That marks the end of the year 2010! Its been a tradition since 2007 where Reactiv sprinters will gather for an annual BBQ. The previous BBQs were held at Conan's and Shalindran's place. This get-together is also the only time when all athletes gather and meet each other as one big family. Since many trained at different times of the day and do not meet each other too often. Apart from the local competitions, this is the only time where everyone sat and had a good chat together.
having a chat while waiting for the food.
our 1st round of cooks2010's BBQ this time was at Sin Ming Walk, The Gardens Condo. We were blessed with good weather though it started to drizzle alittle just before starting the fire. The program for that night was BBQ, gift exchange and games. It took us 2 long hours to set the fire and realized it was because of the charcoal (It was my fault..). Our poor athletes had to rely on the chips and salads (I realized many do not take vegetables..).
veg is goodJust when the pit was at its optimum heat, we were left with about an hour to BBQ with so much food uncooked.. but none of the food was wasted thanks to our big eaters.
everyone started to help. or they queuing for the food?It so happened that it was also Alicia's birthday (30th Dec) and we surprised her with a birthday cake!
birthday girlSo anyway, we did our usual yet unique gift exchange session. The explanation is as follows:
1. The gift must be something that you own and do not need it anymore.
2. Gift cannot be bought just for the sake of the exchange.
3. It must be useful to others but no more useful to you.
4. It must be in working condition (e.g. no used bottles, half used shampoo, expired diary etc.)
5. No money spent on the preparation of the gift (wrapping it up with newspaper or used magazine)
roadside gift exchange was coolWe had our gift exchange at the pit but were asked to leave because our booking time was up! In the end, we continued our gift exchange outside the condo. My big apology to all athletes for making them stand in the drizzle to do the exchange!
hakeem got a new pair of spikes from khalisBut at least, some guys managed to get some nice gift. Alicia got her nice pink fluffy Hello Kitty blanket!
"IT'S SO FLUFFYYYYY"
Happy coach.Well, hope that we have a blasting 2011 after this BBQ, especially SEA Games is end of this year!
So Let's Go For It Guys!
REACTIV 2010