Krista Sports Day - Battle Galactica!

I've been spending the day recuperating from a super charged Sunday filled with running, cheering, jeering and tons of laughing. It was Sports Day at Krista, a collaborative effort by 8 centers in and around KL.

 

We've been practicing for a month towards D-day that took place at the Panasonic Sports Complex, Shah Alam. At lightning speed, running was the least of my concerns. Memorizing the sports day pledge... tough.

 

We gathered by 7.45am and upon registration we each received a gift pack with drinks, mini bites and sample products. We paired up with the Setia Alam center to form the Green team. My personal cheer team and others were seated at the stands with a relatively poor birds eye view.

It didn't take daddy and other eager parents long to wave their cameras as justification for hanging around the games arena. My friends and I were dazed by the constant camera flash glare.

There's a theme every year and this year's was 'The Battle of Krista Galactica'. For the 4 year olds, we were lined up for the alien vs. alien challenge. The props gave a sense of confidence that the run wasn't gonna be complicated.

When our turn came, Teacher Tan briefed us on what needs to be done and reminded us of all the trainings we had and gave a much needed morale boost with good amount of motivation. I was ecstatic.

No straight sprint here. Series of obstacles, crawling through, grabbing a ring and tossing it before racing back. Some of my friends were missing their parents heaps and didn't pay much attention. There goes 1st place.

Principal Sarah (in black jeans) had some strategic ideas and made couple of last minute re-arrangements to the line up in view of our opponents, I was made a key anchor for a dazzling finish.

A rush of adrenaline hit me and I made a run I was in awe of. My finishing needed some work and certainly next year I would make the best of it.

We did okay. A commendable effort earning ourselves a medal and hopefully improving on the position next year.