IPPT 3

STATION	SCORE	GRADE	POINTS
Sit Up	40	A	5
Broad Jump	243cm	A	5
Chin Up	8	C	3
Shuttle Run	9.6 s	A	5
2.4km	11:43 min	D	2

Total: 20
Result: PASS

Finally, I passed my IPPT. It's a miracle, I tell you. Try shaving off more than a minute off your 2.4km run timing in less than 2wks. It's still quite hard to believe.

(No, I didn't get the order of appreciation wrong. I just wanna start from the bottom up) Lastly, I'd like to believe that this pass is due to the amount of work out I've done with my muscles. Aside from the relentless IPPT attempts, I've also squeezed in bowling training, more bowling games, and lots of pool. Not to mention badminton ;p I'd like to think those helped, yeah...

Secondly, I'd like to thank my AIR SALONPAS. Thanks to this amazing "external pain relieving spray", I've recovered from muscle aches in double quick time, and also managed to perform through the pain barrier. Lemme put it this way.. I didn't stop running coz my leg muscles were still soaking up the "burning sensation" of SALONPAS. ditto with my chin-ups, despite my right arm aching like hell from bowling training haha.

Firstly, and most importantly, I'd like to thank God. I kinda asked God to help me, be there for me, to allow me to glorify his name, and He delivered. Our ever-faithful God delivered. Halleluja! Be it my imagination or spiritual intervention, I pleaded with God during my 2.4 to give me strength and resolution to run the race, and finish the race. And He did. I remember seeing (or picturing, if you believe this to be a figment of my imagination) Jesus's outstretched hand, nail and all, reaching out to me, pulling me along the 5th lap (we have to run 6 laps), beckoning me to run the race, and finish strongly. Let this be my testament to God's grace. That though I may not be a good servant of His, He has never lost faith in me. Amen. I remember, before my sit-up (the last of my static stations), I said a quick prayer. I looked up through the window, and I saw the most beautiful sight in a long while. The sun, with its sunset orange hue, rays shining through the clouds, a portrait of hope and warmth, a snapshot of the beauty God has gifted to us. That, truly, lifted me. God lives, not just in heaven, but here as well. They say He's omnipresent. I say He lives in each and every one of us (Christians). I'm not being discriminant. I'm just being honest. I refuse to slander any existing religion, but I stand by what I say for it is THE TRUTH. And the truth shall reign.

F I N.