"Would they be able to adapt to the weather in Zurich, Switzerland?"
"Would they complete the Ironman?"
"Was the training they did in Singapore sufficient to tide them through?"
These were perhaps some of the thoughts in the minds of family members and close friends...They being there that late night seemed like an extra boost of support that was channelled into the Ironman days later. There were expectations to be fulfilled; we cannot let them down.
I remembered I was particularly touched that day when so many arrived to send us off with their well wishes. Stated beautifully by Wei Lynn who was there, "friendship requires effort". Yong Sheng, who had to report to camp at 8am that morning, also said that he being there in spite of that shows sincerity. Lastly, my Medicine friends who were in the midst of running the Medicine Freshman Orietation Camp came down too! This really set me thinking about the number of times that I have put in effort to maintain friendships; there were not many...It seemed that I had taken these friendships for granted, thinking that they will remain as they are with time. This is something that I wish to improve on. =]
Thank you all who came to make the sent off such a memorable one! I cannot thank you enough for the love you all have showered upon us!
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