go read his personal blog to find out what he’s up to in Europe ;) Read more »
August 9th, 2007 Caron 
No folks…you’re not seeing a double here (For the clueless among us, go take a look at the picture in the previous post and you’ll know what I mean). Â
Having featured Raymond in the inaugural Hard-10 interview earlier this week, we move the spotlight now to Joycelyn, his soul-mate…and may I add, one of KS’ babes :)Â
Joycelyn has been a Kiyah-Splashhie for almost two years now; and she has been a great friend and teammate to many of us all this while. Her words of encouragement and warm smile during training and races never fail to brighten up our day. Interested to find out more about Joycelyn? Hmm…there were quite a few new things we learnt about her through this interview. Read on to find out. Ready…Go!
August 6th, 2007 Caron Raymond is arguably Kiyah-Splashh!’s most well-known and celebrated coxswain. He’s a livewire, hard negotiator (vendors beware!) and a very good friend to many of us. If you thought you knew your beloved coxswain well, here’s a chance to know him better. And if you don’t know him at all…hmm, where in the world have you been? (lol)
Raymond and Joycelyn all smiles
Hard-10 ready…Go!
What are you busy with these days?
Busy with work on weekdays, and wedding/housing preparations on weekends. I remembered those days when I always played LAN gaming (CS and Frozen Throne) on weekends – I miss those days, man.
What got you interested in dragonboating and when did you pick it up?
I wanted to keep fit, so I joined the canoeing club in school. Then they found that everybody is getting bigger and fitter, except me. So they decided to put me as coxswain. That was in 1993.
If you were in another club or a school team before, which team was it and what was your role then?
NJC, coxswain. SAFSA, coxswain. NUS, coxswain.
Could you share a memorable dragonboating experience you had with us?
There were many moments of joy, and many moments of sadness. Every moment had a special part in me. The prominent moments were always those experienced during races. Especially races in River Regatta, where your opponents start cheering after they cross the finishing line. Then I go up to the shore and found that our team actually came in first. This kind of thing keeps happening not only in races, but also in real life.
Do you have a Friendster account and/or a personal blog that we can look up?
Yes. Raymond Ho – ray123abc@hotmail.com
Complete this sentence: I love to row with Kiyah-Splashh! because
of so many friends from all angles of life.
Any other message you’d like to send to your friends at Kiyah-Splashh?
For the new members, don’t lose heart if you haven’t experienced success at the races yet. I took many, many beatings, before I won anything.
What will be your next goal in Kiyah-Splashh?
Get my fitness back to speed.
Who do you recommend we interview next?
Jamie. I wonder what’s he up to now.
